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The Daily Sun Post riday April 2 1976 ord Criticizes Reagan Speech MILWAUKEE (UPI) President ord charged today that Ronald television speech criticizing administra tion foreign policy and deficit spending was with misleading and included and ord called Wednesday half hour nationwide address by his GOP presiden tial opponent a and said that Reagan had offered no solutions to the problems Opening a two day campaign swing to defeat Reagan in Wisconsin primary ord accused Reagan of spreading and by referring to unconfirmed statements at tributed to Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger Reagan said the United States had lost military superiority over the Soviet Union and quoted Kissinger as saying he was resigned to that fact Kissinger earlier vehemently denied such a statement "I think we have to recognize that Mr political speech the other night was a rerun primarily of what he's been saying in lorida and North ord said was a speech that was filled with misleading statements It was a speech that attributed certain statements to Secretary of State Kissinger which were a fabrication and But ord said he was not going to get into details in response to charges of a weak foreign policy going to talk affirmatively about what we have accomplished at home and abroad and I think voters will support that kind of a program rather than a politial attack without any recommendations of how to resolve the problems that he he said Teamster Strike Is Violence Marked ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ID (UPI) The crack of gunfire replaced the rumble of trucks on some of the nation's roadways today and negotiators worked to end a natiowide Teamsters strike that threat ened to hobble the economy The Department of Transportation estimated a strike of any duration would idle a million workers and cost $300 miUion a week Violence flared in several areas Thur sday the opening day of the first nationwide strike Non striking drivers were the targets of gunfire and fists A truck driver was shot today as he drove on Interstate 75 in Toledo Ohio He was wounded in the right arm Negotiatons aimed at ending the walkout recessed early this morning and were to resume at 11 am EST today Labor Secretary Usery worked with negotiators at the Arlington Park Hilton Hotel outside Chicago A spokesman for Usery said he would remain in town to help with the negotiations The 400000 Teamsters on strike handle 60 per cent of the manufactued goods The walkout could soon shut down auto assembly lines and halt shipment of steel beer bread food and gasoline Vegas Hotel Owner Mum On Money Woes LAS VEGAS (UPI) Mitzi Stauffer Briggs an heir to the Stauffer Chemical Co fortune who pumped more than $6 million into the Tropicana Hotel to keep it afloat will explain a rash of recent hotel firings and resignations to proper government authorities but not to the public the hotel casino called a news conference Thursday but refused to answer questions She read a prepared statement and left the room are not running a popularity contest here at the end of the we are engaged very seriously in running a business It is our firm goal to meet our financial obligations in an orderly fashion and to make 1976 the first year of profit the Tropicana has been able to achieve for a long time said During the past week many top Tropicana Hotel executives either resigned or were fired including general manager Don Speer who left Howard Summa Corp last August to work for the Tropicana Hotel under terms of a three year contract Leo Lewis resigned his post Tuesday as general manager of the lamingo Hilton to succeed Speer attorney Joe oley said his client had not resigned and that the hotel announcement regarding a resignation must in fact be a termination is my belief that the Gaming Com mission the Gaming Control Board the authorities' within Clark County the for mer owners and the stockholders of the Tropicana Hotel have every right to know the full truth of the events that led to the unanimous decision by both the Board of Directors and the executive Committee to accept the resignation of Mr Don Speer as General Mrs Briggs said in her statement The stockholders and government agencies were being informed and she would answer all their questions In early March Texas International Airlines announced in Houston it was preparing to collect the balance of about $12 million owed the airline by Tropicana Holding Co Texas International at one time listed as a part owner of the Tropicana Hotel said the resort defaulted in on a secured note Nude Beach Rally (Continued rom Page 1) we know from all marine sources that it is the nudity and the gays that the new commanding officer (Gen Carl Hoffman) objects to are out to recruit and not to she said maintaining that the rally is planned to be very low key are attempting to convince the population and the powers that be in Orange County that as in the California Supreme opinion nude is not lewd in itself and that to set aside designated clothing optional beach areas is in the best interests of the minority that want them and the majority who do not want nudity on the general public Ms Shannon said petitions and flyers will be circulated at the rally The TvJ (J Sunny Post Says: One good thing about the Teamster strike is that not as many big rigs are forcing motorists off the highway petitions call for the designation of a legal nude beach in Orange County The rally she said is being held at San Onolre because that has been only beach area widely used by Orange County free The rally has been publicized at Beach in San Diego (the only legal nude beach) and has also been publicized by Beachfront USA a clothing optional beach organization in the Los Angeles area Ms Shannon has no idea how many people will attend Camp Pendleton spokesmen meanwhile said they will take no special measures this weekend in light of the rally Maj Sally Pritchett said MP patrols will continue to patrol the military section of beach to keep away trespassers She emphasized that the base is concerned with the trespassing issue not public nudity The base issued a press statement to that effect Thursday Maj Pritchett said the marines took a new stance last weekend by instructing MPs to issue verbal warnings to trespassers Rather than taking them to the provost office MPs gave them a chance to leave According to Maj Pritchett seven persons refused to leave Sunday Three of them had identification in their possession so they were ordered off the base and removed after names were taken The four other trespassers were taken to the provost office interviewed issued an order to vacate the beach and taken off the base Since the crackdown against trespassers began there have been no repeat trespassers Maj Pritchett said Anyone who is caught a second time is subject to a court appearance Pendleton welcomes and en courages visitors to the base but insists that they check in at recognized gates manned by the marines an nounced adding that visitors must abide by like remaining on paved roads unless escorted regardless of their in tended activity cannot be allowed un controlled access to the base due to the many active training areas weapons firings ranges and areas in which ex plosives are Camp Pendleton spokesmen said Craig Thornburgh Photo hr 31 1 Ww 4 Kjw rlv I Mr 9 jK 1 tf su 9 Kt MS Mlt wK 1 I hi I I 7 In NW I i Sty at i a A Jr allEwh deputies inspect a blood stained shirt and the room full of mattresses and trunks used to barricade the windows and doors of the South Laguna house where a gunman held off authorities for three hours before shooting himself See story more photos page 1 Union Trustees ace Indictments SAN DIEGO (UPI) A federal grand jury has indicted 17 trustees of three Laborers Union trust funds on charges involving an alleged conspiracy to em bezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars from the funds The indictment Thursday claimed that the scheme was designed to provide each of the defendants with a lifetime pension of more than $1000 per month Authorities said working members of Local 89 of the International Laborers Union of North America have difficulty accumulating enough credits to qualify for a pension of $450 a month at rates US Attorney Terry Knoepp said the potential of the scheme involved millions of dollars Assets of the pension vacation and health and welfare trusts total $25 million he said The indictment said the scheme was based on the conversion of fees for service as trustees into credits for retirement pay and retroactive accumulation of credits A trustee serving on all three funds Knoepp said would receive $300 a month in pay at this time and $1260 a month for life upon retiring Knoepp said 21 other trustees of the three funds were not indicted because there was pattern of or to violate the on their part The indictments included such charges as conspiracy to embezzle trust funds conspiracy to pay and receive bribes paying and receiving bribes and racketeering One of the defendants Dene Arm strong 33 retired last year as secretary treasurer of Local 89 The indictment said he had accumulated 77 credits for 11 years of service giving him a lifetime pension of $2200 per month The indictment said Armstrong also received a $3500 a month salary as president of the ringe Benefits Administration Services which was set up i last year to administer trust funds plus $7000 a month in retained profits from the firm 1 The three sources of income brought his 1 annual salary to $152400 a year Armstrong and attorney Robert Andreen 49 of El Cajon were accused of bribery for alleged attempts to influence 1 other trustees to hire com pany to administer the trust funds The defendants included nine other present or former union officials besides 1 Armstrong They were: Joseph Alvarado 41 field agent for Local 89 Jesse Baker 52 Isaiah Ivey 67 and Jerome Nierengarten 61 all business agents of the local Johnson president of the local Marcus Thompson 43 secretary treasurer of the local Phillip Usquiano 65 business! manager of the local and Arthur Webster recording secretary of the local The remaining defendants were con 1 tractors Robert Audia 43 Harvey I McDonneU 42 Robert Little 50 Robert Von Wilier Sr and Robert Von WiUer Jr 34 and Edward ord 61 an employe oft the Engineering and Grading Constructors Association 1 NBC Strike Continues SAN DIEGO (UPI) Negotiators from the NBC television network and striking technicians and news writers packed up and went home today because talks had broken down The network reported sabotage that cost $156000 and the union denied strikers did it Management and supervisory personnel continued to keep the network operating in the second day of a strike by 1700 mem bers of the National Association of Broadcasting Employes and Technicians Talks broke down Tuesday night two hours before the strike began Spokesmen for both sides said their negotiators were returning to their home offices Thursday and today Sabotage was reported at the network operated station in New York WNBC TV South Cobst News Briefs Senior Menu The menu for next week at the Senior Center is as follows: Monday April 5 Swiss Steak rice peas tomato and lettuce salad bread with butter strawberry chiffon pie and milk Tuesday April 6: Meat Loaf scalloped potatoes mixed vegetables bread and butter green salad fruit cup cookie and milk Wednesday April 7: Roast turkey and gravy mashed potatoes spinach cran berry sauce pineapple salad bread with butter pumpkin pudding and milk Thursday April 8: Beef stew with vegetables (potatoes carrots onions and peas) fruit gelatin bread with butter cake and milk riday April 9: Tuna and noodles carrots peach and cottage cheese bread and butter chocolate pie and milk Please remember to call 498 3322 for information on reservations which must be made two days in advance Trial Set LAGUNA NIGUEL A San Clemente man suspected of kidnap robbery and attempted rape is scheduled for arraignment April 27 The arraignment of David Ray Rodriguez accused of assaulting and robbing four women in their homes was continued to the April date Rape Reported EL TORO An 18 year old Huntington Beach woman was kidnaped and raped at knifepoint Wednesday morning The victim was reportedly forced into a late model brown Pinto in the area of Edinger and Beach Blvd in Huntington Beach at about 7 am a police in vestigator said Her abductor was described as a Caucasian around 50 years old five feet six inches tall weighing about 155 pounds with thinning slightly graying hair orced to stay down in the car with something over her head she was driven to the El Toro area where the suspect raped her and left News Briefs Unemployment Declines WASHINGTON (UPI) The unemployment rate continued its steady decline in March dropping slightly to 75 per cent while the total number of persons who held jobs hit an all time high of 867 million the Labor Department reported today The March drop of 01 per cent capped a steady five month decline from 86 per cent last October the longest sustained drop since 1962 It also brought unemployment to its lowest level in more than a year But the over all improvement of 14 per cent since the recession peak last May appeared weaker than in most previous economic recoveries A Bureau of Labor Statistics economist noted that while the recent 10 month decline was more dramatic than the recovery period in 1971 it compared unfavorably to economic recoveries in 1961 1958 and 1954 Bicentennial Dentures TWIN ALLS Idaho (UPI) Andy Anderson courtesy of his friends probably has the only set of Bicentennial teeth red white and blue dentures Even with preparation a shock to catch the first glimpse of the gleaming red canines inset with diamonds framing four white and blue incissors announcing 1976 in red and white Early in January Anderson went to a friend and dentist Dr Donald Ei Sonius to have impressions made for a set of regular upper dentures Sonius and some other pals took it from there When Anderson arrived at the for fitting with what he expected would be a regular set of dentures in went the colorful teeth Now he wears them an hour or so each day scare the guys and the girls said Man Kills Self 3 Officers MIAMI BEACH (UPI) An Illinois man who killed three detectives with a shotgun Thursday night died early today of a self inflicted head wound Police said Ronald Bom 41 shot himself when pohee surrounded him in a thicket of seagrape He died shortly before 8:45 am at North Miami General Hospital $2 Million Mail Theft LOS ANGELES (UPI) Postal officials said today that a pouch containing an estimated $2 million in negotiable securities may have been stolen from the mails The pouch apparently vanished between Los Angeles and New York said Hector Godinez Southern California district postal 1 manager It was being sent by express mail a special rapid delivery service he said I The Pacific Clearing House which handles financial transfers turned over the pouch Tuesday for delivery to the National Clearing Corp in New York he said The pouch should have arrived there by air the same day Pacific Clearing House reported to postal inspectors Thursday 1 that the pouch had not reached the other firm in New York Godinez said postal inspectors were investigating the possibili ty it was stolen Dwight Chapin Released i LOMPOC (UPI) Watergate figure Dwight Chapin was released from the minimum security federal prison early today after serving seven months and 22 days Six other person con victed as a result of Watergate served less time Chapin 36 appointments secretary to former President Richard Nixon was to fly to Chicago to join his wife prison of ficials said Members of the press and television networks were herded into a parking lot and told to stay there by prison guards They were later told Chapin had left by a rear exit of the facility Census Shows Americans WASHINGTON (UPI) As the United States nears its 200th birthday most of its 2145 million people are more prosperous better educated more independent live longer marry later and I divorce faster than any previous generation The Census Bureau drew this profile Thursday in its second annual report on population characteristics 1 Although young married women had a record low fertility rate I in 1975 Census said there was no to be childless But it i said American wives are bearing fewer children later in life Census also reported divorces in 1975 exceeded one million for the first time in history while the 21 miUion marriages was the 1 lowest number since 1969 No Jets To Tahoe? SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (UPI) The roar of commercial jet airplanes landing and taking off would disturb the serenity of the i Lake Tahoe resort area a regional planning official has told the 1 Public Utilities Commission Executive Officer John Vostrez of the California Tahoe 1 Regional Planning Agency told a commission hearing Wednesday the bowl shape of the Tahoe Basin would amplify the noise of jets I arriving and taking off are not suitable at Vostrez said Citizen Of The Day HARRISON GIDDINGS SAN CLEMENTE When 13 year old Harrison Wisconsin dairy farmer father loaded the family of five brothers mother and himself into the old family car back in 1921 to drive out to California he knew he was coming to the land of milk and honey Harrison Giddings will testify to it He made his living as a farmer from the time his father got the family started in dairy farming in Orange County until Harrison sold his Ortega Highway spread in 1969 He graduated 8th grade from the old Yorba school and was a member of the ullerton High School Class of 1926 He spent three years at Pomona College before getting a geology degree from the University of Wyoming A hearing problem kept him on the farm however and he worked at the family dairy farm until it was sold in 1944 Giddings and his wife Helen moved down to San Juan that same year and bought a farm on Ortega Highway one mile east of the mission near the infamous Giddings Curve a spot in the road that has claimed many an auto since the highway was first built Once a power pole upset by a traffic accident even started a fire in his front yard It uncommon for Giddings or his family to be awakened by someone involved in an accident that needed to use their telephone to call for help His recollections of San Juan date back to the time when it was a sleepy little village of 850 Giddings was involved in organizing San Juan as a municipality and ran for city council on the platform that the best government is the one that governs least He lost but only by 6 votes Then as now debate over where the little city was going was foremost in the minds of civic minded citizens Giddings was against any sort of zoning laws To this day he attributes the problems of overcrowding to farmers who were prevented by zoning law for selling their property piecemeal As a result only big developers who could afford the whole parcel and planned to crowd every house possible on the land bought it he said people would let each other alone in the long run everyone would feel Operating a fruit stand along the high way brought Giddings into contact with many area residents His stories of the characters inhabiting the area range the economic spectrum from Pete the Tramp who lived along old 101 sleeping under a bridge and eating what he could find along the road to George Capron who owned huge tracts of land in the area often carried thousands in cash with him and was known to be a hard man to collect a debt from After he sold his groves in 1969 Giddings moved into a home in Harbor Estates He currently offers advice to his son Richard who owns the Charlie Ruer place farther out on Ortega Highway His other son James is a Bishop in the Mormon Church in lorida Giddings belongs to the Elks Lodge was treasurer of the Presbyterian church and active in the Rotary Club Somewhat disappointed by modem San Juan Giddings liked it better back in the trouble is people keep trying to pass laws to make San Juan the way it used to be but it used to have freedom something it have he said Art Gru pe.