The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 6

Page AC Tuesday June 24 1975 THE FRESNO BEE US Russ AqreeTo Outlaw Weather-Change One senior official said that neither the Soviet Union nor the United Slates was apparently devoting much energy to environmental warfare and that the purpose of the accord therefore would be to head off a problem at some future date rather than limit present activity He said the proposed agreement fell in the same category as the accord that barred nuclear weapons from orbit around the earth and in the seabed By BERNARD GWERTZKAN NY Times New Service WASHINGTON The United States and the Soviet Union have reached virtual agreement on the draft of an aecord to outlaw techniques for changing the weather for military purposes' American officials taid Monday The language of the document was worked out in discussions held in Geneva last week and is now being submitted to both governments for farther study before final jgreement can be announced One senior official said that some minor disagreement remained It is uncertain whether the agreement will be made publie at the summer session of the Geneva conference of the Committee on Disarmament where a ban on environmental warfare 15 on the agenda The disarmament conference reconvenes today It is possible that Moscow and Washington may decide to put agreement off until the meeting between President Ford and Leonid I Brezhnev the Soviet Communist -party leader tentatively set for this fall in Washington The negotiations on man-induced weather changes arose from last year's meeting in Moscow between Brezhnev and President Richard Nison 'In their final communique the two leaders said that in an effort to the potential danger to mankind from possible new means of warfare" they had decided the two countries should explore the problem The communique said that and technical advances in environmental fields including climate modification may open possibilities for using environmental modification techniques for military purposes" These could have long-lasting and severe effects harmful to human it said American officials declined to make publie the draft text they are working on but said it was couched in broad terms They said it was reasonably easy to negotiate because both sides were in philosophical agreement on the problem Threats Warning reports" of clashes between Cambodian and Vietnamese forces along their border and off the Wait Islands However Kissinger said the information is either hand or comes from intelligence sources There is evidence" he said of fighting within Cambodia itself On other matters Kissinger said: decision has been made on whether he should resume seeking an interim settlement in the Middle East should be kept free as possible" of great power rivalry administration has fixed for resuming relations with Cuba but is prepared to improve tiie relationship on the basis of a series of steps Kissinger said his visit here was based on a desire to give US foreign policy strong public support achieve whatever purpose the aid restriction was meant to The Senate has voted to lift the ban and Ford met Monday morning with key representatives in an effort to prod the House into similar action Kissinger did not specifically name Turkey in Ids warning to allies but State Department officials said that Turkey was the target on his speech His warning the officials said also applied to Thailand and Greece In a press conference this afternoon Kissinger declared President Ford has no intention of making foreign policy a partisan issue on his election campaign will conduct his office for the best interests of the Kissinger told a news conference here our relationship we will not discuss what helps him as a candidate but what helps the nation" On another subject Kissinger said the government has firm Aluisi Acquittal Init irprl Chilrlrmn camp van collided iiiUrea V-nuaren vm pitched Firemen and ambulance attendants make their way These youngsters among 11 children who were injured when their day before being taken Bee: 'No Justification In with a dump truck near Irvine One through the windshield and killed are being treated on the scene to a bospitaL APWirephoto Sentences' Continued from Page Al which he allegedly said he could not clearly remember the events of that day Stefano said he has since changed that response based on what other witnesses have said Stefano testified repeatedly that he handled Aluisi's request for assistance routinely and said he off Aluisi's mention of the alleged bribe offer to Asst City Atty James McKelvey at Pardini's May 101973 did not take the remark Stefano testified referring to Bains alleged offer of 31000 to Asst City Atty James McKelvey for his services in obtaining a favorable opinion for the 311520 refund called Bains to ask him about it and he told me he was just 'sbuckin and jivin' and that McKelvey had not taken the offer seriously" Stefano testified He said he told me one of Aluisi's allegations because they have laughed me out of the Stefano denied lobbying other council members for a favorable vote on the Aluisi refund and said any note to Councilman Dale Doig (brought out in previous testimony) seeking such a vote concerned another matter not the Aluisi refund He said he was convinced through Aluisi's appeal and available staff information that Aluisi was and deserved the refund Defense attorney Paul Moseslan established that Stefano routinely mentioned the refund matter during his conversations with various city officials in May and June of 1973 He also established that Stefano sought to expedite the refund because he (Stefano) thought Aluisi was a victim of City HaU tape" Closing out testimony on his behalf Aluisi told the jury he felt McKelvey the details of what he characterized as bastards (McKelvey and Bains) trying to shake me dews" The Aluisi trial was moved out of Fresno because of advance publicity Administration officials have said the bill was too expensive and that the programs it creates would produce another and unnecessary layer of the federal bureaucracy The Senate sent the bill to the White House earlier this month by a 72-24 vote The House had approved it 253 to 155 well short of the two-thirds needed to override Today was the deadline for a presidential decision on whether to sign orvetothebilL 15 Continued from Page Al are bound to diverge in some respects Ford is said to be growing more sensitive to pulls from the conservative side of the Republican party and many of goals as he seeks to leave a lasting mark on American' policies concluding another nuclear arms pact with Moscow and bending toward Third World demands for equal economic justice run counter to conservative ideology and economics As if trying to develop some momentum toward a new consensus by sounding more upbeat Kissinger said "We are on the way to restoring our unity and therefore our capacity to act as a confident Using mOd language however Kissinger again chided legislators for not removing the aid ban against Turkey which Congress imposed' after invasion of Cyprus last summer By these acts he charged weaken the political ties endanger our collective defense and also fail to Flood: Puzzle Continued from Page Al checked the Herndon bank Sunday found no problems And only last Friday Willison said an FID superintendent checked that entire stretch of canal bank and also found nothing unusual The Herndon Canal was built in the early 1880s Willison said and there has been a bit of trouble" The break was not caused by too much water running through the canal Willision said the water level was two feet below the top of the bank i Adding further mysterjn'to ifie break is that it occurred on a straight stretch of canal which is not subject to stressWDlisoa Said Willison said initial reports indicate 95 per cent of the water was confined to the streets and sewers The water in some areas notably around Shields and Lafayette Avenues lapped into garages before the canal bank was plugged Willison said the district insurance carrier will make reasonable adjustments attributable to water damage" He said claims can be settled quicker if people will itemize their damage before contacting the district by telephone or letter At this point Willison said the amount of damage is unknown In areas where the district has felt canal banks might weaken a cement liner has been added when financing has permitted Willison said He said the portion of the Herndon Canal which brake was not considered for lining before but it will be now Socialists Demonstrate Portugal's Socialists tuned out Portugal's Socialists tuned out Ford Will Veto Housing' Aid Bill Peckinpah confiscated that key and several others "Thus we have the preposterous situation of four men being given indefinite jail sentences after having answered all questions dealing with persons covered by the protective order for invoking their absolute statutory privilege to refuse to disclose a news source when the trial court only suspected a technical violation of one of its orders without any showing or a reasonable likelihood that such alleged violations would result in an appealable issue or that prejudice would result to the administration of justice in the Stefano case" Wall said The news articles based on the Grand Jury testimony appeared after it was determined Stefano's and Aluisi's trials would be moved out of Fresno And Wall said the stories did not contain anything that had not already been reported about Bains There were ends" after Peckinpah concluded the hearings all said but nothing was done to tie up those loose ends and Wall comments: ETV: Okay Near Continued from Page A1 money requested from HEW last year was not increased That means a local contribution offset somewhat by the trade-in val- ue of equipment already on hand of at least 3200000 The original local contribution was figured at 3144600 with about 360000 of that coming from the value of existing equipment Poore said today it would take about 18 months from the time the funding is approved before Channel IS would be on the air Continued from Page A1 Amendment to the Constitution ire the basic laws which newsmen declare are their legal rights to protect news sources However Peckinpah and Max Robinson an assistant bounty counsel who handled the case for the court say that is not so They claim Section 1070 is unconstitutional because it interferes with the powers of the court And Robinson in a brief opposing the The Bee's appeal maintained the First Amendment of freedom of the press is not at issue in this case and that the right to a fair trial is overriding The Grand Jury testimony led to indictment of Fresno City Councilman Marc A Slefano Fresno developer Julius Aluisi and former city planning commissioner Normsn Bains Sr They were charged with conspiracy and bribery Stefano was acquitted by an Oakland Jury Aluisi is on trial now in Monterey and Bains' trial is pending During the hearings The Bee newsmen told the court none of the persons covered by Peckinpah's gag order prohibiting discussion of the case gave them the Grand Jury testimony However the newsmen declined to answer other questions and were found in contempt of court 73 times Jeff Wall an attorney representing The Bee employes said the newsmen did not violate any court orders and Peckinpah suspects that petitioners (the newsmen) Mow the identify of the alleged violator" The newsmen declined to say if they possessed or read the Grand Jury testimony but did say a master courthouse key in the possession of Patterson was not used to obtain the information Amin: British Continued from Page A1 talk with Amin under duress But he added even now President Amin is prepared to exercise clemency then my visit to Uganda will follow in a short time" The British High Commission in Nairobi said Amin's talk of a British invasion was nonsense The Defense Ministry in London said have no troops in Kenya and there are no plans to Send any there" Officials expressed concern however for more that 900 British subjects living in Uganda a British territory until 1962 and still a member of the Commonwealth They include more than 700 British teachers businessmen missionaries and their families and some 200 British Asians Amin said these Binoss are as spies" and would be in real danger if Britain invaded Hills who is suffering from terminal cancer had been would appear that the court really was not interested in pursuing those gaps in the evidence Respondent (Peckinpah) is not fooling anyone by suggesting that The Fresno Bee's editors and reporters were just witnesses in the hearings court and its counsel revealed' through several Frhedian slips which can be found interspersed throughout the transcripts (of the Peckinpah hearings) that they had already decided how The Bee got the information: one of the reporters used a master key -to break into office and thereupon stole one of the (Grand Jury transcripts" During the hearings before Peckinpah all the newsmen denied the key was used for such a purpose In conclusion The closing brief declares contempt convictions were handed down without any justification whatever and must be annulled" QA: Delay Denial Continued from Page A1 have to be very carefully questioned" the Idaho Democrat said Meanwhile committee planned to take testimony today from Rosselli a onetime member of the Al Capone gang about his role in an alleged CIA plot to kill Castro Church's criticism of the White House regarding CIA documents was called "unfortunate" and by assistant White House counsel Roderick Hills Hills said the White House has given the committee access to all of the assassination evidence gathered by the Rockefeller Commission as well as minutes of the special White House group known as Mongoose where the possible assassination of Castro reportedly was discussed have met and will meet an of our said Deputy White House Press Secretary John Hushen Church said he had no complaints about a White House arrangement to suply the committee with photocopies of raw data and documents gathered by the Rockefeller Commission on alleged murder plots hang-up here is that there are gaps in the information that has thus far been supplied the coomittee" Church said He described the sought-after-information as of the National Security Council and minutes and other documents of the special group (hat had control of covert activities during the late 1350s and early 196QS'' He said the delay in receiving the material has delayed appearances before the committee of McGeorge Bundy former adviser to President John Kennedy and other officials such as former Secretary of State Dean Rusk and former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara Meanwhile Rep Sisk D-Calif tke leader of an effort to revamp the House intelligence committee indicated he will move to abolish it and replace it with different members WASHINGTON (AP) President Ford is vetoing as expected a 312 billion measure aimed at helping the housing industry and home buyers White House Press Secretary Ron Hessen said today Sponsors said the measure would facilitate financing of construction of 400000 new homes and would authorize government payments of up to 3250 a month for two years to prevent families affected by the recession from losing their homes through foreclosure Danisra Members cfced through tatorshlp Nos- Deny Charges scheduled to be shot on Monday for comments about Amin and his regime in an unpublished manuscript The president postponed the execution after a friendly meeting with Blair Saturday and an apology from Hills Then he summoned the British general on Monday gave him a letter for the queen and Prime Minister Harold Wilson and told him he would carry out the death sentence unless Callaghan came to Kampala Radio Kampala said Hills be shot in 10 days But Amin told newsmen win not tell you when and where we will execute Hills If the foreign secretary does not come we will consider when to execute His anger subsided as he talked and he said the situation could be retrieved if the queen and ilson studied his letter is a chance in that letter" he said British are my friends I am sure I will have my holiday and honeymoon in Britain" of rivCIaa political Lisboa chanting They are fcowiiS presidential palace when shorto aft Aspened peacefully bribe tens of thousands to support the ruling ei Hilary's declaration la favor of mulU-party democracy as against eoa- by.