Port Angeles Evening News (Newspaper) - January 9, 1969, Port Angeles, Washington January 1969 Port Anodes 1969 237th Issue of 53fd Year 12 Pages 10 Cents Two more apply for school post Two more names were added to the list of five applicants for the school board post vacated by Tyler Richard in submitted their Monday to Port geles School District 21 Biard of Th board will meet Friday evening to point a new board member and submission of a spec ial In other school a pub lic meeting to discus school problems and form a citizens advisory committee on school will meet 8 in the Roosevelt Junior High The following Information on the new board applicants comes from their written statements is a mechan Jury selection pending in Sirhan trial lc employe for the city and is a member of Local 1619 of the citys nonuniformed Hf lias two children aged one and is a lab as at ITT and a member of Local 155 of the of Western Pulp and Paper Hs has five children aged 8 and Other applicants are Rem bert Bob Eugene Albert Patric ia Rodman and Charles Casualties drop in Vietnam Murder count filed against Forks man Ronnie Lee of was charged this morning In Clallam County Superior Court with first degree murder In the shooting death of his wife Betty Tuesday night In Sego was also charged the robbery of the HangUp ern shortly after the Judge Joseph Johnston set no ball on the murder charge and ball on the robbery County Prosecuting Attorney Nathan Richardson said Se go would be arraigned on Mon In the Information filed by Sego Is charged with shooting his 27yearold wife with a caliber magnum pis An autopsy on Segos body was held Rich ardson said the apparent cause of death was a bullet In the Sego was shot three times In the head and The sheriffs department Is continuing Its In the Sego Is being held In the Port Angeles City Forks marshal relates detail of Sego arrest LOS ANGELES AP Jury selection apparently will not start until Monday in the Sirhan Bishara Sirhan brial on charges of murdering Robert Defense motions took up most of as they did Tues days opening and de fense counsel prepared more for submission Grant one of defense said the defense and prosecution had a closed ses sion in the chamber of Judge Herbert begin questioning prospective jurors no later than The trial had its first witness expert on ju William the Los Angeles County jury com testified on how pros jurors ara a Jordanian who came to this country with his family as a listened atten The second session lasted less than an Cooper argued that the list of prospective jurors should be set aside on the grounds of not com prising a true soot ion the Defense attorneys raised the possibility that motions a mistrial or change of venue may be Rus sell Parsons told newsmen that the defense would be pre pared to present evidence in support of a motion regarding the saturation of publicity in this He said ihe defense Is concerned about the amount and character of news stories in local news Parsons declined to answer directly If this meant that the defense would seek to move the trial But he referred questioners to earlier defense statements that there were few places in the world where the case had not been greatly publi SAIGON AP casual ties in Vietnam last week were the lowest in 11 reflect ing the continuing lull in the ground South Vietnamese and enemy casualties also were considerably less than the week The Command an today that 101 Ameri cans were killed in action week and 599 were the lowest American casualties since the week of when 100 were killed and 589 were South Vietnamese ters reported 150 government troops killed and 602 a sizable decrease from the 279 killed ami 901 wounded tho pre vious The two commands reported at least Viet Cong and North Vietnamese compared with the week The report for the last week of 1968 brought the total American combat casualties since to wounded and missing or captured in thoss eight the it least of the enemy have been In the seven and a half months after the preliminary peace talks opened in Paris on May a total of Ameri South Vietnamese military and Viet Cong and North Viet were reported Despite more than 100 allied sweeping operations under way throughout South only fleeting and scattered contact with Viet Cong and North Viet forces was reported again The sweeps continued to un cover significant enemy stocks of food and One air cavalry unit bagged eight bi cycles in working condition of Sai GETAWAY CAR This driven by suspected Ron found a resting place in the ditch 23 miles south of Forks on Highway 101 fol lowing a The car ran off the road after the rear window was shot out by the pursuing Forks Marshal Dennis Evening News Port reveals plans for more berth space here More at the Boat additional boat launch ing facilities and the ment of industrial sites were major items acted day by the Port of Port An At the Port Angeles Boat Ha an additional 50 berths will be added through the use of finger according to a development plan submitted by Jerry project ALL THE CONSTRUCTION at this will be in the west side of the On the north 11 finger piers will be installed on the south side of the float where boats are now moored On the north side of the south nearest Marine Drive 14 finger floats will be constructed with space left for future This should see us through for the next one to two Hendricks told He mentioned that the haven can still take in about 35 vessels at the present time by ing boats PHASE TWO OF THE over all plan calls for moving the center float about 35 feet to the south and adding a fourth float in the middle which would tentatively be used by larger Phase one would cost an es No cost mate was made of the second stage simply because It is not known when it will be Water and fire protection lines will be the next item to be added At the ber the commission discussed extending waterlines Tax reform will disappoint representative tells Rotarians Whatever kind of tax reform may be enacted by the state legislature convening next it will disappoint in the opinion of State Paul Conner made this observation in a talk to Rotary Club mem bers Wednesday on the eve of starting a new term Ju the legislatures lower HE SAID HE FAVORS A net income tax replacing the sales tax on food and med and replacing the ness and occupation tax with a corporate income He that he feels a ated income tax would be fairer on lower wage earners than the 9 jingle rate tax proposed Daniel The corporate income tax be a tax on firms that show a instead of the business and occupation tax we BOW have which applies as well to those businesses which lose Cornier WREN I FIRST WENT TO the legislature 10 years ht the state budget vaj just under one billion lars for a Governor Evans Is proposing a budget of for fee next Wen and budget requests from state agencies are some 000 in excess of even this The Increases are coming across the the legislator pointed TEN YEARS AGO OUR state school budget was 42 per cent of the and now its 64 per he Its up most 50 per cent over what it was Just two years Our program for retarded children was the highest in the states history two years yet the program still is behind what it should Public assistance and aid to dependent children was increased 40 per cent four years but its behind what it should be Conner said that although this states property tax is the lowest in the country except for the Deep 52 per cent of erty in the state is tax which means that ers of 48 per cent of the erty pay 100 per cent of ON CONSTITUTIONAL ret Conner said he favors the gateway system rather than rewriting the entire at one the gateway he we could correct prob lem areas one at a time rather than trying to solve everything at Our adopted in is one of the most re and restrictive in the and It needs But we must do it In answer to a Con ner said he favors yearround rather than leaving ly public buildings idle three or more months of the We have fine athletic plants which are used only a small part of the yet we have kids in the streets who have no place to he comment HAROLD of the city police demonstrated a breathalizer machine to club The gadget now is used to test briety of drivers under the im consent law approved ty the voters last Leonard program introduced Conner and John vice was in charge of the luncheon at in the absence of Presi dent Joseph throughout the west but did not take action pending the float development A NEW WATE KLINE AND float replacement Is in gress now for the Yacht Club Additional boat launching via a hoist was approved providing lease arrangements can be The problem providing more launching means has plagued the board for many A boat launching ramp on the south side of the harbor has been discussed many times before and each inves of water packing and expense has ruled this CHUCK OWNER OF the Thunderbird Boat House on approached the mission several months ago on the hoist He solved the commissions main worry by stating that he would provide a man to operate The proposed hydraulic hoist is capable of handling five tons at eight and pounds with the boom extended to 18 It has a 320 degree Besides offering better serv ice for larger fishermen and yachtsmen would be able to pull The hoist would be located somewhere on the jetty south of the boathouse and would not take up much It can also be taken out and moved if neces THE PORT MUST LEASE A small section of the property before the Cost of the equipment is plus Four requests for light sites at Clallam Coun ty Airport caused commission ers to call for a land survey of the area for a master This is what the area is stated Chairman Fred DelGuzzi Construction has asked for about five acres for equipment storage and truck Equipment Is now being stored and cared for at Front and Chambers Eclipse Timber has al so asked for space to work on trucks and ROBERT 117 WEST requested a small plot for the operation of a oneman sawmill and Earl Pearson of 1 asked by letter for lease of the old West Coast building to operate as a He mentioned plans to offer aircraft charter service and pilot No action was taken on these pending the land ANOTHER LAND SURVEY was authorized for the Bay area to establish industrial We should be in a position to offer help to industry if some outfit wanted to locate said Commissioner Port Manager Thomas Neal will make an investigation to see what is available for The idea will have to be included in the comprehensive THE TIMELESS PROBLEM of requests and whos going to foot the cropped up again when moorage for the USCG Cutter Winona was The Chamber of Commerce has suggested a municipal pier to accommodate the Winona and other visiting large but no one has suggested The Winona was forced to rnoor at the air station on Hook after the Ferry Coho smashed into the Angeles Sand and Gravel Dock several months Several ideas were men such as mooring at the Port The problem here of is taking care of cargo movements and parking NEAL REPORTED THAT Robert Moss told the chamber Monday that the ship has no plans to move from Port when he was questioned about a Just what can be done to get the Winona back on this side of the water is still up in the air by all Interested A brought against the Port by Joseph Machon of will be investigated by the Port Tyler Machon claims his property is being damaged by noise and lights at the airport log yard FORKS In a telephone con versation with Forks Marshal Phil more detailed facts were given concerning the homicide in Forks late Tuesday On duty at the time was Mar shal Dennis who re the report that a man who identified himself as Ron Sego had just notified Deputy Sheriff Keys that he had shot and killed his While on the way to Investi was flagged down by the owner of the Hang Up Tavern reporting that he had just been robbed of in cash by an armed man who fit Segos Only a few minutes trav north on Highway 101 In followed shortly by While and Keys were In Marshal Phil Riebe Investigated the project where the slaying occurred and found the body of Segos lying dead from three gunshot wounds from a num The woman was shot once In the once in the and once behind the In the apartment were Segos two a girl about three and a boy about years They were Sometime during the Keys and lost but received a re port that a might head south of Forks on Highway They then went to the ging camp where Sego worked but found no trace of On their return to they met him and turned around in Ac cording to Sego had stopped at a small store about 16 miles south of When called to Sego with the outside speaker attached to the police Sego jumped into his 1958 car and During the fired several breaking out the rear window of Segos Each time a bullet said they could tell be cause Segos car About 23 miles south of Forks Apollo crew honored WASHINGTON AP The Apollo 8 hailed as boldest received medals from President Johnson and a standing ovation from Congress today as the na tions capital pulled out the stops to honor them for their historic moon orbit In a White the President decorated Air Force Frank Navy Lovell and Air Force William Anders with Distinguished Service Medals of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis Johnson told the space heroes they had blazed a new trail for mankind out Into the vastness of extra More than persons jammed too H use of Repre to cheer the arrival of the astronauts for a meeting of the House and Sen Alcoholics aid proposal not without problems Plans for a halfway or re covery house for alcoholics Port Angeles came face to face with some sobering facts at a meeting of the Port Angeles Council on Alcoholism day Edward senior field alcoholism State Department of warned first that on alcoholism should never get involved in running both a recovery house and an alcoholic referral THE TWO CANT WORK he One or the other or both will I suggest a separate corporation be es to operate the recovery Tie local council has been in the possibility of the old Angeles Nursing Home on Mount Angeler Road for use as a recovery Lillian a council has the The William of Queen of Angels a ber of thp councils halfway house reported the nursing home building could probably be subleased from Snow needed CARSON AP It hasnt snowed in normally snowy northern Nevada for two weeks and this citys winter carnival is just around the So about 40 high school students members of the Pima Apache Julian to perform a snow dance Fri The dance is similar to those used to ask the gods for Ray who formerly operated the but that sev eral thousand dollars worth of repairs are needed since the building has been condemned for any public KENEALY WARNED ALSO about tho expense Involved In making necessary repairs to such things as plumbing and electrical Installation of fire doors and exits to meet fire hazard In he pointed the problem in obtaining and paying for a manager and a Hi said the Is of utmost Importance and will require a salary of at least to per he there must be someone to locate jobs for alcoholics who have been guests of the halfway a counsel lor to discuss problems and give them and a doctor who is willing to provide medical preferably with out KENEALY ALSO WARNED that the halfway house cannot provide medical care within its own since then it be comes a he medical care facilities must be arranged In this he said the State Department of Health is working on a proposal to make use of the extra beds at tho Vancouver Veterans Admini stration Hospital for treatment of He suggested that the Port Angeles area could use these facilities for medical care KENEALY ALSO WARNED gainst expecting too much finan cial help from the State roent of He said Its pres ent appropriation is about spent and an increase hoped for from the next legislative session will not permit lavish new going to cost mately per week per man to operate the ha or recovery he There are 13 houses funded by the health department ho pointed eight in four In Spokane and one in The department pays per resident per day for the first 15 he and the avenge recovery house gets about a year from the THIS Ha can only be used for not for room and The men or women must pay their own room and board or some er source to cover these costs must be Howard told council member F he will contact Seattle First National Bank within the next week to see what be done to renovate Angeles Nursing Home building for such The bank is trustee for the THt LOCAL PROBLEM alcoholism was outlined at the council meeting by Roy Morgan of the city police ment and by John proba tion and parole Both proved the hi house Idea as offering an Intermediate re ferral facility with the possi bility of rehabilitation of the Joe council named Ruth Paul Harry Lydiard and Doherty to the finance and appointed Rarity as chairman of its publicity com Eileen council will serve with Sego slowed his vehicle down and Jumped out letting the car The car traveled an estimated 100 yards until off the road over a short em From this about 3 until Se go hid out In the At he gave himself up to Sego was then en Into the sheriffs office In Port Angeles and held without At about 9 Marshal Phil Riebe went to the Forks High School and enlisted the ild of four Mike Doug Jim and Jerry all from the forestry They went to the scene where Sego had left his car and searched for the pistol which Sego had It was Doug Holtz who found It was fully has witness in Peyton case prosecution in the murder trial says It has a wit ness who fled shortly before Larry Peyton was The witness was identified as Desmond Con the chief criminal deputy district said she had suffered from hysterical amne sia and had received psychiatric treatment from George kow of the Oregon State Edward Ralph is charged with first degree murder In the deaths of and his girl Beverly Port Town on Carl Frederick and Robert Gordon also have been but will be tried All three defendants have plead ed Con nail said Miss Sallak would testify she was with the three when they pursued and caught Peyton and Miss Allan on a lovers lane Port Connall told of the surprise witness during his opening ment to the which earlier Wednesday toured Portlands Northwest Hills to see scenes involved in the The defense Thomas was lven sion to delay his opening state ment until the state completed presentation of its Westbound drivers ing Christmas tree with tin sel lying on their side of 8th Street this ing Retired submarine tain visiting friends here After Christmas sale crowd outnumbering pre holiday crowd at store Gutters overflowing with muddy water from rain and snow mas trees lighting up some home
