1972_03 The Daily Collegian March 1972

              Tar,ida,, Hmeh 7. 1972    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    i
Radicals, authorities prepare for convention
Hi ujK-heel I
rissiir* 9**a*m
Port 1
California's   second
mecalopolis,   son   Dtogo,
Cinderella city la avory i
De,erted    Urgely    by
etiich prefers to sloop with its
sisters in ths sooth, BwaTgoga's
bones of a flagging aircraft industry sod o faltering military
estabHskmeet. Bet tourism la
stiU big D4xstsaee sad ths city
ha* csrofijll*/ safBaxesw a woa-
drous enviroamont lor ©ss aa a
national ptoycround. la 1472, San
' Dlogo is a spsrkUog medtter-
rxneao-llke city, d**igned tor
pleasure. Th© ©aa hanaaslBss
with the coastllBS, freeways srs
j.clocgsd. sslty
the stmosphors
recreation retgae
For some mat laat
No one has ever tokos Saa Dtago
seriously snd when the country's
vitxl urban centers are discussed, the big border town lo
rarely montlon©d. Far from th©
pulse of gross a>s©ts with a
rruch-reaentsd mloor leegs©
image, San Diego's thirst tor
national recognition, power aod
influence has been frustrated.
But a few words from Richard
Nixon hsve bontshed thst frost ration, aad with ths BhospiBk grta
of a bumpkin at bxe bell park.
sen Diego la edging i satlijBBfjj
1972 Republican Convention belongs, for bettor or tor worse,
to Ssn Dtogo.
Ironically,
Dlegans
from Mxon's
dor sing snd I
to host It. First
price t*c to const dor ssr ths
cost of admission to the btg-
time. Then there was the matter
of dfssent; whoa bxe Republicans
ride into the city oo Aegwxt 21,
it's a aera bet thst many thousands of hoetlle followers will
ome too. When Ssn Diego flnal-
lv bought ths ccoiBsxlos.lt bought
•TM-ch of th* country's dssanch am -
mem as part of the asefcsgrsdssl.
*wlltoc the Cooveotta©
In 1944, Miami's winning bid
for the GOP cone oat toa ©aa
S*00.000 lo essk. Is 1471, San
Mogo hsd to bid a whopping $1.5
million far ths "honor' of koat-
inc th* cosveexxeooora. $400,000
io cash ts to bo paid by th* city,
$300,000 by has state GOP sad
the balance by Sheraton Hotels,
Inc., aa outfit taat eexxs two
hotels to Ssn Diego and ha* a
third under construction. Another
150.000 Is oxrmsrksd for a lavish prase party aad $1.2 million
will have to be
Saa Dtago
tion site In order to tr
from ai\ inhospitable lcs hockey.
rock concern emporium to an
intimate smoke-filled cavero.
Laat bet not least ts bxe$500.000
•o be coughed i
fresh police riot
total wlU run close to 15 million.
and.   Initially,
anything bet eager ts saws up.
A close Nixon oily, Congreea-
™« Boai
The est
cially
-Aisjast ls a big toartat axoetk
m San Diego. That factor, along
with ths OOP's bad credit rating,
"ado potenMsl bsckers relectant.
But otth ths Toss-tot and Cob von -
ttoa Bureau
».1*0©' ©aid ths <
bring ss i
Ssn
Beet la a field where tow eetab-
Haloiiiiiiee© c,. ^^^ ..^
■spaalie* hot ths city fathers.
aioag with ths police, have al-
*-*r bags* to plaa sfaya «f «,-
nxstag aap saaatbso dlsrwxttoas
Thair eftons so far bsvs keen
ssgtatBg bat bosh league and It's
Chicago la 1444. While the police
deoartment ls being reinforced,
the city has been aggroeolve and
imaglasilve in oeoking ©ays to
co-opt s maxalve challenge to
Nixon aad his Republican charges. A determined, two-pronged
program of police preparedness
is pUnnod with elaborate rosso
deetgxod to fragmoat atreet pro-
cotved by the Mayor's CeaacUoa
Tooth Opportunity aod Coexmo-
nlty Congreeo, It was intended aa
* *ay of rnwprnsilstBg ths ef-
fxcUveneea of
Uador   bxs plaa
commentary
tost.
Ssn Diego's police force Is
oeo of the smaJleet fa the ecoatry.
To get the moot oot of the least,
all
been cancelled tor A rarest 21-24
sod twelve-hour shifts wiu be in
effect during Em kxer-day convention. The Saa Dlogo sheriffs
office hss been pressed into action, too; 500 men from thst office have been assigned and hxlf
of them hsve already completed
40 boors of "Intensive security
training ■
AU told, ths two agencies will
novo about 1,400 men In the field
by convention time. The police.
oxxtor the direction of Chief Ray
Hoobier, sad ths sheriffs, led by
Dsvtd Oltvsr. wlU than join hands
with the Secret Service, the F.B.I.
and naval IntolUgenceomto.Thts
trio Is charged with coordinating
police-she riff assignments from
th© U.S.-Mexlcxn border, 15
oxilee south of Ssn Dtogo to the
Woetorn White House 50 ml lee
north. Tho California Highway
Patrol wlU monitor the three major freeway arteries feeding traffic Into the city, and if necessary.
will perform the complicated taak
of
various orgsstsod minority youth
i tho city. The Ids©
made far the participation of even
more men through a first-time-
ever mutual aid program which
could bring lawmen la from lour
other California c
Three specially ooxtpped helicopters sre being acquired by the
Sheriffs deportment with funds
from s cram mads by the California Council on Crimtnxl Justice, o stats agency which distributes federal monies to saxes
lxw enforcement agencies. Oliver
says the helicopters will be eesd
"primarily aa flying oboervxtion
Uvity. They wlU ho tovslushls ss
trouble spotters la a community
as large as Ssn Diego, with it*
■Ursgailtxa areas on three
stese."Tbs eewwtortoytord* wlU
bo hooked tote a special radio
1 )ototly by the
cities
Thus far ths police build-op
hss been well-ore-xnlzodaadcon-
•Anyons advocating vto-
Otlver sale recently, roferrlng
to a csU by Jerry Rubin tor s
astute© people to attaad ths con-
Xh Oliver s
wlU simply 'not ho ssrmtttod.'
" | eopecisUy seems to be
the time of Ms 11 fa and ha*
mi Us roio lo the
he 'the treat est
of my career.'
pert of has package plaa- Ths
built-in Uabillty of heads!ag axxv
poiice bs*©* ar* batr
attended to. city officials
..jr.  srs   rscktog   thslr
braias tor ways to kssp dlarup-
from Fsderal projects such as
Medal ciuos sod ths force was
scheduled to perform tor ths
first time M o dty-sponoored
•Entertainment Spectscalar"
slated for February. This was to
serve as a warm-up for uxo convention.
Ths "Emertalnmeet Spectacular" retain* It* connection with
the convention. City officer* fig-
rock concert of oome
sort might be one way of draining
off potential demonstrators. Th©
Idas to not naw but It Is
City officials In Oregon
tho tactic with crest r <i
the American Legion was being
trailer
Loon Nower. s self - styled radical
moth professor st Saa Dtogo
Stoto College; sod Asa Dosher,
reader of a Urge contingent of
ckerek
r hs* eaa-
of ths
othsr through personal and pro-
HbMbbiI conflicts. Welea kaa
I city government sod la generally disliked
bet carrtos clout bocaeso of his
ahtUty to corral I
has charisma hot Is IscooeiBtont
politically, andDoaher has feuded
Isssad aod bxs arena Ls a beg©
tidal channel, ortasdaled tor
dredging  this year, which would
(To be cootiBuod Thurso©*?)