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1. KENTUCKY XVJ JL JL Edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer MONDAY, JUNE 16,1975 PRICE 15c I33T11 YEAH NO. 68 Estimated Damage $2 Million Two Firemen Killed In Airport Blaze THE 1RF.R; EI I 1 -U -A JL Dai BIB I A -J'f Firemen trained by the military to handle plane crashes and burning aircraft were confronted by a blaze in a building Sunday and two lives were lost. Killed in a $2 million fire in the newly renlovated administration building at Greater Cincinnati Airport were: Tom Zaferes, 2743 Queen City Cincinnati, and Donald T. Phillips, 3430 Queens Way Er-langer.

Each was 28. Each had been a member of the airport fire department two years. Like all 19 firemen in the department, they were former crash crewmen in the military. Zaferes served in the Marine Corps and Phillips in the Air Force. A high-ranking official of a Northern Kentucky fire de nanus JLJ partment said the military-trained men had never received civilian training "stressing structural fire fighting." Several other firemen were treated for smoke inhalation.

The costly fire originated in a second-floor work area of the old terminal and officials said it may have been touched off by an electrical malfunction. A casualty of the fire on the second floor was the National Weather Service. Airport authorities said half the $2 million loss was sophisticated weather service equipment The government agency relocated temporarily in the downtown Cincinnati Post Office and its radar duties wer assumed on an emergency basis by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Ted Bushelman, airport public relations director, said weather service personnel smelled smoke at 7:52 a.m. and notified maintenance workers who turned on the alarm.

Fire fighters were greeted by thick smoke from the interior ceiling area and Zaferes and Phillips were among the first to enier ine fire area. About 100 firemen from seven area fire departments responded. A sudden downpour of rain hampered firemen while smoke billowed into the air and was visible for miles on the ground and to aircraft approaching the airport. 1 Several flights of Allegheny and Piedmont airlines, whose offices located on the first-floor annex attached to the administration building, were delayed. -fx Enquirer (Bob Free) Photos flames on roof some more exchanges between all of the parties before we can decide whether a basis for resumption of negotiations exists." IN DAMASCUS, the Arab Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the raid into Israel and a leader of the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said the PLO sponsored the raid "because it is our right to fight for our rights." The Israeli command said the terrorist gang slipped across the razor-barbed security fence along the Lebanese border just after dawn near Kfar Yuval, a farming community of immigrants from India in the panhandle of upper Galilee.

Scenes At Airport a victim's body is carried from terminal lower photo, while firemen battle Zaferes Phillips Passengers were evacuated to a new terminal. They and many air-1 port personnel were unaware of the magnitude of the fire and the army of firemen nearby. Despite the efforts of fire fight- ers, smoke continued to boil from the roof in increasing intensity. Firemen were unable to move; closer to the "hot spot" until aerial, ladder trucks of the Covington Fire Department arrived and permitted water to be poured into the burning area from a height. Just as the fire seemed to be under control, the bodies of Zaferes and Phillips were discovered.

PRELIMINARY MEDICAL re- ports indicated they died of asphyx- iation, Boone County Coroner Don Stith said. He ordered autopsies. The old terminal had been" remodeled twice, most recently in the airport's $4 million expansion program last February, and contained several false ceilings, Bushel-man said. Fire officials said the multi-chambered ceilings and high winds fanned the blaze from one end of the building to the other within an hour. The roof had been covered with several layers of asphalt and they flamed into a melting inferno, with the hot liquid spilling down the sides of the structure.

Vote Heavy In Italy ROME (AP) Good weather brought out almost three-quarters of Italy's 40 million registered voters Sunday as they cast their ballots in a reo-lnnnl election seen as a major test for the dominant Christian Democratic Party. The Israeli command said the Iraqi-backed Arab Liberation Front was associated with the PLO but also affiliated with the "Rejection Front" of guerrilla groups which oppose any political settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. In Damascus, PLQ leader Abdel Mohsen Abu Maizer said the Kfar Yuval raid was sponsored by the PLO and added: "The whole world sponsors that and like operations along with us, because the UN General Assembly has approved the right of the Palestinians to pursue their struggle with all means to regain their usurped rights." Visits U.S. unity can only be advantageous to the United States, the sources said. He also believes creation of a European political union will require new forms of transatlantic cooperation, and both sides should be planning them now, the sources said.

rui live jrcciiia uiiwi v.v-j..k to the presidency in 1974, Scheel served as West Germany's foreign minister and Chancellor Willy Brandt's deputy. DURING THAT time, Brandt and Scheel negotiated nonaggression pacts with Moscow and Warsaw under which the first treaty regulating relations with East Germany was signed. Israeli Hostages Kill 2 Monday Your Day Partly cloudy and not quite so humid. High in low 80s. Clear tonight Mostly sunny Tuesday.

Probability of rain today and tonight 10. Awaiting visitors at Cincinnati Zoo is a traveling cultural exhibit developed by the Smithsonian Institution. Smile Consumerism is so organized that an appliance manufacturer has requested a Cincinnati purchaser to register her name and address immediately so she can receive any safety notifications issued. Kentucky Kentucky's enumployment trust fund plummets $40 million during the first months of the year, but officials indicate it is in fair shape for the rest of 1975. Page 15.

A youth, 13, is killed in Fleming County accident; his mother an brother14, are hospitalized; two carriers for the Kentucky Post are injured when autombile crashes into the back of their wagon. they were riding on the tailgate. Page 15. Nation Iowa congressman claims grain elevators in port cities use "blenders" to deliberately add debris to shipments to foreign countries. Page 6.

Russian caviar exporter and three Japanese fish companies are threatened with a U.S. import ban unless they agree to stop killing whales. Page 11. World Financially conservative Mideast countries are begin-' ning to invest their oil billions in American stocks and bonds rather than short-term securities. Page 7.

As U.S. presence in Laos dwindles, that of Russia and North Vietnam grows. Pathet Lao influence in Vientiane is also increasing. Page 24. Sports The Reds complete an 11-3 victory over Chicago, suspended from Saturday, but then drop a 4-3 decision to the Cubs.

Los Angeles also lost, leaving the Reds 3 VS ahead. Page 27. Eat All-Stars win two from the West, taking The Enquirer's baseball series two games to one and winning the overall five-sport match, 3-2. Women's A Cincinnatian can wear almost anything anywhere, as long as the "look" is put together right. An example is the Playhouse-ln-the-Park.

Page 18. In Our Opinion Clncinnatians should think twice before relinquishing control of their university. Editorial, Page 4. Smith Hempstone thinks the growing skepticism about the value of forced busing is a step toward racial understanding. Page 4.

Mary L. Tripp presents the case for abolishing Social Security. Readers' Views, Page 4. INDEX Tour Sections Action Line 23 Bridge 34 Business. 23 Classified 37-50 5 Comics 36 Crossword 13 Dear Abby 23 37 4 Entertainment 34, 35 9 Heartline 13 Horoscope 34 Horse Sense 9 Jumble.

13 People. 3 Races 32 Society 20, 21 Sports 27-32 TV-Radio 8 Van Dellen 22 Weather 31 15 Women's 18-23 Word Game 22 local and Area News Pages 15-17 Blaze Defense Ministry in Beirut said one woman was killed and three other persons wounded in seven hours of intermittent Israeli bombing and strafing and subsequent shelling by heavy artillery. Palestinian sources said newly rebuilt houses in the village of Kfar Chuba were destroyed in the raids. THE ISRAELI command also reported a rare daylight rocket attack from Lebanon, Katyusha rockets hit the seaside resort town of Naha-riya, six miles from the Lebanese border, and two Israelis were wounded by glass splinters, the command said. Meanwhile, Israel Radio said shells fired from Lebanon cut telephone lines to Metulla, Israel's northernmost 'town about three miles from Kfar Yuval.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry declared In a strongly worded statement that the Kfar Yuval operation was aimed "at undermining the diplomatic efforts presently being pursued to revive the political momentum In the Middle East." The attacks came as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin held a final meeting with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in New York after three days of talks in Washington searching for a formula for a new Egyptian-Israel agreement on the Sinai front. During the 90-minute session, Kissinger said he had voiced "profound regret" to Rabin over the latest terrorist killings in Israel. On the prospect of a new Egypt-Israel pact, he said: "I think we will need Sk IdonJr Sro LEBANON BORDER FIGH1ING FIARES Gmerrillas West German President Village guards opened fire on the Arab intruders as they charged into the settlement with guns blazing and blasted down the door of the Jacov Mordechai family. There they killed Mrs. Simha Mordechai's brother, and held the woman, her seven-month-old baby, her father and another brother at gunpoint, demanding the release of 12 Arab prisoners.

AFTER A two hour gunfight Israeli soldiers stormed the farmhouse and killed the four Arabs. Mordechai, who rushed back from the fields when the attack began, joined the assault and was killed by a terrorist grenade. ON TUESDAY Scheel will address a joint meeting of Congress. Not since Mexican President Luis Echevarria addressed Congress in 1972 has a foreign statesman been accorded this special privilege. During his visit, the 55-year-old president will concentrate chiefly on what he considers the necessity for Europe to unite politically while maintaining and enhancing relationships with the United States, presidential sources said.

Scheel contend he is coming to the United States not only as president of West Germany but as a European community head of state, the sources said. According to the sources, Scheel believes development of European PLO TIBERIAS, Israel (AP)-Four Palestinian terrorists slipped across the Lebanese border into northern Israel Sunday, held a family hostage and killed two Israeli men before troops shot the Arabs dead, the Israeli command said. Israeli Jets immediately streaked across the frontier to blast guerrilla targets in southern Lebanon. The Israeli command said Yacov i Mordechai and his brother-in-law were killed in the Arab attack on Kfar Yuval, 30 miles north of Tiberias, and that six persons were wounded, including Mordechai's widow and seven-month-old baby, and Mrs. Mordechai's father.

In the reprisal raid, the Lebanese Mary Jo's To Break BOSTON (UPI) Joseph Ko-pechne said In a published interview Sunday he feels new developments surrounding the death of his daughter, Mary Jo, six years ago will, be revealed by 1976. Kopechne recently visited Chap-paquiddick on Martha's Vineyard where Mary Jo, 28, drowned In Sen. Edward Kennedy's (D-Ma-M car following a party in July 1969. f.fter talking to two witnesses at the Kennedy inquest, Kopechne told the Boston Globe "Things will be breaking In the next year or two. .1 just have a feeling." He said he talked with scuba diver John Farrar and Sheriff Christopher Look, whose testimony conflicted with Kennedy's.

The senator had said he repeatedly tried rescue Mary Jo. Kopechne would not say if he be-lleved Kennedy's version of the incident, nor would he reveal his support In the 1976 presidential race if the Massachusetts Democrat ran. He did tell the newspaper in the telephone interview he might comment on the incident in the future. "It all depends on how things break." When questioned why he visited Chappaquiddlck, Kopechne said "We went there because we were curious. Wouldn't you be? I presume anybody would be if they were in my place." It was his second visit to Martha's Vineyard.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (UPI)-West German President Walter Scheel arrived in the United States Sunday for the start of a five-day official visit that will include a meeting with President Ford and an address to Congress. SCheel, 55, who was Willy Brandt's foreign minister, was accompanied by Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher, government officials and members of the German press. Scheel and his party were met at Newport News by West German Ambassador Berndt Von Staden and officials of Colonial Williamsburg, where they were to spend the night before taking a helicopter to Washington at 10 a.m. today.

Humane Society Nags Bicentennial Affair rider's arrest, said the horse had also lost a lot of weight and "its ribs were showing." A spokesman for the county sheriff's depart-' ment said the name on the warrant was "John Doe Captain Jack." The spokesman said the rider turned himself In early Sunday and was charged with overriding a horse, a misdemeanor. He was released on his own recognizance. i The ride was a re-creation of the 1775 ride by a man known in the Charlotte area as "Captain Jack." AT THAT time a group of Charlotte-area patri- ots wrote a declaration of independence from EngThe documents were given to Captain Jack who carried them by horseback to Philadelphia and presented them to the North UarotaatWlega-tion in the Continental Congress to rff' It is 610 mites from Charge 0 PhtladtMpia CulperitffihleOhalayj' cf; T- WASHINGTON (AP) Paul Revere's ride and others like it might never have happened if someone like Culpeper County, humane agent Doris 'K. Ireland had been around 200 year ago. In Culpeper on Saturday, Mrs.

Ireland halted the bicentennial re-enactment of a ride similar to Revere's which was under way from Charlotte, N.C. to Philadelphia. She had the county sheriff charge rider Jerry Linker, 22, under an archaic Virginia law with overriding a horse. She had the horse, a stallion named Sharek, impounded. The ride continued later in the day when another horse was borrowed from a farmer in nearby Orange.

"UNDER NO circumstances will that horse (the stallion) be ridden until those, saddle sores are healed," said Mrs. Ireland, i Mrs. Ireland, who swore out a warrant for the f- Yovol' HAIFA Jt ISRAEL ur fulliim A 1 10 10.