Storms pound Mendocino coast with widespread flooding
Coast counties face heavy rain and high winds. Roads closed from Fort Bragg to Willits and in Lake County with widespread power outages and debris slides. Flooding on the Garcia and Eel rivers worsens, as California records multiple storm related deaths and a statewide sales tax increase takes effect.
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Mendocino
California
Q Peinéadl
Willits
Fort Bragg
Philo
Westport
Garcia River
Point Arena
Pg&e
Fish Rock Road
East Hill Road
Hearst Road
Low Gap
Pine Ridge
Bell Springs
Spy Rock
Mountain View Road
Ytonville
Dos Rios
Covelo
Garberville
Lake County
Clear Lake
Lakeport
Ukiah
Chamberlain Creek Conservation Camp
Highway 20
Boonville
Lake Mendocino
Coyote Dam
Healdsburg
Guerneville
Sonoma County
Highland Drive
Jack Franks
Highland Avenue
Franks
Bittenbenders
Apple Avenue
Cherry Avenue
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Yokayo
Rose Avenues
Pacific Telephone
Humboldt State
Highway 101
Scotia
Eel River
Oil profits seen as obscene under Nixon energy policy
Senator Henry M. Jackson warned that major oil firms will report obscene profits in the current quarter due to alleged violations of the Petroleum Allocation Act. He criticized the administration for price policies that bypass consumer needs and aid large oil companies, highlighting foreign subsidies as a loophole.
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Washington
UPI
Jackson
Senate Interior Committee
Afl-Cio
Building and Construction Trades Department
U S
Nixon
Jackon
Congres
White House
California mobile home bill targets industry abuses
Assembly Speaker Moretti previews consumer protection legislation after a 54 page study by the Assembly Office of Research. The report urges licensing of mobilehome dealers and workers, a one year warranty notice, deposit safeguards, and tax structure revisions reflecting market values. It notes mobile homes are a key housing option for seniors with sales rising to 3.5 billion in 1972 from 50 million in 1955.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Moretti
Assembly Office of Research
Department of Housing and Community Development
GOP prospects seek stance to shield GOP from Watergate guilt
Four Republican hopefuls including Vice President Ford Senator Percy Reagan and Rockefeller urged clarifying that Watergate did not reflect GOP values while differing on best tactics. At the Midwest Leadership Conference they debated how to reassure voters for 1974 and 1976 elections and avoid party disaster.
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Chicago
UPI
GOP
Gerald Ford
U.S
Charles Percy
Illinois
California
Ronald Reagan
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Midwest
Percy
Rockefeller
Reagan
Ford
Nixon
Drought-like incident cuts power near Ukiah for brief outage
A crop duster severed a power line south of Ukiah causing a 25 minute outage beginning at 10 20 a m. PG E reports power was restored to more than 1000 customers by 10 45 a m. The affected area includes the region south of Talmage Road.
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Ukiah
Talmage Road
Pg&e
Astronomers Track Possible Charley Moon Near Mercury
Mariner 10 spacecraft, coping with a short circuit, scanned Mercury from above as it departed at 25 000 mph hoping to confirm a moonlet about 15.5 miles wide. Dr A Lyle Broadfoot of Kitt Peak proposed naming the body Charley, after a boyhood dog, if confirmed.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mariner ‘10
Charley
Mercury
A. Lyle Broadfoot
Arizona
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Mariner - 10
Initiales
Agnew Court Appeal on Maryland Law License
Final arguments set for Tuesday before a Maryland court of appeals to determine if former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew may practice law. Disbarment was urged by a disciplinary panel and the state bar association after his no contest plea to income tax evasion.
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Jack Franks
Apgpand Avenue
Annapolis
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Court of Appeals
State Bar Association
Bar
Agnew
Association
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Oscar Klee
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Fairmar Grocery
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Yuba City
Dan
Elma Cubberly
Cubberly
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CCC
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Jimm Seaney
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