Tulelake Rancher Named California Cabinet Secretary
James G. Stearns of Tulelake has been sworn in as Gov. Reagan's cabinet secretary overseeing the Agriculture and Services Agency. The 50 year old Modoc County rancher succeeds Earl Coke, retires Sept. 15, and will earn 36750 dollars yearly.
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James G. Stearns
Tulelake
Reagan
State Agriculture and Services Agency
Stearns
Earl Coke
Modoc
State Department of Conservation
Burglary Arrest Reported By Tehama County Sheriff
Tehama County Sheriff's office reports the arrest of Bill Allen Farish age 20 of 1051 Washington St for a burglary at the Vestal property on Gurnsey Avenue. Farish was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon.
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Tehama County
Weather Update With Increasing Clouds And Rain Likelihood
Increasing clouds today with a 10 percent chance of rain and a 50 percent chance tonight. Southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph today, 50 percent chance of rain tomorrow and clearing tomorrow night. Saturday expects variable cloudiness with upper 70s temperatures. High yesterday 86, low this morning 52. river levels Bend Bridge 19.2, Lake Red Bluff 15.5, Tehama Bridge 200.2, Woodson Bridge 166.9 feet. last 24 hours 0, season to date 63, last year to date Trace, normal to date .32.
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Lake Red Bluff
Tehama Bridge
Woodson Bridge
California poised for 10.2 million eligible voters in 1972 drive
California registration drives by Democrats and Republicans push eligible voters toward a 10.2 million mark. Secretary of State Edmund G Brown notes the record could be reached with a closing Oct. 8 deadline.
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Sacramento
California
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
GOP
Agnew Sees election shaped by principle not party
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew told the Ohio Republican Convention that the 1972 race will be decided on principle rather than party. Senator George McGovern and his Vietnam War stance are central to the campaign, while Sargent Shriver warns of McGovern Shriver fund trouble and seeks Kennedy family support. McGovern spoke in Philadelphia on the war as a defining issue. Nixon aides accuse Democrats of withholding fundraising reports. Edward Kennedy campaigns with McGovern. Shriver lists assets around 100 000 dollars. Mrs Nixon travels in Idaho and California as President stays in Washington.
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D— Mass
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America
Arbitration settles Oroville mill strike in Portland
Settlement ends a strike at the Oroville Georgia Pacific plant after talks between the company and the Western Council of Lumber Production and Industrial Workers. Grievances unresolved by routine procedures will be arbitrated and there will be no work stoppages for a year. The strike began in mid August.
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Oroville
Georgia-Pacific Corp
Western Council of Lumber, Production and Industrial Workers
U S Rejects Viet Cong Proposals at Paris Talks
In Paris at the peace talks, Ambassador William J. Porter announced that the United States once again rejected Viet Cong proposals to end the war in South Vietnam. He argued the Viet Cong terms would trigger prolonged warfare and a North Vietnamese dictatorship, saying Communist statements become more illogical and impractical upon analysis.
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United States
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William J. Porter
U.S
Senate Finance Committee Approves $6 Billion Social Security Plan
The Senate Finance Committee endorsed a $6 billion package of Social Security increases and payroll tax hikes to finance higher benefits. The measure expands cash payments and Medicare while rewiring welfare provisions and replacing Nixon’s family assistance plan with stronger work requirements.
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Senate Finance Committee
House
Finance
Nixon
Congress
Jenkins Leaving for FAA Promotion in Oklahoma City
Mel Jenkins, longtime Bidwell Field air traffic control officer since 1967 and Red Bluff Air Round-Up mainstay, departs in October for FAA management training in Oklahoma City and will become an instructor in flight service station procedures. Known as Highpockets The Clown, he has served as official announcer at events.
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Bidwell Field
Federal Aviation Administration
Oklahoma City
Red Bluff
Highpockets the Clown
Placerville Man To Fill Vacancy In Family Agency
Ron Anderson of Placerville will become director of the Family Service Agency on October 16 replacing George Petrutis who returned to Fresno. Anderson currently supervises staff development for El Dorado County Welfare and has prior Orange County social work experience. He will move his wife and two children to Red Bluff after personal commitments are met with Joe Shelton of Chico covering part time until arrival.
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Placerville
Family Service Agency
Anderson
George Petrutis
Fresno
el Dorado County
Antipoverty Bill Signed By Nixon with Key Provisions
President Nixon signed a 4.8 billion antipoverty bill that keeps the Legal Services program under the Office of Economic Opportunity, denying an independent corporation status. The measure funds 2.4 billion for current and next fiscal years for services including food medical care and community programs while authorizing new environmental employment rural housing and youth programs.
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Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
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Legal Services
Planners Seek Council Review Of Tri County Agency
Red Bluff planning officials urge the city council to review a proposal for a tri county planning agency including Tehama Glenn and Colusa with area cities. The plan aims to access HUD and EPA funds for regional projects, with advisory status and modest operating costs.
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Tri-County Commission
Red Bluff
Campbell
World News In Brief From The United Nations
China opposes admitting Bangladesh to the United Nations and would veto a Security Council referral. A second veto is implied if the General Assembly asks for reconsideration.
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Bangladesh
U.N
Huang Hua
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Security Council
Huang
County Aid Proposed For Scenic River Protection
Federal Bureau of Land Management backs quick protection for the Sacramento River from Red Bluff to Red Lake with local zoning to preserve aesthetics. The Shasta and Tehama Counties would aid interim safeguards while state and federal plans develop, with a February outline target and a top priority for wild scenic status.
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Shasta
Tehama
Federal Bureau of Land Management
California State Advisory Board
Sacramento River
Redding
Red Bluff
Robert E. Wilbur
Bureau of Land Management
United States Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior
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Sacramento
Holiday Inn
Burton Silcox
E.J. Petersen
Bureau
Wayne Boden
Washington, D.C
Jim Mills
Department of Interior
Bureau of Outdoor
Weekly Toll Records First No American Combat Death in Seven Years
Saigon AP reports last week had no American killed in action for the first time since March 1965. Five Americans died nonhostile, seven wounded, four missing or captured. Total casualties were the lowest since records began Jan. 1, 1965, with about 36,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam and no infantry in combat.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Railroad Sparks Blamed for Two Fires in California
Sparks from passing trains were blamed for two fires reported by the California Division of Forestry. The first fire near Richfield burned a small grass patch with no damage. A second blaze near Palm Avenue south of Corning caused about 100 dollars in damage to olive trees.
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Richfield
Tehama County
Palm Avenue
Corning
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