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INDEX WEATHER Overcast Tilth drizzle likely tonight and early Sunday, clearing Sunday afternoon; Low tonight, 5J; high tomorrow, 71. Moderate westerly winds tomorrow afternoon. Births, Deaths 10 Church 6 7 Classified 14 18 Comics 19 Editorial, Features 12 13 Peninsula News 11 Sports 8 9 TV, Radio. Theaters Women's News 4 SAN MATEO TIMES AND DAILY NEWS LEADER A HOME OWNED NEWSPAPER Vol. 61 No.

204 3 Sections 36 PAGES SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1961 10c PER COPY $1.50 PER MONTH Postal Aide Shoots Wife Bohannon Opposed Leave Berlin Air Routes Allies Rapid Transit LONDON, Aug. 2. (UPll The United Slates. Britain and France in identical, strongly worded notes, warned Soviet Russia today not to interfere with allied air routes to Berlin. The British note released here tonight said the Soviets would "bear full responsibility" for the consequences if allied free access routes are violated.

U.S. Berlin Chief Makes Pull Out Now, Builder Tells County Mayors By GEORGE GOLDING David D. Bohannon, a prominent builder and one of this county's most successful visionaries, said last night San Mateo county should get out of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District and get out of it now. in a debate with Adrien Falfc, president of the five county rapid transit district, Bohannon told the Mayors' Council of San Mateo county he had become increasingly negative in his transit thinking. ''f wK' 113 BSbC 'H Hijacker in Court; Pilot Recovering MENLO PARK While blinded airline pilot Oscar Cleal was re Oral Protest BERLIN (UPH The United States today protested to the Soviets against Communist restric tions on East West Berlin travel and Red harassment of American traffic across the tense border.

An American spokesman sa Maj. Cen. Albert Watson II. the U.S. Berlin commandant, went personally to Soviet headquarters in East Berlin to make the oral protest to Soviet Col.

A.V. Solov yev. The protest was made West Berlin police sharpiy reinforced their security guards along the scaled orf East West city border to prevent a possible weekend clash between angry West Bcrlin ers and touchy Communist sen tries. A V. S.

spokesman said the American commandant spen minutes in Soviet headquarte: East Berlin delivering the pro test. He protested against "illegal regulations issued hy Iiast Ger fPlcase.See Pac 2, Column i) Was Bad Day For Michael Pat O'Shea BELMONT Michael Patrick O'Shes. 34 ycar old grocery clerk as booked into the county jail 1 0, m. lodav for the third lime in little more than 24 hours According to police, O'Shea first was arrested shortly after mi night Thursday when his tranged wife, Acirienne. fond him passed out in the back yard of the O'Shea home.

513 Marine View avenue. Booked at the jail on a charge crunktHtnoss. 0 bhea made S2C :05 a. m. He was back again at 2:30 p.

Mrs. O'Shea summoned police stating O'Shea was violating restraining order and was break ing into the homo. She signed a complaint, and he was booked again at the county jail, this time on charges of assault and battery He made the SSG7 bail on that charge at 5:40 p. m. It was getting to be an old story when the police were again summoned short! after 1 a today.

Shea was iying on front lawn of the home next door to his wife's home, Sgt. George Tronam reported, and was again booked at the county jail charge of intoxication last report he still jail. To Auto Pact Announced BULLETIN DETROIT (UPI) American Motors corporation and the United Auto Workers today announced agreement on a new contract which will include a historic profit sharing plan for employes, the first in the auto industry. (Earlier Story Inside; the following day. driving Teall's car and using his credit card for gas purchases.

They were arrested there in the midst of a robbery spree and sentenced to prison. One of the witnesses who will be called before the grand jury Tuesday will be Michael (Little Mike Wingett, who allegedly accompanied Turner on the Oregon trip and who told authorities that he saw Teall and Turner together just before the killing. Teall's body was never found. Because Wingelt wasn't released from prison until after Turner, it was not possible to proceed with a murder complaint until the witness was available, Sorenson explained. Turner was "released last June, but Wingett was not released until last Friday, The latter was met at the pris al BB Bfl Ba RIO RIOTS Brazilian military police, above, hustle a demonstrator off to jail last night during a street disturbance follow the announcement of the resignation of President Janio Quadros.

On the left is Dr. Joao Goulart, vice president of the troubled country, who was flying back to South America from Singapore today to take over presidential power. Goulart heads Brazil's labor party, (AP Wircphotos) Brazil Army Put on Alert (From UPI and API RIO DE JANEIRO Army Garrisons throughout Brazil were alerted today for possible trouble arising from the unexpected resignation Df President Janio Quadras. And Himself Separation Ends In Deaths On Dairy Road COL MA Failure to ef feet a reconciliation with his youEg wue irom wnom ns had been separated only two days apparently prompted a 28 year old Daly City postal worker to shoot her and in en himself on a lonely road here early last night, sheriff's investigators report. The bodies of Claude W.

Holland, 28, and his wife. Yvonne 21, were discovered on the Christen Dairy road one mile east of Skyline boulevard shortly before 7:30 p.m. by two hitch hiking Pacifica teenagers. Sheriff's and coroner's investi gators have termed the deaths apparent murder suicide. Sheriffs deputies G.

E. McNamara and Paul Hart said that when they arrived at the scene. they found Mrs. Holland's body slumped over in the front seat. She had been shot in Ihe left! Side or the lace, and the bullet had come outbehind her right tr.

Outside Door Ifer husband's was sprawled on the roadway partial ly under the open left front door of their 1952 sedan. A .30 .30 rifle was on the ground beside him. He apparently had stuck the barrel of the rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger, investigators said. Discovery of the grisly scene was made by Mike Belgin, Is, 437 Brighton road, and John Barros'. 630 Hewitt avenue.

Pacifica. They informed deputies that they were hitch hiking home from San Francisco and hadbeen'giv en a ride by a woman. The driver had turned off Junipero' Serra boulevard towards Skyline boulevard on Christen Dairy 'road when they came upon Holland's cor which was partially blocking the roadway. Tell Police The youths took one look at the scene, climbed back in the car. and the woman drove them to the Pacifica police station here they reported finding the bodies.

The woman departed without leaving her name, deputies said. Sheriff's' Inspector Rudy Siems sen said that he learned that Mrs. Holland had left her husband, a vehicle operator analyst at the San Francisco post office, two days ago. and had taken their (Please See Pase 2, Column 3) Xortli State Fire Spreads SAN' FRANCISCO (UPI) A forest fire in California, one of several burning out control, gobbled up 100 acres in less than four hours Friday night, a U.S. Forestry spokesman said.

The fire, one ol two in Devils Garden near Canby. 70 miles south of Klamath Falls, quickly jumped from GD.io 161) acres. DAVID TURNER Tr ev ent to Devil's Slide on the San Mateo coast. Turner said, and Teall stood at the edge of a cliff. When Teall lost his nerve.

Turner said, he shot him twice and watcted bis body plunge over the precipice. The body was never recovered. Turner and a group Df com panions allegedly left for Oregon I he allied roles ere in reply to an implied threat Irom Moscow Wednesday that Russia fnighl try lo limit western rights to air corridors to Berlin. "The whole world will he concerned at the scarcely veiled threat of aggression against the allied air routes lo and from West Berlin." the notes said. The text of the notes also released tonight in Washington and Paris, They were delivered today in Moscow, Today's notes were a formal statement of the first allied action to the Moscow suggestion of last Wednesday.

The western powers. then let it be known immediately they would not tolerate any interference with their air corridors. The Bis Three trlt' Moscow their, rights to the air corridors have' not been subject to limitations or controls and that they stand by these rights. Meanwhile, the allies stepped up llicir consultations on the next moves in. the Berlin crisis.

British Prime Minister Harold Maemillan and Fo'eign Secretary Lord Home interrupted vacation; in Scotland to confer tomorrow on latest developments ol the Bcrltr situation. In Washington, top U. S. offi cials and Western diplomats held a IVVhour meeting Berlin crisis today. But no official announcement was made afterward of what went on there.

British Ambassador Sir Harold Caceia described it tt newsmen as "one of a series of meetings which wc have." Secretary ot State Dean Rusk called the gathering on short notice, summoning the British. French and West German ambassadors. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNarr.ara. and McCcorgc Bun day, presidential adviser on International security affairs, were among Americans attending the parley.

McNamara said it vas not "crisis" or ail "emergency' meeting. Asked whether military metis ures were considered, the du rw vrrr twv va.nhd "we discussed a wide range of matters." French Ambassador Hcrve Alp hand said "firmness exists" among tlie Western Allies against the Communists' Berlin threat. Grcenberg JuHs Sox CHICAGO (AP) Hank Crcen berg quit today as general manager of the Chicago White Sax. His retirement as an active official Df the club was announced by the principal owner ot the club, A. C.

AUyn. AJlyn appointed Ed Shurt, the club's traveling secretary, as general manager to succeed Green berg, DOANE MINTO FORD SALES PENINSULA'S HIGHEST TRADERS Wilt ALLOW FOR GOOD CltAN CARS $2075 1959 $1525 1958 $1400 1957 $1075 1956 985 1955 Excel Allowance Depsndi on rha Car You Select and Condition of Your Trade In. BRAND NEW 1961 FORDS 1961 FALCON DOANE MINTO FORD SALES 101 California Drive rlingame Dl 4 1 1 1 Open Evcpingi tank Financing Open Sundays turning home from the hos pital yesterday, the man who shot him during an attempted airplane hijacking in Chico July 31 was appearing in court in Orovillc. Experts disagreed in testimony on whether Brace McRac Britt, 40, of Smack over, was sane when he attempted to commandeer deal's plane at Chico. Britt is attempting to change his plea from guilty, to not guil ty by season, of insanity.

He is charged with three counts of attempted murder. The pilot and a ticket agent were wounded in the hijack at tempt and authorities say Britt fired at and narrowly missed' a passenger. The, pilot. Capt. Oscar Cleal, 575 Olive avenue.

Menlo Park, was wounded In the head and stomach. He was blinded in the left eye and in critical condition for several days. He was treated at Sutter Hospital in Sacramento and at Palo Alto Stanford Medical Center, The ticket agent. Bill Hicks. 45, of Chico, was shot in the back arid was in serious condition for some time.

Co pilot Allan Wheeler. 23, 1735 Marco Polo way, grabbed the gun, and Britt allegedly charged at him with a knife. Three passengers, including San Francisco attorney nad been skimmed by a bullet earlier, helped overpower Britt. LeMoync Snyder, former medical legal adviser to (he Michigan Skate Police, testified that in his opinioi. Britt didn't know what he was doing the evening of July 31.

SAN MATEO MUTUAL SAVINGS SINCE'96 SAN ttmW OtDEST! FASTEST GROWING! (Assets ip marty 50 in 1960!) Nab Lawyers In Tax Bribe We should pull out said, "and not leave BARTD dan OS to whether we arc goics to do it suf months from now. Can build the Peninsula leg of the transit system, if proves necessary 15 or 20 years from now, and if at that lime Santa Clara county comes in with at a fraction of the cost and finance it 100 per cent ourselves, but not go broke in the mean time. Horizontal Development Bohannon said this y's work and travel patterns had de veloped horizontally, so that SOI per tent of the county's force now is employed within the county and travels to and from! the baysidc rather than to and from San "After ire have completed th freeway system and the Bay vehicular crossings, we will then be in a position to determine if rail rapid transit is necessary for the Peninsula. "If technological break through has rendered the fixed rail sys Icm obsolete, we trill be free to Lake advantage of improved methods of moving peopie. Tt won't be a matter of having all the jobs in one place and all the people in another and them in and out each day when the pres sure is already so great liumari beings can stand it.

SP Pays Taxes "We can co operate with Southern Pacific to encourage all practical and possible improvement. The Southern Pacific pays taxes to San Mateo county, rapid Iran sit will take land off the tax rolls." Falk denied that the transit! system would be built to haul people in and out of San Francisco, only. "It is designed to take the! heavy peak loads off the back of the freeways," Falk said, "and (Please Sec Page 2, Column 5) See Drizzles Tomorrow SAM FRANCISCO (AP) It showery in the Eureka area today as a weak weather front: moved across the extreme northern part of the state. Drizzles were forecast the coast as far south as San Francisco by early Sunday. 1.

They ail being drawn from the reserves of the army, navy and air force. The Pentagon said it does not yet have figures on navy, marine and air force recruiting for the period immediately after Kennedy's speech. While there was no "direct evidence as to any unusual spurt." the department said all three recruiter services reported Increased numbers of inquiries from young men. Enlistment quotas for August have been raised for those serv ices and now are: 11,500 for the navy: 52U0 tor the marines, ana 11.000 for the air force. No difficulty is expected in reaching the goal, the Pentagon said.

A stimulus to enlistment in all services was Kennedy's decision to hike draft calls for the army. They were raised from 13,000 in August to 25,000 ui September, and at least for October, BOSTON 'API Three lawyers, arrested today on charges of trying to bribe an internal revenue official appeared before U.S. Commissioner Peter J. Nclligan.and posted boil for later hearing. Nathaniel Bergman, 53, of Hartford, was held in $25,000 bond and Saul Glassman, 15, and Paul Gorin, 49, both of Boston, were held in $15,000 each.

The Department of Justice, which announced their arrest, said the idea of the alleged bribe offer was to induce a revenue man not to prosecute one of the lawyers en income tax evasion" Killer to Return Enlistments Rise Sharply Mobs protesting the resignation ran wild in Rio last night, attacking the U. S. embassy and other American offices. There was no immediate report of disorders elsewhere in the country. Police used tear gas and shots fired in the air to disperse the Rid rioters.

Vice President Joao (Jangol Goulart was hurrying borne from the Far East to assume the presidency. 11 was not immediately certain whether the Army would permit his instailtion. Goulart is regarded as. the "'political heir" of the self slain ex president Getulio Vargas, who was forced to resign by a group generals, in 195 1. Supporters of Goulart, 43, threatened a general strike in the country already beset by financial troubles if any attempt is made to block him from taking over the presidency if he wants to and an aide says he does.

Sans Mao's Praises 1 Goulart. a wealthy rancher who heads Brazil's Labor party, is flying from Singapore after touring Red China, where he saug the praises of Mao Tze tung and accomplishments under the Peiping regime. Goulart favors tie same foreign policy for Brazil that brought Quadros under attack independ ent neutrality with friendship ror all. including the Communist bloc. The aimy and police kept a firm hold in the big country of (Please See 2, Column 1) rVehru Nixes Berlin Visit NEW DELHI.

(UPI) West Berlin mayor Willy Brandt has but Nehru was unable to accept! messaged Brandt he would Like1 to have visited there but it necessary for trim to go bj Mos cow direct from a neutral na tons meeting in Belgrade. REDWOOD CITY David Turner. 20. former Redwood City resident who is accused of the 1939 "favor" killing of a San Bruno radio operator, will be returned here next week from Colorado Springs to face a charge of murder. District Attorney Keith C.

Sor enson said he will ask tlie grand jury for a murder indictment of the suspect Tuesday night. Sheriff's Inspector William Ridenottr and Deputy District Attorney Brian RowsOn will go to Colorado Springs to return Turner. Sorenson said. The timetable for the return had not been established, as Turner has not indicated whether he will waive extradition, the district attorney A murder complaint already has been filed against Turner for, the December 6. 1939, slaying of Victor Trealf, 37 year old radio operator.

Turner confessed the killing when questioned by local officers while serving time in Oregon State prison at Salem for armed robbery. He said Teall wanted to die "but did not have the nerve" to kill himself. Turner said he agreed to "help" Teall commit suicide. INSURED SAVINGS IP er: federal Hoist loin 8mk Siilcm WASHINGTON (UPll The defense department disclosed to day that army enlistments in the weeks alter President Kennedy's July 25 Berlin preparedness speech jumped 39 per cent over the comparable period last year. They also increased by almost that much over the period immediately preceding a y's soeech in which he outlined plaits for building the armed forces up to 2.743.000 men.

That is about 250,000 more than the Eisenhower administration proposed. In answer to UPI questions, the Pentagon said the army enlisted 9117 men between August ana August 21, compared with 6541 in the same three weeks of I960. In the three weeks from July 1 to July 21, 1961, it enlisted 6059. The Pentagon revealed the figures in the wake Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara's order calling 76,500 military reservists to active duty.

Most oE the reservists will report on October on gates by local sheriffs depu i invited Prime Minister Jawahar ties and brought to Redwood Cily lai' Nehru to visit' West Berlin under protective custody. Then the word was passed to invitation, it wa? disclosed Turner picked up. He had been today. under surveillance by law en Official source; Nehm forcemeat officers since his rc lease Irom prison. He was ar rested in Colorado Springs while attempting to enroll in a college there..

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