The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 1

THE FRESNO BEE THE FRESNO CALIFORNIA Thursday January 30 1975 Vol 105 No 18890 Founded 1922 15c 4 Sections 60 Pages FINAL EDITION tapping Watergate Prof its Dean Sets $175000 Lecture Tour Dean will speak in more than 50 college lecture halls through the first week of April at an average fee of $3500 for each two-hour appearance The first one at the University of Virginia will pay him $4000 according to school officials WASHINGTON (AP) -John Dean III out of his prison denims for less than a month begins a Watergate lecture tour Sunday which will earn him at least $175000 over the next nine weeks Unlike a similar campus tour planned by former White House Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler Dean's plans so far have stirred little complaint from those who believe no one should profit from Watergate encountered in 15 years in the business is in a class all by him-self" Walker said Wednesday When he was released Jan 8 by US District Judge John Sirica Dean had served four months of a one-to-four year prison term for his self- acknowledged role in the Watergate cover-up Despite his repeated telling of the Watergate story before various forums Dean apparently remains the most fascinating of Richard former White House aides John Herring the University of Virginia official who administers the lecture and concert program at the Charlottesville Va campus said students had tried to book Dean -for a speech before he entered prison Of the 4500 persons likely to hear the former White House first speech Herring See Dean Page A4 Burns Urges Fast Oakland Bomb Blast A demolition team member above attaches a detonating vice to a suitcase of explosives taken yesterday from the George Miller Federal Build- lng in Oakland Moments later the bomb lower right was detonated on 15th Street The bomb attributed to the radical Weather Underground group was found in the Army Induction Center the site of numerous anti-Vietnam de-minstrations The FBI launched an intensive search for the leftist group after a series of bomb warnings Earlier a bomb ripped through four floors of the State Department in Washington causing an estimated $350000 damage AP Wirephptos Approval reduce federal spending below what President Ford has proposed 1 Despite high interest rates Burns said there is no shortage in the supply of money in the United States important thing for the economy is not the supply of money this country is awash with liquidity what it lacks is confidence and the willingness to use the money that has already been created and is lying around" he said Asked by committee Chairman AI Ullman D-Ore whether the Federal Reserve system would make sufficient new money available to finance the proposed $35 billion and $50 billion budget deficits in 1985 and 1986 Burns said the system would try to expand the money supply and bank credit at a moderate rate said time and again there is no danger of a credit crunch in this country we in the Federal Re-See Taxes Page A4 In the Bee Today Ships Run Cambodia Blockade A10 Auto Industry May Be In Red A16 Banks Drop Sale To Arabs All GOP Cool To Nixon Idea A2 Amusements Theaters C7 Tax-Cut WASHINGTON (AP) Chairman Arthur Burns of the Federal Reserve Board said today he opposes permanent tax reductions but hopes Congress will act quickly to approve a temporary tax cut believe the magnitude of tax reduction suggested by the President is reasonable a temporary cut is reasonable and a quick tax cut is highly Burns told the House Ways and Means Committee Burns said that instead of dealing with of income distribu-'tion and income redistribution I would push a flat percentage cut for and a tax cut would be more beneficial than one that comes along later on" In response to questions at a hearing on tax-cut legislation Burns said he is against a permanent tax cut now because it would be to reduce taxes permanently and thereby erode the tax base of this Burns said the Federal Reserve system will allow a moderate expansion of the country's money supply to meet heavy deficit spending by the federal government But Burns said the Federal Re- serve would not contribute to a nw round of inflation can expect from the Federal Reserve system as long as there that we will not release a new wave of inflation on this Burns told the House Ways and Means Committee Making clear that he feels inflation remains the most serious threat Burns urged Congress to Witness Bares 'Lie' Bid In Langley Case Teamsters Are Sued For 'Pension Bias' Robert Walker president of the Boston lecture bureau handling appearances said the demand for Dean's speeches is the highest that Walker has The suit was filed against the Western Conference of Pension Plan the Teamster California State Council of Canning and Food Processors and Teamsters Locals 748 in Modesto 857 in Sacra- mento and 865 in Santa Maria Gaenslen said the Teamster pension plan creates eligibility requirements which exclude most seasonal workers from ever collecting any benefits and pays inadequate benefits for seasonal workers are lucky enough to collect" Teamster officials were not avail- able for comment The suit alleges that money contributed by seasonal workers goes to Teamster truck drivers or permanent workers in the canneries Michael Thomasello administrator for the plan last year said the plan was designed for permanent employes not seasonal workers short-term guy pays for the long-term guy" he said last year have enough turnover enough people coming in and going out See Suit Page A4 needed when FSU has a lease to use Ratcliffe for at least nine more years At the end Brown abstained from voting Asked by a reporter after the meeting if he will be inclined to vote against construction of the star dium if that proposal eventually comes before the trustees he said he has no inclination one way or the other and will need additional information before deciding In answer to question on why Ratcliffe had been sold board member Dean Lesher said it is quite a distance from the FSU campus and is old Capitol is old remarked Brown you play football replied Lesher FSU President Norman A Baxter told Brown Ratcliffe is six miles from campus and in Brown asked where FSU teams have By MIKE LASSITER Bee Staff Writer One witness told the Fresno County Grand Jury Ed Cutler Jr wanted him to lie to authorities to cover the fact Cutler had given him and his wife $500 cash to contribute to Sheriff Guy campaign instead Leonard Sanders told the jurors he borrowed money and repaid Cutler "I wanted everything above board and put in the open" Sanders testified that is why I took the money to him I told him that I lie I lie and I The transcript of the Grand Jury proceedings which led to the indictment of Langley and Cutler the former campaign manager on charges of conspiring to launder $4250 in campaign contributions was made public by the court Tuesday Langley also was indicted on a perjury charge for signing an allegedly false campaign contribution report -Both have pleaded innocent About a week after the June 4 primary election Sanders said Cutler asked him for a favor after learning he was going to vote for Langley Ford Wiil Ask Further Cuts In Aid To Elderly By RAY STEELE JR Bee Staff Writer A $100 million lawsuit alleging the Teamsters pension plan discriminates against Americans of Mexican descent and women was filed today in the US District Court in San Francisco The suit alleges there is discriminatory enforcement of the Team- contract which illegally keeps women and Americans of Mexican descent in seasonal work and denies them benefits that other Teamsters-covered workers get The suit was filed by attorneys representing the Senior Citizens Program of the California Rural Legal Assistance of San Francisco and the Cannery Workers Legal Project of Berkeley Anthony Gaenslen an attorney for the Cannery Workers Legal Project said the class action suit was brought on behalf of seven plaintiffs all of whom were seasonal cannery workers and are either women or Americans of Mexican HEW Backs Valley's Channel 18 Plan (Cutler) said that 'Rosie and I wife) wanted to give- this money ($500) to the Langley campaign It is more than we are supposed to give and would you just put this in your account and run it through for us so we can help him get And I said 'Well sure' I being a personal friend I never thought anything about Sanders said He said he and wife both wrote checks for $250 each and at Cutler's instructions predated them to into the primary expenses which is the 5th of Three weeks to a month later Sanders said Cutler called him at work and said is going to be an investigation by the District Attorney's Sanders said he remembers specifically Cutler told him you are asked the question did you make a donation yes you made a donation" Sanders said that same day he went out and borrowed money to repay Cutler That night Sanders said he took See Langley Page A4 tivate the facility balked at any funding when an objection was filed by the -Television Advisory Committee of Mexican-Americans (TACOMA) That organization contended there was inadequate participation by Americans of Mexican descent in the planning and proposed programming and staffing of Channel 11 Since last fall the county schools officials headed by SupL Ernest A Poore have sought to be responsive to minority needs Advisory committees in each of the counties to be served by the station have been pro- posed to include representatives of all minority groups The Fresno County meeting to help resolve the makeup of the committee is scheduled Feb 11 Rep BF office issued a press release late Wednesday saying the Office of Civil Rights notified the FCC it believes a license for the station should not be The Office of Civil Rights also has said it would monitor the Channel 18 program to assure agreements made with community groups do not fall by the wayside in practice But with that endorsement and the earlier indication from FCC that the Channel 18 application is Television-Radio C2 various programs and a recission of $1 billion in fedral spending during the fiscal year that ends June 30 President will be forward- ing recisiion requests within the 1975 House subcommittee at hear: ings on extension of the Older Americans Act He provided no spending details The Older Americans Act pro-1 vides meals transportation subsidies and other services for persons 65 and older Social security benefits for more than 30 million aged and handicapped persons are scheduled to increase by 87 per cent in July to reflect cost of living increases But the President has asked that the increase be frozen at 5 per cent the sale of Ratcliffe to the State Center Community College District FSU also will proceed now with preparation of an Environmental Impact Report concerning the proposed stadium which would be northwest of FSU's baseball park Beiden Field alongside Barstow Avenue between Cedar and Millbrook Avenues During a committee meeting earlier Baxter explained that locker room facilities which would be a part of the proposed stadium also would be available to the- baseball team The stadium is designed for football and soccer and without a running track All 20000 seats are between the goal lines The capacity could be enlarged to 30000 with the addition of seats in the end zones Baxter said FSU will try to raise the $32 million by setting up a Stadium Club and through See Stadium Page C3 FSU Stadium: State Trustees CK Fund-Raising Program WASHINGTON (UPI) President Ford will ask Congress to approve further spending cuts in government aid for older Americans an administration official testified today The aged will be asked to absorb cuts in aid for transportation meals and other services already approved by Congress said Stanley Thomas Jr of the Department of Health Education and Welfare Elderly persons already face a proposed cut in food stamp benefits in March and possible watered-down Social Security increases scheduled for July Ford sent a message to Congress today asking for deferral of $769 million in appropriated funds for been playing since Ratcliffe was sold and upon learning the size of the proposed stadium asked how large a crowd the teams draw Baxter answered that teams still play in Ratcliffe and the average size of the crowd last fall was 9000 Brown questioned the need to do anything if Ratdiffq will be available for another nine years He was reminded that it took nine years to plan and construct the new library on the Sacramento State campus where meeting was held and mused: this (FSU Stadium) could be a nine-year What the board finally did was approve schematic drawings of the proposed stadium so that FSU officials can approach individuals and firms in the Fresno area in an attempt to raise as much as $32 million to help build the proposed $14 million stadium FSU already has $12 million available as a result of By LANNY LARSON Bee Staff Writer There was good news and bad news from Washington today for a proposed educational and public television station for the San Joaquin Valley on Channel 18 The good news was endorsement by the US Department of Health Education and Welfare's Office of Civil Rights of the Channel 18 attention to community minority groups The bad news is a Ford Administration proposal to cut funds already approved by Congress for ETV projects Last year the Fresno County Department of Education applied to the Federal Communications Commission to operate Channel 18 long ago designated for a San Joaquin Valley community television station However HEW which was being asked ta provide $430583 ac- Weather By JAMES DUFUR Bee Capitol Writer SACRAMENTO Fresno State University officials have the blessing of the trustees of the State University and Colleges to raise $32 President believes stadium will be built within 3 to 5 years PageCL million to help construct a proposed 20000-seat stadium on the FSU campus The trustees gave their approval late yesterday despite misgivings expressed by Gov Edmund Brown Jr who was attending his 'first meeting of the Board of Trustees Brown questioned the wisdom of selling Ratcliffe Stadium something which occurred in 1973 and wondered why a new stadium is Fair through tonight with slowly increasing cloudiness light winds: Fresno temperatures 5L 26 high 50 low 27 Details oa Page C8 is ait r-Tiir ilt iinmWfii 'A a.