Relaxed Wetherns receive probation
George and Helen Wethern pled guilty to stolen property charges in Superior Court and were given a suspended sentence and probation by Superior Judge Timothy O'Brien. Three bodies were found on the Wethern ranch, two identified as bikers seeking to join the Hells Angels. the third, a young woman, remains unidentified.
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George
Helen Wethern
Timothy O’brien
Hells Angels
Wethern Ranch
Wetherns
Angels
Wethern
Richmond
Charles Baker
Thomas Shull
Richard Petersen
Helen
George Wethern
Ukiah-Boonville
Mendocino County
Petersen
Duncan James
Robbery at Broiler Steak House Near Ukiah
Two men robbed the Broiler Steak House off Highway 101 north of Ukiah Saturday night, getting about 500 dollars from cashier Arnold Ford and waitress Bonnie Inman. A white male, 5'8" and 175 pounds, with a pocked face, held a pistol to Ford and ordered everyone to the kitchen, while the second suspect, a white man about 27, 5'10", brown shoulder-length hair, moustache, wore a dark cord jacket. Patrons described four private parties in progress. the suspects fled unseen.
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Broiler
Mendocino County
Highway 101
Ukiah
Bonnie Inman
Ford
Blaze destroys Willits high school locker and nearby home
Willits volunteer firefighters fought two Sunday blazes near Willits. A locker at Willits High School burned after 3:15 p.m., then a house about a mile north on Highway 101 suffered heavy damage while two girls aged seven and eight escaped. a cat died. Cause tied to overheated water heater. one locker fire appeared arson-suspect though unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Davis
Willits
Willits High School
Highway 101
Pete
Pat Prytula
Robert Alcott
Harlan Muth
Willits High
Terry Wilkins
WHS
William Drumm
Reagan signs landmark California tax schools bill
Governor Ronald Reagan signs a 1.1 billion measure delivering property tax relief and extra school funding while raising the sales tax from five to six cents. The 111 page package boosts elementary and secondary education with 332 million for 1973 74 and sets phased changes for homeowners and renters. The signing ceremony at Century Plaza Hotel included co sponsors Reagan Moretti and author Senator Dills.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Senate
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Dean Nuys
Century Plaza
Ralph C. Dills
D-Gardena
California
Reagan-Moretti Alliance
Wilson Riles
Crash kills coast youth near Fort Bragg
A 17-year-old Fort Bragg youth, Darrel Allen Ranta, was killed early Saturday when his westbound car pulled onto Highway 1 from Pudding Creek Road and was struck broadside by John David Niukkanen, 31. A passenger, William Scaramella, 16, suffered minor cuts and was treated and released. The crash remains under investigation with arrangements handled by C G H Mortuary.
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Fort Bragg
Darrel Allen Ranta
Mendocino Coast Hospital
William Scaramella
Young Ranta
Pudding Creek Road
John David Niukkanen
Ranta
CGH Mortuary
Peace talks reach impasse as U S resumes bombing of Hanoi
United States forces renewed air strikes in the Hanoi Haiphong area of North Vietnam after Kissinger reported an impasse in secret talks with Le Duc Tho. Hanoi Radio claimed mines and rockets were used in Haiphong and Hanoi, while U S Command cited military targets and refused further comment.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
United States
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Vietnam
Nixon
Hanoi Radio
Haiphong Harbor
Haiphong
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Radio Hanoi
Radio
Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Elliot L. Richardson
Laird
Apollo 17 crew Near Earth Splashdown After Lunar Harvest
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Jack Schmitt sped toward Earth amid a festive Houston welcome and studies of stars galaxies and the Coma Cluster. They expected splashdown Tuesday in the South Pacific aboard the America with Ticonderoga on station 403 miles southeast of Samoa.
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Carpenters
Evans
Houston
South Pacific
Ticonderoga
Samoa
Cernan
America
Earth
Schmitt
Taurus Littrow Valley
Traffic signal outage after collision at State and Perkins
In Ukiah, drivers faced confusion when a crash early Saturday disabled the State and Perkins traffic signal. Ira Campbell, 18, of Redwood Valley, struck a hydrant and fire standard after braking as the northbound light turned red. The hydrant discharged water. Campbell escaped injury while his car suffered major damage. restoration was expected late today or tomorrow.
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Ukiah
State
Perkins
Ira Campbell
Redwood Valley
Young Campbell
Campbell
Fire and accident calls log at local sites this weekend
Friday night a dust bin fire at Hollow Tree particleboard plant caused no damage. Early Saturday an ambulance transported Jimmy Shields to Mendocino Community Hospital. An auto accident and a broken fire hydrant followed by an auto fire at Motel 6 with wiring damage. A later fire at 215 S Main injured vehicle. Sunday morning ambulance transported Billy Jack Tillery to Community Hospital.
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N. State
Garrett Drive
Jimmy Shields
Mendocino Community Hospital
State
Perkins
Motel 6
David Wayne
Rain Likely Across Northwestern California Through Tuesday
Rain likely at times through Tuesday with locally heavy totals in the north portion. Little temperature change. Tonight low values and Tuesday highs include Ukiah 44 to 60 and Fort Bragg 48 to 60.
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California
Ukiah
Fort Bragg
December Weather Summary for City XYZ
Daily climate record shows dates in December 1971 and 1972 with high and low temperatures, and rainfall amounts. Observed values include 42 high and 17 low on one day, 59 high and 28 low on another, with rainfall totals 15.46 inches this year and 8.26 inches last year.
Apollo 17 timetable shows events from Houston briefing to ocean landing
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 17 schedule in EST with changes possible. Events include an inflight news conference at 6 p.m., sleep periods at 11:53 p.m. and 8:53 a.m. on Tuesday, a midcourse correction at 11:11 a.m., the America separating from the service module at 1:56 p.m., re entry at 2:11 p.m., and a Pacific Ocean splashdown at 2:24 p.m. southeast of Samoa.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
America
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Samoa
Willits students honor Seventeen editor and prize winners
Willits high school students Annette Grant reader editor will interview Alan Davis and Gerardo Martinez, LEAD contest winners. Davis is Wolverine co editor and Martinez a Neighborhood Youth Corps aide. They will attend the Columbia Scholastic Press Association convention in New York in March with Ruth Rockefeller, advisor, and each receive a $200 savings bond.
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Annette Grant
Seventeen Magazine
Willits
Alan I. Davis
Gerardo Martinez
LEAD
Seventeen
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Davis
The
Wolverine
Brookside School
Martinez
Willits High School
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Cassandra Elberg
CSPA
New York
Ruth Rockefeller
Cspa Advisors Association
Rockefeller
Davis and
Paul A. Davis
Sherwood Road
Isaias Martinez
Della Avenue
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Jack Simpson
Pomolila
Journal
Raymond
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SEARS
Bay Area
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Coast Youth
Henry A. Kissinger
Apollo
Chuck Hillery
Volkswagen
Volkswager
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