Trustees Discuss Adult Education Program in Ukiah
Ukiah Unified trustees heard Sacramento education official Gene De Gabrielle discuss the need for expanded community adult education. He noted widespread demand among dropouts, immigrants, and workers needing retraining, and said junior college programs complement but do not replace high school adult programs.
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Ukiah Unified School District
Don Halverson
California
Gene de Gabrielle
State Departent of Education
Halverson
Sacramento
Mississippi minister shot in card of white extremist suspicion
Rev. Donald A. Thompson, 59, was wounded in an ambush outside his Jackson apartment. Police suspect white extremist involvement. Thompson, a biracial rights advocate who opened his church to Negroes, faced threats and had been visiting Natchez, a Ku Klux Klan area, with the Mississippi Council on Human Relations. His wife, surprised by the threats, vows not to live in fear as Gov. Paul Johnson condemns the night attack.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Donald A. Thompson
Thompson
Baptist Hospital
Natchez, Miss
Ku Klux Klan
MCHR
Kenneth Dean
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Grass fires reported at two locations no damage
At 4 36 p m a grass fire broke out on the old Richey property at Lake Mendocino Drive and Old Calpella Road with no damage. A second grass fire occurred at 4 51 p m at Berkeley Salvage Co 400 Talmage Road with no damage.
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Old Richey
Lake Mendocino Drive
Calpella Road
Berkeley Salvage Co
Talmage Road
Potential Robber Loses Nerve
An unemployed Ukiah man, Michael D. Logan, 22, was stopped near Coast-to-Coast Store on N State Street at 11:30 p.m. carrying a coat with a revolver butt and a face mask. Logan said he planned to rob Foggy's Liquors to pay a $9.20 debt and had “lost his nerve.” He was taken to the police station and scheduled for arraignment in Ukiah Justice Court.
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Michael D. Logan
N. State Street
George Markus
Ukiah
Markus
Arkus
Logan
Foggy
Ottoson
Foggy’s Liquors
Sbury
County's Errant Teenagers Back in Custody
Six youths who overpowered a Juvenile hall matron last Thursday morning robbed her and stole her car then were rounded up by Visalia and Merced authorities and returned to custody. Three were held at Merced after driving a second stolen car. three more remained in custody at Merced. Matron Dorothy Spangler was placed in a cell but unharmed. Patrol leaders Vern Davis and Bert Hoover escorted the youths back as the escapees face robbery, escape, and car theft charges.
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Visalia
Merced
Dorothy Spangler
Vern Davis
Bert Hoover
Yemen War Ends as UAR and Saudi Sign Accord
In Jidda U A R and King Feisal announced they had signed an agreement to end the three year Yemen civil war after three days of talks. Details were not released and officials said settlement terms would be announced later.
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Jidda
Saudi Arabia
UPI
United Arab Republic
Yemen
U.A.R
King Feisal
58 Killed In Hong Kong Plane Crash En Route To Viet Nam
A UPI report from Hong Kong describes a Marine Corps transport plane crash offshore in the harbor killing 58 with 13 survivors. The aircraft carried 65 Marines and six crewmen, was returning from a Hong Kong shore rest, and appears to have caught fire before impact. Witnesses reported two loud explosions as flames engulfed the water.
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CHARLES_R._SMITH
Hong Kong
UPI
Marine Corps
Viet Nam
California
U.S
Guam
Manila
Aris
da Nang
United States
Kai Tak International
Hon Kong
China
Fourth Day Astronauts Minuteman Missile in Space
Astronauts on the fourth day of the mission report progress with the Minuteman missile system deployed in space. The crew completes test maneuvers and confirms communications among craft and ground control without incident.
Space men view Minuteman launch during Gemini 5 flight
UPI reports astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad sighted a Minuteman missile launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, near Los Angeles, as they orbited in Gemini 5. The sighting marked a first for American astronauts in space, with Cooper repairing a sighting device and both men noting temperature changes in their space suits amid ongoing mission activity. Concurrently in Vietnam, clashes and unrest continued with air strikes on targets near Thanh Hoa and Hue, and student demonstrations in Hue against the military government.
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Kennedy
California
Cooper
Conrad
Laredo
Tex
Weisfield Haul May Hit $10,000
Preliminary estimates of a burglary at Weisfield's Jewelry on S School Street rose to as much as 10000 after inventory. Manager Bill Silver said jewelry and watches were stolen from display cases through smashed front windows while the thief or thieves left the boxes. Ukiah police continue the investigation.
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Weisfield
Bill Silver
S. School Street
Silver
Ukiah
Armed gunmen abduct couple in San Jose and Sparks hold hostages
Neo Pernley reports two armed suspects surrendered to FBI and Nevada patrol after a hostage standoff at a rural Sparks ranch house. The San Jose couple Omar Ponder 19 and Wanda 18 were taken after abductors forced them from a family party. One kidnapper James Gourlay 22 a San Francisco Presidio soldier on leave was linked to three robberies. Hostages included four remaining individuals released five children and an unidentified man earlier. Notes left and weapons recovered linked to the crime.
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Pernley
Neo “Voi
Law
Sparks
Fromeir
San Jose
Calif
FBI
Nevada Highways
Omar Ponder
Wanda
Clements
Ponders
James Robert Gourlay
San Francisco Presidio
Ponder
Gourlay
Elks Meeting Opens 2nd Half Of Lodge Year
Ukiah Lodge 1728 of the Elks starts the second half of the lodge year with a Sunday meeting at Wabash Avenue hall. Supper precedes the session led by Exalted Ruler James Sacchi. A California northwest district clinic and all officers plus national foundation and welfare chairmen are urged to attend.
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Ukiah
of the Elks
Wabash Avenue
James '‘E. Sacchi
Elks Lodges
California Northwest District
Elks Hall
National Foundation
Two Eureka Men Hurt In Willits Crash
Harry Morris aged 22 of Eureka sustained slight injuries when a rear wheel separated from his car on Highway 101 north of Willits causing loss of control. Passenger John Morris 73 also received minor injuries. The 6 15 p m crash sent both to Howard Memorial Hospital by Willits ambulance.
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Harry Morris
Eureka
Highway 101
Willits
John Morris
Howard Memorial Hospital
British Royal Couple Arrive in Rome for Vacation
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon arrived in Rome for a holiday. They spent the prior weekend at a medieval castle in southern Italy.
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Rome
UPI
Margaret of Britain
Lord Snowdon
Italy
Peace Talks Aim of Air Attacks
Washington officials say intensified air strikes on North Vietnam aim to pressure for peace talks as Communists face choices in guerrilla war. Attacks on the Ban Tach hydroelectric complex and nearby communications facilities near Red China accompany last week’s Chu Lai victory. McGeorge Bundy, Dean Rusk, and Arthur Goldberg note military success may push toward talks, with U.S. commitments in South Vietnam reaffirmed and less international support for the Communists.
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Washington
API
North Viet Nam
U.S
Ban Tach
Red China
Homer
Chu Lai
South Viet Nam
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
Bundy
Dean Rusk
U. S
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
Rusk
South
Viet Nam
Gné
United Sto
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Orbiting
Charles Conrad Jr
Houston Space Center
DeGabrielle
By James L. Jones
Ukiah Police
Eva Adams
U.S. Minty
Philadelphia Mint
Astronauts
Minutemar
Gemini Control
IPEG
Bie Hoa
Hue
da N
Lan Bum
Red River
Hanoi
Lao Kay
Thanh Hoa
Saigon
Orisk
Kang
Gourlay- 2
Gunns
Irene Ponder
San Jose Area
Elks Meeting
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