Yokayo school housing plan draws small Ukiah crowd
Yokayo principal Jack Simpson outlined plans to house 333 Yokayo students next year as parts of the campus close due to earthquake hazards. The Ukiah Unified board discussed bilingual special education program decentralization and voted to close the Ukiahi main building and Yokayo hazardous buildings by June.
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Jack Simpson
Yokayo
Ukiah Unified Board of Education
Ukiahi
Community Concert Association
Potter Valley
Stipson
North State
Calpella
Zeek
Orr Springs Richey Flats
Ukiah Area
Nokomis
Ukiah
Oak Manor
Reagan orders probe into moonlighting state workers
Sacramento California Governor Ronald Reagan ordered investigations into outside activities by state employees after finding a top water pollution official had a potential conflict of interest. He also reviewed regulations on outside work and requested the resignation of Kerry Mulligan, chair of the California Water Resources Control Board, amid bribery accusations connected to Honolulu officials and Engineering Science Inc. Mulligan faced scrutiny over consulting work and a possible $26,250 annual salary conflict. Warrants were issued for Mulligan ESI board chairman Harvey Ludwig and firm executive Joseph Feeney.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Kerry Mulligan
California Water Resources Control Board
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Mulligan
Engineering Science Inc
Engineering Science
ESI
Harvey Ludwig
Joseph Feeney
Water Control Board
Student vote drive gains momentum at Ukiahi campus
The Ukiahi campus saw seniors flock to registration desks as student body officers intensify efforts to mobilize 18 year olds for the March 21 school bond election. Leaders Rick Warren and Mark Pardini guided the drive with plans to reach all 157 eligible seniors.
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Ukiahi
Rick’ Warren
Mark ‘Pardini
Rick
Mark
Carrier Seeks Early Payment for Ukiah Daily Journal
A notice requests readers to pay subscriptions in advance during carrier visits. It specifies motor routes are payable 30 months ahead and urges prompt settlement to support delivery service.
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Ukiah Daily Journal
State engineers deny mismanagement of surplus land
Sacramento engineers contradict charges of mismanaging millions in surplus right of way. Hearing before the Transportation Commission and a legislative inquiry cited a 90 percent accuracy in surplus land inventory while noting a $100 million inventory and $15 million in unaccounted parcels. The division blamed market factors and staff limits for slow disposal as corrections are pursued.
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Sacramento
UPI
Division of Highways
Division
Department of Public Works
Commission
Transportation’ Committees
H. “Herbert Jackson
Les Halcomb
Senate
Ukiah seeks state deed for 120 acre hospital site for high school
Ukiah Unified superintendent W O Murphy says a formal request has been sent to Assemblyman Belotti and Senator Collier for the state to deed 120 acres of Mendocino State Hospital land to the district. The site, adjoining Hildreth Ranch near Talmage Road and the Russian River, could host a new high school and later a community college, with flood-fill considerations noted by local engineer Ed Carpenter.
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W. O. Murphy
Ukiah Unified School District
Frank Belotti
Randolph Collier
Mendocino State Hospital
Talmage Road
Cunningham- Ruddick Road
Russian River
Ukiah
Hildreth Ranch
Hildreth
Murphy
Assemblyman
Belotti
Collier
Mendocino County
Department of Mental Hygiene
Marge Boynton
Nancy March
Board of Education
Countywide five year mental health plan under study
The county submits a five year mental health plan to the board of supervisors, delaying approval for one week to allow review. Officials estimate state funding at 90 percent with varying annual costs from 1.62 million in 1972-73 to 1.27 million in 1976-77, and anticipate potential savings from shifting staff and facilities.
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Board of Supervisors
State Department of Mental Hygiene
Hobart Whetstone
Whetstone
Richard Drury
Ernie Banker
Banker
Watson
County forms five member advisory panel on Mendocino State Hospital
Ernie Banker chairman of the board of supervisors appointed five officials to advise on alternative uses for Mendocino State Hospital. The group includes supervisors Al Barbero Ted Galletti Ukiah Mayor Sterling Norgard Lyell Cash and Administrator Al Beltrami. The ad hoc citizens committee will continue to assist and provide progress updates while the new panel leads the study.
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Ernie Banker
Board of Supervisors
Mendocino State Hospital
al Barbero
Ted Galletti
al Beltrami
Ukiah
Sterling Norgard
Lyell Cash
Barbero
Marge Boynton
Ed Bean
State Hospital
Citizens Committee
Placer County
DeWitt State Hospital
Nixon offers pullout for prisoner return
President Nixon disclosed secret talks with the Communists aimed at ending the Indochina War. He said an Oct peace plan proposed cease fire and phased U.S. withdrawal with prisoner releases over six months, but no withdrawal date was fixed. He claimed Hanoi blocks peace while Viet Cong and Thieu responsiveness remained uncertain.
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UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
China
Hanoi
Paris
U.S
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Henry A. Kissinger
Laos
Cambodia
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Carl Purdy Hall
Bill Johnson
Louis ‘Johnson
St. Mary’s Church
Journal
Transportation Committee
Tom Carrell
California
Ukiah, Unified School District
Carpenter
Yokoyo Realty
S. State
Larkin Younce
United States
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