Ukiah Gunman Insane at Time of Hospital Shootings
Joey Jahn a 23 year old Ukiah high school graduate with a strong sports and scholastic record was found insane at the time of a May 31 shooting at Mendocino State Hospital. He took a .22 rifle from his car, wounded Myron Harmer and Roy Irwin as staff and patients fled. Jahn surrendered after police were ordered to detain him. He pled not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity in Ukiah courts while two psychiatrists from the hospital evaluated his mental state.
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Joey Jahn
Ukiah High School
Mendocino State Hospital
Anther
John
Myron Harmer
Roy Irwin
Irwin
Jahn
Joe DeMeo
Santa Rosa
Hale McCowen Jr
Ukiah
Wayne Burke
Ernest Klatte
MSH
Harry Hook
Reagan names 24 member panel for California mental hospitals
Gov Ronald Reagan selected a 24 member committee to advise on improving patient care at state mental hospitals. Chair is Justice John B Molinari of the district court of appeal San Francisco with Dr Louis R Nash Camarillo State Hospital as vice chair. Members include Dr John A Stroud Sacramento Dr Louis A Nottimier San Francisco Dr Robert Buckley Santa Monica Dr Harry F Dietrich Camarillo Dr J C Fikes Santa Ana Dr Harrison Gough UC Berkeley psychology head Ross P Game Napa Rudolph A Castro Los Angeles Gerda M Faye Winters Phyllis R Smith Van Nuys Dr Walter Rappaport Oakland Ada Schick Wing Santa Barbara W Frazier Overpeck Malibu Richard C Honer Santa Ana C S Nicholas Placerville Fred Kimball San Luis Obispo Leroy Knutsen La Mesa Leslie Rothstein Los Angeles Robert W Aisthorpe Chicago Dubois McGee El Centro Sidney B Cox Fresno Rev Raymond Rolf Chico.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
John B. Molinari
District Court of Appeal
San Francisco
Louis R. Nash
Camarillo State Hospital
John A. Stroud
Louis A. Nottimier
Robert Buckley
Santa Monica
Harry F. Dietrich
Camarillo
J.C. Fikes
Santa Ana
Harrison Gough
University of California
Ross P. Game
Napa
Rudolph A. Castro
Los Angeles
Gerda.m. Faye
Winters
Phyllis R. Smith
van Nuys
Walter Rappaport
Oakland
Ada Schick Wing
Santa Barbara
W. Frazier Overpeck
No Action Imminent On Dos Rios Project
Congressman Don Clausen announced that the Dos Rios dam and reservoir project in the Eel River basin will not be considered by Congress this session. He urged postponement to allow review of alternatives such as Butler Valley, citing concerns from Mendocino and Lake counties and ongoing studies by the Corps of Engineers and regional agencies. The $398 million project will not reach the 1968 Omnibus Rivers and Harbors Flood Control Act, with hearings set for June.
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Washington, D.C
Don H. Clausen
Crescent City
California
Eel River Association
Dos Rios
Congress
Mendocino County
Sacramento
Butler Valley
Mendocino
Lake Counties
Eel River
Corps of Engineers
Middle Fork
Clausen
House
Corps of Engineers District Office
San Francisco
Board of Engineers For Rivers
Ukiah Summer Playground Opens Monday Across Several Sites
Ukiah reveals an eight week summer playground program for grades 1 through 8 with sessions at Frank Zeek Nokomis Yokayo afternoons at 1 to 4 p.m. and Yokayo mornings 9 a.m. to noon. activities include crafts games dancing archery cook outs and pet fair led by supervisors Carter Bechtel Newburgh Bryan Hampton Owen and Finch with Ukiah Recreation Dept and Ukiah Unified School District co sponsoring.
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Ukiah
Frank Zeek
Nokomis
Yokayo
Pate Carter
Will
Tim Bechtel
Linda , Newbrough
Graig Bryan
Nancy Moana Hampton
Jim Owen
Linda Finch
Ukiah Recreation Department
Ukiah Unified
Ukiah FM Debut Planned For June Thirty
Ukiah’s first FM station K-LIL targets June 30 for on air debut with studios at Salzberger’s Cannery Sales site on N State Street. Woodie White says the 50,000 watt class B station will offer a discriminating sound and formats to please listeners, amid prior technical delays and a new permit.
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Ukiah
K-Lil
Salzberger
N. State Street
Woodie White
Quincy
White
KUKI
John (Franklin) Oliveira
KLIL
California
Spanish Mountain
Woodie
Lillian White
Calpella
John and
Francine’ ‘Oliveira
J&w Broadcasters
Summer School Schedule at Ukiah High
Students planning to attend Ukiah High next year may join summer school running June 17 to July 26. First period 7:45 to 9:50 features Clothing Room H2 Betty Alexander, Economics Problems of Government Room H105, William Gorton U S History first semester Room 4H103 Larry Soderman. Second period 10:05 to 12:10 offers Typing Room M209 Ray Cameron and Civics Problems of Government Room H105 Gorton U S History second period.
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Ukiah High School
Betty Alexander
William ‘Gorton
U.S
Larry Soderman
Ray Cameron
Gorton
Saigon Terror Spreads and Civilians Targeted
Viet Cong shelling in Saigon enters its 14th day with an American civilian killed and damage at Fan Son Nhut airbase. Embassies urge evacuation as U.S. and South Vietnamese troops push to thwart planned heavy shelling, while U.S. air strikes hit targets in North Vietnam amid high casualties.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPS
Japan
Fan Son Nhut
U.S
UPI
United States
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Vinh
USS América
Tornado kills eight in Tracy Minnesota and damage spans midwest
Heavy storms sweep the Midwest after a tornado struck Tracy Minnesota killing eight and injuring 72. The twister carved a mile long three block wide path damaging 50 to 75 buildings including churches and the power plant. Meanwhile Georgia troopers seized about 130 marchers and animal drawn wagons on Interstate 20 under Gov. Maddox’s orders to ensure safety.
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United Press International
Midwest
Tracy
Minn
Iowa
Minnesota
Douglasville
UPI
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Interstate 20
Maddox
Debre warns France may trim nuclear force and aid plans
Paris reports Foreign Minister Debre says the crisis could push President De Gaulle to scale back France’s nuclear strike capability and foreign aid. Government sources indicate France may seek an IMF loan of 140 million dollars to stabilize the franc.
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Paris
UPI
Michel Debre
Charles de Gaulle
France
International Monetary Fund
IMF
Gold Dump Sends London Markets Lower
A single large seller dumped gold on European markets, causing the metal's price to plunge in the biggest drop in two months. A London dealer said French selling to acquire foreign currencies helped push the move.
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London
UPI
Eine
Poor People's Campaigners Cleared to Stay Through June 238
Washington UPI reports the Interior Department granted a one week extension allowing Poor People's Campaigners to remain in Resurrection City near the Lincoln Memorial on national park land through the coming weekend, extending the permit to June 238.
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Washington
UPI
Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
Interior Department
National Park
Fire Chief’s Home Partly Drops Into Abandoned Mine Shaft
Sparks Nevada Fire Chief Bill Farr reports his home in Sparks has sagged into an old mine shaft with half the garage and part of the dining room sinking. His wife quips that dust may be all that holds the place together.
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Sparks, Nev
UPI
Bill Farr
Last Minute Change Tied Kennedy Slaying to Pantry Route
Grand jury transcript reveals a last minute route change led Sen. Robert F. Kennedy to the pantry where he was shot. Witnesses describe Sirhan Sirhan firing at close range and a polka dot dress girl seen near the shooter moments before the killing.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
B. Sirhan
Kennedy
Karl Uecker
Dad
Ambassador Hotel
Embassy
California
Colonial Room
All Points
Vincent Thomas di Pierro
Grand Jury
Farm Officials Cry Out Over UC Extension Budget Cuts
California farm leaders joined Gov. Reagan in condemning an $11.3 million cut to the University of California agricultural research and extension budget. They warned food prices would rise unless the legislature restores funding, noting research and extension benefit consumers through cheaper, better food.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
University of California
Ronald Reagan
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Richard W. Owens
California Farm Bureau Federation
Extension Service
Les Hubbard
Council of California Growers
Northwestern California Weather Outlook Today
High clouds today and tonight then fair Saturday. Night and morning low clouds along the coast. Ukiah forecast 88 tonight 54 tomorrow.
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California
Water and power resources funding approved by House panel
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a 4.4 billion dollar water and power resources outlay for the new fiscal year and backed the Atomic Energy Commission. It cut 408.7 million from Johnson plan, retained 1.4 billion for AEC weapons, and kept 4.9 million for the Atlantic-Pacific Canal study.
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Washington
Stock Exchange Surges To New Daily Volume Records
Traders pushed New York and American stock exchange volumes to new highs on Thursday with the New York Stock Exchange at 21,350,000 shares and the American at 10,810,000 shares. Over-the-counter activity was also reported at record levels as back offices struggled to cope with the surge. The delays in tape reporting and back office processing raised questions about system capacity and overtime costs as firms attempted to process the heavy trading and deliveries.
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Robert J. Regan
NEW York
UPI
Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Wall Street
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New Mental Hospital Committee
Brent Milender
Rod Pacini
MacNab's
Ukiah FM
Fate
Joan Sweeney
di Pierro
di Pietro
U.C
Johnson
Army Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
AEC
Army Engineers and Reclamation Bureau
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