Three Alarm Fire Destroys Mercer Feeds in Ukiah
A Ukiah feed store burned in a three alarm fire early today, with an estimated loss of 75 000 and minor injuries to two Ukiah firefighters. The blaze at Mercer Feed Store near Clay and Railroad began around 3 a.m. and required four pumpers and 24 volunteers for over an hour to control. The building, about 80 by 120 feet, housed poultry feed, livestock feed, grain, hay, and fertilizer. cause was not immediately determined. The loss marked Ukiah’s largest fire in years and occurred near the NWP depot, with adjacent structures spared.
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Ukiah
Walt Lammert
Mercer
Clay and Railroad
Albert Lyons
Robert Burke
Robert Hammons
al Bechtel
NWP
Tom Mercer
Hammons
Ukiah Valley Thrift Shop
Perkins and
Main Street
Mercer Feed
Bechtot
Lammert
Foord and Erickson
Bechtel
Clay and
Mendocino County Superintendent Jack Taylor to retire in 1971
John W. Jack Taylor announced during the Mendocino County board of education meeting that after 36 years as county superintendent he will not seek reelection in the 1970 primary. He first ran in 1934, has served nine four-year terms, and will leave office on the first Monday of January 1971.
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John W
Jack) Taylor
Taylor
Mendocino County
Ukiah
University of California, Berkeley
Stanford University
Third drugs action panel set tonight
The third in the Drugs Awareness and Action series tackles law problems raised earlier. Tonight at 7:30 in Ukiah high school cafeteria a panel of Judge Arthur B. Broaddus District Attorney Duncan James and Chief Probation Officer Tom Martin will discuss federal and state law and related court actions. One hour is devoted to small group discussions with panel members answering questions as they rotate between groups.
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Ukiah High School
Arthur B. Broaddus
Duncan James
Tom Martin
Si Boynton
Donn Saulsbury
James
Broaddus
House approves Sec. Sec. boost for Social Security
The House approved a 15 percent across the board increase in Social Security benefits for 25 million Americans effective January 1. The move precedes final action on a broader tax reform package as House and Senate negotiators work toward a quick boost and a potential budgetary compromise before Christmas.
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Michael L. Posner
Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Congress
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
British woman births sextuplets after fertility treatment
A 23-year-old British housewife Rosemary Letts, after fertility drugs, delivered sextuplets seven weeks early at University College Hospital London. Five survived, one stillborn. Five girls and one boy weighed from 1 pound 1{!} to 2 pounds 13 ounces. Doctors reported all in good condition, with incubator care.
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Alvin B. Webb JR
London
UPI
Rosemary Letts
London’s
University College Hospital
Europe
Spain
Vestal faces old charges in Mendocino case
Richard Lynn Vestal 21 returns from Santa Clara County and is jailed in Mendocino on multiple charges tied to a 1967 vehicular manslaughter case. Held on 2500 dollar bail, he’s charged with probation violation from a 1968 Ukiah Court sentence after an Aug 5 1967 crash that killed passenger Harry L. Vann and injured Norris Daniels.
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Richard Lynn Vestal
Mendocino County
Santa Clara County
Sheriff’s Office
Vestal
Ukiah Justice Court
Hale McCowen Jr
Harry Leroy Vann
Willits
Daniels
San Matieo
Tom Martin
Washington
Boonville robbery suspects face armed theft charges
Manuel Vara, 63, reports he was robbed at 1 30 a m in a Boonville hotel parking lot after leaving the Boonville Lodge bar. He identifies Dale Bloyd 21 Robin Bloyd Jr 24 and Glenn Bennett 30 as the trio. Vara says a .22 rifle was leveled but suspects deny using a weapon, claiming a crutch was the tool. The three were jailed briefly then released on recognizance by Judge Wayne Burke.
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Boonville
Manuel M. Vara
Sheriff’s Office
Boonville Lodge
Vara
Dale M. Bloyd
Philo
Robin Bloyd Jr
Navarro
Glenn Ronald Bennett
Phil Foster
Ron Manda
Bloyd
Robin Bloyd
Wayne Burke
Rainy Weekend Beats Ukiah Weather Deluge
The weekend brought intermittent heavy to light rain in Ukiah with more in the forecast. Rain totals rose from 5.96 inches Thursday to 10.38 inches by Sunday, paced toward a seasonal peak, but the city remains about four inches behind last year’s rainfall by this date.
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Ukiah
Northwestern California Weather Forecast Summary
Fair today in Northwestern California with cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Rain likely along the coast Tuesday and inland by evening. Little temperature change. High around 62, low near 43 in Ukiah.
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California
Ukiah
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