Nixon Holds Lead Will Need Help
On the eve of the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach Richard Nixon held a strong lead for the presidential nomination. Nelson Rockefeller urged the race remained open as Nixon secured support with Nixon needing help from favorite sons to secure the first ballot. Ronald Reagan appeared at the opening session in a show of candidacy and interaction with delegates amid tight security.
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Raymond M. Lahr
Miami Beach
IPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ray C. Bliss
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Rockefeller
New York
John Andrews
Ohio Republic
Ukiah Man Dies From Gasoline Fire Injuries
Ronald Wayne Hodges of Ukiah died from third degree burns suffered July 26 while cleaning spilled gasoline at Painter Ready Mix on Lake Mendocino Drive. He was 25 and died in a Ukiah hospital Saturday after services at Zimmerman Mortuary. Burial followed at Ukiah Cemetery. Hodges, a Covelo and Ukiah resident for 20 years, was a 1960 Covelo high school graduate. Surviving are his wife Audrey, two children Rhonda and Lisa, four sisters, parents Eileen and William Hodges, and several grandparents and relatives.
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Ronald Wayne Hodges
Ukiah
Finez
Zimmerman Mortuary
Cornish Jones
Ora Holloway
Hodges
Painter Ready Mix
Lake Mendocino Drive
Vallejo
Covelo
Covelo High School
Audrey Hodges
Safari Trailer Court
N. State Street
Rhonda
Lisa
Rama Sanders
Auburn
Eileen
William Hodges
Benjamin Oldemeyer
Brush
Colo
Darrell Shipley
Pearl Hodges
Winters
Tex
Zella Fredrick
Los Angeles
North Coast Water Hearing Shapes Dos Rios Debate
Public hearing in Eureka and upcoming Aug 16 session in Ukiah chart North Coast water issues. Mendocino opposes a high level Dos Rios dam, favors English Ridge and southerly routing. Counties lake, Humboldt, Sonoma push for flood control and cheaper Delta water via southerly routes and joint consideration of English Ridge with Dos Rios. More talks, tests, and regional proposals frame the plan.
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Eureka
California Water Commission
Eel River Association
Mendocino County
Dos Rios
Mndocino County
English Ridge
Ukiah Veterans’ Memorial Hall
Senate Assembly Water Committee
Eureka Inn
Bel River
Corps of Engineers
Eel River
California
Glenn and
Tehama
Sacramento Delta
Humboldt County
Sonoma County
CWC
Mendocino Woman A Favorite Son Alternate At Reagan Convention
Mrs Boynton Marge Boynton leads Mendocino County Republican Central Committee as a favorite son alternate at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. The delegation has 86 voting delegates and 86 alternates pledged to Reagan through the first ballot before caucus to decide commitment. Paige Boynton, 17, and Maureen Finch, 18, accompany their families at the event.
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Mendocino County
Maureen Finch
Bob Finch
Boyntons
Rifleman Needs Course In Handling Weapons
A Daly City woman 21 and a Pacifica woman 20 were aboard a parked car on a Dos Rios beach when two Pacifica men, 22 and 20, fired .20 caliber rifles at beer cans from the car roof. A piece of metal pierced the shoulder of Diana Martin, who was treated and released at Howard Memorial Hospital. Deputy Sheriff Bill Lee re created the incident and said a rifle was raised to fire at the car.
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Daly City
Eel River
Dos Rios
Diana Martin
Joyce Paullin
Pacifica
River
Walter
Beavers
Richard Capaci
Miss Martin
Howard Memorial Hospital
Willits
Bill Lee
Lake Mendocino Faces August Drought Pressures
Lake Mendocino sits at 731.58 feet with August drought pressures from Guerneville area resorts seeking more flow in the Russian River. Conservation level 737.5 feet, spillway floods at 765.70. Corps of Engineers says water has dropped six feet since drawdowns began. Pickle Road swimming area receded 30 feet. motorboat operators report hull and propeller damage in shallow areas. Demand may ease as fruit crops mature. Coyote Dam and Lake Mendocino financed by Sonoma and Mendocino Counties, Mendocino contributing 14 percent, limiting resistance to Sonoma water demands.
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Corps of Engineers
Pickle Road
Roby
Sonoma County
Coyote
Mendocino
Sonoma
Mendocino County
GOP Platform Order and Peace
GOP platform details a call for restoring order at home and abroad, de Americanizing Vietnam, and endorsing a peace program while rejecting world policeman duties. The draft stresses eradicating poverty, improving education, and quelling violence, with Nixon in mind and no offense to Rockefeller or Reagan.
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Johnson
Vietnam
United’ States
United States
Weekend Report Highlights County Sheriff Activity
The sheriff's weekend report details several incidents. Wayne Freitas of Ukiah was attacked by an unknown assailant by his motorcycle, causing about 40 dollars in damage. Ernest Abert of Hopland reported trespassing by Laurence Albers of Kelseyville on Jack Bresson property and Albers shot a deer there. Kenneth Barnes of Willits received a speeding citation during a Saturday night street race with a juvenile. A Ukiah juvenile was arrested for intoxication at Lake Mendocino. On Sunday Everette Clevenger was arrested at Pickle Point, Lake Mendocino, after a disturbance claiming employment as a traffic controller.
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Jack Bresson
Albers
Kenneth Barnes
Willits
S. State Street
Lake Mendocino
Hunters Lose Compass In County Wide Missing Men
Eight hunters are reported missing as hunting season opens in the county. Duane Wells spots a man at Cahto Mountain near Laytonville waving a white handkerchief and shouting, but a search party could not be sent. A man from Daly City identified as John Brown later walked in on his own. Other missing hunters include an unknown man near Laytonville, Silas Shannon near Cummings, and three in Covelo, with two more in Fort Bragg. five names remain unknown.
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Duane Wells
Cahto Mountain
Laytonville
Sheriff’s Office
Bob
Richardson
Sheriff's
John Brown
Daly City
Tonville Ara
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Sheriff’s Department
Leggett
Silas Shannon
Cummings Station
Covelo
Fort Bragg
Sheriff's Department
Rockefeller Strongest With Voters In Cross-State Poll
A Sindlinger poll of 2,583 voters across 48 states found Gov. Nelson Rockefeller the strongest presidential candidate among Republicans when matched against Humphrey or McCarthy and third party George Wallace. Nixon remained favored by Republicans, but Rockefeller led in head-to-head matchups across the Democratic candidates, per the market analysis firm.
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New York
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
George C. Wallace
Sindlinger & Co., Inc
George Gallup
Louis Harris
Nixon
Gallup
Harris
Sindlinger
Rokefeller
Assembly convenes amid questioned legality of adjourn order
Sacramento bulletin reports the Assembly meeting despite doubts over legality of the proclamation ordering adjournment. At 10 a.m. Speaker Pro Tempore Carlos Bee of Hayward opened the session, with no immediate action described.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Carlos Bee
D-Hayward
California adjourns legislature as Burns acts in Reagan absence
Governor pro tempore Hugh M. Burns, acting as governor while Reagan and Finch attend the Republican National Convention in Miami, orders a two day adjournment and reconvening on Sept 9 to tackle vetoed bills. Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh argues no deadlock, while legality may be settled in court.
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Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
Inglewood
Hugh M. Burns
Burns
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Robert H. Finch
Miami Beach
Fla
Cal
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