Red Bluff Tehama County Daily News from Red Bluff, California • 1

Vi' -ii waBMmttiiM A 4 py rt0Z7 uf I Red Bluff 0 VOL 17-NO 231 Tehama County i 10 CENTS ESTABLISHED 1800 mm Revenue Sharing Plan 4-H Farm Advisor Change Announced money annually but under the law would automatically have to allocate specified amounts to cities and Wieden-baum said would be no negotiations no strings attached on spending the Under the formula California would receive more than a halfbillion dollars a year because of her large population The amount would be $538374468 would take me per cent of all imcome in the US subject to income tax ($5 billion in 1076) and turn it back to the states counties and cities Of the $189362 for Red Bluff and Tehama County the share would be $11030 and the share $178332 Neighboring Shasta County would get 6818263 would receive the campaign He outlined the program to Congress in April last year spoke to the governors about it in July and recently had legislation introduced About the only criticism of the program has come from some congressmen who say they are reluctant to place tax monies in the hands of state pcditicans who had no part in raising them Congress will enact pending legislation early enough to start the program on a modest scale by 1071 would start fiscal year 1971 with only a total of $278 million for allocation to the Weidenbaum said "This would grow to $5 billion by 1076 first full year of implementation" 'The distribution formula Red Bluff High School Trustees Adopt $16 Million Budget and $370550670 would be kept for stabs government with $165823798 going to cities and counties Of the latter figure the cities would divide $80433671 and file counties would share in $85390127 Revenue sharing was embraced in the Republican Party platform and pushed by President Nixon in his 1968 Mrs Stoll displayed several folders full of stenciled material which she said were textbooks that they afford to buy and which the secretary had made are always hearing 'Make the English classes more interesting but how can we when we have the money to do it? By haring the secretary we are able to accomplish some of these things Without her we would set our program back 15 She again pointed out that the services of the secretary far outweighed the salary of $3600 Before further action was considered Bob Russell chairman of the board brought up the question of the coding system given top priority by the faculty An estimate by a firm showed file installation figure to be different from that given by the faculty It developed that the firm had recommended air conditioning for both the classroom wings and the science rooms although the science teachers had specifically said they wanted evaporative coolers for their rooms Cliff Penner representing the faculty negotiating council asked since there apparently was going to be some increased monies available would the GARY STONE Dan Desmond a young Lake County resident who completed a graduate studies program at the University of California at Davis this summer has been appointed to the Agricultural Extension Service staff in Tehama County as 4-H farm advisor Desmond is replacing Gary Stone who will be assigned to Los Angeles County as 4-H Farm Advisor and will assume responsibility for the 4-H program in the county Stone has been 4-H Farm Advisor in Tehama County since March of 1969 He and his wife Elizabeth dan to reside in Claremont a suburb of Los Angeles Announcement of the impending change was made this week by Ken Ellis director of Agricultural Extension in Tehama County Ellis said that Desmond will be officially assigned to the Extension staff in Tehama County on Aug 10 transfer to Los Angeles Commander Layoffs MARRIED IN MISSISSIPPI Roger Mills and his new bride the former Berta Linson are all smiles as they leave the church following their wedding in Jackson Miss The interracial marriage marked the end of the antimiscegenation laws (APWirephoto) By BILL KENNEDY Daily News Washington Boreas WASHINGTON The city of Red Bluff and Tehama County would receive a' total of $180362 a year under the Nixon administration revenue sharing plan when fully implemented a Treasury official told this reporter Murry Weidenbaum assistant secretary of the Treasury said the administration hopes News Of World In Brief READY FOR TALKS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS envoy Gunnar Jarring scheduled his first talks with Arab and Israeli representatives in New York today on the peace proposal for the Middle East Libyan leader Maummar Kadafi was in Baghdad trying to smooth out differences between Egypt which accepted the plan and Iraq which denounced it In Tel Aviv the rightwing Gahal party voted Monday night to quit Premier Golds Metfe coalition government in protest of acceptance of the plan The walkout was not expected to affect Israeli policy since the other coalition parties still control 72 of the 120 seats in parliament ADMIT BOMBING SAIGON (AP) American officials in Saigon admitted today that planes are bombing in Cambodia in response to requests from Cambodian authorities (lWe are responding to anyone's request for interdiction missions in the area of one official said Informed sources disclosed that as many as SO American fighter-bomber each carrying about eight tons of bomba and rockets are taking part each day in raids on Cambodian territory POSTAL BILL MOVES UP WASHINGTON (AP) A reform bill turning management of the mails over to a corporation-style agency and providing an 8 per cent pay raise to mailmen was passed Monday by the Senate 07 to 7 Final congressional approval sending the landmark measure to President Nixon Is likely Thursday in the House MICHIGAN VOTING DETROIT (AP) Michigan voters select candidates for the November general election today Mrs George Romney 61-year-old wife of the secretary of housing and urban development faced state Sen Robert Huber of Troy in the GOP Senate race The feature race on the Democratic side of the ballot was a four-man run for the party's gubernatorial nomination JOB GAINS OFFSET SACRAMENTO (AP) -Continued layoffs In tha aerospace Industry partly offset gains elsewhere and kept California's adjusted unemployment rat at St per cent during June the state reported today WILL PAY $10 FOR ONE PAPERBACK BOOK: TITLE "The Execution Of Private Slovik" BOX 1143 RED BLUFF CALIF Celia Still Going-Headed For Mexico New Utility Property Assessment Figures DAN DESMOND County will become effective on Sept Until that time both Desmond and Stone will work with the 4-H program in Tehama County Desmond age 23 was born in San Francisco During his early years and until the present he has spend a great deal of time waking on a family ranch in Lake County Desmond graduated from the University of California in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Husbandry He completed graduate work at University of California Davis earning a secondary teaching credential in Agriculture Education this summer Desmond and his wife Kay have a son Greg 16 months The Desmonds will establish residence in Red Bluff In addition to working with youth interests are hunting camping fishing and conservation He is a member of the National Wildlife Federation the Sierra Club and Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity division work force during early June in anticipation of increased production The production he said suddenly tapered off as the home building industry in the country slowed down The slowdown necessitated the layoffs here Greenhall said there are no plans to bring the laid-off portion of the swing shift back immediately He said that when the building industry revives the laid off personnel will probably be rehired For Private Industry criticized as unjustified in the report Monday by the General Accounting Office (GAO) The Interstate 180 link which wu opened last fall runs to the entrance of the new Jones ft Laughlin steel plant at Hennepin 111 WEATHER FORECAST Fair through Wednesday with slightly cooler temperatures today Lipit southerly winds High today 98 low tonight 60 high tomorrow 97 TEMPERATURES High yesterday 103 low 61 RIVER LEVELS River level at Lake Red Bluff 157 feet at Bend Bridge 205 feet and at Woodson Bridge 1671 feet above sea level PRECIPITATION Last 24 hours None Season to date None Normal to date 04 Last year to date 05 Sunrise at 6:10 am and sunset at 8:19 pm PDT DOG OBEDIENCE CLASSES 8 Week Course Beginning Aug 4 7:30 PM RIVERSIDE PLAZA 527-6759 By JIM BARLOW CORPUS CHRISTI Tex (AP) Hurricane Celia smashed this city and nearby towns with a devastation a senator said hasn't been equaled in an urban area since World War II battered its way into Mexico today still virile and destructive winds were clocked at board consider a vision and dental care program which could only be purchased by the district or the possibility of paying 50 per cent of dependents health insurance Consent by the board was given to the following: rein statement of the position with duties and responsibilities to be decided by the administration an increase in salaries rather than insurance depending on new money from state aid and not to exceed three per cent of the present salary schedule and to advertise for bids for air conditioning with an alternative bid to include the evaporative coolers Contracts were approved for Robert Hickman of Los Angeles with a BA degree from Iowa University and experience in counseling and administration to be assistant principal Richard Rouse BA from the University of Omaha to teach mathematics and Charles Myers who had taught Vo-Ag for six years at Red Bluff High School to again teach the subject A letter of resignation from Jeffrey Reyes conservation teacher who will be studying for his doctorate under a federal grant was read and approved were such factors as equalization and lower earnings from many major utilities The board announced two years ago that in 1959 It had embarked -on a program to reduce the assessment level gradually from 50 per cent of market value to that of locally-assessed 25 per cent This year it dropped the percentage from 33 per cent to 31 per cent in following a Constitutional mandate for assessment uniformity between utility and all other property Robert James Kimmel charged with the July 11 burglary of the residence of Stanley Ellis of Red Bluff pleaded not guilty and a jury trial wu set for Sept 29 at 1:30 am A sentence of three years in prison against Linda Farley now living In Redding and formerly of Red Bluff was arrested for three years and probation was granted for three years The court also adjudged that she would not be required to spend any time in jail noting that she wu expecting a child Mrs Farley had earlier been found guilty of two counts of forgery Superior Court was adjourned In the memory of Superior Court Judge Everett Barr of Siskiyou County Judge Barr died July 28 By LEE PETERS The Red Bluff High School budget for the coming year will be $1623009 The tax rate remains file same at $171 Adoption of the budget by the trustees last night came after an evening full of discussion on amendments to the original publication budget adjusted assessed evaluation state aid insurance cutbacks in requested materials by the frailty a cooling system and deletion of the English department secretary from the proposed budget could still be some Pat Murphy assistant superintendent warned the board "The assessed evaluation has changed four times in the past five weeks for The approved amendments included $1658 for various fringe benefits for classified salaries An eloquent plea was made (for the second time) by Marie Stoll head of the English department reinstatement of the position of secretary for that department only the English department which uses her Stoll said the departments come over for Marijuana Charges Placed Against Six Red Bluff Youths Marijuana charges have been filed against six young Red Bluff residents Three of the six are under 18 years and were taken to juvenile hall Arraigned in justice court here for possession of marijuana were Tracy Edward Miller 18 705 Madison St and Sharon Gayle Puckett 18 Route 3 Box 2736 Louis Dean McMahan 19 Route 2 Box 2733 was arraigned tor being in a place where marijuana was being used They all pleaded not guilty and requested a trial by court McMahon's trial was set for Aug 20 Preliminary hearings for Miller and Miss Puckett was set for Aug 5 Judge Noel Watkins set bail for Miss Puckett and McMahon at $1000 Miller's bail is $1500 The sheriffs office reported they observed Miller and one of the juveniles acting suspicious in a car at the diversion dam They found marijuana and information that led them to go to the Puckett residence The police allegedly received Miss Puckett's permission to search her home and subsequently found a packet of marijuana in a coat pocket hanging in a closet The officers did not have a search warrant RED FLIERS DEFEATED? WASHINGTON (AP) Bits and pieces of evidence have convinced some sources that Soviet fliers lost an aerial battle to Israeli airmen when fair MIG21 jets were downed over the Sues Canal area last week Tehama County wu notified today that its privately-owned public utility property has been assessed at $14562230 this year tor local taxation This compared to the 1969 total of $15027840 a change of $465610 or LI per cent according to the State Board of Equalization which assesses these properties annually The statewide total for the 186 utilities was pegged at $46 billion slightly less than last year member Paul Leake said Contributing to the decrease Nixon Backs Away From Manson Case The moldings division at Commander Industries here has confirmed information that more than 100 workers have been laid off at the plant during file past two weeks A report yesterday that sane of those laid off would return this week was apparently erroneous Hie information resulted from rumors that were actually based on normal personnel turnover personnel manager Don Greenhall explained that some 150 personnel were added to the moldings $40 Million Favor WASHINGTON (AP) The government spent nearly $40 million to build a special superhighway as a favor for a new steel plant in rural Illinois investigators have told Congress The 13-mile spur on the interstate highway system wu City Council To Hear Vocational School Request A request that the radar base here be converted to a vocational school will be heard at Red Bluff City Council meeting In the city hall council chambers at 7:30 The base Is scheduled to clou early In September The council will also hear a request from the Red Bluff Volunteer Fire Department for informal recognition as an employe poup The 1970-71 community promotion budget will be discussed at the meeting For Fine Food BLACK FOREST LODGE 60 miles East on Hussy 36 GERMAN FOOD Good Food at Fur Prices SEE OUR FRIDAY AD! Guilty Plea Entered For Embezzlement 89 miles an hour at Del Rio today well over hurricane velocity of 75 mph But the Weather Bureau refused to maintain the label of hurricane because the wind was not sustained Damage at Del Rio and Eagle Pass was extensive with severe winds continuing into the morning mistrial alleging prejudicial publicity The court denied the initial motion prejudice" wanting to make certain what Nixon actually said The defense was free to renew the motion under that ruling which it said it would do today Stopping in Denver en route back to the White House from a working holiday in San Clemente Calif Nixon went before newsmen prior to conferring in the Colorado capital with state law enforcement officials and said of Manson: Is a man who was guilty directly or Indirectly of eight murders without reason" Danger 01 Army's Nerve Gas Not Clear WASHINGTON (AP) Defending Its plan to dump 145540 -concrete-encased nerve gas rockets In the Atlantic the Army has told Congress the rockets are virtually harmlesa and- In the aame breath Increasingly dangerous can conceive no accident that would set the rockets off" Brig Gen William Stonesald By FRANK CORMIER WASHINGTON (AP) -President Nixon has backed away from an off-thc-cuff comment that Charles Manson the California hippie-cult leader was guilty directly or indirectly of "eight murders without reason" While Air Force One circled Washington for nearly a half hour Monday night on a flight from Denver Nixon drafted a statement that declared last thing I would do la prejudice the legal rights of any person in any circumstances" Hours earlier Manson's defense attorneys had asked a Los Angeles Judge to declare a SPECIAL MEETING Wed Aug 57:30 PM Auditorium Corning High School All Employers of Farm Labor Are Urged' To Attend And Participate In Discus ion Of The Boycott Tehama County Farm Bureau Jack Leroy Wiek Red Bluff entered a plea of guilty in Tehama County Superior Court yesterday to charges of embezzlement Judge Curtiss Wetter appointed attorney Edward Allen to represent the defendant and sentencing has been set for Aug 17 at 1:45 pm Referral of Wiek'a case was made to the probation department for investigation and recommendations Wick was arrested June 19 In another Superior Court matter Thomas Rivera entered pleas of not guilty to charges of burglarizing a storage shed at the Trading Post and the residence of Virginia Hitchcock of Gerber on May 29 A jury trial has been act for Sept 22 at 1:30 am.