Mayfield to join state conservation post Aug 1
Mendocino County supervisor John M. Mayfield Jr. will resign July 20 to become deputy director of the California Department of Conservation, effective August 1. He was elected first district supervisor in 1964, reelected June 4 this year, and will be replaced in the unexpired term by a governor appointment. Mayfield, 31, has been active in lumbering and conservation, previously managing Mendocino Mill and Lumber and serving with the Redwood Region Conservation Council. He is married to Sandy and the couple will relocate to Sacramento.
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State Department of Conservation
Mayfield
Ukiah
Nick Tsarnas
Ronald Reagan
Mendo Mill and Lumber Company
Redwood Region Conservation Council
RRCC
Gov. Reagan
Redwood Empire Association
County Supervisors Association
Californiia Commission
Oklahoma
Orr Springs
Big River
Ukiah High School
Humboldt State College
Sandy
Jim
Ted
Mayfields
Sacramento
Weather data notes for Ukiah July 1968
July 1968 temperatures show high 80 low 58 with 0.00 rainfall. Today's temperature 73 with no rain. Comparison to July 1967 and last year noted, fire department observer context included.
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Ukiah
Ukiah Man Ends Three Hour Drinking Spree With Self Destruction
A 29 year old apprentice cook, Walter Alex Brown, died by suicide with a British Enfield rifle in front of his wife and two children after a night of heavy drinking. He fired at random from his yard then turned the gun on himself, dying instantly. Deputies and the sheriff’s office investigated the events leading to the fatal shooting at 190 Eunice Court in south Ukiah.
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Walter Alex Brown
Eunice Court
Sanford Lane
South Ukiah
House of
Garner
Brown
Yokayo Bowl
Mike Daly
Mike Moore
Daly
Moore
Mary
Jean
Donna Ceccarelli
Ukiah
Gary Miller
Bob Richardson
Willits County Museum Job To Oakland Architect
Mendocino County Historical Society authorized a 99 year lease with Willits for a main street museum. Plans by J Boyd Brown of Oakland for a 96 by 100 foot redwood building on three acres on Commercial Street were approved with estimated $105000 cost. The drive raised $495 cash and $520 pledged. New officers elected include William Montgomery to lead, A N Rawles, Lila Lee, Elsa Thompson, Myrtle Rawles, Josephine Schmidbauer, Etta Sommet, and Frank Hyman. Centennial services and a noon meal preceded the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendocino
Willits
Montgomery
A. N
John”’ Rawles
Uhkiah
Lila Lee
Ukiah
Elsa Thompson
Comptche
Myrtle Rawles
Josephine Schmidbauer
Etta Sommet
Albion
Frank Hyman
Fort Bragg
Arthur Romer
Main Street
Woman Sues Unruh Over 1970s Rally Incident
Elizabeth Twillenger files a 15000 damages suit in Sacramento Superior Court against Assembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh and others after alleging he struck her at a March 23 political rally for the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. She claims medical pills totaling 1700 dollars were prescribed following the incident and accuses Unruh of negligence and disregard for her plight while attempting to advance the official party.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
Superior Court
Robert F.kennedy
Elizabeth Twillenger
Unruh
Robert F. Kennedy
Eel River Unity OK Dos Rios Stand Taken
Mendocino County delegates push unified policy for future Eel River water development as Dos Rios hearing in Ukiah on July 30 looms. Officials debate funding and mitigation amid a tentative Magna Carta style statement and regional backing from Lake County, with friction over a full membership renewal and county costs.
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Eel River Association
Geaded
United Action
Mendocino County
Magna Carta
Eel River
Joint Assembly
Senate
Dos Rios
Ukiah
Weaverville
Mendocino
Round Valley
Bob Newhouse
Association
Harvey Sawyers
Augie Avila
Board of Supervisors
Chet Linser
Burt’ Banzhaf
Lake County
Lake
Newhouse
Boy bitten by rabid skunk near Covelo
A 9 year old boy visiting his grandparents on the Big Bend ranch north of Covelo was bitten on the hairline by a skunk found to be rabid. The boy received Pasteur treatment in Ukiah, Medford, and Tacoma, and is reported to be recovering without complications.
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Covelo
Ray Austins
Big Bend Ranch
Ohn McCulloch
Travis McCulloch
Tacoma
Wash
Austins
Denise
Douglas
Austin
John
Ross Luther
Ukiah
Pasteur
University of California Lab At Berkeley
Medford
Ore
John A
Gun Collectors Exit Ukiah After Conference
About 70 members of the Northern California Gun Collectors Association left Ukiah after a weekend display of antique and modern firearms. City officials told the group no sale or barter of concealable weapons would be allowed, sparking protest from Howard Myhre and Dr. Harold White. Members from Oregon, Nevada, Arizona and California faced licensing confusion as exhibitors voiced frustration over restrictions and expenses.
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Harold W. White
Fairfax
Car Purdy Hall
Fairgrounds
City of Ukiah
G. Hunter
Northern California Gun Collectors Association
Ukiah
Association
Lyell Cash
Donn Saulsbury
NOGCA
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
California
Cash
Saulsbury
Howard
Fire and gun show notes at Ukiah Fairgrounds
A weekend of fire calls across Ukiah area with several grass fires reported at multiple addresses and a minor camp trail fire near John L. Kennedy Ohio Highway 101. An ambulance aided a Covelo patient to Hillside Community Hospital. A gun show faced legal limits with five day waiting period and city officials debating enforcement.
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State St
al Antoni
Crawford Mill and Railroad
C.L. Brown
Mendocino Drive
Blue Bonnet Drive
Freeway
East Perkins
Beacon Lane
McNab
Ukiah
Covelo
Hillside Community Hospital
John L. Kennedy
Ohio
Highway 101
North
Higher Income Tax Surplus Enforced Today
Americans began paying a higher federal income tax as a 10 percent surcharge went into effect retroactive to January for corporations and April for individuals. The measure, designed to raise 11.6 billion by June 30, 1969, includes 6 billion in federal spending cuts and aims to reduce the deficit by about 20 billion dollars in fiscal 1969.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Weekend Fires Tie Up Aerial Tankers Across County
Fire crews from the Division of Forestry battled eight hours to control a 185 acre grass and timber blaze on the Burger ranch near Yorkville aided by five aerial retardant bombers and seven Honor Camp crews. Tanks from Ukiah Santa Rosa and Rohnerville joined eight forestry trucks and a private bulldozer. High winds sparked several weekend fires in Mendocino County, with Fort Bragg and Willits volunteers helping suppress blazes that threatened homes and caused damage including a $5,000 kitchen fire at Ettie Lee Boys Home and a $40,000 structure fire near Willits. additional fires near Calpelta and Mendocino were contained.
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Division of Forestry
Burger Ranch
Yorkville
Ukiah
Santa Rosa
Rohnerville
Forestry 1
Willits
Boonville
Pear
Calpelta
Mende
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John M. Mayfield Jr
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
John Mayfield JR
Larry Johnson
Daily Journal
Journal
Larry
Vivian Ray
Bruce Williams
Don Delahoyde
In Willits
County Museum
Oakland
J. Boyd Brown
Museum
Museum Committee
Kenneth Jamieson
Jamieson
Unity
Skunk
Myhre of
Belmont
Harold White
Don Scotto
Cyril Hill
John Moss
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