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(Oakland tribune Inside GREATER OAKLAND Copies r. s-PST" Classified advertising Plan to drop Social Security upsets hospital staff i Monday, March 29i 1982 i V1 Bay Area News Briefs Man shot to death 'The bad guys never know when were going to walk up on their We can get Information guys In a car might not get. People see us dally and get to know us and trust us' Officer Jim Terradna SAN FRANCISCO A young Berkeley, man was fatally shot with his own pistol here early today in an argument that atarted With an exchange of harsh words between stran-' gers. Police said ISric Spears, 18, died on a North Beach' street after being shot once in the chest by a man who ran to a nearby car and fled with two friends. Homicide Inspector Car) Klots said Spears and a friend, Scott Fpgerty, 19, had consumed a few beers in Berkeley and Oak-land Sunday night and had driven here to have a few more.

They were foot cruising" on Union Street near Grant Avenue at about 1:40 a.m. when Spears and one of three young men walking toward him challenged each other with harsh greetings, Klotz said. The two faced each other and matters began to heat up. As the argument worsened, Spears pulled a gun from Us Jumpsuit, Klots said, and two of the three men Jumped him in an effort to knock it away. As the three scuffled on the ground, the gun was wrestled away from Spears.

When the three got to their with the gun in another man's hand, a shot was fired that struck Spears in the chest, Klots said. Spears died Instantly as the three men fled, me still carrying the gun. They were being sought today. Spears was the son of Larry Spears, as sistant feature editor of the' Oakland TribuneEastbay TODAY. Jmhursiarea By Harry Harria The teen-ager was ambling down ISast 14th Street one' afternoon last -week when he -saw the two police officers walking toward him.

Without a word the youth moved a tiny slip of paper from his pocket flashed it quickly at the two officers and kept going. Rich Tyson and Jim Terracina Out-of-gas fund sought MARTINEZ Legislation establishing a down-and-outers fund for stranded motorists will be sought by Warren Smith, a Contra Costa County grand Juror, Smith, who said he frequently digs into his own pocket to buy gas for people stranded near his ranch on Kirker Pass Road; suggests that a small fraction of a cent from traffic fines go into the fund he proposes. We would have no problem with that, said Jerry Clemens, deputy commissioner of the California Highway Patrol. WO provide services to more people stranded on the' highway than we cite to traffic violations," he said. 1 Clemens estimates that a statewide fund, of 10, 000 would be A in the Elmhurst District of East Oakland where they have already become familiar sights.

Fulfilling a long standing promise, Chief of Police George T. Hart re-established the East Oakland walking detail March 8. It had temporarily been eliminated in the wake of Proposition 13, There are several other walking beats throughout the city. In their three-week stint the two officers have already made more than 30 arrests including a 15-year-old boy with a gun, a 16-year-old with 65 balloons of heroin, drunks and prostitutes. But more important is simply their presence and the sense of security and safety it provides to business people, residents and shoppers.

1 Hart, a longtime advocate of foot 7 patrols; said: They create a presence and feeling of safety as well as a fact of safety because foot patrol officers by their presence do diminish criminal and othfuj offensive conduct The chief said some departments consider walking beats an unwise investment add old fashioned, but he is convinced they are extremely effective. One elderly woman leaving an East Oakland bank after depositing a pension check literally beamed when asked if she felt better with the uniformed officers walking the beat I certainly do," she said. Im glad theyre around. Tyson, 39, who played guard to the Oakland Raiders to several seasons before joining the police force 12 years ago, says their being on foot patrol is a deterrent Before, snatches and strong-arm robberies of the elderly -at-stores banks was a jnajor problem. Now, when (the crooks) see us walking they will think twice.

The thing Terracina, a nine-year veteran, likes is the bad guys, never know when were going to walk up on their corner. And there are a lot of cornqrs. Their beat now starts at 71st Avenue and East 14th Street and goes all the Fife, knifing at Quentin TlUmil pMa If Lm Cl Officers Jim Terracina (left) and Rich Tyson walk their now beat way to the San Leandro border just past 106th Avenue. They also try to walk MacArthur Boulevard occasionally from Foothill Square to 90th Avenue and once in a while will make side trips to hot spots like 98th and Edes Avenues and 105th Avenue and Edes. san QUI3NTIN One prism inmate suffered from smoke inhalation during a fire of suspicious origin in his west block cell, and a guard suffered a superficial stab wound in two separate San Quentin prison incidents Sunday.

The stabbed man and hig assailant were not identified, by prison authorities. The officer was treated and released, from Marin General Hospital following the 8:30 a.m. incident No weapon was found. The 6:30 a.m. fire prompted a general lockdown of all 610 prisoners in the cell block, pending completlon of an investigation into the cause.

Prison officers quickly extinguished the -fireand treated the unidentified prisoner. 4 You get a little bit closer to the neighborhood youre servicing. Officer Rich Tyson closer to the neighborhood you're servicing. Seeing their presence Is appreciated has recharged the batteries according to Terracina. 'It really makes you want to serve the people who are paying the bills.

The business community. extremely happy with having the walking men back. Vi David Glover, a security guard at Bank of America at 94th Avenue 'and East 14th, said I could see the difference out -here withlnithree-otL- four days. Before. wed have to run dope dealers out of the parking lot Now we hardly have any stall Although most of.

their time is spent walking, they have also become favorites of bus drivers since they will hop a ride to get from one point to another cutting down on passengers- rowdyism. smiled when they recalled the incident a sure sign their presence walking the-beat-was-being felt. Bay fisherman missing The youth had shown them a pass allowing him to be absent from school Had he hot been able to ex-, plain why he wasn't in class he may have been escorted to a neighborhood center to truants, a trip the two officers have made several times. It has not taken Tyson and Terracina long to establish their presence Both officers agree walking the. beat has Advantages over riding a patrol car.

Said Terracina: We cun get information guys in-a car might not get People see us daily and get to know us and trust us." Added Tyson: You get a little bit Charles Hill, president of-the Elmhurst Merchants Association, whose discount store is across the See WALKING, Page B-2 -'v Coast Guard patrol boats failed Sunday to find any trace of an Oakland fisherman, Kevin Pacheco, 26, who fell from rocks near the 'Golden Gate Bridge's Marin County side Saturday. TVq 'companions watched helplessly as Pacheco struggled to reach a life preserver thrown to him by a passing fishing boat -But he slipped below the surface as he-was grabbing for It said a Golden Gate National Seashore spokeswoman. Although Coast Guard boats arrived soon after the accident no trace of Pacheco could be found Saturday, or States infant deathrateup 3, panel told By Card BrydoH Because California ignores preventive care stateTinfant pregnant mothers, the stateTinfant mortality report to the fact-finders. Spohn was among a long list of witnesses who testified during a daylong hearing In Oakland called by Congressman Ronald Dellums (D-Oak-land) to discuss the infant mortality problem here and throughout the Spohn, who testified before a Congressional committee, said 4k state faces a "deepening crisis because of rising health care costs and escalating infant mortality He estimated that more than 100,000, or one quarter of all women who will have babies this year in California, will not be able to. get adequate pre-natal Preventive programs are five times more effective than subsidizing doctors and hospitals and their1 penchant for expensive technological toys, Spohn who presented his departments Milpitas crash kills 4 for rate went up nearly 3 percent in 1980, while the national rate declined, a Congressional committee was told Friday.

In blistering report released in Oakland, the states top consumer watchdog said California relies otTfar more costly intensive care to high-risk infants instead. The issue has attained a special urgency since the release of statistics several years ago indicating that Oakland had one of the highest infant mortality rates in the country. State Consumer Affairs Director Richard See INFANT, Pag B-2 SAN JOSE Authorities have confirmed that two men and two women were killed when their small airplane crashed into a hill near Milpitas Saturday. The Santa Clara County coroners office said three victims appear to be from San -Jose and one is from Scotts Valley in the Santa Crux Mountains. Names of the victims, who were badly burned, were not released until they could be verified today by dental records.

TJie aircraft, seen making two low passes over the Uvas Reservoir southeast of Milpitas, was flying in a southerly direction whim it apparently lost power and smashed into a hillside. Sister-city mayor sees similarities with Oakland Lafayette vets dinner honors POWs, MIAs By Stews n- ing a seven-member delegation from Dalian that arrived here over the As the Oakland waterfront sipped weekend to sign the sister-city agree-past outside the 90-foot yachts win- menL r-' (lows. Mayor Cui Rong Han of Dali- On Sunday night, their itinerary China, said Sunday there are at Included -SHr-hourtour-by-ichart-least four similarities between his ered yacht of the Port of Oakland Bus passes for seniors TREASURE ISLAND. Les atJiJhfiJtiroe, Michael Salome was Imprisoned in German prison camps during 'World War IL Z.Zr-'JS:?. And Salome was back'tnthe United States selling real estate at.gbout the time Glover was imprisoned in.

North Vietnam prison campauring -the Vietnam -But the two men stood jtdgether here Saturday Tbight when their names were announced over a loud-speaker, and they smiled at each other as 150 people stood to As former POWs, the two Menlo Park were featured guests as Mayor Cui Rong Han Wants to work with Oakland and San Francisco Bay first the containerised cargo operations, then a sparkling view of the San Francisco skyline over dinner and wine. Dalian officials are Interested in modernising their own port, which handles cargo from 100 nations, and harbor director Li Ning peppered Oakland port officials with questions the boat trip How deep Is the water here, HOW long Is that berth and How big a problem is siltation? When the Chinese delegation ar-- rived at the pier, fresh from a Gold-en State Warrlors-Houston Rockets city and Oakland. He said both cities, which will sign a sister-city relationship, are major are business centers, have lota of colleges and universities and are backed by hills. With these similarities, both cities can exchange, in the fields of commerce, trade, culture and tech, nology, Cui told the Oakland TribuneISastbay TODAY through an interpreter. I think the test of our visit this time will be in the Joint efforts to be completed successfully, tqr both sides.

A jovial qulck-to-smile man of 89, Cui pronounced sway) is lead- AC Transit is scheduled to introduce new monthly passes for seniors, the handicapped and students Thursday. Prices for all monthly passes are based On the same formula the cost of. 40 rides, or 20 working days, with a 10 percent dis-' count Basic prices for the senior and handicapped passes will be 3.60 a month, and $9 for students. Pro-addressed, mail-order envelopes will be available on S-V -1 Monthly passes also are sold at AC headquarters, 608 16th St; at supermarkets west of the Eastbay hills operated by Consumers Co-op, Emby FOodsSucky and Safeway, and at BASS ticket outlets. -basketball game at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, they scurried on board under umbrellas as rain pelted the dock.

'About 60 people took the tour, inclwllng Oakland and port officials. See CHINA, Pago B-2 POWs, Page. B-i etffe a -n- A.