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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1972
Page
2
Eureka Democrat Barry Keene criticizes the Environmental Quality Study Council decision to endorse Proposition 9 the clean environment act. He calls the measure one of the most ill conceived attempts to tackle the environmental crisis and questions state government speed.
A Ukiah Daily Journal piece quotes lawyer Keene arguing that Proposition 9 threatens California's economy by endangering agriculture industry and transportation on the North Coast. He calls the initiative environmental overkill and says constitutional defects and unintended effects would need voter action to resolve.
A bearded man shouting I am Jesus Christ smashed Michelangelo’s Pieta with a hammer in front of Sunday visitors. The blows marred the Madonna and Child, injuring the statue’s nose eye veil and arm. Vatican officials seek swift restoration, noting this rare modern offense.
Three men were injured in weekend crashes reported by the Highway Patrol. Warren Bilstein, 26, and passenger Thomas Donovan, 21, Potter Valley, were treated after his car ran off Eastside Road and hit a tree. Lawrence Hart, 71, Potter Valley, sustained minor injuries when he lost control on Eastside Road near a bridge. Alan Howard, 22, Fresno, suffered a major leg fracture when his motorcycle ran off Reynolds Road east of Highway 101 and he fell trying to avoid a fence.
Jim Jenne of Ukiah has been appointed executive director of the Mendocino County Housing Authority. He will start June 1 replacing acting director Bill Madden who will return to county admin work. Madden coordinated for federal grants and helped establish the housing authority with HUD. Jenne holds history degrees from Humboldt State and has long local ties as a teacher and community volunteer. He begins by inviting landlord and tenant applications for rent or lease under the HUD funded program.
In North Belfast two parked car bombs injured nearly 100 people. The first blast at Jennymount Industrial Estate damaged about 49 to 50. An army spokesman blamed the Irish Republican Army for the attacks amid scene witnesses reporting serious injuries.
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