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2-A Tuesday. July 11. 1972 The Sftrkvfport Times Gunfire Mazing Arms Belfast A Day of (She Sinter I Britain Rushes New Troops To Ireland; War Threatens A Digest of Today's Important News Stories 1972 Thi Tim. i Publiihing lid. All Right leterved 'prisoners.

But Whitelaw indicat I i A spokesman for the militant Ulster Vanguard said: "The final crunch is coming. It could be civil war in a matter of hours, not even days." Protestant groups were re ed the principle he could not accept was that Britain should recognize "that the whole people of Ireland should decide the future of Ireland." ported meeting to determine their policy in case violence erupts on Wednesday, when more than 100,000 members of the Orange Order have scheduled parades in 13 Northern Ireland centers to celebrate the Protestant victory over the Catholics at the Battle of the By Colin Frost BELFAST (AP) Britain rushed additional troops to embattled Northern Ireland on Monday night as gunfire blazed across Belfast and politicians warned openly of possible civil war. Britain's action followed a rupture of Ulster's fragile 13-day cease-fire and failure by British negotiators to reach an agreement with the Roman Catholic base Irish Republican Army. Six hundred British royal marines flew to Northern Ireland on Monday night. The army said another 1,200 men were preparing to leave early Tuesday, bringing total British military strength in Ulster to 16,800 men.

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The marchers have orders to avoid Catholic areas but in the violent mood of the province that is no guarantee of peace and the army said it was bringing in its extra troops because of the danger of confrontations between Catholics and Protestants. Protestants were bound to be irritattd by Whitlaw's meeting with IRA leaders, but he said he (UPI Telephoto) Hanoi's Chief Negotiator Xuan Thuy meets newsmen in Paris Chief Hanoi Negotiator express intention of resuming had done so because it seemed hostilities with the utmost ieroc- that he should take any action ity," an army spokesman said. The IRA's militant Provision that might save lives. More than 413 people have died in al wing, which has been respon such violence in Ireland in the Returns to Paris Talks sible for most of the guerrilla last three years, 205 of them activity in Northern Ireland this year. llftii rM during the last three years.

Gov. George C. Wallace held his first full news conference since arriving at the -Democratic National Convention and warned the party that it can't win in November without him. Crippled by a would-be assassin's bullet while campaign- ing in Laurel, May 15, he contended he still was at the convention to win the presidential nomination. But he said he did not plan to run on a third party ticket if the nomination is denied him.

(Page 5-A) U.S. District Judge Stephen J. Roth ordered the state of Michigan to purchase 295 school buses to prepare for a possible cross-district busing program to integrate metropolitan Detroit area schools this fall. Roth also denied the state's request to delay further action on the Detroit case pending the outcome of appeals of his ruling of last September that Detroit's predominantly black schools were segregated by official action or inaction. (Page 1-A) Japanese terrorist Kozo Okamoto plead- ed guilty to taking part in the Lod airport massacre in which 26 persons died, but an military court rejected his plea and ordered the trial to proceed.

Okamoto's attorney said his client had signed a confession only after being promised that he would be allowed to commit suicide. The other two members of the Japanese death squad died in the assault Okamoto said was carried out "in partnership" between his militant Japanese organization and an extremist Arab guerrilla group. (Page 5-A) President Nixon signed into law a bill tightening regulations against oil spills and other marine pollution. At the same time he chided Congress for its failure to act on more than 20 other measures on environment that he has proposed. In signing the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972, the President said: "In many respects, petroleum is the lifeblood of modern-day America.

However, the increasing use of waterways for transporting oil poses grave environmental hazards (Page 14-C) Britain rushed additional troops to embattled Northern Ireland as gunfire blazed across Belfast and politicians warned openly of civil war. The action followed a rupture of a fragile 15-day cease-fire and failure by British negotiators to reach an agreement with the Roman Catholic-based Irish Republican Army. As the cease-fire ended, six civilians died and scores of troops, gunmen and civilians were injured in nine hours of nighttime violence. (Page 2-A) 'legislative Auditor J. B.

Lancaster criticized the Caddo Parish School Board for letting three contracts without advertising for bids as required by state law. Lancaster's review covered the 1970-71 fiscal year. In noting that the work was done on an emergency basis under a resolution passed by the board on Feb. 4, 1970, Lancaster said "we know of no authority for the school board to pass such a blanket resolution." (Page 2-A) Despite some last-minute complaints about the playing conditions, Bobby Fischer was reported in a 'go, go, go" mood for the first game of his world championship chess match with Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The vice president of the U.S.

Chess Federation said Fischer does not like the lighting, the board and the pieces, the locations of the television cameras and some other minor details." (Page 3-C) The newly formed U.S.-Soviet trade commission will hold its first meeting in Moscow on July 20 to try to settle the main obstacles to reaching a commercial agreement this year. The first group of meetings was expected to last until about August 1 with settlements of war debts with the Soviet Union being arequirementto reaching agreement on other trade questions dividing the two countries. (Page 14-C) The Pentagon Papers trial got under way with the defense unsuccessfully seeking dismissal of the first 11 jurors who, it claimed, all seemed to be over 30 and were not representative of public opinion. The attorneys for Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo contended the prospective panelists did not represent a cross-section of opinion (Page 4-A) North Vietnam's chief negotiator, Xuan Thuy, arrived in Paris for resumption of peace talks. Speaking to newsmen at the airport, he said "We consider the seven-point plan of the Viet Cong is the correct basis for a settlement, but we will examine any new American proposals that might be made." The U.S.

suspended the talks May 4, charging the Communist delegation did not want to negotiate seriously. (Page -2A) An airborne team of astronomers raced along with an eclipse of the sun high over northern Canada, recording the breathtaking beauty of the solar corona etched on the black pane of space. Traveling along the line of the eclipse at 560 miles an hour, the scientists extended for more than 100 precious seconds the time they were able to observe the phenomenon. (Page 1-A) Louisiana's Democratic delegates spent a day listening to rival forces pleading for votes on the California credentials battle. The state's delegates complained over their living accommodations in what most of them regarded as a third-rate hotel.

Sixteen of the delegates paid a visit to Gov. Wallace's hotel suite, where he told them his chances depended on blocking Sen. McGovern on the first ballot. (Page 1-A) Two indictments alleging fraud and conspiracy were returned by a federal grand jury against former Texas Atty. Gen.

Waggoner Carr and ex-state Insurance Commissioner John Osorio. One of the indictments also named Joseph Novotny, former president of the Sharpstown State Bank of Houston. Another indictment named several persons, either defendants or witnesses in the Texas stock fraud scandals. (Page 1-A) (I Whitelaw said the IRA had made four demands, including called a sudden end to the brief cease-fire Sunday. In an State Farm Life Insurance Company Home Office: Bloomington, Illinois By George Sibera PARIS (UPD-North Viet immediate outbreak of violence, the withdrawal of all British troops by January 1975 and a general amnesty for political six civilians died and scores of nam chief negotiator, Xuan Thuy, arrived Monday for resumption of the peace talks and said the Communist side would troops, gunmen and civilians were injured in nine hours of nighttime violence.

the U.S. gave birth, or any other one" and that the Americans withdraw all forces, including military instructors, and dismantle all its bases in South Vietnam. But observers noted that for the first time he did not indulge in sharp diatribes or name-calling against the regime of President Nguyen Van Thieu. "gladly new Ameri The gun battles resumed at can proposals but still considers noon Monday. the Viet Cong plan the basis More than 60 violent ex for any Vietnam settlement.

changes terrorized Belfast during the afternoon. Most of the Presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger said Saturday he had "some reason to believe" incidents were attacks on British army posts and patrols by gunmen identified as IRA guerrillas. The army claimed at least eight rebel marskmen that North Vietnam was ready for "serious negotiations" to end tht war when the talks resume Thursday after a Fire Wracks U.S. Carrier At Norfolk 10-week suspension.

were hit. Some of the incidents, however, did not involve troops at all. Thuy, speaking to newsmen at the airport, mixed tough talk with promises of good will and a serious negotiating attitude. He It was believed they were straight shootouts between IRA said Hanoi hoped a rprrntintvi d. i n.r 1 lire hPi0f unknown origin broke out in settlement in Vietnam could be rniiiH reached if the Americans also displayed good will.

Go With Viet Cong "We consider that the seven-point plan of the (Viet Cong) the tlag otneers quarters aboard the aircraft carrier Forrestal on Monday, almost exactly five years after a blaze that killed 134 men aboard the ship. Navy spokesmen said there were no injuries- The extent of the damage was not immediately known. Survey teams sought the cause of the fire that broke out Revolutionary Provisional Gov sj It ernment is the correct basis for a settlement," Thuy said, "but we will gladly examine any new American proposals that may be made to us in a few days." U.S. negotiator William Por at about 3 a.m. in the big carrier, berthed at the Norfolk Naval the ship's home ter suspended the talks May 4i mm port.

TheIlames were extin on orders from President Nixon, For No Bid Ads guished shortly before noon. Cmdr. Jack Barry, Naval Air Force, Atlantic public information officer, said firemen suc- charging the Communist delegations did not want to negotiate seriously. Nixon agreed to restart the talks after Kissinger's men and gunmen of Protestant paramilitary organizations. In the evening, rioting youths in Belfast's Lenadoon housing estate attacked army posts for the second night in a row.

It was a dispute in this area Sunday night over allocations for houses for Catholics and Protestants that the IRA said sparked its decision to end the cease-fire. But William Whitelaw, Britain's secretary of state for Ulster, indicated in the House of Commons in London that the problem nyas deeper than that one incident. He disclosed that he had had a secret meeting with IRA leaders last Friday. He said the IRA mert complained they had gained nothing in return for ceasing hostilities, "Then made demands that I could not accept." Whitelaw told the House he hoped it was "not too late" to solve the Irish problem without violence since violence would only lead to "total disaster." Whitelaw rejected suggstions that the problem be turned over to the United Nations, saying he didn't believe anyone else could solve it better than Britain. In Northern Ireland, extremists of the IRA and of Protestant organizations expressed belief the next two or three days are crucial.

ceededrittiCohining the fire to recent "trip 7.i Caddo SchoolBoard Rapped by Lancaster the tlag spaces, the living quarters and offices midship on the carrier's starboard side, one deck below flight deck. The main damage apparently was caused by smoke, he said. The Forrestal was taking on supplies at Pier 12, prior to Filter for better taste theTareyton way with activated charcoal. Enjoy better tasting tap water with an activated charcoal water filter. Get this $12.99 value water filter for just $5.00 and twoTareyton wrappers.

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King Size orlOO's. leaving next Monday for the Mediterranean to relieve another Norfolk-based aircraft carrier, the John F. Kennedy. The Forrestal came out of the including both labor and materials, must be advertised for bids except in extreme public emergency. While critical on one point, Lancaster praised the board on another.

"The board is again to be commended for the good business practice of investing idle funds," he said. Interest earn-ings for the fiscal year totaled more than $600,000. shipyard in April after overhaul and the Navy has not indicated yet how long repairs will take to King Size and 100 mm 19 mg. 1.3 mg. nicoiinei av.

per ogarene, FTC Report April 72 retried the damage caused Monday's fire. In July 1967, the Forrestal lost "We come the negotiating table with a serious attitude and good will," Thuy said. "We are sure that if the American side shows the same attitude we can rapidly reach a peaceful settlement." Despite the promise of good will, Thuy gave no indication of a softer Communist line when he and Viet Cong negotiator Mme. Nguyen Thi Binh actually sit down opposite Porter and the South Vietnamese Thursday. Thuy said special adviser Le Due Tho, considered the true power of Hanoi's negotiating team and the man who held secret talks with Kissinger, would return to Paris later.

Hanoi has made resumption of weekly regular sessions a condition for renewed private meetings with U.S. representatives outside of Paris. There was speculation Tho's return might bring new private meetings. Thuy repeated some parts of the Viet Cong peace plan, which has been rejected by both the United States and South Vietnam. Among the points he mentioned were demands that the United States stop supporting a Saigon government "to which tn 1 Price Raps Telethon hy Democrats UMjGS 134 officers and men in a fire that broke out during operations on Yankee station off Vietnam.

It was the worst naval disaster since World War II. Flames from a jet plane apparently triggered that fire which ignited a missile on another plane. A rocket in turn hit a third jet and touched off fire that spread to bombs and engulfed the carrier in sheets of flame. There were no such weapons aboard the carrier at the time of a 's fire, however, Navy spokesmen said. Times Capital Bureau BATON ROUGE Legislative Auditor J.

B. Lancaster Monday criticized the Caddo Parish school board for letting three contracts without advertising for bids as required by state law. Lancaster's review covered the 1970-71 fiscal year. "The following contracts were not advertised for bids," he said. "1.

Invoice dated July 17, 1970, in the amount of $2,766 for moving temporary buildings; 2. Invoice dated Nov. 19, 1970, in the amount of $2,706 for electrical work to temporary buildings authorized by purchase order dated June 15, 1970; 3. Invoice dated Jan. 6, 1971, in the amount of $4,200 for moving temDorary buildings.

"The above work," Lancaster continued, "was done on an emergency basis under a resolution passed by the school board on Feb. 4, 1970, (which was from five months to almost one year prior to the invoice dates) authorizing the superintendent to 'relocate, repair and make service connections to temporary buildings on an emegency basis. "We know of no authority for the school board to pass such a blanket resolution," Lancaster said. "Each emergency should be passed upon by the school board as it arises and the official minutes should state the nature of the emergency which prevents the work from being advertised for bids," he said. State law requires all public work costing more than $2,500 (Mi A 1 A I FEDDERS New School Procedures Are Adopted By Lynn Stewart Times Education Writer Caddo Parish Supt.

of Schools Donald L. Kennedy said yesterday that from now on Caddo school personnel will deal with emergency situations as they arise rather than anticipating them, a practice which has drawn criticism from Legislative Auditor J. B. Lancaster. Just a slight procedural change, Kennedy said, will correct the situation.

Lancaster yesterday cited the Caddo School Board for passing a blanket resolution which authorized school personnel, as the need arose, to relocate and service temporary buildings on an emergency basis, which allowed the board to forego taking competitive bids on that item for a period of almost a year. During the 1970-71 fiscal year the board let three contracts totaling close to $10,000 without advertising for bids but taking some informal quotations. "For at least. 25 years, the Caddo Parish School Board has annually given its staff permission to move temporary buildings as an emergency situation occurs," Kennedy said, adding that the same state auditor has reviewed this procedure for many years without calling attention to it. The superintendent said the practice probably would not have been noticed had not the invoices each exceeded the $2,500 figure, the cutoff sum above which all items must be let for competitive bids.

Legitimately, some of the items could have been put on different invoices, Kennedy said, thus allowing the board to pay for the services without bids anyway but they were put on the same purchase order and labeled pursuant to the emergency authorization. Kennedy said the purchase orders were not criticized. "The invoices were completely in order," he said, "They were questioning the longterm procedure." Informal quotations were requested, Kennedy said. He said the procedure followed when purchasing items on an emergency basis includes the board's purchasing division calling three companies to ask for quotes on the cost of performing a particular function. He said that often in the case of moving buildings the staff would not receive as many as three written quotations since there were not many concerns equipped to do that type work.

The superintendent said the board advertises for bids many times on items under $2,500. "We get bids on everything we possibly can," he said. WICHITA FALLS, Tex. (AP) Congressman Bob Price, Monday called the recent Democratic party telethon to campaign funds "demagoguery and In a news conference here Price said that he was appalled by the fact that protest songs were permitted during the television program criticizing the Nixon administration. In another part of his conference Price referred to what he called "the expanded role of Sheppard Air Force Base in the nation's and said the Air Force does a beter job than the Job Corps.

Price said the Job Corps spends nearly $13,000 per person in job training and that only a third of the trainees get a job and keep it. mcll in your mouth Butternut co-ordinates Our junior lias tlirni in four parts: Ituttrr How shrink top $15 WORLD'S LARGEST SELLING AJR CONDITIONING Srriiicker plaids xlacks $17 Lons fkirt $17 AW7 4,000 BTU to 34,000 BTU Published continuously as a daily ond Sunday newspaper since Nov. 28, 1871. by The Times Publishing 222 loke Shreveport la. 71 130.

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