Hopland Freeway Route Adopted For Mendocino County
California Highway Commission selected a four lane freeway along 8.7 miles of U S 101 from Hopland south to Crawford Ranch with a link to Lakeport Road Route 175. The plan, chosen over other options, costs about 8.8 million dollars with rights of way, plus 300 thousand for the connector and expansion to six lanes later. Construction start date noted as continued on Page 5.
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Sacramento
California Highway Commission
Mendocino County
U. S. 101
Hopland
Crawford Ranch
Lakeport Road
Dooley Creek
Commission
Russian River
J. C. Womack
Division of Highways
Lake Port Road
Weather Update for Northwestern California
Northwestern California forecast calls for fair conditions through Friday with warmer inland afternoons. Today's highs reach 62 to 66 at Ukiah Santa Rosa and Napa, and 30s tonight. Coastal winds remain variable with speeds around 15 to 15 knots.
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California
Santa Rosa
Napa
Public Hearing Tonight On School Unification
A public hearing is held tonight at 8 at Ukiah High School cafeteria on unifying the Ukiah Union and Hopland Union High School Districts. A special election on December 1 will decide. County education officials and district trustees will explain the proposal and answer questions.
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Ukiah High Schol
Ukiah Union
Hopland Union
Ukiah High School
Ukiah
Hopland
Hopland Elementary
Cultural Center Proposed By Mendocino Art Association
Ukiah City Council in a brief session considered a proposal from the Mendocino County Art Association to lease a 400 by 150 foot frontage for a future Cultural Historical Center with workshop and meeting spaces. The council asked for fuller plans and questions to be answered, while also hearing updates on PG&E negotiations to sell the city gas system as a prelude to natural gas.
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Ukiah
Mendocino County Art Association
Rita Jensen
Chaiman
Historical Society
Lyell Cash
Cash
Pg&e
Thief Steals 750-Pound Safe From Rogers Auto Agency
A burglar broke in before dawn at Rogers Auto Agency in San Simas California dragged a 750 pound safe through the building and lifted it onto a truck before fleeing. Deputies estimated the safe contained negotiable items totaling around one dollar.
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San Simas
Calif
UPI
Rogers Auto Agency
Congo Rebel Leader Says He Will Negotiate Hostage Fate
Congolese rebel president Christoph Gbenye offered to fly to Washington to negotiate release of American and other hostages in Stanleyville. A reliable source said Radio Stanleyville broadcast the offer after a meeting with Michael Hoyt, the U.S. consul. The United States reportedly accepted the offer to negotiate. Demonstrators in Stanleyville urged violence against Americans and Belgians as the government offensive against the rebel capital continued.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Christoph Gbenye
Washington
Stanleyville
Gbenye
Michael Hoyt
U.S
G. McMurtrie Godley
Léopoldville
United States
Radio
Kindu
Godley
Paul Carlson
Carlson
Ukiah Woman Found Dead From Suspected Pill Overdose
Betty Cantrell a 42 year old Ukiah woman who had been missing two days was found dead in a car on Pickle Road near Lake Mendocino. The coroner suspects sleeping pill overdose pending autopsy. She left a note despondent and possible intention of self harm. Survived by husband John an 11 year old son and her parents. Highway Patrol found the body after rancher reported an idle parked car. Funeral arrangements pending at Eversole Mortuary.
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Ukiah
Pickle Road
Lake Mendocino
Betty Cantrell
John
Eversole Mortuary
FBI Chief Calls King Notorious Liar in Interview
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover branded the Rev Martin Luther King Jr the most notorious liar in the country after King alleged FBI agents in Albany Georgia ignore civil rights complaints because they are Southerners Hoover spoke to a group of women reporters on Wednesday His Atlanta office said King was vacationing in the Bahamas
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Washington
King
Atlanta
Bahamas
King, Hoover clash over civil rights tactics in interview
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr told FBI Director J Edgar Hoover he was appalled and surprised by Hoover's attack on Negro integration. King, from Bimini preparing his Nobel address, could not comment. Hoover accused King of distorting facts about FBI activities and said King advised SCLC to withhold violence reports to Albany agents, who he claimed were mostly Northerners.
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Atlanta
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
King
Bimini
Bahamas
South
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Albany
North
Albany, Ga
Norton A B Only Major State Loss
Gov Brown announced Norton Air Base in San Bernardino County will bear the only major California defense cutback with Norton workforce reductions offset by job gains in the Sacramento area. He said all Norton employees will be offered other work as operations phase out. Military job gains and shipyard consolidation were noted amid overall shifts in state defense employment.
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Sacramento
UPS
Edmund G. Brown
California
Norton Air Base
San Bernardino County
Norton
Brown
Unruh Denies Deal With Sen Kuchel
SACRAMENTO Assembly Speaker Jesse M Unruh denies offering support to Senator Thomas Kuchel of California for 1966 gubernatorial run. He calls reports false and says no contact has occurred with Kuchel or his office for months. Governor Edmund G Brown also denied the rumor at a news conference.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
Thomas Kuchel
Calif
Kuchel
Washington
Ruchel
Unruh
Edmund G. Brown
Reds Claim 3 US Jets Shot Down Near Laos Border
North Viet Nam accused U S jets of crossing into its air space near Quang Binh Province and downing three fighters while damaging two more. The claim referenced pilots including Capt William R Martin of Alexandria Louisiana as the fate of the downed pilot remained unclear amid U S accounts of the crash near southern Laos.
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Tokyo
UPS
North Viet Nam
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
China
New China
Laos
Democratic Republic of
Viet Nam
Quang Binh
McNamara
North Viet Nam People's Army
William R. Martin
Alexandria
Israeli Trunk Victim Claims Forced Espionage
The man found in a diplomatic trunk, initially identified as Youssef Dahan, admits he is Israeli born Mordecai Ben Massoud Luk. He says Arab propaganda forced him to spy for the United Arab Republic after defecting from the Israeli army. Two UAR diplomats were expelled as persona non grata after the incident.
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Sheila Walsh Rome
UPI
United Arab Republic
Rome
Youssef Dahan
Detecives
Mordecai Ben Massoud Luk
Tel Aviv
Cairo
U.A.R
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Sea Font
Edward Axt
Hopland Freeway
Calpella
Potter Valley Union
Redwood Valley Union
Augmented County
Board of Education
Mendo Art Association
Regine
Interne
Okiahan
Yokayo Pool
West Standley
Merydel Peterson
Margaret Williamson
Bernice Rueger
Billie Smith
Bernadette MéeKaon
Marshall Leve
Norton A.B
Defene
Robert 8. McNamara
Sen. Kuchel
Reds
Ukiah Fire Department
Luk
Egypt
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