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Newspaper
Red Bluff Daily News
Location
Red Bluff, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1972
Page
1
Swedish Premier Olof Palme condemned U.S. bombing and herbicide use in Vietnam at a United Nations seminar on the human environment. He did not name the United States but implied it as the aggressor amid global outrage over destruction.
Voters in Tehama County report heavier than usual turnout in Red Bluff Bend and Antelope for a presidential primary. Gerber Los Molinos and Corning are near normal. A run off in the Second Supervisorial District is likely. First and Fifth District races decide tonight alongside school unification questions for Red Bluff and Corning districts.
The Associated Press reports California leads with 271 delegates while New Jersey New Mexico and South Dakota hold primaries. McGovern predicts victory across all four contests boosting his delegate total past 850 though Humphrey argues the California result could reshuffle the race. Hesitations surface as New York prepares a final primary after today’s slate.
U S fighter bombers destroyed or damaged more than 100 North Vietnamese supply boats, the largest inland-waterway strike since full-scale bombing resumed two months earlier. Navy pilots from the Coral Sea led the effort, with 69 watercraft hit near Vinh on the Song Ca River.
The Defense Department seeks proposals on a satellite interceptor able to detect assess and destroy hostile space vehicles. If studies favor development a 1975 or 1976 test launch is possible with several firms to conduct competitive work.
California voters face a 7 am to 8 pm PDT primary with 271 Democratic and 96 Republican delegates at stake. Democratic contenders include Humphrey McGovern Chisholm Yorty Muskie Lindsay and others. Nixon and Ashbrook lead the Republican slate. write in George Wallace and unopposed party slates also appear. Delegates bind until released or until 15 percent threshold for Democrats.
The Red Bluff City Council will hold hearings at 7:45 and 8:15 tomorrow night. Objections to weed and rub bish abatement orders start the session, followed by discussions on the curb and gutter program. A Walnut Street bridge project bid and the 1971-72 audit proposals from James R. Blackwood & Co. and Stricker, Hisken & Co. will be reviewed. City Manager Herbert Nelson will report personnel changes.
Steven Warren Carpenter 19 of Red Bluff received 15 days in Tehama County jail a $100 fine and three years probation for marijuana possession. Sam R. Baggett 24 of Corning got six months in jail for marijuana possession and Paul Wayne Forehand 18 of Corning was sent to probation for a presentencing investigation. Forehand faces June 19 sentencing for grand theft related to a Corning purse snatching.
Postal Rate Commission approves about 1.5 billion in increased mail rates with most already in effect on a temporary basis since May 1971. The changes would make 8 cent letters and 11 cent air mail letters permanent unless the Postal Service Board of Governors rejects the plan.
Congress faced calls from Rep. Henry Reuss and Mitchell Rogovin of Common Cause to link the $15 billion debt limit hike to tax system reform. They argued delaying reform could jeopardize the program and warned a veto risk, urging the Ways and Means Committee to attach the measures.
Claudia Meents of Corning Rt 1 Box 275A, Ken Brown of Red Bluff Rt 3 Box 4111, and Deanna Someapak of Red Bluff Rt 3 Box 3461 are listed as high school winners in the Jones Jewelry Sth grade competition.
Fire crews battled three alarms across Tehama County yesterday. A Red Bluff car on Monroe Street near the water tank burned, spreading grass fire as well. Douglas Major Crosman’s auto was involved. origin not determined.
President Nixon dispatched Treasury Secretary John B. Connally on a round the world mission today. Connally will visit key economic and political centers to forecast and secure support for U.S. financial policy.
Fair through Thursday with scattered afternoon thunder showers near the mountains. Highs 95 to 105, nighttime lows mid-60s. Variable winds under 15 mph. Yesterday’s high 107, low 69. River stages Bend Bridge 20.7 Lake Red Bluff 14.8 Tehama Bridge 202.6 Woodson Bridge 168.2. Precipitation none in last 24 hours. Season to date 10.08. Sunset 8:35, sunrise 5:40 PDT.
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