Franco Doctors Signaled Imminent Death After Failing Recovery
Madrid officials reported Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s doctors ceased further measures as his life ebbed following a prolonged medical ordeal. Death was expected within hours as a bulletin noted worsening complications though brain activity remained. In Beirut, heavy fighting erupted after a French envoy arrived to seek peace between Christian and Moslem militias, with multiple deaths including a British businessman at a roadblock near Tal Zaatar. In Geneva, U S and U S S R SALT talks slowed, two years and two days after starting, with plans to reconvene December 3.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Francisco Franco
France
Beirut
Lebanon
Tal Zaatar
Berut
Chiah
Christian Ain Rammameh
Geneva
Switzerland
UPS
United States
Soviet Union
Cleaver Returns to Face Charges After Fugitive Years
Eldridge Cleaver, 40, once Black Panther information minister, returns to the United States with three FBI agents to face assault and parole violation charges after seven years as a fugitive in five countries. He says he seeks his day in court and notes a shift in his political views since posting a $50,000 bail. Cleaver is arrested, photographed, fingerprinted, and arraigned on federal fugitive charges. Lynette Fromme boycotts courtroom as her attorney seeks dismissal of charges for an alleged assassination attempt on President Ford, with Fromme declining to attend. She cites perceived law violations during Manson era imprisonment.
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New York
UPI
Black Panther
Eldridge Cleaver
United States
Cleaver
Panther
FBI
Sacramento
Lynette Fromme
Ford
Miss Fromme
U.S. District Court
Thomas J. MacBride
Charles Manson
Manson
Weather Update for Northwestern California and Fort Bragg Area
Variable cloudiness with showers likely north of Cape Mendocino tonight and Thursday then clearing. South of Cape Mendocino, chance of showers late tonight and Thursday morning with variable cloudiness otherwise. Not so cold tonight. Fort Bragg 42 low 62 high, Ukiah 38 low 62 high.
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California
Cape Mendocino
Point Arena
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
LP seeks right of way for Big Butte timber road clash
Environmentalists and timber interests clash as LP asks BLM for a 25 million board foot access road into Big Butte. Mendocino County supervisors consider delaying approval to await joint resource management studies of Big Butte and nearby areas. Local officials warn of economic impact on Covelo mill and potential Wilderness Area designation.
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Bureau of Land Management
Mendocino
Burgess Williams
Washington, D.C
Ted Galletti
Angie Avila
BLM
Jim Eddie
Charles Frank
U.S. Forest Service
Big Butte
Castle Peak
Shinbone Ridge
Red Mountain
Yella Bally- Middle
Philip Barber
The
Citizen’s Committee To Save
Meca
William Smith
Smith
Trinity County Board ‘of Supervisors
Frank
BLM Ukiah
Mel Clausen
Barber
Richard Wilson
Covelo
Lp's
Citizens General Plan
Round Valley
Forest Service
Skyline
Brown vows no new taxes for next state budget
Gov Edmun G Brown Jr says the coming California budget will avoid new taxes for a second year. He urges equal sacrifice across all state segments to live within current revenues, signaling tough choices as spending nears 12 billion dollars next year and opposing a two cent gas tax hike.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Thave
California
Maine
James B. Longley
Democratic Party
Ordinance to Silence Rover Introduced by County Board
The board of supervisors will hear a proposed law on Dec 2 at 10 30 a m to make it a misdemeanor to let a dog bark or disturb neighbors. The plan lets animal control issue notices after three valid complaints and allows impounding for repeated nuisance barking in unincorporated areas.
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Board of Supervisors
Mendocino Community Hospital
Wallace Platner
Farmer’s Insurance
Platner
Normal Mutual Insurance Co
Medi-Cal
Sheriff’s Office
Animal Control
Redevelopment plan position endorsed by county board
The Mendocino County board endorsed the arguments by Assistant District Attorney Tim Stoen opposing the Ukiah Redevelopment Agency plan. Stoen presented a 17 page list of objections and recommendations at a hearing. The supervisors told him to continue representing the county’s viewpoint before the council and agency.
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Board of Supervisors
Tim Stoen
Ukiah Redevelopment Agency
Stoen
Gary Weinkauf
City Council Redevelopment Agency
Board
Key witness to testify in Chapman murder trial
Marvin Orsi, prosecution's lead witness in the Warren Dewitt case, was to testify about the July 10 shooting outside the Salmon Inn Motel in Novo. Chapman not only owned the inn but also allegedly retrieved his revolver after a dispute with Parducci, who was fatally shot near the office steps.
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Marvin Orsi
Warren Dewitt
Chapman
Noyo
Bob’ Parducci
Parducci
Fort Bragg
Salmon Inn
Novo
Orsi
Duncan James
Robert Stuart
Leo Cook
Cook
Sheriff's Office
Walter Webb
Sheriff’s Department
Webb
Lloyd Phillips
Mental health programs approved by county supervisors
County supervisors approved a Willits children’s counseling program a Native American alcoholic treatment program and an alcohol information program. Drury and Michaels won approval to start Willits activities rent space for a contracted psychologist and received an 11400 contingency fund transfer reimbursed by the state. They were denied permanent county worker status for a CETA drug abuse counselor and failed to classify a part time CETA secretary in Willits as permanent. A fire at 170 Washington Ave prompted a 1 hour 9 minute response with three units and two engines.
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Willits
Richard Drury
Andy Michaels
Meddcal
Drury
Michaels
CETA
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Rover
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William Youngblood
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