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2A MonMay 21, 1979 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH FBI Anxious To Investigate Red Lake Indian Uprising quantities of alcoholic beverages were taken from a center room containing confiscated loot and were consumed. Reporters were threatened and $60,000 worth of television camera equipment was destroyed. Officials said the conflict resulted from a dispute over charges brought by Stephanie Hanson, 34, recently elected treasurer of the Tribal Council. In her campaign she accused the tribal hierarchy of misusing funds, engaging in nepotism and keeping poor records of the millions of dollars in federal funds flowing into the reservation each year.

After her election, she questioned the practices of the council and its chairman, Roger Jourdain. She began gathering evidence of alleged favoritism specifically $170,000 in bonus payments she said were made to Jourdain. On Friday, the council dismissed Mrs. Hanson, saying she caused "dissension, disruption and conflict" on 0 the reservation. Her supporters about 900 of the 2,000 registered members of the reservation contended that the council did not have the authority to remove an elected official from a constitutional office.

Jourdain alleged the siege was led by Mrs. Hanson's husband, Harry. An agreement was reached late Sunday between federal authorities and leaders of the dissident Indians to remove Jourdain as president of the Red Lake Tribal Council and Celestine Maus as Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent. About 3,000 Chippewas live on the reservation. Shortly before the agreement was announced, the 25 FBI agents who had spent the day near the reservation were withdrawn to Bemidji, sections of the reservation.

At least 45 burned-out cars and other vehicles were strewn about the streets. The spokesman described the scene early today as a "general quieting" and said dissident Indians were "negotiating with representatives of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, making known their demands, but not occupying any buildings that I know of." The violence peaked Saturday with the takeover and ransacking of the reservation's law enforcement center and the fatal shootings of two young Chippewas. The center houses the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its reservation policemen, three of whom were taken hostage for a time before negotiations began. "All I saw was two men to begin with," said Joe Dudley, one of the bureau's policemen on duty. "Pretty soon the whole place was full.

They just kept coming in both doors." The first group of dissidents was estimated at 60, but that number doubled an hour later. The three policemen on duty were locked up and the law enforcement center was ransacked, looted and later burned, officials said. Witnesses said many shots were fired, most into the air but some apparently into the crowd. Shots killed Vernon Lussier, 15, and Alan Cloud, 12, both of whom lived on the reservation. Three men suffered minor gunshot wounds.

No arrests were made or warrants issued and officials said circumstances of the deaths were being investigated. Fourteen prisoners kept at the jail for minor offenses were released in the takeover and were at large today. A reporter at the scene said large RED LAKE, Minn. FBI agents, anxious to investigate two days of violence in which two Indians were killed, sought Justice Department permission today to enter the Red Lake Indian Reservation. "Once we get the authority to go on the reservation, we will conduct whatever investigation is necessary, seeking information regarding the deaths of two boys and other apparent violations of federal law," a Minneapolis agent said.

He was referring to the shooting, burning and looting that started early Saturday with the takeover of the northern Minnesota reservation's law enforcement center. "Our main concern is one of not causing a confrontation," said FBI agent George Fisher. "Certain demands are being made. We're seeking to do the most good by staying in the background." Tribal leaders said the conflict was touched off by the husband of a dissident official. The man's wife had questioned the management of the tribe's council and was dismissed last week.

Bureau of Indian Affairs agents were negotiating with dissident leaders in an attempt to calm the situation the worst outbreak of violence on an Indian reservation since the takeover at Wounded Knee, S.D., in February 1973. The FBI stationed agents along the boundaries of the reservation Sunday and advised aircraft to stay at least 3,000 feet above ground because of reports that planes were being fired on. An FBI spokesman in Minneapolis said some reservation homes were burned Sunday, some shots were fired and people appeared to be milling about mr g.VW). Lull I a INDIAN TROUBLE: Stephanie Hanson (second from left), ousted as treasurer of the Red Lake council of Chippewa Indians, and her husband, Harry, talking with reporters Sunday near ine roi neaaquairers ust oursiae me reservation in Red Lake, Minn. Her charges of financial wrongdoing apparently triggered riot- ing there Saturday.

(AP Laserphoto) Mexico Breaks Relations nation Hostages Flee From Embassy With Nicaraguan Regime RUNWAY ACCIDENT: An American Airlines 747 jetliner with 353 people aboard nicked the tail section of a twin-engine commuter plane while taxiing for a takeoff at Kennedy International Airport in New York Sunday. There were no injuries aboard the 727 or the Nord-262 commuter plane, which was carrying seven persons. CIRCULATION PROBLEMS: Samples of the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin are being exchanged prematurely, and Rep. Frank Annunzio, has asked the Department of Justice to find the leak and stop it.

They were not supposed to be circulated until July 2. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) Venezuela's ambassador, armed with a pistol smuggled to him by his wife, escaped Sunday night with all seven other hostages inside the Venezuelan Embassy, leaving the building to the nine anti-government militants who occupied it May 11, authorities said. Ambassador Santiago Ochoa said his military attache and two other embassy employees stayed inside the building when the others escaped, but police said later that the three left during the night, climbing out the same side window used earlier by the ambassador. No other details were available. Ochoa said he and his fellow hostages were not hurt during the time they were held by the members of the Popular Revolutionary Bloc, who are armed with pistols.

Other members of the bloc continue to hold the French Embassy and have occupied several churches to back their demands that the military government of this Central American nation release three leaders of their movement. MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) Mexico announced a break in its relations with the government of Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Sunday as guerrillas killed eight of Somoza's national guardsmen in Leon and battled troops block by block in Jinotega. The Nicaraguan government had no immediate comment on the break in relations, which took officials in Managua by surprise. Hundreds have been killed in almost daily battles since an uprising by Sandinista guerrillas was crushed by Somoza's national guard in September, and on Saturday eight guardsmen were ambushed and killed by guerrillas in Leon, 60 miles north of Managua. Forty miles further north, more than 300.

guerillas took over Jinotega on Saturday night and by Sunday the national guard was attempting to retake the town block by block, refugees Lopez Portillo said he felt duty-bound to speak out after hearing Carazo's 4 description of events in Nicaragua "and the gravity of the situation." "It was something that we knew about and we didn't want to believe that in Nicaragua a hateful attack is being carried out against the Nicaraguan people, a horrendous genocide," Lopez Portillo said. At a news conference later, Lopez Portillo said: "Mexico cannot withstand the permanence of any political regime that implies for the people that suffer it not only servitude but an unacceptable abuse." Then, calling on others to follow lead in breaking with the Somoza government, Lopez Portillo added: "How we would like that other Latin American nations ratify this decision. And from here, from this forum, I am asking them to do it." reported. One witness who asked not to be identified said that he could not say if there were any dead or wounded, "but one thing is certain: there is fighting in all parts of the city. "We are bringing a call for help to the Red Cross in Managua that their branch in Jinotega urgently needs food and milk, especially for the children because food has become scarce," the witness added.

The highways leading to Jinotega, which has a population of 40,000, have been blocked by Somoza's troops. Telephone connections have been broken and no one is permitted to enter or leave the city. Mexico's break in diplomatic relations with Somoza's regime was announced by President Jose Lopez Portillo at a luncheon Sunday in Cancun, Mexico, honoring visiting Costa Rican President Rodrigo Carazo. world WARNING TO THAILAND: Cambodia accused Thailand today of sending warplanes and firing artillery and mortar shells across its border and warned Thailand not to aid the 40,000 Khmer Rouge soldiers and civilian refugees who have fled across the Thai border. Cambodia has sent 50,000 troops up to the border in pursuit of the army of deposed Premier Pol Pot.

weatter Notional Roundup Recreational Forecast Flve-Day ForecastSt. Louis Toesooy Partly cloudy and pleasant. Wednesday: Showers ond thunder- winds: Monday night, north-northeast 5-K mph. Tuesday, north-northeast 10-15 VisiblNtv: Monday night, 10-15 miles. Tuesday, 10-15 miles.

Thursday: Partly cloudy and mild. Friday: Portly cloudy ond mild. Saturday: Partly cloudy and mild. Regional Forecasts Comfort Factors Air duality: Good. Relative Humidity: 62 percent at 9 a.m.

Mosaolto forecast: Heavy. Pollen Count: (24 hours to 9 a.m. Monday) Walnut, hickory, willow, pine, oak, gran, mold, 20. Hoot-. ktf degree days: Sunday, month, 59; season, 5,497.

Sowr Index: 25. Investigating Navy Copter Fatality LONDONDERRY, N.H. (UPI) Federal investigators today were trying to determine what caused a U.S. Navy helicopter to plunge into an open field and explode Sunday morning, killing all five crewmen aboard. The HH2-Delta Seas-prite chopper, en route to the Brunswick, Maine, Naval Air Station from Norfolk, was flying at about 5,000 feet when it went down around 9:30 a.m.

in a drizzling rain just a short distance from the state's major airport in Manchester. The helicopter had left Westover Air Force Base near Chicopee, at 8:52 a.m. after a stop for refueling. The victims were identified by the Navy as Lt. Cmdr.

Lynwdod H. Duncan, 34, of Greensboro, N.C.; Lt. Cmdr. James P. Hogan, 34, of Davenport, Iowa; Lt.

Paul L. Mellott, 31, of Fun-kstown, Petty Officer 2d Class Michael J. Kennedy, 25, of Warmi-nister, and Airman Paul J. Delias, 21, of San Jose, Calif. Severe thunderstorms produced tornadoes Sunday and the threat of flash flooding today across the southern Plains.

A tornado touched down Sunday in Stanton, Texas, damaging 12 houses, destroying two others and knocking out the town's telephone service. No serious injuries were reported. Tornadoes also were sighted in several parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Flash-flood watches also were posted in sections of Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Some creeks were reported out of their banks near Fort Smith, as the 1 result of more than two inches of rain.

Street flooding was reported at Russelville and Heber Springs, Ark. Elsewhere, rain spread into Tennessee and the Carolina mountains. Light rain also fell over over parts of the Great Lakes region and along the New England coast. The West Coast was partly cloudy and cool. Temperatures in North Dakota and northern Minnesota dipped into the 30s.

Notional Forecast Showers and thundershowers will reach across the southern Rains and lower Mississippi Valley into the Valley and spread through the eastern half of the Ohio Valley and Appalachian mountains into New England. Skies will be sunny over much of the rest of the country. Cool temperatures are forecast over the Plains, most of the Mississippi Valley and into the Hipper Great Lakes and western half of the Ohio Valley. will be warm in the Southeast with near seasonal temperatures elsewhere. Sun, AAoon, Planets Area Le HI Forecast East Central S3 58 70-78 PCIoudy Lake Ozark 53-51 70-71 PCIoudy Table Rock 53-59 70-74 Rain Kansas City 53-59 73-77 PCIoudy North 53-59 73-77 PCIoudy Extended outlook tor Missouri Wednesday through Friday: Portly cloudy with scattered showers Wednesday.

Hlahs In the low Ms and lows In the SOs. Illinois SprlnafleM 41-53 76-77 PCkwdv Cairo SS43 70-74 Rain Expended outlook fee IHmojs: Wednesday through Friday: Chonce at showers Wednesday, then fair. Highs In the 70s In the north ond 75 to IS In the south. Lows mostly the SOs. NewM'n First Qtr.

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