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1050 Cruz, in Cruz Sentinel Tuesday, September 12, 1978 Fewer Fires This Year A tew months ago, the 1978 tire season was greeted with bated breath by fire officials. Today, those same officials heaved a sigh of cautious relief when statistics showed an 18 percent drop in the number of tires this vear. While statewide statistics showed a 10 percent increase in acreage burned, local statistics showed a drop in fires. Cool summer weather and increased tire prevention efforts by citizens were reasons for the decrease, according to Frank Lewis, tire prevention supervisor for the Department of Forestry in Felton. Most of the fires that occurred were reported in the San Mateo County portion of the fire area, said Lewis.

"We've had very little acreage burned so far in Santa Cruz," he said. Before the tire season began, officials were predicting that 1978 could be a bad year for fires. There was an abundance of fuel that could be dangerous if dry, hot weather rolled around. But cool summer weather reduced the potential hazard, according to Lewis. There were 193 wildland fires recorded this year for the Santa Cruz-San Mateo area, an 18 percent drop.

In 1977, there were 237 fires reported. A total of 420 acres were burned in the two-county tire area, but most of it occurred in the San Bruno Mountains south of San Francisco, said Lewis. Statewide, fire officials said a total of 29.205 acres were burned causing more than $5.3 million damage. The acreage burned is 10 percent more than in 1977, although there were 9 percent fewer fires this year, said a state report. Lewis warned that the 1978 season isn't over yet.

September and October are traditionally bad months for fires in the Santa Cruz County area, he said. potential is certainly there," he said. (Sentinel photo by Bill Lovejoy) Trying Out A New Tractor Rob Campbell of Ben Lomond tries out a Watsonville. The Fair runs through Sunday and Kubota tractor at the Santa Cruz County Fair, will be open until 11 p.m. nightly with lots of which opened today on Hecker Pass Road in entertainment and beautiful grounds.

Exposure To Cancer-Causing Chemicals At Work May Cause 20 Percent Of Deaths WASHINGTON (AP) Exposure to cancer-causing chemicals at American work sites may cause at least 20 percent of all cancer deaths or nearly 80,000 people each year with asbestos apparently the No. 1 chemical killer, government scientists say. The new estimates are sharply higher than past figures which placed the cancer toll from occupational exposure at only 1 percent to 5 percent, Joseph A. Califano the secretary of health. education and welfare, said Monday.

Indeed a single chemical, asbestos. may account for 17 percent of all cancer deaths annually. Other chemical culprits include arsenic. benzene and vinyl chloride. Scientists from the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences said 20 percent was a estimate of the cancer toll from work sites, estimating it could run as high as 38 percent.

The scientists based their findings not on new medical research, but on new statistical analyses of the number of workers exposed to cancer-causing chemicals on the job and their risk of incurring cancer. Califano told an AFL-CIO conference on occupational safety and health about the new estimate and released a five-page draft summary of the study. HEW scientists are putting the study into final form to submit to the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration by Friday. OSHA is preparing new standards for regulating hundreds of known or suspected -causing agents at work places in hopes of accelerating federal action to ban or restrict them. Critics of the plan have said it could cost industry billions of dollars, and some have said the standards are not needed because the incidence of occupational cancer was low.

Dr. David P. Rall, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, said scientists who made the low estimates "just haven't looked carefully enough at the problem." The study singles out asbestos, the You May Soon Get Your Booze In Powder Form By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID partment decided how to tax it. WASHINGTON (AP) Taking a powder? Officials finally settled on taxing the mix That phrase soon may take on new mean- based on the volume of alcohol, which is in ing as powdered booze is introduced to the tiny particles suspended in a powder that American market.

looks like gelatin desert mix. We're looking initially to the outdoorsy In fact, the first Japanese sales were as a market and the fellow who doesn't want to rose wine gelatin. keep large inventories of different kinds of All that's needed to drink one of the liquor around, said Mike Hill of Global powdered cocktails is to add water. Marketing the Portland, firm Hill says he doesn't think people would be handling the product. likely to eat the powder as children do with Known as "Sure Shot," the powder will be soft drink mixes at least not more than test-marketed as single-serving cans for once.

It would be a very strong taste, he said. $1.39, but Hill said future plans call for foil Mixes now being produced include vodka pouches and larger containers. sour, apricot sour, chi-chi, screwdriver, capDeveloped in Japan, it is being produced puccino and cafe de menthe. If successful, in Placentia, and will be test-mar- other flavors could include bloody mary, pina keted in Southern California in the next few colada, margarita and banana and strawweeks, Hill said. berry daiquiri, Hill said.

Sale of the powdered alcohol was held up He did not mention one seemingly obvious for several months while the Treasury De- possibility the ultimate dry martini. Baker Concedes: Opponents Of Natural Gas Bill Don't Have The Votes WASHINGTON (AP) Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker conceded today that he and other opponents of the natural gas bill appear to lack the votes to beat the Carter administration in an upcoming showdown vote. That would probably mean a filibuster, he said. Baker said that, while foes of the deregulation-by-1985 compromise may be unable to sidetrack the bill, neither can the administration muster the needed votes to stop a filibuster. Baker, a latecomer to the opposition camp, said he is now actively working to defeat the gas bill and will join that filibuster if necessary to stop the legislation.

Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, who supports the fire-resistant chemical used in a host of fields from construction to auto brake linings, as the worst offender. HEW began a campaign in April to alert the estimated 8 million to 11 million Americans who have been exposed to asbestos since World War II about its long-term effects. The HEW study said at least 2.15 million of those workers will die from asbestos-related diseases, or 67,000 a year for the next 30 to 35 years. It blamed asbestos for 17 percent of all cancer cases.

The study says 5.8 million workers were potentially exposed to arsenic, benzene, vinyl chloride, coal tar pitch and coke oven emissions, which could cause 1 percent to 3 percent of all cancers each year. Some 7.5 million workers potentially were exposed to four other substances. chromium, iron oxide, nickel and petroleum distillates, which could cause 3 percent to 18 percent of the cancers, the study added. The total for all chemicals would be 38 percent, the top-range for the cancer -toll estimates. He Was Upset When Denied Unemployment A 27-year-old Capitola man went beserk in the local unemployment office Monday after being told he couldn't receive any payments, according to police reports.

The man overturned partitions, swung a chair at one of the employees and kicked a trash can across the office. According to police, the man became upset when a worker at the May Street Employment Development Department told him he was ineligible for unemployment benefits. The man picked up a chair and swung at at the worker, then threw it toward another employee. Police said he also kicked a wastepaper basket, threw a box of mail onto the floor and overturned partitions. He is being sought by police today.

Herbs Confab Set Wednesday The second annual conference on the Risks and Beneof Herbs will be Wednesday through Friday at the Whole Earth restaurant on the UCSC campus. Registration begins at 1 p.m. Wednesday, with opening day workshops with herbalists from around the country. A buffet supper will be at 5 p.m. and an evening panel discussion at 7.

Thursday's session will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the "Risks" section in the afternoon. A "tea" cocktail party will be held at 6 p.m. On Friday, the morning session will deal with the Food and Drug Administration.

and the afternoon session will focus on 'Benefits' of herbs. An evening banquet will have as featured speaker Effie Chow, president of the East- West Academy of Healing Arts. The banquet starts at 6:45 p.m. at Cowell College dining hall. feel secure To Whites 138 Walnut White's Avenue, Chapel Santa Cruz for funeral care Phone 423-4800 SV Planners Meet Tonight On Annexation The prezoning of 96 acres off Highway 17, the step taken before annexation, is up before the Scotts Valley Planning Commission when it meets tonight at 7:30 at San Agustin Church.

Property owners are asking that the acreage at the end of Green Hills Road be changed from the county's (agricultural. parcel minimum) zone to the city's hillside residential zone. In the hillside residential zone. the density of housing development depends on the slope of the land. After the prezoning is completed, a move to annex the acreage to Scotts Valley will begin.

Other items on Tuesday's agenda include a request for a permit to build six residential units on San Augustine Way, a request for a four split on Dunslee Way and a request for a rezoning on San Augustine Way. Slasher Sought By SC Cops A 22-year-old man was slashed with a broken beer bottle Saturday during an attack near the main beach area, Santa Cruz Police reported today. James Barcelon of Moraga said he was walking near the beach area when he spotted a man carrying a surfboard which resembeled the one which had been stolen from him two months ago. He stopped the man and asked to look at the surfboard The man broke a beer bottle and slashed Barcelon's arm in two places. Barcelon said he fled after the incident.

SV Park Unit Meet Wednesday Scotts Valley Park and Recreation commissioners meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the city hall conference room to discuss the grading plans for the city's first park off Vine Hill Road. Other items include a discussion on the status of the master plan for a citywide park system and a review of work on the Scott House. BD Board Chairman Calls Suit 'Political' Bonny Doon School Board Chairman Starr Saam recently called former Superintendentprincipal Howard Hazeltine's suit against the district "blatantly political and designed to promote confusion and division in the Bonny Doon Hazeltine Friday filed suit against the district and all five trustees, charging it was a breach of contract when the board removed him as superintendent-principal in February. He has since been reassigned as a teacher.

"First, he (Hazeltine) demands that the board provide the evidence for its charges against him. Then he refuses to allow the evidence to be made public. "Now, he launches an absurd lawsuit, the only purpose of which is to gain him space in the papers and disrupt the education of the Saam stated. Hazeltine originally charged that the board wouldn't release specific reasons behind his dismissal, even though he had asked them repeatedly to make the evidence public. When the board recently gave Hazeltine the opportunity to state in writing whether he Vital FUNERALS off wanted the evidence released.

he refused to indicate either way, saying the evidence would be brought out in court. "The board is pleased to have the opportunity to present the evidence, however," Saam said of the impending lawsuit. Saam was joined by Trustees Joyce Agur, Steve Homan and David Swanger in voting to remove the superintendentprincipal a year before his contract expired. Trustee Cromwell McIntosh was the only board member who disagreed with the dismissal. The four trustees who did agree to Hazeltine's removal all face a recall election on Oct.

10. "We regret that the case will not reach open court before the Oct. 10 election," Saam added. It's uncertain, according to the County Clerk's office, when the case will go to court. It takes a minimum of three weeks from when a suit is filed for it to go before a judge.

Bombay Archbishop Pre-need Arrangements IT IS INTELLIGENT, PRACTICAL AND BUSINESSLIKE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS SANTA CRUZ AREA FAMILIES PROVE THAT MORE AND MORE FAMILIES ARE MAKING FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN ADVANCE OF NEED. CALL US NOW ON FUNERAL INSURANCE, PRE- PAID FUNERAL TRUSTS, BURIAL OR CREMATION IRVIN M. SMITH SONS chapel of the fOUR seasons FUNERAL DIRECTORS Cayuga Street Santa CA 95062 (408) 423-5721 Funeral Cremation Services LLEWELLYN -In Fremont, California, September 8, 1978, Mr. John F. LLewellyn.

Survived by his wife, Ruth LLewellyn of Santa Cruz; two daughters, Bronwen Lee of Fremont and Marilyn Marsh of San Jose; by one sister, Annie Lewis of Reno, Nevada and one broghter, William Llewellyn of Torrington, Connecticut. He is also survived by one grandson, Michael Marsh of San Jose. Native of Wales, aged 69 years. Member of Soquel Lodge No. 746, A.M., Soquel, California.

Friends are respectfully invited to attend Funeral Services, Wednesday, September 13, 1978 at 2:00 p.m. at Arnold's Funeral Home, 1902 Ocean Street, (at the foot of Graham Hill Road), Santa Cruz, with Rev. Martin Murdock of the Grace United Methodist Church and Members of Soquel Masonic Lodge No. 746 officiating. Interment in Oakwood Memorial Park, Santa Cruz.

9,11,213 HEDEEN In Santa Cruz, California, September 12, 1978. Mr. Philip S. Hedeen. Survived by his wife, Esther Hedeen of Scotts Valley, his two daughters, Marjorie Johnson of Fresno and Shirley Sellman of San Mateo.

Native of Portland, Oregon, aged 81 years. Member of the Community Covenant Church, Scotts Valley, California, Friends are respectfully invited to attend Funeral Services at the Community Covenant Church, 2700 El Rancho Drive, Scotts Valley, Friday, September 15, 1978 at 1:30 p.m. Arnold's Funeral Home, 1902 Ocean Street Extension (at the foot of Graham Hill Road), Santa Cruz, in charge of arrangements. Private family interment in Oakwood Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, California. 9,12,214 ARNOLD'S 1902 Ocean Street Santa Cruz 425-1902 IRVIN M.

SMITH SONS chapel of the FOUR sEasONS MORELAND In Santa Cruz, California, September 8, 1978. Mrs. Ruth Moreland. Wife of the late Louis Moreland. Survived by her dear friends, Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Hedrick of Modesto. Native of Utah, aged 87 years. Private services were held today the Irvin M. Smith and Sons, CHAPEL OF THE FOUR SEASONS, followed by private interment in Modesto Cemetery, Modesto.

Kenneth D. Ferguson, funeral director. 9,12,214 IRVIN M. SMITH SONS Funeral Directors 1050 Cayuga Street Santa Cruz. CA 95022 423-5721 Ruth Moreland Services Held Private services were held today for Ruth Moreland, 87, who died in a local convalescent hospital Friday.

A native of Utah, she had been a resident of Santa Cruz since 1952. She was preceded in death by her husband. Louis Moreland, who died in 1963. She is survived by friends, Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Hedrick of Modesto. Private services were in Irvin M. Smith Sons chapel, followed by private interment in Modesto Cemetery. Mafia Leader Dies SAN (AP) Joseph X. Cerrito, identified as a JOSE: Mafia leader in the U.S.

Congressional Record, was buried here Monday at services which attracted mourners in more than 50 black limousines. MASONS ATTENTION You are requested to present yourselves at Arnold's Funeral Parlor, 1902 Ocean Santa Cruz, September 13 at 1:45 p.m. for the purpose of attendthe funeral of our ing late Brother, John Llewellyn, a member of Home Lodge, 370. Services at 2:00 p.m. Visiting brothers are invited.

By Order of the Master. GLEN BAILY By: ROY J. BELTS, Secretary Soquel Lodge No. 746 9,12,214 THE PERSONAL TOUCH is apparent in our careful attention to the small details which add beauty, dignity and comfort to the funeral ceremony. N3 family chapel Phone 476-6211 3620 SOQUEL DRIVE SOQUEL The National Cancer Institute says 390.000 Americans die from cancer annually.

The new 20 percent minimum estimate for all worker deaths from chemicals would mean 78.000 deaths. The number of new cancer cases diagnosed each year is 700,000. The study listed a dozen occupations in which it said the workers showed excessive cancer rates, but they have not been traced to any single chemical. They included coal miners, chemists, foundry workers, textile workers, printing pressmen, metal miners, coke byproduct workers, cadmium production workers, and lead, rubber, wood and leather workers. The AFL-CIO convention on worker safety was called to rally opposition to a proposal that would exempt businesses with fewer than 10 employees in non-hazardous industries from inspections by OSHA.

Vice President Walter F. Mondale pledged the support of the Carter administration Monday in fighting the amendment which has won Senate approval and is pending before a HouseSenate conference committee. Whites Phone 423-4800 138 Walnut Avenue Wessendotf Funeral Directors Since 1880 223 Church St. 423-4725 Florists FERRARI, the Florist THE FINEST IN FLOWERS 1222 Pacific Ave. Dial 426-1122 12-9-kl CALIFORNIA CREMATION SOCIETY For free brochure on complete ser vices covered by Social Security and Veterans benefits, call or write 586 N.

First Sam Jose 95112 Ph. 998-4066 compromise, said things are looking up for the administration on the bill itself. But asked if he could muster the votes to stop a threatened filibuster, Byrd would only say: "We're working. The two Senate leaders talked with reporters shortly before the Senate began its second day of debate on the compromise on which President Carter has staked the success of his energy program. The first key vote is expected on Thursday, on an opposition motion to recommit the compromise to the House-Senate conference committee that took 10 months to draft it.

Byrd said "recommitting it will kill it, from a practical 'I guess there aren't enough votes to recommit the conference report," Baker said. "But there aren't enough votes to invoke cloture, Cloture is a Senate procedure for halting filibusters. It takes 60 votes to achieve. However, Baker said that since so many senators remain undecided some 23 according to an Associated Press survey many things could happen between now and that Thursday vote. With Vice President Walter F.

Mondale leading a behindthe-scenes effort to round up votes for the compromise, administration forces were grabbing far more previously uncommitted senators than were opponents. The Perfect Tribute Whenever We are often called to arrange funeral services in other cities or states for Santa Cruz-area families. Since we know the families and traditions here, it just stands to reason. It takes just one call to us at our 24-hour number, to arrange for any type or kind of perfect final tribute. AR.

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