Renewed Middle East fighting feared as arms move and leaders warn
United Press International reports Israeli officials warn Egypt could mount a 100000-man night offensive across the Suez and Syria has received over 300 warplanes and 1000 tanks from the Soviet Union. Peres and Sharon describe Syrian strength and Egyptian capacity, while Jordan's King Hussein warns a new war could begin unless peace breakthroughs occur. A separate item notes the opening of a disability development center in Mendocino County with Shirley Jacobsen cutting the ribbon.
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United Press International
Egypt
Suez Canal
Syria
Soviet Union
Middle East
George W. Ball
Shimon Peres
Knesset
France
Ariel Sharon
Peres
U.N
Sharon
Suez) Canal
London
Hussein
Jordan
The
Guardian
Shirley Jacobsen
Mendocino County
Ford may revive request for inflation tax surcharge
President Ford may revive his proposal for a 5 percent income tax surcharge on high earners next year as inflation and recession pressure the economy. Treasury Secretary Simon says unemployment could reach 7.5 percent, with growth resuming mid-1975. A separate Ukiah Unified board meeting aims to amend the state loan plan for a new high school campus as inflation challenges funding.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
Senate Budget Committee
Congress
White House
Vail
Colo
Ukiah Unified District Board of Education
School and
Henry Streets
Ukiahi
Low Gap Road
Rockefeller to be sworn in as 41st vice president
Nelson Rockefeller will be sworn in as the United States vice president after Senate confirmation. The ceremony in the Senate will be televised, with President Ford reportedly attending but not speaking. Kissinger denies discussing national security wiretaps with Rockefeller.
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Washington
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
House
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
White House
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
House Judiciary Committee
Rockefeller
A. Russell Ash
National Security Council
Kissinger
Richard M. Nixon
John W. Dean III
Gerald Ford
Ukiah City Council to Hear Garbage Franchise Debate Again
Ukiah faces a renewed council session over the next extended refuse disposal franchise between Ukiah Solid Waste and Modern Disposal Service. The meeting will consider manager Swaynie’s recommendation to extend USW’s contract while both sides respond to findings. Modern protests fee increases from 75 cents to 2 dollars per cubic yard.
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City of
Ukiah
Ukiah Solid Waste
Ukiah City
Jim Swayrie
USW
Modern
Swayne
Gas Crisis Forcing Jobs Layoffs Across Industries
Several thousand workers from cracker and cookie makers to auto and appliance plants were laid off as sales lag and inventories rise. Energy shortages threaten more jobs while steel and mining idleness grows amid a coal mine shutdown.
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Commerce Department
Zurich
London
American Motors
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Wis
Brampton
Ont
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
Tappen Corp
Mansfield
Ohio
Stomberg-Carlson
SMC Corp
Proctor- Silex
Nabisco, Inc
Senate House agree on jobs package and Turkey aid
Senate and House negotiators announced a 5.5 billion jobs and unemployment benefits package and a compromise to resume U S military aid to Turkey until February 5. The plan includes 2.5 billion for 330000 public service jobs and 2.5 billion for unemployment aid. President Ford backed the package as 93rd Congress rushes toward Christmas adjournment.
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Washington
UPI
Senate-House
U.S
Turkey
Senate
House
Appropriations
Ford
Congress
White House
Mediterranean
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Kissinger
Humphrey
Greece
Ankara
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sparkman
Mendocino College trustees meet for regular Wednesday session
Mendocino Community College district trustees will hold an open meeting at 4 30 p m in Room 501 at the Ukiah fairgrounds to review reading programs and other progress reports. The displace site debate remains unchanged from prior actions.
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Mendocino Community College
Ukiah. Fairgrounds
Mendocino State Hospital
Redwood Valley
Mendocino Minutemen Declare Independence Event
A coastal resident group led by a George Washington figure announces a December 31 reading of a declaration to establish a new state of Mendocino. The plan includes a signal, a staged battle with Sacramento, a crossing of the Delaware route, and a mass celebratory beer party with drums and fife music amid a call for independence across several counties.
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Minutemen
George Washington
Mendocino
Paul Bunyan Revere
Mendocino Minutemen
Sacramento Redcoats
Delaware
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Golan Heights
Astrid Okerstrom
Jacobsen
Robert Shugart
Lou Delsol
Shugart
Brian DeéMent
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Fae
Frank Moss
Utah
Hugh Scott
Scott
Youa City
AT Work
Rocky
Dean
Nixon
FBI
NSC
Pentagon
United States
East Tennessee Natural Gas Co
Tennessee
Virginia
Aluminum Company of America
New Jersey Public Utilities Commission
States
Cyprus
Carl Albert
Coast Group
Republic
King Sacramento
California
Lake
Humboldt
del Norte
Trinity
Siskiyou
Shasta
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