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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 11

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Oakland Tribunei
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't x- -v 1 i 1 1 im 7 7 a 1 rJf M' 1 i 1 1 April 15, 1974 11 some of the hotel's 'approximately SO rooms, and also to the first, which is occupied by the G.B. Ratto A Co. food ton (821 Washington) and the N. Scholl Co. Airniture Store (823 Washington).

The of the fire has not been determined, said Asst-Fire Chief Clyde Langkris. The Maze began, he said, in the third-floor room of Robert -Hunter, who had left it about two hours before the fire was reported at 3:38 a.m. The ladder rescues were primarily for persona trapped on the third floor of the building, firemen said. The man who was hanging by his hand from a window ledge nhued to give his name alter his rescue, they said. Others in the hotel escaped via an interior stairway from the second floor or jumped from, the third flour a short distance to the roof of a two-story adjoining structure.

Firefighter Paul Swanson was treated for a left foot cut, and firefighter William McCarthy for smoke inhalation. 1 Boulevard of Broken Schemes Beading the signs: Stat-Fax in Oakland, a printing- bouse, does election stuff for candidates and in five yesrs has ONLY gotten orders from those who have gone on to win. Chari the manager, has current, campaign orders from both Joe Alioto and Houston Flournoy. Somethings going to give, San Leandros Ha Marla has a sign up saying, "The first touch of Spring is the IRS. Today'of all days I thought youd want to know -Jhat, although someone pointed out that touchwise, property taxes beat them to it Mrs.

Peter De Vries was more than explicit whep husband. wanted to take her to a' Seals ice hockey leaves me cold Billy Brown noted the presiden of Al Jfrerta isited Washington and wonders if the mirset White House band played "Hail TO The Chief and then Ta-ra-ra Boumedienne, and is reaching Most apt are the names of some qf tne boutiques around town, including The Crewel World with its tatting gear. (I dont understand One of a Kind" on College, which has about 50 identical terraHumsSrdisplay.) A downtown Oakland landmark that houses the Rex Hotel and two businesses was-1 heavily damaged by. a five-, alanh fire early yesterday, and about a dozen persons bad to be itscued by ladder, including one man hanging from a third-floor window. Firemen estimated the damage at $250l000l Two firemen suffered injuries for whicb they were treated at Merritt Hospital and released.

No one else was reported hurt, firemen said. They said the blaze at 823 Washington St. routed more than 30 persons from 'the premises. The three-story Victorian structure in the. Vld City area was built jn 1878, firemen said, and has been eyed fay the Oakland Redevelop-.

meht Agency for restoration. In yesterday's fire, the roof Collapsed and the third floor, where the flames broke out and were confined, was badly damaged. There was water damage to the second floor, which houses- Chess Lead In L.A. Kept; By Romanian LOS ANGELES "(AP) -Florin Gheorghiu, 30, of Bucharest, Romania, has retained the lead in the 8tb round of the Los Angeles International Chess Tournament at the Continental Chess Club. Gheorghiu drew Sicilian Defense in 20 moves against JuUo Kaplan, 23, of Sad Juan; -Puerto Rico yesterday.

Svetozar Gligqric7 31, International Grandmasterand Ik-time Yugoslav champion, tied Kaplan for a second place by winning a 33-move Grunfeld -Defense againgt Lawrence Kaufman, 28 of Silver Rvt-alam fir gatosM tsBrnatad $25000 dqmaga -r rn -t pfciisi fey MATT NIK fo Rex Hotel and two other downtown bvsineuM vr 1 said. "When it hit the ground it bounced into the air, then turned around and hit the ground again and i The Federal Atfatfon Administration porter's Mane was homemade and had a registered aircraft A fireman at the- scene laid the craft appeared to be very small, with wingspan of about 18 fret. Ventura County sheriffs fiepre said the two other craft were also biplanes, but they didnt know if they were also homemade. The pilots were --identified ps F- Dennis of Los Angeles and -Jeff Kerte of. Santa Monica.

Officials said the three pits had flown earlier in the' ly from nearby Vpn Niqrsy id breakfasted together at i it -'ii A santa Paula (ap sight pf three vintage-biplanes playfully about in an aerial was an unsefaed- uled spectacle at the Domin- cues familys Easter reunion. disaster spoiled what had been a captivating display by the three pilots. Zooming: near the. ground, one plane appeared to be buffeted by the then Crashed in a flay explosion. Killed was William MPor- 51c.Lyrester, who fire-men said never got out of the cockpit after the plane crashed and The.three planed were Tok each other end dog-fighting" said one of the few witnesses, Walter Dominguez, 1 watching from his patio at the i family -i The plane seemed to hit an air pocket, and dropped straight down," Dominguez Students View Sex FRESNO (AP) Sex education to an important part of the total educational experience, high school seniors surveyed here ssid.

i The survey, conducted, by Fresno State University student Michael Watte, covered 1 798 seniors from Fresnos six about cent of the total senior class. Only il per cent disagreed with the etatement that education should play an im- portant part in. total educa- tion. Students indicated professionally childbirth' and family i March Fong has a cbrner on one type of. campaign literature, giving out fortune cookies with the message, "March Fong for Secretary of State (If she got it and California seceded from (he union, shed negotiate opposite Henry Kissinger, and I think hed meet his match) Virginia Leachs new example of conspicuous consumption: The weekend Easter ad of Marshall Field offering-4 $150 chocolate rabbit With that I roppose youd get pimples that look like a bouquet of roses Talent At the Sausalito ferry dock a kid, about 10 or 12, opens a suitcase and begins to perform his act-magic, fire-eating, sword-swallowing, and people waiting for the ferry duster around jL-ljffld watch.

The kid is talented, and he puts his hat upside down on the dock rail and people drop money in And the kid has ait assistant, maybe a year younger. The assistant-watches the hat 0 0 Peter Tripp is getting a bit feisty. After the Lou Papan-Ken Meade boxinghutch in Sacramento; Tripp wrote Papan congratulating him on his victory, and if ydu now can take care of Lockyer, Oakland will be grateful to you. Those are unkind words Bather' neat that one of our ecology writers got a lettthrouglrthe mail from the State Solid' Wade Management Board in Sacramento, and they arent doing too Well up there. The envelope was empty and sealed and that's a solid waste At.lL& thstudents have been picketing outside Zellerbach Hall against discriminatory sexist policies and the other day a shaggy dog Joined the walking protestors.

Nell McIntosh wondered aloud: Is it a female dog? (It was SO shaggy nooneknew) o-7ojo7 'fr:" Tom Holler got a report at the Bastbay Safety Council about a construction worker who fell $0, feet from a. scaffold and only suffered a broken ankle. Bpt hi the ambulance an the way to the hospital he looked out thp vow paasing his own homeland hishouse wal on fire. That comblinatibn can spoil your I whole day About license plates, 'an Oakland woman got behind a car with FIRE RdUTS 30 PERSONS FROM 93-YEAR-OLD OAKLAND I About 12 people had to be rescued by ladder from the threetttory building Santa Paula, whose airport to nestled in a valley northwest of Loo Angeles and about 28 miles east of the Pacific They had been dogflgbU tag only a few minutes when the crash occurred, officials said. There was no air show, filming or special audience to account for the stunting, an- thorities 1 A sheriffs, spokesman said reports indicated thf pUota' had started buzzing each other about 1,008 feet above the ground and had worked thern- i to the A light plane Bad out of control fay reek earlier and into two cart," j001 V.

ll6 UQITltluCS j- cost Crowd NoiseRuleBv By EBMUD AOn his last move, Kaufman Bishop where be captured by the without retaliation. James Taijan, 22, of Berkeley completed 40 moves in the alloted five hours in a superior position with a pawn well down into the position of Lev-ante Hungary. Then Lengyel resigned. Norman Weinstein, 23, the lowest-rated player In the tournament, won over Antho-1 Saidy, 33, of Santa Monica, 33 moves of a Sicilian a game which confer second fyiui after five hours of play. Kim Commons of Los Angeles drew in 28 moves against Bernard Zuckerman of New Jbrk: Edmar Mednis, 37, of woodside, N.Y., drew another short Sicilian Defense with Andrew SoUis, 23,, of New York, N.Y.

The ninth round of the tournament will be played today, with Tarjan playing Gligoric, Saidy playing Gheorghiu, aftd Kaplan playing Lengyel. Sanitary Raport. WALNUT CREEKCentrel Cbntra Costa Sanitary District directors' have accepted the final report of the Citizens Advisory' Committee on Solid Waste Recycling, discharged the committee with and scheduled, May 18 for discussion of the groups policy recommendations. round Guilty of Hemm.Sale .1 -if MARTINEZ-X'Richmond couple has been found guilty of sriUng herein tqr a Superior Court Jury. -J Wilbert R.

Peterson, 23, and Ida Darlene, of Lancaster Drive, ab found gidlty of bring victs jn possession Of The Petersons VCIt ed Nov. 9 fay officers of the Rfchmoad Police Department and Contra Costa Sheriff's office. by Judge Richard Arnaaon to tchtdultd for May ldL' Mtm Petersons record- in udes conviction for three ((tor ron parole for er; also to awatt-log trial as a cMtopect in ttw murder of a car FREMONT-Fire estimated several units of an building Saturday night, A firefighter Buffered ink nor. injury, but no one rise; washurt The building to one of 1 I hi the Apartments cwptov- at eTwtth Waife, but an official Lexingtqn St Firemen said the. cooneratfam doent the twolarm blaze started in hangs In the tta wcnMov apartment of of zex educa Jack Steven and gutted It here.

Adjoining apartments zuf- "There to no doubt our aex' fend smoke, heat and water to lacking, Wng The cause of the fire has not but I dont know if it's the '-keen r. school's responsibility, said Fire Department dispatcher V' Chester Slate, deputy superin- Gary Oton estimated the noWdn to U' 1 s. J- WASHINGTON (AP) -The Supreme Court today let stand a California Supmhe Court decision that the noise of demonstrators is protected by First Amendments free speech provisions even if it intentionally disturbs the pfMf, The court declined to bear the statea plea to part of a California which the State -Court ruled could he applied only when the ened violence or a guise to disturb Thfc-caae mew out of the conviction men and women arrested with 423 others after a Jan. 35 rally on campus of San Francisco State CWlffge that escalated over several months tata-i tlpf an student strike. 1 in 1974; A atate.

pourt decision, said the juries jn the cases were a presented danger, -The demonstrators loud the peace institutions tab and State SEWAGE PLANT Pickets Pickets in the week-old East Biqr Municipal Utility District strike halted constructioa to- day on the $73 million -expur- ton of the huge aewage treatment plant in. "West Oakland. However; aupervieon And union personnel, cleared to go through the picket tines, kept the plant-operating, as they, since the walkout mileage rate from .13 to 13 cents and ah inerrese la (heaver-time meal allowance from $3 to $1 in AprQ, 187A a dear shd present of violence. state contended that who ere "will-fiilly and maliciously" making -nriso that disturbs and disrupts as school) libraries are not absolutely protected by free-speedi rights. Water Supply for A from which the draws much of its water, to expected to he 120 per cent of, normal r.

Coast GvardComcsto Aid OfAiling RussRshormah I I A FORGE" and was simply dying to pull the guy over and ad: hes a Madomith or a bad dieck artist KNBBs JimAlfin Jcmes has a dog thats half beagle, half boxer.so he calls it what else? a Bagel William Eaton, a :0 laboMnanagement 1 arbitor, has a huge wine collection and jW a dedicated wine buff. So. hes foiving dfone with Ann, and the waiter in a tony S. F. French restaurant suggests; a Chateau Bothchild at I have that at home Eaton sniffed, had a bottle this, wieelC I'd prefer something else.

The wsdter: At $135 a bottle you have it at home? mifrt have gold In iyour veins tin A1 Gagnon was feeling really Trpunk, triedto get his doctor onthe phone and the doctor, was out. From Margo Goldman: Forget the' doctor. Just turn onTV and see what four out of. five doctors recommend." State Concilia-' tor Joe Anderson said negotiators for the district and Locals 444 and 2011 of the American Federation of State, Comity and Municipal Employe to return to the bar-table this afternoon A settlement; which was recommended by union leaders was voted down fay not given proper definitions atorms followed if cooler 444 of terma in the dbturbing-thev weather, produced substantial Thia would have given ttie peace statute. accumulattoos of new now.

1 memhen of the two locals "Although tiie demoustra- water content monthly inaene, ret ton' purpose was to interrupt ranges from 113 per cent, in functions so the the Central Sierra to 140 per they sought to don cent in the North Coastal by persuasive eommuntos- ttons rather than by disnip. inflow feta Pardee.Reser tin in the guise of communi- volr on die Mokelumae River, reactive to April 170 more bid a dentrijdan for depen dents nexryesr, aiid a $75 hike to im: included also aa inv-increase in ttte I i' erious eye injury was takes off his boat in international was in stable conditio with a tpr waters yesterday by the Coast serious injmy to his right Gutrd and tranpoited to the jxnhably, canied 0 fenin pH UA Public Health Bonta-'SKtOTTt Hospital in San Franctoce. The Cosri Guard fattefced-1 The Coast Guard laid one of ed, said, after bring-cm-its cutters picked ep Nikolai tacted by 0 how based yedie Nogaeff. 33, from the Rusriaa.v toattoo which, had been cw-fishing vessel tyodor Kraynov tacted by the about 33 miles southwest of -the that court. ho evidence that engaged ix or tbaljheir renduft uW -rs1 4, mf 1 A iJ5!.

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