New Medical Director Named for Mendocino State Hospital
James V. Lowry announced the appointment of Joseph E. O Neill 42 as medical director for Mendocino State Hospital. O Neill, formerly chief of professional education and associate director at Mendocino State Hospital, will replace Ernie Klatte who becomes chief deputy director of mental health services for Orange County and will teach at UC Irvine. O Neill will report July 14 with his wife Joan and their five children Kathleen 13 Kevin 11 Constance 8 Christopher 6 and Carrie 4. They will reside on hospital grounds.
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Sacramento
James V. Lowry
State Department of Mental Hygiene
Joseph E. O'Neill
Mendocino State Hospital
Dr. O'Neill
Asso
Ciate
MSH
Sonoma State Hospital
O'Neill
Ernie Klatte
Orange County
Klatte
University of California
University of Santa Clara
Creighton University
Omaha
Porter
San Francisco
St. Mary’s Hospital
Fire calls log reports multiple Sunday to Thursday incidents
Sunday at 3 54 p m a fire involving rag and grass in a garage and yard at 306 W Church St caused no damage Saturday at 4 21 p m a rubbish fire at Rossi Transportation near Forks also caused no damage Friday at 3 02 p m an ambulance assisted at an auto crash on Lake Mendocino Drive Thursday at 5 12 p m a fire in a car owned by Fred Lucas at Yokayo Shopping Center caused no damage
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W. Church St
Rossi Transportation
Forks
Lake Mendocino Drive
Fred Lucas
Yokayo Shopping Center
California leads all states with 558 Memorial Day traffic deaths
United Press International reports a 78 hour Memorial Day weekend toll of 558 traffic deaths, the highest three day record since 1966 while not surpassing last year’s four day total of 608. California topped with 50 highway fatalities, praised Mendocino Lake officials for patient drivers and orderly behavior amid heavy congestion.
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United Press International
National ‘ Safety ‘Council
Hayes. Hickey
Mendocino-Lake County
Mendocino
Lake County
Lake Counties
Hayes
Hickey
Cloverdale
Burke Hill
Crawford Flats
Three area drownings over the three day holiday
A 22 year old Crescent City man Patrick Scott Dillon drowned in the ocean at the mouth of De Haven Creek near Westport while skin diving with his brother. He was found face down after losing buoyancy. Two other drownings occurred Friday at Clear Lake involving 9 year old Steven Marciano and 3 year old Leon Tinschaten, found near Cole Creek and near Austin's Beach after leaving a dock.
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Mendocino
Lake Counties
Clear Lake
Crescent City
de Haven Creek
Westport
Patrick Scott Dillon
Cain, Grove &‘Haverfield
Fort Bragg
Steven G. Marciano
Palo Alto
Cole Creek
Clear Lake State Park
Leonard Marciano
Hayward
Leon R. Tinschaten
Jackie Chambers
Austin
Austin’s
Clear Lake Highlands
Covelo pickup crash leaves four critically hurt
Four people were critically injured in a truck crash near Covelo at 2:18 a.m. Saturday after the pickup veered across a fence into a field and struck a tree. Driver Jerry Henderson, 72, Covelo, and two passengers Marianne Clough 19 Chico State and Leslie Morris ??? Stockton were taken for emergency treatment. surgeries continued at Hillside Community Hospital and Howard Memorial Hospital with Henderson and Clough in critical to fair condition.
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Mendocino
Lake Counties
Covelo
Jerry Henderson
Hillside Community Hospital
Howard Memorial Hospital
Willits
Henderson
Marianne Clough
Chico State
Leslie Morris
Stockton
Suzann Clough
Morris
Suzanne Clough
Howard
Memorial Hospital
Ukiah General Hospital
Eve
Saohaen
State park ranger dies by suicide at MacKerricher
Lawrence Elu a 45 year old ranger at MacKerricher State Park Fort Bragg apparently took his own life Saturday while his wife Emily walked on the beach. He locked himself in his trailer and slit his wrists and throat after leaving a note. Mrs. Elu found the scene and sought help from another ranger. His note showed long standing despondency. Body taken to Cain Grove and Haverfield Mortuary in Fort Bragg where funeral arrangements are pending.
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Lawrence Elu
MacKerricher State Park
Fort Bragg
Emily
Elu
Lane Park
Cain, Grove, & Haverfield
Fort ‘Bragg
Disastrous Summer Fire Hazard Warned in Mendocino
Mendocino County faces a potentially severe fire season warned by state forest ranger William F. Mann. He cites heavy winter erosion, snowpack, and debris buildup creating high fire risk across wild lands and roads, with increased public use raising threat levels and calls for heightened caution statewide.
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Mendocino County
William F. Mann
State Board of Forestry
Sacramento
U.S. Forest Service
California Division of Forestry
California
Mild earthquake rattled Ukiah and Redwood Valley areas
Residents of Redwood Valley felt a mild temblor at 10 40 last night rattling dishes and windows. The quake reached Regina Heights and Talmage and was less distinct in Ukiah. Jean Kruckman and Ruth Saline reported shaking at their homes. No Berkeley seismograph data on severity.
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Redwood Valley
Regina Heights
Talmage
Ukiah
Jean Kruckman
District Attorney's Office
Ruth Saline
Berkeley
Record 7 year old rattlesnake bite heroics by CHP
A California Highway Patrol officer conducted a Code Three emergency run from Ukiah to Squaw Rock and back to Hillside Community Hospital in under 20 minutes to treat a seven year old Santa Clara boy bitten by a rattlesnake. The boy, bitten on a finger while handling a baby rattler, was given anti venom and reported in good spirits after treatment.
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Burke Hill
Cloverdale
CHP
Ukiah
Squaw Rock
Hillside Community Hospital
Santa Clara
John Mason
William Heller
Highway Patrol
Mason
Hillside
Racing schooner Goodwill wrecks off Baja California coast
The charter schooner Goodwill, a 161 foot twin masted vessel, part of the TransPacific run, found wrecked near PUNTO SAN ANTONIO Baja California Mexico. Coast Guard says no survivors seen at the scene. a dinghy is missing and seven aboard may have tried to reach shore two miles away.
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PUNTO
Warfare state fears gain in Congress watchdog plan
A 61 page report says the United States is becoming a warfare state as 45 House and Senate members propose new watchdog bodies to curb the military bureaucracy. Democrats and Sen. Saxbe of Ohio back a joint congressional panel to set national priorities and a commission of lawmakers and private citizens to probe the military industrial establishment. The report blames civilian policy shifts under McNamara and broad public spending as root causes, while noting the military is not to blame.
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Daniel Rapoport
Washington
UPI
United States
House
Senate
William B. Saxbe
Congress
Armed Services Committees
Houses
Defense Department
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Ukiah Records First 100 Degree Reading This Year
The Ukiah weather bureau reports Saturday reached a seasonal high of 100 degrees, the first 100 reading of the year, before Sunday cooled to 6 degrees. Unofficial thermometers showed 101 to 102 degrees, but the official figure was 100. Noon temperature was 68.
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Ukiah
Ukiah Fire Department Weather Bureau
Nixon commission backs coastal drilling to drain oil
A Nixon panel urges resuming oil production off California to drain the Union Oil Co lease in the Santa Barbara Channel, arguing that pumping the well dry is the only permanent way to prevent future spills. The report, given to President Nixon and referred to Interior Secretary Hickel, estimates two years of steady pumping to deplete the Repetto reservoirs, with ongoing risk of leaks.
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Frank Swoboda
Washington
UPI
California
Nixon
Union Oil Co
Santa Barbara
Walter J. Hickel
Pickup
Union
Repetto
Johnson
Union Base
Texas
Louisiana
Lee
A. DuBridge
Supreme Court rules civilian trial for off base serviceman crimes
The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that servicemen who commit non military off base crimes in peacetime must be tried in civilian courts. The decision limits military jurisdiction over offenses such as murder and rape. The ruling affects about 85 percent of such cases now tried in civilian courts and clarifies that peacetime off base offenses fall under civilian jurisdiction unless service connected.
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Charlotte G. Moulton
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
United States
Little Rock
Ark
Lake Nixon Club
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Montgome Colla
Johnson
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
William
Douglas
John M. Harlan
Potter
Armed Services
James F. O'Callahan
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Hawaii
O'Callahan
Honolulu
Scranton
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Nixon Commission
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