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COLOR- ---Si, i ml jf Ji2V the ins 1 gsnlls parson ScenePage El foupsf cZssIsIon' SportsPage F1 Buy a gun? Bill MandelPago A3 kS1 r.r 4 Stocks up (Page C1 Final edition Complete stocks i20thYearNo.207 Thursday, February 7, 1985 ao3 (toons ulDBDft as a and Inglewood policemen and killed state policeman David Jack. Parole guidelines must be changed, Gates said, to do away with the "return of (such) violent killers Into a vulnerable society" Gates' attack on George made headlines. By contrast, Wimberly's release from prison went unnoticed. But George has not been linked to any crime since his parole, and Wimberly was arraigned this morning on 1 By Edvins Bcitiks Examiner staff writer One man was a small-time criminal with nothing more serious than grand theft auto on his record. The other-was convicted of killing a police officer, ambushing four others and blinding a woman with a machete.

I Both were paroled from Sah Quen-lift in September, one quietly and the other to cries of outrage in Los Angeles. Yet five months later, it is the quiet prisoner, Anthony Rene Wimberly, 22, who is charged with three murders, two rapes and 16 other felony counts in an Oakland crime rampage. i Nothing in Wimberly's prison history showed that he was capable of such violence, according to Bob Gore, assistant director of the state Department, of Corrections. If you want an example of a violent case, he said, take a look at Raymond George. George, who was released on parole to Los Angeles within a few days of Wimberly, already had been convicted of voluntary manslaughter for killing a man with a barbell when he was sent back to prison to serve 12 years for the murder of a police officer.

'v "Now on the streets of LA, we've got a man who killed a police officer, wounded two others and attacked a woman with a machete who lost her eye. Here's a gentleman with a lengthy record, a violent record who also had to be let go." George, who was convicted of sec-ondlegree murder and received an indeterminate sentence of 25 years to life, served 12 years In San Quentln before being released to Southern California. Los Angeles Police Chief Dar-yl Gates called a press conference to argue against George's release in September, reading from a prison psychiatric report that said, "It is my belief this man will kill again if released." Gates reviewed George's trial record, saying that over a few days he attacked a 21 year-old college student, ambushed two Los Angeles police officers, attacked two sheriff's deputies -See back page, col. 5 Anthony Wimberly fx d(Q. (QJ Dual standard for importers of war; trophies Reagan stresses hope, opportunity ffOLOfl- By Knut Royre Examiner Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Five soldiers who violated regulations by bringing back captured automatic weapons from Grenada in 1983 were court-martialed, imprisoned and kicked out of the Army.

But the commander of the operation was merely "cautioned." by 'iha Maw oftor aoontc cairof OA nuffL. mm1 J' (r matic weapons from his plane when he returned from the conflict On Nov. 3, 1983, US. Customs Ser-, vice agents at the Norfolk Naval Air; Station seized 24 AK-47 automatic rifles from the aircraft that had just brought Vice Adm. Joseph Metcalf III, commander of the VS.

military opera- Inn in Grenada and tpninr nirlps harlr from the invasion. Metcalf 's name, and those of some of his aides, were taped to 16 of the rifles. The Customs agents turned the case over to the Naval Investigative Service the next day. Metcalf, according to a Navy state-. Enact a tax-simplification bill Fund the MX missile SuDDort rebel move- ments in Afghanistan and Nicaragua Bitter medicine from the 'country doctor' Page A2 Democrats admit problems, chart new directions Page A2 Reaction to speech runs along partisan lines Page A2 Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON President Reagan challenged the nation last night to create a "second American Revolution of hope and opportunity" by subscribing to his prescriptions for tax reform, economic growth and nuclear arms control.

"We honor the giants of our history not by going back but forward to the dreams their vision foresaw," Reagan said with characteristic optimism in a State of the Union address delivered to a Joint session of Congress and a vast TV audience on his 74th birthday. "My fellow citizens, this nation Is, poised for greatness." Except for a lukewarm endorse-, ment of the Treasury Department's tax reform plan, there was little new by way of presidential initiative in the first State of the Union address of Reagan's second term. But it was, as a White House official put it, "vintage Reagan," resonating with American nostalgia and boundless confidence in what liberty, enterprise and technology will mean 'to the nation's future. "The time has come," Reagan said, "to proceed toward a great new challenge a second American Revolution of hope and opportunity; a revolution carrying us to new heights of progress by pushing back frontiers Of knowledge and space; a revolution of spirit that taps the soul of America, enabling us to summon greater strength than we have ever known; and a revolution that carries beyond our shores the golden promise of human freedom in a world at He began with a congratulatory summation of his first term, which propelled htm to last November's overwhelming re-election triumph. "We did what we promised, and a great industrial giant is reborn," he said of the economic recovery that Sec Page A2, col.

Slash subsidies to American farmers Maintain "the social safety net for the elderly, needy, disabled and Reopen negotiations with America's trading partners within the next year Institute a sub-minimum wage for teen-agers seeking summer jobs Extend equal economic power to minorities Permit organized' ment, was "cautioned regarding the capture and disposition of enemy weapons." Also returning from Grenada with captured AK-47s were an officer, two sergeants and two enlisted men from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C. All five were court-martialed last summer, drummed out of the Army and sentenced to up to two years in military prison. Asked yesterday to explain the apparent double standard, Navy spokesman Capt Brent Baker refused to comment other than to read the prepared statement that Metcalf had been "cautioned." Military regulations, complying with the 1934 National Firearms Act, prohibit the importation of automatic weapons from a war. Handguns and other types of souvenirs, though not prayer in public schools Outlaw abortion. Examiner Mark Costantini Oavid Raley sits alone In a holding area during a court appearance on murder-kidnap charges Murder suspect admitted beating two girls lieavy wcopjns, tan ue uiuugui um.ii..

but have to be registered with the that he wanted to let the girls go from the Carolands mansion but was told not to by "something talking to him in his head," a police report said. He did not admit that he stabbed the two or dumped them in a ravine in San Jose. Raley, 23, made his statement shortly after he was arrested Sunday night, according to documents filed in By John Fiinn Examiner staff writer SAN JOSE David Allen Raley admitted sexually molesting two girls, handcuffing them and beating them with a hammer In the empty Hillsborough mansion he was guarding, court records show. The beefy security guard told a friend who is a San Jose policeman the case Yesterday, Raley was formally charged with the murder of 16-year-old Jeanine Grinsell of San Mateo and the attempted murder of her friend, Laurie McKenna, 17, of Burlingame. Other charges against him include two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and two counts of kid- See back page, col.

1 aci aa nai vomica. Although the Navy refused to dis-" cuss the episode involving Metcalf.ihe Customs Service confirmed yesterday-. that Its agents had seized the weapons' from Metcalf 's plane. "We seized the weapons and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire- See back page, col. 1 CityGtato Bandits robbed six banks in six hours and attempted to rob a seventh.

Page B1. Weather pay Area forecast: Scattered showers today, turning to heavy rain by tomorrow. Low temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s tonight. Details, Page B9. A hard look Rep.

Miller changing water-project horses in midstream Contents Page Ann Arts Aulos Bridge Business Cable TV By Lynn Ludlow Examiner staff writer George Miller's first remarks portend a break with congressional traditions toward taxpayer subsidies for dams, canals and other ways to play with water. "I refuse to say I am going to commit this incredibly valuable resource," he said, "to projects that cannot be Justified In terms of our needs today." It was a warning from Miller, 39, a six-; term Democrat from Contra Costa County who has Just been named chairman of the House Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources. In the complex world of high-pressure water politics, the appointment is something like offering Ralph Nader the presidency of "It's very significant," said David Wei-man, lobbyist for the Audubon Society and other environmental protection organizations. Agreement came from Don Upton, a spokesman for the Westlands Water District near Fresno, where federal irrigation from the Central Valley Project rescued 600,000 acres from the consequences of groundwater overdrafts. "There's no escaping the fact that, politically, Mr.

Miller's appointment signals something of a change In direction," he said. "It's a' little early to make Judgments." The previous archetype in the subcommittee chair was former Rep. Harold "Biz" Johnson, a Roseville Democrat who fought with enthusiasm for almost all proposals to build federal water projects so long as he could collect supporters for similar projects in Northern California. Changing views toward water diversions are symbolized also in Johnson's favorite, the Auburn Dam above Sacramento, where work has been halted indefinitely because of earthquake fears. Since Johnson's departure, the subcommittee was chaired by former Rep.

Lloyd Meeds, a Democrat from Washington, and Abraham Kazen, a Texas Democrat. They took more passive roles in the never-ending conflicts between high-pressure lobbyists for dam builders and their opponents among local activists, conservationists and economists who say the subsidies amount to public welfare for investors in agriculture. Wetman said Miller's chairmanship will See back page, col. 1 Page Horoscope E2 Letters B2 Michael Dougan El Movies E8 F10 Out to lunch E2 Racing F6 Radio E8 Scene El Scoreboard F6 F1 Stocks C7 Television E8 Today's news today F10 Third World A14 Weather B9 Wordaleuth E4 E4 B3 r-9 r-a Calendar Classified Marketplace Commentary Comics Crosswords DanDorfman Deaths Dwight Chapin Evening muse F2.

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