Mendocino County News Briefs and Oddities
A Bay Area light weekly column notes Mendocino County mentions on strontium 90 in deer bones from decades of nuclear tests and a Mona Lisa controversy. It also covers Lee White’s scarlet golf wardrobe, British fashion ironies, local tips, ads, school board notes, and Father’s Day reminder with community happenings around Healdsburg and Covelo.
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Wendesday
SF Chronicle
Mendocino County
William Longhurst
University of California
Hopland
Bay Area
Leonardo de Vinci
Louvre
Nvo
Lisa
Lee White
Lee
London
Lyceum
Healdsburg
Dry Creek
Bank of
Mendo Lake Savings and ‘Loan Association
Gobbi and
State
Gobbi
State Education Meeting Opens In California
The California State Board of Education begins a two day public session to review teaching credentials textbook revisions and book bids. Roy E Simpson superintendent to present recommendations on subject matter background and prepared subjects. Discussions include social studies texts arithmetic books and management of state texts with hearings procedures and distribution ratios. The note adds a portrait of Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill and Independence Hall on the back.
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Los Angeles
UPI
State Board of Education
Publc
Roy E. Simpson
Public Instruction
California
Washington Merry Go Round by Drew Pearson
Column by Drew Pearson examines political moves in Washington with sharp observations on officials and power dynamics influencing policy and public perception. Pearson highlights the interplay between government actions and media coverage shaping public opinion.
Kennedy tax cuts risk rich gain while poor miss out
A White House aide outlined tentative tax cuts for next year favoring top earners, slashing 91 percent brackets to 62 percent. Senator Albert Gore criticized the plan as socially and politically unsound, arguing lower-bracket relief would better boost demand and economy.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Gore
Mansfield
Democratic Party
Kennedy
Wall Street
Notice to Creditors in Estate of Charles Rovera
The administratrix Margaret Rovera of the estate of Charles Rovera alias deceased calls for creditors and all claimants to file within six months of first publication. Claims must be presented to the Clerk of the court or to the administratrix at Busch and Orchard Attorneys at Law in Ukiah California. First publication June 7 1962.
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Superior Court
State of
California
Afendocino
Charles Rovera
Allan
Busch and Orchard
Sanchez Blitz
S. State Street
Ukiah
Ukiah Daly Journal
Margaret Rovera
Charles Mrovera
Busctt
ANT Orchard Attorneye
Farewell to Georgia Sam in Garberville and Fresno
Obituary notes Georgia Sam Lamp who lived in Garberville for years before moving to Fresno to be near her sister. Funeral held in Garberville at the Presbyterian Church. She would have turned 90 in July and was remembered as a loyal friend and devoted family member. The column also reports local events including turkey shoot, food sale, and Wool Growers picnic attendance.
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Douglas Dillon
Kennedy
Red China
Claire Chennault
Chinese Refugee Relief
Hong Kong
Red
Albania
Cuba
Burma
Piercy
Vis
Georgia Sam
Fresno
Garberville
Virginia Kennedy
Ed Lamp
Briceland
Thomsin
Nethor
Wes Marshall
Lamp
Presbyterian Church
Jessie Taggart
Greyhound
San Francisco
Coronado
Taggart
Gunnerson
Colo
P.T.A
Charles Stillwell
Hosital
Robert Luke
San Jose
John Olesen
Sacramento
John
Lester Olesent
Gene Ravches
Sandra Casteel
William Casteel
Dick Ringheimer
Fortuna
Lee Medcalf
Sam McCush
Hospitals See One in Eight Americans Use Services
The American Hospital Association reports that over 25 million hospital admissions occur annually in the United States, meaning about one in eight people benefit from hospital care within a year.
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New York
UPI
American Hospital Association
Little League woes threaten future of fun in youth baseball
Sacramento columnist Edwin S. Capps argues that the path to major league stardom is crowded and that Little League pressures may erode its original purpose. He compares youth baseball to fishing, noting a drive to win can outweigh enjoyment and hints at potential decline of the modern Little League.
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Sacramento
CNS
California
Piscatorial
Annyones
Pellet and Wafer Hay Machines Stir California Stockmen
J B Dobie of the University of California at Davis reports stockmen and dealers push for better handling methods spurring interest in hay pelleting and wafering. Pelleted hay offers density and handling benefits but lacks coarse roughage for dairy cattle. wafered hay preserves roughage without girding. In 1961 about 6000 tons of wafered hay were produced and fed, with many manufacturers and shops researching and testing new machines across Northern California.
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Berkeley
J. B. Dobie
University of California At Davis
California
Dobie
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High School Board of Trustees
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John Emigh
University of Montana
Glenn Erickson
Daily Journal
Betty Hines
Pillsbury
City of Paris
Elmer Diehl
Bob Drydens
Covelo
Boorville
Diehl
St. Mary's
Webb
Benjamin Franklin
Independence Hall
Hawaii
Ben Cober
Tour
PAN American Jets
Ukiah Daily Journal
E. Standley
St. Ukiah, California
Drew
Pearson
Bonanza
Bureau of Land Management
Alaska
Timper
Mess Skiffington
Fish
N Gamer
Edwin S. Capps
South Highway
Lawn Seed Garden Supplies
Sters
Casey Stengels
Usher
Gilbey
Bourbon
Jack ‘N Joe's
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