Storm cleanup progresses faster than expected in valley
Crews from homeowners, city, county, and utilities push to restore power and phone service after Tuesday wind storm. Ed Bean says 50 valley homes lack phone service. Al Kruth cites 15 Ukiah homes without power. PG&E aims to finish Ukiah Willits Hopland by today. coast lines to follow. Translator TV back by this afternoon. Teleprompter Cable TV in Ukiah restored today. Fort Bragg reports power back after 18 hour outage and fire department regains alarm system via backup lines.
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Ed Bean
Valley
Bean
al Kruth
Ukiah
Pg&e
Willits
Hopland
Rick Billings
Ctc-Tv
Cow Mountain
Fort Bragg
Wind storm leaves California in wake of destruction
A relentless California wind storm caused at least nine deaths and widespread damage to buildings and crops from Eureka to Bakersfield. Gusts to 100 mph, power losses for 150000 homes, and millions in crop damage including avocado losses estimated at 5 to 10 million. Authorities declare disaster areas in Humboldt and Arvin, with OES surveying in six counties. Takeo Yokoi, 74, died after contacting live wires. two others perished when redwoods fell on their car in Humboldt. Coast Guard warned boats to stay in port as two fishermen remained missing off Trinidad Head.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Eureka
Bakersfield
California Farm Bureau Federation
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Humboldt County
Arvin
Kern County
State Office of Emergency Services
Humboldt
Kern
Fresno
Monterey
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Takeo Yokoi
Morgan Hill
Ole Jensen
Judith
Carlotta
Coast Guard
Wind Storm Wrecks California Avocados and Citrus
Preliminary estimates place crop losses at $5 to $10 million in fruit with total damages reaching $15 to $20 million across Southern California and parts of Mexico. Fifteen to twenty million pounds of avocados may have been stripped from trees in Ventura Orange and San Diego counties with only about half salvageable. Citrus groves suffered severe wind damage as gusts exceeded 90 mph in Pauma Valley Valley Center and nearby areas, threatening next year’s production.
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San Diego
UPI
California
Mexico
Ventura
Orange
Ralph Pinkerton
California Avocado Advisory Council
Pauma Valley Valley Center
San Diego County
Northwestern California Weather Update Through Friday
Showers and possible thundershowers across the region with variable cloudiness. North area has only a chance of showers while the south remains drier. Temperatures slightly cooler reflect a pattern of strong gusty southeast winds gradually easing.
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California
December 1977 Weather Record Summary
A fragment shows a date range December 1977 with high and low temperatures. It lists values such as 60 and 46 for some days, plus a reference to last year and an age marker 8y, indicating prior data or a comparison.
Deliberations begin in Hurt arson trial fate with jury
Emotion filled final hours of the arson and fraud trial of Otis Hurt as prosecutors and defense present theories. Jurors began considering separate verdicts on arson willful destruction of insured property and fraudulent insurance claim after days of testimony and closing arguments.
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Otis Hurt
Monty McGill
Larry Hesseltine
Timothy O'Brien
McGill
al Kubanis
O'Brien
Hesseltine
Kubanis
William Hull
Hull
Richard Petersen
Petersen
Jonell Adams
Hurt
Adams
Hart
Shirley
Santa Rosa
Tern
Panamanian freighter reaches San Francisco under escort
The 485 foot Malaysia Permas with a fertilizer and water cargo sailed safely to the Golden Gate under Coast Guard escort after weather trouble 360 miles offshore. It waited seven miles off the bay and was slated to dock later today.
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San Francisco
UPS
Golden Gate
Coast Guard
Gunmen Bomb Large Belfast Store Sparks Fire
Gunmen set off three bombs in a two story Belfast electrical goods store, starting a fire that damaged the premises. Guards were held up and more than 100 shoppers were ordered to evacuate before the blasts. Firefighters halted the blaze after the final blast, following an IRA protest linked to Prime Minister Callaghan's visit.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
James Callaghan
Third beefalo suspect captured in Eugene
Barrie Charles, one of four unindicted in Mendocino County Grand Jury indictments, was captured in Eugene Oregon and headed to Ukiah to face 61 felony charges tied to EuroPacific Corporation operations. Shiver Hemphill and A Jackson Kelley were arrested in San Francisco and booked. bail for Kelley was reduced to 50 000 cash or surety and for Hemphill to 75 000. Both must appear December 30 for further proceedings.
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Barrie Charles
Mendocino County
Grand Jury
Eugene
Ore
Ukiah
EuroPacific Corporation
San Francisco
Shiver Hemphill
Jackson Kelley
Naples
Fla
Kelley
County
Hemphill and Kelley
John Milano
Timothy O'Brien
Milano
Hemphill
Duncan James
Andy Reese
O'Brien
Dept. 2
Mendocino Farmers Plan Monday Meeting on National Strike
A Mendocino County farmers group schedules Monday night at 7:30 in the Fine Arts Building Ukiah to back the national farm strike. They urge attendance at the Dec 28 Sacramento capitol rally and outline a five point parity platform seeking pay equal to production costs.
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Fine Arts
Redwood Empire Fairgrounds
Ukiah
Buck Guntley
Colusa
Mendocino
Capitol Steps
Sacramento
Guntley
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Knob Hill Road
Journal
Harris
Trinidad Head
National Weather Service
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T.V
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Hainfall
Torell Pine Forest
Oliver
Bud’ Hemphill
Beefalo
Plains
Georgia
Carter
Countley
Docino County
Radio & T.V
R.C.A. Dealer
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