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DAILY FACTS, Redlands, Calif. Friday, July 7.1972- 2 Heads pride of 11 lionesses Frasier, the lion, is well and as virile as ever IRVINE, Calif. (UPD-Frasier the lion may not look like it, but be is well. His fans were worried for a while. Nothing had happened for more than two months, and people were beginning to wonder.

Had the charm disappeared? And what about the energy? Had Frasier lost his touch? Not so. But the doddering old beast, who has fathered 33 cubs in less than a year and a half, had his human friends on edge for a while. For 2'i months there were no new cubs. But then Frasier became a grandfather and Frasier, not to be outmatched, fathered two more cubs of his own. Frasier heads a pride of 11 lionesses.

Even during his inactivity, they still pranced about, purring contentedly and catering to their patriarch. They still fetched his food and placed it at his feet, and propped him up when Frasier took a hankering to stroll about. Frasier had assumed control of the pride only as a last five younger and stronger lions were mauled one by one by the fussy lionesses. His success as a lover made him a national sex symbol. He was honored in Congress.

He was called "Father of the Year." A few persons even cast their votes for "Frasier for President" in the California primary. Business at the park where he prowls for the public boomed 22 per cent! All because a nearly toothless old lion with a hide like a motheaten carpet managed to do what no other lion could. He took a disorganized assortment of temperamental ladies and whipped them into an efficient, swiftly growing and contented family. The charm of it all was Frasier was pushing the human equivalent of 100 years old. The muscles in his mouth bad given out during his sb'nt as a circus lion in Mexico, his tongue flopped about incessantly and he suffered in varying degrees from rheumatism, arthritis and a sorrowful case of bleary eyes.

Just before the fears arose that Frasier might be through, a doubting reporter spent a whole day watching the Frasier phenomenon. By the time the sun went down, the venerable lion bad mated 22 times. "And each time, you'd think it was his last," said a spokesman for Lion Country Safari, where Frasier roams in a compound with 1,500 other animals. "But he really doesn't have much choice. No sooner does he finish and fall asleep with his feet sticking straight up and his tongue hanging in the dirt, than one of the lionesses begins seducing him." And then there was a string of good news.

One of Frasier's first cubs sired his own youngster, making the old patriarch a grandfather. Not to be outdone, two of Frasier's wives suddenly turned up in the maternity ward. In his honor, a whiskey manufacturer created the "Frasier." Its ingredients? Simply a shot of Old Grandad mixed with passion fruit juice. Dibble votes no State adopts tough plan to clean up ocean waters LOS ANGELES (UPI-A sweeping $1.1 billion plan to clean up ocean waters along the California coastline by slapping tight restrictions on waste discharge was approved Thursday by the state Water Resources Board. The regulations, described by the board's executive officer, Bill B.

Dendy, as the toughest in the nation, still require approval by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. In effect, the plan calls for secondary treatment of all sewage dumped into the ocean, prohibiting the release of sludge. It also provides a 1,000 foot protection zone for swimmers and puts stringent standards on the discharge of harmful substances. The price tag of an estimated $1.1 billion would be for construction and improvement of municipal and industrial sewage systems by 1980. A large chunk of that would be provided by the federal government, with two out of three Californians paying about $9 more a year in taxes.

Industries would pay their own way. Dendy said when the plan is fully probably in ocean would be "less toxic than drinking water." Facilities needed to meet the new standards will cost two of every three Californians (those served by sewage districts discharging to the ocean) about $9 annually. For the money "the ocean will definitely be cleaner," said Fred McLaren, assistant chief of the water board's division of water quality. He said swimming beaches will no longer Assembly votes break for single taxpayers SACRAMENTO (UPI) Assembly has sent to the Senate a' bill that would give unmarried taxpayers a $168 million income tax break although opponents labeled the measure the "Hippie Tax Relief Act." The proposal by Assemblyman Robert Cline, R-Canoga Park, was easily approved Thursday on a 58-9 vote. Cline argued that the present tax rate on single persons is "discriminatory." Under his proposal, a single person would be allowed to compute his taxes in the way a married person can.

The result would be that a single person earning $13,000 a year would have his taxes reduced from $565 to $285. A married couple with the identical income would pay the same $260 he presently pays. During debate on the measure, Cline said opponents had labeled the bill the "Hippie Tax Relief Act" in line with their arguments that it would give an unmarried couple living together a better tax break than a married couple. 'The inference that single Californian's would live out of wedlock for tax advantages is unfair on the surface," Cline said. "I ask you to think of those widows or widowers, and those single people in California who are not getting a fair shake." Assemblyman Alister McAlister, D-San Jose, said an unmarried couple making $20,000 a year would pay $310 less in income tax than a married couple making the same amount.

Opponents argued that while the bill was "superficially attractive" the loss in revenue would eventually would have to be made up, resulting in increased taxes on married taxpayers. If the bill went into effect this year, the Franchise Tax Board estimated the state would lose $60 million. During the bill's first full year (1973-74) of implementation, the loss was put at $168 million. The bill is opposed by the Reagan administration. New Belfast violence BELFAST man was found seriously wounded in an automobile early today and a 100-pound gelignite bomb exploded against the wall of a Roman Catholic Church in a continued campaign of violence against civilians in Northern Ireland.

Since the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) declared a cease-fire June 26,11 civilians have been killed, most of them shot in the head in apparent revenge killings. A British army spokesman said the man was found shot in the Springfield Road section of Belfast. He was taken to a hospital in serious condition. The bomb shattered stained glass windows of the church and damaged an adjoining school. Four persons were taken to hospital suffering from shock after the blast, the army said.

Hours earlier, a Roman Catholic man was hit in the stomach by machine gun bullets fired from a parked car a few hundred yards from the church. Roman Catholic'leaders said they were afraid the violence would get worse because of Protestant plans to build more barricades this weekend and with the approach of July 12, the anniversary of the 1960 Protestant victory- at times be infested with potentially disease spreading fecal bacteria, grease will disappear from Orange County beaches, and there will be no more slick over the Los Angeles city and county sewer outfalls. Water board members passed the new regulations on a 4-1 vote. The lone dissenter was Vice Chairman E. F.

Dibble of Redlands. He said the limits are so stringent that to obtain them will cost "several hundreds of millions of dollars" more than the board estimates. Dibble said the requirements for heavy metals in sewage are tougher than those for drinking water. He proposed more lenient requirements, but was the only board member to vote for them. During the next 30 years, according to water board staff calculations, it will cost $49.1 million annually to pay off construction costs of facilities built to meet the new rules, and another $44.4 million a year to keep those facilities running.

The total cost during the next 30 years will be about $2.8 billion. Cities and counties where the facilities are built will bear the full cost of their operation. However, 55 per cent of the construction costs will be paid by federal grants, with another 25 per cent coming from the state. Only 20 per cent will be paid by local governments. The ratio may change, since a bill raising the federal share to 75 per cent has passed both houses of Congress and is now in conference.

State gets $485,965 bill for Davis trial SAN JOSE (UPI) Santa Clara County sent a bill of $485,965 to the California Finance Director for the first part of the Angela Davis trial. Phil Batchelor, aide to Santa Clara County Executive Howard W. Campen, said Thursday that the bill, part of a projected $600,000 debt, covers the period between Nov. 22,1971, and Apr. 9, 1972.

The remaining part of the bill will cover the period up to June 4, when the 28-year-old black militant was acquitted of murder, kidnap and conspiracy charges in connection with the Aug. 7, 1970 gun battle at the Marin County Civic Center in which four persons, including a Superior Court Judge, were killed. Batchelor said the bill was authorized by the new Bagley Act, requiring state reimbursement for prison-related trials. He said the county paid out $166,045 in salaries, overtime and benefits for deputies; $262,378 for remodeling jails and securing the courthouse; $14,429 for Miss Davis' medical services and for trial the $43,113 balance for miscellaneous legal costs. Golf problem SKELLEFTEAA, Sweden (UPD-WalterBergovist, 35, is living proof that golf can become an obsession.

Warming up for a game, he was bitten by a snake. Bergovist called an ambulance, received a serum shot at a hospital and returned to I he course. He went around in 78. Chess match to begin next Tuesday REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) two weeks of behind- the-scene diplomacy and much talking, Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky have agreed to get down to their real business chess. The match for the world title now held by the 35-year-old Russian will begin Tuesday in the Icelandic capital.

The winner gets $150,000 and the loser $100,000. Spassky, a handsome Leningrad journalist who makes a living playing chess the year around, will make the first move. He won the draw Thursday night and will play white, meaning he will make the first move. The 29-year-old American will play black in the first game. In succeeding games they alternate.

Despite the charges and countercharges exchanged between the two camps there was no sign of personal animosity between the two. When Spassky was introduced at the draw, Fischer applauded. And when the challenger, dressed in a green suit and red tie, was presented, Spassky gave him a big hand. As they shook hands at the end of the ceremony, Spassky held on to Fischer's hand and said, "And good luck." The ceremony confirmed that all the problems that delayed the match for nine days finally had been settled. It began with Fischer refusing to come to Iceland for the originally scheduled start July 2 because he was not happy with the financial terms.

Jim Slater, a wealthy British banker, saved the match when he offered to double the prize money from $125,000 to $250,000. Fischer finally turned up July by then, Spassky was upset and threatened to pull out. He first demanded that Fischer forfeit the first game, then asked for an apology from the American and finally asked Dr. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), to admit that he violated the rules when he postponed the match in Fischer's absence instead of disqualifying the American. Euwe, himself a former world champion and the last non-Russian to hold the title, promptly penned a declaration admitting that he had made a mistake.

Thursday, Fischer broke the ice when he wrote a letter to "Dear Boris" apologizing for his "disrespectful behavior." Fischer admitted he had "offended you and your country, the Soviet Union." "I simply became carried away by my petty dispute over money with the Icelandic chess organizers," Fischer wrote in his letter. Spassky accepted the apology, although it was not delivered directly to him by Fischer. In the end, the Russians appeared to have dropped their demand that Fischer forfeit the first game. Earthquake wrecks Yucca Valley well YUCCA VALLEY repair crews worked through the pre-dawn hours today trying to restore full water service to this small desert community. Supplies of water had been cut by as much as two-thirds when a small earthquake damaged one of the city's three wells.

Nearly 400 families were left with no water. FredTripp. general manager of the High Desert County Water District, said he expected emergency repairs to be completed by today, with normal service in operation within two weeks. Trapp said the quake, measuring 2.7 on the Richter Scale, apparently jarred loose sand in the well shaft and jammed the pump. Thursday, at Tripp's urging, a limited state of emergency was declared by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors.

They made available several large water tankers and the nearby Marine Corps base added mobile water units to refill the district's shallow reservoirs. Tripp said the water district's daily intake had fallen from 1,600 gallons a minute to less than 500 gallons a minute. During the Feb. 9, 1971 temblor centered San Fernando, two of Yucca Valley's wells were damaged beyond repair, he said. "This one hit us harder than the one in 1971 because the community has expanded so tremendously." The water district serves 2,000 outlets, mostly homes.

EB and FLO I THERE'S A POOR A By Paul Sellers Map pinpoints destination Hijack pair planned to go to Canadian wilds WANT'S I 0 KNOW WHAT THINK Op THE TEU.HIM I'M THANKFUL THAT 7-7 Passenger, shot by hijacker, asked his wife for last kiss SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Stanley Carter, the second passenger to die in a domestic hijacking, gasped his last words to his wife. "They've shot me, Lai. I'm done for. Kiss me," the 66- year old retired Canadian National Railways conductor said. The Carters, of Longueiul, Quebec, were traveling to San Diego to acquire a retirement home Wednesday when their plane was hijacked.

FBI agents thwarted the gunmen at San Francisco International Airport in a Shootout in which the hijackers and Carter died. "When we heard the first shots, we did not get up," Mrs. Carter told newsmen Thursday. "My husband bent over and ducked. "Then it sort of quieted down and we sat back.

Then came a second round of shots. He ducked and bent over again and then he said: 'I'm Stanley Carter the couple's oldest son, said, "They decided to come down to San Diego for their dream home, foe their Shangri-la, as they put it. SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Dmitrov Alexiev and Michael D. Azmanolf were lifelong friends who were born four days apart in Bulgaria and immigrated to the United States in 1968. Wednesday night they died together, cut down by FBI sharpshooters aboard a Pacific Southwest Airlines jet which they hijacked on demand of $800,000 ransom, two parachutes and a map to Siberia.

The FBI said the skyjackers came into the United States in 1968 as political refugees sponsored by the World Council of Churches and spent two years in the Army before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. During the tense aerial drama, the gunmen, armed with three automatics, forced a Sacramento-San Francisco PSA flight with 79 other passengers aboard to land and wait on a remote runway for the ransom. FBI agents finally boarded the aircraft They thwarted the hijacking in the ensuing shootout, but one passenger was killed and two wounded. "It's unfortunate a passenger was killed by a hijacker. We went aboard to take them into custody," said FBI agent John Reed.

"The operation was with full cooperation of the airline. They determine whether to pay the ransom or not, but we determine how to deal with hijackers." Royal Canadian Mounted Police, meanwhile, launched a search for an alleged accomplice of hijackers in the wilds of British Columbia. Officials said the hijackers asked for a map to Siberia but revealed that their real plan was presumably to go to a remote strib at Puntzi Lake in rugged grizzly bear infested country. A San Mateo County Coroner's investigator said a note found in the pocket of a hijacker pinpointed the Canadian airstrip. In addition, a search of the hijackers' luggage revealed two inflatable plastic human dummies and several sets of handcuffs.

They apparently planned to throw off pursuers by parachuting the dummies from the 737 jet, officials said. Some of those aboard blamed lax security precautions of the carrier, but PSA President J. Floyd Andrews said airlines should not be forced to act as law enforcement agencies. Boy saves kitten FARNBOROUGH. England (UPD-One after another, little Nicholas Dungay's ihree kittens died under the wheels of cars speeding pasl his home on Sycamore Road.

So Nicholas. 9, got up a neighborhood petition to the Farn- bornugh Council to make the road safer. The council declared it a dead end street. Now Nicholas has a fourth kitten. "This one can grow up safelv." he said.

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