Apollo 16 Nears Earth After Five Days on Moon
Apollo 16 astronauts breach lunar orbit and head toward a Pacific splashdown after five days of exploration. Duke and Young report rocks may not be pure volcanic, while scientists see evidence of volcanic processes in lunar samples. Mattingly conducts a deep space film retrieval as Casper heads home.
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Howard Benedict
Pacific Ocean
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Casper
Moon
Earth
Lunar Orbit
John W. Young
Mission Control
Duke
Young
Tony England
England
Earth’s
Lunar
Orion
Corning Solano St Parking Ban Aligns With Safety
Corning city council banned parking on the north side of Solano Street from Houghton to Edith Avenue citing safety. Elderly resident Lilian Ramer pressed for parking access. the council favored traffic flow and widened lanes. Mayor Rodney Senter cited hazards near the Houghton Solano intersection.
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Corning Solano St
Houghton To
Edith
Corning
Solano Street
Houghton
Edith Avenue
Lilian Ramer
Ramer
Two Viet Bases Abandoned Under Fire From The Enemy
South Vietnamese forces abandon Fire Bases 5 and 6 on Rocket Ridge as North Vietnamese lines press toward Kontum City. U S bombers destroy a highway bridge near Dien Binh, slowing the enemy advance. ten Americans die in a helicopter crash and three shot downs during the Tan Canh and Dak To retreat. United States fighter bombers halt armor with the Dien Binh bridge out. Kontum remains a major objective as the 27th day of the offensive passes.
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George Esper
Saigon
Central Highlands
U. S
Kontum City
Tan Canh
Dak To
Kontum
Highway 14
Dien Binh
Vo Dinh
Dak Psi River
Tehama County men arraigned on narcotics charges
Ten Tehama County men faced narcotic charges from marijuana possession to heroin sale as nine appeared before Superior Court Judge Curtiss E. Wetter on bench warrants tied to grand jury indictments. Several others remained at large while investigations by undercover agents targeted rising narcotics traffic in the county.
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Tehama County
Superior Court
Curtiss E. Wetter
Grand Jury
Gilbert Eugene Knowles
Wayne David Carpenter
Gary Don McCoy
Clair Morey
Henry Goff
Youths Recovering In Chico Hospital Following Mishap
Aumie Utt of Red Bluff and Elroy Devoll of Proberta were injured in a Saturday motorcycle crash in Chico. Utt suffered compound fractures and serious head injuries, while Devoll had a two point leg fracture. both were taken to Chico Enloe Hospital with Utt in ICU earlier, and Devoll in traction.
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Aumie Utt
Red Bluff
Elroy “Buz” Devoll
Proberta
Chico
Chico Enloe Hospital
Chico City
Devoll
Walnut
Joan L. Deadmond
West Fifth
Frances Wright
Miss Utt
Devon
Kissinger Secret Talks In Moscow Reported
AP reports Henry Kissinger spent four days in Moscow for secret talks with Leonid Brezhnev and Andrei Gromyko on Vietnam and other global issues after a secret trip to Peking. Also: Brandt maintains support as parliament weighs nonaggression treaties with Moscow and Warsaw.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Kissinger
Peking
Nixon
China
Communist Party
Leonid L. Brezhnev
Andrei Gromyko
Bonn
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Social Democrats
Foreign Affairs
Warsaw
Parity yardstick branded obsolete by U.S. ag chief
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz called the farm economic parity yardstick obsolete. The parity formula linked farmers costs to prices and was used in Nixon era campaigns. Butz ridiculed the idea as demagogic while noting parity’s decline to 67 percent in the early Nixon years.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Nixon
Midwest
Butz
American Monday Night
Buzz
State and Federal Agencies Refuse To Restore Coyote Getters
Tehama County Supervisors learned that the federal EPA declined to restore sodium cyanide coyote getters, citing a balance of pest control and environmental quality. State officials noted interstate shipment bans and California manufacturing limits, while the county terminates the Community Action Agency program by August, with private groups possible to continue some services. Only Jack's Wholesale Meats bid to supply jail and hospital kitchens.
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Tehama County
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
State Agriculture Dept
Federal
Charles A. Smith
William F. Cowan
California
Four County Community Action Agency
Tehama
Minch’s
Jack’s Wholesale Meats
Redding
Antelope Locker
Yuba City
Jack’s
Woman Injured When Car Drifts Off Highway Near Los Molinos
A Redding woman Christine Reed 29 fell asleep at the wheel near 68th Avenue Los Molinos and ran off the road sustaining minor injuries. She sought her own medical aid. In a separate CHP report Samuel Moss 61 of Cottonwood found his dump truck engine compartment on fire after smelling smoke on Interstate 5.
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Redding
68Th Avenue
Los Molinos
Christine Lucille Reed
California Highway Patrol
Samuel Andrew Moss
Cottonwood
Interstate 5
Weather Outlook Pleasant With Frost Likely In Sheltered Areas
Fair through Wednesday with warmer temperatures and frost in sheltered spots. Winds mostly north 5 to 15 mph. Precipitation chances zero. Highs in the 70s, lows 30s to 40s. Recent temps: high 63, low 41. River levels listed for several stations. No precipitation in last 24 hours. Sunsets 6:58 pm, sunrise 5:18 am PST.
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Lake Red Bluff
Bend Bridge
Tehama
Woodson Bridge
Primaries Open as McGovern Humphrey and Muskie Contest
Voters in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts began primaries for the Democratic nomination. Early turnout appeared light with McGovern and Humphrey predicting victory and Muskie fighting to stay viable. Pennsylvania chooses 137 delegates while Massachusetts eyes a record turnout. Shapp backs Muskie.
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Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
George S. McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
McGovern
Humphrey
Muskie
White House
State Election Department
Milton J. Shapp
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