Round-Up Parade Sparks Red Bluff Old West Spectacle
Thousands lined Red Bluff streets as the Round-Up parade opened with five bands and a Dixieland ensemble. Grand marshal Bill Whitt rode an old fire truck, while the Wranglerettes from Ashland and Farmer John Kennon led colorful floats and ponies. The Tehama Totem Fairground Grand Entry scheduled for 1 30 featured rodeo events, aerial acrobatics, and track races as top RCA cowboys and arena stars competed through tomorrow.
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Lady Luck
Red Bluff
Berendos
Gerber
Bidwell
Tehama County
Wranglerettes
Ashland
Ore
John Kennon
Los Molinos
Sonbonneted
Maci Tapken
Stockton
Tehama Totem Fairground
Skip Wolk
Newport Beach
Fairgrounds
Rodeo Cowboys Association
Larry Mahan
Dennis Reiners
Clara City
Minn
Final Respects Paid To Oakley Kerber Lifelong Resident
Friends and family paid their final respects at 2 pm yesterday at Fickert & Pascoe Mortuary for Oakley Ross Kerber. Services were conducted by the Red Bluff Elks Lodge No 1250. Pallbearers included Jim Russell Bill Owens Craig Owens Jim Buress Jack Owens and LaVerne Flournoy with honorary pallbearers Jim Owens Colyer Burress Andy Giambroni Loren Miller Jr Carroll Owens Marion Owens Warl Batteate and Ralph Owens. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Fickert & Pascoe Mortuary
Oakley Ross Kerber
Red Bluff
Elks Lodge No. 1250
Jim Russell
Bill Owens
Craig Owens
Jim Buress
Jack Owens
LaVerne Flournoy
Jim Owens
Colyer Burress
Andy Giambroni
Loren Miller Jr
Carroll Owens
Marion Owens
Warl Batteate
Ralph Owens
Oak Hill Cemetery
Earl Weaver Dies Of A Heart Attack
Earl Weaver dies of a heart attack on April 12 and funeral services were held April 14 in Felton near Santa Cruz. He was a Pennsylvania native, retired for three years, and survived by his wife Betty and three stepchildren plus a brother in San Jose. Allen Ellis, son, recently graduated from Fort Lewis basic training, attended the rites.
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Felton
Santa Cruz
Earl Weaver
Berdella Young
Fay A. Ellis
Red Bluff
Weaver
Pennsylvania
Betty
Jerry DeCou
Atascadera
Jimmy DeCou
Montreal
Susan
Concord
Ralph Weaver
San Jose
Allen Ellis
Fort Lewis
Wash
World News In Brief Urge Dental Care
A 17 member dentist task force urged Congress to include preventive dental care in the national health insurance plan under consideration. The report, presented at the California Dental Association meeting, says universal health care is likely to become law soon and highlights preventive strategies.
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San Francisco
Congress
California Dental Association
Perry C. Oliver Dies After Long Illness
Perry Cathleen Oliver 53 of Red Bluff died in St Elizabeth Hospital after a period of poor health. Born January 7 1918 in Deport Texas she is survived by husband Nelson R Oliver of Red Bluff two sons Larry and Wayne Oliver a daughter Syble L Taylor her father F M Cogbill a sister Syble Simino a brother C R Gagbill all of Beaumont Texas. Funeral services are pending at Hoyt Cole Chapel of the Flowers.
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Perry Cathleen Oliver
Red Bluff
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Mrs. Oliver
Deport
Texas
Nelson R. Oliver
Larry G
Wayne Oliver
Syble L. Taylor
F. M. Cogbill
Syble Simino
C. R. Gagbill
Beaumont
Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers
Egypt Syria Libya form federation pact signed
Cairo AP reports three leaders from Egypt Syria and Libya signed a pact to merge their states into a con federation, according to the semi official Al Ahram. The paper says the agreement is called the con federation of Arab republics.
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Egypt
Syria
Libya
Cairo
al Ahram
Confederation of Arab Republics
Goff Trial Set For July 26 In Berkeley
Berkeley AP Dist Atty Henry J. Goff of Tehama County faces a drunken driving charge. Judge Mario Barsotti set July 26 for the jury trial after Goff pleaded innocent March 16.
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Berkeley
Mario Barsotti
Dist. Atty
Henry J. Goff
Tehama County
Goff
High School Student Wins Local Playday and Cow Horse Prize
Walter Stein, Whitmore high school student, rode Dollar to top prize and a silver buckle donated by Cotton Rosser's Cowboy Corral. Blair Smith judged. Local riders won multiple place prizes in working cow horse and team roping events at Tehama Totem Fairgrounds, with cash awards totaling over $500.
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Walter Stein
Whitmore
Shasta County
Dollar
Cotton Rosser
Cowboy Corral
Marysville
Blair Smith
Montague
Siskiyou County
Jim Short
Anderson
Star Thistle
Jim Antle
Corning
de Streak
Danny Ellerman
Elk Creek
Old Mill
Nixon says some U.S. forces will stay in Vietnam indefinitely
President Nixon announced during a Friday night radio address that some American ground and air forces will remain in Vietnam until the enemy releases prisoners and Saigon has a fighting chance. He said if the prisoner issue stalls, the U.S. has "cards to play" and offered broad remarks at the American Society of Newspaper Editors banquet.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
American Society of Newspaper Editors
White House
California Lawmakers Set New Record for Introduced Bills
Sacramento AP reports California lawmakers set a new record with 5,270 measures unveiled in the annual session. The total includes 4,713 bills, 149 constitutional amendments, and 408 resolutions. Final week saw 2,236 bills and 466 on the last day. High priority topics included ecology welfare campaign financing and consumer protection.
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Peter Weisser
Sacramento
California
Bombers Hit North Vietnam As Saigon Forces Move In
U S B52s bombed North Vietnamese infiltration corridors east of the A Shau Valley near the Laotian border. South Vietnamese forces entered the valley to sweep enemy supply bases while U S command reported very light battlefield activity across South Vietnam. In Cambodia, 8000 to 9000 Cambodian troops began a drive on Route 4 to clear North Vietnamese forces and reached near the ambush site after initial advances.
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George Esper
Saigon
A Shau
South Vietnam
U.S
U Taphao
Gulf of Siam
101St Airborne Division
Fury
Central Highlands
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Highway 7
Cambodia
Am Rong
Elephant Mountain Range
Grand Jury Indicts Two Prisoners In August Death
The County Grand Jury charged Roberto Sandoval with murder and James Alvarez as an accessory after the fact in the August 28 stabbing death of Benjamin F. Ramsey at Prison Camp No. 18 in Plum Creek. Undersheriff Bill Gonzalez and the District Attorney's Office led the investigation. a make shift knife was found the day after the altercation among workers.
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Plum Creek
Red Bluff
Roberto Sandoval
James Alvarez
Bill Gonzalez
Benjamin F. Ramsey
Weather forecast for the region with showers and cool spell
Increasing cloudiness today with showers likely this afternoon ending early tonight Fair through Sunday but cooler Normal winds 10 to 15 mph tonight High today 60 low tonight 36 high tomorrow 64 Chance of precipitation 60 percent today 20 percent tonight Temperature notes include highs and lows yesterday and today River levels for multiple gauges listed Precipitation totals and normals provided Sunset and sunrise times PST
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Marlow
Okla
Paul Mayo
Grinnel
Iowa
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Santa Maria
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Morro Bay
Daily News
Colin Davies
Oakley Kerber
Andersottonwood
World News
Ping Pongers
Hong Kong
China
Graham B. Steenhoven
Reagan
James L. Flournoy
Los Angeles
State Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board
Bangkok
North Vietnam
Laos
Vientiane
Albert H. Bowker
University of California
Roger W. Heyns
Fouquet
Betty Fouquet
Frontera
Bakersfield
Superior Court
Joseph P. Kelly
Everglades
Miami
Florida Everglades
South Florida
Gold Coast
Perry C. Oliver
Skip Brown
Les Vogt
Clovis
Bob Gonsalves
Frank Rue
Yuba City
Bob Gardner
Winters
Vogt
Jim Indart
San Bernardino
Rue
Gons
Tehama Totem Fairgrounds Arena
Rodriguez
Castroville
Rodeo Cowboy Association
Reg
Leo Camarillo
Leo
Ken Lyman
Jim Rodriguez
Billy Danell
Leroy Gellerman
Shorty Hudson
Carl
Dick Hemsted
John Hawks
Bob Bedecke
Gellerman
Hudson
United States
Peking
United Nations
William L. Calley Jr
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