Hospital drug raid triggers prison riot and hostage release
Riot trained guards stormed a state prison hospital in Walla Walla freeing eight hostages held by two convicts armed with scissors. Five guards were freed after negotiations as two women were stabbed and other staff injured by flying glass during the retaking.
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Walla Walla, Wash
UPI
B.J. Rhay
Rhay
Eight Wing
Annie Sporleder
Resident Council
A.J. Murphy
Mardi Gras prizes announced for St Marys celebration
Six prizes announced for St Marys Mardi Gras at Ukiah Fairgrounds Feb 8 and 9 include a new Chevy Vega from Lance Motors and a Yamaha motorcycle from Jim and Jims. Proceeds support St Marys School with a 30000 dollar goal.
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Timothy O’brien
O’brien
Lance Motors
St. Mary’s School
Western Auto
Jim
Medico Drug
Redwood Tree
Ukiah Bike Shop
Ukiah Fairgrounds
St. Mary's School
South Oak
Msgr
Andre Tournier
St. Mary's
Utilities raise rates for PGandE customers outside Ukiah
New electric and natural gas rates take effect tomorrow for Pacific Gas and Electric customers in areas outside Ukiah. The combined monthly increase averages about 2.32 dollars, with gas up for 100 therms and electricity up for 100 kilowatt hours, while Ukiah city buyers see no immediate rise due to wholesale-rate controls.
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On -Pacific Gas and Electric
Ukiah
California
Federal Power Commission
Israelis Tighten Frontline Security for New Year
Israeli forces stepped up frontier precautions on the New Year holiday marking the 10th anniversary of Yasser Arafat's Al Fatah. In Washington a Nixon era jury delayed verdicts, planning to work through New Year's Day as guards kept _role_ amid the Watergate trial. Brezhnev's illness prompted postponement of a Middle East tour, with Soviet setbacks noted but detente moves seen intact.
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UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Congressional Committee On National Security
CIA
Congress
Minneapolis
House
Senate
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Los Angeles Times
Ford
United States
Anoka
Minn
Donald Dwyer
FBI
Army Intelligence
Secret Service
New York Times
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Watergate Committee
United Press International
Yasser Arafat
al Fatah
Tel Aviv
Ashington
John J. Sirica
Richard M. Nixon
Horace Webb
Sirica
Webb
Cairo
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Ismail Fahmi
Mohamed Gamassy
Moscow
Brezhnev
Fahmi
Gamassy
London
Mideast
City observes New Year holiday with limited drugstore hours
The Daily Journal reports tomorrow as a holiday with government offices and most downtown businesses closed. Schools resume Jan 6 after an extended break. Medico and Rexall drugstores open on limited hours 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 9 a.m. to early afternoon, respectively. Thrifty also notes partial hours.
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Savings and Loan Companies
Medico
Rexall
A Student Sniper Kills Three In Clean High School
A 17 year old high school senior and top student in CLEAN NY fired from a third floor classroom killing three passersby and wounding others. He was subdued after officers used tear gas ending a 90 minute rampage.
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Clean
N.Y
UPI
Anthony Barbaro
Olean
Buffalo
Barbaro
Mike Barbaro
National Guard
Anthony Bardossi
First Baby of 1975 Contest In Mendocino County
Ukiah General Hospital has 12 expected deliveries and Mendocino Community Hospital has three as residents await the first baby born after midnight to win a prize package from local merchants. The winning family must file birth details with the Daily Journal by 5 PM January 3, with ties decided by a panel. prizes must be claimed by January 31 and winners published in the Journal.
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Ukiah General Hospital
Mendocino Community Hospital
Mendocino County
The
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