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0 er if Woath i i ti Mn V.irrm, i i rni i 1 1 MflNTfRFV BAY A A li. Wirlnesrl.iy Kiln low Lowj tonight In Ih. TemperfliirM for J4 hours sndlnq 6t 1911 -52 Inchej. wvww 115th Year-No. 248 TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 20, 1970 10c 22 Pages sc Other Photos, Stories On Page 5 i in miifj rimriiirf TdiiiirniiniinnmiiiM -trimmim in 7JFllllttwinriiirv' 1 TP? I (, (A This was the scene this morning at the estate of Dr.

Victor M. Ohta, 45, whose body was found in the pool (foreground) along with that of his wife, Virginia (Toby), 43, their sons, Taggart, 11, and Derrick, 12, and Dr. Ohta's secretary, Mrs. Dorothy Cadwalladcr, 38. Their bodies were discovered Monday night by Live Oak firemen who responded to a blaze that gutted the Ohtas' $300,000 home.

(Photo by Sentinel Chief Photographer Pete Amos) By CLIFF JOHNSON Sentinel Staff Writer A missing station wagon is the only clue today to the execution slaying Monday night of Santa Cruz eye surgeon Victor M. Ohta, 45; his wife, Virginia (Toby), 43; their sons, Taggart, 11, and Derrick, 12, and Dr. Ohta's secretary, Dorothy Cadwallad-er, 38. The five bodies, hands bound and shot from behind, were found in a pool on the Ohta estate at 999 Rodeo Gulch Road by firemen who responded to a blaze which gutted the home. The missingcar, a dark green 1968 Oldsmobile, license WZH-511 and with a "Ski All" bumper sticker, belonged to Mrs.

Ohta, according to Sheriff's deputies. Lawmen were at the scene in driving rain early this morning to sift through the ashes and search the area for additional clues. At presstime none had been found. The victims' hands were bound with scarves belonging to Dr. Ohta, and Mrs.

Ohta was bound hand and foot and gagged, according to Sheriff-Coroner Doug James. He said the two women and two boys were shot once in the back of the neck, while Dr. Ohta was shot twice in the back. Sentinel Chief Photographer Pete Amos, who had responded to the fire alarm, said the body of one woman was floating in the pool, while the other four lay at the bottom at one end. "There was blood on the deck by the end of the pool." Amos said, "and a stream of blood four or five inches wide across the water." The fire at the Ohta estate was first noticed by two deputi.es at about 8:10 p.m.

They summoned the Live Oak Fire Department. It was Fire Chief Ted Pound who discovered the bodies in the pool while looking for a water source to fight the blaze. James said the victims were shot with what appeared to be a .30 caliber weapon. No shell casings were found at the scene. The sheriff, in a news conference called at 1:15 a.m.

today, said he felt there was more than one person involved in the slayings, and that the killers apparently had set fire to the home as a signal to attract attention to the slayings. Ohta's red Rolls Royce and Mrs. Cadwallader's gold and black Lincoln were parked across the driveways leading to the estate, James added. State arson experts were at the scene and discovered evidence the fire had been deliberately set, the sheriff said. Dr.

and Mrs. Ohta were scheduled to attend the Founder's Day dinner of Dominican Hospital Monday night. It was speculated that Mrs. Cadwalladcr may have been engaged by them as a baby sitter for Taggart, a 6th grader at Good Shepherd school, and Derrick, who attended Thorp Manor private school in Santa Cruz. But Mrs.

Cadwallader's husband, J. A. Cadwallader of 2115 Alice told The Sentinel today he did not know why his wife was at the Ohta residence, but that it definitely was not to act as a baby sitter. He said his wife did not return home from work Monday night and did not call home. The Ohtas have two other children, teenaged daughters, Taura, 18, who reportedly had left home early Monday to return to school in New York, and Lark, 15, who attends boarding school at Santa Catalina School for Girls in Monterey.

Funeral services for the victims are pending at Wessendorf and Holmes mortuary. Li lrfcfi) irges AoTmeirkoGns Dr. Victor M. Ohta Dcemeon 4 JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) estimated by police at more Supreme Court.

Both Clement Law and order, and the prob than 50,000 people. Despite overcast skies and in President Nixon, playing to big crowds in rainy Republican lem of campus turmoil, is a key issue there too. eastern Tennessee, said Tues F. Haynesworth Jr. and G.

Har-rold Carswell were rejected by the Senate. Nixon was to head for Ashe-ville, N.C. where he will cam It was a major theme in Nix termittent rain, several thousand people were at the airport to welcome Nixon and thousands day, "I think I represent the on's campaign stops in Colum views of the majority of Tennes bus, behalf of Rep. Robert more stood at intersections and see." and ureed the election of a business areas along his 16-mile GOP senator who does, too. paign in behalf of Republican congressional candidates.

There is no Senate race there. The Taft the Senate nominee, and Roger Cloud, campaigning for governor; in Grand Forks, motorcade routes. Nixon plugged for votes for Nixon, in a raincoat, stood in to boost the campaign of Rep. his car with Brock and Winfield Mrs. Virginia Ohta Mi- Thomas Kleppe against Demo North Carolina congressional lineup is seven Democrats, four Republicans.

In Indiana, his mission is to aid Rep. Richard L. Roudebush, K. Dunn, the GOP nominee for governor, to wave to the cratic Sen. Quentin N.

Burdick; and in Kansas City in behalf of crowds. John C. Danforth, the Missouri Nixon recalled in his Johnson attorney general, running City speech the early morning a Republican locked in a tough, close contest against Democratic Sen. Vance Hartke. against Democratic Sen.

Stuart Dr. Qhca Settled Here hospital visit, and said he needs Symington. Rep William E. Brock, III, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Albert Gore, noting that he carried the state in the presidential election of 1968.

"I think the President that Tennessee voted for should have a man in the U.S. Senate who votes with him and not against him," Nixon said. In Kansas City, Nixon paid a hospital visit to two policemen, injured in the bombing of a community relations center, and then urged Americans to give law officers respect "in men like Brock in the Senate to help enact crime-fighting legis lation. "Everybody's' against crime," ide After Air IForce Duty ucsc he said. "The question is when are you against it, and what are you going to, do about it?" nrflftirpd in Santa Prnr ahnnt in WnrM War TT nc an Nixon also said he needs sena Dr.

Victor Masashi Ohta was tors who will vote to confirm not born and raised in Montana and iu years, witn otuces at tne American pilot ana a sister wno I To Politics reject his choices when he nonu received his medical training Acts Water street medical center, died a few months ago in Santa The Ohtas had four children. Cruz. He also has a brother and residency at Northwestern nates judges wno Believe in strict construction of the Consti University. in Chicago. The two who died in the tra stead of calling them pigs, spitting on them and shouting profane slogans at The crowd that heard Nixon at the quandrangle of East Tennessee State University was gedy were two sons, Taggart, He married his wife, Virgina (Toby) Ann, while a medical Dr.

Ohta was a major in the Air Force, spending three years tution. Gore voted against two Southerners Nixon nominated to the By JONATHAN KIRSCH UCSC Correspondent level, reflect the response of the University's Board of Reg 11, a sixth grader at Good Shepherd School, and Derrick, 12, student. as an eye physician and sur An ophthalmologist, he had Chancellor Dean E. McHenry ents to last spring During the a i a 1 geon, being discharged in 1960 a student at Thorp Manor Private School. Two daughters, when he opened his practice has issued "implentary rules for UCSC, indicating "restrie strike over the Cambodian in here.

I Gromyko, Nixon To Confer A Li cursion, students and faculty at tions on the use of university He was a founder of the new resources and facilities for poll Taura, 18, and Lark, 14, were not at home. Taura was in New York where she attends a design school. Lark attends Santa Catalina School for girls in Mon many schools "redirected their time and efforts to various kinds Dominican Hospital and collected sports cars as a hobby. Derrick Ohta tical activities" as instructed by University President Charles of political acitivity. The new Gromyko Monday night was described as more cordial than their first session last Friday.

And afterward Rogers an His secretary, Dorothy Cad- Hitch. First Rain Ends Long SC Dry Spell Santa Cruz longest dry spell terey. wallader, who also was slain, Dr. Ohta's parents are natives rules are intended to prevent "redirection" or "reconstitu-tion." UCSC did not experience "re- uuiaeunes are set down in had worked for Dr. Ohta for UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.

(AP) Two meetings between Secretary of State William P. Rogers and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko have concluded with a date for Gromyko to see President Nixon in Washington Thursday morning. Rogers' dinner meeting with an informal letter addressed to of Japan. nounced that Nixon had granted eight years. "members of the UCSC commu In Frankfurt, Germany, Air Gromyko's request for a meet She is the wife of Jack Cad Force Col.

David O'Hara, edi constitution" of the kind that the Regents found improper. ing, a request made some days since 1878 was broken early this nity" and distributed to students, faculty, staff, and ad-ministrators this week. (Some campuses, notably Ber ago. walladcr, 2115 Alice a partner in the Kinney Broom Company, 2105 Alice St. morning with the first rain of keley, saw cancellation of some tor in chief of Stars and Stripes, recalled that Ohta lost his previous family a score of years ago in a typhoon on Guam where he was stationed as an i '1 McHenry warns: "Pressures regular classes.) Students and in the season, with .52 of an inch recorded up to 8 a.m.

lllt'V UtlU ULTU nidll ll'U 13 are converging that could de A hi years, living in the same home faculty at UCSC did "redirect" time and energy to a wide vari stroy the freedom without which From March 10 to today, a Air Force doctor, The Associat no msitution would deserve the ety of community-oriented ac ed Press reported. tivities, ranging from informa name of university." The UCSC regulations, prepared specifical He had a brother who was tional leafleting and door-to-door ly tor this campus, follow canvassing to town-and-gown Hitch's stringent directive that teas Santa -Cuz homes. period of 224 days, only .59 of an inch of rain fell here, according to weatherman Robert Burton. Last year during this period, 6.14 inches fell, while the normal for this period is 6.96 inhes. The rainfall reports for the the university or any of its UCSC students and faculty al CAVETT RENEWED NEW YORK (AP) Dick otfices or units shall not be oo A ts used for or in connection with Cavett got his first television so spend several weeks in Washington as a part of a large national student lobby over the political purposes or activities." contract renewal today when 11117 llrtU UUlll.

They have two daugh Melinda, 11, and Darcy, 8 months. Eight years ago another tragedy befell the family when their then 8-year-old son, Wayne, was run over and killed by a mail truck. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.

B. Kinney of Santa Cruz. They came to Santa Cruz when Dorothy was 15 and she attended Mission Hill School and Santa Cruz High School. She worked for Dr. Ambrose Cowden, Leask's Department store and at the County Hos The UCSC campus regulations ABC signed him for another Cambodian issue.

The Washing past 24 hours, the total since are framed by McHenry as two ton delegation consisted of as year as nost of tne netwoiK the recording period began on principles: "First: No individ late-night talk show. many as 75 volunteer lobbyists July 1, and the total rainfall to ual surrenders his civil liberties who took time from their class- Dy accepting employment or work to visit the capital. Almost studying at the university. Sec without exception, however. date last year at this time: Santa Cruz ....52 .52 1.94 Cipitola 49 .49 2.15 Soqticl 44 .46 2.46 Today's Index UCSC professors compl ond: The university is not a political institution.

No member their spring classes according Page of the university community has to academic regulations. right to speak in the name Hitch university-wide guide pital as a switchboard operator. 3.83 3.35 Amusements 11 Ann Landers 2 Bridge Column 8 of the universitv on political Davenport J7 .37 Mt. Hernion .42 .42 Aptos 36 .36 Bonny Doon .66 .66 Boulder Creek .84 .84 Fclton 55 .55 matters. Every member of the lines, to which McHcnry's memo is a supplement, provide for a rigidly neutral posture Taggart Ohta university community should 3.92Busincss 10 3.81jClassified Section 15-19 3.82 Comics 14 She was promoted to secretary to the hospital director, then went to work for Dr.

Ohta. She has a brother, Edward, who lives on Happy Valley Road, on the part of the University. Some of the more sweeping new Sects Valley .40 .40 Swanton 3J regulations provide that "Uni Crossword 14 Editorial Features 22 Horoscope 14 Mcrry-Go-Round 8 UARY Inc. versity equipment, supplies, and services duplicating machines, telephones, vehicles, stationery shall not be used Pmort I 138 WAl PH01 PHONE Her hushand said this morning that he was not notified by any law official or other WALNUT AVENUE AGNEW'S LATEST PLAN CHICAGO (AP) Vice Presi seek to distinguish his personal position from that of the university, which Is and must be neutral on political issues." These principles, along with Hitch's more drastic guidelines, "should guide us and those outside our own university community who are troubled by the rapid changes in society and the rcsponsse of the university to them," McHenry commented. The new regulations.

Issued Mostly About People 13 423-4800 official of his wife's death and for political purposes or activities. No display or distribution dent Spiro T. Agnew suggested; Radio Programs 8 Tuesday that a panel of govern- Sports 9 ment officials "examine news Stocks 10 TV Programs 8 still has not been contacted. "We were left completely out of the picture," he said, with the exception of being called to the mortuary to identify my wife," he said, Serving Greater Santa Cruz of political materials, such as posters, notices, handbills, and banners, shall be permitted except as specifically authorized by campus regulations." commentators so that any prejudices the newsmen may have could be brought before the Tree 'n' Sea Living 4 Vital Statistics 21 by Hitch and at the campus Weather 21 Mrs. Dorothy Cudwiillnder.