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4 Friday, April 14, 1972 LIFE QUESTIONED IN SHOOTING Roberta Brust, Tiburon resident who drove the car carrying Donald Dean Oliver, slain by police in San Rafael today, is handcuffed by an officer. She later told investigators Oliver became when he spotted a following police car. See other photos, story, page one. (Independent Journal photo) REED Continued from page 1 1,090 votes, Blinder with 1,078 and Reed a third-place loser with 1,066 votes. The other candidates' status remained unchanged.

Mever said Reed had not asked for a recount. -The actual filing time for recount requests runs from Tuesday evening when the cities' councils must meet to adopt the official canvass of votes and April 24, Meyer explained. Tiburon City Councilman Anne L. Ellinwood already has said she wanted a recount of the votes in which she lost her seat to challenger Allan N. Littman by two votes.

Meyer reported that Corte Madera Town Clerk Betty S. Behel had indicated a recount might be asked by Berber C. Leney, who trailed Mayor Robert P. Simmons by three votes. Meyer predicted that recounts might be asked in Mill Valley and Belvedere, where six or fewer votes separated successful and unsuccessful candidates.

Meyer stressed that the canvass performed by his staff was not a recount of the actual ballots cast. The canvass was a bookkeeping recheck of the figures written by precinct workers on the tally sheets and of votes sheets. The ballots remain sealed in envelopes unless a recount is asked by a candidate, Meyer explained. Ross Blake Fills Gallinas Vacancy The Gallinas Village Community Services District board last night earned 18-year-old Ross Blake to fill the board's vacant seat, secretary Marguerite F. Clark reported today.

Blake, of 655 Rosal Way. San Rafael, fills the seat left by Albert Vacearo, who resigned in February, Mrs. Clark said. Blake had served for the past year on a youth recreation advisory board, and had asked to be appointed to Vaccaros seat, she said. The board also decided to meet April 22 at the recreation center to choose from among three applicants to fill the summer recreation director's job.

The applicants are Becky Preble, Diane Bclben and Carolyn E. Jauch, Mrs. Clark said. Grass Charges Are Dismissed DETROIT cases against 88 persons charged with possession of marijuana were dismissed late Thursday by Judge Joseph A. Gillis, the presiding judge of Detroit Recorder's Court.

Gillis said he based his action on a recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling declaring the old marijuana laws unconstitutional a decision that led to the release earlier this week of 90 persons serving prison sentences for marijuana possession. The cases released Thursday involved charges which, under the old Michigan Controlled Substances Act. placed marijuana in the category. A new state law which went into effect April not place marijuana in this category and makes possession a misdemeanor with sharply reduced penalties. Sewer District Adds 27 Acres The Las Gallinas Valley San- tiary District board last night decided to add the 27-acre Green Oaks Annexation and approved plans to connect sewage lines to 109 living units planned in the area.

According to board president Frank Solomon the vote to annex and connect sewage was 3-2, with Solomon and Sesto F. Lucchi dissenting. Solomon dissented. he said, because a public hearing on the matter should first be held. Of the 27 acres, located at the end of Freitas Parkway, 15 will be open space, Solomon said.

Condominium townhouse units will be built on the remainder of the property. The board also authorized $2,000 in emergency repairs of a broken sewer main near the district plant on Smith Ranch Road, Solomon said. Continued from page 1 make a determination of whether Oliver was a narcotics addict or in danger of becoming one. concluded that drugs still played a large part in his life. It began in 1956, when at the age of 21, Oliver told the doctor he had first used heroin.

Before that, he said he had smoked marijuana. Throughout the interview, the doctor said, Oliver displayed an above intelligence and gave detailed accounts of incidents in his life. By I960, Oliver had fallen into real trouble, and in 1961 he was sent to Quentin for narcotics sale and possession convictions both from San Francisco and Marin counties. After four years in prison. Oliver came out, apparently determined to lead a clean life.

about two and a half years, he was apparently able to do so. He worked as a truck driver for a concrete firm and in 1967 he married the secretary of the company. He told the psychiatrist that he was still fond of his wife but that the marriage was recently ended because he could not keep on damage to By 1968 Oliver waS using methamphetamine in the daytime and barbiturates at night in order to sleep and he realized he was again addicted. He sought help at the time, he told the doctor, but by 1969 he was using heroin again. He kicked the habit for a while, acquired ownership of a auto repair garage in San Rafael, and led a relatively normal life again for a time.

However, his garage soon became known as a place to make narcotics deals and he became a in the drug world. The Marin drug scene is a relatively closed society, and it was no surprise that in his latest arrest, it was Stephen Michael Weeks who was the informant. Weeks himself died earlier this week of a massive overdose of heroin, and police say that may have been homicide. Oliver, who knew the drug abuse agents were constantly watching him, was arrested last April in a raid on his San Rafael residence. Last month, he pleaded guilty in Marin Superior Court to a charge of i a i and was due to be sentenced' soon.

intended to recommend state prison because of his long record of dealing and using Deputy Dist. Atty. Joshua W. Thomas said today. A hearing had been set for April 27 on the question of whether he was an addict.

In the meantime, Oliver, who also had a pending narcotics case in San Francisco, managed to post $11.250 bail and was released from Marin County Jail Sunday. was a man who should not have been out on the Thomas said. The psychiatrist concluded in his report that problems were partly of his own making by his repeated association with people in the drug culture and in part, by a craving for drugs which he was never able to lick. LAW IN ACTION From the State Bar Of Californki OBITUARIES Oregon Governor Handles Issue Of Hand-Holding SALEM, Ore. Tom McCall had to do some political maneuvering Wednesday when asked by an eighth- grader if it was proper for boys and girls to hold hands in school hallways.

guess if they don't exceed that it's all right." the Oregon governor said. they can't hold hands in the hall, they will do it He was then informed that the school the girl questioner attended had a regulation against hand-holding. should hold hands under the best circumstances he quickly added. not in the Voiceprint Identification? know his voice will the court believe you if you say so? Just as important, wall the court compel someone to speak, so you can tell whether it is his voice or not? Take the case of Mabel. She was the victim of a masked man with a loose: lip, who dropped a few remarks during their brief encounter.

Later the police picked up a suspect. They called Mabel to identify him. She said. see his face: he wore this mask. I only heard him the investigator said to the suspect, The suspect did.

the Mabel said and he was convicted on this identification. Here the court believed the identification by the victim. It ruled, in effect, that making a suspect speak does not violate his privilege against self-incrimination. The court said that there was a difference between being forced to state facts (a violation of the privilege against incrimination) and being forced to give out sounds for purposes of identification (not a To force the defendant to speak is like ordering him to stand up, or to look at the victim, or I fingerprinted. It is permissible to testify that you recognize another's voice, even if you only heard the voice once.

But a is not proper evidence in California or in most other states. A voiceprint is a record on a chart or graph. It shows the and of the voice. There is some evidence that no two people have the same voice patterns. However, the courts take the position that the voice print is not yet scientifically accurate not like fingerprints.

A rioter, interviewed by a newsman, kept his back to the camera to avoid identification. The newsman refused to identify the person, claiming he did not have to reveal the names of those he interviewed. The police arrested the rioter, and taped his comments at the time Year-Old Bullet Ca use Of Death? SUN CITY, Calif. bullet which wounded a motel operator during a robbery more than a year ago apparently caused the death Thursday of the 53-year-old man. deputies said Arthur Wright had lived normally despite the bullet lodged near his heart since Feb.

3, 1971. Surgeons had decided against removing the bullet because of proximity to heart. An autopsy was scheduled. Burglary Defendant Ordered Examined Judge Samuel W. Gardiner of Marin Superior Court has ordered a psychiatric examination for Sheldon A.

Watson, 21, of San Anselmo. who wanted to plead guilty to six counts of burglary despite the advice of his attorney. Watson, who appeared in court Wednesday with his head shaved, turned himself in to San Anselmo police last month saying he was responsible for the burglaries of two businesses and four homes. Farr Dell Danford Succumbs At 52 of arrest. The police then compared the taped comments with the voice on A showed that the same person made both sets of sounds.

Not good enough, the court ruled. It said that the use of the voiceprinter was still experimental, and not accurate enough to convict someone of a crime. Note: California lawyers offer this column so you may know about our laws. WAR 'Goblin' Moving For Tomorrow Spock To Speak The Associated Students of the College of Marin voted yesterday to sponsor an address by Dr. Benjamin Spock May a in Olney Hall (time to be set later) and sponsor a student arts festival from May 25 to June 10.

"Gretchen and the Lonely currently being performed by the Mill Valley Performing Arts Theater group, will play tomorrow at Old Mill School instead of at the Performing Arts Theater. The house has been bought out for the day by the Old Mill School Parent Teacher Association. according to theater member Marney McArthur, but some tickets will be made available to the public. The play will return to its regular location April 22 for performances at 1 and 3 p.m. The Snowiest Spot In World PARADISE, Wash.

new winter storm has made Paradise the snowiest spot in the world. The Weather station at the level of Mt. Rainier recorded 14.5 inches of new snow Thursday to bring the total snowfall at the area to 1.029 inches. Park Superintendent John Townsley said it was a world record annual snowfall total- two inches more than any previously reported. The Paradise snowpack is now 301 inches deep, he said, adding that a lot more snow could fall between now and June 30, when measurements end.

Lagunitas School Sets Registration Registration and vision and hearing screening tests for children who will attend kindergarten in Lagunitas School District next school year will be held Wednesday a.m. to nnon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lagunitas School multipurpose room. Children must be aged 4 years and 9 months old by Sept.

1 and must have a birth certificate and measles and polio immunization records, according to Harry Roche. Lagunitas School principal. Bill Reduces Adult Support Of Parents SACRAMENTO (UPI) Contributions required from adult children to support their elderly parents on welfare would be substantially reduced under a bill approved by the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. The bill was sent to the floor on a 12-5 vote Wednesday. It would restore a reduced level of contribution that was in effect before enactment of the 1971 welfare reform act.

which was hammered out by Gov. Ronald Reagan and Democrats last summer. Continued from page 1 force backed by tanks attacked an entrenched North Vietnamese forcetwo miles south of Dong Ha. about 10 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone DMZ) and was beaten back in extremely heavy fighting. Front dispatches said the Marines retreated, leaving bodies behind.

Radio Hanoi reported heavy U.S. air attacks on North Vietnam today and said six U.S. jet fighter-bombers were shot down. It made no mention of the fate of the pilots. The U.S.

command hed no comment on the Radio Hanoi claim. U. S. pilots who took part in the raids said the weather was crystal clear for the first time in two weeks. They reported heavy anti-aircraft fire and said at least 30 surface-to-air missiles fired two days ago.

The strategy was to knock out the SAM sites and then the Communist supplies which have built up for months. The Cambodian High Command in Phnom Penh reported another major battle in Kom- pong Trach, 70 miles south of Phnom Penh, where Communist forces are trying to break through Cambodian and South Vietnamese defenders to the Mekong Delta below Saigon. The command said more than too Communists and 70 Vietnamese have been killed in the fight nine miles from the frontier. The Communists continued their siege of Bastogne, the firebase 12 miles southwest of Hue and its principal defense. A South Vietnamese relief force turned back from attempts to reach encircled Bastogne struggled back to Hue with 200 wounded, leaving 20 dead behind.

The South Vietnamese command reported 107 Communist attacks throughout the country in the 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. today, the largest number reported since the 1968 Tet offensive. President Nixon sent Maj. Gen. Alexander M.

Haig, a White House aide, to Vietnam today to assess the military situation. But Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said the mission did not mean the President has any increased misgiving about the current battles. President Nguyen Van Thieu flew to the Central Highwands where Communist troops have brought a number of firebases under heavy artillery and mortar attack. Thieu visited Tan Canh.

also known as Ben Het, 300 miles north of Saigon. U.S. infantrymen fought ground skirmishes Thursday night and early today, the first since the Communist offensive opened, while patrolling three miles southwest of the Phu Bai base where 2,000 Americans are stationed. No injuries were reported. Phu Bai.

eight miles below Hue, was hit today with 15 rouds of mortar fire which wounded 13 South Vietnamese soldiers. Anti-war groups in the United States reported a continuing American air and naval buildup. They said the carrier Midway left port without part of its crew and has been flying crewmen back to the ship as it steamed toward the South China Sea. Fellowship Plans Sunrise Function The Cosmic Circle of Fellowship, will hold an in Sunday at sunrise on Mount Tamalpais, according to spokesman Nancy Konkle of San Rafael. A second meeting will be held Sunday at 3 p.m.

at the holiday Inn. San Rafael as a celebration of expansion. She described the group as an order of celestial and immortal beings organized 12,000 years ago on Saturn in order to emancipate earth people. Farr Dell Danford, 52, an executive with Jackson Square Garages Co. in San Francisco, died at a local hospital yesterday after a long illness.

Danford had been with the firm and its predecessor for about 25 years. He lived at 23 Berens Drive, Kentfield. He was a member of the San Rafael Elks Lodge, the Inde. pendent Order of Foresters, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Teamsters Union Local 665. During World War II, Danford was in the volunteer Coast Guard.

He was a native of Utah and had lived in California 34 years and in Marin 21 years. TRANSIT Continued from page I Highway 101 and destructive roadway growth through local The report adds that serious imbalance between auto and may continueif trends continue unchecked. The four studies to date, it continues, have assumed the continuation of past and present transportation trends: new roadways or old ones widened to accommodate an increasing number of autos. the people of Marin and their elected representatives do indeed wish to change the priorities of car sick they must adopt new policies on travel modes, on patterns of land development and population the report say s. the citizens of Marin seriously wish to throttle the automobile's expanding demands, then the Lucas Valley resident who works in San Anselmo, or the Mill Valley man whose business is in San Rafael, must choose to go to work by transit and leave the car at Since two-thirds of peak-hour rush traffic is made up of persons staying within the county, what is needed is greater intra-county bus service, the report says.

Proposing three new studies, it recommends that separate bus right-of-ways be studied for important east-west roads such as Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. Also, extension of bus service into some neighborhoods not previously served and a transit link (inter-valley connector road) between Terra Linda and Sleepy Hollow. The committee, in drafting the report, set a goal that the balance between auto and transit traffic be one which seeks to put 50 per cent of the feeder traffic onto the main artery presently highway 101) into transit. goal would put 50 per cent of the travelers emerging from valleys at the workday peak hour into transit, whether they were headed for San Francisco or for destination within the committee's report adds. is an attempt to achieve a 50-50 split at selected points within the (transportation) system rather than an overall 50-50 seems to this committee that we can choose between livable communities and unrestricted use of our automobile but we cannot have Murderer Ruled Insane By Judge DOW.MEVILLE, Calif.

(UPI) Paul Yuen, 22, a former San Francisco State College student, has been ordered committed to a mental institution after being found guilty of second-degree murder in the campground slayings of three Chinatown companions. Sierra County Superior Court Judge John F. Keane ruled Thursday that Yuen was insane. The judge's verdict ended the two-week non-jury trial. Yuen was accused of killing Russel Woong, 22, Wendell Lee.

21, and Daniel Yen Woo, 21, all of San Chinatown following an all-night, marijuana-smoking and beer-drinking party. Shooting Costs Youth An Eye A 16-year-old youth was shot in the face about 3 a.m. yesterday in an apartment on Drake Avenue in Marin City, according to deputies at Marin City substation. Larry Smith, of 307 Drake Avenue, was reported in fair condition today at Marin General Hospital. He had been shot in the nose and the bullet took out his right eye and exited through his forehead.

Deputies said details of the shooting were unavailable. Surviving are his wife, Margaret, of Kentfield; two sons, Brad Danford of San Rafael and Craig Danford of Kentfield: and a brother, Richard Danford of Daly City. Private memorial services will be held at his home. The family prefers memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society or blood contributions to the San Rafael Elks Lodge in his name. CHRIST LUCAS Christ Lucas, 81, retired Petaluma restaurant owner, died yesterday at a local hospital after a brief illness.

He was born and reared in Greece and moved to San Francisco at the age of 16. Lucas worked in restaurants there until 37 years ago when he moved to Willits and owned and operated restaurants there and in Ukiah. Lucas retired 12 years ago and moved to Petaluma. He lived at 320 Fourth Street. His wife, Mabel, died 12 years ago.

He is survived by a son, John Lucas of San Anselmo; a daughter, Margaret Machi of Petaluma; three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Funeral will be held Monday at II a.m. at Sorensen Funeral Home, Petaluma. Recitation ol the Rosary will be at 8 p.m. Sunday.

Burial will bo at Calvary Cemetery. FRANCIS BONGARTZ Retired Air Force Warrant Officer Francis W. Bongartz, 65. of Novato died yesterday at a local hospital after a short illness. Bongartz, a resident of Novato for more than 20 years, lived at 1308 Olive Street and had been a coach in the Babe Ruth baseball league.

He was a native of Pittsburgh.Pa. Surviving are his wife, Margaret. of Novato, a stepdaughter. Sue Hogan of Novato, a stepson, C. A.

Larson Jr. of Santa Clara, and two grandchildren. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of Loretto Church. Novato.

His body will be taken to the University of California Medical Center for research. The family prefers that contributions be to the Heart Fund. NORMAN CHAPANOT Norman Chapanot, 62, a self- employed, commercial artist of Strawberry, died unexpectedly at home yesterday after a sudden illness. Private services were held yesterday. Chapanot, of 31 Reed Boulevard, had been a commercial artist for 40 years.

He was a native of California and had been a resident of Marin for 33 years. Surviving are his wife. Elsie; two sons, Robert Chapanot of San Jose and Richard Chapanot of San Diego: his mother. Louise Chapanot of Mill Valley; a sister, Lucia Malev of Hollywood, and a brother. Frank Chapanot of Mill Valley.

MARY KUNST Mary H. Kunst, mother of Robrt and John Kunst of Terra Linda and Charles and Arnold Kunst of San Anselmo, died yesterday in a local nursing home. She was 63. Mrs. Kunst was a native of Pennsylvania and lived in Oakland for six and a half years.

She was the wife of the late John T. Kunst, a paint manufacturer in San Francisco. Also surviving are her daughters, Betty Smith and Jo Souza, of Oakland; two sisters, Sara Rodgers and Anna Burns and 19 grandchildren. A Mass of the Resurrection will be offered at 9 a.m. tomorrow.

Rosary will be held today at 8 p.m. Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael. GEORGE WESTER George Wester of Fairfax died yesterday of a heart attack in his home. He was 78. Wester was a native of Austria and came to the United States 20 years ago.

One year after he arrived, he moved to Marin County where he worked as a gardener and caretaker. He lived at 419 Cascade Drive. Surviving are his wife, Vilma Wester and his son, Eugene Wester. Mass of the Resurrection will be held Saturday at St. Rita's Church in Fairfax.

Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Frederick G. Ross Jr. and Jeanne E. Dawson, both of San Rafael: license issued in San Francisco.

CRUMP A son to the wife of Walter G. Crump of Belvedere April 3 in San Francisco. GROS-BALTHAZARD A daughter to the wife of Andre E. Gros Balthazard of Muir Beach, April 2 in San Francisco. DEATH NOTICES WESTER In Fairfax, April 13, 1972.

George Wester, husband of Vilma Wester, father of Eugene Wester. A native of Austria, aged 78 years. Friends are invited to attend the funeral Saturday April 15, 1972. from MORTUARY, 1022 Street. San Rafael, thence to St.

Church, Fairfax, where Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated for the repose of his soul. Interment. Vount Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael. (For time of Mass, phone 453-0571, Keaton's Mortuary) Rosary services will bo recited at 8 p.m. tonight at the Keaton chapel.

CHAPANOT In Mil! Valley, April 13, 1972. Norman Chapanot, beloved husband of Mrs. Elsie Chapanot. loving father of Robert Chapanot of San Jose, and Richard Chapanot of San Diego, devoted son of Mrs. I.ouise Chapanot of Mill Valley and dear brother of Mrs.

Lucia Malev of Hollvwood and Frank Chapanot of Mill Valley. A native of California, age 62. Private funeral services were held Friday at the Memorial hapel of Russell and Gooch. 270 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley. BONGARTZ In Hamilton Air Force Base.

April 13. Retired Warrant Officer Francis W. Bongartz, husband of Margaret M. Bongartz, stepfather of Sue Hogan and C. A.

Larson Jr. and grandfather of Kimberlv and Kristine Hogan. Aged 65. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

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