12 Dec 1977
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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1977
Page
1
President Carter said in a weekend interview that US negotiators would preserve strategic equality or superiority with the Soviet Union at SALT talks. He asserted Washington will protect its interests and not be pushed around as talks proceed.
University of Hawaii marine biologist Louis Hérman says replacements for Puka and Kea, freed in a theft case, will be 3 to 4 year old female Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Training to reach their level will take about two years with a $140 000 NSF grant funding.
In Northwestern California clouds increase tonight with rain likely Tuesday from Shelter Cove northward and lighter chances elsewhere. Little temperature change anticipated. Fort Bragg 40 to 56, Ukiah 38 to 62.
Public hearings will study a plan cutting maximum density to 18 units per acre in C-1 and from 43 to 18 in R-4, eliminating apartments in commercial zones. R-3 and R-4 will add site permits, new zones include manufacturing and office, and planners seek conformance with the general plan.
Jonell Adams, alleged mistress of Otis Hurt, began testimony after receiving immunity from perjury. She said she did not set the fire, visited the Lake Mendocino Drive home the night of the blaze, and described office smells and new furnishings. Adams claimed deputies pressured her and indicated Hurt’s wife Shirley was a suspect, and she was jailed after refusing to answer if she started the fire. Hurt faces arson charges from the Aug 20, 1976 incident. trial in Superior Court, Judge Timothy O'Brien.
Ukiah received 1.07 inches of rain from a passing weather front on Sunday raising the unofficial yearly total to 10.18 inches by 8 a.m. The rain began around 7 a.m. and produced a torrential downpour with fast gutter water and large puddles. The 0.18 inch increase puts Ukiah about three inches ahead of last year at this date.
United States envoy Cyrus Vance resumed a Middle East tour visiting Cairo and Amman as Egypt and Israel hold bargaining sessions this week. Anwar Sadat blasted neighboring Arab states while Hafez Assad urged a boycott of the talks. Jordan’s King Hussein eyed joining the Cairo discussions as Washington presses for broader Arab participation and Israel concessions.
Airlana Lawrence 26 was charged with murder after her 3 month old daughter Wendy died from injuries after being thrown from a closed window of their three story Chicago apartment. Police said the attack occurred while the couple slept early Sunday and Lawrence reportedly told her common law husband Jerry Campbell 26 she no longer wanted the child. The infant died shortly after at St Bernard Hospital.
At Camp David in Maryland, President Carter ushers Hubert Humphrey to sit in the presidential seat during a brief two to three minute ride from the helicopter pad to the lodges. The weekend gathering marks a rare public gesture as Carter invites a long-time Democratic colleague to the presidential retreat.
Duane Wells, chief appraiser in the county assessor's office, announced his candidacy for county assessor next year. He has over 21 years in the office, chairs timber policy committees, and oversees a staff valuing more than $1 billion in property tax cash value. Wells cites reform aims and state collaboration, and he and his wife Patricia reside in Ukiah with two daughters.
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