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Angeles Times Page 2, Part Inside The Times An ex-aide of Gov. Brown would be in line for special retirement benefits under an assembly-passed bill. (Part 1, Page 3.) Three persons were killed and one critically burned in the crash of a private airplane at Lockheed-Burbank Airport. (Part. 1, Page 3.) California's new sales tax on gasoline will go into effect Saturday, netting $173 million in the first year.

(Part: 1, Page 3.) The chief U.S. arms pact negotiator refused to divulge details of the pact to a Senate committee. (Part 1, Page 4.) A Tahitian newspaper announced the first French nuclear test in a current series, calling it technically perfect. (Part 1, Page 4.) Senate Democrats delayed the hike in Social Security benefits to push for an early passage of the bill. (Part 1, Page 5.) Mr.

and Mrs. John N. Mitchell spent 48 hours in a Rye, N.Y., country club and then went "traveling together." (Part 1, Page 5.) A Texas senator filibustered for 42 hours but all he got for his effort was a world record and a 3-day beard. (Part 1, Page 5.) News in Brief Compiled from the Los Angeles Times, the Los THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1972 Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service and maior wire and supplementary news agencies. THE WORLD Vatican Smooths Polish Relations The Vatican has recognized Warsaw's sovereignty over former German territory, removing a major obstacle to the improvement of PolishVatican relations and to a possible visit by Pope Paul VI, Roman Catholic Church sources said.

The Vatican's establishment of Polish dioceses followed the ratification by West Germany of a treaty with Poland recognizing the territory's loss. An estimated of Communist Poland's residents are Catholics. Visiting Cuban leader Fidel Castro received a briefing on the latest Soviet economic developments from Nikolai Baibakov, head of the Soviet State Planning Committee. Observers said Baibakov, who visited Cuba last year, and Castro probably also discussed Soviet aid, on which Cuba is heavily dependent. Trade between the two nations last year viet statistics put Cuba's trade debt amounted to about $267 million.

1. Soat $452 million during 1960-70. Mao Tse-tung met and had "a sincere and friendly talk" with Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in Peking, the New China News Agency reported. The visit with Mrs. Bandaranaike was the first reported meeting between the Chinese Communist Party chairman and a visiting head of government since recent reports that Mao was either gravely ill or dying.

Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson attacked the Common Market members for the "crippling financial burdens" demanded for his nation's entry. In a speech at the 12th Socialist International Congress in Vienna, he singled out France, charging that French President Georges Pompidou exacted the highest possible price for entry after deciding he no longer could keep out Britain. Italian airline pilots and film industry workers stayed off their jobs in the latest of a series of strikes which labor spokesmen said were only the beginning in a year of social unrest. The pilots' strike was the second in four days and was Newsmakers---- The Best Man Wins Susan Scott Agnew winter wedding is planned," said a brief statement from Vice President and Mrs. Agnew.

It announced the engagement of their daughter, Susan Scott, to Carroll W. Stein, a field investigator for the Maryland Department of Employment and Social Services at Salisbury. The two have known each other for eight years. Miss Agnew, 24, is a coordinator of volunteer services for the Eastern Shore State Hospital in Cambridge. Stein, 30, was best man when Miss Agnew's older sister, Pamela, was married in 1969.

-One of the latest flight attendants to finish Hughes Airwest's training school did not take top scholastic honors. But passengers who like to suggest that the pilot pick another destination once the plane is in the air, would do well not to travel with Anthony McMahon. The airline's first male attendant among 400 hostesses, McMahon was the national amateur lightweight boxing champion of Ireland, with 100 fights to his credit, and before that he was in the Irish army for three years. 'The 26- Sen. George McGovern promised to do what he can to replace the South's racial fears with social and economic hope.

(Part 1, Page 6.) In pre-convention maneuvering, McGovern forces showed strength by sustaining a challenge to Georgia's delegation. (Part 1, Page 7.) To the zany lexicon of the U.S. airman in Indochina have been added "smart bombs" and "dumb bombs." (Part 1, Page 12.) New Jersey Secretary of State Paul J. Sherwin was indicted on federal and state charges that he extorted $10,000. (Part 1, Page 14.) Argentina barred: a march by students to protest the regime.

(Part 1, Page 20.) New threats to the cease-fire in Northern Ireland have been posed by militant Protestants and Catholics. (Part 1, Page 21). The Indo-Pakistan summit meeting ran into an unexpected agenda snag, delaying its opening. (Part 1, Page 22.) Presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger has met secretly with Senate Foreign Relations Committee members.

(Part 1, Page 27.) A Costa Mesa high school physical education teacher trainee is the reigning Miss Orange County. (Part 2, Page 1.) Skyjackers have put both pilots and lawmakers on the spot as both seek solutions to the problem of air piracy. (Part 2, Page 1.) The Los Angeles City Council approved a plan to provide jobs for 248 county welfare workers on brush clearance. (Part 2, Page 1.) Customs reforms would balance the government's right to stop contraband and the person's right to privacy. (Part 2, Editorial Section.) CHESS CHAMP OBJECTS- Russia's Boris Spassky storms off tennis court at Reykjavik, Iceland, disturbed by the presence of newsmen.

Spassky, who will defend his chess title against Bobby Fischer of the United States next week, later returned to the court. Both he and Fischer have been in rigorous physical training. (P) Wirephoto THE NATION Man Accused of Disney World Bomb Plot The son of a prominent businessman has been accused in Orlando, of planting a time bomb at Walt Disney World and twice trying to extort large sums of money in telephoned threats to the sprawling amusement complex. Robert Hara, 23, son of Joseph Hara, president of Tupperware Home Products was charged in an eight indictment that said he had had help from "an unnamed coconspirator or coconspirators." Hara pleaded innocent and was released on $10,000 bond pending trial Sept. 18.

Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.) has collected the signatures of 25 Senate Democrats on a letter he circulating calling for an itemized disclosure for the first time of the present and projected costs of the Vietnam war. Among the signers are three of the Senate's four Democratic presidential aspirants -Hubert H. Humphrey, George S. McGovern and Edmund S.

Muskie. The fourth conten- shure explained to Judge Joseph M. Clifford in Columbus that she had been returning home to New York City from St. Louis after taking part in "a labor for peace rally." She asked him, "Other people hitch, why. shouldn't It was probably Judge Clifford's toughest case, But he fined her $10, suspended it, and persuaded her to take a bus home.

After all, how tough can you get with an 84-yearold spitfire? always been a mystery to the medical world," Ed Barrett, 68, said smugly. One of the last of San Francisco's ferrymen, he retires this week 39 years after doctors wrote him off as "permanetly disabled" with pulmonary tuberculosis. It was after that he began his career of operating a variety of ferries across the bay. He also developed into a fair swimmer, saving 14 persons from drowning, be including four youngsters last his March. to -It was strictly a young deal when George A.

Young of Middletown, sold his property on Young St. to William A. and Olga A. Young. None of the Youngs, in the transaction, including the person the street was named' after, are related, said the man who handied the deal -Leroy A.

Young of Young Realty Co. -By Jennings Parrott If a party adopted the Bill of Rights as its platform, that party would have great difficulty the voters. (Part 2, Editorial Section.) In Sports Don Sutton turned in a top pitching performance, allowing only hits as the Dodgers shut out the 5-0. (Part Page 1.) Mando Ramos won the World Boxing Council's lightweight title by defeating Pedro Carrasco in 15 rounds. (Part 3, Page 1.) The Angels wasted 14 hits, including a two-run homer by Andy Kosco, as they fell before the Minnesota Twins, 7-6.

(Part 3, Page 3.) In Financial Litton Industries Inc. has agreed to pay a reported $5.5 million to settle claims for delays in building seven ships. (Part 3, Page 15.) Sen. Lee Metealf (D-Mont.) said some of the largest U.S. banks hold hidden stock in many of the largest corporations.

(Part 3, Page 15.) Stock market prices fell as many investors remained on the sidelines. The Dow Jones industrials closed off 4.44 at 930.84. (Part 3, Page 15.) In View A month of. teen-age capitalism, the Summer Youth Fair '72, is now on at all Bullock's stores except Northridge. (Part 4, Page 1.) The family guide to weekend events in the Los Angeles area also has things to do on the Fourth of July.

(Part 4, Page 4.) A successful model farm in Iraq run entirely by women has spurred plans to create more such enterprises. (Part 4, Page 15.) THE 3 Adrift for 23 Days Rescued planned to last 60 hours. The film workers' strike was called to protest the closing of the huge Dino de Laurentiis studios near Rome. Many Italians were unaware of these latest strikes, however, because there have been no newspapers for the past three days--newspapermen have been on strike. The Lebanese government confirmed that Palestinian guerrillas based in southern Lebanon had agreed to suspend their operations against Israel temporarily so as to minimize the possibility of costly Israeli retaliation against Lebanon.

The agreement was. announced 1 by President Suleiman Franjieh in a speech to cabinet. He did not say how long the suspension would remain in effect. The known death toll from Typhoon Ora in the Philippines rose to 76 and was expected to go higher. Police said 79 people were still missing, all of them victims of boat capsizings and sinkings off the coast of Luzon Island and in Manila Bay.

Belated reports reaching Red Cross headquarters in Manila said 25,807 homes were destroyed, displacing 28,236 families or a total of 165,831 persons. An explosion rocked a Greekowned oil tanker at a Bombay repair dock, killing 22 persons and injuring 30 others. More than 250 men were reported working on the tanker, Tarsos, flying the Liberian flag. The blast shook buildings over a wide area in the crowded office district of south Bombay, shattered windows and blew off roof tiles. The cause was not determined.

British millionaire Harry Hyams has denied government charges that he has made millions of dollars by deliberately keeping four London office skyscrapers vacant. The government charged he was keeping the buildings empty to force up potential rents, thereby increasing the value of stock in his firm as the demand for office space increased. Hyams denied such action and said that "two leading agents have had instructions to find" suitable tenants. Susan and Carroll to wed. UP) Wirephoto year-old bachelor, who will flying out of Seattle, said of new job, "It's my contribution men's lib." -An Ohio state trooper stopped to warn Ann M.

Upshure that it was illegal to hitchhike on an interstate highway, but when she refused to give it up he had to arrest her. Officer R. P. Burkhardt noted on the ticket that she became "very belligerent." Mrs. Up- Three men adrift at sea for 23 days virtually without food were picked up from their disabled 33-foot catamaran by a Coast Guard helicopter 220 miles southwest of San Diego.

At San Diego, the three wolfed down box lunches of ham sandwiches, milk, fruit and candy bars before they would talk to newsmen. Fred Shropshire, 46, the skipper, of Lanai, said they left Hawaii for Marina del Rey May 16 but ran into two severe storms which shredded their sail. Later, a lamp toppled over, spilling kerosene on food supplies. Shropshire, whose weight dropped from 160 to 125 pounds, said they drifted at sea before they were sighted by a Hawaii-bound yacht and later spotted by a Navy search plane. Others aboard the craft, Tom Cat, were Richard Nims, 17, of Honolulu, and Mike Fountain, 19, of Huntington Beach.

The trial of three men charged with kidnapping a 9-year-old Visalia girl March 6 was transferred to Los Angeles County Superior Judge Jay Ballantyne, who agreed with a defense motion that the defendants could not receive a fair trial in Tulare County because of pre-trial publicity. The defendants, Robert C. Highfield, 36, of Thousand Oaks, David Fox, 19, and Jeffrey Price, 18, both of Visalia, are charged with abducting Michelle Wiebe from her home and holding her in an abortive attempt to collect $300,000 ransom. The girl was released unharmed after a passerby found the ransom a and turned it over to police. No trial date in Los Angeles has been set.

Pleas of innocent were entered by three men and a woman charged with possessing explosives, bombing a theater and sniper shooting in San Diego. The four were arrested Monday night in a series of raids at their homes, during which, an arsenal of weapons and explosives and a quantity of literature from right -wing paramilitary organizations was also seized. Richard J. Fleury, 48, and his wife, Genevieve, 39, were charged with possessing explosives. Fleury's bond was set at $5,000 and his wife's at $1,000.

Bail for William Yanopec, 30, charged with bombing a theater, murder and assault, was set at 000. Bail for George Mitchell Hoover, 36, charged with the sniping incident, was also set at $50,000. The fatal shooting of 19-year-old Debbie Dwyer by Dr. John S. THE STATE Man Slain, Wife Shot An argument between a married in Mill 1 Valley over vacation ended when the woman shot her husband to death and critically wounded herself, police reported.

Stanley C. Putney, 55, a retired Navy officer, died of chest wounds. from a pistol. Police said his wife, Harriet, 55, then shot herself in the abdomen and was taken to a nearby hospital. "He wanted to go to the mountains and she wanted to go to a beach," said Capt.

William Walsh. Gwynne last Dec. 8 could have happened during a struggle over a gun, prosecutor Robert Philibosian conceded as he asked a Superior Court jury to return a verdict of seconddegree murder against the West Los Angeles physician. In arguing for the verdict of unpremeditated murder, Philibosian said, however, that the shooting could not have been accidental, since two of the three fatal bullets were fired from beyond the victim's reach. In his summation, defense lawyer Michael Gerbosi said the prosecution had not proven the killing unlawful, and that "accidents, misfortunes or justifiable homicides in self-defense are not unlawful." The state Public Utilities Commission ordered Southern California Edison Co.

to replace and make more attractive proposed high-power transmission lines through Torrance and Inglewood so they do not appreciably, had reduce home values. planned to construct lines through the areas, placing poles in front of many of the homes and towers in the rear. However, the commission ordered the locations changed, according to J.P. Vukasin, chairman. A tax rate cut of 10.7 cents per $100 valuation was projected in a 1972-73 budget adopted by Riverside County supervisors.

The reduction is the largest made in 21 years. The new rate, still subject to final approval in August, will be $2.82 per $100 valuation. County officials said the proposed budget of $129 million is up $8 million above the current budget, but the tax cut was made possible through slashes in capital improvements and an increase in tax revenues. der, Sen. Henry M.

Jackson of Washington, has 1 not signed. The letter requests the Senate Appropriations Committee to make the breakdown when it acts on the Administration's $83.4 billion appropriation bill. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader accused the government of endangering the lives and safety of millions of travelers by allowing transport of hazardous materials on jetliners. In a petition filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Federal Aviation Administration, Nader's Aviation Consumer Action Project said that of all regular flights carry some hazardous materials and carry radioactive materials." The Nader group said the two agencies also permit shipment of biological agents that can cause diseases. Treasury Secretary George P.

Shultz said increased federal spendcould touch off a new round of inflation. In testimony prepared for the Senate Finance Committee, Shultz urged Congress to resist the temptation of overstepping the federal budget and asked for adoption of President Nixon's proposed spending ceiling of $246 billion. Shultz' comments applied to a bill to keep the debt limit at $450 billion through October. The Labor Department announced that the United Mine Workers must pay more than $30,000 a month in salaries to observers of the rebel Miners for Democracy until next December's court-ordered election for top union officers. A federal judge has nullified the 1969 election of UMW President W.

A. (Tony) Boyle and others. Boyle was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison and fined $130,000 on his conviction of illegal use of union funds for campaign spending. Arthur H. Bremer pleaded innocent by reason of insanity in Upper Marlboro, to state charges in connection with the shooting of Alabama Gov.

George C. Wallace and three other persons. The plea was entered by his attorney. The 21- year-old Milwaukee man was not in court. Bremer also is under federal indictment in connection with the May 15 shooting of Wallace at a campaign rally and has pleaded innocent to those charges.

The state trial is scheduled to open July 12, but may be delayed for the federal trial, scheduled to open five days later in Baltimore. A $450,000 out-of-court settlement for the mother of five children who charged that improper administration of drugs had made her an invalid for life was won by Mrs. Conchita I. Armenta, 36, against Community Hospital of Los Angeles and several physicians and drug manufacturers. The agreement was approved by Superior Judge Emil Gumpert one day before the case was scheduled for trial.

Mrs. Armenta had sought $2.5 million damage, charging that she suffered cardiac arrest and brain damage from drugs given her Aug. 8, 1968, when she was hospitalized for treatment of a pelvic infection. in Row Over Vacation Humboldt County Dist. Atty.

William Ferroggiaro "acted properly" in not prosecuting a white bartender who fatally shot a young Indian man last December in Willow Creek, Atty. Gen. Evelle J. Younger said in Sacramento. Ferroggiaro dropped charges against Robert Marmon after a grand jury ruled in January that he shot Michael Ferris, 20, a UCLA student, in self defense, Younger said he investigated the death of Ferris at the request of several Indian organizations.

THE ENVIRONMENT Appeal of Court OK on Sea Drilling Urged Interior Department officials U.S. Forest Service from entering asked the Justice Department ap- into new timber contracts in such peal a federal court decision to let areas for 10 days beginning Saturfour oil companies start oil drilling day. Forestry officials said the order in the Santa Barbara Channel. They stemmed from a lawsuit filed last also requested a stay of the court's Friday by the Sierra Club and other ruling until the appeal is heard. U.S.

environmentalist groups. Dist. Judge Francis C. Whelan ruled June 21 in Los Angeles that Interior Thousands of dead or dying fish Secretary Rogers C. B.

Morton were found in the South Platte Rivlacked legal authority to suspend er, apparently victims of an acid-like drilling in the channel. substance discharged into the water. Officials of the U.S. Environmental Further timber cutting in undeve- Protection Agency said tests disloped national forest areas will be closed a section of the river near halted briefly next month under a downtown Denver was at least temporary restraining order issued 000 times more acidic than normal. by U.S.

Dist. Judge William B. Jones Officials were trying to track down in Washington, D.C. It prevents the the source of pollution..

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