Newhouse charges dismissed in Mendocino case
Superior Judge Wayne Burke dismissed embezzlement charges against Robert Newhouse 35 former Mendocino County public works director indicted last summer by the county grand jury. The judge ruled evidence insufficient to prove the funds were county property rather than payment for personal services, and ordered bail exonerated.
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Wayne Burke
Robert Newhouse
Mendocino County
Newhouse
Grand Jury
McIntire
Quiros
Brooktrails
Helena
Montana
Burke
Explosion injures Ukiah man cleaning floor with flammable liquid
Tom Kennedy, 830 Helen Avenue, Ukiah, suffered upper body burns when a washing and cleaning operation ignited by a pilot light caused an explosion that gutted his home. He was taken to Hillside Hospital in satisfactory condition. Fire crews extinguished the blaze in about 15 minutes and remained two hours for mop‑up and checks. The fire is under Ukiah fire department investigation.
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Tom Kennedy
Helen Avenue
Ukiah
Kennedy
Hillside Hospital
Ukiah Fire Department
Helen Ave
Mt. View
Doolin Canyon Drive
Jack Cox
Tragic Clear Lake Boat Collision Kills Two
A Hayward couple died after two speeding powerboats collided near Luebow Point on Clear Lake. Harry C. Weis aged 48 was decapitated by a propeller and his wife Alice, 37, died hours later after surgery at Rosebud Hospital. Gerald J. Mantina, 29, of San Francisco, commanded the other boat. three Weis passengers were injured. It was the first fatal boating accident of the 1971 season.
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Harry C. Weis
Hayward
Luebow Point
Clear Lake
Alice
Rosebud
Lake County
Weis
Gerald J. Mantina
San Francisco
Highlands
Pamela Bickford
Edith
Hugh Wisner
Wisner
Kathleen B. Green
Mantina
Lake County plane crash kills two men
A private Cessna 150 crashed near Finley four miles from Lampson hangars killing Leo J. LeFevre 39 of Lakeport and Johnny L. Diacon 38 of Marysville. FAA and sheriff officials investigated with bodies taken to Jones Mortuary.
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Lakeport
Marysville
Finley
Sampson Flying Service
FAA
Leo J. LeFevre
Johnny L. Diacon
Ukiah
Sacramento
Lake County
Sheriff's Office
Lampson
Big Valley
LeFevre
Diacon
Jones Mortuary
Bombers strike North Vietnam as Saigon retreat continues
U S fighter bombers and helicopter gunships hit North Vietnamese tanks pursuing South Vietnamese troops toward Laos. Nine tanks reportedly destroyed as a U S Cobra gunship engaged in the battle. U s forces also conducted heavy bombing of missile sites in North Vietnam, calling the action protective reaction to attacks on reconnaissance aircraft and supply routes in Laos. Estimated South Vietnamese losses rose as government forces reported hundreds of enemy dead over the weekend while evacuations for dependents and mass graves from Cambodian fighting were noted.
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Saigon
UPD
U.S
Laos
North Vietnam
Tass
Ussr
Hanoi
White House
Nixon
Vietnam
W-O
Gregory Fleming
Columbus
Fleming
Route 9
United States
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
Cambodia
Kompong Cham
Phnom Penh
Lang Vei
Green Beret
South Vietnam
Xe Pon
Army captain relieved after troops refuse to advance in Vietnam
In Vietnam near the Laotian border, Capt. Carlos Proveda of the Americal Division’s 1st Cavalry Brigade was relieved after his 53-man armored unit refused orders to return to a fire-swept site to salvage gear. Proveda, directing lulls in the action, remained behind to provide covering fire before a mine disabled his vehicle. Despite repeated attempts to salvage the damaged helicopter and equipment, the unit did not comply with additional withdrawals.
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Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
UPD
Carlos Proveda
Americal Division
1St Cavalry
John G. Hill Jr
Proveda
Hill
Lang Vei
Nist
Laos
House panel approves 2.7 billion military pay rise
The House Armed Services Committee voted to raise military pay by 2.7 billion dollars effective July 1, far above Nixon’s request, adding the increase to a bill extending the draft two years to 1973 and granting authority to end undergraduate deferments. The plan also reshapes service terms, divinity deferments, and conscientious objector service.
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Washington
UPI
House Armed Services Committee
Nixon
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Hebert
House
Senate
Board of education hopefuls to air views Thursday night
Ukiah area candidates night hosted by Oak Manor PTA and League of Women Voters of Ukiah features 13 candidates for five Ukiah Unified school district seats and two for Hopland area vacancy plus one for Redwood Valley post. Moderator Scotty Turner and LWV chair Mrs. David Haskell lead a question period after candidate statements.
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Board of Education
Oak Manor
David Donnell
Milton Jones
Lewis Martinelli
Paul Poulos
Nelson Redding
Water District
Sandra Smitham
Raymond Worster
Ramon Church
Guy Connolly
Hopland Field Station
Hopland Area
Virginia Maurer
Redwood Valley Post
Supreme Court Refuses Dowdy Quash But Takes Hartke Appeal
The Supreme Court refuses to quash bribery and perjury charges against Rep. John Dowdy of Texas, who faces trial in Baltimore May 3. The court also agrees to hear a challenge on a Marion County recount in the Hartke Roudebush race, with pending arguments next term. Dowdy, 11-term congressman, is accused with Monarch executives of accepting a $25,000 bribe to influence a Justice Department probe. The day’s actions also include state residency for judges, press passes denial in Los Angeles, and SEC review of a Dow Chemical napalm proxy fight.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
John Dowdy
D-Tex
Baltimore
Dowdy
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Richard L. Roudebush
Indianapolis
Hartke
Marion
Monarch, Construction Co
Monarch
Nathan H. Cohen
Myrvin C. Clark
Justice Department
Fort Jackson
S.C
Alabama
Los Angeles
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Dow Chemical Co
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Leonard Jones
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Bert W. Okuley
Siem Reap
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North
Son Tay
Ak Kee
Divinity School
Ola
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