Page One News Roundup of Local Events and Deaths
Across Lake and Mendocino counties motorists traveled safely during the Labor Day weekend with one fatal head on collision north of Ukiah that killed three after a double line crossing. Mary Hand was honored as chief operator of Ukiah’s Pacific Telephone traffic department at a Palace Hotel dinner. Notices recall civic life over the years with stork shower for Mrs. John Muir and Rotary candy talk by Ron Bones. A Sacramento report discusses alcoholism as a national issue and a proposed statewide treatment program funded by the Alcoholic Beverage Tax Law aimed at counties and local rehabilitation services.
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Lake and Mendocino
Lang
Eureka
Ukiah
Geyserville
Ukiah Exchange
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Sacramento
United States
Assembly Health Committee
Board of Supervisors
California
Mendocino College opens its doors to 540 students
President Peter DeVries notes the community college will begin Tuesday with an estimated 540 day graded students and projected enrollment of 1600 by 1977. Most students come from Mendocino and Lake Counties as locals anticipate educational and economic benefits for Ukiah and area.
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Mendocino-College
Peter
DeVries
Community College District
Mendocino
Lake Counties
California salary saga stirs call for overhaul
The Sacramento debate over a bill to raise the attorney general’s pay to match the chief justice spirals into broader raises for elected officials and department heads. Gov Reagan cites salary disparities, noting 117 of California’s top 133 salaries are in higher education, urging a rational overhaul of state pay scales.
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State Supreme Court
California
State Board of Equalization
Ronald Reagan
University of California
California bill seeks women history instruction
Senator Mills of San Diego proposes requiring California schools to teach the role and contributions of women in history. The speaker notes historians cannot know all feminine influences on events and cites 1973 California legislative debates as evidence of women's political muscle.
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James Mills
San Diego
Democrat
California
Senator Mills
Powerful post draws fire Copley. News Service SACRAMENTO
The California Assembly speaker stands as the state’s most powerful official, guiding committees and chairmen while shaping policy. This analysis traces speakers from Merriam to Moretti, noting how the role boosts ambitions for governor but invites crossfire and political risk, especially over tax limitations.
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Sacramento
State Assembly
California
Assembly
Mc Frank
Merriam
Jess Unruh
Dinglewood
Unruh
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Ronald Reagan
Los Angeles
Bob Monagan
Tracy
GOP
Moretti
New Books at the Library Highlight Autobiography and More
Highlights include Escape from the Shadows by Robin Maugham exploring his family ties to Somerset Maugham and his father, plus The Guinea Pigs by Ludvik Vaculik and Parenting Allergies by Emile Somekh. also This Pen for Hire by John Leonard, Trees by James Crocket and The Years of the Forest by Helen Hoover.
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Robin Maugham
Somerset Maugham
England
Somerset
Ludvik Vaculik
Emile Somekh
John Leonard
New York Times Book Review
James Crocket
Helen Hoover
Arizona First State Ban on Public Smoking Passes
A columnist notes Arizona enacts the nation’s first public smoking ban amid Surgeon General warnings. The piece questions long term effects and imagines a future clash between smokers and law enforcement leading to potential Supreme Court action.
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Arizona
California Assembly Rejects Metric Education Fund
The California Assembly defeated a 250000 proposal by Dan MacGillivray to fund metric education for teachers, arguing against large spending. A second bill to require metric height and weight on licenses failed in committee. Two state departments have adopted metric units, with a plan for a five year dual system before phasing out English units.
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Sacramento
United States
Dan MacGillivray
Santa Barbara
State Board of Education
MacGillivray
Transportation Committee
State ‘Division of Oil and Gas
J. M.‘Stubblebine
Mystery Nixon Campaign Electronics Man Arrested
Marshall Soghoian, ex Nixon campaign electronics aide linked to Zambia, was arrested in Washington carrying a small transmitter. He allegedly bought about $1 million of electronics annually for Zambia for four years but failed to register as a foreign agent. Bond set at 250000, later reduced to 100000, with release to custody pending.
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Washington
Zambia
Marshall Soghoian
Willard Hotel
United’ Citizens For Nixon- Agnew
Washington, D.C
Soghoian
Willard
Hubert
Joseph Spearheaas
Gill
United Citizens
FBI
Capitol Hill hotel reshaped as office amid wreck fears
Congress spent nearly 2 million to buy and outfit the former Congressional Hotel across from House office buildings. Despite upgrades, the aging structure may be demolished as an annex, with lobbying groups renting space and a Democratic Club occupying much of the first floor. Housing includes congressmen on the eighth floor and offices below.
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Soghoian
Congress
Capitol Hill
Congressional
The
American Trucking Association
American Railroad Association
Emergency
Committee
Democratic Club
Philip Roof
Capitol
Department of Transportation
Center For Auto Safety
Yamaha Motorcycles
OS Yamaha
Ralph Nader
Yamaha
Carroll
Hupp
Akron
Ohio
Auto ‘Safety Center
National Highway ‘Traffic Safety Administration
Yamaha ‘International
Barbs Political: Septembers Recall Football Season Start
An old-timer recalls when September signaled the start of football season amid talk of political wrongdoing defined as a minor misstep. The piece contrasts public misdeed wording with nostalgia for autumn games and tradition.
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Harold Moffitt
Palace Hotel
George Nichols
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Nichols
Carl * Purdy
Little River
Nat ‘Kent
John Barney
William A.” Richardson
South Dakota
Mendo College
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White House
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