Mendocino Grand Jury slams supervisors in report
The 1975-76 Mendocino County Grand Jury criticizes the board of supervisors for being part time and failing to serve 57,000 residents with a $25 million budget. It urges full-time commitment, improved background study, and regular constituent access, plus reorganizing the planning department and selecting a permanent Yokayo Ranch site for the community college project.
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Board ‘of Supervisors
Mendocino County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Mendocino County
Wwe
Assessor’s computer glitch hides 158000 tax hole
Mendocino County records briefly showed 1,580,000 in assessed value before a misplacement of data switched Parcel 1 and Parcel 2 for Georgia Pacific plants in Ukiah. The error erased the main G P plant assessment but did not reduce totals. safeguards and audits would have caught the omission, and half the funds will still go to the Ukiah district and college while the rest support local governance for 1976-77.
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Webb Brown
Mendocino County
Ukiah Unified
Mendocino Community College
Board of Supervisors
Brown
Georgia Pacific Particleboard
Ukiah
G-P
Parcel 1
Louisiana-Pacific
Weekend rain no boon to county pear growers
Mendocino County pear growers and packers hope for clear skies to push temperatures toward 100 degrees to finish the season. Alex Thomas of Alex Thomas Packing Co says high humidity sped ripening, straining packing and grading. The Pear Growers Council pegs county tonnage possibly surpassing 50,542 tons in 1973. State processors set prices at 105 per ton for No 1 Bartletts, with other grades listed. rising costs mean no relief for consumers at retail.
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Mendocino County
Alex Thomas
Alex Thomas Packing Company
Ukiah Fruit Growers
Thomas
Bill Brooks
Cameron Girton
California Canning Pear Association
Ford Leads Tight Race At Open Republican Convention
Ford trails Reagan by about five votes with 1130 needed for nomination as Republicans open their 31st convention in Kansas City. Incumbent faces strongest challenge of the century with less party unity, while uncommitted delegates shape the outcome for Wednesday’s vote. Ford mobilizes delegates, Reagan presses for weaknesses, and Mississippi bloc looms large for Ford’s path to the ticket.
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Kansas’ City
UPI
Ford
Ronald Reagan
White House
Kemper Arena
Reagan
California
Manny Harmon
Washington
Crown Center
Mississippi
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Ukiah Opposes PG&E Rate Hike Move To Boost Power Costs
Ukiah City officials join other cities in opposing a proposed PG&E electric rate increase of about 200000 dollars annually set to take effect August 25 1976 if approved by the Federal Power Commission. City Manager Jim Swayne criticizes FPC procedures as regressive and burdensome and notes multiple past increases since 1972 with refunds possible if final decisions cut back. He urges residents to press for reform through the Electric Utility Coordination Act and to lobby Congress for swifter action, claiming reforms could save customers hundreds of thousands.
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Pacific Gas and Electric
Federal Power Commission
Ukiah
FPC
Jim Swayne
Swayne
Pg&e
NCPA
House
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Don Clausen
Rain Falls Across County with Modest Totals
Three day county rainfall ended at 0.37 inches in Ukiah, not beating August records but tying for second since 1924. Historic August rains include 1.26 inches total on Aug 18 19 20 21 1968 and 0.89 inches in Aug 26 28, 1954. Forecast calls for tonight showers with mostly cloudy skies and mountain shower chances. inland warmer. Fort Bragg 52 60, Ukiah 50 73.
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Ukiah
Ernie Piccolotti
California
Fort Bragg
Injured woman to rescue crash survivors in remote area
Debbie Reese crawled over rough terrain for 312 miles to summon help for her husband Jim Reese and fellow passenger Melody Pakrek after a light aircraft crashed in Whale Gulch near the Humboldt county line. Pilot Darrell Holcomb died. survivors were flown out as FAA investigators joined the scene.
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Shelter Cove
Humboldt County
Debbie Reese
Sheriff's Office
Darrell Holcomb
Whale Gulch
Mendocino County
Marysville
Yuba
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office
Reese
Melody Pakrek
Jim Reese
Third murder trial opens in Ukiah for Gutierrez stabbing
The 29-year-old Healdsburg laborer Cruz Rodriguez Gutierrez goes on trial in Superior Court for the April stabbing death of Alfred Carl Hausauer 55, owner of Gold Star Security Patrol. Hausauer died after being stabbed at a Ukiah birthday party as he tried to stop serving alcohol to minors. Jury selection before Judge Timothy O'Brien with DA Duncan James prosecuting and Public Defender Joe Allen representing Gutierrez.
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Superior Court
Healdsburg
Alfred Carl Hausauer
Hausauer
Gold Star Security Patrol Service
Ukiah
Cruz Rodriguez Gutierrez
Gutierrez
Timothy O’brien
Duncan James
Joe Allen
State St chase ends in tragedy
An unidentified man in his mid twenties is in critical condition after being struck by a car on S State Street while fleeing a knife wielding assailant. Ukiah police seek a couple in a large passenger car who may have info and urge them to call 462-6565.
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Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
S. State Street
Ukiah
John Doe
Santa Rosa
Charles E. Schwarm
Ukiah Justice Court
Schwarm
Phillip Duncan
State Street
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Ment
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Hi-Lo
Hi. Lo
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Garberville Medical Center
Federal Aviation Administration
State St. Chase
James Miller
Hillside Hospital
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Ukiah Ambulance
U.S.D.A
Trukadero
Lovers Lane
Joseph Canzoneri
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