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However the agenda had several time-comsuming items a proposal to form a Commission on the Status of Women a hearing on a large annexation and a solid waste recycling project And after each item was concluded the crowd began to thin out The council chamber was vacant of spectators after the council dealt with the recycling issue Whitehurst suggests starting the night meetings at about 4 pm with noncontroversial items After a dinner break he said items of more public interest should be on the agenda go beyond 10 he said "Let's have a day meeting or a night meeting Let's not have a day and a night meeting because some of us have to earn a said Bell Councilman Dale Doig who initiated the change to night meetings said he hoped Tuesday was not typical He said the council should continue with the experiment He pointed out a number of persons wanted to be on Tuesday's agenda because it was a night meeting and they did not miss work to attend think we have to make some adjustments" Whitehurst said That could include a 4 pm starting time or a shorter agenda with fewer controversial items for regular night meetings Council 'Dingy' After Night Meet Long Sessions Late Finish May Bring Earlier Start By CHARLES MILOS Bee Staff Writer When the Freino City Council announced plana to hold twice monthly night meetings the councilmen plan for them to wind up in the early hours of the morning But what happened Tuesday night when the latest foray into night meetings wound up at 1:05 am Wednesday And those kind of marathon sessions says Mayor Daniel White hurst are "We get dingy after awhile and make rational decisions" said Councilman Elvin Bell The council adjourned its regular meeting to 9 am today for a pub lie hearing on the annual weed abatement program But Whitehurst said he will ask other council members to consider starting the night meetings earlier Regular council meetings are every Tuesday Night meetings which begin at (:30 o'clock are held the second and fourth Tuesdays each month The others begin at 9 am The council is experimenting with night meetings to see if the public will attend There was a standing-room-only crowd for most of this week's meeting Cranston (In Fresno) Chats With Mondale (In Washington) it's going to win is if Carter improves his relations (with some of the more stubborn members of Congress)" opposition in Congress from those who feel it is a quick effort which will not help in the long run As for the water projects and Carter's efforts to reduce construction Cranston said that no matter what the administration does Congress get the money back in" to build Auburn Dam if it is determined the project meets safety standards Turning to foreign affairs Cranston said the recent Soviet rejection of US proposals in the strategic arms limitation discussions (SALT) was only a temporary setback "I wouldn't call it a breakdown but an example of tough he said "Now I think we can get down to meaningful talks I certainly hope so" Not only is the success of SALT vital to mankind but without it the administration's "hope of balancing the budget and at the same time meeting the nation's domestic needs would be Cranston said If the negotiations fail he warned the alternative will be a renewed American military buildup to match that of Russia's which been building up steadily" Cranston raps with Fresno senior citizens Page F4 By that he said he means the President may have to soften his stand on water project cutbacks among other concessions Cranston who was in Fresno yesterday to address a meeting of the Central Labor Council and attended last Agricultural Issues and Outlook Symposium in Visalia said a vote on the rebate could come next week when Congress returns after the Easter recess As it stands now in the 100-member Senate he said the "opposition is in the middle 40s firmly Support is in the low 40s The rest is in Cranston while "not wild about it" supports the plan because it is only thing that could stimulate the economy now" The tax rebate a key element of Carter's $316 billion economic stimulus package has attracted strong Clydesdale horses who performed yesterday on the soccer field at Fresno State University The appearance was part of the publicity for the school's third annual Vintage Days celebration April 21-24 Bee Photo Attention Distractors Deborah Lee 4 daughter of Mr and of Fresno seemed preoccuppied with than the pounding hooves of the Mrs Robert Lee something other Anheuser-Busch Easter Goodies? Bunny Aide Exposed 1200 Children To Measles The Fresno Bee Thura Apr 14 1977 FI Goodwin Says He Has Two Judges' Support By ELI SETENC1CH Bee Politics Writer Fritz how are you?" said Sen Alan Cranston interrupting an interview to take the telephone call from Washington On the other end of the line was Vice President Walter Mondale who said he was feeling fine himself but was pretty worried about the health of President 350 tax rebate plan As majority whip in the Senate Cranston knows where the votes are and Mondale wanted to know too and also wanted to know what the President could do to improve the chances in Congress of his controversial tax proposal "If the vote was now it would be defeated" said the California Democrat after hanging up "The only way Senator Favors MK Development Sen Alan Cranston says he favors recreational development of Mineral King including the construction of "modest" downhill ski resort facilities Cranston in an interview yesterday said that the legislation he is proposing to take the controversial area away from the US Forest Service Labor will oppose re-election Page F4 and make it a part of Sequoia National Park is not a wilderness bill development of recreation in Mineral King is not precluded Focus of the 12-year-old Mineral King controversy is now on bill S88 and similar legislation introduced in the House by Rep John Krebs The exact status of the US Forest' Service proposal to award a development bid to Walt Disney Productions for development of a major ski area in clouded An environmental impact report completed a year ago has not yet been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture The Sierra Club suit has been thrown out of federal court for lack of prosecution The Disney Mineral King project managers say the corporation is still interested in the idea of developing a resort if the forest service every clears the way for them to do so Critics of the Cranston and Krebs proposals argue that if the area is taken into the national park system the nation looses a highly desireable recreation area because development would be eliminated or severely curtailed It was to this point Cranston aimed his comments emphasizing favor ski development for local users and for Los Angeles users who need recreation areas" Asked about the fact that road access to Mineral King requires crossing 8 miles of Sequoia National Park including passage through the Atwell Mill Grove of Sequoia redwoods Cranston said has to be access maybe not a road but some kind of On the issue of fishing and stocking trout in high mountain lakes some critics have noted the park service is moving away from planting fish in those lakes Cranston pointed out that his bill can be amended to guarantee the stocking of fish in the high lakes that ring the Mineral King Valley Cranston also said that hearings on the Krebs bill HR 1771 are to be scheduled in late May or early June The Easter bunny that delighted children at Manchester Shopping Center last Friday did more than bring Easter eggs Fresno County health officials believe the bunny and his assistant may have exposed as many as 1200 children to the 10-day measles rubeola A spokesman for the county Health Department said the assistant became ill with rubeola shortly after the picture-taking session at the shopping center "Realistically about 1200 were exposed but it is hard to the spokesman said Any child who was handled by the assistant or touched or kissed the Easter bunny prob Pushes For Diablo Power cinated two weeks to 10 years ago should be protected from the disease but the department urges anyone whose child was exposed to contact their family physician The gamma globulin injections will not prevent the disease from developing once a person has been exposed but the department said it will ease the symptoms child will still have the rash and the fever but it wont be as the spokesman said Anyone who suspects their child may have been exposed may call the Health Department at 483-3007 for information regarding rubeola license be made early in the hearings for consideration of the full-term operating license without interrupting or delaying the hearings It said recently requested data to support a full-term license will be available for consideration in the evaluation of the request for an interim license including a study of the probabilities of potential seismic activity affecting the site This apparently was a reference to the presence of the Hosgri Fault which some geologists claim poses a potential hazard to the plant claims the plant's construction will permit it to withstand any earthquakes that might occur Several San Luis Obispo groups some with mingling memberships have protested the the licensing of the plant among them the Mothers for Peace People Against Nuclear Power Scenic Shoreline Preservation Inc and Ecology Action of San Luis Obispo The plant is located on the coast 12 miles southwest of San Luis Obispo Its Unit 1 will generate more than 1 million kilowatts of electricity the equivalent the company spokesman said of all 64 hydroelectric plants in a dry year ably was exposed to the disease the department said Once a person is exposed to rubeola there is a 10- to 13-day incubation period when the person is not infectious Once the symptoms begin appearing however the disease is contagious This usually occurs 10 to 13 days after exposure The department said it wants to prevent the exposed children from spreading the disease A special clinic for gamma globulin injections will be held today fr om 9:30 am to 4 pm at the Public Health Building at 515 Cedar Ave for anyone who believes their child may have been exposed Children who have been vac maximum required for a reliable supply Next year it said the situation will be even worse with less than a 4 per cent margin even if hydroelectric conditions improve The utility told Rusche it will make a motion for a full-power two-year interim operating license at the appropriate time" A spokesman interpreted this as meaning in one to four months With NRC approval of an interim license the first unit could then be put into production within 90 days the spokesman said talking about a minimum of maybe five months" he added The company said its request for the license was prompted by the state's dwindling water supply for hydroelectric generation and by the NRC staff's recently revised schedule which indicated that a full-term license might not be issued until the summer of 1978 said it believes the public interest of the people of Northern and Central California is such that the procedures for an interim license and a full-term license must move in tandem The company said it will request that the decision on the interim sion) can let me alone" he said forsee an historical re-evaluation by the Supreme Court of the whole doctrine" Since he came under fire Goodwin said he has received numerous letters of support from private citizens all of the churches in this community pray daily for what's going he said adding: "No one who has ever lived has received more prayers for them than I Goodwin said the people who see a conflict in what he is doing have not carefully read the Bible He said he is working on a pamphlet which will outline ways to improve the court system by adhering to principles set forth in the Bible For example he said the courts will never get out from under their heavy caseloads until people are encouraged to follow the Bible and to settle their differences privately Goodwin offerd two illustrations from his own court experience He said once he had two Christians in his courtroom He said he took them into his chambers and read them some pages of Scripture on why they shouldn't be arguing left hand-in- hand hugging each he said On another occasion Goodwin said a "non-Christian was suing a Christian" He said he took the Christian into his chambers and told him "you're the one who is suppose to be taking the beating" He said the man agreed and besides doing what he was being sued for gave the plaintiff some money "A Christian who knows what he is suppose to do will do Goodwin said "It is just most Christians don't know what they are suppose to Goodwin said on the telephone that he is unsure where his inquiry stands He said he hasn't had time to answer the latest letter from the state commission charging him with impropriety in revealing he is being investigated 1977 FORD VANS By MIKE LASSITER Bee Staff Writer Two Fresno Superior Court judges have privately expressed support of his offering church attendance and bible study as an alternative to jail or a fine in misdemeanor cases says Municipal Court Judge Hugh Goodwin But none of his colleagues on the Fresno Municipal Court bench have indicated their feelings one way or another he says Goodwin 55 who is being investigated by the state Commission on Judicial Performance for his unorthodox sentences made the remarks during a taped interview aired last night on KMTF Channel 18 Goodwin's appearance on the 18" was the first locally produced program to be shown on the public television station since it went on the air Sunday Contacted by telephone later Goodwin said he at liberty to disclose the names of the Fresno judges who support him While the judges have told him he is "on the right track" Goodwin said neither has given any indication they might offer similar alternatives in their courts On the program Goodwin also said he has received "several letters (of support) from judges in other parts of the Previously he has said some of those judges have included the phrase the Lord Keep in His spirit" in their letters Goodwin who was appointed to the bench in January of last year by Gov Brown revealed last month the Commission on Judicial Performance was investigating him on charges of and material failure on your part to adhere to the doctrine of separation of church and state" Goodwin speculated last night that his case may end up in the US Supreme Court as a test of that doctrine "I think they (the commit- 4516 545 Fulton FRESNO long wheel in stock JH By GENE KUHN Bee Staff Writer The first unit of the controversial Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant could be in full commercial production in five months if an interim operating license is approved a Pacific Gas A Electric Co spokesman said yesterday Citing "seriously inadequate energy supplies caused by this year's drought and the probability of even more precarious power conditions next year" the company said it will ask the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the interim license The first unit of the two-unit plant is virtually complete with its nuclear fuel on site the company said Unit 2 is more than 86 per cent complete it estimated told Benard Rusche director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation that as a result of a second consecutive dry year electric energy supplies presently available to serve Northern and Central California are seriously inadequate and will deteriorate 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