The Desert Sun from Palm Springs, California • 1

GLoivesff-paid teacher in US is heading for new Alaska job Page A-3 860J01 02 DATA HICR0FILJ1NG iU BOX burbank CA VlblO 4 the Entire May 24 1986 112 Pagaa 9 Suctions 25 canti Palm Springs California A GANNETT NEWSPAPER Our 59Jh Year No 251 CupyngM ISM Tin Dnafl 8m PubMiwg Co ngNa raurvM Two die in court shooting US vetoes action against South Africa By HENRY GOTTLIEB AiiorialH Prm Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The United States on FYiday expelled the senior defense attache from South embassy in Washington but later joined Britain in a veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution that called for selective international sanctions to punish South Africa for raiding three neighboring countries South Africa will not be allowed to send a replacement for the attache and the US defense attache in Pretoria was recalled for consultations trust that this action will make clear to the South African government that the United States cannot tolerate disregard of the sovereignty of South Africa's neighbors" the State Department said in its announcement of the expulsion order (Please turn to Page A-2) By STEVE BREWER A Maria ted Pm Writer SAN RAFAEL Calif (AP) The mother of a woman about to be arraigned in a child-custody case walked into a courtroom Friday and shot dead her daughter's ex-husband before fatally wounding herself authorities said The shooting occurred at 1:33 pm in a crowded municipal courtroom of the Marin County Courthouse sending spectators scrambling for safety said sheriffs Detective Richard Keaton The woman was Identified as Sylvia Tolson 68 who died about 2V4 hours after shooting herself In the head with the 38-caliber gun Her former son-in-law was identified as David LaFont 36 Two armed bailiffs were in the courtroom at the time but Mrs Tolson opened fire so quickly that they didn't have time to draw their weapons Keaton said A metal detector used occasionally to screen people before they enter courtrooms stood against a corridor wall unused I-aina Tolson 35 was being arraigned by Municipal Judge Ernest Zunino on the child-stealing charge when her father Jack Tolson approached the bench to give the judge some information Sher- AP copyright Tha Marin btdapamlwit Journal Coachella Valley ready for linkup Paramedics rush Sylvia Tolson from a Marin County courtroom after the shootings iffs Lt Don Besse said in a news release he was walking to the bench the mother Sylvia Tolson walked to the back of the courtroom and approached the the release said then pulled a small handgun and fired point-blank at the Laina Tolson was arrested in Stockton on Thursday on a federal warrant charging her with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution said FBI Special Agent Ellen Knowlton 'attempted murder The Ran Rafael courthouse was the scene of another bloody gun-fight on Aug 7 1970 On that day 17-year-old Jonathan Jackson brother of San Quentin inmate George Jackson pulled guns from a bag he carried into a courtroom A shootout erupted and young Jackson Superior Court Judge Harold Haley and the other two inmates were killed Another inmate prosecutor Gary Thomas and a juror were wounded Ms Tolson and LaFont had been in a custody" battle over their 9-y ear-old child but sheriffs officials did not know if the child was a boy or girl The incident was similar to one in San Francisco on April 10 when Jack Spiegelman father of a girl slain in Golden Gate Park in the city pulled a gun in a courtroom and shot the man accused of her killing Daniel Morgan 39 survived three bullet wounds and Spiegelman faces a charge of Reagan staff will join chain The Associated Press reported (hat Hands Across America officials are warning participants not to give money to anyone during the event Hands Across America was suppose to link 6 million to 10 million people in an unbroken chain from roast to roast but participation in several areas was canceled because of health and safely concern Organizers said symbolic red and white ribbon will mark those areas instead Lora organizers still hope to have an unbroken chain in the Coachella Valley from Box Canyon Road in Mecca along Highway 111 to Windy Point in Palm Springs Palm Springs Police Department spokesman Mike McCabe said the city is prepared for the event but other cities law enforcement a gen-ries are not as confident McCabe said all the streets loading onto Palm Canyon Drive wi 11 be Host'd off from 11:45 am to about 1215 pm while the actual hand-holding ceremony takes place He said the Cathedral Gty Police Department will also block off its streets The Riverside County Sheriffs Department however has no plans to Mock the flow of traffic said IL Jake Bowser The sheriffs department contracts its police services to Rancho Mirage Palm Desert Indian Wells and La Quinta Bowser said the department mtiII (Please turn to Page A-2) By LAl'RALEE MENCUM Urwrt Sm Staff Writer PALM SPRINGS Hands Across America organizers said Sunday's hand-holding fund-raiser be a success even though it may seem to you that we're a little Local paid director Donna Campbell and a panel that included a Palm Springs police officer a Marine Corps fire engineer a doc tor and a paramedic met with the press Friday to discuss last-minute plans for the Coachella Valley portion of the nationwide event to benefit the hungry and homeless in America here to get everybody excited about Sunday" said Campbell have a very strong feeling that this is going to be a blast" But she could not estimate how big the blast would be Figures on how many people actually signed up to participate were not available she said It will take 46000 people to fill the Coachella Valley stretch 50 percent will make the decision to join between now and Sunday" Campbell said Originally participants were asked to pledge at least 810 for a space in the line But fearing there wouldn't be enough participants to stretch the 4152 miles from New York's Statue of Liberty to the shoreline in Long Beach organizers invited everyone to join up along the path nearest their homes and pay later body in line just like there's room for everybody in making solutions to homelessness soon as the line breaks like the president to stick his hands in his pockets and pull out a little more money so we can really eliminate homelessness and hunger in this country" Snyder said Speakes said the $10-a-head donation requested from all those who join the line will be paid by an anonymous donor on behalf of the 225 volunteers officials estimate will be needed to stretch the chain inside the White House gates He said the Reagans would make their own contributions and any of the volunteers who wish to make donations may do so in addition to the money given on their behalf Reagan family will do its the president said in remarks relayed to reporters by Speakes Shortly after the change in plans was announced Reagan proclaimed Sunday as Across America calling the observance visible symbol of the determination that unites Americans in the fight against hunger and homelessness" this day then let us join not only our hands but our hearts and prayers in efforts to ensure that America's God-given abundance is shared with those in need" the president said in his proclamation The privately organized effort seeks to raise 850 million by forming a nearly unbroken human chain from New York to California Speakes said the family conclave in the White House residential quarters Thursday night was attended by the president First Lady Nancy Reagan Maureen Reagan and husband Dennis Revell Speakes denied the switch in plans was a reaction to criticism of the president following his remark to students earlier this week that hunger in America is due not to a denial of aid to anyone but to some people's ignorance of where to get food Activist Snyder however said backtracking and the only way for him to backtrack is to jump on line" The Reagans invited members and families of the White House and executive office staffs the Secret Service and news media to join them in stretching the line along the semicircular White House drive off Pennsylvania Avenue the original demonstration route The Reagans themselves will join the line under the North Portico by stepping just outside the main door of the executive mansion the spokesman said By DALE NELSON ANorialH Pirn Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Now that he is committed to joining Hands Across America President Reagan is urging other Americans to get in line with him to fight hunger and homelessness Spokesman Larry Speakes announced Friday that the president decided after a family meeting to participate in the nationwide linking of hands The White House had said earlier he would not participate in the Sunday fundraiser Reagan's older daughter Maureen said president was a little surprised to find out that he had been invited to participate because he somehow didn't know Donna Brazile the District of Columbia director of Hands Across America said Reagan was invited a month ago in a letter sent to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with the salutation Resident" Ken Kragen organizer of Hands Across America said the president's decision more clearly than anything else we could have done that it's not too late for anyone (o rome and be part of the Mitch Snyder director of the Community for Creative Non-Violence and an activist on behalf of the homeless said There's room for every Weather Ex-Marine recalls Guadalcanal horror as DEATH Sunny and warm this weekend with the highs ranging from 96 to 104Details on A-4 Sports Driver Dick Simon moved into Sunday's Indy 500 lineup and Dennis Firestone moved out Friday aa Simon struck a deal with car owner Pat Kehoe to start his Lola in the 33rd positionPagas HI-12 mit to the Guadalcanal Relief Fund 42-430 Carino Place Temecula Calif 92390 For more information he can be reached at (714)676-2659 He doesn't know how much help he can be But he knows the survivors could use whatever he collects a small amount will help them" he said As Bellino talked about his fund-raising campaign his hands twisting the worn out baseball cap with the emblem of the 1st Marine division he couldn't keep his thoughts from drifting back to 1942 our first battle at Tcnaru River we fought the Imperial Japanese Marines fresh from Bataan (in the Philippines) They were superb They came at us in the thousands annihilated them (After the battle) we blew a hole in the beach and buried their division malaria But he survived Thousands of Americans didn't a lot of Marines there a lot of Bellino said quietly That's what he couldn't help thinking about after learning a major typhoon named Namu had struck the island on Monday killing people burying villages in a sea of mud and leaving 90000 people homeless He remembered when another catastrophe this one man-made had engulfed the island 44 years ago So on Friday he decided to help the victims of the typhoon: he began organizing a fund-raising campaign need things I'm going to work through the Australian Embassy channel the money through them" he said He's seeking Marines who served on Guadalcanal to help him out People who want to donate money can send cash or checks made By SAM RAMIREZ Iteirrt Km Staff Writer Forty-four years later Vito Bellino can still vividly recall the horror of Guadalcanal Those memories aren't pretty: Japanese bodies stacked like cordwood mangled American Marines was the most gruesome World War II battle on land and sea and he said Bellino was there He came ashore on that tiny South Pacific island on Aug 7 1942 as a private in the 1st Marine Division It took six months for the Americans to wrest control of that island from the Japanese When they did it was the first major victory over the Japanese in World War II was no quarter no surrender no prisoners only death" the 6 3-y ear-old Temecula man recalled During the battle he was stricken with Circulation Call 3P0-6920 or 34b b64b lor delivery or inquiries.