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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1972
Page
1
Ukiah Dolphins Swim Club hosts the Soroptimist Invitational Championships this weekend with 10 Redwood Empire teams and plans a later Redwood Empire League Championships. A candy sale raises funds selling Polly doodles for $1 and chocolate bars for 500 cents. Proceeds support the event and club activities.
Dr Waldo Cook disclosed Mendocino State Hospital will shrink staff to about 200 by week end with roughly 100 patients remaining and transfers to finish by July 1. CSEA challenged the policy in court. appellate rulings upheld the restraint while officials faced contempt claims and budgeted funds cited.
Eugene Walker, 20, Anaheim, held for armed robbery, is now charged with battery and assault after allegedly throwing a soft drink bottle at Deputy Tony Craver and kicking him unconscious. Sgt. Ron Parker was also bruised in the attack as Walker assaulted deputies during a meeting in a county jail. Sheriff Bartolomie notes this marks the ninth deputy assault of 1972 and says more charges including attempted escape may follow.
A Ukiah Daily-Journal carrier requests early payment for three months in advance. The notice asks customers to settle collections promptly when contacted by the carrier.
A coastline control measure pushed by Sen. Dennis Carpenter failed 7 to 6 in the Senate Finance Committee. The proposal would have created a 15 member state board to draft a unified coast land use plan from three miles offshore to three miles inland, leaving local planning bodies in place. Voters may see a local initiative modeled after Alan Sieroty's bill on the November ballot.
The Redwood Empire Fair runs August 17 to 20 with a Luv that West theme. Premium books are available and deadlines vary by department with final entries due by August 4 in most divisions and August 15 for agriculture-horticulture. Changes include expanded arts and crafts eligibility for Lake Mendocino residents and added 4-H projects.
The Provisional Wing of the Irish Republican Army declared a ceasefire in Northern Ireland bringing a tentative peace. British army officers said they would monitor the truce to see if it endures as at least one death is reported amid the shaky pause.
Northwestern California will see fair conditions through Wednesday with patchy late night and morning low clouds along the coast. Inland areas will be slightly warmer with higher daytime highs and cooler nights, including Ukiah around 96 and 57 tonight.
Fragmentary weather data shows daily high and low temperatures for June 1972 with rainfall totals. Entries include noon readings and comparisons to last year. Data appears incomplete with garbled notes and missing dates and locations.
California moves toward a modified no fault system with the Fenton Long Act. The plan sets a five thousand dollar cap per person for accident recovery and allows extra damages after medical costs exceed one thousand dollars. Governor Reagan met with sponsors but did not state an official position. The Senate Finance Committee rejected two rival bills, while Moscone’s and Song’s measures faced votes.
United Press International reports Senator George S. McGovern aims to secure enough delegates by today or Wednesday to clinch the Democratic nomination at Miami Beach. He counted 1,510.5 at first, later adjusted to 1,492.75 after double counting committed black delegates. He tours the Southwest and South, pledging diverse cabinet picks and planning visits to Arkansas Georgia South Carolina and Virginia before Wednesday.
Don Kittleson 17 of Healdsburg died at 2 35 p m Monday at Healdsburg hospital after a Highway 128 wreck Saturday. Geraldine Clark Antioch nurse helped save him twice at the scene and his cycle plunged into a creek bed. He was the 22nd highway fatality in Mendocino County this year.
A 14 year old boy, Chuck Bedford, lies hospitalized in Santa Rosa Memorial with burns covering about half his body from an automobile crash. A fellow passenger died. Doctors urge O positive blood donors who have recovered from serious burns to contact Mrs June Oster at 485 8646 or 485 8731 Ext 59.
The 1,300 residents await start of cleanup as 58 billion gallons of water are pumped from the San Joaquin Delta. Repair of a 500 by 75 foot levee breach requires federal funds and a two to three week patch, with total recovery potentially taking months.
Willits begins widening of Main Street to 52 feet and three lanes from the freeway through town amid past council dispute over Valley Street realignment and traffic control. Detours to be announced. weed abatement and demolitions approved. Wagon Train Ranch mini-stage line approved. Page Brothers to form Page and Sons with new waste company. Standby public works crews planned for Frontier Days and rodeo events.
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