55 mph speed limit goes into effect in California
CHP head caps speed with strict enforcement across Mendocino and Ukiah areas as 55 mph limit begins statewide on New Year s Day. Nine arrests for DUI during holidays underscore crackdown while patrol reports indicate general compliance with the new limit and several minor accidents, with local drivers cautioned about enforcement.
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California Highway Patrol
Hays Hickey
CHP
Ukiah
Hickey
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UPI
Bob Nancé
Patrol
Nance
Nixon signs 55 mph speed limit measure nationwide
President Nixon signed a bill to force states to set a 55 mile per hour maximum on all highways within 60 days or risk losing federal highway funds. The plan aims to curb fuel use by about 200 thousand barrels daily and will stay in effect until mid 1975 unless energy shortages end sooner.
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UPI
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Willits site for college debated by district trustees
Willits officials lead a push at a Thursday 4 30 p m meeting at Ukiah Fairgrounds interim campus to decide on a permanent college site among three options: Willits, Redwood Valley, or York Ranch Ukiah. Trustees will hear cost, access and availability data from Supt DeVries and architects before a potential final choice.
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Ukiah Fairgrounds
Willits
Doug Flautt
Redwood Valley
Ukiah
Pomo Lane
York Ranch Ukiah
Supt
Pete DeVries
Gwathney
Selliér
Crosby
Kappeler
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Anderson Valley
Round Valley
Hopland Indians sue to stop BIA benefits denial
Hopland Rancheria members led by Eddie Knight filed in U S District Court seeking to block the Bureau of Indian Affairs from treating Hopland and others as non Indians and to restore scholarships and other benefits. The suit challenges termination under the 1958 Rancheria Act citing failure to install a water system and seeks hearings before any inclusion in termination rolls. California Indiana Legal Services in Ukiah handles the case.
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U.S. District Court
Rogers C. B. Morton
Secretary of the Interior
Bureau of Indian. “Affairs
BIA
Eddie Knight
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Hopland Rancheria
United States
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California
Indiana Legal Services Office
Ukiah
Hearing set Friday on Ukiah GP plant
A Friday 11 30 a m hearing at the county courthouse before the planning commission will discuss GP s plan to build a highly automated resin binding plant east of N State Street and Darth of the Masonite plant near Ukiah The facility would employ about 30 people mostly maintenance and technical staff and supply resin binding material for GP plants in northern California GP already operates resin formaldehyde plants at Coos Bay and Albany Oregon.
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N. State Street
Darth
California
Coos- Bay
Albany
Oregon
Ukiah Sees Freezing Temperatures Hit 22 Degrees
Ukiah officials record a low of 22 at around 5 a.m., a new cold year low since July 1. Temperatures at the Ukiah Airport range from 22.5 at 5 a.m. to 23.7 at 8 a.m with a forecast for cloudy skies, possible rain and snow above 4500 feet overnight. Elizabeth DeMent named first baby of 1974 in Ukiah wins prizes from local merchants.
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Elizabeth
Daily Journal
Ukiah General Hospital
Robert Cook
Brian
Diane DeMent
Jeanette
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