Supervisors seek funds for county rehab center project
County supervisors vote 3 to 1 to apply for federal funds to build the Men docino County Rehabilitation Center. Supervisor Burgess Williams dissented, citing lack of evidence and concern over costs, duplication, and alternatives. The $1.5 million plan funds 75 percent from CCCJ, with annual county costs estimated at 300000 to 350000.
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Mendocino County
Burgess Williams
Augie Avila
Sacramento
Williams
Grass fires report with minor damages in two areas
A series of grass fires were reported starting Monday with a 12:59 a.m. call to 27 Lorraine Ave. No damage. A 1:51 p.m. call to 301 Vichy Hill Drive noted some damage to a boat owned by M. E. Dibble and two acres burned. A 3:29 p.m. call to Western Hills Trailer Court also involved a grass fire with unspecified damage.
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Lorraine Ave
Vichy Hill Drive
M.E. Dibble
Western Hills
Fourth of July parade to honor Thomas Jameson in Redwood Valley
Redwood Valley plans a July Fourth celebration led by parade marshal Thomas M. Jameson and featuring Black Bart impersonator Terry Eib. The event runs 10 a.m. from Road E to Redwood Riders Arena with a tug of war among five fire departments, a watermelon contest, greased pig race, and gymkhana. Parade lineups start at 9 a.m. and judging begins at 9:30. Jameson, born 1885, remains a longtime resident and former mail carrier.
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Black Bart
Redwood Valley
Thomas M. Jameson
Thomas Jameson
Terry Eib
East Road
Redwood Riders
Redwood Valley-Calpella
Ukiah
Road E
Ukiah High School
Jameson
Rachel Dailey
Marian Wright
Ridgecrest
Bakersfield
Thomas L. Jameson
Roy W. Jameson
Willits
Carrier Collecting Today in Ukiah Daily Journal
The carrier collects today for the Ukiah Daily Journal and requests payment in advance. He asks readers to make collections by payment when first called, noting motor routes payable three months in advance.
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Ukiah Daily Journal
County Budgets 22.5 Million For 1973-74 Approved
A county budget proposing 22.5 million dollars for fiscal 1973-74 was presented to the board of supervisors, up 4.6 million from last year and aided by nearly 2 million in federal revenue sharing. Excluding that funding, the gross budget is 20.6 million, a 15.1 percent rise. Roads funding jumps 1.3 million to 2.3 million, attributed to poor road conditions from heavy rains and cold.
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Board of Supervisors
Fourth of July Business Openings and Closures
Several stores will stay open despite the holiday with hours listed for Value Giant Safeway Thrifty Drug Purity Montgomery Ward Medico Drug Rexall and J C Penney. The Daily Journal will publish as usual. CHP Captain Hays Hickey said patrols would intensify countywide due to festivities.
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Value Giant
Safeway
Thrifty Drug
Purity
Montgomery Ward
Medico Drug
Rexall’s
J. C. Penney’s
Daily Journal
Hays Hickey
Ukiah
California Highway Patrol
Weather forecast for Northwestern California fair with coastal fog
Northwestern California features fair weather through Wednesday with patchy fog and low coastal clouds tonight and Wednesday morning. Fort Bragg tonight low 50 with Wednesday high 60. Ukiah tonight 55 and a Wednesday high of 94.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Weather Bulletin July 1973 and 1972 Temperatures
Temperature data for July 1973 and July 1972 showing daily high and low values. Includes today noon temperatures, high and low records, and rainfall figures (0.00 inches for today and last year).
East West summit pledge at Helsinki meeting
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko announced a mass East West summit in 1973 to adopt a peace code for Europe. The code would ban force and respect existing frontiers while promoting non intervention and mediation. He hailed Nixon Brezhnev ties and warned against Western interference in internal affairs.
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Helsinki
UPI
Andrei A. Gromyko
Europe
Gromyko
Russia
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Soviet Union
V.I. Lenin
Brezhnev
China
Fireworks display to mark celebration at Lakeport Fourth
A full Fourth of July program in Lakeport includes a boat parade starting at Rumsey Bay then along the west Clear Lake shore past Library Park, a fireworks show in Clearlake Highlands, and pre events such as a sail-in fly-over band music and ski show. Local organizations and volunteers coordinate entries, lighting, sound, concessions, and veteran participation with Coast Guard Auxiliary flotilla help and safety provisions for wheel chair and invalid attendees.
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Lakeport
Rumsey Bay
West Clear Lake Shores
Library Park
Lakeport Chamber of Commerce
del Hinman
240 May Die Over Holiday Fourth of July Traffic Fatalities
United Press International reports the National Safety Council forecasts 180 to 240 traffic deaths and 10,000 to 12,000 disabling injuries during the Independence Day period. Gasoline supplies appear adequate, while excessive drinking speeding and belt use will drive fatalities. If all belted, nearly 10,000 lives could be saved annually.
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United Press International
United States
National Safety Council
American Automobile Association
Food price freeze spark fears of system collapse
Food Industry spokesmen warned the nationwide price freeze could trigger a collapse of much of the food distribution system if extended to its full 60 days. Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz, speaking in North Carolina, said freezes and controls are self defeating in the long run as producers curtail output.
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United Press International
Food Industry
Washington
Administration
Food Industry Advisory Committee
Nixon
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Kenansville
N.C
New export controls on scrap iron and soybeans
Washington announces tighter export limits to secure domestic iron and steel scrap supplies and adjust soybean shipments. A new licensing plan now governs soybean exports, with half of unfilled orders through Sept. 15 allowed and the rest reserved for U.S. use, plus 60 percent of soybean oilcake and meal exports kept domestically. Japan remains the most affected by these restrictions.
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Washington
UPI
Frederick B. Dent
U.S
Burglars' Loot Falls for Party Mood in Lakeport
Lakeport authorities investigate a Sunday morning burglary at Nice Market amounting to upward of $3,000 in goods. Items taken include meat worth $130, 25 cases of cigarettes, 12 cases of beer, a rotisserie, multiple butcher knives, $100 in change, after shave, lighters, and three loaded shopping carts. Suspects likely frightened off before larger thefts could be executed.
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Lakeport
Ben Decocq
Nice Market
Lake County
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al Bechtel
Felix Thornhill
Roger Wren
Ed Eversole
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