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TY Local News LettersReligion Angeles Mules Saturday May 7 1983 CCtPart II Hedgecock Won With Votes Other Republicans Got in Primary SAN DI I By BARRY HORSTMAN Times Staff Writer that there was much less of a north- versussouth San Diego split between the mayoral finalists in the runoff In the primary Interstate 8 was virtually a line of demarcation between Hedgecock and O'Connor with the Republican supervisor carrying most neighborhoods north of the freeway and O'Connor a Democrat dominating the communities in the southern half of the city Although Hedgecock received the bulk of his 9147- vote margin in traditionallyRepublican communities in the northern half of the city area he has represented on the more affluent northern communities Official vote totals released by the county registrar of voters office Friday showed that Hedgecock received 105385 votes (523 in the May 3 runoff compared to 96238 (477) for O'Connor O'Connor and Hedgecock qualified for the runoff by finishing first and second respectively in the 20-candidate primary Perhaps the major difference between the vote returns in the primary and the from the obvious one that the candidates' finishing order was Board of Supervisors since also carried numerous communities south of 1-8 that O'Connor had carried in the primary The major reason that Hedgecock was able to break O'Connor's near-monopoly on those southern communities is that he apparently received most of the votes that in the primary had gone to two fellow Councilmen Bill Cleator and Bill Mitchell who finished third and fourth respectively For example Hedgecock carried Ocean Beach the Midway-Old Town area Mission Hills North Park-Balboa Park Normal Heights ceived 2377 votes with Hedgecock polling 1220 votes Cleator 1006 and Mitchell 151 Similarly Hedgecock received 1065 votes in the Midway-Old Town area only 122 votes less than the three OOP candidates received there in the primary 2350 votes in Hillcrest (167 votes less) and 3671 in the North Park-Balboa Park area (371 votes less) In fact Hedgecock's vote totals in most of those communities south of 1-8 generally equalled at least 90 of the total that he Cleator and Mitchell received in the primary Please see MAYOR Page 3 and the state college communities south of 1-8 in which O'Connor had received pluralities in the primary He also carried two other neighborhoods south of 1-8 that Cleator won in the primary Portal and Point Loma And as he did in the primary Hedgecock also carried Hillcrest In many of those neighborhoods Hedgecock's vote total for the runoff almost equaled the combined vote total that he Cleator and Mitchell received in the primary For example Hedgecock received 2303 votes in Ocean Beach In the primary the three Republicans re a gih' 4 4 is milib illo -7- 411 0101114 4 ft i to lb dit 4 01140441 464110411104040 041 0 I '4Wrooc: 11 ICI A I 1SP- lit 1 evs -7- 'jit: 1 1 -4- i 4 fs si 4 4c 41 -7 41 i vr 117 '11' '1': T- o' T' 'In 1 to-o 1 4' 4t a a a 'to: :11:1111 i '00i'''i 441 11" Pt 7 ride 4 40 '4I 40 W' 4 -4 's '''-4''' AA d140 4 E4(tok4-4 0 1 4ii 4001 A A 6 ifta la 11 46 4 4 db 4k4 on 4 4 A 1Wm t's It r''441" 41P'0'' 7 11' 46a -1' I s'''' 7 i A es4icA-- 4 1 A -t 441pititt :4 It hi- 'tit ti A i I I Art1 4 i mo 4 A it :::::44 4 a gb 0 Vi 11 401 to 404 0 la 11''11P-1W 1 11' 1110 IP o'- 1 144 4 to ft 4 "1001 0 44' III 11111 IS 144144:411 4144i1 -61044-- 100' IP' 4 4 -4 44 444 044404 '41 A4 mi IF Pd 4Ok 141 I tirlt 1 l' 1 OA 4 011" ek 0 to it ii 1r 1 44 4 34 Il 1111r 111! 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We are happy the issue has been resolved" The group's lawsuit filed last December was seen as the only remaining obstacle that could have jeopardized the staging of a one-day equestrian endurance event during the 1984 Olympics The event is the only one scheduled for San Diego County Possible Shift The Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee wary of the pending legal action had kept open the possibility of shifting the riding event to Los Angeles' Griffith Park and its new equestrian center But the settlement has put those contingency plans aside said LAO0C spokesman Amy Quinn "We think that's terrific" she said of the settlement "We can now move along in planning one of the most exciting events in the Olympics We've had an excellent cooperative relationship with Fairbanks Ranch and we look forward to working with them" The Rancho Santa Fe group had alleged in its lawsuit that the Local Agency Formation Commission failed to conduct a sphere of influence study before approving the annexation of the Fairbanks Ranch to San Diego and failed to update the environmental impact report to include the effect the Olympics contest would have on the rural community Ritt said Friday he held Please see OLYMPICS Page 8 DAvEGATIEy Lo Angeles Times the growth of nuclear arsenals San Diego's Leo Maher was one of 273 bishops who approved Staff Writer said in an interview in his office at the University of San Diego "Therefore they (Catholics) have every right to work in a weapons plant to produce them for the very purpose of deterrence There's no reason why they can't do that" Maher for 12 years the leader of the Diocese of San Diego's 350000 Roman Catholics said the 155-page letter does not define as immoral the firing of nuclear weapons in defense against a nuclear attack But he said it would be immoral and a crime against humanity for anyone to fire nuclear weapons as a defense against conventional war fare Military and political leaders who are Catholic should therefore study the bishops' letter so they will be prepared to make the right decision the Cites Catholics' Obligations SD Bishop Defines Ti TN A NTTrn It IITLTNTMTI A Tyri mz 04-11117-a Gentlemanly Actor John Williams Dies the of Black Groups Attack Police 'Terrorism' Coalition Protests Death of Suspect After Carotid Neck Hold By MARK FORSTER Times Staff Writer A coalition of San Diego black groups charged Friday that arbitrary and capricious practices by police threaten the residents of the city's minority neighborhoods Representatives of six black organizations sharply criticized the San Diego Police Department at a press conference called to protest the death of a young black man who struggled with police while under the influence of PCP and died after an officer applied a carotid neck hold Attorney Otis Jones said the death of Barry Andre Preston Jr 23 on April 30 was "the most recent example of a police-sanctioned terrorism which threatens this minority community" Jones president of the California Assn of Black Lawyers read from a prepared statement during a press conference at Black Federation offices in Southeast San Diego Represented at the press conferente were the San Diego Urban League the Black Federation a black lawyers bar association a black youth organization and a black professional woman's group The coalition criticized Police Chief William Kolender saying he failed to react to complaints about police actions in minority neighborhoods Criticisms Listed They criticized alleged excessive force used by police abusive conduct by officers and the frequency arrests particularly of minority group youths The group also called for a moratorium on the use of the carotid artery hold applied by police to subdue violent suspects "We are not anti-police" Jones said "We do however believe that the police must function within the boundaries of the law" On Thursday Kolender praised the actions of officers involved in the Preston case He said officers would continue to use the carotid hold around the neck while a Police Department task force studies other methods of subduing people under the influence of PCP or "angel dust" County Coroner David Stark said Thursday that pathology tests showed Preston died of asphyxiation after police Officer Christopher Please see PROTEST Page 4 VINCE COMPAGNONE LOS Angeles Times protesting death of a black man pastoral letter calling for a halt Letter if put in the position of weighing the use of nuclear weapons he said "They should study these documents and know their obligations" Maher said "Their obligations would be this: They cannot bomb indiscriminately nor can they initiate a nuclear war Nor can they follow orders to do so This would be immoral" Maher 67 was among 273 bishops who approved the pastoral letter at a meeting in Chicago this week He said nine bishops voted against the statement The letter which has been in preparation for more than two years will now become an official teaching document for the nation's 50 million Catholics Maher said he will soon develop Please see BISHOP Page 4 Three women were among those 1 1 :::1::::::: Ill 1 I A Jr 4 1 I i 1 rt II 0 to By DANIEL WEINTRAUB Times Despite the US Roman Catholic bishops' call for a halt to the growth of nuclear arsenals San Diego Bishop Leo Maher said Friday that Catholics can build and in some cases even fire nuclear weapons without violating their church's moral principles Maher who called the bishops' pastoral letter "one of the great documents of our time" said he believes the stockpiling of nuclear arms is acceptable as long as the nation is working toward disarmament And Maher said he would view the detonation of nuclear weapons as a necessary evil if the bombs were used to retaliate against a first strike by the Soviet Union "We need nuclear weapons at the present time for deterrence" Maher Officer Charged in Shooting Incident 4 Felony Counts Against Policeman Fired for Firing at Car By BURT A FOLKART Times Staff Writer LA Williams always the consummate British gentleman throughout an acting career that included some of the finest plays films and television programs of the last 50 years died here Thursday The tall stately Inspector Hubbard of "Dial for Murder" was 80 and had a heart condition Born the son of a British army officer Williams first performed on stage in England in 1916 With the exception of a few romantic leads in his youth he ever after was the quintessential gentleman proper police inspector or suave world traveler in dozens of memorable Please see WILLIAMS Page 5 at City Administration Building i 4 '1 '1' i i': i 'i i i 1 i 'ii i' 4' li' A 4 7 i i t1 1 AAO''''''' a I I 1 1 i l''''' A i Alegi 0 100 Nir u4-pst i 1 i1 () (1 I 1)111- ir1 it 4 114 t)e 1(f- um i -nip i 4 f- i rlde I) il 1:0 4: I 'l ii: 'i: i i i' A'3'-'-' t3 1ik i 1 Iii4711 e1 1 1 4 4 4 1 )k4 v'''4i511 0) t'''4'it' ty 0 i 1 4 1 1pr By MARK FORSTER Times Staff Writer A San Diego police officer who was fired from the department for shooting at three teen-agers after they threw a cup at his car was charged Friday with four felony counts in the inci dent The district attorney's office charged Frank Dennis Smith 33 with firing at an occupied motor vehicle and with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon Smith is scheduled to surrender for arraignment May 12 in Municipal Court Smith was fired from the Police Department as a patrol officer on April 18 because of a history of disciplinary problems including the shooting incident on Dec 27 and other allegations of using excessive force He plans to appeal his firing at a June hearing of the Civil Service Commission The felony complaints filed Friday stemmed from an incident in December involving Smith duty and out of three Smith was driving his sports car westbound on California 94 near Jamul when the car was hit by a' large plastic container thrown from a car carrying three teen-agers Smith turned his car around to pursue the three who were traveling in the opposite direction Their car was driven by Jeff Tye 18 of Spring Valley The chase lasted 13 miles until Smith cornered the car in a dead end As Tye attempted to drive past Smith who was approaching on foot the officer shot at the teenagers' car four times The three were not hurt But their car broke down a short distance from Smith who held them in custody until sheriff's deputies arrived Smith told police investigators he had placed his badge on the dashboard and he believed the teen- agers knew he was a police officer Tye who admitted throwing the cup said Smith already had his handgun pointed at the car when he completed his U-turn at the dead end He said he slid down in the seat and accelerated to get away because he thought Smith was "going to kill us" Tye and a companion Tim Downer said they did not know their pursuer was a policeman until later when their car stalled Beginning of Probe An investigation began after one of the teen-ager's parents complained to Dist Atty Edwin Miller According to the district attorney the incident began like this:.