Ukiah High to Hold First Outdoor Graduation
Tomorrow evening Ukiah high school will stage its first outdoor commencement on the football field with 402 seniors receiving diplomas. The event opens at 6 p.m. with the Golden Gate Overture by the Wildcat Concert Band, followed by Pomp and Circumstance and a flag salute led by Diana Zimmerman and Judi Smith. Scholarships are presented by Mrs. Jean Near, invocation by Fr. Cyprian O Leary, soloist Sharon Hull, massed chorus directed by Les Johnson, and the hymn Purple and Gold. Recessional Proud Heritage ends the ceremony under clear skies.
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Ukiah High School
Wildcat
Elgar
Diana Zimmerman
Judi Smith
Cyprian’ O’leary
Sharon ‘Hull
Les Johnson
Schubert
Edwin Sohn
Rowland—Nielson
City Hall Site Purchase Moves To Front Burner
City council voted unanimously to buy the Tom Poulos property on Main between Standley and Perkins Streets and extending east to Pioneer Company for 108000. The site may host a new city hall and the Perkins Street widening is planned to ease freeway access with completion expected this fall. Adequate space is provided the city hall site, as Poulos negotiated since condemnation began last year.
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Tom Poulos
Main
Standley
Perkins Streets
Pioneer Company
Greyhound Depot
Fawn
Perkins
E. Perkins
Pronger Company
City Hall
Lyell Cash
Poulos
Don Scotto
Buzz Harlowe
Perkins Street
Local officials weigh electronic voting and pay raises
Tuesday the board approved Civil Service Commission salary bumps with upward adjustments and discussed piloting electronic ballot counting. They consider leasing four electronic machines for quick results in Fort Bragg Willits and Ukiah while debating costs and savings. Final decision on the project is due by July 14 with continued debate on methods and locations.
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Civil Service Commission
Ukiah’ Unified
Shortcom
Vptronics
Fort Bragg
Vile
Willits
Alma Hits Florida as Hurricane Alma Slams Gulf Coast
The eye of Hurricane Alma struck Apalachicola and the Florida panhandle with 96 mph winds, driving high tides and heavy rains into Alabama and Georgia. Tides up to 7 to 10 feet threaten the Apalachee Bay area, with 5-foot tides reaching Sarasota. Mayor James Dailey warns of potential water damage if flood tides arrive.
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Apalachicola
Fla
Weather Bureau
Apalachee Bay
Sarasota
James Dailey
State Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 14 Stay
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday put on hold further action and rehearing in its Proposition 14 case. The court reaffirmed its original decision rejecting fair housing ban challenges and cleared the path for potential appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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State Supreme Court
San—Francisco
UPI
Supreme Court
Alifornia
U.S. Supreme Court
Swimming Class Signups Begin Tomorrow in Ukiah
Ukiah recreation department and Red Cross offer Learn to Swim classes at Ukiah Municipal Pool. Signups take place tomorrow 3 to 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to noon. Ten half hour lessons cost 2 dollars per two week session for children six and older, with sessions June 13 to Aug 19. Contact Steve Book at 462-5604 for details.
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Ukiah Recreation Department
Red Cross
Ukiah Municipal Pool
Steve Book
Temperatures and rainfall data from Ukiah May 1966
A weather snippet from Ukiah lists high and low temperatures for May 1966, with today’s highs and lows, rainfall totals, and comparisons to last year. It credits the Ukiah Fire Department Weather Observer.
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Ukiah Fire Department
Northwestern California Weather Outlook Through Friday
Cloudy coastal overcast continues through Friday with light showers in the northern mountains tonight. Mild temperatures with little change. Ukiah forecast high 78 and low 50. Northwest winds 10 to 20 knots, turning southwest tonight.
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California
Forthern Mountains
Tornado Rips Through Topeka Killing 12
A Kansas tornado ripped through Topeka killing 12 people and injuring hundreds as it carved a half mile wide 15 mile path through homes and the business district. Rescue workers searched debris strewn areas as hospitals treated more than 425 injured and many homes were left homeless.
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William R. Brinton
Topeka
Kan
UPI
Prairie State
Kansas
Isaster
Kansas State University
Bill Bibert
National Reserve Life Building
Stolen car found submerged behind Mendocino Hospital
Mrs. Diane Scaife of 108 So Oak St reported a 9 am theft of her Volkswagen sedan to Ukiah Police. By 9:20 am Highway Patrol said a car believed stolen was found submerged in Mill Creek Road second dam behind Mendocino State Hospital on state property. Skid marks 25 feet observed before the car entered the dam waters.
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Diane Scaife
Oak Street
Ukiah
Highway Patrol
Mill Creek
Mendocino State Hospital
Trapped Paratroop Captain Survives Napalm Air Strike
Saigon UPI reports Captain Bill Carpenter of the 101st Airborne defended a position in jungle highlands 30 miles north of Saigon during Operation Hawthorne. He ordered a napalm strike on his own company to curb a larger North Vietnamese force, then linked with Capt Walter Brown’s unit as night fell. Carpenter and a handful of men held a perimeter amid fierce hand to hand fighting while other units maneuvered through dense undergrowth.
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Richard H. Growald
Saigon
UPI
West Point
Bill
Carpenter
Walter _R. Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
101St
Monroe
N.Y
Meredith to Resume March Next Week
James Meredith plans to continue his voter registration march to Mississippi with protection if needed. He returned home to recuperate for a week after being wounded by a sniper in Memphis while vowing to resume the 25 mile final leg armed if necessary and organize a mass reunion. He discussed with U.S. Marshal James McShane but did not confirm accepting protection.
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Michael Stafford
New York
UPI
James Meredith
Mississippi
Meredith
la Guardia
Memphis
Jackson
U.S
James McShane
McShane
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