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4 The Sun WEDNESDAY, August 17. 1994 Former staffer says senator threatened firing over lawsuit allowed to stay inrougn May while he sought another job. McDonald is working in another Capitol Hill office, but would not give further details other than he took a $3,000 pay cut. Feinstein said McDonald failed to explain in a January letter to committee members that his communication was not connected to her office. "This failure created the impression that my office had somehow condoned the communication," Feinstein said.

"After tin-second letter was sent to my colleagues, we simply reiterated our view that Paul not connect his complaint to this office and that he should not pursue it during office hours." Committee in December to seek an investigation into charges that Princeton and the U.S. Education Department discriminated against him because he is Black. He and Feinstein concur that they signed an agreement afterward that barred him from identifying her office in any future requests. They disagree about whether he honored that agreement. McDonald said only put his phone number on a second letter and that Feinstein advised him to drop the complaints, saying he could not remain if he persisted.

He said he agreed to resign but was pressured further before she discharged him in May and unfairly criticized his job performance. Feinstein said McDonald was By Henry Stern The Associated Press WASHINGTON A former Princeton University student who worked for California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday that she threatened to fire him if he pursued his racial discrimination complaint against the school and federal education officials. The Democrat denied the charges, which were detailed at a news conference by Paul McDonald, 23, of Houston. Feinstein said she never tried to stop McDonald from pursuing his claims, and only insisted that he avoid using office time and title in that quest.

"They had the right to require that I clearly and completely disassociate Senator Feinstein from Moseley-Braun, the Senate's only Black member. McDonald said Moseley-Braun, a Democrat, wrote him that his complaint against Princeton was "serious" but did not judge its merits. "Senator Feinstein has extended herself on behalf of Mr. McDonald with extraordinary patience and support," Moseley-Braun said, adding that Feinstein rejected her recommendation that McDonald be fired. "It is most regrettable that her repayment for that kindness is a baseless charge of discrimination." McDonald's complaints against Princeton charge that administrators passed him over for academic promotions, tried to undermine his agenda as student body president and wrongly placed him on disciplinary proba Coalition: Seeking change Former S.F.

politician Harold Dobbs, 75, dies Workplace issues my request," McDonald said. "However, Senator Feinstein and her advisers did not have the right to make any requirements regarding my racial discrimination and harassment complaints." The charges come as Feinstein faces a well-financed challenge this fall from Republican Rep. Michael Huffington. McDonald said he was not connected to Huffington. Feinstein spokesman Bill Chandler, who attended the news conference, said he did not think the charges would have much impact because "the senator knows the truth will win out." Also bolstering Feinstein's position was Illinois Sen.

Carol Obituary of more than a dozen community organizations. A carpenter's son and a native of Roselle, N.J., Dobbs moved with his family to San Diego in the early 1930s. He attended San Diego State University and graduated from Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco in 1942, after working his way through school as a chauffeur. He would later serve as chairman of the law school's board of trustees. During World War II, when asthma kept him from the military, he served as a draft board clerk and a timekeeper in a shipyard.

In 1945. he joined the San Francisco law firm of Lillick, Geary, Adams and Charles, specializing in maritime law. Health contributors to the TB increase, with an unknown overlap between the groups, said Dr. Michael F. Cantwell, who led the study for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ninety percent of the people infected with the TB bacteria never develop symptoms, but in people with the AIDS virus the San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO Harold Stanley Dobbs, a former San Francisco supervisor, three-time mayoral candidate and civic leader for more than 50 years, died Sunday at his San Francisco home after a long illness. He was 75. An untiring man who involved himself in business, law and numerous charities, Dobbs was also the co-founder of the Mel's drive-in restaurant chain, made famous in the movie "American Graffiti." His energy and civic duty were tested during three unsuccessful mayoral races. He was a lawyer in San Francisco for 52 years and a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for 12 years. He also found time to serve as director and president Continued from B1 robbed, stabbed and shot Wood, leaving his body in a remote canyon.

He was listed as a missing person for five months until a hunter found his body. Three other suspects helped the trio cover up the homicide. All six were arrested in April. The two youngest Derreck Lee, 15 at the time, who pleaded guilty to shooting Wood, and Joshua Ford, 16 at the time, who pleaded guilty to the rest-stop shooting and accessory to murder were sentenced to the California Youth Authority, from which they will be released at age 25. Thomas Pryer Keith, 22, pleaded guilty to covering up the murder, and his 40-year-old mother, Charlotte Louise Woody, pleaded no contest the equivalent of guilty to being an accessory to murder.

Both were sentenced to two years in prison and both are expected to be released in about a year. Two remaining suspects Curtis Lee Elsey, 22, and Michael Lee Davis, 18 are awaiting trial for Wood's murder. Lange said he was incensed reading about the four who have already gone through the courts without trials and who received reduced or light sentences. "We've got chaos. We can't even pass a national crime bill because there's fighting between the two sides," he said.

President Clinton is pushing a bill that would increase funding for prisons and peace officers, provide harsher sentences for repeat offenders and ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons. The House blocked the $30.2 million measure last week. Lange's group, Citizens for Criminal JusticeCoalition for Immigrants account for 60 tion for using university materials to inform minority students of their right to file charges against the university. The Education Department's civil-rights office did not find any wrongdoing by Princeton. McDonald's complaint against the department accuses it of covering up the matter and failing to enforce his civil rights.

McDonald, who joined Feinstein's staff last September as a legislative correspondent after his graduation, said the senator and her staff disparaged the seriousness of his discrimination complaints, then pressured him to resign under duress. McDonald said he included his business card in contacting members of the Senate Judiciary In later years, Dobbs was a partner with Vigo (Chip) Nielsen in the law firm of Dobbs and Nielsen. Surviving are his wife, Annette, the former president of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco; and four children, Stephen Dobbs, Marilyn Dobbs Higuera and Cathy Dobbs Goldstein, all of San Francisco, and Gregory Dobbs of Evergreen, Colo. A fifth child, Rusty Dobbs, died in an automobile accident in Spain in 1974. A funeral will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday at Temple Emanu-el at Arguello Boulevard and Lake Street in San Francisco. Contributions to the Ernest Rosen-baum Cancer Research Fund at Mount Zion Health Systems in San Francisco or to the Rusty Dobbs Memorial Fund at the San Francisco Jewish Home for the Aged are preferred. in TB cases ter dropping steadily during the previous three decades. In 1993, the total number of cases was down 5 percent compared with the year before, to 25,313. The newly published study dealt only with 1985 through 1992.

Cantwell, now a pediatrician in California, acknowledged that more attention has been given recently to TB's link to AIDS than to immigrants. Roberts, a native of Pennsylvania, lived in Yucaipa for three years. He was an electrician and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 952, for 40 years. Survivors include his wife, Avis; two daughters, Linda D. Graves of Claremore, and Annette C.

Beck of Reno, two brothers, James L. of New York and Charles L. of Westminster, Colo; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Hughes Funeral Chapel, 33629 Yucaipa Yucaipa.

Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of Christ, 33981 Yucaipa Yucaipa, with burial at Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Blvd. GILBERT S.SANCHEZ Chef Gilbert "Guber" S. Sanchez, 50, of Barstow, died Thursday of cardiac arrest at home. Sanchez, a native of Fairfield, lived in Barstow 35 years.

He was the assistant chef for Red Lion Inn for 13 years. Survivors, all of Barstow, include three daughters, Barbara, Sarah and Mary; his parents, Manuel and Jennie Salcedo-Mar-tinez; six brothers, Poncie Martinez, Alex Martinez, Manuel Martinez Saturnino Martinez, Andrew Martinez and Steve; and a sister, Debbie Martinez Aguayo. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today at Mead Mortuary Chapel, 36930 Irwin Road, Barstow. Mass will be 9 a.m.

Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 505 Mt. View Barstow, with interment at Mt. View Memorial Park, 37067 Irwin Road, Barstow. Tributes Tell us about someone special to you who died recently.

Provide the name of the funeral home, the writer's daytime phone number and the deceased's name, age, place, cause and date of death. Entries should be ISO words or less. No poetry Is accepted, and Information contained In obituaries should not be repeated. Tributes can be faxed to The Sun at (909) 985-9741 or sent to Assistant Metro Editor Jan 8ears, The Sun, 399 N. San Bernardino 92401.

Obituaries Sacramento summary Where to call Those Interested In joining the Citizens for Criminal JusticeCoalition for Constitutional Protections can contact Tim Lange at (909) 794-8458. Lange, a school psychologist, said he especially urges those who knew slain school teacher Steve Wood to join. Constitutional Protections, plans to work for reforms in several ways: Urging city councils to pass declarations supporting stiffer penalties for Wood's killers and others like them. Urging local school boards, teachers unions and administrators to work through their statewide representatives to submit a proposal to lawmakers that would increase penalties for anyone who commits a crime on school grounds or against school employees. Similar laws apply to protecting police officers and firefighters.

Urging coalition members to write letters to newspapers and to lobby legislators and others in decision-making positions. They would ask that plea bargains nut be allowed for heinous crimes such as murder, rape and child molestation, and that the age a. which juveniles could be tried as adults be lowered. Lange said he plans to picket outside the courthouse at the close of the trial for the two remaining suspects. The trial is scheduled to begin Oct.

3. Lange said Wood was a decent person who did nothing to bring trouble upon himself. "Mr. Wood was a good member of the community." Umweloyimm Would extend unemploy ment benefits for up to 20 weeks when the total unemployment rate for the stale a high: SB1419. Johnston, Stockton; 41-30: to governor.

CfclM Would authoriie the court in a child custody case to prohibit calling the child as a wit ness if it would not be in the child's best interests end his or her preferences can be determined an other way; SB1700: Hart D-Santa Barbara: 650: to Senate for action on Assembly amendments. Would prohibit local governments and anti-smog districts from requiring employers to offer cash or pnres to employees who participate In trip reduction programs; SB1 134; Russell. R-Glendale; 521; to Senate for action on As sembry amendments. HMKk Would prohibit health insurers from refusing coverage because a person has genetic characteristics associated with a disability or disease; SB1146: Johnston. D-Stockton; 56-0: to Senate for action on Assembly amendments.

TMI SENATE No floor session. Mark MEMORIAL CHAPEL 1525 N. WATERMAN AVENUE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92404 (909)889-0173 Margaret Home Graveside Service Thursday, 10:00 A.M. Montecito Memorial Park Rodney Holmes Memorial Service Thursday, 3:00 P.M. Chapel Damlan Flnez Friday, 10:00 A.M.

Chapel $53Q TOTAL COST WITH MINIMUM CASKET 990 WITH CASKET Two years later, he and a friend, Mel Weiss, dreamed up the idea of opening San Francisco's first drive-in hamburger restaurant. They borrowed $20,000 and enlisted Dobbs' father to erect the building on South Van Ness Avenue. It would be the first of a dozen Mel's drive-ins, a chain later to become an icon of '50s youth culture and the meeting point in the hit movie "American Graffiti." In 1951, he was elected to the first of his three terms as supervisor. In 1963, Dobbs faced Rep. John Shelley in the mayoral race.

He lost that election. In 1967 and 1971, he lost two more, to Joseph Alioto. In the 1971 race, he finished second with 27 percent of the vote well ahead of San Francisco Supervisor Dianne Feinstein. percent of rise immune system is damaged and the disease emerges. Increased transmission of TB, including to children, was the third major factor in the resurgence of the disease, according to the study, published in today's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

Active TB cases rose 20 percent from 1985 through 1992, af Ohio, lived in San Bernardino 47 years. He was a maintenance engineer at Plumtree for 18 years. Survivors include his wife, Carrie; three sons, Norman of Highland, William James II of Florida and Curt of Oregon; a daughter, Lynell Pierson of Highland; his mother, Alberta Ellen Mason of San Bernardino; two sisters, Joy Coleman of San Francisco and Leigh Passmore of Rialto; and nine grandchildren. Services will be 10 a.m. Aug.

27 at the Church of the Nazerene, 6955 Palm Highland, with interment afterward at Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Blvd. DANNY D.RHYNES Fire captain Danny D. Rhynes, 44, of He-met died Sunday of leukemia at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Riverside. Rhynes, a native of San Bernardino, lived in Hemet for II years and was a former resident of San Ber-nardino. He worked 23 years with the U.S.

Forest Service, where he was a cap-tain. He was a member of Del Rosa United Methodist Church and taught fire science at Crafton Hills College. Survivors include his wife, Deb; three daughters, Julie Deane Rigdeway of Oceanside, and Trisha Ann and Nicole Ann, both of Hemet; his mother, Lore-na of San Bernardino; and three brothers, Duster and Donnie, both of San Bernardino, and Dean of Lytle Creek. Services will be 9 a.m. Friday at Bobbitt Memorial Chapel, 1299 E.

Highland San Bernardino. The family suggests donations to the Leukemia Society of America, 1744 W. Katella Suite 8, Orange 92667. FURMAN L. ROBERTS Electrician Furman L.

Roberts, 84, of Yucaipa died Monday at Loma Linda University Medical Center. The cause of death is unknown, pending a doctor's report. By Brenda C. Coleman The Associated Press CHICAGO Immigrants accounted for 60 percent of the rise in U.S. tuberculosis cases in recent years, a new federal study shows.

People infected with the AIDS virus who also developed tuberculosis were close behind as GEORGE MICHEL GUAY Handyman George Michel Guay. 64, of Rialto died Thursday in Fontana from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Guay, a native of Montreal, Canada, lived in Rialto five years. He worked as a handyman. He played the role of "Frenchy" in the Real West stunt show at Movieland Fontiertown.

He was a member of the Merchant Marines in Canada and the National Rifle Association. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Lee; four daughters, Lena, Betty Anne, Gina and Kim, all of Canada; two stepdaughters, Teresa Sylvester of Yucaipa and Suzanne Southern of San Bernardino; two stepsons, Wayne Barry of Yucaipa and Joe Barry of San Dimas; his mother, Eugenie Sinette of Canada; six grand- children; and eight step-grand- i children. Memorial services are private. Aaron Cremation is directing. MILDRED HOWARD Cotton resident Mildred Howard, 86, of Col- ton died Friday of heart failure at Redlands Community Hospital.

Howard, a native of Arkansas, lived in Colton 65 years. She was a member of Eastern Star, Rebekahs Lodge, West Colton Needle Club and the First Baptist Church of Colton. Survivors include a son, Lloyd of Redlands; three daughters, Margaret Barnett of Red-lands, June Curry of Colton and Beverly Page of Tucson, nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Colton Funeral Chapel, 1275 N.

La Cadena Drive, Colton. Memorial services wi be 1 p.m. Thursday at Grand View Baptist Church, 22755 Vista Grand Way, Grand Terrace, with interment afterward at Montecito Memorial Park at Waterman Avenue and Barton Road in Colton. EARL L. KEYS San Bernardino resident Earl L.

Keys 19, of San Bernardino died Friday of leukemia at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Keys, a lifelong resident of THISOVERNOR JiiSgM Turtock attorney William A. May-hew and Modesto attorney Hurl w. Johnson III to the Stanislaus County Municipal Court THC ASSEMBLY Bar Would end requirement that first year law students at unaccredited law schools take the "Baby Bar" exam; SB1718. Alquist San Jose: 46-1 7: to Senate for action on Assembly amendments.

tle Would allow students to be suspended or expelled if they are charged with a serious offense not related to school: AB1 12x; Morrow. -Oceanside: 51-9: to Senate. Tax Would allow taxpayers entitled to a manufacturing equipment income tax credit to use that amount for a sales tax refund; SB1811; Hurtt -Garden Grove; 50-12: to Senate for action on Assembly amendments. HmMi Would require health insurers to cover participation in an approved clinical trial; SB1816; Torres. 0-Los Angeles: 44-16; to Senate for action on Assembly amendments.

CraaH Would create the California Investment Commission composed of the lieutenant governor, treasurer and finance director to give out tax credits to employers creating jobs: SB1661; Lockyer. OSan Leandro: 41-28; to Senate for action on Assembly amendments. -MEMORIAL CHAPEL Fnr Gncritiom of Family-Omrd Service Alberta B. Metz Thursday 10:30 A.M. Graveside Service Riverside National Cemetery Staging Area 2 Danny Rhynes Friday 9:00 A.M.

Chapel. tr ifjiuaiiru OCT nam I no, tn 882-3761 CREMATION San Bernardino, was a member of the Beat the Odds Club at Loma Linda University Medical Center. He was the longest survivor of his type of leukemia in that club. Survivors include his mother. Ruby Brown of San Bernardino; his stepfather, Hubert Robinson of Colton; two sisters, Brandi and Mikeisha Robinson, both of Colton; his grandparents, Rudy and Bessie Scott of San Bernardino and Betty Ezell of Colton; his foster mother, Yolanda Cabrera of San Bernardino; and three foster brothers, Barney Cabrera, Benjamin Cabrera and Jacob Cabrera, all of San Bernardino.

Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. today at Palms Chapel Mortuary, 16918 Base Line, Fontana. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Mt. View Cemetery, 570 E.

Highland San Bernardino. VIRGINIA M.KOHORST Former telephone operator Virginia Maude Kohorst, 74, of Yucaipa died Sunday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana. The cause of death is unknown, pending a doctor's report. Kohorst, a native of Cambridge, Ohio, lived in Yucaipa 17 years. She was a telephone operator for Pacific Bell Telephone for 33 years.

Survivors include her husband, Chuck; three sons, Joseph K. of Grand Terrace, John H. of Reche Canyon and Milton C. of Fontana; a daughter, Mary E. Sampson of Yucaipa; two brothers, Sidney L.

and William D. Mc-Hone, both of Cheyenne, two sisters, Bonnie Laub of San Bernardino and Marjorie Young of Westminster; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Vigil service will be 7 p.m. today at Hughes Funeral Chapel, 33629 Yucaipa Yucaipa. Mass will be 10 a.m.

Thursday at St. Frances X. Cabrini Catholic Church, 12687 California Yucaipa, with interment afterward at Green Acres Memorial Park, 1 1715 Cedar Bloomington. BOYDL. MASON Maintenance engineer Boyd L.

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