Butz Resigns as Agriculture Secretary Over Racial Remark
Earl L. Butz submits his resignation as Secretary of Agriculture after a racial joke sparked calls for his dismissal. President Ford accepted the resignation amid mounting political pressure while farm groups largely backed him before the move.
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Washington
UPI
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Ford
Butz
White House
Aloua
Midwest
Ukiah Wildcats Lead Band Review At Concord
In a dense report Glenn Erickson notes Ukiah's marching Wildcats placed second to Concord's Minutemen in music and all around sweepstakes at the Concord Band Review. Cathy Taylor topped mace major scores while Ukiah won the Division A trophy. delays and penalties marred the event but pride remained in Ukiah's 100 plus contingent.
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Ukiah
Wildcats
Concord Band Review
Concord
Minutemen
Cathy Taylor
Akdab
Santa Cruz
Dvc Stadium
Ukiahi
Unkiah
Flip T. Fitch
Flip
Analy
Jayvees
Ukiah Road-e-o Draws Close to 100 Competitors
Nearly 100 riders and youths took part in the Ukiah Jaycees bicycle safety road-e-o at the Yokayo shopping center lot. The event, run with Ukiah police and California Highway Patrol, featured a 12 point safety check, 50 point written test, and 60 point riding course for a possible 122 total. Tom Stone, 11, led with 118 points and won his 11-12 age group. Prizes from McDonald’s Yokayo Bowl Ukiah Theater Zack’s Foster’s Freeze and A and W Root Beer were awarded. results listed by age group.
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Ukiah Police Department
California Highway Patrol
Frank Zeek School
Tom Stone
Stone
McDonald’s
Neil Orr
Angel Curnutt
Lance Pethel
Marty Nepper
Mark Drury
Tim Noyd
Jim McConnell
Paul Phillips
Terri Orr
David Mensinger
Kenneth Rauch
Dallas Pearson
Plunge fatal to young LP forester in California
William J. Birt a 25 year old forester for Louisiana Pacific died after his four wheel drive pickup plunged from a private road near Van Arsdale into a river. Rescuers including San Hedron Logging volunteers worked to freeing him. He died at Ukiah General Hospital despite aid. He had recently moved to Ukiah and held a UC Berkeley forestry degree. Services set for Fallbrook.
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William J. Birt
U.S. Forest Service
L P’s
van Arsdale
Lake Pillsbury
LP Mill
Birt
San Hedron Logging Company
Potter Valley
Ukiah
University of California
Patricia
Julie
Chico
William Birt
Fallbrook
California
Berry-Bell Fallbrook Mortuary
Eternal Hills Cemetery
Noyo Harbor bill advances toward harbor improvements
Washington reports House Public Works and Transportation Committee approved Water Resources Development Act language authorizing Corps of Engineers to construct breakwaters and channel deepening for Noyo Harbor. Clausen said the measure offers the best chance for early project completion as it moves to the Senate.
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Washington, D.C
Noyo Harbor
House Public Works and Transportation Committee
Water Resources Development Act
Subcommittee On Water. Resources
Don Clausen
Clausen
Corps of Engineers
Noya Harbor
Rules
House
Senate
Hard-working TelePrompter crew fixes Ukiah service
TelePrompter maintenance men labored after a transformer burned out atop Mt. Hedran during a storm. The standby generator failed Sunday afternoon, cutting channels 2 4 5 9 and 11. Tony Ashcraft Pat Rowan and Craig Chesboro repaired the system, restoring service at 6 30 p.m. The damaged transformer will be replaced that evening if no complications arise.
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Ukiah
Willits
Fort Bragg
Jim Langton
TelePrompter
Mt. San Hedran
Tony Ashcraft
Pat Rowan
Craig Chesboro
Langton
Supreme Court declines to review death penalty ruling
The U S Supreme Court opens its 1976 77 term by refusing to reconsider the death penalty decisions in Texas Georgia and Florida and says it will decide if Georgia law can be applied to rapists The court also agrees to review whether lawyer advertising violates free speech rights or antitrust laws and to hear cases on Miranda rules and other civil issues
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UPI
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Iowa
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Cathy
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Craig Bassett
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