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Newspaper
Red Bluff Daily News
Location
Red Bluff, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1972
Page
1
The government and Nixon administration economists outlined efforts to curb rising food costs with a focus on meat. They expect retail prices to rise soon even as the May Consumer Price Index shows a 0.3 percent overall increase while food prices fall 0.1 percent. Nonfood commodities rose 9.5 percent.
Mayor Mansueto Fransciani ordered evacuation of Isleton after a makeshift levee failed overnight. About half of the 1,400 population had left. the Coast Guard and police warned sanitation risks but cited no full collapse. The high tide reached 342 feet below the barrier top as water spilled from a south levee breach on Andrus Island in the Sacramento River Delta.
Forecast shows fair weather through Friday with a high of 93 today and 87 tomorrow. Cooling trend continues to Friday with a low near 60 tonight and a high 87 tomorrow. River levels listed include Bend Bridge 21.3, Lake Red Bluff 15.8, Tehama Bridge 203.5, Woodson Bridge 168.5 feet. Tropical storm Agnes moves north bringing torrential rains and flash floods across several states with reports of up to 14 deaths.
The Red Bluff Planning Commission approved developing 39 acres at the north end of the airport as an industrial park with aviation zoning kept to guide acceptable industries. Utilities upgrades were outlined, about 60 percent of the $461000 project cost expected from federal funds.
Two crews from Tehama Ecology Center at Paynes Creek dispatched to mend the Sacramento River levee break near Lodi. About 30 men, joined by four Calaveras crews and two Humboldt crews, will repair the breach at a rate of roughly 15 men per crew as the state requests forestry aid from the Department of Water Resources.
Three fires were reported to the California Division of Forestry yesterday. Charles Crane’s barn fire caused about 10 135 dollars in loss confined to the barn hay a truck and farm implements. A grass fire near the Hess Brothers wrecking yard was fought near Hwy 36. Nelson Butler’s Dairyville home burned despite efforts.
In Dublin the Provisional Wing of the IRA announces a conditional cease-fire starting at midnight Monday to seek unification of Northern Ireland with the Republic. London says Britain will reciprocate if violence ends, signaling potential peace after decades of conflict.
Los Molinos Unified School District trustees approve a $540,000 preliminary budget keeping the current tax rate near 3.36. The board trimmed over $2,000 from the plan, eliminating a $1,600 video tape machine and health insurance enhancements to avoid increasing the county tax rate by about 15 cents.
Red Bluff districts approve starting dates for elementary and high school. High school begins Sept 6 7 with Sept 8 off for Admission Day and two make up days Jan 19 end of semester. Elementary opens Sept 11 with Jan 2 make up. Insurance policy for both districts awarded to Insurance Company of North America with Kenneth Dale as rep.
The Red Bluff elementary board approves renting Tehama County Fairgrounds dormitory as a school room for two fourth grades at 60 dollars monthly plus utilities. The Vista School site will receive a portable building for special education classes. Enrollment stands at 1698, down 56 from last year, with budgeting and heat costs to be decided pending state funds.
Corning High School trustees tabled a county wide push for a centralized computer program joining 18 Tehama districts. Forrest Brown argued the county office needs expanded data processing, proposing leasing time on Commander Industries in Red Bluff at about 652 dollars yearly for Corning.
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