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IS A RESPONSIBLE METROPOLITAN NEWSPAPER 96th YEAR, NO. 45 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1969 10 DAILY, $3.25 A MONTH $50 MHIion East-West Crisis Over Gtyenter i -f- Plan OK'd Berlin Vote By BILL MARTIN Tribune Staff Writer A $50 million City Center Project featuring a 500-room hotel and at least three office towers in downtown Oakland won initial approval from, the City Council yesterday. A special task force recommended a six-block project, sharply reducing the scope of a $150 million, L8-block proposal submitted late last year by Oceanic Properties, Inc. By RAYMOND LAWRENCE Foreign News Analyst The Soviet Union has demanded that West Ger-many cancel the presidential election scheduled fori West Berlin, March 5, as tension in the city continues to mount. West Germany immediately rejected the demand which was contained in a note handed to Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger by Russian Ambassador Sem-yon Tsarapkin in Bonn.

I A tree loaded with blossoms promises Spring Comes Very uiefly In Washington, the United States also rejected the Soviet protest against the election. Russia sent identical notes to Washington, London and Paris protesting the West German plan. The Western replies are understood to have been coordinated among the Big Three. Meanwhile the State Department remained close-mouthed on the growing Berlin tension. Robert J.

McCloskey, State Department spokesman, ac- knowledged only that the Berlin problem may have come up when Secretary of State Rogers received Anatole Dob-rynin, the Soviet ambassador, yesterday afternoon. As iheSoviet Unionand East Germany put on more pressure to force the election out of West Berlin which is surrounded by Communist territory, Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrived in the city to reaffirm Britain's support. The purpose of the visit, Wilson told Mayor Klaus Schuetz on his arrival, "is to demonstrate once again Britain's support and admiration for Berlin." Schuetz replied that It is the United States, Britain and France that "secure the viability of our city and thereby the freedom of our citizens." Later, the British leader at a luncheon in Charlottenburg Castle declared: "I would like to take this opportunity to renew once again the British commitment to Berlin: Britain stands and will stand firmly by its pledge to- guarantee the continued freedom of the city and its inhabitants and will continue to support allthe efforts which Continued Page 4, Col. swered, "just enjoy it." Another man strolled by, looked at the tree and said: "Hey, look at them flowers." "Them's blossoms," the old man corrected "What's the difference," the reporter retaliated, "Let him enjoy "It looks like tissue paper," said the stroller, as he squashed one of the delicate petals, between his fingers. It looked as if the old man were going to cry, so the stroller walked on, 7 FREMONT It was a beautiful, simple happening, and at first only the bees noticed it: a tree in full bloom.

After the storms and the rains and the morning frost the blossoms carried the message that spring is close at hand. Thousands of trees in orchards an gardens throughout the' eastbay are still dark and barren, but not the tree on Peralta Boulevard. "What kind of tree is it?" a reporter asked the old man in the straw hat standing nearby, watching the blossoms and the bees. "Why ask?" the old man an DAVE HOPE A natural newsman Tribune's Dave Hope Is Dead Tribune political writer Dave Hope died today of an apparent heart attack a short time after he collapsed at his desk in the city room. He was 65.

Mr. Hope was stricken as he was preparing to write a story for The Tribune home edition. A scrappy little man with an acid wit and a ready grin, he earned a national reputation for deflating self irnportanL politicians during his 32 years at The Tribune. He covered most of the ma' jor state, regional and national political stories for the newspaper. f1 To his friends in and out of politics and the newspaper business, Mr.

Hope's trademark was his tenacity. He 'never gave up on a story and rarely on a political argument (. () He wits quick and Accurate, a natural newspaperman who dictate a finished story from a telephone booth, reading notes scrawled on the back of an envelope. He was quick to criticize, especially an oldtimer who made a mistake, but he would just as readily encourage a young man or accept criticism of his own work. Shortly after Mr.

Hope's death, William F. Knowland, President and Publisher of The Tribune, said, "Dave Hope was one of the outstanding political writers in California and in the nation. "For over 32 years he was a dedicated Tribune newsman who commanded the respect of his colleagues and a great host of political figures who knew him. "In addition to losing a newspaper associate, I have Continued Page 5, Col. 1 Minor Quake Felt In Seattle Area SEATTLE (AP) A brief earthquake woke residents of northwest Washington and British Columbia today, but no damage or injuries were reported.

University of Washington seismologist Norman Rasmus-sen said the tremor was centered 70 to 80 miles northwest of Seattle and measured 3.5 to 4 on the Richter scale. It lasted about 20 seconds. Praising the work of the task force, Mayor John H. Reading called its recommendation x'a practical one which has a good chance for success." The City Council ordered City Attorney Edward Goggin to prepare a resolution adopting the concept and inviting development proposals from prospective "master developers." Reading confirmed rumors that one such interested master developer was "in the wings" but he declined to identify the firm. The Hyatt Corp.

already has displayed interest in erecting a 500-room hotel on the site. A major insurance firm was reported interested in erecting a headquarters building. Significantly, the i a 1 task force was composed of representatives from some of the city's major financial, real estate and development firms. The task force reviewed the Oceanic proposal and presumably found it not feasiblet Instead, it recommended a i -b 1 site bounded by Continued Page Cel. 7 Peru Gunboat Fires on 5 U.S.

Vessels LIMA, Peru (AP) A Peruvian gunboat fired on five American fishing vessels tc day and apparently has taken at least one of them into custody, highly placed sources reported. (, Reports were scanty owing to communications difficulties but the other American fishing boats appear to have escaped into Ecuadorean waters. Unofficial reports said the incident took place in what the United States regards as international waters 25 to 30 miles off the Peruvian coastline. Peru; Ecuador and Chile claim jurisdiction over waters 200 miles offshore. It was not immediately clear whether the Peruvian gunboat fired at the American fishermen or whether the shots were across the bow to stop them.

There also were no reports whether any of the American crewmen may have been injured. Washington reports said 'the captured boat was the Mariner. SmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmMM 3 Picket Groups $100, ,000 A Poll! ution Fine Urged By FRED GARRETSON Tribune Staff Writer The Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Board yes-L, terday asked the" legislature for authority to 'levy fines of up to $100,000 per month against cities and industries which continue to pollute San Francisco Bay and its tributary streams and rivers. The board's current cumbersome procedure require handing over pollution violation cases to the county district attorney in the county where the violation occurs. If the county fails to prosecute then the state attorney general is asked to consider the case.

'Itnen if a court trial results to a conviction, fines can only be levied for contempt of court orders. The Bay Area board has seldom used this procedure although a similar board in Los Angeles once got a $50,000 per day contempt of court order aganst a city for a gross violation. The proposed new procedure would allow the regional board to prosecute a case directly with the court deciding how much the fine should be. In addition, a judge could levy a further fine for contempt of court if the pollution continued. Board Chairman Jerome Gilbert said this kind of legal big stick might be necessary to force San Francisco to stop dumping raw sewage into the Bay.

A panel appointed by the State Water Resources Control Board to draft tough new anti-pollution legislation recommended a maxiumum fine of only $6,000 per month. Sidney Lippow, public at large member of the regional board, noted that it might cost $25,000 to prosecute a case resulting in a $6,000 fine and said a much larger maximum fine was needed. However; Lippow stressed, the board's recommendation to the legislature must include provisions that prosecution be initiated only as the last resort aganst a violator. Chairman picked, Page 11 LOSNGELESJUPIL Sirhan B. Sirhan was intoxicated and in a "trance in jWhich he had no voluntary control" at the moment when he fatally wounded Sen.

Robert F. Kennedy, the defense said at his murder trial today. Defense attorney Emile Zola Berman put before the jury of eight men and Jour-women the first solid account of the defense that the Arab immigrant will offer in an attempt to avoid the California gas chamber, Berman traced Sirhan's life in Palestine before coming to this country and told of terrible scenes of violence which left such an effect, upon his personality that he was sub 1 Million In Pakistan Mob Battle Compiled from AP and UPI KARACHI Hundreds thousands of people wearing black armbands of mourning andled by children screaming that President Mohammed Ayub Khan Is a dog swarmed through Karachi today, setting fires and battling police in a wild anti-government outbreak Pakistan was in the grip of a general strike. Heavy fighting broke out in the Karachi suburb of Lasbel-la where six persons were reported killed and seven injured as -A Pathan tribesmen and police battled mobs of stick-wielding urchins and parents who rushed to their defense Some estimates ot the size ot the mobs ranged up to 1 minion or more. The fighting' spilled over into the adjacent suburb of Lalukhet and at least three fires filled the skies with smoke while veiled Moslem women crowded on verandas and rooftops to cheer on the dub-wielding men and children in the streets below Some bands consisted only of barefoot urchins waving clubs and screaming: "Ayub Kutta Hai is a dog, Yes." Ayub Khan announced in Continued Page 4, Col.

5 cause of but concludes that in general the world's youth want to participate in national development. "What appears to be a problem may actually be development potential," it says. The youth, defined in the study as including those between 12 and 25, already total more than 500 million. With the present rate of increase, the report estimates this figure will rise by 150 million during the next decade. "With a younger world population," the report says, "it is not inconceivable that the world will develop faster and advance further than ever be-' fore.

We have already observed that this is a new kind of popul ation ready for change, open to new ideas, prepared to make sacrifices and take risks." The report states that "what is being done or not being done for youth, with youth and by youth" is perhaps the most important Continued Page 4, CoL 1 PEOPLE WATCHER Wider Generation Gulf Predicted Circle Strong Reaction To 37 Arrests BERKELEY Three separate groups of pickets students, faculty and teaching assistants circled near the Sather Gate entrance to the University of California today. Tension was high, following yesterday's confrontation with police ending in the arrest of 37 demonstrators. One person was arrested today for obstructing public passage. The majority of those arrested were graduate students and many were teaching assistant members of American Federation of Teachers Local 1570. As a result of the arrests, faculty members of AFT Local 1474 joined the picket line today in support of their fellow local.

The other, and by far the largest, ring of picketers were members of the Third World Liberation Front, which has called for a strike in support of minority group demands on campus. Taken into custody today was Manuel Delgado, of 2419 Virginia Berkeley, a sen-dor in political science and a ji I liri-1l It's an man said. U.C. Where Are You Now? Spring ended her brief preview visit ahead of schedule last night as clouds came in bringing threats of heavy rain at times today in the Bay Area. The weatherman admitted he had been fooled by a high pressure system which was expected to hold off the Pacific storms for at least another day.

But it weakened yesterday and allowed the weather front to move east to the Bay instead of northeast around it, he said. In consequence showers are expected to continue tonight and possibly tomorrow, as the weather front moves out of Tie area. Another one may follow on its heels, he said, with a day or two of clear weather between. "The storms are always out there," he said, "it's just a question of the direction they take coming in. We'd hoped after the long rainy period the high would stay and we'd have some decent weather for a change, but it fooled us." Ray Trial Continued MEMPHIS, Tenn.

(UPI) -C im4 al Court Judge W. Preston Battle today, continued the murder trial of James Earl Ray tmul April 7 to allow Defense Attorney Percy Foreman more time to prepare his case. Spri almond tree, the old SJ. State Union To End Strike SAN JOSE (AP) Striking members of the American Federation of Teachers at San Jose State College have voted to return to work today, but they failed to ratify a settlement of their strike that began Jan. 8.

"We're badly split," said an AFT spokesman in reporting the 42-25 vote, with-one abstention, to return to the job the last day of registration for the spring semester. Classes resume Monday. He added that after the vote was taken and a long debate followed on, the strike settlement, the president, treasurer and acting secretary of the campus AFT local all re-signed. Negotiations with the college administration on the AFT demands will continue, he said, with a possible general membership meeting some time next week. College president Robert D.

Clark, in announcing the end of the strike, said "many of the problems remain to be solved." And he was cautious in mentioning a crucial issue: What will happen to teachers whose participation in the strike has jeopardized their jobs? "In the case of those faculty members affected by the five-day AWOL clause of the Education Code, every instance is being treated individually as prescribed by the trustees," Clark said in a statement -y "This means no guarantees," saiq an AFT spokesman. The AFT-local here called Contfmied Page 5, CoL Gate Dirlbaini In Trainee' UNITED NATIONS, (AP) A U.N. study predicts that before the end of the 1970s the generation conflict "will assume proportions not previously imagined" and that youth will begin to predominate in world affairs. The 80-page report, the first detailed review of youth problems by the United Nations, was made public today. It will be considered next week by the 32-member Commission for Social Development The report notes that many young people today are resorting to antisocial behavior be- The attorney made no other referenced intoxication and it was not immediately clear whether he meant from the use of alcohol or in a mystical sense.

Berman said that evidence would disclose the defendant is "an immature, emotionally disturbed and a 1 1 ul youth." The defense, however, has not entered a plea of insanity to the charge of first-degree murder. Berman said today testimony would show that Sirhan did not have the mental capacity for murder to maturely and meaningfully premeditate, deliberate or reflect upon the gravity of his Continued Page 4, CoL 1 unplanned and undeliberate, impulsive and without premeditation or malice, totally a product of a sick, obsessed mind and personality. "At the actual moment of the shooting, he was out of contact with reality, in a trance in which he had no voluntary control over his will, his judgment, his feelings or his actions. I do not expect, -nor is it my desire that you accept my statement as evidence. I tell you these matters because we will prove them through great men in the fields of psychiatry and psychology by tests that run the gamut of hypnosis, Interviews and known and accepted psychological tests and testing procedures." ject to fantasies and was out of touch with reality.

"Sirhan will tell you himself from this witness stand that he never thought he ever would kill Kennedy but through his mystic mind power he could fantasize and relieve that feeling of emptiness inside him," the New York attorney said. 1 "Through chance, a weird change of circumstances and while in a disturbed mental state, intoxicated and confused, he had the same spells that he had in Palestine. Ther is no doubt, and we have told you this from the beginning, that he did, in fact, fire the shot that killed Senator Kennedy. The killing was leader or me nam nunu group. Yesterday's arrests prompted a press conference at which Maxine Wolpinsky, president of the- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1695, pledged the support of the campus employes union on the picket lines.

Conn Hallinan, 26, president AFT Local 1570 and son of liberal San Francisco attorney Vincent among those arrested yesterday. Earlier today, Pete gteffens, journalism instructor Continued Page 5, CoL 1 1.