Mardi Gras sets attendance and fund-raising records
St Marys ushers in another record Mardi Gras with weathering ups and downs. Attendance peaks as prizes are announced with top wins including a Luv pickup, a 23 inch color TV, a 12 cubic foot freezer, a Yamaha Enduro, 100000 Blue Chip stamps, and a 10 speed bicycle. Assemblyman Berry Keene and family attend, Indian Youth Heritage dancers perform, and costumes win sweepstakes honors at the Bayou themed ball.
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St. Marys
Joe Rea
Ukiah
Lance Motors
Bob Snyder
Bob Cashada
Calpella
Jim
Four bid for Gray interests in Fort Bragg logging firm
Four Mendocino County men are negotiating to buy the A.J. Gray Inc. logging interests in Fort Bragg for about 650000 dollars. Buyers are Harry Peters from Willits, Max McKee from Willits, Wayne Colder of Fort Bragg, and Charles Shuster of Willits. Gray will stay one year to help manage.
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Mendocino County
A.J. Gray, Inc
Fort Bragg
Harry Peters
Willits
Woodruff Chevrolet
Max McKee
McKee and Sons
Wayne Colder
Georgia-Pacific
Charles Shuster
Shuster Enterprises
Gray
Pudding Creek Road
van Dusen
Stewart’s Point
Jackson State Forest
Colder
Willits Woman Dies in Hearst Road Crash
A 26 year old Willits woman Judith Marie Woertink died of head injuries when the pickup she rode in failed brakes on Hearst Road overturned after hitting an embankment. Driver Anthony Labarbara 29 of San Bernardino assisted by a bus driver, vehicle rest on victim’s head. Anker-Lucier Mortuary handling arrangements. Investigation ongoing.
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Willits
Hearst Road
Judith Marie Woertink
Anthony Labarbara
San Bernardino
Tomki Creek
Labarbara
Anker-Lucier Mortuary
Seizure at Wounded Knee Ends in Standstill Talks
Leaders of the American Indian Movement who seized Wounded Knee last Tuesday to press for federal probes rejected a government offer. The Justice Department invited all militants to depart if they surrendered weapons and identities to authorities.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
UPI
Department of Justice
Home Savings to open Ukiah branch in new complex
Home Savings and Loan Association won approval to open a Ukiah branch. Robert Hoilien said the firm will buy the Mountain View Motel site for a 5,000 square foot office complex, with temporary mobile offices ready by April 1 and a ground breaking around Aug 1. The project includes substantial off street parking and potential street land dedication.
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Home Savings and Loan Association
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Ukiah
Robert Hoilien
The
Savings and Loan Association
Hoilien
Mountain View
Planning Commission
Council
Fire and public service log at local addresses
Friday at 2 48 p m a fire call to Russell Scott ranch for an illegal burn. Saturday 11 12 p m standby at 1542 Lockwood Drive. Sunday 8 49 a m public service at 835 North Dora a telephone wire down on the sidewalk. 8 05 a m fire call to wash down gasoline under Geneva Parducci auto. 9 49 a m public service transport Audio Parducci to Hillside Community Hospital.
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Russell Scott Ranch
Lockwood Drive
North Dora
Geneva Parducci Auto
Parducci
Hillside Community Hospital
DeVries presses for MSH lease as GSA talks continue
Mendocino Community College district led by Superintendent President Peter D. DeVries sought a 70,000 square foot interim lease near Mendocino State Hospital, proposing about 21 thousand dollars annually with a one year term and option. He met with Senator Randolph Collier and state General Services Director Larry Robinson in Sacramento and planned further talks aimed at a fair, workable agreement.
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Glenn Erickson
Peter D. DeVries
New
Mendocino
Mendocino State Hospital
Collier
DeVries
Senate
Robinson
MSH
Walter Robie
New Community College
al Schleuter
GSA
Sacramento
Director of
General Services
Ruling expected in Covelo rock crushing case
Superior Court took under submission arguments in a gravel suit filed by five residents against Mendocino Aggregates and the county planning commission. Plaintiffs seek revocation of a use permit for a rock crushing and hot mix plant on Covelo Road, citing air and Outlet Creek pollution and improper zone use. The plaintiffs are Benjamin Alterman, Ira Bennett, Joel Kammer, Robert Gellman, and Randall Abbott. Mendocino Aggregates owner Barney Rowland was represented by Robert Fowler.
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A.B. Broaddus
County Planning Commission
Mendocino Aggregates
Covelo Road
Longvale
Planning Commission
Outlet Creek
Ed Frey
Legal Services Foundation
Superior Court
Lee Adams
Benjamin Alterman
Ira Bennett
Joel Kammer
Robert Gellman
Randall Abbott
Barney Rowland
The
Robert Fowler
Northwestern California Weather Outlook
Increasing clouds tonight with rain likely starting in the north and expanding south by Tuesday. Fort Bragg expects 38 rising to 58 degrees, Ukiah 37 to 60, with cooler night and warm daytime readings across the region.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Distraught father surrenders gun after police siege
Charles Hatcher a 25 year old mill employee held off seven police officers and three sheriffs deputies at his Empire unce home for about two hours Saturday night threatening to kill himself or anyone near him Police Chief Donn Saulsbury talked him into tossing the gun and surrendering to be talked with Hatcher who blamed personal problems with his wife Brenda for the act They later took him to the Mental Health Center at Community Hospital for observation The family had lived at 1542 Lockwood Drive for three months and the three children were elsewhere when the incident began The standoff involved police sheriff units fire department and a cautious entry by detectives after Hatcher threw out a .22 revolver The time of the first call to the station was 10 p.m and the all clear was at 12 15 a.m
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Unce
Charles Hatcher
Mill
Donn Saulsbury
Harold Andersen
Hatcher
Community Hospital
Anderson
Brenda
Lockwood Drive
Calpella
Saulsbury
Journal
Capt
Andersen
Carrier Seeks Advance Payment for Ukiah Daily Journal Routes
A message from the newspaper carrier requests collectors to pay in advance. Routes require three months in advance, with payments due when first called.
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Ukiah Daily Journal
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Gordon Foote
Gray Interests
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