Red Bluff Council Charts 1973 74 Street Plan
Red Bluff City Council focused on street improvements using federal revenue sharing funds in a 1973-74 budget study session. A $45,000 allotment was approved for streets with $25,000 for local work and $20,000 for major projects, while about $118,000 remains unallocated for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Goodyear
Red Bluff
Joseph A. Miller
Public Works Department
Miller
William G. Brainerd
City council nears building dept budget increase
City manager Herbert E. Nelson reports park projects under way. Building official Dick Ranberg seeks a full time inspector with an $8,316 salary addition after noting inspection time shortages. He cites 82 permits in four months 1973 versus 14 in 1970 and 160 active permits needing inspection, with other duties unmet.
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Herbert E. Nelson
Dick Ranberg
Ranberg
Manton Frontier Days Parade Barbecue And Rodeo Announced
Manton hosts its annual Frontier Days with a Saturday dance at the Manton School and a Sunday parade from the town to the Manton Store. The Western Fairs Approved Rodeo at Lassen Ox Shoe Ranch begins at 2 p.m. Stock by Hemsted. barbecue 11 30 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. at Water Wheel Park. rodeo queen Melinda Winfrey leads the grand entry.
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Manton
Melinda Winfrey
Lassen
Hemsted
Water Wheel Park
Manton School
Federal land grab eyed for Tehama County fish basin
Tehama County officials and residents oppose the U S Bureau of Reclamation plan to condemn 76 acres near the Red Bluff Dam for a new salmon desilting basin. They cite loss of prime farm land tax impact groundwater and fruit quality concerns and seek an injunction to halt action.
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Bob Kennedy
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Tehama County
Red Bluff
Bureau
Larry Lalaguna
Lalaguna
Ken Lindauer
Tehama County Taxpayer’s Association
Lindauer
William Flournoy
Salaguna
Bureau of Reclamation
Sacramento
Henry Goff
Goff
Tehama-Colusa Canal
Bradley Beats Yorty in Los Angeles Mayor Race
Thomas Bradley, a black former rookie cop turned councilman, won the Los Angeles mayoral election, ending Sam Yorty’s 12 year tenure. Bradley overcame an early deficit and drew strong support from black and liberal communities, calling it the fulfillment of an impossible dream.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Thomas Bradley
Sam Yorty
Yorty
Bradley
Republican Fund
Sacramento
UPS
Bob Hope
Art Linkletter
Jimmy Stewart
Frank Sinatra
Ronald Reagan
Gordon C. Luce
San Francisco
Indy
Indianapolis
Ind
Bobby Unser
Unser
Peter Revseon
Weather forecast with mild winds and possible storms
Variable cloudiness through Thursday with a chance of thunder showers this afternoon and evening. Winds up to 15 mph. Cooler days with a high near 90 today and 88 tomorrow. tonight 64. Rain chance 20 percent tonight. Friday outlook fair. River levels listed for several bridges. sunset and sunrise times provided.
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Lake Red Bluff
Bend Bridge
Tehama Bridge
Reading
Woodson Bridge
Nixon Refuses Testimony As Cox Seeks Leaks Probe
President Nixon states he will not testify in grand jury or Senate Watergate probes and asks independent prosecutor Archibald Cox to pursue leak sources. Cox, sworn in Friday as a neutral special prosecutor, has not yet responded publicly. Nixon then flies to Iceland for talks with President Georges Pompidou on economics and other contentious issues.
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Nixon
Washington
UPI
Senate
Archibald Cox
Cox
Harvard Law
White House
Pompidou
Iceland
Georges Pompidou
Swimmer Reports Shots Fired At Antelope Creek
Tehama County deputies investigated a report by Carl D. Melton of Red Bluff that he and friends were shot at while swimming in Antelope Creek yesterday afternoon. He said two young men fired a small caliber rifle at them. multiple witnesses were present.
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Tehama County
Carl D. Melton
Tuscan Avenue
Red Bluff
Antelope Creek
Melton
Burglaries At Government Flat Under Investigation
Tehama County deputies investigated thefts totaling about $1000 from a lodge and eight cabins at Government Flat near the Mendocino County line. Items stolen from buildings owned by Judge Joseph Webber of Covelo are being itemized by Glenn County deputies. The Covelo deputy found the break in during routine patrol.
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Government Flat
Mendocino
Tehama
Joseph Webber
Covelo
Glenn County Sheriff's Department
Spectacular Sun Photos From Skylab Mission
Skylab astronauts Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz sent back dramatic sun images on a second day in orbit using a coronograph. NASA planned Earth resources observations next, hoping to apply solar data to terrestrial challenges.
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Houston
UPS
Skylab
Texas
New Mexico
Central America
Charles
Pete’’ Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Earth Resources
Corning Council Hears Police Union Bid and 1973-74 Budget
The Corning council discussed a bid by the police to join Operating Engineers Local No. 3 and reviewed the proposed 1973-74 budget showing 402705 in expenditures and 427214 in income. Debate focused on union representation procedure and pay equity between police and public works staff as council members allocated revenue sharing funds to library and recreation building projects.
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John Fenrich Corning
Operating Engineers Local No. 3
Corning Police Department
Ken Green
Redding
M.G. Emery
James Darrow
Darrow
C. A. Stromsness
Green
Emery
Police Department
Council
Otho O’leary
Public Works Department
Red Bluff
Corning
Gary Strack
Minority Hiring Up in California State Workforce
The State Personnel Board reports that in the past 17 months nearly half of new hires were from minority races. The minority share of California's 120,000 workers reached 16.8 percent, compared with 26.5 percent of the state's population.
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Sacramento
UPI
State Personnel Board
California
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Middle East
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Skylab Station
NASA
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