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e'W-V THE FRESNO BEE THE REPUBLICAN FRESNO CALIFORNIA Tuesday June 24 1975 Vol 106 No 19035 Founded 1922 15c 5 Sections 82 Pages FINAL EDITION Warns Turks Allies On Threats strengthens his hand with Congress and with President Ford While Kissinger noted an improvement in congressional executive braneh relations on foreign policy in recent months much of his speech was devoted to answering his congressional critics He said that "We must maintain the bedrock of our security" as embodied in the current defense budget and balance of power To his critics on the right he granted the continuing ideological and political rivalry with the Soviet Union but insisted that "in the thermonuclear age there is no' alternative to a serious effort to ease tensions on a reliable and reciprocal Kissinger had cleared his speech with Ford over the weekend and aides to both men insisted that their relations remained dose and cordial The aides indicated however that as the presidential elections draw nearer the interests of the two men See Kissinger Page Al toward new crises" Kissinger reiterated that the United States "will not accept stalemate or stagnation" in Arab-Israeli talks and will all Its interests" in the area The word "an" was underlined in the text to stress that the US had vital interests in the area other than insuring survival Then to further underline this whole message he added "we urge aU parties to take seriously these words which were carefully chosen" speech to the Southern Council on International and Publie Affairs and the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce is part of a series he plans to deliver around the country in the coming months to rebuild an American consensus on foreign policy in the wake of the fall of Vietnam and Cambodia to the Communists High State Department officials also acknowledged that to the people" as they put it NY Times News Sendee ATLANTA Secretary of State Kissinger warned Turkey as well as American allies in general Monday night against thinking they are "doing us a favor by remaining in an alliance with It was the first substantive US response to the Turkish note last calling for talks with Washington within 30 days and threatening implidty to close American bases if the military aid ban voted by Congress was not lifted Kissinger said in a speech prepared for delivery here: ally whose perception of its national interest changes will find us prepared to adapt or end our treaty relationship No ally can pressure us by a threat of termination: we will not accept that its security is more important to us that it is to itself" Administration officials also called attention to the more urgent tone of remarks on the Middle East "We are now at a point where there must be a turn toward peace or SenatorsQuestion Gangland Figure In CIA Plot Probe By DAVID MARTIN WASHINGTON (AP) Using a back stairway underworld figure John Rosselli arrived today to testify before a closed meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee about his role in an alleged Central Intelligence Agency plot to kill Cuban Premier Fidel Castro "He's camera shy" said a committee spokesman acknowledging that back door 1 entrance was to avoid photographers According to his attorney Roselli 70 intends to cooperate with the committee and will not invoke his privilege against self-incrimination or bargain for immunity A former lieutenant of Chicago rackets chief Sam Giancana Rosselli has been named in published reports as one of those involved in a 1960 plot to kill Castro Giancana also named in the plot was murdered last week in an apparent gangland slaying Flood Cause? 'We'll Never Know' p( Today) Lou Graham wins US Qsen D3 State plans Medi-Gal drugs at saving A5 US Russ set 'weather war' accord A6 into the most heavily flooded Shields Avenue north on Pleasant Lafayette and Lorna Avenues Monday afternoon But he said it appears maybe only one or two houses had water in them the only real problems will be in garages" he said Today the only remaining sign of the flooding was some standing water in the Shields Pleasant Lafayette and Lorna arefs The little mud and debris brought in by the canal water was being swept up by residents TACOMA Complaint Dismissed Approval Nears On ETV Robert A Maheu a former aide to billionaire Howard Hughes and allegedly the liaison between the CIA and Rosselli and Giancana invoked the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination when he appeared before the committee Maheu is expected to be granted a limited form of immunity in return for his testimony Meanwhile White House officials deny they are delaying delivery of key documents for the committee's investigation Sen Frank Church head of the committee said Monday that delays in receiving the material have forced postponement of appearances of high officials from the Kennedy and Johnson administrations before his panel Without the documents quite useless for us to bring these witnesses before the committee all of them are essential all of them See CIA Page Al Chuckle a small world until it comes to driving in from the airport Ivy Baker Priest former US treasurer dies A4 AP Wirephoto Winner on Page D8 and from whum they obtained sealed Grand Jury information The sentences were imposed on Fresno Bee Managing Editor George Gruner City Editor James Bort Jr and reporters William Patterson and Joe Rosato Peckinpah ordered the newsmen to remain in jail until they reveal the source of their information The Bee employes appealed the decision and are free pending a ruling from the higher court In the closing brief the newsmen state 1070 of the California Evidence Code is so worded as to give absolute protection to a newsman seeking to protect his news sources" Section 1070 also known as the Shield Law" combined with the provision of the First See Bee Page A8 Index Amusements Theaters D7 Bridge C6 Classified D9ToD16 Comics D2 Contemporary Life C14 To C15 Editorials A 14 Financial A12A13 News In Brief C2 Sports D3 To D6 Sylvia Porter A 13 Television-Radio D8 Vital Statistics D16 Weather D17 Your Horoscope D2 Weather Forecast: Considerable cloudiness today clearing tonight mostly fair Wednesday: northwest winds 5-15 miles per hour with some stronger gusts: Fresno temperatures: 76 50 today's low S3 Monday's high 86 Details On Page D17 Bee SvAeepstokes The Don Lawrence family in the photo at left was busy today desning up debris in front of the family home at 222S Shields Ave carried in Monday by flood waters from a break in the Herndon Canal The wavy line denotesthe heavily flooded areas from the canal break speculated the bank was probably weakened by either burrowing muskrats or Squirrels from an adjacent field a Willison said but he noted rodents would have had to dig high in the bank because the bottom is hardpan If it was squirrels bet there aren't many any more" Willison added The field was inundated Willison said the canal banks are checked for seepage every day water is running He said the man who See Flood Pago A he expects his department will decide by the whether to give Channel 18 the funds that are sought- HEW must allocate 812 million in the budget for the current fiscal year for educational television stations However Halleck said the grant program is being computerized which has caused some delays There have been indications HEW looked favorably upon the Channel 18 application although priorities for funding now favor established ETV outlets During the period when the Channel 18 application was not being acted upon the cost of putting the station on the air went up 10-15 per cent according to County Schools Supt Ernest A Poore All of that increase would have to be made up in the local contribution since the amount of See ETV Page A8 Across with former planning commissioner Norman Bains and Aluisi on May 7 1973 when the bribery plot allegedly was hatched and over saying he had received the money (alleged to be 84000) from Aluisi as a slate campaign contribution for his election effort of 1973 Stefano at length described his movements on May 7 1973 He told the jury about a court appearance in Visalia two visits with clients and an afternoon of drinking with a car salesman from Arnold Wiebe Inc in Visalia His testimony was in line with what he told an Alameda County jury two months ago Caeton sought to impeach the testimony by referring to statements to the Grand Jury in Sec Aluisi Page A8 Bee Photo As for the cause of the flooding FID Manager Paul Willison admits probably never really know what happened because the evidence washed away" A 13-foot-wide earthen bank of the canal between West and Hughes Avenues near Ashlan Avenue gave way about 4:15 am It took two dozen men and seven pieces of heavy equipment five hours to plug the break which expanded to nearly 20 feet wide before it was repaired District Engineer Howard Keck gotiations between TACOMA and the board prevented approval last year Earlier this year TACOMA asked that its own objection be dismissed because of board progress toward involvement of Mexican-Americans in management and programming decisions of Channel 18 The Office of Civil Rights gave its blessing and -now the complaint is past action dears the way for HEW to approve Sisk said A spokesman for Sisk added that some final decision is anticipated within a week The FCC already has indicated the Channel 18 proposal is HEW earlier indicated its concern that the valley was the most populods area of the nation not served by any form of locally originated public television Stuart Halleck said today Before Stefano could answer Monterey County Superior Court Judge Stanley Lawson intervened and admonished the jury to disregard the reference to the Oakland proceedings Outside the court Caeton said he was not surprised at Stefano's Stefano trial date is delayed Dl mention of his acquittal and said it will have a "substantial on the decision testimony centered on his actions prior to and immediately after the refund was awarded to his "good Aluisi He categorically denied ever receiving any money from Aluisi from the refund fees ever meeting McClatchy News Service A complaint that has held up approval of a public and educational television station for the San Joaquin Valley has been dismissed by the Federal Communications Commission clearing the way for full approval possibly this week In December 1973 the Fresno County Board of Education asked the FCC for permission to establish a community noncommercial station on Channel 18 The board also asked the US Department id Health Education and Welfare to grant 8430500 to put the station on the air However the Television Advisory Committee of Mexican-Americans (TACOMA) filed an informal objection with the FCC and the subsequent investigation by the US Office of Civil Rights coupled with ne By MIKE LASSITER Bee Staff Writer An insurance adjuster was out today assessing the flood damage in northwest Fresno from break in the Herndon Canal while officials of the Fresno Irrigation District were still scratching their heads trying to figure out what caused tt -Richard Owens a claims adjustor for Fund American Insurance carrier said he should have an estimate soon on damage Owens said he wu unable to get Amin's Howl: 'The British Are By ANDREW TORCHIA NAIROBI Kenya (AP) The British government has rejected Ugandan President Idi Amin's latest demands along with his charge that Britain is threatening to invade Uganda because id the death sentence he has given a British teacher and writer who called him a village tyrant the army! Alert the air force! Tell Libya to send in a bomb the former heavyweight boxing champion-shouted to his aides after a furious Interview Monday with Lt Gen Sir Chandos Blair his former commanding officer and a special envoy sent by Queen Elizabeth II to ask for clemency for 61-year-old Denis Hills Amin told newsmen in Kampala the Ugandan capitaL that Blair had threatened to send in British troops from neighboring Kenya if Hills was executed "He should know that Africans no longer wash the bottoms and the feet of Europeans" the president declared "The British should beg me It is not for me to beg the British I am not afraid lam not worried at Amin said Hills must faee a firing squad unless British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan comes to Uganda to review economic and political issues between him and Britain Callaghan told the House of Commons in London he would not SeeAminPsgeAf Bee 4 Call Contempt Sentences Unjustified Stefano Gets Acquittal By CHARLES MILOS Bee Staff Writer Attorneys for four Fresno Bee newsmen facing indefinite jail terms claim there is no justification for the sentences imposed for refusing to reveal news sources In a 26-page closing brief asking the Sib District Court of Appeal to reverse the sentences the newsmen argue they are protected by the federal and state constitutions which "afford them a privilege of of news sources A hearing on the appeal to overturn the contempt of court citations is set for July 11 before the three judges of the appeal court The jail terms were ordered by Fresno County Superior Court Judge Denver Peckinpah when the newsmen declined to tell him how By LARRY CARROLL Bee Staff Writer MONTEREY Despite the best laid plans of the prosecution in the bribery and conspiracy trial of developer Julius Aluisi Fresno City Councilman Mare A Stefanq mentioned his acquittal on similar charges during testimony in the ninth day of trial The acquittal reference came when Chief Deputy Dist Ally Dennis Caeton asked Stefano if he had had a chance to review minutes of the June 28 1973 Fresno City Council meeting during which the Aluisi sewer fee refund was approved since my acquittal in said Stefano "You were determined to get that in weren't Caeton replied I a-.