THE Michigan Daily Vol LXXXIV, No. 9-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, May 18, 1974 Ten Cents Twelve Pages *ce shootout said to kil SLA members By AP and UPI LOS ANGELES - Five bodies found inside a Los Angeles house after police waged an hour-long gun battle with suspected Symbio- nese Liberation Army (SLA) mem- bers were reported last night to in- clude those of Donald DeFreeze, known as field marshal Cinque, and Camilla Hall, both SLA leaders. The bodies of three other per- sons, also believed to have been members of the SLA, the group which kidnaped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, were also found in the rubble of the house, which po- lice had stormed three hours ear- lier. BUT AT PRESS TIME last night, po- lice and FBI agents had not identified the three or said whether Hearst was among them. The bodies were reported heavily damaged by the fire which consumed the house. THE HOUSE caught fire in the course of the gun battle and was virtually de- stroyed by the flames. The three bodies were found underneath the house near air vents to the outside. At the Randolph Hearst home in Hills- borough, Calif., a family spokesman said there was concern over the possibility that Patricia Hearst may have been one of the victims. "THE FEELING inside the Hearst home is it's all over," said family spokes- man John Lester. "Nothing has been confirmed either way, although the Bearsts have a direct line to the San Francisco FBI and have been in touch all day. Hagen said at least two of the bodies were women, one black and one white. e said they were seen lying on the floor near the back door of the house and ammunition belts on their bodies ex- ploded in the heat of the fire. IN KANSAS CITY, FBI Director Clar- ence Kelley denied reports that he had been told Hearst was among the victims. Hundreds of police nd FBI agents had massed in the residential area in hopes of trapping SLA members believed to have taken refuge in the area. They stormed the house, firing volley after volley of tear gas, shotgun and M16 rounds. Their assalt was met with heavy re- turn fire, some of it thought by officials to be from 50-caliber machine guns, preventing them from entering the one- story wood frame building. The fire apparently was sparke by tear gas canisters. A woman interrogated by police said her daughter lived in the house under siege and had allowed five persons who arrived at 2 a.m. yesterday morning to spend the night. Mary Carr, 52, said her daughter, Minnie Lewis, 33, told her that she had allowed the five to spend the night after they offered to pay her $100. Carr said she went to check on her daughter yes- terday and saw a white woman with a pistol on her hip. Carr said she left the house and notified police. A MOTHER herds her children to safety from a house adjoining a suspected Symbionese Liberation Army hideout in Los Angeles as a police officer moves forward during a shootout yesterday. The house later burned to the ground and bodies of five people were found inside. Judiciary unit membars differ on Nixon'ssau WASHINGTON (P) - The first four days of impeachment hearings by the House Judiciary Committee have left members divided as to whether the evi- dence helps or hurts President Nixon. Republicans generally agree that noth- ing they have heard points to the Presi- dent's involvement in the Watergate break-in and cover-up, while some Demo- crats say a strong case against Nixon is building up. THE DETAILED, chronological presen- tation of evidence has not yet reached March 21, 1973, the date of a crucial con- versation between Nixon and his former counsel, John Dean, about the payment of hush money to the Watergate defen- dants. The committee's attitude also could be affected by Nixon's response to a sub- poena ordering him to deliver 11 more Watergate tapes by next Wednesday. But on the basis of four long cram sessions, during which they have digest- ed more than 100 "statements of factual information" gathered by the committee staff and listened to three tapes, most members are still waiting to see where the evidence is going to lead. "PERSONALLY, I'm relieved by what we've heard," said Rep. Trent Lott (R- Miss.), regarded as one of Nixon's strong supporters on the committee, after the week's final session Thursday. "I keep waiting to hear something that will exculpate the President," said Rep. Robert Drinari, (D-Mass.). The first full week of hearings ended' with a new controversy between the committee and the White House over whether they should be opened to the public. So far they have been closed, and Chairman Peter Rodino (D-N.J.), seems determined to keep them that way, at least through next week. THE WHITE HOUSE picked up some allies among Democratic members for opening the hearings after transcripts of the first two tapes the committee played were leaked to The Washington Post. Rodino countered, however, by order- ing that all transcripts be collected after each session. Rodino has closed this phase of the hearings because the evidence being pre- sented includes secret material from the Watergate grand jury that was given to the committee with the understanding it would be kept confidential if possible. IN PREPARATION for the eventual opening of the sessions, work crews moved into the committee room over the weekend to install equipment that will permit television cameras to be hung from the ceiling. In the Watergate related develop- ments yesterday: * Sen. Russell Long, (D-La.) said the House probably will impeach Presi- dent Nixon and that the Senate vote on whether to remove him from office will be close. "I have not tried to count them (votes) lately," said Long. "I think he has lost some ground since those tapes came out. I don't think he would be im- peached if the Senate voted right now. * Chief U. S. District Judge George Hart said that he, not President Nixon, will decide whether lists of campaign donors considered for federal jobs will be turned over to the special prosecutor. Judge Hart cited as precedent the de- cision of Judge John Sirica, who took possession of some of the White House tapes to decide himself whether they were relevant to the special prosecutor's investigation. * A White House spokesman said that the result of leaks from the House im- peachment inquiry is that the country is being misled about the facts seriously and in a calculated way. Presidential Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler said the leaks from the House Judiciary Committee's closed hearings have violated not only the panel's own rules "but the most basic sense of fair- ness and justice."