Ukiah Daily Journal (Newspaper) - July 5, 1994, Ukiah, California Daily People Oak Manor welcomes new principal m Page 3 TODAY Donrey Media Group 16 Volume 134 Number 65 25 cents tax included July S NEWSPAPER FIRST THINGS FIRST New charges lodged against John Bobbitt The ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS The attor ney for John Wayne Bobbitt says his client doesnt believe he did anything wrong when he allegedly exchanged blows with his fiancee over the The fight led to new charges of domestic battery against who gained interna tional fame a year ago when his wife cut off his his fiancee and his cousin were arrested as a result of a predawn fracas in a desert area on the citys southwest Kristina Elliott and Todd Biro were arrested after police sorted out an incident in which Elliott said she was beaten by the two Bobbitt told police he was struck and bitten on the chest by a former topless dancer he met here in February while on a personal appearance currently faces a July 19 arraignment in Las Veg as Municipal Court on domestic battery charges in connection with an alleged assault on Elliott May Bobbitt and who have been living together in an apart ment do not have a listed telephone His Michael said Bobbitt does not believe he did anything Las Vegas Metro Police were called to a location on the citys southwest side before dawn Saturday on report of a vehicle stuck in a desert area and a woman having difficulty breathing Officers said Elliott was cry ing and holding the back of her but stated nothing had After she told officers the couple wanted to avoid further See Back Page German student to spend year in Ukiah Kevin an international exchange student from will be living with David and Charlotte Rapport and their family in Ukiah during the 199495 school year as a member of Academic Year in the USA AYUSA International is a educational exchange organization providing intercultural home stay experiences for more than high every AYUSA students represent more than 30 countries of central and eastern Europe and the newly independent states of the former Soviet will be attending Ukiah High index Ann Landers 12 Classifieds 13 Comics 12 Forum 6 Horoscope 12 Lottery 16 People 3 Sports 7 TV listings 11 Weather 16 Journal phones Main Numbers 4680123 Circulation Number 4683533 Classified Numbers 4683536 The Daily Journal Is made from at teas 40 percent recycled news Low rub Ink Is also Complete the loop and recycle your First should be tax free RV man Neece By LOIS OROURKE Staff reporter Redwood Valley resident Thomas Neece thinks Califor should not have to pay in come tax on their first of Neece is hop ing to collect enough signa lures so an initiative that would create the exemption from the state income tax appears on the ballot in State budget headed to governor The ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO Pete Wilson today awaited final legisla tive action on a series of budget related bills that accompany the states billion spending The Senate approved the budget late Monday in a 2711 vote the Assembly approved it Saturday Both votes were the bare twothirds majorities The state budget gives more money to prisons and takes it away from welfare reci and university The Republican governor said he would sign the budget as the related budget measures reached his Those bills contain ic appropriations for aid to the blind and and other The budget contains items forged in Wilson Both sides of the aisle had to give and take to achieve a success ful It is a document that will keep California on the path of economic I look forward to signing the budget as soon as I have the accompanying trailer bills necessary to implement the Several of those measures were expected to go before the Assemb ly this evening the Senate already approved The budget seeks to spread a chronic deficit over two cut ting about billion through next summer and nearly million the following Virtually all senators were unhappy with the including those who voted for Many ques the budgets assumption that the federal government will give California billion over the next two years to pay for the impact of illegal But Tim R Carnelian who carried the budget on the Senate said passage of the spending plan was necessary in order to keep the state To reject the budget would cre ate a whirlpool that we would nev er be able to swim our way out Leslie Others noted the earlier passage of a allowing automatic cuts to the budget if revenues fall below legislation that was approved to satisfy bankers con See Back Page must collect signatures by according to the secretary of states who is retired and has lived in Redwood Valley for 10 said die proposed initiative does not tell people not to pay income he the initiative reads California voters will not be required to pay state income tax on their first of That if someone wants to pay they Neece He said he started working on the initiative years ago when he proposed changing the voting day from Tuesday to That is also an initiative he is proposing and will be an by the secretary of states office July he In every country where they vote on Sunday they have the highest possible voter said he he is proposing that the California Primary elec tion be held the first Sunday after 10 the day property taxes are due and another election be held the Sunday after April 15 the day income taxes are This will produce a very re and informed he He said most people he shared his original proposal with didnt get The politicians got but the people I wanted to get didnt get Neece Neece said it was then he de to come up with the second initiative exempting people from paying state income tax on their first of He wrote the text at first 20 pages but later narrowed it down to four sentences before submitting it to the attorney gen office May That date is Neece because just three days be California legislators granted themselves a 37 percent pay raise and a year in Neece thinks politicians make too much The mayor of San Francisco makes a Im asking people to see where that money comes from out of their pock he He said he also wants people to look at their legislators and com pare the clothes they wear and the cars they drive with their I want people to look at and ask whether the tail is wagging the See Back Page Even though they got off to a late the fireworks display was the best with both ground and aerial The band Red Cloud got the crowd going as band members asked the audience to participate during Barbara Daily Journal the songs by waving their The stands were filled and flags were Wiring safety concerns delay start of Ukiah fireworks Boom Boom Productions wires fireworks early In the day In preparation for the largest ever fireworks display held In By GLENDA ANDERSON Staff reporter Fireworks at the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds got off to a slow but were great once they got according to The Chamber of Commerce sponsored show was an hour late in the lights were left on through half of it and there was no grand complainants It said one who wished to remain She said it was her first and last time going to the Others said the though were Chamber of Commerce mana ger Jim Phelps said the delay was caused by a combination of safe ty and wiring He said barricades were put up to keep people off the railroad tracks behind the fairgrounds because thats the fallout zone for the The area was expected to be monitored by the Sheriffs But people sneaked in See Back Page Limo driver takes stand as Simpson hearing resumes The ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES The limou sine driver who took Simpson to the airport the night his and a friend were slain testified today he arrived early at and did not find Simpson or his Bronco at I arrived at about I got there I wanted to make sure I knew where the house Allan Park testified at the preliminary hearing for who is charged with two counts of first degree Park said he parked across the street from Simpsons smoked a drove to one gate at and decided not to enter because it was and drove to another gate a minute While looking down the drive way he did not notice Simpsons white Ford Park Park testified he buzzed an inter com and got no then con his boss at to find out what to Park said there was one light on upstairs and he couldnt see any lights on He recalled telling his boss dur ing a phone call that I dont think anybodys The times cited by the witness are important because one of Simp sons attorneys has said he was told the slayings happened about 11 and Simpson was at home waiting for his ride to the airport for a flight to Parks testimony launched the third day of Simpsons preliminary With no eyewitnesses and no murder prosecutors have crafted a largely circumstantial case against Simpson that includes 34 pieces of bloody evidence seized from his home and Defense attorneys have asked the judge to throw out that evi claiming it was improperly gathered by police after the bodies of Simpsons and her friend were The prosecution filed a written answer to that motion today and there was no immediate discussion in Also pending before Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy Powell was a decision on what to do with a sealed manila envelope containing possible evidence that Shapiro turned over to the court on The stabbed and slashed bodies of Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald were found June 13 in front of Nicole Simpsons condominium in about two miles from Simpsons gated Simpson has pleaded innocent to the murder The evidence the defense wants to suppress includes bloodstains in Simpsons on his drive way and in and around his and a bloody glove at his estate that resembles one found at the murder Shapiro says police scaled a wall at Simpsons mansion without a warrant that and later obtained a warrant by falsely See Back Page
