Christmas Parties Spread Over 10 Days At Mendocino State Hospital
Community volunteers staged a series of Christmas parties at Mendocino State Hospital from December 13 to December 20, with hosts ranging from church groups to student nurses and civic clubs. The events featured music by Bandbox of Music, a barbershop quartet, accordion and clarinet ensembles, square dancing demonstrations, and performances by local groups from Ukiah, Cloverdale, and surrounding areas. Hospital coordinator Elena Bell thanked volunteers and noted that good weather helped the season’s celebration across 12 units, concluding with a large finale on December 20.
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Mendocino State Hospital
Elena Bell
Vouunteer Services
Lake
Mendocino
Sonoma
Gray Ladies
Santa Rosa Junior College
Episcopal Churchwomen
Rho Alpha Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Ray Moore
Redwood Valley
Rainbow Ranch
Ukiah
Bandbox of
Bianca Schultze
George Forgey
Unit 14
Bill Henne
Ron Ford
John Bock
Chuck Ford
Gamma Phi Sorority
Knights of Columbus
Ukiah Druid Circle
VFW
Connie Cox
Cloverdale
Windjammers
Youthful Driver Injured in Off Limits Area
Ukiah high school student Michael L. Ruoff, 17, was injured when his car struck a raised man hole at the off limits old sewage plant site at Gobbi Street. He was taken to Hillside Hospital with chest injuries and facial lacerations after the crash. Minor damage and no injuries reported at State and Stephenson and State and Talmage.
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Michael L. Ruoff
Ukiah
Gobbi Street
Young Ruoff
Hillside Hospital
Zimmeran
State
Stephenson
Talmage
Tiny Stefani Announces February 1 Retirement
Gino Tiny Stefani, 55, longtime Mendocino County law enforcement officer, will retire February 1 and enter real estate work after a brief break. Stefani began as a deputy sheriff in 1955, rose to inspector in 1957 and captain in 1958, and served as Willits police chief from 1952 to 1955. He held posts in Healdsburg and later became sheriff’s deputy again, with a family including wife Rita and children Paul Stefani and Mrs. Charles Ruelle.
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Stefani
Wvho
Sheriff's Department
Geyserville
Willits
Sonoma County
Healdsburg
Druids
Odd Fellows
Eagles
Sons of
Italy
Rita
Paul Stefani
Status Quo on Salary Ordinance Push Deliberations
Supervisors did not approve the Civil Service Commission recommended amendment to exempt incumbents from promotional exams when their jobs are reclassified. The vote 3-2 left the salary ordinance as is, with concerns that the CSC would gain too much authority and that final salary decisions remain with the board. District Attorney Tom Cleland and others voiced legal questions about the amendment’s implications.
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Civil Service Commission
CSC
Harvey Sawyers
Augie Avila
John Mayfield Jr
Ernie Banker
Joe Scaramella
Gordon McKillican
Commission
Tom Cleland
Weather Outlook for Northwestern California
Northwestern California fair today and tonight with cloudy skies Thursday and showers in extreme north. Highs around Ukiah 52 and lows near 30, Santa Rosa about 50 and 27. Small craft winds northwest to north 25 to 35 knots, easing to 15 to 25 knots tonight.
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California
Santa Rosa
Navy planes strike North Vietnam industrial complex
Saigon dispatch reports US Navy aircraft using electronic bomb sights attacked military targets near Hanoi and Haiphong. The first raid hit a coal plant at Uong Bi and a second raid damaged a highway bridge near Haiphong. Seven US planes were lost in recent operations.
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Brui Saigon
UPS
Hai
Hanoi
Haiphong
Sovigk
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Viet Nam
Letters to Santa in Ukiah Daily Journal
Children are urged to mail Letters to Santa to Santa Claus in care of the Ukiah Daily Journal by Thursday tomorrow to ensure on time arrival at the North Pole. A missing name and address on a letter with a red crayon Santa image prompts a playful note about Santa needing to "detectivating" to identify the writer.
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Harry
Santa
North Pole
Santa Claus
Ukiah Daily Journal
Ukiah
Mother
Papa
Raggedy Ann
Skipper & Scooter
Titan 3C Third-Stage Failure Halts Satellite Launch
Engineers traced a second consecutive failure of Titan 3C third-stage engines as they failed to ignite. The six hour flight ended with three of four piggyback satellites remaining stranded in an elongated suborbital path and the fate of the fourth unknown. The incident jeopardizes Air Force plans to deploy a global network of 24 military communications satellites.
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Titan
Earth
Air Force
Defense Department
Weather data snippet from Ukiah Fire Department
A fragmentary weather table from December 1965 and December 1964 shows daily high and low temperatures with a noon reading. The section lists a high of 59 and a low around 28 for today, plus rainfall 12.09 inches for the period and 26.42 inches last year.
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Ukiah Fire Department
Chimney and Auto Fires Reported Across town
Fire calls report multiple chimney fires with no damage at 280 Leland Lane 6:58 p.m. East River Road residence of Robert Bartolomei 7:39 p.m. and 211 Rosemary Lane Herb Manning residence 7:39 p.m. Today 11:58 a.m. auto fire at 411 Walnut with no damage.
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Leland Lane
Robert Bartolomei
East River Road
Herb Manning
Rosemary Lane
Walnut
Supervisors Study Officials Salaries
County supervisors reviewed elected official salaries and endorsed a two step increase plan with County Administrator Al Beltrami’s pay raised to 13 200 annually effective Jan 1. The board approved Beltrami’s salary and widened the vacant post range as part of the action.
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Suervisors
al Beltrami
Beltrami
France to attend six-nation talks in Luxembourg
Paris sources say France will end its six month boycott of the European Common Market and attend a six-nation foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg in mid January. In Dahomey, the army has staged a coup taking control, dissolving parliament and signaling a new constitution. In Bonn, Johnson and Erhard report a high level of agreement on nuclear defense sharing among NATO have-nots. In Santo Domingo, gunfire across the capital marks the fourth day of sporadic violence with at least 29 reported dead.
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Paris
UPI
France
Luxembourg
Bonn
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
Washington
NATO
Ai Rerman
Santo Domingo
U.S. Viet Nam War Pause Talks Darken At Christmas
Washington and Saigon weigh a Christmas truce as Viet Cong proposes a 12 to 24 hour lull. U.S. officials express skepticism while Saigon signals possible acceptance though no formal cue or troop plans emerge. Rusk meets Italian mediator Fanfani as peace feelers continue with Hanoi questions unresolved.
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Washington
UPI
United States
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Johnson
U.S
National Liberation Front
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Amintore Fanfani
U. N. General Assembly
Viet Nam
Yule Decoration Judges To Judge Ukiah Homes Tonight
Ukiah Daily Journal reports the Christmas decoration contest will be judged tonight by a panel of three. Entries span Regina Heights, south Ukiah, Redwood Valley and other areas, with winners to be announced Thursday. Runners-up include Carl Jensen and others from Wales Section. entries come from Duane Thompson and Ralph Dales among others.
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Daily Journal
Ukiah Area
Daly Journal
Judees
Carl Jensen
Wales
Mendocino County Art Association
Imeimibers Virfinda Biehl Jeammiter Pelham
Ete Miro
Claude Burress
Wal Lockwood Drive
Garrett and
Sopire Drive
Morning Mail
The
Regina Heights
South Ukiah
Redwood Valley
Ukiah
Duane Thompson
Warren Drive
Ralph Dales
Thompson
Petrykins and
Peach Streets
Dales
Calvert Court
McPeak
Mill Streets
Ruth and
Wank
Glenwood Drive
Knob Hill Road
James Street
Map Drone Drive
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Ulrich
Chuck Ord
MSH
RT-1
RT-12
Rt-A
RTB
Grace Lutheran Church
RT-3
Kewarana Council
Tiny Stefani
Gino
Tiny) Stefani
Mendocino County
Gino Stefani
Jennifer Turner
Jackie Lowe
Unit G
Miller
Sam
Prizzo Jetzo
Darcy
Darrin
AL Rossiter JR
Cape Kennedy
Cotonou
Dahoney
Christophe Soglo
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