Peers win rezoning for Ukiah computer plant south of 101
The county planning commission approved a 41 acre rezoning west of Highway 101 near Ukiah to permit John Peers Co. computer assembly plant. The 6-1 vote designates the freeway frontage as light manufacturing and the back 21 acres as suburban agriculture. Peers plans to operate by fall and hire locals.
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County Planning Commission
Ukiah
John Peers Co
Highway 101
el Roble
Charlie Barra
Peers
Burlingame
ADAM
Commission
Arnold Bogner
N. State Street
Masonite Corp
Charles Green
Comptche
Anderson Valley
Los Tres
Boonville
Ukiah-Boonville Road
Soda Creek
Planners set hearing on rezoning for Oak Street area
Ukiah planning commission set a July 3 public hearing to rezone S Oak Street from Clay to Gobbi in the 700 block from R-2 to R-3 to allow multiple family dwellings. Traffic committee found area can handle new units amid three existing in the block. The panel also supported a use permit for Calvary Baptist Church adding a 1904 sq ft classroom at 465 Luce Avenue with landscaping and drainage conditions. A county referral urged denial of two billboard signs at Rancho Siesta Motel 1821 S State Street. Al Norris reelected chair. Bob Cannon to a second term as vice chair.
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Ukiah Planning Commission
S. Oak Street
Clay
Gobbi
S. Oak
Calvary Baptist Church
Luce Avenue
Paul Marsh
Rancho Siesta
S. State Street
al Norris
Bob Cannon
Willits men charged in Willits fraud scheme
District Attorney Duncan James filed felony complaints for grand theft by fraud and false pretenses against Willits area suspects Radke and Barker. Warrants set at 25 000 bail each as they face arrest on grand theft fraud charges related to a vending machine distributorship scam.
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Duncan James
Redding
Monterey County
Hale McCowen Jr
James Frederick Radke
Clark Gilbert Barker
Radke
Barker
Willits
Burlingame
James
Harold Hamilton
Covelo
San Francisco Chronicle
Hamilton
California Marketing System, Inc
Carroll Sanger
CMS
National Business Reporting Bureau
District Attorney’s Office
Mendocino County
San Mateo
Department of Justice
Ukiah Extends Sidewalk Project On Owner-Pay Basis
City manager says sidewalk material funds will run out by July 1 while federally funded labor remains through Aug 15. Project to continue with property owners paying for materials at 40 cents per square foot for sidewalk and 1.25 dollars per linear foot for curb and gutter. Second priority area lies west of State Street in older residential district.
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Ukiah
Jim Swayne
Swayne
City Hall
Lorraine Pearson
Jack Simpson
State Street
British Vote for E C M Maintains Membership
Early official returns from the referendum show Britain voting nearly three to one to stay in the European Common Market. Opponents conceded defeat as counting continued on about 26 million votes in the first referendum in British history.
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London
UPI
Assembly Deadlock Delays Brown Budget Vote in Sacramento
Sacramento UPI reports Assembly Democrats and Republicans remain at odds over an $11.5 billion expansion of Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s proposed budget. Democrats were one vote shy of passage as Speaker Leo T. McCarthy scheduled a floor vote with the deadline near.
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Sacramento
UPI
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Edmund G. Brown Jr
Leo T. McCarthy
San Francisco
Indicted dolwig tied to real estate finance racket
Seven defendants including former State Senator Richard Dolwig face a 28 count federal indictment over an advance fee loan scheme. The case centers on Eurovest Ltd from Grand Cayman with letters of credit from Chase Manhattan and First National City Bank, alleging $50 million in securities and advance fees that were not returned. Victims across the United States range from Oakland and Vancouver to Anchorage and Beverly Hills, with charges including conspiracy mail fraud and racketeering.
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UPI
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Federal Organized Crime Strike Force
United States
Dolwig
San Mateo County
Assembly
Senate
Los Angeles
Miami
David Kaplan
David Gorwitz
Kaplan
Gorwitz
FBI
Houtson
Tex
U.S
Matthew J. Segall
Chase Manhattan
First National City Bank of New York
Eurovest
Ukiah City Council Approves Six Traffic Projects
Ukiah city council approved a prioritized list of six traffic projects to be funded by Federal Aid Urban road funds, with about 150000 split in roughly 50000 increments. The list goes to the county board for acceptance and a July 2 hearing will cover weed abatement.
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Ukiah
County Board of Supervisors
Ukiah Elks Flag Day Celebration Set for June 14
The Ukiah Elks announce a Flag Day ceremony at 2 p.m. June 14 in city park with the Ukiah high school band and a Marine Corps color guard from Mare Island Vallejo. Bob Burke Jr. chairs the event. Jaycees will place flags along State School and Perkins Streets as part of a flag project.
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Congress
Ukiah Elks
Elks
City Park
Ukiah High School
Marine Corps
Maré Island Naval Ship Yard
Vallejo
Bob Burke Jr
United States’ Chamber of Commerce
Ukiah Jaycees
State
School
Perkins
U.S. jobless rate hits 9.2 percent in May
Unemployment rose to 9.2 percent the highest since 1941, with 8.5 million out of work nationally. Mendocino County saw May figures delayed by new methods but April unemployment at 17.6 percent, down from February’s 20.8 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Mendocino County
Employment Development Department
Carl Godec
Ukiah Edd
Godec
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Julius Shiskin
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
Joint Economic Committee
Shiskin
Robert Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Ford
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Edgar Carlson
Creative Planning and Management, Inc
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Amcan Martinique Ltd
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Travoy Corp
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