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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1968
Page
6
Weekend biker visit by the Gypsy Jokers from San Jose and The Misfits drew sheriff deputies into escort duties across Mendocino County. The group’s weekend on the coast included beach camping, minor property theft, and a reported assault tied to The Misfits member Larry Davis who was jailed for assault with a deadly weapon.
Secretary of State Frank Jordan faces a recall drive attack from Nancy Parr of the Recall Reagan Committee in San Francisco. She demands his retract of claims about signers being tricked. The group targets 1.6 million signatures to trigger a California recall election with Lt. Gov. Find to be directed to call a vote within 60 to 80 days if sufficient valid signatures are certified.
Deputies and State Park officials investigated a half dozen or more thefts and attempted thefts during the Fourth of July weekend centered on MacKerricher and Russian Gulch state parks. Burglaries, vandalism, and arrests followed, including a St. July period loss of a chain saw in Redwood Valley valued at about $40, grape vines damaged, a water pipe broken, and road signs removed. Harold Warren Harrington, 26, Redwood Valley, was arrested on warrants issued by Ukiah Justice Court.
Le Quang Chanh of the NLF executive committee warned in Paris that international volunteers would be sought if the United States does not leave Vietnam. He spoke to the International Congress of Jurists on Vietnam in Grenoble Sunday night, with North Vietnamese sources releasing the statement.
A two day panel from CASA CTA CSBA surveys conflicts between Ukiah Unified school district board and Mendoseta Teachers Association. Dr Harry McPherson Erwin Howlett James Klaywitter to present oral recommendations at Wednesday board meeting. Panel aims to ease strained relations and is nonbinding.
In Richmond a 3-year-old boy, Eric Singleton, died after running into a street to reach his birthday cake as his mother finished preparations. He was struck by a passing car and died at a local hospital. Police reported no further details available.
Ukiah weather watchers report a seasonal high of 107 degrees on Friday. The thermometer then dipped to 102 on Saturday and 101 on Sunday, with a cooler 84 today. The prior seasonal high was 106 degrees in June, plus two readings of 104 degrees earlier this year.
During the Independence Day weekend California Highway Patrol logged only three injury accidents and Mendocino County recorded no traffic fatalities. Involved drivers included Jack Brown of Daly City in a Talmage Road off ramp crash injuring Harold Brown 5, Victor Brown 2, and Edith Maquin 67. Robert Alva Ingram 17 of Philo injured after veering off Highway 101 near Willits. and Richard Massei 21 of Potter Valley treated after a collision on Potter Valley Road near Ukiah, with high beams and bridge railing damage noted.
A Hoover Institution study for the U S Arms Control and Disarmament Agency envisions by 1972 China deploying nuclear armed missiles aimed at U S cities. It foresees a Great Leap Forward style upheaval, Mao’s fall in 1972, a milder regime, intercontinental missiles with dirty warheads, sub fleets near Hawaii and the mainland, and risk‑reducing arms control talks that do not curb China’s nuclear plans.
Princeton based Gallup poll projects Democratic gains this fall after losing 47 House seats in 1966. The survey highlights 70 percent Democratic support in 13 southern states and a national split showing Democrats favored in the congressional vote. The GOP had made South gains in 1966, narrowing the edge to 65 percent.
President Johnson and South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu are expected to hold a peace and war conference in the Pacific within weeks. Thieu said he asked for a meeting to discuss Paris talks and joint military actions, postponing a Washington visit. State Dept acknowledged general consideration. officials say meeting is virtually certain.
California Highway Patrol arrested Gerald Thomas Walsh 50 of Brentwood near Leggett on Highway 101 for suspected drunk driving. Eulius Williams 39 of Redwood Valley was jailed north of Willits on Highway 101 for suspected intoxication. Betty Patricka 48 of Ukiah booked for being drunk in a vehicle.
A fire department log notes a blight burn on East River Road at 3:18 p.m. Saturday, recorded as a control burn proceeding under fire safety rules.
A two year old girl was abducted at gunpoint from her mother in Marysville California by Thomas F Scofield an AWOL Marine. An all points bulletin was issued for Scofield 22 and his partner Loretta 20 armed with a rifle and a .22 pistol. Sheriff Gary Miller said Scofield claimed to need the child for safe conduct out of the country and that he killed a man in San Francisco a claim police could not verify. They fled in a damaged blue 1962 two door sedan with $2 taken from the mother. Authorities warned Scofield may head for Canada and noted CHPs across Northern California were alerted with no road blocks.
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