Timor rebels seize most of Portuguese Timor amid inland push
Indonesia reports most of Portuguese Timor under pro-Indonesian control as hundreds of leftist troops defect to the advancing army. Refugees sheltered in Indonesian facilities after a bloody civil war begin returning home with government support. Officials say about 45,000 sought refuge at the height of the conflict.
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Indonesia
UPI
Portuguese Timor
Dili
Antara
Radio Dili
Ford signs loan bill to aid New York bankruptcy bid
President Ford signed legislation authorizing up to 2.3 billion dollars in federal loans to New York to avert bankruptcy after final congressional approval. Senate action on funding is planned for Wednesday with House support expected. The measure centers on a 395 billion spending ceiling tied to the 1977 budget fight. A separate tax extension debate unfolds in Washington as lawmakers weigh limits and extensions. In Detroit, a federal grand jury probes Hoffa disappearance with a lineup of three New Jersey men seen by a secret witness, potentially triggering indictments.
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UPI
Ford
New York
White House
Senate
House
Detroit
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
New Jersey
Hoffa
Grand
Northwestern California Weather Forecast Summary
Fair tonight with dense valley fog. Increasing clouds Wednesday with a chance of showers and cooler temperatures. Ukiah 36 to 58. Fort Bragg 44 to 57.
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California
Ukiah
Fort Bragg
Beirut battle rages as army struggles to quell clashes
Moslem and Christian gunmen renewed heavy fighting across Beirut’s financial and commercial districts despite army moves to Separate militias. At least 55 killed and more than 100 wounded as total casualties near 4,700 dead and 10,000 wounded since April.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Phoenicia
The
St. Georges
Fourth death in Dutch Moluccan hostage crisis
South Moluccan gunmen freed two sick hostages as a man died of injuries from leaping from the Indonesian consulate window. With more than 50 still held in Amsterdam, negotiators met with a Moluccan mediator and Indonesian official while gunmen pressed for South Moluccan independence. The releases bring total hostages at the two sites to 54, including 29 on the train and 25 at the consulate.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
UPI
Holland
E. Abedy
Sake Datuk
G.P. Pardede
Rev
Semol Mellary
Indonesia
Spice Islands
Meliary
Soerjadi Kromomihardjo
Hague
Chapman jurors withheld information in murder case
Leo Cook attorney for Warren Chapman sentenced for second degree murder of Bob Parducci. A motion for a new trial is set before Superior Judge Lloyd Phillips. Cook alleges jurors concealed family violent crime ties including a juror foreman’s brother-in-law slain in 1969 and a juror’s godson murdered in New Jersey. Chapman owns Salmon Inn Motel Novo. Parducci, 28, was killed after a dispute over parking with Orsi and Chapman.
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Leo Cook
Warren Chapman
Bob Parducci
Fort Bragg
Lloyd Phillips
Sacramento
Chapman
Cook
New Jersey
Salmon Inn
Novo
Parducci
Marvin Orsi
Orsi
Ukiah High Hosts Community Night At Nokomis School
Tomorrow night Ukiah high school students host a high school community communications night at Nokomis school. The evening begins with 7 30 orientation in the Nokomis cafeteria, then five buzz sessions on topics from goal setting to state legislation, each led by a student speaker.
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Nokomis School
Ukiah High School
Nokomis
Kristy Cook
Board of Education
Terri Johndahl
Kristy
Terri
Tea bag in lieu of taxes marks Klee coast tax strike
Oscar Klee, former Big River district judge and Fourth district supervisor from Ukiah, backs a Mendocino coast tax strike by mailing a Lipton tea bag to Tax Collector Irene Lange in place of the first installment. He argues for eliminating property taxes for seniors 60 and older or permanently disabled and suggests state law change. He notes the April 10 1976 second installment deadline and criticizes the tax bill fact sheet while signaling a potential 1976 congressional bid in the Second district.
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Oscar Klee
Ukiah
Big River
Fourth District
Irene Lange
Klee
Mendocino
Congress
Ukiah Unified to Advertise Bids for New High School Campus
Ukiah Unified board to consider advertising for bids on construction of major campus buildings for the new High School at Low Gap. Supt W O Murphy to seek approval tonight at 7 30 in district office to open bids around Jan 27 1976 and approve site work change order adding 750 for drainage. Also to authorize lease of Hopland high school property and update on policy actions and LAFCo annexation decision.
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Ukiah
Unified
Board of Education
Supt
W.O. Murphy
Ukiahi
Henry Street
Murphy
Hopland High School
Agency Formation Commission
Philosophy of Education
South Valley High School
Weller enters crowded Ukiah council race as third candidate
Jim Weller, 24, planning technician, files for Ukiah city council as the third candidate amid a crowded field. Lee Enemark and Mary Snyder have already filed, with four others indicating they will run, while councilman Jack Simpson's decision remains uncertain. Weller, a San Francisco native and Mendocino County planner since 1973, advocates city county planning cooperation and revitalization without new tax burdens, stressing housing for low and fixed incomes and local self sufficiency.
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Jim Weller
Ukiah
Lee Enemark
Mary Snyder
Ted Feibusch
Wallace Behm
Maurice Cox Jr
Daniel Hamburg
Weller
Mendocino
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