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i Saturday November 4 1972 15C l'a 3 Sections A Intpjn Company Volume CVI Number 164 1 Civilian advisers may replace withdrawing GIs in Vietnam Tribune Wire Services ian firms nam shortlv after thrpft nrtillprv administrative head to carry out the military advisory function One private firm in Laos, Air America, flies supply and Saigon, South Vietnam While preparing to withdraw its military forces under aisers for American troops, U.S. military informants said Friday. but sti11 unsiSned by Washington and North Vietnam, calls for the withdrawal u-s- forces from Vietnam within 60 days of a dvufaiw 6 'S knWn provision re8ard'ng U.S. The informants said the United States secretly plans to take advantage of the loophole by contracting with civil- quarters had moved north across the DMZ. They were at a loss to explain the latter move.

But they did say that quantities of hand-held SS-7 Infrared antiaircraft missiles and 130-mm heavy artillery were also moving south across the DMZ and that two North Vietnamese rifle regiments have recently shifted from Cambodia into South Vietnam west of Saigon. The scope of the civilian-adviser program planned for South Vietnam isn't known, but informants said the framework would be similar to that in Laos, where the United States has been fighting a so-called secret war for 10 years while barred from overt military participation by the 1962 Geneva agreements. even combat missions under contract to the U.S. government. It has been linked to Central Intelligence Agency operations.

Air America also operates in Vietnam. The U.S. Embassy in Vientiane has more than 200 military attaches, most of whom fly support missions for the Royal Laos forces. The U.S. Agency for International Development's requirements office is staffed largely by former military personnel who funnel arms and supplies to the CIA-backed army of Meo hill tribesmen.

Civilian advisory programs aren't new in Vietnam, either. In 1959, six years before the big American troop Advisers continued on page 8A A number of private companies already are operating in Vietnam. Several now specialize in supply and maintenance. They could simply expand their current projects, the informants said. Meanwhile, the New York Times reported that, according to senior American analysts, additional North Viet namese reinforcements are moving into South Vietnam, including an armored regiment with about 100 tanks and about 100 armored personnel carriers crossing the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

Military analysts said the new armored regiment was moving into the northernmost province of South Viet- i BS, Ps ft '1 hJL'iiHff pnwu 1) m. wm umtmnig. -a rr.J'.r.-rlr--'lJJ.l:,lrr.'l1r -jjirjrjirrwr: -''4 4 iff 'Skk ft Associated Press vision speech Friday in Chicago. But as the studio lights came up, right, McGovern's face relaxed into his familiar smile. Sen.

George McGovern appeared to be showing the strain of his presidential campaign as he slumped in his chair, then raised his head just before taping his tele- Car dealer accused of altering mileage By Jim Fuller Staff Writer A suit charging and Sales, a Blaine used-car dealer, with tampering illegally with auto-mileage indicators was filed Friday in Anoka County District Court by Atty. Gen. Warren Spannaus. Also named in the action are Gary L. Pennewell and James M.

Keefe as officers of the company, Joseph Pennewell, an employee, and five persons designated as "Doe," whose names are unknown. The suit alleges that and 8559 Central Av. has offered vehicles for sale on which the company has had the odometers changed or "caused to be changed, altered, modified or manipulated to show a mileage reading which falsely represents the actual miles said motor vehicles have been driven." It also maintains that the defendants "falsely represent" the number of miles cars have been driven when dealing with prospective buyers. hree state statutes dealing with fraud, misrepresentation of the quality of goods and public nuisance are cited in the suit. The attorney general asks that and and its officers and anyone working for the company be enjoined from altering odometers.

He also asks the court to order and to refund the purchase price to persons who bought cars from the company in the belief that false mileage was correct. The suit further asks that and be ordered to obtain signed statements on the odometer readings of any vehicles it intends to sell and that It provide a written history, including Mileage Continued on page 8A McGovern: U.S. betrayed on war; Nixon asks for overwhelming margin Staff Photo by Kent Kobersteen Bill and Becky Ann Stewart, president and vice-president of th People's Broadcasting Co. lor 23 yeara. 'Scrapbook' shut by 'Golden Oldies' for WPBC radio N.

Vietnam perplexed, irritated by Nixon New York Times Service Washington, D.C. North Vietnam responded Friday with a mixture of perplexity and irritation to President Nixon's insistence Thursday night that the Indochina peace agreement could not be signed until all remaining issues were resolved. In a rather prompt radio commentary, within hours of Mr. Nixon's televised remarks, North Vietnam suggested that the United States was hardening its terms for a settlement beyond that negotiated in draft form last month by Henry A. Kissinger, the President's top adviser on foreign policy and Le Due Tho, Hanoi's chief negotiator.

Hanoi also said that Mr. Nixon's rather firm statement was in contradiction to the rather conciliatory remarks made by Kissinger at his news conference eight days ago. For instance, the President in outlining to the American people what the agreement under discussion would include, cited "a cease-fire throughout Indochina." The i -p i draft agreement, made public by Hanoi on Oct. 26, and confirmed Kissinger that day, called only for a cease-fire in Vietnam. It said that the "internal affairs" of Laos and Cambodia would be settled by the two nations without foreign interference.

The chief difference between Kissinger's remarks and Mr. Nixon's seemed to be one of tone. Kissinger, after asserting dramatically that "peace is at hand," then proceeded to describe the remaining issues as "relatively less important than those that have already been settled." (China newspaper says peace differences major page 2A) Thieu offer of alternate peace plan is reported United Press International Saigon, South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu has proposed an alternative to the Hanoi-Washington peace agreement that would enable the United States to withdraw from the war but leave him free to negotiate a cease-fire and political settlement with North Vietnam and the Vict Cong, Vietnamese government informants said today. Thieu's proposal calls for Hanoi and Washington to sign a treaty of their own that would end the American bombing and naval blockade of North Vietnam In exchange for release of U.S. prisoners of war, the informants said.

The next step, they said, would be for South and North Vietnam to negotiate directly a cease-fire treaty. After that step is completed, the two Vietnamese countries would negotiate a political ment that would stand as the actual Vietnam peace treaty. v' By Dan Wascoe Jr. Staff Writer When "See You Later, Alligator" by Bill Haley and the Comets succeeded "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You" about noon Friday, it was clear something had happened to radio station WPBC. What happened is that it became WYOO, and the 25-year-old People's Broadcasting Company headed by Bill Stewart and his wife, Becky Ann, was broadcasting no more.

"Well, it's scrapbook time, Glad you came around, Hope you're here to stay For awhile n'x 7 i program theme maintained his When Stewart sang that "Scrapbook" for the last time Thursday night, he familiar slightly-off-k off-rhythm style. 7 I Almanac Index b4 McGovern' By Finlay Lewis Staff Correspondent Chicago, III. In one of his harshest attacks of the campaign, Sen. George McGovern accused President Nixon Fri-day of betraying the American people by holding out false hopes of a peace settlement in Indochina. McGovern purchaseda half-hour of prime television time last night to assail Mr.

Nixon for creating the illusion that peace was at hand and then brushing it aside. Mr. Nixon's motive was not to achieve peace but to win reelection by playing on America's hopes of ending the country's military involvement in Indochina, McGovern charged. Declaring that "this hope (of peace) is betrayed," McGovern asserted that reports by administration officials of an imminent peace settlement were "actually a deception designed to raise our hopes before we went to vote on Tuesday." is blunt language and a strong accusation. am sorry to say it but I believe it to be true." Also, last night, McGovern was given a short torchlight parade in downtown Chicago before he spoke at a loud rally in the Auditorium Theater.

McGovern was introduced by Mayor Richard Daley, who told the crowd that "work, work, work" would produce a McGovern victory on Tuesday. The decision to make last night's speech was determined by a political telecast on Thursday night in which Mr. Nixon said that a peace agreement would not be signed until all the details are ironed out. McGovern's advisers and the Democratic candidate himself are known to feel that Mr. Nixon has made a major tactical error in delaying the agreement that was negotiated McGovern Continued on page 7A Nixon By Frank Wright Staff Correspondenct Providence, R.I.

President Nixon Friday launched a final campaign drive to bury Democrat George McGovern under an avalanche of votes and to carry a Republican Senate into office with him. On a jet tour across the eastern half of the nation, Mr. Nixon held an airport rally in Chicago to urge a big turnout in populous Illinois and then dropped out of the sky to urge the election of GOP senators at similar plane-side gatherings in Oklahoma and Rhode Island. Speaking to a noisy crowd of several thousand persons who jammed a hangar at O'Hare Field on the outskirts of Chicago, the President appealed for an "overwhelming" victory margin to give him the "new American majority" of Republicans, Democrats and independents that he said he needs to finish laying the groundwork for a generation of peace abroad and prosperity at home. Warning against complacency because of his big lead in the public opinion polls, Mr.

Nixon me say in that respect, I have noticed that some have said well, they look at the polls and they wonder really if their vote really matters. "You bet it does," he said. "First, the only poll that counts is the one that they do on Nov. 7. Second, this is a great decision for the American people.

It is the clearest choice this country has had in this century. "I say to the people of Illinois, Democrats, inde-pendents, Republicans alike, don't sit on the sideline. Don't have this great choice made by simply a minority who manage or bother to go out to vote," he said. With Mr. Nixon on the platform were Gov.

Richard Ogilvie, who is facing Nixon Continued on page 7A Today's weather Warmer Details page 7B Saturday November 4 1972 309th day 57 to go this year Sunrise: 6:55 am Sunset: 4:58 pm Friday's temperatures am 12 3 4 temp 36 36 36 36 pm "12 3 4 temp 39 40 39 39 Noon 39 Midn 37 11 39 11 37 9 10 36 38 9 10 37 37 8 35 8 37 7 35 7 37 6 35 6 37 5 35 5 38 Warmer weather and partial clearing are predicted for the Twin Cities area today. The temperature should reach a high of near 50 today, with a low tonight in the lower 30s and high Sunday in the lower 50s. Other predicted high temperatures: Minnesota, upper 50s north, lower 50s south; North Dakota, upper 40s to lower 50s; South Dakota, 50s; Wisconsin, 38 to 45 north, 40s south. "You know," he told his audience, "the thing that impresses me after 23 years of doing this (singing the theme) is that I haven't improved a bit." Mrs. Stewart, his "partner, sidekick, helper and en-courager," wouldn't permit that final touch of self-deprecation.

"It also hasn't gotten any worse," she said. With the sale of their station to Fairchild Minnesota, for about $1.5 million, the Stewarts yielded their home-grown, almost folksy radio image to a budding national chain of stations under the direction of Fairchild Industries, Germantown, Md. Fairchild, an aerospace firm trying to diversify, entered the broadcasting field in 1971 by purchasing KLIF, the hard-rock, number-one ranked station in Dalias. With WYOO Fairchild is bringing in a new announcing staff and will follow a format known in the trade as "Golden WPBC Continued on page 7A Associated Press President Nixon paused reflectively as he worked on a speech aboard Air Force One en route to Chicago Friday. Nixon, McGovern break election spending record Associated Press Washington, D.C.

President Nixon and Sen. George McGovern have spent a total of at least $54.5 million since April, assuring that this year's presidential election will be the most expensive in history. The totals are included in final pre-election spending and contribution reports filed with the General Accounting Office (GAO). The required under a federal disclosure law that went into effect April 7, include the period Oct. 17-Oct.

26, but do not reflect the additional millions being spent by both sides during the last few days of the campaign. 'i But the reports do show that Mr. Nixon and McGovern, in what appears to be a lopsided race this yeur, already have spent million more than the three major candidates did during a tight presidential race four years ago. About $44.2 million was reported spent on the 1968 presidential election, with Mr. Nixon accounting for $22.5 million, Hubert H.

Humphrey $15.4 million and George C. Wallace $6.3 million. Through Oct. 26 this year, Nixon reelection committees reported spending $36.05 million and the McGovern committees $18.47 million. Spending continued on page 8A 0 A dribbling glass menagerie An employee of the city Park and Recreation Department reports that a men's basketball team in the parks and recreation league started out the season calling itself "Streetcar Named Desire." The team changed its name, however.

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