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LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE WEST, 982,075 OAILY, 1,317.220 SUNDAY. VOL. LXXXIX 2t SIX PARTSPART ONE CC FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1970 104 PAGES Copyright 1970 Los Angeies Time? DAILY 10c U.S. Threa to California's Ai tens End Student Arrests Come Back to Haunt Graduates Those Involved in Campus Unrest Face Denial of State Teacher Credentials A $978 Million Involved; State Cited for Violations of Welfare Rules jr I I 'vp' J. BURKE Writer 14 ml -m mm 1 TELLS OF TROOP WITHDRAWALS Secretory of Defense Melvin R.

Laird announcing a speedup of U.S. troops from Vietnam. He are to be pulled out by Oct. 15. Ifft Wirephoto BY VINCENT Timet Staff WASHINGTON The government Thursday threatened to cut off nearly $1 billion federal aid for financing welfare payments in California because of alleged violations of federal welfare regulations.

Representatives of California and three other states were summoned to appear at public hearings to answer charges of noncompliance with regulations governing payments to the poor. The other states are Indiana, Nebraska and Arizona. The federal aid they receive ranges from $978 million a year for California to $8 million for Nebraska. Gov. Reagan in a statement issued in Sacramento denounced the federal move as a "regrettable curious inconceivable" invasion of states' rights.

But he stopped short of saying California would defy the federal government. State Boost or Benefit Cut He said that if California is forced to change its welfare program to comply with Washington's interpretation of federal law, it will have to cither boost the state's cost of welfare by at least $70 million or cut back benefits for a large number of families now on the rolls. California is accused of failing to adjust the legal maximum welfare payments for cost of living increases as required by law; failing to allow welfare recipients to determine who should be considered a member of the family receiving assistance, such as stepparents, and failing to apply the state's plan for adult social services uniformly in all counties. For more than a year representatives of the poor have complained that the Deoartment of Health, Education and Welfare is presiding over BY NOEL GREENWOOD Timet Education Writer Two years ago, John Gish was arrested with about 40 other students after a "mill-in" at Cal State Long Beach protesting the banning of a sculpture exhibit. He was charged with unlawful assembly and disturbing the peace.

When his case got to court, it was dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence. Last month, because of the arrest he was tentatively denied the necessary state credentials to teach in California. Gish, now 23 and married, is one of an increasing number of college graduates who face being barred from teaching in California because of their arrests in connection with campus disruptions. "How many we've got going right, row I don't know," H. Richard Shipp said.

"But I think the committee is taking a harder line on any acts that involve violence on campus." Committee Screens Applicants The committee Shipp refers to is the Committee of Credentials, an arm of the State Department of Education. It screens prospective teachers, and Shipp is its executive secre-tarv. The committee is not bound by court action that cleared a student of a charge against him as in Gish's case. Instead, it makes its own Investigation of the incident. If it is displeased by what it finds, the credentials are denied.

"There are many other kinds of incidents which are unacceptable conduct but not criminal," Shipp said. "We're judging professional and moral conduct." Once denied by the committee, the applicant for credentials has 30 days in which to appeal the decision either to the committee itself or through an administrative process that eventually ends with the State Board of Education. Action Usually Upheld But usually the committee's action 1s upheld and the denial is made final. All prospective teachers run the risk of not receiving credentials if they have arrest records and the charges are serious. But only in the past few years have campus-connected arrests entered the picture.

Dr. Carl Larson, committee chairman and chief of the Bureau of Teacher Education and Certification, said that in such cases the committee denies credentials only when the student is guilty of a violent act. "There's a difference between being told to disperse and doing something violent," Larson said. He said the committee recognizes that some students arrested during demonstrations "take part in a very innocuous way" or are innocent bystanders. "The big question that's always aked is, 'Is he really violent? Docs he do harm to someone? Does he really do destruction of property as Larson said.

In the past, he added, the commit-Please Turn to Page 18, Col. 1 CAUSES IT TO DECOMPOSE Additive Developed That May Prevent DDT Contamination NIXON BACKED AS HOUSE KILLS MOVE ON CAMBODIA CURB BY JOHN H. AVERILL Timet Staff writer WASHINGTON The House, amid charges of Administration arm-twisting, gave President Nixon a decisive victory Thursday by going firmly on record against the Senate's Cooper-Church amendment to restrict U.S. military operations in Cambodia. By a vote of to 133, the House tabled and thus killed a motion that would have instructed House members of a Senate-House conference committee to accept the Cooper-Church amendment without change.

In little more than an hour and with practically no debate, the Please Turn to Page 8, Col. 1 Watch Kept on 3 Bludgeon Survivors Round-the-Clock Police Guard Posted at Hospital BY JIM STINGLEY Timet Staff Writer Tape recorders kept vigil Thursday at the bedsides of three survivors of the savage clawhammer beatings in San Gabriel that already have claimed the lives of a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother. A round-the-clock police guard was also posted' at the hospital rooms. According to San Gabriel Dot. Lt.

Wayne Coleman, the tape recorders are ready in case the semiconscious Fred Senff, or his daughter. Jenny, 6, say something that would give a clue to the mass crime that took place in their home early Wednesday. Coleman said Scnff awakened briefly Thursday morning but, when questioned about the tragedy, "I don't want to talk about it." Later, police said, Senff said, "The dog was barking, the dog was barking." Police said the man also mentioned a name, but officers would not reveal what it "was. Meanwhile, police said. Mrs.

Gloria Senff's condition has worsened and total paralysis has set Please Turn to Page 19, Col. I Index to IJOOK REVIEW. Part 1, Tage 2. Part Pape CLASSIFIED. Part 3, Pages 1-JO.

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tr i 1 in the removal said over 50,000 "law and order" in state-administered welfare programs. Critics charged that many states ignored federal regulations stemming from the 1967 welfare law and a number of Supreme Court decisions that enlarged the rights of welfare recipients. According to an HEW survey, only 11 of the 50 states were in full compliance with federal regulations as of last April 1. Thursday's action provided tha most dramatic evidence yet that the Nixon Administration intends to administer the shock treatment to the rest of the states to bring them into compliance. Opens Campaign in November The Administration opened the campaign last November when it scheduled hearings to determine whether it should cut off the flow of welfare funds to Connecticut and Nevada.

On only four previous occasions in the last "20 years had the federal government initiated hearings on charges of noncompliance with welfare rules. No state has suffered even a brief stoppage of federal funds for its welfare program since 1931, when the government used its power of the purse to force Indiana to abandon plans to publicize names of welfare recipients. Scheduling of the four compliance hearings was announced by John D. Twiname, administrator of the Social and Rehabilitation Service. He told a news conference HEW Secretary Elliot L.

Richardson approved of his decision. He said he did not know whether the White House had been notified in advance of his announcement. Please Turn to Page 20, Col. 1 cially in parts of the world plagued by malaria, Rapp said. It has also been responsible for a tremendous increase in food production.

However, it has been under attack from environmentalists because it accumulates in the fatty tissues of i animals and humans, where it remains indefinitely. Sweeny and Fischer, under a government contract to Aerojet, developed an additive of zinc or aluminum that rids DDT of this serious ecological drawback, according to Rapp. The powder of precipitated zinc added to dry DDT and then dusted or sprayed on field, forest or "The granules, as fine as face pow-tler. are coated with a material that resists deterioration for several Please Turn to Page 25, Col. 1 VILLASENOR Stiff Writer tising to induce the public to increase its use of electricity.

He noted that evidence presented during the trial indicated that fo; many years the department hat waged an aggressive advertising campaign to increase the use of electricity by city residents, whom it urged to "live electrically." The judge observed that the department is not a private corpor tion operating to make a profit. Please Turn to Page 23, Col. 1 THE WEATHER U.S. Weather Bureau forecast: Hazy sunshine today and Saturday, with some night and low clouds and fog. Highs mid-SOs.

High Thursday, 81': Ij.v, G7. Complete weather and report in Tart Z. T. I. BY GEORGE GETZE Timet Science Writer Sveig Convicted on One Perjury Charge, Acquitted of Others BY JOHN J.

GOLDMAN Timet Staff Writer NEW YORK A federal court jury, after marathon deliberations, found Martin Sweig, the suspended top aide to House Speaker John W. McCo a guilty of perjury Thursday night. The guilty verdic nn nne perjury count meant that Sweig could face a maximum prison sentence of five years and a fine of 2,000. The jury of men and four women acquitted the scholarly looking defendant of a charge that he conspired to defraud the government and on five other perjury counts. "Thank God it's over," said Sweig, who was visibly nervous during the long wait while the jury pondered his fate.

He had no other comment. Judge Marvin Frankel freed Sweig on $30,000 bond and set Aug. 31 for sentencing. The jury's verdict after 17 hours over two days ended a historic trial during which the Speaker of the House of Representatives took the witness stand to deny he knew his congressional office was being used as base for influence peddling. An- Please Turn to Page 11, Col.

1 Showers Dampen Southland Regions A cloudburst dumped .07 inch of rain on Palm Desert in 40 minutes Thursday while scattered thunder-showers left smaller amounts in other desert and mountain areas. The sudden downpour, flooded streets in the Riverside County community but there were no reports of major damage. It was accompanied by lightning which ignited a palm tree and gusty winds. The' U.S. Weather Bureau predicted widely scattered thundershowers in the mountains and deserts todaj but forecasters said they believed the main surge of tropical air from the west coast of Mexico had moved north.

Earlier in the day, some moisture spread into San Gabriel Valley foothill communities and the San Fcr- Plcase Turn to Page Col. 3 The Times Tale of Satan Worship Unfolds in Slaying Cases Page 3, Part 1. Tiger Cage' Prison Has Been Infamous Since 1862 Page 5, Part 1. Man to Mark 102nd Year Alone in a Dingy Room Part 2, Page 1. U.S.

Will Speed Up Viet Pullout, Beat Oct. 15 Goal-Laird BY ROBERT J. DONOVAN Timet Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON The United States will withdraw about 33,000 troops from Vietnam by Oct. 13 instead of the 50,000 previously announced by. President Nison, it was learned Thursday.

A disclosure that the withdrawal schedule would be exceeded was made by Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird at a press conference Thursday morning, but he declined to say how many more troops would be brought home. Laird also said that the Pentagon would "meet or beat" the President's promise of an overall withdrawal by next April 20 of 130.000 a figure that includes the 33,000. Again the secretary declined to say how many more than 130,000 might be pulled out by next April, but indications were that the total would be at least 163,000. Withdrawal of 40 Seen Meanwhile, authorities said that of American forces still stationed in South Korea would be withdrawn in the coming months.

This would include one of the two American divisions the 2nd Infantry Division or the 7th on duty 17 years after the end of the Korean war. Whichever division remains probably will be strengthened. At the same time, the United States plans to help modernize the South Korean air force. U.S. and South Korean officials will meet soon in Hawaii July 21 is the tentative date to discuss reduc-' tion of American forces in Korea.

"We will still have a substantial U.S. presence in Korea, even after redeployment goes forward," Laird said. Paul B. Park, former deputy de-Please Turn to Page 9, Col. 1 somewhat less frequency fn recent years by the church.

However, with a nationwide trend leading to more liberalized rules on abortion the Roman Catholic hierarchy has become more militant in its opposition. The New York State abortion law which went into effect July 1, called the most liberal in the country, led Bishop Walter P. Kellenberg of Rockville Centre. N.Y., to remind Catholics that "those who procure abortion" incur excommunication. A Los Angeles chancery spokesman said, "This is not to be an excommunication which is formally imposed by the church through a legal process, but rather automatically incurred by any person involved in the procurement of an abortion.

This censure is binding upon the conscience of the individual involved, Tlcase Turn to Page 23, Col. 1 Two El Monte chemists have developed an additive that may prevent residual contamination of plants and animals by DDT. Louis Rapp. manager of research and technology at Aerojet-General environment systems division in El Monte, said the new com-lound is nontoxic. It causes DDT to decompose several weeks after it has been applied.

Secretary of the Interior Walter J. Hickel announced the development of the additive Thursday, and also that a government contract had been awarded Aerojet to verify the nontoxicity to marine animals. The Aerojet chemfsts who worked on the new compound are Keith Sweeny and Rod Fischer. DDT is a pesticide that has saved the lives of millions of people, espe Catholics Involved in Abortions Warned of Excommunication DWP Loses Lawsuit to Obtain Permit for Steam Power Plant BY JOHN DART Timet Religion Writer BY RUDY Timet The Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power Thursday lost its suit to compel the county's Air Pollution Control District to permit construction of its $61.3 million Scaltergood 3 steam-powered generating plant at Playa del Rey. In a 113-page decision, Superior Judge Bernard S.

Jefferson sided with the APCD view that the proposed plant would greatly increase air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin. The court specifically held that APCD Rule 67, adopted Dec. 4, 1969, while the department's application for the project was pending, i3 valid and enforceable. In commenting on the department's contention that without the new plant Los Angeles will face a power crisis in the next few years, Jefferson suggested that in that event the agency should quit adver Any Catholic who cooperates In an abortion is excommunicated. Archbishop Timothy Manning of Los Angeles said in a proclamation Thursday.

"Even the mother herself is not immune from this severe Archbishop Manning said, citing church law. "All the violence, madness and malice of our times are summed up in abortion," the archbishop said. "We tremble for our country, as we pray that the justice of God will not fall on us." The Roman Catholic Church maintains that human life begins at the moment of conception and that aborting the fetus violates the Fifth Commandment, "Thou shalt not kill." Excommunication is Intended to prohibit Catholics from receiving communion, but the penalty or th threat of it tfas been employed with 1.