Obituaries (1992) (282 pages)

AQL445 te a T-storms Rain Flurries kee Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy mperature and rainfall Rain to date last season faxed 05.87 are taken daily at 7 a.m, by ical US. Weather Bureau Nevada City. 54-34 rvers in western Nevada Rainfall past 24 hours 00.00 y. Rain to date this season .. 13.46 Rain to date last season .. 06.59 Yaley Wl past 24 hours . k odate this season .,. 13.02 00.00 09.77. 04.40 00.00 1297" 05.22 00.00 07.70 03.86 00.00 09.69 05.35 00.00 10.24 NA 00.00 14.00 04.49 00.00 09.47 05.00 "he south wind. fon nay forth Saturday with a MS peratures . LER tor ding & 5 a.m. i Redan; $8 28 neha ar Redwoud City 55 44 49 43 O01 Sacramento 438 56 42 0 48 Pa Twn 8 F. 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Id at 16th and H streets. That mansion is now a state museum. The 1917 bomb was one of a series of violent incidents linked to The. investigation into the atradical labor activists and caused a tempted weekend Capitol bombing _ ¢ continues. by State Police, the Postal Service, the federal Bureat of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fi and the state Department of Justice. Robert Bamett of the fedcral bureau said the package last weckend was sent from inside California and bore a note. But he denied published reports this week that said the message denounced Wilson's statements linking im"marked by fear of for¥igners wn against bers of the militant Industrial Workers of the World party or Wobblies. rm was a period of hysteria and a lack of concern for the civil rights of those accused of ism; said ) lacks against the group a key part of his 1918 electi H Stephens received a letter The bomb killed any popular Support the group had, and made it ding $50,000 and threatening that unless the terms were met several buildings, including the dang $ to publicly esr any leftist cause, said James Henley, lag the S citycounty history and science division. “It seems to me that the Sacramenio bombing incident probably brought more public attention to the Perceived threat of the Wobdblie Joe Pitti, a professor at California’ State. University. in’ Sacramento who specializes in California history. Gov. William Stephens initially than almost anything else,’ Henley said. ‘Probably people were less concerned after that incident than before it about any infringement on civil rights. + They just wanted to stop it. ion and the Capitol, would be dynamited. 4 On Jan. 17, 1918, a bomb sent to Stephens was intercepted at the San Francisco Ferry Post Office. By the end of January, Sacramento police had arrested 55 members of the IWW, Pitti said. Six of them died while in custody before. trials started the following December. Supporters attributed the deaths to maltreatment; their detractors blamed influenza, he said. : announced. Presented March 7. Given for devices, methods, formulas, discoveries . Or inventions of importance to the motion picture industry, the scientific and technical awards will be They were voted by the academy's board of governors, based on recommendations of the scientific and technical awards committee. Academy plaques for scientific and engineering awards will be presented to Panavision Inc. for its Primo Zoom Lens; Sachtler AG for a tripod head; Harry J. Baker for a tripod head; Guido Cartoni for drag modules in wipod heads; the makers of the Solitaire Film Recorder, the makers of the Henson Performance Control System; Mario Celso for Power supplies and igniters; Walt Disney Feature Technical Oscars reward safety LOS ANGELES (AP) — Technical Oscars will £0 to the developers of a non-toxic cobweb gun, new zoom lenses and safe, dense dry fog, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Precision Optics sequences, Animation Department for the CAPS production system; and George Worrall for a geared camera head.Academy certificates for technical achievement awards will be given to Robert W. Stoker Jr, for the cobweb gun; James Doyle for the Dry Fogger; Otto Nemenz International Inc. for the Canon-Nemenz Zoom Lens; Clairmont Camera for the CanonClairmont Camera Zoom Lens; and Century Optics Zoom Lens. A special plaque for award of commendation was voted for YCM Laboratories for a motion picture film restoration process. A special medal of commendation will go to Richard Stumpf and Joseph Westheimer. Stumpf, a veteran sound enginecr, developed the ‘*Sensurround"’ movie theater sound system. Westheimer is a cinematographer who worked on movie title There was no Academy Award of Merit. for the Canon-Century Precision Bradley aide spurned Japanese gift LOS ANGELES (AP) — A top aide to Mayor Tom Bradley said she prompuy returned $3,000 given .to her by a group with ties to ‘Nippon "Eléctric Corp., .which sold the city $8 million in computers. Rose Ochi, executive director of the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Planning, said Thursday the money was given to her by the Japanese/American Agon Friendship Foundation, which invited her to Japan in April. The foundation's president is William E, Wells, vice president of Nippon Electric. : Ochi said that there was no “When I saw that it was money I said, ‘No way.’ I called them and they:picked # up." !-, Ochi disclosed the gift in a memo , 0 Bradley on Tuesday. after. the Richmond, Virginia TimesDispatch reported that the foundation made cash gifts ranging from $3,000 to $12,000 to six U.S. law enforcement officials‘ on the same tip. The other officials included Robert L. Suthard, Virginia's Secretary for Public Safety. He resigned Dec. 17. after the Times-Dispatch reported he had not returned the money until Dec, 12, connection between the comp purchases and the trip, which “she took on vacation time. The money was in a scarf given to her at a temple dedication ceremony, she * Suid. “I was surprised,"’ Ochi said. Police blotter THURSDAY Nevada County Sheriff's Department * Two rifles and four uns were from a residence on 14000 taken block a sad ehsiapin pep oie Nso arrested on suspicion possession of a controlied j Bycel, ficer of the city's Ethics Commission, said Ochi should have reported the gift if she believed it came from sources doing business with the city. “‘One docs not have to be a genius to know that to pass the smell test, any responsible individual should report that to the nearest law enforcement authorities,"" Bycel said, Bycel also said that officials cannot accept travel expenses from sources that do “business with the city, He added that commission policy prohibits him from saying whether the panel will investigate the incident. Ochi said that she didn’t tell police about the incident because she considered it a gift from the non-profit foundation, not NEC. Ochi, a Japanese-American, said she believes the trip and cash were attempts to thank her for advice and research she provided the foundation on its charitable contribution Program in the United States. ive ofGrand jury indicts broker LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted a broker on charges -of defrauding govemments, banks and pension funds in,13 states and Micronesia out of more than $100 million. Steven David Wymer, 43, of Newport Beach was charged with 30 counts of securities fraud, money laundering, false and obstruction of justice. Wymer, who remains in jail without bail, was scheduled to be arraigned Monday, If convicted, he faces up to 275 years in prison and a fine of more than $14 million. Wymer's attorney, Michael Perlis, did not immediately return a telephone call secking comment. The charges stem from an investigation by the FBI, the Postal Inspection Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission that resulted in Wymer's arrest Dec. 17 at his home. Wymer's Irvine-based _Institutional Treasury Management Inc., which managed $1.2 billion in investments for 61 government clients, allegedly made hundreds of horized i and shifted money from accounts to cover losses, According to the indictment, Wymer enticed clients to use his investment services. by making false promises, then diverted their money to unauthorized uses, In one case, the indictment says Wymer persuaded client lowa Trust, which represents a number of Towa governments, to give him $6 million in weasury securities, He money to cover other shortfalls. Emergency calls Nea fire departinent and rescue cals THURSDAY tote 508 * 3:02 ».m. to the block of Broad . Connie Drive for public assistance. * 2:25 p.m. to the 18400 block of for medical aid (burn victim). * 4:13 p.m. to the 100 block of Connie Drive for medic a! aid Mary Deal A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Monday for Mary Pawricia Deal, 93. She died Jan, 1 in Grass Valley. Mrs. Deal was born Aug. 11, 1898, in Grass Valley to James and Mary (Harrigan) Fields. She was bom Teared on the Allison Ranch, and ted from Grass Valley High School in 1917. She attended business college for one year and then worked for the telephone company in Grass Valley until she married Charles Deal in 1924, She lived her entire life in the Grass Valley area. She was a member of the St. Patrick's Church and a past President of the Catholic Ladies Relief Society. She is survived by sons William of Grass Valley and Larry of Sacramento; daughters Barbara Foreman of Magalia and Pat Bradley of Grass Valley; 16 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and three great-greatgrandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband in 1944 and son Jim in 1974. ‘ ue Memorial contributions may be made to the Lifeline organization or the Catholic Ladies Relief Society. The service will begin at 11 a.m. at the St. Patrick's Church in Grass Valley, Interment will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Howell Holcomb Former Nevada County resident Howell Holcomb died Dec. 10 in Winsted, Conn. He was 89. Mr. Holcomb was born Sept. 8, 1$02, in Hartford, Conn. He lived in Southern California until the carly 1930s and moved to Grass Valley, where he lived until the late 1960s. Mr. Holcomb then returned to Connecticut. Mr. Holcomb built and remodeled many homes in the area and was active in the Jehovah's Witnesses, where he remained active until his death. Survivors include his wife of ‘more than. 65 years, Polly, of Winsted; son Robert Holcomb of Carmichael; and) daughters Polly Mubrek and Penny Hurley, both of Winsted; 10 grandchildren; and 19 great-srandchildren, Annette Quebedeaux A memorial service will be conducted at a later date for Annctte Martina Quebedeaux, 76. She died Dec, 29 in Carmichael. Mrs. Quebedeaux was bom May ‘27, 1915, in Germany,’ She lived in Nevada City for one year. Mrs. Quebedeaux was a member of the Christian Life Center of Grass Valley, : ; “She. is. survived by her. son ‘Richard . of » Berkeley: i and Weaver Mortuary of Nevada City. vets, .

AQL445 te a T-storms Rain Flurries kee Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy mperature and rainfall Rain to date last season faxed 05.87 are taken daily at 7 a.m, by ical US. Weather Bureau Nevada City.. 54-34 rvers in western Nevada Rainfall past 24 hours 00.00 y. Rain to date this season ... 13.46 Rain to date last season ... 06.59 Yaley Wl past 24 hours .. k odate this season ..,.. 13.02 00.00 09.77. 04.40 00.00 1297" 05.22 00.00 07.70 03.86 00.00 09.69 05.35 00.00 10.24 NA 00.00 14.00 04.49 00.00 09.47 05.00 "he south wind. fon nay forth Saturday with a MS peratures . LER tor ding & 5 a.m. i Redan; $8 28 neha ar Redwoud City 55 44 49 43 O01 Sacramento 438 56 42 0 48 Pa Twn 8 F. Neport i 6 45 003 me Riaey Kansas Ci # Oh Las Vegas 50 40 ¢ x 3 m Lite Rock 49 %@ Ol ¢ 1 42 22 m LosAngeles = 7205704 ey seo cy 50 471.00 coy 2. 17 dy Lubbock 59 25 coy 55 44 SO. cay Memons 47 42 420 coy 50 45 73 cy Mam Beach 76 63 03 coy 53 40 MidiandOdessa 58 30 coy 66 41 + tdy Miwaukee 39 37 ley 47 41 OF] om MolsS Paul = =34 33 coy $2 cy Nashuille $0 45 Bl ¢ 52 47 31 cy New Orleans 6342 cl 45 18 cay New York Cty 48 42 m 39-23 cdy Nortotk,Va 55 49 07 ch “ 2 m North Plstie 3% 16 coy 6 52 09 ety Oxlahorna Cty 5133 ¢ 43 0” m Omaha % 3 ¢ ton 6 m Orlando 73 58 coy 3 28 or Prdadetiona «= “SAA ™ c. c 4 «33 coy Portand Mane 37k coy 43°39 02 coy Portand Ore. 49 39 10. m 6 _“ 119 ped Prowdence = 2 = id 49 4: Raeigh Ourhan moe c. 58 SO 37 coy Cay 8B wh coy tho 48 42 03 ety Reno 2 «25 coy 4. 37/21 cdy Rachmnond 49 48 11 om wth 59 635 cay Sacramento 4 3 m “4 41 «67 cy St Lours ae x coy 53. 28 coy Sait Lake Cty 35 22 coy 7 uo ety «Sm Mtono” «= 65 3B OL cay -2? ~y a a an ae Oe ee 2 Naas early Wal specilic , destroyed the back ‘t. deal with imkitchen of the g porch: and . Id at 16th and H streets. That mansion is now a state museum. The 1917 bomb was one of a series of violent incidents linked to The. investigation into the atradical labor activists and caused a tempted weekend Capitol bombing _ ¢ continues. by State Police, the Postal Service, the federal Bureat of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fi and the state Department of Justice. Robert Bamett of the fedcral bureau said the package last weckend was sent from inside California and bore a note. But he denied published reports this week that said the message denounced Wilson's statements linking im"marked by fear of for¥igners wn against bers of the militant Industrial Workers of the World party or Wobblies. rm was a period of hysteria and a lack of concern for the civil rights of those accused of ism; said ) lacks against the group a key part of his 1918 electi H Stephens received a letter The bomb killed any popular Support the group had, and made it ding $50,000 and threatening that unless the terms were met several buildings, including the dang $ to publicly esr any leftist cause, said James Henley, lag the S citycounty history and science division. “It seems to me that the Sacramenio bombing incident probably brought more public attention to the Perceived threat of the Wobdblie Joe Pitti, a professor at California’ State. University. in’ Sacramento who specializes in California history. Gov. William Stephens initially than almost anything else,’ Henley said. ‘Probably people were less concerned after that incident than before it about any infringement on civil rights. + They just wanted to stop it. ion and the Capitol, would be dynamited. 4 On Jan. 17, 1918, a bomb sent to Stephens was intercepted at the San Francisco Ferry Post Office. By the end of January, Sacramento police had arrested 55 members of the IWW, Pitti said. Six of them died while in custody before. trials started the following December. Supporters attributed the deaths to maltreatment; their detractors blamed influenza, he said. : announced. Presented March 7. Given for devices, methods, formulas, discoveries . Or inventions of importance to the motion picture industry, the scientific and technical awards will be They were voted by the academy's board of governors, based on recommendations of the scientific and technical awards committee. Academy plaques for scientific and engineering awards will be presented to Panavision Inc. for its Primo Zoom Lens; Sachtler AG for a tripod head; Harry J. Baker for a tripod head; Guido Cartoni for drag modules in wipod heads; the makers of the Solitaire Film Recorder, the makers of the Henson Performance Control System; Mario Celso for Power supplies and igniters; Walt Disney Feature Technical Oscars reward safety LOS ANGELES (AP) — Technical Oscars will £0 to the developers of a non-toxic cobweb gun, new zoom lenses and safe, dense dry fog, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Precision Optics sequences, Animation Department for the CAPS production system; and George Worrall for a geared camera head.Academy certificates for technical achievement awards will be given to Robert W. Stoker Jr, for the cobweb gun; James Doyle for the Dry Fogger; Otto Nemenz International Inc. for the Canon-Nemenz Zoom Lens; Clairmont Camera for the CanonClairmont Camera Zoom Lens; and Century Optics Zoom Lens. A special plaque for award of commendation was voted for YCM Laboratories for a motion picture film restoration process. A special medal of commendation will go to Richard Stumpf and Joseph Westheimer. Stumpf, a veteran sound enginecr, developed the ‘*Sensurround"’ movie theater sound system. Westheimer is a cinematographer who worked on movie title There was no Academy Award of Merit. for the Canon-Century Precision Bradley aide spurned Japanese gift LOS ANGELES (AP) — A top aide to Mayor Tom Bradley said she prompuy returned $3,000 given .to her by a group with ties to ‘Nippon "Eléctric Corp., .which sold the city $8 million in computers. Rose Ochi, executive director of the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Planning, said Thursday the money was given to her by the Japanese/American Agon Friendship Foundation, which invited her to Japan in April. The foundation's president is William E, Wells, vice president of Nippon Electric. : Ochi said that there was no

“When I saw that it was money I said, ‘No way.’ I called them and they:picked # up." !-, Ochi disclosed the gift in a memo , 0 Bradley on Tuesday. after. the Richmond, Virginia TimesDispatch reported that the foundation made cash gifts ranging from $3,000 to $12,000 to six U.S. law enforcement officials‘ on the same tip. The other officials included Robert L. Suthard, Virginia's Secretary for Public Safety. He resigned Dec. 17. after the Times-Dispatch reported he had not returned the money until Dec, 12, connection between the comp purchases and the trip, which “she took on vacation time. The money was in a scarf given to her at a temple dedication ceremony, she * Suid. “I was surprised,"’ Ochi said. Police blotter THURSDAY Nevada County Sheriff's Department * Two rifles and four uns were from a residence on 14000 taken block a sad ehsiapin pep oie Nso arrested on suspicion possession of a controlied j Bycel, ficer of the city's Ethics Commission, said Ochi should have reported the gift if she believed it came from sources doing business with the city. “‘One docs not have to be a genius to know that to pass the smell test, any responsible individual should report that to the nearest law enforcement authorities,"" Bycel said, Bycel also said that officials cannot accept travel expenses from sources that do “business with the city, He added that commission policy prohibits him from saying whether the panel will investigate the incident. Ochi said that she didn’t tell police about the incident because she considered it a gift from the non-profit foundation, not NEC. Ochi, a Japanese-American, said she believes the trip and cash were attempts to thank her for advice and research she provided the foundation on its charitable contribution Program in the United States. ive ofGrand jury indicts broker LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted a broker on charges -of defrauding govemments, banks and pension funds in,13 states and Micronesia out of more than $100 million. Steven David Wymer, 43, of Newport Beach was charged with 30 counts of securities fraud, money laundering, false and obstruction of justice. Wymer, who remains in jail without bail, was scheduled to be arraigned Monday, If convicted, he faces up to 275 years in prison and a fine of more than $14 million. Wymer's attorney, Michael Perlis, did not immediately return a telephone call secking comment. The charges stem from an investigation by the FBI, the Postal Inspection Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission that resulted in Wymer's arrest Dec. 17 at his home. Wymer's Irvine-based _Institutional Treasury Management Inc., which managed $1.2 billion in investments for 61 government clients, allegedly made hundreds of horized i and shifted money from accounts to cover losses, According to the indictment, Wymer enticed clients to use his investment services. by making false promises, then diverted their money to unauthorized uses, In one case, the indictment says Wymer persuaded client lowa Trust, which represents a number of Towa governments, to give him $6 million in weasury securities, He money to cover other shortfalls. Emergency calls Nea fire departinent and rescue cals THURSDAY tote 508 * 3:02 ».m. to the block of Broad . Connie Drive for public assistance. * 2:25 p.m. to the 18400 block of for medical aid (burn victim). * 4:13 p.m. to the 100 block of Connie Drive for medic a! aid Mary Deal A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Monday for Mary Pawricia Deal, 93. She died Jan, 1 in Grass Valley. Mrs. Deal was born Aug. 11, 1898, in Grass Valley to James and Mary (Harrigan) Fields. She was bom Teared on the Allison Ranch, and ted from Grass Valley High School in 1917. She attended business college for one year and then worked for the telephone company in Grass Valley until she married Charles Deal in 1924, She lived her entire life in the Grass Valley area. She was a member of the St. Patrick's Church and a past President of the Catholic Ladies Relief Society. She is survived by sons William of Grass Valley and Larry of Sacramento; daughters Barbara Foreman of Magalia and Pat Bradley of Grass Valley; 16 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and three great-greatgrandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband in 1944 and son Jim in 1974. ‘ ue Memorial contributions may be made to the Lifeline organization or the Catholic Ladies Relief Society. The service will begin at 11 a.m. at the St. Patrick's Church in Grass Valley, Interment will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Howell Holcomb Former Nevada County resident Howell Holcomb died Dec. 10 in Winsted, Conn. He was 89. Mr. Holcomb was born Sept. 8, 1$02, in Hartford, Conn. He lived in Southern California until the carly 1930s and moved to Grass Valley, where he lived until the late 1960s. Mr. Holcomb then returned to Connecticut. Mr. Holcomb built and remodeled many homes in the area and was active in the Jehovah's Witnesses, where he remained active until his death. Survivors include his wife of ‘more than. 65 years, Polly, of Winsted; son Robert Holcomb of Carmichael; and) daughters Polly Mubrek and Penny Hurley, both of Winsted; 10 grandchildren; and 19 great-srandchildren, Annette Quebedeaux A memorial service will be conducted at a later date for Annctte Martina Quebedeaux, 76. She died Dec, 29 in Carmichael. Mrs. Quebedeaux was bom May ‘27, 1915, in Germany,’ She lived in Nevada City for one year. Mrs. Quebedeaux was a member of the Christian Life Center of Grass Valley, : ; “She. is. survived by her. son ‘Richard . of » Berkeley: i and Weaver Mortuary of Nevada City.. vets, .