Ukiah Unified Board Rejects Nine Cent Override
Ukiah Unified school trustees deadlocked 4-3 to reject a nine cent per one hundred assessed value override for 1971-72, leaving the district about $54,000 short as county tax on household furnishings was removed. Superintendent Murphy expressed surprise as board members Bruce Bearden Lewis Martinelli Bill Proctor and Nancy March opposed the routine override, a reversal of recent years.
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Ukiah Unified Board of Education
Bruce Bearden
Lewis Martinelli
Bill Proctor
Nancy March
Sacramento
Murphy
Evelyn Banzhaf
Clara Baton
Bearden
Salty the mongrel makes 272 mile trek home
Salty, a 21 month old mongrel, walked or rode through woods fields lakes streams and towns to reach her original mistress Margie Labeff in Detroit. After being given away in August and then moved to Cheboygan the dog vanished on December 18 and reappeared New Year’s Day outside the Labeff home. Salty is home for good.
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Detroit
UPI
Salty
Margie Labeff
Cheboygan
Labeff
Two-car collision injures three on Highway 101 near Russian River
At 11 pm Tuesday, Clifford Franco 31 of San Jose and John Roberts Ukiah drove north and south respectively when icy pavement caused Franco to lose control. Franco Helen Roberts 48 and Diana Roberts 28 were injured and transported to hospital by Ukiah Ambulance.
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Hopland
Russian River
Highway Patrol
Clifford Franco
San Jose
John Roberts
Ukiah
Franco
Helen Roberts
Diana Roberts
Debating moon origin at lunar science conference
Two leading scientists differ on whether the moon born with a liquid core or a solid one. discussions cover lunar magnetism core state and cosmic ray erosion. other experts describe exotic rays and lava flow behavior on the Moon.
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Edward K Delong
UPI
Houston
Earth
Moon
D. W. Strangway
Manned Spacecraft Center
Charles P. Sonett
Space Agency
Ames Research Center
Mountainview
Calif
Strangway
Lunar
P. B. Price
University of California
Robert M. Walker
Washington University
St. Louis
Price
Walker
Peter M. Bell
Carnegie Institute
Washington
Travel Warnings for Northern California Mountains Begin Thursday
Northwestern California issues travel warnings for northern mountains as heavy snow, blowing and drifting occur locally through Thursday. Showers today with a chance of thunderstorms continue north of Pt Arena and Ukiah, while the south stays cloudy and cooler tonight. Small craft warnings issued north of Pt Arena.
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California
Pt. Arena
Ukiah
Arena
Desoto Linked to Service Station Theft Case
In the ongoing investigation into Robert D. Desoto a petty theft report from Leonard's Richfield station Calpella notes coins missing from a soda machine. The machine opened with keys and $8 was lost. Desoto was arrested earlier for burglary after officers found vending machine keys in his possession believed taken from the Pepsi-Cola warehouse on Parducci Road.
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Robert D. Desoto
Sheriff's
Leonard’s
Richfield Station
Calpella
Desoto
Pepsi-Cola
Parducci Road
Patient Struck by Auto on River Road Near Talmage
Edith Morris, 40, a patient at MSH, escaped with a skinned knee after a car struck her on River Road south of Talmage Tuesday morning. The driver was Susan Jones, 21, who was turning from Talmage Road onto River Road when the accident occurred.
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Edith Morris
MSH
River Road
Talmage
Susan Jones
Talmage Road
Dos Rios Bridge Repair Plan Approved by Board
The board directed a resolution of intention to fund 15000 for Middle Fork Bridge repairs at Dos Rios, contingent on the state assuming Sign Route 261 past Covelo for future maintenance. State highways officials approved the county move, with the road about 34 miles long and repairs to be chosen by county or state.
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Board of Supervisors
Middle Fork
Dos Rios
Covelo
Public Works
Budge Campbell
Covelé Road
State Highways District
Eureka
Campbell
Ernest Banker
August Avila
Drunk Driving Arrest After Ukiah Two Car Crash
Donald Culton, 50, of Ukiah, was arrested Tuesday morning after a two car non-injury crash at State and Mill streets. He faces drunk driving charges after an investigation by Officers Richard Boyman and Frank Stafford. Culton was booked at the city jail around 8:58 a.m. A separate report to the sheriff’s office said a whiteface calf was stolen from Bunkerhill Ranch near Dos Rios between January 9 and 11, prompting a livestock theft inquiry led by Deputy Ross Duke.
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Donald Culton
Ukiah
State
Mill Streets
Richard Boyman
Frank Stafford
Culton
Sheriff’s Office
Bunkerhill
Dos Rios
Ross Duke
Laytonville Road
Standing committee assignments made
Supervisors received their 1971 standing committee assignments Tuesday with two member boards assigned to two each of the major areas including agriculture central services health and welfare public works planning and building inspection finance personnel and recreation. Each board member except Chairman Harvey Sawyers of Willits will serve as chairman of two committees and as a member of two others. Ted Galletti newly elected supervisor from the Fifth District was appointed to chair the agriculture and recreation committees and will be a member of the planning and building inspection and finance committees. Ernest Banker Ukiah will chair the health and welfare as well as the personnel committee and sit on central services and public works. Al Barbero First district will chair central services.
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Central Services
Harvey Sawyers
Willits
Ted Galletti
Ernest Banker
Ukiah
Central Services Committee
Public Works Committee
al Barbero
First District
August Avila
Fort Bragg
Public Works
Agriculture
Barbero
California Council On Criminal Justice
Banker
Ukiah Valley
Sawyers
Board of Supervisors
Sanitation
Woman Hurt As Car Skids On Ice At Ukiah Overpass
Joan Neilson 38, of Ukiah, slight injuries after her car skids on ice at Talmage Road overpass and hits a bridge abutment at 7 47 am. The vehicle was struck by an eastbound car driven by Paul Revels 61, also of Ukiah.
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Joan Neilson
Ukiah
Talmage Road
Paul Revels
Early Morning Fire Damages Redwood Valley Home
A Redwood Valley home occupied by Mr and Mrs Tim Swinney suffered heavy damage when a kitchen fire broke out in the early morning. Firefighters from the Redwood Valley Calpella department arrived at 4 40 and the blaze was under control by 6 20. Estimated losses were 3000 for the structure and 1500 for contents. The Swinneys and their infant child escaped unharmed. The house is owned by James Hendrix.
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Redwood Valley
Tim Swinney
Redwood Valley- Calpella
Swinneys
James Hendrix
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