The Press Democrat from Santa Rosa, California • 5

'FREEWAY KILLER' Wednwday, July 30, 1980 2 charged in 14 murders The State Atkins denied parole Susan Atkins, a former disciple of Charles Manson now serving a life sentence for her part in the Tate-LaBianca murders 11 years ago, has again been denied parole. Miss Atkins was refused parole Tuesday during a routine annual hearing at the Corona California Institution for Women, where she and two other Manson family members, Leslie Van Hou-ten and Patricia Krenwinkel, are serving life sentences. Miss Krenwinkle is scheduled to appear for a parole hearing Wednesday. fN LOS ANGELES (UPD A truck driver and a magician have been charged with 14 murders in the "Freeway Killer" case, but authorities say there are at least two other suspects in the string of grisly murders Involving as many as 41 young victims. William Bonin, a 33-year-old trucker, Vietnam veteran and registered sex offender, and Vernon Butts, Bonin's 22-year-old friend and a magician, appeared in Municipal Court Tuesday on murder and robbery charges.

Bonin was charged with 14 counts of murder, 11 counts of robbery, one count of sodomy and one count of mayhem. Butts was charged with helping Bonin commit six of the murders and with three counts of robbery. Both men requested and were granted delays in their arraignments, Bonin until Aug. 8 and Butts until Aug. 13.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department also announced that Bonin was a suspect in at least another seven of the 41 or more slay-ings of young males and the Orange County sheriff said Bonin would be charged with five killings in that county. Deputy District Attorney Aaron Stovitz said there were two other suspects in the case and another prosecutor said there could be three or four other people involved in one der surveillance in the Freeway Killer case. But it wasn't until last Friday that he was charged with a murder, the slaying of Marcus Grabs, a 17-year-old youth from Germany. That same day police visited Butts at his home in Downey, the same town Bonin lives in. They said they arrested him after finding evidence at his home linking him to one of the killings.

Greg Carmack, president of a homosexual group that earlier offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the Freeway Killer or killers, said Tuesday he is concerned that the police will stop following up on leads because they think they have their killers. Police and prosecutors, however, said the investigation continues as does the search for more suspects. Bonin, who is on probation from a mental hospital and is a registered sex offender, was described in psychiatric reports as having had experiences with both sexes while in the Army in Vietnam. He was released from Atascadero state mental hospital because the doctors said, he was untreatable. One report said "he wanted to straighten himself out but doesn't know how to go about it" A spokesman for the board said Miss Atkins was denied parole because she had a criminal history, showed a "callous disregard" for the murder victims and displayed no remorse at I WILLIAM BONIN State tightens up on toxic wastes SACRAMENTO (UPD California will have tighter controls over hazardous wastes and encourage conservation through the use of alternate energy sources under bills signed by Gov.

Edmund G. Brown Jr. Brown signed five measures Tuesday strengthening controls on the use and disposal of toxic chemicals. He noted that eight of the 14 toxic waste bills proposed in his state-of-the-state address this year have become law. "These bills tighten procedures for cleaning up hazardous materials, increasing fines for violators and strengthen enforcement," Brown said in a statement.

The governor also said the five energy related bills signed "speeds California on the way toward a new, more diverse energy future based not on diminishing fossil fuels but on renewable energy sources." The measures signed by the governor are: AB 2700, by Assembly Speaker Leo McCarthy, D-San Francisco, which allows fast cleanup of hazardous materials when it's impossible to determine quickly who is responsible for a spill. AB 1150 by Assemblyman William Filante, R-Green-brae, authorizes a water conservation tax credit for construction of water tanks and other conservation steps, including shower and faucet flow-reducing devices. SB 183 by Sen. John Nejedly, R-Walnut Creek, which requires the Office of Emergency Services to prepare a toxic disaster contingency plan. SB 1467, by Sen.

John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, eliminates a loophole which Brown says has encouraged companies to dispose of hazardous wastes on their own property. The law prior to the Garamendi measure exempts people who discharge wastes on their own property from paying a fee to the state health department Fireworks blast kills 3 SAN DIEGO (UPD Three soldiers loading confiscated firecrackers onto a pickup truck were killed in an explosion and fire that rocked an ammunition bunker at the West Coast's largest nuclear submarine base. Half a ton of fireworks, confiscated at the Mexico border, were being transferred Tuesday from an Army ammo bunker for disposal in the desert when a fire in the pickup apparently touched off the blast. Authorities said the cause of the fire was undetermined and under investigation today. All the victims, members of the 70th Explosives Ordnance Team, were found by firefighters against the rear wall of the blackened concrete ammo bunker.

Two of the dead soldiers were identified late Tuesday as Spec. 5 Nancy Oszakewski, 24, Villa Park, and Spec. 5 Ronald Kostenbader, 22, Nazareth, Pa. Identification of the third victim was withheld until relatives could be located. or more of the killings.

Prosecutors said no deals had been made with either Bonin or Butts in exchange for testimony and that they had enough evidence to convict them independently of the killings, in which many of the youths were strangled and tortured and some had been sexually mutilated. Bonin was arrested July 11 while allegedly committing a homosexual act with a 17-year-old in a Hollywood parking lot. He had been un her trial. Appeal on local fees An appellate court ruling that allows local jurisdictions to raise fees to pay for government services without fear of violating Proposition 13 may be taken to the state Supreme Court David R. Hammer of Weaverville, attorney for Albert Mills, who challenged increased fees in Trinity County, said an appeal may be made to the state Supreme Court The 3rd District Court of Appeal overturned a lower court ruling Monday, deciding that new and increased fees by counties, cities and other jurisdictions do not amount to "special taxes" within the meaning of Proposition 13.

PUC won't block Diablo plant Charges dropped a review based their concerns on SAN FRANCISCO (UPD The California Public Utilities Commission has refused to reconsider certification of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in light of alleged health threats, saying that questions of public safety are not in its jurisdiction. The PUC said Tuesday organizations asking for decertification and 1969 for construction of the plant. "If the plant presents serious risks to public health and safety, it should not be operated," the PUC said, but added that that determination can only be made by the NRC. The decision came at a meeting attended by about 100 residents of the San Luis Obispo area, who were visibly disappointed but orderly. radiological safety and health, which were exclusively within the authority of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The state has no jurisdiction over radiological safety measures, the commission said in refusing to reconsider permits granted to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. in 1967 and The government has dropped charges against three persons in the massive Hells Angels con-, spiracy and racketeering case, leaving 21 of thq original 33 defendants still facing trial this fall. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert S. Muelleit said Tuesday that charges were dropped against Anita Musick, 38, Castro Valley; William Solano 36, Seattle; and Michael Overstreet, 31, Novate.

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