Queen Elizabeth celebrates 50th birthday at Windsor ball
In London the Queen marked her 50th birthday with a royal ball at Windsor Castle attended by foreign royalty and British leaders. Prime Minister James Callaghan was absent due to work commitments. In Moscow Zoya Fyodorova plans a U S visit to meet her son in law and her first grandchild, though she may not see the retired U S naval officer father of her daughter.
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Callaghan
Moscow
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United States
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Calif gun-rights measure rejected by Senate panel
Sen. H L Richardson challenged the panel after its defeat promising to press the full Senate for SCA49. He blamed ab setteeism for the loss and noted ACA95 by Assemblyman Briggs would be handled by the Assembly Criminal Justice Committee.
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UPI
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Assembly Criminal Justice Committee
Pacific Gas & Electric Responds to Earthquake Safety Report
Pacific Gas and Electric Co profiles a report by five geologists produced by nuclear energy opponents. The document claims utilities and federal regulators did not take sufficient steps to protect California atomic power plants from seismic risks.
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Sacramento
UPI
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
California
Supreme Court Tightens Rules on Housing Integration
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 0 that if minorities prove the federal government aided segregation of low income housing in one city area, courts may require HUD to fund more housing in surrounding suburbs.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Northwestern California Weather Outlook Brightens Ahead
Weather in Northwestern California shows mostly fair skies with increasing clouds from the north today. Variable clouds persist late today through Thursday morning with a chance of showers from Cape Mendocino northward, clearing by Thursday afternoon and a slight cool down. Small craft advisory along the coast from Point Arena southward. Fort Bragg 44 54, Ukiah 40 67.
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Castro uses fishing-boat attack to threaten Havana policy shift
In the Straits of Florida on April 8 a dark blue motor boat fired on two Cuban fishing vessels, killing one fisherman and prompting Fidel Castro to warn of canceling the 1973 hijacking pact and sending advisors to Africa. The U S State Department framed the event as a law enforcement matter while FBI reviews possible provocation from U S territory or Dominican sources.
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Inflation slows as March price rise only 0.2 percent
The Labor Department reports a 0.2 percent rise in consumer prices for March marking the best quarterly inflation break in nearly four years. While food and gasoline fell, costs for services and used cars climbed. Real spendable income dropped 0.7 percent in March, and CPI stands at 167.5.
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Ment
Deunification hearing draws small turnout in Ukiah area
Only a handful attended the county board of education public hearing on Potter Valley deunification from the Ukiah Unified School District. Officials noted potential effects on contracts and bonds while planning a May deadline and a November ballot.
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Ukiah Unifi
Police patrols stepped up in Boston black neighborhoods
Boston police increased visible patrols in predominantly black areas to deter violence amid a week of unrest. Spokesman Norman Holliday said forces would respond to trouble but declined details for tactical reasons as incidents included a near fatal beating of a white man and stonings of cars and a train. At least three white women were cut by flying glass from flying stones in Mattapan, and a white youth was beaten by three black attackers in another area.
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Mattapan
Dunes dispute prompts county supervisors action
Homeowners in the Ten Mile dunes north of Fort Bragg urge the board to involve state and federal agencies in studying traveling sand. They seek hearings and a conservation plan with vegetation, off road vehicle restrictions, and a coordinated study, while some supervisors urge county limits and await state funding.
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Inglenook Creek
Charles Fury
BLM
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Augie Avila
Opening statements today in bison trial
District Attorney Duncan James prepared to present opening remarks and evidence after jury selection in the bison trial. The case, before Judge Timothy Q. in Dept 2, involves Eugene Roe James Arnot and General Red Thompson from Eureka facing charges of malicious killing of an animal grand theft conspiracy to commit grand theft and accessory to grand theft for the 1974 Bell Springs Ranch bison killings.
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Bison
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Superior Court
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James Arnot
Title Company
Red’' Thompson
Eureka
Menddcino County
Bell Springs
Larry Andrews
Philip Arnot
Robert Spencer
E. F. Pitlock
Ree
Ukiah
Leo Cook
Rich Petersen
Joe Allen
Thompson
O'Brien
UAW Strike Hit Big Four Plants and City Services
About 70,000 United Rubber Workers walked out at Firestone and other plants as strikes disrupted beer deliveries and city services in San Francisco and Los Angeles. UAW President Pete Bommarito warned Firestone’s final contract offer would be rejected for lacking wage, cost of living, pensions and working condition concessions.
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Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
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