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Vol. 75, No. 264 8 Sections 104 Pages
Hillsborough an Exception
Small Turnout by
County Voters
Hillsborough 'voters were in 13 elections, 56,541 out of eral candidates are contend- in some of the coastal dis-
t u r n i n g out in a steady 219.557 eligible voters, less ing f o r d i s t r i c t board tricts, where sanitation and
s t r e a m this m o r n i n g to than 1 per cent had turned positions. fire protection are involved.
decide whether they wish to out in the largest districts Interest also was low in A moderate early vote, con-
legalize private library-cul- 2'.i hours after the ;-olls some of the North County sidering the type of election,
tural center facilities, but opened. special districts, although was turning up.
elsewhere in the county dis- That was in the sprawling traditionally these districts One of the largest dis-
trict election turnouts were fire protection districts always vote late. The figures tricts, the Menlo Park Fire
near an all-time low. across the South County, could easily change, observ- Protection District, where
Althugh a fourth of the reaching from the Bay to the ers acknowledged. three men are vying for two
county's voters are involved Woodside hills, where sev- The response was livelier posts, reported an extremely
low turnout as of £:30 a.m.
Consolidated District 44 at
the Menlo Park Recreation
# & £ Ford Explanation Center reported 10 votes out
of 909 registered. Consoli-
Turnout of Changing Team dated 33, at Firehouse 5, had,
14 out of 1,156. At Little
House. Consoliated 35, it was
18 out of 1.113.
65 Pet. jyof p0UCy Belmont wasn't doing
much better than the south
county. In a Water District
election there, with three
SCENE OF THE SHOOTING
Pholo) Seen In SF WASHINGTON ( A P ) - emerged with assessments seeking two posts, the vote
at the Peninsula Jewish Cen-
President Ford is changing of Vice President Nelson A.
Rockefeller's declaration ter, Consolidated 13, at 9:15
Belmont Police Chief William R. Singer, left, and Carlos boy who was killed by a shotgun blast SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - personnel but not policy, p.m.. was 15 .out of 760, and
while in his parked car. Police have been scour- San Francisco voters get declaring a new team of that he won't be Ford's run-
Copt.- George Stephenson Monday again visited their turn today to sound off "my guys" will continue on ning mate in 1976. at' the council chambers, 17
the scene of the Sunday morning slaying of ing the area of Monte Cresta Drive just above on last August's bitter'pol- a course of peace and pros- In addition to announcing out of 836.
changes among his top-level In Hillsborough at 9 a.m.,
Anthony Vincent Bruno Jr., a 17-year-old San Barclay Way for clues. ice-firemen's strike, the cen- perity into the 1976 cam- 42 of 1.054 had voted by
tral issue in this year's city p a i g n . The Senate is defense and foreign policy
officials. Ford told a news absentee-ballot, and 84 more
elections. expected to accept his per- had walked in. at Fire Sta-
Few Clues in Slaying
Six of the 19 propositions sonnel changes with little conference Monday night
on the ballot stem directly that w h i l e Rockefeller is tion 2. Consolidated 4. At
opposition. Fire Station 1. Consolidated
from the week-long walkout, Republican congressional dropping off his election
and Dianne Feinstein's team, the vice president has 1. 42 had mailed in their
leaders met with the Presi- votes and 68 came to vote
favorite role in the race for dent today at the W h i t e promised to support Ford's
"We've never had a case Young B r u n o died He t h e n ran s o u t h on kook." Singer said, noting mayor was built on her tough election bid next year. out of 847 registered. Both
House, and Ford's announce- polling places reported very
like this before. This is the instantly just after midnight Monte Cresta from the dark there had been two similar stand against the strike. ment of the biggest shakeup Senate Republican Whip
bloodiest, most brutal killing Sunday when he was shot •hillside area of the shooting, killings in San Jose recently. About 65 per cent of the Robert P. Griffin of Michi- steady voting.
in his administration didn't In the north county, a
I've ever seen," Belmont from 'very close range, no under a street light 50 yards "It could be a n o t h e r city's 296,000 registered vot- even come up. Instead, the gan told reporters after the
Police C h i e f W i l l i a m R. more than 18 inches, accord- away and over the brow of Zodiac." he added. ers are expected to cast bal- Westborough water district
congressional leaders (See Page 2 Column 4) election in which three are
Singer said as he surveyed ing to a coroner's investiga- the hill and possibly to a Bruno and the girl were lots. F a i r weather is
the scene of Belmont's first tor, taking the charge from a brown late model Dodge or students at Carlmont High forecast. seeking two posts reported
potential murder case in small-gauge shotgun in 'the Chevrolet pickup truck that School, leading police also to Mrs. Feinstein, president 53 votes out of 1,493 regis-
over two years.
The search goes on today
mouth.
He and his girl friend,
witnesses told police had
been parked in the area at
chock out the possibilities of
a former boy friend perhaps
of the board of supervisors,
is favored to lead a field of SM Rape Rises; tered at 9:30 a.m.
Other s a m p l e s in the
bellweather polls showed:
for the killer of Anthony whom police didn't identify, about that time, the killer being involved. 11 candidates, but none is
Vincent Bruno Jr., 17, 213 was described only as about But the unusual thing expected to win a majority. El Granada Fire Station,
Bayview Drive, San Carlos,
with more questioning of his
were parked in a Datsun
station wagon near the paved
end of Monte Cresta Drive in
5 feet, 5 inches tall. 140
pounds and wearing a green
(See Page 2, Column 5) The top two vote-getters will
be in a runoff Dec. 11.
Crimes Decrease Consolidated 15, 87 of 1,325
and steady voting.
Consolidated 14, Point
girl friend, their friends and the isolated Belmont western Army parka with hood. Also rated as strong con- Despite a grim 108.3 per September. 1974, showed Montara Fire Station, 60 of
acquaintances and sifting of
a 'very few clues.
hills when someone opened
the driver's side door and
"There are all kinds of
possibilities but we don't Squeaky tenders for the $51,000-a-year
office are state Sens. George
Moscone and Milton Marks,
cent increase in rape in San
Mateo, other major crime
that .burglary went down
from 204 reports last year to
1.200.
without saying a word fired have much to go on," Singer categories show an encour- 95 this year,
the shotgun, the girl has told sighed. supervisor John Barbagelata
Patty in police. "It mav have been some In Court and Superior Court Judge
John Ertola.
aging 11.69 per cent drop
over the past nine months,
The total in all other cate-
gories declined from 257 to No Strike
Also at stake are six seats ending in September. 146 cases.
SFfor Skateboard Ban For Trial on the board of supervisors,
the offices of district attor-
The report was released
by the city council during a
In September. 1974, there
were three cases of rape.
By Faculty
study session preceding the Last September there was
SACRAMENTO (UPI) - ney and sheriff. regular business meeting one.
Hearing In Burlingame?
Lynette "Squeaky"
Fromme. an apostle of mass
At the core of the cam-
paign is the strike by the Monday night. The average for the two
months, covering homicide,
Members of the American
Federation of Teachers in
murderer Charles Manson, city's policemen anrf fire- All agreed that despite the the San Mateo Community
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) incidence of rape, crime in robbery, assault, burglary
— Patricia Hearst headed went on trial today on a men. a n d motor v e h i c l e t h e f t College District voted Mon-
Burlingame City Council member Adolph C. c h a r g e of a t t e m p t i n g to Mayor Joseph L. Alioto 'general in San Mateo is on day not to conduct a one-day
for a long-awaited courtroom "Bud" Harrison proposed a ban on skateboards Mon- settled the w a l k o u t by the decrease. reflected a 43.19 per cent
appearance today to find out murder President Ford with drop. strike.
day night and his fellow Council members were a ,45-caliber automatic. (See Page 2 Column 2) Mayor Jane Baker com- On the 10-month compari-
whether a judge thinks she is listening when things got out of hand. According to a spokesman
mentally competent to stand As the manacled 27-year- mended efforts of police and son of the two years, rapes
Two young men from the audience proposed that old defendant was led into Deputy Mayor John J. Mur- for the union, about 50 teach-
trial for armed bank rob- went up from 12 cases a year ers attended the meeting at
the city ban skates, tricycles and bicycles also. the Sacramento federal ray noted that cooperation of
bery.
Miss Hearst. 21. was taken Harrison said he had meant to eliminate skate- building by a U.S. marshal, 9 Missing the citizenry in helping fight
to 25 this year; assaults went
down from 115 to 102; bur-
the College of San Mateo.
boards only in the Burlingame's three "commercial she waved to photographers crime has been a large con- There are 230 AFT members
from her cell at the San glaries from 1172 to 1024; in that three-school district.
Mateo County Jail in Red- areas." Downtown, Broadway, and the Burlingame- and softly told them, "Let.
me hear from you."
In Crash tributing factor. One of the
deterrents to burglary has
auto thefts from 241 to 201
wood City, 25 miles south of Plaza. and robberies from 84 to 82 Those at the gathering
San Francisco, and driven to He said skateboards should be banned from the In contrast to her previous NEW ORLEANS (UPI) - been the increased practice cases. protested a decision by the
the court building about streets as well. courtroom a p p e a r a n c e s A Coast Guard rescue pilot of residents to engrave iden- Altogether last year's total district's board of trustees to
three hours prior to the One young man suggested the ban extend to "all when she wore a crimson spotted debris in the Gulf of tification on easily stolen in all categories was 1,625, unilaterally impose a 1975-76
scheduled hearing. vehicles on sidewalks, except perambulators." dress and hood, she arrived Mexico today, about 40 miles items. compared to 1,435 this year, salary and fringe benefit
U.S. District Judge Oliver The other young man suggested that if skate- for the opening day of her north of the oil rig where a A month-to-month com- reflecting the 11.69 per cent package. A resolution to that
J. Carter was to hear argu- boards are banned from the streets, "why not ban all trial in pants and a waist- helicopter carrying nine men parison of September. 1975 to decrease in crime. effect was adopted.
m e n t s a n d possibly r u l e small person-powered vehicles?" length jacket. She smiled took off Monday and disap-
immediately on whether and appeared relaxed. peared.
An older woman asked the city to enforce exist- "There was no sign at all
legal proceedings should
continue toward a trial, or
whether the newspaper heir-
ess must undergo psychiatric
ing laws against bicycles on sidewalks downtown.
What feasibility is there to banning cars from
Burlingame Avenue?" one of the young men pers-
Miss Fromme pointed her
loaded pistol at Ford from
point-blank range Sept. 5 as
he greeted a crowd of well-
yjlet of survivors," Coast
G u a r d spokesman Dave
Cipra said.
Seismic Zonation Aims
care first. isted. wishers enroute to the state A cutter was en route to
Carter said last week his
preliminary opinion was that
Miss Hearst was mentally
City Attorney Jerry Coleman was instructed to
work up a proposed ordinance to be presented to the
Council for review and possible action.
Capitol. She became the first
person to be charged with 1
attempting to murder a pres-
the scene where a partially
submerged liferaft and life
jacket and other debris was
At Cutting Quake Toll
competent. ident of the United States. spotted from the air.
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) cial fill and water-saturated Cisco and had a 6.5 magni-
— New methods to save.lives m u d , the effects were tude on the Richter scale.
Different Views of Wood's Slaying Told and property during possible
earthquakes in the San Fran-
cisco Bay area have been
developed by the C.S. Geo-
violent."
The Geological Survey
notes that San Francisco and
Los Angeles are in one of the
The hypothetical quake
runs northeast throu.gh
Menlo Park and across the
lower end of San Francisco
"The truth." prosecutor trial clearly pointed to a plot had no motive, but rather an
r e b u t t a l a r g u m e n t by of four quarry workers tell- logical Survey. most quake-prone regions in Bay, and predicted effects
John E. O'Leary told a Red- involving Hall hiring the affection toward his boss of
O'Leary. ing of alleged death threats . The methods, disclosed in the world, and that scientists included the following:
wood C i t y j u r y M o n d a y , 29-year-old Wise to murder 17 years. Judge Hartley probably made by Hall against Wood a r e p o r t M o n d a y , would say a n o t h e r tremor as —"The greatest threat to
"will lend you to the inescap- Wood, the 49-year-old owner Gordon Rockhill, attorney
will.instruct the jurors and fueled his theory that.Hall provide a basis for "seismic severe as that of 1906 could human life would be from
able conclusion that Lawr- of the Edgewood Quarry in for Wise, was scheduled to
send them to d e l i b e r a t e harbored b i t t e r n e s s and zonation" of a nine-county. occur at any time. flooding. The most probable
ence Hall hired Russell Wise San Carlos, last Feb. 6. argue his view of the evid-
Wednesday morning.. hatred towarb! Wood. 7.000-square-mile area Current urbanization of the causes of inundation would
to murder C. J. Wood." But Johnson maintained ence this morning and early
The state is seeking the According to the prosecu- around San Francisco. San Francisco area, often be from the failure of dams
"There's no evidence of an that evidence showed Hall this afternoon, followed by a
death penalty against both tor, Hall hated Wood because According to the report, without regard .to quake haz- at upland reservoirs, or of
agreement," countered Hall and Wise in the county's of a sour business proposi- the key point of "seismic ards, indicates another dikes around southern San
Lewis Johnson, attorney for first murder-for-hire trial. tion involving the use of zonation" is to influence tremor like the historic one Francisco Bay that are made
t h e 55-year-old H a l l . Pacing before the jury and $5,000 by Hall to reopen the regional land-use policies by could have "catastrophic" of fine-grained sediment."
"Without such evidence, you
cannot convict Mr. Hall. You
Netvs Index frequently regulating the
pitch of his voice to drama-
quarry in 1968, because of a
demotion to rock crusher in
classifying areas as to their
susceptibility to quakes.
effects, the report said.
But- it added that losses
— " A n y fault movement
beneath buildings in excess
SF SHERIFF
c a n n o t c o n v i c t him on CANDIDATE sues in vote charge. tize points, O'Leary at one 1969 and because of the firing The report said the great of an inch or two could have
ijan Francisco quake of 1906 could be minimized if struc- catostrophic effects on the
innuendos..." Page 17. stage said. "I'm confident of his w i f e by Wood in t u r e s such as b u i l d i n g s ,
The messages by the attor- that you will not be led down December, 1974. showed the need for such a structures and their occu-
plan. dams and bridges are pro- pants."
neys were as contrasting as Births 31 Obituaries 31 a blind alley for useless Conversely. J o h n s o n , perly located and adequately
Business
their styles, as first O'Leary -...25 Sports 19-21 searches for the ultimate standing before a podium, "For example," it said, —Ground shaking would be
"in the Telegraph Hill area designed. greatest "for areas under-
24 trutn • • • Based on the evid- told jurors, "For a murder-
and then Johnson delivered Classified .- 32-36 Stocks for-hire there must be a where rock is exposed at the The seismic zonation study lain by mud and artificial fill
their interpretations of theComics 28 TV. Radio 22 ence. two men plotted tothat
these
I'm convinced
kill motive. Mr. O'Leary, tried to surface, the effects of the includes possible effects of a along the shores of the Bay."
evidence in the trial to a jury
and Superior Court Judge W. Editorial 26 Theaters 23 Wood, and therefore are instill in your mind that the earthquake were weak.... , hypothetical earthquake on — L a n d s l i d e s . c o u l d be
Howard Hartley. Features 27 Weather 31 guilty of first-degree mur- motive was hatred. "But at a distance of less the San Andreas fault if it expected, "especially if the
O'Leary insisted that the Lifestyle 11-13 der." "There was no hate, but than one"fourth of a mile, in were centered- near Sky- earthquake occurred" during
evidence in the 17-day-old To O'Leary. the testimony (See Page 2 Column 4) an area underlain by artifi- londa south of San Fran- the winter wet season."