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I 4 Part II Fritlav. February 28. Wh CofiAnQclco ffimeo High Court Says Raiders Can Stay L.A. Officials Pleased; Oakland Likely to Appeal Again Ns Rajneesh Remnants Will Go to High Bidders By DAN MORAIN, Times Staff Writer Supreme Court to entertain the eminent domain case." He said the decision "removes one of the final barriers" to the planned construction of luxury suites that would increase county revenue from Raiders' games. Los Angeles City Councilman Gilbert W.

Lindsay, a member of the commission, issued a statement saying the decision "confirms again that the Raiders belong in Los Angeles and the commission and the city acted properly in negotiating with Al Davis and the Raiders to come here." In its November ruling, the appellate court had turned down Oakland's plea that it be allowed to buy the franchise and move it back to Oakland, saying that such a move would violate the federal constitutional prohibition against a local government action that unduly interferes with interstate commerce. "Tins is the precise brand of parochial meddling with the national economy that the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution was designed to prohibit," the court said, noting that the NFL is a nationwide business and that franchises share their revenue with other teams across the country. The appeals court agreed with Oakland that cities are damaged when sports teams move away. But the state court said that Congress would have to pass any regulation that would restrict NFL teams from moving.

The Raiders spent 19 years in Oakland before moving to Los Angeles in 1982 over the objections of other NFL teams. $50-Million Judgment The team won the right to move to Los Angeles in 1982 after a series of state and federal court battles. In a federal antitrust case in Los Angeles, the Raiders and the Coliseum Commission won a $50-mil-lion judgment against the football league for its effort to block the move. At the same time, Oakland pressed its suit in state courts. At one point, the state Supreme Court allowed the suit to proceed to trial by ruling that under certain extreme circumstances, a city could invoke the power of eminent domain to take over a private business.

Once the case went to trial, however, a Superior Court judge ruled against Oakland. Justices Edward A. Panelli and Allen E. Broussard did not participate in Thursday's case. SAN FRANCISCO-Dealing what may be the final defeat for Oakland in its effort to win back the Raiders, the state Supreme Court let stand Thursday a lower-court ruling that the football team could remain in Los Angeles.

Only Justice Cruz Reynoso voted to review the Court of Appeal decision ruling that Oakland could not invoke the power of eminent domain to force the Raiders back to the East Bay city. Oakland officials could not be reached for comment, but lawyers involved in the case said the city is likely to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. Raiders attorney Joseph Alioto predicted that "the chances of getting review by the U.S. Supreme Court have got to be about 5 million to 1." 'The End of the Line' "For all practical purposes they are at the end of the line," Alioto said.

"The conspiracy between National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle and Oakland is over. They're at the end of the road." The president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, William R. Robertson, said he was "ecstatic with the refusal of the L.AS KMEX. 4 Others By STEVE EMMONS, Times Staff Writer LAGUNA BEACH-The Rolls-Royces that Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh no longer wants already have been sold all 85 of them. (He's keeping 10; reportedly, they are in Nepal.) So have the jewelry and other expensive items, according to a spokesman for the Rajneesh Trust.

Little remains of the extensive personal property that Rajneesh left behind when he departed Oregon and the United States last November after pleading guilty to arranging sham marriages to circumvent U.S. immigration laws. Swami Sugito, who heads the trust at the Rajneeshpuram commune near Portland, said most of the guru's personal effects were sold during the last two months in private transactions in the United States and Europe. But followers of the guru still hope to raise $15,000 to $20,000 in Laguna Beach Sunday when the remnants go on the auction block at noon. Rajneesh's followers at Utsava Rajneesh Meditation Center on Laguna Canyon Road began laying out the auction goods Wednesday.

There were two tables of miscellaneous china and crystal, an engraved silver jewelry box, a silver flute, a dulcimer, some long-playing records (such as "Best of Begum a few paintings and many small bolts of expensive fabrics that were to be made into gowns for Rajneesh. One 3 -yard bolt, described as black silk tulle with rhinestones, was labeled as worth $450 per yard. "It's all precious because it's been used by Bhagwan. It's not often we get a chance to see something that Bhagwan has graced, let alone purchase it," said Avabhasa, a Rajneesh follower from Tustin who is helping to Spanish Station Owners Seek Settlement DON KELSEN Los Angeles Times Rajneesh follower, beside poster of guru, examines silk netting covered with rhinestones for Sunday's auction in Laguna Beach. The proceeds of the Laguna Beach auction, as well as the previous sales, will go to the Rajneesh Trust to pay the guru's legal expenses.

Those expenses piled up last year after he was indicted and later pleaded guilty to two of 35 counts. He paid a $400,000 fine, then boarded his private jet in Portland, saying he never wanted to return to the United States. He is reportedly now in Crete. Battle Writer talks. Pfaelzer has threatened to place the stations in the hands of a court -appointed manager unless both sides can reach a settlement.

Although no one would comment publicly on the talks, there are several possible solutions under consideration. One would be a purchase of Anselmo's 24 interest in the five stations. Another would be the sale of the 20 interest in the stations owned by the family of Mexican media baron Emilio Azcarraga, who is being represented in the talks by business associates. Example Cited The discussions were the first face -to -face meetings among the warring partners of the Spanish International Communications owners of KMEX; KFTV-TV, Fresno; WLTV-TV, Miami; WXTV-TV, Patterson, N.J., and KWEX-TV, San Antonio, Tex. In a lawsuit filed in 1976, Fouce and other minority stockholders in Spanish International Communications Corp.

accused Anselmo and Azcarraga of fraudulently making deals in which they profited through the Spanish International Network a U.S. programming company owned entirely by Anselmo and Azcarraga at the expense of the corporation's shareholders. By GEORGE RAMOS, Times Staff LOS ANGELES Intensive bargaining among the squabbling owners of Los Angeles television station KMEX and four other Spanish -language outlets across the country began under the watchful eye of a federal judge Thursday in an effort to end a dispute over company profits and policies. By settling the 10-year battle, the principals hope to resolve the objections of a federal administrative law judge who stripped the stations of their broadcasting licenses in a January order, according to both sides. The key figures in the dispute-Reynold (Rene) Anselmo, the dominant figure in Spanish -language television in the United States for the last 25 years, and Los Angeles businessman Frank Fouce and others shuttled back and forth between conference rooms and the chambers of U.S.

District Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer in search of an agreement. At times, the opposing sides passed each other in the hallways, hardly acknowledging the other's presence. 'Some' Progress After nearly eight hours of talking, "some" progress was made, according to one source close to the CHARTER: NationalBody Backs Its SDSU Chapter organize the auction. "I understand that we're getting some sunglasses sent down from Rajneeshpuram too," she said.

Rajneesh began, wearing glasses toward the end of his stay in the United States, she said. Avabhasa said that at Sunday's auction, personal checks will be accepted only for deposits. Payment for goods must be in cash, traveler's check or certified check, she said. Under SDSU's penalty, Pi Kappa Alpha loses all connections with the university. It cannot use university athletic fields or meeting rooms, participate in recruitment or "rush" activities with the 16 other fraternities, or distribute information through the Interfra-ternity Council.

"It's difficult to conceive that without on-campus status the organization could continue to remain viable and attract significant numbers of members," said Michael Hoctor, director of housing and residential life for SDSU. "They might continue to survive," he said. "My sense is that it would be difficult for them to thrive." But Pi Kappa Alpha was able to attract 12 new pledges during its January rush, held several weeks after those of other campus fraternities. The fraternity also signed up a new group of "little sisters" women students who affiliate with the fraternity despite the controversy. Ken Smerz, director of chapter affairs, conceded that affiliation with the university is the "life-blood" of SDSU fraternities, and said it is too early to tell how badly the sanctions will hurt the fraternity.

But the national organization's decision will help the house, he said. "We have a lot of work to do in the house and their decision is a supportive measure that will help us to continue," Smerz said. As an example, the plaintiffs charge that a Spanish International Network affiliate in Sacramento allegedly received Mexican programming from a Spanish International Communications station without paying the corporation for it. Pfaelzer issued a preliminary ruling last August that sustained many of the charges against Anselmo and Azcarraga. "She is applying some pressure," one observer said of her role this week.

Although not directly related to the owners' squabble, the Jan. 8 ruling by Judge John H. Conlin of the Federal Communications Commission has significance for all of the Spanish International Communications Corp. stockholders. In his ruling, Conlin said Azcarraga and his family had created an "abnormal relationship" that made the Spanish -language stations in the United States dependent on their influence and direction.

The relationship, according to Conlin, stemmed from the long association between the Azcarraga family, which controls the giant Televisa TV network in Mexico, and Anselmo, a U.S. citizen who was export division manager for Azcarraga's company in the early 1960s. Conlin's ruling is under appeal. Get on a qame show. Get a job.

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Ill Children Benefit From Flower Sale Thousands of employees at San Diego area businesses donned colorful carnations Thursday to help raise money to aid critically ill children at Children's Hospital and Health Center. The flowers were part of a "Karnations for Kids" fund-raiser designed to benefit and publicize the Children's Miracle Network Telethon, which will be seen May 31 and June 1 on KFMB-TV (Channel 8). The telethon is a nationwide event. Sponsors hope to raise more than $6,000 from the sale of carnations at six participating businesses. Sallye Sickman, special events coordinator at the hospital, said that about 4,500 red, white, blue, pink and lavender carnations had been distributed to IMED Teledyne Ryan Electronics, Security Pacific Finance Executone, the San Diego County Office of Education and Children's Hospital.

Sickman said that all of the flowers had been donated by the San Diego County Flower Growers which also pledged to donate flowers to other businesses who want participate in a carnation fund -raiser. Interested businesses should contact Children's Hospital, Sickman said. mental concerns. The allocation approved Thursday was for the second stage of construction, a 1.7-mile stretch between Kearny Villa Road and Santo Road, near Tierrasanta. The stretch will have interchanges at both Kearny Villa and Santo, plus a full freeway-to-freeway link with Interstate 15.

Service Well- Continued from Page 1 it places them, I would think, in a very distasteful position of appearing to condone what we find to be very distasteful behavior," Day said. "I certainly hope they would reconsider and change their minds, but it gives the nation a very bad image of Pikes." Orians said that Pi Kappa Alpha will consider revoking the charter if Day reduces the penalty imposed on the SDSU chapter. The local chapter on Wednesday lost its appeal of the university's decision to expel it from campus for at least five years for violations including "physical abuse; lewd, indecent and obscene behavior, and obstructing the university's disciplinary process." The university is also charging 30 fraternity members with violations in connection with the incident. The charges stemmed from a party between the fraternity and Delta Gamma sorority at which a freshman said she unknowingly drank punch spiked with alcohol and was sexually assaulted by three men while others watched, campus police said. The fraternity said the woman, who has since withdrawn from school, willingly drank alcohol, smoked marijuana and had sex.

The San Diego County district attorney's office in December refused to file criminal charges, saying prosecutors could not prove that a rape had occurred. Anti-Drug Events for Youths This Weekend All children age 12 and under who bring a special "Say No to Drugs" coloring sheet will be admitted free to the San Diego Zoo on Sunday. This event and an 11 a.m. antidrug march on Saturday from Hor-ton Plaza to a rally at Broadway Pier are being held in conjunction with a communitywide effort to persuade elementary schoolchildren to rally against drugs. Featured in both events will be appearances by 9-year-old Soleil Moon Frye, star of the NBC television show "Punky Brewster." The "Say No to Drugs" coloring sheets are available at most San Diego County elementary schools and through scout troops and churches.

The events are being sponsored by San Diego Rally Against Drugs. Seasoned. A memorable dining experience demands service Caltrans Votes Funds for 2nd Stage of Highway 52 Extension as the cuisine itself. Savour the ingredients that create a legend. Lunch, Monday through Friday 1 1:30 to 2.

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SACRAMENTO-The California Transportation Commission on Thursday approved $23 million for highway projects in San Diego County, including the already begun extension of California 52 to Tierrasanta. The panel, meeting in Santa Clara, approved $18.6 million for the long-delayed 5.5-mile extension of the east-west freeway and three other projects: $1 million for widening and realigning curves on California 94 near Potrero, and $3.3 million for extending auxiliary lanes on Interstates 15 and 805. Construction of the $60-million extension of California 52, which is mainly federally funded, began in October after years of delay caused by funding shortages and environ A special kind Guecy eOaay ddh of journalism. UEhie "ffninnies, mmmmmm.

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