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"jl ft On Today's Editorial Page High Cost of Protection: Editorial Not Yet Editorial SPATC FINAL VOL. 95 NO. 96 197:1, St. Louli Foat-Dbpatrh SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1973 in Horn Delivery IUiC 18 PAGES irace Team Coioters in" I 1 Are Reoortec Down special base camp. Lao Bao is one of the three points of entry for supplies designated by the Communists, but ICCS teams have not been able to get into the area because it is so far behind Communist lines.

A Communist source reported that the crew and passengers of at least one helicopter were rescued. Capt. Phuong Nam, a press officer for the Viet Cong, said Canadian and Indonesian delegations told the u-nists earlier today that two ICCS aircraft were "lost" en route to Lao Bao. He said he did not have any other details, but he was checking with his high command. ICCS teams now are flown by American crews under a con- From Post-Disiwtrh Service! SAIGON, South Vietnam, April 7 Two helicopters carrying 19 members ofthe four-nation peace-keeping force and American crew members were shot down today near the Vietnamese-Laotian border, a well informed source said.

The source said he did not know who was aboard the helicopters or whether any of the crew or passengers were killed. The attack occurred near Lao Bao, a small town deep in Communist territory about 400 miles north of Saigon. It is in the extreme northwestern corner of South" Vietnam, not far from the Demilitarized Zone. The helicopters were carrying members of the International Commission of Control and Supervision to Lao Bao, which has been designated an ICCS tract with Air America. They were previously flown by American army pilots until the last men went home one week ago.

A helicopter crew is normally composed of a pilot, co pilot and crew chief. ICCS helicopters have been shot at in the past and at least one American was wounded. However, none was believed to have been shot down. The helicopters in today's incident were believed to be carrying representatives of all four member a i on the ICCS Canda, Hungary, Indonesia and Poland. ICCS helicopters are usually marked with a large white box with the letters "ICCS" in large, black letters against a white background.

Meanwhile, United States newed charges by Hanoi that the United States brought 20,000 military advisers disguised as civilians into South Vietnam in March inviolation of the Paris cease-fire agreement. The Hanoi radio said these include "advisers to supervise the pacification program" in Quang Nam and Binh Long provinces. Inquiries have shown that 6000 to 7000 Americans, many of them former military men, are working for contractors and in various civilian jobs related to the South Vietnamese military. There are no precise figures available fror U.S. officials, but about 2000 of these advisers are understood to have arrived since Jan.

1. Viet Cong officials rejected as TURN TO PAGE 8, COL. 2 sources said today that North Vietnam was sending thousands of civilians into South Vietnam, apparently to take over administrative duties in Communist-controlled areas. There are estimates that as many as 3000 i i 1 i a are among the more than 50,000 North Vietnamese soldiers who have been infiltrated, with military equipment, into South Vietnam since Jan. 1.

All the civilians are believed to have come south since the Jan. 28 cease-fire, with about 15,000 North Vietnamese troops, the sources said. The civilians include medical workers, administrators, a i-cultural experts and others with specialized training, the sources said. The reports came amid re David Kennedy Miami mayor indicted Miami Mayor Faces Charges MIAMI, April 7 (UPI) Mayor David Kennedy and Judges Jack Turner and Murray Goodman wei among six persons indicted in an investigation of alleged governmental corruption last night on charges of bribery and conspiracy to bribe. Kennedy, mayor of Miami for the last two years, and the two judges surrendered at the Dade County courthouse hours after scripts of the wire tap on probe figure Frank W.

Martin's telephone. Also indicted were Mina Davidson and two others who had not yet surrendered at the county jail. A spokesman for Dade County Sheriff E. Wilson Purdy said the grand jury handed down seven indictments for six persons. The two others charged in the being notified of the indict-m by Dade Chief Judge Thomas E.

Lee Jr. Lee received the indictments from Malcolm Jones, executive administrator of Volusia County judge James Nelson. Nelson presided over the grand jury that returned indictments after a two-week session in Daytona Beach. The grand jury heard tran indictments have not yet been identified because the i i t-ments do not become public until the persons named in them are arrested. The Volusia grand jury, was assigned to hear the wire-tap evidence after Gov.

Reubin Askew named Volusia State Attorney Stephen Boyles as special prosecutor in the inquiry. The grand jury heard nine separate cases of a 1 1 wrongdoing during the last two weeks. WJr fff I'TW-- A I'll 1 I 1 I I I il Granddaughter's Fiance Investigated In Killing woman's body. He denied killing Mrs. Tripp and explained his blood-stained trousers and coat by saying that he rolled the body over.

Police said they were told that Mrs. Tripp had objected to her granddaughter's marrying Kormann. Mrs. Tripp's body was fully clothed an dthere were no signs that she had been robbed or the house had been ransacked, police said. Police said that the front door of the house was locked.

Miss Schutz told police she entered through the rear of the house that she shared with her grandmother and found Kormann already there. Neighbors reported that they last saw Mrs. Tripp, a widow for about 14 years, doing work in a garden outside her home early Friday afternoon. In a carefully worded statement, the grand jury said: "We find that the blanket cloud on all members of the Dade County judiciary was unwarranted." That statement at least hinted there would be no massive indictments in the investigation, which has involved nearly half the judges in Dade County, as well as Mayor Hi-a 1 a h-Mayor Henry Milander and Dade State Attorney Richard Gerstein. The corruption inquiry centered on Martin, 72 years old, a service station operator who has the unofficial title of "ma-hor" of Miami's produce market area.

Two taps on Martin's telephone last year that accounted for the bulk of the initial evidence gathered in the investigation. At least 100 persons 24 of them public officials were served official notices in January that their telephone conversations with Martin had been monitored and recorded. The list of those served includes most prominent Miami political figures. PUMPING OUT: Gasoline-powered pumps in a low area of Hurck Street in south St. Louis have been running con tinuously to keep water from the swollen River Des Peres away from houses.

(Post-Dispatch Photo by Wayne Crosslin) Chevrolet Assembly Hailed Floods Reach Cleanup Stage St. Louis police have arrested an acquaimenee of Mrs. Marie Tripp in connection with her death by stabbing, which was discovered last night. The blood-stained body of Mrs. Tripp, 76 years old, was found yesterday sprawled on the living room floor of her home at 4329 Bingham Avenue.

She had been stabbed once in the chest and twice in the left leg. Homicide Detective Paul Stavor said that James Kormann, 26 years old, of the 800 block of Robert Avenue, Ferguson, was arrested and booked on charges of murder after he gave conflicting stories and blood was found on his coat and trousers. Kormann is the fiance of Miss Florence Schutz, Mrs. Tripp's granddaughter. Kormafn, an unemployed bottler, told police that he went to the Bingham Avenue address to wait for the arrival of Miss Schutz and found the Acupuncture "For Nevada CARSON CITY, April 7 (AP) The state Assembly yesterday approved a bill making evada the first state to allow the Chinese medical practice of acupuncture without control by physicians.

The Senate already has Production difficulties that halted the automobile assembly line caused the temporary layoff of about 1600 employes at the Chevrolet plant here yesterday. The shutdown yesterday was blamed on absenteeism and attendant mechanical difficulties. Production is continuing on the truck assembly and Corvette sports car lines, a plant spokesman said. Normal production on the automobile assembly line is expected to resume Monday. Passenger car production was reduced in late March from 57 to 48 an hour on two eight-hour shifts in order to adjust to the 1 a 's physical capabilities.

Several hundred workers were laid off because of the reduction. The plant normally employs about 8500 persons. By TOMMY ROBERTSON Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Flood-control officials in the St. Louis area are beginning to concentrate more on cleanup operations and the control of sightseers and looters now that the Mississippi and Missouri rivers have crested. The Mississippi reached a crest of 39.8 feet at St.

Louis yesterday, 9.8 feet above flood stage. The river had fallen this morning to 39.59 feet. The National Weather Service reported that the river was in a Martin has been active in Dade County politics for over two decades and is ona first-name basis with most of Miami's public officials. He said the 110 National Guardsmen and the eight men of the Missouri Water Patrol would concentrate more of their attention on strangers in the area today and tomorrow. Grafton Police Chief Larry Newingham said that looters had not been a problem in his community because of constant patrolling by police officers.

He said the flood situation in the community was stable and that 20 of the 25 guardsmen assigned there left yesterday. Civil Defense officials in St Charles said the Missouri River crest was holding steady, and so was the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad levee, which is food for the dogs also, he said. The animals have been gathering on the levee there. A Corps spokesman in St. Louis said 250,000 sandbags were stockpiled at Cape Girardeau ahead of the Mississippi crest flowing southward.

He said that the situation at the Chouteau Island levee and at Kaskaskia Island near St. Mary, seemed to be stable. The Mississippi crested yesterday at 33.7 feet more than 12 feet above flood stage at Chouteau Island and it is expected to crest tomorrow at 40 feet at the Kaskaskia Island levee, where flood stage is 27 feet. protecting 1500 persons from flood waters. The situation along the Mississippi at Winfield is improving, and the Army Corps of Engineers reported that the water level river was declining at a rate of about 1.2 feet a day.

The river crested there Wednesday at 34.6 feet and is at a level of 33.4 feet today. Flood stage at Winfield is 26 feet. Dwayne Laird, administrative assistant for the Corps of Engineers at Wyatt, said the Humane Society at Memphis sent 200 pounds of dog food for hungry canines at Dorena in the Bootheel. Ralston-Purina Co. is sending a shipment of White House Discloses Haldeman Met With Congress Members Meat Prices Hold But Sales Drop; Boycott Leaders Plan New Efforts said the questioning about Watergate was not extensive.

The Evans-Novak column re-ported that "Haldeman was asked bluntly what he knew about Watergate." The column said he replied that it was difficult to deny something "that you aren't accused of." It quoted Haldeman as saying that he had no connection with a secret fund with which Mr. Nixon's re-election committee allegedly financed political espionage and sabotage operations against the Democrats last fall. On a related matter, Ziegler said he did not know when Mr. Nixon would make a decision passed the bill but it must be returned to the upper house Jor concurrence in amendments taking physicians off the Board of Chinese Medicine to oversee acupuncture. The Senate is expected to agree to the Assembly amendments and the measure will then go to Gov.

Mike O'Callaghan for his signature. i. Cold, Wet Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Intermit flat crest and was expected to remain near its present high-water level for another day or two. "We're still sitting on a powder keg and if we could get a week of no rain we'd be in good shape," a Weather Service official said.

The Missouri River at St. Charles crested yesterday a 14.8 feet above its flood stage of 25 feet and is expected to fall slowly. Jerry Pickett of the City Water Department said that volunteers were using pumps to clear several streets of the water from the River Des Peres. This flooding was caused by backup waters of the Mississippi. "When the Mississippi reaches a level of 35 feet, the sewers will be able to drain away some of the water and we will continue to use pumps to drain the rest," he said.

Residents of the area were contributing money for flowers and a i to the Heart Fund in the name of Edward Diehl. Diehl was a St. Louis fireman who collapsed when working with a sandbagging crew in the 4000 block of Caron-delet Drive. Diehl died at Barnes Hospital and it is believed he suffered a heart attack. Lt.

James Knight, commander of a Missouri National Guard unit in Arnold, said that flooding in the Starling Estates re tent light ram Spring cleaning on a nominee for director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to replace L. Patrick Gray III, whose nomination has been withdrawn. "The President is in the process now of finding a man to i a Ziegler said. "I don't know when he will make a decision." Mr. Nixon, who plans to fly back to Washington tomorrow, ending a 10-day stay at his California home, announced yester-d a a reorganization of the staff of the National Security Council.

The reorganization will give Mr. Nixon's national security assistant, Henrv A. Kissinger, five deputies of approximately equal rank. Air Force Brig. Gen.

Brent Scowcroft will be deputy presidential assistant for national security affairs, succeeding Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. Haig re-c 1 1 became vice chief of staff of the Army. Also announced was the nomination of Fred C.

Ikle as director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, succeeding Gerald C. Smith. Although Ikle will head the disarmament agency, he will not be the chief United States negotiator at the nuclear weapons limitation negotiations with Russia. It was announced recently that veteran diplomat U. Alexis Johnson would be the chief U.S.

negotiator at the so-called SALT talks. Smith held both posts. Ikle, 48 years old, Is head of the social science department of the Rand Corp. He formerly was professor of political science at Massachusetts Institute of By JAMES DEAKIN A Washington Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch SAN CLEMENT April 7 The White House acknowledged yesterday that presidential assistant H. R.

(Bob) Haldeman met last month with a group of Republican members of Congress and answered questions about the Watergate case. However, press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler insisted that there was no parallel between Haldeman's appearance and President Richard M. Nixon's refusal to permit other White House staff members to testify before the Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal. Mr.

Nixon has refused to permit his counsel, John W. Dean III, to testify in a formal hearing before the Senate committee. However, there have been signs that he may let Dean meet informally with investigating Senators. Ziegler confirmed a story in yesterday's Washington Star-News and a column by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak dealing with Haldeman's March 28 meeting with the Wednesday Club, a group of Republican House members. The press officer said, however, that a number of White House staff members, including Haldeman on a previous occasion, had met with the Wednesday Club to talk about the Administration's legislative program and other matters.

Ziegler acknowledged that Haldeman answered questions about the Watergate case at the March 28 meeting. He A MUDDY JOB! and telegrams to members of Congress expressing support for a recommendation by the House Banking and Currency Committee that meat prices be rolled back to the Jan. 10 level, Donavan said the group 1 a to boycott meat on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with other week-long boycotts called as necessary. Ginger Sanford, spokesman for the group's Atlanta branch, said her chapter would go along with the Tuesday and Thursday boycott for an indefinite period. She said the group also planned to organize a lobby group in the Georgia legislature for consumer interests.

Ethel Rosen of the Women's 10,000 Pounds Of Beef Stolen KANSAS CITY, April 7 (AP) Thieves took 10,000 pounds of beef valued at $9000 from the Kansas City warehouse of a chain of hamburger stands. Missing from Smaks, storage yesterday were 11 quartered beef carcasses and 5000 pounds of hamburger patties. "What's unusual is that apparently nothing else was taken," said Ted Llewellyn, company president. NEW YORK, April 7 (AP) -The week-long meat boycott officially ends today as it leaders differ on plans to continue their protests, but the price of meat holds its own. Meat sales remained off in most parts of the nation, with some price reductions by retailers, but there was no general drop in prices.

An Associated Press spot check of prices of eight meat items on Monday and again on Thursday showed only scattered changes. The boycott continued to take its toll of layoffs at meat packing houses. Livestock markets reported trade was generally light. Just what nationwide form, if any, the boycott would take after today was not clear. The consensus among boycott leaders was that it had been successful.

Leaders have announced plans to meet in Washington on Wednesday to discuss future moves. One of the directors of Fight Inflation Together (FIT), the organization that sparked the boycott, said the group would begin for the iirst time a congressional lobby effort. Hobart Donavan, whose wife, June, is one of its founders, said the group's members would be asked to send letters War on Prices in Chicago said her group was urging consumers to continue the boycott on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In Louisville, Patty Twyman, leader of that city's boycott action, called for a one week extension of the boycott. "The farmer answered out boycott by withholding his livestock from the market, now we're answering him with our own holding action.

We'll see who can hold the longest," she said. Linaa Akulian, policy board member of the Consumer Fed-e a i of California in San Francisco, said he group would a a no-meat-on-Tuesdays-and-Thursdays-only policy e-cause one of the victims of the boycott had been the meat cutters. "Ultimately we're saying retailers are not the answers. We want to go after the wholesalers because the retailers won't roll back prices unless the wholesalers do and they won't unless there's a rollback at the slaughter house level and so forth." She said if there was not any positive action by the Government, wholesalers, and retail, ers, the CFC and San Francisco area consumer groups will unite in a total meat boycott TURN TO PAGE 7, COL. continuing tonight and turning a 1 colder, low near 40; cloudy, windy and cold tomorrow with a chance of light rain or possible snow; high in the mid 40s, but I colder during the day.

Cold -'j i 4 i POr-0'SPATCH WEATHEPBmD ta rt'r mained a problem. However he said the biggest problem might come from sightseers and looters this weekend. "We've had a few minor contacts with persons coming into the area who don't live here but we have not caught anyone taking anything and there have not been any reports of break-ins." he said. and blustery Monday through Wednesday, continued colder than normal; lows In the 30s, highs in the 40s; chance of showers ai.out Tuesday. Otlirr lie ithrr liiliirmatliin on Faf 2A Fred C.

Ikle New arms control director.