Ukiah Schools at Crossroads Under Unification Struggle
Ukiah Unified district faces high costs and aging facilities amid SB90 gains and failed bond attempts. Board members push state aid, plan for a single large high school, expanded grades, and site selection while urging parent involvement ahead of the November 6, 1973 vote.
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Ukiah Unified District School Board
Charles Bell
Lewis Martinelli
Clara Batow
Virginia Maurer
Guy Connolly
Ray Worster
Jim Eddie
Nancy March
Paul Poulos
Leo Cook
Ray Hudson
Frank Milone
W.Q. Murphy
California Teachers Association
California School Boards Association
Sacramento
Washington
Ukiah Unified
Ukiah
Ukiah Unified Board
W.O. Murphy
Donald de Martini
Bill Broaddus
Jack Simpson
Charlie Brown
Board of Education
Ukiahi
Mendocino Community College
State
General Services
Mendocino State Hospital
College
PTA
Two Ukiah youths injured in separate motorcycle crashes
A hit and run collision on Vichy Springs Road injured 18 year old John Alfred Scherf who was eastbound when a car pulled from a pear orchard. Six occupants fled. four men questioned. Scherf listed in fair condition at Ukiah General. A second accident on Acorn Way injured 16 year old Wayne Kent Regina after his motorcycle overturned in Kenneth Young’s yard.
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Ukiah
East Ukiah
John Alfred Scherf
Vichy Springs Road
Oak Manor Drive
California Highway Patrol
Scherf
Vichy Springs
Miguel Vallestero
Ukiah General
Young
Acorn Way
Regina Heights
Wayne Kent
Regina
Kenneth Young
Marijuana and religion clash in Laytonville church case
Rev. Ira Mullins age 60 of the Universal Life Church of Christ Light was found guilty by Superior Judge Timothy O'Brien of cultivating marijuana. Arrested in May 1972 after marijuana plants were found near his church, Mullins waived a jury trial after four hours of jury selection claiming marijuana was a sacrament and requesting an exemption from narcotic laws.
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Laytonville
Timothy O’brien
Ira Mullins
Universal Life Church of Christ Light
Mullins
John Doyle
Willits
Inmate Missing From Cow Mountain Fire Line
Three conservation camp inmates were reported missing from the Cow Mountain fire line yesterday. Jesus Diez Moran 19 Jose Ortega Orazco 20 and Salvador Gonzales 18 are listed with black hair brown eyes and heights 5 7 135 5 5 125 and 5 7 155 respectively. This follows an earlier missing inmate reported Monday after the fire began Sunday.
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Cow Mountain
Jesus Diez Moran
Jose Ortega Orazco
Salvador Gonzales
Moran
Orazco
Gonzales
Ukiah Daily Journal details and publishing staff
The Ukiah Daily Journal lists its status as the official city newspaper with publisher Dean Devries and editor George Hunter. It notes publication daily except Saturdays and certain holidays and provides Mendocino Publishing Co. address, contact, and subscription rates.
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Ukiah Daily Journal
Official City Newspaper
Dean Devries
GEO. Hunter Man
B.A. Cober Pub
Emer
The
Mendocino Publishing Co
South School Street
Ukiah
Mendocino County
California
Senior Citizens Programs Funded by County Board Review
The board of Supervisors reviewed allocations totaling 84,244 from revenue sharing for senior citizen programs and facilities. Requests include Greater Ukiah Seniors Center 39,498. Redwood Coast Seniors 33,370. Covelo Council 6,376. North Coast Opportunities 5,300. Dennis Hall outlined grants for foster grandparents with 1700-dollar stipends and RSVP transportation and meals. a detailed budget breakdown was requested before approval.
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Board of Supervisors
Greater Ukiah
Covelo Community Indian Council
North Coast Opportunities
Dennis Hall
NCO
Class action suit sought for spraying roadsides
A Mendocino resident asks Ukiah public defender Joe Allen to file a class action against the board of supervisors for spraying roadsides in coastal zones without a California Coastal Zone Commission permit. Betty Lou Whaley alleges a systemic weedkiller used is carcinogenic and anti thyroid, with no public notice for 10 weeks and plans to spray this fall with multiple chemicals without an environmental impact report. She seeks evidence that spraying will not harm wildlife or pollute water. A Fort Bragg police arrest reports a 24 year old Westport man, Michael David Speedie, for marijuana possession and DUI, booked in county jail.
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Mendocino
Joe Allen
Public Defender
Ukiah
Board of Supervisors
Department of Public Works
California Coastal Zone Commission
Betty Lou Whaley
Public Works
Westport
Fort Bragg
Michael David Speedie
Wins damages A Comptche man awarded by logging fraud
A Comptche resident, Jerry Philbrick, was awarded 32400 in damages and interest against Greenwood Lumber Company in a logging contract dispute. He alleged the company induced him to build a road to a heavily timbered area not belonging to Greenwood, while Greenwood denied the claims. The case, filed in 1968, went to trial before Superior Judge A B Roaddus and a jury after two days.
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Greenwood Lumber Company
Jerry Philbrick
Greenwood
Elk Creek
Greenwood Lumber
Philbrick
Leal Grupp
San Francisco
Leo Cook
Ukiah
A. B. Roaddus
Cited for harassing policeman in Ukiah incident
An 18 year old Ukiah youth was arrested after allegedly shoving Officer Greg Beaver three times while the officer explained a ticket. The owner and parents of a car on Luce Avenue allegedly joined the harassment as the keys left in a street vehicle violated city ordinance.
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Charles Sams
Greg Beaver
Beaver
Luce Avenue
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Daily Journal
Ukiah Calif
Journal
Raymond
Calif
Sr. Citizens
Hall
Clearwater Ranch
Philo
Trinity School
Bankamericaro
Iee
S. State St
Eddington Cleaners
Voice of
Lake County
Your Lake and Mendocino CO
Oakland
LTA
Tae A
Seperik Hae
Tore Cll
Perma-Press
Deep Valley Shopping Center
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