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pgogflngtlcg'fcfmcg 3 4th Victim Walnut Gunfight Dies i Man, 22, Was Among 8 Persons, Including 3 Children, Who Were Barricaded in Rooms infim i m-' mMliiriirrfiiiinn-)riil -f -y a I it I I ip 1 'ELIXIR OF LIFE' Folk Medicine: Home 'Cures' Stage a Revival BY AL MARTINEZ Time StaM Writer For those who believe that ginseng root will increase their sexual capacity, the associate dean of the USC school of pharmacy has some disconcerting news. It won't. But the so-called "queen of herbs" from the Orient ranging, in price up to $32 an ounce is a giant seller in what appears to be a revival of home medicinal remedies. The same stores that stock granola cookies and sesame sticks now have shelves loaded with herbal teas and an impressive variety of publications dealing with their healing powers. A Los Angeles publisher says the sale of his home remedy books has increased by 50 in the past year alone, and one dealing specifically with herbal medicines is selling a thousand copies a week.

There is even a book on what herbs to give your dbg. Organic Food Spinoff Dean Edward S. Brady, who in addition to his position at USC is president of the California Pharmaceutical regards the revival of folk medicine as a spinoff of the organic food boom an effort by America's young people to return to a "natural" way of life. "I suspect that another part of the revival a result of our wanting something to believe in," he adds. "People are dissatisfied with modern medicine, untested drugs and the physician's search for money.

They just don't think doctors care anymore." This isn't the first time around for ginseng. Known for thousands of years by the Chinese as an "elixir of life" and an herb that "fills the heart with hilarity," the snakelike root pops up periodically as an aphrodisiac. While its popular application seems more social than medicinal, ginseng has also been touted in cures for colds, coughs, constipation and inflammation of the urinary tract. Flease Turn to Page 26, Col. 1 1 I The fourth victim of a Sunday night gunfight between Sheriff's deputies, Highway Patrolmen and gunmen barricaded in a Walnut apartment died early today.

Deputies identified him as Larry E. Pemberton, 22, of 359 Camino de Teodora, Walnut. He was one of eight persons including three small children in the apartment, during the 75-minute gun battle. They said Pemberton was shot five times during the seige at 20700 San Jose Hills Road and died at 4:30 a.m. at Pomona Valley Hospital.

Two brothers and a young mother were killed in the apartment. Two deputies were wounded in the tie, in which more than 100 shots were exchanged, according to investigators. The other dead were identified as Phillip Riggi, 24, the occupant of the apartment, his brother Robert Riggi, 18, of 12750 Torch, Wal-, nut, and Sandra Caven, 22, of 5015 N. Garsden Covina. Caven was.

the mother of two of the children in the apartment duriner the seige. The third child was Riggi's 2-year-old son; Phillip: Jr. All Three Rescued All three youngsters were rescued from the rear of the second-story apartment at the height of. the battle. Deputies WTilliam Lackey and Anthony Moreno coaxed Tina Caven, 6, and her brother John, 4, to jump from a bedroom window into their arms.

When it was learned that Phillip Riggi Jr. was still inside the tear-gas -filled bedroom, Lackey, 27, donned a gas mask, climbed to the apartment on a fire department ladder and carried the boy to safety. The children have all been placed in the care of relatives. CHILD AND BULLET HOLES Picture of Phillip Riggi 2, is surrounded by bullet holes in Wal nut apartment where'd 75-minute gunfight was one of three children rescued. Times photo by Steve Fontanini La Raza Unida Members Heckle Kennedy at Rally for McGovern Chants of 'Chicano Power' Prompt Senator to Abandon Prepared Talk and Permit One of the Militants to Speak BY CARL GBEENBERG Timet Political Writer Trial of Juan Corona in Slaying of 25 Itinerant Laborers Begins of 100- A 19-year-old youth found hiding in a closet in the apartment was unhurt and is being held for questioning.

1 Investigators said today that the shootout apparently stemmed from an incident last Friday in which one of the dead suspects it was not announced which wa.s arrestee for threatening a. security guard at the apartment complex with a knife. On Sunday night, the same sdcuri-ty guard phoned deputies for assistance after one of the suspects threatened him with a rifle. I Officers Fired On Deputies said the officers wrjo responded to the call were fired on from inside the Riggi apartment as they knocked on the door. They retreated and called for help.

More than 50 deputies and California Highway Patrol officers, 'many wearing flak and-helmets and armed with riot guns, we.re sent to the scene. Many tenants; of1 the 187-unit apartment including all of those living in units adjoining the Riggi apartment, were evacuated safely; The two wounded deputies Daniel Hawkins, 29, and Sgt. James Callas, 27, were, treated at Pomona Valley Community Hospital for their wounds and released. Sheriff's spokesmen said today that a third Riggi brother, a 16-year-old, was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of robbing a gasoline station near the apartment house where, his brothers died. The youth allegedly tried to flee the scene in a camper truck, firing on officers a shotgun as they chased him.

He was finally captured at a roadblock where he tried to flee on foot after he abandoned the bullet-riddled vehicle. covered, six days later, Corona was arrested. He later was charged with murdering all 25, four of whom never have been identified. All were middle-aged or older men and many were known around skid rows in Yuba City and Marysville, near where the killings took place. Corona, 38, has pleaded innocent.

About 200 witnesses are to testify and hundreds of pieces of evidence are to be examined in the case, which Dist. Atty. G. David Teja of Sutter County admits is purely circumstantial. The case was moved to Solano County on grounds Corona could not get a fair trial in Sutter County, where the bodies were found.

Superior Judge Richard E. Patton of Colusa County, assigned ttry the case, had agreed he would question separately each of the prospective jurors to make sure they had not been prejudiced by pretrial publicity. other information appearing on checks. The judges said this kind of information must be obtained from, the individual himself through legal means. The challenge to the Bank Secrecy: Act was made by California banker' Fortney Stark and the American Liberties Union and was backed by the American Bankers Assn.

The government contended that the individual depositor had. "no inherent interest" in bank records. BILLION tET Bay Area Transit Operation Opens OAKLAND W) Under a-banner proclaiming "we're off and unnijig" the nation's first new regional rapid transit system in 50 years opened here today. "This is a glorious day. Not just the country but all the world is wateh-ing this $1.5 billion bet we've made," San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Bay Area Rapid Transit- t)is-trict, or BART.

Alioto and other officials; then boarded the first of the sleek, highspeed trains with which BART hopes to lure commuters back to the rails. Alioto said BART, which took io years to plan and eight years-to build, "shows the world youVcjn have effective repid transit system in what is now the fourth largest population center in the country." Sho Sen. Edward M. Kennedy CD-Mass.) was heckled repeatedly Sunday by La Raza Unida Party members as he spoke to a predominantly Mexican-American crowd estimated at 2,500 persons at a McGovern rally. Chants of "Chicano power" echoed over the loudspeakers as a group of about 25 La Raza Unida (the race united) demonstrators stood near the platform on the mall of East Los Angeles College, 5375 Brooklyn Ave.

Before beginning his speech, Kennedy, recognizing the apparent futility of halting the shouts, invited one of the militants to come to the platform and talk to the crowd. One of them did, for, nearly eight minute, in Spanish. Secret Service agents, sheriff's deputies and campus police kept a watchful eye on the demonstrators, who later subjected California's senior U.S. senator, Alan Cranston, to the same treatment when he spoke briefly. When Kennedy arrived shortly before 1 p.m., the hecklers, waving the flag, of Mexico, held up placards with such inscriptions as: "Kennedy and McGovern are carpetbaggers and political "What have we gained from the Democrats?" "Send the Irish back to EARTHQUAKE JARS SOUTHLAND AREA Exclusive to The Timet from a Staff writer SAN BERNARDINO An earthquake of moderate intensity shook western portions of San Bernardino and Riverside counties at 2:40 a.m.

today. There were no reports of serious damage. Scientists at Caltech reported a preliminary measurement of 3.8 on the Richter scale. The temblor, centered south of Loma Linda in Reche Canyon, prompted about 85 calls to police in San Bernardino, Riverside, Fontana, Perris and other communities. Moist Pacific Air Brings in Drizzles, Causes Wind Gusts Moist ocean air pushed in across the coast today, bringing drizzles in the foothills and mountains and gusty winds in some desert and inland areas.

Overcast skies reached as far inland as Lake Arrowhead, where .01 of rain was reported. In most sections the sun broke through by mid-morning, however. As the ocean air pushed through mountain passes and onto the inland valleys it turned into brisk winds. Winds were strong enough to kick up masses of dust in the west San Joaquin Valley, and the highway patrol warned of reduced visibility west of Interstate 5 on California 46. Traffic Discouraged The roadway carries coast-bound traffic west toward Paso Robles.

The CHP tried to discourage all but absolutely necessary travel on the highway, where visibility was reduced at times to 20 feet. The overcast held temperatures below average over much of Southern California. By late morning the mercury had reached only 72 at the Civic Center. Coastal cloudiness, extending inland to the mountains, was expected to continue, the U.S. Weather Service said.

FAIRFIELD (1 Farm labor contractor Juan Corona went on trial today, charged with slaying 25 itinerant farm workers whose hacked bodies were found in shallow peach-orchard graves alohg the Feather River. Clerk Betty Belfiore called the names of 100 prospective jurors as about 20 persons marched outside the courthouse carrying signs saying in English and Spanish, "Justice for Juan Corona," "Corona Is Innocent" and "Pick a Fair Jury." Twelve persons were seated in the jury box as attorneys prepared to begin questioning. Corona was brought to the courthouse from his cell under guard in a sheriff's van. The second-floor courtroom, with 88 spectator seats, was filled. The judge read the names of the 25 dead men, the first of whom was found March 20, 1971.

By the time the 10th had been dis Ireland," and "Raza si, Kennedy no." Sunday's appearance by Kennedy marked the beginning of nearly a week of campaigning by the senator on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate George S. McGovern, whom he will join on the campaign trail Tuesday. Kennedy began to speak after the introduction of a number of nominees for the Assembly, Mayor Tony Sanchez of Pico Rivera and several McGovern-Shriver campaign leaders all Mexican-Americans. But, as Kennedy was about to launch into his speech, he stopped, turned toward the demonstrators and said: "I'd almost forgotten what it's like to be heckled. But this is in the tradition of the Democratic Party.

If this was a Republican meeting we'd be meeting in the board room of ITT." (He was referring to International Telephone and Telegraph which stirred a political furore by a contribution to the Republicans to help finance holding the GOP National Convention in San Diego when it faced possible antitrust action by the Justice Department.) Please Turn to Page 23, Col. 1 "complex, sophisticated" economic reforms will have to be carried out as Phase II of the price and wage controls nears an end. "Unless organized labor and our large enterprises are willing to strengthen discipline of competition to hold down wages to the real levels of actual productivity increases, and to share some of the gains in economic efficiency with our customers here and abroad through price reduction, we will be back in the crisis again," Romney said. McGovern 'Naive7 on Diplomacy, Romney Says During LA. Visit Court Voids Law Allowing U.S.

to Check Citizens7 Bank Records Ann-Margret Hurt in Fall on Lake Tahoe Stage SOUTH LAKE TAHOE Singer-actress Ann-Margret was hospitalized in satisfactory condition today with broken bones after tumbling 40 feet from a scaffold just prior to her late show at a Lake Tahoe casino. Manager Allan Carp said the 31-year-old entertainer suffered a concussion, five facial bone fractures, a broken jaw and broken left arm. The scaffold, designed to look like a giant hand, was used in her act, Carr said. He said the fall came moments before the curtain was to have opened. The Sahara Tahoe Hotel audience was unaware of the accident, Carr said, until informed by hotel personnel.

She was taken by ambulance to Barton Memorial Hospital here, a Fire Department spokesman said. Carr said she regained consciousness after the fall. Her manager said the entertainer would be flown to Los Angeles today for possible plastic surgery. "We didn't believe it was dangerous or we wouldn't have used it," Carr said of the scaffold. The device had been able to lift men nearly three times Ann Margret's 118 pounds, he said.

Cause of the accident was under investigation by authorities. SEVERE GASHES Whale Takes Bite From Surfer's Leg MONTEREY (UPI) An 18-year-old surfer was recovering today from deep wounds he suffered when he was grabbed by what he said was a killer whale in the Pacific Ocean south of here. Some 100 stitches were needed to close two deep gashes and a third cut on the leg of Hans Kretschmer, Scotts Valley, Calif. Kretschmer said he was surfing about 30 yards offshore at Point Sur Saturday when the whale attacked. "When the beast grabbed me I hit it on the head with my fist but got separated from the board.

I thought for sure it would come after me again but I was able to catch a wave and body surf into the beach." Kretschmer said he was shown pictures of several sea animals and identified the killer whale. Dr. Jim Hughes, head of the Pacific Grove Marine Rescue Patrol, said killer whales normally will not attack humans. However, he said, there were sea lions in the area and the whale was probably after them. Democratic presidential candidate George S.

McGovern is "naive and a slow learner," Housing and Urban Development Secretary George Romney said here today. "He's naive in. that he fails to recognize the realities of the world we live in," Romney contended during a press conference at the Nixon Voter Information Center. The center's purpose is to win black votes for President Nixon. Romney later attacked McGovern in a speech to the Channel City Club in Santa Barbara, asserting that the Democratic candidate's proposal to cut defense spending by $30 billion "is an 'Alice in Wonderland' exercise in irresponsibility unknown to American political history." Part of Cabinet Campaign Romney's visit here was part of the Administration's plan to send Cabinet members into strategic states to attack at McGovern's proposals in their respective fields and garner votes for reelection of the President.

Romney, accompanied by his wife Lenore, told a press conference here that, when he talks about diverting defense funds to domestic needs, McGovern fails to understand that "you don't solve problems by just throwing federal money at them." Nor, Romney contended, does McGovern recognize that reducing military strength makes this nation vulnerable "to those who threaten nuclear blackmail." Romney said there are groups that would keep spending on strategic research and development at an absolute minimum and: "It is this kind of unrealistic, foolhardy, dangerous thinking that Sen. McGovern represents in spades Communist leadership has not changed its basic objectives." In the text of his Santa Barbara speech, released here, Romney said that if inflation was to be held down, SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) A federal court ruled today, that a new law allowing the government to check individuals' banking records is unconstitutional because it violates the right to privacy. The U.S. District Court said the Bank Secrecy Act, which was passed in 1970 and went into effect this year, insofar as it gives the government a blanket power to examine persons' records "is such an invasion of a citizen's right to privacy as amounts to an unreasonable search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment." The law's provisions requiring banks to maintain microfilmed records of all transactions and report to the government all large interna-t i a 1 money transactions was upheld. But, the court said, the law is unconstitutional in authorizing the government "to require virtually unlimited reporting from banks and their customers of domestic financial transactions as a surveillance device for the alleged purpose of discovering possible, but unspecified, wrongdoing among the citizenry." Law's Intent 'Far-Fetched' The court said the relationship between the law's requirements and the likelihood of uncovering wrongdoing was "far-fetched." The three-judge panel which ruled on a challenge to the law noted that the act makes no provision for any judicial or administrative requirement for the secretary of the Treasury to meet before ordering an individual's bank records disclosed.

The court also noted that the records of an individual the government gets might contain "details of his personal financial affairs" such as to whom he is paying money, and SH 'V- un jy.d i "IT TOw NEWS CONFERENCE George Romney, secretary of Housing end Urban Development, talks to reporters at LA. news conference. Times photo by Don Cormier.