Teenager builds radio telescope on Ukiah garage roof
Brent Hughey, 13, an eighth grader at Pomolita, erected a radio dish on his garage roof at 602 B N State St Ukiah. He aims to hear static from solar storms and distant galaxies, connecting a limited FM radio to the dish and planning upgrades including a six inch reflector and a dry ice cooled camera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Hughey
N. State Street
Mark Raymond
Hughey
Pomolita Junior High
Norman Hughey
Ukiah
Jim McGee
Brent
Frank Zeek School
Mr. Solis
India
Spaniards bid farewell to Franco as mourners crowd funeral
Tens of thousands in Madrid filed past Generalissimo Franco's bier amid devout prayers and fanfare. Women fainted and tears flowed as old civil war allies and youths gave fascist salutes. Nuns and priests prayed while mourners crossed themselves in a solemn farewell. In Lisbon, Portugal, the Revolutionary Council dismissed leftist Gen Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho as Lisbon's military district commander to quell a strike by the provisional government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
UPI
Francisco Franco
Lisbon
Portugal
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Reagan says running mate must share conservative views
Ronald Reagan stated on campaign day in Manchester New Hampshire that if he wins the Republican nomination he will select a running mate who fully shares his conservative ideology. He rejected suggestions of balancing the ticket with a moderate or liberal and said a candidate should carry on the same views if needed. Lynette Fromme’s trial for attempted murder of President Ford resumed in Sacramento with her defense team declining an opening statement and Fromme again boycotting the courtroom, choosing a cell with closed circuit TV.
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Manchester
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Sacramento
UPI
Lynette Fromme
Ford
Fiesty
Charles Manson
Northwestern California Weather Outlook Summary
Slight chance of showers north tonight with considerable cloudiness Saturday. Rain possible north, light showers south, little temperature change. Fort Bragg forecast 42 tonight 60 Saturday. Ukiah 38 tonight 58 Saturday.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Weather Data Fragments From 1974 1975 Notebook
Readable fragments show dates in November 1974 and 1975 with high and low temperatures, rainfall amounts, and noon readings. Entries list dates and weather figures including highs around 60s and lows in 40s, plus rainfall totals like 6.97 inches for a period and 3.70 for the previous year. These scraps resemble a historical climate summary page.
Senate report details CIA plots to kill Castro and Lumumba
The Senate intelligence committee found the CIA planned at least eight attacks on Fidel Castro including an exploding seashell and a beard-disrupting method, and aided insurgents tied to killings in the Dominican Republic South Vietnam and Chile. It cited possible authorization by Eisenhower and Nixon but found no proven presidential approval for murders. The panel urged a law making conspiracies to kill foreign leaders a federal offense.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Patrice Lumumba
Senate
Senate Intelligence Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Castro
Dominican Republic
South Vietnam
Chile
Ford
United States
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Lumumba
Eisenhower
Nixon
Salvador Allende
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Rafael Trujillo
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nhu
Rene Schneider
Sukarno
Indonesia
Francois “Papa Doc’ Duvalier
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
John Tower
R-Tex
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Church
U.S
Kennedy
Johnson
Allen Dulles
Richard Bissell
Defense
Robert McNamara
Lake murder suspects arrested near Malibu after standoff
Malibu California deputies arrested 30-year-old Michael B. Prindle and his 19-year-old girlfriend Brenda Gullick after a one-hour standoff at a Westlake Village home. They are charged with murder in the shooting death of Harvey Prindle, 69, found at a Nice mobile home. Authorities report the suspect and girlfriend fled to a Malibu-area home after taking the victim’s car. No motive given.
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Malibu
Los Angeles
Lake County
Michael B. Prindle
Brenda Gullick
Westlake Village
Prindle
Miss Gullick
Harvey Prindle
Los Angeles County
Tentative McNab Ranch map approved by planning commission
The Mendocino County Planning Commission approved a tentative map and rezoning for parts of the McNab Ranch between Ukiah and Hopland. Six parcels from 3.7 to 79 acres were brought into conformance with a change to urban residential and open space. A forest conservation to general agriculture amendment was approved for Pine Mountain Estates area. A mobile home zone change was continued to December 18. Mendocino Community College President Pete DeVries and board member Billie Smith spoke on Yokayo Ranch site for a new facility. item was informational only.
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The
County Planning Commission
Ukiah
Hopland
Herman Tijsseling
Bob’ Kennedy
James ‘Cagle
Pine Mountain Estates
Willits
Pete DeVries
Mendocino Community College
Billie Smith
Yokayo Ranch
Chapman case goes to jury in Salmon Inn murder trial
Sacramento Superior Court jurors began deliberations in the Warren Chapman murder case. Chapman, 49, owner of the Salmon Inn Motel in Fort Bragg area, is accused of fatally shooting Bob Parducci, 28, after an argument on July 10, 1975. The defense contends the shooting was defensive, while the DA argues excessive force and murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Phillips
Sacramento
Warren Chapman
Chapman
Salmon Inn
Noyo
Bob Parducci
Fort Bragg
Parducci
Marvin Orsi
Duncan James
Duncan
Leo Cook
Sheriff's Office
Cook
Orsi
Water district grant awaits Ford signature in approval flow
Redwood Valley water district seeks over 5 million for a new water system. Chairman Burgess Williams, after meeting with Congressman Clausen in Washington, reports federal agencies have approved the grant and the House has approved funding, with a Senate decision and final signature by President Ford anticipated by late January 1976.
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Redwood Valley Water District
Ford Soon
Board of Supervisors
Burgess ‘Williams
Cong
Don Clausen
Washington D.C
Williams
Clausen
Redwood Valley
Office of
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Ford
House
White House
Ukiah Airport Hangars: City Debates Private-Public Control
Ukiah city council discussed adding closed hangars at the airport to meet demand for twin-engine aircraft space. Developer Jack Franks urged private portable hangars. the city worries about competition, private monopoly, and bid requirements. City Manager Swayne will meet Franks to review options while lease costs and occupancy affect finances.
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Ukiah
Jack Franks
Jim Swayne
Franks
Swayne
Jim Smart
Sterling Norgard
Norgard
Ukiah Fans Drive for CIF Playoff Battles This Weekend
Ukiah football fans travel north and south to back the Varsity in a 1975 CIF divisional playoff first round against Fortuna at College of the Redwoods near Eureka Saturday night at 8. Radio KUKI AM will air the game from 7 40 p m with Rod Pacini and John Silver. Junior Lions face Oak Grove Sunday at noon in the NCF finals south of San Jose. a win would give them a third straight NFYF title.
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Ukiah
College of the Redwoods
Eureka
Kuki-Am
Rod Pacini
John Silver
Oak Grove
San Jose
NCF
Northern California Federation
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Around the
Franco
Fromme
Willard Batteries
G&g Automotive
N. ‘State ST
Baierness
McNab Ranch
James
Water District
Martinez
Asphalt Striping Co
Little River
Randy Hays
Hillside Hospital
Ukiah Valley
Enor
LeRoy's
Leroy
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