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Newspaper
Red Bluff Daily News
Location
Red Bluff, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1972
Page
1
A youthful gunman hijacked an American Airlines jet, forced a parachute exit near Peru Indiana, and bailed out with 502000 dollars. Police search the rural hills as FBI questions him and the other hostages are confirmed safe in Chicago.
President Nixon flies from Camp David to assess devastation across Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania amid weeklong rains. Harrisburg suffers widespread flooding with thousands evacuated while governors cite damages exceeding one billion dollars in Pennsylvania and tens of millions in Virginia New York.
Anthony E. Downs of Lodi pleaded guilty in Corning Justice Court to welding without sufficient clearance after a June 7 fire near Kirkwood in southern Tehama County. Judge Richard Hultgren fined him 500 dollars with 250 suspended for two years and ordered 142 dollars refunded to Tehama County for fire suppression costs.
Senators Muskie Humphrey and Jackson urged a broadly based platform acceptable to moderates in and out of the Democratic party. McGovern did not attend. Chisholm called for strong civil rights and aid to the poor as the drafting panel pressed toward a complete platform by midnight Tuesday.
Firefighters respond to 1 11 p m call after a nine year old slips underwater at the Red Bluff City Pool. Gary Marshall delivers mouth to mouth while Dick Wharton and Del Mackey work to clear a gum obstruction and revive the boy. He regains consciousness at St Elizabeth Community Hospital and is kept overnight for observation before being released.
Tehama County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Tuesday on Raymond Vestal’s appeal to rezone 25 acres on Paskenta Road from agricultural to industrial for a truck and tractor storage and repair service. The hearing starts at 10 a.m. at the courthouse, with the planning commission recommendation to set several rezoning requests for public hearing. The board meeting begins at 9 a.m.
North Vietnamese forces backed by Soviet heavy weapons punched through the Hue area defense but were repulsed with heavy casualties, Saigon reports 19 tanks destroyed. U S forces say an AC130 gunship was shot down with 12 missing, while air strikes hit North Vietnam’s northeast rail line, with bridges and tracks damaged.
The Associated Press tallies 31 dead in Pennsylvania with $1 billion damage and 80 000 plus evacuated as Susquehanna rises. New York 2 dead and 40 000 homeless. Ohio and New Jersey also hit. Maryland Virginia and Delaware report multiple fatalities and widespread damage.
The Royal Observatory reports nearly five feet of rain in the last eight weeks, with fifty seven inches officially measured on the mainland. A three day storm caused landslides, leaving 100 dead and 69 missing.
About 3,000 residents of Andrus and Brannan islands face eight months before levee repairs and pumping restore homes. Isleton’s 1,400 residents await possible two month return if a separate dike is rebuilt, but sanitation remains a barrier. Authorities cite high rebuilding costs and a stalled plan for the combined levee.
A Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board member warned of court action against Mt. Shasta Dunsmuir and a county water district for sewage discharges into the Sacramento River. Redding attorney Daniel Frost said the board may seek a 6000 dollar daily fine if discharges persist past May 1. engineer William Baldwin described similar pollution issues in Dunsmuir and Mt. Shasta.
Fair through Sunday with warmer days and northerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Monday outlook is fair with no precipitation. Highs reach 80 today and 85 tomorrow, low tonight 55, and yesterday's high 70. River levels listed at Bend Bridge 21.4, Lake Red Bluff 15.6, Tehama Bridge 2016, Woodson Bridge 168.9 feet.
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