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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1968
Page
5
A Coastway Supply owner Mr. Voorhees of Gualala died in a hillside crash near Santa Rosa. His wife Donna and four children survive. The crash caused the plane to explode on impact. Funeral services are pending at Ormsbee Funeral Home in Point Arena.
William E. Sarge Hildreth, constable of Ukiah Judicial District since 1963, will retire June 1. He will formally resign to Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. A lifelong Ukiah resident, he served as deputy sheriff coroner until 1955 and has been active in community affairs. He and wife Lela live at 176 Wabash Avenue, Ukiah.
County taxable sales reached 18.472 million in the fourth report period of 1967, up 7.1 percent from 1966. Statewide sales hit a record 9.7 billion, up four percent. New car sales fell two percent while building materials jumped ten percent. apparel, home furnishings, and restaurants up over five percent. State share of sales tax was 388 million with 96 million for cities and counties.
Sheriff deputies conducted acid and midnight to pre dawn raids in Fort Bragg Ukiah and Redwood Valley seizing LSD quantities and marijuana, leading to three arrests. Roger Tholen 37 Ukiah Deane Allen Moorehouse 48 Redwood Valley and Gertrude Romanski 32 Fort Bragg face charges of possession and or selling dangerous drugs and conspiracy to commit a felony. Romanski was raided at her Fort Bragg home after deputies monitored the residence. Tholen was found with 21 LSD capsules and marijuana at 226 Carleton in Ukiah. Moorehouse is jailed for possible conspiracy to sell dangerous drugs.
Ukiah League of Women Voters announces an adequate educational program for Ukiah Unified students and urges exploration of alternative funding to ease local property tax burden. Mrs Carl Petersen reports steering group actions and new appointee Aton Jones guiding school district study this spring.
Mrs Jack Lee Lowery of Antioch reported to Cloverdale police that her husband was slugged with a rock while camping near the Sonoma Mendocino County line. George William Cunningham, 29, Cloverdale, was arrested near the trailer on suspicion of drunkenness and assault with a deadly weapon and booked at county jail.
North Coast forecast shows a warm spell continuing through Tuesday with higher daytime highs and mild nights. Ukiah reports 63 degrees as a benchmark in the current reading, with warmth expected to spread inland through the period.
Marcia Lynn Wiley 17 a Ukiah high school senior and daughter of Ralph and Mrs Wiley of 105 Poulos Court Ukiah has earned a 1200 scholarship to Phillips University Enid for elementary education. She is active in chorus band 4 H merit leadership life member of the California Scholastic Federation student body representative golf queen volleyball captain of the drill team and president of the Christian Youth Fellowship.
LeRoy Moon, 69, of Belks Trailer Park near Calpella, died in a trailer fire believed caused by a short circuit in an electric blanket. Redwood Valley Calpella Fire Department responded just before midnight to find the structure gutted and the man and his small dog deceased near the doorway. Asphyxiation is suspected. the body was transported to Zimmerman Mortuary.
A California carpenter dies after a heart transplant at Stanford. Houston surgeons perform their second transplant in three days at St Luke's, with four recipients living. The death of Joseph Rizor raises total heart transplant deaths to seven. The Houston team led by Dr. Denton Cooley also completed a ninth transplant recently.
Paris sources say initial Vietnam meetings between Hanoi and Washington will probably be at the International Conference Center near the Arch of Triumph, a site with wartime Gestapo history. In Saigon, rockets hit the city as Viet Cong renewed pressure on Tan Son Nhut while Allied lines hold. In Edwards Mississippi, more than a hundred Negroes leave mules behind and start the southern caravan of the Poor People's March to Washington led by Rev. Ralph Abernathy quoting the Bible.
The House Ways and Means committee voted to back President Johnsons income tax increase in exchange for spending cuts totaling at least 4 billion dollars in the next fiscal year.
Montgomery Alabama UPI reports Governor Lurleen B. Wallace's condition deteriorated late Sunday night. Her husband, former presidential candidate George C. Wallace, canceled his activities for the day.
President Johnson summoned Ambassadors Averell Harriman and Cyrus Vance to the White House to confer on the forthcoming U S talks with North Vietnam in Paris. The envoys, named by the President to represent the United States in initial discussions with North Vietnamese diplomats, are expected to depart soon.
In Mendocino 175 striking operators installers linemen and others resumed work after a 22 day walkout. Pickets were removed following ratification of a tentative statewide agreement by Local 9420 of the Communications Workers of America. Ed Bean praised returning workers and noted improved efficiency. Across the nation 200000 Bell System workers ended an 18 day strike with a three year contract yielding about 2 billion in wage and benefit gains. Some locals remain idle pending local negotiations.
A man poured gasoline into Luckey nightclub Sunday night causing a deadly blaze that killed eight people, many in the main room. Investigators cited an inward swinging unmarked exit as a key factor and questioned arson motives while police pursued a leading suspect described by witnesses.
Fiesta 68 committee will hold its final general meeting Wednesday at noon in the Masonite room of the Palace Hotel chairman Cyril Hill said committee members should bring last minute problems or plans for review.
Saigon in Saigon street fighting saw five Western correspondents killed by Viet Cong fire during a two day offensive. UPI photographer Charles Eggleston died in Saigon outskirts after being struck in the head while covering the fighting. Australian freelancer Frank Palmos and Time magazine’s John Cantwell were among those on the scene as a mini jeep advanced toward smoke in the Cholon area.
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