Mendocino appraiser Feliz fired amid ongoing hearing
John Feliz, 39, Mendocino County appraiser tied to alleged land speculation, has been fired by Assessor Webb Brown five days before a civil service hearing scheduled for March 28 at 9 a.m. in the courthouse conference room. Feliz, under DA investigation, was suspended after an Oakland Tribune exposé, represented by Leo Cook, with Brown's hearing to review his conduct.
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Webb Brown
Civil Service Commission
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Elk
Oakland Tribune
Ukiah
Leo Cook
Lee Adams
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Daily Journal
Walter Willcut
Willits athlete faces drunk driving charge after crash
Lilburn Hoaglen Jr. 21, former Willits standout in football, basketball and baseball, was injured and cited after a crash on East Calpella Road near Marina Drive. His passenger Gary Dryden, 22, also injured. Hoaglen allegedly gunned from a stop sign, lost control, tore 40 feet of fence, and rested against a mobile home. minor trailer damage reported. Hoaglen treated for a severe chin laceration and possible internal injuries. Dryden treated for facial lacerations. both taken to Ukiah General Hospital. Authorities recommend drunk driving charges based on a fast start from the stop sign and subsequent loss of control.
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Willits
East Calpella
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Highway Patrol
East Road
Calpella
Marina Drive
Mobilhome
Ralph Bell
Willits High School
Ukiah General Hospital
Gary Dryden
Ukiah
Haaglen
City reps to attend League workshop
Mendocino County's four cities will send representatives to a Saturday all day League of California Cities workshop on city social responsibilities as part of an action plan. Benicia councilman Russ Blanchard chairs the committee. Ukiah Vice Mayor Jack Simpson attends.
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League of California
Russ Blanchard
Benicia
Jack Simpson
Ukiah
Eureka
Santa Rosa
Watergate spy McCord claims pressure to plead guilty
James W. McCord of the Watergate seven alleged at sentencing that perjury and political pressure influenced the case and that others could have been identified by witnesses during trial. He asked for a private discussion with Judge Sirica, who postponed sentencing for a week and kept options open for cooperation with grand juries or a Senate inquiry.
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Indians to Parade Tomorrow in Ukiah Peace March
United Tribes Pomo chapter won a parade permit for a Saturday afternoon downtown Ukiah march. About 150 participants, mostly adults, would follow an alternate route via School Street to Mill and Yokayo center for safety and greater exposure. No comment on Wounded Knee occupation.
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Wounded Knee
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Donn Saulsbury
Ted Goforth
al Kruth
Senate probes ITT links with Nixon aides widen
UPI reports new ITT internal memos show meetings with Secretary of State Rogers on Oct 21, 1971, and discuss ITT troubles in Chile. Subcommittee eyes Rogers, White House aides, and ex Commerce Secretary Peterson as it probes ITT efforts to thwart Salvador Allende. An Aug 1970 Gerrity letter to Agnew cites friction with Justice official McLaren over ITT Hartford merger.
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Nixon
William P. Rogers
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
ITT
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Rogers
Chile
Business Administration
John Guilfoyle
J. R. McNitt
Salvador Allende
Subcommittee
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Peter Vaky
Arnold Nachminoff
White House
Commerce
Peter Peterson
Agnew
Ted
Ned
E. J
Gerrity
Richard S. McLaren
Antitrust
The
Justice Department
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
John
McLaren
John Mitchell
Hartford Fire
Wounded Knee siege intensifies as clashes flare
The Justice Department reports about 1000 rounds fired between Indian occupiers at Wounded Knee and federal forces with no known casualties. Russell Means leads AIM in a two phase challenge, while attorneys plan civil rights suits against the government. Five suspects arrested in Illinois attempt to join the siege.
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Justice Department
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Webb
U.S
FBI
Rosebud
Belvidere
Ilinois
Russell Means
American Indian Movement
AIM
Pine Ridge
Ramon Roubideaux
U.S. Marshals’ Service
Roubideaux
New York
William Kunstler
Mark Lane
Cal to plot own course on school financing
California will continue on its own course in school financing for now despite the Supreme Court ruling upholding local property taxes for schools. Attorney General Evelle J. Younger said the issue will likely be decided by the California Supreme Court, which will be in session to address the matter.
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California
U.S. Supreme Court
Evelle J. Younger
California Supreme Court
Younger
Superior Court of Serrano Vs
Priest
Federal High Court
State Supreme Court
Senate
Weather and legal notes mix with state school funding case
Northwestern California forecast remains fair tonight and Saturday with warmer days as Fort Bragg and Ukiah report low and high temperatures. Separately, a Serrano v Priest retrial issue continues with comments by Younger on California’s approach to school finance under the state constitution amid U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
U S Reds deadlocked on POWs
In Saigon, the United States and the Communists refuse ground in a fresh POW dispute dimming hopes for freeing the last American prisoners from Hanoi. North Vietnam agreed to release 107 prisoners and the Viet Cong 31, with Homecoming at Clark Air Base on alert. The US seeks nine more Americans and a Canadian in Laos, threatening no troop withdrawal until accounted for.
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North Vietnam
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