Bell System offers new terms to avert nationwide strike
In a last minute move, Bell Telephone System sweetens its contract offer to around half a million employees with terms to be released after formal union talks. AFL CIO officials say money gaps remain while strikes loom in telegraph, rail and postal sectors. UTW reports progress on wages but sharp rules disputes persist.
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Brooks Jackson Washington
Bell Telephone System Today
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Com
America
Red Bluff
R. J. Jalli
Virgil Patterson
United Telegraph Workers
Afl-Cio
UTW
New York
Corning Man Dies In Crash At Woodson Bridge
A Corning man, George Stanley Palmer 66, died when his car left the road near Woodson Bridge entering a curve and overturning in a plowed field. He was a caretaker at Tehama County River Park and listed at 1249 Fourth Ave. in Corning. Two other CHP reports describe minor injuries to Jane Winter 14 and Edna Naron 63 in a bicycle collision on Highway 98W and a crash that injured Jimi Stahl 8 near Santa Cruz Road.
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Corning
South
Rhode Island Aves
Woodson Bridge
George Stanley Palmer
Palmer
Fourth Ave
As Tehama County
Hallotis Mortuary
California Highway Patrol
Coyote Creek Bridge
Jane Winter
Red Bluff
Edna Naron
James Harvel Stahl
River Road
Santa Cruz Road
Jimi Stahl
Corning Memorial Hospital
World News in Brief Highlights Early Cold Shoulder in Paris Peace Drive
United States rebuffs Hanoi’s seven point Viet Cong peace plan while Hanoi touts talks as serious negotiations. US and USSR begin SALT talks in Helsinki focusing on antiballistic missiles and strategic weapons limits. Bruce considers resignation as Paris envoy. Porter rumored successor. Moroccan officers executed after failed coup attempt in Rabat. Admiral Jocko Clark dies at 77 in New York. Russian freighter search near Vancouver continues after sinking. CBS citation fight moves to recommitment in Congress.
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Washington
United States
Hanoi
Paris
Helsinki
Finland
U.S
Corning Council Advances City Limit Camp Park Ban
Corning on first reading bans camp parks within city limits under Ordinance 268 prohibiting recreational and temporary camping areas. Mobile home parks may exist only under Corning zoning, with exemptions for temporary use during construction or watchman quarters at established sites. Council also rejected revenue sharing with larger cities and endorsed Region MII CCCJ as Corning’s criminal justice planning agency.
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Corning Council
Camp Park
John Glenn Corning
Lilian Hagen
California
Corning
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sacramento
CSB
MII
California Council of Criminal Justice
CCCJ
Criminal Justice Planning Agency
Jerry Rowe
Meo Tribesmen Seize Virtual Control Of Plain Of Jars
Meo guerrilla force trained by the CIA has taken near total control of Laos Plain of Jars, facing little resistance. Led by Gen. Vang Pao, his teams span the area in search of enemy supplies and uncover large underground stores, with limited munitions found. The drive began last week as monsoon season shifts.
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Saigon
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Plain of Jars
Laos
Vientiane
Meo
Vang Pao
Police arrest two after Antelope Blvd chase
William James Smith eighteen of Garden Avenue and Tracy Edward Miller nineteen of Madison Street were jailed after a high speed pursuit along Antelope Blvd. Officers say the car ran a red light at Rio and Oak Streets and ignored the siren until stopping outside Shakey's Pizza Parlor. They face charges of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
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William James Smith
Garden Avenue
Tracy Edward Miller
Madison Street
Antelope Blvd
Rio
Oak Streets
Apollo 15 countdown rehearsal completes on schedule
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports the Apollo 15 countdown test finished on time at 9:34 a.m. EDT just before the planned July 26 blastoff. NASA officials hailed the six day drill as very good with countdown nearly identical to the real launch profile.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Moon
Theational Aeronautics and Space Administration
County Employees Win Raise Under Restored Contract
Tehama County employees will receive a 2.5 percent retroactive raise to July 1, followed by another 2.5 percent raise in January, plus increased insurance payments. The board of supervisors approved the agreement 4-1, with C. Dale Pickell dissenting, after earlier discussions warned tax hikes. County funds will cover $2.76 monthly per employee. The association had rejected a lesser increase, insisting the original contract was binding.
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Tehama County
County Board of Supervisors
C. Dale Pickell
Board of Supervisors
Tehama County Employes Association
Floriculture Entries For Totem Fair Deadline Thursday
Exhibitors must file Floriculture Department entries by 5 p.m. Thursday with Bard Saunders noting no exceptions. Entries must be county grown except in arrangement classes, and final placement is due by 9 a.m. July 22 with no entries accepted after that time.
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Bard Saunders
Grand Jury indicts Juan Corona on 25 murder counts
The Sutter County Grand Jury indicted Juan V. Corona on 25 counts of murder in orchard slayings of transient field workers. The 37 year old farm labor contractor is hospitalized with an apparent heart condition. The jury, led by foreman Robert Hunt, began hearing evidence July 1 and handed the indictment to Superior Court Judge John Hauck. No arraignment date is set.
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Yuba City
Juan V. Corona
Sutter County
Robert Hunt
John Hauck
Two Slain and Three Injured by Smiling Attacker
At a campground nine miles north of Auburn California near the Bear River Bridge on Highway 49 two persons were hacked to death and three injured by a smiling male attacker who allegedly uttered animal sounds. No arrests announced. Victims’ names not released.
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Auburn (Ap
Bear River
Highway 49
Nevada County Sheriff's Office
Mayor Shop Owner Postmaster Pick Miss Tehama County Judges
A mayor a women’s apparel shop owner and a postmaster will judge the 1971 Miss Tehama County pageant with 14 contestants. Final judging occurs July 22 at 8 p.m. in the grandstand arena during Tehama Totem Fair opening night.
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Tehama County
M.G. Emery
Corning Chamber of Commerce
Grandstand
Emery
B. Winans
B. Winans Apparel
Redding
Nelson F. Smith
Petaluma
George Edwards
Orland
Stan Stathem
Chico
H. Richard Maguire
Red Bluff-Tehama County
Red Bluff Elks Lodge
Ray Western
Phyllis Mendonca
Velma Growney
Jill Williams Smith
Cars Banned From Parking On Airfield
Red Bluff Airport Commissioners ban autos from Bidwell Field taxi strip and runways while permit loading unloading near aircraft. Flyers may drive to aircraft then move car to designated parking area. Signs and large RED BLUFF letters on the main runway are planned as pilots navigate to plane parking and fuel.
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Bidwell Field
Red Bluff
Weather forecast and temperature highs for the region
Fair through tomorrow with warm temperatures and light variable winds. Highs reach 102 to 103 degrees, lows around 66. River levels list several gauges including Lake Red Bluff 15.7 and Bend Bridge 214, along with Tehama 2035 feet and Woodson Bridge 168.8. Sunset and sunrise times noted in PDT.
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Lake Red Bluff
Bend Bridge
Tehama
Woodson Bridge
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Jocko” Clark
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Steveston
CBS
Columbia Broadcasting System
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D-Ckla
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Brainerd’s
Tehama Totem Fairgrounds
Southern Pacific Railroad
Breckenridge Street
Crystal Tavern
Main Street
Apollo
Juan Corona
Aumie Utt
Red Bluff Recreation Dept
Gur
Tom Boag
Peter Lasse Suwe
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