House Lobbyists Push Through Highway Bill Amid Critique
A 1968 report alleges the House Public Works Committee rammed through a highway bill shaped by lobbyists linked to the highway and billboard industries. It criticizes Section 17 parks protection and Section 22 freeway overruns, claiming $15 billion in cost and weak ethics enforcement while the Senate moves a different path.
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Higton
House
Congress
LBJ
Public Works Committee
House of Repre- de Vantuan
Hichway Ichbv
William Cramer
Florida
Joel Broyhill
William Scott
Virginia
Gilbert Gude
Hervey Machen
Maryland
George Fallon
Baltimore
Highway Lobby
Es ‘Hel
John Won -Minn
Bob . Jones
Ana
Jobby
Harold H
Firestone Rubber Combe American Roadbuild Association
American “Automobile ‘Association
The
Asphalt Institute
National
As‘sociation ‘of
Ne?ional Association of
Transportation Department
Districts of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals
D. C
White House
Senate
Thruway
Denture Powder Super-Dent Claims Gravity-Defying Hold
Phoenix reports a new denture powder named Super-Dent that supposedly uses saliva to form a strong adhesive, claiming dentures can be held even with moisture and food. The product is advertised as safe for gums and available from Medico Company.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Medico “Company
Adv
Reagan Narrowly Tops Utah Delegates At Rally
Utah Republicans at the state convention favored Ronald Reagan as a noncandidate for the GOP nomination and awarded five of the eight delegates to the national convention. Delegates elected included Laurence J. Burton and Richard Richards, both aligned with Nixon, while Janice Romney from Ogden was declared and likely leaning Nixon.
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Salt Lake City
UPRD
Ronald Reagan
Utah
Reagan
Richard Nixon
Laurence J. Burton
Nixon
Richard Richards
Ogden
Janice Romney
Michigan
George Romney
Shooting Incident Near Ukiah Police Reserve Party
The Ukiah Police Reserve Association party on Sanford Lane and Eunice Court ended with a shooting near the gathering. Police Chief Dean Saulsbury said officers faced danger approaching in darkness without uniforms. Mr Brown, shot victim, is survived by his wife and three children, plus siblings and parents. Funeral set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Eversole Mortuary with Ukiah Cemetery interment.
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Ukiah Police Reserve Association
Sanford Lane
Eunice Court
Dean Saulsbury
Sheriff's Office
Mr. Brown
Robert
Richard
Frank
Buck Brown
U. S. Marines
Doris Thompson
Bakersfield
Connie’ Powell
Ukiah
Bi Brown
Taft
Mac McGrath
Oregon
Chapel of
Eversole Mortuary
Ukiah Cemetery
Mendocino County to Hold Board of Equalization Meeting
The Mendocino County Assessor delivers assessment books to the Auditor. The Board of Supervisors will meet in Ukiah California on September 4 1968 at 10:00 a.m. as a Board of Equalization to hear protests and adjust assessments. Protests must be filed with the Clerk between July 2 and August 26 1968.
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County Board OF Equalization
Mendocino
Ukiah
Agrseesor
Viola N. Richardson
Board O Supervisors
Dorothy V. Starks
Eel River Association backs Dos Rios with 41 conditions
After months of discord the Eel River Association delegates, led by Ukiah officials, unified behind the Dos Rios water project but with a detailed Magna Carta of 41 prerequisites. They seek concurrent financing for the English Ridge, Cahto and Panther projects, state share of initial recreation costs, land exchanges, fish enhancement, and highway improvements to boost North Coast water and economic benefits.
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Mendocino
Eel River Association
Dos Rios
English Ridge
Eel River
Association
Miortere
Engish Ridge
Main Stem
South Fork
Dos Rids
U.S. 101
Longvale
Willows
Mendocino Pass
Ncessary
Round Valley
Covelo
Mendocino County
Clear Lake
Ukiah
Funeral arrangements for Conrad Dickinson Fry
Funeral arrangements are pending at Anker Lucier Mortuary Willits for Conrad Dickinson Fry 75 Hearst found dead of apparent natural causes at his home Thursday the Coroner s Office reported today.
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Anker-Lucier Mortuary
Willits
Conrad Dickinson Fry
Hearst
Driver Acquitted Of Drunk Charge
A Ukiah Justice Court jury acquitted Douglas Ray Weston, 42, of drunk driving after a May 13 traffic wreck at North State and Scott Streets. Weston had entered a plea of innocent and requested trial by jury. The 12 jurors deliberated about 45 minutes before delivering the verdict to Judge Hale McCowen Jr. Vern Boulware served as jury foreman.
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Ukiah
French Cave Club Sets World Depth Record Descent
Grenoble France A French cave explorers club claimed a world record for vertical descent by dropping 1 112 feet near Villars de Lands The prior record stood at 1 075 feet in Spain and was surpassed during the expedition bringing attention to the Villars de Lans region and the explorers involved.
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Grenoble
France
Bridge Defends and Declarations Across Trumps and Side Suits
Alfred Shellewold explains that the best defense against a crossruff is to lead trumps, but defending both ways at once fails. The article walks through a four spade contract where declarer ruffs and uses side suits, showing how to set up side suits before trumps, with example play and a Daily Question: as dealer with Q9 spades, A652 hearts, Q108 diamonds, K63 clubs, bid one club.
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Alfred Shellewold
Declarer
West
East
South
Queen of Diamonds
Diamonds
Noted Bullfighting Matadors Deaths Count
Britannica cites about 125 major matadors in history with 42 killed in the ring. Belmonte, hailed as the greatest, survived the arena but suffered over 50 goring incidents.
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Belmonte
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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