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4 Or More Inches Of Snow Expected FREEPORT JOURNAL-STANDARD Durand Girl Invades Ag Boys 7 Domain Sec Page 4 122nd Year- 18 Pages ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1969 MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION TOTAL NET PAID CIRCULATION 20.000 PRICE TEN CENTS THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW of the abandoned Barker ranch, some 25 miles north of Trona, California, where Charles Man- son's self-styled "family" fived their strange-type lives in this Death Valley abode for almost two Photofax. Girl Tells All To Jury Continue Tate Probe By LINDA DEUTSCH LOS ANGELES (AP) An indictment charging murder and conspiracy will be sought against the wild-haired, hypnot- ic'leader of a wandering band of 1 t-oriented hippie types, says a prosecutor in the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others. The grand jury action against Charles M. followers say, called himself "God," "Jesus" and be asked on the basis of vicarious liability, said Deputy Dist. Atty.

Vincent Bugliosi. In vicarious liability, he said, a person who joins in a conspiracy, is criminally responsible for any of his coconspirators' crimes that further the object of the conspiracy. Manson Not Present Manson, 35, has not been charged in the murders. Susan Atkins, one of his followers, first linked his clan to the killings but said its chieftain was not there when the victims died, authorities reported. The gaunt, dark-eyed Manson remains jailed in the mountain community of Independence on charges of possessing stolen cars.

The closed grand jury hearing into the killings of Miss Tate, blonde wife of film director Roman. Polanski, and six others was continued, until Monday with 10 more witnesses expected to testify. Six told their stories Friday. Principal Witness Miss Atkins, 21, principal witness at Friday's hearing, described "all the details" of the stabbings and shootings, her attorney said, and told the granc jury she was hypnotized by Manson. She has said she was a the murder scenes and that Manson had ordered the victims slain.

"If the grand jury sees the evidence as we do, we'll have an indictment of murder agains Manson," said Aaron Stovitz another deputy district attorney prosecuting the case. Stovitz said murder counts would be sought against at leas five other persons, including Miss Atkins. Prosecutors said the casi Days nil Christmas robably would not go to-trial or at least three months be- ause of its complexity. 'Tells Everything' Miss Atkins, prim in a pink elvet dress bought for her by er attorney, said softly she ould answer "anything they sk me." Her attorney, Richard Cabalero, also a grand jury witness, aid she repeated everything lie had told ow a band of blackclad Manon-followers armed with guns nd knives killed Miss Tate and our others Aug. 9, then killed a ich market owner and his wife ie next night to prove they ladn't lost their nerve.

Five other witnesses entered lie courtroom amid camera ghts and shouted questions. All efused to comment to news- nen. On the death night, Aug. 9, the )ccupants were Miss Tate, 26; Abigail Folger, 26, a San Francisco coffee heiress; Jay Seb- 35, a jet set men's hair- Iresser, and Voityck Frokowskl, :7, a Polish playboy. All Stabbed, Shot All were stabbed or shot.

Steven Parent, 18, a friend of Miss Tatc's caretaker, was killed outside the house. The maid who found the bodes, Winifred Chapman, testified riday. Stunned by crowds of spectators as she arrived at the rlall of Justice, Mrs. Chapman shivered visibly and was supported by a friend. The father of young Parent arrived to testify, accompanied )y his wife Juanita and teen-age daughter Janet.

All walked silently with their heads down. Parent presumably spoke about his son, who had visited the caretaker the night of the slaying. Parent has said his son did not know any of the other victims. Others For Indictments Among those against whom authorities say they will seek indictments are: D. Watson, 24, held in McKinney, Tex.

Krenwinkel, 21, held in Mobile, Ala. Kasabian, 19, arraigned in Los Angeles on murder charges. Mrs. Kasabian, whose husband was not identified was arrested in Concord, N.H., where, her lawyer said, "she fled in fear" of her life after the Tate murders and the murders of Leno LaBianca, 44, wealthy market owners, and his wife Rosemary, 38. The LaBiancas were slain in their house the night after the Tate murders.

Al Matthews, Mrs. Kasabian's Senate Votes More Social Security Aid By JOE HALL WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate has surprised even its most enthusiastic advocates of Social Security increases by voting a $100 minimum payment as well as a 15 per cent boost in the monthly benefits. But there is a question whether the House will accept the portion of the amendment increasing the current $55 minimum for individuals at the bottom of the scale by 82 per cent to the new $100 figure. The Senate was called into an unusual Saturday session today to continue working on the tax reform measure. Pass Bill Soon Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said he was hopeful the Senate could pass the bill today, but Sen.

Russell B. Long, floor manager of the bill, said he did not expect passage before next Tuesday. The $100 floor for Social Security payments was written into the tax reform bill Friday by the 4841 adoption of an amendment sponsored by Mansfield and one of his assistant Democratic leaders, Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia.

To finance the increased payments, the taxable wage base would be raised from the current $7,800 to $12,000 in 1973. The increased benefits, which would be effective Jan. 1 and go to some 25 million beneficiaries starting in April, would cost an estimated $6.2 billion. $150 New Minimum The increase would give a couple a new minimum of $150 a month. Democrats handling the tax bill originally had planned to add a rider calling for a straight 15 per cent Social Security boost.

This would have raised the minimum payment, for ample, from $55 to $64. The 15 per cent across-the- board rider was sponsored by III. nois Con-Con Opens DEPUTY DEFENSE SECRETARY David Packard, who recently made a fact-finding trip to Vietnam, reports on the war and enemy infiltration at a Pentagon news conference Photofax. Lf. Quizzed By Army Panel SUSAN DENISE ATKINS, 21, leaves the grand jury room in the Los Angeles Hall of Justice Friday after testifying about the murders of actress Sharon Tate and four others.

Her attorney is pictured with Photofax. awyer, said she too was hypno- ized by Manson, whom she described as "a very remarkable man' 1 with "a charismatic aura." Fears Powers Mrs. Kasabian, who was a member of Manson's commune, feared his mesmerizing powers of "black magic," said Mathews, and now her attorney wants her in the prison infirmary because she is five months pregnant. "Considering the testimony by Miss Atkins concerning the hypnotic state which Manson put her in," Matthews said, "to have him and my client see Weather Forecast NORTHERN ILLINOIS Heavy snow warnings tonight. Snow beginning this evening and 4 or more inches expected to accumulate by tonight.

Low tonight low 30s. Sunday occasional snow, high in the 30s. Sunrise, 7:02. Sunset, 4:20. Unofficial temperature at 11 a.m.

33 degrees. each other might act as a turn- on." With her story told, Miss Atkins also fears "black magic" retribution from Caballero said. 'Super God' "She still fears him," said Caballero, explaining that Miss Atkins thinks of Manson as "a super god" with the power to read people's minds and control their thoughts. "She's trying to break away from Manson," he said. But after her testimony she felt she was "a marked woman." Caballero said he hoped Miss Atkins' testimony would save her from the gas chamber and also that by telling her story she would purge herself of her fear of Manson.

Capital Footnote By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Navy has announced it will retire the Northampton, a World War II vintage cruiser which for more than eight years has served as a command ship to which the President might fly in a national emergency. Long, who said he was sure it was all the House would accept. The House Ways and Means Committee approved such a 15 per cent hike earlier this week. When Long offered his amendment, Sen. John J.

Williams, R- tried to substitute for it President Nixon's proposed 10 per cent Social Security increase. Party Line Vote This lost 56-34 on almost a straight party line vote. Then Sen. Winston L. Prouty, contending the $64 minimum payment of the Long amendment was too small, tried to raise it to $70.

He was beaten 46-44. Before this vote, Mansfield and Byrd announced they would come in later with their much bigger minimum figure. Their proposal won the votes of 40 Democrats and eight Republicans; 28 Republicans and 13 Democrats voted against it. How Percy, Smith Voted On Tax Bill WASHINTON (AP) Senators Charles H. Percy and Ralph T.

Smith were among Republicans against a tax bill amendment Friday to raise the minimum social security benefit to $100 a month. The measure passed the Senate on a 43-41 roll call vote. Percy voted against the measure. Smith was not present but was paired against the measure. The pairing system allows two senators with opposing views on an issue to be absent when a vote is taken.

WASHINGTON (AP) First Lt. William L. Galley who is maintaining a public silence on charges he killed 109 Vietnamese civilians, has been questioned hours by a special Army panel at the Pentagon. Galley was tight-lipped and looked straight ahead Friday as he made his way quickly through a crowd of newsmen and photographers upon his arrival. He declined to answer questions.

He left the building by another route after appearing before a hearing which seeks to learn whether field officers tried to cover up any mass killings in their initial investigation after a U.S. military operation in March 1968 at My Lai. Platoon Leader Calley was the leader of a platoon which took part in the operation and is the only one charged with murder so far in the alleged massacre. The probe is not connected with the court martial of Galley which is expected to start early next year at Ft. Bcnning.

On Thursday, the investigating panel heard from Capt. Ernest Medina, who was Galley's company commander Medina later told newsmen he had neither ordered a massacre nor saw nor heard of one, al- SEE BACK OF 1ST SECTION 'ackard Tells Of Future Viet Cutbacks President 'Blitzed' By Top Grid Teams By TOM SEPPY WASHINGTON (AP) President Nixon, scrambling like a quarterback about to be pounced on by a 300-pound tackle, has decided to give a plaque to the undefeated Penn State football team as well as the winner of today's Texas-Arkansas game. Nixon found the blitz was on Friday on the eve of his trip to Fayettesville, to view the big Texas-Arkansas game and to present a plaque designating the winner as the nation's top team. Pennsylvania Gov. Raymond P.

Shafer along with officials and students of Penn State think tMeir team is due the honor. Sends Telegram The Republican governor sent Nixon a telegram Friday asking Him to withhold judgment on the No. 1 team until after the bow games when the Associatec Press will take a final poll to determine the national cham pion. White House Press Ronald L. Zicgler called time Friday while the administratioi hurriedly huddled to decidec whether to punt, pass or run.

At one point, it was announcec the plaque was intended only a momento for the winner this particular game. It was pointed out to Ziegler however, that the plaque reads "To the No. 1 college footbal team in college football's lOOti year." Switches Signals Then, switching signals at tlv line of scrimmage, Ziegler an SEE BACK OF 1ST SECTION WASHINGTON (AP) South Vietnam's improving ability to ight the war will permit continued withdrawal of U.S. troops Jespite a substantial stepup in ay Orientation Meetings Held On Weekend SPRINGFIELD, 111. (AP) Delegates to the state Constitutional Convention are spending the weekend socializing and attending orientation sessions intended to ease their way when they begin work Monday.

State Rep. Robert Day, R-Peoria, outlined the weekend program Friday, but emphasized that the 116 delegates are on their own the first of the week. Day is a subcommittee chairman of the State Constitutional Study Commission. Day said permanent officers the convention probably would be elected Monday but the delegates could put it off. 'Planned Program' "This is our planned program," Day said of the preparatory commission.

"When the temporary president is elected it is the convention's meeting from that point on and no one has any control from then on. "They don't have to follow our program. They carry the ball. They don't have to elect that day." The orientation and social program Friday night through Sunday night may mute controversy before the convention opens Monday noon. The program reaches a climax Sunday night in a reception at the executive mansion.

Governor's Reception The host of the mansion reception, Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie, will gavel the convention to order Monday noon. First differences of opinion enemy infiltration, Deputy De- 'ense Secretary David Packard says. The Pentagon's second highest official told newsmen Friday hat U.S.

commanders arc concerned about possible North Vietnamese thrusts into the South but they "are prepared for it." He declined to discuss numbers of timetables in connection with further U.S. withdrawals. President Nixon has pulled out 65,000 troops since last summer. The United States should be able to cut its forces below 150,000 "in some reasonable time," he said. The present U.S.

troop level in Vietnam is under 480,000. Packard said enemy infiltration has increased "rather substantially," but added the actual figure is difficult to assess. Some reports have had it that the level of enemy movements into the South had risen this fall to about 20,000 men a month compared with a summer low of about 2,000 a month. Packard, who returned from a 10-day visit to Vietnam last month, said that "we've got to expect the enemy to keep up the pressure." The increased infiltration "indicates that the enemy at the very least intends to continue some level of activity whether another Tet offensive ar small unit guerrilla actions, may come before nominations for permanent officers are received. Convention rule proposals will be unveiled Saturday and may develop counter-proposals from delegates.

The Friday night program included a welcome from the state historian, William Aldefer, and remarks by former New Jersey Governor Alfred E. Driscoll, on the future of state government. The 116 delegates meet in th'e Illinois House chambers for most orientation and the opening convention session will be held there. Former Governors Saturday instruction on housekeeping and convention operations will include a report by John Brooks, executive director of a recent Maryland stitutional convention, on state's experiences. Three former Illinois govern- srs William G.

Stratton, Otto Kerner, and Samuel Shapiro will attend the opening session Monday. Sen. Robert Coulson, con- that don't know," he said. Government Rests Case In Conspiracy Trial By F. RICHARD CICCONE CHICAGO (AP) After 10 weeks of often interrupted testimony, the prosecution rested its case Friday against seven men charged with conspiring to incite rioting during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Thomas A. Foran, the U.S. district attorney, presented 54 witnesses. More than 30 were policemen involved in the undercover surveillance of the defendants during the convention in August 1968. The government also introduced some 50 exhibits, including newsreel film strips and tape recordings of the crowd scenes and violent confrontations between police and demonstrators.

Major Witnesses Two major witnesses William Frappolly and Irwin Bock, both police intelligence agents took up nearly two weeks of the prosecution case. Most of their time on the witness stand was spent in cross-examination. The defense lawyers, William M. Kunstler of New York City and Leonard I. Weinglass of Newark, N.J., engaged prosecution witnesses in detailed questioning which usually was several hours longer than the direct examination.

Sine the trial began Sept. 24 in U.S. District Court, the defense has made 12 motions for a mistrial and one motion they styled "stop the trial." Judge Julius J. Hoffman has denied all of them. Few Exceptions With a few exceptions, the government's case was built on public speeches or conversations involving the remaining T.

Dellinger, 54; Abbott "Abbie" Hoffman, 31; Thomas E. Hayden, 30; Rennard C. "Rennie" Davis, 29; Jerry C. Rubin, 31; Lee Weiner, 31; and John R. Froines, 31.

A dozen or more witnesses testified they heard one or another of the defendants urge demonstrators to arm themselves or to fight police. The defense attorneys' app a during cross-examination varied with the witnesses. At times, the defense attacked witnesses' credibility, at other times their memory. Frequently they have brought out that the witnesses did not see any of the defendants fighting police, throwing objects or doing any other violent deed. Acts In Evidence The only overt acts in evidence before the jury are these: let the air out of the tires of a police car.

purchased a quantity of butyric acid, a foul-smelling substance deposited in two Chicago hotels during the convention. Three girls were arrested for dropping tissue soaked with butyric acid in the hotels. They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to six months probation. 10-Year Prison Terms Froines and his six codefen- clants, if convicted of conspiracy, could be sentenced to a maximum of 10 years in prison and fined $20,000. Frappolly and Bock were the witnesses the government used to attempt to knit for the jury the conspiracy allegations Frappolly testified that he infiltrated war protest groups and observed as many as six of tho defendants together during thv convention week.

Bock testified about moro than 20 speeches and conversations involving one or more of the defendants. Major Test Of Law The trial is a major test of the federal antiriot provisions of the 1968 Civil Rights Act. Under terms of the act, the government charges that the defendants "conspired to cross slate lines with the intent to incite rioting." It appears that it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that any defendant actually engaged in rioting to obtain a conviction. Weinglass has said, "It is the first law whereby the federal government is trying to impose criminal penalties for a state of mind Every other federal law requires an act." Defendants' 'Activities' Kunstler has referred to the law as "crossing state lines with a state of mind." Both have called the trial a "political First Amendment case." Prosecution testimony also was interrupted by some activities by the defendants and other defense motions such as one to adjourn it Oct. 15 so the defendants could participate in Moratorium Day.

All were denied by Hoffman. Delay in the first month came mostly from sharp exchanges between Bobby G. Seale, an eighth defendant who claimed he was not properly represented, and the judge. Hoffman had him tied to a chair and gagged for a time. Later he declared a mistrial in his case and sentenced Seale to four years in prison for contempt.

The jury of 10 women and two men has been sequestered since a few days after the trial began. R-Waukegan, a co-chairman of the constitution study commission, will announce names of committee members to escort Ogilvie to the chamber Others On Program Ogilvie will call on Dr. Preston Bradley, of the People's Church, Chicago, for invocation. "Young people as well as members of the establishment have a part in this ceremonial day," Day said in noting that boy and girl scouts will take part. Secretary of State Paul Powell will call the official roll of delegates who will take the oath of office administered by Chief Justice Robert Underwood of the Illinois Supreme Court.

The temporary officer will preside until the convention calls for nominations for permanent officers, a president and vice president. Those who receive a majority vote will be sleeted. The convention then will proceed to whatever business it decides. In Today's Paper Page Amusements 14 Church news Comics 14 Classified 15, 16 17 Editorial 10 Local 6 15 Markets 15 Obituaries 6 Radio-TV 7 Sports news 12,13 14.