The Sacramento Bee from Sacramento, California • 1

Ml HIM ZZJ PAGE B1 SPORTS PAGE AA1 Teary-eyed at 209 mph SMUD fares poorly in poll NAL The Sacramento Bee Volume 259 Sunday May 25 1986 Founded 1 857 Africa expels top US official South Africa is preparing tough new legislation that will enable crackdowns on opponents anti-government forces say Page A24 By Michael Parks Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG South Africa South Africa on Saturday expelled the senior US defense attache in retaliation for the expulsion from Washington of this top military representative after raids last Monday on three of its neighbors A South African Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Cape Town: a result of the decision of the US government to expel Brigadier Alexander Potgieter the South Africa government has informed the US Embassy of its intention to expel the senior US defense attache Colonel Robert In Washington State Department spokesman Pete Martinez had no comment on the South African action Martinez pointed out that when the United States announced expulsion late Friday it simultaneously announced that Hastie was being withdrawn by the United States from South Africa In expelling Potgieter who was given 10 days to leave Washington the State Department said trust this action will make clear to the South African government that the United States cannot tolerate disregard of the sovereignty of South South Africa was initially surprised by the US action but officials shrugged it off Saturday as sign of displeasure a diplomatic gesture nothing and too the Reagan administration voted in the Security Council at the United Nations for mandatory economic 'sanctions then we would have real cause for a senior official said asking not to be named understand that the United States is annoyed with us that it wants everyone to know but does not want to damage the underlying relationship Frankly we were more concerned about the United Nations The United States and Britain late Friday vetoed a Security Council resolution that called for selective international sanctions to punish South Africa for its attacks on alleged guerrilla facilities in Botswana Zambia and Zimbabwe Three people were killed in the raids and 15 were wounded The United States which imposed limited economic sanctions on South Africa last year had said it would support a resolution condemning the raids but US delegate Patricia Byrne told the Security Council do not believe that the destruction of the South African economy serves interest least of all those who suffer under President Pieter Botha has vigorously defended the raids saying they were necessary to keep the African National Congress the main guerrilla group fighting apartheid from launching terrorist attacks inside South Africa from bases in neighboring countries In another development Saturday more than 250 See EXPEL page A24 Maurice Vorchet 86 of Sacramento is eager to cut the rug with San Madalena Martinelli 62 while enjoying jubilee activities Jazz spirit never dies at Dixieland Jubilee If suffering from Dixieland burnout plenty of musical alternatives are available around town today Page B1 1 By Eric Mattson Bee Staff Writer The Dixieland lifeline is long and prosperous says Christine the palm reader She ought to know She has seen the annual jazz festival grow for several years and besides her psychic abilities tell her that the future is bright gets bigger and better every year like wine it improves with she said Saturday said Christine never Christine who says she even like jazz was one of thousands who spent Saturday in Old Sacramento listening to some of the 102 bands during the 13th annual Sacramento Dixieland Jubilee the largest such jazz festival in the world And as the four-day jubilee hits the halfway point everything seems to be coming together to make it a success There have been few arrests police say partly because alcohol is confined to limited areas The weather so far has been almost perfect as temperatures hit a high of 92 Two years ago hot weather kept the crowds to a minimum according to Chet Jaeger of the Nightblooming Jazzmen from Claremont was 110 degrees The heat in the tents was he said first jubilee was in 1974 when 16 bands attracted a crowd of 5000 to Old Sacramento Since then it has grown to more than 100 bands including 16 from foreign countries and more than 100000 spectators It has also expanded from its birthplace in Old Sacramento and events are now held in six major centers: Old Sacramento Downtown Plaza the American Legion Hall at 15th and the Convention Center on Street El Rancho Hotel-Resort in West Sacramento and the Woodlake Inn on Highway 160 One of the things that makes jubilee so different from other jazz festivals it has inspired is the diver sity of people and music it attracts For example: Sixty-two-year-old Madalena Martinelli a grandmother of five comes to the jubilee every year dressed like a flapper of the 1920s "I just love hamming it up and when my body can keep up with my spirit I get up and do the she said batting her two-inch false eyelashes grandchildren think a little nutty but they love said Martinelli a former tuba player own children want to be seen with me but the grandchildren Bob Vopacke says the jubilee brings See JUBILEE back page A32 Two GOP Senate candidates Inside ahead of the game TV making Zschau a familiar name Herschensohn builds on south-state fame campaign With 10 days left before the June 3 primary polls say that Bruce Herschensohn and Ed Zschau have emerged as the candidates to beat for the Republican US Senate nomination Yet few voters particularly in Northern California are familiar with either man or their widely divergent political philosophies Here is another look at each By Jeff Raimundo Bee Deputy Capitol Bureau Chief Bruce Herschensohn likes to quote John Kennedy Douglas MacArthur Richard Nixon and Popeye the Sailor Man He says in love with the United States of a love affair that dates back to his days as director of motion pictures and television for the United States Information Agency was the propaganda arm for the United States and I loved he says His articulate advocacy of a well-honed flag-waving conservative philosophy excites growing numbers of admirers It scares the bejesus out of others i He mind being called the most conservative candidate for the Republican US Senate nomination but they call me a right-winger an See HERSCHENSOHN page A31 By Jeff Rabin Bee Capitol Bureau When Ed Zscnau began his quest for the Republican US Senate nomination last fall he was virtually unknown in California Now six months later the polls show that the aggressive two-term congressman from the high-tech Silicon Valley has vaulted to the top ranks of GOP Senate candidates He did it by raising and spending more money than anyone else in the race including paying $15 million to run slick television ads just to introduce a new face and an unusual name to Californians was able to surge from complete obscurity to being little he joked during a campaign swing through the Central Valley last week progress has Television was the key even be in the pack if I See ZSCHAU page A31 Years dim memory of horror Page B1 2 runners split $1 million check Sports page AA1 CCC crews match wits against the wilderness Hands is happy to line up Reagan Artsentertainment Encore Books Encore Business Cl Classified D1E1F1 G1H13 Crossword B11 Magazine Editorials Forum4 Forum Forum Horoscope B12 Job Market FI Jumble E2 Movies Encore Obituaries B2 Real Estate HI Remember When G6 Sports AA1 Television TV magazine Travel Travel By Gretchen Kell Bee Staff Writer PARADISE If they lived anywhere else but here their paths would probably never cross One peddled drugs another fast food A third rode surfboards a fourth cruised in stolen cars One lived off his wealth another on welfare But these young adults all strangers shared similar stories Many never finished high school held a steady job or lived apart from their parents Several sought identity in drugs or booze some in the violent brotherhood of a street gang City dwellers most had no kinship with the wilderness Here in a Butte County forest their paths converged Their mutual destination: the California Conservation Corps Mick Cartwright a 20-year-old surfer from Anaheim left the beach for the woods to learn job skills But in the CCC an outdoor work program for young adults he is discovering as much about his diverse coworkers as he is about firefighting know how blacks really were There were probably five to 10 in my high he said I learned about their heritage They have a different outlook you live work and sleep with everybody If you make it like a family it makes it hard on The CCC is a modern version of President Franklin Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps The California program was created 10 years ago this July by former Gov Jerry Brown and in its first decade provided 30000 outdoor jobs for young adults and 20 million See STREET-SMART page A20 Corporate giants have donated millions to Hands Across America as good neighbors and in hopes of boosting sales Business page C5 By Lee Fremstad Bee Staff Writer LOS ANGELES Leaders of the California portion of the Hands Across America effort had no reservations in welcoming President Reagan as a late recruit in their campaign to address the plight of the hungry and homeless in America In fact said state director Roger Carrick a 34-year-old Democrat and onetime special assistant to Gov Jerry Brown helped us tremendously (by joining) i There was some evidence that remarks drew the attention of those who had not yet heard of the admittedly audacious plan of show business entrepreneur Ken Kragen to link the nation with 6 million Americans hand to hand each paying $10 and up to participate The goal keeps changing but ranges from $25 million See HANDS page A31 Sunny and warmer Weather details on page B2 Yesterday's high 92 low 52 BeeLeilam Hu Rob May helps push a water tank uphill at a Lake Oroville campsite as part of his job with the California Conservation Corps 4 4.