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Ukiah Mendocino California Vol. 123 No. 143 October 3,1983 14 Pages 25 Cents Eight-day truce in Lebanon collapses Lebanon - Mortar rounds crashed into the U.S. Marine compound near the today and government troops battled Moslem militiamen in south Beirut in the most serious violation of an eight-day the airport were forced into their foxholes for the first time in a week after clashes between Druze Moslem militias and army troops broke out around the nearby village of 5 miles south of a Marine spokesman Marine warrant officer Charles Rowe said mortar rounds slammed into the Marine compound near the airport and that one company was put on the highest condition one The rest of the 1,200-man U.S. force was put on lesser levels of he Fighting also erupted in south where army troops and Shiite militiamen battled with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades after set up a roadblock in the police sources The Christian radio said the Shiites fired six artillery shells into the adjacent Christian neighborhood of Ain Al the army's positions The report could not be independently The Shiite of south Beirut were the scene of the first serious clashes that led to the current round of civil warfare between Moslem militias and government troops and its Christian militia Today's fighting - the worst violation since a Sept. 26 cease-fire halted 22 days of civil warfare - came as President Amin Gemayel warned he would take against any attempt the Druze to set up a separate civil administration in the Shouf who held crisis talks today with government and military leaders on the Druze said he rejected move that paralyzes national and constitutional Beirut radio reported that three Israeli tanks and 10 armored cars crossed from their new defense lines along the Awali river and entered the Christian village of 18 miles south of Beirut on the southern edge of the ed The radio said the moved to the power station in The report gave no further but Israeli patrols have routine since the establishment of new lines at the Awali 24 miles south of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told a hews conference Saturday he planned to siet up a separate in the Shouf complete with a general a committee and an Getting off to a flying start SPIRITS WERE HIGH in the sky Friday over Willits were former Ukiah resident Dan and former Willits resident Von Hoffman were The who now live In are members of the band They took their vows with Rev. Russell of the Pentecostal Church of God in Willits while Paul piloted them through the heavens in his 1959 Piper Supreme Court upholds local handgun bans WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court today opened the way for local governments to ban handguns from people's The justices let stand a federal appeals court decision upholding an ordinance passed by a Chicago suburb that forbids both the sale and ownership of Gun led by the National Rifle argued the ordinance was unconstitutional and violated their Second Amendment right to and bear Advocates of gun control said the Second Amendment guarantee applies only to state militias and that local govern ments have the authority to ban The court's action is likely to encourage handgun restrictions in municipalites such as San where a celebrated pistol ban was overturned by state The national push for handgun controls has been languishing for fought off successfully at the state and national level by the reached fever pitch after the 19^ of Sen. Robert Kennedy by Sirhan The push was renewed when President Reagan was shot by John Jr. in March 1981. Morton Grove gained nationwide attention when it passed its handgun ordinance - believed to be the nation's first ban on both the sale and possession of The following San Francisco adopted a handgun ban - a response to the 1978 shootings of Mayor George Moscone and city supervisor Harvey Milk - but that ban was struck down by state Morton Grove passed its con- ordinance in June 1981, requiring all 26,000�' residents to turn in their handguns or face fines of up to and up to six months in The ordinance excepted 26,000 residents of the Chicago suburb are military gun collectors and target Few guns have been turned in since the ordinance went into Grove Vincent challenged the ordinance in An owner of two Quilici argued the Constitution allows citizens to keep gups at home for water wars continue By PAT ALTO Journal staff Writer A letter is supposed to be on the way to the State Health Services Department which will be the last step necessary in lifting a on hookups to privately owned water Dave Health Department told the Journal Friday that Cliff owner of Little Lake Water had indicated he had the letter ready that would make it possible for the state to lift a moratorium imposed on water hookups in Willits two years the water company's office manager told the Journal that she has been giving permits since July under the impression that the moratorium had been lifted back have been negotiating with the district on an interim management plan to satisfy Clark must be some mixup on the release because they should know we won't lift the moratorium until we get a satisfactory He explained the state is worried there just isn't enough water to serve Willits if it's continues to there is much more growth up there some really serious problems could he average or better water years things are but if we get another drought like we had in or they would have to have extreme and severe water letting them gp ahead with hookups while they're in the process of we're really going out on a Clark He said Willits water comes mainly from Morris which cannot hold enough water to serve the growing In December 1981, the State Department of Health Services imposed the moratorium Clark they are working with the water company to develop long-range of water while allowing for reasonable new There are several available including ground water at ing water froni the community One that of running surface water through the Willits water treatment poses problems since that facility cannot handle much more water than it already Clark estimated that the water treatment facility can handle about 2 million gallons of water a day and that on normal days the demand is for one to one and a half million on hot they've already had times when the demands have reached over the two million gallon mark and they've had to process the water at a higher rate than they Clark Clark said the moratorium has been a faith but that if the water district doesn't meet standards and continues issuing there will have to be court action Laura office manager for the water said she had heard from state in July that the moratorium had been lifted and has been issuing permits ever While she admitted that there have not been many such permits issued - four or - she said she has no intention of stopping issuing permits until she receives an official letter declaring the moratorium still One of the permits she issued was to a new McDonald's far as I'm I can't be turning businesses from a town like Willits unless I know the moratorium is in Motl told the She that even with the she would issuing permits should people ask for Widow files suit against Jeep Corporation Journal staff Weather Temperatures MENDOCINO Generally fair with a warming trend through Low fog and clouds along coast night and morning Highs in the 60s along the coast \o the and low 80s in 40s and 50s. October 1993 Date H L 2 76 49 11:30 a.m. today 64 October 1982 Date H L 2 82 40 Low today 47 24-hour rainfall 0.00 Rainfall 1.64 2.42 The widow of an Elk man who died when his Jeep rolled on the road from Philo to the coast has filed suit against the Jeep Corporation and its parent American Vlcki Lee Sandkulla alleges that her husband's vehicle was and unreasonably dangerous intended had a to Her Matthew T. 32, died a year ago today while driving alone at 8:30 p.m. Reno attorney Steven R. who represents Vicki said the victim was traveling at 25-30 mph when the accident At the time of the the California Highway Patrol reported that the victim was traveling at high speed when he failed to negotiate a Vicki Sandkulla and her are asking for unspecified special and punitive Stability problems with the which Jeep says has been discontinued of the increasing the larger were in the broadcast CBS program in December of 1980. The program alleged that the tended roll over at modest speeds when certain manuevers are feel the vehicle is safe and that it must be driven in a reasonable said spokesman Steve termed the 60 Minutes program and totally He said that more than 400 tests using mechanical drivers were by Dynamic Sciences of to of the tests were specifically designed to make the vehicle he Harris said that Jeep has settled some lawsuits from accidents out of but only to avoid the costs of He termed the settlements business and denied that they Indicated culpability on the part of Corp. Harris said that Jeep discontinued production of the at the end of the 1983 model vegr because demand for it had ped to six percent of the company's total He said the decision was not the result of allegations that the vehicle is *
