North coast timber hearing finds crisis overblown
Fort Bragg hosted a select Assembly hearing chaired by Barry Keene to examine claims of excessive logging for export to Japan. Witnesses from Georgia Pacific and Masonite, plus local officials, argued logs and decks remained within normal ranges and warned against overstated job losses, with a full report due after tape transcripts.
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Roy Wagner
Assembly
Fort Bragg
Mendocino County
Wagner
Ukiah
Masonite
Western
Kathy Hunter
Japan
Barry Keene
D-Santa Rosa
Georgia- Pacific
Mendocino
Humboldt
del Norte
Veterans Memorial
Select Committee On
Keene
Redwood Empire
Pauline Davis
Robert Nimmo
Alan Sieroty
Bob Wood
Edwin Z’berg
Davis
Sieroty
Wood
The
Daily Journal
Assembly Committee
Ukiah girl crash victim dies after Highway 20 collision
A 16 year old Ukiah girl Patricia Lorraine Thomas died at Ukiah General Hospital about 90 minutes after a head on crash on Highway 20 west of the Lake County line. She was thrown from a pickup driven by Richard Ford 34 of Ukiah when struck by a second pickup driven by Dane Pennebakker 19 of Yuba City. The Pennebakker vehicle went down a 90 foot embankment. Ford’s vehicle overturned. Ford and 17 year old Barry McKeene were treated and released. Patricia McKeene 38 is in good condition, Pennebakker is in satisfactory condition. She is survived by her parents a brother and two sisters and grandparents. She attended Ukiah High School and was active in Jobs Daughters Bethel 106 and Ukiah Methodist Church. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1 pm at Eversole Mortuary. interment at Ukiah Cemetery.
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Ukiah
Patricia Lorraine Thomas
Ukiah General Hospital
Highway 20
Lake County
California Highway Patrol
Miss Thomas
Richard Ford
Dane Pennebakker
Yuba City
CHP
Ford
Pennebakker
Barry McKeene
Patricia McKeene
Hillside Hospital
Joe Thomas
William Thomas
Susan Thomas
Barbara Cox
Oregon
John Teshara
Redwood City
Mable Thomas
Two Lake County Weekend Vehicle Fatalities
Two people died in separate Lake County accidents Sunday. A 23-year-old Redwood City man died when a steering rod failure caused a head on collision with a vehicle driven by 18-year-old Stanley David Smith. Smith sustained major injuries. A 59-year-old San Francisco man died after a rear end collision on Highway 29 near Spruce Grove Road. Eldon Sousa died at Redbud Hospital. San Francisco residents James Staton Curley and Derle Curley were involved in a separate incident when a Concord driver stopped to assist.
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Lake County
Redwood City
Highway 20
Lucerne
Stanley David Smith
Jeno Thomas Galovits
Lakeside Hospital
Smith
San Francisco
Eldon Sousa
Redbud Hospital
James Staton Curley
Derle Curley
Curley
Highway 29
Dale Ray Briggs
Concord
Watergate tapes battle centers on presidential duty to reveal evidence
Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox charged President Nixon with withholding key Watergate evidence. He urged Judge Sirica to order production of nine taped conversations for a grand jury, arguing no one is above the law and tapes could prove or disprove conspiracy and misconduct. Oral arguments set for Aug. 22 amid broader legal fights with the Senate committee.
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Washington
UPI
Archibald Cox
Nixon
White House
Cox
United States
H. R. Haldeman
Sirica
Trap Club protest hearing draws Ukiah crowd at Pomolita
Ukiah residents oppose renewal of the Ukiah Valley Trap Club lease and urge council to deny or heavily modify the lease. A large turnout is expected at a special public hearing in Pomolita gym, featuring testimony from residents and club opponents about noise disruption and possible mitigation measures.
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Ukiah Valley Trap Club
Pomolita
Ukiah City
Regina Heights
Jim Luther
Luther
Karl D. Kryter
Acousis Company
Los Altos
Hillside
Weekend fires burn 185 acres near Willits and Talmage
Forestry crews fought a large blaze east of Willits burning 130 acres since Sunday afternoon, aided by seven fire bombers and a 70 man ground crew. Another 40 acre brush fire near Talmage was controlled, while a 15 acre roadside grass fire south of Ridgewood Ranch was extinguished. No structures were damaged.
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Division of Forestry
Willits
Ukiah
Cooperative Air Patrol
Canyon Road
Bartolomei Ranch
Talmage
Ridgewood Ranch
Ridgewood
Highway 101
Maudlin Reveals Plans For Ukiah Office Complex
Maudlin Realty announces a 15000 square foot California ranch style office building at 776 S State Street Ukiah. The one acre site fronts State Street with Oak Street rear access and parking for at least fifty. Construction by Empire Development with Kingsley stating half the space is leased and a January completion is planned.
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S. State Street
Ukiah
John L. Maudlin
Maudlin Realty
Burdell Tenney
San Bernardino
State Street
Oak Street
Empire Development Company of
John L.maudlin Realty
Robert Kingsley
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Gary Fields
Bill Atherton
Mickey Bailey
Ed Stokes
K. Hunter
North Coast
John Callaghan
California Forest Protective Association
Ron Nutting
Georgia Pacific
Donald Nelson
International Woodworkers
Webb Brown
Duane Wells
Peter Passof
Augie”’ Avila
William F. Smith
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Western Woodlands Division
Christina Campbell
Mendocino City
Big River
Select Committee
the Daily Journal
Tire and Battery Service Center
S. State
Highway
Spruce Grove Road
Briggs
Watergate
Supreme Court
Senate Watergate Committee
James G. Sullivan
Watson Road
Sunset Drive
Vichy Hills Drive
Glenwood Drive
Ridge Road
View Drive
Knob Hill Road
Linda ‘Sta Drive
Madrone Drive
N. Bush Street
Poulos Court
Power House Road
Potter Valley
Redwood Valley
Laws Avenue
W. Mill Street
Stutsman Road
Isola Way
Manzan
Ukiah Valley
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