Inmate Injured In 25 Foot Fall During Escape Attempt
Tehama County inmate Steven Moses 21 is in critical condition after a 25 foot fall from a roof during an escape attempt at the county jail in Redding. Fellow prisoners Robert Hale 19 and Stanley Leavell 32 aided the breakout. Hale remains at large while Leavell was recaptured Sunday.
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Mercy Hospital
Steven Lloyd Moses
Robert Lee Hale
Stanley Howard Leavell
Shasta
Enterprise
Sheriff’s Office
Leavell
Hale
Kansas City to host 1976 GOP National Convention
The Republican National Committee unanimously selected Kansas City Missouri as the site for the 1976 GOP National Convention set to begin August 16. The choice over Cleveland was ratified after the site selection panel’s Sunday decision. Security announced as tight for President Ford during his Dallas visit ahead of events at Southern Methodist University and a meeting of the National Federation of Republican Women.
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UPI
Republican National Committee
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Dallas
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John Kennedy
Sacramento
Calif
National Federation of Republican Women
Southern Methodist University
Boston clashes as desegregation enforcement escalates
Police in riot gear clashed with hundreds of demonstrators near Charleston High School while 62 people were arrested near South Boston High as Boston begins its second year of court ordered desegregation. About 400 antibusing protesters gathered near Charlestown High School housing project. In Charleston West Virginia a back-to-work trend emerged in the southern coalfields with miners returning to work and minimal picketing noted. Ronald Lester of Beckley, a United Mine Workers official, says the return is nearly complete.
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UPI
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Charlestown High School
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Ronald Lester
Beckley
United Mine Workers District 29
Record Holders Enter Upcoming Drag Boat Races
World record holders and national champions across NBDA classes will race at the First Annual Red Bluff Invitational on September 13 14 at Red Bluff Diversion Dam. Promoter Bob Powers cites 41 boats pre registered as gates open at 8 a.m. each day with prize money totaling 4500 dollars and a Saturday rock concert by Leaky Canoe.
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National Drag Boat Association
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Los Angeles
Powers
Tri-Aerial Enterprises
Unrest Halts Schools As Guards Guard Busing
United Press International reports widespread school closings affecting nearly one million students as teachers strike and negotiators push for salary gains. National Guardsmen were deployed to deter violence in Boston and Louisville amid desegregation related tensions.
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Louisville
Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
CTU
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Joseph Hannon
Daley
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Friday Sunday Accidents Keep CHP Busy In County
Weekend traffic incidents kept CHP units busy with five accidents Friday and three Sunday in Tehama County. Frances White 69 Red Bluff was struck by her moving car after stopping for mail on Wiltsey Ave. Hospital reports show no fractures and she is to be hospitalized. Debra Clapp 23 Red Bluff minor damage in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 99E near Butler Ave. Everett Saul 64 Fair Oaks drove a 1967 Pontiac into Clapp’s left turn. Curtis Ramsel 17 Los Molinos involved on Tehama Vina Road in a separate Friday incident.
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Frances M. White
Red Bluff
Wiltsey Avenue
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Debra Sue Clapp
Highway 99E
Butler Avenue
Everett Edwin Saul
Fair Oaks
Car Crashes Near Tehama County Leave Two Hurt
Reports detail a sequence of crashes around Tehama County. Judi Kay Jackson 23 of Gerber stopped too far out and was hit by Robert Hicks 20 of Corning causing major damage to both cars and minor injuries to passenger Kevin Parker 16. Frederick Brockman 23 of Gerber lost control near Ramsey and San Benito Avenue, totaling his car with moderate damage. A hit and run involving Billy Wayne Zirkle of Red Bluff is under investigation after his 1972 Ford Ranchero was struck while parked.
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Judi Kay Jackson
Gerber
Tyler Road
Highway
CHP
Robert Leroy Hicks
Corning
Kevin Parker
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Frederick Allen Brockman
San Benito Avenue
Ramsey
Billy Wayne Zirkle
Red Bluff
Tehama County
Public Meetings for Red Bluff and Surrounding Areas
Monday events include Red Bluff Airport Commission and City Council meetings at city hall. Tuesday closes offices and banks for Admission Day. Wednesday features Red Bluff Recreation and Parks Commission Corning Water District and Tehama County LAFCO notices. Thursday lists Los Molinos Chamber of Commerce meeting. Two Sunday accidents in Cottonwood and Tempe boy hospitalized after minor injuries.
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Red Bluff
Corning
Weather forecast shows warm stretch with highs 90 to 102
Fair with little temperature change through tomorrow. Highs expected 90 to 102, tonight’s low in the 60s. Winds around 15 mph. Wednesday outlook is fair. Yesterday’s high 104, low 64. River levels noted at Bend Bridge 19.5, Lake Red Bluff 15.5, Tehama 203.0 ft, Woodson 167.2 ft. Sunset 7:30, sunrise 6:44 PDT.
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Lake Red Bluff
Tehama Bridge
Woodson Bridge
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