20 Feb 1973
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Newspaper
Red Bluff Daily News
Location
Red Bluff, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1973
Page
1
The official Vientiane radio announced a cease-fire agreement for Laos to be formally signed in a ceremony in Vientiane at 11 a.m. Wednesday local time. Reliable sources said the accord came from peace talks chiefs, but terms and effective date were not disclosed.
Pathet Lao and Laos government negotiators push for a cease-fire while Souvanna Phouma insists on troop withdrawal first. US backing via air strikes and advisers complicates the stalemate as B52s fly about 380 sorties daily amid ongoing clashes near Quang Tri and the Cambodian border. Joint commissions probe a US helicopter shootdown during a peacekeeping mission.
Filing for county school board and two ballot measures closes as Red Bluff High District leads with 13 candidates for three trustee posts. Ballot items include reshaping Shasta Tehama Trinity College District trustee areas and a $26200 bond for Evergreen classrooms. Names span Antelope, Evergreen, Gerber, Manton, Mineral, Plum Valley, Red Bluff, Reeds Creek and more.
The National Organization for Women closed its sixth convention after a night rally and a march on the White House. President Wilma Scott Heide urged turning on-paper strategies into real action to advance the sex revolution and civil rights.
The Red Bluff City Planning Commission will meet tomorrow at 1 15 p m in City Hall to elect a new chairman and vice chairman. The agenda includes recommending Rio Street right of way width and two public hearings on property rezoning a county variance request and a county permit request.
One woman was injured yesterday in a two car crash on Antelope Blvd near the northbound ramp to Red ding at 1 13 p m Barbara Clayborn 903 Rio St taken to St Elizabeth Hospital treated and released Beth Jean Clowers 30 1125 Crittenden St collided with Elmer E Horn 65 Oroville vehicle damage noted Horn rear and other front fender injuries not listed as serious
U S intelligence says North Vietnamese tanks and troops flood the Laotian supply routes with possible aim toward South Vietnam. Cambodia prepares to shift leadership to Sisowath Sirik Matak as US pressure grows for cease fire talks. Nixon praises POWs in Columbia as Belfast sees Protestant unrest. Sirhan Sirhan conviction upheld by Supreme Court. Court to review food stamp denial for households with college dependents. Senator Cranston seeks full newsman privilege for confidential sources. Morton to undergo radiation therapy at Stanford.
Freelance writer James Toews denounced OSHA at a John Birch Society event in Red Bluff. He warned the federal program threatens private business, cites on-the-spot fines, and an appeals process, amid vows to repeal the 1971 act.
The Bureau of Land Management invites public input at a 7:30 p.m. meeting in the Department of Water Resources building in Red Bluff. The session requests opinions on use plans for the 1,001,000 acre Yolla Bolly Planning Unit spanning western Tehama and Glenn counties, with 42,000 acres of public land.
A spokesman says about 20 physicians and surgeons in Escondido will affiliate soon with the San Diego labor union Service Employees International.
Seven people were injured and three animals killed in weekend accidents blamed on heavy fog. Incidents included three on Interstate 5 near Corning and Old 99W near Thames Avenue, with multiple injuries and two horses killed.
Olive Growers Council spokesman Clarence Hill and UC Davis expert Dr. Hudson Hartmann warn the 1973 olive crop may not be bumper. Cold hours are below needed for good fruit set, with subnormal temperatures in Stockton Oroville and Corning risking bud damage. Industry prorates sales due to last year’s short crop and current pack.
The area will stay fair with little temperature change through Wednesday. Highs in the upper 50s to low 60s and overnight lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. Thursday looks mostly fair with zero chance of measurable precipitation tomorrow. River levels at several bridges and the Lake Red Bluff gauge are provided along with sunset and sunrise times.
President Nixon signed legislation naming the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. He credited Lyndon Johnson with guiding America toward the moon and said Johnson saw the nation reach that milestone before his death.
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