Ukiah Wins Federal Funds for New Library Project
City manager Lyell Cash announced that State Library officials have approved federal funding for the Ukiah Mendocino Library construction. A formal notice is expected, with council to review a letter of acceptance at the April 7 meeting after bids were rejected due to prior agency mix ups. The council also approved Oak Manor Unit 2 B map and learned Magic Turf seeks a seven acre airport lease for turf growing.
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Ukiah
Ukiah-Mendocino
Lyell Cash
Sacramento
Oak Manor
Magic Turf
Fire call at residence on Willow Avenue no damage
Fire crews respond to 621-C Willow Avenue for food on stove at Patricia Owens residence. No injuries or damage reported after firefighters extinguish the incident.
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Patricia Owens
Willow Avenue
Ukiah Council Opposes SB 333 Third Party Arbitration
Ukiah city council authorized City Attorney Randy Hays to draft a resolution opposing SB 333 and its binding arbitration for wage settlements. The vote was unanimous except for absent mayor and ill councilman. City Manager Lyell Cash noted no automatic police or fire reaction to the bill and a May Sacramento meeting was announced. Spanish Mountain Television paid the city $1,350 more than budgeted, lifting the franchise payment from two to three percent after subscriber plateaus.
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Ukiah
Randy Hays
Lyell Cash
Harold Henderson
Sterling Norgard
Jack Simpson
Board of Supervisors
Don Scotto
Council
Spanish Mountain Television
Ukiah endorses left turn signal plan at State and Gobbi
City council backs State Division of Highways proposal to add signal controlled left turns at State and Gobbi streets. Negotiations with property owners continue over right of way and parking as plans convert the Prescription Center area to three diagonal parking lanes and remove parking at the Gobbi State intersection.
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Ukiah
State Division of Highways
State
Gobbi
State and
Senate rejection ends SST funding push from Congress
Government and industry scramble for private capital as the Senate votes 51 46 to stop government funds for the supersonic transport. Nixon calls the setback a blow to US aerospace leadership while layoffs loom and private financing proves unlikely. Estimates of pullout costs range from 178 to 334 million, with Boeing and General Electric facing job losses and penalties.
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Washington
UPI
Wall Street
Congress
Nixon
Senate
America
Magruder
West Coast
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Boeing
General Eelectric
Reds tighten push as U S closes Laos border bases
U S forces pulled from bases near Laos while communists increased harassment in South Vietnam. Guns and rockets moved into the DMZ above Khe Sanh as four Americans died in a clash with sapper units. Saigon reports 26 allied dead since Wednesday amid Laos activity and a shift of Marines back toward Hotel base two miles inside Laos.
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Bert W. Okruley
Saigon
UPTY
U.S
Laos
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dma
Khe Sanh
Ho Chi Minh
Pentagon
Dmz
Defense Department
Jerry W. Friedheim
North Vietnm
Friedheim
Quang Tri
UPI
Stewart Kellerman
Lang Vei
Gis
Nixon proposes bold federal reorganization plan
President Nixon sent Congress four bills to abolish seven of twelve federal departments and replace them with four new super departments. Only State, Defense, Justice and Treasury remain untouched. The plan reshapes Interior, Agriculture, Labor, Commerce, Transportation, HUD, and HEW into Human Resources, Community Development, Economic Affairs, and Natural Resources, with numerous regulatory agencies affected. A Pest Office reorganization is planned under a 1970 law transferring mail to a federally chartered corporation.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
State
Defense, Justice
Treasury
HUD
Natural Resources
Department— Pest Office
Mendocino LSD conspiracy trial ends with three guilty verdicts
A Mendocino County Superior Court jury found Craig Burns Champie 23 Los Angeles Michael Blanchard Aylwin 22 Marin County and Timothy W Butler 22 Marin County guilty on conspiracy to manufacture LSD attempted manufacture of LSD and possession of lysergic acid after a trial that opened February 1 and concluded February 4 then resumed February 16. The raid in Fort Bragg June 16 1970 led to the case with two co‑defendants pleading guilty earlier. Sentencing for Champie and Butler is set for April 9 and Blanchard on April 20.
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Superior Court
Mendocino County
Craig Burns Champie
Los Angeles
Michael Blanchard Aylwin
Marin County
Timothy W. Butler
Fort Bragg
S. McPherson Street
Duncan James
Bill Neill
Kenneth Eymann
Champie
Tim O'Brien
Aylwin
Tom Boyle
Butler
Pat Finnegan
Austin Hulbert
Yorkville
Blanchard
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Jim Langton
Bob Burke
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Lou Loosley
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Fire Departments
Senator Hotel
Gobbi- State
al Kruth
Robert F. Buckhorn
William Magruder
Transportation Department
Japan
Germany
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House
Reds
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