Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 8

MV THE TRIBUNE By Harry Harris Tribune Staff Writer The salute was traditional and in this in stance the hug and kiss were totally acceptable It all happened riday at the conclusion of the graduation inspection of the Oakland Police 106th Recruit School when Lt Mike Wilson commander of the vice squad wel comed his daughter Patty to the ranks Her graduation marks the first time in the 130 year history that a father and daughter have been on the force at the same time Departmental brass noting the historic sig nificance broke tradition and let Wilson join the inspection team and give his 22 year old daugh ter the once over Before the ceremony a beaming Wilson said he knew nothing about his daughter joining the department until a background investigator asked him about her several months ago came as a the 18 year veteran said "I knew she was going into law enforce 5 ment but I thought it would be in Sonoma County where she went to school She had come down here and ridden with Some of our women officers and I knew they impressed her I guess it was that and the fact I have had a pretty good career Patty Wilson who attended Santa Rosa Jun ior College said she did not start out to be a police officer: She said she was taking other courses in college and one day decided to sit in on a law enforcement class think it would be a good said Lt JWilson paternal instinct would come to His daughter added: too close to LL Wilson realizes a patrol life on the street pan be hectic but says he is not worried about his daughter think the women in this department have the tendency to succeed and fail about the same rate men do a very intelligent woman has got good common s4nse I think do very But he has given her some advice only things I cautioned her on has nothing to do with the street I told her get involved in groupie type bars and be cautious of single "It was the most interesting one I she recalled Her appetite had been whetted At urst she considered a career in the pro uauvu uvudiunent put alter workinc as a cam pus security officer she knew a police career wnai sne wanted The fact that her father works in Oakland played only a small part in her final decision She went on ride alongs with different depart ments but was with the offi cers in Oakland That and pie fact she had heard Oakland the best training in which she said she found to be true during the 18 week recruit school Both she and her father agree it probably would not be best for her to work for him BAY AREA Policeman welcomes daughter to ranks Saturday November 20 1982 A 8 aaftaa aPaaa aa a ay a a a aaa I 1 WWW aaflo aa' 5 "a WCa a a a a yay a 11 a 'J B'M A W'a 'A afar' yay )yjayaa a py a aa Usw aasa iaay a i i I Gravely ill I heir to run I own affairs I By Andy Jokelson Tribune Staff Writer I SAN RANCISCO Emaciat ed gravely ill Reuben Metson I who collected a $249000 inherit a nee after being located in De troit four years ago by a Rich mond has been given control of his funds and personal affairs I Probate Judge John Ertola of I San rancisco Superior Court de fl nied permanent conservatorships I which had been sought by Rich fl mond private detective William I Linhart and Richmond account fl ant Alphonse de Roo I Linhart and de Roo had been I named temporary conservators I Oct 21 by Ertola at the request I of Metson who changed his mind I by the time the judge held a I hearing Thursday on whether the I conservatorships should be made I permanent I Court investigator Mary Joy I Ostrovski in a written report to I Ertola quoted Metson who suf I' fers from advanced tuberculosis fl'i and kidney failure as saying I know the conservatorship was I started because I consent I to the (kidney) dialysis But now I I consent I can handle my own I I Metson who was brought to I court in a wheelchair told Erto I la he has a will to live and I inalienable right to govern I own Ertola deemed mm I capable of doing so and Linhart I and de Roo did not object I Metson 51 was released from I a Administration Hos I pital in San rancisco OcCA? at I his request and is now living at I his apartment here with round the clock nursing I report said Metson beennear death several I times in the past few months He I has a history of chronically abus I ing alcohol of maintaining poor nutritional status and of gas I trointestinal I Ostrovski who is a registered nurse described Metson as hav ing ago embarked on a career of self destruction via his alcoholism and his refusal to fol low treatment for his tuberculo sis His obsessive need for has led him to gravely and perhaps terminally jeopardize his Ostrovski said could be argued that Reuben Metson has made a decision to die and should be left in peace to do soHowever his actions show that neis ambivalent When he is in dire straits physically he gets jjflp from either Mr Linhart or I other sources He has communi cated his interest in living to me and to his Tribune photo by Howard Erkor tarp SMMHaflHMfljflM 'if'' 3 yCMBflflHHMIB WBfc Ar jgMgat MBM I EL 'W rREL i I 1 ww i Ail EARLY HOLIDAY Pupils in the second and fifth grades at Joaquin Miller School put on a reenactment of the first Thanksgiv ing complete with Pilgrim and Indian costumes an authentic menu topped by venison stew and crafts and games of the period Here Taffeta Burr Lewis takes her turn tending barbecued duck ather of missing woman announces $10000 reward By Bob Loomis Tribuna Staff Writer WALNUT CREEK His voice choking with emotion the father of a missing Danville woman announced riday on the eve of her 21st birthday a $10 000 reward offer for new infor mation leading to her safe re turn The father Ed Wingate a Min neapolis executive on his second trip west in two weeks in connec tion with the disappearance was accompanied at a press confer ence by Contra Costa County Sheriff Richard Rainey They announced a 24 hour hot line at 228 8281 for calls regard ing blonde Karolyn Wingate who was last seen so far as can be determined at 11:30 a Nov 4 walking on Del Amigo Street in Danville Rainey also announced that his seven man special projects unit known as the Team will circulate through the Danville Alamo area this week end distributing flyers bearing picture and description and information about the re ward offer Because the Danville woman had made other commitments later in the day Nov 4 neither her father nor investigators be lieve she simply disappeared of her own volition As he explained how the fami ly was handling the ordeal Win voice trailed off into sobs as he said we feel down and sometimes we feel like find her He simply could not respond when asked to reveal the exact nature of special we had wanted to give her for her 21st When questioned about it he simply sat shaking his head fighting back tears un til he could regain composure Eastbay colleges take part in space teleconferences By Lester On Tribuna Staff Writer Drunk driver in fatal crash draws 6 years Communications satellites that rotate with the earth are giving community colleges in the East bay the capability of holding or participating in conferences without the necessity of getting on a plane called the teleconference and involves using one of the satellites to relay television sig nals to any number of receiving points in the country Laney College in Oakland was one of 51 sites in the country on the receiving end of a live Educate the teleconfer ence from Detroit on Nov 10 A consortium of higher educa tion institutions labor unions and other groups based in the Detroit area sought to acquaint an audience of Bay Area educa tors with its course offerings for working adults provided via ca ble television Ohlone College in remont plans to broadcast its first tele conference next June on its nurs ing preceptorship program Dr Peter Blomerley superin tendent of the remont Newark Community College District says the teleconference will put Ohlone College on the map Dis trict trustees approved the tele conference proposal on Nov 17 Verle Waters assistant dean of instruction in health and sci By Carol Brydolf Tribune Staff Writer The first person in Alameda County to be slapped with a mur der Charge for a fatal drunken driving accident has pleaded guilty to reduced charges of felo ny drunken driving and volun tary manslaughter Duane Leroy Yoder a 46 year old used car salesman from San Jose entered his plea Wednesday and was sentenced to six years in state prison by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Richard Haugner Yoder was arrested after he slammed his car into the back of the automobile driven by 34 year old Barbara Bascherini of Walnut Creek on Interstate 680 on Sept 9 1981 Bascherini was killed She was the daughter of a California Highway Patrol officer and the step daughter of an executive manager of the National Safety Institute who had conducted sta tistical studies of drunken driv ing fatalities Yoder who was driving with out a valid license had been con victed of drunken driving seven times in the five years preceding the fatal crash He was the first drunken driv er in the county to be charged under provisions of a recent Cali fornia Supreme Court decision that allows prosecutors to charge such inebriates with murder Deputy District Attorney Ken Burr said Yoder pleaded guilty to the lesser charge to avoid trial for second degree murder says now he never wants to get near another Burr said Burr said he offered Yoder the chance to avoid a murder trial because the defendent: had been arraigned twice on the lesser ve hicular manslaughter charges and might argue that the Su preme Court ruling had been im properly and retroactively ap plied to his case ences says Ohlone nursing stu dents are placed in the precep torship program for four weeks during their final quarter This means a staff nurse is assigned to work with the stu dent on a one to one relationship for 40 hours a week to help ease his or her transition as their training ends The program Waters says has resulted in higher levels of job satisfaction and a lower turn over These findings will be broadcast to 20 or more sites next June to an audience of some 1000 to 1400 nursing edu cators Waters says former nursing students will tell how the precep tors helped them to make the transition from student to staff nurse Those receiving the teleconfer ence will be able to ask ques tions by telephone The WK Kellogg oundation of Battle Creek Mich will pick up the total $316387 cost Blomerley told the board on Nov 17 that widespread interest in nursing preceptor ship program a na tional need for dissemination of information about this Work furlough term given in death By Lance Williams Tribune Staff Writer A remont warehouseman who denied beating a 17 month old boy to death but who accept ed responsibility for the killing anyway is facing a one year term in the work fur lough program Richard Egan 41 pleaded no contest to the crime of voluntary manslaughter for the Jan 19 1981 killing of Manuel Tse and was sentenced to one year in county jail for the crime riday But Alameda County Superior Court Judge Mark Eaton re leased Egan without bail so he could apply to the work furlough program which would allow him to spend nights and weekends in jail while keeping his job Prosecutor Robert Platt pro tested the sentence and urged the judge to send Egan to prison Manuel was the son of Egan's girlfriend According to court records on the day of the killing the mother left the child with Egan When she returned she fpund the baby in convulsions He died shortly that Dr Paul Hermann a pathologist said the child died from being punched in the head The body showed bruis es from earlier beatings as well Hermann said Egan denied beating the child In a statement ito his probation officer he implied the mother was responsible for in flicting the fatal injuries He told doctors at the state prison at Vacaville where he was sent for a'one month diag nostic study that he chose to plead no contest because he feared being found guilty of mur der if the case went to trial According to the prosecutor the mother denied abusing the boy She accused Egan of show ing his dislike for the child who was of Asian heritage by calling him BRIES Polish hams stolen in SAN RANCISCO More than 20000 pounds of Polish ham valued at $50000 have been stolen from a Potrero warehouse along with two delivery trucks police reported ri day The theft from Geneva Refrigerated Truck ing Service occurred sometime Thursday eve ning or riday morning according to San rancisco police officer Reagan Howe He said 21504 pounds of Polka Brand ham packaged in 1024 21 pound tins were taken away in two of the vans The ham was to be have been shipped to Bay area groceries and delicatessens riday Year in prison for fraud SAN RANCISCO A 49 year old Con cord woman was sentenced in federal court riday to a year in prison and a $1000 fine for her guilty plea committing fraud in bank ruptcy proceedings Astarte Davis Rice had a $20000 Jaguar and $150000 equity in a house but did not reveal that when she declared bankruptcy last year Her fraud came to light when she bought more than $20000 worth of jewelry and furni ture this year and then told the stores she was going bankrupt When the stores received bankruptcy papers from her they discovered the date had been altered from 1981 to 1982 and officials began an investigation Big Yule parade planned SAN RANCISCO The biggest Santa Claus parade ever will march up Market Street from the erry Building beginning at 11:30 a Sunday Disneyland Peter Pan and Captain Cook along with Santa Claus atop the Wells argostagecoach will among the featured charac ters with the San rancisco Youth Symphony performing on a float Priies $10000 will be awarded the winning floats Benny free on bail SAN RANCISCO Real estate entrepre neur George I Benny accused in an alleged $40 million real estate fraud was released from jail riday after his ex wife gave the court a $125000 property bond on her home ederal Judge Robert Peckham reduced the bail Thursday from $1 million on the con ditions that Benny surrender his passport re port in person each day to the federal parole office and not leave Northern California Benny 50 was arrested Monday on a fed eral indictment charing him and four others with mail fraud and racketeering in building his real estate empire to a value of $193 mil lion Calls seek flood areas OAKLAND City and Alameda County flood control officials said riday they were bombarded with calls this week from Oakland residents wanting to find out if fbeir properties were in flood hazard zones The Tribune on Mooday repolrtad that a majority of 1954 flood insurance policy hold ers here were eligible for refunds of their premiums back to ebruary because the feder al government and city recently adopted new flood hazard zone maps for the city The maps take most of the Oakland flat land properties that were previously in flood hazard zones out of those zones Bonanno charged in theft SAN JOSE Charles Bonanno 24 grand son of reputed Mafia chieftain Joseph Bon anno Sr was charged riday with stealing a truck after his alleged attempt to sell parts from a pickup truck that was stolen last month 1 Bonanno who lives in Campbell currently is facing trial on 25 other charges for allegedly running a and scheme uncov ered by authorities last year Bonanno was arrested by Campbell police Thursday on the latest charges and booked into Santa Clara County JaiL He was arraigned In San Jom Municipal Court after spending the night In jail in lieu of $100000 bail His bail was reduced to $20000.