Trustee Lou Fortin resigns college post
Mendocino College trustees received Fortin's letter of resignation citing Lake County representation and campus site decisions. He urged a prompt Area I election and suggested renaming the college. The board reviewed site tours of Mendocino State Hospital facilities and noted a $2,047,601 revenue forecast against $2,147,601 expenditures for the 1975-76 preliminary budget.
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Mendocino College
Lou Fortin
Boonville
Fortin
Lake County
Mendocino
Lake Counties
Covelo
Laytonville
Hopland
al Canepa
Mendocino-Lake
Gateway”’ College
Mendocino State Hospital
Vinifera
Andrew Beckstoffer
Peter Behr
Attorney General
Pres
Pete DeVries
College
Stork Wins Baby Race At Ukiah General Hospital
Garey Hurn of Potter Valley raced the stork to Ukiah General Hospital as his wife Lorrie went into labor at 12 30 a m Their daughter Amanda was dropped off with friends before arrival The baby Heather Denise weighed seven pounds and both mother and child are reported doing fine Dr Robert Cook attended and delivered the cord saying it was a lucky Friday the 13th.
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Garey Hurn
Potter Valley
Ukiah General Hospital
Garey
Lorrie
Amanda
Ukiah
Robert Cook
Heather Denise
Ford signs education measure and social security aid
President Ford signed a supplemental 15 billion spending bill to fund education benefits for half a million veterans and $50 checks for 33 million Social Security recipients. The measure, approved by the Senate, funds unemployment, cost of living raises, food stamps, and summer job programs, with delays cited over GI education and social security payments.
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Senate
House
Ford
Congress
Marines to stage Flag Day observance in Ukiah park
A 35 member Marine detachment will present a special show tomorrow at the city park for Flag Day. The event, sponsored by the Ukiah Elks Lodge and led by Bob Burke Jr., features a CH53 helicopter arrival around 2 p.m. Gunnery Sgt. Larry Napier says the Marines have trained for weeks and will post colors of flags dating back to 1776 in dress blue uniforms. The Ukiah High School band will accompany the history of the flag with music. attendees are urged to bring picnics for a community Flag Day outing marking the nation’s Bicentennial and the Marine Corps 200th birthday.
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Bob Burke Jr
Ukiah Elks Lodge
Larry Napier
Marine Barracks
Marine Corps
Ukiah High School
Elks Lodge
Spencers in Ukiah Case Dismissed Over Permit Issue
A jury trial in Ukiah Justice Court for Doris and Richard Spencer of Redwood Valley on building code violations was canceled after Deputy District Attorney Rick Henderson dismissed the charges. The defendants had faced charges for failing to obtain a permit, continuing after stop work orders, and electrical code violations. The dismissal followed Marianne Spencer Avillar’s permit approval despite an adjoining lot-split allegation that had blocked the permit.
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Ukiah Justice Court
Doris
Richard Spencer
Redwood Valley
Rick Henderson
Spencers
Tomki Road
Marianne Spencer Avillar
Indira Gandhi faces crushing Gujarat election loss
India’s Congress party slumped in Gujarat as voters gave 74 of 182 seats, while a United Front coalition won 87. The setback followed a high court corruption ruling against Gandhi and sparks calls for her resignation as national elections loom. The violence in Gujarat left 86 dead last year and state governance under president’s rule until now.
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UPI
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Gujarat
India
Supreme Court
Legislative Assembly
Congress
Army kept files on civilians in counterintelligence
Washington reports that the Defense Department disclosed an Army counter intelligence unit kept civilian files in violation of a 1971 pledge. Secretary Callaway testified that microfilm and a computer index held information on American civilians not tied to DoD. He said steps are taken to remove nonretained material while Congress is allowed to review the files.
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UPI
Defense Department
Army
Howard H. Callaway
Congress
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Pentagon
Callaway
Counter Intelligence Group
Fort Bragg on warpath over potential land seizure
Fort Bragg residents living south of the city organize as Save Our Homes to oppose possible state acquisition of 29 properties for the Pygmy Forest Ecological Staircase State Park. Heather Drum leads the group. attorney William Lamb, Assemblyman Barry Keene, and 100 residents attend a planning meeting amid uncertainty over how parcels were singled out.
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Debbie White
Fort Bragg
Real Estate Services Division
Department of General Services
Pygmy Forest
Staircase State Park
Mitchell Creek
Gibney Lane
Save Our
William Lamb
Barry Keene
Heather Drum
Jean Chambers
Institute of Man In Nature
Assemblyman
Keene
No Link Found Between President and CIA Murder Plots
Senate committee chair Sen. Frank Church said no evidence ties any president to CIA assassination plots. He noted investigations cover 1950s to 1970s during Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson eras with bipartisan inquiry. Helms testified on CIA actions from 1966 to 1973, avoiding reporters by using back stairs.
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UPI
Senate
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CIA
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Richard Helms
United States
Times
Church
Eisenhower
Helms
Iran
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Activities
Tax credits windfall for electricity users
The House backed tax credits to spur electric car purchases and home solar energy use as part of an energy bill. A $750 credit for electric car purchases was approved, excluding golf carts, and a $2,000 credit for the first 8,000 spent on home solar installation was approved. The bill also imposes oil import quotas, taxes fuel use in business, and penalties for carmakers with low miles per gallon. Opposition dubbed it a cream puff. The administration signaled continued negotiation with Congress to crest a national energy program.
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UPI
Sam Gibbons
D.-Fla
House
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Chalmers P. Wylie
Ohio
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Ford
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Massachusetts
Frank Zarb
White House
Congress
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