Massive fires burn near Covelo and Lake Pillsbury
Two huge fires threaten Covelo and Lake Pillsbury area as crews push to contain. Horse Pasture blaze near Covelo has scorched 7,600 acres with 60 percent contained and a forecast under control by tomorrow. Round fire south of Lake Pillsbury covers 6,000 acres and has destroyed ten million board feet of timber.
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Covelo
Lake Pillsbury
Division of Forestry
Willits
Division of Forestry and Honor
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
Civic leaders tour PG and E Humboldt Bay plant
Mendocino and Humboldt County officials joined by 25 residents for a tour of PG&E s Humboldt Bay atomic plant near Eureka and a dinner with local counterparts. Officials said atomic plants are safe and an economic asset while PG&E argued the facility has never exceeded its licensed radiation limits and no danger to the public.
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Pg&e Atomic Plant
Pg&e
Humboldt Bay Atomic Plant
Atomic Engineers
Point Arena
Mendocino
Humboldt County
Eureka
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Humboldt Bay
Ingomar Club
A-plant
Atomic Information
Hal Siroube
San Francisco
Berkeley
South Bay
Atomic Energy Com
Man Dies in Seaside Auto Crash Found Near Highway 1
Milton Wallace Hyde, 48, of Fort Bragg, whose station wagon wreckage was found by a water pump system owner 20 feet below Highway 1 near Seaside north of Fort Bragg, died in an auto accident reported Thursday night or Friday morning. Highway Patrol investigates. funeral arrangements pending at Cain-Grove Mortuary, Fort Bragg.
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Highway 1
Seaside
Fort Bragg
Milton Wallace Hyde
Box 32
Hyde
Cain-Grove Mortuary
Inquiry Blames Middleman For Bread Cost Rise
Washington UPI agriculture official undersecretary John A. Schnittker told a House subcommittee that bakers and distributors drive most bread price increases, not farmers. He noted wheat prices rose but the farmer’s share of the loaf remains tiny, at about 13 percent in 1965, with farmers receiving 3.2 cents per loaf’s wheat.
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Sam Fogg
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
John A. Schnittker
House
Schnittker
House Group
Cold Creek Man Found Dead in Car
An Ukiah man, Ernest Geoffrey Odlin, 72, was found dead in his vehicle at Meehan Ranch near Cold Creek on Saturday morning. Coroner reports indicate a heart attack as the cause while preparing for a deer hunting trip. Odlin had lived in Cold Creek for five years and held memberships in local veterans and fraternal organizations. Services are set for Tuesday at Zimmerman Mortuary.
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Ukiah
Meehan
Highway 20
Cold Creek
Ernest Geoffrey Odlin
Mr. Odlin
Alberta
Cald Creek
Placerville Post
American Legion
Footprinters
Ernest Odlin Jr
San Rafael
Cyril Odlin
Napa
Dorothy Davis
Diamond Springs
Calif
Zimmerman Mortuary
Ralph Wiley
Ukiaha Christian Church
Forest Theme Featured At Redwood Empire Fair
The Redwood Empire Fair opens August 18 in Ukiah with a forest theme. A $50,000 grandstand upgrade and new race track mark big improvements. The fair runs four days at the Ukiah Fairgrounds with ceremonies headlined by dignitaries and local officials.
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Redwood Empire Fair
Ukiah
Herbert M. Thatcher
Fair Board of Directors
Ukiah Fairgrounds
Redwood Empire Auto Racing Association
Mendocino
He Forests
California Division of Forestry
Divison
Forestry
Thatcher
Child Struck By Car On Ranch Near Ukiah
A 2 year old Porterville boy Robert Esca Iera was reported fatally injured after being struck by Vincent Camargo's car on the Alex Thomas ranch near Ukiah yesterday evening. Dust obscured the driver’s view, and the child was rushed to Ukiah General Hospital where he died. Other Sunday incidents included injuries to James Brown 19 and Robbie Fife 18 in a rear end collision on State Street near Airport Road. Rones Jr. 20 and Burley Fife 41 aided minor injuries. Silvio Gomez Jr. 25 of Santa Rosa suffered cuts when his motorcycle left the road near Squaw Rock. John Howley 41 Ukiah and Florence Maguire 49 Ukiah escaped minor injuries when their car hit Cold Creek Bridge tearing out concrete railing.
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Robert Esca Iera
Porterville
Ukiah General Hospital
Alex Thomas
Vincent Camargo
Lindsay
Highway Patrol
James Brown
Robbie Fife
Ukiah
State’ Street
Airport Road
Burley Fife
Donald Rones Jr
Brown
Rones
Fife
Hillside Community Hospital
Silvio Gomez Jr
Santa Rosa
Squaw Rock
John Howley
Florence’ Maguire
Cold Creek
Reagan Stakes Bid On Rumford Repeal In California
Republican Ronald Reagan seeks California governorship on a platform calling for repeal or amendment of the Rumford Act which bans housing discrimination. The party, while backing repeal, favors possible amendments to protect “free choice and constitutional rights.” The 1964 referendum repealed the act but a court later restored it, prompting debate within the Platform Committee amid charges of a racial slur in the plank.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Johnson
U. S
State Plank California GOP platform outlined
California Republican platform adopted at Sacramento outlines civil rights reforms including repeal or amendment of the Rumford Act with protective legislation. supports higher education while resisting disruptive protests. pledges to cut bureaucracy, end nepotism and reform taxes. criticizes Democrats for wasteful programs and promotes local control. calls California the crime capital and vows to empower law enforcement with tougher crime laws and tech support.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Republican, Convention
GOP
Brown
Iobs
Unem
Killings Tied To Edna Sullivan Case Shine In Court
Fort Worth report says Roy Green and Kenneth McDuff led a 90 mile search across two counties for Edna Louise Sullivan after confessing to the slayings of Robert Brand and Mark Dunnam. Brand’s body was found in his car trunk. both teens were shot. Edna, 16, allegedly raped and strangled and dumped over a fence.
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Fort Worth
UPD
Roy Green
Pretty Edna
Louise Sullivan
Green
Edna
Robert H. Brand
Alvarado
Tex
Mark Dunnam
Los Angeles
Brand
Brand Hey
Edna Louise
Young Dunnam
Bremond
Kenneth McDuff
Rosebud
Franklin
Lon Evans
Karl Brown
Tarrant
Johnson County
Weather Summary From Ukiah August Records
A weather note shows August temperatures for 1986 and 1965 with highs and lows. It lists today’s high at 91 and noon low at 49 plus a 0.00 rainfall reading. Courtesy of the Ukiah Weather Bureau observer.
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Ukiah
Teen sniper attack claims 16th victim in mass murder
In Austin Texas a 17 year old girl Karen Griffith died at Brackenridge Hospital early today becoming the 16th fatality in the nation’s deadliest mass shooting. The incident underscores the breakout violence and ongoing national shock.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Charles J. Whitman
Karen Griffith
Brackenridge Hospital
Father Kills 4 Daughters and Himself in Waterbury
Samuel Sepulveda killed his four daughters Alma aged 1, Helen 2, Sonia 4, and his unborn child’s mother Iris after a family feud. He set fire to their apartment, then died from self inflicted wounds outside. Iris survived with severe razor injuries and was listed in fair condition. Police note prior breach of peace arrest and financial troubles.
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Waterbury
Conn
UPL
Samuel Sepulveda
Sepulveda
Iris
Alma
Helen
Sonia
Vanda Laty
Joseph Maloney
Baldwin
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Fair Board
Frank S. Petersen
Randolph Collier
Yreka
AML
SJM
Happy the Clown
Bob Wescott
Wescott
Lin Ford
Journal
Cober
Reagan
Rumford Repeal
By DE van L. Shumway
Platform Committee
Nerroes
Norman Hodges
Congress
Bserver
Nassau
Bahamas
Secret Service
Ludi
Pat Nugent
Saigon
U.S
Red China
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