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Enterprise-Record from Chico, California • 6

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Chico, California
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Qde (CiUf) Knterprlie-Rccard Wcdactday Jaly 1172 Page fiA In Glenn County Road Department Foreman Reinstated PUSD Chooses Lucy Flood South Viet Troops Slay 300 Reds Knock Outl5Tanks WILLOWS (E-R) Horatio charging the road foreman with American Laundry of Chico was given the laundry contract at three cento per Item Modern Garbage Service of Paradise was given the trash contract at $325 a month Office Utilities of Chico received the office machines maintenance contract District Insurance awards were tabled until a future meeting Trustees approved courses of study for Paradise High and Intermediate Schools but tabled action on approval of textbooks for the Ridgevfow Continuation High School until a later meeting The texts were requested as siqjplemenUl books for students to use in marriage and family life and child development courses They are titled Value published by the Readers Digest: id Chico in addition to pointing out that Sykes' responsibilities did not include handling money noted no money was actually missing- Explaining $290 had been recovered Stewart' told the court in fact is no missing money There were no ground rules established as to when where or how any money was to be ttst Atty Fred Meckfessel said his" office will take no further action will be up to the new Grand Jury" he said the safe-keeping guarding dispersing or transporting funds there can be no violation- Larimer-ruled According to testimony given to the Grand Jury 'a total of $28076 was give Sykes for the sale of scrap metal during 1971 Only $120 was deposited with the county the transcript charged An additional $20004 was recovered in a search of the Road Department shop during the Grand Jury hearing Defense attorney Ran Stewart wounded The casualties were among the highest for any single battle in the campaign to take the city 433 miles noth of Saigon The US- command said marginal weather limited jet fighter-bomber air raids over North Vietnam to 198 most of them flown in the southern panhandle and directed against the Mu Gia Pass through mountains into Laos Hn Vietnam News Agency (VNA) monitored in Tokyo claimed antiaircraft batteries shot down six of the raiding planes Communist gunners hit An Loc the besieged provincial capital 60 miles north of Saigon with 175 rounds of shellfire Tuesday but caused only light casualties spokesmen said Government forces reported killing 7 North Vietnamese in fighting south of the city South Vietnamese casualties 19 wounded Joseph Sykes 51 of -Willows was reinstated yesterday as Road Deportment foreman by the Glenn County 1 Board of Supervisors Sykes was suspended Feb 15 pending the result of a court ruling on a Ffb 9 Grand Jury 'Indictment charging the foreman with misappropriation of funds The indictment was dismissed Thursday on a technicality by Superior Court Judge Clyde Larimer Sykes was reinstated to his position by the unanimous vote of the board following a short executive meeting with Road Commissioner Jack Gilmore will be placed in his original position at the same rate Board Chairman Ralph Colbert of Eft Creek explained the decision will not be paid for the 8 weeks of his he added The road foreman was indicted Feb 9 for allegedly taking money derived from the state of scrap metal Larimer- ordered the dismissal because Job description did not specifically charge him with the responsibility for handling county funds there is no statute or county ordinance specifically Local Cast Does Justice To 'Misalliance1 Palo AHo Music Group WE Give BeneRt at CSU COTTONWOOD (UPI) -A Palo Alto woman returning home foom school In Oregon was killed Tuesday night when she was thrown from a pickup truck that went out of control on Interstate 5 in Shasta County Elaine King 21 died at Mercy Hospital in Redding about two hours after the crash which occurred at pro near Cottonwood Her father James King 59 escaped injury Investigators said the southbound pickup driven by King puling trailer when it went out of control end over turned near the Tehama County line ARRESTED Leslie Marie Wayland 34 of 19 Bartlett SL was irrested police on an Court warrant charging her with failure to appear on a drunken driving charge By SYLVIA COOKE Ctewarto IHcrt (Ml WMw) PARADISE Lucy Flood vice president of the Paradise Unified Schori District Board of Trustees was elected president last night Thomas McLaughlin was named vice president Ed Brown clerk and Eugene Even district superintendent secretary The board set regular meetings for I pm on the third Tuesday of each month The official location as soon as the bullring to ready will be at the new dlstrict office at 566 Pearson Road Recently the board was notified by representatives of Paradise members o( the California Teachers Association that the local group rejected the proposed salary schedule for the coming year and that an fanpasse exists In conformity with state regulations for appointment of a Board of Review trustees named as their representative Duane Powers assistant superintendent of business services with the Butte County Department of Education Trustees were notified that the teachers association has selected Don Graham of 541 Main St Yuba Cfty as its two are to meet within five days and select a third person who will be the Board of Review chairman The selectee -cannot be associated with either side Within seven days the trio to required to meet with both sides and proceed with all studies and inquiries that are necessary-- The Board of Review will then present a report covering findings and recommendations which however are not binding on either the teachers group or the school board The annual contract for milk services was awarded to Dietle's Dairy The French Sonu Olhor Placo NEW Chicago Style Hot Dogs SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER 2 FOR THE PRICE OF 1 21 2 MAIN STREET Paris Delegates Conduct Strategy Sessions Today PARIS Delegations to the Vietnam peace talks held find strategy sessions today and french Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann who just returned from Peking said ha was hopeful the conference would comb out of its deadlock when the sessions resume Thursday North Vietnamese and Viet Cong negotiators met while the America and South Vietnamese delegations held another meeting to refine their papers President Nixon asked for the session in the hope of striking a compromise The preparations for (he 19:39 am (5:39 am EDT) meeting the 151st weekly session of the 3)4 year parley were under way as Schumann carefully expressed the hope to newsmen mat the conference would finally start producing results Schumann spoke at Orly airfield on his return from talks Vietnam and Other world on By RICHARD RAMELLA (i Misalliance" George Ber-n a Shaw's bucket of epigrams opened four-night run Tuesday at Chico State University The Court Theatre presentation continues at 8:15 pm through Saturday in the forming Arts Center The players created an foresting and often humorous virion of an outmoded vehicle It is essentially-a class comedy and Shaw's barbs rip at the bloated flesh of the nouveau riche and the lean haunches of a fading aristocracy The former is an accepted 20th Century vulgarity The leton The latter is-a skeleton The play beats dead hones And then there are those soltioquys when the character disappears and the elderly Irish author takes center stage Some might be surprised however to note the Shavian woman personified here by Hypatia Tarleton (Alene who has all the the libbers printed out in present society Things haven't chinged much for women What is good about the play are the characterisations It seemed somewhat difficult for the actors at the beginning None -is able to do much justice to a British accent and all thankfully seemed to drop ft as the play continued And then Shaw rid write some long sentences It seemed difftpuit for the actors to sustain mood through a 90Jword pronunciation By ARTHUR HIGBEE SAIGON South Vietnamese troops killed 900 Communists and knocked out 15 North Vietnamese tanks in the first fun day of fighting to recapture Quang Oty military spokesmen said today The spokesmen said there was no progress fay either ride in heavy fighting around the city the capital of South northernmost province that was captured by the Communists on May A 3500-man South Vietnamese force moved on the city from two directions meeting heavy enemy resistance The spokesmen said at least 38 government troops were killed and 88 others wounded in 11 separate battles The US command trid today a jet fighter-bomber was shot down in a dogfight near Hanoi Tuesday In another delayed report it said a US Marine Corps A8 Intruder fighter-bomber was downed last Friday by Communist antiaircraft fire 33 miles southwest of Quang Tri City The four crewmen from the two planes were listed as missing Other Phantom pilots to within 40 miles Chinese border Tuesday knock out the Lang Met Mghway bridge over the Trimg River 40 miles northeast of Hanoi the command said A pair of US destroyers opened fire on barges unloading supplies from a ship anchored 50 miles from the North Vietnamese port of Dong Hri Monday and sank a dozen of toon the command said today The nationality of the ship which was not fired air was not announced A South Vietnamese push to recapture the dty was backed by 17 UA B52 bombers that dumped nearly 700 tons of explosives on suspected Communist positions The government marines battling north of the reputed tolling 128 at a cost of 38 South Vietnamese dead and 68 jridley Officer To Enter State Monday GRIDLEY (E-R) Patrolman Bob Mill resigned foam the Police Department and enter the Cafifmia Highway Patrol Academy Monday His resignation becomes effective Saturday' Mills has been associated with the Gridley deportment for the past time years first as reserve officer and later as regular patrolman Mills 23 is a graduate of Biggs High School He holds an associate arts degree in law enforcement from Butte College and has university credits at Hiico Davis and Sacramento State Universities He to a US Marine Corps veteran whp served in Vietnam where he was wounded twice Mills said he took his new job because of promotion possibilities mid raise in pay Taking over responsibilities will be Gary Brock 20 of Gridley Brock present a reserve officer with the Police Department is the youngest person ever to serve as a fulltime police officer in Gridley 4000 Quarters SpiH From Armored Track SUNNYVALE (UPI) -Four thousand quarters grilled out of an armored truck onto the Bayshore Freeway Tuesday night Police blocked off the slow lane and along with the truck's guards and nearby residents managed to find moat of the quarters worth $1009 within several hours i swept Big Carnjval! earn vmiet run SHOPPING CENTER July 13 Thru 16 Ride The Gyros1' Free Admission Win Bring ID's 2BSli333H39 Orland City Council Gets Recreation Program Report 9x12' PLASTIC DROP CLOTHS THE HANDY COVER WITH A MILLION USES UMIT 4 PER CUSTOMER Boor BAND TONIGHT 50 admission Gtoft Uliffll SR01-EZE The cast of nine was excellent Despite intert to score prints along the way he left ample room for the vehicle to be played as a drfcwing room farce and our local players take full advantage of this The action concerns an un-itious newly enriched the Tarletons in underwear- the manufacture thereof John Charles West as the father and Pat Wismer as the mother carry their roles well Miss Lofgren is the daughter and Gary Hitchcock is the son She shone in places drew in the audience with her intensity Rik Hobble as Bentley Surnmerhays the suitor is an immature undersized brat His father a returned colonial governor is played by Tim Ends The put is thickened by the crash of an airplane bringing a new suitor on the scene (James Haynes) along with Polish tightrope walker named Lina Szczepanowska played by Donna Fletcher Kurtis Parnell who come in lmtil late in the play is given a meaty-enough trie to make himself remembered The plot? Well-let's let that go The play? is essentially abort the interaction of rif-ferthg people and the problems they create for each other In other words life Essentially ft is nothing mom than an excuse for the ideas But ft can draw outright lauglrter from any audience And on that basis recommended Bicycle rides have been organized for the summer Hopkins said The first to scheduled Saturday will be an all-day trip with a watermelon bust at he grinned will be for novices not a hard ride" Hopkins stressing the bn-utance of counseling incited he had already had several cases counseling to on a one-to-one be said people have been referred to the Bridge in Chico" he explained noting this was a drug center with all needed Three dances have been held' Hopkins said with gow response om or two mine wifi be scheduled during the summer he added In otuer business councilmen: STREETS Awarded the contract for the resurfacing of 19 blocks in southeastern Orland to Butte Greek Rode of Chico The $21489 bid was the lowest of five proffered ANNEXATION Annexed Duche Nut Co property on the east aide of Rafiroai Ave The property will be used for the new office WEEDS Set Aug 14 public hearingon city weed abatement YaH Group Schedules Silver Lake Trip to Include Knapsack Hike The Yahi Group of the Sierra Club will conduct camping trip to Silver Lake in the Buck's Lake area of the Plumas National Forest this weekend Campers will assemble at the Whitehorse Campground on the Quincy-Oroville Hoad Friday evening or at 9 am Saturday There may be an optional knapsack hike along the Crest Trail Additional information to available from trip leader Quentin Griffiths 342-2728 Save-Guns Advocate To Speak at Gridley GRIDLEY (E-R) Dan Green national arms coordinator for the National Association to Keep and Bear Arms Inc will apeak at 8 pm Friday on gun legislation provisions in die Constitution Green a former Oroville plumber will give his talk to the Ctob House hero as a save-the-guns advocate issues in Peking with Chinese Bernier Chou En-lai foreign minister CM Peng-fei and a 90-minute session Monday with Chairman Mao Tse-timg am not in a position- to make any forecast now but am hoping tint there win Schumann said He said -he found Mao in excellent health Diplomatic sources said Chou trid Schumann tint the key to the normalization of Stoo-American relations was ah end to the Indochina Woodddc Man Found Guilty In His Trial On Battery Charges A Woodride man charged with two counts of battery was found guilty following a court trial- yesterday in Chico Municipal Court Edward Mettier 48 will be sentenced later Mettier -was convicted of battery against Patti of Rt 1 Box 268 and Bonnie Mettier of 2723 San Jose SL The incident occurred Cohasset Road Jan 15 Vandalism Reported At Neal Dow School Cfty police are a case of vandalism di yesterday at Neal Dow School Officers said someone broke window in the office to gain entry They ransacks desks and drawers art scrawled obscenities on the floor Chess Activity Finally Begins in Reykjavik Iceland REYKJAVIK Iceland (UPI) in a hopelessly drawn game temperamental American duHeier Bobby Fischer took a chance to bring some life into his first world chess championship game In that moment soft-spoken and mik mannered Boris Spassky proved why he is foe world champion in the noblest of games He Immediately pounced on Fischer's bishop-left trapped after captaring one af ft and the game turned distinctly in Spassky's favor Spasrtcy asked for adjournment after 40 moves and 4 hours play When the two resume the game the first in their $250000 24-game world match has a bishop and three pawns against five pawns Play resumes at pm (10 am PST) Most experts assembled here seemed to agree that Spassky has i chance to win while Fischer should be happy if he salvages a draw But nobody has come up with an explanation why the American chess genius went straight into what appeared to be a Russian trap took a chance to win a chance" said Danish grandmaster Jens Eneveokben will never know until Fischer tells us-if he said another international grancknaster Fischer obviously was displeased with his game After the adjournment he angrily demanded a meeting with the Icelandic organisers to complain against whit be described ss the noisy audience Some 3000 Icelanders and foreign chess enthusiasts had pa into the Lagardur HaH for Hie opening thriller But most knowledgeable observers said they felt the audience was more quiet than is normal at top dies games The Icelanders rejected demand and told him ft is up to the official referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany to run the game from now on seconds including international grand masters Efrim Geller and Nikolai Kroghis sent their world champion to sleep and then spent the night arid the morning hours analyzing the position to find winning combination for Spassky Many experts feel they will suceed even if Geller himself modestly suggested: believe we will have a draw" RENTA CAMPER TRAILER MOTOR HOME FOR YOUR VACATION AvaUaMsal Low Economy Rates Pioneer Rental-Lease Cart Trucks Equipment sN makes Z3BBEipbnido 343-0209 ORLAND (E-R) The recreation program is under way and functioning fine Bryon Hopkins dty youth and recreational couueior told the Orland City Council Monday Three students hive been employed through the Neighborhood Youth Corps Hopkins said Each works five hours per day and an excellent job" The three were hired through the high school Salaries and insurance are covered by federal funds through' the schori The softball program is rw in its championship playoffs the director continued noting the program would be starting in two weeks are to the process of scheduling the games now" he said: The and basketball programs are now in the third week thqr said Eight teams are participating playoffs will be to three he told councilmen A tennis round-robiin tournament is being planned will come Hopkins noted Progress at the teen center is coming along found a pool table and pinball machines These will be secured as soon as the-Youth Council approves" he said Girl Scout Troop No 8 has aided in collecting enough furniture to take care of all the needs at the center Hopkins said adding the office still required a roe cabinet The director praised the youth have had ex fppHnnat gig) port from the teenagers and the interest is hitfi" Gateway to Music is helping with special lighting and netting for one wall Hopkins said -The parks program was also described as are being checked out each day from 1 to 4 pm and we have someone to help with instruction" Yo-yo swimming and Frisbee contests are schueduled during the week along with croquet matches Hopkins said More panes an needed he added Archery and arts and crafts are now befog offered the director continued Mike Trinca to offering the archery classes three days per "We are in the process of finding open space to create a field archery he noted have volunteers to Instruct such class and the 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