News-Pilot from San Pedro, California • 2

Nes-Pc Mn Feb 2 1561 A2 Cliff accident Staff photo by Larry Maizlish while climbing a cliff after a fishing outing He was taken to Torrance Memo-' rial Hospital with injuries described as a concussion broken nose and facial Los Angeles County firefighters wait with the victim of a 50-foot fall at Pt Vicente as a helicopter prepares to land on the beach Michael Nichols 22 of Los Angeles In the rescue basket fell Ex-hostage wished for quick death PASADENA (AP) Former hostage Gary Lee revealed Sunday that on one of two occasions in which it appeared he would be executed by his Iranian captors he hopal he would be shot in the head and that it would be done with quickly sure hoped they would shoot said the 37-year-old State Department officer explaining that he preferred death to serious injury and that some of the other Americans held hostage with him later said they had the same thought Appearing with his wife Pat and daughter Dana at a Sunday evening service at the First Church of the Nazarene Lee said he read a copy of the New Testament he found in the captured US Embassy in Tehran and that he took solace from several specific passages One such passage from Isaiah read: not I am with Lee said that as his captors lined him up against a wail in what became a mock execution he thought maybe I misunderstood you really want to go there (heaven) with a he said The format for talk in the packed church was along the lines of a television talk show The Rev Earl Lee father and pastor of the congregation interviewed his son as if are alone at The younger Lee said he was overjoyed at the of love and outburst of from the American people just an American like all the rest of you here he said believe the American public could pull together in this Mrs Lee told how she used a coded letter to her husband during his captivity to inform him of the death of the shah of Iran whom the Iranians wanted returned to their country great uncle Shaw died It was really for the best He was old and she said in the letter figured it out straight she said Lee said rumors had circulated among the captives about the fate of the shah but that the letter from his wife received about two months later was a confirmation Mrs Lee said that on a previous occasion she let Lee know that the shah had left the country by saying that a fictitious man named Napoleon on their street in Falls Church Va had left the country program at the church began with a brief film showing a bearded longhaired Lee alighting from an airplane and waving to well-wishers and included other scenes of family members The film was entitled Lee Family Live" you say Merry Christmas to someone here the Rev Lee asked the congregation and 51 others missed two Christmasses We thought like to make up for During the program the former hostage read from several letters he had received from school children after his return One youngster wrote: did you do for 444 days? I bet it was a News in brief Freeway Killer suspect's ex-roommate questioned LOS ANGELES (APj A former Seal Beach man believed to be a former roommate of one of the six men charged in the Freeway Killer case has undergone questioning in a Pennsylvania jail where he is being held on charges unrelated to the bizzare string of Southern California murders a Los Angeles area newspaper reported today Ralph Leonrd Kincer 20 was being held in the Somerset County jail in lieu of 1100000 bail after pleading guilty Friday to a $100 gas station stickup iat August the newspaper reported Somerset police officer Lester Lensbouer as saying Kincer who is scheduled for sentencing Tuesday was questioned on Jan 23 and 24 by Orange County investigators in connection with the ay in hich the nude strangled bodies of 44 young men have been found near highways since 1972 Authorities say however that the murders which occurred in Los Angeles Orange San Bernardino Riverside arid Kern counties since 1972 may not all be related He Kincer gave us a lot of names and addresses when he was first Lensbouer said Orange County Deputy District Attorney James Enright said Kincer is a in the murders the Orange County sheriffs office sees him as a potential witness A Somerset source told the paper that Kincer is believed to have been a roomate of one of the men charged in the killings who include William Bonin 33 a Downey truck driver charged with murdering 14 teen-age boys Bonin faces trial May 4 in Los Angeles and also faces possible prosecution in several other counties including Orange County Three other men also have been charged and will be tried in Los Angeles in connection with the killings They are Gregory Matthew Miley 19 of Bellflower charged in five killings James Munro 19 of Long Beach and William Ray Pugh 13 of Norwalk both charged with one murder Another man charged in connection with the case Vernon Butts 23 hanged himself in his Los Angeles County jail cell last month Southland teen-ager dies from 600-foot fall off cliff By Associated Press A Monterey Park teen-ager died from injuries received when he fell over a 600-foot cliff near Crystal Lake but a Los Angeles man survived a 50-foot plunge to the bottom of a waterfall on Mount Baldy authorities said Four other mountain rescues were made Sunday one man was injured skiing and three other men were injured hiking but none of the injuries were serious said San Bernardino County Deputy Randy Phelps Melvin Calderon 16 was playing in the snow about noon near State Highway 39 35 miles north of Los Angeles when he fell over the cliff said Los Angeles County Deputy Ward Finch The San Dimas and Sierra Madre rescue teams lifted Calderon up the cliff and took him to Foothill Presbyterian Hospital in Glendora where he died about 7 pm Finch said Yariv Havatzelet 24 was in serious condition at UCLA Medical Center with a severly fractured arm cuts bruises and possible internal injuries after he fell while climbing icy rocks on Mount Baldy Phelps said After Havatzelet fell a loosened boulder fell on top of him know why he break his back or Phelps said did a free fall and then this boulder came crashing down on top of Eastview annexation ruling to be appealed Rancho Palos Verdes homeowners who have been trying to block the annexation of the Eastview area say they will appeal a court ruling that allows the merger But the appeal will not stop thb county from moving ahead and completing the annexation Leaders of Citizens Against Forced Annexation say they have told their attorneys to pursue an appeal of a Jan 11 state Court of Appeals decision that clears the way for annexation of the 13 square mile area and its 10000 residents consensus of the committee was to pursue the aspects of an said Tony Camino head of the homeowners group The group will either appeal the case to the state Supreme Court or ask for a rehearing before the Court of Appeals in Los Angeles It would take 30 to 40 days before either court would rule on whether they would consider the case court clerks said But the plans for the appeal will not stop the finalization of the annexation when the recent ruling takes affect in mid-Febuary Ruth Benell director of the Local Agency Formation Commission said plans to finish the annexation will not be delayed because of the appeal The only thing that remains in the way of the annexation is an agreement between the county and Rancho Palos Verdes over how to divide the $20000 a year in property taxes Camino said his group thought it was important to pursue the court case which alleges residents of Rancho Palos Verdes have a right to vote on whether they want the annexation because residents in East-view were able to vote The suit says the section of the annexation laws that allow the voting difference is a violation of the equal protection clauses of the state and federal constitutions The recent decision by the appeals court overturned a Los Angeles Superior Court ruling that had blocked the annexation for more than a year The annexation has been approved by all the necessary agencies and will be annexed to the city by the completing of a resolution by LAFCO PV Landfill closure increases illegal dumping al dumping on streets since the landfill shut down MacCrossen said Some Peninsula cities also have reported increases in illegal dumping Shortly after the landfill closed a large load of tree trimmings which apparently came from a commercial trimmer were dumped in the middle of a road in Rancho Palos Verdes said Charlie Abbott of the Public Works Department The contractor probably knew where the trimmings should have been taken but just want to spend the time Abbott said Most cities have ordinances providing Illegal trash dumping on vacant land and even public streets has increased since the Palos Verdes Landfill closed Dec 31 are just beginning to realize things have said Jacqui Mac-Crossen of the Torrance Street Department for $3 50 (dumping fee) people could get rid of 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