Argus (Newspaper) - April 30, 1974, Fremont, California Nixon to give transcripts but not tapes WASHINGTON lUPI President Nixon said Monday night he would make public pages of transcripts of his Watergate conversations but he would defy a House impeachment inquiry's subpoena for the tapes themselves Nixon told the nation in a television address that the transcripts would prove him innocent of wrongdoing but would embarrass him and his associates and they would show he considered long and hard meeting E Howard Hunt's demand for blackmail ments Nixon said he would allow the chairman and senior Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee is weighing whelher to recommend his impeachment to the House this summer listen to the actual tapes to verify their accuracy But independent checks to see if they had been tampered with apparently would be barred under the proposal Rep Peter W Rodino Jr the chairman said before Nixon spoke that we will accept nothing less than tme tapes themselves Rep Edward Hutchinson of Michigan the ranking Republican said he was satisfied with Nixon's offer since in his view the committee could not enforce it subpoena anyway One member Rep Charles Rangel predicted a vote on Nixon's noncompliance before the week is out Some members said Nixon's of the subpoena itself could constitute grounds for his impeachment With copies of the piled by his side Nixon said the unprecedented release of a President's most intimate conversations with his associates would occur Tuesday A grim-faced Nixon said the tapes would at last establish his innocence and would prove wrong his chief accuser John W Dean III his former counsel But he acknowledged release of the tapes Will embarrass me and those whom Stalked with and will provide grist for many sensational stories in the press Parts will seem to be contradictory with one another and parts will be in conflict with some of the testimony given in the Senate Watergate Committee he said Nixon said the transcript lor for March 21 would show that he meeting Hunt's demand for meeting blackmail payments before finally rejecting it He did so Nixon said because he Dean told him Hunt was demanding and threatening to reveal activities that would expose extremely sensitive highly secret national security matters that he had worked on before Watergate Nixon did not elaborate Nixon said publication of his confidential conversations with his closest advisers would subject him to speculation and ridicule But to those who are he said the evidence of his innocence will be persuasive and I hope conclusive I am placing my trust in the basic fairness of the American Nixon said Under his offer to the House Judiciary Committee Nixon said he would invite Rodino and Rep Edward Hutchinson Mich the senior Republican to listen to the Back page of sad ion eol 2 THE ARGUS Vol XIII No 366 A tind continuation of the California Tuesday April 30 1974 14 pages 10 Cents Union City is quiet after Sunday rioting links probed 4 persons sought in killings By CAROLINE TURNER and KAREN UNION CITY Quiet prevailed here last night in the aftermath of Sunday night in- of looting window smashing and ar- son The Sunday night violence was limited in comparison with the rioting which occurred here in September -1971 when an estimated in damage was done Police Chief William Cann said he hasn't been contacted by any person In explain why the attacks began about 8 p.m a rowdy crowd in the park at Sixth and E Streets I don't know anyone who could speak for these people Cam said He added that on the wall indicated the disturbance is related to the fatal shooting of Alberto renes Jr bv Police Officer John Miner on April 19 On the wall of Market at Fifth and E in letters a foot high a sign proclaims Was his life worth a ham? Kill a cop Terrones was reported to have stolen three canned hams from a market in the Fairway Park Shopping Center on Mission Boulevard in off store employes with a knife then brandished the knife at Miner who shot him Cann said Terrones 29 of 33855 Seventh St was a heroin addict Terrones reportedly was under counseling at the CUR A drug tion unit in Union City A toxicology report from the cou ty office nn whether Terrones might have been under the influence of narcotics when he was shot was not available yesterday Police exercised considerable restraint at the scene of the rock and brittle throwing At one point a Molotov reportedly was thrown at a police vehicle but landed short of it An officer said he was going to pursue an suspect but was ordered by his superiors to remain where he was Police made no arrests Sunday night Cann said We will not shoot life is more valuable than merchandise But lie continued if this violence occurs again we're going to have to take a more Looting included theft of a cash register with its contents from the Quik Stop market at Whipple Road and Medallion Drive when two men broke a window to gain entrance about p.m That store also sustained about in damage when it was set afire by gasoline The CO Liquors at the same shopping center sustained damage in an arson blaze while the Radio Shack in the Union Plaza Shopping Center on Road at H Street had three large windows smashed and merchandise stolen Other stores in the center windows smashed Windows at the Decoto Pharmacy 306 E also were smashed by groups of roving E Street from Fourth to Eighth SAN FRANCISCO UP 11 Mayor Joseph Aliolo said Tuesday that at least four persons are being sought as suspects in the city's bra killings in which 18 while persons have been shot at ra ndom by bla cks Aliolo also told an earlier news conference that police have information linking 80 ders in California including the Zebra killings but later he modified his remark and said only that police were investigating possible links At least four persons were involved as the Zebra killers he lold newsmen after a lengthy meeting with District Attorney John J Ferdon and Police Chief Donald M Scott While refusing to discuss any details Alioto told the news conference about a weekend meeting he and Scott held in the dead of night with an informer about the case in been shot at random on San Francisco streets fbf blacks in the past five V Later the mayor met with Ferdon imd Scott to discuss the meeting held in the predawn hours Sal The district attorney wanted to know my impressions of everything that went on Alioto said afterward Now the police have to make independent judgments and the district attorney will make his judgment Alioto said that there had been no arrests or indictments in the case which has resulted in the largest police manhunt in San Francisco history under the code n ame of Zebra Asked about a related case in Sacramento Calif involving Black Muslim suspects Aliolo said there was no indication the Zebra ders were any kind of ritual or cultist kil lings Alioto also was questioned about a ment at the earlier news conference thai should safer on basis of what All I'm saying is thai police are really doing an expert skillful replied Motorists ignore 55 limit SACRAMENTO UPI So many motorists are ignoring the 55 mile per hour speed limit that the California Highway Patrol could make arrests a day if it had enough men CHP Commissioner Walter laid Monday Speed enforcement is approaching the saturation point based on the number of men we can put on the road at any given the CHP chief said Violation percentages indicate we could arrest per day if we had enough men and equipment said his uniform traffic patrolmen would arrest a record speeders the number cited in of last Patrolmen are now arresting an average speeding drivers per day also said Hut speed enforcement will continue at this peak level until evidence shows mat violations are headed down We wHl me pressure on until motorists comply voluntarily Staff attacks principal mass punishment tactics QUIK STOP MARKET IN UNION CITY SUSTAINED DAMACE Firemen found a gasoline con at Whipple Drive site Streets was with broken glass chunks of wood and other debris About 18 officers from surrounding tions were called in to assist Union City Suri- day in contrast to the 100 who were called in Yesterday Cann released a report on the April 19 shooting which he said he hoped would curb further violence The report coupled with information plied by former acquaintances showed rones to have been a respectable youth in a drum and bugle corps who graduated to hard drugs and a number of convictions Terrones belonged to the Decoto Pirates a drum and bugle corps when he was in mentary school He attended James Logan School and Amador Valley High School He couldn't have had a behavior problem then said Hegge Minnilte who was high school principal That corps was by school district be- fore unification and a student had to have at least a C grade average and good cond uct But Terrones in 1965 began amassing an ar- rest record for such diverse charges as Back page of section col 5 FREMONT An overwhelming majority of the Washington High School staff said it dis- approves of Principal Robert Callahan's mass punishment of the entire student body for the few who pul led fa Ise fire alarms The Liaison Committee comprised of ty members elected by the staff to with Callahan surveyed the staff on numerous complaints the committee had about the principal According to Paul W Ficken the committee chairman the survey was sent to 70 staff members and 50 or 60 of them agreed or strongly agreed with the committee's com- plaints Although Dr Callahan is expected to re- spond to the complaints at a meeting with the Liaison today he said yesterday that he hadn't read the report The students were punished by having their brunch period and 10 minutes of their lunch time cut so that they could make up the time missed when numerous false alarms were pulled Other mass punishments disapproved faculty revolved around 1 eking of student rest rooms group chastisement for the errors of a few a requirement thai teachers sign in al school access to office reproduction ment and procedures at the end of school year However Ficken declined to explain those punishments pending Dr Callahan's response He said the committee hadn't decided what to do if the principal responds negatively Other complaints included a lack of diplo- macy by the principal lack of approval by the principal for work done beyond the call of duly by teachers and an alleged evaluation of teachers on their clerical efficiency rather than on their leaching expertise good morning Johnny Levinson 1924 photo split from his baseball buddies the evening of May 11 and walked home along a different way It was he later Just luck The quirk of fate apparently spared Johnny's life and claimed mat Bobby Franks 14 in a by Richard and Nathan Leopold that became known the crime of the century Levinson a well-known Chicago corporation lawyer diei Saturday in a Portland Maine hospital after in the state The SLA faces a Friday deadline lo Patty Hearst in order to gain billion in food ransom Page 10 A judge rules it's unconstitutional for a small town lo pass laws keeping out new residents Two convicts make escape from California Institution for Men Page 10 A major energy conservation backed by Gov Ronald Reagan is uncontrollable monster PageS in the nation the The Supreme Court refuses to over- turn standards for new coal-fired power plants Page 10 U.S Sen Edward Gurney confirms that he has been indicted on charges of failing to report campaign tions Page 10 California Lt Gov Ed Reinecke asks U.S District Court to dismiss the indictment against him 1 Page 10 Rhode Island high school officials re- lax policies that once kept unwed nant students from continuing their education Page 10 Fair through tomorrow except for evening fog or low clouds Continued warm with daytime highs expected in the low 80s and overnight lows near 50 Light winds becoming westerly at 10 to 20 miles per hour in the afternoons Yesterday's Fremont high was 84 with a low of 48 the inside story 7 7 13 I 2 Sparta 7 nance Went Helen 4 10 Jock 7 Worry 7 Conks
