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facts; 78th Year Phone 793-3221 REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 28. 1968 $1.75 Per Month 12 Pages 10 Cents IN COURT Sirhan B. Sirhan (R) and his attorney Russell E. Parsons are photographed as they leave the courtroom in Los Angeles this morning. The hearing was postponed until July 19th.

Sirhan is accused of the murder of Robert F. Kennedy. (UPI Telephoto) Assembly passes budget sent for Reagan signature US Cavalrymen trap Red force below Demilitarized Zone Sirhan granted additional three weeks to enter plea By JACK WALSH SAIGON Cavalrymen trapped a force of 500 By NORMAN KEMPSTER SACRAMENTO (UPI) The Assembly today passed and sent to Gov. Ronald Reagan the rec- ord $5.7 billion California budg-! Norta Vietnamese in a coastal et, less than three days before 3 beIow Demilitarized a Sunday midnight deadline. I 2 today then killed 1 105 of them with aid of the The Assembly approved the ded missile cnljser Boston measure by a 55-19 vote -r it had rejected the same eom- reported lst Air cavalr men promise budget during a some- 1 Commumsts ml were "continuing to meet times bitter session Thursday! considerable resistance" as they At least 30 Communists the edge of the flaming aer ca tured lhe day long battle village.

in North Vietnamese were still fighting from bunkers. Residents of the village 10 miles below the DHZ had fled the scene, telling Americans the troops were there. American casualties were reported "very light," but UPI correspondent Ray Wilkinson Senate agreed to the compromise budget Thursday night after a SVi-hour deadlock. There was almost no debate in the Assembly today. The floor manager of the budget.

Assemblyman Robert W. Crown, D-AIameda, said that the Senate had passed the budget and "the only stumbling block left to enactment of one of the best budgets is now this house." If the enacted but at nightfall 200 heavily dug Gun control bill may bog down in filibuster WASHINGTON (UPI)-Advo- budget had not been Vales of strong gun control by midnight today conceded for state government presumably could have ceased to function in the new fiscal year that begins Monday. It took several roll calls for (Continued on Page 2) Weather Redlands today: High 80, low 59 (To 1:30 p.m.) Year ago today: High 95, low 55 Thursday: High 85, low 57 Smog: Light Saturday, Sunday and Monday. No burning permitted. Smog Thursday .21 at 3:30 pjn.

Sun: Rises 5:40, sets 8:04 Ocean: Air temperature 66, water 64 San Bernardino Vallay: Low clouds and local fog and drizzle late tonight and early tomorrow, otherwise hazy sunshine Saturday. Slightly warmer. Southern California: Low clouds inland to coastal mountain slopes tonight and tomorrow morning with local drizzles. Oth erwise fair and not much change in temperature. Five-day Forecast: No rain in Southern California with temperatures averaging from 3 degrees below to 8 degrees above normal National Wtather (24 hours ending 4 High Low Praeip.

Boston 58 55 .77 Chicago 58 57 .01 Cincinnati 65 55 Denver 94 58 Des Moines 71 55 Fort Worth 87 72 Helena 84 45 Honolulu 88 77 Kansas City 80 69 Las Vegas 111 82 Los Angeles 72 63 Minneapolis 70 50 New York 61 57 .49 Oklahoma City 86 69 Omaha 75 58 Palm Springs 108 82 Sacramento 96 57 Salt Lake City 100 58 San Francisco 65 54 Seattle 62 50 .19 Washington 76 63 the first time they face the threat of a session-ending filibuster which could bury even their attempts to outlaw mail order sales of rifles and shotguns. The Senate Judiciary Committee dealt them a stinging defeat when it voted 7 to 5 Thursday to postpone consideration of any gun legislation until July 9 just three weeks before the anticipated adjournment date. The advocates to the committee action optimistic about passing legislation which would include the mail order prohibition plus provisions to require federal registration of all firearms and licensing of their owners. The committee vote was taken with three key advocates of gun control action absent, Sens. George Smathers, Edward M.

Kennedy, and Hugh Scott, R-Pa. Sen. Joseph D. Tydings, who sponsored the amendment to include licensing and registration, said those three "might have been able to help us." "The Communists are bunkered up real well," he reported. This meant they were dug in under strong fortifications built to resist aerial not the deadly salvoes from the ship armed with eight-, five- and 3-inch guns.

The battle east of the city of Quang Tri began Thursday night when a North Vietnamese battalion leveled a barrage of rifle and automatic weapons fire and B40 rockets on the advancing cavalrymen. The cruiser just off the coast moved to the scene and opened up on the North Vietnamese who gave their positions away by firing on the cavalrymen. The battle marked a resurgence of Communist activity in the area below the Demilitarized Zone. U.S. authorities have reported heavy infiltration since the start of the Paris Vietnam talks and the Americans countered with a more mobile strategy- involving abandonment of the Kbe Sanh meet the challenge.

Also aiding the DMZ effort were the strike by American planes flying one of the heaviest non-stop assaults of the war against the Communist buildup and supply than 100 missions a day for weeks on end. American planes Thursday flew 138 missions against the narrow strip of North Vietnam between the 17th parallel border and the 19th parallel further Warren defends findings of Kennedy commission SACRAMENTO, Calif. (UPI) Justice Earl Warren, who headed the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, says that not "one single fact" has been developed to deny the commission's findings. He said any effort to discredit the Warren report on the death of the late president was not justified but that criticism or dissent was proper.

The commission found that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, fired the shots that killed Kennedy in Dallas Nov. 22,1963. "People say, 'this could have happened, that could have happened, maybe this happened and why didn't they talk about Warren said. "Of course you can conjure up to anything you desire. "But I haven't heard or read of one single fact that has been developed contrary to the find ings of the commission up to this date." The retiring chief justice gave his views on the comission a wide range of other an interview with McClatchy Newspapers and Broadcasting.

He commented on the qualifications for serving on the nation's highest court but did not refer directly to the controversy over his successor as chief justice. President Johnson has nom-i inated Justice Abe Fortas, a long-time intimate of the President, to be chief justice and named Homer Thornherry, 59, of Texas, to fill the vacancy caused by Warren 's retirement north. The planes wiped out whit was called a "government control center" near Vinh. Officials said the complex included repair facilities and storage buildings used by the North Vietnamese to service trucks working in that area of the southern penbandle. U.S.

B52s flew another series of missions in the Saigon area, concentrating on the big Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troop buildup of 8,000 men expected to hit Saigon in a new offensive within a few days. The threat was so serious the government ordered blackouts, new bomb shelters built and against rockets which have siren blasts as a protection taken a heavy toll of civilian lives. Both American and South Vietnamese troops were on the alert for the attack which could come at any time. In the coastal battle near Quang Tri a spotter aboard the (Continued on page 2) LOS ANGELES (UPI)-Sirhan B. Sirhan, surrounded by a human shield of guards in a jail chapel turned into a courtroom, today was granted an additional three weeks to enter his plea on charges he assassinated Sen, Robert F.

Kennedy. The delay and others in prospect indicated Sirhan may not be tried until late fall, possibly after the elections. The 24-year-old defendant displayed an icy calm when he appeared before Superior Court Judge Richard Schauer and spoke only a half-dozen words in response to questions from the court. He showed a moment of nervousness when he entered the makeshift courtroom, flanked by five deputy sheriffs who towered over him. As he walked up a step to the counsel table Sirhan nervously stroked his upper lip with his right forefinger.

At the end of the nine-minute hearing he arose from the table and started to leave. He stumbled over the first step but recovered himself. The motion for a continuance was made by defense counsel Russel E. Parsons who pointed out that he was just recently named as attorney for Sirhan and had only a limited time to study the case. The judge granted the continuance until July 19 at 9 a.

m. and the district attorney's office, represented by John Howard and David Fitts made no objection. Sirhan was clad in a long- sleeved light blue shirt, open at the neck, black slacks and black shoes. His hair appeared to have been freshly cut. After he sat down Judge Schauer asked "Are you the defendant Sirhan B.

Sirhan?" 'Yes, sir," Sirhan replied in precise English. Later in the proceedings Judge Schauer explained that time was running out on a 60- day time limit for bringing a defendant to trial after the date of indictment. Parsons said he would waive the time limit and the judge asked Sirhan if he agreed. "Yes, sir, I do," said Sirhan after a whispered conference with Parsons. The proceedings were witnessed by about 125 newsmen plus a few members of the public mostly including attorneys.

There were 12 uniformed deputies spaced about the chapel courtroom. A young man, believed to be Sirhan's brother Adel, was escorted into the courtroom by a half-dozen plainclothes sheriff's detectives. The bearing began at 9:05 a.m. PDT and ended at 9:14 a.m. No one was permitted to leave the courtroom until 9:30 a.m.

Newsmen were released when Sheriff Peter Pitchess returned to the room indicating that the defendant was back in his tight security cell. Before being permitted to enter the County Jail where the hearing took place, newsmen "frisked." Then their names and all other persons were were taken on a register at a ground floor waiting room. They were escorted to the third floor and given another and more severe frisking in a mess hall near the chapel. Pen knives and fingernail clippers and any other potential weapons were held by deputies. No cameras or recording equipment were allowed in the courtroom.

Several artists were in the courtroom and sketched principals for newspapers and television stations. The court at request of defense counsel appointed Dr. George Y. Abe of the Metropolitan State Hospital to give Sirhan a "general psychiatric examination." The continuance meant Sirhan may not be tried until September and possibly until after the November elections. Parsons asked that the report of the psychiatrist be confidential and the examination be made as "expeditiously" as possible.

At the conclusion of the hearing Parsons, who took over the case from the public defender's office told newsmen, "I have nothing further to say, I don't believe it would be proper for me to discuss the merits of the case at this time." Sirhan was indicted by a county Grand Jury June 7, two days after he allegedly fatally shot Kennedy as the New York senator was celebrating a presidential primary victory over Sen. Eugene McCarthy. The County Jail is a new, maximum security facility but for trial Sirhan will be transferred to the 40-year-old Hall of Records which also contains jail facilities and smaller courtrooms. County Supervisors have authorized expenditures up to $20,000 for construction of an enclosure of armor plate steel and bulletproof glass for the trial and additional security measures will be effected for Sirhan's jail cell in the same building. Th ree persons missing Property tax initiative qualifies for fall SACRAMENTO (UPI) An initiative to limit property taxes in California has qualified for the Nov.

5 general election ballot. Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan made the announcement Thursday after his office received petitions containing 558,830 signatures. A total of 520,276 signatures was required. The initiative would limit property tax to 1 per cent of market value for property-related services.

If approved, the measure would take effect July 1, 1969. It also would provide a phase- out of 20 per cent a year of property taxes supporting edu cation and welfare so that by July 1. 1973, those services will no longer be financed by the taxes. The initiative is known as the Watson Amendment because its chief proponent is Los Angeles County Assessor Philip E. Watson.

In a statement distributed to newsmen, Watson said getting the measure on the ballot assures Californians "the opportunity to vote themselves a 50 per cent cut in their property tax bills. "To have secured so many signatures in just slightly more than two months demonstrates the widespread public dissatisfaction with the present high level of property taxes, Watson said. The assessor promised an intensive statewide campaign to gain support for the initiative. 'Qualifying the petition is a major victory," he said, "but it is only half the battle." Watson and Everett C. McKeage of San Francisco.

are chairmen of the Citizens for Property Tax Limitation. Four killed in bus-auto crash in Oregon CRESWELL, Ore. (UPI) A Greyhound bus collided with a car and burst into flames two miles north of this small Oregon community Friday, killing four persons. The Lane County Sheriff's Office said earlier that seven persons were killed, but later reports confirmed that two bus passengers and two occupants of the car, a woman and child, were killed. At least seventeen persons were injured, several seriously.

They were taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene, 13, miles north of the accident. The collision occurred on In-, terstate 5. the main route aUegedly fired thejhotthat tween Portland and San Francisco. A11 available ambulances were sent to the scene and a disaster emergency plan was put into effect as firemen fought the blaze which closed all northbound lanes of the highway. The bus carried 39 passengers and was bound for Vancouver, B.C.

Key witnesses may be in protective custody Lynch asks strict gun controls WASHINGTON (UPI)-Atty. Gen. Thomas C. Lynch, pleading for strict gun controls, said today "an already taut society' is strained by "the proliferation of guns and bullets." Lynch asked the Senate juvenile delinquency subcommittee to approve legislation which would require the registration of all firearms and permits to possess weapons. "Registration and licensing of firearms would be a tremendous tool for law a major protection for the honest citizen," be testtiied.

Navy pilot killed in jet crash SAN DIEGO (UPI)-Lt (J. Craig M. Taylor, 25, was killed in the crash of a Navy F-8 Crusader jet three miles east of Miramar Naval tion Thursday night Cause of the crash was under investigation. The plane disintegrated and wreckage was spread over a 300-square-yard area. The plane, part of i Squadron 111.

crashed while making a final landing approach during a routine night mission. A small fire started by the crash was quickly controlled by firefighters from the naval air station. Taylor's widow, Frances, lives in Sin Diego with their 6-month, old son. MEMPHIS, Tenn. Three persons, believed to be key witnesses in the April slaying of Dr.

Martin Luther King may have been taken into protective custody. Local authorities refused comment and a special agent of the FBI said he had "no knowledge" of the whereabouts of Charles Q. Stevens and Willie Anchutz, both occupants, and Mrs. Bessie Brewer, the former manager, of the down-at-the- heels rooming house on South Main St, from where the fatal shct was fired. All three saw the man who checked into the rooming house killed King.

The FBI later identified that roan as James Earl Ray, a fugitive from a Missouri prison arrested June 8 in London under the name Ramon George Sneyd. In extradition proceedings in London Thursday, barrister David Calcutt representing the United States, said Stevens was a witness to the King assassination, a statement that sparked a search here for the witnesses. A check of the rooming house revealed that Mrs. Brewer and her husband, Frank, had been replaced in the manager's office by Mr. and Mrs.

James MacDonald; Stevens' room No. was padlocked, and there was no report on Anchutz. Frank Holloman, director of Gre and police, said he could make no comment on any facet of the case. He repeated the statement as he was questioned about the whereabouts of the three. Robert Jensen, special acent in charge of the FBI office here, said he talked with Stevens a "few weeks" ago, but 'I have no knowledge of his whereabouts at the present time." Jensen refused comment about Mrs.

Brewer and Anchutz, saying, "I'm sorry I'm restricted and can say nothing about the case." Presidenfial rivals seek N.D., Illinois delegates By United Press International The rival presidential nominees bid today for delegate votes at state conventions in North Dakota and Illinois with the front runners. Vice Pres. ident Hubert H. Humphrey and Richard M. Nixon confident of picking up more strength.

Humphrey went to North Dakota fresh from a convention victory in Kansas where he added 38 delegates to his swelling vote total. At Bismarck, he was appearing on the same platform before North Dakota delegates with Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, D- his sole rival, for the Democratic nomination. In Illinois where both parties convened to select at-large delegates to the national conventions, Humphrey and Nixon were expected to maintain then- strong positions.

The 38 Kansas votes picked up by Humphrey boosted his unofficial total to 905 i-2 of the 1,312 votes needed to win the nomination. McCarthy trailed with 355 votes, according to a UPI tabulation of delegates. At the North Dakota confrontation with McCarthy, Humphrey went into the contest with a pre-convention edge. State party rules specify the automatic designation of four national convention delegates and all of those were pledged to the vice president Nominations for the 21 others will, be presented by a committee for approval by the 1,002 state delegates. McCarthy aides placed their hopes in a bloc of "undecided" state delegates.

They ened a floor fight if necessary to assure their candidate a share of the national convention delegation in proportion to his strength among state convention delegates. Other developments: Richard M. Nixon a national radio broadcast, the Republican presidential hopeful promised "to move government closer to the people and to make it more responsive" if he is nominated and elected president. He said the remoteness of national government has alienated "all groups, all races, all ages in America today." Nixon received the endorsement Thursday of Gov. John A.

Volpe of Massachusetts. Nelson A. Rockefeller New York Governor accused his chief rival for the GOP nomination, Richard M. Nixon, of "retreating into silence" and from actual political activity." He told a Huron, S.D., news conference Nixon was refusing to campaign on the major issues facing the country the Vietnam War and strife in the cities. Eugene J.

McCarthy Friction continued to grow between the Minnesota Senator and the leadership of the NAACP over McCarthy's visit to Atlantic City during the civil rights group's national convention. Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive secretary, accused McCarthy of "meddling" in the civil rights organization's affairs by bringing politics to a traditionally nonpartisan gathering. McCarthy said he did not think their differences were "very serious." Water project units granted top priority SACRAMENTO (UPI) Six units of the California Water Project have been designated by the state to receive "top priority" for design and construction under a $64 million emergency appropriation bill. Water resources director William Gianelli said Thursday the project works would have been delayed if the legislature failed to pass the administration requested measure by Sen. Gordon Cologne, R-Indio.

Gov. Ronald Reagan planned to sign the bill today. The bill, which received final legislative approval Wednesday, will take i effect immediately and keep construction of the huge S2.8 billion water delivery system on schedule. "We know what we can construct between now and 1972," Gianelli said, "and can resume final design and execute essential contracts in an orderly manner." Projects chosen for expedited "top priority" treatment were Perris Dam and Lake Perris in Riverside County, Devil Canyon Power Plant near San Bernardino, Pyramid power complex in the Tebachapi and the California Aqueduct between Oso pumping plant and Pyramid reservoir. Action also will be speeded up on land and right-of-way purchases for Abbey Bridge Dam and reservoir in northern California and the second stage ot the North Bay Aqueduct.

The measure diverts $42 million from tidelands oil revenue now spent for University of California construction and $22 million from other sources. Trustees keep Dumke with confidence vote LOS ANGELES of California State Colleges have rejected faculty demands for the resignation of Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke, and gave him a vote of confidence. Meanwhile, establishment of a new committee to deal with faculty grievances appeared to be softening teacher discontent with the chancellor. 'Selection and determination of the tenure of the chancellor are the right and authority of the trustees only," said a resolution adopted by the trustees.

Quote of Day WASHINGTON President Johnson, calling for a constitutional amendment lowering the voting age to 18: "Reason does not permit us to ignore any longer that 18-year- old young Americans are education, by experience, by exposure to public affairs of their own land and all the assume and exercise the privilegei of voting.".