Ukiah School Board Accepts 10 Teacher Resignations
Ukiah unified school district on Wednesday night reluctantly accepted the resignations of 10 teachers not returning next year. Among the departing are Robert Creed, wrestling and football coach and science teacher, his wife Faye Creed, Spanish and English teacher, William Beaufort English and world history, and colleagues Sara Accornero, Robert Loftus, Carol Neal, Lynn Oberlatz, Maryjo Reed, Violet Boreboom, and Shirley Claybook. The board also approved outdoor education salaries, began summer Head Start funding, and heard progress on a future K-12 family living program and an industrial arts expansion.
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Ukiah
Robert Creed
Faye
William Beaufort
Sara Accornero
Robert Loftus
Carol J. Neal
Lynn Oberlatz
Maryjo Reed
Violet Boreboom
Shirley Claybook
Ukiah Daily Journal Welcomes New Publisher and GM
The Ukiah Daily Journal and Willits News welcome Ben and Daisy Cober’s new ownership and Dean DeVries as general manager. DeVries, from the Santa Ana Register, plans a planning study for a modern plant and expansion of news and circulation with the staff. The move aims to boost Mendocino County’s newspaper quality using modern techniques and welcomes reader feedback.
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Ukiah
Ukiah’ Daily Journal
Ithe
Willits News
Ben
Daisy Cober
Dean DeVries
Ukiah Daily Journal
Ukiah News
Smarland
California
Santa Ana Register
Del
Sunny Ukiah
Daily Journal
Ben Cober
Journal
Mendocino County
Hopes Rise as Mine Flooding Eases for Entombed Miners
Rescue teams lowered water levels in a flooded Hominy Falls mine shaft to allow air flow to 25 miners trapped since Monday. Officials say 15 could be brought out tonight while 10 are feared dead. Pumps total 231000 gallons per hour but run unevenly due to mechanical issues. Miners report fried egg sandwiches and good spirits as rescue continues.
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Edwin K. Wiles
Hominy Falls
UPI
Sundstrom
Ottie Walton
Apoe
Millworker Killed In Crash Near Highway 128
Edgard Albert Mathias, 33, a millworker born in Deep River Ontario, died at Ukiah General Hospital after a pickup ran off Hollow Tree Road west of Highway 128. Driver Paul Edward La Toure, 38, of Yorkville, was uninjured. another passenger Verlon Bannion, 22, of Ukiah, was severely injured. Funeral services pending.
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Yorkville
Ukiah’ General Hospital
Hollow Tree Road D
Highway 128
Highway Patrol
Ukiah General Hospital
Edgard Albert Mathias
Deep River
Ontario
Canada
Paul ‘Edward la Toure
Verlon-Bannin
Cees Ville
Jiecely
Major
Zimmerman ‘Mortuary
Paris to Talks In North Vietnam Peace Bid
North Vietnam chief negotiator Thuy arrived for preliminary talks with the United States and said Hanoi is ready for formal peace negotiations once U S bombing of the North ends. Thuy delayed three hours for strategy talks in Moscow with Soviet leaders after stops in Peking and Moscow consults with Chinese officials who oppose the talks. Thuy said the government is ready to negotiate immediately after an agreement to stop bombing. U S envoys Harriman and Vance planned to arrive in Paris by 8 p.m. and expressed hope for progress toward a peaceful settlement. They criticized U S military involvement, noting over 500 000 troops and extensive bombing.
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Paris
UPI
Xwuar Thuy
North Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
Thuy
Moscow
le Bourget
Peking
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus B. Vance
Washington
Harriman
South Vietnam
Oldest Mother Rosa Watson Honored at Ukiah Hospital
Rosa Watson, nearing 99, was chosen this week at Ukiah Convalescent Hospital for special recognition as the oldest mother. A Ukiah native, she lived in Blunt County Alabama before moving to Mendocino County in 1885 and settling in Ukiah in 1909. She has four daughters, fourteen grandchildren, twenty seven great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren.
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Rosa Watson
Ukiah Convalescent Hospital
Fred Pritchard
Watson
Ukiah Christian Church
Ukiah Poor Farm
Mendocino County Hospital
Convalescent Hospital
Violet Graham
Bertha York
Vada Morefield
Wanda Burger
Mrs. Watson
Blunt County
Ala
Pheebe Ann
John Montgomery
Pheebe Ann Gribsby
Montgomerys
Mendocino County
Rosa
James Watson
Ukiah
High Jumping Car Accident Injures UC Berkeley Students
A seven-foot high jumping sports car crash near Mountain House road injured UC Berkeley students Darrell Schindler and William Wisser. Both were treated at Cloverdale Medical Center and later moved to a university hospital for further care after the convertibles high jumped, rolled, and struck a tree.
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University of California
Berkeley
Cloverdale Medical Center
University Hospital
Mountain House Road
Highway 128
Highway Patrol
Darrell Schindler
U.C
New York
William Wisser
Schindler
Parrolmen
Cloverdale
Zimmerman Ambuane
13th Heart Transplant Performed
The world's 13th heart transplant was performed Wednesday night on a 65 year old man in Montpellier France. The donor Jean Claude Amarger 35, a service station owner and father of three died last Friday when a tire exploded at his garage. The patient, donor details and other transplant patients in Houston and London were reported as satisfactory.
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Preston F. Kirk Houston
Tex
UPI
Montpellier
France
Jean - Claude Amarger
Houston
St. Lukes Hospital
National Heart Hospital
London
Philip Blaiberg
Cape Town
South Africa
James B. Cobb
Alexandria
Grange Sponsors Candidates Night Friday
Ukiah Grange hosts a nonpartisan Candidates Night at the Grange hall on S State Street open to the public. Norm Williamson moderates. each candidate gets 15 minutes plus Q and A starting at 8. Expected attendees include Winslow Broaddus Orchard for Superior Court and bankers and supervisors Mayfield Tsarnas among others.
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Ukiah Grange
Grange Hall
S. State Street
Norm Williamson
Grange
Superior Court
Robert L. Winslow
A. B
Bev) Broaddus
Merle Orchard
Ernie Banker
Burt Banzhaf
Tiny Stefani
John Mayfield Jr
Nick Tsarnas
Assembly
State Senate
Congressional
Memorial rites for Mendocino judge set Friday
Memorial services for W D L Held retired Mendocino County Superior Court judge will be held Friday at 1130 a.m. in Department 1 of the Superior Court. The services are conducted under the Mendocino County Bar Association. The well known jurist retired in 1944. The public is invited.
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W. D. L. Held
Mendocino County
Superior Court
Dept. 1
Mendocino County, Bar Association
Belotti Bill On Dos Rios Amended Passes Senate Panel
In Sacramento the Senate Water Committee approved an amended Belotti bill to force the Water Resources administrator to state the state's intent to participate in land and water area recreation at the Dos Rios project. The measure, changed to shall and sent to the Senate Finance Committee, faces public hearings on feasibility and distribution routes amid county concerns.
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Sacramento
Senate Water Committee
Frank Belotti
Eureka
Water Resources Committee
Belotti
Dos Rios
Ukiah Daily Journal
Senate Finance Committee
Gordon Cologne
India
Senate Resources’ Committee
Richard Wilson
Covelo
Lake County
John Mayfield Jr
Mendocino
Refugees Caught In Battle In Saigon As City Burns
Saigon faced widespread fighting as a five day offensive by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces raged through the capital. US reinforcements, tanks, and helicopters entered the city while civilians fled, many dozens killed or wounded, and refugees rising above 120,000. The Paris talks open Friday amid mounting casualties on all sides.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Saigorn
U.S
U.S.’ Command
Vietnam
World Happenings in Brief: Soviet allies front the bloc
Russia and four loyal Communist allies solidify an ideological front at a surprise summit without Czechoslovakia and Romania. Tass reports Poland Bulgaria Hungary and East Germany reaffirm cooperation and friendship. A separate note from Washington says Harriman and Vance head to Paris seeking progress on Vietnam peace talks. Congress and White House near a new tax and spending deal with a 6 billion cut for 1969, surpassing Johnson’s preferred reductions.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Tass
Poland
Bulgaria
Hungary
East Germany
Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Johnson
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Luang
Joseph W. Grigg
Averell Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
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