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Arizona Daily Sun from Flagstaff, Arizona • Page 10

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Arizona Daily Suni
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Religious Leaders, Reds Clash South Viet Resistence Remains -ii i SUN. Fluffl. Arizona Thuftdiy, July 10, Br SI have slipped out of South Vietnam in recent weeks. Meanwhile. Hanoi's official Vietnam News Agency said Wednesday that the Communist government in South Vietnam has reaffirmed its determination to uphold religious freedom in the country.

VNA, in a broadcast monitored in Hong Kong, said this was stated by the Watw p. Liberation committee of the Salt? area in a meeting with 200 tatives in Saigon. Persistent reports in Washington at hil-and-run attacks against CommiZ. by South Vietamese paratrooper-! trymen in two coastal aras According to information reaching U.S. intelligence, armed members al the Hoa Hao have been harrassing Communist troops in the rice-growing Delia region south of Saigon.

Some Cao Dai leaders were said to have told their adherents in Tay Ninh Province, northwest of Saigon, not to cooperate with the Communists. And some Cao Dai members were reported to be melting into the countryside possibly to become guerrillas. U.S. intelligence men refused to discuss their sources of information, but at least some of it is believed to have come from Vietnamese who WASHINGTON MP Some South Vietnamese religious groups are resisting the new Communist leaders of their country, U.S. intelligence sources report.

Tri Quang, a Bhuddist priest and critic of the ousted antiCommunist regime, was said to have made a speech recently in Saigon denouncing executions by the Communists. There was no word on whether the Communists took any reprisal action against Tri Quang as a result. Two religious sects, the Hoa Hao and Cao Dai, were reported to be putting up militant opposition to the Communists. '60 Minutes' High In Nielsen Ratings Ugandan Amin Ftriek Cleared rrees Lecturer NEW YORK (AP) Reruns of series were the most popular shows on television last week, bat CBS, minutes" news program, premiering in its summer prime-time slot, also was among the nation's highest-rate shows. The program, which is broadcast from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m.

EDT on Sundays this summer, was ranked Zlst in viewer popularity out of 62 shows rated last week by the A.C. Nielsen Co. The Nielsen audience samples, made public Wednesday, showed that a CBS summer variety series starring Joey Heatherton had a good ratings start, registering 24th in ularity. wa According to the Nielsen estimates most-watched evening shows last "Hawaii Five 0" CBS; "SWAT" "MASH," "All in the Family," 'Rhoda -Jeffersons" and "Medical Center" ail "Police Woman" NBC; "Bob Newtiarr "The Rookies" ABC; "Barnaby Jones Moore" and "Kojak" all CBS- ABC; "The Rockford Files" NBC- CBS; "Caribe" ABC, "Good Times" and -non" CBS, and "Harry ABC. KAMPALA, Uganda AP) British lecturer Detus Hills, who was sentenced to death for calling Ugandan President Idi Amin a village tyrant, was freed by Amin today after the president met with British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan.

Callaghan met for more than an hour with Amin in Kampala, then drove with Hills to Entebbe airport, on Lake Victoria 20 miles away, where a RoyaJ Air Force plane waited to take them back to London. Hills, 51, a longtime resident of Uganda and reportedly suffering from cancer, told a British radio newsman after his release. "I'm feeling very weli. I'm very happy indeed." Hills was arrested April 1 and convicted by a military court of treason for his remarks about Uganda's military president in an unpublished manuscript. Amin announced that he would die before a firing squad on July 4 but postponed the execution.

He lifted the death sentence last week after President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire interceded on the Briton's behalf. Amin claimed that Hills was a spy and charged that the other 700 British subjects still living in Uganda were spies also. He threatened reprisals, then did a full reversal and said the Britons were welcome to stay and help develop the former British colony. Paramount Sells Movies to TV Of Charge PHOENIX (AP)-Joe Patrick, former aide to Rep. Sam Steiger, and a former Phoenix newscaster, has been clearned of the last of four perjury charges filed against him.

The four perjury charges stemmed from Patrick's testimony before the county grand jury last December during a land-fraud probe. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Charles Hardy dismissed the final count Wednesday just before Patrick was scheduled to go on trial. Hardy took the action after the county attorney's office said it couldn't produce evidence required by the court to support the charge. The charge was dismissed with prejudice, which means it cannot be refiled. However, Deputy County Atty.

Lawrence Cantor said later that his office would appeal Hardy's previous dismissal of at least two of the other counts. Dismissal of the final count rested on the meaning of one key word, "interest." Patrick had testified before Hie grand jury that he didn't know if land promoter Ned Warren. Sr. of Phoenix had an interest in the Lake Pleasant Guest Ranch in 1968. Patrick was co-owner of the ranch.

Hardy ruled that the word "interest" had to mean a financial interest in Uie context of the questions Patrick was asked. Air Force Probes Crash PHOENIX (AP)-The Air Force continued an investigation today into the crash of an F104 fighter jet Wednesday in the desert 10 miles north of Luke Air Force Base. Capt. Hugh Gommel Glendale, managed to safely eject from the craft before it slammed to the ground. He was listed in excellent condition at the base hospital, where he was taken for 24-hour observation.

Expensive Doll House LA GRANGE, a 3'i-foot high doll house mate of wood, ceramic and lace catpures attention at New York's Fairtree Gallery. The unique doll house, which sells lor $2,000 is one of hundreds of unusual creailons on display. (NEA Pholo) Woman Injured By Angry Bees NEW YORK AP) Paramount Pictures says it will get about $76 million for the television rights to 42 of its movies, including "Chinatown," "The Great Gatsby" and a lengthy combined version of "Godfather Parts I and II." RCA National Broadcasting Co. will pay about 515 million for the two Godfathers" which will in effect become a television mini-series. Paramount said Wednesday.

Francis Ford Coppola, director of the "Godfather" iilms, plans to launch the Mafia family saga into a third phase by re-editing and reassembling the two movies and adding material that was originally cut from the films. The new version would run 9 or 10 hours over several nights, probably during the 15176 season, an NBC spokesman said. Paramount, a subsidiary of Gulf Western Industries said the American Broadcasting Co. and CBS Inc. will pay about million for the other 40 movies.

The final details of the agreements are still being worked oat. The package, to be divided about equally between ABC and CBS is mostly for one-time TV showings. Also included are "Death Wish." "Paper Moon," "Catch 22," "Lady Sings the Blues" and "Save (he Tiger." The networks said they have not decided when to show the movies, but an NBC spokesman said; "A film like that the "Godfather" package would not be shown in early fall when we are coming up with our new, regular season programming." 'Big-name movies are important to a network because they attract a very large audience," he said. Last year, NBC paid Paramount nearly 10 million for a one-thime television showing of "The Godfather," the 1972 Academy Award-winner, and aired it in two, two-hour the bees bui were forced to retreat into their patrol car. The officers summoned the help of the Stewart Honey Co.

of Phoenix, which sent out two employes with a smoke-emitting device to drive the bees away from the road. The patrol was told the bees would pose no danger, so the hives were left several yards from the roadway until they could be removed by Mrs, Oldham's husband. if SET THIS OATEONOUR CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT BLAST FROM THE PAST HflRf iilifi mwmf mlmVmimmMM Ki tSK'IH W1CKENBURG lAPl-Bees can get pretty upset when they're involved in a traffic accidentjust ask Rosalee Odessa Oldham of Quartzite. Mrs. Oldham, a professional beekeeper, was hospitalized Wednesday with more than 100 bee stings after her pickup truck overturned near here.

She had been carrying more than two dozen beehives in the back of the pickup, and some 2.500 bees became angry when they were jolted from the hives in the accident. Mrs. Oldham was taken to Wickenburg Hospital, where she was to be held overnight for observation, said Sgt. allan Schmidt of the Department of phoenix Safety. Schmidt said the woman had received only minor bruises as a result of the accident itself.

Investigators said Mrs. Oldham was driving north on State Route 71 when the brakes failed cm the pickup. She swerved to avoid hitting a car in front of her and the truck rolled over one and a quarter times, they said. After the accident, highway patrolmen attempted to battle Prospector's Body Found By Searchers YYIKIEUP. Ariz i.AP) -Searchers have recovered the body of a Pasadena.

Calif, man who disappeared while prospecting in northwestern Arizona. A massive manhunt, involving authorities from Southern California and Arizona, was launched Monday after Walter Polek, 3B was reported missing bv a neighbor. Sherilf deputies in Arizona said Polek went the moun-lains July 3 to prospect, leaving map coordinates behind with the neighbor. When he failed lo show- up for work Monday, the neighbor notified deputies here. Polek's vehicle was located Tuesday atou' 200 yards north (if Alamo Lake near here.

Sher-ill's depulics and oilier searchers then began scouring Ihe area and Ins body was found Wednestlav Semi-Annual i Old Fashioned Women's Spring Summer X- mm MM 1 Huili Puppies Frenck Shriner You 8 SALE V1lJ BBSS I Children's I Seen 5 1 Red Goose Stride SltlCP 8 8 SHOES FOR THF I Rie Bones I 8 I dress-schooUamdals Grandma's 8 I ENTIRE FAMILY Iv. uto $8lt llX I I SAVINGS UP TO 7t I Hand Bags Odd Lots 8 8 9 sPrin9 Summsr On A 6 I PFniirm Special Table rj 6 All Shoes Are On Rocks i 8 0 And Tables ftx Easy 9fl05L values to $4)86 1 felectionAncfFasI JV 1 8 526-3746 Specials! 5 fM. Edwards tyjjiMJ ji mm We'll Be Closed July 8th for Sale Preparation FLAGSTAFF SUMMER FESTIVAL Saturday, JULY 12, 1975, 8:00 pm NAU Creative Arts Concert Hal! Reserved Sel: 54 $3 Call 602-774-1391.

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