Franco in critical condition after hemorrhage at 82
Franco’s doctors in Madrid battled to save him from internal bleeding with medicine and transfusions as he remained in very grave condition. An 1:30 a.m. deterioration left him unable to undergo a fourth operation with four machines sustaining him. A bulletin 12 hours later said the hemorrhaging had been treated medically. Iran asked OPEC to approve aid for developing nations hurt by oil prices, Kuwait and Venezuela backing the plan at the cartel’s Vienna meeting.
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Spain
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Franco
Vienna
Austria
UPI
Iran
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Kuwait
Venezuela
OPEC
Hearst defense gains delay in bank robbery trial
Patricia Hearst remains the focus as her lawyers win a six week postponement of the trial from December 15 to January 26 citing expectations of her improved mental condition. Newsmen report mixed comments from defense and a psychiatrist asserts Moore is aware and competent to stand trial. Meanwhile Washington reports Ford decision on a New York City federal aid plan and Javits anticipates a $2.5 billion loan package to avert bankruptcy.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Albert Johnson
U.S
Oliver Carter
John Kleines
UPD
Sara Jane Moore
Ford
Samuel Conti
Miss. Moore
FBI
Washington
Henry 5. Reuss
House Banking Committee
New York City
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
New Jersey High Court to Rule Fast on Quinlan Case
In Trenton New Jersey the state supreme court said it will decide quickly whether comatose Karen Ann Quinlan can be removed from a life sustaining respirator, allowing her to die.
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Trenton
N.J
UPI
New Jersey
Karen Ann Quinlan
Weather Report for Northwestern California
Fair tonight and south portion Wednesday. Increasing clouds north Wednesday with a chance of rain near the coast north of Cape Mendocino in the afternoon. Locally windy with small craft advisory along the coast from Point Arena southward. Continued cool with freezing temperatures likely most areas tonight. Fort Bragg 39 56 Ukiah 30 59.
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Cape Mendocino
Coast Point Arena
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
U S France secret currency deal to be made public
Washington officials said details of a secret U S France agreement on currency exchange rates will be released next week. The pact, signed during the Ram bouillet summit, keeps the dollar on a floating rate with no fixed parities, while promising daily consultations to stabilize markets.
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UPI
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France
Rambouillet
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Ford
Frank Zarb
Senate
Treasury
William Simon
China
Henry Kissinger
Mao Tse-tung
Air Force One
Kissirger
Simon
Rambouillet Castle
Jean Pierre Foucarde
Champagne christening marks Ukiah airline opening
Hearty Ukiah welcome for Cal Air on first day of regular Ukiah flights. Marin Aviation President Dick Duste and staff joined officials at the airport as Janelle Sornes broke champagne on a Cal Air Piper Navajo Chieftain. Flights connect Ukiah with Santa Rosa Fort Bragg Clear Lake and San Francisco among others. additional Sacramento Stockton and Lake Tahoe routes pending.
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California Air
Ukiah
Chamber of Commerce
Marin Aviation
Dick Duste
John Cartwright
Jim Downs
Janelle Sornes
Mendocino County
Cartwright
Clear Lake
Air Parcel Service
Fort Bragg
Santa Rosa
Novato
San Francisco
Palo Alto
San Jose
Livermore
Sacramento
Stockton
Gnoss
Piper
Cleaver Returns to Face U.S. Prison Probe
Eldridge Cleaver says a changed view of America led him to return from Paris to surrender to U.S. authorities in New York. Parole-violation charges and a 1968 federal warrant for interstate flight are cited as his reasons to face possible imprisonment after years in exile.
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UPI
Black Panther
Eldridge Cleaver
America
United States
Cleaver
Kathleen
New York
USS
California
Oakland
Calif
Deaver
Senate confirms Rumsfeld as defense secretary in 95 to 2 vote
The Senate approves former White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld as defense secretary. The vote is 95 to 2 after praise for James Schlesinger and a brief debate. Separately, Cleaver, once a Black Panther founder, discusses parole, prison, and writing plans after a controversial past.
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UPI
Senate
White House
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Defense
Rumsfeld
James R. Schlesinger
Nine jurors chosen in Chapman murder trial in Novo
A jury of nine men and three women with a woman alternate was selected at 6 30 Monday evening for the Warren Dewitt Chapman murder case. Chapman 48 is charged with killing Bob Parducci 28 after a July 10 dispute over where a pickup truck should be parked. The trial, presided by Superior Judge Lloyd Phillips, features private juror examinations in chambers and a prosecution start after opening statements. Parducci, once with Alioto Fish Company, was fatally shot in front of the Salmon Inn Motel in Novo, witnessed by Mervin Orsi. Chapman, a former Okiehan, once ran the 7 11 Club.
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Warren Dewitt Chapman
Bob Parducci
Lloyd Phillips
Sacramento
California Judicial Council
Leo Cook
Chapman
Cook
Duncan James
Parducci
Ukiah
Fort Bragg
Alioto Fish Company
Salmon Inn
Novo
Mervin_Orsi
Okiahan
7-11 Club
Tea bag protest erupts over soaring Mendocino taxes
Mendocino residents led by Ray Rice plan a tea bag protest to urge the county tax collector to heed rising assessments for homeowners. Rice notes some increases reach 800 percent as outsiders buy property for investment, inflating prices and pushing locals toward tax strain. Deputy Assessor Arthur Church calls for state law changes, while Irene Lange jokes about tea consumption as bags are sent in.
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Mendocino
California
Ray Rice
Mendocino County
Beth Bost
Bost
Coast Guard
Arthur Church
Irene Lange
Everbody
Judge weighs Fromme mistrial motion in Ford assassination case
In Sacramento UPI reports Judge Thomas MacBride reviews defense motion to dismiss or declare mistrial in Lynette Fromme's attempt to assassinate President Ford. If mistrial, case retried. if dismissal, Fromme could go free.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Lynette Fromme
Ford
U.S
Thomas MacBride
Charles Manson
John Virgo
Miss Fromme
MacBride
Virga
Donald Heller
James Damir
Swayne to report on redevelopment project priorities
City Manager Jim Swayne will present recommendations on redevelopment project priorities and costs to the Ukiah City Council. The council will decide whether to accept modify or reject the suggestions at the Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting in council chambers. The agenda also covers a redevelopment loan rules for candidate statements and a zone change use permit hearing for Hillside Hospital north of Perkins Street.
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Jim Swayne
City Council
Redevelopment Agency
Ukiah
Council
W. Church Street
Swayne
City-Fire District
Hillside Hospital
Perkins Street
Orchard Avenue
Deputies Killed in Alabama Swamp Ambush
Deputies David Beck and Robert Stoltz were slain during an ambush after Ronald Kelso stopped a speeder in Mobile County. A suspect, Jere L. Chatom, 23, faces two counts of first degree murder. a second man, David Wilson, 27, was killed in the exchange. Deputy Sam Morgan was wounded as the attackers fled into a swamp near the Alabama Mississippi line.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Ronald Kelso
Jere L. Chatom
David Beck
Robert Stoltz
Thomas Purvis
Purvis
Kelso
Alabama-Mississippi Line
Stolz
Beck
Sam Morgan
Morgan
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