Hart seeks new Senate probe into medical costs and fraud
Senator Phil Hart launches an anti fraud inquiry into elderly care abuses by hospital officials doctors blood banks and insurers. He cites cases of unnecessary equipment fees fake services and high charges for custodial care amid stalled action from Social Security and Medicare officials.
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Washington
Phil Hart
Dmich
Senate
Hart
Dorothy Goodwin
California
Ball
Williams
Grand Rapids
Bureau
Senator Hart
Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Wednesday Rites for Ray McCune
Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday for Ray McCune an 82 year old Ukiah resident born in Illinois. He died Thursday in a Ukiah hospital and leaves no known relatives. The Rev Richard Taylor of First Baptist Church will officiate at Zimmerman Mortuary with burial in Ukiah cemetery.
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Ukiah
Ray McCune
MccCune
Illinois
Richard Taylor
First Baptist Church
Zimmerman Mortuary
Ukiah Cemetery
CHP checks no reason auto mishap near Ukiah
Lottie Mead, 71, of Ukiah, suffered a forehead laceration a possible injured shoulder and a bruised leg when her car veered off Lake Mendocino Drive near Eastside Road Calpella Friday afternoon. She was taken to Ukiah Community Hospital. Highway Patrol reports no apparent reason for the vehicle to drift off the road before striking an oak tree after skirting a ditch and crossing East Road.
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Lottie Mead
Ukiah
Lake Mendocino Drive
Eastside Road
Calpella
Ukiah Community Hospital
East Road
Horse Films Tuesday at Ukiah Fairgrounds
Ukiah 4-H horse group sponsors a film series for horse lovers. The first showing is tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. in the Home Arts building, titled The Proud Breed and narrated by Wayne Newton. A second film about Arabians will also be narrated by Newton. Admission is free. refreshments raise funds for future projects. Future screenings will cover other horse breeds.
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Ukiah 4-H Horse Group
Fairgrounds
Wayne Newton
Three County Burglaries Probed in Western District
Deputies investigate three separate burglaries in western county last week. Darwin Thompson reports $254 in jewelry stolen from his Fort Bragg home after a side door window was broken to gain entry. St Pauls Community Methodist Church in Point Arena was entered with an amplifier and two speakers valued at $154 taken. Jim's Building Supplies on Highway 1 at Hare Creek reported $33 in money and merchandise taken through an office window.
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Darwin Thompson
Fort Bragg
St. Paul's Community Methodist Church
Point Arena
Jim
Highway 1
Hare Creek
Health Department Announces December Ukiah Clinic Dates
Health officials announce clinic changes in Ukiah with the well baby clinic moved to the health department office at Low Gap and N Bush. The well baby clinic is Friday December 10 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, immunization clinic Thursday December 9 from 5 to 7 p.m., and tuberculin testing Friday December 17 from 1 to 5 p.m. Infants may be seen by calling 462-4731 extension 284. immunizations and tuberculin testing do not require appointments.
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Health Department
Ukiah
R.L. Holtzer
Low Gap
N. Bush
Veteran’s Building
Earthquake Shakes Italian Coast From Naples to Taranto
An earthquake sent a wave like tremor along the west coast from Naples to Taranto Monday night. No damages or injuries were reported.
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Naples
Italy
UPI
Taranto
Beatty named Mendocino SCD conservationist new post
Bill Beatty has been appointed district conservationist for Mendocino County Soil Conservation District succeeding Dwain Campbell who moved to Sonoma County. Campbell will serve in Santa Rosa Goldridge and Sotoyome offices with headquarters in Santa Rosa. Beatty, from Patterson California, holds an agronomy degree from Iowa State and comes from the U.S. Soil Conservation Service two years after moving to California. He will assist individuals groups and units of government in planning and applying conservation practices amid issues like land slippage and gully erosion, using a multidisciplinary staff approach.
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Mendocino County
Soil Conservation District
Bill Beatty
Dwain Campbell
Sonoma County
Campbell
Santa Rosa
Goldridge
Sotoyome
SCS
Beatty
Patterson
Stanislaus
Skating Cars Collide on Russian River Bridge
Highway Patrol reports a two car crash on the Russian River bridge south of Hopland in the early hours Saturday. Merrilee Gale of Ukiah and Fred Bonnell of Hopland, both northbound, slid and struck rails while trying to pass. Bonnell escaped unhurt with major damage to his car. Gale sustained minor injuries and sought medical care.
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Russian River
Hopland
Merrilee Gale
Ukiah
Fred Bonnell
Gale
Bonnell
Three Suspects Nabbed on Pot Charges in Gualala
Three men arrested in Gualala were charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Bernard Noonan, 20, of transient address. David Aldrich, 19, Meriden Conn. and James Hamer, 24, Gualala, were booked after deputies responded to a disturbance call in Pacific Woods. Officers found marijuana and paraphernalia at the residence on Pacific Woods Road.
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Gualala
County
Bernard Noonan
David Aldrich
Meriden
Conn
James Hamer
Noonan
Pacific Woods
Pacific Woods Road
Third arrest in burglaries named Britton in Ukiah case
Ronald Lee Britton aged 19, the third suspect in the Angell's Pharmacy and Medico Drug burglaries, was arrested Saturday night at his Redwood Valley home on a Ukiah Justice Court warrant charging him with burglary and receiving stolen property.
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Ronald Lee Britton
Angell
Medico Drug
Redwood Valley
Ukiah
Ukiah Justice Court
Britton
Local drivers arrested for drunk driving in Mendocino County
Sheriff deputies and CHP arrested multiple drivers on drunk driving charges. Charles Nathan Holder 25 of Willits plus Franklin Wilsey 48 of Ukiah and Robert Robuson 38 of Ukiah were detained on Highway 101 and in Covelo. Arthur Sutton 37 of Ukiah booked in county jail. Raymond Dee Rhodes 35 of Willits held on a Thursday arrest and bailed out.
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Charles Nathan Holder
Willits
Holder
Sheriff's
Franklin Wilsey
Ukiah
Wilsey
Covelo
Robert Robuson
California Highway Patrol
Robuson
Highway 101
Arthur Sutton
Sutton
Gobbi St
Ukiah Justice Court
Raymond Dee Rhodes
CHP
Laytonville
Rhodes
Chevrolet recalls 6.7 million autos in historic campaign
General Motors launches what is described as history's largest automotive recall costing an estimated 35 million. The action targets standard Chevrolets and Novas built 1965 to 1969 and 1967 to 69 Camaros plus certain light trucks with V 8 engines. Repairs start in February and GM will install engine mount restraints at its expense.
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Edward 8. Lechtzin
Chevrolet
Detroit
Plymouth
Cole
GMC
Guilty Verdict in Stream Pollution Case Near Philo
Two local men, Melvin Davis and James W. Moody, were found guilty in Anderson District Court of stream pollution charges. Davis was convicted of depositing deleterious material into Gut Creek and operating without a permit. Moody was convicted of operating without a permit. The two‑day trial, overseen by Judge Homer Mannix, featured multiple peremptory challenges and a second venue during lunch. Jury foreman was Austin Hulbert.
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Philo
Melvin Davis
Redwood Valley
Gut Creek
James W. Moody
Calpella
Anderson District Court
Homer Mannix
Mannix
Bill Neill
Leo Gook
Austin Hulbert
Worsening California education crisis warned by Moscone
State Senator George R. Moscone told school officials that California faces a worsening educational fiscal crisis and that per pupil spending lags $40 below the national average. He warned penny-pinching and political opportunists threaten programs helping students meet today’s harsh realities and urged preserving a modern, relevant education system.
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San Francisco
UPI
George R. Moscone
California
Senate
Bevan Pearson Mayflower storage unit nears completion
Thirteen cement wall panels weighing 34 000 to 39 000 pounds each were raised by crane for the Bevan Pearson Mayflower Van and Storage Company new unit. The project is halfway, adding 6 300 square feet of floor space with completion projected for December 15.
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Bevan- Pearson-Mayflower van and Storage Company
Jack and
Lorraine Pearson
Pearson
Loucks Stith Riley Lyly Oltjenbruns Birth Notices
Birth announcements list five newborns: a girl to Paul and wife Loucks on Nov 27 at Lakeside Community Hospital. a boy to Jerry and wife Stith on Dec 1 at Lakeside. a boy to Virgil and wife Riley in Potter Valley on Dec 2 at Ukiah General. a girl to Arnold and wife Lyly at Ukiah General on Dec 4. a boy to Rodney and wife Oltjenbruns in Redwood Valley on Dec 5 at Ukiah General Hospital.
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Loucks
Paul A. Loucks
Nice
Lakeside Community Hospital
Stith
Jerry R. Stith
Lucerne
Riley
Virgil Riley
Potter Valley
Ukiah General Hospital
Lyly
Arnold Lyly
P.O. Box
Redwood Valley
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