Driverless car scare as youths nabbed in Willits
Mendocino County police seized two youths aged 9 and 10 after a 1970 Mercury station wagon was driven through a Willits residential district. The boys, who could not see over the dash, steered while one directed. Officer Doug Goss detained them and they were sent to juvenile hall.
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Mendocino County
West Side
Willits
Roman Sawka
Doug Goss
The
Willits Police
Fire guts West Mill Street cottage in Ukiah
A remodeled cottage at 311 W. Mill Street Ukiah burned before dawn Tuesday. Firemen from Ukiah, about 30 total, fought the blaze from 3:54 a.m. to 9 a.m. After relocation to Cupertino, owner James or Steve Morehead indicated he and his family moved out Monday night. Estimated loss around 10,000 dollars with hot spots in several dead spaces created by prior renovations.
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West Mill
Ukiah
Mill Street
James
Steve Morehead
Morehead
Moreheads
Cupertino
San Francisco
J. C. Hurley
Bride Price Record in New Guinea Sparks Outcry
In Port Moresby, government official Toua Kapena faced a tribal bid that paid a record 6,700 for his daughter Dia Toua, with buyer Gave Ovia providing 3,700 cash and 960 in goods including shells, sugar, flour, bananas, and pigs. The incident highlights rising bride prices and Kapena's pledge to push a 2,240 limit.
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Port Moresby
Ovia
Kapena
Keene Endorsed by Cranston for Assembly Visit
Eureka Senator Alan Cranston will visit Eureka for Barry Keene’s campaign for the State Assembly. The event at Q H's Towne House is slated for 11:30 a.m. on Oct 31, announced by Keene lunch co-chairs Bill Ferroggiaro and Harry Bistrin. Keene praised Cranston’s endorsement and plans talks on fishing timber industries and unemployment in the Redwood Empire.
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Eureka
Alan Cranston
Barry Keene
Cranston
Q H
Towne House
Bill Ferroggiaro
Harry Bistrin
Keene
Ferroggiaro
Humboldt County
Bristrin
Sen. Cranston
Redwood Empire
Washington
Mainstream program funded for Mendocino and Lake counties
Fifteen unemployed residents in Mendocino and Lake Counties will gain training under five new Operation Mainstream projects. North Coast Opportunities, administrator of the Mainstream program, will receive 67,500 dollars for the coming fiscal year to continue placing workers off welfare. Current Mainstream staff are employed in county maintenance and grid numbering system prep, with Burt Banzhaf as program head for the two counties.
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Mendocino
Lake Counties
U.S
George Murphy
North Coast Opportunities
Burt Banzhaf
Lasell to Open Shoe Store in Willits
Willits welcomes Mr and Mrs Syliven J Lasell who will open Lasell s Shoe Store at Main and Wood Streets in mid November They have 11 years experience running a shoe store in Gold Beach Oregon and 16 years in Eureka They plan a family type store featuring products from the U S Shoe Company and expect to stock inventory soon for a prompt opening
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Willits
Sylven J. Lasell
Lasell
Main
Wood Streets
Lasélls
Gold Beach
Ore
Eureka
U.S
League session Thursday on propositions at Mendocino Arts Center
Mendocino League of Women Voters chapter will host a Thursday program at 8:30 pm at the Mendocino Arts Center. Attendees should bring sample ballots and a pen. the session covers only ballot propositions with questions answered. Hosts Howard and Sandy Harris greet attendees. a log fire, hot chocolate and coffee with marshmallows will be served. a folk sing follows. No admission is charged.
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Mendocino Arts Center
Mendocino
League of Women Voters
Howard
Sandy Harris
The Weapons by United Press International
Modern fencing is practiced with three weapons the foil the epee and saber.
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