The Californian from Salinas, California • 16

16-SALINAS CALIFORNIAN Wednesday, Aug. 24, 1977 HOLLISTER The historic Quien Sabe Ranch changed hands Tuesday, in a $7 million cash sale that took just five minutes to finalize in San Benito County Superior Court. The 25,871 acre ranch, east of Tres Pinos and about 15 miles southeast of Hollister, was purchased by John Nichol Irwin II, a New York City attorney and former U.S. Ambassador to France. Seller was the trust of the Somavia DeLavega families.

The ranch in the hands of Juanita and Ramon Somavia since the early 1930s, was purchased by her Spanish greatgrandparents in the 1870s. Sale of the Quien Sabe marks the joining of two of the old West's most famous ranches under one ownership. Irwin purchased the former SelbyMcCreery Ranch two years ago for $6.5 million. That spread, Rancho Real de Aguilas, was part of a Mexican land grant dating to 1844. Irwin bought the McCreery Ranch from actor Lorne Green's brother, Paul McCreery.

According to Russell Smith, who represented Irwin in both transactions the joining of the two great old ranches "should be a happy marriage. Between them, they probably represent the finest ranch in California today." Smith said Quien Sabe will be maintained as a cattle ranch, "there are no other plans for development." The Oak-studded, rolling hills and valley of the Quein Sabe hold many fresh water springs, which haven't gone dry despite three years of drought. Included in the deal was the Somavias' 35-room home, built in 1931. There foot high ceilings in the living areas. In the basement are recreation rooms, a chapel, space to seat 100 for a banquet and an indoor swimming pool.

Exterior of the beautiful home with its piled bell tower, is reminiscent of a Spanish castle. The property also includes a cookhouse, bunkhouse, machine shop, butchershop and freezers and a mill that converts grain, molasses, vitamins and minerals into pellets for the Somavia's cattle feeding operation. Historic ranch changes hands Natividad residents reach separate pact with county A dispute between resident physicians at Natividad Medical Center and the Monterey County Employees' Assn. came to light Tuesday as county supervisors approved separate employe agreements with the doctors. MCEA Manager Te Lake objected to the procedure, saying the Natividad residents have been part of the MCEA bargaining unit for "a number of years" and that it is illegal for the county to bargain with them separately.

He said the county had refused to recognize the MCEA's right to represent the residents during this year's negotiations. Dr. Paul Genstler, residents' spokesman, said that they were not being represented by the MCEA and that most of the residents had dropped their MCEA membership. He said the residents want "some kind of working agreement," whether it is through MCEA or not. County Administrator Richard Hot weather fatal to dairy's cattle CHINO (UPI) An unusual wave of hot, muggy weather has killed from 700 to 1,000 dairy cows of worth about $500,000 in the Chino Valley dairy region.

"It was a disaster," Dr. Robert Jackson, San Bernardino county senior public veterinarian, said Tuesday. The humid spell appeared to have passed today after hitting a peak during the weekend. The region's milk production, most of which is sold in the Los Angeles area, has fallen 15 per cent, a $1 million to the area's dairymen, Dolores Mullings, editor of Dairyman magazine, estimated. She said it could take two to weeks to restore production to normal.

The muggy spell began last week when the remnants of Hurricane Doreen brought hot, rainy weather. It was only the second tropical storm to affect Southern California in 38 years. The greatest number of deaths took place Saturday and Sunday when temperatures were in the 90s with humidity up to 92 per cent. A healthy cow has a body temperature of 101.5 degrees, but the heat drove the temperatures of some to more than 110, Jackson said. Disaster (Continued from page 1) introduced a bill which would provide $4.9 million to Monterey County which would assist in preparing for the floods.

funds are available from Ward's OES until a disaster actually occurs, but Ward said he has been in touch with people in Big Sur and is trying to arrange to supply them with radio equipment. Andrews said the U.S. Soil Conservation Service may provide financial assistance for channel clearing, debris dams and related measures, as well as the State Department of Water Resources. Financing of that effort would require a Congressional appropriation, and a project plication is being prepared, he said. Salinas driver faces charges of hit-run and manslaughter A Salinas man was arrested today on felony hit-run driving and manslaughter charges following a fatal crash last night on State Route 1.

David Gonzales, 40, was arrested at his 110 Paloma Ave. home at 4:35 a.m. He was taken to Natividad Medical Center for treatment before being booked at Monterey County Jail. According to the California Highway Patrol spokesman, Gonzales was, southbound on State Route 1 when his car crossed the yellow dividing line and side-swiped a northbound car driven by Pamela A. Knight, 20, of Santa Cruz.

The Gonzales car continued in the northbound lane for about 500 feet where it struck head-on a car driven by 21-year-old Keith P. Glober of Tarzana, the CHP said. Glober was dead on arrival at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital at 9:35 p.m. Gonzales and his passenger, Bertha Ollos, 32. of a Salinas hotel, fled the scene of the 8:45 p.m.

accident on foot, according to patrol reports. Ollos went to Memorial Hospital on her own at about 1 a.m. and was treated for moderate injuries. She was released from the hospital. Knight received moderate injuries and was also treated and released from Memorial Hospital.

Salinas market hit by sale ban on food stamps California Market, 154 W. Market has been prohibited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture from accepting food stamps for one year. USDA spokesman said the store was disqualified for accepting food stamps for such ineligible items as beer. cigarettes, and various household items, and for giving cash as change in food stamp transactions.

To resume participation in the food stamp program, the store's owner Vincente Hidalgo must reapply in one year. There are 17,670 Monterey County residents receiving food stamps. Of that total, 8,697 are on welfare. King City cuts tax rate per $100 The King City Council cut the property tax rate to $1.55 per $100 assessed valuation last night, overruling the city staff's recommendation to leave the rate at last year's $1.65. The cutback means the city will have $23,570 less for next year's budget.

The city would have had. $353,549 to support its departments, but that will be reduced to $329,979. City Manager Lee Yarborough said this morning he does not know yet what parts of the budget will be affected by the cuts. "I don't think it wtil 1 affect us much this year," but he said changes anticipated for next year may mnean more belt tightening then. -Itchy For the past five years the cattle operations have been leased to Fat City Cattle Co.

of Gonzales. That company has been running between 10,000 and 12,000 head of beef cattle on the ranchland. Fat City's lease expires Oct. 31, when Irwin will take over the operation. Douglas White, who operates the McCreery ranch next door for Irwin and is president of Irwin's Las Aguilas will also run the Quien Sabe cattle operation.

Irwin, 63, is a Princeton graduate. He held deputy assistant positions in the Defense Department (1957-61) was undersecretary of state (1970-72), deputy secretary of state (1972- 73) and ambassador to France (1973-74). Serving the Nation Clifford P. Crivello Cadet Clifford P. Crivello, 20, of Marina recently completed six weeks of training at the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps basic camp at Ft.

Knox, Ky. Crivello, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Crivello of Marina, was a 1975 graduate of Seaside High School.

He is enrolled in ROTC at the University of Santa Clara. City's Safeway stores returning to normal Things are getting back to during the strike," but, "it's normal at Salinas' two almost 100 cent now. a Safeway stores following a spokesman at the Northridge tentative three-year contract Safeway store said. agreement between striking A spokesman at the East Teamster drivers and super- Alisal Street Safeway also said chain. things were looking up.

"Members of Teamster Local Shelves at the Alisal store 302 of Oakland must ratify the this morning were sparsely agreement before the five- stocked in some sections. At week-old strike is concluded. the Northridge store. It was not known this morning employes were busy stocking whether drivers have ac- shelves. cepted the new contract.

Spokesmen for both Salinas The strike began July 19 stores said today that they are when employes at Safeway's receiving shipments of ice cream plant in Oakland everything but Safeway brand and milk plant in San Leandro ice cream, milk and other began It was later dairy products. extended to to Fremont and "We ran out of a few things Richmond centers. Carter, aides discuss canal treaty strategy WASHINGTON (UPI) President Carter held a strategy meeting with top aides today to discuss the timing and place for signing the controversial Panama Canal treaty. Even after it's signed. however, the treaty must be approved by the Senate to become binding on the United States.

It has raised strong opposition from some senators, who do not want to turn the canal over to Panama. Sources indicated the treaty probably will be signed in midSeptember in Washington in a Andrews said the county is required to have a working agreement with each of the 18 residents by the American Medical Assn. in order to have an approved residency program at Natividad. The agreement provides for salary, vacation, insurance, working conditions and other provisions. Salary ranges from $16,908 a year for first-year residents to $20,950 a year for those in their third year.

ceremony attended by Panamanian chief of state Omar Tor rijos and other representatives from the Western Hemisphere. White House Press Secretary Jody Powell said today the socalled Treaty of Neutrality will be signed by the membership of the Organization of American states. In another development, Powell said the State Department is preparing suggestions of how Carter "might be helpful to bring an end to the violence in Northern Ireland. Extradition hearing slated for Arizona killing suspect Attorney James Michael was appointed yesterday to represent DeWayne Desmar Smith, 19, charged with second degree murder in Arizona, at an extradition hearing scheduled Friday. Michael was appointed by Salinas Municipal Court Judge Raymond Simmons after Monterey County Dep.

Public Defender Cary Weiss filed a conflict Monday. Simmons let the original extradition hearing date of Aug. 26 stand. Smith is charged with the beating death of Edward Reierson, 56, in Kingman, Ariz. in 1976.

Calvin Franklin Palmer, 18. has been convicted in the Mohave County, Ariz. case. (Continued from page 1) When she walked through the foods section and totaled up her wins, she counted 68 ribbons which gave her 222 points for her jams, jellies, pickles, fruits and vegetables; and 81 points for the cakes, pies, breads, cookies and candies she'd entered. Making her a shoe-in winner in both sections.

Mrs. Burr reads cookbooks the way some women read romantic novels. have a huge collection of many I'll probably never get around to trying all of she laughed. This year my doctor put me on a sugar and salt-free diet, which sort of cramps the style of a cook. But my children were happy to become the taste-testers.

And I did cheat just a little bit and taste a couple of things myself." "People who like to cook and don't enter fairs are really missing out on a lot of fun," she says. Tthink everybody ought to enter because the more competition there is, the more challenge you have and the nicer it is to win. I've met a lot of people who just don't know that anybody can enter and it's free. Anyone who wants to try just has to write fair book and then get there with their papers and food on the right day for judging." Besides keeping house for her husband, the manager of Green Valley Produce Co-op, sons Jim 17, Scott, 16 and daughter Becky, 13, Mrs. Burr is a part preschool teacher on the board of California Women for Agriculture.

And anyone who would like some tips from a real expert, can meet her when she leads a pickle seminar next September for the foods Some class 32,000 at Hartnell people Collegeded the fair yesterday on the first day of it's six-day run. Top honors in the clothing and textile division went to three other perennial winners Maxine Knox of Pacific Grove, first place with 118 points; Mrs. Arnold Pura of Greenfield, second with 83 points; and Violet McClane of Watsonville, 72 points for third place. (Continued from page 1) checking the California him The connection." confirmation and a search for kin, Flournoy declined to name the victims, described as mentally deficient Californians 30 to 50 years old. Six military veterans were taken to Houston Veterans Hospital and the rest to a state hospital in San Antonio.

"VA hospital said one of the fellows might not have lived much longer if we hadn't gotten him out," Flournoy said. Wharton area hospitals first asked for a check on the Gobert home after she failed to pay bills for treatment of some of her charges a few months ago, Flournoy said. "Then, a few weeks ago, one of the friends of a family of one of these people said he had been missing and had walked away from a veterans hospital out in (San Diego) California. Somehow or other they traced him here." "We showed them where this place was and went out and found this fellow," said Sheiff's Capt. Joe Covarrubio, who described conditions as "just terrible." "The first time I there it made me sick.

the stink." Covarrubio said. "I've seen a lot of things, but nothing that upset me as much as this. "The house was infested with roaches, the mattresses were old, dirty and torn. The blankets were The men were unshaved, dirty. The women were clean.

neatly dressed. But the people were very Other than "not being fed enough" and having no supervision, he said the people told investigators they were, "not beaten real bad. just slapped about the There was no immediate evidence of sexual abuse." Covarrubio said as many as 17 persons reportedly had been kept there at one time or another. "At one point, one of them threatened to leave and they told if he wanted to leave, leave. poor man walked out about 100 yards and decided.

'Where the hell do I And that was it. He turned around and went back. "He didn't know who to go to or where he was at or anything. His mental capability wasn't high enough to say that, 'Well, let's go to the police." Cavorrubio said the home went undiscovered for a long time because the victims were mentally deficient, the house is isolated, neighbors "didn't care" and the victims were Californians with few, if any, relatives to inquire. "As as we knew it was just a house." Covarrubio said.

of these people were in such a state. They knew they were in Texas, but that's it." Covarrubio said deputies had tentative identifications on all 13 but were withholding them pending confirmation. "We don't know for sure if these are their real names. We're having them mugged and fingerprinted and we're going to run checks on them. Hearst sleuth seeks divorce REDWOOD CITY (UPI) Charles W.

Bates, who headed the FBI's search for Patricia Hearst, has filed for dissolution of his marriage. Bates and his wife. Elaine. were married in Austin, on Dec. 30, 1963.

It was the second marriage for Bates, whose first wife died in 1960 in London. where he was assigned by the FBI. Dissolution papers were on file Tuesday in San Mateo County Hall of Justice. Bates capped his 35-year career in federal law enforcement by leading the Hearst kidnap investigation. Junior high site could go to condos Smith was a chief prosecution witness in the 1975 beating death of retired butcher Sonnik Johnson near San Juan Bautista.

Two 17-year-olds were convicted of the murder, Mark Benefield and Danny Lee Scott. Smith was initially arrested on murder charges following the Johnson slaying. But those charges were dismissed after an investigation showed that Smith was not with Benefield and Scott when the murder occurred. tremendous amount of investigation was done and it was determined he was not involved in the Johnson homicide," said Dep. District Atty.

Skip Braudrick. Salinas Union High School District trustees last night learned their proposed North Salinas junior high school site is being considered for a 53-acre condominium development. Supt. Lawrence LeKander told the board the property located northwest of North Main Street and Alvin Drive is in the process of being sold by Eugene E. Harden to McKeon Construction: But LeKander said the city of Salinas would look favorably upon a 20-acre school site within that development if McKeon agrees.

That would leave the remaining 33 acres for quad-plexes and a possible extension of the existing three-acre park. "It's a super set-up, right in the middle of a residential area, board member Larry Balentine said. "You've got it in an area where a lot of kids can walk to The board is expected to put a bond issue to construct a new junior high school on the March, 1978 ballot. The district has received approval from the state legislature to create a special bond area including those elementary districts that would benefit from the construction of a new junior high school. A city planning department spokesman today said there have only been informal talks between McKeon and the city over possible development of the Harden property.

In other action last night, the board learned the migrant education budget for the next year would be $242,956, an increase of $75.106. The board will take. action on the migrant budget its next meeting. The board also agreed to end its practice of occasionally meeting at the district's schools. LeKander said the neighborhood meetings have not resulted in more community participation.

'We've been snookered' ROP site compromise ise snagged The city council voted unanimously in favor of the reduced tax rate, stating as their reason the higher assessed valuations set this year by Monterey County, City Clerk Jim Devine said. Mayor David Tavernetti warned taxpayers that the smaller tax rate probably won't mean lower total tax payments because of the higher valuations. The council also approved construction of a more than $600,000 new warehouse for L.A. Hearne a King City grain and bean processing firm. The new warehouse will be built along Metz Rd.

in northeastern King City in the industrial development area. A dispute over who is responsible for buying the existing lease on the Laurel Drive vocational school site threatens a compromise reached by Salinas Union High School District trustees and Monterey County supervisors. The high school trustees last night issued this ultimatum: Either the county pays $3,800 to buy out the existing 18-month lease for Laurel Drive, or the district will build its school on Blanco Road. The high school district originally planned to build its Regional Occupational Program facility on Blanco Road. But supervisors had threatened to sue the school district since the ROP facility would have been located on prime agricultural soil.

Instead, the county offered the district a 10-acre site on East Laurel Drive between Sanborn and Natividad roads. The school district would then lease an adjacent seven- acre plot for agricultural instruction. But six of the 10 acres of the ROP building site are now being leased to Robert Bardin and John Boekenoogan and the county estimates it would cost $3,800 to buy out the remaining 18 months of their contract. A tentative contract offered to the school board last night specified the district is responsible for buying out the lease. Board members unanimously rejected that contract.

They warned there will be no Laurel Drive agreement unless the county pays the $3,800. And they have given the county two weeks to reply. our next board meeting, we should finalize the contract or take other board member Jim Reavis said. 1 think everyone else knows what other action would Board member Larry Balentine said, "If it's the county's position this board should buy the land, why should we have to pay the tenant? Maybe they'd like us to go back to Blanco "We've been snookered." said board chairman George von Soosten. Bob Bilek.

the district's assistant director of career education who has been negotiating for the land, told the board, "I have a definite feeling there is a pingpong game being played" by the county. Board member H. Edwin Angstadt agreed, saying, "'They wanted us to be there. We preferred the other site but chose this to be congenial. Sounds like a bureaucratic stall.

'They have so many bureaucrats in the county." R. Edwin Norris, chairman of the county board of supervisors, today said he could not comment on the school board's decision until he has been briefed on the land negotiations. SUHSD Supt. Lawrence LeKander is expected to meet with county officials soon to discuss the Laurel Drive contract..