26 Jan 1972
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Newspaper
Red Bluff Daily News
Location
Red Bluff, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1972
Page
1
Red Bluff High and Elementary School boards agreed to limit increases to eight cents per year for three years if a 24 cent override passes on the February 29 ballot. If defeated, taxes revert to current levels. if approved, rates may rise to 1.79 and 2.14 per 100 dollars, but the full amounts are not to be levied immediately.
A historical budget list outlines shifts in funding across school services including continuation and after school programs, substitute salaries, athletics, transportation, and maintenance. It cites specific dollar changes such as $28,000 for supplies and $10,000 for equipment repairs, with notes on potential booster club support and future elections funding.
Red Bluff High School trustees heard a student body poll on open campus with 2 faculty in favor, 8 against, 33 of 44 residents in favor, and nine local businesses supportive. Trustees postponed a decision to study the issue further amid concerns about vandalism tardies and conduct.
News in brief reports North Vietnamese tanks enter combat in South Vietnam for first time since 1969 as fighter bombers strike along the central highlands. Also: five men survive a Baja coast vessel abandonment, one dead. Oakland sees a bomb blast at the Control Data Institute. Western Washington endures heavy snow with multiple fatalities. Sabateca in Colombia hit by mudslide fears. Reagan aide Mulligan to face bribery charges and resignation demand.
Tehama County Road Dept head Ken Burton outlined signing changes for the Williams Road Red Bank Road and Walnut Street junction west of Red Bluff. Signs will warn of the curve on Walnut and Red Bank, with a stop sign for Williams Road and a double ended arrow at the Walnut Red Bank Williams merge. The board also discussed purchasing the Gretchen Beck property in Corning for cash sale and related building prep costs.
President Nixon discloses a secret eight point Vietnam peace plan now facing tests from Communist envoys and domestic critics. The package includes a U.S. pullout in exchange for prisoner release and a wider eight point formula that would see South Vietnam's President Thieu step down for a new election. Radio Hanoi calls the proposal nothing new.
Red Bluff police investigate the disappearance of two antique stoves from Hattie Lingscheid's 235 Pine St property. A 100-year-old wood burning parlor stove and a three foot high wood or coal stove were taken last November or December, along with an 18 by 15 foot grey rug and two bedroom rugs. This marks the second antiques disappearance at the same residence.
Variable cloudiness and a chance of rain or snow showers through tomorrow. Highs near 40 with lows in the 20s to 30s and a 40 percent precipitation chance tonight tapering to 30 percent tomorrow. River levels listed for Lake Red Bluff Bend Bridge Tehama Woodson Bridge above sea level.
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