Hosmer says U.S.

studying issue
Young man sought to
Navy land seen returned to L.B. identify butchery victims
H6D. C/rSlPWftfitttftr half) i* ini.Aill ~i. 1- 11 11 .* i _ . l"1__i. At__ _i t _... II_*t ..AM*. tltilsi41*A*Mili *^ Rep. Craig Hosmer held
out the possibility Friday
that some of the Navy's
land in Long Beach will
be returned to the city
after the Long Beach
Naval Station is shut
down in 1974.
But the Long Beach
congressman said the De-
fense Department could
not give a definitive an-
swer at this time because
it is still studying the
question.
In the meantime, he
said, the Pentagon has
sought to answer a num-
ber of other questions that
had been put to it by city
officials.
HOSMER said Hugh
McCullough, the Penta-
gon's acting assistant
secretary for installations
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later and
to me.
They were to pay back
the rest as soon as Medi-
care paid his bill. They
told me Medicare paid
them in June but they
_Z_ have refused to return my
money although I' ve call-
ed and written to them
and even threatened a law
suit. I don't think they
____ should be paid twice for
]^" the same service. Can you
help me get a refund?
Mrs. R. E. A ., Fountain
Valley.
Medicare did not pay
that bill no one submit-
l(~' ted a claim for it but
you can file one now with
Blue Cross of Sout hern
Cali f orni a, the company that handles Medi care hospital
and convalescent home clai ms, according to Mrs.
Terry Oomens of Blue Cross. To f i le a clai m, write to
her at Blue Cross of Southern California, Medicare
Reconsideration, Box 2 7 7 4 7 , Los Feliz Station, Los An-
geles, Calif. 90027, and include all the pertinent data
about your father's stay in the convalescent home.
Mrs. Oomens sai d the home apparently misunder-
stood a Blue Cross memo and thought your father was-
n't covered by Medicare so they didn't bother to submit
a claim.
Guestimate
We purchased a used motorhome from Sunset Ford
in Westminster. Our security agreement says we paid
them in full, yet now they say they won't send us our
license plates until we pay an additional $50 for regis-
tration fees. Can you help? J. B., Long Beach.
You now have your license plates but you'll have to
pay the $50, according to a spokesman at Sunset Ford.
He said registration fees for motorhomes must be esti-
mated since the Department of Motor Vehicle does not
provide the fee charts for these vehicles as they do for
passenger cars. "Our salesmen do the best they can in
estimating the registration costs, but when you're deal-
ing with such a large unit, it's hard to be 100 per cent
accurate," the spokesman said. "We send in the regis-
tration papers as a service to the customer," he added.
Model rule?
Park workers presently stop model boat activity at
El Dorado Park. Why doesn't Long Beach provide an
area where a model boat enthusiast may pursue his
hobby? B.D.
Model boats either jet-propelled or powered by
internal combustion engines are not allowed at El
Dorado Park because of noise and safety factors, ac-
cording to a spokesman for the Recreation Depart-
ment. But radio-controlled sailboats and battery-power-
ed boats are permitted. A policy in effect since April
stipulates that the boats may be no more than 72" long
and may not be operated at speeds faster than 10 miles
per hour. No policy has yet been established for the
presently-unopened nort hern section of El Dorado
Park, the spokesman said. You might petition the de-
partment for consideration there.
On trust
My wife died and left me her share of a t rust we
had and I am trying to find out how much inheritance
tax I owe. W ecame to California 10 years ago and I'm
not sure if all of the estate is considered community
property. I contacted the State Inheritance and G i ft
Tax Division for advice and was told I must pay $5,500
which 1 understand is payment on my wi fe' s funds and
also inheritance tax in advance on my own estate for
my heirs. The way I figure the t ax, 1 should have to
pay only $2,000. I wrote to my assemblyman about t his
and he gave my letter to Myron Siedorf, a state tax
attorney. Siedorf answered my letter but worded his
reply in such a way that I can't understand it. Can you
clarify this for me? J. L. E., Seal Beach.
You apparently misunderstood the first state tax
official you consulted because you do owe $5,500 now on
the half of the estate that was your wife's, Siedorf told
ACTION LINE. You will be paying only on her half.
You will not be paying in advance on yours and your
heirs will pay only on half of the estate after your
death, he said.
REACTION
You carried an item about Die free glaucoma cli ni c
at Pacific Hospital, 2fi8 ,'i Paci fi c A vo. Your readers in
the Bcllflower area should know of the free glaucoma
testing there sponsored by the Bcllflower Host Lions
Club. The tests arc held once a month at Simms Park,
166M Clark A ve., licllflowcr. The next ones scheduled
for Wednesday from 11 a.m. to -1 p.m. Call Don Wil-
liamson, 8 67-2017, for an appointment. C.S., Bcllflower.
and logistics, said certain
ancillary Navy facilities
will remain open when the
base is shut down. These
include the Navy finance
office (with a reduced
complement), a reduced
communications center,
the Navy commissary and
some special services fa-
cilities that were not
spelled out but which are
believed to include Allen
Center, the officers' club.
The Pentagon, which
had been asked to justify
its claim that the base
closure would save the
government $11.4 million
a year, said the savings
would result from the
elimination of 456 military
and 78 0 civilian jobs.
McCullough said the
civilian salary savings
would amount to $7.6 mil-
L.B. nudie bar
runs untouched
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Unclaimed
When I took my father to Port Mesa Convalescent
Home in Costa Mesa about a year ago I paid them $304
in advance. My father
died
they
By STAN LEPPARD
Staff Writer
Despite massive county-
wide raids by sheriff's
deputies on topless and
bottomless bars in the
wake of a new State Su-
preme Court decision,
Long Beach police plan no
immediate swoops on the
city's sole place of such
entertainment.
There are two reasons
for the temporary im-
munity enjoyed by
A bner's Five, 4200 Lake-
wood Blvd., according to
Deputy City A tty. A rthur
Y. Honda.
One, which would be
sufficient in it self, is a
preliminary injunction ob-
tained by the operators
which bars Long Beach
police from enforcing
local laws against topless
and bottomless dancing.
"In spite of the state
court decision, the injunc-
tion stands until it is lifted
by the court which issued
it," Honda said. "This
might t ake several
weeks."
When the city attorney's
office receives a copy of
the Supreme Court deci -
sion, it will take it to
court as a basis for
removal of the prelimi-
nar y i nj unct i on, Honda
said. But even then, the
city will have to wait the
customary 10 days grant-
ed the other side to pre-
pare and present argu-
ments.
Even without the in-
junction any raids at the
present time would have
only harassment value
which is the case in the
county-wide raids, Honda
said. He said the State Su-
preme Court decision is-
sued last Tuesday, which
upholds the authority of
local government to en-
force laws against nude
entertainment in places
where food or drink is
sold, has a 30-day effec-
tive date.
Renba Lil, Inc., opera-
tors of Abner's Five, have
other current problems
with the city aside from
the topless-bottomless
question, Honda said. Tne
city is now citing the
establishment every six
days for continuing to
operate as an entertain-
ment cafe without having
an ent ert ainment cafe
permit.
A showdown battle on
this issue is foreseen for
next Tuesday, when
Renba Lil is scheduled to
go before the City Council
to apply for its entertain-
ment cafe permit.
The raids by sheriff's
vice deputies Wednesday
night struck 27 bars and
resulted in 98 arrests.
Three Long Beach area
bars were among the
establishments raided, in-
cluding the Bull Pen,
14749 Beach Blvd., Nor-
walk; the South Fort y,
24019 A valon Blvd. , Car-
son, and Ten Acres, 13319
Imperial Highway, Nor-
walk.
In Los Angeles the city
attorney has yet to rule on
the applicabilit y of the
decision. But the sheriff's
office has vowed to "con-
tinue to vigorously en-
force" ordinances against
nudity hi bars.
lion a year, while the mili-
tary sayings would total
$3.8 million.
SOU RCES close to the
city, however, suggested
that the Navy might be
taking credit for savings
that had already been
slated, including the
scheduled decommission-
ing of the hospital ship
U SS Repose.
The Pentagon's esimate
did not indicate whether
the 450 military termina-
tions include the 300-odd
men on the Repose, but
the sources said they
think it does indicating
that the Pentagon's annu-
al savings figure may be
larger than it should
otherwise be.
Hosmer went on to say
that a support activity
will be established at the
Navy shipyard that will
utilize 300 military and
600 civilian personnel.
They'll provide public
works, supply, security
and fire protection.
IT WA SN'T clear
whether the supply serv-
ice would be an extension
of the present supply
depot on the base, or a re-
duced version of it.
McCullough told Hos-
mer that the shipyard
workload will be increas-
ed in 1974, with a daily
carrying load of from 25
to 30 ships a day.
Hosmer said the Penta-
gon could not immediate-
ly say how much work
would be lost by private
shipyards in this area as
a result of the scheduled
base closure.
He said an answer could
be expected next week.
City officials had put six
questions to the Defense
Department in an effort to
ascertain how the penta-
gon had arrived at its sav-
ings figures. A mong the
estimates the city ques-
tioned was a one-time
Long Beach detectives
Friday focused their
investigation of a dis-
memberment murder on
the whereabouts of a
young man in a small for-
eign car, hoping he may
be able to provide them
with the identity of the
murder victim.
Police also announced
Friday that the victim's
head, found April 26 in a
bag of waste paper on a
conveyor belt in a Carson
industrial plant, had been
traced back to a trash bin
at a Long Beach market.
Detective Lt. James L.
Lynch revealed the new
leads in the casethe
first breaks since parts of
the victim's body were
found in four separate
locations in Long Beach,
Los Angeles and Orange
County.
Despite discovery of the
head on the conveyor belt
at the Pioneer Paper
Stock Co., 705 W. 182nd
St., Lynch said the body
remains unidentified. He
added, however, that the
head had been traced
through disposal crews to
a trash bin behind the
A lpha Beta Market, 6 44
Redondo Ave.
The detective said the
young man police are
seeking may also be able
relocation cost of $16.3
million.
The Pentagon supplied
the following breakdown
on the figure:
Relocation costs on a
one-time basis for person-
nel: $3.3 million.
Seyerence for affected
civilians: $2.3 million.
Preservation of equip-
ment: $500,000.
Deep Water pier in San
Diego: $10 million.
Enlisted Club in San
Diego: $300,000.
It also noted t hat $36
million in Long Beach
construction costs would
be avoided as a result of
the closure.
to identify the body of
another- "John .Doe,"
found on the Terminal Is-
land Freeway a quarter-
mile south Of Pacific
Coast Highway last Feb.
6.
"The man we're looking
for is not wanted as a sus-
pect in any case and will
not be arrested," said
Lynch. "But we have rea-
son to believe both the
victims were known to
him, and we are anxious
to talk with this man."
The man was described
as white, in his early or
mid-20's, about six feet
tall and weighing about
175 pounds with medium-
length black hair. Lynch
also described him as
clean-shaven, a neat
dresser and believed to be
driving a small car, prob-
ably of foreign manufac-
ture.
The detective asked this
man, or anyone knowing
his whereabouts, to con-
tact Detective Sgts. Ron
Skaggs or G ene Brizzola-
ra, of the Long Beach
homicide detail, or call
the Independent, Press-
Telegram's Secret Wit-
ness Desk at 436-2526.
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Pleas delayed in
torture-kidnap case
Pleas of a former
preacher and his son to
charges of kidnaping and
the ritual torture of a 48 -
year-old A lhambr a
woman and f our of her
children were delayed
Friday in Long Beach Su-
perior Court when the
public defender's of f i ce
declared a conflict of
interest in representing
both defendants.
Judge Elsworth M.
Beam relieved Dep. Pub-
lic Defender Joel S. Peck
as attorney for the son,
Roy Douglas Matheson,.
21, and appoi nt ed a pri-
vat e attorney, Philip M.
Madden.
Beam ordered Douglas
Arnold Matheson, 48 , and
his son returned to court
Monday to plead to the
charges stemming from
the alleged March 29
abduction of the older de-
fendant's ex-wi fe, Mar y
Helen Matheson and three
daughters and two young-
er sons.
Trial of a third defend-
ant, Larry Neil Miller, 30,
an ex-Marine, has been
set for June 5 on charges
that include imprisonment
of the woman and chil-
dren on a partly built
houseboat in Long Beach
where they were tortured
and forced to eat garbage
Knife murder suspect
faces new mental test
A Long Beach Superior
Court judge Friday ap-
point ed a third psychi a-
trist to make a pretrial
examination of 19-year-old
Frank Edwar d Mox l e y,
who is charged with mur-
der and at t empt ed mur -
der allegedly committed
during a knifing spree last
March 9.
Judge John A . A rguelles
told Dr. Harold C. Deer-
ing to deliver the report of
his findings only to M ox-
ley's attorney, Dep. Pub-
lic Defender Don R. El-
lertson Jr.
Moxley, of 20fi Long
Beach Blvd., is charged
with the murder of A lbert
Lester Scott, 60, of 231 E.
Fourth St., and the at-
tempted mur der of
Jacqueline Dozal, 22, of
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