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3 Imamtlta CTmta may 10, w-m i 3 ACTED FOR PAL ft- ft.t Reagan Asks Changes, iSHAI 5CIJ0C PAUL COATES Something in Common Delay in Abortion Bill FT 3rs i PIC: IU SCHOOL STRIKE Lay teachers picket Bishop Alemany High School, Mission Hills, in strike over salaries and written contracts. In the foreground are Frank Diaz, left, lay faculty dean, and Ralph Ahn. Times photos by Frank Q. Brown Lay Teachers Picket Catholic High School in Pay Hike Strike ASSEMBLY GROUP OK'S AUTHORIZING OF STATE LOTTERY SACRAMENTO (UPI) The Assembly Government Organization Committee Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment authorizing a state lottery which backers think could put $150 million a year into the state treasury. The measure, by Assemblyman Alan G.

Pattee (R-Salinas), was sent to the Constitutional Amendments Committee where it faces another hearing. Committee approval of the measure came with unexpected swiftness just before the close of a two-hour meeting. The voters rejected a state lottery plan, sponsored by a private group, in 1964. But Pattee said he believes the voters were opposed not to the lottery but to making "a private corporation in the middle rich." 203 Presbyterian Clergymen Back Abortion Measure BY JOHN DART Timet Religion Writer Presbyterian clergymen e-senting 203 churches in three Southland counties and Hawaii Tuesday urged the California Legislature to pass a therapeutic abortion bill. Delegates attending a meeting of the Los Angeles Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church also accepted a resolution urging Gov.

Reagan to reconsider his decision to abolish some 3,700 positions in the Department of Mental Hygiene. The abortion resolution received overwhelming approval by voice vote. The mental hygiene resolution passed by a 120-84 margin. The Los Angeles Presbytery, which held its meeting at the Calvary Presbyterian Church in South Pasadena, has a membership of 165,000 persons in Hawaii as well as Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. The resolution on the therapeutic abortion proposal, Assembly Bill 834, noted that "the basic theological objection to any change in the law is based on the highly debatable contention that human life begins at the instant of conception.

"The present practice of therapeutic abortions is restricted to the first (three months) of pregnancy or Please Turn to Page 20, Col. 1 Governor Calls for Study of Colorado Measure's Results BY RAY ZEMAN Times Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO Gov. Reagan Tuesday called for amendments in the abortion liberalization bill and said Californians should study results of a similar measure in Colorado. Without actually threatening to veto the bill of Sen. Anthony C.

Beilenson (D-Los Angeles) if it clears the Legislature, Reagan said, "There are provisions that I can't find myself in agreement with." At a Capitol news conference, the governor said an almost identical bill which was signed into law in Colorado April 25 will provide a "laboratory example" to show how the Beilenson bill might work. Asked if he was suggesting a one-year delay in liberalizing California's present abortion law, Reagan said, "I didn't set any time on this." Seeks One More Vote Beilenson believes he has 20 of the 21 votes needed for Senate approval of his bill, now on the Senate'3 inactive file. "I'll call for a vote as soon as I have 21," he said. Beilenson has an appointment to see Reagan at 11 a.m. Thursday.

Meanwhile, Chairman W. Craig Biddle (R-Riverside) of the Assembly Criminal Procedure Committee said he will make up his mind "within the next couple of days" on how to move with an almost identical abortion bill he has introduced in the Assembly. Reagan said he has expressed his own feelings to legislators. "It is a very profound and deep issue," he said. Provisions of Measure The measure would permit abortions in cases of rape, incest or where a mother's health is gravely threatened or where there is a threat that a child would be born with a grave physical or mental defect.

"There are legal questions that have not been resolved yet," Reagan said "There are loophoies opened up with regard to the statutory rape provisions "There is a very great question to me as to where we can actually stand trying to judge in advance of a birth that someone is going to be born a cripple and whether we have the right to decide before birth what cripple would not be allowed to live. "We have had some great contributions made to mankind by people who have been in the technical Please Turn to Page SO, Col. 3 unexpired term of the late Assemblyman Charles Chapel (R-Palos Verdes), who died last February. In an earlier special election last month, Beverly and Solomon, a Redondo Beach councilman, led the voting among Republican and Democratic candidates contending for the office and earned the right to meet in Tuesday's runoff election. Gov.

Reagan entered the runoff campaign on behalf of Beverly, who concentrated his campaigning on a get-out-the-vote drive. Lay teachers picketed Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills Tuesday, initiating the first known teacher strike against a Catholic school in California. The walkout affected approximately 800 boys attending their separate department in the school. About 800 girls continued classes as usual. Frank Diaz.

33. lay faculty dean, said on the picket line that the 31 striking instructors demanded guaranteed annual pay increases, written contracts, a formal salary schedule, 30-day dismissal notices and specific reasons for possible teacher dismissal. In response, the Rev. John C. Hughes, archdiocesan coordinator for the school, said: "The record is clear that the lay faculty has given the administration no opportunity to discuss or negotiate this question." 'Responsibility Terminated' Father Hughes added that "we consider our- responsibility toward (the striking teachers) as terminated." But both Father Hughes and Diaz said they want to negotiate to end the strike.

Meanwhile, 11 teaching priests held classes and senior students were dispatched to other boys classrooms to keep order. In several classrooms, boys chatted idly. Seniors were stationed at school exits to prevent students from leaving without authorization. Late Tuesday, male students voted to support the lay teachers. Sibby Freeman, 17, student body Mickey Cohen and I go back a long time.

My first introduction to him was on the telephone about a dozen years ago. I had written a column that Mickey didn't like. He called me up and addressed me with a word signifying that I was the issue of a marriage made in heaven between two pooches. Then he slammed down the receiver. The next day, Sunset Blvd.

while driving down with my wife, I had the uncom-f rtable feeling that the car be-hind me was trying to force me off the road. I looked into the rear view mirror and noticed with horror the familiar fedora that Mickey affected at that time. When we would come to a bend in the road, the other car naturally a black limousine almost side-swiped me. "It's Mickey Cohen," I said, "and I swear he's trying to kill us. Look for a cop." Finally he sped off, glaring at me as he passed.

But if Mickey had a temper as hot as a $2 pistol, he was also quick to cool off. I saw him again, a few days later, coming into the Mocambo. I thought of using my bride as a shield. But when he noticed me, he simply grinned and nodded politely to my wife. Letter From Prison Shortly after that, Mickey Cohen was doing a stretch at McNeil Island Prison.

And when he got back, the Feds nailed him again this time for a 15-year sentence. So our paths didn't cross. But Mickey and I were on a course leading eventually to the same devastation. Last week I heard from him again. "Dear Paul," his letter read, "I hope and pray that this finds you getting better and better.

I had heard that you were ill but didn't know or realize what it was all about until I saw that story on you and your great recovery. "I brought it down to show the prison authorities. They decided to use your story as a pepper-upper for some guys in this prison who were giving up. So you have become about as well-known here in Springfield as you are out in L.A. "Paul, I hope to God that you keep coming on strong.

And I know in my heart that you will because you are a 'stand up' guy. "Don't bother to answer. I just wanted you to know that I'm rooting for you." (signed) "Mickey." Both Double-Crossed You can take a poll of any floating crap game and find a lot of Runyon characters who still get a chill when they hear the name "Mickey." And, indeed, he made an unsavory addition to the Los Angeles scene. Even so, I will certainly bother to answer. His letter didn't mention that we have something in common.

The years double-crossed both of us. Today, the feisty little gambler and the wise guy reporter suffer similar paralysis. Mickey as the result of a blow to the head with a lead pipe, and me as the result of a stroke. So I will answer, telling Mickey that my recovery is almost complete, thank you, and I hope to hear the same from him. But I will remind him that we both have a little mileage on us, so the next time we see each other on Sunset playing "chicken" is out for us kids.

Revenge. Seen as Motive of Young Sniper BY JOHN DREYFUSS Timet Staff Wrfltr A minor shoplifting incident apparently led to the fatal shooting of a rookie policeman Monday night and the subsequent shooting death of jthe 16-year-old sniper who killed him, police said Tuesday. Officers said the boy, William McKinley Miller of 7323 Tyrone Van Nuys, may have been waiting to avenge a friend caught stealing a bottle of wine when Miller shot and killed Officer Roger R. Warren 23. Miller was lurking in the shadows of a brick barbecue in a Van Nuys playground when spotted by Warren and his partner, officer James P.

Woodman, at 10:25 p.m. Monday. When they stopped their patrol car to investigate, Warren was shot once. The bullet severed his spinal cord. Telescopic Sight on Rifle Woodman and assisting officers shot Miller to death in an exchange of gunfire.

They found him lying next to a 30.06 caliber hunting rifle fitted with a telescopic sight. Earlier in the evening. Miller's friend Robert P. Murphy, 23, of 7122 Ethel had been arrested for stealing a bottle of wine from Dale's Food Market, 6S21 Lennox across the street from the playground. Murphy apparently offered to pay for the wine, and friends, including Miller, urged Paul E.

Kinser, assistant market manager, to accept the payment. Kinser refused, and later received a call telling of "nonspecific threats against the store and himself." according to Capt. Charles Howe, commander of Van Nuys detectives. Howe did not identify the caller. Friends who witnessed Murphy's arrest said it upset Miller.

He was further upset by a police officer's Please Turn to Page 16, Col. 3 Heavier Guard Set to Protect Reagan Excluiiv Tht Timn from Staff Wriftr SACRAMENTO Threat of a new Capitol demonstration Tuesday led to summoning of more armed guards to protect Gov. Reagan. More state police were assigned to Reagan's office and to accompany him in Capitol hallways by Art Van Court, the governor's security aide. The additional precautions were instituted just a week after a band of heavily armed "Black Panthers" had surprised Capitol security forces.

Nineteen adults and five juveniles were taken into custody and disarmed after their vanguard had penetrated an Assembly session May 2. In the latest incident, the Mexican-American Political Assn. scheduled a noon rally on the west steps of the Capitol to appeal for aid for jobless farm workers. And the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was reported planning to enter the large press conference room when the governor appeared at 1:30 p.m. The farm pickets first canceled their crusade when "outsiders" tried to join them.

And all others faced a barrier of state police when Reagan walked Please Turn to Page 17, Col. 1 EMERGENCY SHELTER Women rtfrP I ll yVr: I 4 1 I BREAK Students enjoy an unexpected break during lay teacher strike at a Catholic high school. president, said an Emergency Student Committee for Faculty Support backed the striking faculty because: 1 Lay faculty actions are for the present and future betterment of the school, and the faculty has the Please Turn to Page 22, Col. 3 JONES Writ lems affecting the area. The opinions and recommendations for change were expressed in a series of position papers discussed in workshops that concentrated on welfare, housing, community tension, education, health, employment and recreation.

About 55 organizations were represented at the conference at the Dooto Music Center, 13340 S. Central Ave. Chief Reddin advanced his own position paper by reviewing recent expansion of the Police Department's community relations program, noting: "Our position is that any police department that doesn't have a deep seated community relations program is making a serious mistake." He stressed that Los Angeles is drastically short of police officers compared to other major cities and added that he is anxious to recruit more minority group applicants. Prejudices and promotional disadvantages which have discouraged Please Turn to Page 23, Col. 4 able cloudiness and strong gusty winds along with a 20 chance of light rain before dark and 40 after.

No rain was in sight from Thursday through Monday. A high of 68 was predicted for the Civic Center today. Kurtz said that it doesn't usually rain this late in the spring. But, he noted wryly, "this year we've learned to expect rain from any little disturbance." ITy I "to i Ill 11 -Iffsfej-- TAT Republican Wins 46th Assembly District Race by Wide Margin Redd in Stresses Common Goal of Security in South LA. Talk Mayor Robert G.

Beverly of Manhattan Beach, the Republican candidate, easily defeated Democrat J. O. Lee Solomon Tuesday in a special election in the 46th Assembly District. The final unofficial vote was 23.334 for Beverly to 7.546 for Solomon with all of the 236 precincts counted in the South Bay district. The turnout of eligible voters was 28.6.

The election was held to fill the BY JACK Timet Staff "It's time we started talking and realized we're after the same things," Police Chief Thomas Red-din told several hundred persons at a South Los Angeles community conference Tuesday. These goals are "security in our homes, security of our persons and safety on our streets," he said. Reddin was principal speaker at a conference sponsored by the South Central Area Welfare Planning Council as a sounding board for grass roots opinions on basic prob- 2 Southern California Men Killed in Vietnam Two Southern California men were listed Tuesday in the latest Defense Department list of Vietnam war dead. They were: Marine Lance Cpl. Donald R.

Sorenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Sorenson, 2818 Yearling Lake wood, and Pfc. David A.

Hickman, son of Mrs. R. F. Hickman, El Cajon. i-ztx t--rA i' jr yyJ--, -i i i I i rrh Z-.

WEATHERMAN FOILED AGAIN Dampens Sunny Forecast Sneaky Storm The weather played tricks on the weatherman again Tuesday, dampening the Southland on a day when morning cloudiness was supposed to give way to afternoon sunshine. Not until the 9 a.m. forecast was already out did the Weather Bureau's radar screen and space satellite camera note that a little storm from the north had sneaked down the coast. According to district forecaster Emil Kurtz, the storm bumped into another small front that had been lurking off the Southern California coast since Saturday "and kicked it in over us, bringing rain." But little more than sprinkles and scattered showers fell. Santa Maria had .16 of an inch, ML Wilson, .05, Pasadena .02 and Civic Center .02.

A number of other areas recorded traces. Today's forecast was for consider caught in shower Tuesday use anything at hand to keep their heads dry. Times photos by Joe Kenned 1 4.