Ford unveils 394.2 billion budget plan with major shifts
President Ford proposed a fiscal 1977 budget of 394.2 billion dollars featuring higher Social Security payroll taxes, wage and tax cuts, defense growth to 101.1 billion, and a plan to require some federal aid recipients to contribute more. He endorsed a wartime welfare czar idea and warned deficits will rise as reforms tilt toward poverty relief.
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Ford
Congress
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William Simon
James Lynn
Alan Greenspan
Lynn
Frank E. Moss
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mendocino County To Join State In HEW Overpayment Suit
Mendocino County will join 50 other counties and the state in a federal suit to recover social service funds withheld by HEW. District attorney to file on county’s behalf after HEW audits claim records from July 1968 to September 1971. Denny notes HEW argues 50 percent administrative cost reimbursement instead of 75 percent, with $7900 unpaid to the county.
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State
Mendocino
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
District Attorney’s Office
Social Services
Dennis Denny
Denny
HEW
Department of Benefit Payments
Sacramento
Lan. 1
County seeks federal planning grants for coastal and economic programs
The board directs the administrative office to file two grant applications for federal social and economic planning funds. One funds coast land use planning aligned with the state coastal plan, the other supports an economic and manpower plan to attract compatible industry and boost local skills. Final approval and submission dates are Feb 3 and Apr 26 respectively.
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Board of Supervisors
A. Beltrami
Beltram
Ernie Banker
Inkind
Pelkey
Mendocino planning meeting discusses ranch site and code
The Mendocino Community College Yokayo Ranch site will be reviewed by the county planning commission tomorrow at the courthouse, with 11 10 a m sessions in supervisors chambers and 11 30 a m discussion of an industrial and commercial site development and architectural review code. At 1 30 p m a report on Sun Oil Co use permit compliance for geothermal exploration will be heard. An informational League of Women Voters meeting on Cow Mountain geothermal development is set for 9 45 a m to 12 at Ukiah Community Center. Susan Bell can provide details at 462-4357.
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Mendocino
Sun Oil Co
Cow Mountain
League of Women Voters
Ukiah's
E. Perkins Street
League
Voting Ag
Susan Bell
Potter County adopts urgent zoning to align with General Plan
Potter Valley receives an urgency ordinance restricting subdivisions, mobile homes, and new building permits until the General Plan amendment takes full effect. The measure, urged by Supervisor Jim Eddie, aims to bridge the six month gap before new zoning is written. The four month term may extend eight months with public hearings. Local residents and officials debated timing and impact as the plan spans from Lake County line to the ridge and Cold Creek to Thomas Creek.
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Potter Valley
Jim Eddie
Burgess Willams
Eddie
Lake County
Cold Creek
Thomas Creek
Ukiah Bicentennial Parade Theme Contest Planned
Ukiah officials announce a theme contest for the Bicentennial parade set for July 4 weekend. Rex Hayes leads the Ukiah Bicentennial committee with a $25 savings bond prize for a patriotic winning theme. Entries must include theme on one side and contact details on the other, mailed to Bicentennial Parade Theme Contest Sanford Ranch Road Ukiah.
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Ukiah
Parade
Rex Hayes
Hayes
Perper
Sanford Ranch Road
Lake County weighs Cobb Valley geothermal appeal decision
The Lake County board reopened hearings on The Friends of Cobb appeal to the McCulloch Cluse permit as opponents condemn geothermal plans. Residents cited environmental concerns and impacts on Lake County life. Sierra Club urged halting regional geothermal expansion until ecological studies are completed and safeguards are in place. The board postponed verdict to next week to set a precedent for future planning.
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Dennis Cunningham
Lakeport
Lake County Board of Supervisors
Friends of Cobb
McCulloch
Cobb Mt
Sonoma
Lake County
John Heffernan
Cobb Valley
Russell
McCulloch Oil
The
Sierra Club
Hamilton Hess
Ballard
Hess
Lake
Napa
Mendocino
Cobbit
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