Flood plain zoning eyed for Mendocino County GP
Mendocino County supervisors debated adding flood plain designations to the general plan. Planning chief Ron Hall urged a Corps of Engineers study, with county action on zoning before any designation. Public works committee told to report back in 30 days.
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Ron Hall
Building Department
Army Corps of Engineers
Hall
Ernie Banker
Burgess Williams
Corps of Engineers
Harvey Sawyers
Augie Avila
Public Works Committee
Ted Galletti
Williams
Ukiah approves diesel streetsweeper bid
The Ukiah City Council accepted a Western Traction Company bid of 16578.48 for a diesel powered streetsweeper, noting lower operating costs and quieter operation than the gas model. The six year old gas sweeper will stay as emergency backup. The vote kept within the $22,000 budget.
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Ukiah
Western Traction Company
Western
Western Traction
Wholesale prices rise in February at 22 year peak
Wholesale prices in February climbed 1.9 percent, the fastest one month rise since January 1951, driven by higher farm products and industrial goods. With seasonal factors, February up 1.6 percent, lifting inflation risk as the administration watches costs.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Dead man testifies in Hell's Angels murder case
William Pifer, a former Hell's Angel member turned informer who died last Sunday, testified via videotape at the murder trial of William Moran. He named Rotten Richard Baker as ordering the 1971 strangulation of Charles Baker and linked the killings to a prior slaying of Thomas Shull, with both victims dosed with LSD. The bodies were found last October in an abandoned well on a ranch near Ukiah.
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Moran
Richard’ Baker
Hell’s Angels
Richmond
Charles Baker
Barker
Baker
Thomas Shull
Georgia
Hell’s Angel
Ukiah
Suit seeks halt to FB wrecking yard operations
The district attorney seeks an injunction in Superior Court against Redwood Wreckers and Salvage south of Fort Bragg on Georges Lane. The suit cites revocation of a use permit, noncompliance with zoning, and ongoing operation in A-1 without a permit. A March 30 hearing set by Judge Timothy O'Brien targets removal of wrecked parts and the metal crusher.
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District Attorney’s
Fort Bragg
Superior Court
Redwood Wreckers and Salvage
Georges Lane
Simpson Lane
Planning Commission
Lulu Mulhauser
Final bid fails AIM leaders warn of massacre at Wounded Knee
Tense stand off at Wounded Knee as the government extends its offer to 6 p.m. MST and AIM militants fortify trenches and barricades. Russell Means and Dennis Banks forecast a deadly end while authorities deploy armored vehicles and guard the encampment at the Oglala Sioux settlement.
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Wounded Knee
S. D
Oglala Sioux
American Indian Movement
AIM
Wounded ‘Knee
Russell Means
U. S
Dennis Banks
Banks
Ralph Erickson
U.S
Dick Wilson
Bureau of Indians Affairs
Erickson
BIA
POW says we did not win the war and U.S. nose into others' affairs
Maj. Hubert K. Flesher a former prisoner of war argues the United States did not win the Vietnam War and that Nixon could have settled on different terms four years earlier. He recalls a divide among POWs, cites 1969 peace terms, and calls for amnesty views while noting weather for Northwestern California.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Air Force
America
Nixon
Hubert K. Flesher
United States
Flesher
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Barra resumes post on planning commission in Mendocino
Charles Barra of Redwood Valley will resume an interrupted position on the Mendocino County planning commission when sworn in March 15 along with Emery Escola of Little River as a new member. Barra, a grape grower and North Coast Grape Growers director, first joined July 15, 1966 and resigned Sept. 3, 1968 to fill a supervisors seat. he will serve as agricultural member at large.
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Charles Barra
Redwood Valley
Mendocino County
Ronald Reagan
Board of Supervisors
John Mayfield Jr
Barra
Planning Commission
Ernie Banker
Burgess Williams
Williams
Banker
Paul) Sparso
Ted Galletti
Sparso
Regina Heights
North Coast Grape Growers Association
Stella
Antoinette
Jury verdicts set record in Mendocino County courts
Four juries returned verdicts in a single day across two Superior Courts and the Ukiah Justice Court. Jack Ray Kelly was acquitted of burglary in Dept 1 under Judge A B Broaddus. Hughes was found guilty of marijuana sale, with sentencing set March 23. Frank Schmidt was acquitted of incest in Sept 2. A Ukiah Justice Court jury deadlocked 11-1 in Knowlton Avery’s case, a mistrial declared.
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Mendocino County
Ukiah Justice Court
Dept. 1
A. B. Broaddus
Jack Ray Kelly
Willits
Robert Maloney
Kelly
Joe Allen
Broaddus
Gransell Carlton Hughes
Ukiah
Maloney
Allen
Hughes
Tim O’brien
Frank Allen Schmidt
Sonoma County
Daughers
Schmidt
Jim Luther
Scott LeStrange
Hale McCowen Jr
Knowlton Avery
Rubella test waiver spares couples after form lapse
State Senate passed a rule requiring Rubella blood tests for marriage licenses but no forms were printed. Public Health Director Hodges said testing could be waived as not harming public health. Judge O'Brien ordered the waiver for Mendocino County. some couples were turned away yesterday for missing forms. Prospective newlyweds may apply without the non existent form.
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Senate
Anthony Beilenson
Beverly Hills
Timothy O’brien
Mendocino
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Rocky McCoy
Roger Hatton
Randy Byers
Willie Tyree
Oak Manor School
Barbara Eversole
Herb Singley
Evelyn Broaddus
Ukiah Garden Club
Bill Hook
Miss Tyree
Mendo Co
Ralph Buston
Women’s Center Committee
Ukiah Library
Bulletin
UPS
Assembly
California
Jon Lehan
Kirk Gustafson
State Department of Public Health
Frederick B. Hodges
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