Ukiah council backs preschool funding concerns
Ukiah city council motions to inform Sen. Randolph Collier and Assemblyman Barry Keene that local pre school programs face funding threats from federal and state budget cuts. Teachers and parents urge action to preserve programs aiding disadvantaged children and their transition to kindergarten amid potential Nixon or Reagan cutbacks. Dr. Donald DeMartini outlines program goals and success while noting class sizes limited to 15 and only two classes in the district.
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Lorraine Pearson
Ukiah
Randolph Collier
Barry Keene
Collier
Keene
Nixon
Reagan
Oak Manor
Donald DeMartini
Ukiah Unified District
Jack Simpson
Yokayo
Ralph Buxton
Simpson
DeMartini
Ukiah Man Found Guilty in Embezzlement Case
A 27 year old Ukiah man, Robert W. Prickett, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of embezzling more than $5,000 in television and electronics gear from Jerry's TV during December 1972 and January 1973.
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Ukiah
Robert W. Prickett
Jerry’s TV
Bruce B. McWilliams
Prickett
Larry Maxson
Roy Mathers
Ukiah Police Department
Timothy O’brien
Jerry Duval
Weather Outlook for Northwestern California Fair Tonight
Northwestern California forecast shows fair conditions tonight with a fair to increasing cloud cover in the south on Friday. The north faces a chance of rain late Friday afternoon. Fort Bragg low 35 high 58, Ukiah low 34 high 60.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Weather Snapshot for March Readings in 1973 and 1972
A compact weather note shows noon readings with dates and highs, lows, and rainfall figures. March 21 in 1973 recorded a high of 50 and a low of 39, with rainfall 0.40 inches. It also lists March highs and lows for 1972 and a general today low around 30 to 53.
Did Nixon lawyer lie to FBI over Hunt office claim
L Patrick Gray III testified that White House Counsel John W. Dean III apparently lied to FBI agents on June 22 about whether E. Howard Hunt had a White House office. Gray said Dean checked details and did not disclose Hunt’s safe contents later found in Dean’s own safe.
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Hunt
White House
Dean
Byrd
Gray
FBI
Charles Colson
Ukiahi Band Boosters Auction and Rummage Sale Planned
The Ukiahi Band Boosters announce their 5th annual fund auction and rummage sale for Saturday March 31 at 9 am in the new C and S Supply warehouse off Wabash between S State and Washington Streets. Proceeds fund band parade participation trips and equipment. The rummage sale starts at 9 am, auction at 10 am with Bob Gentry as auctioneer. Donations of items are invited via local contacts for pickup, and C and S Supply owner Pete Onori donates the warehouse space.
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C and S
Wabash
S. State
Washington
Bob Gentry
Upper Lake
Pete Onori
C & S Supply
al Kruth
Chaiman
Standstill in POW release as U S demands delay
UPI report says communists warn new U S demands including Laos prisoners affect the March 28 release plan. Wickham demands a list and details of seven military and two civilian Laos prisoners before withdrawal proceeds. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese object to broader Indochina prisoner scope delaying the weekend turnover.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
Wickham
Vietnam
Paris
JMC
Defense Attache Office
DAO
Tran van Tra
United States
Indochina
ITT official testifies on planned Chilean chaos after Allende win
ITT vice president Edward Gerrity told Senate investigators that in 1970 he discussed with CIA agent William Broe plans to cause economic chaos in Chile after Marxist Salvador Allende won the presidency. The discussions, aimed at actions like closing American firms and halting bank credits, followed prior ITT-CIA talks amid Allende’s nationalization pledge.
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Washington
UPI
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
CIA
Chile
Salvador Allende
Edward J. Gerrity
ITT
Senate
William V. Broe
Latin America
Central Intelligence Agency
Allende
Chilean Telephone Co
Congress
Gerrity
Broe
Harold S. Geenen
Brussels
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Church
Robert Berrellez
Argentina
Arturo Matte
Jorge Alessandri
Meat boycott helps slow wholesale meat price rise
President Nixon's economic adviser Herbert Stein said consumer boycotts seem to slow wholesale meat prices and cautioned labor leaders against large wage demands. He noted a drop in meat prices last week, partially due to higher cattle and hog supply, and predicted only modest retail food price increases later this year.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
Ukiah City Council Sets Two Condominium and Easement Hearings
Ukiah city council scheduled two public hearings for April. The first, April 4 at 8 p.m., will discuss proposed changes to the zoning ordinance affecting condominium developments, without addressing a specific project. The second, April 18 at 8 p.m., will consider abandoning a utility easement in Fairway Oaks subdivision No 5. The council also adopted a resolution to withdraw from the city state social security agreement for city employees, with withdrawal possible only after two years. City staff are reviewing retirement and benefit options as alternatives to the current arrangement.
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Ukiah
Planning Commission
Commission
Fairway Oaks Subdivision
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