Black Bart Days Parade Draws Many Winners in Redwood Valley
Redwood Riders sponsored Black Bart Days featured a parade and daylong contests in Redwood Valley. Fifty four participants won trophies and ribbons across activities including a tug of war with Ukiah fire department, a greased pig race, watermelon eating, and gymkhana events. County Supervisor Burgess Williams judged, Hugh Shannon won the greased pig, and winners were celebrated in various divisions with many spectators and costume and mounted categories.
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Thomas Jameson
Black Bart
Redwood Riders
Redwood Valley
Tom Griffin
Agnes
Grandma
Hageman
Betsy Ross
Terry Eib
Bart
Eib
Ricky Piffero
Laura Harris
Karina Rusk
Raggedy Ann
Raggedy Andy
Lake Mendocino Lions Club
Charlotte Wilson
Fire Calls Reported Grass and Brush Fires
Fire crews responded to a Wednesday 8:45 p.m. call to a vacant lot at Mosswood Drive end for a grass fire with no damage. At 11:29 p.m. aid was given to the State Division of Forestry at 8500 East Side Road Redwood Valley for a grass and brush fire with no damage.
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Mosswood Drive
State Division of Forestry
East Side Road
Redwood Valley
Frontier Days parade draws over 100 entries in Willits
The Willits Frontier Days Parade drew over 100 floats and mounted entries as crowds braved 90 degree heat along Main Street. Sheriff Bartolomie led the parade with commentary by Scotty and Gail Turner, while Lee Persico served as parade chairman. Results announced by Carl Gallup and Frankie Porro list winners across clubs, commercial floats, drill teams, bands, novelty entries, horse-drawn vehicles, antique autos, riding groups, and best dressed honors among youth and senior participants.
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Main
Willits
Frontier Days
Reno Bartolomie
Scotty
Gail Turner
Lee Persico
Carl Gallup
Frankie Porro
Willits Fire Department
John Birch Society
Willits Chamber of Commerce
Redwood Empire
Willits Bpw
Santa Rosa Muchachos
Willits High Wolverettes
Willits High
Mike and
Kristy
Debbie Goforth
Lawrence Porter
Ann Foster
Pleasure of Gold
Jim Rutherford
Barry Keene
Ronald Luzzi
Willits Creamery
Sunny Wood Southwick
Russell Hotchkiss
Lorraine Louillaire
Corby Dick
Kenny Persico
Carl Sanger
Patrick Lane
Joann Wakeland
Dori Hoffman
Kathy Persico
Brenda Carlson
Sue Rozier
Greg Branson
Donna Sue Mullins
Troy
Jeanette
Aileen Jensers
Kim
Larry Jackson
Chuck
Pat Persico
Mendocino County
Jean Dennis
Sarah Glade
Bell Dennis
Mellissa Morrow
Cindy Close
Christie Kostanecki
Denia Thayer
169 Die in Holiday Traffic The Fourth of July Toll
United Press International reports at noon EDT that 169 people died in traffic during the 30 hour holiday period from Tuesday 6 p.m. to Wednesday midnight. Other fatalities included 13 in planes 86 drownings and 24 in other accidents for a total of 292 deaths across all categories.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Midwest
Vermont
New Hampshire
Northwestern California To See Patchy Fog And Warm Friday
The forecast calls for fair conditions through Friday with patchy fog Friday morning and tonight. Fort Bragg highs reach 62 with 52 low, Ukiah 98 high, and a small craft advisory remains along the coast from Point Arena northward.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Coast Point Arena
Temperature Records From July 1973
July 1973 daily highs and lows shown with dates and rainfall readings. No rainfall recorded to date. comparison to last year shows zero rainfall.
Kissinger to meet with Chou En-lai on Cambodian peace push
President Nixon plans Kissinger’s trip to China to seek Premier Chou En-lai’s help for a Cambodian ceasefire. Talks with Huang Chen, Sino-American relations, and a possible Chou visit to Washington were discussed. Nixon weighs leverage ahead of the August bombing halt deadline and U.N. General Assembly timing.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Chou En-lai
Kissinger
Chou
Washington
United Nations’ General Assembly
China
California
White House
Huang Chen
Huang
United States
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Congress
Cambodia
Sihanouk
Lon Nol
U.S
Taiwan
U.N
General Assembly
Daniel J. Evans
Evans
Kansas City
Clarence Kelley
FBI
Fourth of July Celebrations Amid Fires and Festivities
The nation marked Independence Day with parades, fireworks and rock festivals despite storms. In Lubbock 300 were arrested for hindering firefighters, while Davenport saw 15 arrests at a dampened Mississippi rock festival. Milwaukee hosted a major Circus Parade. Ziggy the elephant was freed after 30 years. Celebrants included Queen Elizabeth II sending greetings and Charlie Smith, age 131, enjoying a whiskey. Outcomes included injuries, deaths from sniper fire in Phoenix and a teen killed in San Jose fireworks.
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United Press International
Lubbock
Tex
Davenport
Iowa
Midwest
Vermont
New Hampshire
Elizabeth II
George III
United States
Charlie Smith
Bartow
Fla
Milwaukee
Wis
Circus World Museum
Baraboo
Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Ziggy
Flo Ziegfeld
John Lindsay
Battery Park
Phoenix
Ariz
Elmer Hanson
Hanson
San Jose
Calif
New Orleans
Ukiah businessmen attacked during flag theft chase
Ukiah police search for two young men after they allegedly assaulted businessman Guy Chick and friend Jerry Edwards with a metal flag pole while pursuing suspects stealing two American flags placed by the Ukiah Jaycees for the July 4 holiday. Both victims escaped serious injury.
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Ukiah
Guy Chick
Jerry Edwards
Chick
S. Pine
Ukiah Jaycees
Edwards
McGarvey Park
Mill Street
House of Spirits
Willits Couple Treating for Rabies After Mare Death
Mendocino County couple Francis and Janice Rust who raise Arabian horses near Willits are undergoing rabies treatment after a mare owned by Mario and Mrs. Jailotti of San Rafael showed signs of rabies before being destroyed. Jailottis and veterinarians John Zimmerman and Donald E. Hansen at Pt. Reyes Station are also receiving treatment. The Rusts report all 90 horses at their ranch received rabies shots within 18 months.
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Mendocino County
Francis
Janice Rust
Willits
Rust
Mario Jailotti
San Rafael
Berkeley
Jailotti
John Zimmerman
Donald E. Hansen
Pt. Reyes Station
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John Kinnan
Timmy Johnson
Vicky Dwight
Kelly Doyle
Charlotte Phillips
Journal
Fae
Bonnie and Clyde
Redwood Valley Junior Grange
Redwood Valley Community Church
Christ
Johnny Johnson
Colby Campbell
Norma Wilson
Ken O’donnell
Ben Sassenberg
Jackie Kimpton
Amy Williams
Debra Sprague
John Tilley Jr
John Tilley Sr
Jenny Griffin
Sherry Severoni
Nancy Williams
Darlene Kraemer
Foote’s Sporting Goods
Sporting Geeds & Liquors
No. State St
Mark Robinson
Cindy
Caroline Kostanecki
Angela Binny
Kakuei Tanaka
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