Tragedy at Lake Mendocino Claims Ukiah Football Star Tommy Burke
The body of 17 year old Tommy Burke was recovered from Lake Mendocino four days after he was thrown from a motorboat during a Saturday outing with Ukiah High School football teammates. Burke, a defensive tackle on the 1971 NBL champion team, disappeared beneath the propeller area after the boat swerved. The incident stunned Ukiah as classes resumed and plans for a football dinner were postponed. Burke is survived by his parents Bob and Judnita Burke, brothers Jerry Bob and John, and sister Debbie Hohnstein. Funeral mass set for St Marys Church with burial to follow at Ukiah Catholic Cemetery. Burial arrangements handled by Zimmerman Mortuary.
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Lake Mendocino
Tommy Burke
Robert
Burke
Ukiah
Ukiahia
Jim Burke
California
Tommy
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Brian Miller
Chris Johnson
Carl Corippo
Mark Heller
Young Burke
Ukiahi
Ukiahi Boosters Club
Ukiah Elks Club
Noodey Joong
Warren Henry
Braders de Jerry
Bob and
John
Debbie Hohnstein
St. Marys
Roger. Lamoureux
Ukiah Catholic
Zimmerman
Mortuary
Ukiah men arraigned after downtown shootout
Virgil Wiswell III age 22 of Ukiah and Loren Wagner 33 of Petaluma formerly from Ukiah were arraigned on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and assault with intent to commit murder. Police say the pair exchanged about 11 shots at Perry and Rupe Streets Sunday night with no injuries.
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Ukiah
Virgil Wiswell III
Loren Wagner
Petaluma
Richard Borecky
Dick Perry
Perry and
Rupe Streets
Wiswell
Fire calls report from Mason to Lake Mendocino area
Friday 3 48 p m wood chip fire at Mason and Norton Streets on Northwestern Pacific Railroad property with no damage. Friday 5 34 p m roof fire at apartment 77 Appleton Avenue owned by Dale Yttreness with moderate damage. Saturday 1 30 a m grass fire at Nokomis school grounds with no damage. 4 14 a m auto fire owned by Robert Pearson Lakeport with moderate damage. 3 15 p m call from sheriff's office aiding search for drowning victim at Lake Mendocino.
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Mason and Norton Sts
Northwestern _ Pacific Railroad
Appleton’ Ave
Dale Yttreness
Nokomis
Robert Pearson
Lakeport
Sheriff's Office
Lake Mendocino
Your Carrier Your Ukiah Daily Journal Notice
Daily Journal carrier requests help with collections by payment when he first calls. He asks for three months in advance payable.
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Daily Journal
Gunmen seize Israeli Olympic team in Munich hostage crisis
Arab gunmen stormed the Olympic Village in Munich taking at least eight Israeli athletes hostage and killing a coach. Negotiations stretched as police and West German officials pressed for releases amid drive to resolve the crisis. Egypt withdrew from the games and Chancellor Brandt led talks to secure hostages’ safety.
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UPI
Olympic Village
Moshe Weinberg
Joseph Gottfreund
Willy Brandt
Bonn
Egypt
Mendocino County Ends Labor Day Toll With 29th Fatality
Mendocino County recorded its 29th highway death of 1972 during a congested Labor Day weekend. Ellen H. Pitchforth of Sunset Utah died after a car went out of control on Highway 20 near Cold Creek Bridge. Her husband Douglas I. Pitchforth was injured. Several other crashes injured multiple people including Cecil Leonard Gay and Debra L. Mitchell. Police noted alcohol suspicion in Gay’s crash and listed other injuries across Highway 20 and 101 near Ukiah and Calpella, with a 13 year old motorcycle rider Kurt Soderquist among weekend injuries.
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Mendocino County
Ukiah General Hospital
Ellen H. Pitchforth
Sunset
Utah
Highway 20
Cold Creek Bridge
Douglas I. Pitchforth
Ukiaha General
Cecil Leonard Gay
San Francisco
Mariner
Gertrude
Gay
CHP
Sonoma County
Harrell E. Simpson
James Creek
Debra Jeanne Simpson
Mendocino pear crop up nearly seven thousand tons
Mendocino County Agricultural Commissioner Ted Eriksen Jr reports pear harvests exceeded forecasts by about 7 000 tons, reaching 36 000 tons with fresh market packing around 6 000 tons. Frost damage hurts grapes. wine grape outlook for 1972 expects a substantial reduction, with total grape value well below last year's record of 8 781 000.
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Mendocino County
Ted Eriksen Jr
Eriksen
Ukiah
Cariginane
Ericksen
Trustees candidates speak out in area two race
Four candidates compete for the Area 2 seat on the proposed Community College district board. The Sept. 19 election will decide the at large seven member board with voters from Ukiah and surrounding areas. Freeman Whitaker, a retired administrator with 41 years in education, argues for strong management and a broad curriculum emphasizing vocational training and local employment opportunities.
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Community College
Area~2
Glenn Erickson
Willow
River
Talmage
Waugh
Norgard
Regina South
Oak Knoll
Ukiah
Anderson Valley
Willits
Round
Valley Unified
Mendocino County
League of Women Voters of
Embracing
Willow, River
Whitaker
Coastal Equality calls special meeting in Fort Bragg
Coastal Equality a Mendocino coast group calls an 8 p m special meeting at Fort Bragg Veterans Hall. Co Chairman Carey Mahaney urges all members to attend after new information surfaced following a meeting with Mendocino County Administrator Albert Beltrami and Supervisors Avila and Galletti. The group alleges underrepresentation and gaps in services from county departments and plans to address mental health and regional staffing concerns.
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Fort Bragg
Coastal Equality
Mendocino Coast
Veteran’s Hall
Carey Mahaney
Mahaney
Citizens’ Group
Mendocino County
Albert P. Beltrami
August Avila
Ted Galletti
Ah Area
Coastal Equality Charges
Planning Commission
Mendocino
Northwestern California Weather Outlook Including Showers
Partly cloudy through tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mountains show clearing trends while coastal fog or low clouds may form inland cooling. Bragg and Ukiah readings noted with varying high and low temperatures for today and Wednesday.
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California
Car Bragg
Ukiah
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