Coast building compromise stalls over site choice
County supervisors wrangled in a two part session to pick a central coast county offices site. Dana Street convalescent hospital proposal was debated with traffic and zoning concerns amid votes on alternate sites in Mendocino and Fort Bragg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Raymond
Board of Supervisors
Augie Avila
Fort Bragg
Ernie Banker
Ukiah
Banker
Harvey Sawyers
Dana Street
Bank of America
John Luzzi
Highway 20
Highway 1
Planning Commission
Galletti
Mendocino
Avila
Luzzi
Sawyers
Burgess Williams
Williams
Mendocino County Battles Over Open Space Plan Timing
Supervisor Ernie Banker again confronts Attorney General Younger over state mandated open space element for the county general plan. The plan must be adopted by Dec 31 1973 with related zoning changes by Jan 1 1974. Officials debate permit suspensions and extension deadlines amid delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendocino County
State of California
Ernie Banker
Planning Commission
Tim Steen
Steen
Evelle Younger
Banker
Tim
Burgess Williams
Ted Galletti
Ukiah merchants extend hours for Yuletide shoppers
Ukiah downtown stores plan longer hours with many staying open until 9 p.m. Monday through Friday starting tomorrow to aid holiday shoppers. Window displays will be dimmed to save energy as stores observe the energy crisis guidance. Thermostats set to 68 degrees per President Nixon recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
Larry Lynch
Nixon
Mendocino Community Hospital Profits Net 14190 Says Study
A county study presented to the board of supervisors shows Mendocino Community Hospital operated in the black with a $14190 profit for 1972 73 after accounting adjustments. The report urges keeping the facility open and hiring a multi hospital management corporation to overhaul billing and operations for efficiency and potential accreditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendocino Community Hospital
Board of Supervisors
Mike Pollock
Mental Health Department
Madrone
Mendocino
Management Corporation
Butchers Strike Closes Ukiah Safeway and Impacts Stores
Ukiah Safeway remains open 9 to 6 while Willits Fort Bragg Lakeport and Clearlake Highlands stores close. Union butchers from Local 115 demand higher pay and cost of living protections while Richmond plant operations spark broader grocery lockouts affecting 2000 meatcutters. No panic or major shortages reported.
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Ukiah Safeway
Safeway
Willits
Fort Bragg
Lakeport
Clearlake Highlands
Ukiah Food
Dean Nelson
Ukiah
Butchers Union
San Francisco
Ralph Heuber
Wallace Weyland
Richmond
Heuber
California
Council OKs Heating Oil Price Hike and Gasoline Cut
The Cost of Living Council allowed refiners a 2 cent per gallon rise in heating oil prices while ordering a 1 cent a gallon cut in gasoline. Effective in January, the move aims to boost distillate fuel production and reduce gasoline use to avert rationing. The plan comes amid efforts to ease winter supply and curb driving.
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Washington
UPI
Cost of Living Council
John T. Dunlop
The
Council
County approves draft affirmative action plan for 65 minority hires
The Affirmative Action committee approves a draft plan aiming for 65 minority employees by 1979, setting flexible goals tied to county population and minority counts. It uses census and school data to identify groups, endorses preemployment counseling, and may be revised before Board of Supervisors review.
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Affirmative Action Committee
Board of Supervisors
U.S
Ros Garr
Dave Johnson
County Personnel Office
Johnson
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Mendocino College
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Community Hospital
Food Employers Council
William E. Simon
Jacuzzi
Byron Jackson
Ukiah Hardware & Pump Company
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