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i 4 WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1994 Dally Digest vr July 6,1994 -THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL OBITUARIES Graham M. Wetzel A graveside service for Graham M. Wetzel, 87, of Ukiah, will be 2 pm. today at Ukiah cemetery on Low Gap Road with Chaplain Shari hambcrlain officiating. lie died Saturday, July 2, 1994 at Ukiah Valley Medical Center of inlural causes.

Wetzel was born Sept. 9, 1906 in Ripley, Tenn. He lived in the community for 22 years and resided in California for 53 years. He worked as a millwright for 30 years in Carpenter's Union No. 1607.

Survivors include his wife, Emma Wetzel, of Ukiah; son, Graham M. Wctzcl Jr. of Oroville; daughter, Louise Heil of Ukiah; brother, Claude J. Wct7.cl of Southern California; sister, Louise Stroughter of Fullerton; live grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Evcrsolc Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Contributions may be made to one's favorite charity. Harry Alfred Thurman A graveside service for Harry Alfred Thurman, 69, of Ukiah, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Ukiah cemetery on Low Gap Road with the Rev. niuiic Cox officiating. I Ic died Sunday, July 3, 1994 at his residence of natural causes.

Thurrnan was born Oct. 3 1 1924 in Hollister, Mo. He lived in the community and California for 48 years. He worked for Louisiana-Pacific as a lumber handler for 20 years, and also served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1944.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Thurman, of Ukiah; four sons, James Thurman of Bakersfield, Charles Thurman, Robert Thurman and Eddie Thurman of Ukiah; sisters, Pearl Hammers of Orangcville and Goldic Fajmon of Biggs; and 10 grandchildren. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. today at Eversole Mortuary, which is in charge of arrangements. Edward Adolph Gouber A memorial service for Edward Adolph Gouber, 82, of Willits, will be held 2 p.m. today at Anker-Lucier Mortuary with the Rev.

Gary Sumpter officiating. ouber died Thursday, June 30,1994 at Howard Memorial Hospital of natural cause's. Born July 12,1911 in Brooktrails, Gouber known as "Curly" to his friends owned and operated The Smokehouse, and worked at John's Place for 45 years. He graduated from Willits High School in 1928 and was a member of the school's first football team. He was also an avid woodsman, hunter and fisherman.

Survivors include his wife, Juanita F. Gouber, of Willits; daughters, Marie Ward of Rancho Cordova and Beverly Henderson of Willits; son, Jack L. Gouber of Ukiah; brother, Alfred E. Gouber of Eureka; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.

Burial will be at the Willits cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Anker-Lucier Mortuary. Amateur weather watchers: To add your town to the map call 468-3519 'Unofficial temperatures Sunny Sunny arid fog tonight. Clear Lows SttOfly Thursday tor coastal morning low clouds and fog. Highs to near 100, Fair axcepf for areas of coastal low clouds and fog during nights and ''rtornlngi Hows to the to the 60s, Highs in the upper 50s and the 60s near the ocean 101 Inland UKIAH TEMPERATURES Tuasday's Q3 tew.

mM sfi RAINFALL As 8 a-w, today ,.0,00 Season to Last year to STATE TEMPERATURES Satv "San Sanfa Santa Barbara Water Lake Mendoclno Storage 72,937 acre-feet Max allowed. 89,360 acre- foot Inflow 38cfs Outflow 209 cfs 4JKIAH POLICE LOG The following was compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department To anonymously report information about crimes call 463-6205. Police responded to 54 calls for service and initiated 27 other activities between 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and 6:30 a.m. today and arrested three people, one for driving under the influence and two for other misdemeanors.

ARREST Karl T. Seigler, 26, of Washington, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence this morning. According to the report, Seigler was stopped in the 900 block of South State Street at 12:40 a.m. SHERIFF'SLOG The following was compiled from reports prepared by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Department ARREST A 21-year-old Willits man was arrested over the weekend after deputies found him asleep at the wheel of his pickup with 19 growing marijuana plants in the truck's bed, sheriff's officials reported this morning. Terry Schulze was also found to be carrying a loaded weapon, a semiautomatic handgun, sheriffs officials said.

They said Sgt. Tom Allman found Schulze in a parked pickup on Highway 101 near Reynolds Highway asleep around 1:50 a.m. Saturday. After checking to see if he was all right, officials said, they found the plants, about 30 inches tall in the pickup's bed. During the investigation, Schulze admitted to stealing the plants from a marijuana garden on Hearst Road, sheriff's officials said.

Schulze also said he was tired, so he went to sleep in his vehicle. He was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale, being armed during a commission of a felony, possession of a concealed firearm and possession of a loaded firearm. Readers are reminded that those arrested by law enforcement officers are Innocent until proved guilty. People reported as having been arrested may contact the Daily Journal once the case has been concluded so the results can be reported. Those who feel the Information Is In error should contact the appropriate agency.

In the case of those arrested on suspicion of driving while under the Influence, all DUI cases reported by law enforcement are reported by the Journal. The paper makes no exceptions. FIRELOG UKIAH FIRE DEPARTMENT Tuesday VEGETATION FIRE Firefighters responded to a vegetation fire in the 400 block of Talmage Road at 12:11 p.m. ODOR INVESTIGATION Firefighters investigated an odor in the 100 block of West Church Street and found a roofing operation in the area at 3:39 p.m. MEDICAL AID Firefighters responded to a call for medical aid for someone who was hit in the head with a baseball at the men's Softball fields at 906 City Well Road at 7:55 p.m.

UKIAH VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT Tuesday MEDICAL AID Firefighters responded to a call for medical aid in the 2200 block of South State Street at 12:03 a.m. MEDICAL responded to a call for medical aid in the 1400 block of South State Street at 3:52 p.m. Today MEDICAL responded to a call for medical aid in the 1900 block of South Dora Street at 12:56 a.m. LOTTERY NUMBERS I DAILY 3: 2, 1. IDECCO: clubs, diamonds, jack; spades, 3.

I FANTASY 5: 22, 23, 24, 39. CORRECTIONS The Ukiah Dally Journal uses this space to correct errors or make clarifications to news articles. Significant errors In obituaries or birth announcements will result In reprinting of the entire Item. Errors may be reported to the editor, 468-3519. inton promises help to get troops out of Baltics MCOE Tho ASSOCIATED PRESS RIGA, Latvia Saluting the Baltics' struggle against decades of Soviet rule, President Clinton promised today to push Russia "in a deliberate and firm way" to withdraw its last remaining troops from the region.

Standing before a crowd of 30,000 cheering Baits in historic Freedom Square, the first U.S president to visit a Baltic state declared, "We will rejoice with you when the last of the foreign troops vanish from your homelands." But he also urged residents of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania to adopt a "tolerant and inclusive approach" toward ethnic Russians living among them. Russia President Boris Yeltsin is trying to link the troop withdrawal to the rights of ethnic Russians. "Freedom without tolerance is freedom unfulfilled," Clinton admonished the crowd that filled the square under sunny skies. Many waved small, cloth American flags. The seven-hour visit to Riga was the first stop on Clinton's weeklong trip to four countries.

The president flew to Poland later today for talks focusing on fears of Russian imperialism. He and his family received a dozen pink roses on their arrival at the Warsaw airport. In the shadow of Riga's Freedom Monument, a 146-foot high stone obelisk, Clinton celebrated the fledgling Baltic democracies, chanting, "Briviba!" "Vabadus!" and "Laisve!" Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian for "Freedom!" He said the United States is linked to the Baltics by an unbreakable chain of freedom. "The chain stretches back to your grandparents exiled to the wastelands of never to return. The chain goes back to your who took to the forests to resist the occupying troops, and to you, who took up their cause, stood vigil over the bonfires of liberty and sang the songs of independence," Clinton Continued from Page 1 Lawson, to school Tuesday.

A vocal opponent of year-round school, Redwood Valley resident Marlene Black, said she nulled her daughter out of Calpella and placed her in private school. Her son will go to Calpella, she said, but he will not start until September even though he's supposed to start in August. "I'll just home-school him until then," she said. Black spoke out against year- round school in January and attempted to organize an effort to reverse the school board's decision to place Calpella and Oak Manor on the year-round calendar. Black said Tuesday although she had a petition signed by at least 25 percent of the parents at Calpella, most said.

Latvian President Guntis Ulma- nis, introducing Clinton, expressed appreciation for the United States' "unbending support" for the Bal- tics during Soviet domination. "I hope that America will not forget what happened to us during the mid-course of this century," Ulmanis said. "The suffering of people and their victimization should not have been for nothing, but should be a historical lesson." As evidence of the support, the United States and Latvia signed a long-expected trade agreement at the 664-year-old Riga Castle on the Daugava River. The accord establishes trade and investment rights between the two countries and encourages the adoption of free- market policies. On his third visit to Europe this year, Clinton walked a delicate line: He prodded Russia to finish its promised withdrawal from Latvia and reach a similar accord with Estonia, while he urged the Baltics to meet some Russian demands.

"The progress made so far on troop withdrawals provides hope that the new democratic Russia unlike the Soviet Union can work with the Baltic countries for peace in the region," Clinton said at a joint news conference with the Baltic leaders. Ulmanis said he's convinced Russian troops will be gone from his country by an Aug. 31 deadline. "We see no reason why it shouldn't be completed," he said of the withdrawal. Clinton said the United States will help Russia pay for the withdrawal by doubling the amount of housing vouchers going to Russian military officers resettling from the Baltics.

The Baltic nations also will receive U.S. money to assist in their transition from domination to democracy. About 130,000 ex-Soviet troops have pulled out of the Baltics over the past three years, including all from Lithuania. Continued from Page 1 because had it done so the state would have pulled Hansen out of the office, and board members wanted Hansen to stay on. However, that also meant MCOE had to pay his fee.

The MCOE 1994-95 budget contains $15,000 for Hansen's services in the coming school year. Even though he's now staying on at the board's request, Hansen said he won't raise his prices now that MCOE is his client. "The state rate is only $288 a day Timber and I won't raise that for (MCOE)," he said. "But usually I never get less than $400 a day, and $500 a day is usual." A new superintendent for the county schools office will be elected in November in a race between MCOE administrator Paul Tichinin and Round Valley schools Superintendent Sally Biggin. The county school board has indicated it would appoint whoever wins the election to the post immediately rather than wait until the January installation date.

people did not want to take the time to fight it. "I just hope the school district goes broke. Pulling my daughter out causes the district to lose money," Black said. Both principals at Oak Manor and Calpella reported relatively smooth days. "It was fairly uneventful," said Nancy Todd, new principal at Oak Manor, adding that the children looked a little sleepy because of the late fireworks the night before.

Calpella Principal Carolyn Barrett said the biggest problem at her school was directing parents and children around the remodeling project. Calpella's oldest classroom wing and the office area are undergoing renovatioa Law stops man from taking 13-year-old to Mexico to wed FRESNO Law enforcement officers have stopped a man from taking a 13-year-old Kingsburg girl to Mexico so they could get married. The would-be bride apparently was going willingly, but police from Dinuba arrested 25-year-old Jorge Torres of Kingsburg anyway after the couple arrived at Fresno Air Terminal Tuesday. Dinuba Police Detective Jay Johnson said the couple apparently planned to fly to the Mexican state of Guerrrero where Torres is from. A sister told police that the girl, who was not identified because of her age, had packed her bags before going to summer school at Dinuba Tuesday and had two airline tickets.

The girl's mother filed a missing person's report, triggering the investigation that led to the couple being caught at the airport. Torres was booked into jail for investigation of kidnapping a minor with the intent of molestation, but Johnson is uncertain the charge can stick. "The hard part will be proving intent," the detective said. "There is a big difference in cultures here." "To this guy, she wasn't going to be molested. She was going to be his wife." Continued from Page 1 lory and future harvest levels "if specific trade secret protection can be worked out" Both companies want the information to be seen only by state authorities, not competitors or the public.

Mendocino County consultant Linda Bailey was kept busy taking notes and promising more information on the rationale of the 2 percent rule and how that limit will affect the undesirable proliferation of hardwoods on cutover stands. Bailey and FAC guru Dr. Hans Burkhardt feverishly flipped through the 160-page report prepared to support the county presentation. FAC critics, like Carre Brown of the Mendocino County Farm Bureau and former Board of Forestry member Jim Anderson, told the board the local rules did not enjoy universal support. They talked about, the effort to recall 4th District Supervisor Liz Henry for supporting the rules package; the November election, in which two new supervisors will be elected, potentially changing board support for the rules; and a lawsuit and referendum against the local rules.

Longtime Board of Forestry watcher Terry Terhaar of the Planning and Conservation a different spin on the committee members' questioning. "I don't know what the people from the county heard, but I heard (Heald and Chambers) say the rules may not accomplish what's intended, and they need to be stricter." The full Board of Forestry will discuss the Mendocino rules on Thursday, Heald said his forest practices committee will hold more hearings, perhaps before the full board holds its public hearing on the rules in Mendocino County next month. Simpson Weapons BY GARRY TRUDEAU M. 1994, yOUSKJOfS UNPERQffTH 7HAT YCUPIPNT WLItVB NICOTINE WA5APPICTIYE. YOUR OWN (OMWttf HAS MK.5ANXFUK, UHATCOUK I57HBSKY? HAVfSHAKSN MYCHNION WTrWW Continued from Page 1 when he left the restaurant to return a pair of glasses to Nicole Simpson.

Kaelin said he and Simpson returned from McDonald's about 9:45 p.m. He said he went outside at 10:40 p.m. to investigate thumps he heard, and saw Simpson a short time later getting into a limousine. Earlier testimony has suggested that Nicole Simpson and Goldman were killed between 10 and 11 p.m. Police have not released a time of death.

One of Simpson's previous attorneys said Simpson was at home at the time of the killings waiting for his ride to the airport. Simpson's current lawyers have not disclosed his whereabouts in the hours before 11 p.m. Continued from Page 1 "Just doing our part to keep the Raiders in Los Angeles," quipped Leonard Robinson, a spokesman for Tamco Steel, the company that melted the handguns, rifles, knives and shotguns. Tamco rebar created from weapons confiscated by the Los Angeles Police Department also was used in the repair of the crumpled Santa Monica Freeway earlier this year, Robinson said. A total of 16,566 weapons seized by 19 local and federal law enforcement agencies and three courts were brought to Tamco by dump truck Tuesday.

That figure compares to 15,817 a year ago, the Sheriffs Department said. Sheriff Sherman Block used the event to call public attention to the large number of weapons circulating in the greater Los Angeles area. "Hopefully the visuals that they'll see of the number of weapons that have been used in criminal activity iq our community will kind of awaken them to the fact that we have to aggressively pursue violence," he said, standing in front of a mound of weapons. for the best automotive deals.