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GM Loses To Marinite In Claims Court TEMPERATURES San Rafael at noon today 57 High yesterday 85, low today 46 RAINFALL 48 hours to noon today none Total to date .....................51.21 Last year to Average to DAILY Est. 1861 SERVING ALL OF MARIN COUNTY FORECAST Bay Area: Partly cloudy with 30 per cent chance of rain tonight, 40 per cent tomorrow. (Other weather, page 4 VOL 114 $2.50 A MONTH BY CARRIER 15c PER COPY SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1974 Telephone 454-3020 NO. 26 Law Officer Deaths Pledged In SLA Note Authorities Uncertain Message Is Authentic SACRAMENTO (UPI) A penciled note and tape recorded message received today by the Sacramento Bee claimed the Symbionese Liberation Army would execute five California peace officers every SLA member murdered. Bee: This com Framed by portions of a California Highway Patrol helicopter, the emerging network of the Highway 101 bypass of Novato begins to reveal its ultimate shape.

The morning scene, captured today by Sgt. James Dukes of the highway patrol, finds commuters heading north and south along the freeway, passing beneath the broad, low arch of the Rowland Boulevard overpass. Curving easterly and throwing two bridges across Novato Creek, the roadbed of the new by-pass creates a utilitarian pattern on the landscape. Beyond the Rowland overpass, a reservoir catches the morning light like a silver screen. Beyond it, climbing the hills, various residential neighborhoods of southern Novato form their own patterns.

The by-pass, which rejoins the old highway at San Marin Drive, is scheduled for completion in late August. Sausalito Seeks New Councilman Sausalito City Councilmen will meet in closed session at 7 p.m. tomorrow to discuss whether they will call a special election or appoint a successor to Leonard F. Rappa, who resigned from the council Saturday after only five weeks in office. Legally, they must select a replacement within 30 days or they are required to hold a special election, according to City Atty.

Leland H. Jordan. Time restrictions prevent a spe- eial election being held along with the June 4 primary. The four remaining councilmen met Saturday following announcement but were unable to decide on a course of action. The special meeting was held without the public announcement required by the Ralph M.

Brown Act. However, they are expected to decide soon, probably tomorrow night. going to See COUNCIL, page 4 Warm Springs Suit Hearing Under Way I-J Special FRANCISCO Hear- opened in U.S. District 1 here today on a lawsuit could permanently halt truction of the controver- $174 million Warm Springs i in Northern Sonoma Coun- ie Warm Springs Task a coalition of Marin and ima environmentalists and ens, charges in the sipt that Army Corps of Engineers mbled a faulty environmen- impact assessment of the ect. le task force claims the is did not give adequate iideration to the possibility earthquakes, mercury poi- ng or inundation of a dozen ia Indian archaeological in the area.

le dam will be built, the force claims, over the dry fault, which the environ- italists say could become Report active even though it has been inactive for thousands of years. The corps has refused comment on the earthquake charge, saying it will save its arguments for the court hearing. Although the corps said it would seal an old mercury mine to prevent poisoning of water and wildlife, the task force claims there is no adequate way to keep mercury out of the water. The task force charges that the Poma Indian village sites in the dry creek valley, upstream from the dam, may have significant archaeological value. The corps, however, said in its impact statement that the only valuable site is one below the dam The task force also charges that the corps used out of date information in calculating that the dam would be economically beneficial to Sonoma County.

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1447 Fourth San Rafael, Calif. 94902 Phone: (415) 456-9420 Member. Deposit Insurance Marinite Wins Claim Over GM John T. O'Rourke took on General Motors today in small claims court and won. The decision by municipal Judge Robert A.

Smallman to make Chevrolet Motors Division pay for a damaged engine in 1972 Vega could have far-reaching implications for hundreds of other Vega owners across the nation. O'Rourke, an engineering geologist, sued Chevrolet after reading a Wall Street Journal article that the motor company selectively extended warranties on 1972 Vegas to correct defects in the cooling system. The article said the extensions were made in some cases when owners complained that the defective cooling systems caused the cast-aluminum engine to overheat, requiring their replacement. 37. of 131 Hilldale Avenue, San Ansel mo, bought a station wagon in August 1972.

Thirteen months later he returned it to Campbell-Bishop Chevrolet in Corte Madera to complain it was using too much oil. Mechanics installed a recovery designed to assure that radiator fluid evaporate, but said the trouble persisted and a thorough examination by another mechanic last November showed scratches on the cylinder walls caused by overheating. So O'Rourke had the engine block replaced at a cost of $690. But when he presented the bill to Chevrolet, the company refused to pay, saying car was over the warranty by 8,000 miles. On advice of the Center for Auto Safety in Washington, sued Chevrolet for $500 the legal limit for such a suit in small claims court.

Before Judge Smallman today, W'illiam Perry, a Chevrolet motors told the judge warranties were not See CLAIM, page 4 COMIC DICTIONARY PARTY A social gathering where the most unpopular guest is the one who hears no evil, sees no evil, and speaks no evil Board Is Against Teacher Firings By PAUL Responding to the organized pressure of teacher and student groups. Tamalpais Union High School District trustees Saturday agreed that they oppose firing teachers and staff members as a means to eliminate an estimated $600.000 budget deficit next school year. Board members refused, however, to embody that opposition in a resolution as demanded by several members of the audience They said they might CANE do it tonight, however, in another meeting at 8 at the Redwood High School student center The board is now laced with several conflicting plans to cut next budget The latest two were presented Saturday, one from local groups, and the other a compromise proposal from Supt. Robert I) Torrey. See TAM, page 4 munique has been addressed to you as you represent the capital of the State of California.

You are responsible for informing the appropriate authorities, the taped message said. 'See another Hearst story, page 2.) purpose of this order is to prevent the setup and assassination of the members of the SLA by the fascist state agents. Suppression of this document can only result in the endangering of your civil it said. The messages, dated April 17, were received in a package postmarked Berkeley, April 19. The Bee said there was some doubt that the messages came from the SLA.

note nor tape contained the lengthy, ideological statements found in some SLA the Bee said The messages were signed by a a name not found in recent SLA public statements. They were turned over to the FBI this morning. An FBI spokesman said they would have to be analyzed before agents would make any comment. There was no mention in either the tape or penciled note of the kidnaping of Patricia Hearst. The note, on lined yellow paper with the SLA sevenhead- ed Cobra symbol, said Symbionese Liberation Army will not allow itself to be slaughtered by the fascist forces who suppress us now.

We therefore issue this warning five California law enforcement officers will be executed for every SLA member murdered. heed. This order will be enforced. The tape was read by a man who identified himself as but was interrupted at one poinf by another unidentified voice. It said, in part.

not think that by eliminating a few of our members that you can destroy our movement. We are There was then a pause in the tape and another voice said murders of SLA members, whether by police raids or undercover attack, will not be tolerated by this organization. Reprisals will consist of the execution of five California peace officers for every SLA member There was another pause and then the original voice said. is General Pax. in conclusion.

Make no mistake. Our tentacles reach throughout the nation. We will not be crushed by the mere police force of the Bav Area Dean Stans Contradicts Testimony NEW YORK (UPI) Flatly contradicting former Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans. John Dean testified today that he never told Stans there was no obligation to reveal Robert L.

secret 1972 Nixon campaign contribution of $200,000 to federal investigators. Called as a rebuttal witness by the government. Dean made his third appearance before the federal court jury in the Mitchell-Stans trial on what was scheduled to be the last day of testimony. Under cross examination by- See DEAN, page 4 McCarthy Interrupts Ford Talk, Arrested I-J Special Report 90 Injured In Blast In New York Building NEW YORK (UPI) An explosion and fire, apparently caused by a gas leak, ripped through a commercial building today and severely damaged an adjacent apartment building one block from the United Nations. The blast shortly before 7 a EDT, about an hour before the moining rush hour, severely damaged the two buildinge and blew out windows in the east midtown area between Second and First avenues.

Ninety-three persons were reported injured, eight seriously. Fire Department officials said 70 of the injured were taken to hospitals. Another 23 were treated at the scene. Eleven of the injured were policemen. Most of the injured came from the Envoy Towers, a residential building adjoining the commercial structure where the blast occurred.

Forty-fifth and 46th Streets, just east of Second Avenue, were strewn with glass and debris. Most of the injured suffered cuts from flying glass and the toll would have been much higher had it occurred during the rush hour. Many of the residents of the apartment bailding fled to the street in their nightclothes. The building later was completely evacuated of its 250 families as a precautionary measure. Two men who had been working in a garage under the apartment building and were reported missing were located later unharmed One of the buildings, a 25- storv blocklong office building at 305 E.

45th had almost the entire ground floor on the north side blown out and a stubborn fire broke out which later was brought under control There were no reports of damage to the huge I nited Nations complex, which is located east of Second Avenue along the East River and runs from 42nd Street to 48th Street. The U.S. mission said it had had no reports of damage from foreign missions, although two missions are housed in the building where the blast occurred and two other foreign missions are housed in neighboring buildings. Fire Commissioner John T. said the explosion occurred in the basement on the northwest side of the commercial building and traveled up an elevator shaft, blowing a 40- foot-wide hole through the brick wall on the Second Avenue side.

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Republican candidate for Congress, was arrested Saturday by the Secret Service for interrupting a speech by Vice President Gerald Ford. McCarthy, 25, was booked on suspicion of disturbing the peace. He was released on his own recognizance and will appear in Santa Clara County Municipal Court on May 6. Ford was addressing some 1.200 persons at the Republican State Central Committee when McCarthy stood up and protested Ford's claim that President Nixon was innocent in the Watergate scandals. The security men quickly moved in on McCarthy and dragged him from the hall at the Le Baron Hotel.

McCarthy told the Independent-Journal he stood up common sense demanded it" and that he only wanted debate intelligently with the Contrary to Ford's dialogue around the that only the men had done wrong, McCarthy said, the fact is similar misdeeds have been trademark ever since he first ran for public office. McCarthy said he also was irritated because the convention's executive committee endorsed Thomas O. Caylor oi San Francisco, a rival candidate in the special election in the Sixth Congressional District McCarthy also is a candidate for the GOP nomination in the Fifth Congressional District, as is Caylor Ford warned of Republican losses if the party allows Democrats to make the November elections national on the President Court Sidesteps Stand On Racial Hiring Quotas Cosell Considers Race for Senate NEW YORK (UPI) Sports commentator Howard Cosell says he has been considering opposing Sen. James Buckley, in the 1976 Senate race because he wants to something more meaningful with my life." any normal human being. getting along in years and I want to do something more meaningful with my life before all cashed in, he said in a telephone interview.

dissatisfied with conditions that exist in government today and I want to try to do something about it," he said WASHINGTON (UPI) The Supreme Court sidestepped its first chance to rule specifically on racial hiring quotas and let stand today a lower court ruling that such requirements for state-supported construction jobs are constitutional. In a brief order, the Court left in effect a decision by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a quota section in a state contract for construction at Boston State College. Left open was the general question of whether specific hiring quotas to improve the lot of minorities violate the traditional concept of a Constitution. The contract at Boston State College required that 20 per cent of the man-hours involved in construction in all work categories be done by minorities.

In other actions, the Supreme Court Agreed to consider whether President Dwight D. Eisenhower acted illegally in directing that a soldier convicted of murder, and whose death sentence he commuted, never be eligible for parole Refused to overturn a U.S. Court of Claims decision giving an off-reservation tribe a share of timber revenues from the lands of the Hoopa Indians in northern California. Both the Justice Department and other Indians in the West had contested the ruling. Agreed to decide whether a federal grand court improperly invalidated part of New Jersey's new obscenity law before state courts had a chance to rule on it INTERIORS 2020 Fourth San Rafael Spring Upholstery Special SOFA $88 labor only; plus fabric CHAIR $48 labor only; plus fabric NO GIMMICKS; NO HIDDEN CHARGES 454-8970 Labor UiuonditionalK Guaranteed Free Estimate-.

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