26 Aug 1971
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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1971
Page
1
Ukiah Daily Journal lists key staff including M. D. Glover as publisher and B A Cober as managing editor with George Hunter and Dean Devries also noted in senior roles. Publisher Emeritus is acknowledged for long‑time service.
Ukiah Unified voters face October 26 ballot on a 5.9 million bond to fund a new high school for 2,000 students, renovate Ukiah facilities for junior highs, add a Calpella multipurpose room and Potter Valley classrooms, with earthquake unsafe buildings replaced by 1975 under Field Act.
Analysis argues prosperity, not Vietnam or diplomacy, will decide Nixon’s re election. It describes past policy shifts, current moves to spur growth, curb inflation, and ease consumer costs, including auto tax repeal and tax cuts. A failing economy could jeopardize his bid.
A compiled reminiscence from Page One News covers ten to fifty years ago in Ukiah. It snippets police curfew enforcement, local arrests, Alaska trips by Hampels, county justice courts, a proposed juvenile hall, gas line debates, Rotary Spanish lessons, and several 1920s and 1950s local highlights including theater listings, residents visiting and cattle ranching developments.
California State Employees Association struggles to secure 5 percent cost of living raises for state workers and 10 percent for university faculty after Nixon Aug 15 wage-price freeze. Reagan vetoed the raises. CSEA plans lobbies and separate bill routes to override. Freeze blocks merit raises and may derail the override, though CSEA aims to start increases in November and back a health insurance subsidy bill.
A trio of letters questions welfare reforms and tax policy in California. Gail Lemmerz of Talmage denounces cutbacks and urges grassroots action to aid jobless families, criticizing voting inertia and urging reform via Sacramento. Robert J. Hall of Redwood Valley apologizes for past anger toward county officials over tax dollars and chides generous budgeting. A Mendocino County resident condemns fingerprinting welfare recipients and prequalification requirements as unjust and upsetting.
The piece railes against Nixon era economic misjudgments calling the U S slipping behind Japan and questions the value of the Cheyenne helicopter program. It cites a $600 million total spend, a $435 million Cheyenne bill, and a split view in Congress over air cavalry with a push to terminate the project and continue fixed wing options like the AX and Harrier.
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