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The Times from San Mateo, California • Page 11

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U--Son THE TIMES Tuesday, July 5, 1977 Military Seizes Power in Pakistan Khan, but when he died the situation deteriorated. The nation went to war with India for the third time in December 1971 and lost what had been called the East Wing of Pakistan, now the independent nation of Bangladesh. (Continued from Page 1) Predominantly Hindu India and Moslem Pakistan have fought three wars since the two countries became independent in 1947, but in recent years Bhutto tried to improve relations with India and within the past year there Two Slain (Continued from Page District Municipal Court. Sheriff's investigators were attempting to identify a body found Saturday on the Coast, of a woman who had been shot through the back of head According to Sheriff's Detective Brendan Maguire, the woman, who was six to seven months pregnant, was discovered at about 11:15 a.m. Saturday by Mr.

and Mrs. Scott Erlich of Los Altos as they walked down a path to Horseshoe Beach, some 12 miles south of Half Moon Bay. According to investigators, the woman had apparently been shot execution style at the spot where her body was found. Maguire said the woman probably was a narcotics user as "track marks" were found on both her arms. The woman was described as black, in her early 20s, 5 feet and 140 pounds.

She was wearing rust colored pants, pink bedroom slippers, a blue blouse with a red and white gingham trim, a brown leather jacket and a red beret type hat. Coroner's Investigator Steve Morton said she apparently was killed Friday night. Maguire said her fingerprints were not on file locally, and have been sent to Sacramento in an attempt to identify her. was a resumption of trade and travel between the neighboring countries. India is a nation of 620 million people with 1 million men under arms.

Pakistan, with some 75 million people and a total military strength of about 450,000, is considered far weaker than India in the opinion of military analysis here and in Islamabad. Fire Damages SM Duplex A fire, believed started by fireworks, did an estimated $5,300 damage Monday to a duplex at 709 a reported Daryl Carpenter, an assistant San Mateo fire chief. The occupant, Don Saunders, was not at home but neighbors spotted the fire on the roof at 3:27 p.m. and summoned firemen. The firemen i doused the blaze, confuting the damage to a 15-foot- square area of the roof.

Carpenter said "the probable cause of the fire is fireworks." Bus Hijacker Surrenders (Continued from Page 1) "told us the only reason be gave up WM that he made friends with the rest of the people oh the bus." "We got him cornered into the far end of the field. His vehicle couldn't go any further," said Lt. Prank Bolz, commander of the Mew York City police hostage negotiating team. Ernesto Robinson, the gunman's 90-year-old father, told UPI, "Luis sounded like he was always fed up with life, but nothing this deep before. "He once said this was a white society.

That was about a year ago. But it was not anything in particular, it was just that there was a lot of prejudice against nonwhites." Robinson attempted to raise his manacled hands in a clenched-fist gesture as he was led off in T-shirt and jeans after his capture. He smiled at reporters who crowded around him. Police said the 5-foot-5, 120-pound Robinson, who came to the United States from Panama in 1954, will be charged with two counts of murder, two counts of kidnaping and possession of a dangerous weapon. J.

Wallace LaPrade, special agent-in-charge of the FBI's New York office, fold an airport news conference Robinson had demanded 16 million and apparently intended to go to Cuba but "changed his mind at the last minute." Little was known of the gunman's motives or intentions. Robinson's surrender ended a day of terror for the original 20 to 25 passengers aboard the Vermont Lines bus that Robinson hijacked at 2 p.m. on a steamy New York City street, just moments after it began a regular run to White River Junction, Vt. "They (the surviving hostages) were hysterical, crying with relief," said Lt. John Stone, acting commanding officer with the Port Authority Police.

"But they're all fine." The driver of the bus, Norman R. Bozick, 41, of New York City, was shot to death early in the hijacking, as was the woman passenger, Nettie Blasberg, 60, of Greenfield. Mass. Hong Kofig businessman Jimmy Lo, 36, was listed in critical condition and the two other injured passengers were not immediately identified. Extortion Youths Held on Arson Charges Attempt by Pigeon Fails HERRETSHOFEN, West Germany (UPI) Police used a helicopter Monday to catch a 13-year-old boy who allegedly used his pet carrier pigeon in an attempt to extort money from a housewife.

The case started, police said, when a postman in this Bavarian town delivered the bird in a cage to the housewife. Inside, the woman found a slip of paper threatening death for her daughter unless she put three 100-mark notes in a tiny purse fastened under the pigeon's right wing. Four boys, ranging in age from 12 to 18, were arrested for deliberately setting fires with fireworks in Menlo Park and Redwood City this Fourth of July weekend. Officers said this morning the youngsters will be prosecuted. Throughout the county, firemen were kept running to put out fires caused by fireworks.

Firemen from the California Department of Forestry reported it took them 20 minutes to reach a five- acre fire on San Bruno Mountain because of heavy a i coming mountain when the fireworks display ended at Candlestick Point at 9:15 p.m. Firemen reported they were patrolling near the Police Led to Two More Bodies top of the mountain when the fire was reported off Hillside Boulevard at Randolph Avenue hi South San Francisco, just as cars which had been parked on top of the mountain began to leave. Firemen said they were still working the first fire when a smaller blaze was reported about a mile west. Two more spot fires were reported a short time later, but were quickly extinguished. State firemen had been patrolling the mountain throughout the day, along with three units of reserve deputy sheriffs and the sheriff's helicopter.

They answered two false alarms near San Bruno and Millbrae before the first fire was reported. All the fires were started by children playing with fireworks, firemen said. Redwood City firemen reported 13 calls to put out fires started by fireworks. Redwood City Officer Denny Allen arrested two boys. 12 and 13, for arson when he saw them set off a fire in a trash bin behind the Thrifty Drug Store in Woodside Plaza Monday a They were turned over to the custody of i a i charges can be filed, police said.

Dave Kenneth Roberts, 18, of 230 Felton Drive, Menlo Park, and a 16-year- old boy were arrested Monday by Menlo Park police a they were accused of setting fire to two trash bins and a parked auto Saturday and Sunday nights. Menlo Park i reported that a fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F.R. Farrow at 950 Rose RIVERSIDE (UPI) A murder suspect in what could be the biggest homosexual slaying case since the Houston murders has led authorities to an area where two unidentified bodies were found more than a year ago.

Imperial County sheriff's detectives said Patrick Kearney, who with David Hill is accused of killing and dismembering eight young men, has indicated there may be at least 43 victims. Kearney Monday accompanied deputies on a five- hour search of an area near the y.S.-Mexico border. No bodies were county Coroner Lon Hettinger said the suspect pointed out two places where unidentified bodies have been found before, one in February. 1973, and the other in April, 1976. Hettinger said police now were trying to identify those two bodies based on information supplied by a Both i i were male, but no other information was available.

Kearney, 37, and Hill, 34, both of Redondo Beach, were to be arraigned in Riverside Municipal Court today on Iwo counts of murder. Their case is similar to that of two Houston youths, who were charged in 1973 with murdering 27 young men over a a period. Police eventually found 27 bodies in three different south Texas locations. Monday's search was prompted by a request by authorities in neighboring Riverside County that the sheriff's office in Imperial County search its records for any unsolved murders or missing persons in the last three years. Since last month Kearney and Hill have been wanted in four counties where authorities found the nude and mutilated oodles of eight young men ranging in age from 16 to 28 and some i a backgrounds.

All had been shot through the head and four were found stuffed in plastic trash bags. The suspects, who reportedly fled to El Paso Texas, when warrants were issued for their arrest, sur rendered Friday and wer booked on two counts murder. A spokesman for th sheriff's office said evic ence found near one of th bodies found earlier linkec the two to the crimes, bu he would not elaborat about the evidence. 1 Dead in Chinatown Shootings SAN FRANCISCO (AP A 17-year-old boy was i a young men were woundec i a a i a shootings which police saic apparently involved war ring youth gangs. Police directed by a telephone call at 9 p.m.

Monday found the body of Felix Huie beside an "elevator i Ping Yuen housing development. He had been shot in the side i a small caliber weapon. i a i Tom Jeung, about 19, staggered into the Central Police Station with a bullet wound in the leg. He was treated at Mission Emergency Hospital. Al about the same time, i a i i i a of Chinese-American youths running down Pacific Aven near a Avenue, firing at each other.

a 2 4 a treated at Harbor Emergency Hospital with gunshot wounds in the left hand und right arm. Hospital a a snid Tom was wearing a bulletproof vest when friends brought him in for treatment. Later, i Yu, 17, a a a a Kinergeney for a gunshot wound in the left elbow Police said the shootings may have Involved gang a i i perhaps fireworks sales. Menlo a early this morning burned 40 feet of fence, started the roof of a garage burning and bumed down a shed. Estimated loss was $2,500.

Firemen said flames were shooting from 30 to 50 feet into the air from the garage roof when they arrived. Firemen pushed two vehicles from the burning structure. Belmont firemen called for mutual aid from San Carlos firemen Monday night when a brush, tree and grass fire threatened several homes on Winding Way being controlled. In Burlingame, firemen report answering eight calls during the 24-hour period. Only one of them, just before midnight along the Southern Pacific tracks near Carmelita was reported as a blaze started by fireworks.

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