Accident victim's family awarded $100,000 in suit
Ukiah Daily Journal reports a Mendocino County jury awarded $100,000 to the wife and children of Elby Brown in a wrongful death suit stemming from a June 11 1973 collision on Highway 101 three miles south of Willits. The case named Customer Truck Service of Eureka and McMurray Roofing of Eureka as defendants. an eight-day trial ended after four hours of deliberation. Brown, 56, was fatally injured when his pickup broadside a tractor-trailer driven by Richard Rossetti as he turned into a Willits mobile home park while others traveled north.
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Willits
Mendocino County
Elby Brown
Truck Service
Brown
Richard Rossetti
McMurray Roofing Company
Eureka
Rossetti
Highway 101
Willits Mobile Home Park
Legal rights conference on guardianship for retarded adults
An all day Ukiah seminar on June 19 at the Saturday Afternoon Clubhouse covers legal rights of mentally challenged individuals and guardianship implications. Margaret Fraser of the California Association for the Retarded speaks on caretaking limits and rights, with sponsor organizations Ukiah Valley Association for the Retarded and North Coast Regional Center. Reservations at 462-3832.
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Ukiah
Margaret Fraser
California Association For the Retarded
Ukiah Valley Association
North Coast Regional Center
Benefit double feature at State Drive In for Little League tonight
A South Ukiah Little League fundraiser features Steve McQueen in Le Mans at 8 PM, followed by a western. Tickets cost 1 and travel behind Brown’s pickup door to door. The booking notes a tragic accident during the case details and a $190,000 wrongful death and emotional distress award to Brown family, plus personal injury and emotional distress sums to family members.
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Steve McQueen
Partida pleads guilty to assault charge in Lakeport
In Lake County Superior Court Dorothy Partida pleaded guilty to a felony count of assault with a deadly weapon upon Pedro Partida Sr. on May 4 and faces sentencing by Judge John Golden on July 7. Other defendants faced various pleas and trials, including a June 30 sentencing date for Harold Milton Scott on petty theft with a prior, and a June 17 dismissal of a burglary count tied to the same event.
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Lakeport
Lake County Superior Court
Dorothy Partida
Pedro Partida Sr
Superior Court
John Golden
Harold Milton Scott
Timothy Patrick Pfile
TB skin test clinic in Ukiah Wednesday brief notice
Mendocino County Health Department will hold a tuberculin skin testing clinic tomorrow at the Ukiah office, 890 N Bush St, from 10 am to noon. No fee, no appointment. Those previously testing positive should seek chest X rays via their physician.
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Mendocino County Health Department
N. Bush Street
Health Department
Second suspect arrested in Willits fraud case
James Fredrick Radke and Clark Gilbert Barker face felony charges in Mendocino County after allegedly defrauding Harold Hamilton of Willits of 3,572 tied to a road map vending machine franchise. Radke was booked in Ukiah after Stockton arrest. Barker was arrested in Shasta County and returned here. Bail set at 25,000 each.
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Willits
Mendocino County
James Fredrick Radke
Sacramento
Stockton
Ukiah
Clark Gilbert Barker
Redding
Shasta County
Harold Hamilton
Sheriff promotes Harold L. Petty to Deputy II
Harold L. Petty, 24, promoted from Deputy I to Deputy II by Sheriff Thomas Jondahl. Born in Madera, raised in Ukiah, he graduated Ukiah High in 1969, served in the U. S. Army through 1972, with Berlin service. He earned an AA in administration of justice and attended Sonoma State University while working at Alameda County Sheriff Training Center.
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Thomas Jondahl
Harold L. Petty
Harold
Madera
Ukiah
Ukiah High School
U.S. Army
Berlin
Germany
Santa Rosa J.C
Mendocino Community College
Ukiah letter questions downtown revitalization plan
Ukiah Daily Journal readers question the Greater Ukiah Chamber of Commerce Revitalization Committee's downtown plan. They warn against more parking lots and loss of historic homes, propose a city mall parking structure, and urge council and supervisors to study feedback before decisions. The letter cites past demolitions, traffic, health, and smoke free public buildings.
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Calif
Ukiah Daily Journal
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Enemark
School Street
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Stephenson
Fresno
Market Summary June 17 1975 Dow at 835.73 Gains Led by Industrials
New York markets opened with a small advance as traders awaited housing starts data and a possible recession bottom. Dow Jones rose to 835.73 after a 1.17 point gain, with 1,558 issues on the tape. Gulf Oil and Rockwell led actives, Sherwin-Williams fell, Polaroid rose. President Ford expressed confidence in an economic upturn and a May leading indicators index jumped 4.2 percent while industrial production slipped.
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UPI
New York Stock Exchange
Commerce Department
Ford
NYSE
Washington
Gulf Oil
Rockwell International
Unity in Diversity program at Ukiah Community Center
The second of three Unity in Diversity programs will be held tomorrow evening at 7 30 at Ukiah's Community Center 225 E Perkins St. Leilani Greenly and Al Richards host The Way of Western Metaphysics tracing religious science and new thought movements in the west including Eddy Holmes Emerson Thoreau Goldsmith Ponder and others Richards provides a subject resume and leads a short meditation demonstration Mojo Tubutu will present the week's third program.
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E. Perkins Street
Ukiah
Leilani Greenly
al Richards
Leilani
West
Mary Baker Eddy
Ernest Holmes
Emerson
Thoreau
Joel Goldsmith
Katherine’ Ponder
Mr. Richards
Mojo Tubutu
Mrs Johnson laid to rest in Lake County
Funeral services were held at Jones Mortuary Lakeport for Elia Ann Johnson a Washington native and 87 year old Lake County resident. She died Saturday in a Ukiah convalescent hospital. Survived by two sons Otis Tritchler Clear Lake Highlands and Bert Tritchler Illinois eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Burial at Hartley Cemetery followed. Rev David Karlon officiated. The obituary notes her Assembly of God faith and residence in Finley.
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Lakeport
Jones Mortuary
Elia ‘Ann Johnson
Washington
Lake County
Ukiah
Assembly of God Church
Finley
Johnson
Otis Tritchler
Clear Lake Highlands
Bert Tritchler
Illinois
David Karlon
Hartley Cemetery
Lake deputies search for drowning victim near Kelseyville
Lake Sheriff boat patrols continue dragging for a 21 or 22 year old woman believed drowned after a boat overturn near the lake center Saturday. Five were aboard. four were rescued by Jim Hayes and friends. The boat remains unrecovered and names of those involved have not been released.
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Lake County
Sheriff’s Boat Patrol
Jim Hayes
North Highlands
Sheriff's Office
Kelseyville
Lucerne
Hopland well baby clinic changes schedule
Arrangements are being made for a schedule change for the Hopland well baby Clinic. Effective in July the clinic will be held on the second Friday afternoon of alternate months at the Legion hall in Hopland. The change allows nurse practitioner Joyce Parks to attend each Hopland clinic. These are combination immunization and well baby clinics. Watch for the regular announcement early in July.
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Hopland Well
Legion Hall
Hopland
Health Department
Joyce Parks
Precious metals and coin prices update
SHAMAZ TRADING CO London gold fixing 163.25 down .75. Gold bullion a year ago 157.50. Austrian 100 Corona 168.00. Mexican 50 Peso 219.00. South African Krugerrand 175.00. New York Comex Silver 4.42 down .06. Silver bullion one year ago 9,067. Bay U.S. 90 per cent silver coins 1000 face 3,200.00.
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New York
Comex
Bay
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