Ukiah Lakeport housing plan eyed for elderly handicap
Planning for two housing projects in Ukiah and Lakeport proceeds with funding aims. North Coast Opportunities and Rural Housing Development Corp push at least 15 single bedroom units and studios plus a community center to aid elderly and disabled residents with rents based on 25 percent of income. Local representative Jack Simpson notes the effort seeks to ease a real housing problem in both cities.
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Viking II Mars landing poised for life-search mission
UPI reports NASA's Viking 2 secured final clearance for an 11,400 mile descent to the Utopia dunes on Mars to search for life amid suspected subsurface ice. Radar hiccup resolved, 6:58 p.m. EDT ETA. first surface images to follow from JPL control room 229 million miles away.
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Viking 2
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Jet ‘Propulsion Laboratory
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Viking 1 and Only 300 Miles From the Winter Edge of Mars’ North Polar Ice Cap
Labor Day Holiday Traffic Plan Heads to Roads
Ukiah Area commander Captain Jim Menzier reports Labor Day will bring heavy traffic and higher accident risk on major highways. SHARP funded patrols will boost enforcement against speed and alcohol violations with a goal of safer travel and voluntary 55 mph adherence.
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Ukiah
Department
Menzier
Lake brush fire near CLEAR LAKE contained by evening
Fire officials expected a 2,000 acre brush blaze in Yolo County to be under control by 6 p.m. after crews of 300 firefighters six airplanes two helicopters and seven bulldozers battled 100 degree heat and a deliberately set fire. Two firefighters were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and irritated eyes. No structures were damaged as investigators probe the arson while the blaze neared the Yolo Napa Lake counties junction.
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Ukiah Back to School as Fall Semester Opens
Ukiah Unified District resumes after vacations with 5900 K-12 students and 265 teachers returning Monday. Ukiahi High starts Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. elementary mix at 6:40 a.m. Calpella adds classrooms and reduces double sessions. Potter Valley and Yokayo kindergartens remain single classes. Pomolite and Redwood Valley near capacity. Ukiah Junior High and St Marys parochial school also reopen with athletics slated for 1976-77.
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Police charge Capetown demonstrators in riot clashes
In Cape Town riot police charged and fired buckshot at thousands of mulatto demonstrators at the city's main white shopping center. The unrest spread to Langa Hanover Park and Maitland as authorities uncovered gasoline bombs. two rioters were shot, a man died of wounds, and another reportedly hanged himself after arrest. The violence comes as Premier Vorster flies to Zurich for crisis talks with Kissinger on Rhodesia and South West Africa.
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South Africa
John Vorster
Zurich
Switzerland
Henry A. Kissinger
Johannesburg
Vorster
Rhodesia
South West Africa
Namibia
Ford and Carter face off as campaign optimism wanes
Ford deploys Dole to the South with Liddy Dole to broaden GOP appeal while Reagan backs Ford in a unity move. Gallup shows Ford trailing Carter 52 to 37 nationwide. Carter plans Warm Springs kickoff with Mondale and a Salisbury NC speech. Maddox and Camejo call for broader debates to include all viewpoints.
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Liddy
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Reagan
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Walter Mondale
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Salisbury
Northwestern California Weather Through Saturday
Northwestern California will be fair through Saturday with patchy fog and low coastal clouds at night and in the morning. Inland areas stay warm. Fort Bragg readings 53 overnight and 63 daytime. Ukiah highs around 96 after 56 overnight.
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Ukiah
California Jobless Rate Rises to 9.9 Percent in August
Sacramento reported unemployment in California jumped to 9.9 percent in August, a half percentage point rise and the steepest monthly increase in 17 months. The rate marked the highest since May and continued a two month upward trend in state joblessness.
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