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Oil Companies May Raise Prices WASHINGTON (AP) The nation's major oil companies will be able to raise prices on many of their products by 4 to 5 per cent this year with no questions asked by the government. Nixon administration officials concede that this is possible under special price regulations placed on the oil industry on March 6 by the Cost of Living Council. The council, in a move that was widely interpreted as tough anti-inflation action by the Amdinistration, said that oil companies could raise prices by 1 per cent on a weighted average annual basis above base prices without having to justify the increase. The council also said the 23 oil firms affected could go to 1.5 per cent above base if they justified the additional 0.5 per cent with legitimate costs. Administration officials said, however, that many of the oil firms are actually below their base prices or the prices prevailing either during the wageprice freeze or on May 25, 1970.

In addition, they said, the special mandatory controls af fect about three-quarters of the products sold by the oil firms, thus allowing for higher prices on individual items. Deputy Treasury Secretary William Simon said he believes that competition is holding the price of oil products below base levels now. But demand for oit products is expected to continue to be strong and push up prices this summer. Some sources believe that prices have yet to go up to the base level because many buyers have long-term contracts still -in force. Oakland Sunday A RESPONSIBLE METROPOLITAN NEWSPAPER Tribune 1.00th YEAR, NO.

77. 5C. SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1973 4'T SUNDAY, $3.75 A Huge Fire Rips School In Alameda ALAMEDA--A spectacular A crowd of some 1,000 per- fire destroyed the old Porter sons quickly gathered at the elementary school on Alameda scene but were held about a Avenue between Walnut and block away by police and fireOak Streets here Saturday men who quickly arrived. night. Units from both the Alameda The school, at 2248 Alameda and the Oakland fire departAvenue, erupted in flames ments were fighting the blaze.

about 10 p.m. and was quickly Assistant Fire Chief Norman engulfed. Estes said flames were visible The spectacular fire sent flames shooting 100 feet into throughout the building by the time firemen arrived. the air and the glow and smoke were visible for miles He said off-duty firemen and around. police officers were being It was unknown whether called in to help.

anyone was inside the building The back wall of the school, when the flames erupted. A in Which some 800 children in janitor who was cleaning in- which some 800 children were side Alameda High School enrolled in kindergarten across Alameda Avenue said through the eighth grade, colthe building was empty. lapsed onto a playground. Within moments the flames had consumed the entire cen- Firemen were fighting to tral section of the old school, keep the flames from adjoinbuilt around the time of World ing structures, including War I and due for replacement nicipal swimming pool next door. A private residence on as being hazardous in an earth- side of the school one was burning and a woman resident quake.

A bond election was to be held May 29 for funds to re- was reported to have been takplace this and other old en could to a be hospital, confirmed report but the schools in the district. Re- not immeplacement cost is about $1.5 diately. million, according to Dr. G.R. The flames cut through powMcConnell, superintendent of er lines, shorting out electricischools.

ty to the immediate area. Shots Fly at Wounded Knee WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) An exchange of gunfire late Saturday between federal officials and Indians occupying Wounded Knee left one man "slightly wounded," Justice Department spokesman Jack Murphy said. American Indian Movement leaders in New York said they had been informed the wounded man was a white medic who had been working with the Indians. Murphy said government forces at several roadblocks around the -occupied outpost came under fire sporadically during the course of the evening.

After several incidents, he said, federal officers were given permission to return the fire and fired about 75 rounds into the outpost. Earlier story, page 2 Drizzles Today, Rain Tomorrow Cloudy skies are expected over the Bay Area today, with drizzle in the morning and evening and rain tomorrow. A small craft advisory has been issued for northwest winds up to 30 miles an hour on the Bay and along the coast. Chances of rain are 20 per cent, today and 40 per cent tonight. Heavier rain is expected late tomorrow.

Police Say Feud Sparked 3 Slayings -Suspect Caught MILL VALLEY -Police here arrested a sometime lifeguard and former grocery bagger Saturday in connection with the triple slayings of a prominent Mill Valley familyand said the killings from a long-standing stemmed. tween the suspect and the family's. 19-year-old son. Brent W. Bedayan, 22, of Mill Valley was arrested in his rented.

room early Saturday and was being held for investigation of three counts of murder. Melvin Schallock, 61, his wife, Ruth, 56, and their son, Daniel, were found shotgunried to death outside their Mill Valley home early Friday. The house had been set afire. Police Chief William Walsh said a shotgun was found in Bedayan's room and had been sent to the state criminal laboratory in Sacramento for testing. Bedayan offered no resistance, he said.

Officers surrounded the Mill Valley home in which he rented a room shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday. About a dozen heavily armed policemen rushed the house and found him in his room, Walsh said. He said trouble had been brewing for a long time between Bedayan and young Schallock and that they had had "past problems" which he did not detail. Walsh quashed earlier reports that the slayings were, linked to narcotics but admitted that police as yet had been unable to piece together a motive for the brutal slayings.

"I can't see any type of mofive that require this type, of Walsh said. Bedayan was a bagger in a -Mill Valley grocery store until two weeks ago when, the manager said, he was fired for being too slow in his duties. The arrest of Bedayan culminated an intensive, day-long investigation by Mill Valley poNice officers, Walsh said. Simon confirmed that many prices could go up 4 to 5 per cent. However, he said the Administration's move not only gives the industry ability for long-term planning on prices but it also provides a ceiling for prices.

The industry was angry about what it considered the discriminatory mature of the old price rules, Simon said. Other officials indicate there is still unhappiness. In announcing the move, the Cost of Living Council said the special controls were being put back on the industry "to assure the American consumer an adequate supply of oil at reasonable prices." Council director John T. Dunlop said the move "gives oil companies flexibility to maintain adequate domestic supplies of crude oil and petroleum products. "It does not interfere with the ability of oil companies to respond to seasonal variations in demand, market conditions both here and abroad, and individual company circumstances." The special control rules provide that if a company wants to exceed the 1.5 per cent above-base level on price boosts, it must get prior clearance from the government as well as obey profit-margin limitations.

MONTH Mother of 3 Slain By Sniper Children in the vicinity were strangely silent as they stopped the home of the Key family at 10710 Pearmain St. on Saturday, a home usually ringing with the shouts of the three youngsters who live there and their many friends. Tearful teen-agers trudged up to the home to express in some way their sorrow at the tragedy that touched the whole neighborhood. A vital part of the neighborhood had been snuffed out early Saturday morning when Mrs. Kay Key, 35, the mother of Leonard, 15, Deborah, 16, and Alysia, 5, was fatally shot after an all-star basketball game in which Leonard played.

All three children were beside their mother in the parking lot of King Junior High School, 8251 Fontaine when someone began shooting from a slope overlooking the parking lot, according to police Sgts. John Shanahan and Jim Simonson. "One of the several shots fired into the parking lot, at about 2 a.m., struck Mrs. Key in the head. She died at 4:45 a.m.

at Highland Hospital. Mrs. Key had accompanied her two daughters to the citywide junior High School allstar game to see Leonard play. The mother and daughters waited at her car for Leonard to dress after the game There was a crowd in the parking lot when Leonard emerged and went to the ly car. "A shot went off and everybody ran," Leonard said.

"I heard four more shots and my mother fell. I think she fell after the second shot. She was standing right next to me outside the car." Her husband, Walter, said Mrs. Key was active in school affairs, Bluebirds, Camp Fire See Back Page, Col. 4 State Probes For Frauds In Medi-Cal By DOUG WILLIS SACRAMENTO -(AP) More than 1,000 cases of alleged fraud by physicians and others who provide Medi-Cal services are now under investigation, Goy.

Ronald Reagan's office announced Saturday night. In addition, 161 nursing homes are being investigated for alleged "abuses" of MediCal, regulations and 977 MediCal recipients are now under investigation for alleged 52-page report on the $1.5 billion-a-year program said. The report also said fraud investigations have identified almost $3 million worth of Medi-Cal payments as. "potentially. recoverable" from investigation.

That compared with only $462,644 recovered through fraud investigations during the first five years of the health care program. "During the past year, investigative activity has increased significantly," the report said. "The identification of recoverable funds as a result of (this) also increased it added. During 1972, 50 physicians, dentists, optometrists and nurses were prosecuted and 22 were convicted of criminal offenses. Twenty-seven cases See Back Page, Col.

1 6 Tribune photo by Howard Erker Capt. Carl Chambers hugs his wife while POW Col. R. Stirm's family runs toward him Legislature's Antiwar POWs 3 Aircraft Cost Rising a Year By ED SALZMAN Tribune Capital Bureau SACRAMENTO If you think your pocketbook has been crimped by the rising price of food, take a look at what you've been shelling out to support the state legislature: Over the past 10 years, the cost of operating the Senate and Assembly has risen 500 per cent or an average of 50 per cent a year. Not even meat prices have risen that fast.

In the 1963-64 fiscal year, the expenses of the 120 members of the legislature totaled about "$8 million. the coming fiscal year starting July 1, the appropriation for the legislature will be about $40 million. That means California taxpayers will be providing 000 for the salary and expenses of the average lawmaker and his staff. The Associated Press last See Back Page Col. 5 City Candidates Reports to Begin Nine candidates are involved in one of the most hotly contested campaigns for mayor in the history of Oakland, In order to give readers a better perspective of the candidates and their programs, The Tribune tomorrow will begin a series of articles outlining the backgrounds and proposals of the nine men involved.

In the weeks before the April 17 election, similar presentations will be made on the city auditor, city council, board of education and Peralta College District candidates. Bring 60 Among U.S.-Bound POWs Home "It is over now," he said. "We're assured no one else is going to get hurt." The three Schallocks were found shotgunned to death on the patio of their $50,000 home. Their murderer had apparently. doused parts of the house with gasoline and set it afire.

Neighbors reported hearing a number of bangs just before they noticed flames leaping from the house. Some told police they saw a young man running from the scene shortly thereafter. windows of the Schallocks' car on the street had been shot through, and there was shotgun damage in the house's living room, police said. Spent shotgun shells littered the area. Residents of this quiet residential town in Marin County were shocked by the murders.

"There hasn't been a tragedy like this in memory," said Chief Walsh, under whom the elder Schallock had been a past president of the city's police reserve. "It's a real tragedy for us in the police department," Walsh See Back Page, Col. 7 BRENT W. BEDAYAN, 22, IN POLICE CUSTODY Held for Mill Valley shotgun triple slaying. -(AP) CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines (AP) The last leg of the long journey home began today for more released American prisoners of war, including some men whose names have been linked with antiwar statements issued during their captivity.

The first of three C141 StarLifter flying hospitals, carrying 19 men left Clark at 8 a.m. 7 p.m. Saturday EST for Kelly Air Force Base, and McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. Two other flights, departing at two-hour intervals, were taking 17 men to Scott Air Force Base, and 20 to Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Among the eight linked to antiwar statements, sources said, were.

Spec. 4 Michael P. Branch, 25, of Alexandria, identified by Radio Hanoi as sending a message saying he was a deserter from the U.S. Army. Branch was on the second flight, along with Green Beret S.

Sgt. John A. Young, 27, of Arlington Heights, Ill. Young was named by the official North Vietnamese radio as. the sender of at least 14 anti war messages, more than any oth- See Back Page, Col.

3. Three Air Force planes brought 60 newly freed prisoners of war home Saturday. The first flight to land was Scott Air Force Base, in Illinois, where Col. James B. Bean, 40, a prisoner in North Vietnam for five years, stretched his arms out wide and told a crowd of about 400; "We love you this much.

God The second transport landed shortly after noon at March Air Force Base in Southern California. Capt. Charles Gillespie, of San Diego, said, "There's no way we can express our feelings and emo- See Back Page, Col. On the Inside Exclusive: 'How Runaway Rules Berkeley council race too Let Kids World of Women close to call. Page 10.

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puter. Page 18. What caused welfare rolls to Ed Levitt: Fans vs. players. drop? Page 4.

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