TRYING TO ENJOY A PEACEFUL HIKE up the Manchester Road the other evening, I was accosted by the leader of the Manchester Road Freedom Fighters. The Manchester Road Freedom Fighters are committed to freedom of…
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WANDA THINKS GLOBAL Dear Mr. Anderson: RE.: The world news story of Oct. 1 about a bombing of Tunisia by Israeli jets, called “A criminal action” by Arab states, and “illegal” by the U.S.A. government:…
I GREW UP a hundred miles south of here, or at least I got bigger, agreeing at least partially with the feminists who maintain that American men never really grow up but remain forever boys.…
Officially called the Mendocino County Fair, most of the effort is committed by Anderson Valley people. The Redwood Empire Fair, held annually in Ukiah, is more representative of the County, having moved from being merely…
Dear Mr. Anderson: I read in your paper where you are indulging your S&M tendencies further with a Cal Berkeley homegame season ticket, & thought you might like to make use of the enclosed for…
A thousand miles of trolley wires, five thousand miles of telephone cables, ten thousand miles of neon tubing, four hundred thousand telephones, eight hundred thousand people — and a million and one pieces in a…
A young Napa Valley winemaker named Jeffry James Hill was indicted, arrested and charged with fraud on Thursday by federal authorities. The fraud involved mislabeling cheap grapes and wine as pricey Napa Valley wine. Hill…
Jim Jones's most ardent supporter in San Francisco press circles was Steve Gavin, the San Francisco Chronicle's city editor. A Baltimore native, he joined the Chronicle in 1969. Life in San Francisco agreed with Gavin,…
Jim Jones was raised by a mother whose dreams were too big for the Indiana farm town where they lived. “Don't be nothing like your dad,” Lynetta Jones drummed into her boy, while big Jim…