Letter to Sheriff on press access and public right to know
A managing editor in Ukiah writes to the county sheriff praising him while criticizing secrecy in a kidnapping murder case. He urges negotiating ground rules for information sharing, arguing the public has a right to know and that newspapers must report items not off the record. He notes local radio stations and the Ukiah Daily Journal would cooperate in a transparent approach.
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Reno
Ukiah Daily Journal
Ukiah
Journal
Less sound and fury if possible
Twenty five days lost to a large corporation and to workers and families in Masonite strike ending with a final contract. Relief and unease mingle as neighbors share coffee and potluck silences. calls to avoid future clashes rise, urging management and labor to meet and resolve differences quietly for mutual benefit.
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Calliope
Masonite
Mendocino growers strike deal with Stokely Van Camp pears
Mendocino County associations and independent growers contract to deliver their crop to Stokely Van Camp Inc Oakland paying 97.50 per ton for canning pears. The price tops last week’s 90 per ton offered by the Canning Pear Association. 1960 payments were 83.50. Frosts and blight reduced this year’s crop to about 60 percent of normal.
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Mendocino County
Stokely-Van Camp, Inc
Oakland
Don MacMillan
Canning Pear Association
New Books at Library Back Roads of California
A roundup of recent titles including Back Roads of California by Sunset and Capone by Kobier, with notes on Morison’s European Discovery of America and novels by Wood Percy Holt. Readers are advised to explore a mix of history, adventure, satire, and culinary guides from diverse authors.
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War Department
Round Valley
Ukiah
California
Brooklyn
Windy City
America
Samuel Eliot Morison
Columbus
John Cabot
Raleigh
James Wood
North Atlantic
Walker Percy
Louise Lantz
R.F. Heizer
Calif
State of the Union
Victoria Holt
Holt
England
Australia
Crime trends under Nixon tough stance on law breaking
Washington crime reports show crime rising nationwide but slowing in 1971. FBI data for early 1971 indicate declines in 61 large cities, including Chicago and Washington, while New York and Los Angeles lag. Analysts note federal hardline stance may curb increases, with New York showing sharp rises versus Chicago's modest changes.
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FBI
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
New York
Los Angeles
White House
Nixon
District of Columbia
Justice Department
Hoover
Lindsay
Kennedy money grumble hits Democratic councils amid feuding families
Washington reports friction within the Democratic ranks over whether the Kennedy family should contribute more from their multi million fortunes to party campaigns. Governor Warren Hearnes and Democratic money men challenge preconvention debt support while Kennedy aides defend given sums and lend prestige. Also notes LBJ memoirs sales lag and Dayan pressure over U S airplanes.
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Washington
Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
Warren Hearnes
Missouri
National Governors’ Conference
Democratic National Committee
Robert Strauss
Hearnes
Johnson
LBJ
Strauss
Kennedys
Democratic Finance Council
Democratic Committee
Steve Smith
Jean Kennedy
Wlan
Smith
Sargent Shriver
Lyndon
Holt, Rinehart and
Winston
New York Times
King Features Syndicate
Lady Bird
McCall’s
White House
Life
Look
Holt
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on town wits and summer spend
The column mocks social climbers and summer excesses noting crumby pretenders, costly bathing suits, and a picnic folly. It contrasts dieting figures with accountants and jokes about gun habits and a new cabaret tax in a light cynical tribute to local life.
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Healdsburg
Ukiah Oval
Ed Binggeli
Santa Rosa
Clarence Pryork
Petaluma
Leroy Goving
Dreamland
the Forks
Ukiah Republican Press
Curry
Don Lampson
Bill Teschler
Cy Nobles
Normy Graham
J. Winifred Curry
Melvin
Red’’ Wise
al Clover
Red Hot
Andy Anderson
Capone
al Capone
John Kobier
Rich RD Wilson
Washington, D.C
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Dn.y
Eunice Kennedy
Eunice
Ted
Robert Kennedy
NEA
Ine
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Hie
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