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The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 1

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The Fresno Beei
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Fresno, California
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THE BEE THE REPUBLICAN1 FRESNO CALIFORNIA Monday June 3 1 974 VoL 104 No 18649 Founded 1922 15c 3'Section 44 Pages FINAL EDITION warn a 250000 May Go Back To Mexico Mass Alien Ouster Looms By Ron Taylor place local workers who are left transit" or stopped at the border Herb Walsh deputy director of the Border Patrol's Livermore Sector including the San Joaquin Valley estimated 60 per cent of the alieits apprehended are agricultural workers Already this spring apprehensions by the Border Patrol in the San Joaquin Valley are up 34 per cent over last year when it was unofficially estimated one worker in three during the peak of the harvest was probably here illegally In 1973 national immigration service figures show 670000 illegal aliens were captured Of those 519000 were Mexicans 109000 were picked up on farms 71000 in industrial jobs and the remaining 490000 were "in Protest Bars County Move To Activate ETV Station By Jim Boren Fresno Bee Staff Writer Fresno County's application to activate Channel 18 as an educational television (ETV) station in the Central San Joaquin Valley has been turned down but may be reconsidered in September Tony Coelho administrative assistant to Rep Sisk D-Frcsno said the US Department of Health Education and Welfare turned down the FroMBn Stott Writer ITS Border Patrol Chief Robert Stewart estimated 230000 illegal aliens most of them agricultural workers will be captured in Cali-fornia this summer and deported to Mexico Nationally the patrol expects to arrest 800000 illegal aliens in 1974 The arrest rate has been increasing at mine than 30 per cent a year for several yean Teen Saves Parents In Plane Fire McClalchir Niwwagwx Servlet CHOWCHILLA A Phoenix Ariz man and his wife were pulled from the flaming wreckage of their 37-year-old antique aircraft when it cradled into a cotton field near here Sunday Investigators said Kreg Linder 17 pulled his pilot father Walter 41 and his mother Thelma 40 from the wreckage seconds after it struck the ground near Avenue 26 and Road 13 The elder Linders were reported in satisfactory condition today in Merced General Hospital Linder had a broken leg and dislocated hip The 1937 Stinson Gullwing reportedly the only plane of its kind lost power soon after takeoff from the Merced West Coast Antique Fly-In plane nosed in and almost hit a cement young Linder said hit some really loose ground and the airplane went up so high after it landed that it cut telephone wires and flipped on its back" A wing caught fin immediately and Kreg began pulling his parents from the wreckage with help from I auric Gormlcy 17 his girlfriend also of Phoenix Linder told investigators he lost a propellor and oil began covering the fuselage seconds before the crash (Top News Inside World Generals okay Golan truce details signing due Wednesday A4 Nation House subcommittee approves California water funds C12 State and Local SLA rally hears call to fight on A7 Heading The Powwow Demos GOP Await Primary Decisions Chavcz charged two thirds of the seasonal farm work force in California is now illegal He added per cent of the grape workers in the Coachella harvest now illegal They (illegals) are all over the place" California employs 280000 farm- workers a year according to the US See Aliens Page A4 June 30 and the agency dwided to approve those applications on which no objections had been filed HEW said it would reconsider those applications which were objected to in September Coelho said The county had applied for the grant to activate Channel 18 in cooperation with Madera Kings and Tulare Counties Coelho said the Fresno County Department of Education and See ETV Page A4 Candidates Finish Up County Push Bv Mike Lassiter Fresno Bee SloM Writer Two dozen candidates for contested Fresno County offices will be looking for a return on their nearly $129000 in campaign investments tomorrow Despite the money and time expended by the politicians County-Election Suiiervisor Richard Jansen estimates no more than 68 per cent of the county's 184318 registered voters will answer the call to the polls While Watergate is being blamed at least in part for voter apathy it has not proven a deterent to offiee seekers With incumbents of both major ki1-ilica parties considered to be cam-jwigning on shake)- grounds nationwide this year eager candidates have come forth to test the theory on the local nonpartisan level As a result for the first time in 24 years there is a raw' for rlerk-reenrder: for the first time in 16 See County Page A4 Today's Chuckle Be thrifty when you are young and when you arc old you'll be able to afford all the things only the young can enjoy games dances and food The event was highlighted with the dedication of an Indian village part of the national park's new cultural program Additional photos and story on Page Cl Bee Photo Harmon John of Clear Lake a California Porno Indian displays a huge headdress during speeial ceremonies over the weekend in Yo-semite National Park The two-day event was attended by about 250 -Indians and included Indian Co Iso Ma kes Dea I Guilty On 1 Count United Farm Workers of America President Cesar Chavez wants the illegal aliens out of the fields He contends farmers and labor contractors use them as strike breakers In areas outside the strike zone the illegals re- $430583 grant application because of an objection filed by the Television Advisory Committee of Mexican-Americans (TACOMA) Coelho said the application was favorably received by HEW until TACOMA filed the objection which contends Spanish-surnamed persons wen excluded from participating in tile application process He said HEW must appropriate its money by the end of the fiscal year judgeships The ballot propositions whether statewide or local will be open to all voters also Most of the interest ill the statewide voting is centered on the contests for the Democratic and Republican nominations for governor If the public opinion polls are accurate Democrat Edmund Brown Jr and Reimlilican Houston I Flournoy will emerge as the leading contenders for the lug prize at the November 5 general election i Their rivals however do not believe in the polls Democrats Bob Mo-retti William Matson Roth Joseph Alioto Jerome Walilie Baxter Ward and Hcrlxrt Hafif art clinging to the hope there is a strong enough "undecided'' factor in the polls to swing the election to their respective camps in the final showdown Likewise Lt Gov Ed ReincCke Flournoy's principal opponent is counting on a last minute switch to his cam-laign Other statewide races involving many candidate on tomorrow's bal-See Primaries Page A1 Fresno Media Will Air Vote Fresno area television and radio stations will broadcast returns from Tuesday's election beginning shortly after the dose of polls at 8 pm KMJ-TV Channel 24 will interrupt a movie with seven minutes of voting results starting at 8:32 pm and eakh half-hour thereafter KMJ Radio will broadcast results during the San Francisco Giants baseball game each half hour then following the game will air continuous live coverage of the election Both KFSN-TV Channel 30 and KJEO-TY Channel 47 will superimpose election results over their regularly scheduled programming as they become available In the Bee Today Amusements Theaters CIO Bridge All Classified C12 To C19 Comics tiiii C2 Contemporary Life A12 A13 Editorials AL4 Financial C8 C9 Harris Survey A13 News In Brief A13 Obituaries C12 Politics By Rodda A1 Heston's Comment A15 Spurts C4 ToC7 Stop Killing Yourself A13 Sylvia Porter C8 Television-Radio C3 Vital Statistics C12 Weather C12 Your Horoscope C2 Security Game Winners Page A10 The indictment 1o which Colson pleaded guilty said he devistd and im plcmcnted "a scheme to defame destroy the public image and credibil ilv of Daniel Ellslxrg and those en gaged in (lie legal defense of Danioj Kllslicrg Apxaring before US District Judge Gerhard (icsell Colson saic "my motives and purpose were tc neutralize Dr Kllsberg as an antiwai speaker It didn't mutter to in that he was facing serious rrimina charges" Colson said over tin last two years See Colson Page A4 Weather Forecast: Fair through Tuesday northwesterly winds 5-15 mph wit! stronger gusts on the West Side: tem pcraturcS :5 64: today's low 64 Sunday's high 94 Details on Page Cl 2 The Bee Recommends As a guide to the voters The Bee makes the following recommendations on candidates in contested races and propositions to be voted on at Tuesday's primary election: WASHINGTON AP) Former presidential aide Charles Colson pleaded guilty today to a charge that lie led an attempt 1o influence the outcome of the Daniel Kllsberg trial in 1971 Colson pleaded guilty to a one-eouut grand jury indictment accusing him of obstruction of justice Other charges against Colson related to the lireakin at the office of Ells-berg's psychiatrist were dropped in the surprise1 court development Indications were that charges against Colson in the Watergate cov-emp also would be dropped The new indictment said Colson attempted to get the original Ellsbcrg case "tried in the Kllslicrg a former Pentagon analyst had liccn accused of leaking the Pentagon Patters to the press But Ellsbcrg was freed in early 1973 when Judge Matthew Byrne found misconduct by the government in the cast citing wiretapping and the breakin at the of ice of Dr Uwis Fielding elf alB iSStK! tnVDfiDOV mgm By Richard Rodda McCiotcfty Newspapers Political Editor SACRAMENTO Democrats anil Republicans ulxiutotf million strong are exxcted to go to the polls tomorrow to pick their favorites in tiie quadrennial gulxrnatorial primary election The polls will open at 7 am and close at 8 pm in the 240M2 precincts throughout tlio state The election also will 1m of interest to about 80000 members of tile Peace and Freedom and American Independent parties the 33700 who designated other iKirties and 332000 who registered declined to state The ballots of those who are not registered in the legally qualified parties Democratic Republican 'Peace and Freedom and AIP will be comparatively short They can only vote in the non-partisan races such as state suxrinlcndcnt of public instruction city and county offices and STATE ASSEMBLY (30th District 1 A1 Villa Democrat (31st District) Heyward Moore Democrat FRESNO COUNTY SUPERVISOR (1st District) Lester Riggins (4th District) James Cassidy incumbent ASSESSOR Gerald Gard incumbent COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER II Masini incumbent PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR Sloan McCormick incumbent SHERIFF-CORONER Melvin A Willmirth incumbent COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Ernest A Poore incumbent STATE PROPOSITIONS No 1 Recreational Lands Bond Act Vote YES -No 2 Clean Water Bond Act Vote YES No 3 Veterans Bond Act Vote YES No 4 Reassessment of Property Vote YES Na 5 Highways and Mass Transit Guideways Vote YES Na 6 Public Legislative Proceedings Vote YES No 7 State Civil Service Exemptions Vote YES Na 8 Sacramento County-Cities Consolidation Vote YES Na 9 Political Reform Initiative Vote YES CLOVIS SCHOOL MEASURE $93 million bond issue Vote YES rITttOL wit GOVERNOR William Roth Democrat Houston 1 Flournoy Republican LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Mervyn Dymally Democrat John Veneman Republican SECRETARY OF STATE Cathy Democrat Brian Van Camp Republican STATE CONTROLLER Robert II Mendrisohn Democrat William Bagley Republican STATE TREASURER Gray Davis Democrat John Kehoe Republican STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL William A Norris Democrat Evelle Younger incumbent Republican STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Wilson Riles incumbent STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION (2nd District) John Lynch incumbent Democrat No recommendation Republican (1st District) George Reilly incumbent Democrat No recommendation Republican UNITED STATES SENATOR Alan Cranston incumbent Democrat Norecommendation Republican REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESS (17th District) i John Krebs Democrat No recommendation Republican FFT I for the officers said the CHP is the second-largest law enforcement agency in the state behind the Los Angeles Police Department but its pay rank 103Ul Ryfee said the CHP is 15 per cent behind the pay scales of the five largest agencies Bee Photo By Joseph A Fnsina Jr mmy Four-year-old Troy Carver a son of California Highway Patrolman Gerald Garver carries a sign asking why his father's pay is not higher More than 59 CUP officers their wives and children from area offices picketed the Fresno CUP office today in favor or higher pay Fred Rylre a spokesman Fresno CHP Pay Protest nwpia ms "re iwfi iei ei pi enwj i 'u 36 s' it.

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