Pomolita junior high cooks class sees more boys than girls
Betty Brooks’s Pomolita junior high foods class now has more boys than girls with ten boys in a group of eighteen. Students cite learning to cook and interest in future cooking careers, while Brooks notes greater boy participation as more women work.
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Pam-Maclean
Betty Brooks
Pomolita
Brooks
Ernie Schultz
Kim Trumble
Gary Creekmore
Danita Harneen
Gary Creek
Pomolita Junior High School
Greenpeace chief cites whale slaughter while IWC stalls
Patrick Moore president of the Greenpeace Foundation accuses Russia and Japan of killing whales and says the International Whaling Commission does nothing. He notes undersized whales were killed this summer despite Greenpeace efforts to halt the hunt.
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Portland, Ore
UPI
Patrick Moore
Greenpeace Foundation
International Whaling Commission
Moore
Scientist recounts Greenpeace rescue at sea amid whaling chase
Doctorate ecologist says he was aboard the James Bay when foundation members blocked Russian harpooners to protect whales. He reports a four hour chase in six foot waves, eight sperm whales killed, and Greenpeace ships totaling 15,000 miles of filming and documentation.
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University of British Columbia
James Bay
Moore
Greenpeace
Portland
Men living alone rise faster than women, Census finds
The Census Bureau reports a 60 percent rise in men living alone over seven years, versus a 35 percent rise for women. Among under 25s, men living alone tripled from 274,000 to 752,000 since 1970, while women living alone doubled from 282,000 to 588,000.
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Washington
UPI
Census Bureau
Senate Finance Panel kills crude oil tax in energy plan
The Senate Finance Committee voted 10 to 6 to strike the crude oil tax from Carter's energy bill, with Chairman Russell Long warning revival would be needed for any energy program. Meanwhile on the Senate floor opponents of natural gas deregulation predicted a victory to maintain price controls.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
Russell Long
Dla
Senate
Mystery ex-Sergeant tied to Panama talks eyed by Senate panel
The Senate Intelligence Committee will review the reported disappearance of a U S Army ex sergeant alleged to be involved in intelligence activities during canal treaty talks with Panamanian officials. A committee spokesman said the panel will investigate the alleged departure and planned to subpoena the unidentified man and his military record.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Army
Senate Intelligence Committee
Holly Heights low income housing ribbon cutting in Willits
Willits will host a ribbon cutting for the 26 unit Holly Heights family housing complex on Holly Street west of Highway 101. The Sept 30 ceremony at 11 a.m. will be led by Housing Corporation President Jack Simpson. Funding comes from a 795000 Farmers Home Administration loan with HUD rental subsidies. The Mendocino County Community Development Commission will be recognized for grant funds. Over 60 supporters including Sen Alan Cranston and Rep Don Clausen attend. Actual construction begins the week of Oct 10.
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Rural Communities Housing Development Corporation
North Coast Opportunities
Willits
Housing Corporation
Jack Simpson
Holly Heights
Holly Street
Highway 101
Farmers Home Administration
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mendocino County
Don Clausen
Peter Behr
Barry Keene
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
State Department of Housing and Community Development
Carter opens drive for Panama Canal treaty approval
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance presents the administration’s case to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as three weeks of hearings begin. The treaties would shift canal control to Panama by 2000 while the U S retains capacity to intervene to ensure neutrality amid growing opposition and a likely short vote margin. Senate leaders warn defeat if voted today. 15 votes short of a two thirds majority.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
League of Nations
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Woodrow Wilson
World Organization
League
Wilson
America
Panama
Latin America
Clifford Case
R-N.j
Canal
Chapman murder trial opens in new trial for Warren DeWitt Chapman
Jury selection began for the new trial of Warren DeWitt Chapman 51 in Department 2 with Judge James F Kleaver presiding. Chapman, motel owner, was previously convicted in 1975 of fatally wounding Bob Parducci 28 after a parking dispute.
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Warren DeWitt Chapman
Department 2
Superior Court
James F. Kleaver
Siskiyou County
Chapman
Bob Parducci
Fort Bragg
District Court of Appeals
Rex Sater
Superor Court
Timothy O’brien
Joe Allen
Leo Cook
Ukiah
Duncan James
New Assessor Naming Set For Tuesday
Mendocino County board of supervisors will appoint a new county assessor tomorrow at 11 a.m. to fill the vacancy created by Webb Brown retirement effective Oct 15. Five finalists were named after public interviews: Ernie Banker Art Church Duane Wells and Jack Azevedo. The appointee serves Brown's term ending Dec 31 1978 with a June 1978 primary possible. an acting assessor may be named instead.
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Board of Supervisors
Tommorrow
Webb Brown
Ernie Banker
Art Church
Duane Wells
Jack Azevedo
Fort Bragg
Brown
John Cimolino
Banker and Wells
Mendocino County Property Owners’ Association
Dave Hancock
Joseph Scherf
Association
Planning Commission
County Taxable Sales Rise Amid Statewide Boost in Spring Quarter
Mendocino County taxable sales reached 66.3 million in the second quarter, up 21.1 percent from a year earlier, per the State Board of Equalization. Ukiah reported 20.3 million in transactions, with 17.6 million in retail. Lakeport 5.4 million. unincorporated areas 24 million. The statewide spring quarter sales hit 24.8 billion, up 4.1 billion from 1976, as durable goods, building materials, autos, and service stations led gains amid a building boom and energy shortages.
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Mendocino County
State Board of Equalization
Ukiah
Lakeport
Lake County
Willits
Fort Bragg
Point Arena
William M. Bennett
Bennett
California
U S. foreign trade deficit peaks in August
The Commerce Department reports August US foreign trade deficit at 2.67 billion dollars the second largest on record. For January‑August 1977 the deficit totals 17.58 billion, with economists forecasting a year deficit over 25 billion. The record single year is 6.4 billion in 1972. August marks the 15th straight month of trade shortfalls.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Commerce Department
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
United States
Northwestern California Weather Update and Trade Deficit
Increasing clouds with possible rain late tonight into Tuesday and cooler inland on Tuesday. Fort Bragg 48 rising to 62, Ukiah 78. Commerce Department shows August imports fell 2 percent to 12.23 billion while exports dropped 5.8 percent to 9.56 billion, setting a record low export total for the year. The August deficit fell from June’s 2.82 billion but remained well above July’s 2.33 billion.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiaha
Commerce Department
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