Mendocino Supervisors Trim Welfare Budget Significantly
Mendocino County supervisors slashed about 47000 from the 1968 69 welfare budget on the second day of budget hearings. They granted four new admin positions for Welfare Director Roland Kusdw and Administrator Al Beltrami to meet state staffing quotas while most reductions fell in aid for dependent children and related costs. Travel subsidy for animal control field men was raised to 100, and the board eyed clerical staffing options for animal control.
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Mendocino County
Roland Kussdw
al Beltrami
Russow
Beltrami
Beltrdmi
Animal Control
Animal Control Office
Central Services
Ernie Banker
Veterans Paice: County budget stalemate at hearings
In county budget hearings the Veterans Paice and Veterans Administration faced a stalemate on four issues including funding for 100 burial lots at Russian River Cemetery. Two board members favored a veterans area while two preferred purchasing distant lots. A separate motion sought a public guardian post for welfare and veterans cases, delaying appointment.
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Toby’ ‘O'Bayley
Veterans Administration
Russian River
Motenens
Veterans Department
Phyllis Masters
O’bayley
Johnny Cool Cooling Off in County Jail
Terry Schnittsban alias Johnny Cool, 38, held in Humboldt County jail awaiting a new trial on charges of burglary robbery and auto theft. Defense attorney Jim Larson appointed as appeal writ seeks change of venue to another county after prior rulings tied to an old 1964 Willits case involving the Walker father-in-law of Mayor Leo Hulett.
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Terry Schnittsban
Johnny Cool
Folsom Prison
Reno Bartolomie
Cooler
X. Superior Court
Schnitteban
Schnittshan
Forks
Thomas
Were Thome
Yate
William Walker
Leo
Attorney ‘General’s. ‘Office
Big Day Packing Starts on Ukiah Pears This Week
Ukiah Fruit Growers and Alex Thomas Company begin full scale pear packing with 85 to 100 workers sorting grading and packing by Monday rising to 125 130 by next week. Mendocino County crop seen at 35000 tons with 9000 tons to be handled 40 percent fresh market 60 percent canners. Labor Day completion eyed with Northern California canning price talks unsettled at 125 per ton for prime fruit and active shipping markets pushing growers to commit more tonnage. Mendocino County frost loss noted and California crop total pegged 335000 tons.
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Ukiah Fruit Growers
Alex Thomas Company
Bill Nagel
UFG
Mendocino County
Hopland
Ukiah
Redwood Valley
Potter Valley
Nagel
California
Cameron Girton
Associans
Girton
California Crop Reporting Service
Sheriff Reports On Local Collisions And Citations
Deputies reported Grant Squires 18 of Potter Valley treated at County Hospital for cuts after colliding with a barbed wire fence. Four Ukiah boys ages 15 and 16 were cited for curfew on Faull Avenue. Martin Alton Dempsey 63 of Laytonville was booked on a citizen's arrest for disturbing the peace.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Grant Squires
Potter Valley
Ukiah
Faull Avenue
Martin Alton
Dempsey
Laytonville
Ed Carver
Piquigeona
Ukiah pool closed for weekend amid swim league event
Ukiah's Municipal Pool will be closed to public swimming Saturday and Sunday while the Redwood Empire Swim League championship meet is held at the Ukiah Swim Center. Recreation director Dave Strong announced today.
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Ukiah
Redwood’ Empire Swim
Dave Strong
Ripon says Rockefeller strongest GOP ticket
The Ripon Society, a Republican research group, argues in a Ripon Forum preconvention issue that Gov. Nelson Rockefeller headed with a Southern running mate would be the strongest ticket. They contend Nixon is weak in northern industrial states and rapidly industrializing South regions where the GOP must gain ground. Nixon would face a choice between a southern or northern strategy, neither offering guaranteed victory but both within shooting range.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Ripon Society
Republican Research Organization
GOP
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ripon Forum
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
South
Mountains
Plains
Seven Foot Cross Found on Hampstead Heath
An interior worker was found Thursday nailed to a seven foot cross on Hampstead Heath. Joseph Richard De Haviland, about 30, was removed from the cross and hospitalized in good condition.
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London
UPI
Lo S
Hampstead Heath
Joseph Richard de Haviland
Hutchinson officer fires warning shots in three years
A Hutchinson police officer fired warning shots at a suspect on Thursday marking the first time in three years a local officer had used a firearm in the line of duty.
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Kan
UPI
Hutchinson
North Korea Threatens Pueblo Crew Over Apology
North Korea demands an apology from Washington and says the Pueblo crew will be punished and never released unless U.S. officials apologize for perceived crimes. U.S. officials say evidence of intruding into North Korean waters is lacking and call for an impartial inquiry after potential release. The Pueblo, an 83 member crew, was seized January 23 by North Korean patrol boats at Wonsan.
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North Korea
Moscow
UPI
Pueblo
Washington
Zo Namzoong
U.S. State Department
United States
Dean Rusk
U.S
State Department
House
Wonsan
Mayfield Without Successor
Gov Ronald Reagan’s appoinment selection for Mayfield’s seat remains unclear as The Journal reports no decision yet on who will replace John Mayfield Jr the Ukiah area supervisor who resigned July 20 to join the State Department of Conservation Charles Barra a Redwood Valley vintner and registered Democrat active in county planning is among strong contenders for the board seat
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Daily Journal
John Mayfield Jr
Mayfield
Ukiah
State Department of Conservation
Board of
Supervisors
Charles Barra
Redwood Valley
County Planning Commission
Journal
Kennedy Rejects Run For V P This Fall
UPI report says Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts declares it impossible to run for vice president due to personal reasons tied to family events. He notes the 1968 context, references his slain brothers Robert and John, and pledges to speak on vital policies as a U.S. Senator. He informs Democratic candidates and convention chair of his decision as final and firm.
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Boston
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
United States
Robert
Los Angeles
California
Willits Soldier Kenneth A. Butler Killed in Vietnam
Army private Kenneth A. Butler of Willits was killed in action somewhere in Vietnam, according to a report received by his mother Mrs. Kenneth Butler on Thursday. He is survived by his mother, a brother Sgt Lynn A Butler of the U S Army, and an aunt Alta McGuffin of Ukiah.
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Kenneth A. Butler
U8. Army
Willits
Vietnam
Kenneth Butler
Sgt
Lynn _A.Butler
U.S. Army
Alta McGuffin
Ukiah
Post Office plans Saturday open in event Senate acts
Washington UPI The Post Office to keep 12 000 post offices open all day Saturday if the Senate exempts the department from a congressional economy edict. A vote was set for late afternoon to avert weekend mail cutbacks and possible broader personnel reductions. A Post Office official said regional alerts would be sent to postmasters to stay open, though 4 953 first class and 7 358 second class offices face modified hours. If the exemption fails, ordinary Saturday service could be cut, delaying magazines checks and letters by two to three days.
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John Hall Washington
UPI
Senate
Congress
Williams
Monroney
Watson
Fires reported on tracks and highways with no damage
Fire calls logged for Thursday including woodchips on NWP railroad tracks and several grass fires along Freeway south off ramp Orchard Stella Avenues and Norgard Lane with no damage reported. garbled text references price guidance and Congress unclear.
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Nwp
Orchard
Stella
Norgard
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Roland Kussow
Jan Unser
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Dallas
Joseph Jr
Europe
Bulletin
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Mike Monroney
W. Marvin Watson
Buck Hunters
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