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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1971
Page
6
Ukiah Unified School District board eyes a possible October bond issue and six period day plan amid budget concerns. Tonight 8:30 p m agenda includes co operative planning reviews year around class feasibility Pomolita Junior High pre vocational program and fitness testing results.
Ukiah city council plans a 7 pm budget session Wednesday with the Greater Ukiah Chamber of Commerce to discuss a 1971 72 budget request rising from 9500 to 19200. Council and City Manager Lyell Cash also consider a coordinated flood control and drainage plan and hiring a full time planning technician to pursue federal or state grants while reviewing sewer and street projects in a proposed 3 497 210 budget.
Vinewood Park near Elm and Magnolia will be dedicated tonight at seven with city officials and area citizens participating. The event, based on a residents plan used for Oak Manor park, features Mayor Sterling Norgard and Leonard Weselsky of the parks and recreation commission. The design was led by the citizen committee and supported by the Ukiah Kiwanis for playground equipment and the Ukiah Lions for sprinkling systems, with city crews contributing time.
Fort Bragg prepares to dedicate the Mendocino Coast District Hospital a $2.5 million medical facility set for Saturday June 26 at 1 30 p m. Ceremonies occur at the main entrance with Rotary Club leadership and police cadets directing traffic public tours follow until 4 30 p m then resume Sunday noon to 4 30 p m. The first patient will be admitted June 30 hospital staff expected about 75 people with one third federally funded. The center built since October 1969 by Rapp Construction Co completed last month designed by Mansell Dexter located four blocks east of State Highway 1 between Cypress and South Streets.
Sacramento reports the Assembly Judiciary Committee approved landmark legislation to abolish municipal courts and create a single state administered superior court. The plan, funded by a one cent per gallon gas tax increase, shifts judges and staff to the new system with a January 1973 start and preserves local jurisdiction under a state Judicial Council.
California and the federal government reached three more months of conformity on welfare rules after months of dispute. The Nixon administration said California will receive about $210 million in federal aid beginning July 1, contingent on staying in conformity. Reagan expressed gratification and noted the approval maintains the current AFDC payment increases and wel fares funding, with future allocations tied to the next quarter.
President Nixon pressed doctors to mobilize every state and county medical society in a unified campaign against drug abuse, likening it to care for the sick in Vietnam. He warned nationwide health insurance would cost billions and shift control to the federal government, urging caution over Kennedy proposals.
South Africa said it would defy the ICJ advisory ruling to end its occupation of South West Africa Namibia. Pretoria called the decision an international political vendetta while noting the UN Security Council must decide on possible steps to force administration out and whether peace is at risk.
AFL-CIO President George Meany condemned Nixon economic policy as a miserable failure after a 0.6 percent May consumer price rise. Economists warned inflation gains may be premature, while unemployment climbed from 3.3 to 6.2 percent since Nixon took office, with prices worsening daily at Seafarers Union delegates gathering.
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