The Napa Valley Register from Napa, California • 6

6-The Napa Valley REGISTER Tuesday, October 8, 1991 Ideal state world i mwwmi wiflEr National temperatures California temperatures High, low, precipitation for 24 hours ending at 5 a m. today. The Accu-Weather forecast for noon, Wednesday, Oct. 9. Lines separate high temperature zones for the day.

Alameda 73 58 Bakersfield 92 64 Eureka 61 51 Fresno 94 59 Los Angeles 89 66 Oakland 72 57 Paso Robles 97 51 Redding 90 57 Redwood City 79 54 Sacramento 92 54 Salinas 77 50 San Diego 74 64 San Francisco 75 55 San Jose 82 54 San Rafael 82 52 Santa Rosa 86 50 Stockton 91 57 Vallejo 80 49 M-Misslng Foreign temperatures Temperatures and weather conditions from midnight to midnight on previous day. COLD WARM STATIONARY 1991 Accu-Weather, Inc. Regional forecasts MONTEREY BAY AREA Fair tonight except patchy fog. Lows from 50 to 55. Sunny Wednesday after patchy morning fog.

Highs from the mid-70s to the lower 80s. Boaters forecast for Monterey Bay; Northwest wind to 20 knots through tonight becoming variable to 15 knots by Wednesday. Seas to 5 feet through Wednesday. CENTRAL COAST Patchy fog along the coast and locally inland, otherwise partly cloudy in the south and fair north tonight. Lows upper 40s to mid-50s.

Light wind. Sunny Wednesday except some morning coastal fog. Highs in the mid-60s to upper 80s. SALINAS VALLEY Partly cloudy south and fair north tonight, lows in the mid-40s to mid-50s. Light wind.

Sunny Wednesday. Highs in the mid-70sto 102. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Clear tonight except partly cloudy in the south end. Lows in the mid-50s to mid-60s. Light wind.

Sunny Wednesday with highs in the mid-90s to 101. SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA Partly cloudy from Sequoia National Park southward and fair elsewhere tonight. Sunny Wednesday. RENO-CARSON CITY Fair skies tonight. Lows 35-40.

Light winds. Sunny with highs around 80 Wednesday. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Fair and warm through Wednesday. Coastal lows tonight 40s to lower 50s. Highs Wednesday in the 60s.

Coastal valley lows tonight 40s to mid-50s. Highs Wednesday 70s to mid-90s. Interior valley lows tonight in the 50s. Highs Wednesday 80s to lower 90s. Mountain resort lows tonight upper 20s to mid-40s.

Highs Wednesday mid-70s to lower 90s. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Clearing tonight. Patchy night and morning coastal clouds and fog, otherwise fair though Wednesday. Continued warm. Coastal lows tonight upper 40s to mid-50s.

Highs Wednesday 60s to mid-70s. Coastal valley lows tonight upper 40s and 50s. Highs Wednesday 70s to near 100. Inland valley lows tonight mid-50s to mid-60s. Highs Wednesday lower 90s to near 100.

Mountain resort lows tonight 30s to mid-50s. Highs Wednesday mid-70s to mid-90s. Extended forecasts Extended Northern and Central California weather forecasts, Thursday through Saturday. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Fair through the period except patchy coastal fog. Temperatures above normaL Coastal highs upper 50s and 60s.

Lows mid-40s to mid-50s. Coastal valley highs 70s to mid-90s. Lows mid-40s and 50s. Inland valley highs upper 80s to near 100. Lows 50s to mid-60s.

Mountain highs mid-70s and 80s. Lows 30s and 40s. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Fair through the period except patchy coastal fog. Temperatures above normal. Coastal highs 60s and 70s.

Lows 50s. Coastal valley highs 70s to mid-90s. Lows upper 40s and 50s. Inland valley highs upper 80s to near 100. Lows mid-50s and 60s.

Mountain highs mid-70s and 80s. Lows 30s to lower 50s. Pressure HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT. CLOUDY CLOUDY Napa Valley and Northern California wind. Sunny Wednesday, highs in the upper 70s and 80s.

MOUNT SHASTA, SISKIYOU AREA Fair tonight, lows in the upper 20s to mid-40s. Light wind. Sunny Wednesday, hights in the 80s and lower 90s. NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA Clear tonight. Sunny Wednesday.

NAPA VALLEY Sunny this afternoon, fair tonight, sunny Wednesday. Westerly winds 5-15 mph mostly in the afternoons and early evenings. Highs this afternoon and Wednesday in the mid 70s to low 80s, lows tonight in the high 40s to mid 50s. SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION Mostly clear tonight, lows in the upper 40s and 50s. West wind to 15 mph.

Sunny Wednesday. Highs in the mid-60s to upper 90s. SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, SUISUN BAYS AND WEST DELTA Winds tonight west 15 knots, becoming variable 15 knots late tonight. Fair tonight. Winds Wednesday variable 15 knots.

Fair Wednesday. NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA Fair tonight. Lows in the lower 40s to mid-50s. Variable wind to 15 mph. Sunny Wednesday.

Highs in the 60s to mid-90s. SACRAMENTO VALLEY Clear tonight. Lows in the mid-50s to lower 60s. Light wind. Sunny Wednesday, highs in the upper 80s and 90s.

TRUCKEE-TAHOE AREA Fair skies tonight. Sunny Wednesday. South Lake Tahoe low temperature tonight 34, high temperature Wednesday 72. NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA Fair tonight, lows in the upper 20s and 30s. Light NAPA VALLEY RAINFALL Obituaries Bush eases bank loan regulations Voort of Auburn, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Her husband, Joe Hill, passed away in December of 1990. Two sisters also predeceased her. At the request of the deceased, no services will be held. Inurnment will be private under the direction of Richard Pierce Funeral Service. Needa Borer of Santee, Virginia Glover of Salt Lake City and Vicki AsbuiyofNapa.

The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Claffey and Rota Funeral Home, 1975 Main St. Bishop Charles Glover of Salt Lake City will officiate. Interment will be at Tulocay Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home today from 1 to 8 p.m.

and on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until the service. sure the federal government is not in the way, but fulfills its responsibilities, he added, speaking with reporters at a picture-taking session at the beginning of the economic session. It was the latest in what have become almost daily Bush meetings with advisers and outside experts on the economy. He met on Monday with top corporate leaders, who told him the economy is recovering but doing so unevenly and will need some help.

"We want to do what we can to nurture expansion, Fitzwater told reporters in advance of todays of Bushs Cabinet-level Economic Policy Council. Fitzwater did not say what steps the president might take to encourage banks to make more loans. ployment rate. With mortgage interest rates at their lowest levels since 1977, 1 want to ensure that we have sound banks making sound loans, the president said. Ensuring sound credit for economic expansion which creates new jobs is important.

Aside from todays action, Bush said he had directed his economic advisers to examine additional measures that might be taken, not only to relieve the credit crunch but also to advance our agenda for job creation and growth. Bush released his statement after meeting with Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady. My pitch will be the same: good banks should make good loans. But theyve got to determine that, Bush said. What we want to do is make ByTOMRAUM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON President Bush today approved steps to help alleviate the nations tight credit conditions and speed economic recovery.

White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said the move would make it easier for small businesses to get bank loans. Bush, in a written statement, said his action would relieve the credit crunch. He said his proposals were developed by the Treasury Department working with bank regulators. Details of his proposals were not immediately disclosed. There are many signs that we are emerging from the recession, Bush declared, pointing to rising housing starts and increased industrial production, as well as a decline in the unem Otto Leckband Otto A.

Leckband, 94, died Monday at Redwood Christian Convalescent Hospital. Mr. Leckband was bom in Adair, Iowa, on Aug. 6, 1897, to William and Wilhelmina (Glade) Leckband. He was raised and educated in Adair.

He married in 1927 and moved to California in 1935, residing first in Terra Bella and later in Porterville. Mr. Leckband retired in 1970 as a building inspector and moved to Napa at that time. He was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church and was involved in Lutheran Care for the Aging.

Mr. Leckband is survived by two daughters, Joyce Christiansen of Pinole and Mary Dorr of San Leandro; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Friends are invited to attend the memorial service at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Johns Lutheran Church, 3521 Linda Vista Napa, with Dr.

Jack A. Geistlinger and the Rev. Alan Sommer officiating. Private interment will be at Tulocay Cemetery. Friends may call at Richard Pierce Funeral Service, 1660 Silverado Trail, from 6 to 8 p.m.

today, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 8 to 9:30 a.m.Thursday. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the American Heart Association, Redwood Empire Chapter, P.O. Box 844, Santa Rosa, 95402-0844, or the Lutheran Hour, in care of International Laymens League, 2185 Hampton St.

Louis, Mo. 63139-2983. Clarence Ashford SONOMA Napa resident Clarence Ashford, 82, died Saturday in Sonoma after a brief illness. A native of Malaga, N.M., Mr. Ashford was bom on July 25, 1909, to George and Mary Jane (James) Ashford.

He grew up in Clifton and Duncan, Ariz. He moved to Phoenix and had a plumbing business. He worked at Mare Island Naval Shipyard until 1969 when he returned to Arizona to help his parents. Mr. Ashford returned to Napa in October of 1983 and went to work for Bell Products until 1989 when he retired.

He was a former member of the Elks in Clifton, and the Moose Lodge in Napa and Vallejo. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Napa Ward. Mr. Ashford is survived by his wife, Madeline of Napa; three sons, Donald of Mesa, Virgil of Avondale, and Duane of San Ramon, and three daughters, Myrtle Daniels Myrtle L. Daniels, 88, died Friday at a local convalescent hospital after a long illness.

Mrs. Daniels was bom to Hermey and Elcy Van Schoick on Oct. 14, 1902, in Union City, Mich. She was raised on a farm in Union City. Mrs.

Daniels lived and worked on a farm all of her adult life. She had been a resident of Napa for 10 years, moving here in 1981 to be near her family. Mrs. Daniels is survived by her daughter, Dana June Wilson of Napa; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Her husband, Eugene, passed away in 1971.

A private family memorial will be held. Inurnment was at Tulocay Cemetery under the direction of Claffey and Rota Funeral Home. Todays stocks Federal Reserve failed to lower interest rates, as many expected, added to the gloom. Because of these factors, some experts believe todays upturn might be short-lived. Here is a partial list of near closing prices for today on the New York and American stock exchanges, supplied through the courtesy of Michael Butler, Financial Advisor, Prudential Securities, 1739 First St, Napa, Calif.

94559; phone Fu neral Cremation Planning since 1902 NEW YORK (AP) Prices moved modestly higher on Wall Street today as investors hunted cautiously for bargains after four days of losses. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 11.41 to 2,954.16 at 2 p.m. EDT. Advancers were about even with decliners in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 746 stocks up, 739 down and 560 unchanged. Prices fell in the four previous sessions as investors grew concerned about weak corporate profits.

At the same time, the fact the Gold and silver By The Associated Press Gold fell in London today to a late bid price of $357.75 a troy ounce from $339.75 bid late Monday. In Zurich, the metal fell to a closing bid of $357.80 an ounce from $358.68 bid late Monday. Handy Harman silver today was $4,065, off 0.050. Engelhard off 0.045; tabri- DD-DuPont 43 EK-Eastman Kodak 42 XON-Exxon 59 I-First Interstate 27 F-Ford Motor 30 GNE-Genetech 28 GE-General Electric 67 GM-General Motors 38 GTE-General Tel St Tel 31 GR-Goodrich Tire 44 IBM-IntemationalBus 97 JNJ- Johnson Si Johnson 87 MD-McDonnell Douglas 61 MMM-Minnesota 89 MOB-Mobil Oil 68 MOT-Motorola 55 NVB-Napa Valley Bancorp 9 OXY-Occldental Petr 22 OS-Oregon Steel 23 PCG-Paciflc Gas Elec 28 PPW-Paciflc Power 24 PAC-Paciflc Telesls .41 JCP-JC Penney .49 PEP-Pepsico 28 Gamble 81 SFFD-San Fran Fed 9 S-Sears 37 SUNW-Sun Microsystem 25 TX-Texaco 64 TA-Transamerica 36 UK-Unlon Carbide 19 UCL-Unocal .25 UAL-United Airlines 121 UT-United Technol 23 WMT-Walmart 47 WMX-Waste Managmnt 36 WFC-Wells Fargo Bank 68 WX-Westinghouse Elect 18 CLAFFEY and ROTAI-FUNERALHOME Pre-need Planning Available 1975 Main St. (At St.) Napa 224-5210 Treadway 8c Wigger 226-1828 623 Coombs St.

253-8551. SODA- A 30 ALD-Allied Signal 36 AMR-Ameri. Airlines 55 T-Amer Tel Tel 3644 AMGN-Amgen 5544 AN-Amoco 51 AAPL-Apple Computer 47 BUD-Anheuser-Busch 52 ARC-Atlantic Richfield 11744 BAC-Bank of America 40 BA-Boelng 48 BMY-Bristol Meyers 81 CNTO-Centocor 47 CHEV-Chevron 75 C-Chrysler 1044 KO-Coca Cola 64 DE-Deere 51 DL-Dlal 36 DlS-Dlsney 113 DOW-Dow Chemical 49 RichardlEierc: Naomi Hill Naomi Jane Hill, 76, died Monday at a local convalescent hospital Mrs. Hill was bom on Nov. 24, 1914, to Richard R.

and Nora Jane (Barr) Van der Voort in Lakeview, Ore. In 1917, she came to California where she was raised and educated in the San Joaquin Valley. Mrs. Hill came to Napa in 1940 and worked as an optician during World War H. She later worked as a food service sales representative for several Napa supermarkets.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Napa. Mrs. Hill is survived by her brother, Rolland James Van der Tfcqbt 'IfoUey THennofUeU IpcuieteM Mortuary MORTUABY sail CIMITARV combined in one beautiful location. Lew Affordable Carte. Napa-Vallejo Highway Next to Kennedy Park 255-3433 cated $4.366 Our heritage has served Napa County families since 1863 24 HOURS: 226-7444 1660 Silverado Trail, Napa at the Lincoln Avenue Bridge.