May Ballot On Gun Control Plebiscite Considered in California
In Sacramento California UPI reports backers of gun control may seek a public plebiscite on November ballot to advise lawmakers on gun registration rules. If approved the vote would be advisory only and not bind 1969 legislation. Democrats failed to move a bill to committee and Reagan opposes registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DE van L. Shumway
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
California
Winfield Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Avila Elected Chair of Mendocino Board of Supervisors
Fort Bragg supervisor Augie Avila was elected chair of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors succeeding John Mayfield Jr. who becomes deputy director of the State Department of Conservation in Sacramento. Avila, on the board 30 years, moves up from vice chair and was reelected in June to a second four year term. Joe Scaramella of Point Arena was elected vice chairman, now in his 15th year on the board. A successor for Mayfield in the outer Ukiah district has not been announced.
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Augie Avila
Fort Bragg
Board of Supervisors
John Mayfield Jr
Ukiah
State Department of Conservation
Sacramento
Avila
Joe Scaramella
Point Arena
Mayfield
Lucientes Writ Claims Mistake In Court Plea
A Redwood Valley tile setter and former builder, held at Vacaville, faces a court hearing after a writ of error coram nobis was filed claiming his Ukiah plea was mistaken. He pleaded guilty to a count he believed was a misdemeanor. the judge later sentenced him to state prison. Several teens were taken into custody when deputies raided the home.
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Redwood Valley
California
Vacaville
Jose Lucientes
Tim Steen
Ukiah
Lucientes
George Nelson
Ukiah Justice Court
Ron Bondoc
San Francisco
Wayne Burke
Duncan James
Hale Mce Cowen Jr
Duncan
Ukiah Man Seeks Help For Vietnam Unit Projector Drive
A plea from Viet GI Pens for a 16mm projector to entertain troops in Qui Nhon, Vietnam, is redirected to Mendocino veterans director T. R. OBayley Jr. Funds, donated via checks to OBayley, will be used to buy the projector and ship it to USASTRATCOM Long Lines Detachment in Qui Nhon. The unit’s men live in a tight, off limits compound since the Tet offensive, and morale suffers without home news or entertainment.
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Qui Nhon
Vietnam
Ukiah
Ronald Reagan
John Ruddick
T. R. O’bayley Jr
Mendocino Veterans Service
O’bayley
O'Bayley
Ruddick
Weather data fragment from July 1967 page
Fragmentary report notes temperatures and rainfall with July 1967 date. Mentions high and low values and rainfall inches but lacks complete details. Contains scattered figures like today 55 degrees and last year 0.00 with unclear units and sources.
Huge Soviet war maneuvers loom along 1000 mile frontier
Moscow announced massive maneuvers across the entire 1000 mile frontier with Western Europe. The move coincides with the departure of the full politburo to Czechoslovakia to press for a tougher stance against reformist trends. Defence plans include civilian reservists and mobilization of transport, signaling urgency to keep Czechoslovakia aligned with the East Bloc. The drills run until August 10 as West German maneuvers loom in September.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Europe
Politburo
Czechoslovakia
Tasrin Fromt Noawn
Svw4ul Blueil Pab Luacs Ul le
Izvestia
Kremlin
Alexander Dubcek
Andrei Grechko
Algiers
Public Utility Assessments Downgrade in Mendocino County
Mendocino County records show privately owned public utility property valued at 15 159 400 for 1968, down from 15 663 240 in 1967 a 3 22 percent drop. State Board of Equalization notes a tentative 4 7 billion total for 192 utilities with a 45 million gain. appeals window runs August. final assessment set August 19.
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Mendocino County
State Board of Equalization
Ervin attacks Fortas and seeks panel picks
UPI reports Sen Sam Ervin accuses Chief Justice nominee Abe Fortas of discarding precedents into the judicial garbage can and proposes a constitutional amendment to limit presidential picks to five names chosen by panels of state and federal judges. He would require Senate confirmation.
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Supreme Court
Ervin
Senate
House
Fortas
Justice Department
Christopher
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Hart
Kortas
Ferre Calls Today Brush and Grass Fire Aid
Fire department records show at 10:43 a.m. mutual aid to M State Hospital for a brush and grass fire. Fire units responded to the scene and began suppression efforts. No injuries reported and under control by responding crews.
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M State Hospital
Reagan property tax relief bill defeated in Senate
Gov Ronald Reagan's 155 million property tax relief plan failed in the California Senate 21-16, needing a two thirds majority. With a 5 to 4 percent sales tax cut looming Oct 1 unless action is taken, lawmakers may still patch a plan before adjournment next week. Reagan was in Cincinnati for a governors conference.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Creative Society
Senate
Cincinnati
California
John G. Veneman
Modesto
Northwestern California Weather Summary Card
Northwestern California remains fair through Wednesday with coastal overcast in the afternoon. Clearing nights and mild temperatures follow, with today’s high and tonight’s low not clearly specified. Ukiah reports 98 and 56 in the fragmentary weather data.
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California
Ukiah
Sirhan Sirhan to Enter Insanity Plea On Brain Damage Claim
UPI reports defense plans innocence and insanity pleas for Sirhan B. Sirhan in the Kennedy assassination case. A neurosurgeon may be appointed to examine his brain after a fall from a horse, with court actions postponed to August 2. Records recount the 1966 accident near Corona California, prior eye and health complaints, and related workers compensation filings.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Pasadena
Independent Star News
Russell E. Parsons
Sirhan
Parsons
Miller
State Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board
John F. McLaughlin
Argonaut Insurance Co
Maurice Nugent
Albert Tashma
Arab hijackers seize Israeli airliner to Algiers
Five Arab commandos armed with pistols and grenades hijack an Israeli EJ AL airliner and force the pilot to fly to Algiers. Algiers frees 88 passengers, including 14 Israelis and one American, while holding 48 aboard as hostages for captured Arab guerrillas. Dr Denton Dooley conducts seventh heart transplant, first major operation in Houston. Recipient Henry W. Jurgens, donor Michael K. Buxton. In Chicago, a striking union vows to equip the Democratic National Convention with critical communications gear at International Amphitheatre.
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Algiers
UPI
Houston
Denton Dooley
Beatrice
Neb
St. Luke's Hospital
Henry W. Jurgens
Michael K. Buxton
Chicago
International Amphitheatre
U.S. General Robert Worley Killed in Vietnam Flight
In Saigon, Communist forces pounded the Nang base with heavy mortars and rockets. General Robert F Worley, 48, commander of the Seventh Air Force in Vietnam, was killed when his plane was shot down during the attack.
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Saigon
UPS
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