Energy crisis hits home in Ukiah rate hike plan
Ukiah City Manager Jim Swayne told the council that electrical bills will fluctuate monthly due to changes in PG&E fuel costs rather than usage. The city may face a 40 000 to 50 000 yearly rise in power costs, with increases passed to customers pro rated by fuel cost changes. The council also approved a fire district contract increase and discussed aging services funding and park landscaping contributions.
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City of Ukiah
Jim Swayne
Pg&e
Oklahans
Swayne
Ralph Buxton
Public Utilities Commission
Death penalty drive faces many obstacles
California Senate debates SB450 to reimpose capital punishment as Gov. Reagan backs the measure. Sen. George Deukmejian says it deters murder though the Assembly Criminal Justice Committee, led by foes of capital punishment, is expected to reject it.
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UPI
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Ronald Reagan
Senate
Deukmejian
U.S
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Moretti
Carrier Seeks Advance Payments for Ukiah Route
A Ukiah Daily Journal carrier asks readers to pay three months in advance when first contacted for collections. The message urges support by providing payment during the initial call to cover motor route expenses.
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Ukiah Daily Journal
Reds use toxic gas in Cambodia attack
UPI reports Communist forces volleyed toxic gas shells near Neak Luong, 32 miles southeast of Phnom Penh, overrunning two Cambodian battalions and killing 20 while taking 580 prisoner. Fighting north of Neak Luong, along Highway 1, continued as rebels threatened Mekong supply convoys to Phnom Penh.
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UPI
Neak Luong
Mekong
U.S
South Vietnam
Neak Lu
Viet Cong Accuses Nixon of Watergate Tactics in Indochina
Viet Cong ambassador Dinh Ba Thai charged the Nixon administration used Watergate type maneuvers to wage the Vietnam war. He claimed U S policy hides violations of the Paris accord while Saigon and Viet Cong negotiators clashed over elections and cease fire talks.
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Indochina
Dinh Ba Thai
Vietnam
Fire calls log for two incidents in city
At 6:19 p.m. a fire call was logged at 789 South Dora reporting a wire in a car owned by Art Judici. At 7:25 p.m. another fire call was made to 998 North Pine Street for a gas spill in Dan Doering’s residence. No fire or damage occurred.
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Art Judici
North Pine St
Dan Doering
Ukiah City OKs option for extra curbside garbage cans
By a 3-2 vote the Ukiah city council upheld amending the refuse contract to allow residents to pay $1 more per month for additional curbside service. For $1 extra, homeowners may add two or more 30 gallon cans at curbside along with existing bagged refuse. Customers can opt in or out and may suspend the extra service during heavy month.
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Ukiah
Ukiah Solid Waste
USW
Marvin Bowen
Bowen
Norgard
Jack Simpson
Meat and food prices fall while industrial prices surge
Wholesale prices for meat and foods fell in April marking a pause after five months of increases while the industrial commodity index rose 1.4 percent—the largest monthly jump in 22 years—nudging the overall Wholesale Price Index up 0.8 percent.
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UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Meany
Proxmire
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Haldeman and Ehrlichman questioned by grand jury in Watergate probe
Former White House aides H R Haldeman and John D Ehrlichman spent two hours with federal prosecutors before separate grand jury appearances. John Dean Magruder also sought immunity while Dean negotiated terms, with Magruder predicting possible short prison time of about nine months.
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UPI
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
White House
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Dean
Jeb S. Magruder
Democratic National
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Ehrlichman
John J. Wilson
Wilson
Washington Star-News
Westinghouse Broadcasting Corp
Magruder
John N. Mitchell
Star-News
Westinghouse
Watergate
Weather clears in Northwestern California with windy Friday
Northwestern California weather updates show clearing skies tonight and mostly fair conditions Friday. Fort Bragg reports lows near 44 and highs around 55, Ukiah about 43 and 65, with local winds increasing Friday.
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California
Fort Bragg
Weather data for May 1972
Temperature readings show high 89 and low 41 in May 1972. Today's low 44 degrees, last year 24.80 inches of precipitation.
Ambulance driver wins round in license fight
Ukiah ambulance driver Guy Von Brandt 26 had his license revoked by the DMV after a Napa County grand theft conviction five years earlier. A judge's writ orders the DMV to restore his ambulance certificate after hearings showing the conviction was expunged and evidence favoring Von Brandt. Ed Frey of Legal Services represented him. Von Brandt is active in medical training and has earned praise from local physicians.
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Department of Motor Vehicles
Guy von Brandt
Ukiah Ambulance
DMV
von Brandt
Napa
Tom Brigham
Legal Services Foundation
Larry
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