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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1962
Page
4
Ezra Taft Benson former U S secretary of agriculture and LDS Church leader will preside over the Santa Rosa Stake quarterly conference in Petaluma with sessions at 10 am and 2 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Ukiah Ward members and visitors are invited to attend the general sessions in the Petaluma Veterans Memorial building.
The court ruling may renew momentum for a proposed Christian amendment to the U S Constitution. Conservatives seek formal recognition of Christianity in public life while major Protestant bodies warn this endangers church state separation. Fundamentalist groups press the measure citing school prayer precedents.
The piece notes newer teaching methods beyond regular terms and describes a summer schedule with classes from 8 a.m. to noon through July 27. It mentions California's Coachella Valley as the source of most of the nation's harvest dates.
One hundred ninety two Ukiah high school students were named to the spring honor roll per figures from Donald K. Musser dean of boys. The list breaks down into 61 freshmen 40 sophomores 48 juniors and 43 seniors with many named individuals across classes.
A Ukiah Chamber meeting failed to back White's plan to reopen Lake Mendocino for overnight camping. Dr. Kroeger warned indiscriminate camping threatens public health as 89 percent of the lake water serves Sonoma County. The chamber favored returning lake control to the Corps of Engineers while opposing free overnight camping.
The Duchess of Kent, 29, gave birth at Coppins to a six pound four ounce son who becomes tenth in line to the British throne. The child will bear the title Earl of St. Andrews and is the first direct male-line royal without a princely title. The duchess and baby are well. Duke ordered champagne. Katharine Worsley and her husband wed June 8 last year in York Minster.
Gov. Brown and Richard Nixon agreed to a television debate next October in California. Brown invited Nixon on Monday and demanded prime time on a large network reach. Nixon welcomed the offer noting Brown’s earlier indecision and the need to debate California issues. A joint arranging team was to form within a week.
In New York the wife of Gilbert was ordered not to dispose of art and fur furnishings valued at 867,784 in a Fifth Avenue apartment. Justice Francis X. Conlon scheduled a hearing after Ell Bruce and Co. Inc sought the injunction claiming Gilbert had assigned items to cover notes totaling 1,953,000. The company contends the contents, including personal garments, belong to the company.
Kenneth McGee son of Mr and Mrs O E McGee of 116 Tedford Ukiah has been named for scholarship honors at Sonoma State College for the academic term 1961 62. McGee a 198 graduate of Ukiah high school will graduate from Sonoma State in the spring of 1963.
Certificate of partnership filed in Mendocino County California listing Flora A Shear and Alfred C Burdick as partners in the fictitious name Bee Pump and Drilling Service with addresses San Jose and Hopland. Notarization by Laura Gullett dated June 1962 confirms execution and acknowledgement.
Washington reports the government is considering selling off a few very low yield detonations at the Nevada test site but has not reached a firm decision. The Defense Department and Atomic Energy Commission say no atmospheric tests are planned in the near term.
June 26 marks the 177th day of the year with 188 remaining. The moon nears a new phase while Jupiter Mars Saturn and Venus appear as morning and evening stars. Notable events include the 1919 launch of Illustrated Daily News in New York and the 1945 UN charter signing in San Francisco. The 1948 Berlin airlift was announced by the United States in response to the Russian blockade.
Birth notices report a son born June 25 to Mr and Mrs John Parke in Mendocino County Hospital and a son to Mr and Mrs Charles Davies at Ukiah General. Marriage licenses list six couples including Cisneros Moreno and Andrews, Schubert and Grant, Rundle and Ishorn, Nelson and Elphick, plus divorce filings for Salisbury, Rex, and Blankenship with details of separations and filings.
Lt Cmdr Scott Carpenter became the fourth person to wear American astronaut wings. Navy Secretary Fred Korth pinned the insignia at a Pentagon ceremony. The other wings wearers are Alan B. Shepard Virgil I Grissom and John H Glenn Jr.
Pvt. Judith A. Hair daughter of Eldon C. Hair 400 Oak Park Ukiah completed eight weeks of basic training at the Women's Army Corps Center Fort McClellan Alabama She received instruction in Army history and traditions administration and supply procedures and first aid The 1961 Sacramento High School graduate is 18 years old
Bonn reports West Germany provided 741.9 million dollars to underdeveloped areas in the past year. A study shows since 1957 more than half of West German aid to these regions came from private investors.
Oscar and Vi Allen run a mattress drapery and furniture repair shop with 26 years in the business. They advertise custom-made draperies, repair and upholstery, and mattresses made to fit customer needs at 40 MW Main. They claim high quality materials and fair prices.
University of California archaeologist Albert Elsasser reports a four member team discovered a vast gallery of stone carvings in the Brandberg Mountains southwest Africa. The engravings depict ostriches zebras jackals and rhinoceroses at an altitude around 7000 feet.
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