Saigon plans elections with Viet Cong participation rejected
Saigon proposed general elections with Viet Cong participation by Aug 26 and demobilization tied to North Vietnamese withdrawal. Viet Cong in Paris called the plan an artificial maneuver and rejected it, while noting agreed prisoner exchanges and ongoing truce talks.
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Paris
Tran van Lam
Saigon
Nguyen van Hieu
South Vietnam
Lam
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
Vietnam
National Council of Reconciliation and Concord
Nixon weighs major White House staff shakeup
President Nixon, described as very angry, considers a broad staff overhaul amid Watergate fallout. Reports say aides tied to the scandal may be removed while the president leads his own inquiry and White House officials pledge to uncover the truth.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Florida
Ronald L. Ziegler
Watergate
New York Times
Times
Washington Star-News
Washington Post
Haiphong Harbor
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Erlichman
John J. Wilson
Wilson
Grand Jury
John W. Dean
Robert J. Dole
R-Kan
GOP
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Treasury
John B. Connally
Psychiatrist says Waters sane at time of murder
An Oakland psychiatrist concluded Darrell Waters had sufficient mental capacity to know what he was doing when he allegedly stabbed Robert Hansen to death in Boonville on February 23. The report supports trial eligibility, while a second psychiatrist agrees. A trial date will be set after amended pleas.
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Oakland
Darrell Dean Waters
Robert James Hansen
Boonville
Superior Court
Walter Rappaport
Waters
Timothy O’brien
Steven Raffle
Berkeley
Rappaport
Raffle
Joe Allen
O’brien
Cross complaint filed in dog shooting case
Neighbor Bobbie Powell sues Charles Blackburn over a Shepherd mix shot last year. Powell seeks $30,000 in damages while Blackburn denies shooting and claims the dog barked at night and affected his work. Powell also faces separate suit from Joe Van Antwerp’s estate seeking damages and punitive penalties.
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Bobbie Powell
Superior
Powell
Lake
Bisa
Ukiah
TV Fire Causes Minor Damage at James Street Home
Fire crews respond to a 5 26 p m Tuesday alarm at 1620 James Street. Fire in a television set damages the unit at Harry Steinbrenner’s residence with only minor damage to the room.
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James Street
Harry Steinbrenner
Northwestern California Weather Forecast Fair Then Fog Coastal Clouds
Fair conditions in Northwestern California through Thursday with increasing fog and low coastal clouds. North region may see some cloudiness Thursday night with temperatures near Fort Bragg 48 to 55, Ukiah 45 to 75, and coastal advisory for small craft from Point Arena northward.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Point Arena
Mendocino County Couples Sue IRS for Tax Refunds in Court
Three Mendocino County couples sue the Internal Revenue Service in federal court seeking refunds of overpayments while audits proceed. Plaintiffs Kenneth and Lois Mahan claim 1970 refunds of 1228 dollars, Bobby J and Norma Peterson 1623 dollars for 1970 and 1971, and Sherman and Betty Sargeant 2862 dollars for 1970 and 1971, with the suit representing a class of taxpayers whose refunds are held pending audits. The filing also alleges IRS harassment of two tax preparers involved in the case.
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San Francisco
UPI
Mendocino County
Internal Revenue Service
William DeGarmo
Ukiah
IRS
DeGarmo
U.S. District Court
Mendocino
Kenneth
Lois Mahan
Bobby J
Norma Peterson
Sherman
Betty Sargeant
Temperature of April 1972 Weather Note
A dated weather snippet records daily highs and lows for April 1972 with values shown for a specific day. It compares today’s low to last year’s figures and lists numbers such as 24.80 for reference.
Indian man dies in Wounded Knee gunfire standoff
An Apache man from Cherokee North Carolina, Frank Clearwater, 47, died in Rapid City hospital from a head wound he suffered April 17 during the gunfire exchange between U.S. Marshals FBI and AIM followers at Wounded Knee. The death marks the first fatality in the 58 day occupation on Pine Ridge reservation.
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Pine Ridge
S.D
UPI
Rapid City
U.S
FBI
Wounded Knee
Frank Clearwater
N.C
AIM
Oglala Sioux
Van Arsdall Resigns As Mendocino County Building Director
F. J. Van Arsdall resigned as head of Mendocino County building inspection after weeks of criticism from the Contractors Association over delays in plan checks. Seven staff members urged dismissal, and state reviewers met with department officials during two days of closed sessions. Van Arsdall declined to comment when contacted by the Journal.
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F. J. van Arsdall
Board of Supervisors
van Arsdall
The
Journal
Mendocino County Contractors Association
State’ Agency
Burgess Williams 3
Harve Sawyers
Nan Aredall
Seasion
Rescue after 86 hours ends tragedy in Ukiah crash
Donald Conner, 22, a Santa Rosa student, survived a Piper Cherokee wreck eight six hours after the crash near Ukiah. Pilot Leland Monroe, 41, and two others, Doris Monroe 41 and Sheryl Conner 19, were killed. Rescuers used a block and tackle to free Conner before airlift to Hillside Hospital where his condition was listed as satisfactory. Authorities traced Monroe’s flight plan from Sonoma County airport to Ukiah and noted collision occurred near a windfall and oak tree at about 1 600 feet. Mrs Butler first sighted the wreck and notified authorities.
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Donald Conner
Santa Rosa
Butler‘Ranch
Ukiah
Boonville Road
Leland Monroe
St. Francis
Doris
Monroes
Sheryl Conner
Donald
George Butler
Butler
Butlers
Sheriff's Department
Reno Bartolomie
Ukiah Fire Department
Smith Air
John Dodd
Bob VanderStoep
Dick Satterwhite
Dave Stout
Greg Bakker
Jackle
Conner
Hank Jory
Hillside Hospital
Sheriff’s
Larry von Brandt
Ukiah Ambulance Service
Eversole ‘Mortuary
Eggan and
Lance Mortuary
Bartolomie
Monroe
Sonoma County
Ukiah Flight Service
Lake County
Spanish Mountain
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Wilette Flan Ann Ten Nut
Viet Cong
Saigon Command
Bulletin
George Hunter
McCord
Judy White
Denver
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