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The Sacramento Bee from Sacramento, California • 2

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I i A2 The Sacramento Bee Thursday September 9 1982 People At A Glance Congressman 82 Celebrates With Youth 07 IT 1 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin vehe- 1 mently rejects President Mideast peace initiative declaring the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River will be for Jewish people for all With time running out for the 97th Congress House Democratic leaders plan to scuttle a Senate-passed immigration-reform bill that seeks to restrict the flow of illegal aliens The Bee learns President Reagan is denying a request for federal funds to help pay the estimated $46 million repair bill expected in reclaiming flooded McDonald Island While authorities negotiate with gunmen threatening to blow up the Polish Embassy in Switzerland police spirit a diplomat out of an attic hideout where he had been eluding the raiders for two days officials say new oil contract with Chevron USA would raise electric rates in Northern and Central California and should be rejected by the Public Utilities Commission a lawyer for the state Department of Consumer Affairs contends State Justice Department investigators are prob ing allegations that some Cal Expo employees have skimmed undisclosed sums of money from gate receipts for several years Page Bl 1A Placer County Superior Court judge rules in favor of the state Water Resources Control Board iStst in a suit filed by property owners and real estate interests over a water quality control plan for Lake Tahoe Page D20 Twenty-nine 5-year-olds Captain Kangaroo and a 16-year-old actor who played with Henry Fonda in his last film helped the oldest member of Congress celebrate his 82nd birthday Wednesday 1 Rep Claude Pepper D-Fla used the occasion to have his House Select Committee on Aging hear testimony on the relationship between young and old in American society are disheartened by stereotypical Images that mislead both segments of our society and may genefate fear of teenagers on the part of many seniors and alienation on the part of the Pepper said Doug KcKeon 1 6 recounted his relationship with Fonda during the filming of Golden And he said his own grandfather was on the set with him very sad when you realize that often parents are so involved in producing material benefits for their children that their children are deprived of the Joys of their said the young actor Thirteen-year-old Ben Jorgensen of New York City a reporter for the Express News Service had a specific suggestion for bringing old and young together school history courses included opportunities to discuss say life 50 years ago with people who were young then both our lessons and our understanding of those who participated in our own history would be much more vivid and he said And Bob Keeshan said: are often too busy in society to give children the one thing they require of adults our time And therefore we often ignore children in their time of greatest need and growth only to find at a later stage of their development that they are and unwilling or unable to The tots from Day Care Center in Washington dressed in ties and hairbows sat quietly through part of the testimony some eyelids growing heavy under the warm glare of the television lights They came to life when aides wheeled out a white birthday cake with 82 candles on it and started dishing it out Suspension For creator Garry Trudeau will take a leave of absence early next year and suspend production of his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip in more than 700 newspapers Universal Press Syndicate announced Wednesday need a Trudeau 34 told UPS officials UPS President John McMeel said would be suspended beginning Jan 2 1 983 The artist told the i syndicate he would probably resume the feature by the fall of 1984 "There are a few problems (with the said Trudeau who began the satirical comic strip in October 1970 was unfair to stretch their formative years to embrace both Vietnam and preppy My characters are understandably confused and out of sorts time to give them some $20 haircuts The lawyer for convicted murderer-rapist William Archie Fain says he will ask the state Supreme Court to order release Page A8 AP photo actor Doug McKeon Behind them are from left Reps Donald Albosta of Michi- 8 an Ron Wyden of Oregon and Marc larks of Pennsylvania Rep Claude Pepper gets a little help from his friends to blow out the 82 candles on his cake Seated with Pepper are Ben Jorgensen a child reporter and The Social Security Administration buffeted by criticism that its disability case reviews are hurting the needy has slowed investigations and is requiring personal interviews with clients Page A5 Three Lutheran churches holding simultaneous conventions in three states vote nearly unanimously to form a 55 million-member body that will be the largest Lutheran church Page A17 A woman in Illinois whose husband sold their nine-room home out from under her while she spent the day at an amusement park with their four children has won back exclusive use of the dwelling Page A1 6 Although the Mexican government imposes restrictions on bargain-happy Americans to keep them from cleaning out Mexican stores there is no sign the regulations are being enforced Page A1 3 The United States is the self-admitted bad guy at this world financial conference in Canada the lone holdout among 146 nations on how to avoid an international credit crisis Page A14 Provincetown with her husband was awarded a $7500 lump sum and $575 a week alimony for seven years plus other costs of supporting the two children After her dissatisfaction with the settlement she sought to start the divorce proceedings all over again Gifts To Pope San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein Wednesday presented Pope John Paul II with a marble statue of St Francis of Assisi along with a unique cross The mayor on a two-week tour of Italy made the presentation following the weekly audience in St Square The 85- pound marble statue of St Francis the patron saint of San Francisco was sculpted by Italian-American Benjiamino Bufano in 1969 This year marks the 800th anniversary of the birth of St Francis which is being celebrated by San Francisco and its sister city in Italy Assisi Feinstein also gave the pope a cross made of 15 melted pistols The pistols including one that belonged to the mayor were the first turned in to police after the city passed an ordinance outlawing handguns A Salute To Buddy Holly Rock musician Paul McCartney joined more than 2000 rock roll fans in a nostalgic tribute to 1950s rock idol Buddy Holly Wearing clothes of the McCartney and others celebrated what would have been 46th birthday with a party and dance competition Tuesday night at the Lyceum Theater in London The event was the centerpiece of annual Buddy Holly Week which McCartney began in 1976 McCartney presented three couples who won the dance championship with prizes equalling $875 and airline tickets to Texas home state Holly died in a plane crash in 1959 at the height of his career By Mark Melnicoe from Bee news services graduate them and move them out into the larger world of grown-up concerns The trip from draft beer and mixers to cocaine and herpes is a long one and time they got a start on Gaynor Martin Improve Doctors had good news Wednesday for fans of actresses Janet Gaynor and Mary -Martin hospitalized with serious injuries following a car crash For the first time since accident Gaynor a 75-year-oid Oscar winner was reported in serious rather than critical condition A spokeswoman for San Francisco General Hospital added that condition was improved from serious to fair Gaynor broke 1 1 ribs her collar bone and pelvis and underwent surgery for bladder injuries Martin 68 fractured her pelvis and two ribs and suffered internal injuries Also Wednesday police reported that tests showed the driver of the van which crashed into the taxi carrying the actresses was legally drunk Police said tests on Robert Cato 36 of San Francisco indicated a blood-alcohol level exceeding 10 the legal limit in California Cato is scheduled to appear in court Friday on charges of vehicular manslaughter felony drunken driving reckless driving speeding and running a red light Mailer Divorce Finally Final Two marriages later novelist Norman Mailer finally is divorced from his fourth wife Beverly a Boston court ruled Wednesday While denying bid to start divorce proceedings over again it gave her permission to sue Mailer for a larger settlement The ruling means that Mailer who has married twice since his divorce to Beverly was first granted in March 1980 may have to face an appeal on the financial settlement approved by Barnstable Probate Court Beverly who formerly lived in The Oakland lose a fourth straight and 13th of the last 16 6-5 to the Toronto Blue Jays Page Houston pitcher Joe Niekro accepts more congratulations for his hitting than his pitching following his three- RBI performance in an 8-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants Page Dl Opponents of this Proposition 13 have taken out insurance to lessen the possibility of stringent enforcement of ground-water regulation should the water conservation measure win voter approval in November That insurance involves a deal for the appointment of a Southern Californian to the state Water Resources Control Board Politics in Review Page B10 Bee file photo UPI photo Norman Mailer Garry Trudeau Weather Mostly Fair Days Ahead Mostly fair weather is expected to prevail today through Friday with temperatures in the 80s and low 90s the National Weather Service reported Southerly winds 10 to 15 miles an hour are expected except for the Delta where gusty winds are likely Isolated thundershowers in the afternoons and evenings are forecast for the Sierra Nevada Foreign The Forecasts SACRAMENTO AREA Sunny until southerly winds HI to 15 mph Gusty winds delta Fair and slightly cooler Friday Sacra- mento high 93 low 59 MOTHER LOOE Grass Valley to Sonora Sunny and fair through Friday Highs the middle 90s to middle 90s lows the 50s to low 60s Water Storage River Data Courtesy of the Stale Department of Water Resources and Stage at I Street at 4 pm Wednesday 7 1 feat the US Bureau of Reclamation River Stages heights and times of high and low waters lor the Sacramento Rner At I Street Bridge In Sacramento: 78 teet at 1: 15 pm 74 teal at 7 pm Friday 78 feel at 12:45 am At Rio Vista: 65 feel at 9:15 am 43 test at 2:30 pm 8 teet at 9 pm Friday 36 teet at 430 am SHASTA Capacity 4500000 acre feel elevation 103379 feet inflow 4600 cl outflow 6070 ds storage 3830200 acre feet storage year ago Hus date 2504900 acre test KESWICK Capacity 23800 acre test elevation 8531 feet Inflow 9730 cts outflow 9600 ch storage 22700 acre feet storage year ago this date Trinity River TRINITY 0AM Capacity 2500000 acre feet elevation 235497 feet Inflow 0 cts outflow 3020 ds storage 2200600 acre feet storage year ago tl dale 1809600 acre feet FtcHwf torn OROVILLE DAM Capacity 3538000 acre feet elevation 859 30 teat mflow 2740 ds outflow 7960 da storage 2935-000 acre teet storage year ago the date 2384600 acre teat FOLSOM DAM Capacity 1000000 acre teet eievalton 44581 test inflow 1700 ds outflow 5200 Norage 791300 acre teat Norage year ago ties dale fl 1 1400 acre leal NIMBUS DAM Capacity 8800 acre teat Nevehon 2460 teet mflow 4960 da outflow 4950 ds storage 8560 acre teet storage year ago this date -figure not available POUUTAMT STAK3ASS RSEX-137 0 53 ICO 23 23 S3 River Reports Courtesy of Slate Department of Water Resources and the SCRRA NEVADA Fav with some afternoon douds through Friday South LakeTahoe high 80 k40 SAN JOAOUW VALLEY Mostly far through Friday Afternoon northwesterly winds to 15 mph Stockton high 96 low 60 BAY AREA Fair following patchy morning log and low clouds Fog and low clouds along the coast clearing by Friday attemoon San Francisco high 65 low 54 NORTH COAST Partly cloudy afternoons following coastal low clouds and log Light variable morning winds becoming northwesterly 5-15 mph afternoons and evenings Fort Bragg h0t63low51 NORTHWESTERN Far and stghtty cooler Inland Fog and overcast along the coast Ukah high 95 low 55 MOUNT SHASTA-SISKIYOU Sunny and lair becoming pertly cloudy end slightly cooler Friday Mount Shasta high 84 low 48 I NORTHEASTERN-Partly cloudy and slightly cooler Friday Susanvthe high 88 low 43 NAPA-SONOMA ALLEY Fair and cooler Mowing momng low clouds Far and sightly cooler Friday Santa Rosa high 68 low 52 LOS ANGELES Parity doudy turning to mostly lair and slightly warmer Fnday High tha upper 70 low the middle to upper 60s NEVADA Fair in the northwest end scattered afternoon thunderstorms in eastern and aouthem state Northern high at the 80s to middle 90s and 17 to 102 mthe south Northern low In MMOi and 70s the south Rain In Southwest Associated Press Cloudy skies and showers moved across the Southwest Wednesday with thunderstorms scattered over Southern California and Arizona A flash flood watch was issued for Arizona and southern Nevada Strong thunderstorms continued along the Gulf Coast Boothville La at the mouth of the Mississippi River got 232 inches of rain from Tues- day night into Wednesday afternoon Thunderstorms produced a small tornado in southern Florida that touched down briefly on the northern edge of Lake Okeechobee Cool weather continued in the Northeast with early afternoon temperatures only In the 60s over New York and New England while to the west the Great Lakes region was in the lower 70s For today scattered thunderstorms were forecast over Florida and the Gulf Coast region Outlook: Moderate Sacramento Data NgheN temperature Wednesday wae 98 degrees the low Wednesday morning was 69 degrees Temperthe extremes on record lor September 8 smee 1877: Highest 107 1944 lowed 47 1914 Relative hundity (Executive Airport 4 pm Wednesday 24 percent RamfaA 24 hours ending 4 a Wednesday none Told for tha month none Smce July 1 none afliidi is 006 inches below the seasond normN Sunrwe today 142 am suned 729 pm moonrwe tt 31 pmrjpeneet 109ea 11 a Clouds and thundarshowsrs cover part of Southern California in satellite photo Extensive fog and low clouds tha California coast 4 Cuming Notice 1 Please contact your toed disrid to obtem agricultural burning dectsmn did acreage bunt dfocahon.

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