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mm 16-The REGISTER, Napa, Calif. Thursday, January 17, 1974 3t00jj J4 29.77 53 30.00 MATTIC New Developments Pre Trial Confab In Krug Suit UTI Wt A1HM rOIOCASI Developments were reported on two fronts this as the judicial wheels continued to grind slowly in three civil lawsuits arising from the corporate structure surrounding the Charles Krug Winery. 'These events unfolded as the Mondavi family legal dispute entered its 15th month A judge scheduled a pre-trial conference for 10 a.m. Feb. 8 in Napa County Superior Court on Robert Mondavis petition to lift restrictions placed on the Krug Winery stock by the board.of directors.

Tbe matter will be heard by Solano County Judge Raymond Sherwin, sitting in court here in place of Napa County's judges who have disqualified themselves from the case. Robert Mondavi wants the court to declare invalid the restrictions which prevent shareholders from selling their stock in C. Mondavi and Sons, the corporation which owns the winery, at prices other than book value. A Superior Court judge in Saa Joaquin County issued a ruling ousting both Robert Mondavi and his brother Peter from a trust established by the will of their father, Cesare Mondavi, who died in 1959. The decision leaves the brothers mother, Rose Mondavi, as the sole administrator of the trust, which holds interest in both the corporation owning the winery and a partnership functioning as its major source of wine.

Robert Mondavi had petitioned the San Joaquin court to set up an independent agency -r he suggested the Bank of America to run the trust and avoid the continuing management conflicts between family members. In the third family lawsuit, this one also being heard in Napa County, a court source told the Register the case remains a long way" from trial. see its holdings and perhaps other Krug properties sold. The lawyers suggested Robert Mondavi was using the legal proceedings as a device to get the estate out of Mrs. Mondavis hands and under the control of an agency which would approve the sale.

Schlitz Brewery and the Coca-Cola company were named as potential buyers. Robert Mondavi's lawyer, Clifford S. Adams of San Francisco, denied the charges, saying his client wanted only an "impartial" manager of the trust in place of the two brothers and their mother who had been designated trustees. The court source said the judges decision was a in his words, half a loaf for Robert Mondavi -r because the petition had asked that all three trustees be removed while only two of them were ousted. Robert Mondavi had contended he was being denied a voice in the affairs of.

the trust, whose assets include 20 per cent of the C. Mondavi and partnership and 1,200 shares in the winery corporation. The Register's source said the court fights are shaping up as a three-two split between family members, with Robert Mondavi and his sister, Helen Ventura, on one side and Peter Mondavi, his mother. Rose, and his sister, Mary Westbrook, on the other side. Helen Ventura filed a series of.legal papers in San Joaquin County in support of Robert Mondavi's petition for an independent agency to manage the family trust.

She also is expected to support Robert, according to the source, in the Napa County proceedings aimed at lifting restrictions on the corporation stock. That suit involves Robert Mondavis petition to dissolve a $3 million partnership called C. Mondavi and Sons, carrying the same name as the parent corporation. The partnership, operating out of the San Joaquin valley, is the major supplier of wine to the Krug Winery. The Register's source said the court now is waiting for a reply from Peter Mondavi and his lawyers as a series of demurrers and counter complaints are bounced between the two parties in the From Robert Mondavi's original suit to dissolve the partnership, Peter Mondavi and his principal lawyer, San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto, filed a counter complaint accusing Robert Mondavi and the Rainier Co.

of Seattle of conspiring in violation of fair trade practice laws. Judge Charles McGoldrick of Sonoma County had overruled two demurrers and ordered a full-blown argument on the counter complaint, which brought the Rainier firm and a new pack of lawyers into the lengthy and complicated proceedings. The complaint accuses Robert Mondavi or disclosing confidential Krug Winery information to Rainier, which was considered a Krug competitor because of. its brewery holdings and its partial interest in in the Robert Mondavi Winery near Oakville. The Rainier firm holds 75 per cent of the total stock in the Mondavi winery, but Robert Mondavis attorneys say he still has "full operational control" of the business because he owns 50 per cent of the voting stock.

In the San Joaquin County case, Peter Mondavi and his lawyers argued that Robert Mondavi wanted the family trust dissolved only in an effort to Weather Report By United Press International Napa and Sonoma Valleys Partly cloudy tonight increasing cloudiness Friday with rain likely by evening; low tonight and high Friday at Santa Rosa 50 and 63; southerly winds 15 to 35, m.p.h. Friday afternoon. San Francisco Bay Area: Partly cloudy tonight; increasing clouds Friday with chance of rain by evening Friday in the upper 50s to mid 60s; low tonight in the mid 40s to low 50s; winds 15 to 30 m.p.h. Friday afternoon; chance of rain 40 per cent Friday afternoon. Northwestern California: Partly cloudy tonight; increasing cloudiness Friday with rain likely before evening; low tonight i and high Friday at Ukiah 50 and 63, Fort Bragg 53 and 60; increasing southerly wind on coast Friday, probably reaching gale strength.

Northern and Central California: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with, local fog night and morning, except rain likely in the northwest and the Mount Shasta-Siskiyou Area Friday; continued mild temperatures; southerly gales likely on part of north coast Friday. Sacramento Valley: Partly cloudy tonight; increasing cloudiness Friday with chance of ran by evening; high Friday in the mid 50s to low 60s; low tonight in the mid 40s to low 50s; southerly winds. 5 to 15 m.p.h. tonight, increasing to 15 to 30 mp.h. by late Friday.

Mount Shasta-Siskiyou area: Partly cloudy tonight; increasing cloudiness Friday with rain likely before evening; snow level above 5,000 feet; low tonight and high Friday at Shasta Dam 47 and 60; strong southerly winds Friday afternoon. Sierra Nevada: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; continued temperatures. Monterey Bay Area: Partly cloudy through Friday with patches of fog likely Friday morning; high Friday in the 60s; low tonight in the upper 40s to mid 50s; southerly winds 10 to 25 m.p.h. late Friday. Diablo.

San Ramon and Moraga Valleys; Partly cloudy tonight; increasing cloudiness Friday with chance of rain by evening; high Friday in the 60s; low tonight in the mid 40s to mid 50s; southerly winds 10 to 25 m.p.h. Friday. Livermore Valley: Partly cloudy tonight; increasing cloudiness Friday with chance of rain by evening; high today and low tonight at Livermore 62 and 52; southerly winds 10 to 20 m.p.h. Friday. Temperatures and precipitation for the 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m.

HIGH LOW PCP Albany Hundreds of persons were evacuated out of their homes after a furious rainstorm, in the West this winter, roared through. Washington. dPMtmdarms LAWRENCE HALPRIN Chamber Speaker Chamber To Hear Planner YOUNTVILLE Lawrence Halprin, author and director of the national planning firm by that name, will be featured speaker at the Sixth Annual Yountville Chamber of Commerce Dinner. Halprin is expected to join with the Napa Valley Theater Company in presenting a dramatic portrayal of planning alternatives and the potential consequences. The event is slated for Friday at 7 p.m.

in Yountville Gty Hall. Tickets are available to the public. Michael Morton, chamber president, promises a minimum of business and a maximum of pleasure" for this year's guests. With Jay Gottlieb, a chamber director, as master of ceremonies, the evening will open with wine tasting to be followed by dinner at 8 p.m. Entertainment will include "Mannequins In Motion, a fashion show with musical accompaniment, sponsored by Marlona's Boutique in Yount Square.

Dancing to the sounds of a four-piece dance band will follow the dinner and program. The chamber dinner will be prepared by the Yountville Mothers Club, a youth-oriented fund-raising group. Dinner tickets are now available from Michael Morton at his Vintage 1870 office or by calling 944-8048. Adult tickets are $6 each. Halprin's presentation will he a non-technical approach to the city's master plan which his San Francisco firm is now preparing.

Halprin is the author of several new books in planning and design including Cities." Freeways." and Urban Spaces. His primary emphasis is on a human orientation to environmental planning and architectural desighn. He is a native of New York and received his formal education from Cornell, the University of Wisconsin and Harvard University. Between high school and college he devoted two years to working with his hands on a Palestinian kibbutz. It.

was there, he says, that he first became fascinated with the land and man's imprint on the land. It Takes Time To Paint Auto PENMARE PARK, England (UPI) Bobby Waters wanted his car repainted and a friend recommended a certain garage. "They're slow," he said, "But theyre thorough." That was five years ago in 1969. Waters still hasnt got his car back. "Ive called frequently at the garage owners home and he now calls me Bobby and invites me in for tea," Waters said.

"But each time all he does is tell me that the car is nearly ready." "I am very painstaking, said garage owner Harold Thomas. "When I have finished, that car will be the bestlooking Wolseley 16-60 of its year in these parts." He Really Needs The Won Money NEW YORK (UPI) David Rockefeller, chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank, got a bit richer. He won $75 last week in a lottery run by a club made up of the bank's officers. Ola Berry of Shannon; and Mrs. Sarah Dreyer of Eureka; four Henry Billings of Fremont; Earl Billings of Clearlake Highlands; Raymond Billings of Klamath Falls.

Ore. and Eugene Billings of Monterey; and numerous nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Morrison Funeral Chapel. St.

Helena. Burial will be private in the St. Helena Cemetery. The family prefers memorial gifts to the First Presbyterian Church of St. Helena.

Beverly Millikan Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Richard Pierce Funeral Service for Beverly Millikan. Mrs. Millikan of 2953 W. Pine Napa, died Tuesday at the David Grant Hospital, Travis AFB.

Fairfield. She was 37. Mrs. Millikan was bom in Oakland on June 15. 1936.

She was raised in Redding, attending' schools in Redding and Burney. She also attended Shasta College and the University of California at Berkeley. In 1962 on Jan. 27 she was married to Richard L. Millikan in Berkeley.

She worked for the City of Berkeley Parks and Recreation Department for five years, then moved to Napa in .1969. She worked for Dr. William Brown as a medical secretary until last August when she became ill. Mrs. Millikan is survived by her husband.

Richard L. of Napa; a son, Christopher C. of Napa; a brother, Robert Clearie of Redding and her father, Harry S. Clearie of Calistoga. Air Force Chaplain Gozier K.

Fitzgerald will officiate at the services. Susie Houchin Susie Ladelphia Houchin, 78, died Tuesday evening at the St. Helena Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Houchin was bom and educated.

in Van Alstyne, Tex. and came to California in 1911. She was married to James Ernest Houchin in Oroville, on Jan. 20, 1915. This coming Sunday would have been their 59th Wedding Anniversary.

They had lived in Vallejo from 1940 to 1957 when they moved to St. Helena. Mrs. Houchin was a member of the United Methodist Church, St. Helena Garden Club and the Friendship Club of St.

Helena. Survivors include her husband, James Ernest of St. Helena; two daughters, Mrs. George C. (Marry Ellen) Simmons of Napa; Mrs.

Freeman (Evelyn) Axthelm of Visalia; two sons, Lt. Col. E. Houchin of Napa; and Kenneth Houchin of Fresno. Lloyd Hassenplug Funeral services will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m.

at the Chapel of the Richard Pierce Funeral Service for Lloyd S. Hassenplug. 61. of 3632 Harkness who died Wednesday at a local convalescent hospital. Born and raised in Bushnell, Mr.

Hassenplug moved to Valparaiso, when a young man and worked as a general laborer in that area. He later worked as a farm hand in Kennesaw, Neb. and for the telephone company in Scotts Bluff, Neb. The Hassenplug family moved to Vallejo in August of 1940 and lived there until 1956 when they came to Napa. Mr.

Hassenplug worked as an electrician from 1940 to 1971 when he retired due to failing health. He was a member of the Ridge Riders Horsemen's Gub and Electricians Local 180. Mr. Hassenplug is survived by two sons, Donald L. Hassenplug and Dwayne Hassenplug, both of Napa; a daughter, Mrs.

Marlene Howatt, of Napa; two brothers, Louis and Wilbur Hassenplug. and a sister. Alice McHenry, all of Nebraska, and six grandchildren. will take place at Tulocay Garden Mausoleum. The Rev.

Dan Boyd will officiate. Daisy Crislip Daisy Marie Crislip. 74, died Tuesday evening at her home on Silverado Trail, St. Helena. Mrs.

Crislip was bom in Gay County, 111. and later came to California, living in Truckee, where she received her education. She was married in 1916 to Fred James Crittendon. They lived in Paso Robles, later moving to the Bay Area, living in Berkeley. Her husband was killed in an automobile accident in 1925.

Mrs. Crislip was married to Otha G. Crislip in 1931 and continued to live in Berkeley until 1950 when they came to St. Helena. Her husband died in 1959.

Mrs. Crislip was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church, the St. Helena Garden Gub, Rutherford Grange, Pocahantas Lodge, Eastern Star Lodge and the Senior Citizens Gub. Survivors include a daughter, Helen Ruth Jorgensen of St. Helena; a son, Clyde G.

Crittendon of Lake Tahoe; nine grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren. Two sisters, Mrs. Moth Ravages JEFFFERSON CITY, Mo. (UPI) Gypsy moth caterpillars strip about 400,000 acres of eastern state hardwood forests yearly, according to the Missouri Conservation Commission. So far, the central United States has been spared the ravages of the insect which was introduced accidentally to the wilds in 1869 in Massachusetts.

Increased Benefits For Vets Increased benefits will be reflected in January Veterans Administration pension checks received early in February by nearly 2.7 million disabled veterans and survivors of deceased veterans. The announcement was made by J.E. Mullen, director of the San Francisco Veterans Administration Regional Office. A increase in these VA benefits is authorized by a law signed by the President last month. Mullen said the increase will average 10 per cent for 915,000 wartime veterans and 859,000 widows on VA pension rolls and 69.000 parents drawing dependency and indemnity compensation.

Increased pension payments also will go to 842.000 children of veterans. Pensions are paid by the VA on the basis of need to veterans permanently and totally disabled from non-service causes and to widows and children of veterans who died of non-service connected disabilities. Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) payments are made to widows, unmarried children under 18, and certain parents of veterans and service men and women who died of service-connected disabilities. The new law increased DIC rates only for parents, Mullen noted. Among other highlights of the new law: Maximum pension payable to veterans without dependents increased from $30 to.

$50 if hospitalized more than two months. Pension for veterans with one dependent and income of not more than $500 annually increased from $150 to $154 monthly. Widows with no dependents and incomes of not more than $300 annually increased from $87 to $96 monthly. Death pension rates for children increased from $42 monthly plus $17 monthly for each additional child, to $44 monthly, plus $18 monthly for each additional child. Authorized lump sum payment of $25,000 to certain veterans discharged from the Army as a result of an incident in Brownsville, Texas, August 13, 1906, or $10,000 to their unremarried widows.

Additional information on pension benefits is available at any VA office. Dignified Services Any Family can A fjord" Claffey i Rota 197,5 Main St Napa Ph. 224-5210 Chapel of the Valley 208 Vintage St. Helena Ph. 963-4311 her husband, Burtis of Vallejo; two sons, Steven R.

Gardner of Napa and E. 1. Craig L. Gardner of Napa; two Leslie Ann Gardner of Napa; and Yvonne Marie Gardner of Napa; two brothers, LeRoy Cardwell of Napa; Albert Cardwell of Napa and her father, Lee Cardwell of Vallejo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

Friday at the Chapel of Richard Pierce Funeral Service. Rev. Phil Hezmalhalch will officiate. Interment will be in the St. Helena Public Cemetery.

Legislation Support Is Urged SACRAMENTO -Assemblyman John F. Dunlap (D-Napa, Solanol is urging support for legislation placing the petroleum industry in California under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission. In speaking to members of COAAST at their annual meeting in Santa Rosa, Dunlap said he saw the current energy controversy as an opportunity to accomplish the enactment of a long-needed bill to. give government the information it needs to assure equity in energy use. Dunlap is a co-author of SB 1417, authored by Senator Alan Robbins (D-Los Angeles).

Current public skepticism of the information available to the public on the extent of shortage is reliable evidence of the need for accurate reporting by the oil industry, according to Assemblyman Dunlap. In discussing other aspects of the energy shortage, Dunlap announced that he had directed the Office of Research to undertake the necessary background material development for legislation to implement a Pacific Coast Trail System. We. must recognize that the supply of petroleum is not unlimited despite the actual amount we have today. Lengthy auto trips are not going to be available on an unlimited basis in the future.

The establishment of a Pacific Coast Hiking, Biking, and Equistrian Trail System would offer family recreation that is not dependent on the family car. Napa alley Memorial Gardens Funeral Seri'ice Cemetery Napa-Vallejo 1 1 icy. 255-3133 Nine grandchildren; six great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ambie Hendrix of Fresno: and Mrs. Essie Hendrix of Chico, plus numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held at 10a.m. Friday at the Morrison Funeral Chapel, St. Helena. Interment will be in the Skyview Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Vallejo. The family prefers memorial gifts to the United Methodist Church or the charity of ones choice.

Richard Sweet Funeral services have been announced for Richard Sweet, 66. of 1101 Alta Ave. He died Wednesday morning at Queen of the Valley Hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Sweet was bom in Peru, 111., and came to Napa in 1909.

He attend the old Washington School here as well as schools in Cowell and and San Juan Batista before graduating from high school in Oakland. He resided in Oakland until 1948, when he returned to Napa to work for the county road crew until his retirement in 1969. Mr. Sweet enjoyed hunting and fishing, was a past member of the Napa Employes Association and the county county Sheriffs Posse. He is survived by a sister, Mrs.

Ray (Ethel) Hudson of Vallejo, two nieces and two nephews and three grandchildren. His wife, Edith, died in 1967. Friends are invited to attend funeral services Friday at 10 a.m. at Treadway and Wigger Funeral Chapel, 623 Coombs St. with the Rev.

Jerald R. Lowe of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Tulocay Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Napa County Heart Association. Loraine Thompson Loraine B.

Thompson, 44, of 1061 Evans Napa, died Wednesday at the Queen of the Valley Hospital following a long illness. Mrs. Thompson was bom in Oakland on Jan. 5, 1930 and grew up in Napa. She traveled throughout the world from 1948 until 1968 when she returned to Napa.

She became ill a year and a half ago. Mrs. Thompson is survived by TREADWAY WIGGER. Funeral Chapel 623 Coo mbs Napa Phone (707)226-1828 COMPLETE Funerol Cemetery Planning Since 1902 NATIONAl SE1ECTED MORTICIANS -today 'Oregon, Idaho, and California. 'The persistent heavy rain and -melting snow produced flooding of may streams from the northern and central Pacific Coast to the northern Rockies.

A rain soaked i 1 1 1 i 'crashed down on a telephone company coaxial cable repeating station near Canyonville, Wednesday night, trapping nine men inside. Oregon State Police said it was feared all were lost." Several major highways, including U.S. 101,. the major coastal route through northern California, were blocked by mud slides and high waters. Three Amtrak passenger trains, -carrying a total of 504 passengers, were halted Wednesday as flooding washed out tracks.

Amtrak late Wednesday announced suspension until notice of all passenger rail service between Oakland, and Vancouver, B.C. In addition all service was suspended until further notioe west of Havre and Billings, for Amtrak's Chicago-Seattle Trains, the Empire Builder and the North Coast Hiawatha. In New Orleans. Maj. Gen.

Charles C. Noble, president of the Mississippi River Commis-. sion and division engineer for the lower Mississippi River, said the Mississippi River was standing at unseasonable high stages today and the U.S. of Engineer was spending $90 million to improve its flood condition. "We cannot ignore the high stages that exist," Noble said.

With lives and well being of millions of Ameicans at stake, we cannot wait until the last prepare for a major flood fight. Elsewhere across the country, a sub zero cold grip covered most fo New England and New York, posing traffic hazards and providing a nuisance for workers still cleaning after last week's two storms. HIGH AND LOW 61-53 Helena 60-51 Yountville 55.49 'Calistoga 53.51 LakeBernessa 59.49 Angwin 52-is Bothe 59.50 Atlanta Bakersfieh Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsvilli Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Fresno Helena Honolulu Juneau Louisville Miami Oakland Omaha Phoenix Red Bluff Reno St. Louis Seattle Spokane Thermal Winnipeg- TIDES AT FIRST High STREET bridge Uw JANUARY 17, lliunday 10 7.3 3 26 12 5.4 5.38pm.: 01 JANUARY 18. Friday 74 4 29 1 23am 59 6 29am -02 JANUARY 19.

Saturday 7.4 5 28a.m.: 30 2 28am. SO 7.10pm.: 4)4 JANUARY 20, Sunday 30 12 42pm 7 4 7 0.5 NAPA VALLEY RAINFALL 24 Hours To8am Todav RICHARD PIERCE FUNERAL SERVICE 1660 Silverado Tr. At the Lincoln Ave. Bridge 226-7444 We Welcome Comparison LasuYear To Date Season Normal To Date ...1105 1557 1661.. 8 32- 18 85 13 51 22 77 28 68 2922..

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