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1 i IS 4 1 If Ill f. 1 ''y Wt? flit-- Vl 4 ft SEARCH FOR VICTIMS Officers, including FBI agents, search for bodies and clues in wreckage of monastery after a bomb rocked the headquarters of the Fountain of the World religious sect near Chatsworth. Ttiws phM QAM: Times T-lephone Numbers MAdison 5-234S fw ubxribtr all and alt ether colli uctpt thou cennrning douifitd odvcrtiiing. MAditOR 3-441 1 for all aavtrNtinf colli. FINAL LIBERTY UNDER THE LAW TRUE INDUSTRIAL FREEDOM VOL.

LXXVIII IN FOUR PARTS THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1958 96 PAGES DAILY 10c o)lUi 0) VJ c3 i MM run o) TO uu BULLETIN Wife Voices Russia Claim Not Doubled by President Her Faith in Bomb Figure Tape Recordings at Scene Point to Pair; Sect Leader a Victim The Fountain of the World Monastery in a wooded canyon near Chatsworth was ripped apart early yesterday by a heavy explosion which instantly killed the bearded leader of SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11 (Thursday) (J) A sharp earthquake hit San Francisco at 1:52:30 a.m. today. Reports of the temblor poured into newspaper and police switchboards from Marin County to the north and Alameda County across San Francisco Bay. Buildings shook in downtown San Francisco with a rolling motion felt for several seconds.

A resident on the western side of the city reported cut glass shaken from shelves in his home. BY BRAD WILLIAMS "My husband would be the last man in the world to BY ROBERT HARTMANN Times Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. President Eisenhower said take a human life!" 1 if ft "i ii I 'the cult, Krishna Venta, and seven of his reaction This was the Mrs. feter iearlv today ot today he has no reason to' doubt Soviet Premier Khm-J shchev's claim, reportedly! relayed to him by Humphrey (D) that' the Russians have an 8700-! mile intercontinental ballis- Dumas Kamenoff, wife of ione of the two men believed responsible for the dynamiting yesterday of the Fountain of the World monastery Chatsworth.

Both men followers. Two ex-cultists linked to the blast by bizarre tape recordings in which they vowed "to bring Krishna to justice" were believed to have also died in the explosion. Two children, both girls, aged 8 and 9, and a 59-year old woman were seriously burned. The explosion blew the roof from an adjoining Full page of pictures of bombing on Page 3, Part I. Other news and pictures on Pages 2, 4, 20, 21 and 23.

are believed to have died in the explosion. tic missile with a megaton H-bomb warhead. But. he said, "there is absolutely- no intelligence, no reliable evidence of any kind that indicates that the So- Brown Names Director of Public Works Mrs. Kamenoft is a member of the cult.

She is known as Sister Xeria, and currently is living in a colony of the sect at Homer, Alaska, about 250 miles south of Anchorage. 'Gentle Person' Highlights of President Eisenhower'! prei conference re-ncrrki on Page 28, Part I. viets have flown a nuclear-, SACRAMENTO. Dec. 10 'Pi am lnere powered airplane." This was a mistake, she toid the IMI lliail tjam.

-ajlu in iiHiJmrrilM Ml I it magazine Aviation Week, named Robert Bradford 49- i 3 i m- C' The Ch ef xiookii riiddioni, cmne telephone interview ieL 'e" year-old executive was the first she had heard Jaxeri ana rested after his i oi me siacramenio ui humjihius juipin duun Georgia vacation, took the dormitory for children and touched off a brush fire that swept over 150 acres. Fire completed the destruction of the monastery and dormitory. Under-sheriff Volney Cummins said two hour-long tapes found with a recording machine in a pick-up truck near the monastery apparently had been made by the ex-cultists a few hours before the blast. He identified the two men as Raiph J. S.

Muller, 33, and Peter Dumas Kamenoff, 42, both of Joshua Tree, a desert hamlet near Twentynine Palms. "I'm satisfied both men died in the explosion," Cummins said. The tapes covered a long rambling discussion on religion and philosophy, he said, and indicated both men were disturbed over the direction of Venta's teachings. He also considered the tapes "obviously a form of suicide notes." On the tapes, he said, the man had in State Di-. na asserted aeain.

occasion of his first press opment Agency, a reier is a very ceniie conference in a month to of Tublic Works. Inprson a nhi osonher a man TELLS TRAGEDY Bishop Asaiah, in charge after explosion took the life of Krishna Venta, spiritual leader of the religious colony, talks with reporters of the site. "Venta wilf return," he told his followers, "and be resurrected." Times photo liver short lectures on the! background of the Berlin' Brown also announced ap- who has always deplored pointment of John G. Sobies-' violence." impasse, his displeasure at j'fi5L' L- ki, San Marino attorney, as! She said she had not seen Only Eyewitness to Bombing Tells of Horrors in Wrecked Monastery voting officials, and his high Corporations Commissioner. 'fhcr )Uhusband.

esteem for his wartime The incoming Governor 'Tf 1 3 retired General of the Army said he selected Bradford 0 GTeRokeaTnhtoLa coon ''ok Tt He broke into a spon-works post because of hisr, i taneous chortle when a re-'wide reputation as a topfl igh "erV1-, cI! porter alluded to for er administrator i S'on dicated that if anything happened to them, the finder of the tapes would know what had occurred. Shanafelt) were in the cor-'tegrated. A tower of blue Kamenoff also left a written note to his family, Cum- 1 1 t-i rJ i fltm nninlnrl ir Please Turn to Pr. 2fi, Col. 1 Please Turn to Pjr.

6. 3 desert." Remained in North 7Z zzAtoten mins said-in which he them good-by-7116 names ll7LaZl far -'the eye could sJe. of his family were withheld. wnen me smoKe ana names Had died down lollow man3 face. Only on person apparently actually taw the explosion which tor apart the monastery oi the Fountain ol the World sect early yesterday.

He was one oi the most recent members of the colony. Joining it three weeks ago. and he prefers to be known by his adopted name. Brother Martin. This is his story as told to The Times.

Then it was replaced by an angry red. The explosion ant rfa' 1 Please Turn to Pff. 2, Col. 7 can- i The conversation stopped abruptly when I entered the hroughout the door. I saw that I was in- 'on-, flames iruding, excused myself and crackling and I think I real- INDEX OF FEATURES Sister Xeria said they went to Alaska together and that she had decided to remain in the northern colony.

She would not comment, however, on whether Please Turn to Pjr. 2, Col. 8 THE WEATHER N'o smog todav. decided to return to mv ior SMOG BLOWN TO SEA; TEMPERATURE HITS 86 High pressure over the terdav included San Gabriel deserts early yesterday 02. warmest reporting sta-created dry gusty winds tion in th nation, over the mountains, pushing The high pressure will morning fog and smog dominate the weathpr pic-out to sea.

tlIre in the AngpPS The temperature climbed Basin again toflav the to 86 dpg. at 1:03 p.m., just Weather Bureau with! degree under t'oe Dec. drv gustv winds arcompanv-j 10 record of 87 set in lVt. ing a temperature reading and making yeserdav the near 81. i BY BROTHER MARTIN quarters.

I had gone about lne nr7 ume' We had held late classes an eighth of a mile. I guess, nth I hKJ' Tuesday ni-ht and the in and on a in mannerf a.nd 1 luesdaj niht and the in- the path. turned have no cries of fear from the chil- nructions were not com- jdeaJ wn and mo. dren. pleted until after p.m.

ment my ears were shat-! ran toward the Then I had mv chores and tered by a most terrible ex- tok me perhaps ome studies. About 1:30. I'plosion. Ahree. no more than four.

MrLEMORE. Page 19. Part 1. MOTION PICTURES. Pas 12, M.

Part 2. OUR DRINKING HABITS. Pag IS. Part 4. POI.YZOIDES.

Pair 27. Part 1. RADIO. Page 15. Part 2.

SHIPPING. Page IS. Part 4. SKY MASTERS. Pag 14.

Part SOUTHLAND. Page 9. Part 4. SPORTS. Pags 17.

Part 4. TELEVISION. Pag 14. Part J. VITAL RECORD.

Pag IS. Part WEATHER. Page 15. Part 4. I ASTROfjOGY.

Paee 2. Psrt 2. BRIDGE BY SHF.IXWOLD. Pne 22. Part 1.

CLASSIFIED. 1.V3I, Part 1 COMICS. Pe 10, Part 4. CROSSWORD. Page 31.

Part 3. DRAM AND MUSIC Pagrt 12. 11 Part 2. EDITORIAL Pa 4. 5, Part FAMILY.

Pm 1 11. Part 2. FINANCIAL. Pa 12-1V Part 4. HOPPER.

Paw 12. Part JVMBLE GAME. Pile 17. Part 3. ar U.S.

Weather Bureau forecast: Sunny and continued warm todav and J'gnts were on the The roof of the monastery the vard outside; mnnactoru nrtA n-cnt nvcr rK tk K.t.1-1 low yesterda'' of 5.V was recorded at 3.06 tomorrow. High todav near 88. Yesterday's high, S6; low, 5.. since the S'J Wednesday, jther kigh readings yes Xfacfpr Ik'richna Vpnfa inc Rafter il coemoJ lO De Crownen Wim I a.m. 'and Cardinal Gene (Genejjit waijifted off, then disin-l Pleise Turn tPj.

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