Food report sparks county reaction over poor aid access
Supervisors consider a report by two Army officers for the Urban Affairs Council labeling Mendocino County as having absurdly low participation in federal food programs. The Washington Post story notes only 10 percent of 4,000 poor residents received free food while others were excluded. Congressman Clausen demands answers on funding, timing, and notification.
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Army
Urban Affairs Council
Mendocino County
Board of Supervisors
Cong
Don Clausen
Washington Post
Campership drive helps Mendocino County children
A Mendocino Lake California Social Workers Organization drive seeks funds for camp scholarships granting underprivileged children a week of outdoor camping. The appeal notes $36 covers a week and urges donations to CSWO Campership Fund at the Mendocino County Welfare Department Ukiah with tax deductibility and no administrative costs.
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Mendocino County
Mendocino Lake
California Social Workers Organization
Jeanne Sullivan
Mendocino
County Welfare Department
Ukiah
CSWO
Florida highway shifts to spare bald eagle
Florida road crews plan to move an interstate 300 feet to avoid disturbing a bald eagle perched 500 feet up on a pine tree 40 miles southeast of Tampa. The adjustment is billed as keeping nature visible to travelers, with a humorous note that a gas mask for the eagle might be needed if traffic grows.
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Florida
Tampa
Lake Mendocino Project Bids Sought For Parks
Contractors are invited to bid on two federal public works projects in Lake and Mendocino Counties announced by Congressman Clem Miller. The Lake Mendocino work includes a boat ramp and parking area above Coyote Dam with an estimated cost around 100000 dollars. The other project is a flood control levee on the Middle Creek near Upper Lake.
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Washington
Lake and Mendocino
Clem Miller
Lake Mendocino
Ukiah
Middle Creek
Upper Lake
Coyote Dam
South City Council Studies Water Problem at Meeting
City Attorney Wayne Burke presented legal findings about the south city water lines and stated the city must determine responsibility by consulting the Department of Public Works and related authorities during the regular Wednesday session.
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South City
Wayne Burke
Department of Public
Fortyseven Years Ago Birds Eggs Collection June 11 1930
A short archival notice from June 11 1930 highlights a collection of bird eggs preserved or displayed as a local curiosity. The item reflects the era’s interest in natural history and cataloging avian specimens.
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Crawford
Local motorists cheer as gas limit lifted in Ukiah
Ukiah drivers celebrate the end of the gasoline shortage. The Ukiah Garage will resume full service with tanks filled to the brim starting today after oil is shipped in by motor truck from Sonoma County. Dewey and Davis oversee the supply and promise prompt filling of tanks.
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Ukiah
Dewey
Davis
Sonoma County
Flournoy pushes reforms to California inheritance tax system
SACRAMENTO In 1966 Houston I Flournoy ran for State Controller on a reform platform for the inheritance tax appraisal system. He seeks to abolish heir self assessment and replace appraisers with verified values, cutting state costs by about 3.8 million annually. Senate action and possible Assembly amendments loom, with calls for exams for appraisers and limits on political contributions.
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Sacramento
Houston I. Flournoy
Flournoy
California
Assembly
Senate
California moves to strengthen voting machine oversight
As the 1970 primary fades, California lawmakers push a new law to empower the state commission over voting devices, reviewing operation programs, investigating violations, and allowing subpoenas. Counties must submit computer programs to the secretary of state before elections. The measure, not active for the current or likely the next general election, aims to prevent irregularities in the rapidly evolving vote counting system.
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California
State Commission
Commission
Secretary of State
Merry go round Mines nominee tied to stock holdings
President Nixon’s nominee for head of the Bureau of Mines, Prof. J Richard Lucas of Virginia Tech, owns a $205000 stock portfolio including Union Miniere de Haut Katanga and International Mineral and Chemical. Critics cite conflicts with his future role regulating mining and coal.
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Washington
Nixon
Bureau of Mines
Senate
J. Richard Lucas
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Union Miniere de Haut
Senate Interior Committee
Lucas
John ‘Patterson
Floyd Nelson
Ohio State University
Nelson
Patterson
Iowa State University
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B. A. Cober
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E.L. Williams
Leslie E. Crawford
Mr. Crawford
John L. McNab
Sanel Valley
Ukiah Union High School
Westa Fy St
Cleveland
Ohio
Merry-go-round Mines
By Jack Anderson
Seeme
VPI
Columbia University
FBI
White House
Harry Fleming
A.H. Lindley
Mines Bureau
John F. O’leary
National Endowment For the Humanities
Endowment
Gerald Else
University of Michigan
The
National Council On the Humanities
Else
Center For Coordination of Ancient and Modern Studies
Joseph R. “Schurman
Humanities Council
Shurman
Council
University of Washington
Charles E. Odegaard
University of California
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