Missouri floods devastate Kansas City area
A series of flash floods cresting as high as 20 feet swept through the Kansas City metro causing deaths and millions in property damage. By midmorning 13 drowning victims were recovered including seven in Kansas City Missouri four in Leawood Kansas and one each in Independence and Blue Springs.
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Leawood
Kan
Independence
Blue Springs
Kent case reopened in Kent State shootings retrial ordered
A federal appeals court reopened the seven year old Kent State shootings case and ordered a retrial in a $46 million lawsuit against Ohio Governor Rhodes and others. Attorneys say the parents of victims are likely to prevail as the correct result, with liability for the killings and woundings.
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Kent
Ohio
UPI
Kent State
Sanford Rosen
James A. Rhodes
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Stokowski Dies at 95 in Hampshire Home
Conductor Leopold Stokowski died at his English country home in Hampshire after a heart attack. Born in London to a Polish father and Irish mother, he had been treated for a virus infection before a mild coronary attack ended his life at noon.
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UPI
Leopold Stokowski
CBS Records
Stokowski
Hampshire
Northwestern California Coastal Forecast Update
Fog and low clouds with local drizzle along the coast clearing after noon. Mostly fair inland with high clouds. Partly cloudy Wednesday with a slight shower chance in the mountains. Little temperature change. Fort Bragg 51 60 Ukiah 48
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Weather Summary Record for September Readings
The weather notes show daily high and low values for September 12 with 1976 and 1977 entries. Rainfall recorded .18 inches, with a comparison to last year’s total of 1.23 inches.
Dos Rios Dam Revival Tied to Peripheral Canal Plan
Governor Brown's Peripheral Canal bill SB346 aims to divert northern California water to southern regions costing about 7 billion dollars. The plan includes the Glenn County reservoirs and Dos Rios water system, with reevaluation of the Eel River dam in 1980 under the Wild Rivers Act changes.
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Assembly
Senate
California
Sacramento River
Tehama
Glenn
Contra Costa
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Glenn Complex
Glenn County
Wagner Gentry
California Department of Water Resources
DWR
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Stoney
Toms Creek
Klamath
Smith
Trinity
Gentry
Cottonwood Creek
Tehama County
Sacramento
Delta
Los Angeles
San Joaquin Valley
Ukiah Planning Commission Eyes Downtown Rezoning Hearing
The planning commission will hold a second public hearing on downtown Ukiah rezoning bounded by Walnut Clay Bush and Spring streets. At the Aug. 24 meeting 15 residents testified for and against the plan. Potential signs for Pear Tree Shopping Center and requests from Foster Freeze and a pet shop at 166 E Gobbs Street are also on the agenda along with an architectural review for a 17 unit apartment building.
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Ukiah
Walnut
Clay Streets
Bush
Spring Streets
Dora
Pear Tree Shopping Center
E. Perkins Street
Kmart
Albertson’s
Thrifty
Mike Harris
Foster Freeze
S. State Street
Talmage Road
Carolyn Ponts
E. Gobbs Street
Charles McPherson
Wendell Bell
S. Oak Street
Lights go up at Perkins and Orchard to ease congestion
Work begins today on eight phase traffic signals at E Perkins and Orchard Avenue to manage traffic from Orchard Plaza and Pear Tree shopping centers. City Electrician Maurice Roper says the $70,000 system will allow left turns and may briefly reduce to a single lane while construction lasts, expected in two to three weeks.
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E. Perkins
Orchard Avenue
Orchard Plaza
Pear Tree
City
Maurice Roper
Roper
California license fee hike backs up tax relief plan
A Sacramento conference committee endorsed a plan raising motor vehicle license fees by 590 million over five years to finance local government services and offset optional local taxes. The bill SB154 targets higher fees on new and first time registrations, with revenues split to fund counties and cities.
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UPI
California
Brown
John Holmdahl
Castro Valley
Nicholas Petris
Oakland
Holmdall
Department of Finance
Cliff Allenby
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Allenby
Warning on rabid skunk in Ukiah area
Mendocino County health officer Dr. Craig McMillan said a skunk shot on Jones Street was rabid. Ukiah Police Chief Donn Saulsbury ordered the animal destroyed after residents reported dogs chasing it. The carcass was sent to a Berkeley pathologist. county averages about 60 rabies cases yearly. Residents who fear pet exposure should call 468 4465.
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Craig McMillan
Mendocino County
The
Daily Journal
Ukiah
Jones Street
Donn Saulsbury
Jones and
Clay Street
Donal Aldine
Berkeley
McMillan
Senate moves to curb gas guzzlers with 16 mpg rule
The Senate backed a conservation package aimed at energy efficiency and a 16 mpg minimum for 1980 models rising by one mpg yearly to 1985. Votes defeated attempts to weaken the ban or replace it with a gas-guzzler tax. Carter pushes taxes and weatherization measures alongside continued federal gas price controls with a higher ceiling.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Carter
Donald Riegle
D-Mich
Senate Energy Committee
Clifford Hansen
Rwyo
Dewey Bartlett
R-Okla
Wednesday hearing on rural land use proposal Ukiah study
A public information session on the 701 study on county economic planning will be held Wednesday at 8 PM in the Veterans Memorial building Ukiah. Dave Hancock will outline results and answer questions. The yearlong study funded by the state Office of Planning and Research examines rural subdivisions and economic support mechanisms for the county. It notes environmental costs of new rural homes and that residential development reduces open space value. It also reports one third of the 60 000 residents arrived in five years with underemployment and $2.4 million foregone income. Copies of the 80 page report are in the library.
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Veterans Memorial Building
Ukiah
Dave Hancock
State ‘Office of Planning and Research
Tuesday Ann Landers Astrology Bridge and Comics
The page lists sections including Ann Landers astrology bridge and comics with family life, Jack Anderson sports and TV highlights along with a weather note across twelve pages in one section.
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