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State Budget

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H c d x a n conceded s h o i t l y

b e f o r e m i d n m h t t h a t In s i n i -t i a t i v e m o v e t o li m i t t h e

a m o u n t of p e r s o n a l income

t h a t c o u l d be taken in state

taxes w a s d e f e a t e d , b u t h esaid h e w o u l d trim th e 197-1-75

b u d g e t t o t h e P r o p o s i t i o n 1l e v e l .

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w h e t h e r t h e veto w o u l d b eu s e d to cut the budget by the

same a m o u n t he had proposed

in his i n i t i a t i v e measure. "I

s ec- n o reason to spend o n ep e n n y more."

S t a t e w i d e , the percentage

range for the p r o p o s i t i o nstayed constant t h r o u g h o u ttin n i g h t — a b o u t 55 per rent

o p p o s i n g an d - 4 " ) pe r cent fa -

v o r i n gR e a g a n c u t short a p l a n n e dv i c t o r y celebration al the Sac-ramento University C l u b t omeet reporters in the state

capital, b u t he said the elec-

t i o n results "do not change

the f a c t that the present tax

b u r d e n is increasing too r ap -

idly."

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some f e l t it should not be in

( h e c o n s t i t u t i o n , or that local

taxes mignt somehow be in-

creased and the burden shift-

ed to local government. This,

of course, w a s untrue, b u tthose w h o led a n d f i n a n c e dthe campaign against Proposi-

t i o n 1 e f f e c t i v e l y exploited

these concerns.''

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reduce the people's taxes be a

p o l i t i c a l d e f e a t ? N a t u r a l l y . I

w i s h w e c o u l d have w o n . b u t Id o not regret the attempt w e

made." he t o l d reporters.If th e p r o p o s i t i o n v v ? s n o t a

d e f e a t f o r Reagan, i t a t least

w a s a w i n f o r \ssembly

Speaker B o b M o r e t ti . w h o

w a g e d a lonely campaign

against the governor.

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others said it c o u l d n ' t be

beaten a nd f i n a l l y stood M I he

winner's circle.

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ftehter and campaigner and it

helps tremendously." M o r e t t isaid .ast night as he w a t c h e delection returns and consid-

ered the e f f e c t s on his p r - > b a -

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Kastbay voters f o l l o w e d a

f a i r l y predictable pattern inth e election, w i t h Contra Cos-

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M o r a u a d e f e a t s % ' i '1 m i l l i o n s c h o o l sm e a s u r e .

L a f a y e t t e r e j e c t s Sf i m i l l i o n o p e n s p a c eb o n d i s s u e .S a n F r a n c i s c o e l e c t s f o u r i n c u m b e n t

s u p e r v i s o r s a n d n e w c o m e r A l X e l d e r ,f o r m e r u o l i c e c h i e f .

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T J t h S t . . n e a r t h e p a r k i n g l o t .sa id "I c o u n t e d s e v e n shots,"

bu t d e c l i n e d t o e l a b o r a t e .

O f f i c e r s said t h e y u r o no tf a m i l i a r w i t h w h i t e b r e a s tp a t c h e s w o r n b y t h e s u s p e c t sas b e i n g associated w i t h an yp a r t i c u l a r o r g a n i z a t i o n .

T wo b r o w n a t t a c h e cases,p r e s u m a b l y b e l o n g i n g lo Fes-

. t c r a n d B l a c k b u r n , w e r e o nt h e p a r k i n g lo t p a v e m e n t af -t e r t h e s h o o t i n g s — o n e b e h i n dt h e c a r o n t h e passenger side

a n d t h e o t h e r across t h e l o tj u s t b e y o n d th e u n o c c u p i e dspace r e s e r v e d fo r Foster.T h e o n e o n t h e p a s s e n g e r s i d eh a d a b u l l e t h o l e i n i t . p o l i c es a i d . N o t h i n g h a d b e e n t a k e nf r o m th e cases o r t h e v i c t i m s ,po l ice s a i d .

A l i g h t - c o l o r e d W e s t e r n -s t y l e h at w i t h a b i g b r i m wa son t h e t o p o f a s h o r t s t a i r w a ya d j o i n i n g t h e l o t a n d c l o s e toth e street. It w a s n o t k n o w n if

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f r o m h i s o f f i c e t o w o r k w i t hp ol i ce in s o l v i n g th e c r i m e .

O a k l a n d P o l i c e H o m i c i d eS g t s . J o h n A g l e r an d G a r r yF u r r y h a v e b e e n place d inc h a r g e o f t h e h u n t f o r t h es l a y e r s . F o u r t e a m s of i n s p e c -

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Ih e U n i t e d S t a t e s h a v e agreedt o e x c h a n g e a m b a s s a d o r s i m -m e d i a t e l y , th e o f f i c i a l M i d d l eEast Nws A p e n c y said to -n i g h t .

In W a s h i n g t o n , a - s i m u l t a -n e o u s a n n o u n c e m e n t f r o m th eW h i l e H o u s e said th e tw oc o u n t r i e s agreed in p r i n c i p l eto resume d i p l o m a t i c r e l a -t i o n s "at an '-any date."

T h e a n n o u n c e m e n t s w e r em a d e f i v e h o u r s a f t e r Secre-t a r y of S t a t e H e n r y A . K i s s i n -ge r an d Egypt ian P r e s i d e n tA n w a r S a d a t m e t f o r more

t h a n t h r e e h o u r s t o d a y a n dagreed t h e y w e r e " m o v i n gtoward peace."

E g yp t b r o k e d i p l o m a t i c re -l a t i o n s w i t h th e U n i t e d Stalesd u r i n g t h e 1 5 ) 5 7 Arab-Israeliwa r because of U.S. s u p p o r tfo r Israel.

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t h r o u g h s m a l l d i pl o m a t i c m i s -sions in each other's capital su n d e r th e f lag o f f r i e n d l y n a -t i o n s . '

T h e n e w s a g e n c y said th et w o g o v e r n m e n t s h ad "agreedin p r i n c i p l e to restore d i p l o -m a t i c r e l a t i o n s - soon" an dm e a n w h i l e w e r e n i i s i n g i h er e p r e s e n t a t i v e s 35 w.-]i < if

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a f t e r n o o n visi t to the Pyra-m i d s a n d t h e S p h i n x .

U.S. o f f i c i a l s said K i s s i n -g e r . i n h i s c o n v e r s a t i o n s inW a s h i n g t o n l a s t w e e k w i t h

E g y p t i a n F o r e i g n M i n i s t e r I s-m a i l F a h m y . d e t e c t e d w i l l i n g -ness t o u s e t h e "good of f i ces '"of th e U n i t e d States t o s m o o t hou t c e a s e - f i r e problems be -t w e e n Egypt and Israel and toa p p r o a c h p e a c e t a l k s .

Sadat has v o w e d p u b l i c l y h ev.ill no t b a r g a i n w i t h th e - Jew-is h s t a t e . K i s s i n g e r , h o p i n g toac t as a c a t a l ys t , i n t e n d s tof i n d ou t w h e t h e r t h e K g y p t i a nl e a d e r r e a l l y is a d a m a n t .

T h e p r i n c i p a l i m m e d i a t e is -sues f o r d i s c u s s i o n a r e I s -rael's d e m a n d s f o r a p r i s o n e re x c h a n g e an d th e l i f t i n g of th eE g yp t i a n b l o c k a d e at them o u t h o f t h e R e d S e a . a n dE g yp t ' s i n s i s t e n c e that Israelg i v e u p t h e territory i t o c c u -p i e d a f t e r Ih c f i i>i êase-f ireo r d e r O c t . 22 .

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bu t th e c o m m a n d sa i d b o t ha t t e m p t s w e r e c o n t a i n e d .

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T h e I s r a e l i s , u n d e r p r c !» s u r ef r o m W a s h i n g t o n , l e i 1 25I r u c k l o a d s o f f o o d , w a t e r a n dm e d i c a l s u p p l i e s pass t h r o u g ht h e i r l i n e s l o t h e 3 r d A r m y .M o v e m e n t of t h e s e s u p p l i e swa s c o m p l e t e d ye s t e r d a y, an dIs rael a n n o u n c e d i t was let- ,t i n g a n o t h e r 5 0 t r u c k l o a d st h r o u g h .

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p u b l i c m i g h t o f f e r r e l a t i n g toth e c r i m e .T h e r o o m h a s a d i r e c t

p h o n e l i n e t h e p u b l i c m a ycal l : 273-3427.

Foster's w i f e , A l b e r l i n e .w a s a t H i g h l a n d w i t h t h e i rd a u g h t e r . M a r s h a , f o r a b o u ttw o • h o u r s b e f o r e b e i n gw h i s k e d a w a y. B l a c k b u r n ' swife . B a r b a r a , a n d t h e i r s o nC h r i s t o p h e r , a s t u d e n t at Sky-l i n e H i g h S c h o o l , w e r e n o t f a rf r o m h i m m u c h o f t h e t i m e h ewa s in s u r g e r y . H i s n o tk n o w n w h e t h e r t h e B l a c k -b u r n s ' d a u g h t e r S a m a n t h awa s also a t t h e h o s p i t a l .

S e r v i c e s f o r D r . Foster ar cp e n d i n g .

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T h e n e w s c a m e in bits an dpieces. T he f i r s t w o r d — a b o u tin m i n u t e s b e f o r e th e c o u n c i lm e e t i n g w a s to b e g i n — wa st h a t t h e r e h a d b e e n a s h o o t i n ga t t h e s c h o o l a d m i n i s t r a t i o nh e a d q u a r t e r s . A n a s s i s t a n t su -p e r i n l e n d e n l m a y h a v e b e e ns h o t .

T h e n c a m e t h e a w f u l de -tai l s. Rile y wa s on t h e t e l e -p h o n e , D e p u t y C h i e f o f Pol iceT h o m a s D o n a h u e w a s o n t h eo t h e r r i i d . F o s t e r wa s d e a d .R o b e r t B l a c k b u r n , d e p u t y su -p e r i n t e n d e n t w a s c r i t i c a l lyi n j u r e d .

No a n n o u n c e m e n t w a s m a d ei m m e d i a t e l y . Jiul th e messagewa s (ui ickly passed to c o u n c i l -m e n a n d c i t y o f f i c i a l s .

K a c h u n d o u b t e d l y w a s r e -m e m b e r i n g t h e scene o n l y

t h r e e h o u r s e a r l i e r .T h e s e s s i o n w a s o n th e

c i t y ' s f i n a n c i a l crisis. F n s t e rwa s t h e r e b e c a u s e t h e r e ba db e e n c u t s i n t h e r e c r e a t i o np r o g r a m r u n b y t h e c i t y i n t h es c h o o l s a n d m o r e w e r e p r o -p o s e d .

R e p e a t e d l y Foster r e m i n d e dc o u n c i l m e n o f t h e schoo l d is-trict's p r o b l e m s w i t h v i o l e n c e .v a n d a l i s m an d t r u a n c y .

" 1 s h u d d e r t o t h i n k w h a t w em ay see," h e d e c l a r e d in r e f -e r e n c e t o t h e e l i m i n a t i o n ofprograms t h a t p r o v i d e d aplace fo r y o u t h t o g o a f t e rs c h o o l .

U h e n r e m i n d e d o f th e city'sf i n a n c i a l s i t u a t i o n a n d t h es t u d i e s n o w g e t t i n g u n d e rw a y , Foster c o u n t e r e d m o r et h a n o n c e : " T h e schools.. theg> ins.. are closed."

H e t a l k e d a b o u t "false e c o n -omy." a b o u t what's a "goodi n v e s t m e n t i n t h e l o n g r u n . "

T he c o u n c i l wasn ' t in a po-s i t i o n t o m a k e a d e c i s i o n . Bu tFoster m a d e i t clear h ew o u l d n ' t g i v e u p .

H is p a r t o v e r . Dr . Fosterl e f t th e c o u n c i l sess ior i f o r as c h o o l b o a r d m e e t i n g . 1 ! w a sa r o u t i n e sess ion.

There's no wa y t o p u t itt o g e t h e r i n a w a y t h a t m a k e ssense.

"Only th is afte rnoon l ie wa sp l e a d i n g fo r children." C o u n -c i l m a n J o h n S u t l e r n o t e d .

"It r e a l l y b o u g i e s th e m i n d .Wh o w o u l d k i l l M a r c Foster?H is w as th e \oicr ai reason int h i s city." Sutt'.T said.

M a y o r H e a d i n g remem-

U-rcd that "Dr. Foster \vas- af r i e n d of ewryonc. It's soh a r d t o u n d e r s t a n d . "

C i t y M a n a g e r R i l e y ex -pressed d e e n sorrow ands h o c k . "He \vas a -jood m a n . 1c a n ' t f i g u r e it out."

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Ih e o r d e r l y r e s u m p t i o n e-f th es c h o o l p r o g r a m . P r i n c i p a l sh a v e b e e n d i r e c t e d to m e e tw i t h s t a f f s at e a c h of th es c h o o l s in th e c i t y at 8 a.m.t o m o r r o w .

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p r e s s r e l e a s e f r o m t h e b o a r dw h i c h s a i d m e m b e r s o f t h eb o a r d a n d t i le s e n i o r s t a f ih a v e b e e n in c l o s e c o n t a c tw i t h t h e f a m i l i e s o f t h e t w os h o o t i n g v i c t i m s s i n c e th et r a g e d y o c c u r e d . A t t h i s t i m e ,f u n e r a l a n d m e m o r i a l serv-ices h a \ e n o t y e t b e e n s c h e d -u l e d , h e said.

A ll c i t y b u i l d i n g flags w e r el o w e r e d to h a l f mast t h i sm o r n i n g an d w i l l r e m a i n sou n t i l a f t e r D r . Foster's f u n e r -al.

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c a n c e l e d classes f o r t h e d a y .P c r a l t a B o a r d P r e s i d e n t C u r -ti s A l l e r a n d C h a n c e l l o rT h o m a s Fryer .1r. m a d e aj o i n t a n n o u n c e m e n t o f t h e c l o -Mi re " a s a m e m o r i a l t o w h a tM a r c u s Foster stood f o r a n da s a g e s t u r e o f d e e p regret."

Dr . B a d a l s a i d h e i 'ell d e e p -ly th e loss of a m a n w h o h a db e e n b o t h a s u p e r i o r a n d agood p e r s o n a l f r i e n d , an d saidhe ha d ru > d o u b t t h a t i)r.F o s t e r w a s " o n e o f th e m o s to u t s t a n d i n g e d u c a t o r s , n oto n l y i n o u r state b u t i n t h ee n t i r e U n i t e d States.

"It is a great loss to ourc i t y , o ur state a n d o u r socie-ty..."

T h e r e g u l a r b o a r d o f e d u c a -t i o n m e e t i n g , s c h e d u l e d atI'M p . m . t o d a y at G a r f i e l dS c h o o l , h as b e e n c a n c e l e d ,Badal said .

Dr. Badal is in charge ofp l a n n i n g , research an d e v a l u -a t i o n f o r t h e s c h o o l d i s t r i c t , aposi t ion h e h a s h e l d sinceJan . 1 . 1971.

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c o u l d be a 311-day e x t e n s i o nfo r w i t h d r a w a l .

P r e s i d e n t Ni x on v e t o e d th eb i l l im g r o u n d s t h a t iv wasu n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l a n d " w o u l ds e r i o u s ly u n d e r m i n e t h e n a -t i n n ' s a b i l i t y t o act d e c i s i v e l ya n d c o n v i n c i n g l y in times ofi n t e r n a t i o n a l crisis."

N i x o n said h e agreed, h o w -e v e r , w i t h t h e p r o v i s i o n i n t h eb i l l r e q u i r i n g a p r e s i d e n t t oc o n s u l t w i t h Congress b e f o r eh e c o m m i t s t r o o p s abroad.

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h a v e r e s p o n d e d — s o m e a t t h ebal lo t b o x , s o m e b y s t a y i n ghome," h e said. "Those wh ow e r e c o n c e r n e d e n o u g h t ov o t e t o d a y e v i d e n t l y fe l t P r o p -osi t ion 1 wa s n o t t h e so lu -t i on ,* ' R e a g a n a d d e d .

M o r c l t i h e l d h i s v i c t o r y p a r -iy i n L o s A n g e l e s , w h e r e h et o ld s u p p o r t e r s . "They o u t -s p e n t us $2 m i l l i o n t o o u r$400.001) an d t h e y w e r e w o r k -in g o n a s o n i e t h i n g - f o r - n o l h -in g p r o p o s i t i o n . " He said.

" T h e p e o p l e h a \ e t o ld t h e b i gi n t e r e s t s t h a t n e v e r a g a i n w i l lt h e y b u y a n e l e c t i o n i n Cal i -f o r n i a , they're g o i n g t o h a v eto c o n v i n c e t h e m mi t h e i s -sues."

T h e t a x c o n t r o l p l a n , w h i c hR e a g a n p r e s e n t e d l a s t s p r i n g ,w ould h a v e se t a c o n s t i t u t i o n -al l i m i t o n ( h e a m o u n t o f t h estale's p e r s o n a l in c o m e t h a tc o u l d b e s p e n t o n state g o v -e r n m e n t .

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. c o r n t h a t h i s m e a s u r e w a sfa i l ing . "I h a v e f u l f i l l e d m yp r o m i s e o f 1 3 m o n t h s a go . "R e a g a n said. "Tomorrow,

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T h e A s s e m b l y s p e a k e r a l s oha d said t h a t R e a g a n c o u l d n ' tlose w i t h th e i n i t i a t i v e . "He'ss t i l l a m a r t y r l o t h e r i g h tw i n g a n d s h o u l d d o v e r y w e l lw i t h t h a t e l e m e n t o f t h e c o n -

v e n t i o n . " M o r e t t i said in sug-g e s t i n g R e a g a n s t i l l i s a s o l i dc a n d i d a t e f o r t h e R e p u b l i c a np r e s i d e n t i a l n o m i n a t i o n i n1976.

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m e n t o C o u n t y w e r e m i s s i n g ,a n d e l e c t i o n o f f i c i a l s said itm i g h t be j u s t h o u r s o r a sm u c h a s d a y s b e f o r e t h e f i n a lt a l l i e s ar e a v a i l a b l e .

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years a n d e i g h t m o n t h s t o 20years.

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Foster's Friends React to 'a Great L o s s

Thief of Bod GagsTh e o n l y h a p p y m an i've seen this week wa s a

g u y -h u m m i n g t o himself: "I don't like th e sunshine,I like it w h e n it rains: Fo r rain brings rheumatism,an d r h e u m a t i sm brings pain. I 'm a chiropractor". . . They had a drawing out at the SanLeandroRedevelopment Jubilee where th e prize wa s a tripfo r two to Lisbon, and the winner didn't have to be

present to w in. G o o d thing. Todd Malone w o n — a n dh e wa s i n M ad ri d a t the t im e, a stone'sthrow . . . Zbigniew K ot h a s l e f t Oakland fo r Seattlen o w , and HE is a man with a sense of hu mo r .

Zbigniew w as here lastweek, a Polish journalistf rom Wa r s a w s t u d yingA m e r i c a n n e w s p a p e r ,methods, and w h a t fasci-n a te d hi m mo st w asD e L a u e r ' s N e w s s t a n dwhere he found a book ofPolish jokes and lovedthem. He part icularlyliked the way the bookopened from th e back,(ilis electric type writer

B I L L F I S E Tthis a Polish typewrit-

er?" he asked, and collapsed laughing at his ownjoke.) H e spotted a headline in The Tribune's

f a s h i o n section saying, "Designers Play RussianRoulette W i th Hemlines ," had never heard the terman d it took a lot of explaining. Fina l ly he said heunderstood, shook his head and grinned.

Al Carter will run for sheriff out in Contra Costaand f riends set up a $25 per plate fund-raiser fo r hi mfor N o v . 29 at the C o n c o r d I n n . Nearly all the ticketswere sold in f o u r days, thus proving a man can beterribly p op u l a r a f t e r having played a lot of g o l ftournaments a n d — l o s in g a fe w s m a l l bets . . . T ha tdrive-in church in Pinole called the "Drive-InWorship Center" ha s mailed its f l o c k a request theysubscribe to a tithe of at l e a s t 5 per cent of t h e i r -incomes. I'd guess they c o u l d ge t e v e n m or e revenuesimply by charging parking f e e s . . . G uy in W a l n u tCreek got caught in that massive t r a f f i c tie-up on theB ay Bridge M o n d a y and it cost him a f u l l hour." A n d that wasn't a l l . O n c e in the Eastbay I gotbehind a Highway Patrolman and I didn't have th ecourage to p a s s h i m . T r a f f i c was miserable al l thewa y home." (Maybe there 's a b o n a f i d e reason noU FO s have dropped in on the Bay Area . No place topark .)

SLAIN SCHOOL CHIEF MA R CUS FOSTER EXPLAINS 'HELPING' POSTER

Working for welfare of children in one of his last photographs

( T r i b u n eWed., Nov. 7,1973 E 17

About U F O s : A U. C. faculty m e m b e r , Dr.James Harder, ha s become one of the country'sauthorities on sightings, and he'l l be the s t a rattraction Friday night in a public lecture at theOakland Auditorium Theater sponsored by Friendsof the Oakland Public Library. He supposedly willshow actual f i l m of a UFO taken by an Australianairline stewardess as the UFO f l e w alongside the jeto n which sh e w as f l y i n g across the Pacific. (Harderis the man who f l e w to Mississippi to hypnotize thetw o men who claimed to have been taken aboard aUF O there.) Tit le of his Friday night ta lk: "Evi-dence f or an Extraterres trial Origin" . . . Other b igdoings in t o w n : An a u c t i o n of bicycles, cars, trucksand h o u s e h o l d goods is set for 10 a . m . Saturday a tthe city's c o r p o r a t i o n yard a t 555 Hegenberger Road.As George Schneider pointed out , "W e're selling offth e s t u f f ju s t in t ime fo r Chr is t ma s" ... Sa lCampagna had one of today's common little disap-pointments. Pulled over to pick up a good-lookinggirl hitchhiker w i t h long blonde hair, tight bluejeans an d sunglasses. She got in, took off thesunglasses and thanked h i m — i n a bass voice.A n o t he r gu y traveling under fa l se pretenses.

Th e editors of a little magazine called Sa nFrancisco Signal this m o n t h have a piece on '"Decadence," dividing that rather esoteric qualityinto low, middle an d high decadence, an d am o ngthings listed as "low decadence" ar e NormanMailer's book on Marilyn Monroe, double-edgedrazors built on the theory that whiskers snap backfast, prefaded Lcvis. Breakfast Squares t ha t used tobe called dessert, organic vegetables, sex manuals,dune buggies, primal therapy, the Osmond Brothers,electric ho t combs—and their ow n magazine. Atleast that's objectivity . . . C l i f f Romero, the SanLeandro barber who's also a \veightlifter (h e cuts aguy's hair and then l i f t s him up to look in themirror) has a rem ark ab l e new Chinese diet g u a ra n-teed to take off 10 pounds the first week. Y ou carry apair of chopsticks with you and cat anything yo uvant , but O N L Y by using the chopsticks. You're M >

awkward at this y ou lose weight, and after a week orso when you get the h a n g of them you're thinner. Attha t point you us e only on e chopstick and continue tolose w e i g h t . . . About weight-lifters, Art Coler-Dark's Manor Health Studio in San Leandro ha sthose tj-pical before an d after photos, including oneset where the "before" is. a skinny guy and the"after" is a Bengal tiger. "

Albert Gagnon is convinced he has Hong Kongflu. "I sneeze am i cough, have a fever, a nd my suitf e l l apart" ...A yucky news brief from A P: "TheArgentine government has decided to export p igeonmeat to encourage a new industry an d bring in moreforeign exchange. Th e move is also seen as a way tocheck the country's exploding pigeon population"...Finally, as Betty Habit points out, anyone w hodoesn't believe in l i f e after death just hasn' t watchedJJ w late, late movies on television.

Marcus Foster

Believed inPeople Power

By BEV M I T C H E L LTribiM SU K Writer

NORMAN DOUGLASS

'It's a shock...'

Oa k la n d 'School Supt. Ma r-c u s A . Foster often said th a the n ev er m et a p aren t , n om at te r h o w r i c h o r h o w p o o r,w h o d i d n ' t p r i z e ed u c at i o nan d know i t was essential fo rh i s c h i l d ren .

T h e k ey to achieving it, tot u r n i n g a school districta r o un d so t h a t it offers ed u c a-tion. he said, is " p eo p le p o w -er."

Al l th e p e o p l e m u s tma t t e r — tudents , school s ta f f ,

p aren ts an d c o m m u n i ty .Thib w a s t h e a t t i t ud e he

d em o n s t ra ted in P h i l ad e l p h i aw h e r e , in 1970 at age 47. hew as asso c i a te su p er i n ten d en tan d g ai n ed th e r e p u t a t i o n ofbeing one of the n at i o n ' s m o s tprogressive ed u c ato rs .

T h i s was th e q ua l i t y w h i c ha t t r ac ted th e O a k l a n d Bo ardo f Education in t h a t s a m ey e ar . w h e n , a f t e r two b i t te rear l ier a t tem p ts to choose ane w school chief, they choseDr . Foster.

Car l .Munck. now retiredfrom the board bu t lone one ofits leaders , said l ast night. "Idid h e l p select h i m . an d h e•was c l e ar l y t he be s t m a navailable in t he country. Iknow th e city from wh i c h h ec am e w as w o r k i n g in hope ofgetting hi m b ac k there...

" Cer ta i n l y M arc Foster go ta l o n g wi th ev ery o n e , u n d er -wood people and tried to un-

de r s ta nd a nd be understood."Several of th e nation's l a r g -est school districts., includingP h i l a d e l p h i a , tried t o hi r eFoster a w a y from O a k l a n d .He a l way s re fu sed c om m e nt .except lo say,"m y c o m m i t -m e n t is hrre."

It wa s P. heavy c om m it m e nt ,sn d he lived up to his promi>cof "people power."

H u n d red s o f O ak l an d citi-zens of all ages an d p c r s ua-«ons wtrc organized into ama-ster p l an jn w ip -which still•works to develop both shortan d long r an g e p l an s for edu-cation in the city.

La.<t spring, this cnrap *»sintegral m pacing a W3.7mil l ion bond issue to bringcity *chofils u p l o slate e a r t h-qu ak e sa fe ty standards. Citi-7-en jroups c<intin'jc lo bdpform p l a n s for u « - e «f broiamonies , as *ell as 1" wo rk «u tcither problems within ihc div

IridThrcr assonale superin-

ler/dmi.s w e r e n a m e d lo bradregjrmj. «ir ' "sub-diMncts. "obring Ibe operation ot theschools clffscr lo individualc w u m u ni l J e s , parents an d t ax -

M a r c u s Foster's d ete rm i n edbelief t h a t it could be avertedwhich l ed to se t t l em en t .

Born in A th en s , G a . , Fosterc a m e from a fami ly o f ed u c a-tors. H e entered the Philadel -phia school system in 1948 andserved as a teac h er an d p r i n -c i p a l at the e l em en tary , j un -ior high an d high school levelp r i o r to becoming associatesu p er i n ten d en t .

In 1966, he became principalof Gratz High "School , then

k n o w n as a "losers' school"w i t h a h i g h d ro p o u t r a t e an dlow p erc en tag e o f c o l l eg e-bound graduates.

He l a u n c h e d a c o m m u n i t yc am p ai g n to g e t th e d ro p o u tsre-enrol led, going ou t h im « e l fto k n o c k on doors an d recruitth e y o u n g s te rs . Within th reey e ar s th e n u m b er o f d rop o u tstai led off and the n u m b e r ofseniors headed for col lege wasup from 18 to I S O .

During Dr . Foster's firstyear of teaching, in PrincessA n n e . M d . , h e b eg an th e da yby gathering wood to build afire in the stove t h a t stood inth e m i d d l e o f h is classroom.

O f t h a t period, he said, "Iw a s fo rc ed to do creativeteaching because there wer-en ' t m an y m ate r ia l s a v ai la -ble." Others said he wo u l dhave done creative teaching inan y en v i ro n m en t .

Coining here, af te r a meteo-

ric rise in th e P h i l ad e l p h i ajsvMcni. he s a id , " 1 don ' t w a n tto give the impression thathere's a fellow from th e Eastw i t h a ba g of tricks."

Instead. lie listed areas hew a n t e d to e xp l or e , a m o n gt h e m in c r e as e d cooperat ionw i t h gove r nm e nt , bu s ine s san d industry ' an d d ev e l o p m en tof al ternative models for ed u -cation. T h e r e ar e n u m ero u st-x-amplcs of his success inIhcsc areas.

Dr.Fo«rwas the au th o r ofm a ny p u bl is he d w or k s on edu-cation. and received a n u m b erof citat ions and award s in hisfield. Among ihc latter w asIh e 15*8 Philadelphia Awardfrom th e Bok Foundation, car-ry i n g a m e d a l an d $ l b , < K K l .

* H r h e l d dearer, from Pe nn-s y l va nia Slate rollegc,

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U n n r r s i t y of P e n n s y l v a n i a ,L i n c o l n I'nncrsily ( l Y n n . )an d Jsl. Joseph's

Only list month, the Oric-land district wa s on the brinkcf * severe «n d bW<r toadwrstride. Few deny that ft w«s

He 5*. sunned by fl i«.Al br r t inr <.Ylibty) , whr . » 'an ad m i n M r a l n c ass.stant inPhiladelphia elemental-.:schools h r f o r r their m t n chere, an d b y U n ir daughter.M*rsha, * ttaduT in the Cas-tro Valky system.

W h en I>r, Foster w as as ke dto accept Ihe O afc h wl posi-tion, he was invited to bring

STAN KISTNER

'...adeep tragedy'

an as s is t an t of his choice.His selection wa s Ro b er t V Y.

Blackburn, then director ofth e In te rg ro u p Re l a t i o n s P ro-g ram fo r th e Ph i l a d e lp h i a dis-trict . w h o c a m e h e r e a s d e p u -ty s u p e r i n t e n d e n t a n d w h ow as severely w o un d e d joter-d ay as th e two m en werec au g h t i n a h ai l of bul le ts .

Bl ac k b u rn c am e to O a k l a n dw it h hi s wi fe . B a r ba r a , an dth e i r c h i l d ren , Ch r i s to p h eran d S a m a n l h a .

At t h a t t im e , in a le t ter toIhen board p r e s ide nt An n C«r-

n e i l l e . h e rem ark ed . "Marcu«;Foster ca n l i ft peoples ' visionan d inspire th em to successan d 1 ca n assist in m M i n n gth a t w e rea l l y c o t th a t suc-cess."

Stanford Tuition

May Be $3,375

S T A X K O R D - M a n f o n ll"

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vcrsi'y trustees n ex t Tu e s da yw i l l consider r e c om m e nda -fc ons for increasing basic lui-fccm by $2*1. to $5.375 for theacademic year, starling ir.1S4-73.

Current tuit ion of J3.I35 :«;]0 pe r cent higher t ha n lhatcharged last yrar.

"W e h a % e brcn qu i te d e l i b-e r a t e i n h o l d i n g dmvn Ih e ralean d I h c a m o u n t of incTcavproposed f« r 1JC4-75." saidT Y m n st W i l l i am F. M i H r t ."There wil l b e s o me very

difficult choices 1o be m a d ean d some tight sqner/rs as - aof Ih r s mal l e r

'He was beaut i fu l

people ... loved byparents , youngsters... a Pled Piper ..*

we're lust numb ...what do yo u say?'

By A N D Y J O KE L S O NTribute SUff Writer

He s,.id salary inmws f« rstaff an d faculty , s o ar in c «n -cFrascs m the costs of l ib w r yb wV$ xnf i campus- otililwsan d Ih e skyrocketing cost ofliving are Ih e causes rf U H >wfd for th e 7.fi per centtuition hike, he

The r e was disbel ief, shockan d r ag e , but most of al l ana c h i n g sad n ess an d -sense ofgr e a t loss am o n g th e O ak l an dschool board members andothers w ho c a m e to H i g h l an dHospital l a s t n i g h t a f t e r th es l ay i n g o f S u p t . M arc u s A .Foster and the wounding

1of

d e p u t y su p er i n ten d en t Ro b er tW . B l a c k b u r n .

"This is th e greatest lossthe Ci ty o t O a k l a n d ha s everk n m v r , " sa i d board m e m b e rM el C a ug h e l l , .shaking withemotion, the w o r d s po u r in go u t . F os t e r , h e sa i d , provided

"so m u c h l ea d ersh i p , so m u c hw a r m t h , s o m u c h c h a r i s -m a — h e w a s j u s t like a PiedPiper. P eo p l e j u s t c am e tohim."

Caughel l said Foster " wasloved by p a r e n t s , h e w a sloved by y o un g s t e r s , " an dth en Cau g h e l l wen t o n to sayth a t he himsel f "adored th em a n . " Foster w a s offeredsc h o o l jo b s e l sewh ere , bu ts tay ed h ere b ec au se h e wasc o m m i t ted to O a k l a n d , saidCau g h e l l .

Foster ha s "given his wh o l el ife to O a k l a n d , " Cau g h e l lsa i d .

B o a r d p res i d en t Ba rn ey H i l-b u n i was to o en rag ed a t f i r s tto c o m m e n t , bu t then said"w e lost a g rea t m an . " H i l .b u rn a d d e d t h a t th e shooting'sfol lowed " a v ery placid m e e t -i n g " o f th e b o ard a t ten d ed b yFoster an d B l a c k b u r n ."T h e r ew e r e no a l te rc a t i o n s wh at -

soever," h e s a id .In response to a question,Hilburn said he k n e w of nothreats having been m a d eag ain s t Foster.

B o a r d member S ey m o u rRo se l o o k ed to b e th e way h edescribed himsel f: in "totalshock. He's one of the great-est in the world an d he's deadan d it's incredible. A ll we'redoing n o w i s k eep i n g o u r f i n -gers crossed for Bob Black-burn..."

A n o t h e r b o a r d m e m b e r ,Lorenzo Hoopes, said "Thisha s c o m e so su d d en l y th a t it'sj u s t un c o mp r e h e n d a b le — t h i sthin? of an educator with fe wpeers in this country being"s n u f f e d ou t l ike this. We'rej u s t n u m b . "

Like Hilburn, Hoopes notedth e a tm o sp h ere at the boardm e e t ing— " p e r ha p s th e m o s tt ran qu i l we 'v e h ad i n m o n th san d m o n th s . "

B o a r d m e m b e r ' Ann Cor-neil le was virtual ly speech-less. " W h a t do y ou say ? It'sl i k e wh en Ken n ed y w as assas-sinated," s h e s a id . B o a r dm em b er Ch ar l e s Goady said"We've just lost a t rem en d o u sperson," an d th a t he couldn'tconceive of a n y o n e d o i n gso m eth i n g l i k e sh o o t i n g Fos-ter and Bl ac k b u rn .

Bo ard m em b er David T u c k -er Jr., reached a t t h e dis-.trict's ad m i n i s t ra t i o n b u i l d -i n g , rem ark ed o n th e t rem en -dous loss to the district. Henoted t h a t th e sh o o t i n g s fo l -l o w e d a b o ard m ee t i n g cal ledto discuss s om e of the d i s - -tricl's su c c ess fu l sp ec i a l l yfunded p ro g ram s—th e kind ofsession yo u " l ike to go to andl ike to hear."

Besides t h e i r i n d i vi d ua lc o m m en ts , th e board issued ajoint s ta tem en t w h ic h said inpart: "This ;s t he s a dde n da yin the iiislory of O a k l a n d an d

th e O a k l a n d publ ic schwiK.O u r su p er i n ten d en t M arc u s A .Foster's dca'.h is Mmiolhsiswo c an n o t yc; c o m p reh en d , as1 5 th e cnti. 'al ly w o u n d in g ;.fou r de p u t y s u p e r int e nde ntKobcrt Bl ac k b u rn .

" O u r hearts ar c filled w i lhlove and concern for Ih e K""-Irr an d Bl ac k b u rn families ."

A m o n g th e ap p ro x i m ate l y5f l school em p l o y es w ho c a m elo H i g h l a n d w as N « m i a nDouglass, p r inc ip a l nf IhtKais*r and Thonihil l e l e m e n-tary schools. " I f f a shock.;nan," hr said. "I'm justa m a z e d thai this can h a p p e nlo an educator."

Douglass said "There w asno vested inttTf-st here. Chil-dren certainly aren't a xeslodinterest." Fester, br said, ba dTii tl wi th hi m an d a r w i l 12TivTnhil l students in Foffice for abmit 15cvirlirr yesterday, Irealod Ih ry o ut h s warvnTy an d lold 5hrm"111 send yi m a brinV bewr/'le,.

Stan Kislner, president ofibf O a k l a n d Ednrati rm A s s c > -r a l in n , w as also at Highland.'1consider this 1 t» be a deeptragedy," be sznd. "Dr. Fes-ter was- a m a n of the Dealestintegrity. H e w as a s a p w i n -tenflent wto> inspired in that

h e was so c o n c ern ed ab o u tchildren." That concern, saidKistner, was reflected in Fos-ter's c o m m i t m e n t to reac h th er e c e n t s e t t l e m e n t w h i c haverted a possible strike ofschool p erso n n e l .

M r s . M a y o l a L e w i s , w hoserves as a l iaison b e tweenth e d i s t r i c t ad m i n i s t ra t i o nand 18 school site c o mmun i -ties in E a s t O a k l a n d , p o i n tedto Foster 's ef for ts to promotec o mmun i t y i n vo lve me n t i nschool activi ties .

" H e m a d e a c o m m i t m e n tan d he has been fu l fi l l ing t h a t

c o m m i t m e n t ev er s i n c e h eha s been h e r e , " s he s a id .She noted his work in get-

t i n g p aren ts i n te res ted insv± th i n g s as t h e districtbudget an d c h an g i n g c u r r i c u -l u m , c o m m u n i ty i n v o lv em en tin selection of principals an darchitects, his efforts in thesuccessful 1972 school bondcampaign and his push fo rc o mmun i t y accountabil i ty.

Mrs. Bette W i l so n , t reasu r -er of Frem o n t H i g h S c ho o l ,said "it's a great loss, that'sa l l y ou c a n say. I know th a tit's a t rem en d o u s l o ss to thes t ud e n t s at my high school ."

J o h n C a r u s o n e , th e dis-trict's coordinator of c o m m u -ni ty re lations, said "There'snu question but of the loss. Ifeel w e were b eg i n n i n g tom a k e g r e a t strides in variousseg m en ts of the c o m m u n i ty ,particularly in m eet i n g th e

needs of the various ethnicgroups."Mrs. Evelyn Bizde, an in-

structional assistant at thePeralta school an d m o th er ofthree children attending O a k -land publ ic schools, said sh ethought Foster "was a w o n -derful person mysel f. In f ac t ,he w as indescribable."

Miss Shirley Blocker, aninstructional as s is t an t at th eH o rac e M an n sc h o o l , sa.'i "Ith ink it w as terrible. H e wa s *g o od m a n . H e was a v ery goor,m a n . H e w a s b eau t i fu l pe' •pie."

Gov. Ro n al d Reag an i n S - c -ramento said "I am shockedan d sad d en ed " by Fos'.-r'sd eath . "I hope those resr .msi-M e wi l l be ap p reh en d ,d assoon as possible," he -,aid.

A s s e m b l y w o m a n M a r c hFong, D -Oa k la n d , - a i d ''Thisac t w a s s o sensêss t ha i :twas obscene."

G. Ro b er t T v i c C o n n e l l , su -

p er i n ten d en t of the C ity ofA l am ed a ' s p u b l i c sc h o o l s .said " M arc Fo o te r was one ofth e g rea t people in Americaneducation . E v e r y t h i n g he didwa s based on fi rm beliefsa b o ut w h a t w as best fo r kids.He believed in the goodness ofpeople and in the process ofdemocracy. H is d eath is aserious loss to publ ic educa-tion and to th o se of us whow e r e hi s p erso n a l f r i en d s . "

F a t he r T h o m a s J. Paris,pnest of the Greek OrthodoxC h u r c h of the Ascension here,s a id by te l ep h o n e : "Thesenseless kil l ing of a tru lyjreat ed u c ato r l eav es th »G reek Or t h o d o x c o m m u n i t ys h o c k e d , s t u n n e d a n dsad-d e n e d . D r . M a r c u s Vost«Tc ap tu red the imagination ofal l for he gave the City ofOa k la n d th e M M c m of great-ne^s. M ay hi s un t i me ly d eathg i \ c g rea t res<i l\c to al l m en

o f good will to bring io f rui-i i « m his noblest dreams."

S ta te S u p er i n ten d en t of J-i-s t n j c lmn Wi lvm Kilcs said inSa r r a m t nt o:

" I a m de e p l y gnr xe d by Ib em u i d e r of S u p er i n ten d en t ofScfcwils M arc u s F"Mcr. Hew as n« t ivly an al ly in th ecause o f qu a l i ty ed u c at i o n .bu t nl^ a gf" d zrA de a rfne nd. Ma r c u s FovW »vas r.no u t s t a n d i n g e d uc a t o r . H isskills as an a d m i n i s t r a t o rw ? r c m a t c he d l.y hi s sensitivea w a r e ne s s of t*r h u m a n needso f children. Al l vi us. i n d u d -jn c Ih c children, - w i l l miss hisenl ightened l e a de r s hip .

"1 h o p e t ha t his mur d e r e r s• w i l l be ap p reh en d ed qu i c k l yan d bronchi swiftly \c juslioe,1 al sn h'ipe 1bat Ibe communi-ty an d scV"tls Ma r c u s Fost'TM T U -3 *«ili b"nw In m by re-. w . ninc calm a nd peaceful in

Ibis t ragic •w eek."From th e Unive r s i t y ofw h e r e Foster

n Jnis lee an d from whichb" Ttrcttttl bis master's and

decws c a m e these

B A R N E Y HILBURN

B o ar d president

ANN CORNEILLE

'What dp you say?'

SEYMOUR ROSE

Arriving at the seen*

MEL CAUGHELL

'Greatest loss...'

cator highly respected by a l lof us in P h i l a d e l p h i a . W esh a l l m i ss h i m a s a t r u s t e ean d adviser."

Universi ty of P en n sy l v an i aP r e s i d e n t M a r t i n M e y c r s t msaid. " M arc u s F os t e r w a s a •distinguished e du c a t or , a de -\ n t e d a 4 m n u s a nd t rustee ,an d a warm fn c r . d . H i s d ea this a tragtxiy fo r a l l o f u s w h »h a ve k n o w n an d w o r k e d withhim."

Mutilation,

Death of

Girl ProbedIAS A W K L E S ai'> -A

jibber an d he r bo y j n r r mh a \ e been honked fo r ir,\osli-gal lon of m u r d e r a f t e r lh "man led pnl:c» '" j-caUerc-1g r a v e s c n n l a i t o n g di- .niem-brr<--l parts, of ,hc w o m a n ' s 3-ycar-nld da u ght e r .

Th e Ttjan. Wi l l i a m Pere7," f t . said yesterday he 'ounith e girl. L is a , dead in h erbedroom on Sunday. But hegave no c vp l a na t i r a of howth e sirl die d.

P e r e r , h a d b e e n arrestedjibnut a y e a r a go in t he b eat -in c o f an o th er o f th e cbildrcnof M a r y An n Y:la!e, 2f i , - w h oh a d f n e children in all . o f f i-

"1ma s sV'C*<-d at Ih r deathof Dr. Foster," said William1^. Da y , c ha i r m a n of the boardof trustees. "He was a d**

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C < T S sGilbert Tim. 2 5. went to

T > n l i e e first an d rcprcled bisbriber bad told nim of dis-membering the bndy, bu t bedidn't V n c r w w b e l b f T to 'be-lieve hi m . The elder brothertbrn led police from j^rave toewe wer a five-mile area inth e S a r > Viilej'-TajCTâ areao f r^fth La s Angeles.

Ai^htiTilies had no report onw hy d i s m e m b e r m e n t

occnrred.

Documents

Marcus Foster is Slain, Assistant is Wounded (Nov. 7, 1973)