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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1970
Page
8
Ukiah officials and Operating Engineers Local 3, representing most city workers, near a new salary and fringe benefits pact for the current budget year. Disputes linger over a 1 to 2.5 percent raise and retroactive boosts, with talks exploring conciliation or voluntary arbitration.
Washington DC final action increases penalties for illegal fishing in U S waters to 100000. The measure seeks to deter foreign fishermen with higher fines and vessel seizure. A $5000 reward is offered for information leading to capture and conviction of violators.
United States official Joseph J. Sisco accused the Soviet Union of helping Egypt violate the cease-fire at the Suez zone while the Soviets charged Washington with ignoring a master peace plan and urging Israel to thwart peace efforts. Israel says Egypt with Russian aid moved Russian SAM missiles nearer the canal in violation of the standstill.
Ukiah city council referred back to the board of supervisors a draft ten year city county dog pound operational agreement. Changes were minor for clarification and aim to secure a new enlarged animal control center on city sewage plant land with the city contributing 4509 dollars yearly. The meeting also revived a contract with library consultant Donald Sabsay to work on revised plans for the Ukiah Mendocino library and discussed updated garbage disposal contract specs and holiday parking meter coverings.
Pravda writer Yevgeny Primakov cited Soviet proposals as a path to durable peace ignored by U.S. circles. Egypt welcomed the plan once linked to the U.N. Security Council 1967 resolution, while Foreign Minister Mahmoud Raid pushed for sanctions in New York if Israel defied the resolution.
Northwestern California forecast shows fair weather through Friday with coastal low clouds and patchy fog inland at night and morning. Fort Bragg highs 56 Friday 58. Ukiah high 75, 78 with lows 46 and 47. Rainfall this period 0.00 inches.
President Nixon signed a stringent anticrime bill to empower the government in the fight against organized crime and terrorism. The law expands FBI powers to probe bombings and drug trafficking, with Nixon calling it a total war against crime. He cited recent terrorism cases and lauded the FBI amid high security as he urged swift enforcement nationwide.
Baltimore Orioles thrashed the Cincinnati Reds 9-3 to clinch the World Series in four games. Mike Cuellar pitched a six hitter for the title win after Cincinnati's first inning. Frank Robinson and Merv Rettenmund homered as Baltimore pounded six Reds pitchers.
A $47 million bridge under construction near Melbourne collapsed into the Yarra River, plunging scores of workers into the water. Police reported 32 bodies recovered, 19 injured, four missing, and one survivor, Besmond Gibson, describing a sudden crunch and fall. Chief engineer Jack Hindshaw was among the dead. Rescue teams worked by floodlights, fearing more casualties after a prior Wales bridge failure.
The Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded jointly to Julius Axelrod Bernard Katz and Ulf von Euler for discoveries on humoral transmitters in nerve terminals and their storage release and action. The $78,400 prize was shared among the American British and Swedish laureates.
Angela Y. Davis, a 26 year old Black militant, was arraigned on a California murder and kidnapping warrant and held for a November 9 extradition hearing. Her lawyer said she would fight extradition. Bail was denied due to the capital nature of the charges.
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