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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1966
Page
4
Editor notes this four part forecast examines 1967 legislature facing new party control and Prop 1-a changes. Jan 2 convenes as a shifted balance emerges with many new members, altered committees, and pay limits while bills slowly roll in early 1967.
O R Dick Braun, Masonite Cor poration general sales manager since 1964, is elected vice president sales. President John M Coates announced. Braun began at Masonite in 1948 as an industrial salesman and has held sales and sales management roles since. He is a 1941 electrical engineering graduate from Iowa State University.
In Murcia Spain a bartender named Alfonso Tormo tapped a beer from a keg and the barrel exploded, killing him instantly. Authorities blamed compressed gases for the fatal accident.
Young men seeking sea careers may take an entrance exam at the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo on Saturday January 7 at 9 am. No fees or prior appointments needed. Additional tests will be held the first Saturday of each month through May and in other areas statewide. High school graduates eligible. 17 to 21, never married, upon August admission. The academy offers a three year program with three training cruises, granting a BSc and a license. For details write the dean, California Maritime Academy, Vallejo.
Brown granted clemency to 64 condemned inmates, commuting 35 to life or lesser terms amid pressure from liberal groups. Death Row prisoners were informed and moved to Vacaville Medical Facility for exams before transfer to other facilities. Incoming Governor Reagan did not comment. Brown’s actions followed long debates over the death penalty and a historic number of saved lives during his tenure.
Charles E. Carpenter of 21 Oak Knoll Road is awarded a certified public accountant certificate by the State Board of Accountancy after passing a five part exam and meeting two years of accounting and auditing experience including financial analysis.
Forestry instructor Don Brittingham of Ukiah High School announces a February tree planting program using seedlings provided by the Redwood Region Conservation Council. RRCC ordered 1,000 Monterey Pine and 1,000 Douglas fir seedlings for the forestry course with about 35 students. The council annually supplies seedlings to regional schools, aiding student field experience and community forest management. RRCC plans to furnish around 20,000 seedlings to eight schools and colleges this year.
A bottle drive is under way through December 30 to raise funds for an addition to the City Park pool. Children in the city swimming program go door to door collecting empty bottles with the citizen's committee seeking community cooperation.
Reports describe the largest fresh actions by troops in Vietnam as a truce nears. American casualties deemed moderate while Vietnamese suffered light losses. enemy losses unknown. South Vietnamese forces push through U Minh Forest with 89 Viet Cong killed earlier in a major operation. Mortar fire struck Marine positions west of Bong Ha and near Dong Ha as Gio Linh residents brace for the DMZ flare up.
The fragment notes a historic ironwork claim tied to Weymouth New Jersey, mentioning a date-like figure 2754 and the phrase iron in the United name. Readable text is fragmentary and original context unclear, but indicates a historic hammering of iron in Weymouth area.
A moving van arrived at the Sacramento Executive Mansion to pack out outgoing Governor Edmund G. Brown. Crews boxed the first family's belongings while most furnishings stay with the state. Governor-elect Ronald Reagan’s wife will leave the current furnishings in place.
In Congress a UPI survey shows limited support for a broad inquiry into U S bombing policy, with hearings set to closely examine policy and credibility. Chairman Mendel Rivers urges escalation while condemning civilian casualties, saying one American life is worth more than all North Vietnam and calling for intensifying bombing including Haiphong.
A 7.75 magnitude quake centered off the Chile coast sent a food and medicine convoy from Antofagasta toward Taltal. Water tankers headed from Pueblo Hundido as Chile rejects U S aid. Seismologists place the quake on a fault 50 miles beneath the Pacific. The tremor stretched 1000 miles from Santiago to Mendoza, eclipsing the Oct 17 disaster in casualties and homelessness.
Seventh victim identified from the Colusa County Christmas morning fire that killed seven members of Judge Seymour Vann's family. Coroner confirms victims include Martha Vann 51 Carroll Hutchinson 86 and four Vann children Sara 17 Seymour Jr 17 Deborah 13 and Matt 6. Investigators seek cause of the blaze.
Lynda Bird Johnson and George Hamilton enjoyed a private beach day in Acapulco at the tropical estate of Merle Oberon and Bruno Sagliai. They avoided questions about their romance at a press conference and hinted at possible plans for New Year’s Eve at a nearby villa of a Mexican politician.
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control announced it accepted a $336 payment from K H Westfall and Nancy Westfall of 760 South State Street Ukiah in lieu of suspending their off sale general liquor license after charges of sales to minors on November 15.
Harry Golden 63 year old editor of the Carolina Israelite and author of Only in America and For 2 Cents Plain remains in critical condition in Charlotte after emergency gall bladder operation Tuesday night. He is under constant care of his personal physician amid respiratory difficulties following the surgery.
The first recorded instance of rocket warfare occurred during the Mongol siege of Pienking China in 1232.
A United Press International poll of the 90th Congress shows 66 percent oppose any tax increase to finance the Vietnam War or curb inflation. Eighty percent favor cutting domestic programs like the War on Poverty, indicating possible drastic curtailment in 1967. Key lawmakers debate limits on spending and taxes, with views split along region and party while warnings of a looming 10 percent tax increase after the new year surface.
News of the death of former Okiahan Mary Armstrong was received. She and husband Tom Armstrong once owned Pine Crest Cottages off Sanford Lane, selling 18 months ago to move to Susanville near a niece. They were known in the Christian Science church. Mrs Armstrong died December 22. funeral held Monday in Susanville. Her husband survives.
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