Ukiah council to hear protest over license fee increases
Auto dealers led by Attorney Conrad Cox oppose a proposed revision to Ukiah business license fees set to rise July 1 arguing the scale is arbitrary and discriminatory. Council and Downtown Merchants Association say the changes aim to raise revenue and better align fees by business type and gross revenue.
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Ukiah Area
Ukiah
Conrad Cox
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce
Downtown Merchants’ Association
Jim Swayne
Downtown Merchants Association
Cox
Auto Dealers
Nixon rejects two House subpoenas for watergate tapes
President Nixon refused to turn over two House Judiciary Committee subpoenas for tapes and documents linked to Watergate. White House lawyer James D. St. Clair announced Nixon would not release the letters or most tapes, offering only a partial transcript of an April 4 1972 call related to ITT contributions.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Peter W. Rodino Jr
D-N.j
James D. St. Clair
Rodino
St. Clair
International Telephone and Telegraph
ITT
Mer
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John N. Mitchell
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Edwards
E. Howard Hunt
Jesus Christ
Democratic National
Watergate Complex
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Key Biscayne
Mitchell
G. Gordon Liddye
Jeb S. Magruder
Nokomis candidates draw 100 voters at school meeting
More than 100 voters attended a Nokomis school forum to hear county office candidates address issues and answer questions. Viola Richardson outlined duties of clerk recorder, Deborah White pressed for full participation and fair election law administration, Tom Thurman pitched business and teaching credentials, with other candidates and absences noted.
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George Hunter
Nokomis School
Donn Saulsbury
Viola Richardson
Deborah White
Tom Thurman
Webb Brown
James Lashbrook
R. D. Beacon
Tom Jondahl
The
Big River News
Thurman
Mendocino College
Time to Build Urges Yes Vote on Ukiah Unified Bonds
Pre election mail targets Ukiah Unified voters as the Time to Build campaign promotes Prop A a 2 2 million bond for elementary renovations and Prop B a 49 cent tax increase to fund a new high school. The committee led by Ray Worster and Virginia Maurer calls for ending double sessions and busing.
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Ukiah Unified District
Ray Worster
Board of Education
Citizens’ Education Committee
Ray Roeder
Jon Green
Virginia Maurer
Ukiah
Ukiah Unified
PTA
Geothermal lease surge draws 600 plus applications countywide
BLM Ukiah reports heavy activity with 600 plus geothermal lease applications on government land from the Bay Area to Covelo. The Geysers area has several leases granted including an 80 acre Signal Oil Co. tract in Mendocino. Open bidding occurred in January as first federal geothermal leases are issued with a 514 million dollar value across 12 tracts and a 15 percent royalty plus annual rent.
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Bay Area
Covelo
Bureau of Land Management
Ukiah
Mel Clausen
Clausen
Geysers
Signal Oil Co
Mendocino County
BLM
Cow Mountain
County seeks 347200 for storm road repairs
Public Works Director Budge Campbell told county supervisors an additional 347200 is needed for January and March storm damage repairs on county roads. Funds are sought before June 30 with a report expected next week. The board directed the administrator to work with the auditor on funding methods. Campbell also proposed a state design and construction engineering agreement under the emergency repair program for about 1 million dollars in federal aid road work including Mountain View Road Branscomb Road and Mendocino Pass Road.
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Budge Campbell
Campbell
Harvey Sawyers
Mountain View Road
Branscomb Road
Mendocino Pass
Narrow escape as three injured in Cypress collision
At 10 10 p m three people sustained minor injuries and a fourth broke an arm after a crash at N Bush and Cypress. A 1965 Comet driven by Agustino Hernandez struck the Engstrom home at 497 Cypress after colliding with a southbound car driven by Gary Bozarth.
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N. Bush Street
Agustine Hernandez
Ukiah
N. Bush and
Cypress
Engstrom
Agustino Hernandez
Jose Antonio Martinez Rojas
Ukiah High School
Hernandez
Gary Bozarth
Bozarth
Rojas
Hillside Hospital
Robert Ivey
Sister of Covelo man killed in shooting in critical condition
The older sister of John Henry Azbill, 22, was struck by a car driven by Lawrence Tillotson Jr., 40, on Main Street in Covelo at 6 a.m. today and is in critical condition at Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits after surgery for multiple injuries. Police and sheriff investigators are probing the incident.
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Covelo
John Henry Azbill
Howard Memorial Hospital
Willits
Ida Azbill
Lawrence Tillotson Jr
Main Street
Tillotson
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
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Journal
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Laytonville
Sam Ray Jr
Wilson
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Mount Konocti
Lake County
Geysers Geothermal
Oscar Klee
Congress
Justice
Klee
Louisiana-Pacific
Talmage Road
Lenah Reha
Jacuzzi
Byron Jackson
Ukiah Hardware & Pump Company
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