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02 The Sun SATURDAY, May 10, 1080 UCR receives Indian library at ceremony NAv t-, ft rrr A i 1 1 1 1 f' 5 i i --Jt I. MIKE FENOERThfl Sun NOW HE WATCHE8: Former baseball star Todd Cruz watches an Emanu El Elementary School student swing during a pickup baseball game on Friday. Cruz spoke to the youngsters about drug abuse. Cruz: Star seeks new chance MIKE FENDERThe Sun ARRESTED: Sheriff's Investigators examine an envelope they say they took from Southern Pacific supervisor Carl Thompson, shown In handcuffs during his arrest Friday. Thompson and two others were arrested In connection with the alleged theft of diesel fuel from Southern Pacific.

Diesel: Three arrested in stolen-fuel probe what they said was a payoff and an illegal tap into the railway's sion special agent for the railway's Dolice ne oaiu luuipau uvui "wrnaklnff the arrests. A few of his teammates tried to help. "But I was too far gone," he said. "I just didn't want to hear it from anybody. It got so that nobody could tell me anything.

And that's a terrible attitude to have." Cruz says he now supports the idea of mandatory drug testing for baseball players and other professional atheletes. "I agree with it," he said. "It would be a great way to stop the problems." He said he was tested for drugs only once during spring training in 1985. It was about two weeks later that he was released, he said. Continued fromBI came to the ballpark drunk to watch him play.

"I have a void in my heart right now that I ever let myself be ashamed of my mother," he said. "It was only because she was an alcoholic. But that's what alcohol does. It makes you want to turn away from those that you love. I guess maybe that's part of the reason my wife turned away from me." The Orioles had a substance abuse program for their players, Cruz said.

But he didn't take advantage of it. "Some guys get second chances as far as going to a rehab," he said. "I guess I was too far gone. I didn't want to do it I was just too much of an addict" (: i'i 1 .1. I 11 V' By CARLYETZER Sun Start Writer RIVERSIDE In ceremonies marked by tribal dances and rituals, the Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian and the Costo Chair In American Indian History were formally presented to the University of California at River side Friday.

"You now have the ball," Reu-pert Costo told Chancelor Ted Hullar. "And we don't expect you to fumble the ball. And we will be on the sidelines watching." The library consists of some 7,000 books and 9,000 documents, artifacts and artworks. It will be boused in a portion of the Tomas Rivera Library on the UCR campus. The chair was made possible by a $400,000 gift from the American Indian Historical Society, which Costo founded.

It is the first academic chair to be funded by American Indian peoples. Costo's wife, Jeanette, praised Hullar's efforts in bringing the ihair and the library Into being. "Dr. Hullar has taken an awful )t from us, let me tell you," she said, "because for the last five years we've insisted on certain standards and certain conditions for this library and this chair. Not iverybody wanted It Not every -body liked It" But Hullar.

she said, "has done an amazing job for us." "This is our gift to UCR out of love for the university and you," she told the audience. "We have now become part of your family, And we're proud to be a part" Hullar thanked the Costos for wail uc ici uicu a grauuus, un derfill and challenging gift' "It's a challenge that we accept and a gift that we accept," he said. "We are pleased to be entrusted with it. And I don't believe that we will fumble the ball." Costo, a native of Hemet, grew up on the Cahuilla Reservation. He was remembered during Friday's ceremonies by Superior Court Judge John Gabbert, who was a classmate of Costo's at Riverside City College In 1927.

"He was a farmer, cattleman, mineralologist, and surveyor," Gabbert said. "For 17 years, he was an engineer with the Division of Highways. He's an author and publisher. "Mr. Costo represented the Cahuilla people for eight years as spokesman," Gabbert said.

"He led their fight for their land and water rights. He defended their claims against the United States government for land that had been taken from them." Costo spent two years in Washington D.C. lobbying for American Indian tribes, Gabbert said, then founded the American Indian Historical Society, which has been his life's work since. Jeanette Costo is a former activist, feminist and reporter for the New York Times, Detroit Free Press and Cleveland Plain Dealer, he said. "She was a real fighter for the have-nots against the haves," Gabbert said.

Together, he said, they published "The Indian Historian," a scholarly journal, and later the "Wassaja," an Indian activist newspaper for the U.S. and Canada. ALL MODELS ON SALE Central City Mall A(U38B81 tzSv The Iron Horse Inn MOTHER'S DAY CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY BRUNCH fuel tank before Thompson and Goncher were; arrested early. Friday evening while the Base TMKtruck's two tanks were being filled with Southern Pacific fuel. They 'of.

I CI CXI UU I OUMiltC. Train employees watched curiously as sheriff's investigators swooped into the train yard during to make the bust. One deputy said Thompson, who generally would not be in the locomotive service area, chatted with workers as the tanker truck was being filled. Harlan said it not unusual for tanker trucks to be in the area, so the workers probably would not be He also said tat because Base Oil had done service with Southern Pacific before, some workers may not have questioned it. in fraud trial one of hisolients, might be dishonest.

Prosecutors have said Young over-appraised properties, used his contacts as an insurance agent to provide Burton with investors, and approved an investment brochure even after an official in one of Burton's companies told him it was misleading. "They said he also received a house from Burton that was purchased with investors' money. His attorney told the jurors at the trial that Young invested money with Burton and was never financially enriched from any transactions between the two. flF 1 CHOICE OF: Build your own omelette or steak eggs. Bacon or ham.

Homemade Biscuits Fresh fruit Homemade Rolls Champagne TAKE MOM OUT TO It 8 oz. TOP SIRLOIN LOBSTER. TWO 8 oz. TOP SIRLOIN Continued fromBI thefts occurred as many as three times a week, with each haul totaling 10,000 gallons. Payments of $800 to $1,800 depending on the market price of fuel were paid by the tanker truck drivers to a Southern Pacific employee, sheriff's deputies charged.

They believe the good fuel was then sold to other unsuspecting fuel companies for a hefty profit, said sheriff's Capt. Gerald Brody of the public affairs division. Sheriff's spokesman Jim Bryant said the alleged fuel taps have occurred for the last six months, but he added there are indications the plan may have been in operation for the last 18 months. If this is true, he said, the loss for Southern Pacific would be in the millions of dollars. Southern Pacific officials are not sure how much fuel has been taken, said Joe S.

Harlan, a divi Burton: Jury Continued fromBI nardino County history. The four are charged with cheating investors out of about $100 million between late 1979 and early 1981. Prosecutors have accused Burton of using false promises to attract investors in a pyramid scheme run through his mortgage loan companies, which included Universal Financial and California Equities Home Loan. They argued that he used money from new investors to pay off earlier investors, instead of putting it into loans secured by real estate and making a profit off the interest. He is also accused of spending some of the money himself.

Drugs: New Continued fromB1 the fire when he arrived for work at 8 a.m. April 15. "It was kind of traumatic in the sense you get to work and the building is still smoking," he said. The blaze caused extensive damage to the headquarters and destroyed office supplies and equipment, including a copy machine, typewriters and film and slide projectors, Pinon said. Client records were damaged by smoke and water but not destroyed, he said.

What compounded the loss was that the program's insurance covered only $10,000 worth of the damage, Pinon said. Casa de San Bernardino was founded in 1973 when a group of residents decided they wanted to do something about heroin addicts in the Meadowbrook neighborhood. It began with a $4,000 grant. Casa de San Bernardino was allocated $189,593 for this fiscal year from the county Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs. The allocation for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, is $191,113, ALL DINNERS INCLUDE FRIES, BOTTLE BEER 18017 VALLEY BLVD.

BLOOMINGTON LML- know from other sources that's Just not the case." He would not speculate on why the company records showed do losses. It was not clear if Base Oil had a contract with Southern Pacific to remove fuel waste from the train yard. Harlan said that at one time Base Oil did remove the railway's fuel waste some of which is held in a sump below the fuel tank but he did not know when that service was begun or terminated. Sheriff's investigators said they videotaped some of the transactions between Goncher and Thompson. On Friday, they videotaped agrees on counts Burton's attorney has said the businesses were legitimate, and that no investors would have lost money if regulatory agencies had not stepped in and shut them down.

Taylor has been charged with using an auto dealership called House of I lard tops to hide money for Burton, although his attorney has argued that the company's well-kept ledgers will vindicate him. Sanders, a real estate broker at the time, is accused of conspiring to defraud investors in real estate transactions handled for Burton. His attorney has said Sanders never met any investors and had no reason to believe that Burton, location sought county drug administrator Al Twine said. Among the center's programs are Spanish and English driving-under-the-influence classes, senior-citizen medication counseling, out-patient drug abuse prevention, counseling for juveniles and hard-drug abuse counseling. "The program is a very good program," Twine said Friday.

"We have every bit of confidence in the program." Casa de San Bernardino has some of the best qualified counselors of any drug program in the county and it has the ability "to take on any kind of drug client," he said. The program has a staff of eight, including four counselors, said Pinon, executive director for the last 2Vt years. "We need a lot of community support," said Pinon. "We need almost everything" including office equipment like furniture and typewriters, office supplies and financial contributions. Casa de San Bernardino can be contacted at (714) 381-5507.

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