Census finds Americans live longer and spend time watching TV
The Census Bureau report Social Indicators 1976 notes rising life expectancy and income but growing family instability with one in ten white families led by a woman and over one third of black families headed by a woman. It also cites higher education yet widespread functional illiteracy and a tripling of violent and property crime over two decades.
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Washington
UPI
The
Census Bureau
Forecast of American families shrinking in coming decades
The report projects that by 1990 the typical married couple will have one child. Family size falls from a peak of 3.7 in the mid 1960s to about 3.4 now. Life expectancy rises with a girl born in 1974 expected to live to 76 and a boy to 68. Birthrates continue to decline.
Pressure tactics in Sacramento loom over Warm Springs project
California officials across Humboldt Mendocino Sonoma and Sonoma Counties press for speedy Warm Springs Dam construction. Assemblyman Barry Keene and Supervisor Ernie Banker urge OMB support to avoid costly delays while critics seek further studies and bid delays.
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Barry Keene
State Senate
Peter Behr
Ernie Banker
John McIntyre
Federal Office of Management and Budget
Warm Springs
Don Clausen
OMB
Humboldt
Mendocino
Sonoma
Sonoma County
State Department of Water Resources
Lake Mendocino
Lake Pillsbury
Marin
Humboldt County
van Arsdale
Lake
Keene
Frank Goodson
California Resources Agency
John Adsit
Corps of Engineers
Goodson
Corps
Warm Springs Dam
Office of Management and Budget
Col
Adsit
California
Mendocino County
Governor Brown Backs Farmers in Sacramento Tractorcade
Gov Ed Mund G Brown Jr met with Northern California farmers and ranchers protesting low prices but stopped short of endorsing a nationwide agricultural strike. Mendocino County growers led by Buck Guntley joined a drizzle drenched tractorcade near the Capitol as Brown said he was supporting their efforts.
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Sacramento
UPS
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Mendocino County
Ukiah
Buck Guntley
Brown
State Capitol
Robert G Vice Seeks Mendocino County Auditor Controller Post
Robert G. Vice announces bid for Mendocino County auditor-controller in the June 1978 election. Fifty, married with four children and two grandchildren, his background includes accounting degrees in Kansas and courses from the International Accountants Society. He has 18 years in Mendocino County including 1970 promotion to assistant auditor-controller and work with about 50 special districts on budgeting tax rates and accounting. He is active as scout master and Redwood Valley Water District director and enjoys hunting and fishing.
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Robert G
Bob
Vice
Mendocino County
Bethine
Kansas
International Accountants Society
County of
Mendocino
Northwestern California Weather Outlook Through Thursday
Showers likely at times through Thursday with a chance of showers southward on Thursday. Cooler temperatures. Fort Bragg readings 45 then 55 degrees. Ukiah ranges 43 to 53 degrees.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Weather Data Fragment from December Pages
Fragmentary weather record shows dates 26 December 1977 and 27 December with high and low temperatures 57 and 47 on the 27th and 66 and 29 on the 27th respectively. Rainfall note reads 18 7. Indicates raw diary style observations without complete context.
Families face displacement over airport clear zone plan
Planning commissioners hear how the FAA proposed clear zone around the airport could uproot 30 families. Residents seek timing, relocation options, and compensation while city funds 191,500 and FAA seeks 1,723,505 for land purchases and relocations. One resident awaits 1 to 3 years before moving.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Planning Commission
Mike Harris
Vesta Toste
Toste
FAA
Harris
Drought Likely Over As Rain Totals Near 1975-76 Levels
Rainfall this season matches the 1975-76 drought year, with Ukiah Valley gaining half an inch in 24 hours. Lake Mendocino holds 38 113 acre feet as Coyote Dam releases 10 cfs, Potter Valley diverts 420 cfs, and Pillsbury reaches its winter flood pool, overflowing the spillway.
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Ukiah
Lake
Mendocino
Coyote Dam
Russian River
Cfs
Potter Valley
Fel
Pillsbury
Galletti Warns Initiative Would Slash Local Spending
Supervisor Ted Galletti reports the Jarvis Initiative aims to cut state and local funding sharply with a constitutional limit of 4 per 100 assessed value for real property tax. The plan would force two thirds of bond votes and trigger major layoffs in Mendocino and other counties if enacted.
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Ted Galletti
League of California
League
CSAC
County Supervisors Association of California
Couge
Galletti
al Beltrami
Jarvis
Mendocino
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Army Corps of Engineers
Wildcats
Southwest
Sun City
Ukiahi Wildcats
Phoenix
Arizona
Today’s Journal
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Erickson
Redwood Valley Water District
Jose’s
TV & Antenna Service
E. Perkins
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