A Cloak of Many Colors " •
(ZNS) The American Civil Liberties
Union is charging that the F.B.I. secretly
funded and directed a para-military
right-wing organization in San Diego and
instructed the group to assassinate at least
two radical political activists.
The .~.C.L.U., in a 5000 word statement
turned over to the Senate Select Commit-
tee on Intelligence, identifies the para-
military group as the "Secret Army
Organization."
The Secret Army Organization (S.A.O.)
was a group similar to The Minutemen
which carried out bombings and terrorist
activities in the San Diego area in the late
1960's and early 1970's.
The A.C.L.U.'s memo quotes former
members of the group as saying that the
S.A.O. received tunding and instructions
from F.B.I. agents. The memo identifies
one alleged F.B.I. informer, John
Rasberry, as admitting that the Bureau
instructed him to assassinate a radical San
Diego professor, Peter Bohmer.
Bohmer's home was shot up in early
1972, and a friend of his was wounded. It
was later disclosed at the trial of the
assailant that F.B.I. agent Steven
Christensen hid the automatic weapon
used in the attack for six months in his own
home while local police hunted for it.
The A.C.L.U. alleges that the F.B.I. also
unsuccessfully instructed S.A.O. members
to assassinate Chicano activist Linco
Bueno.
The F.B.I. has responded to the charges,
saying it had "nothing to do" with the
S.A.O.
Trained Seals Next
(ZNS) The "Patty dogs" are a pair of
German Shepherds that have been
specially trained by The Bureau to react
only to Patty Hearst's scent. The dogs,
which were trained with Patty's belong-
ings, are rushed to the scene of any
suspected Tania sighting.
Nader Warns Of
Cancer Additive
(ZNS) Ralph Nader's Health Reserch
Group is warning that Sanka and
Brim--two of America's most popular
devafleinated coffees may contain a
cancer-causing chemical.
According to the Nader group, newly-
completed studies by the National Cancer
Institute have found that the chemical
'"r.C.E." causes liver cancer. T.C.E., the
Nader group says, also happens to be the
chemical used by General Foods to remove
the caffeine from Sanka and Brim. The
Food and Drug Administration currently
allows small amounts of T.C.E. to remain in
the decaffeinated coffees. General Foods
admits T.C.E. is present in the two coffees,
but insists consumers would have to drink
50 millions cups a day to be adversely
affected.
Return to Sender
(ZNS) Remember the Postal Service's
warning a few months ago that all
unstamped mail would be "returned
senders?
Well, the Postal Service is now reported
to be on the •verge of reversing that
decision.
It turns out that hundreds-of thousands
of Americans have been sending mail free
simply by addresing letters to themselves.
By putting the person they really want the
letter sent to in the return address space,
and then leaving the stamp off, people
found they could have all their mail
delivered free.
Under the old system, which may now by
reinstated, unstamped letters were deliv-
ered as addressed, but with the postage
due.
Dope Bill Faces Veto
(ZNS) The California assembly has
approved a liberalized marijuana bill which
creates a $100 traific-ticket-like fine tor
possessing an ounce or less of marijuana.
Although Gov. Jerry Brown has not
publicly voiced his support for the
liberalized measure, he is expected to sign
it. The bill will then become law
throughout California next January 1st.
The national organization for the reform
of marijuana laws is now urging California
residents to write to the governor in
support of the bill after learning that
several opponents of the measure --
including Los Angeles police chief Ed
Davis -- are calling on the governor to veto
it.
Air Ad Fad Near
(ZNS) "Good morning, ladies and
gentlemen...this is your Captain speak-
ing...we'll be flying at 30,000 feet and I'll be
giving you the weather report after this
word from our sponsor."
If you think the idea of pilot's doing
in-flight commericials is a thing of the
future, T.W.A. may have a surprise for
you.
The airline has already pioneered what
may be the advertising coup of the decade
by introducing in-flight commercials on its
cross country flights.
T.W.A. admits, however, that the
company has run into some consumer
resistance to it's new revenue-increasing
gimmick. Apparently some veteran airline
passengers who pay $2.50 to rent
earphones object to having commercials
interrupt their selections of music.
In Goes the Good Air...
(ZNS) A Navy surgeon in Long Beach
has come up with an apparent "miracle
drug" that seems to enlarge breasts,
improve your I.Q. and memory, cure
baldness and reverse senility.
Captain George Hart of the U.S. Naval
Hospital in Long Beach says that the name
of the wonder cure is "oxygen" -- plain,
ordinary oxygen.
Hart has been specializing in treating
severly-burned patients with "hyperbaric
oxygenation therapy." The therapy in-
volves placing patients in a pressurized
container of oxygen, similar to the
treatment applied to a diver with the
bends.
The doctor has found, however, that all
sorts of cosmetic side effects commonly
occur -- including a rapidly improved mind
and memory, new hair growth and even an
end to impotency.
Not His Fault
(ZNS) A New York conceptual artist has
announced plans to construct" a 65,000-ton
block of concrete -- about an acre in size --
directly on top of California's San Andreas
earthquake fault.
The artist, Terry Fugate-Wilcox, esti-
mates that his project, if approved, will
cost him around $1 million. Fugate-Wilcox
has already formed his own corporation to
build the giant block, a firm called the
Crack in the World Company. he hopes
soon to sell 200 shares of stock in the
corporation--each share at $5,000--to
raise the million dollars he will need.
The plan calls for a giant block of
concrete -- 20 feet high, 188 feet wide and
232 feet long -- to be poured on the
California countryside directly atop the
fault.
Fugate-Wilson insists that not only will
the artwork outlast even the _pyramids,
but it will be an on-going piece of art. He
explains that the block will split, and
opposite sides will slowly be separated by
the fault at the rate of 2 inches per year. He
says that generations thousands of years in
the future will be able to view two hunks of
the block separated by noticeable dis-
tances and will be able to appreciate what
time and nature have done.
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