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2 Reno Evening Gazette Monday, March 4, 1974 MMMimi.niiiM!1)(ll Today Sabotage hinted in French plane crash i Continued from Page 1 Paris to identify and claim the remains. The weather was sunny, and no hint of trouble came from the plane. But "the fact that debris and bodies were found in a village more than 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the accident tends to prove that an explosion occurred in flight," said Aymar Achille-Fould, a top official of the French Transport Ministry. Persons in the area of the crash said they heard an explosion, but they could not agree whether it occurred before or after the plane hit the ground. Turkey's communications minister, Ferda Guley, said "considering the world situation," he did not rule out sabotage.

But Guley said his government had received no information to support reports that guerrillas carrying explosives might have been aboard the plane. He said he had heard reports were circulating abroad that guerrillas were on the plane. But he said, "We have no official information on this." Guley said the passenger list indicated two Arabs had boarded the plane in Istanbul but that nothing was known about them. "It is impossible to know the cause of the crash at this point," he added. Part of the plane's flight recorder was found before dark Sunday, and searchers were looking for the rest in hopes that it would give some clue to what happened in the minutes between takeoff and crash.

It was the first crash of one of the wide-bodied, McDonnellDouglas trijeOince the plane went into general service four years ago. A total of 216 persons had boarded the plane in Paris for the hop to London, most of them because a wildcat strike by ground engineers at London's Heathrow Airport forced British Airways to cancel all its European flights. The huge jet slammed into a wooded slope near a highway and close to three villages, but the area in which it hit was uninhabited. The highest previous death toll in a plane crash was 176 when a Soviet airliner crashed near Moscow in October, 1972, and when a Jordanian jet burst into flames on landing at Kano, Nigeria, in January, 1973. capacity with 334 passengers and 12 crew members.

There was no indication when the casualty list would be made public. But the airline's European manager said the names of 200 to 250 of the passengers indicated they were British or American. The U. S. Embassy in London announced that among the Americans killed were the embassy's cultural attache, Dr.

Wayne Wilcox, 41, of North Liberty, his wife and two of their four children. Thirty-eight of the passengers were Japanese college graduates on a tour of Europe before joining firms in Japan. The Japanese travel agency that arranged their trip said they were sending 45 relatives to In costume This picture was taken last Thursday at the Mapes Hotel as actress Barbara Ruick Williams worked in a scene of "California Split." Mrs. Williams was playing a cameo role in the Robert Altman production. (Gazette Photo by Jeannie Rasmussen) Actress in Reno film found dead Actress Barbara Ruick Williams, 41, was found dead Sunday afternoon in her room at the Mapes Hotel where she was on location for a cameo role in the film "California Split." Reno police were summoned to the hotel at 12:30 p.m., after a room maid discovered her body.

Detectives said Mrs. Williams was lying face down on the bed, clad in a bright pink bathrobe. It appeared she might have been dead at least 10 or 12 hours. Police said there was no indication of foul play, and death appeared to have been from natural causes. An autopsy, however, has been ordered.

Don Immerman, a medic with the film company, said Mrs. Williams had complained of headache and nausea the previous night. Mrs. Williams at one time was under contract to MGM and Screen Gems, and is perhaps best remembered for her major role in the film version of "Carousel." In that picture, she was the second female lead, playing the best friend of actress Shirley Jones. Her major singing part in Carousel was the song "When I Marry Mr.

Snow." Within the past month or so she was seen in a re-release of the television production of "Cinderella," in which she played one of the wicked sisters. Since her marriage to film composer John Williams, 18 years ago, she has been relatively inactive. Robert Altman, director and producer of "California Split," said Mrs. Williams had a cameo role as a bartender. Some gaming and other scenes are being filmed in the Mapes Hotel.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Williams is survived by three children, Jennifer, 17, Mark, 15, and Joseph, 13, and by her mother, actress Lurene Tuttle, all of Los Angeles. Funeral arrangements are being handled locally by the Walton Funeral Home. Ghili bubbles at center of Washington argument Brown plea refused WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today refused to hear a plea from H. Rap Brown that he deserves a new trial on a federal firearms charge because of alleged illegal electronic surveillance by the government.

Over the objection of Justice William O. Douglas, the court let stand a decision by the U.S. Circuit Court at New Orleans upholding Brown's conviction and sentence of five years and a $2,000 fine for transporting a firearm on a plane from New York to New Orleans while under indictment elsewhere. Benefits withheld WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court ruled today that Congress may lawfully withhold veterans education benefits from consicentious objectors. Under federal law veterans benefits are available only to persons who actually served in the armed forces.

Persons who do alternative civilian service as conscientious objectors are not eligible. Ceremony in Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) With no weakening in sight, Mexico's major political force, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, celebrated its 45th anniversary today with a membership of more than 6 million. An anniversary ceremony was scheduled in the city of Queretaro, 150 miles north of Mexico City, where the Mexican constitution was promulgated in 1917 and where the National Revolutionary Party or PNR was formed on March 4, 1929, as a coalition of peasants, blue-and white-collar workers and the military. In 1938 the name was changed to Party of the Mexican Revolution, or PRM, and in 1946 it became the present PRI. The party has won all presidential elections since 1929 and controls the national congress, all 29 state governments and most municipal governments.

Critics have accused it of dictatorial rule because it wields extensive pevvr. Protestors arrested MADRID (AP) Police forced their way into the Univrsity of Madrid today, put down a student protest over the execution of a young anarchist, and arrested an undetermined number of demonstrators, university sources said. The law school was closed until further notice. Salvador Puig, 26, a member of the Iberian Liberation Front was executed in Barcelona Saturday for killing a policeman. He was put to death by the 14th century method of garroting in which an iron collar is fastened around the neck and a spike driven through the spinal cord.

A Polish vagrant convicted of killing a policeman was executed the same way Saturday, but a civil guard who killed a senior officer had his death sentence commuted. Defense warning WASHINGTON (AP) "A truly massive effort" in Soviet missile development will soon pose a direct threat to the U.S. land-based missile force, says Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger. Before the end of the decade, Schlesinger said, the 1,000 Minuteman missiles ready for launch in underground silos will be threatened by an increasingly accurate and growing force of Russian missiles.

The defense secretary set out his fears in a 237-page 1 -1 4 Texan, Clyde La Motte, president of the club, but the senator defended the New Mexican recipe. "If they'd had some New Mexico chili at the Alamo, they'd have run faster," the senator said to La Motte, on the weekend when Texas was celebrating its independence from Mexico. ADDITIVES "You see, there's no Texas onions or tomato sauce in here," he said, pointing to the concoction of ground up chili and cubed round steak. "This is New Mexico chili devoid of the Texas additives." Then, Montoya shocked La Motte. "There's nothing finer than pouring that chili over spaghetti or macaroni," he said.

La Motta replied: "You blaspheme, sir." The chilis, which Mrs. Juarez said contain more vitamins than any other vegetable, were flown to Washington from New Mexico, as were the pinto beans that accompanied, but were not cooked into, the hot red meal. With Congress warming up to the chili war, is the executive branch about to be involved? Montoya said he didn't think so. The President, he said, "is avoiding anything hot." WASHINGTON (AP) The "master chef" was wearing neither a large white hat nor a cordon bleu badge, and he spent most of the early afternoon sitting in the bar, but when the work was done, it was his meal. The master chef, in this case, was Sen.

Joseph M. Slontoya, and the meal was his favorite New Mexico chili a dish at the center of a bubbling Washington controversy. Montoya, a short, gray-haired man who was in the limelight last year as a member of the Senate Watergate committee, offered last month to mediate a dispute between Sen. John Tower, and Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz, who each argued that their native states produced the best chili.

Recalling his Spanish heritage, the New Mexican senator insisted he could settle the argument and also persuaded the National Press Club to serve his chili for one week. INSTRUCTION Thus, he spent Saturday at the club while an aide, Marcella Juarez, instructed Press Club cooks on the preparation of the special dish. Montoya had to suffer the slings and arrows of a native Second lead Barbara Ruick Williams, who played the second female lead in Rogers and Hammerstein's "Carousel," is shown in a 1971 UPI file POW Heath abandons effort bodies to stay in office return set Kissinger LONDON (AP) Prime Minister Edward Heath is going to have to abandon his attempt to stay in office and will have to recommend that Labor party leader Harold Wilson be given a chance to form a government, says a senior member of Heath's Conservative party. The source said Heath's failure to form a new cabinet became inevitable after Liberal party leader Jeremy Thorpe rejected the Conservative party chief's overture for a coalition that would have given him some chance of putting together a majority in the new House of Commons. Heath met with Thorpe on Saturday and then informed his cabinet Sunday night of his failure.

After the cabinet meeting, he met again with Thorpe for 30 minutes. Stans plans to testify in his conspiracy trial SAIGON, South Vietnam (AP) North Vietnam announced today that it will hand over the remains of 12 American prisoners of war who died in captivity. The U.S. Embassy in Saigon said two U. S.

Air Force C130 transports will fly to Hanoi Wednesday to get the remains and take them to Taphao Air Base in Thailand for identification. An embassy spokesman said the Defense Department would make the names public in Washington after the remains are positively identified and next of kin are notified. NAMES North Vietnam last year gave the United States the names of 23 Americans who died in captivity and a B52 crewman whose body was recovered after his plane was shot down. photo. Two state elections watched By The Associated Press The candidates are generally staying away from the Watergate issue, but special congressional elections in Ohio and California this week are being closely watched for signs of the electorate's mood.

Both districts under contest Tuesday have been safe Republican seats. But Democrats have already upset Republicans in two other "safe" districts this year, in Michigan and Pennsylvania, and observers say a trend could be developing that could spell disaster for the GOP in the fall elections. Voters in the 1st District of Ohio will chose between Republican Willis D. Gradison Jr. and Democrat Thomas A.

Luken. The seat, centered in Cincinnati, has been held by a Democrat only three times this century. It was vacated by Republican William Keating when he resigned in January to become president of The Cincinnati Enquirer. In California's 13th District on the Santa Barbara coast, State Sen. Robert J.

Lagomarsino is the lone Republican candidate against seven Democratic contenders. They are contesting the seat of the late Rep. Charles annual statement, detailing U.S. military goals over the next few years. The statement is sure to intensify the public and congressional debate over the direction of U.S.

nuclear arms policies. Results trickle in GUATEMALA (AP) Results trickled in slowly today from Guatemala's national elections, and there was no indication which of the three military men vying for the presidency would win. Only a handful of precincts had reported by midnight Sunday. They put Gen. Kjell Laugerud, 44, the candidate of the two-party conservative government in the lead, but not enough votes had been counted for the results so far to be decisive.

The other two candidates were Gen.Efrain Rios Montt, 48, of the left-of-center Christian Democratic party, and Col. Ernesto Paiz Novales, 53, of the middle-of-the-road Revolutionary party. Burma cabinet approved RANGOON (AP) The People's Assembly today approved an 18-member cabinet headed by Prime Minister Sein Win, the 54-year-old former construction minister. The former cabinet headed by Gen. Ne Win was dissolved Saturday when Ne Win became president and inaugurated the People's Assembly.

Ne Win, who has ruled Burma since 1962, also became chairman of the State Council, the supreme governmental authority. Government condemned ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) Students and some military rebels condemned Ethiopia's new civilian government today and said they would continue to struggle for more reforms. "The feudal system is the same, only the personalities have been changed," said a speaker at a rally by several hundred students at Haile Selassie University. A pamphlet distributed among the students said leaders of the military mutiny last week sold out when Emperor Haile Selassie granted the troops pay increases. They accused these leaders of cooperating with the U.S.

Central reports in Brussels BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger arrived in Brussels today to tell the North Atlantic alliance about his peacemaking efforts in the Middle East. Officials accompanying him said he would steer clear of discussions with Common Market leaders on their plans for meeting with the Arab countries. The Market countries have agreed to press for a conference with the Arabs on European-Middle East relations and have asked for a meeting with Kissinger to discuss their initiative. TALKS Kissinger flew from Bonn, where he held talks with Chancellor Willy Brandt.

Details of their discussions were not disclosed. Kissinger arrived in Bonn late Sunday from Amman, where talks with Jordan's King Hussein concluded a Middle East mission which also took him to Syria, Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. In his first visit to West Germany since becoming secretary of state last year, the Germanborn Kissinger conferred for more than three hours Sunday night with Foreign Minister Walter Scheel. There was no official comment, but they had been expected to range over Kissinger's Arab-Israeli mediations, lagging U.S.European cooperation on key issues including the energy crisis, Common Market problems and detente with the Soviet Union. Gagliardi recessed the trial abruptly last Friday to consider the effect of a passage in the opening statement of the federal prosecutor.

The words had triggered an immediate objection from Stans' lawyer and a motion for mistrial. The prosecutor, Asst. U.S. Atty. James W.

Rayhill told the jurors at the end of his statement: "As you listen to the witnesses testifying before you, put yourselves in the place of the grand jurors who investigated the case, citizens like yourselves." OBJECTION The defense objected, contending the statement implied the jurors should infer guilt from the indictment. Gagliardi had instructed the jurors beforehand that indictments are only accusations and not findings of guilt. Gagliardi said Rayhill's remarks contained "apparent excesses," ordering prosecution and defense attorneys to file statements over the weekend on the mistrial motion. Friday's sudden turn of events in the conspiracy trial followed a week of careful screening of hundreds of potential jurors. The jury of eight men and four women selected Thursday was sequestered and continued to be kept in isolation as Gagliardi studied the mistrial motion.

NEW JURY Speculation arose that should a mistrial be declared today, it would be more difficult to find a new jury especially after the Watergate indictments announced Friday. Among the seven former top Nixon administration officials named was Mitchell, charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements. Mitchell and Stans are accused of trying to impede a Securities and Exchange Commission fraud investigation into the financial activities of Robert L. Vesco. The government charged that in return, Vesco made a secret $200,000 contribution to President Nixon's 1972 re-election NEW YORK (AP) Former Commerce Secretary Maurice H.

Stans will testify on his own behalf at his federal criminal conspiracy trial, his lawyer told the jury today. Defense attorney Walter Bonner said Stans had twice gone voluntarily before the grand jury that indicted him along with former Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell on charges of making a $200,000 campaign contribution deal with financier Robert Vesco.

"Maurice Stans is going to rise again and he is going to speak a third time and this time he'll speak to you," Bonner said. INVESTIGATION The government charges that in return for Vesco's six-figure contribution to President Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign, Mitchell and Stans conspired to impede a massive Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the financier's international financial empire. In an opening statement that he shared with Bonner, Mitchell's attorney, Peter Fleming said the government's case was based on "suspicion and unsupported innuendo." "There is not a single speck or fragment, however you describe it, of evidence you'll hear or you could hear that John Mitchell did anything to fix, to stop, or to influence an investigation of Robert Vesco," Fleming declared. "John Mitchell did not know Robert Vesco; he had never done business with Mr. Vesco's companies," Fleming said at another point.

"Would this man risk a lifetime of hard work, years of public service, love of country to fix a case for a man he didn't even know?" MISTRIAL Earlier today, U.S. District Court Judge Lee P. Gagliardi denied a defense motion for a mistrial. The judge made his decision known after a short session in a private conference room behind the courtroom. Tahoe search continues for skier SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.

(AP) A search was to continue today for a Stateline, man believed missing in an avalanche in the Heavenly Valley ski area. Eldorado County sheriff's deputies said Terry Newman was among four persons buried in the snowslide Saturday morning. Three others were rescued within two hours of the slide. Dale Elser, 42, of stateline, suffered broken ribs and possible internal injuries, deputies said. Rescuers led by specially trained dogs probed the slide area until dark Sunday.

Nearly 80 persons took part. Teague, R-Calif. Neither of the Ohio candidates has made Watergate a major issue. Luken did say he would vote to impeach the President if it is shown President Nixon failed to adequately supervise his appointees. intelligence Agency to saDOtage tne retorm movement.

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Carrier delivery in Reno. Sparks and Carson City. S3 a month: for delivery' outside these areas and by adult mtor route 25 a month: by mail (8 a year Other rates on request WASHINGTON (AP) King Hussein of Jordan will meet with President Nixon in Washington on Tuesday, March 12, the White House announced today. The White House gave no details of what the two leaders would discuss, but the oil energy problem is sure to be on the agenda. The king originally had planned to come to the United States last month but his visit was postponed.

Naked coeds join vigorous rivalry in streaking rage in Carolina streets, but a few of them walked or trotted through the lobby of the student center. Earlier Sunday, two men wearing only backpacks walked through the lobby. To add to the festive spirit, several residents of men's dorms aimed speakers out the windows and played and other appropriate music. Some directed small spotlights at the streakers. At The College of Charleston, a lone streaker known as "Zorro" ran through a women's dorm wearing only a black hat.

About 25 naked students at St. Andrews University, a Presbyterian institution in Laurinburg, toured the campus Saturday night on motorcycles, bikes, roller skates and wheelchairs. About 100 naked students, mostly men, sprinted through a women's dormitory at Baptist-affiliated Wake Forest in Winston-Salem Saturday night. A crowd of supporters cheered them on. And at St.

Michael's College in Winooski, 25 male streakers did their thing in the snow. Their naked romp across the center of the campus took place early Saturday morning in a two-to-three inch snow-fall during a weekend that saw a series of all-night parties. self as a "streaker coach," said the bare-skinned show featured a male and female riding naked on a motorcycle, and five nude coeds cruising the campus in a sports car chauffered by a nude male. The baring of several coeds at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., triggered more shedding of clothes Sunday night among not-to-beoutdone males. Male and female nudes walked, The streaking rage swept Carolina colleges over the weekend, with naked coeds eager and active participants in what appeared to be a vigorous rivalry over which college could outdo the other.

About 80 coeds were among the 258 streakers who performed in the buff Sunday night before an estimated 1,000 onlookers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, N.C. Cliff Mitchell, who described him trotted, ran, rode bicycles and even a horse around the student center and several women's dormitories. Campus authorities at NC made no attempt to stop the frolic, witnesses said. Campus police at SC cleared away several hundred spectators at one point to open the street, but the surging crowd blocked it again and police gave up. No arrests were reported.

Most of the streakers were out on the ft.