Cooper’s Faith 7 completes near orbit with manual control
L Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 faced a failed automatic control system on the final Mercury flight leg. Officials predicted a Pacific splashdown around 4:20 p.m. PDT after braking rockets fire near Kyushu Japan. Recovery ships Kearsarge and two destroyers stood by as Cooper neared return with wife Trudy and daughters awaiting in Hawaii.
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Cape Canaveral, Fln
UPI
L. Gordon Cooper
Faith 7
Air Force
Pacific
Cooper
Florida
Faith
Midway Island
Kearsarge
John A
Shorty) Powers
Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mercury
D. Brainerd. Holmes
NASA
Manned Space Flight
Kyushu
Japan
Powers
Trudy
Camara
Janita
Taylor Lake Village
Houston
Tex
Honolulu
UHS Spring Concert Highlighted by Puterbaugh Brothers
Ukiah High School presents its 1963 Spring Concert tomorrow night in the high school auditorium under Band Director Jerry Littleton and Choral Director Leslie Johnson. Four groups perform plus two original pieces by Phil and Bob Puterbaugh, with soloists Melodie Rhodes and Jim Moonier among others, featuring the Wildcat band of 43 and the massed choir.
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Ukiaha High School
Jerry Littleton
Leslie Johnson
Puterbaugh
Phil
Bob
Wildcat
Melodie Rhodes
Soprang
Phil ‘Puterbaugh
Jim Moonier
Jerry Phillips
Melodee Rhodes
Ukiah High School
Phil Puterbaugh
Ukiah
Bob Puterbaugh
Erickson
Point Arena Air Base Opens Doors for Armed Forces Day
Point Arena Air Base invites the public to an open house Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm in observance of the 14th annual Armed Forces Day. Col. Richard Stanton publicizes guided tours of the radar site, displays, and refreshments with ample parking and a welcome to all.
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Richard Stanton
Point Arena Air Base
Young student confuses launch figure at Fort Ferry school
A Forts Ferry kindergartner, overwhelmed by current events, mixed up a famous name while answering a question about who orbits the earth. The child reportedly said, “Mr. Rocketfeller,” revealing the humor and confusion in a classroom moment.
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Latnam, N.Y
UPI
Forts Ferry School
Earth
Rocketfeller
Local Firm Loses Sewer Bid by Small Margin
Ukiah faced a tight bid result as Lin Ford narrowly missed a contract by $30 with a bid of $82,640 for relocating sewer lines required for the new freeway. Cleverdon Co., Inc. of Lafayette submitted the low bid at $82,610, while two other bids exceeded $96,000. The city must award to the lowest bidder, though locals hoped for more of the $82,000 to stay in Ukiah. Cleverdon plans equipment moves within a week and expects local hiring on the project. Meanwhile the Anton Stadium refreshment concession bids will be opened after reviewing the current agreement with Boswell, who will not bid again.
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Lin Ford
Ukiah
Cleverdon Co., Inc
Lafayette
Lin W. Ford
Cleverdon
Redding
Oroville
Mattern
Hammons
Richardson
California
Lyell Cash
Anton Stadium
Boswells
Boswell
California Welfare Package Advances Despite GOP Grumbling
In Sacramento Gov. Edmund G Brown’s welfare package, including 28 million in added state costs, clears the Senate amid two hours of protests. opposition centers on extending the ANC aid to Needy Children while critics say laws encourage family breakups. Senate 39-9 and Assembly support set stage for final concurrence.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown
Senate
Stan Pittman
Oroville
ANC
George Miller
Martinez
Phillip Burton
San Francisco
Assembly
Burton
James A. Covey
D-Merced
A. Alan Post
Yokayo School Safe Surrendered $172 After Break In
Yokayo Elementary School Principal Eugene Corbett reported to Ukiah police that a nighttime break in damaged the safe and resulted in the loss of 172 dollars. Investigators noted the burglar hammered, used iron bars, and chipped away cement around the safe to retrieve the contents.
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Yokayo
Eugene Corbett
Ukiah
Cal Alum Picnic Arouses Ire Of Indian Boosters
Local University of California alumni planning a Sunday picnic at Municipal Park have angered Ukiah seniors who intend to attend Stanford next fall. Martha Cleland hosted a meeting at 302 W Henry. This morning the sidewalk in front of her home was painted Stanford red. Planners say nearly 100 families of alumnus and prospective Cal students from the county are expected to attend.
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University of California
Stanford
Martha Cleland
Cal
W. Henry
Killion Acquitted In Abalone Case
Fort Bragg resident Jack Killion was acquitted by a Ten Mile Justice Court jury of illegally taking three undersize abalone. Arrested April 27 by state fish and game officers Glenn Cochran and Capt. Jack Rhien, the trial began Tuesday and the jury returned a verdict at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Defense was by Bob Petersen, with District Attorney Tom Cleland leading the prosecution under Judge Ray Ware.
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FT. Bragg
Jack Killion
Fort Bragg
Justice Court
Killio
Glenn Cochran
Jack Rhien
State Department of Fish and Game
Bob Petersen
Tom Cleland
Ray Ware
Magistrate Orders Four Months In Jail For Drunken Cyclist
OFFERS ADVICE PORT PLIZABETH South Africa UPI Magistrate B P Loots ordered a 30 year old man to prison for four months because he drove his bicycle while drunk. You should oil your bicycle rather than yourself.
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Port Plizabeth
South Africa
UPI
B. P. Loots
Meaning Behind Proposition A in Ukiah School Election
Glenn Erickson outlines Proposition A as a 362000 bonded indebtedness to fund three classrooms at Pomolita, plus a home economics shop program, library, study hall, music room, improved showers, cafeteria, and a curriculum center with audio visual aids. Enrollment is rising, with 609 seventh and eighth graders on May 1 and projected to grow by about 168 in the next years, justifying reduced class loads and enhanced teaching methods.
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Glenn Erickson
Ukiah
Ukiah Union
Pomolita
Ukiah Trusteéy
Jack Simpson
Duvalier confronts unauth constitutional rule in Haiti
Haiti president Francois Duvalier rejected rumors of fleeing the country and defending his government’s unilateral rule. He dismissed reports of a landing clearance for a plane to Curacao as untrue and likened such talk to fables.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
UPI
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Curacao
Committee Clears Tax Reform Withholding Bill in California
Gov Brown wins a second victory as the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee clears a withholding system for personal income tax to start July 1 1964. The measure would allow a 50 percent write off for 1964 filings and faces opposition from business groups while labor and professional associations back the plan.
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DE van L. Shumway
Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
Brown
Nicholas Petris
D-Oakland
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Petris
California
Labor
Don Vial
California Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
California Teachers Association
California State Employer Association
The
Teamsters Union
Leslie Howe
California State Chamber of Commerce
Northwestern California Weather Warm Inland Through Friday
Fair conditions prevail in Northwestern California through Friday with rising inland temperatures. Ukiah records 83/46, Santa Rosa 84/48, Napa 48. coastal winds shift northwest to north at 10-20 knots, locally 30 knots.
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California
Ukiah
Santa Rosa
Napa
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