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Los Angeles Times JUNE 18:1967 COATES They Insist He's a Lush It is a base canard that father is a lush. Just because he drinks his lunch and has three fingers of bourbon while waiting for the 5:15 train to Scarsdale doesn't mean he is an alcoholic. After all, he had a hard day at the office. The contract he was working on fell through, his secre- tary, told him she was pregnant and her husband wants her to quit, he caught that new junior executive sitting in his seat and thought that maybe the young punk was trying it on for size. And he knows that when he gets to his little grass shack in the suburbs his wife will greet him with the news that the garbage disposal overflowed, they took a vote on the block and his neighbors elected him manager of the local Little League team, the family dog bit a small child and she caught their son reading "Tropic of Cancer." So he doesn't use alcohol as a crutch--he simply wants to get smashed.

And it will all be over in the morning. But the notion that dear old dad is a sot still persists. Probably it was born when Tin Pan Alley put out that all-time great "Father, dear father, come home with me now. The clock in the steeple strikes Gift Suggestions Unfortunately, it is still being nurtured by ad writers. I call your attention to the Father's Day gift suggestions that were advertised all week.

"Give dad an expensive belt," one of them advises. It's illustrated by a bottle of Chivas Regal wrapped in an alligator belt. Another ad recommends a lighted I beer glass to "give dad a hearty glow." The description reads: "A festive touch for his after hours this unique beer glass glows with a halo of light to enhance the brew, tickle his fancy, too." I don't know about you, daddy-o, but the idea of an illuminated beer glass doesn't only tickle my fancy. It itches. Since it is not my modus operandi ordinarily to stumble through the dark in search of a glass of beer, the only possible use for a lighted glass of beer would be as an emergency measure if ever we have another power failure and I can't find a flashlight.

Other Presents There are plenty of presents that enterprising children can give their alcoholic fathers. If they shop around, for instance, they can find a bar camouflaged to make it look like the complete works of Shakespeare. Or perhaps it would be nice to give him a golf club with a false grip handle that is a flask. Thumbing through the paper, I also noticed a gift for the father who has everything- a martini device which will "make every dad a master mixer." It is a hypodermic needle that sells for $10, and the copy explains: "Can an average guy make a super martini? You bet he can. With a pull of the sterling capped plastic plunger, from 1 to 12 of vermouth is rationed out for impeccable martinis every time." That wouldn't do for me, kiddies.

When I'm on my third martini I get confused. I'm liable to drink the gin and mainline the vermouth. a HOME OF POLYGAMISTS -Colonia LeBaron, the remote village in northern Mexico's state of Chihuahua, where U.S. expatriates live and practice their polygamous faith. Times photos by John AMERICANS FIND HOME IN MEXICAN VILLAGE Expatriates Cling to Polygamy SHARING BY -Judith Spencer, left and Mary Spencer, who have same husband, share canning jars.

They call each other sister. Planning Commissioner Would Close Files to Times Reporters BY GEORGE REASONS Times Staff Writer City Planning Commissioner John J. Pollon has proposed that Planning Department files be closed to Times reporters unless they are armed with a court order forcing the city to make the records available. He said he is willing to make a court test of it but he got no support on the proposal from his colleagues. Pollon said a profit-making organization such as a newspaper should not be at "liberty to delve into our files as if they were a public body." "I don't think they have a right or any individual has a right to try to gather evidence from the public files for their own purposes." Session in Van Nuys The commissioner called for the clampdown at a policy session of Planning Commission held in Van Nuys on Thursday.

At the same time he renewed his attack on The Times for a recent series of articles on zoning irregularities and accused The Times of "nefarious" motives. In the series, The Times detailed Pollon's association with developers and subsequently called for his resignation. Pollon also called for stricter supervision over Times, reporters examining files and that they might attempt to plant spurious documents in the files. "These people are SO low enough in character they're liable to plant things in our files and then take pictures of them," he said. Charge Bid to Embarrass "That's how far they may go and I'm perfectly convinced from the evidence of the last few weeks that this is what they might do in an effort to embarrass the mayor and his administration." Pollon's charges apparently were triggered by a thorough examination by a team of Times reporters on Tuesday of all zoning applications submitted to the Board of Zoning Adjustment since 1961.

Senior City Planner Robert D. Wilson told Pollon and the commission that The Times' reporters examined the records in the proper Please Turn to Page 20, Col. 1 LONG-RANGE FEDERAL AIMS OUTLINED Fears Grow That Aid May Alter Alert Patrol BY PAUL WEEKS from within," to accept federal From sources within government, and RAY ROGERS funds for an antipoverty or antide- it appears that HEW objectives Times Staff Writers linquency program is tantamount to were to experiment toward to the range change: The recent controversy over the and, hence, to become "Uncle Tom." To- take a handful of untrained, government's funding of the Oddly enough, the viewpoint that unmotivated youth from the ghetto Community Alert Patrol brought an government-funding changed the -most with police records and organization back into the news character of CAP also is held by top give them responsibilities within which had slipped out of the public police officials and much of the the community that would evoke a focus since late last summer. white community which opposed sense of pride and dignity in them, But was it the same organization? the grant, and a respect for law and order. It is easy to get an argument over To those holding this position, At the same time, the patrol that question today.

government-funding endows the undoubtedly was seen by HEW as a Some say that the very fact that trol with a quasi-official status, as pa- if potential force for improving comthe U.S. Department of Health, Washington were questioning the munications between law enforceEducation and Welfare granted police department's ability to en- ment and the Negro community and CAP $238,000 recently for an exper- force the law impartially. forestalling the recurrence of riotty relations changed its character. stands now-and what brought it The Department of Health, imental program in police-communi- To understand where the patrol ing. immediately.

there--it is necessary to retrace its Education and Welfare withdrew its In this viewpoint, popular among path and delve into the apparent support of "monitoring" and "bufsome advocates of "social change motives of those involved. Please Turn to Page 16, Col. 1 BY CHARLES HILLINGER Times Staff Writer COLONIA LeBARON, Mex. "Everyone knows I'm a polygamist. It's no secret.

I have five wives and 40 children-and four of my wives are pregnant." Alma LeBaron, 45, one of 500 expatriate Americans living in this remote village in Northern Mexico's state of Chihuahua, frankly admitted his way of life. Colonia LeBaron, 224 miles southwest of El Paso, nestled in a lush, picturesque valley reached by a narrow, little-traveled road that dead ends against Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental range, is one of the most bizarre American colonies on earth. "We live here," volunteered former U.S. diplomat Earl L. Jensen, "because we are polygamists and cannot live in the United States with our plural wives and because we believe the time is near for great calamities in the United States." 'Church of Firstborn Jensen, a leader in the mile-high Mexican hamlet of an anomalous religious sect called the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times, maintains: "The United States will be destroyed in our lifetime by nuclear bombs, by fires and plagues that will spread through the entire country.

"And, out of the ashes, we, here at Colonia LeBaron, as a nucleus of God's chosen people, will provide the leadership to the people of Mexico and Central America who will rise as a nation and take over America." The Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times, organized in 1956, claims a membership of nearly 5,000, with many of its adherents living in the United States. LeBaron explained that in the village that bears his family's name, "the church doesn't require a member to be a polygamist, neither does it object to it." He maintains separate homes in the village for each of his five wives. Others, like Jensen, who also has five wives, live in one large house with each wife having her own bedroom, and children of all wives living as brothers and sisters, sharing other rooms. Ages Range From 23 to Infant LeBaron's oldest child is 23. The youngest of his 40 children is three months.

LeBaron, who supports his large family by running a ranch, said: "It isn't an easy life. All of us work hard to keep the family going. "Each of my wives and each of my children have their daily work laid out. To make our large family a success we all have to work together. My older sons are good workers.

They help me operate the ranch. "There is seldom friction between my wives or my children for the simple reason our home has an environment of intellectual as well as spiritual love. "God in his first commandment to man told Adam to go out and multiply. We believe plural marriages are God-given, essential to the advancement of our religion as we Please Turn to Page 11, Col. 1 GRIM DAY DUE IN SOUTHLAND--JUST LIKE SATURDAY Gloomy weather was all the weatherman had to offer Southern California for the weekend.

Gray skies and drizzles were the pattern Saturday the prediction for today. Partial clearing in coastal valleys during the afternoon was the most optimistic note the Weather Bureau could offer. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers were predicted for interior mountains and desert areas. Coastal temperatures were in the 60s at midday Saturday. CHILDREN OF POLYGAMY- Maude Jensen, one of Earl Jensen's five wives, holds her son, Jeffrey, 7 months.

Other two children, Tami Jensen, 8, on her left, and Judy Jensen, 13, on her right, are Jensen's children by two other wives. They all share the same residence. Mrs. Schlafly Pushes Demand for GOP Women's Vote Inquiry BY CARL GREENBERG Times Political Editor FRESNO Mrs. Phyllis Schlafly made a new demand Saturday for a "complete investigation" of the National Federation of Republican Women's presidential election which she claims was stolen from her.

In fact, "they over-stole it," said Mrs. Schlafly, now first vice president of the federation, of her defeat in Washington last month by Mrs. Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach. Mrs. O'Donnell will take office as president in January.

Mrs. Schlafly, of Alton, released a letter she wrote to GOP National Chairman Ray Bliss in which she charged that his office was not neutral during the convention of delegates representing 500,000 women. She said she now has proof his office is continuing its "UNneutral" conduct. She demanded an independent audit of the national committee's books to determine, among other things, how much money the committee advanced to hold hotel rooms in Washington during the convention. Mrs.

Schlafly asserted they were used to help Mrs. O'Donnell's candidacy and to defeat her. Reportedly, this involved more than $25,000, Mrs. Schlafly said. The letter was made public after Mrs.

Schlafly, a conservative, arrived to address directors of the conservative California Republican Assembly Saturday night. Mrs. Schlafly told a news conference that New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and his brother, Winthrop, governor of Arkansas, were among those in the "liberal establishment" who she feels worked Please Turn to Page 10, Col.

1 Actor Reginald Denny, 76, Dies in England After Long Career Veteran stage and screen actor Reginald Denny has died of a stroke in England, his family reported here Saturday. Mr. Denny, 76, appeared in more 200 motion pictures, including "Around the World in 80 Days" and "Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House." He also played Col. Pickering in "My Fair Lady" on Broadway with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews in 1957-59, and recreated the role at the Valley Music Theater and Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

Mr. Denny and his wife, Isobel, residents of San Marino, were visiting his sister, Mrs. Nora Reynolds Veitch, in Surrey, England, when he was stricken. He died Friday in a Surrey hospital. The son of a British acting couple, Mr.

Denny played his first stage role in London in 1899. He came to the United States in 1911 for a Broadway role in "Quaker Girl." His film careed began about 1920 when he started series of 18 silent a serials called "The Leather Pushers." The debonair actor also was a designer and manufacturer of model airplanes and developed a radio-con- Joan trolled target aircraft used by the bone, Reginald Denny Reginald Denny armed forces in World War II. Beside his wife, he leaves a son, two daughters, Mrs. Pucci and Mrs. Deborah Carand six grandchildren..