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5 Northwest Arkanioi TIMES, Tuesday, July 30. Democratic Convention Expected To Be Like Giant Security Camp CHICAGO (AP) Fifteen thousand soldiers, police and federal agents wilt turn the site of the Democratic Nalional Convention into an armed camp next monlh in a giant security operation. The securily arrangements could turn tlic convention--normally a horn-blowing spectacular--into an austere exercise in martial order. Racial tensions in the city and the crowds of demonstrators and hippies who plan to come to Chicago will compound Hie job of keeping order and protecting President Johnson and the can- Deployed round-the-clock at Chicago International Amphitheatre, and at hotels and motels housing delegates, will be some 8,000 uniformed and undercover policemen, 5,500 riol- Nalional Guardsmen least 1,000 federal trained and at agents. More men will be available on short notice from the Cook County sheriff's office, state po- Jice, the Coast Guard and the FBI.

The remainder of Chicago's police department, including a mobile 600- man task force, will be on standby. All security procedures being coordinated by the Secrel Service, charged with protect ing the president, vice presldenl and political candidates. The Secret Service has 58( agents across the country anc most be In Chicago during convention week, Aug Though plans are under tigh wraps, it presumably was the Secret Service which ordera two Air Force reconnaissance jets to make low passes over Chicago last week to nhotograpl the Amphitheatre ana surround Ing terrain. Security measures are being aken on the Amphitheatre grounds, which sprawl across he eastern edge of the Union Stockyards on Hie racially tense South Side. Fences are going up and heliports being constructed, reportedly for air-lifting candidates to and from the hall.

The Amphitheatre, i 585,000 square feet of floor space under a single roof, will sealed off within roughly an eight-square-block buffer zone. To penetrate the perimeter, pedestrians ana vehicles will be required to display Democratic Nalional Committee credentials. Inside, checkpoints will be established where guards reportedly will tear ofi perforated sections of the passes, good for only one day. Traffic court will be closec Aug. 17-30, freeing 23 magistrates to process large numbers of prisoners in the event of a disturbance.

Each magistrate could hear well over 200 civil disorder cases a day. The whole operation, both in scope and magnitude, appears to have taken on the aspect of a military movement. Said one high police depart mcnt source, "the security is Ihe most elaborate ever devised for a convention anywhere." The number of persons ex pected to converge on the cit; for anli war and civil rights demonstrations ranges in the thousands The National Mobilization Committee, organization of a march on the Pentagon by wa protestors, has promised "the largest demonstrations in Amer lean history" at the Amphithea tre Aug. 27, President birthday, and Aug. 28, the day of the nomination.

They also plan a march through the Loop on the 2flth. The Free City Survival Com- nittee, a hippie group, hopes to wring 50,000 youths to the city or a pop-music festival and 'un-convenUon." They say they will live in the parks, but have not received permission for the camp-In. Aliard Lowenstein, an engineer of the dump-Jolmson movement last fall, said his Coalition 'or an Open Convention will stage a mass rally on conven- eve. So far, however, the city has refused to grant him a meeting place. Also planning to come are Uie Rev.

Ralph D. Abernalhy, with a small delegation of the poor, and the Mississippi Freedom party. They will be seeking convention seats. All the groups guarantee orderly, nonviolent demonstra- 1 tions. "It's foolish to think we're going to break police lines or disrupt the convention," said Rennie Davis of the National Mobilization Committee.

Chicago officials have not indicated whether demonstrators will be allowed to approach the front of the Amphitheatre or be kept blocks away. John M. Bailey, Democratic national chairman, said outside performers will be barred from the hall and there will be no demonstrations except by dele- gales and alternates. Militant black nationalists may demonstrate in the convention area. Mayor Richard J.

Daley's relations with the black community have been crumbling. The convention will be staged on the largely Negro South Side and practically on the "turf" of Six Suspects In Beating Are Released The six suspects in the beating of an elderly West Fork man Friday night have been released on insufficient evidence, according to the Washington County Sheriff's office. Roy Robinson, 82, a West Fork pensioner, was reported in condition today at Veterans Hospital. A VA hospital spokesman said Robinson would apparently retain partial vision in his injured eye. Sheriff Arthur Davidson reported Monday that the pensioner was beaten by two men early Friday night and robbed of 90 cents at his home where he lives alone.

Tho six suspects in their lale teens and early twenties were arrested Saturday night and held for investigation. The suspects all lived in the Fayettc- ville area. the Blackstone gang. Rangers street An aide close to Mayor Daley said, "We're hoping for the best, but preparing for the 1 Henry Asks AHC For Help In Making Hwy. 71 Safer State Rep.

Morriss Henry Washington County has written to Armil Taylor, chairman Uic Arkansas Highway mission, asking for help of th commission and Highway Department in making Hwy. 7 south of Greenland safer for the driving public. Several fatal accidents am others in which no fatalities oc curred have been reported ir the area between Greenlam and Alma. Most came in per iods following or during rains when the highway surface became slick. Henry wrote (lie commission WATCH REPAIR North Block ENJOY A Jtarlighl Ikalrel WEEK-END i FREE PARKING dr-cendillentd President A A I MO chairman: "Over the past year or so we lave had an exceedingly large number of automobile accidents on Hwy.

71, below Faycltevillc, the area where the highway was improved about i ears ago. "Last week one of my i i a colleagues corn- gained about the large number if accidents that are occurring ilong this strip and felt thai surface became very slick right after a rain. The following day we had a very tragic accident occur in this area with a number of lives being lost. Another friend remarked that he lad passed two other unrelatec accidents along the same strip of highway about the a lime." He told Chairman Taylor tha It had been suggested that per haps the highway mixture usec may have contained a larger amount of oil than ordinarily used. "I personally have no idea of why tills highway is so slick and dangerous after a rain, bu would very much appreciate anything a you can do help in this matter," Henry wrote.

Couple Charged With Possession 01 Burglary Tools Deputy Prosecutor Richard Veils charged a 42-year-old man and his wife Monday with pos- iession of burglary tools. Clifford Hopper and his wife, Slizabeth, 42, who reside be- wccn Prairie Grove and Lin- X)ln, were arrested early Satur- lay morning by the sheriff's of- ice at an isolated corral near Nixon Slips WASHINGTON (AP) One week from the opening of the Republican national convention Richard M. Nixon slipped slight ly Monday in terms of delegates who are committed. 2,500 REWARD for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the bombing of the West-Ark Mill, off Cato Springs Road, Fayetteville, operated by our company. From available facts, the bomb was placed between the hours of 10:00 and 10:30 p.m.

Friday, uly 26. Anyone noticing strange vehicles or suspicious activity about that time in the mil! area may report the information to the company or the police department. Names will be kept confidential. TYSON'S FOODS INC. Ark.

PL 1-4545 Obituary Mrs. Ida Wages, 81, of 511 N. Walnut, died Monday at her home. She was born in Spartan, N.C., March 21, 1886 the daugh- terof Hubert and Betty Wolfe Hudson and was a Baptist. Survivors are two sons, Olin and Homer, both of Fayetle- ville; one daughter, Mrs.

Kathryn Ferguson of Fayetteville; one brother, Lloyd Hudson of Fayetteville and three grandchildren. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Watson Mortuary with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Searching For The Enemy U.S. soldiers trudge through a rice paddy during a sweep near Saigon searching for Viet Cong terrorists believed to be massing near the capitol.

Troops unable to catch the enemy in strength or provoke a major jungle battle that might save the capital a bitter street fight (AP Wirephoto) Flwyd T. Robertson, 66, of Route 1, Springdale, died Saturday in a local hospital. He was born Nov. 13, 1901, at Galena, Kan. the son of a and Frances Robertson and was a Lutheran.

Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Winifred Robertson of the home; three sons, James and Bruce, both of Fayetteville and John of Dallas, one sister, Miss Aretha Robertson of Wichita, Kan. chilren. and two grand- he farm of Sterling Pitts. The information filed in Funeral was at 10 a.m.

today at the Salem Lutheran Church witli burial in Fairview Cemetery under direction of Moore's Chapel. Washington County i i 2ourt charges that the Hoppers lad a tire tool, a large screwdriver, and a .22 caliber pistol their possession and alleges hat these tools are commonly used to commit burglary. Sheriff Arthur Davidson and a number of deputies arrested couple about 3:30 a.m. after staying at the corral most of night in an effort to catch he persons suspected of steal- ng several head of cattle from Pitts. Several head of cattle were in the corral with locks placed on the gates.

Early Otis Dabbs, 68, of Fayetteville, died Saturday a i in Fayetteville. Born Sept. 17,1899 at Arlington, the son of Lee and Sissie Dabbs, he was a Methodist, a Mason and a retired merchant. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Mary E.

Dabbs the home; one son, Lt. Terry 0. Dabbs of the U. S. Air Force; one daughter, Mrs.

Wayne Williams of brother, L. Fayetteville; one S. of Murphrees- Weekend Leave For Prisoners To Be Reviewed CUMMINS PRISON FARM, Ark. (AP)--Prison Supt. Victor Urban said Monday that a weekend incident would force prison officials to review their policy of granting convicts weekend leave.

Urban made the statement after it was learned that Luther Cohen 33, a Cummins Prison Farm trusty, was being held in the Crittenden County Jail on charges of assault with in- lent to kill, burglary and grand larceny. Urban said Cohen had been granted weekend leave and had returned to Crittenden County. He said Cohen had been granted similar privileges four other times and there had been no problems. He said Cohen had been assigned to the State Police Training Academy. Cohen was charged in con nection with a burglary early Saturday at the home of a woman, who was beaten by an intruder.

Cohen was arrested Sunday about six miles west of Wesi Memphis at a house on U.S. 70. Cohen was serving an eight- year sentence for robbery from Criltenden County. Authorities said the woman them that her husband was in the hospital and she wai alone in ttie house when she was awakened by the intruder Jeer Tax Watered Down- al year--an increase of 240 per ent. Fox said the increase in cost due primarily to the need for more and better trained per- onnel to operate the new ewage treatment plan.

The de- artment now has three labor- srs who operate the old plant, vhich was condemned by the late, for only eight hours per lay. The new plant will be op- irated around the clock and will i 15 "professionally rained" employes, Fox said. In iddition. there will be sharp i n- in the cost of chemicals. Normal salary increases and he added employes will push fie total salary requirements rom $167,000 to $237,000.

Fox said the department boro and one sister, Mrs. W. B. Hughes of Alexandria, La. Funeral service was to be at 2 p.m.

today at Moore's Chapel with burial in Delight Cemetery at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Tontilown Names Queen Concordia TONTITOWN Miss Zita Lynda May Have Baby At Naval Hospital WASHINGTON (P) Lynda Johnson Robb's baby doctor is the chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Bethesda Naval Hospital --supporting speculation that's where she'll have her first child, the Washington Post reports. Lynda, whose husband Marine Capt. Charles S.

Robb is serving in Vietnam is receiving prenatal care from Capt. Walter M. Lonergan at Bethesda, the newspaper said. As a Marine wife she would have to pay $1.75 a day for her room al the hospital. As President Johnson's daughter, she's entitled to use of the presidential suite.

Mac Mantegani, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Gildo Mantegani, has been named Queen Concordia and will reign over the 70th annual Tonlitown Grape Festival Aug. 15-17. Other contestants were Miss Mary Ann Pianalto and Miss Beverly Franco, Miss Mantegani will be crowned during the second day of the three day festival. Funerals Springdale William Earl Filch; 2 p.m.

Wednesday; Sisco Funeral Chapel; burial in Joyce Cemetery. Tyson's Offers $2,500 Reward For Information SPRINGDALE A $2,500 re ward has been offered for in formation leading to the arres and conviction of the person persons responsible for the dyn amiting of Tyson's West-Ark Feed Mill in Fayetteville. Machinery in the plant wa damaged in the explosion whic! was believed to have occurrei about 10:30 p.m. Harold Baird, Friday, a Ty so spokesman, said the $2,500 re ward was in addition to $1,00 rewards still offered for infer mation leading to the arres and conviction of the person persons responsible for dynam ting a Tyson-owned truck an the personal car of a Tyso employe in late April and earl May. Rogers The Rev.

Benjaman Franklin Ray; 2:30 p.m. Thursday; Bums Chapel; burial in Rogers Cemetery. SAVING FOR A HOME OF YOUR OWN Your Savings Earn With Our 4.75% Current Dividend 2i Mow -egalsr passbook and Invent- ment saving i earn more at Building Loan. Wa pa; 4.75% as oer cairent dividend rate, Put yonr with ui now where they'll start te earn more. Certificates earn even more --inquire about them, FAYETTEVIL! DING and LOAN ASSOC.

N. Arkansas' OMeit Savings A Loan AsiodaUos Ml N. East Ave. 3-43(4 Continued From Page 1 American Dies In N. Korean Action SEOUL (AP) North Korean nfiltrators ambushed a U.S Army patrol early today, killec one American soldier anc vounded two others, an Army spokesman said.

A South Korean soldier with patrol was wounded. The infiltrators tlirew hanc grenades and fired automatic weapons from concealed posi in demilitarized zom about 10 minutes before leeing north, the spokesman said. The Americans said tliey were certain they had hit a four of the intruders. Later in the morning anothei 2nd Division patrol interceptei four North Koreans inside th' DMZ. The Americans woundec one of the North Koreans anc captured him.

He died later the day. There were no Amer: can casualties. Eight Americans have bee: killed in action in Korea thi year. The TIMES Is The Best Buy For Your Advertising Dollar. JESUS HEALS EVANGELISTS ELDRID6E RUTH PLUNKETT PRAYER SPECIALISTS FOR 25 YEARS ti MUMN HMUTB OF nUTO.

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bypass. Dick Starr is superintendent the department. URGLAR portable record player from ic home of Mrs. Harry Gilliam Bev--O--Rama east of pringdale. Sheriff Arthur Davidson said firs.

Gitliam reported the theft when she returned home about 1:30 p.m. Monday. The home apparently entered by cut- ng a screen on a window at ic rear of the building. Paster, Wife Stabbed By Son The Rev. Robert E.

li. Bearden, 53, who served as pastor of Fayetteville's Central Methodist Church from 1955 to I960, remained In critical condition at St Vincent's hospital in Little Rock today after suffering stab wounds Monday. The Bearden's 22-year-old son. Robert Nelson Bearden, a been charged with assault with intent to kill following the incident at the office of a Little Bock psychiatrist. Mr.

Bearden's Mrs. Ellen Bearden, 52, received minor wounds. Bearden was reported to have been stabbed numerous times in the chest and abdomen with a hunting knife. Officers said the Beardens had taken their son to the office of Dr. Charles Belts for family discussion therapy.

Mr. Bearden is now pastor of the First Methodist Church of Little Rock. Newspaper Urges Crossover Vote SEARCY, Ark. (AP) Tha Searcy Citizen, said Monday in an editorial that a crossover vote by Democrats against Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller would prevent Republicans from possibly electing a weak Democrat to oppose the incumbent in November.

"We do not believe that there is any chance to defeat him (Rockefeller) for the nomination, but we do believe such a crossover will force the Rockefeller forces to keep their supporters voting in their own primary," the editorial said. "If you find a Democratic candidate that you believe will give Arkansas real leadership in this crucial period, we urge you to vote for him. But if you are not so moved, we urge you cross over into the Republican primary and vote against Rockefeller," the edi- said. The newspaper said the 'most crucial need of Arkansas the removal of Winthrop Rockefeller from any position of political influence in this state." The editorial also said that Rockefeller was elected in 1966 NEW YORK STOCKS Opening Fu milted by A. O.

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SERVICES bon 117 NORTH COU.EGE WE day II a.m. Strong-Throne Chapel, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rev. Curtis Goldman officiating. Interment, National Cemetery, anta Fe, New Mexico.

WALKER, Arthur Tuesday 2 p.m. Chapel. Dr. Andrew M. Hall officfatinK.

I Friendship Cemetery, COOK, James F. Thursday JO a.m. Chapel. Interment Parks Cemetery. Rent a New Piano On Our Rent-or-Buy Plan New Pianos from $495 Mason A Hamlin Wuriitzw Fischer Wurlltzer Rents for $10 Monthly Real up to six months.

II yon to bay, we win make fan aUovance et real and deUvay charge the purchase price. Give the eUUrea roeneli aa to Jnst how much musical enjoyment piano adds to year family life. Coll today only a United number of njw pianos available for ttta offer. Guisinger Music House Southeast Comer of Square.

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