The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 4

4-A Friday December 13 1988 THE FRESNO BEE State Plans To Spend $35 Million In Valley By James Dufur Frano Be taH writer SACRAMENTO-The state plans to call for bids on construe tion projects totaling at least $35 million in Fresno Tulare Kings and Kern Counties in 1968 hH-initad ire two projects totaling $1-84 million at Fresno State College One is a proposed $16 million addition to the engineering building The other is a $283000 project which in-voives putting in utilities on land Call For Briefs Ends tom Plant Hearing SAN LUIS OBISPO (UPD-Atate Public Utilities Examiner KJnt Rogers said at the conclusion of hearings yesterday that be wjfl accept briefs from both sides on the Pacific Gas A Electric Cft request for a permit for a second nuclear reactor unit at D(bblo Canyon jitter he receives the briefs ting in utilities on land acquired this year The Paso Robles job involves die replacing of steam lines Bids for it will be advertised in February Police Seize 3 In Riverside Architect Death SAN DIEGO (UPI) Three men are being questioned in the slaying of an architect whose beaten and ganoted body was found in a sippered sleeping bag in the surf near San Diego Police said Jack Burg 44 was killed Monday by persons who knew Mm wen enough to be admitted to his apartment in Riverside body was identified yesterday by fingerprints It had been found Wednesday the same day secretary alarmed by his disappearance went to his apartment and found it splattered with blood Three San Diego area men were taken into custody yesterday They are Richard Hod-gin 26 a Rental technician stationed at a Navy hospital here George Theodore Stone 27 of Oceanside and Richard Sinclair 25 of Vista Following their arrest at apartment the three were turned over to Riverside police Riverside Police Captain Irvin Cross said Burg had been involved in a business deal with one of the three men and a disagreement had arisen at apartment He did not elaborate Burg was separated from his wife Laura and lived alone PRESIDENT-ELECT AND Mrs Richard Nixon are greeted at the White House by President Johnson While Nixon and Johnson were conferring on maters of state Mrs Johnson gave Mrs Nixon a tour of the Executive Mansion Nixon Commits Urban Coalition hft will write a report for the pyc which then must decide fther to grant the permit for new unit igers concluded three 6 hearings on the subject yes- jjkt the final day citizens of the ases asked James Morgan senior electric engineer for to describe the 84-mile corridor which will connect the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant to a substation near But-tcnwillow This substation ties injo die main San Joaquin Valley and Southern California pow- ef system fforgan Said die corridor would have a maximum width oH050 feet and would have six towers abreast Construction on itis expected to begin In 1970 tan McMillan representing tlft Scenic Shoreline Preservation Conference indicated his group will file a brief in opposition to the PGAE request gle also asked that in die future each additional unit for Djbblo Canyon be considered on its own during die hearing PGAE presented a revised cost estimate for the second unit which supply 1156000 additional kifowatts of power of $183 mil-Ityh about $15 million higher thhn die original estimate 'Ernie Porter of Atascadero a commercial abalone diver contended die heat discharged from thif generator cooling systems mjfeht destroy marine growth bull kelp in particular on which abalone feed but Dr Ernest While the two men met in the presidential office Mrs Nixon daughter Tricia and wives of the incoming Cabinet members were entertained in the executive mansion by Mrs Johnson and daughter LucL The men of the new Cabinet simultaneously were being honored at a State Department reception- given by members of the Johnson Cabinet Earlier children of incoming Cabinet members toured the White House accompanied by Tricia Nixon and Luci Johnson Nugent and visited other Washington tourist spots first with Rogers Nixon's choice for secretary of state and thus by protocol the ranking member of (he new Cabinet team White House press secretary George Christian was asked if a possible summit meeting with Soviet leaders was discussed "It was not listed in their he said Christian said the two men did discuss the state of the union budget and economic messages which Johnson will deliver to Congress next month various housekeeping matters and the relationships between Cabinet designates and present Cabinet members SF State: New Threat Sale University of Washington marine biologist said it would not alter marine life beyond the 40-acre area of the Diablo Canyon cove If the PUC grants the certificate sought by PGAE the next step for the company will be a second hearing before the Atomic Energy Commission on the question of safety of additional nuclear generating units Reagan From Page 1-A to advice from outside (he college system The Board of Trustees will undoubtedly enlist the counsel of persons and agencies expertly versed in the field of higher education as well as in other areas directly affecting college governance in a quest for a just and meaningful solution to the basic problems that have led to the present he declared A proposal for mediation was made by the San Francisco Labor Council and Mayor Joseph Alioto Strike Threatened Faculty members in the San Francisco State local of the American Federation id Teachers have threatended to go out on strike unless the trustees and the governor are williqg to negotiate solutions to the troubles at the school About strike proposals Meri-am said he considers the AFT to be just "another campus He quoted the following remarks he made in a letter to George Johns secretary-treasurer of the San Francisco Labor Council: It also must be understood in relation to the proposed by members of the American Federation of Teachers Local 1352 at San Francisco State College that there is no contractural relationship between the State of California and Local 1352 "The Board of Trustees and the administration of the state colleges must take whatever actions are proper as well as legally required when dealing with an action on the part of a relatively small group of faculty members who might choose to refuse to Asked if that means the striking professors would be fired (feriam commented: "That pretty well sums it up But I do not wish to put any threats in the Mrs Kennedy Daughter Are In Good Condition WASHINGTON (AP) Mrs Robert Kennedy and her newborn daughter remain in good Condition Georgetown Medical Center reported today A spokesman said Mrs Kennedy widow of the slain senator from New York spent a restful night after giving birth by Caesarean section Thursday morning The baby still to be named has been moved to the regular nursery from an incubator the hospital said Use of an incubator is routine immediately after birth by Cae-sarean section the spokesman said Mrs Kennedy and the baby her 11th child are to go home late next Week NEW YORK (AP) -President-Elect Richard Nixon won a pledge today from leaders of the Urban Coalition that they will cooperate fully with him whenever passible in tackling problems of the cities John Gardner chairman of the coalition composed of leaders in public and private life committed to broad social objectives told newsmen he felt certain the group could collaborate with Nixon in many areas -The session lasted 90 minutes a half-hour longer than and was described by Gardner as "a very loose exploration of our common Sitting in was Daniel Patrick Moynihan newly named assistant for urban affairs He told reporters Nixon planned to participate in a White House meeting between leaders of the coalition and his own new urban affairs council soon after inauguration Among those present at the conference was Mayor John Lindsay of New York David Rockefeller president of the Chase Manhattan Bank I Abel president of the United Steelworkers Union and Whitney Young Jr executive director of the National Urban League -This meeting was followed by a luncheon get-together of Nixon and former Pennsylvania Gov William Scranton recently returned bom a Middle East mission for the president-elect Also present at lunch were Henry A Kissinger assistant for national security affairs William Rogers secretary of state designate and journalist Walter Lippmann Nixon was turning Ms attention to more specific problems of government at home and abroad following his return to New York after naming his cabinet in Washington and meeting with President Johnson Scranton who visited Israel and five Arab neighbors at behest was to give a personal report in the privacy of the president-elect's Fifth Avenue apartment After spending more than eight hours with his new Cabinet in a series of briefings Nixon drove to the White House fur a 65-minute private session in office that dealth with the1 Middle East Vietnam and other problems Johnson during the meeting informed Nixon he was available to meet individually with members of the incoming Cabinet and that he would confer newly developed on the campus The Office of Architecture and Construction of the State Department of General Services in a summary released today of $81 million worth of proposed 1969 projects throughout the state said bids for the FSC engineering addition job should be advertised next October Bids for the FSC utility job should be advertised in April Hospital Projects The agency said the other jobs in the four counties include a proposed $117 million project to air condition some ward buildings at the Porterville State Hospital Bids for this job are expected to be advertised in June The other projects in the four counties are: Fresno-A $114000 project to extend the roof iff the grandstand on the Fresno District Fair ground tb be advertised next month Kings-A $167000 project to construct a highway maintenance station near Lemoore to be advertised in August A $175000 project to expand the highway maintenance station at Lebec to be advertised in August The agency reported also it plans to advertise next year for Mds on projects totaling $784000 on the campus of California State Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo It also will seek Mds for a $108000 project at the Paso Robles School for Boys The Cal Poly projects are two site-development jobs including one for $689000 which will involve development of land acquired in 1967 Bids will be sought for this job in July The other project is for $115-000 and bids will be advertised for it in March It involves put Crash From Page 1-A from Ireland and one from Switzerland The airline listed the other 21 passengers from Venezuela Among the passengers was Mrs Olga Antonetti de Dugarte who had been "Miss in 1962 A resident of New Yak she and her 4 year old daughter were pomlng to spend Christmas with relatives was a great explosion and only fragments of the plane said a naval officer A prominent Venezuelan advertising executive Luis Beltran Gonzalez was also on the plane returning bom a business trip to New York Residents of a housing project behind the airport also reported seeing a shower of fiery fragments falling into the sea at the time of the crash Pan American said the captain was Sidney Still-waugh of West blip NY The co-pilot was William Canell iff Upper Saddle River NJ the engineer Richard Titus of Ridgewotid NJ the pursers Alfred Perez of Valley Stream NY and Mrs Heidrun Caplan iff New Yak City the stewardesses Franciska Buyers of New York Catherine Kane iff New Yak and Eva Johansson iff Stockholm Sweden Also aboard was a stewardess trainee Miss Ambrey whose hometown was not listed always Bargain Day in Bee loaded with money saving bargains by and haven't drop by now From Page 1-A to the tone north of Shields Avenue motors running and heaters going while the occupants await the lighting iff the lights Then the nightly parade of slowly moving vehicles will start northward one-way along the colorful and musical salute to the Christmas season How many prbbably will partake of this part of the Yule season? Officials of the sponsoring Fig Garden Mens Club have no idea Last year when there were 14 nights of pageantry an estimated 131568 persons lived it Will fewer nights reduce the patronage a will it bring even more to see it? The answer will be known after the lane closes on Christmas Night Christmas Tree Lane dates back to many years ago when a sorrowing mother lighted a small tree in her front yard in remembrance iff a dead son The idea caught on and in time more yards were decorated more trees illuminated In past years traffic was backed up more than a mile waiting to start down the mile-and-a-half of the lane Mom-mental traffic jams resulted Because iff the demand or maybe it was the cause of the demand the duration of the lane was extended Until a few years ago the lights glowed through New Night To stage a spectacle of this size and magnitude has always been costly and money has always been a plaguing problem to lane residents and the sponsors 4 Piggy bank Customarily a receptacle made to look like a chimney has been placed midway along the lane guarded by a jolly fellow in a Santa Claus suit and Bullard High School boys Donations are accepted Last year's patrons left behind them which amounts to about 26 cents a car The average is four persons to each car Another $3000 comes from Fresno County and $1000 from the city Last year tiffs made fa a grand total of $1220 Actual cost of the lights wiring electricity installing and dismantling comes to slightly more than $11000 But vandals last year managed to inflict about $1800 worth iff damage to the despite almost constant policing by sheriffs deputies Pillagers and others managed to wreck many of the yard displays too After a few' times iff this even the most Christmas-spirited resident thinks twice about going to the expense of decorating his home But generally they go along with their neighbors in helping promote what they believe is the true spirit iff the season Thus a public display intended to be a tribute to the Prince of Peace must he policed by uniformed men with pistols strapped to their Mps But it will be so this Christmas season seen From Page 1-A initiated by the police who resumed the previous day's practice of entering orderly crowds of strikers to arrest students wanted for previous offenses Gene Marchi a leader in the Students for a Democratic Society was arrested among a group on the library steps The first target of the day' he was charged with unlawful assembly and disturbing the peace in an arrest 'warrant issued for his strike activity last week After the noonhpur rally of about 800 persons at which perhaps half joined the chant the protesters marched around the commons lawn After one circuit the police moved in to pluck John Levin an SDS leader from the group When a coed tried to stop them she was arrested too Angry at the arrests some of the strikers confronted a police line of about 100 officers for a period but then resumed their march without contact In leaving the campus the hundreds of strikers were tunneled through a narrow walkway with highway patrolmen lining either side In the inevitable jostling in the tight quarters three more persons were arrested after scuffles with patrolmen A dozen stones were hurled at a police van when two prisoners were loaded into it In all 16 persons were arrested -yesterday including a man identified as Robert Stanley a 42-year-old plumber who was charged with assaulting a highway patrolman and resisting arrest Acting' Police Chief A1 Nelder defended the arrest tactics as an obligation imposed by the court "The warrants have been is Viet From Page 1-A pattern stretcMng from jungle infiltration routes 75 miles northwest of Saigon to within 27 miles northeast of the capital US Intelligence sources say 15000 to 25000 North Vietnamese troops and perhaps ever 30000 are deployed along a 10O-mile stretch of the Cambodian border in the arc ninth of Saigon US analysts in' Washington reported Thursday that there are strong indications these troops are preparing for a new winter offensive while another 20000 to 25000 North Vietnamese detected moving in from Laos are believed setting their sights on Hue the old imperial capital at the northern end of South Vietnam Meanwhile Vietnamese police and military staffs in Saigon remained on 100 per cent alert after intelligence reports indicated the enemy may step up terrorism and attempt suicide squad attacks on allied installations to commemorate the Dec 19 anniversary of the first Viet Minh attack in 1946 on the French in Hand Six Vietnamese civilians were reported wounded today when a grenade exploded in front of house under construction in Cholon the Chinese section of Saigon Authorities said it had not been determined whether the blkst was the work of Viet Cong terrorists They said the house was being built hi an alleyway and there reportedly had been a neighborhood dispute about locating it there Military spokesmen reported nine enemy shellings overnight the most serious at Sa Dee a provincial capital in the Mekong Delta 67 miles southwest of Saigon South Vietnamese headquarters said enemy gunners fired eight rounds into Sa Dee killing seven soldiers and wounding 14 soldiers and eight civilians SECRETARY DIES NEW YORK (AP) Mrs Rosamond Goodman 81 who was secretary to the late Ernie Pyle until his death in World War II died in a nursing hone in New York after a long illness If you've been your car Rampage uftjity plumbing facilities They tore toilets off the wall and smashed holes in a hallway wslL fco me was injured The cost 1 of Repairing the damage has not been estimated deputies said it was not until about 9 pm that the jail eras back in order the prisoners separated and moved to different cells and the flows mopped up Willmirth said that as soon as arrangements can be made two of the prisoners indicted by the Grand Jury will be sent to the state penal institution' in Vacaville while the other seven will be sent to the penal facility in Tracy "These men have been troublemakers sinice they got here' he said problem is overcrowding and we just don't have isolation facilities to handle The sex perversion and sodomy indictments handed down by the Grand Jury resulted from an investigation by the district attorney's office following reports of sexual assaults on three different occasions The three alleged victims were transferred to the Kings County Jail The nine indicted by Grand Jury were expected to be arraigned late today before Superior Court Judge Donald Franson They are David Humphreys 25 Charles Paul Me Niel 18 Wayne Hunsaker 20 Vernon Dennis Reasons 24 Robert Clark 25 Richard Oliver Klenk 20 Virgil Clark 24 Jerry Thomas Floyd 26 and Tommie Ray Trotter 25 rnrnmmm sued and we as policemen have been commanded by the court to pick up these people and arrest he said The student pickets were joined yesterday morning by a delegation of about 80 supporters from Sonoma State College in an orderly march of about 800 students The AFT picket line which marched separately from the students totaled about 125 The greatest loss to strikers and nonstrikers alike in the arrest of George Gomer a colorfully-d graduate student who strums an untuned guitar in an unmusical accompaniment to impromptu lyrics Although some suggested he was arrested for singing off key the charge against the campus minstrel was for using obscene language beneath office window In another development yesterday Theodore Meriam chairman of the board of trustees appointeda four-man consulting body of trustees to serve as a with Hayakawa All Bay area residents they are Louis Heilbron James Thatcher Albert Ruffe and Karl Wente Their specific role in the strike crisis was not spelled out except as described by a spokesman for the office "to help Hayakawa as he may The Black Students Union began the strike Nov 6 to enforce its 10 demands Included in them is the creation of an autonomous Black Studies Department with 20 instructors guaranteed admission for all nonwhite students next -fell promotion for Associate Prof Nathan Hare as head of the department and amnesty for all strike participants iei flp ftmmmmS.