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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 15

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rr-y i ByANDYJOKELSdN TribmeStaff Writer What sTahame Wyn Sargentand her. rannihul chief husband are breaking jip and that the marriage was never 7'cafiUfnmated, as the wire stories reported. Probably hed prtart nibblng at her ear and shed just-go Egad, but those spectators that clogged the. streets of Alameda' during the plane craslL tragedy were something else Sharon Kapler is a College of Alameda librarian who lives near there and late in the evening she finally got sore at 191 trampling on her lawnl She-turned on the sprin-" Uere. This' enraged one guy whQ marched up to her-and socked her on the jaw Barbera saw a 5 Two-beaming pilots, freest' list after.

mare thin seVen- years of captiritiy In North .1 umlu SiMth worid taw they were to be back. Marine LLCoL Harlan Page. Chapman or Fremont a smiled happily from the nxv ment they left the gray station wagons that had brought jhem tare from Air Force assigned an infantry, adviser. -Mrs. Smith told jammed press conference today that their Children, Misty, an4 Jeffrey, 1, were "overwhelmed at seeing their father again for the first time in It After Capt Smith retired for the night last night, she said, young Jeffrey exclaimed in amazement, Daddy kissed me! daddy kissed me.

She said of her. husband, He has prepared me for life in every way no matter what did to him. Mrs. Clark said her husband told her he spent much of his time in prison making brooms. Because of his Baptist background, she said, known as the preacher the camp.

I think he has become Closer to God as a result of his experiences, she said. Hes always appreciated America and now I think he will appreciate life much more," she' said. drank three or four 1st back- he wu idler of McKamey, and oh the way back, he was fold' that, since he wan -the first he and CoL Chapman that they pretty, much their pick ahd choose of the rooms they would like on the sixth floor of the hospital. And he winked his eye and darned me on the shoulder and he says, Thats one of the advantages of getting shot: down Then Coldwell read state; ment frpm McKameya wife: As you can imagine, today has been an exciting time in the lives of the family. We are all very happy and thankful that J.

B. is home at last and that we will be reunited with him. Our chil- dreh, J. B.s parents and I agree that this is. the finest Valentines Day present-any- one could evfcr -Chapman is a native of Ely- ria, Ohio.

He was captured on Nov. 5, 1965 in North Vttnam while serving as pilot dTa Marine Aircraft Group 13 plane on a bombing mission, accord-! to a brief biography 1 classified in a neighborhood paper offering some draperies for sale, telephoned and a cop answered the phone. Lady, there are no draperies here. This home has just been burglarized and Im' investigating. The owners wont be home until tonight.

A Sirtt man. Army CapL Mark A. Smith, of Hawthorns, was taken to Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, whert he was -greeted by wild cheers from a crowd of SO and -enthusiastic -7 embraces from his wife, Car- mwe- man 50 ole, their two children and his and other onlookers, including They were among 20 former prisoners of war who again setfoot on- American soil at af-" CMDR. JOHN B. McKAMEY Pride, gratitude children carrying a sign saying, Welcome Home; Chapman, 38, was the first to appear.

Standing at the head --of a Start- aisle lined IT. COL HARLAN CHAPMAN First fears people for thefr help and pray- to be tame ere. Its wonderful again. .7 After more applause, ft was McKamey'a turn. Thank you very he said.

My pried last 7 to 8 yean is exceeded by the military. He only by my gratitude for the the Marins ip 1958, took flight wonderful reception that we twining jjt the NavaTAir Sta-received at Clark and at Hick- tlon hi Pensacola, and am, and again at Travis and Ptedn naval avia-t by you all wonderful tor in 19M, the biography McKamey, 37, was shot down on June 3, '1965, while flying an A-4 Skyhawk bn a combat mission over North Vietnajn with Attack Squadron 23, which operated from the U.S.S. Midway, his biography with newsmen, he saluted al- -most immediately. Then, -es-. corted by LL (j.g!) Alison Williams, Navy nurse, he saluted second time as he smilingly walked between the newsmen and up some, steps to where the hospitals com-.

-standing officer, Rear Adm. Ralph E. Faucett, was waiting- -He saluted a final time as. be was greeted by Faucett, then waited aa the taller McKameyr saluting once, walked down the aisle, accompanied by Capt: J. W.

Davis, Ina 8ev! and then Chapman spoke words he seemed to have prepared beforehand. began, years that I was a prisoner of war, I never shed a tear. In 0 0 0 ter long flight from Clark A flurry of excitement Air Force Base In the Philip-for th families, of the Jor- pines, including a refueling dy Carltons and Rollo hP at Hlckam Air Face Wheelers, the two couples lost in the1 boat mishap in Hnsnital? Mexico two months ago. Ed Bartlett, the Berkeley Ford MclLs faTwasSt-dealer, and Dr, CHnt Lee just got back from; Loreto, a ing Inside for private reun-little town on the Bdja coast. They were at the Oasis Hotel ion which was.

held after he there when a Mexican fisherman came in just back from 8 nd Pjapmap: a lonely stretch of coast SO miles to the south. The ou-the fisherman had found a small outboard motor, of the size Chapmans wife, Elizabeth, used on the charter boats dinghy, along with two.oars, a and son, Harlan, 13, arrived at piece of mattress-type material, a plastic water bottle and tte hospital this morning, a reimtas of i cooking Are. The coMt ttat Travis in he late afternoon podumrtol with and He was tarn in Greencastle, ImL, and attended Butler University in Indianapolis, I He enlisted in the Navy in 1955,. at Travis Air Force Base, entered the Naval Aviation Three more groups of 20 Cadet Program and was com-' each are due in from the Clark missioned an ensign in 1958. Air.

Base hi the. Philippines Before his assignment. to At-'; tomorrow. dais today listed 40 more re- leased prisoners of war who arrived today on two aircraft glasses of chocolate milk for dinner, she said. Operation Homeconing offl- Four of todays 40 are bound for local destinations, Including Army Maj.

Albert E. Carlson, Pleasanton, who went to Viet nam more than a year ago as-toaSouth a volunteer adviser Vietnamese infantry battalion. He had been listed untieing for nearly a year, and tta first word.fi is wife, Nancy, had that he. wu alive when his name appeared on tta list' of prisoners handed over last month, will be on tta sce-orld tiane to arrive three other ftamer prison- ers. bound for Oakland Naval.

They are Navy Theo-' dore Kopfman, Kent, Ohio; Navy Lt, Cmdr. Rodney A. Kniitun, Na LL Cmdr. William Shankel, San Andreu, Calif. on the list of todays 'iv Billings, and Waiting inside 0 mey acrowting to military spokesmen, were his wife, Nancy; their three children, was one cave had been covered by a landslide, caused by called fawnn of other PQWs torrential rains.

The discovery was Saturday and the and mailed letterd to others. fisherman got back to Loreto Sunday. Bartlett got home McKameys wi brought I Monday trnd notified Carilpns family. Theyll follow McKamey also failed PO families before retiring. In his selection from the Has it been lousy Weather? Check this: ger Louer fives on his boat at Ballena Bay.

The other morning he got bp, stepped off onto the dock, was. astonished at seeing the sunrise and stepped right into the water. Small note involved. Louer had stepped onto' the dock to empty a the last few days, I have shed many tears, not of sadness, but of joy. and qmazement over the warmth ami the! smiies, the friendly waves of the people at Clark, at Hick- -aim, at Travis, and you people 5 SfthTfSiS from the school diildren at Clark, and over the tremendous effort that the personnel who.

are involved in Operation Homecoming are doing. VI wish to thahk' President Nixon for -getting us back. am proud and honored to srve under -him aa a Maine; and wish to thank the American rice entry, Are you kidding?" pjil of garbage Into container. (1, the Bate ho got outof.bS the water, pail still in band, the garbage had gone to the physical condition and as hav- Their bottom) vMarlene and Lenny Fisher have the Modern. ing siept well last night.

i Art photo studio in Oakland and this week 35 of Marlene's friends gave her a surprise birthday party at the Oakland Hilton1, where her Elise, took photos with an Instomatic. But that isnt the item. Lenny had taken his i- Olds in for repairs that day and was given a a jsparkling new. Olds 98 in Marlenes favorite color, bright r. evening Lenny told her: My birthday present for ou is in the garage, meaning it was in the trunk of the car.

Marlene went to.the garage, saw the new car, squealed witii delight and has been driving it ever since. Lenny hasn't the heart to tell her it's a loaner. He may have' to buy. Americans, and Gixt bless you Were all happy tote tame. Thank you very much.

The press and others applauded once more, and Chapman and McKamey hugged each other. Then, escorted by hospital personnel, they entered the building and walked down a their arms aroupd each other's back for the first few steps. Jn, 8, and. his parents, ifr. and Mrs.

Oscar L. McKamey -of Plainfield, bid. Tta press -was barred from their ion; As McKamey and Chapman walked into the hospital. Navy Cmdr. Thomas Caldwell, a Department of Defense public iff airs representative, recounted their ride tare from under1 the escort of tta California Highway Patrol.

just had one of the wildest, funnest freeway rides you can ever imagine, he Aald As their cars passed other vehicles, many motorists tanked horns and waved. "I guess we just stood out like a -Lsore thumb, Coldwell said. I rode back. with Cmdr. He insisted that it is essen-' tial to mate an todepth in- quiry to find, out tta state.

of mindiOf-a juror. And Crew contended Hayes did move a little' quickly" in instituting tta program, adding I -would have thought about iL Crew also declared, Now get only a half triql instead of a whole trial Barger, 34, and Misi Gruhlke, 33, were arrested May 27 at Bargers tame at 9508 Golf Links Road after police, armed with a search warrant, reportedly found narcotics in a bedroom closet. Both are charged with pos- Cmdr. Jamu F. Men Cumberland, Md.

-5 Air Force CapL John Boriing, Chicago. 8. Air Force CoL Honald Byrne New York, 7. Air. Force CapL Burton W.

Campbell, Amherst, Ohio. 1 Navy Cmdr. Robert B. LL Cmdr; Frederick San Dfego, Calif. 4.

Navy CAPT. MARK SMITH 604 Mess America' dt sp CrMne 1973 1L Air Force CoL James Little Rock, Ark. 12. Navy Lt. Cmdr.

Dennis Moov, Littleton, Cdo. 13. Air Force Lt Cdl. Her- schel S. Morgan, Asheville, 'r 1L Navy Gndr.

Dale Osborne, Salt Lake City, Utah. 15. Army Capt, Johnnie L. Ray, Pluls Valley, Okla.r'f- 16. Navy Capt Howard Rutledge, Tulsa, Okta, 17.

Navy LL Cmdr. Bradley E. Smith, Lakq Milton, Ohio. IS. Navy CapL James B.

Stockdale, Abingdon, 111. 19.., Air Force LL CoL. Jack H. Tomes, Globe, N.M.: 20, Air Fwce Ll CoL' Jarnes F. Young, Ferodale, Midi.

In addition to tta four mea with local arriving on tta second plane 1 Navy CapL. Wendell 'R. Alcorn, Kittamting, 1 Air Focce CapL John W. Anderson, Portland, Ore. Aini Fofce WL Thomu JL, Barrett, Lomu, Leonanr.Gr Hayden Ohio.

Reynolds, A. K. David R. of Duluth, Minn. Defense Department were see this document without Dr.

Ellsbergi permls-. Sion? v0 That is true, the witness -tv. Best conceded this arrange- -ment was somewhat unusual' and said there were no provisions for It in the Rand securl- ty manual But he insisted the arrangement was. not inconsistent with jroyirions of the. manual.

hopes to show that the two manuals involved, the Raod manual and tta Induatri-' Tal Security Manual ar incon- sistent and are' not carefully followed. Cjear Sky May Be Here Awhile fv r. Fair skies greeted early ris- ers-in the Bay Area today. The: National: Weather' service said dear skies, -with some late night and early morning fog should tomorrow and possibly the weekend. The storm -that passed tta Bay.

Area .47 of an inch of rein gauge at the Oakland 1 Uonal Airport weather i It brought total relnfan for this season at Oakland to 23.72 7 Inches, as compared with normsi 11.83 1 Some 1,800 heart specialists have a convention going in S. standing around taking each others pulse, and the lunches theV're iprying themselves are low cholester- JJteryKI whei taked beans or fluffy rice. On his menu card be checked bated wrote next to the mental attitude-is -ter the spokesman said. Both families declined meet newsmen at this time. They arrived at tta hospital -at about 5:40.

p.m. Waiting i were a Marine honor guard, other, military men and worn-. ed in near record time. eIt women and four men wu picked and sworn In yesterday after bare; ly a day and a half of screening 74 By tta time tta choice of the 12 was made the prosecu1 tion had exercised 9 of its 20 peremptory challenges and the defense 11 of theirs, Superior Court Judge William J. Hayes questioned an prospective jurors after attorneys for both sides submitted questions to determine their 4h4a vmi nil atlll AnlfllflM state of mind and The questions included impressions of tta Hells Angels 3 Held After 2 Shots Fired At Police i --1.

Navy C. Baldock, LateOty Mratoteir.X 3. Air Force LL Col. Thomas J. Curtis, Houston, Tex.

-4: Navy CapL Fred A. Franke, PensacMa, Fla. 5. Air Force CapL Peter J. Giroux, Trumansburg, N.Y.

5. Air Force CoL Lawrence N. Guarino, Newark, N.J. 7. Air Force Lt Col.

George R. Ifell, Hattiesburg, Miss. 8. Navy Cmdr. James Hutton, Washington, D.C.

9. Air Force CapL' Charles A. Jackson, Charleston, W.Va. 10. Force Maj.

Robert 9. Ariny -Capt John Dunn, Hutchinson, Kan. 10. Navy Cmdr. Eastman, Bernardstown, 11.

Ariny Bobby JohMonDetntiL, 12. Air Fonx Maj. J. Lockhart, Springfield, tor Air Force Maj. Jon Philadelphia, -j It Army Pvt Ferdinand Rodriguez, Brooklyn, N.Y.

15. Army CapL George WanaL Waterford, Conn. 16. Navy LL Bargerand his girl fhicken brfkst Islkinned -first, baked in soy sauce, wine friend aT after a jury was select- fotorcycle Club, of which stead of the 10 days expected. tfTTBSdri'aiaiffitiWlf the attorneys themselves president, and narcotics.

had done the questioning. Hayes allowed senior trial Crew said it looks like we deputy Donald P. Whyte, have 8 81, -what we James Crew, Bargers attor- know about It, but he diarac-ney, and Harry Sheppard, terized wood- counsel for Sharon Gruhlte, to mate direct inquiry of candidates for the alternate Juror terized the process u. en and a sham in which the defense operates in a total vacuum. and polyunsaturated oil.

Chinese Vegetables done without noodles and with egg whites but not egg yolks. No butter at all, but polyunsaturated margarine. No cream for the' coffee; -just saccharine or sugar and mocha mix. That should prevent any excitement, which also isnt good for right DeUad where the lire 0 auditions for the Juilliard youd want to know. 070 v- 1 l-i the heart Cheryl Mengle is 17, a Kennedy High senior ContraCosta and a violin proc prodigy, Shell be soloist at tack Squadron 23, he served in attack and training squadrons, and children live in His wife Lemoore, and his "home record is Fillmore, Letterman, Capt Smith told his cheering reception crqwdr It's wonderful to be back in the greatest country in the world and tta greatest state in the world.

The greatest people in the world. 'And other than that Im too choked up now. God-Mess you all, and Gad-Mess Ameri- ca. Smith, 26, served a total of 1 43 months in Vietnam, all as i He a captured last April when Communist, overran the South Vietnamese unit to which he was NIMITZ HIT-RUN He May Have Hit Student HAYWARD-A Dublin mu told California Hiiway Patrol officers last night that Ms car might have struck Gary Vo at-, hies, 28, of 827 York SL, Oakland, whose body wu found Tuesday in bushes alongside the (iimitz Freeway, south of7-tta Floresta Boulevard, ove Noley Clifford Baker 40, of 7045 Prince Drive, Dublin, said lie read about- tta tnd dent in yesterday's Tribune and recalled that-, his car struck an object driving on tta tat as he freeway in that vicinity during heavy rain at m. last Saturday.

about 0:30 p.i He related that at first he thought he had Mt a deer as he observed a brown object hurtling off tta freeway, but, because of tta heavy rain and traffic he feared he would cause a hazard by stopping. The CHP impounded Bak- eft car for comparison with evidence gathered near Voor-hies' body, Baker was. not -4-- 1 Voorhies, a University 0 California senior in Industrial engineering and a part-time -security guard, was enroute to -friends in Sari Lorenzo. ppar- ently hix-ear broke -down and he walked along the freeway To gettalp tiSeCHP said. its first school board last year, Chinn was the top vote getter and was named presided of the board of education.

His successor on the school board win be named by Alioto at a 1 two concerts of the Sinfonia Alvarado; at 8 tomorrow night at Richmond High and at 8. Saturday night' at Methodist Church in Berkeley. In shell use an expensive, 100-year-old violin loaned her by Coleman Olson, the Oakland rare violin dealer, and shell use the A i Ai when they answers. gave The alternate ctasenand gworn is a steetmetal worker who satisfactorily weathered. the questioning.

Even then, Crew protested Judge Havre' application of last weeks state supreme court decision holding that a judfee can exclusively conduct 1 questioning of prospective ju- rors for a criminal trial The 5-1 decision on a Los Angeles case endorsed tta ju-; didal Inquiry system adopted inU.S. courts. Hayes, who 'conducted Bargers muntei trial in he Instrument again when she -m School of Music. I thought liL- 0 was acquitted, had predicted, session for sale of heroin and that a jury would be chosen possession of cocaine, danger-within two to three days in- ous drugs and marijuana. D.

Jeffrey, Los LOS ANGELES. (AP) De-attorneyz in Pentagon Papers trial, rfung yesterday by admission of security procedure manuals, tried today to soften Impact of the t. Leonard Boudin, representing Daniel Ellsberg, opened fiis cross-examination of Band COrp. security, chief Ridiard Best, trying to prove Ellsberg was not subject to tta provi-of the manuals when he copied tta secret war study and gave it to tta press- Boudin elicited replies from was authorized to documents: had Veto, control over at least one secret docu menL ti)e Wheeler report; Tbe Rand security manual makes no provision for the kindjrf veto power given to Ellstarg in tta Wheeler docu- card, the of the one -corner read, "Ellsberg approval re -Bret said berg had read from an movement of report In and out this meant power tta Hnrnmiinr Boudin asked, If understand your meaning, tills means no one, no one including the president of Rand. no one including ispecton of the I sort of liked Bob Hope's line Spiro Agnew has' given up golf, that it do with the cease fire (Not everyone can grow up to become, vice-.

preadent Somebody has to caddy) Oakland Judge Louis Weirimann, how will be guest of honor at the Stanford Hammer and Coffin Society reunion April 28 in F. Hes the last surviving charter member of the group -formed the day of the 1906 quake and fire. (Barney Gugel, whos driranging the reunion, -titled ifthe halfway fie--tweeri the 60th and 75th Anniversary Dinner) Jose' Feliciano opens an engagement in the Fairmonts tian Room shopper classified: For sale Crib, potty chair, "car bed. Going out of business. Prices negotiable" bit at Osqars where co-owner John Souza has a black bat with about a dozen helium-filled balloons attached to it.

He walks through his bar wearing. the hat, wiggles his eyebrows to work it; loose, and when he walks away the hat stays suspended in the air. Hmmn. Funny, I suppose, only to one who drii Oakland may distinguish itself again. Jerry Valentina if Diablo High gttyr developed a motorized bar stool, a stool with a tiny engine, wheels and a steering device.

Now it looks as if 10 will be built for' Jack London Square, restaurant owners, and theyll race 'em. Thats better, of 1 course, than snake races and such. but they're bound to be dangerous. I know people, who' fall off. bar stools that- Three suspects were arrest-e early today after state were fired at two policemen outside the Ebony Plaza Hotel at 2908 San Pablo Ave.

Two pistols outfit a fleeing car were recovered by-police, said CapL John Ream. Patrolmen: Charles TX OBoyle and James Parr. were'V-. 'ALBANY The first phase targets. They had arrived to of tta Albany Hill Apartments investigate a disturbance wit-wjq include a 530 unit Manned nesses.

said centered about a wmmpnHai community with parked car, As the officers ap- proached, a hand with a pistol 35,000 square feet of restau-Teactad out. the car window rants, shops jind offices' plus Bhote 8t them U.000 square fort of rocrea-r they said. BWh-mtssSl. tinnai facilities. Construction Hallenbeck, who is tta designer for Interstate.

General Development told tta commissioners he plans a 568 car parking Then would be an arrival Mayor Joseph L. Alioto to-court off Herop Street where day 'named the first Chinese-swimming pools; M- American to the SaiTFranciS-brary and tennis courts would co Board of Supervisors. Chinn Appointed 5.r. Supervisor He selected George Chinn, 52, an attorney with long expe-rience in city governmerti, to. fill out-the unexplred term of oger Hons, whose redgntin ldforhirtlffatonof Ch? Zoldn Caamlssion, arcMte masonryin beige, bjue will be effective next Tuesday a Gary Hallenbeck of Goetee, and other light tatera.

Wheq. San FraptaKo riected Other.phtrol cars joined the sand the chase street. on a txflice officer were 8Prin8; greet residents and guests to the 16, 14 and 12 story apart-; ment houses. He said the buildings would constructed of concrete and other light colors. arent even-moving, 'hi sauit the occupants ol the car: Wal- ter William and Rinetta WU- liams, both 22 residents of 1821 McAllister San Francisco, and Brenda Brooks, 17, of 1132 SL, San Hallenbeck -and Goetse last night Ascribing his pUn to design.

the three high-rise buildings and tone low-rise buildings in' an offset manner that would allow maximum of the Bay, 1:. e- panning delayta its. decision so mem-. hers can study the drawings and other materials submitted f. by Hallenbeck.

Ultimately development ar-i- m. I Ultimately tta ill hive 1 a There'S nd more Vietnam so where are those angry mobs of protestors with theirjpicket signs now that need them to eo to work ai Ai '-L r-jT' i Mi V-y-J-A' n- 7. vyV I- i -m 1 v- 3.

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