Social Security Benefit Increase Approved by Nixon
President Nixon signed a compromise bill authorizing more than 5 percent increases in Social Security benefits for about 30 million Americans starting June 1974. The package raises the wage base for Social Security taxes to 12,600 and lifts welfare payments for six million aged, blind, and disabled recipients. Checks begin in July, with benefits rising 5.6 to 5.8 percent, and the earnings cap for benefits reduced will rise from 2100 to 2400 next Jan 1.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
TelePrompTer service outage during upgrades
TelePrompTer customers were startled at 10 30 last night when all stations on the band blew. Jim Langton the manager said the interruption was deliberate but due to mischance occurred an hour earlier than scheduled. He said the cable company is relocating modulators and installing new microwave equipment to improve reception and aims to finish the remaining work by late this afternoon or, if needed, tonight with no prime time interruption.
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Jim Langton
Langton
Car fire damages engine at Perkins and Oak streets
Fire crews responded Wednesday at 11 33 a.m. to a car fire on Perkins Street near Oak Street. Owner Russ Flint reported the vehicle, with major damage concentrated in the engine compartment.
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Perkins and
Oak Streets
Russ Flint
Mendocino College earns interim accreditation for district progress
The Accrediting Commission for Junior Colleges has granted Mendocino College interim accreditation for two to six years, validating efforts by four administrators and a supportive board. The move allows transfer credits toward a four year degree and signals growing community backing across Mendocino and Lake Counties for enhanced academic and vocational programs.
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Mendocino Community College
Accrediting Commission For Junior Colleges of the
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Washington D.C
Sacramento
Mendocino College
Pomolita
Ukiah
Lower Lake
Mendocino
Lake Counties
Peter DeVries
Paul Alcantra
Tom MacMillan
Walt Robie
Board of Trustees
Modesto
Harry D. Wiser
Accrediting Commission For Junior Colleges
John H. Porterfield
Diablo Valley College
Concord
George W. Clark
Napa College
Reinecke backs probe into ITT GOP ties and calls for closure
Sacramento Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke says he has nothing to fear from an investigation of his ITT GOP role in 1971. He cites telephone bills showing calls to then Attorney General John Mitchell on June 2 and June 7, 1971, and insists the issue should be wrapped up to end headlines.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ed Reinecke
Reinecke
John Mitchell
San Diego
Basketball Benefit Night Aids Local Cancer Cause
Ukiah Valley fans and players join a charity basketball event at Pomolita gymnasium starting at 8 p.m. The Ukiah Police face Pomolita 8th graders and aspiring freshmen as proceeds from refreshments and a hat collection will support the local American Cancer Society chapter and families facing cancer.
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Ukiah Valley
Ukiah Police
Pomolita
American Cancer Society
Pomolita Gymnasium
Ukiahi Frosh
Mitchell links Haldeman Ehrlichman to hiding Watergate
John Mitchell testified before the Senate Watergate Committee that Haldeman and Ehrlichman showed active concern in keeping the full truth from President Nixon. He said White House and campaign officials helped shield Nixon from the “horrors” of Watergate and related acts, while noting uncertainty about their exact roles.
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Washington
UPI
John N. Mitchell
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Nixon
Samuel Cash
Mitchell
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Cash
Mendocino Community College district eyes 75 cent tax rate
Walt Robie business manager told trustees the tentative 1973-74 budget totals 1,105,879 with a 75 cent property tax rate. The rate, 58 cents for operations, 14 cents for capital needs, and 3 cents for community services, reflects SB 6 provisions and revised forecasts. A public hearing on August 1 will finalize the budget.
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Walt Robie
Mendocino
California
Robie
Pete DeVries
DeVries
Ukiah Unified keeps Bell as president in 1973-74 vote
The Ukiah Unified board, with Potter Valley newcomer Jim Eddie replacing retiree Nancy March, 4-3 votes to retain Attorney Charles Bell as president. Ray Worster is elected vice president, Virginia Maurer as clerk, and Jim Barrett named Environmental Quality Control officer. Budget notes warn of a paper deficit of 222,210 though revenue may balance with a 17,000 black by year end. Formal budget hearing set for August 7.
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Jim Eddie
Potter Valley
Nancy March
Ukiah Unified Board of Education
Charles Bell
Bell
Ray Worster
Worster
Virginia Maurer
Eddie
Viola Richardson
Clara Buton
Calpella
Maurer
Redwood Valley
Guy Connolly
DeCarlo pardon under Senate inquiry and witness returns
Senate investigators probing President Nixon’s pardon of Mafia captain Angelo DeCarlo plan to question former White House counsel John W. Dean III and possibly ex-Attorney General Richard Kleindienst. Gerald Zelmanowitz, key government witness, will testify in open hearings as scrutiny cites alleged bypass of normal clemency procedures. DeCarlo, 70, credited with cancer, was pardoned after a loan sharking and extortion sentence.
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White House
John W. Dean III
Dean
Nixon
Richard Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Gerald Martin Zelmanowitz
DeCarlo
Justice Department
Zelmanowitz
Elliot L. Richardson
Jackson
Richardson
FBI
Vito Genovese
New Jersey
Northwestern California Weather Outlook Through Friday
Fair conditions prevail in Northwestern California with patchy coastal low clouds tonight and Friday morning. Fort Bragg expects 48 to 63, Ukiah 55 to 86. A gale warning remains along the coast from Cape Mendocino northward and small craft advisory southward.
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California
Fort Bragg
Cape Mendocino
Weather Summary for July 1973 and July 1972
Temperature data shows daily highs and lows with a July 195457 K 699 BF code. Noon today and low today reported as 86 and rainfall 0.00 inches. Last year rainfall 0.00 inches.
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Dave Brooks
Dennis Lucido
Joe
Doc) Gulyash
Willits
Brooks
Cloverdale
Anton Stadium
Journal
Raymond
Watergate
Archibald Cox
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Cox
Senate Judiciary Committee
International Telephone and Telegraph
ITT
Washington, D.C
Robert H. Abplanalp
School Board
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