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12 Part IX Sunday, March 29, 1981 Compton Forum Grills Mayor Candidates Office Seekers Struggle With Tough Questions During Session rwaw mini "tx mmmotmMpmrt" yw 'eaaaWB I 73.1 71. LaMndl mil llMaaaaaY RICK COP.HALES Lot Angeles Time Walter R. Tucker Saul E. Lankster Don Gordon Patricia A. Moore going to be a mayor of a first-class city," Lankster said, standing up to make his reply.

"After I am elected mayor, the same kind of professionalism, advertising, and first-classness is what you're going to see in this city because this is the kind of mayor the city of Compton deserves," he said. Then it was Tucker's turn to answer a question referring to a 1975 case in which two councilmen and a real estate broker was indicted on charges of extortion and conspiring to defraud the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in return for council members' votes in favor of the city purchasing their commercial property. "You were offered a bribe and refused it," Cleo Turner said. "It was reported that you waited until the trial to report it.

What was your rationale for not reporting it and why was the report so delayed?" Tucker, a dentist, former Compton school board member and councilman, said he had been asked to support the project but had voted against it during a council meeting. "I was nowhere around when those guys got the money," Tucker said, adding he had not been indicted nor had he been an accessory or accomplice in the case. "I was not implicated. The administration is trying to make you think that I had something to do with it." By VIRGINIA ESCALANTE, Times Staff Writer COMPTON Voters here are asking tough questions in a series of forums designed to bring out the best or worst in candidates for the city elections next month. The Women's Forum of Compton sponsored one such meeting with seven mayoral candidates Monday, leaving no negative background item unturned during its 2-hour session at Christ Lutheran Church.

Three of the seven candidates, incumbent Lionel B. Cade, Recie Smith, and Leonard J. Kempter, spoke briefly and left, saying they had other commitments that evening. The remaining four, Don Gordon, Walter R. Tucker, Patricia A.

Moore and Saul E. Lankster, explained their platforms, citing housing, unemployment, crime and high turnover among city leaders as their main concerns. And then the grilling from some of the 35 people attending the session began. Moore, a 32-year-old mother who is active in the community and black organizations, was the only one left unscathed. Gordon Asked Tough Question Mrs.

Jackie Barra asked why Gordon was running for office when he had told her that he had no political aspirations whatsoever when he initiated a recall of the mayor last year. Gordon replied he wanted to challenge people and gain publicity to shed light on unemployment and other problems, even if it meant putting himself on the "firing line." Barra said she had also reviewed Lankster's financial statement for this campaign and found he had spent $12,500 so far. "Why did you run such an expensive campaign?" she asked, later explaining she asked the question because she wondered if he would be as extravagant with taxpayers' money. "The money reflects my attitude toward what I'm doing running a first-class campaign because I am Lankster told Oliver he would appeal the decision if necessary and if he were notified of such a decision. "I don't understand how it can be issued and you don't have a copy," Oliver said, holding up a copy of the court document.

"All of us do." Lankster seened surprised and told the skeptical audience he had not received the decision. The meeting ended after the candidates vowed, in response to a question from Rev. David Berkedal of the Christ Lutheran Church, not to support legalized The focus then returned to Lankster. Janis Oliver asked what he intended to do now that he had lost a court appeal of his 1977 firing as a Compton Police Department detective on grounds of misconduct and falsification of police records. In that incident, Lankster sought $400 overtime pay on four occasions and stated in police reports that he had been in court on police-related matters.

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There are 1 million Vietnam-era veterans in California, and in Los Angeles there are 85,000 attending school. Half to Three-fourths Affected "I would say between half and three-fourths of them would be affected," said Carol Mansfield, vice chairman of Veterans Program Administrators of California. Cal State Long Beach's VCIP funding this year is $54,000. Long Beach City College gets about $47,000 annually for its 1,300 veterans, Compton College gets about $10,000 for 300 students, Cerritos College gets $35,000 for its 1.000 veterans and Rio Hondo College's share is $22,000 for about 500 veterans. Payments vary according to the various services each college offers and according to other funding.

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