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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1972
Page
1
Ukiah police initiate a ride-along program for Ukiah High School juniors and seniors. Six students, coordinated with Charles Myers, dean of students, will ride with officers on city patrols to learn police procedures and discuss their experiences under Officer Richard Perry.
The local Christmas aid effort, formerly named United, is now the Community Christmas drive. Volunteers from Ukiah and nearby towns coordinate clothing toys and dinner fixings for needy families with county welfare and school district help. Donations welcome via Jack Simpson or Mrs. Vivian Martin. Over 140 families benefited last year.
On January 26 at 1 26 a m a fire call was logged for the Hazel Dansing home at 315 North Pine. Fire crews found a fire in the wall near the fireplace with moderate damage to the bedroom wall.
Fair conditions prevail with little temperature variation. Fort Bragg reports low tonight and high Saturday at 31 and 48 degrees, while Ukiah shows 20 for a low and 48 for a high.
Daily temperature high and low figures for December 7 with noon reading and rainfall. Compares December 1972 to previous year, noting 11.98 inches rainfall and 43 to 29 degree range.
A ground search began in the Sacramento Valley for Truman Dewitt of Pittsburg California who left Little River airport near Fort Bragg Tuesday night in a 1946 Stinson Voyager four passenger plane en route to Chico. Authorities link a Grass Valley radio call to the missing aircraft while Civil Air Patrol and law enforcement search the area with an air search planned when weather permits.
County planners recommended supervisors approve a general plan change from AI to SP for Moores & Associates north of Irish Gulch and accept the specific plan for the subdivision. Both environmental impact statements for existing and 700 acre addition south of the gulch were found sufficient under the Environmental Quality Act. The matter heads to the supervisors with next Wednesday set for the EIS on the proposed development.
Extreme cold swept Mendocino County today with Ukiah recording a 17 degree low, the coldest since December 26, 1949. Other readings spread across Covelo, Eel River station, Willits, Redwood Valley and Lake County, while road crews cleared snow and ice and worked to keep Laytonville-Dos Rios and Fish Rock roads passable. Highway 101 remained open, with icy spots on higher elevations.
Mrs. Lyle Brinegar describes her son Claude Brinegar, 46, as a self made man after his appointment by President Nixon as transportation secretary. Born in Mendocino County and educated at Stanford, Brinegar served in Korea, joined Union Oil, and rose to senior vice president before moving toward Washington. He is a distant relative of Ukiah attorney Newell Rawles.
Summary of world news briefs: Truman’s health deteriorates with critical heart condition and sleep issues. Kissinger and Tho discuss near peace in Paris as Pompidou reports settlement of political matters. Nixon names Kleindienst as attorney general. Fighting intensifies in Saigon with heavy weather hindering air raids and 83 Communist attacks reported. Weathermen indicted in Detroit for bombing cases. Kitty Hawk sailors decline to appear before a congress panel, citing the Fifth Amendment.
Apollo 17 steered away from a lunar collision course and passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon at 6 36 a m EST with the Moon 132 005 miles ahead. The 52 ton spacecraft then prepared for a Monday landing in a lunar valley after a course adjustment for lunar orbit.
Ukiah city council joined county and city leaders in urging Gov. Reagan to sign SB 1261 by Sen. Randolph Collier, making a $10 million three year grant to California's 21 regional library systems. The measure would raise per capita library revenue and protect programs, with potential cuts if vetoed.
The Mendocino County Messiah Chorus led by Esther T. Munroe will present The Messiah on Friday December 15 at 8 p.m. at the Ukiah Seventh-day Adventist Church 1390 Laws Avenue. Soloists include Shirley Ann Munroe Susan Louise Ashley Walter Thl Kenneth O Ridgley and Ralph Gates with William Mintner Siegfried Schultze and Julian Lobsien as accompanists. The choir draws members from Mendocino and Lake Counties. Admission is free with an offering taken.
Mendocino County Community Blood Bank will be in Ukiah this Sunday from 9 30 a m to 1 p m at the Saturday Afternoon Club Stephen and South Oak Streets Donors are urgently needed as county reserves run low A light breakfast coffee orange juice and sweet rolls will be provided free The event is held the second Sunday of each month under Ukiah Soroptimist Club sponsorship
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