The Times-News from Twin Falls, Idaho • 1

Good Morning! It's Sunday, March 21, 1976 CSI wins national basketball title. 62-50! (See stories p. 1, p. 19) riMtr i 11 mm Magic Valley's Home Newspaper TWIN FALLS, IDAHO 72nd Year 35 'carrtor-dpljwy Patty Hearst found guilty It was particularly tragic for him because he preservation. What did she tell the lawyer? "Nothing terribly significant," Bailey told reporters.

After only one and a half days of deliberation, the jury brought in a verdict which could send the 22-year-old heiress to prison for 35 years. Miss Hearst took the verdict impassively. Her SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Patricia Hearst blanched and a painful expression spread across her face when she heard the jury convict her of being a terrorist bank robber. Miss Hearst, 22, swallowed hard and her chief defense attorney, F. Lee Bailey, put his arm around her shoulders when the verdict was read in the deadly silent federal building courtroom.

She stared blankly. Bailey later explained: think she half expected it to the extent that kid that age with no prior trial experience can." He added she was "disappointed." But the verdict crushed her family. "Oh, Christ," moaned her father, Randolph A. HearsC president of the San Francisco Examiner. mother broke into tears, and her father said, "Oh Christ." -The verdict by the Jury of seven women and five men came suddenly and unexpectedly soon after trie end of an eight-week trial In which the Miss Hearst herself "didn't cry, she didn't seem to express any emotion.

She seemed composed," a marshal who had been on duty in the visiting room said when she was removed to the court to hear the verdict. Mrs. Hearst "took a deep breath as though sighing deeply," the marshal said. All the family moved as if to embrace and give moral strength to Miss Hearst, but it was too late for that. Two marshals quickly removed her from the room.

The heiress wearing brown slacks and multicolored blouse, tried hard to smile as she sat In the courtroom awaiting the verdict. She and her attorneys stared at the jury, One juror, a stewardess, appeared to smile. The others were solemn. Then it was over she was a convicted robber. Bailey and Miss Hearst then met In the marshal's office.

had constantly tried to buoy the spirits of his wife, Catherine, and the rest of his family. He was always optimistic his daughter would be found Innocent. Mrs. Hearst, who had been sitting in a front row, broke down in tears. She was escorted immediately to a nearby room." One sister, Vicki, wept quietly In her third row seat.

She put her- head in her hands. Others in the amily were on the verge of tears. Miss Hearst had been meeting with her family when It was announced the U.S. District Court Jury had reached its verdict. This they all knew was the end of a nightmare which began In February 1974 when Miss Hearst, half-clothed, was spirited from her apartment neaf the University of California campus in Berkeley.

Both Hearst and his wife were convinced their daughter carried an automatic weapon for the Symblonese Liberation Army as an act of self had no choice but to enter Into the Hibernia Rank mhharv nnA tmM chA haH hAAn hrflln. washed by her abductors. I Just as the Jury was brought into the witness -room, chief defense attorney F. Lee Bailey patted Miss Hearst on the back as if to reassure her that everything would be all right. Within a few minutes, U.S.

Judge Oliver J. Creech faces chare 5th Patty convicted ENTERING the courtroom prior to hearing the verdict of her conviction as a bank robber, Patty Hearst looks gaunt but under control on Friday! (UPI) I I Carter read the jury's verdict finding her guilty of bank robbery and using a deadly weapon committing a felony. Judge Carter set April 19 for sentencing In the case. Miss Hearst still faces charges in Los Angeles of kidnaping and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with an Incident that occurred a month after the bank robbery in which she sprayed a storefront with machine gun fire. The 250-seat courtroom was packed to overflowing as the eight-weeek-old trial came to a close.

TJnere was no show o( emotion from the spectators, but something of a stunned silence as the Verdict was read Judging that Miss Hearst was a revolutionary and had Joined the bank robbery of her own free will. At the end ot ttie 40-day trial It was evident the Jury disregarded the testimony ol three defense psychiatrists, ptl Louis J. West, Dr. Morton Orne, and Dr. Robert Jay Litton, that Miss Hearst, In her captivity, behaved ht the manner that some American Prisoners of War did after their torture in the hands of Communist captors.

(See related story p. 3) 20 Idaho fishermen arrested in Salmon SAI MniM IHnhn (IIPI1 IHahnFish Jinrt flflm onnsprvatinri officers Saturday arrested 20 protestors who actually dropped lines into the Salmon River, closed to all fishing because of low fish runs. Thn "Hctt-in" mac nroannort nu saimnn nitcinpscmpn in protest the Waho Fish and Came Department's closure of the river. Estimates of the crowd of onlookers at North Fork, where the'demonstration occurred, ranged from 400 to 500 people. Eleven of the 20 arrested refused to sign the citations and were taken to Salmon, where they were held briefly at Lemhi County jail.

After appearing before Salmon Magistrate Milton Slavin, murder By GEORGE WILEY Times-News writer BOISE Convicted murderer Thomas Eugene Creech, already facing a death sentence in Idaho, has been charged with the 1974 slaying of a California man and may be extradited to that state to stand trial. A warrant from the Sacramento police department charging Creek with the slaying of Vivian Grant Robinson was sent to Ada County Sheriff Chuck Palmer late last week. Palmer said Friday Sacramento had indicated they would seek to extradite Creech if he is not executed for two Idaho murders for which he has been convicted. The latest warrant brings to, five the number of killings for which Creech has either been convicted or formally charged. Palmer said as many as seven additional slayings may have been committed by Creech, although no charges have been filed in those cases.

Creech himself claims to have murdered 42 persons. Saturday, in a second development, Palmer confirmed that a half dozen hacksaw blades has 'been confiscated from Creech's cell in the Ada County Jail. Creech said in an interview Friday that the hacksaw blades had been smuggled to him before they were found last week. He Said he had not used them to try to escape. "I've had may chances to escape from here," Creech said.

"I could have made it then, but where would I go?" i Plamer said it was possible Creech could have escaped, "but I don't think he could have got out." "There has been contraband smuggled into the, Jail before," Palmer said. "I hope we've got better security than that (allowing Creech to saw out)." I mcjr wcie icictiscu un men vmii icvuguu.aiu.c wayycai icivci iu enter a plea. 1 1 Nine others signed the citations and will appear later before a magistrate for sentencing. Fishing In closed waters generally draws a fine and possible loss of the fishing license. SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Patricia Hearst "half expected" the guilty verdict, and her attorney thought tilings were favorable "until I saw the faces of the jurors." F.

Lee Bailey, discussing his client's attitude after she was found guilty Saturday on two counts connected with the robbery of the Hibernia Bank, described her attitude as "disappointed." j. "I think she half expected it to the extent that a kid that age with no prior trial experience can," Bailey Asked if tliis was Patty's statement or if he was surmising, the attorney said, "a little of both." Bailey said that a quick verdict, such as was rendered in this case, "is usually good news" and he said he thought things were favorable "until I saw the jurors' faces." DWIGHT WILLIAMS (left) reaches for the ball while Joe McKeown of Mercer Community College tries to keep him away. CSI downed Mercer 62-50 in the national junior college championship game last night in Hutchison, Kansas to gain its first national title. (UPI) Williams in action businessman, said the fish-in was a ''great success" and he estimated 500 people participated in the caravan from Salmon to North Fork. "Now the fish and game department should know we are serious and don't want any more fishing closures," Cook said, He added the department is being asked to drop all charges involved in the fish-in demonstration, The demonstration was a peaceful one and no disturbances or confrontations were reported.

The fish-in dispersed about 1:30 p.m.v-' Cook said the protestors hoped to gain enough attention to force recognition of Idaho's rights to fish its own salmon and steelhead runs in the Salmon by Oregon and Washington. They want Idaho to be allowed to join the Columbia River Fisheries Compact, which would give the state some voice in setting fishing seasons in the Columbia tributary system, which Includes Salmon River. Royce Williams, public information officer for the fish and game department, said the Salmon River had been closed to protect the fish and reopening it for a fishing season this year would depend on counts taken of new fish coming over the dams. tow in brief By LARRY HOVE Times-News sports editor HUTCHINSON, Kan. The College of Southern Idaho Eagles capped a near perfect season Saturday night by downing Mercer County 62-50 for their first national Junior college basketball championship.

In the running their record to 34-1, CSI had Kenny Davis and Andre Wakefield placed on the All-Tournament team, Coach Boyd Grant named the Coach of the Year and Davis named the Most Valuable Player. Only the outstanding Small Player award eluded the Eagles. There was great feeling among the 250 CSI fans here that the vote did not give Dwlght Williams true justice. The award went to 5'11" Joe McKeown, Mercer JCL In the finals in a head to head confrontation, Williams held him to five points and then he picked up three In the final two minutes. The honors mean that Coach.

Grant will have Wakefield and Davis on his Western Team In the National All-Star game In San Antonio next week. The game did not go according to the plan as the Eagles opened nervous and were in an airtight contest until 11:58 remained In the game, Leading scorer Kim Goetz ran into early foul trouble and' Coach Grant switched late in the half to his three guard alignment. That brought in local product Eric Hovey, who scored Hurley heroin arrests made TWIN FALLS A Burley couple was being held in the Twin Falls County Jail Saturday on a charge of selling heroin. Michael Guzman, 22, and his wife, Rosa, 21, were arrested Saturday afternoon by state narcotics agents following a four- month investigation which involved the assistance of Twin Falls police. According to Steven Information officer for the t.

Department of Law Enforcement, about a quarter ounce of heroin, valued at about $1,200, as well as $430 in cash was confiscated at the arrest scene. Lerdy said warrants were served on the couple charging previous sale of a narcotic to state agents. The couple was being held in lieu of $25,000 bond. More sign against Pioneer BOISE (UPI) Another 2,000 petition signatures urging a county wide advisory vote on the proposed Pioneer power plant were presented Friday to Ada County Commissioners who' remain opposed to a vote. The Committee to Put Pioneer on the Ballot has presented petitions with 10,000 signatures to the commissioners.

Spokesman John Robertson said the group will continue to obtain signatures until the commissioners change their minds. Williams and Hovey spurted the Eagles to the biggest lead of the game at 37-32. But with 11 :58 remaining, Mercer clawed back to within two. After Hovey and McKeowen had offsetting field goals, Wakefield hit two field goals and Williams and Hovey one each to explode CSI ahead 49-39. Mercer was hit with a technical foul with Wakefield hitting the free throw and CSI coming right back with its four corner offense and another cripple by Wakefield.

That made It 52-39 and CSI was content to match baskets and play deliberately thereafter. Coach Grant said he had thought of going to the four corner when the Eagles moved ahead by four. He said "there was six something to go and by the time I had finished thinklng.about It we had broken up to the 10 point lead." "Then I knew we were going Into It. I knew If we could make our free throws, we could win the game." The coach pointed out his Eagles had overcome a lot of adversity beginning with undersirable housing accommodations and the fact they had to play five games. They thus set a record of being the first team ever to win five games In the national tournament.

They also maintained the confidence of pollsters who had voted them number one through most of the season. Enroute to the championship CSI beat the second, third, fifth and sixth place teams. Only the team that gave them their toughest game, Chlpola of was not playing in Saturday's finals. If Twin Falls has had two great basketball days, they have come In the last three years and two Eagles have participated In them. Hovey was the leading scorer on the first Twin Falls State Championship team when he was a senior.

And Dennis Bowyer who played considerably that year as a Junior also this year on the national team. In his last three years, Bowyer's teams have reached the state finals twice (Bruins) the national once (Eagles) and only a three point loss to Capital last year kept him away from a sweep. "This is olgger," Bowyer said, "The other ones were great, but this was really wonderful." Hovey said, "I know this one Is bigger, but I think I was happier with the win at Pocatello. Maybe that Is because I felt all week, we were going to win here. 1 1 v' WARMER seven points.

Afterward, Coach Grant said "Certainly Kim Is a great scorer, but we just had to make the adjustment. I decided to go with Eric because I have mat much faith In his shooting from the outside, and he gave us another ball handler." "Good teams always have someone to pick you up." Looking for the pickup came early as CSI did not score from the field until Goetz hit with 5:26 gone, but CSI only trailed by one at that point, and then grabbed the lead on consecutive buckets by Davis and Williams. CSI protected meager margins until 4 30 remained In the first half when Tony Collins and Spencer Hood sent Mercer ahead by four. The teams battled through two ties until free throws by Hovey and Wakefield gave them a 29-28 intermission lead. Mercer posted Its last liad three and a half minutes Into the second half when Collins collected two flett goals.

Davis, Fislicrmcn protest Amusements, 6 Farm, 41-42 Living, 33-40 Markets, 18 Opinion, 4-5 Sports, 21-23 Valley, 17 IRATE fishermen line the banks of the Salmon River Saturday for a 'fish-in' to protest the closed Salmon fishing season In Idaho. Twenty of the protesting fishermen were arrested by Idaho Fish and Game authorities for actually casting a line Into the Salmon River, a violation of Idaho fishing code. mi they were both great, and rm very nappy to nave oeen on Warmer (Details. 18) both teams." (Continued on p. 19) ssssss.