Australian officers study California Highway Patrol methods
South Australia police officers visiting California for three weeks and planning seven weeks total study CHP procedures. Chief Inspector Bruce Gamble and Inspector Robert Wilkin assess patrol operations in Ukiah and Fort Bragg, Fresno, Bakersfield, and desert areas. They praise CHP professionalism and may adapt public assistance and country-area reorganization.
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James Menzier
Ukiah
California Highway Patrol
Bruce Gamble
Robert Wilkin
South Australia
California
Fort Bragg
Australia
Traffic Administration
Fresno
Bakersfield
Gamble
Highway Patrol
Tom Stone
Ukiah Chp
CHP
Mendocino Board Faces Five Year Whale Gulch School Dilemma
Mendocino County education officials express frustration over the unresolved education plan for 29 children in Whale Gulch and Bear Harbor living near county borders. The issue involves two school districts, two county boards, and the State Department of Education. Proposals include a donated relocatable building from Calpella, a one room schoolhouse, or long bus rides to Leggett, with county counsels drafting meeting procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Nicholas
Mendocino County
State Department of Education
Dan Mulvihill
Whale Gulch
Fort Bragg
Leggett
Calpella
Southern
Humboldt Unified School District
Robert Shugart
California
Brian DeMent
ROC Building Trades
Northwestern California Weather Outlook Through Wednesday
The forecast calls for showers tonight and through Wednesday in the north region with Partly cloudy conditions in the southern area on Wednesday. Snow level around 3 500 feet. Fort Bragg expected 46 58 and Ukiah 42 59.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Rainstorm boosts Ukiah rainfall to 8.29 inches this season
The Ukiah fire department weather bureau reports 3.16 inches of rain from Sunday 5 p.m. to Monday 5 p.m. lifting the seasonal total since July 1 to 8.29 inches, with a potential few showers tonight and Wednesday. Unofficial total to date reaches 9.06 inches, including 0.77 inches from 5 p.m. Monday to 8 a.m. today.
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Ukiah
101 Head on Fatal Crash Claims S F Woman
The second fatal accident on Highway 101 occurred one half mile south of Squaw Rock at 1 25 p m Heavy rains caused Pauline Williams 63 of San Francisco to lose control and drift across the double yellow line colliding head on with Larry Hensley 43 of Lucerne Hensley was hospitalized in fair condition with a broken knee and severe facial lacerations Williams daughter Edward Williams of Eureka survives The Zimmerman mortuary handles arrangements.
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Squaw Rock
Pauline Williams
San Francisco
Hillside Hospital
California Highway Patrol
Williams
Larry Hensley
Lucerne
Edward Williams
Eureka
Zimmerman Mortuary
Jordan backs Sadat peace move amid Arab split
Jordan affirmed support for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's peace initiative with Israel, saying Sadat's visit broke the ice and reduced Arab Israeli tension. Syria signaled restraint after talks with Assad and Badran in Damascus.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Jordan
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Syria
Adnan Abu Odeh
Sadat
Amman
Mudar Badran
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Saudi Arabia
anti-Sadat
Iraq
Libya
Algera
Assad
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Derailment attempt blocks Skunk train near Fort Bragg
Sheriff reports deliberate derailment attempt on the California Western line six miles east of Fort Bragg with metal spikes placed on the track. Superintendent Lawrence Weller escaped injury as the patrol car derailed slowly. A $500 reward was authorized by the Chamber of Commerce for information on the incident, which is under investigation. Separately, the Mendocino Bank of America branch was robbed of 2,800 by a lone white male with a sawed off shotgun who left in the bank manager’s car. no injuries reported.
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Sheriff's Department
Fort Bragg
Willits
Lawrence Weller
Sheriff's Office
Weller
Chamber of Commerce
Larry Cathey
Little Lake Road
Inflation steady at 0.3 percent in October with car and gas boosts
The Labor Department reports a 0.3 percent rise in the cost of living for October marking a fourth straight month of mild inflation. Gains in new car and gasoline prices offset by a 2.1 percent drop in used car values. Pay raises and a longer workweek lift urban workers' spendable earnings by 1.1 percent from September.
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Washington
UPD
Labor Department
Earthquake felt along California coast near Fort Bragg
A Pacific coastal quake was recorded around 1 15 p m PST Tuesday by UC Seismographic Station with readings on magnitude and epicenter not yet available It was felt strongly at Fort Bragg about 50 miles north of San Francisco The Ukiah area reported a rolling shake described as a jerking quake in Redwood Valley
Seagulls on island show wild female same sex pairs
Researchers from University of California Irvine report that about 14 percent of female western seagulls on Santa Barbara Island form female female pairs. The study notes these pairs court, nest, defend territory and lay infertile eggs, with no evidence of male homosexual birds.
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George L. Hunt Jr
University of California At Irvine
Molly Hunt
Santa Barbara Island
Los Angeles
Science
Journal of the American Association For the Advancement of Science
University of Washington
Donald Farner
Hunt
Gambling topic to be discussed at Lake County meeting
Lake County Chamber of Commerce will hold a general membership meeting on Monday at Konocti Harbor Inn to debate casino type gambling in Adelanto and Lakeport. Adelanto Mayor Hastell Hollis will present pros and cons as petitions push a statewide ballot next November. Reservations required by November 23 with limited space. dinner cost is 5.75 including tax and tip.
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Konocti Harbor
Lake County
Chamber
Mike Slater
Adelanto
Hastell Hollis
Lakeport
California
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Lake County Chamber
Clear Lake Chamber
Salisbury
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Marion Geoble
Vista Point
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