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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1978
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United Press International
CARUTHERS, Calif. — For two
weeks now, workmen have been try
ing to get the smell out of Merl Cle
mens’ house.
And they’ve got at least another
two weeks’ work before Clemens, his
wife and three children move back in
— if they ever do.
The Clemens returned from a
three-week vacation June 8 to find
that the power in their rural home,
20 miles southwest of Fresno, had
been shut off, causing 700 pounds of
frozen meat to thaw and rot.
Just before leaving, Clemens
slaughtered and froze a steer, two
hogs and 20 chickens he had raised
over 2V2 years to combat rising mar
ket costs.
A Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
spokeswoman said the company shut
off the power because Clemens’ $74,
two-month utility bill, which he paid
on time at another district office be
fore leaving, was not recorded.
Clemens, 34, said the stench that
greeted him was unbelievable.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republi
can leaders across the nation are di
vided on the question of whether
former President Nixon will become
a more visible political figure after
next Sunday’s speaking engagement
in Kentucky — the first such speech
by Nixon since he resigned in August
1974.
A survey of GOP leaders by UPI
shows a difference of opinion con
cerning Nixon’s appearance in Hy-
den, Ky., to dedicate a recreational
complex.
Some view Nixon’s speech in the
tiny mountain community as a sign
he wants to resume a more public
life, but others are not sure the
speech can be taken to signal a trend
toward a more “public’’ Nixon.
Vern Neppl, Independent Repub
lican State chairman in Minnesota,
said the decision by Nixon to resur
face in Kentucky during the holiday
weekend was not an individual deci
sion by the former president. In
stead, be believes some Republicans
would like to see a more public Ni
xon.
Hawaii’s Republican state chair
man, Carl Mirikitani, believes Nixon
is on the road toward more public
appearances.
Rep. James Jeffords, R-Vt., be
lieves Nixon is using the Kentucky
trip to ease back into the public light.
Tennessee Republican Chairman
Tom Beasley said he believes Ni
xon’s speech will be followed by
other public appearances.
Other party officials are not sure
the speech can be seen as a trend for
Nixon’s future and some are skepti
cal the former president is making
any attempt at an active political life.
Steve Roberts, GOP state chair
man in Iowa, said his indecision
stems from appearances Nixon has
made in the past year.
Frances Shipman, a national
committeewoman from New
Mexico, said Nixon may decide to
see how he is greeted this weekend
by the public and the media.
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WASHINGTON — The far-
reaching effects of California’s Pro
position 13 still linger in Congress,
and not even President Carter’s
warnings could stop the latest cut
backs.
The Senate Monday approved a 5
percent across-the-board cut that
pared $70 million from a $1.83 bil
lion bill for aid to less developed
countries, part of the president’s
foreign aid request for fiscal 1979.
On Sunday, Carter warned that
congressional reluctance to pass full
foreign assistance measures placed
the United States in an embarrassing
jposition in the world. He noted only
three-tenths of 1 percent of the U.S.
Gross National Product goes to
foreign aid.
Meanwhile, urban lawmakers are
threatening trouble on an
emergency farm credit bill approved
by House and Senate conferees
Monday because of an unrelated sec
tion they say will raise consumer
beef prices.
The legislation, which goes back to
the House and Senate for approval,
includes a provision that would make
it easier for the cattle industry to set
up a beef promotion fund.
Rep. Fred Richmond, D-N.Y.,
warned that the provision may
jeopardize the bill because the cattle
industry will pass on to consumers
the cost of the fees to support the
fund. This could increase the price of
meat by $50 million “in one fell
swoop. ”
In other action Monday, the Se
nate approved legislation setting up
a presidential commission to rec
ommend ways of protecting Ameri
cans from harmful medical and be
havioral experiments.
The commission would cover ex
periments done by all agencies of
government, including the Pentagon
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uate hearings last year.
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— A Justice Departmentd i> ne
said that the recent Supreme(j h®
ruling authorizing police to.sj
newsrooms with warrants may i
“chilling effect” on
press. John Keeney
threat from the federal goven?
is minimal, but concededtlie]: ;
Department could do little?
than set an example for slate
local law' enforcement agende
— Energy Secretary J?
Schlesinger denied charge:
agency ignored the results of;
sultants’ study on what tramp
tion charges could be leviedfcts man
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Schlesinger said the material;
study has value, but he b
using it to set public policy
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MOSCOW — A mentally de
ranged night watchman who “felt
like killing someone’’ attacked
three elderly Swedish tourists
with an ax Tuesday on the steps
of the Intourist Hotel, hacking
two of them to death and se
riously wounding the other.
The attack took place in full
view of hundreds of tourists and
passersby who gasped in horror
as he decapitated an elderly wo
man, bashed a man with the ax,
wounding him severely, and
then left the weapon imbedded
in the head of another man who
was taken away apparently dead.
One Soviet official asserted the
attacker Alexander Nezhinsky
could have been inspired by the
“Son of Sam” killings in New
York.
Witnesses first said two per
sons were killed, but the official
Tass news agency reported only
one of the victims died. It de
scribed the husky ax murderer as
“mentally deranged,” said he
was detained by the militia and
that an investigation is under
way.
According to witnesses, the
victims were leaving the hotel at
about 12:40 p.m. Hotel officials
said they were Swedish tourists
staying at the Sevastopol hotel.
According to one witness, the
man followed the tourists from
the hotel and pulled a large ax
from a bag. Others said he ran up
to them on the street, already
carrying the ax.
A Soviet militiaman im
mediately responded when he
heard the screams, but he was
unable to get near the man until
all three victims had been felled.
The drivers then helped the
militiaman subdue the man.
Nezhinsky, a tall, muscular
man weighing about 220 pounds,
could face death by shooting if
found sane enough to stand trial.
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tack, he was talking calmlynd
police a few moments latent: P ac
he was thrown in an ambula tuc
and taken away.
The attack left the steps oil
modern hotel covered
blood. Workers used pil
landscaping dirt to seep u
blood. The dirt was taken
in wheelbarrows. Then
washed down the steps.
Clifford May, a correspoi
for Hearst Newspapers wholin
at the hotel, said he arrived
the scene about five miml
after the attack. _
"By the time I got out on
street the cleanup had
he said.
“One body w'as being puts:
an ambulance, another wase p
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still lying on the stairs, tbe;
embedded in his head.”
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Judge Charles E. Bennett said
County Judge Raymond Jones
committed a reversible error in cit
ing Rep. Sam Zakhem, R-Denver,
for contempt for going to the bath
room while waiting with a panel of
prospective jurors to be called for
jury duty.
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of the court.”
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