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'CIA college thugs' ahr SakrmfM (Calif nrniatt Tuesday, Dec. 31,1974 --7 By ART BUCHWALD WASHINGTON For some years now Washington, D.C., has had one of the highest robbery rates of any city in the country. We always assumed the crimes were committed by the underprivileged, unemployed and disaffected members of the population. So you can imagine our surprise when all of us picked up The New York Times the other day and read that there was some evidence that the CIA had been involved in breaking and entering and other second-story jobs in the capital. No one knows how many break-ins in which the CIA were Involved, but it certainly does pose a problem as far as our crime rate is concerned.

My friend, George Washington Custer, called me as soon as he read the story. "Hey, man," he said chortling. "You read where the CIA's been committing all the break-ins in our fair city?" "The story didn't say that," I warned Custer. "It indicated that there was a possibility that the CIA may have been involved in some break-ins in the name of national security." "What are they breaking into homes in Washington for? I thought they were supposed to spy on all those Communists in Russia." "That's the point, Custer. In order to spy on Communists in the Soviet Union, it is sometimes necessary to break into people's homes in the United States.

But I'm certain the CIA would not sneak into anybody's house unless they were certain they were friends of our enemies abroad." "How would they know that?" Custer demanded. "Because apparently the CIA kept a list of American's that were suspect. They probably weren't permitted to rob your house unless you were on the list." "How come the CIA were allowed to do this?" "They weren't," I said patiently. "But when you work for the CIA you can do a lot of things you are not allowed to do. That's why you operate in secret." "Well, let me ask you this.

Suppose half the break-ins in Washington were made by the CIA and only half were made by the common robber? How come they never caught the CIA fellows?" "The CIA crook has much better training for breaking and entering than the average man in the street. For one thing, he's a college graduate." "Well, let me ask you another question. If the CIA is involved in a breaking-and- entering job, does that make it a street crime or a white-collar crime?" "That's a good question, Custer. Why do you ask?" "If it's a white-collar crime and it's been listed as a street crime, then maybe Washington's been taking a bum rap. How do we know the biggest crimes in this city have not been committed by the government?" "The biggest crimes in any city are always committed by the government, Custer.

You should know that." "It still bothers me. Going into someone's home through a window sounds like something the White House would do-not the CIA." "Maybe," I said, "But let me ask you this. What would you do if you had all those people working for you out in Virginia and you could only afford to send a certain number of them abroad? Wouldn't you tell them to go out and break into a home in Washington?" "But why?" he asked "Practice. Custer, practice." (c) 1974, Los Angeles Times Legal Notices Legal Notices DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS COUNTY OF KERN NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed proposals will be received at the office of Ihe ClerX of Ibe Board of Supervisors. Kern County Civic Center.

1415 Tmxtim Avenue. Bakersfieid. California, until 11:00 a.m.. January 14. at which time they will be publicly opened and read in the Board of Supervisors' Chambers of said building for ronstraclion of public work known as: CIVIC CENTER UNDERGROUND POWER BAKERSF1ELD.

CALIFORNIA Plans, specifications and standard proposal form for bidding this project mav be obtained at the Kern County Public Works Department. 2601 -0" Street. Bakersfieid. California ami, and no bid will be considered unless it is made on such standard proposal form in accordance with Ibe instructions to bidders contained within the above-mentioned specifications. Each bidder must be licensed as required by law.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Board of Supervisors of Ibe County of Kem. State of California, has ascertained and determined the general prevailing rate of wages for each craft, classification or type of workman needed in the execution of contracts under toe jurisdiction of said Board. The schedule of said rates of wages was adopted by said Board andjwblished in a newspaper of general circulation within the County of Kem on September i2. 11174. Said schedule as so published is also on file in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

Room 600. Administration and Courts Building. 1415 Truxtun Avenue. Bakersfieid, California, and is hereby incorporated and made a part hereof the same as though fullv set forth herein. The Counlv of Kern reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Dated: December 10,1974 VERA K. GIBSON County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, County of Kern, Slate of California Dec. 31. Jan. 7 112-55) COUNTY OF KERN Public Works Department State of California NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed proposals will he received at the Office or the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Kem County Civic Center, 1415 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfieid, California, until 11:00 A.M., on January 14.1975, at which time they will be publicly opened and read in the Board of Supervisors' Chambers of said building for construction of public works, in accordance with the specifications thereof to which special reference is made as follows- QUANTICO BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ESTIMATE Item Quantity Unit Description 4S" or CIPCP" 1.

360 Ft. Description 4S" or CIPCP" 2. 96 Ft. 36" RCP 3. 60 Ft.

4. 14.69 CY. Minor Structure Concrete 5. 15 Ton Road-Mix Asphalt Surfacing Reinforced Concrete Pi le Surfacing Cast-ln-Place Concrete Pipe TTie foregoing quantities are approximate only, being given as a basis for the comparison of bids, and the Department of Public Worts does not expressly or by implication agree that the actual amount of WOT will correspond therewith, but reserves the right to increase or ae- crease the amount cf any class or portion of the work or to omit portions of the work, as may be deemed necessary or expedient try the Engineer. Plans, specifications, ana standard proposal form to be used for bidding on this project may be obtained at the Kern County Public Works Department, 28W Street.

Bakersfieid, California. No bid will be considered unless it is made on a blank form furnished by the Kern County Public Works Department and is made in accordance with the provisions of the Proposed Requirements and Conditions set forth under Section 2 of the Standard Specifications. Each bidder must be licensed as required by law Pursuant to Ibe provisions of ibe Labor Code of the State of California, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern, Stale of California, has ascertained and determined the general prevailing rate of wages for each craft, classification or type of workman needed in the execution cf contracts under the jurisdiction of said Board. The schedule of said rates of wages was adopted bv said Board and published in a newspaper of general circulation within the County of Kem on September 12,1974. Said schedule as so published is also on file in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Room 600, Administration and Courts Building.

1415 Truxtun Avenue. Bakersfieid, California, and is hereby incorporated and made a part hereof the same as though fully set forth herein. The County of Kern reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Dated: December 10.1074 VERA K. GIBSON County Clerk and Ex-officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, County Kern, State of California Dec.

31. Jan. 7(12-53) POND-POSO IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OF SEMTTROPIC WATER STORAGE DISTRICT KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR FURNISHING PUMPING UNITS SPECIFICATIONS NO. PP-602 (Readvertised) A-l Sealed proposals for Furnishing Pumping Units for the Pond-Poso Improvement District Distribution System in accordance with the District's Specifications therelor numbered PP-602 will be received at the District's office at 13ffl Street, Wasco. California until 1:00 p.m..

January 22,1975, and then bids will be publicly opened and read at said District's office. A-Z The work includes tbe following: the shop testing and furnishing of thirty-one vertical type pumping units with motor drivers for pumping plants, including the supervision of the Installation on open-pit sump structures by others, the supervision of initial pump start-up and operation utilizing pump controls furnished and installed by others, ana tbe famishing of spare parts. Only bids trom pomp manufacturers will be considered. A-3 Tbe District reserves the right to postpone the of opening bids. Telegraphic or written notification of any 3uch postponement will be sent to each prospective bidder.

A-4 The District reserves tbe right, after opening bids, to reject any or all bids. The District further reserves the right to waive any informality in any bid. A-6 Each Proposal must be accompanied by a certified cashier's check drawn on a responsible bank, or a bidder's bond made by a responsible corporate surety, payable to the Pond-Poso Improvement District, as a guarantee that if the bid Is accepted, the' bidder will, within the time specified In the lnstmctionfl to Bidders, enter into a written Contract in the lorm hereinafter set forth and obtain a faithful performance bond in the amount required in said Instruction to Bidders. Said check or bid bond shall be for a sura not less than 10 percent of the aggregate sum of the Proposal. Checks will be returned (a) to unsuccessful bidders as soon as practicable after the opening of bids, and (bl to the successful bidder as soon as be has executed the Contract and obtained the required bond, provided he so performs in the manner and within the time stated in the Instructions to Bidders.

Should the successful bidder fail to so perform, the District shall be entitled to retain the moneys represented by said check or bond as liquidated damages on account of the delay and inconvenience occasioned to the District, it being expressly agreed and understood that the amount of said check or bond constitutes reasonable damages and that it is impracticable or extremely dil- icult to ascertain actual damages. A-6 The Contract Documents wlil consist of this Notice Inviting Bids, the Instructions to Bidders, the accepted Proposal with Bidding Schedule, the Agreement, tbe Specifications drawings, and all addenda setting forth any modifications or interpretations of any of said Documents. All of said Documents and drawings are on file in the office of the District and are hereby referred to and made a part of this notice. Complete sets of said Documents may be obtained at the offices of Bookman- Edmonston Engineering, 345 Chester Avenue. Bakersfieid, California (mailing address: P.O.

Box 1961, Bakersfieid, California 93303J or 102 North Brand Boulevard, Gleodale. California M203. A-7 The District reserves the right to revise or amend the Specifications and drawings prior to the date set for opening bids. If, In the opinion of the District, the revisions or amendments are of a nature which requires material changes in quantities or prices or both, pianhoiders will be given written notification that material changes have been made, and copies of such revisions and amendments will be made available at the offices of Bookman-Edmonston Engineering. Inc.

Copies of all other revisions and amendments also will be made available at said offices, but it shall be the responsibility of the bidders to inquire of their existence. A-6 The District reserves the right to suspend work under the Contract or to terminate the Contract at any time, subject to toe provisions set lortb in the Specifications. Dated: December 27.1W4 POND-POSO IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OF SEMITROP1C WATER STORAGE DSITR1CT Signed: GRECREY MALOFY, President Dec 31. Jan. 7J4.

21 Venezuela, Cuba toswap oil, sugar CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Venezuela and Cuba have agreed to resume diplomatic and trade relations, and diplomats say they are expected to start trading oil for sugar. The two government's ambassadors at the United Nations signed an agreement Sunday to resume formal ties between their countries "in accordance with the able friendship that unites both people and the mutual respect toward each other." The Venezuelan government, which led the drive in the Organization of American States to impose economic sanctions on Fidel Castro's Communist government 11 years ago, was to make a detailed announcement today. President Carlos Andres. Pere recently told newsmen be a logical Venezuelan oil after completes nsionalization of the industry, ad he said Venezuela could nrchase some Cuban sugar. For several months, Perez oas been studying the possibility of shipping Cuba 100,000 barrels of oil daily.

Observers said the restoration of ties Deaf workers shaw value in high-noise plant jobs With six fish to his credit, young fisherman goes after another recently on Canada's Ottawa River near Wirephoto) Reactions to pain analyzed by author WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Jewish and Italian patients complain more about pain than Irish patients, says a University of Connecticut professor who has edited a new book on pain. A person's race, religion, nationality, sex and income all make a difference in the way he or she handles pain, according to nationwide studies of patients' at hospitals and clinics described in the book. "Jewish and Italian patients react to pain with louder complaints and make more demands on their doctors. While Italians want pain stopped immediately, Jewish patients are less prone to accept pain relievers to mask the pain," explained Dr.

Mazisyohu Wel- senberg, assistant professor of behavioral sciences and community health at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. "Jewish patients are more worried about what does the pain mean for their future prognosis, such as will it be crippling or what will the doctor's bills be like," added Weisenberg, editor of "The Control of Pain." Irish and "old Yankee" patients Pootestants of British descent complained least about pain, studies in the book by psychological and medical specialists say. "While the 'old Yankee' group was future oriented like the Jews, they believe, based on their ethnic backgrounds, that you don't make a fuss about pain. The Irish group tends to deny pain," Weisenberg said in an interview Sunday. Weisenberg said people in higher socio-economic groups are less anxious about pain "because they are more used to controlling things and are more likely to tell the dentist that he is hurting them.

SEATTLE (AP) A Boeing Company employe has come up with a new but honest twist to the old alarm clock story. He was late to work one morning and explained that his strobe light hadn't gone off. He is one of the company's growing number of deaf workers. Their assignment to high noise level jobs has worked out well both for them and for Boeing. The deaf workers have no problem working in high noise conditions, such as riveting.

But more important perhaps is the fact that they can easily communicate with each other in spite of the noise. Boeing hired six deaf men last July as trainees, part of the firm's program for the handicapped. The training sessions have been jointly funded by Boeing and the U.S. Department of Labor. Although Boeing had hired deaf employes before, this was the first time a formal training program had been established.

Working with a sign, language interpreter, they attend five weeks in classroom work and 12 weeks of on-the- job training. Williams Evans, director of industrial relations for the 747 plant in Everett, said the program has proved so successful in Renton it will be startd in the Everett plant Jan. i William Boland, aideaf trainee who can spei, is equally comfortable win sign or verbal language. Hs'said the deaf workers are lippy with their jobs and th, the Justice to appliance PITTSBURGH (UPI) inghouse Electric Corp.pas agreed to sell its 60-yearold major appliance businessand will take a $50 million lot on the deal. I.

The weekend announcement said the $600 million a line will be sold to WhiteSon- solidated Industries, Inc, of Cleveland. The Justice Departnent said only that the deal wi be investigated. White will acquire five major Westinghouse plans in the United States and owe in Canada and overseas. White is a conglomerate with sales of about $500 nil' lion a year that grew ot of the sewing machine busiess many years ago. It boughjthe Kelvinator household apli- ance business of Amercan other workers accept them, though they sometimes seem to wonder just all the hand movements are saying.

But Boland says the deaf workers are equally interested in watching the others, "so we can tell when the lunch whistle goes off." More Legals on Pages 7 and 8 probe sale Motors some years ago and also makes a major line of appliances under the Gibson name. Westinghouse will take the $50 million writedown in its fourth quarter results on the assumption that whatever happens to the appliance division, there will be a loss at least that great. 7 miners killed DOUAI, France (AP) An explosion of coal dust 2,300 feet underground early today killed seven miners and injured six others in a mine at Lievin, officials of the coal mining company for northern France announced. Most of the injured were badly burned. would make such a sale possible in the not too distant future.

Venezuela broke diplomatic ties with Cuba in 1961 and then in 1963 initiated the drive to isolate Cuba, charging that Castro was openly supporting leftist guerrilla efforts to topple the Caracas government. Perez was interior minister under President Romulo Betancourt at the time and in charge of the fight against terrorism. But now he says: "Venezuela believes and has believed that tbe causes which led to sanctions against Cuba have ceased to exist." Venezuela teamed with Colombia and Costa Rica in November to call an Organization of American States foreign ministers' meeting in Ecuador in an effort to drop OAS sanctions against Cuba. But the proCuba group fell two votes short of the 14 votes required to call off the sanctions. Silent movie cowboy succumbs TORRANCE (AP) Silent movie cowboy Bob Custer, whose real name was Raymond Glenn, has died at his home at 76..

Glenn, an engineering graduate of the University of Kentucky, moved west arid made more than 100 feature films in the pre-talkie days. Taking the name Bob Custer, he starred in eight western films for Syndicated Pictures Corp. in 1929 and 1930. He then made such films as "Law of the Mounted," "The Last Roundup," "Riders of the Rio Grande" and "Code of the West," and reUred from the motion picture field in the late 1930s. When he left the entertainment field, he became superintendent of building and safety for the city of Newport Beach.

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