Cottonwood Creek Flood Control Project Sought by Cranston
Senator Alan Cranston seeks $300,000 in the President's budget to start Cottonwood Creek flood control work in Shasta and Tehama Counties. He says the project would provide flood protection water for ranchers and farmers recreational gains and fisheries while creating jobs in a region with high unemployment. Cranston urged quick funding to begin this year.
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Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cottonwood Creek
Shasta
Tehama
Cranston
Daily News
Sacramento Valley
Appropriations Subcommittee On Public Works
California
Regional planning opposition to be heard by council
Red Bluff City Council will hear a planning commission recommendation to oppose a proposed regional planning district. It will also consider a finding that sufficient public access to Lake Red Bluff exists. The agenda includes removing bleachers at Forward Park and introducing a retirement system ordinance for a 5 percent increase for retirees before 1971.
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Red Bluff
City Planning Commission
City Hall
Planning Commission
Lake Red Bluff
Parks and Recreation Commission
Forward Park
Vaughn Monroe Dies Of Respiratory Ills
Vaughn Monroe, famed baritone of the big band era, died Monday in Stuart Florida at age 62 from a respiratory ailment. The singer was known for Racing With The Moon and Ghost Riders in the Sky.
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Vaughn Monroe
Stuart
Fla
UPI
Vaugh Monroe
Ghost Riders
Food and Clothing Prices Push CPI Higher in April
UPI reports April consumer prices rose 0.7 percent led by higher costs for food clothing and gasoline. Under Phase III controls Nixon saw a 9.2 percent annual rise for Feb-Apr, well above the 2.5 percent guideline and 3 percent goal. Meat prices climbed 1.8 percent with meats fish and eggs notably up.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Move To Stall Sales Tax Hike Reaches Final Legislative Test
Assemblyman Joe A. Gon salves leads AB137 to delay a one cent sales tax hike to six percent as it moves to the Senate for final vote. The Finance Committee approved 8-2 amid no debate while officials plan to mail new schedules and await governor action.
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John Balzar
Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Joe A. Gonsalves
D-La Mirada
Senate Finance Committee
Charles H. Otterman
Tax-Collecting Board of Equalization
Ronald Reagan
Assembly
Bob Moretti
D-Van Nuys
Memphis Gunman Kills Five Then Self in Kansas Street Rampage
In Memphis, David Sanders, 30, used a 30 06 rifle to shoot pedestrians on Kansas Street, dancing between shots. Five killed including patrolman David Clark, four wounded. Sanders died by self-inflicted gunshot as police moved in. Federal probation officer James Crawford among the injured.
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Memphis
Tenn
UPI
David Sanders
Sanders
Brown McKay
South Memphis
Kansas Street
McKay
David Clark
James Crawford
Former Soviet Commander Konev Dies at 75 in Moscow
Marshal Ivan S. Konev, a top World War II commander and former commander in chief of Soviet ground forces, died Monday at age 75 in Moscow. He led Warsaw Pact forces from 1955 to 1960 and directed troops that linked with U S forces at the Elbe in 1945 and halted the German Orel offensive.
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Moscow
UPI
Ivan S. Konev
Soviet Union
Tass
Konev
U.S
Elbe
Orel
McCord accuses White House of plotting Watergate cover story
Testimony at Senate Watergate hearings names a ruthless plan to blame the CIA and suggests Howard Hughes involvement. James W. McCord says co conspirator Liddy planned to break into Hank Greenspun’s Las Vegas Sun archives and fly intruders out on a Hughes plane to dodge discovery. He also asserts Richard Helms was ousted to install a White House ally and claim CIA blame.
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Washington
UPI
James W. McCord
White House
CIA
Howard Hughes
McCord
Senate
Richard M. Helms
Hughes
G. Gordon Liddy
Hank Greenspun
Las Vegas Sun
Liddy
Nixon
Coroner Probes Mountain Death Of Berkeley Man
The coroner in Tehama County investigates the death of William Francis Wacker 26 at Brown's Cabin west of Red Bluff after a cold hike. Officials cite cerebral and pulmonary edema possibly from illness or downers and await a topological study to determine the cause.
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Berkeley
Brown
Red Bluff
Andrew Ward
Tehama County
William Fancis Wacker
Ward
Wacker
Countdown Begins for Skylab Crew Blastoff Friday
The countdown starts today toward the twice postponed Skylab launch from Cape Kennedy aiming for 9 a.m. Friday. NASA officials express confidence in finishing repair tools and techniques in time to support a 28 day crew stay if the fix works.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
America
NASA
Houston
Charles
Pete’’ Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Huntsville
Ala
Skylab
California seeks twenty five million for flood control and irrigation
California water officials asked Congress to add nearly 25 million dollars to the 1974 budget for flood control irrigation and navigation projects. They urged a 23 million increase for flood control and irrigation works during appearances before appropriations subcommittees.
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Washington
UPI
California
Congress
Nixon
House
Senate
No TV's Gonna Do That To Him
Gerald Granville Bishop, 42, was arrested in Redding California after firing 17 rifle shots into his television set in anger over a baseball game. A neighbor reported a stray bullet pierced her wall prompting police to arrest him.
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Redding
Calif
UPI
Gerald Granville Bishop
Bishop
Orchardists urged to apply borer sprays in May
Tehama County farm advisor Joe Osgood says now is the time for orchardists to spray for peach twig borer. Reports of twig borer in a Bend District orchard and UC entomologists align. Peak effectiveness expected between May 23 and May 30.
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Joe Osgood
Tehama County
Bend District
University of California
Osgood
Diamond Plywood Division Strike Rumor Denied
Diamond International has not received any strike notice at the plywood division. Plant manager Dick Thurman said the rumor is unconfirmed and that actions remain in the grievance procedure. A man was discharged for violating his contract and the union held a meeting.
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Diamond International
Dick Thurman
Thurman
Weather Outlook Fair Through Wednesday With Mild Temperature Change
Forecast calls for fair conditions through Wednesday with little temperature variation. Highs today and tomorrow range from the mid 80s to mid 90s, lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s, and winds to 15 mph. Thursday outlook remains fair. Yesterday’s high 90 and low 57. no precipitation in the last 24 hours. River levels noted at Lake Red Bluff 15.6, Bend Bridge 20.9, Tehama Bridge 204, Woodson Bridge 168.9 feet. sunset 8:24 p.m. and sunrise 5:47 a.m. PDT.
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Lake Red Bluff
Bend Bridge
Tehama Bridge
Woodson Bridge
Memorial Services Set At Oak Hill Cemetery
Memorial Day services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery Veterans Circle by Mt. Lassen Post No. 167 American Legion with James P. Lang as guest speaker. The program includes national anthem, band, invocation, wreath laying, firing squad, taps, and benediction.
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Mt. Lassen
American Legion
Veteran’s Circle
Oak Hill Cemetery
Frank Sutton
James P. Lang
Tehama County
Samuel Aycock
Lincoln Memorial
Sutton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Watergate jitters shake dollar in European gold markets
European monetary experts warn Watergate jitters strain the dollar and lift gold prices as rumors of Kissinger resignation roil markets in London and Paris. Dealers in London quote just over 2.57 dollars per pound with Frankfurt showing the dollar at 2.74 marks.
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Anthony Nicholas
London
UPI
Europe
Zurich
Samuel Montagu
Johnson Matthey
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Kissinger
Paris
Frankfurt
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