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Santa Maria, Times, Sunday, January 22, 19843 fate mmm in im costs Man's body found shot, run over by vehicle DUBLIN (UPI) The body of a man about 25 years old was found by a road Friday night. A spokeswoman for the Alameda County Sheriff's Department said he had been shot and run over by a vehicle. The spokeswoman said the victim was believed to be a Latino male, but had not yet been identified. She said there were as yet no suspects "in the case." judges have disqualified themselves from the case, the state Judicial Council must appoint someone to hear it before a trial date can be set, according to a spokesman from the foundation. Meanwhile, the Abalone Alliance says this year's demonstration shows no sign of waning.

"We have out-of-town groups scheduled to come in clear through February," said alliance spokeswoman Pam Metralf. "As lonar as issue a ruling on the type of defense allowed at the trial of the 1981 defendants before it can begin. About 600 1981 protesters have agreed to abide by the decision that comes out of the trial. Although legislation to reimburse counties that policed the 1981 Diablo action was introduced at the state level, it never passed. San Luis Obispo County did make another attempt to recoup some of its costs by joining in a civil suit against the Abalone Alliance the-sponsor of both the current demonstration and the one held in 1981.

The suit, which requested damages of at least $1 million, was brought by the Pacific Legal Foundation of Sacramento on behalf of both plant workers and the county. Because all San Luis Obispo County "We're trying to cut back this year. We gained experience last year with the Vandenberg (anti-MX) demonstration. Now, we're trying to make do with the bare minimum that can handle the situation," Henn said. Other police agencies from Ventura, Santa Barbara and Monterey counties also ran up bills by providing mutual aid.

San Luis Obispo County's total bill for the 1981 action isn't even "available yet, said Ness. The lastest-estimate was $544,000, with $390,000 of that for law enforcement. More costs will be incurred when a "showcase" trial of some of the1 1981 defendants is held. Judge Kenneth Chotiner of Van Nuys the same one presiding over the current proceedings must people continue to make it happen, it will go on." At the start of the weekend, the arrest county stood at 134. Although no large demonstrations were planned, Metcalf said she expected the arrest number to rise a bit before Monday.

fire, police said. Ernest Pickett 17, a junior at Dorsey High School, was shot in the back as he waited by a friend's car. He was rushed to a hospital where he died shortly afterwards. Ronald Gregiore, 25, died despite emergency treatment at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in West Los Angeles, police said. Man, woman burned when sailboat explodes LOS ANGELES (UPI) A man and a woman suffered burns early Saturday in a sailboat explosion, apparently caused by leaking fuel in the bilge, which caused an estimated $16,000 damage.

The 28-foot sailboat blew up in a Marina del Rey anchorage, a county fire department spokesman The victims were identified as Maury Eisenberg and his wife, Judy. They were taken to Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital for treatment of first and second degree bums and were listed in fair condition. 100 OCAW workers have tentative pact DENVER (UPI) The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Saturday reported tentative contract agreement with Fletcher Oil Co. covering 100 workers at three facilities in California. Jerry Archuleta, OCAW spokesman, said the proposed contracts covered 95 workers at a Fletcher Oil refinery in Wilmington, and five more workers at two Fletcher terminals in San Pedro and Carson.

The Fletcher contract was the latest in a series of agreements that have been dribbling in since Gulf Oil Corp. offered a pattern-settling settlement. By Stephanie Finucane Five-Cities Bureau SAN LUIS OBISPO A budget analyst says it's too early to judge what the current demonstration against the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is costing San Luis Obispo County. "But I think the costs are going to be significant, since this will be a long, extended protest," said Tim Ness the county's principle ana- lyst. So far, the county has incurred the cost of overtime hours put in by deputies and Municipal Court workers; it's run up a bill at the county jail, where the Diablo defendants have been housed; and it has paid a visiting judge to preside over arraignments.

Chief Deputy Tony Wood of the sheriff's department said his agency has attempted to keep overtime to a minimum. (Pacific Gas and Electric Co.) is stopping trespassers when they go onto their property, then calling us to come and pick them up," described Wood. The sheriff's force was at its heighth last Sunday, when about 50 deputies were assigned to Diablo. A march drew about 2,000 protesters to the plant that day, and 50 trespassing arrests were made. "We're capturing all our costs on time cards, but we won't have them totalled until the end of the operation," said Wood.

Officer Ron Henn at the California Highway Patrol said the same applies to his agency. CHP officers have served intermittently over the past week, with the biggest force of about 30 on duty last Sunday. In the 1981 demonstration against Diablo, which lasted from Sept. 15 to Sept. 29 and resulted in over 1,900 arrests, the CHP spent $734,672, said Henn.

ifii y.y Squirrels blamed coastal landslides for MALIBU (UPI) Ground squirrels munching their way through the hillsides above the coast near the J. Paul Getty Museum are being blamed for endangering homes by triggering landslides. A resident, Jacqui Bart, said the rodents have honeycombed the bluff behind her $600,000 home and could cause a landslide. She has ringed her yard with 50 pounds of poison bait, she said "It's survival. I want to survive," she said.

This year the unusually warm weather has brought them out earlier than usual, county pest control officers said. Normally they don't appear until mid-February or March. Gang shootout ends with two men dead LOS ANGELES (UPI) A special police unit Saturday searched the central and western sections of the city for gang members who shot and killed two young men during a street gang shootout at a high school. The victims just got in the cross Federal WASHINGTON (UPI) House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski Friday called a proposal for a federal tax amnesty program "provocative," but warned it would not necessarily produce an instant revenue windfall. Rostenkowski, said his staff is studying the amnesty concept as House Speaker Thomas O'Neill suggested earlier this week.

But, he said, "I would caution those who believe amnesty would produce an instant revenue windfall JOHNNY Weissmuller, the Olympic gold medalist who rose to motion picture fame in the role of "Tarzan," died Friday in Acapulco. He was 79. At left, he is seen made up for his role as Tarzan in 1932; at right a 1970 photo. UPI Photo tax writers ues Hon a es ty pla think what we need to do is focus on what happens if we do nothing and the deficits do continue to rise and interest rates go up and we stop buying homes and cars and farmers get into more trouble. Then I think it's too late to act." Jones said he is optimistic that Congress and the president can "break the logjam" if the Senate passes a House-passed bill directing Reagan to convene a bipartisan summit and report a deficit reduction package.

Morning America" program. Dole, said Reagan is strongly opposed to new taxes and, "I think maybe Congress can do a little better, but it's going to be difficult if the president's not on board as well as the speaker of the House." Earlier this week, O'Neill, said the federal government should consider a one-time tax amnesty similar to a Massachusetts experiment that officials said resulted in voluntary payments of more than $40 million in back taxes Gas treatment plant conditions Carter competentcy jury trial postponed the mud revealed no contaminants. The material entered the plant after pipelines laid on the ocean floor were flushed with water. The plant remains in a mode, recirculating gas within the plant without accepting new gas produced offshore or sending any gas into the company's distribution system. for the state.

"The speaker's suggestion that the committee initiate a study is provocative," Rostenkowski said in a statement issued by his office. But "the conditions which led to a successful amnesty program in Massachusetts are different from those that prevail in the rest of the nation. "The dramatic and well-publicized increase in penalties and enforcement efforts in Massachusetts was a major catalyst in the response to the amnesty period," the plant when it was first approved in 1974. McCurdy said that he could not comment on the violations because they were based only on preliminary research. County Administrative Office Larry Parrish added that the violations were "still speculative at this point." McCurdy, who toured the plant with POPCO officials Friday, said No diet pills, no injections Professionally supervised No starvation for the federal government." Meanwhile, two key congressional tax and budget writers expressed concern that President Reagan plans to submit a budget proposal next week that contains no major tax initiatives to lower the federal deficit, projected at more than $180 billion in fiscal 1985.

Sen. Robert Dole, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Rep. James Jones, chairman of the House Budget Committee, discussed the return of Congress Monday on ABC's "Good Plumer said Melville would only represent Carter for the competency trial and Beck would again be his legal counsel when it is finished. Carter, 34, was found guilty Oct. 13 of first degree murder in the Feb.

15 shooting of United Parcel Service deliveryman Jack Dean Whiteley, 48, of Santa Maria. He faces 25 years to life in prison. Sentencing of Carter was originally set for Nov. 10 but Judge Royce Lewellen postponed it after receiving a report from Dr. Jerome Schulte of Atascadero State Hospital stating doubts of his competency and ability to understand the nature of the proceedings against him.

i i hearing when it meets at 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 1000 Bello St. The council also is scheduled to consider adopting a fee schedule to go along with the ordinance. It is SANTA BARBARA (CNS) Officials of the Pacific Offshore Pipeline Company (POPCO) say they are prepared to agree to a list of 15 conditions placed on their Las Flores canyon gas treatment plant that sent toxic gas into thousands of North County homes on its first day of operation, Dec. 28, 1983.

Larry Lavagnino of the Southern California Gas. partners with POPCO in the $105 million project, said "we will comply with all 15 conditions" regarding technical improvements to the plant. Conditions include allowing county review of all raw data produced at the plant, that an engineer of the county's choosing be hired to review the plant design, and that regular emergency drills be held. Al McCurdy of the Resource Management Dept. told the county Planning Commission Wednesday that there were almost certainly violations of conditions placed on slightly different from the one informally agreed upon by the Arroyo Grande council.

It requires developers of senior housing to pay only $150 per unit. he said. "Whether a similar effort could be mounted on the federal level is questionable given administration and congressional unwillin-gess thus far to fund the IRS's enforcement efforts." Rostenkowski noted that the IRS' 1982 audit rate at 1.6 percent is at its lowest level in a generation. The government lost an estimated $81.5 billion in unpaid taxes in 1981 because of some taxpayers' failure to comply with the tax laws. Dole, commenting on the $180 billion-plus federal deficit, said, "I to meet that RMD would have an official release "sometime next week." Lavagnino said his company has received no word of what that release will contain.

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