Playground Dilemma in Red Bluff Faces Ballot Return
The Red Bluff Recreation and Parks Commission weighs the Kraft Playground sale on Rio Street after voters defeated the proposal. City Attorney James Ford warned a second ballot may educate the public, while urging adherence to the trust fund terms and noting half the proceeds go to Kraft heirs. Committee members consider site reviews and alternatives.
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Gary Mortenson
Kraft
Rio Street
Red Bluff
James Ford
Ford
Commission
Gerald Pflugard
John Suhr
Public Works
Harlan Warwick
Bill Moore
Larry Linser
Suhr
Warwick
Man recalls first Red Bluff Round-Up and keeps memories
Paul Morse, 77, recalls the 1922 Red Bluff Round-Up, owning a hat and vest from that year now valued as keepsakes. He served two years as a Round-Up director and has ridden in the grand entry parade. Tickets remain on sale for the two day event at Tehama Totem Fairgrounds with Karl Wahl handling sales.
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Paul Morse
Morse
Red Bluff
Tehama- Totem Fairground
Elks
Main St
Daily News
Karl Wahl
Bob Kennedy
El Camino Irrigation District Considers Bond Settlement
At a district directors meeting, legal counsel David Fuller announced a compromise among four major stockholders to erase the district’s bonded indebtedness. The plan would require an $181 per acre assessment on each district acre, and directors agreed to proceed with the offer.
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el Camino
Red Bluff Voters Tie Turnout to Eight-Election High
About a third of Red Bluff's 3,650 registered voters cast ballots in the Tuesday municipal election. Figures by Catherine Bunting show 1,248 ballots, 34.19 percent, with turnout higher than Corning's 31 percent. Voters chose two of four council candidates and decided on Kraft Playground. Jim Hoffman notes this was Red Bluff’s best turnout since 1958.
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John Glenn
Red Bluff
Catherine Bunting
Joe Miller
CPA
Corning
Lillian Hagen
Coucil
Kraft Playground
Jim Hoffman
Hoffman
Dance To Kick Off 1972 Bonanza Days in Corning
Corning Bonanza Days opens with a benefit dance at the Veterans Memorial building from 9 p.m. to dawn to aid Chuck Martini of Java Lanes who faces kidney disease needing a transplant and kidney dialysis until a donor is found. The event, co sponsored by the Corning Jaycees and Junior Women's Club, features a $1 Bonanza Days badge for access to the jail on wheels with $2 bail, proceeds funding local projects. A parade on April 22 starts at 10 a.m. from Edith Avenue Solano Street to Toby’s Market, with trophies for four parade categories and side booth sales lining the route sponsored by Corning merchants.
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Corning
Corning Jaycees
Chuck Martini
Corning Veterans’ Memorial
Martini
Nellie
Java Lanes
Bonanza Days
Jaycees
Ernie Hubbard
Parade
Hubbard
Edith Avenue
Solano Street
Assembly of God Church
Corning Merchants
World News In Brief Tank attack shakes An Loc
North Vietnamese troops with tanks stormed An Loc near Saigon and by afternoon had captured half the provincial capital while heavy street fighting continued at dusk. A hijacking on a Frontier Airlines 737 diverted to Los Angeles after two men seized the cockpit over New Mexico. California to cut welfare grants to 500000 following a Supreme Court ruling cited by Reagan aides. Annette Gilly says the union was behind the Yablonski murders. Kleindienst nomination faces Senate resistance over ITT ties and Flanigan testimony. Frost and drought forecast crop losses over 100 million in San Joaquin Valley. California forest bills move toward compromise skewing toward loggers. Northern Ireland sees a wave of explosions leaving a woman dead and two policemen wounded.
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Saigon
An Loc
Hailstorm Blamed for I 5 Car Mishaps
A heavy hailstorm on Interstate 5 caused three separate crashes near the Snively Road overpass. No injuries were reported. Bertha Pakons, Barbara Sirotkin, and Gabriel Dennis were involved in the first two incidents, with Winter’s collision into a bridge railing the third.
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California Highway Patrol
Red Bluff
Bertha Doreen Pakons
Interstate 5
Snively Road
Barbara Ann Sirotkin
British Columbia
Canada
Parsons
Gabriel Dennis
Mark Allen Winter
Long Road
Red Bluff Round-Up Parade Set With Diverse Entries
The 17th annual Red Bluff Round-Up Parade, featuring 24 floats and diverse entries, will be guided by H. Richard Maguire of the chamber. Hayden Saunders, former U S marshal, will ride in an authentic Wells Fargo stagecoach. Annie Oakley Rifles will perform in 1911 inspired costumes. Local officials will ride in buckboards and on horses, with Shasta Cascade Arabian Horse Club among the groups.
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Red Bluff
Red Bluff-Tehama County
Wells Fargo
Saunders
Annie Oakley Rifles
Anderson
Charles Long
Buffalo Bill
Annie Oakley
Virginia Fogliasso
Tehama County
Marty Clescort
Lake California
Shasta Cascade Arabian Horse Club
Board Of Realtors To Meet Monday At Crystal Tavern
The Tehama County Realty Board will hold a meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at Crystal Tavern for members and affiliates. Richard Dopkins will lead the evening activities. An Executive board meeting will also occur Monday at noon at the Crystal.
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Board of Realtors
Crystal Tavern
Tehama County Realty Board
Richard Dopkins
The
Crystal
Round-Up T Shirts Slashed Price At Red Bluff Round-Up
Commemorative Red Bluff Round-Up T shirts available at reduced prices. Adult shirts now $1.50 and children’s $1.50, down from $3 and $2. Stocks at Brainerd’s Thompson’s Zuckweiler’s Lee Tuckers J C Penney’s Montgomery Ward and Clark’s Drug Stores. Lions Club members sell shirts at the fairgrounds on both days of the event.
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Red Bluff
Brainerd’s
Thompson's
Zuckweiler’s
Lee Tuckers
J.C. Penney’s
Montgomery Ward
Clark’s
Red Bluff Lions Club
Weather forecast shows mild days with frost risk at night
Fair through Friday with a cooler today and warmer overall. Northerly winds 10 to 20 mph, high 57 today, low 33, and 70 tomorrow with zero precipitation. River levels at Bend Bridge 21.5, Tehama Bridge 203.6, Woodson Bridge 170.1, Lake Red Bluff 14.7 feet. precipitation trace in last 24 hours, season to date 9.06, normal to date 19.54. Sunrise tonight 6:45 p.m., rises 5:35 a.m. PST.
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Bend Bridge
Lake Red Bluff
Tehama Bridge
Woodson Bridge
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