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The press Democrat HOME Juit the Some REDWOOD EMPIRE -Far through Unurrow rwrjH local night and mailing tkmds, Utile temperature dung, igh nd luws: Santa Ra 71 snd TJ and 50, (fcjLMkv page tl. Telephone 546-2020 The Hetln ood Empire' Lending SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA The City Designed (or ving THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 26, ISC3 cent Decis Split If JuiFy U'vu TT7 if fp ior Verdict: vote of 8 3 for conviction, A punishable by one to 10 years Mrs. Walsh was accused oi unanimous vole is required Manslaughter Case Will Be Retried killing Gloria Ciannis by giving convict or acquit in a criminal turned to court for further Instructions on what constituted involuntary manslaughter. Wltcn tlie jurors retired again t-4 Hie jury room, the vote quickly switelicd to 8-4 for convic "doubt" remuinod in his mind. District Attorney Kiernan lly-land said he conferred with the prosecutor.

Assistant District Attorney John W. Ilawkes. and has decided to re-try Mrs. Walsh on manslaughter. "We made the decision in view of the preponderance of the vote her overdoses of sleeping pills and committing two forgeries to defraud the woman of ttf.

case. Mr. Itiiibee said must of (lie time was spent attempting to The jury by a single vote and go deliberations. The vote Uwt "hung up" the failed to reach a verdict in Uic tion, but an hour later it swung arrive at a verdict in the manslaughter charge and that the involuntary manslaughter jury on Uic manslaughter charge and resulted in a mistrial on charge against Vera Mae Walsh, Itrlurn Three Times During lite course of deliberations, the jurors returned to court three times ftr re-reading at I. tt I tli'if fAlmutft iif tint Mien ti'ftC 11.1 but convicted the 42-year-old I'liis vs tut uw nw iri to 11 1 with Mr.

Ihghcc the lone holdout. At 11:43 the jurrs returned to court for further instructions on reasonable doubt, but the vole never changed un- for conviction. votes hUttt lu-d back and forth several times. Tlie original vote was 7 5 lor aniu.ttal. he said, and as the night wre on it swiiclnd to state prison parolee of forgery early today.

The lone hold-out Has Juror of testimony or further Instruc ior conviction. Air. uyiana saw. Though the a I a hter charge is considered more outrageous, the penalty for forgery is greater. Forgery carries a The five-man.

seven woman ii i tions on the law by the judge. The forgery charges report- jury returned with its decision 12:23 a.m. when the jury fore No. 7. R.

C. Iligoec. St-bastopol. who told Tlie 1'ress Democrat he thought her guilt was the "best possibility," but a strong one to yeor prison term, while 10-2 for conviction That's how the vote soh1 at 10:40 p.m. when the jurors re at 12:23 a.m.

today, after 12 hours and 23 minutes of touch wily were settled early In the discussions after an original man. I-rank It. Hart. Santa Hu-(Cunlinued on Cage 2. Col.

I involuntary a I a lighter is Ban Tests Voter Literacy I WASHINGTON (UPI) Theiidency requirements for voting extend the 19C5 act for another! Thirteen other states have' in presidential elections. five years beyond its 1970 constitutional or statutory pro-; Administration Sry7 Arr iWZs.r Nixon Congress today to ban literacy Mitchell said: "We have expiration date. He said in a visions for voter literacy come to the firm conclusion' five-tinies-delnyed appearance! however, of one sort or Jo- A 4 tests for voting throughout the that voting rights is no longer a that tlie Administration propo-j They are Alaska. Arizona, regional issue. It is a national 'sal to make the literary ban California.

Connecticut. Ik-la- nation in place of a 196S law which applied to only seven applicable to all states offers: ware. Hawaii. Maine. M.issa southern states.

all the advantages of a simple chusctts. New Hampshire. New extension, with none of the' York. Oregon. Washington and which must be treated on a nationwide basis." He said there may have been ample reasons for Congress In Atty.

Gen. John N. Mitchell. presenting the long-delayed defects or regional discrimina- Wyoming. tion attached to it.

pass a law whose In addition, according to the plan to a House Judiciary subcommittee, said a simple The 19tl5 act was Justice Department, Idaho has under its terms, only to a so-called good character extension of the 1965 Voting provisions applied only to seven Deep South states where Negro voter registration was low, "but I do not believe that this Rights Act would be unfair and unrealistic. requirement which is considered a test or device within Alabama. Georgia. Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia, and 40 counties He also called for a justification exists any in the meaning of the 1963 Act. nationwide ban on state res- Mitchell testified on a bill to North Carolina.

(pickup 4th pgh Oftla: as outlined; UPI Facslmilt HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT 90 MINUTES, then an unidentified 19-year-old German youth stepped forward and plummeted to his death from a 150-foot storage building at Brunswick. His mother, doctors and police below had pleaded with him not to leap, but in vain. Police said the youth suffered from severe depressions for which he was under psychiatric treatment. MlinnWMiilfll'-TtTt'Ttn Senate Votes 70-16 to Ask Surtax on Way to Passage After Miraculous Recovery WASHINGTON (UPI) After leaders postponed a vote on it'for Monday, since only a miraculous overnight recove-jfor two weeks. Democrats are needed ry, President Nixon's income New life was pumped into itjassure passage, assuming tax surcharge bill is healthy Wednesday after GOP Leader! members are present 47, President for More Sayso to allj audi Hughes Buys Another Vegas Resort LAS VEGAS (UPl)-The Landmark Tower, a space-needle shaped resort which has been a towering white elephant for eight years, will be opened July 1 oy Howard Hughs.

The hotel, located off the Las Vegas Strip near the convention center, has never opened for American lives and property. again, and on the road to House Gerald R. Ford promised UO.voting. There was no question the passage Monday Republicans would vote for the; The Monday vote could work bill 40 more than the 130 he, to the advantage of the bill's ments on his own. The resolution defines a national commitment as "the use of the armed forces on foreign territory, or a promise WASHINGTON (UPI) A message to the President of the United States: The Senate wants Congress to share with you the decision to make The $9.2 billion tax package.

Vietnam War was an underlying motive for the resolution which extends the 10 per cent had predicted the day before supporters. Absenteeism is high on Monday when many Eastern surtax neyond Monday expira- un the basis of tne new to assist a foreign country, military and monetary commit congressmen take off for long i Other agreements notably the negotiations for U.S. bases in Spain also were cited in arguments for passage of the tion date, was almost given up count. Speaker John W. McCor-for dead Tuesday when Housemack rescheduled the measure weekends.

These congressmen government, or people by the use of the armed forces or financial resources of the United States, either immedi ments to foreign powers Please. Frustrated by the Vietnam War and seeking to assert its constitutional role in foreign affairs, the Senate Wednesday adopted a "sense of the business because of financial problems that developed under include Democratic liberals who have been waging the principal fight against the bill, pressing for commitments on a sweeping bill to close tax loopholes. ately or upon the happening of Victorious Reagan Signs Anti-Pornography Bills several ownerships. resolution. Thousands File By certain events." A last-minute effort en Hughes bought the 346-foot gineered by Senate Republican Senate" resolution asking affir office.

"By golly, it's been al w- UPI Facsimila DON MULFORD WHISKED TO ASSEMBLY For His Vote on Budget State Senate Budget Theatrics Leader Everett M. Dirksen to high tower last October for $17.3 million when the resort was ia the midst of involuntary long time coming. later, wouia exiena haw mariP iw hills' the tax for six months at 10 per SACRAMENTO (UPI)-Gov. Ronald Reagan climaxed a three-year legislative battle Wednesday when he signed bills make the resolution more Judy's Coffin cent and another six months at! palatable to Nixon failed. The Senate defeated 30-36 a 5 per cent through June 30, 1970j NEW YORK (UPI)-Thou- making it harder for smut bankruptcy proceedings.

Implied in the deal was that all substitute resolution that would sands of Judy Garland fans creditors would be satisfied and hallmarks of our legislative program since January 1967 and have fought vigorously for their passage during three legislative sessions," he said. The Democratic-controlled le have limited it to only "hot mative action by Congress before commitments or promises of commitments are made. The resolution was passed by a bipartisan vote of 70-16. But the resolution strongly opposed by President Nixon is in no way legally binding on the Chief Executive. He can, if he wishes, ignore Senate sentiment and go ahead with commit-! filed by her coffin Thursday for the bankruptcy dismissed.

when it would expire. The bill also would repeal, retroactive to April 18, 1969, the 7 per cent investment tax credit for business machinery war" situations with exemp farewell glimpse of the But Hughes' plans for the merchants to peddle pornography to children. The governor's signatures marked the first revision of the state's anti-smut laws since 1961 and the first major SACRAMENTO (UPI) Their theatrics wrapped up for awhile, legislators settled down today for some concentrated work on singer-actress' fragile body as tions when there was a threat to the national security; when armed forces were needed to gislature rejected the bills in earlier years, although thev 'purchases; relieve 12 million The Senate today planned to refuse concurrence in technical amendments one of which temporarily allowed the budget to pass on a bare majority vote instead of the normal two-thirds it lay in state in the chiffon July 1 opening of his sixth Las Vegas gambling resort ran into eleventh hour problems when a realty company filed a $500,000 low income taxpayers of some. repel an attack; or to protect dress she wore at her wedding strengthening of obscenity laws a state budget. or all.

of their income taxes; since their original enactment three mouths ago. claim against the previous They have until Monday mid night to pass one. There were 1.500 mourners in the gold rush days of 1858. House Conferees Agree To and postpone for a year the scheduled reduction of the 10 per cent telephone and 7 per owners. It charged that amount A month-long hammerlock on lined up outside Campbell's, the "This landmark legislation was owed it in a commission were backed by Democratic Atty.

Gen. Thomas C. Lynch. Reagan paid special tribute to Sen. Robert J.

Lagomarsino, R-Ojai, manager for the bills. He said the lawmaker "worked diligently for three years to see these bills through." elegant East Side funeral Gov. Ronald Reagan's $6.2 bil will rightly return to the for the sale to Hughes. Repeal of Welfare Freeze cent automobile excise taxes due to go to 5 per cent each, chapel where scores of celebri parents the ability to protect Wednesday. U.S.

Dist. Court lion budget was forcibly loosened in the Assembly Wednesday, climaxing one of the more their children from obscenity WASHINGTON (UPI) Judge Peirson M. Hall dis Jan. 1. ments were being made to 1.5 million families in behalf of 4.6 by strengthening significantly and move it into a two-house conference committee for final negotiation.

"There's no problem," said Sen. Randolph Collier. D-Yreka, the Senate Finance Committee chairman. "We'll have it out Monday." Counting recesses, caucuses, jockeying round and the patrol car ride, Wednesday's As- 1 i 1 i missed the claim, holding that lies from Rudolf Valentino to Tallulah Bankhead have had their funerals, when the doors opened at 11 a.m. EDT.

An hour later the queue had grown to melodramatic days of the 1969 Other witnesses were Evelle the punishment of smut ped million children. The total cost it might jeopardize or destroy session. dlers who are guided solely by federal, state and local runs House conferees agreed today to a Senate-passed bill which would repeal a freeze scheduled to take effect Tuesday on child welfare payments to states and the right of creditors to get. Younger, Los Angeles County district attorney, whose office the enormous profits such payment. about $266 million monthly.

House-Senate conferees, con Assembly Speaker Robert Monagan, R-Tracy, called it a "Class movie" situation. 4.000 and filled an entire block materials can bring," the The Landmark has two which was closed to traffic. governor said. cities. casinos, one on the ground floor sidering a bill to which the Senate attached the repealer, Ailing GOP caucus chairman Many told reporters they helped wwte the measure and a potential GOP candidate for attorney general next year, and Assemblyman Frank Murphy R-Santa Cruz, chairman of The two-bul package is a and a second on the 29th story.

The proposed freeze was voted by Congress two years came because they loved tlie Don Mulford was sped here in legislative triumph for Reagan approved the Senate language Its bubbletop dome is 31 stories and is viewed as one of the star and they were unabash without change today ago but has never become above the ground. a California Highway Patrol car from his Piedmont home, where aemuiy vine lasiuu six Hours, wound up 41-27, strictly party-line. Monagan had vowed not to fetch Mulford from his sickbed. "A detached retina is not the major pieces of legislation to edly emotional in expressing the Assembly Criminal Proce The limitation was written operative. The House is expect come from the 1969 session.

he had been recuperating from into a 1967 Social Security bill ed to complete action on the themselves. "She's found the rainbow now," said Mrs. Mary dure Committee. Republicans won control of One law establishes a sepa serious eye surgery. repealer Friday.

to which Congress had added several new programs. designed Mulford declaring "it's un rate standard for judging what the legislature this year and The limitation was to have $100 Damage In Cabin Fire Staff Correspondent GUERNEVILLE An estimat Roderts, 20, who took a day off from her job as a typist to attend the viewing. "I hope is obscene for youths under 18 installed a GOP majority in gone into effect a year ago but kind of thing you play peanut politics with," noted the budget floor sponsor, Assemblyman Frank Lanterman, R-La Canada. to get welfare mothers off the relief rolls and into jobs. Umlex ASTROGUIDE 7 BETTER HALF 12 BRIDGE CALENDAR 2 CLASSIFIED 24-27 COLEMAN COMICS 22 CROSSWORD 14 EDITORIAL 4 EMPIRE 15 GAYE LE BARON 28 GUBAUGH 4 GRAFITTI 14 LAWRENCE 4 LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK 4 MARKETS 6 OBITUARIES 6 PEARSON 4 RADIO-TV 28 RESERVED 28 SPORTS 19, 20 STOCKS 6 TIDES 22 VITAL STATISTICS 6 WOMEN 16, 18, 19 112TH YEAR NO.

211 fortunate we have to go these lengths" cast the deadlock-breaking 41st vote as the The second incorporates a was suspended for 12 months. that committee where the bills had foundered under Democra-I "pandering" concept, so the As the new effective date Among other steps, more day But Republicans came up one tic majorities. care centers for children were approached, protests from big packed chamber grinned and cheered. vote short on their initial effort. ed $100 damage was done to a summer cabin in Drakes Beach Estates yesterday afternoon The law defines pornography to be provided.

method of advertising can be used as a legal tool to determine whether the material is obscene. she's got some peace." Miss Garland's fifth husband, Mickey Deane, was at the funeral chapel two hours before the public was admitted to check all details. Miss Garland was dressed in Assembly Minority Leader as "matter taken as a whole To prevail. Republicans also states convinced lawmakers the limitation was not workable and the Senate passed the repeal States were ordered not to increase the percentage of needed the vote of hew Assem when a hair dryer that was left (in which)' the predominant The new law will become on caught fire. is to prurient interest, bill.

Jess Unruh argued Democrats showed "good faith" in steering Reagan's tax reform program ii i I blyman Robert G. Wood, R-Greenfield, who had been sworn Guerneville Volunteer Fire i.e., a shameful or morbid effective sometime this Autumn, 90 days after the The payments are made to states which help pay costs of interest in nudity, sex or into office only hours earlier. an ankle length, long sleeved men, who put the blaze out at 14572 Eastern said the oc uiruugu a Key cumiiiuite cony WoHnocrlnv Sn hp rpnsnnpH thp legislature adjourns. The budget was returned to beyond custo children on welfare. However, the job incentive programs failed to work, and the percentage of eligible children on welfare has continued to rise, especially in the populous states with big cities.

beige chiffon dress with a high neck and a belt of gold and "Well, they're law now," mary limits of is governor now should show "good faith" by pushing a school fi- the Senate, which actually had passed it Monday. cupant was Mrs. Elizabeth White. The building is owned by aid to families with dependent children in most cases, families with no male breadwinner. As of January, pay pearls.

On her feet were silver utterly without redeeming social importance." Reagan said with satisfaction at the signing ceremony in his Archie Shelbalin, San Francisco. Concurrence Today? (Continued on Page 6 Col. 7) shoes with silver bows. Santa Rosa Stores A re Open Until 9 Tonight.