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rmr i i t' TOE REPUBLICAN Yol 96 No 17229 Founded 1922 FRESNO CALIFORNIA Wednesday July 15 1970 Phone 268-5221 10c 6 Sections 76 Pages Probers Score Intentional Demos Fail To Overhaul 2 Tax Bills VietKillingsArmyHushup subcommittee at the end of its it violated the Geneva conven By Richard Rodda From ap ud upi report imittee said Army and Slate De-WASHINGTON Four partment officers in South congressional inves- nam suppressed a stream of have surprised skeptics! ports they received about the al- McCtatctry iwwiMPen political odltsr 53-page report yesterday can judge the cumulative effects of the horrors fears and frustrations which the men of Company had been forced to endure just prior to their action at My Lai on March 16 of that year" The panel said what happened was obviously wrong and that on all sides by reporting that US soldiers shot down innocent civilians in the South Vietnamese hamlet of My LaL Furthermore the special House Armed Services subcom- leged The lawmakers however refrained from a blanket condemnation of what took place when Company swept through the village on March 16 1968 this late said the tions the rules of engagement and directives from the highest allied commands in Vietnam on the treatment of civilians It said innocent civilians were by American troops fact it was so wrong and so foreign to the normal character and actions of our military forces as to immediately raise a question as to the legal sanity at the time of those men the panel concluded Rep Edward Hebert D-La chairman of the special investigating subcommittee FSCs Baxter Is Named New President Of College Related Story on Page 12-D AP Wircphoto WHAT THE CONGRESSMEN SAW These photos released yesterday by Life magazine show US representatives inspecting die prison at Con Son Island in South Vietnam William Anderson D-Tenn left and Augustus Hawkins D-Calif peer into the barred pits during a recent visit to Vietnam SACRAMENTO The Reagan $1 billion tax shift program moved to the floor of the Senate today after Democrats failed in attempts to overhaul it The fight took place last night and early today at a lengthy hearing of the Senate Finance Committee With Republicans holding a one-vote majority on the committee they stood firm and beat off all efforts to make major changes in the program Shortly after midnight the climax came when the committee approved) the tax measures AB 1000 and AB 1001 Bagley Leaders of the minority party warned however they will resume tiie battle when the bills are called up for debate in the Senate chamber Wide Opposition Spokesmen for the education establishment the county supervisors the cities and other groups joined the Democrats in sponsoring amendments to revise the Bagley bills Sen Stephen Teale of Calaveras County vice chairman of the committee led the opposition forces He first offered a proposal to provide property tax relief totaling $464 million during the current fiscal year It would be financed principally by inauguration of a withholding system for collection of state income taxes Teale lost on a 7 to 6 straight party line vote Representatives of the County Supervisors Association of Cali-fomia joined another move by 'the Democrats which would jhave restored to the legislation an annual state grant of $35 million to the counties under the medically indigent program Henry KIoss Sacramento County supervisor told the committee the tax legislation in its See Demos Page 6-A By Ray Steele Jr Fresno Bit staff writer LOS ANGELES Dr Norman A Baxter named yesterday as the new president of Fresno State College said he hopes to head a strong administration that is not afraid to make decisions but one that listens to various The State College Board of Trustees selected Baxter yesterday in a 90-minute closed-door session charged by debate on whether the trustees would pick a man from on or off campus appointment is effective Aug 1 The job has a salary of about $31000 Baxter 45 succeeds Dr Karl Falk who has been acting president since Dr Frederic Ness abruptly resigned last October Baxter has been academic vice president for 11 months Bides Baxter the trustees interviewed Dr James Purdue from the State University of New York at Oswego for the job selection was predictable He had been rumored as the primary candidate under consideration but he received no official word he was on said 'today the Army tried to the investigation most important thing we learned is that the Army has got to learn to cooperate with Congress trying to do a he said Hebert was interviewed on NBC-TVs today show along with the other subcommittee members Reps Samuel Stratton D-NY Charles Gubser R-Caljf and William Dickinson R-Ala The other members agreed with Hebert in his criticism of the Army in connection with the investigation of the incident Gubser said must overhaul it from the lowest command to the highest level major surgery is required on the US is no doubt there was a coverup by the Gubser added tried to keep the committee from getting the The subcommittee was formed and assigned its task by committee chairman Mendel Rivers D-SC Rivers has complained bitterly since the Pentagon began seriously investigating the My Lai allegations and See Killings Page 6-A I fikaib 'iw miit MTHfl AP Wlraphoto MORE THAN 500 political prisoners are kept shackled in the pits some of them women some girls as young as 15 South Vietnam has launched an investigation of the prison but Rep William Anderson D-Tex another congressmen who visited them has warned President Nixon that Con Son might become as infamous as Dachau He urged a separate US probe See FSC Page 6-A Red China Influence Planners Okay IRS Area Annexation Clovis Memorial Voters Approve Detaching Area Assembly OKs New Rights For 18-Year-Olds White House Rejects Asia Appraisal Frwn AP and UPI report Bw Pilot TAKES Dr Norman A Baxter Fresno State new president during a press conference at the Fresno Air Terminal last night WASHINGTON Secretary of State William Rogers who as tiie official foreign policy adviser was left with egg on his face when he assured Congress there would be no additional US involvement in Southeast Asia only days before President Nixon announced the Cambodian incursion appeared to be in another flap with the White House today A Nixon spokesman refused to endorse Following a hearing attended by about 60 persons most of them opposed to the annexation the commissioners voted without comment The annexation area is bounded generally by Chestnut and Butler Avenues Huntington Boulevard and Villa Avenue (extended) It includes 50 acres for immediate development of the IRS site and 10 acres for future growth at the northeast comer of Willow and Cheestnut Avenues The Local Agency Formation Commission has approved the By Joe Rosato The annexation of 564 acres including the site proposed for the Internal Revenue Service data processing center and an application for the rezoning of 60 acres to accommodate the center last night were recommended unanimously for approval by the Fresno City Planning Commission Next step for the annexation proposal will be a protest hearing set for 9 am Aug 10 by the City Council Under annexation procedures that is the earliest date the matter can be heard If About 11 per cent of the voters of the Clovis Memorial District went to the polls yesterday to overwhelmingly approve the detachment of nine square miles of territory from the district The vote was 1839 for and 524 against The area to be detached is generally bounded by North Fresno Street Herndon It was opposed by Trustees winery and Ashlan Avenues Corey Edward Lee I Rex phebus district are Alec Norrifn? A1JJager said are pretty College Trustees Say ROTC Will Continue SACRAMENTO (AP) Legislation to lower the voting age in California to 18 was approved 59-13 by the Assembly today The proposed amendment required 54 votes a two-thirds majority in the 80-seat Assembly The measure by Assembly-man John Briggs R-Fullerton is broader than recent federal law because it lowers the age of adulthood in other areas too including contracts civil and criminal law and eligibility for area for annexation to Fresno public office recom- center Commissioners mend rezoning for 1-F retary Ronald Ziegler that difficult to say if Hanoi is closer to He added that relations with China have "fluctuated from time to The press secretary said that "the key to peace is and added that the North Vietnamese government would continue to pursue its own policies But he said that if Hanoi "elects not to deal through negotiations they will face the prospect of dealing in the future with a much stronger South Ziegler said he knew that Rogers "feels without question that the Cambodian operation helped Vietnamization and any- See Rogers Page 6-A appraisal of the chances for peace The sequence went like this: in an interview carried Monday and yesterday on the Westinghouse Broadcasting Corp on his recent 11-day Asian tour Rogers said the US operation in Cambodia had given Communist China greater influence in North Vietnam This Rogers said led him to doubt that Hanoi would at this time seek a negotiated settlement to the Vietnam conflict He said that the hostilities might diminish but that the long-term result could be a state of peace and no The White House then stepped in today with a statement by White House Press Sec By James Wrightston McClalchy nwsppcrs itiff wriMr LOS ANGELES In an attempt to head off any cancellation of ROTC this fall the State College Board of Trustees has voted all-out support for student officers military training The vote was 10 to 4 on a resolution by Trustee Dudley Swim which said shall continue to be part of the regular academic curriculum and for credit at the state A similar resolution failed to Adequate Service In recommending approval Deputy City Manager Bruce Reiss said one of the conditions imposed by the General Services Administration and IRS is that the facility be located in the City of Fresno to adequate fire police and water services to protect the structure and the valuable Reiss said the city wishes to See IRS Page 6-A The only area in which 18-year-olds would not have adult status would be drinking which would remain at age 21 is not that important to young people Voting is the Briggs said adding that he left the drinking issue out because he fearedit would defeat the bill If adopted by the Senate the See Age Page 6-A Ruffo They argued since ROTCy back tbe (Clovis Units not under attack at the state fied school district boundaries colleges such a resolution think it is a fair and only give it special sta-ble boundary tus- About half the 21000 Weissich explained why he i voters live in the area to be de-and the others were pressing Cached the resolution Last year a light turnout of This course (ROTC) hasiVOteis approve(j removal of been singled out for elminationanotber miIes fnjm by tbe radical left across the tbe district country I would like to see this: i Mrs Marshall A Smith Jr clear the Educational Policy: ard take a stand supporting- ed moVB for detacb Committee on Monday 'ment of both areas claimed the Reagan caiied the adoption of VeIeraflS Bldlding in the resolution timely thing to clovis to no longer truy aV but instead a 'community building for Clovis Willis Edwards vice presi-i to continue ROTC at tbe state bent of the student body at Cali-! Ph fanda St Cabas i lea owners of 50 per cent or more of the assessed value of the 564 acres protest annexing to the city the matter is dead for at least one year The rezoning application and final subdivision map will be heard the following week Special Session Commissioners meeting in special session last night voted unanimously to recommend the annexation and zone change Also approved in the more than session was a tentative Two Held In Montanan's Murder Tm A Cannibal---! Ate His Heart' geles and a Vietnam veteran doubly taxed as they also pay 30 per $100 assessed valuation for recreation in Fresno pleaded with the board: ROTC alone It's not tract map for 60 acres at the northeast comer of East Butler and South Willow Avenues filed by Robert Russell and Associates for the IRS center Wyo after an accident 20 miles south of Big Sur in a wilderness area along the Pacific Coast See ROTC Page 6-A Opponents of the detachment argued many Fresno citizens Mont Baker also told them he had eaten the heart after shooting the vietjm officers added Stroup refused to talk and patrolmen said Baker tried to dear him of involvement by admitting that he had fired the fatal shot Frwn AP and UPI reports have a I am a a long-haired and bearded man told a highway patrolman Stanley Baker 22 of Storey Wyo uttered the words when be was arrested along with Harry Stroup 20 of Sheridan Weather OFFICIAL FORECAST use the building and there is no 'duplication of Fresno's recreation because Fresno does not Fair through tomorrow with have the facilities offered at the high clouds at times Highs Memorial Building 96-103 degrees Lows 64-70 de- Warren Cantrell Local grees Winds mostly Agency Formation Commission northwesterly 5-15 mph with executive ofticer recommended The Park County Mont Sheriff Don Guintoni said last night a site had been found where he believed Schlosser had been killed The site four miles north of Gardiner was about a mile from where a dismembered body was found last Saturday Positive indentifica-tion has been hampered by a lack of fingerprints Guintoni said a military type knife with a six-inch blade was found at the scene in addition to dried blood teeth panicles of flesh and bone fragments Baker and Stroup were held in the county jail on a warrant from Montana cfcargirg them with murder Both were scheduled to be arraigned in Salinas Municipal Court as fugitives from a murder charge Top News Inside World Saigon troops open offense against Reds 3-A Israeli jets hit Egypt again as Arabs score US 12-A Kosygin gets new term on unamimous vote 14-A Nation House unit OKs import quotas: would boost clothing prices 30 per cent 14-A Rawlings wins Virginia Demo Senate primarv 14-A Mitchell will defend 18-year-cld bill 12-A State And Local 50 Mexican workers seized as illegal 1-F Park beard opposes entry fee 1-F Xj school employes w-I help cheese I-F against the prcpoal saying the tax rate would increase from 24 certs to 69 cents for persons remaining within the district Darol Smith a Monterey County sheriffs detective said yesterday the car the pair was driving was registered to James Schlosser a missing Montana social worker whose armless legless headless and heartless body was found ar a Yellowstone River campsite four miles north of Gardiner Mont Randy Newton the patrolman who made the arrest Morday said each was carrying a human finger bore Baker who said he belonged to a Satanic cult reportedly told FBI agents and sheriffs officer that Schlosser had picked them up as they hitchhiked near Big Tiirber In The Bee Today Amusements Theaters 1S-D 19-D Bridge 6-D City News In Brief 5-F Classified 6-F To 1I-F Comics 14-D Editorials 18-A Financial 4-F 5-F Obituaries 3-F Politics By Rodda 1-A Radio 17-A Sports Section Stop Killing Yourself 9-D Television 20-D TV In Review 20-D ttal Statistics 6-F Weather 6-F Activities 13-D To 17-D Your Horoscope 9-D some gusts FRESNO FACTS 100 65 Today's 101 63 6S 103 At I pm the temperature was S2 degrees and the relative humidity was 27 per cent Yesterday's smog two I 14 total oxidart in pans per Chuckle 'tf Advice far heme gardeners: Plant alyssum millicn (13 ppm is in the first re bulbs in the I level) second and so forth That phs i Details on Page 6-F weeds way in the back" AP vVl Stanley Baker James Schlosser 1.