Girl testifies on events before fatal shooting near Lake Pillsbury
A 17-year-old Calpella girl described the May family outing along the Eel River where Verle Price allegedly fired a pistol that wounded Christine Price, who died a week later. The preliminary hearing bound Price over for trial on murder, with arraignment set for July 27 in Superior Court.
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Calpella
Ukiah Justice Court
Joyce Barber
Verle Raymond Price
Superior Court
Timothy O’brien
Christine Price
Duncan James
Mrs. Price
Miss Barber
William
Skip
Price
Ukiah Unified Bets on New High School Site Options
The Ukiah Unified board authorized Supt. Murphy to seek early architectural and engineering review of five candidate sites for a 60 acre high school. The group favored Low Gap Road, Brush Street, Feed Lot Lane, Babcock Lane and River Road, with Mendocino State Hospital as a distant hope.
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Ukiah Unified Board of Education
Supt
W.O. Murphy
General Services Administration
Mendocino Community College
MSH
Low Gap Road
Brush Street
Kuki
Babcock
River Road
Sargentini
Zaina
Boonville Road
GSA
Ray Worster
al Norris
Charles Barra
Don Heller
Lee Sandelin
Alex Thomas
Martinelli
Jim Barrett
Felciano and Associates
Sacramento
Board Keeps Redwood Valley School Rezoning Stand
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors again denies Deep Valley Christian School’s request to rezone from A-C to A-E for a K 12 campus in Redwood Valley. Supervisors Banker Avila Sawyers Williams Galletti divide over land use while residents push for change. petitioners and supporters urge education over wine grower interests. The board leaves open the possibility of resubmission to the planning commission.
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Ernie Banker
Augie Avila
Harvey Sawyers
Burgess Williams
Board of Supervisors
Deep Valley Christian School
Redwood Valley
Planning Commission
Ken Hewitt
Hewitt
Floyd Rovera
Rovera
Avila
Mendocino County
Deep Valley
Malcolm King
County Planning Commission
Bill Wheeler
West Road
Mitchell says he shielded Nixon from Watergate to avoid White House horrors
Former Attorney General John Mitchell testified before the Senate Watergate committee that he protected President Nixon from knowledge of the scandal to prevent revelations of broader White House abuses. He cited cases including the Ellsberg psychiatrist break in and plots framed as national security as more damaging than Watergate itself.
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Washington
UPI
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Mitchell
Watergate
White House Horrors.’”’ Mitchell
Daniel Ellsberg
Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
Baker
Citizens protest Mendocino County fairground uproar headline
A Boonville protest group of 224 signers demanded board of supervisors investigate alleged indecent conduct during the Mendocino County Communications Conference at the fairgrounds June 23 and 24. They cited privacy invasion and public health concerns, with calls for new use rules and potential lawsuits.
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Mendocino County
Boonville
Anderson Valley
Board of Supervisors
Janese June
Fairgrounds
June
Faye Deeley
The
Donna Pardini
Billie Jean King to meet Bobby Riggs in $100,000 match
New York UPI reports Billie Jean King, back from London after three Wimbledon titles, will face 55-year-old Bobby Riggs in a winner take all $100,000 tennis showdown. Organizer Jerry Perenchio also bankrolled the Ali-Frazier bout.
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New York
UPI
Billie Jean King
London
Bobby Riggs
County Board Weighs Metric System Switch Cautiously
Augie Avila floated making Mendocino County first to adopt the metric system amid a playful exchange with officials. Meter sticks were shown by Ted Eriksen Jr. as the weights and measures inspector noted state push for metric education by 1975.
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Mendocino County
Ard
Augie Avila
Board of Supervisors
Ted Eriksen Jr
Eriksen
Metric Association
United States
England
Avila
Harvey Sawyers
Ei Wilson Riles
California
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Joe Allen
Mark Price
Gene Lensing
Merle Shriner
Carl Aagaard
Larry von Brandt
Peter Crawford
Norm Booth
Sis-Q Flying Service
Art Kruckman
Division of Forestry
Ukiah Air Base
Ukiah
Journal
Raymond
H.S
Lew Martinelli
Mendocino State Hospital
Mark Raymond
Doris Spencer
Citizens Protest A.V. ‘Orgies
Deeley
Tim Steen
Steen
Fair Board
Bulletin
Jerry Perenchio
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier
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