Assembly Dems Draft Stricter Gun Bill Despite NRA Lobbying
Sacramento officials report Assembly Democrats begin drafting a tougher gun control bill and may sidestep a blocked committee. Assemblyman Shoemaker accuses NRA official E F Sloan of unregistered lobbying against limits, calls for investigation, and vows a stricter bill than Crown’s defeated measure requiring forms and waiting periods.
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Tracy Wood
Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Winfield A. Shoemaker
D-Lompoc
National Rifle Association
Shoemaker
E.F. Sloan
Western States
NRA
Cratic
GEE Committee
Crown
Sloan
California Rifle and Pistol Association
Legislative Analyst Office
Crown’s
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Brown's Girl Tells Police Confused About Fall
Eva Bohn-Chin a 22 year old model told Cedars of Lebanon she fell from Jimmy Brown's Beverly Hills apartment balcony while leaving as officers arrived to investigate a neighbor quarrel. She says Brown had nothing to do with her injuries and Brown faces an assault case though no charges were filed against her.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Eva Bohn-Chin
Jimmy Brown
Rtment
Miss Bohn-Chin
California bill on agricultural funds advances in Ways and Means
The bill proposed by Reagan in January is $25.6 million higher than the Senate version. The Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved sending it to the Assembly floor for action next week. GOP members voiced concerns as Assemblyman Mulford pledged to try restoring university agricultural research funds.
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Reagan
Senate
Assembly
Ways and Means
Gallup Poll Now Favors Humphrey
Gallup results show Hubert Humphrey leading Nixon 42 to 36, Rockefeller 14, Wallace 8 undecided in national samples. In New York race Humphrey 39 Governor 6 with Wallace 17 and 8 undecided. Polls taken before Kennedy assassination and checked showed little change.
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Princeton
N.J
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Gallup
Humphrey
Nixon
George Wallace
American Independent Party
New York
Wallace
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarthyite claims Humphrey strength overestimated in California
Gerald N. Hill, co-chair of Eugene J. McCarthy’s California campaign, says Humphrey’s delegate strength is overstated and many supporters are only leaning due to current lead. Hill urges that if Humphrey wins the nomination he cannot carry California, potentially aiding Reagan in November. He notes Kennedy supporters shifting to McCarthy and cites California primary results showing broad Democratic discontent.
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San Francisco
UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Gerald N. Hill
Hill
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Robert Kennedy
McCarthy
Kennedy
Save-Redwoods League to Mark Semi Centenary
The Save the Redwoods League marks its 50th anniversary with events June 15 and 16. A 2 p.m. ceremony dedicates a seven mile Avenue of the Giants addition to Humboldt Redwoods State Park at Pepperwood Flat chaired by Dr. Ralph W. Chaney with speakers William Penn Mott Jr Frank Sylvester and George B. Hartzog Jr. A 8:30 p.m. photo and map display follows at the Eureka Inn. June 16 offers an all day tour from the Eureka Inn to northern redwood state parks with a look at a Redwood National Park proposal in Congress. The League has raised over 14 million private dollars to preserve redwood forests across 30 state parks and aims to complete holdings within watershed ecological units. Investments exceed 250 million in present state redwood parks.
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Save-the-Redwoods League
The
Redwoods
Avenue of the Giants
Humboldt, Redwoods State Park
Pepperwood Flat
Ralph W. Chaney
Save the Redwoods League
William Penn Mott Jr
State Department of Parks ‘and Recreation
Frank Sylvester
Bureau of .Outdoor
Department of. Interior
George B. Hartzog Jr
National Park Service
Pepperwood
Flat’ Redwoods State Park
Eureka Inn
Eureka
Redwood National Park
House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Save-the-Redwoods- League
League
Buckaroo Days Festival Opens In Boonville
Boonville marks its seventh annual Buckaroo Days over Father's Day weekend to fund the Sunday Apple Fair parade. Events include a Friday teen dance under Ukiah Teen Age Club guidance, Saturday pancake breakfast by the Anderson Valley Lions Club, a steak and chicken barbecue at the Boonville Fairgrounds, junior rodeo with two heifer riding groups, a donkey baseball game, and a water hose duel between Anderson Valley volunteers and California Division of Forestry at 4 p.m.
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Boonville
Anderson Valley
Mendocino County
Apple Hall
Mike McKnney
Ukiah
Apple—hall
Anderson Valley Lions Club
Boonville Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
California Division of Forestry
Payroll Retained For Six Months After Legislator Death
Secretaries and clerks of a U S Congress member stay on the payroll for a six month period following the death or resignation of the member.
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U. S. Congress
Congress
Civil Service Exam Problems Prompt Department Review
The Civil Service commission spent much of a meeting investigating department head reports on written examinations for vacancies. They noted exams may be too broad or not aligned with duties, delays in notices and results, and failures of packaged exams. Heads urged closer pre exam review and some department created exams, and favored on the job proven ability over grades for final appointments.
Frost Hits County Meath Ranchers and Fruit Growers
Eriksen estimates grape, apple and pear production will total 32 500 tons this season down from an anticipated 81 000 tons. Councilman Sterling Norgard praised Cash for contacting Ruchel and Washington for a reply. Officials hope to aid ranchers in securing frost protection loans to offset crop losses.
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Meath
Eriksen
Sterling Norgard
Cash
Ruchel
Washington
Ontario once called Canada West in 19th century records
In mid-1800s documents the province now known as Ontario is identified as Canada West reflecting its historical naming before Canadian Confederation. The term appears in reports and maps showing regional titles and political context of the era.
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Ontario
Canada West
Death Summons Ben O. Shedd Services Friday
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday from the Eversole Mortuary for Ben O. Shedd 79 of 157 E Gobbi Street who died Wednesday at a Ukiah hospital Interment will be in the Ukiah Veterans Cemetery He was a 22 year resident of the community born October 27 1888 in California a WWI veteran and past Willits American Legion Post president Pallbearers are Keniny Butin Ray Burris Bill Johnson Bert Johnson Elliot Holloway and Bob Graves He is survived by wife Edith and children Robert Barbara Jane Shirley John and Phyllis plus 14 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Eversole
Ben O. Shedd
E. Gobbi
Ukiah
Ukiah Veterans Cemetery
Mr. Shedd
California
Willits American Legion Post
Horseman’s Association
Keniny Butin
Ray Burris
Bill Johnson
Bert Johnson
Elliot Holloway
Bob Graves
Mr Shedd
Edith Shedd
City
Robert Shedd
Stockton
Barbara Jane Dooley
Long Beach
Shirley Grace Gibbs
Carmichael
John’ Shedd
Phyllis Tibbets
Oakland
Ukiah Council awards Weather Service honor to Fire Department
The Ukiah City Council commends the Fire Department for 25 years of precise temperature and rainfall records with Fire Chief Al Bechtel accepting the United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau certificate. The meeting discussed bids for airport runway work and city fuel purchases, delaying bid awards a week for state fund clarification. A city treasurer appointment, parking facility plans, chamber renewals, and a Rotary Fly-In date were approved or considered.
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United States Department’ of Commerce Weather Bureau
Ukiah Fire Department
al Bechtel
Lyell Cash
Ruby Orr
Pete Mastenbroek
Chamber of Commerce
Mendocino County
Rotary Club
Ukiah Municipal
Zeek School Teacher Chosen for 1968 Summer Institute
Gail Solis, a 6th grade teacher at Frank Zeek School, was named a member of the STEP 1968 Summer Institute and 1968-69 Continuation Institute. The program, directed by San Francisco State College, offers college credit for advanced study in the social studies curriculum.
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Zeek
Gail Solis
Frank Zeek School
STEP
San Francisco State College
Ukiah Teacher to Lead International Language Programs
Emil Kafrouni a Ukiah High School business teacher leaves June 23 for Rome and the Riviera to coordinate French and language programs for American students. He will also work at Lycee de Thonon Geneva and Antibes campus for three weeks and five days respectively, under the Foreign Language League. Larry Carlson travels from New York to Rome to serve as coordinator for comparative government studies in Switzerland and Holland.
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Rome
Italy
Kafrouni
Riviera
France
Antibes
Geneva
Lycee of Thonon
Lake Geneva
Egypt
College Des Freres
Heliopolis
Egyopt
United States
Walla
Walla University
Switzerland
Holland
Foreign Language League
Americans Consume Nearly 40 Million Pounds of Catfish Yearly
Census and market reports show U.S. food surveys indicate catfish consumption approaches forty million pounds annually. Vendors highlight farmed varieties driving growth while consumer interest shifts to Southern markets and seafood channels.
Card of Thanks for Roy Proctor
The family of the late Roy Proctor acknowledges grateful appreciation for expressions of sympathy. Beulah Proctor and family thank friends and neighbors for support.
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Roy Proctor
Beulah Proctor
Brightenstine Services Set in Willits Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Fern Brightenstine of Longvale Road are planned for Friday at 2 p.m. at the Anker-Lucier Mortuary in Willits with Pastor C. R. Bonney officiating. Interment will follow at Willits Cemetery. Survived by husband Harvey L. Brightenstine of Willits, daughter Berdina Mills, sister Hazel Morcotte, a stepfather Tom Fessler, a grandchild and four great grandchildren. Memorials to the Heart Fund.
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Anker-Lucier
Willits
Fern Brightenstine
Longvale Road
C. R. Bonney
Brightenstine
Kansas
Harvey L. Brighterstine
Palco
Berdina Mills
Tom Fessler
Hazel Morcotte
Heart Fund
Sylvia Mason Rites Conducted
Funeral services were held at 2 p m today for Sylvia Mason 57 of 102 Thompson Avenue officiated by Pastor Wood of the Ukiah Seventh-day Adventist Church Interment followed at Ukiah Cemetery Born in Humboldt Iowa she had lived in Ukiah seven years She died Monday in a Ukiah hospital Surviving brothers Joseph Davenport Pioche Nev and Ben Davenport Omaha Neb Aged sisters preceded her in death
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Zimmerman Mo Uory
Sylvia Mason
Thompson Avenue
J. Wyland 'Wood
Ukiah
Linda Franz Receives Chapman College Degree
Linda Franz of Calpella earned a bachelor of arts in sociology at Chapman College commencement in Orange California on June 9. She received the Chapman Lady award and previously served as homecoming princess, president of the Thetas, and a member of the Associated Women Students cabinet.
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Linda. Louise Franz
John J
Calpella
Chapman College
Orange
Calif
Miss Franz
Card of Thanks for Mrs. May Conner
Mrs May Conner thanks those who remembered her during a hospital stay and says she is now convalescing at home.
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May Conner
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