Executions Plunge Five Slayings At Soquel Mansion
A massive police dragnet hunted south of San Francisco for killers of five people at a hilltop Soquel mansion on Rodeo Gulch Road. Victims included Dr. Victor M. Ohta, 47, his wife Virginia, 41, their sons Derrick 12 and Taggart 11, and secretary Mrs Dorothy Cadwallader, 38. The bodies were dumped in a pool after being bound and shot. A nearby gasoline station attendant Thomas Dececco, 19, was found dead at Saratoga, with investigators seeking links to the mansion killings. The assailants set the house ablaze and fled in Ohta’s Rolls Royce and Mrs Ohta’s Oldsmobile. Police described the scene as an execution and launched a wide search across Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.
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Santa Cruz
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Yes on Prop 20 urged by GOP group
Mendocino County Republican Central Committee backs Prop 20 the recreational bond on the November ballot as a major water development asset. Marge Boynton, chairwoman, says a yes vote would add state park facilities and wildlife improvements across reservoirs streams and aqueducts, yielding about 16 million recreation days yearly and funding at 60 million dollars for developments at 17 reservoirs and 54 000 acres of surface area plus miles of shoreline.
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Mendocino County
California
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Ukiah Police Arrest Raymond Morris on Bad Check Charge
Ukiah police arrested Raymond Morris, 32, of Ukiah at 8:51 p.m. Tuesday on charges of writing bad checks with a prior offense. Bail was set at 1250 cash or 2500 bond on a warrant from Ukiah Justice Court. He was booked in city jail after unable to post bail. Officer Larry Maxson and Reservist Ira Warner made the arrest.
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Ukiah
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Ukiah Justice Court
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Larry Maxson
Ira Warner
Murphy and Tunney clash over Technicolor ties in campaign
In Los Angeles Rep. John V. Tunney accuses Sen. George Murphy of potential deals with Technicolor during his Senate term. Murphy, a former Technicolor director and consultant, calls the charges a political smear while denying illegal activity. Reagan critic and Unruh campaign notes also surface in broader California race coverage.
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George Murphy
Technicolor, Inc
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Los Angeles
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Technicolor
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Washington
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San Francisco
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Ronald Reagan
Anaheim
Jess Unruh
Board orders inquiry on Ukiah Mendocino library funds
Supervisors direct Administrator Beltrami to contact Congressman Clausen to learn current status of federal library funds for the Ukiah Mendocino County joint project. Beltrami said initial funds were received and a second portion approved by Congress but the president has not signed the bill. If funds are cut off the project is not in danger but will delay paying the city for construction.
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al Beltrami
Cong
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Beltrami
Congress
Harry Shimmin dies at 82 in Potter Valley
E. H. Shimmin 82, a Potter Valley rancher and former Ukiah Farmers Club manager, died Tuesday in a Ukiah hospital. Survived by wife May, daughter Harriet Burton, sister Bea Keilly, and three grandchildren. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Eversole Mortuary chapel, Rev. Drake and Rev. Haskell officiating. Burial in Potter Valley Cemetery.
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Harry) Shimmin
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Merton Haskell
Potter Valley Cemetery
Janis Joplin files will before overdose death
Belting blues singer Janis Joplin filed a will three days before her death. Signed October 1 at her Beverly Hills home, the will was filed in Marin County Superior Court. The document leaves the estate to her parents, Seth and Dorothy Joplin of Port Arthur Texas, and to her sister and brother. The value of the estate was not listed.
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LSD Priest Leary Wins Asylum In Algeria Exile
Timothy Leary once a leading figure in American LSD culture, escaped a California prison and received political asylum from Algeria. He plans to work with Eldridge Cleaver in Algiers exile headquarters and may join a news conference with Dohrn in Paris reports. Dohrn’s sister Jennifer is in Algiers. Leary and his wife Rosemary, freed marijuana offenders, join a growing group of foreign fugitives in Algiers alongside Brazilian militants. In California and Texas cases Leary had prior marijuana convictions. he advocates legalization. Probation cases follow in Ukiah and Mendocino involving separate arrests and charges.
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Board Opposes Late Deer Hunting Plan in Mendocino
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution opposing a late deer hunting season for any area of the county. The action follows a letter request from the Ukiah Rod and Gun Club. Administrator Al Beltrami was asked to draft the final text for formal adoption and transmission to state legislators and fish and game agencies.
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Ukiah Rod and Gun Club
al Beltrami
Hopland Adds Residents to Al Barbero Steering Committee
Seven Hopland residents join the steering committee backing First district supervisor candidate Al Barbero. New appointees are Angelo Damiano Vince Lotti Bob Rosetti Jay Rooker Gil Messi Judge Pat Manning and Lou Lucchetti. The group met at the Pomo Inn in Hopland to formalize the additions. BAD CHECKS Ancel CC Fassett 42 of Talmage was arrested at Mendocino State Hospital on a Ukiah Justice Court warrant for three misdemeanor bad check charges. Bail set at 635 cash or 1250 bond. Fassett booked at city jail by Det. Jerry Ransom after bail inability.
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Fassett
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Planning panel eyes step by step subdivision ordinance
Ordinance contends new sections detailing a developer’s step by step procedure and accompanying statements listing current uses zones water and sewer plans and site improvements. Supervisors refer the measure to the planning commission for recommendations due by Nov 13 with a further Nov 19 follow up and extra copies for interested parties. The phrase done up brown is used to denote a completed project.
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New York
Planning Commission
Medal of Honor winners cited for action in Cuba
All 30 Medal of Honor recipients from the Spanish American War were cited for valor in Cuban actions. The list highlights the actions that earned the awards and reflects the intensity of combat along Cuban theaters during 1898.
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