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P9 4 3.F. tXAMINCR ft Sat Jan. 15. 1977 EHIoteS tenants are calmly getting ready a r- i sy rv I1 I jpr -sj I'M. rV- NiinTJ The Lortnianaa In thtlr cramped hotel room: "We're atill fighting' At the end of a ipntlew hallway nearby, Nita Lorenrana, 41, busily prepared dinner for her and her husband, Edmundo, M.

a seaman In room I'M. largest of the ITjO small rooms in the boiel, Edmundo Lorenana sat with his elbows proped on the checkered cover of bu dining table. A vase centerpiece rontaininfi five plastic tulips imbedded in sand sat on the table. Lorenrani has shared the room with bis wife for several years, except for hU occasional sea journeys, lie has been In San Francisco for the past six months, and has turned down two job opMriuniiles because he Is fearful of leaving his wife alone In the event of an eviction try- "I haven't packed but think we ain't got no choice," he said. "Were still fighting for the hotel but may have no choice soon.

I don't want to be pushed around by the sheriff. The old people are getting nervous." For more than eight years, residents have lived in the shadow of possible eviction. For the shop the threat, contingent on Sheriff Richard Hongtsto a Itlinenesa to carry out the court-ordered action and on last-minute court developments, will continue until tomorrow. For residents, who were or By Raul Ramlrei For brief while the other afternoon, the old International Hotel In Chinatown seemed to return to the tranquility of less turbulent days. If one eeuld overlook the banners and posters vow ing resistance to eviction, life seemed placid round the 70-year-old structure at 848 Kearny St.

At the Jackson Street Caller)', open doom beckoned passersby to a photo exhibit of Asian Americans In the Northwest salmon Industry. At the Second Hand Store next door, middle-aged Chinese shoppers browsed through household goods. At the Kearny Street Workshop's storefront arts and crafts shop, young people chatted amidst ceramic creations. At the Mahuhay Restaurant, a few diners talked over Filipino dishes. In Every-body's Bookstore, a doen persons flipped through Chinese and English books.

Others strolled In and out of the Asian Community Center next door, pausing to read flyers on the walls before descending Into its basement hall. In the hotel's narrow lobby, two old Filipino men sat on wooden chairs, whispering softly. stairs. Joel Pioncs, Uie hotel manager for nearly a decade, talked on phone In his glass-encased office. dered out in a notice posted Tuesday night, the threat begins at 3 pm.

tomorrow and will continue for five days. And. despite outward calm, the signs of struggle and siege are readily evident. Outside the main hotel entrance. Steve Arno, of the Workers' Committee to for the International Hotel and Victory Building, manned a card table laden with and eviction literature.

In the hotel lobby, behind a first si of locked doors and near the two elderly Filipino men on folding chairs, a list of "Sugge. lions for Security" is taped on the wall. It contains Instructions on doors to watch, windows to keep shut, noiM-s to listen for and ways to screen visitors. Frequently, the front doors were rattled. Hallway monitors unlocked them to let in slow-moving old men aided by canes or busy young Chinese-American, Filipino and American tenant backers, men and women who've made the hotel their second home.

I'pstairt, where only the occupied rooms are heated, Emtl DeGuzman. a young Filipino American who first visited the hotel eight years ago during a small demonstration and since then has thing ai refrigerators In all Moms so people buy fresh fish, fresh vegetables eai day. "We are prepared but we are not hysterical." he said. In recent weeks, as eviction deadlines neared. hotel related demonstrations have grown In size and defiant promisee of resistance have been echoed by larger numbers and a wider range of protesters.

Wednesday night, when the legal eviction period began, more than persons picketed. It was by far the largest crowd attracted by the eviction issue. And Its size was viewed by Sheriff Hongtsto as evidence an eviction attempt will cause violence. The sheriff and Undersheriff Jim Dennia.i were sentenced to five days in Jail and fined IVJO eacfi this week for failing to evict the tcnapts when ordered to do so by Superior Judge Ira Brow Jr. Judge Brown has refused to delay the latest eviction order by two weeks, until the first court test of a It gil attempt being made by the Housing Authority to acquire the structure from its foreign-based corporate owners Is complete.

Said Wahat Tampoo, IHTA's treasurer and a hotel resident for nearly 50 years: "When I came here in 1929. 1 lived in that building. I used to pay only $2 50 a week then. There Is much less low Income housing for people In Chinatown now. Where are you going to put the people? It's up to them it they are going to carry out the order on Sunday.

But we won't move." The latest developments 1. 1 1 11 11 1 -1- Sheriff Honglsto, left, In an eleventh-hour meeting with tenanta and A flock of Angels bury fought to save the thrcestory structure for its tenants, paused between strategy meetings: "We are preparing for the eventuality that eviction should take place." he said. "We have told people that if they have valuables they should be out of the building and we have asked those who want someone in their rooms with them to let us know. "But people are living their lives the way they mormally do. People go to work, People take their daily walks to the market to buy their food to conk.

There is no for today Horse concern nude encounter studios in The City, young girls and the use of drugs. And it is whispered that Flamburis was ordered shot by angry Chicago crime figures. Daly City detective James Men-dlara said yesterday, however, that he has been unable to confirm any connection. At the funeral yesterday, the local Angels refused to talk about their slain leader. The press was barred from Daphne's parking lot and from the graveside rites at Cypress Lawn in Colma.

"This is a private funeral, and that's how we want to run it," one Angel growled. A KPIX cameraman, George Lang, who attempted to film near the crowded graveslte was lifted off his feet by two burly Angels and forced to hand over 400 feet of camera film. Nick Daphne, funeral home owner, said the $1,500 funeral was a "little above average" in cost. Flamburis' casket, he said, was draped inside ith Stars and Stripes, with a red Hells Angels deathshead insignia on the white satin lining. About 175 Angels jammed the tiny chapel to hear a Catholic priest, Father Patrick Armstrong from the Holy Cross Church, San Francisco, officiate at the brief, 15-mlnute ceremony.

The body of Flamburis, in his black leather biking outfit, lay in the open casket with a peaceful expression on his bearded face. After the service, the chrome-handled casket was lifted into the hearse by half a dozen bikers, incongruously wearing white gloves and hite carnations. The thunderous procession to Colma, led by Sgt. Roy Anderson and a 12-man police motorcycle escort, was closely watched by the police and Highway Patrol. Many Angels without crowded into cars and vans that followed the bikers as they roared through the Mission district, along Highway 280 and through Daly City.

After the Colma rites, the Angels sped off in small groups to unknown destination. asked the First Distriit Court of ApM'al to stay the eviction until a Feb. 1 superior court hearing on the legality of eminent domain proceedings to acquire the hotel. A spokesman for the appeals panel said the plea would not be considered until Monday, the day after the deadline for evicting the building's commercial tenants, An hour-long meeting between Honglsto, his attorneys and about 40 hotel residents and supporters failed to resolve questions about the eviction. Another meeting was scheduled for today.

Supervisor jailed after auto crash From Page 1 was uncooperative when they attempted to take his fingerprints during the booking procedure. Gonzales was alone in the car when the accident occurred at 1 a.m. The switch engine, hich was hit broadside, was moving freight cars. As Gonzales was being booked he was seen by bail bondsman, Al Graf, who knew him, and a few minutes later, by Honglsto. Gonzales was jolcased on his own recognizance to Hongisto.

Normal procedure with drunk driving suspects is to hold them four hours, but they sometimes are released to family members with a valid drivers' license if the family member agrees to drive the suspect home. Gonzales, an attorney, is to appear Jan. 27 before Municipal Judge Louis Garcia. Crime rate dips in The City; assaults rise From Page 1 detail changed its reporting systems In mid-1976, for the first time adding together murders along with killings ruled "justifiable homicides." In 1975, seven "justifiable homicides" were recorded in San Francisco, along with 134 murders. In 1976, however.

14 "Justifiable" killings were recorded. That figure had been added to the 131 murders to give The City a "record" 145 murders for the year. That "record" figure was widely quoted In news reports of San Francisco crime late last month and early this month. In fact, murder in San Francisco showed a 3 per cent drop compared with 1975. Matter of money LOS ANGELES The City Council has refused to spend taxpayers money to send a Los Angeles representative to Jimmy Carter's inauguration.

Yesterday in the eviction situation: Sheriff Richard Honglsto and I'nderheriff James Penman obtained Iftday stays of their Jail sentences because they have hired new attorneys Ephraim Margolin for Hongtsto and Jerome Falk for Denman. Judge John Benson agreed the lawyers need time to study the case and should have access to a full transcript of their, cleints' seven-day contempt proceedings. The Housing Authority and the hotel Tenants' Association Pet owners reply to quiz on quakes Calls from pet owners poured Into the U.S. Geological Survey yesterday after researchers asked about any unusual behavior by animals just before a recent spate of tremors struck Northern California. Jack Evernden, an earthquake scientist here, said the data Is wanted for a study of the possibility that animals somehow sense Impending quakes minutes to days In advance.

"The animal reports are the only thing we have that Indicates short term signals are being given off by earthquakes," Evernden said in an interview. 'The scheme is to use animals to learn what instruments to employ to measure these signals. It's got to be something physically measureable. "We've been interested in it for several years," said Evernden. "The recent earthquakes just gave us the opportunity to make the request and get this body of data." A series of temblors, Including one that was the area's strongest in more than a decade, rattled the Bay Area Jan.

7-8. There were no reports of Injuries. Evernden said his phone was busy all day with calls from pet owners describing how their animals acted before the series of quakes started. Evernden said he would continue his research. He can be reached at 328111, weekdays.

Bargain days at the vicarage BUCKDEN, England Don't get married in church, advises the vicar of this Cambridgeshire County village. The general synod has ordered the cost of a Church of England wedding doubled to $27.20 and that Is too expensive, the Rev. enoch Davies wrote in his parish magazine published today. His advice is to settle for a $10.20 civil wedding at a registrar's office and go to the church afterwards for a free blessings aupportera another meeting aet Harry the apparently executed two weeks ago In a Daly City home. They had been bound and shot in the head.

Daly City po'i Lt. Roger Austin said the police have two or three possible motives for the slaylngs, but nothing definite. There have been rumors the death of the Hell's Angels' San Francisco president was connected to secret indictments reportedly returned here this week involving several Angels. It is believed the indictments 1 i va 3 -V aQ leader to rest By Ivan Sharpe Their faces were sullen and their mood was clearly hostile. With a crackling roar that echoed around Upper Market they raced their choppers away from the funeral home as if the cops were chasing them.

In the white Daphne Funeral Home hearse that struggled to keep up with them was the gray casket containing the body of San Francisco Hell's Angels leader Harry tthe Horse) Flamburis. i Noarly 300 Hells Artels formed a rii if -3' 1 Nearly 300 Angels from the East Coast. Alaska, Hawaii, as well as California, were there yesterday to pay their respects to the slain Flamburis to the delight of local lawmen happily snapping pictures of the bikers. Other policemen and agents from federal law enforcement agencies warily circled the Church St. funeral home In unmarked autos.

Flamburis, 37, and his girl friend, Dannette Barrett, 20, were "7 4 1 a noisy cortege to Colma to lay their i rip.