Rockefeller top aide bids testifies on aid offers
Vice Presidential nominee Nelson Rockefeller testified before the Senate Rules Committee that Spiro Agnew and John Ehrlichman asked him for financial help after leaving office but he refused. He said he did not contribute to Nixon’s reelection effort and denied using family funds to disrupt the 1972 Democratic National Convention. Rockefeller urged production boosts for inflation relief and tax incentives to spur investment and housing.
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Washington
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Spiro T. Agnew
John D. Ehrlichman
Rockefeller
Senate Rules Committee
Agnew
John Ehrlichman
Nixon
Ford
FBI
Watergate
New York
Mendocino social services face rising AFDC requests
Social Service Director Dennis Denny told county supervisors that Mendocino County faces an extreme hardship in aid to families with dependent children as AFDC cases reached a record 1,299. He warned of potential staff needs and budget concerns while noting food stamp caseload rose to 4,516 and a federal subvention program funds non support work.
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Mendocino County
Social Service Department
AFDC
Social Service
Dennis Denny
Denny
District Attorney’s Office
Mendocino
Inter-County Centrex Line Opens as FEX Toll System Debuts
The FEX toll free inter county line links Willits Fort Bragg and Point Arena to the county courthouse via a local number. Most departments are reachable. public works animal control hospital and the sheriff are excepted. Centrex direct dialing will start October 1976 with 468 prefixes.
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Willits
Fort Bragg
Point Arena
Public Works
Animal Control
Hospital
Mendocino
Gualala
Centrex
Carrier Seeks Prepaid Collections for Ukiah Daily Journal
The newspaper carrier asks customers to pay in advance for three months on motor routes. He requests prompt payment when he first calls to collect.
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Ukiah Daily Journal
Judge cites Nixon ruling in Calley My Lai retrial reversal
A federal judge in Columbus overturns Lt. William L. Calley's My Lai murder conviction, citing the Nixon Watergate tapes ruling. He orders Calley released from Fort Leavenworth, faulting pretrial publicity and denied witness confrontation, while noting improper charges. Army says await opinion copy, may appeal.
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Columbus, Ga
UPI
Supreme Court
Nixon
My Lai
Army
William L. Calley
Military Appeals Board
Howard H. Callaway
Elliott
Calley
House of Representatives
Pentagon
U. S
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
J. Houston Gordon
Covington, Tenn
5Th Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Bond
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Nixon suffers embolism in right lung amid health update
Long Beach California UPI reports former President Richard Nixon is diagnosed with an embolism in the right lung from a leg blood clot. Dr. John Lungren described the condition as potentially dangerous but not critical and outlined treatment with anticoagulants and a heparin drip while noting an extended hospital stay is likely.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Richard Nixon
Nixon
John Lungren
White House
Walter Tkach
Tkach
Lungren
Mitchell
Private citizens launch relief caravan for Fifi victims
In Tegucigalpa a group of private citizens organized a desperate rescue bid to reach San Pedro Sula, transporting food medicine and water in private cars and trucks. Rescue workers warned thousands could starve in 48 hours without supplies as water ran critically low and relief shipments were urged to accelerate.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Bomb threat evacuates Ukiah High School building
An anonymous call to Ukiah high school switchboard at 2 pm warned a bomb in the SEM building set to explode at 2 30. Principal Bill Tully ordered immediate evacuation. About 500 students and 25 teachers moved to the quad within 2 to 3 minutes. Officers and staff searched rooms and areas before students returned at 2 40 pm.
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Ukiah High
SEM
Bill Tully
Ukiah
Bow and arrow restrictions proposed alongside shotgun rule
Avila urges equal limits for bows and arrows as supervisors consider amending the shotgun discharge ordinance. A 150 yard limit for shotguns near dwellings would replace the current 500 yard prohibition, prompted by a south coast trap club. Hearing set for 11 a.m. Tuesday to discuss the amendment.
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Augie Avila
Ted Galletti
Avila
Burgess Williams
Ernie Banker
George Sullivan
Regina Heights
Ukiah Valley
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Low Gap Road
Bob Kirby
Ron Ford
Bill Murphy
Sybil Hinkle
Mendocino County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission
Tom Martin
Oscar Groves
Board of Supervisors
Harvey Sawyers
Journal
Raymond
Rocky
Erlichman
N. Siete
Inter-city
Uniform Code of Military Justice
Ronald Ziegler
H. R. Haldeman
John
Bulletin
National Rifle Assn
Tim Steen
Williams
Jacuzzi
Byron Jackson
Ukiah Hardware & Pump Company
Lic
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