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Former City Supervisor Arrested San Francisco Mayor, Official Shot to Death SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Mayor George Moscone and a top city official were shot to death at City Hall Monday. A city legislator who had quit but wanted his job back was charged in the assassinations. Moscone, 49, and Supervisor Harvey Milk, 48, were killed in separate shootings shortly before Moscone was to announce that he had decided not to reappoint the suspect, Dan White, to the Board of Supervisors, San Francisco's equivalent of a city council. "He was a wild man, just a wild man," sobbed Terry Wallen, a city employee who saw White running through City Hall buildings between shootings. Police said White, 32, a former city policeman and fireman, confronted Moscone in the mayor's office.

They had gone alone into Moscone's private office, where White, a former supervisor seeking reappointment to the board, allegedly pulled a revolver and shot the mayor three times. Then, police said, White crossed City Hall to the Board of Supervisors offices, asked to talk to Milk, who opposed his reappointment, and shot him three times. Both victims apparently died instantly. After calling his wife at the small restaurant they own, White surrendered a half hour later at a nearby police station to an officer who had been a friend when White served on the police force. He was booked on two counts of investigation for MAYOR MOSCONE murder.

Moscone had been mayor of San Francisco since 1975. Milk was elected to the Moscone's wife, Gina, board last year and gained national attention because he ran as an avowed homo- place and did not know sexual. White also was elected last year, in his first try for political office. they returned home and White was held at San Francisco's Hall of Justice, isolated from other prison- Police Chief Charles ers. Asked if he had anything to say as he was escorted into the building, White "There's going to be shook his head no and said, "I've got no comment." quirements of a fair For hours after the shootings, stunned city employees gathered in groups in the ments or any evidence corridors of City Hall, weeping and holding one another.

already have," said THE MUNCIE CIE the Spirit of the Lord Is, There Is VOL. 102-NO. 242 MUNCIE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1978 Goodall Farewell to Hit High Spots By JAN POWELL The Star's Education Writer Due to the results of the general election earlier this month, two members of the Muncie Community Schools board of trustees will resign their school board seats, effective Jan. 1. Both Hurley Goodall, elected state representative in House District 38, and Jack Donati, chosen over Republican Jane E.

Racer as county auditor, are expected to announce their resignations at the board's regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (today) in the administration building, 328 E. Washington St. One of the open spots on the school board will be filled by Muncie attorney Bill Bruns, elected last May to succeed Goodall, who has almost completed serving his second term on the board. Goodall's resignation, made to allow him to take his place in the Indiana General Assembly, means that Bruns will begin his own school trusteeship six months earlier.

However, Donati's school board seat which was not up for grabs in last May's elections will have to be filled by board appointment, according to president Joan (Jody) Murray. Although the board presently is considering possible candidates, Mrs. Murray told The Star Monday that Donati's post will not be filled until Bruns comes on the board in January. New Assessments to Be Higher for Landowners INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Property owners in at least three counties already have gotten the bad news of reassessment increases but for most of the state's some 2 million owners of lands and buildings the jolt is coming soon. Chairman Carleton L.

Phillippi of the State Board of Tax Commissioners said property owners can expect the new assessments to be higher than their present ones, generally based on the last general reassessment in 1968. He said assessments may be 50 percent or more higher for many Hoosiers because of inflation. Property owners who believe the new values are not right have the right to appeal but must file such appeal within 30 days from the date given on the notice of reassessment. Phillippi said the higher property values do not necessarily translate into higher taxes because of controls now in effect. In addition, the 1979 Legislature is expected to enact some new, permanent controls to replace those expiring in 1980.

The reassessment figures will be used for the first time in 1979 for taxes payable in 1980. Tax Commissioner Taylor I. Morris Jr. said Benton and Union County reassessment notices already have been mailed to property owners, as have notices for owners of property in Madison Twp. of Jefferson County.

He said these are the only counties of which the state board is aware in which the notices already have been mailed. "Many are still mulling over appraisals and some assessors conceivably could let the next assessor send notices in cases in which a new assessor takes office," Morris explained. Dianne Feinstein, president of the Board of Supervisors the equivalent of a city council became acting mayor until a new mayor is elected by the supervisors. The assassinations stunned San Francisco, still recovering from the horror of the mass suicides in Jonestown, Guyana, of Peoples Temple members, most of them San Francisco area residents. There apparently was no connection between the cases, although Moscone had appointed Peoples Temple leader Rev.

Jim Jones as head of the San Francisco Housing Authority in 1976. White, a city fireman until his successful election in his first try at political office, had no known connection with the Peoples Temple. Rudy Rothenberg, executive deputy mayor for fiscal administration, said White came to Moscone's office without an appointment shortly before 11 a.m. PST and asked to see the mayor. He said Moscone came out and escorted him into a private sitting room adjoining his main office.

Mel Wax, Moscone's press secretary, said while the two talked in private he and other aides heard noises but did not recognize them as shots. He said White left by a side door after the meeting. When Rothenberg and Wax went into Moscone's office for an 11 a.m. appointment, he found the mayor dead of three gunshot wounds. "When I went into the back office, I saw the mayor dead," Wax said.

After leaving Moscone's office, White crossed the building past the central rotunda and into the outer office of the supervisors. "Dan came running into the room looking wild," said Terry Wallen, an aide to another supervisor. "He was actually running. He yelled, 'Give me my It was bizarre." Ms. Wallen said he apparently got keys and went into the supervisors' private offices where Milk was shot.

SUPERVISOR MILK and his mother were at a funeral when the shootings took about them immediately. But they were informed before went quickly inside. Police were stationed outside. Gain clamped a gag order on his department. a prosecution to follow, and in order to meet all the retrial, we are not going to issue any other details or state- was or any other thing that we have on this case than you Deputy Police Chief Clem DeAmicis.

STAR Cor. 3:17 PHONE 747-5700 FIFTEEN CENTS Guyana Begins Own Probe Into Deaths GEORGETOWN, Guyana (UPI) The government of Guyana began its own investigation into the Jonestown mass suicide Monday, ordering troops into the jungle commune to seek documents and any other clues to the deaths of more than 900 members of a California religious cult. There was growing evidence that the Rev. Jim Jones had ordered the ritual suicide in a fit of despondency over fears that a U.S. congressman's investigation could mean the end of the cult before he could make arrangements to transfer it to Cuba or the Soviet Union.

Jones, who turned increasingly Marxist in recent months, spoke frequently in his sermons of taking his believers to one of the Communist countries, and one of his legacies was a suitcase containing $500,000 in cash and instructions to take it to the Soviet Embassy to further his plans. But the mass suicide began before the money could be delivered by three members of the cult Tim Carter, 28, of Boise, Idaho, his brother Mike, 20, and Michael Prokes, 32, of Modesto, Calif. They stashed the suitcase in a chicken coop and were picked up by Guyanese authorities. Guyana later confiscated the money. The 32 survivors of the suicide sat around their seedy hotel rooms Monday or napped while waiting transportation to the United States.

Another 46 at the cult's headquarters in Georgetown remained under heavy guard. One of the 46 has been charged with murder in the deaths of Rep. Leo J. Ryan, and four other Americans; another was charged with the murder of a mother and her three children at the headquarters. More answers to the mystery of Jones' last hours of decision were pieced together from statements from the few survivors including Tim Carter, who carried the suitcase of money which contained a letter to the Soviet Embassy in Georgetown.

Another possible clue came from a note apparently written by Jones in a fit of despondency following the Ryan airport massacre and his reported fear that Ryan's investigation of reports that temple members See GUYANA on Page 8 "Sharing iS. Caring Salvation Army bell ringers are in 20 locations throughout the Muncie community this Christmas season, seeking donations toward the $40,000 goal which will help the young, the elderly and the misfortunate during a time that should be joyful for all. Won't you help? Emergency Work Muncie firemen use hydraulic rescue equipment to free Teresa Stanton, 21, Indianapolis, from her car that was involved in a head-on collision on Ind. 32 on the west side of Muncie Monday. She was taken to Ball Hospital in serious condition.

Merril Pennybacker, 65, rural Yorktown, driver of the truck in the background, was killed. (Star Photo by Jerry Burney) Carter Asks Mayors' Help With Inflation SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (UPI) President Carter asked big city mayors Monday to help him fight inflation by boycotting firms that do not comply with his wage-price guidelines and letting the public know of their efforts. Carter made the plea to a National League of Cities convention in St. Louis before flying to Utah for a speech to the Mormon Church. In his Salt Lake City speech, Carter praised family life and did not mention the Equal Rights Amendment by name an omission sure to anger women's groups that favor the constitutiona! amendment.

Those groups, including Carter's own National Advisory Council on Women, asked him last week to canPRESIDENT CARTER cel his Mormon speech and refuse a Mormon "family life" award Asks Urban Leaders to Help His Fight on Inflation because the church opposes ERA and played a major role in blocking its ratification in several states. some civil, political and economic Carter did make what appeared to rights. We're trying now to spread be a statement in favor of women, that throughout the nation." however, saying pioneers thought Before Carter flew into Salt Lake women could not stand the rigors of City Monday, White House press frontier life, but Utah showed they secretary Jody Powell told reporters could. there is a "very strong difference of He said the state's 1896 constitu- opinion" between the president and tion "recognized women should have women's groups opposed to his trip. DONATI "Like the rest of us, he (Bruns) will be working with the new board member, and he should have a vote in the selection process," she said.

Predicting an appointment in late January, the school board president noted that the school board has 30 days after the effective date of a resignation to fill the post. It's no secret that Goodall is advocating the selection of someone from Muncie's southside to fill Donati's unexpired term on the board, which is currently subject to at-large representation and dominated by northside residents. Goodall does concede, however, that it's probably a good idea to wait until Bruns takes his place on the board to fill the other vacancy. See GOODALL on Page 3 Inside Today's Star Muncie Sanitary District officials are looking to upgrade inspection of local sewer construction that has been a headache of recent. Page 5.

Looking for a quick-to-sew holiday party dress that will be the hit of the evening? Get an eyeful on Page 6. It's basketball season Ball State lost its opener Monday to Eastern Kentucky, 88-86; Indiana State took a 63-53 decision over Purdue, and Muncie Central's Bearcats are rated 4th in UPI's high school bas-' ketball poll. Page 11. The American place Party the of Indiana has election qualified bal- for an automatic on next general lot, sparing it the task of petitioning to get its candidates in the race. Page 7.

Delaware County's United Way drive still is struggling to reach its goal a month after the campaign officially ended. Page 8. The stock market Monday continued its recovery from a mid-November slump. Page 15. Bob 11 Classified 15-18 Deaths 8 4 Ann 6 Markets On 5 Puzzle 19 Sirens 8 Sports Talk of Town.

6 Television 14 Theaters 14 Week Ahead 14 Cloudy and Cold The outlook for today is cloudy and cold, according to the National Weather Service. Partial clearing is expected tonight with lows in the mid 20s. Highs today are expected to be in the mid to upper 30s. For details see Page 13. State Okays $55,000 Aid for Montpelier Park Work By LUANN WITT Star Staff Reporter MONTPELIER The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has given approval for the city to receive a $55,000 federal government grant for development of parks and recreation.

Before final approval can come, however, the grant application must also be approved by federal government officials. "This is the big stumbling block, though, and we passed it this time around," Stuart Armstrong, parks and recreation board president, said Monday. "The state acceptance is the big hurdle." Last fall city officials applied for the same grant, but the application was denied because the city was rated 33 and only 29 of the 100 requests were funded, according to Armstrong. "It's federal money administered by the state," he said. "We re-applied for the grant this September to develop nine and a quarter acres of land donated to us in the southwest part of Montpelier." The total project will cost $110,400.

"It's a 50-50 grant where the city pays half and the federal government pays half so we'll be getting $55,106 if the application is approved in its final stages." Within the next couple of months, city and state officials will meet to discuss administration of the project. According to Armstrong, final approval should come in the spring. If approved, park board members plan to install two tennis courts, a girls' softball diamond, shelterhouse, playground equipment, cooking grills and parking space near the present Little League Park. Man Dies, BSU Students Hurt in Ind. 32 Head-on By SETH Star A 65-year-old was killed Monday sion between his auto on Ind.

32 SLABAUGH Staff Reporter rural Yorktown man in a head-on collipickup truck and an near Perdieu Road. Merril Pennybacker died from a crushed chest, said Two car, and son, from hydraulic were Delaware deputy Jerry Golden. County coroner women in the Teresa Stanton Laura Hutchinboth 21 and Indianapolis, injured. Miss PENNYBACKER Stanton, the driver, was pinned between the steering column and the front seat in the auto. She was taken to Ball- Hospital in serious condition, where she was being treated for multiple injuries, police said.

Muncie fireman George Horning said she was freed with rescue equipment in about 10 minutes. Both women, who are Ball State students, apparently were returning to the campus after Thanksgiving holiday, since the car was loaded. with clothes, police said. Miss Hutchinson was reported in satisfactory condition at Ball Hospital. She suffered cuts and bruises and a possible broken shoulder.

Muncie police patrolman Dwight Adams said Pennybacker's truck, headed west, crossed the center line into the eastbound lanes. There was another truck, following the car, that was also involved in the wreck; the truck's driver, Caroll Tackett, 40, Martinsville, was uninjured. Golden said Pennybacker, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was trapped in his truck. An autopsy of the body showed Pennybacker died of internal injuries, Golden said. It was thought he lost control of the pickup after suffering a heart attack.

The 2:10 p.m. accident moved the county traffic death toll for 1978 to 33. Pennybacker was a lifelong resident of the Yorktown community and graduated from Yorktown High School. He retired in July of this year from Marsh Supermarkets where he was employed as a driver for 25 years. He formerly was employed at Chevrolet and Warner Gear.

He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the Air Force 13 years. He attended the Yorktown Methodist Church and was a member of the Muncie VFW, the Yorktown American Legion and the Eagles Lodge, Muncie. Survivors include his wife, Velma; three daughters, Mrs. James (Linda) Proudfoot, Yorktown, Mrs. Tom (Cindy) Spangler, Muncie, and Sheila Pennybacker, Muncie, and five grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Parson Mortuary..