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TfflE Post Cees CENT VOL. XCLNo.70 Price 15 Cents 20Tages ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE SERVICE APPLETON-NEENAH-MENASHA, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1972 I Jt it Apparent Pto ainsf Cuba- hi Is Re 0 By HUGH MORGAN Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) and that Seal was held under bond. They were arrested near the New Orleans International Air A plot U.S. officials say was aimed at overthrowing a for eign country apparently Com-vj munist Cuba has been re-j vealed in the arrest of nine per- sons in a munitions port Saturday.

The nine were charged with conspiring to smuggle the explosives from the United States to Mexico for future shipment to a third country. Arrested in Texas Among those arrested were Richmond Harper, a prominent credit. Kessler then allegedly took an order. The complaint claims that Diaz on May 30 had told Harper in Eagle Pass, that he had 'two letters of credit, each for $625,000 which he was going to use to purchase the guns." Federal agents said that charges also allege that there was also a conspiracy to sell around 3,000 rifles and 1,000 submachine guns, 'With 500 rounds of ammunition for each gun, valued at approximately $625,000. This was in addition to the explosives mentioned in the charge.

1 smuggling scheme. Allegedly stretching from New York to Louisiana, Texas and Mexico, the plot came to light with the arrests Saturday. South Texas rancher-banker. In addition, nearly seven tons nH Mapin iww a fnrmJ of plastic explosives were wuh fho lis gration and Naturalization seized in a DC4 transport plane at Shreveport, federal irf rtffrBMjitMiiiww Jgwuiinwrfw VittftifflBmvjft agents said. U.S.

Atty. Gerald Galling-house said Sunday federal officials "have no reason to believe that the munitions were Service. They were taken into custody at Eagle Pass, where they reside, then released on $25,000 bond each. The federal complaint alleges dealings by a man known as "Carlos Diaz" to purchase as much as $1.2 million in munitions and weapons, ranging The complaint said that last Friday "Kessler told Carlos (Diaz) that he had no Ml rifles, but he had the C-4 as per their agreement." A rental aircraft was flown that afternoon from Hammond, to Shreveport, the com-" A Young Woman raises her arms skyward during one of several religious ceremonies at Strawberry Lake, 48 miles west of Denver. The gathering was described by a member of the Rainbow Family of Living Light as "a very spiritual time, astrologically." More than 10,000 young people are gathered in a marshy Rocky Mountain meadow for the festival.

AP Wirephoto) destined for any country other than Cuba." The complaint charging two of the men, Murray Kessler of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Adler B. from submachine guns to M16s.i plaint said. A rental van then were aboard went to the South Western Pipe No guns, however, Seal of Baton Rouge, al the plane raided by federal McGovern Force Tries to Block Seating California Delegation Challenged leged they knew and believed agents at Shreveport on Satur that this material would be; day Co. in Shreveport and then picked up 13,500 pounds of a plastic explosive commonly known as C-4," the complaint said. used in an attempted overthrow Gallinghouse said that Diaz, of a foreign nation." identified only as a man claim ing to be a Mexican citizen, Gallinghouse refused to say WASHINGTON (AP) Cali-1 the suit, accused the Creden precisely that the overthrow Explosives Moved "The explosive was then transported back to the site where the DC4 aircraft Beach, McGovern said he will i similar to one filed earlier byja compromise, offering the loy-seck a meeting with AFL-CIO Mayor Richard J.

Daley of Chi-1 alists 40 per cent of the seats, was being sought along with another man. The federal complaint alleges tials CommiK.ee of acting "sole plot involved Cuba, but he saia fornia supporters of Sen. George McGovern are seeking to win back in the courts the ly from political considera rresiaeni ueoree wieany misicaeo io prevent a cnauenge 10 T.oiiei, itA en the complaint and his statement Sunday were "self-ex Um.i.l( ml CO Tllinnis Kessler agreed last Wednesday to sell to Diaz 13,500 pounds of per cent. 151 California delegates theyJ delegates. The Credentials planatory.

Deing Kept ana per an agrees ment between Kessler arid the explosives were loaded onto the aircraft," it Other challenges settled over Federal officials said that! C-4 plastic explosives, 7,000 feet Committee voted the Daley del the weekend included: of primacord- 2,600 electrical Kessler was held Sunday in "the Federal agents then blasting caps and 25 electrical; said federal prison annex in New Orleans in lieu of $10,000 bond Michigan The committee ruled that supporters of Gov. moved in. detonators for $430,000. week. Meany is officially uncommitted in the race for the nomination, although he is considered a supporter of Sen.

Edmund S. Muskie. "I'm going 'to see him if President Meany will see me," McGovern said. "I welcome and need his help." The senator also said he will ask Lawrence F. O'Brien to remain as head of the Democrat lost in the Democratic Credentials Committee.

A suit was filed with the U.S. District Court in Washington asking a restraining order to prevent the revised California delegation from being seatd at the Democratic convent.i Arrested in Shreveport were In addition, it alleges that an Wallace could substitute three egation out Friday. Hart had ruled in Daley's favor, saying the party's new rules could not supersede Illinois state law, but the U.S. Court of Appeals overruled Hart. Mississippi Delegates other $35,000 was to be paid for of their supporters for three James M.

Miller Jr. and Joseph Mazzuka, both of Baton flying the explosives to an airfield near Vera Cruz, Mexico. Holiday. Traffic Rouge, Arthur Henry uis sier of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. i and Antonio Maldonado and tions in taking the delegates from McGovern.

McGovern, still the easy front-runner with 1,276.9 committed votes with 1.509 needed for nomination, indicated Sunday he would be willing to compromise on the challenges to the California delegation, which he lost, and to the Illinois delegation, which his forces won. "If I thought it would serve the interests-of a stronger party and heal some of these wounds and not do any violence to the rules of the party, I would support a compromise," he said on ABC's "Issues and Answers" program. McGovern again expressed confidence the convention which opens July 10 at Miami Federal officials said, however, that no money changed Credentials Committee, hands. They said the prima ic National -Committee if still meeting in Washington, re Toll af 380 cord, caps and detonators also fused convention seats to Mis Juan Martinez, both of Vera Cruz, Mexico. They were released on personal recognizance bonds.

Agents said also they had a delegates elected on a Wallace ticket but believed leaning toward Sen. McGovern. It also agreed to include ,10 women with one-half vote each in the 27 delegates committed to Sen. Humphrey. Maryland Ruling Maryland Wallace lost three delegates on grounds they had not been apportioned according to party rules.

Humphrey picked up two of the delegates McGovern is nominated. And he said he hasn't ruled out having Sen. Edward M. Kennedy as a running mate, but feels Kennedy will not be a candidal. The suit filed before Judge were seized in the airplane.

The complaint outlines negotiations with Diaz, including a trip he made to New York allegedly to confer with Kessler. Letters of Credit allocme that Kpsslpr took Multi-Death Crashes Occur in Several Places on Weekend warrant seeking to arrest Francisco "Paco" Flores of Piedras Negras, Mexico, on the conspiracy charge. Kenneth A. Miley, a Customs Service agent here, said officials in Mexico helped coordi- Hart by the McGovern forces is By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDiaz rom New York to1 the Beach. A hearing was scheduled this morning before Dist.

Court Judge George L. Hart Jr. The suit alleges that the Credentials Committee acted iV-constitutionally when it overruled California's winner-take-all primary, won by McGovern. The committee apportioned 151 of the state's 271 votes among lace and others. McGovern would retain 120 votes, but the loss of the 151 delegates posed a major setback in his hopes to win the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot Political oCnsiderations Stephen Reinhardt, Democratic national committeeman from California who announced would overturn the committee's i and McGovern the third, me six' Columbia, S.C., residents Kent Steel Co.

warehouse in recommendation on the Califor sissippi's regular Democrats late Saturday. It voted unanimously to seat the 25-member Loyalist delegation, which also was seated in 1968. Race was not a major factor in the challenge this year as it was four years ago. There are 14 blacks in the Loyalist group and nine in the regular delegation. The main charge was that the regular party failed to adopt the party's reform rules in picking delegates.

Gov. William L. Waller of Mississippi, acting for the regulars, sought Port Newark, N. on May 31, where Diaz showed letters ofnate the investigation. nia delegation.

No Pftct.Cresrent Fair Consideration "The convention is going toi. action was a compromise pro- were killed Sunday in a fiery posed by Lt. Gov. Blair Lee III. crash when their car veered Virginia-Challengers in thecut 0f control at an intersection 4th District, involving three burst into flames when it four delegate seats, agreed on hit three parked trucks.

be fair," McGovern said. "It isiTI JUiy ruurm Truman in Hos pitdl a compromise to snare me They were among the 330 going to be the most-open, the least-bossed, convention in American history." In an effort beef up his strength in advance of Miami The Post-Crescent will not be published Tuesday, July 4, for the Independence Day holiday. seats on a killed so far during tne delegate basis. A black woman independence Day holiday will be added. weekend in traffic accidents on For Examination the nation's highways.

The dead were identified as Amos Gilmore, about 45, the KANSAS CITY (AP) For-1 satisfactory by "his physician, iiT.ii u- ProcMori Harrw Trn. ur. wanace n. uranam. Chess Championship Match Jeopardized Fischer Firm in Demand for More Money mer A hospital spokesman said a man has entered Research' more detailed report on the for Medical Center for routine ex driver of the car; Mary Louise Brunson, 23; Annie Lee Dupr-ee, 24; Annie Rose Wester.

25, and her daughter Zelma Morris, 11, and Edward Norris, about 30. Authorities said the car failed to stop for a traffic light at the intersection in West Columbia, S.C., and was traveling at a animations for what his personal tbetor said was a "lower gastrointestinal problem." The condition of the 88-year- mer president's condition would be made today unless a major change in his condition necessitated an earlier report. Rufus Burrus, an attorney and old friend who sees Trur man frequently, said Sunday night he had not been in touch with Mrs. Truman since her. old Truman, who was taken to speed in excess of 100 miles an hour.

'the hospital last week after fall- in his home, was termed A car-train collision husband was taken to the hospital. Litchfield in central Illinois Sunday killed four persons and critically injured another. Car-Train Crash Police said the car in which I the victims were riding collided I with a Norfolk and Western I freight train at a country road to Iceland Sunday night but said Fischer was on none of them. The airline has more flights on Monday night that would put Fischer in Reykjavik early Tuesday, about 12 hours before the deadline for him tQ start playing. Fischer and Spassky have Iceland requested the postponement on the grounds that he was unable to play because of fa'igue.

But it was generally assumed that the request was part of Fischer's campaign to get more money out of the landers. Fischer and Spassy have agreed to split a $125,000 purse, with the winner taking five-, eights, and are also to each get 30 per cent of the sale of film and television rights. But Fischer is seeking an additional 30 aer cent of the gate receipts, and his representatives have been negotiating this point with sponsors of the match, the Icelandic Chess Federation. REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) The world chess championship was threatened with collapse today 24 hours before Bobby Fischer's deadline to show up or forfeit his match with Boris Spassky of Russia. Fischer, the American chess champion, was reported sticking to his demand for more money.

He told the New York Daily News he wouldn't yield. The six-man board of the sponsoring Icelandic Chess Federation was reported opposed to paying Fischer the extra money. One board member called Fischer's gambit "a blatant attempt at extortion." The board met until the early hours today with Fischer's lawyer, Andrew Davis. A spokesman said there was no progress. As the deadline approached, the board was In session again the president of the world federation, Dr.

Max Euwe, announced if the American challenger failed to show up by noon Tuesday he would risk forfeiting his chance at the title. Euwe said his personal opinion was that "there will be no play at all." The Russians reluctantly accepted Euwe's decision to delay the match. Asked what he thought of the situation Spassky replied: "I came to play." An Icelandic chess player and longtime friend of Fischer, Freystrinn Thorberbergsson, flew to New York and said he would try to persuade Fischer to meet the Tuesday deadline. Hiding in New York Fischer continued to hide out from newsmen in New York but was reported to have stayed until Friday at the home of friends on Long Island. Icelandic Airlines had four flights to decide whether to pursue negotiations with Davis, a man they say has no written credentials from Fischer.

Sabotage" Ezpected Some chess experts who have gathered here from distant parts of the world what promised to be the match of the century expressed a belief that Fischer, in the ould sabotage the championship. Among the more optimistic was Larry Evans, a former American champion who knows Fischer well. He said, "I'd say there was a 50-50 chance he will come." One Swedish expert left for home in disgust. Icelanders themselves, though thev may not believe Fischer will come, have made no great rush to return the tickets they purchased for the match. Fischer's 24-game match with the Russian world's champion was to have begun Sunday, and crossing and was dragged more than a mile along the tracks after the crash.

The victims were identified as Shirley J. Webb, 37, of Litch Hope You Like a Cool Picnic on 4th Fox Cities Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, cooler tonight and cool Tuesday. Low tonight in the low 40s, high Tuesday in the mid 60s. Wind north-northeast at tonight, north-northeast at 8-16 p.h. Tuesday.

Precipitation probability 20 per cent tonight and 10 per cent Tuesday. Appleton Observations at 9:30 a.m. for the preceding 24 hours: high 77, low 48. Barometer 30.27 and rising. Wind north-northeast at 7 m.p.h.

Humidity 59 per cent. Dew point 41. Skies overcast. A trace of precipitation. "But I've been assured everything's all right," Barrus said.

.1 Dr. Graham said the former president's intestinal ailment is related to one which put Truman in the hospital for more than a week early in 1971. Truman is "doing quite well," Dr. Graham said, "but a re-examination is indicated pef riodically." Truman fell at his home last Tuesday. He spent an hour at the hospital having X-rays taken of his back after com-' plaining of soreness.

Hospital spokesmen said the X-rays were negative. The Trumans celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary last Wednesday. field; her son, suvanis webo her son by a previous marriage, James Priesley, 10; and her stepson. Jeffrey Webb, 10, of Granite City, 111. Another stepson, Eddie Webb, 13.

was reported in critical con dition in a Litchfield hospital. A car slowing down for a roadblock set up by police was struck from the rear by another auto in Portageville, Mo. The Missouri Highway Patrol isaid five persons perished in a Ordered Jump Jumbo Jet to Hanoi Passenger Kills Would-be Hijacker in Vietnam fire that followed the crash. They were identified as John Edward Cooper, 24, of St. '31 Plane Grounded In Madison Park i Louis, the driver of the car; John Henry Jackson, Frank Canady, 21, and Ann Jenctte Jackson, 2, also of St.

Louis, and Janice Mae Thompson, 12, Vietnam. You are going to fly me to Hanoi and this airplane will be destroyed when we get there." Vaughn kept up the conversa lieutenant broke his San Francisco-to-Saigon flight, leg. Binh, who had boarded in To back up his threats, the Honolulu, grabbed stewardess hijacker carried a long knife May Yuen, 23, a Hong Kong and a package which he said; Chinese, as a hostage and sent iof Shelby, Miss. i North Central DC-9 approach two notes to the control cabin contained a bomb. Vietnamese ing Truax Field with 35 passen-gcrs on a trip from I MADISON, Wis.

(AP) Federal Aviation Administration of-i ficials were pondering today jwhat to do with a 1931 Stinson single-engincd plane situated in a Madison park, where it was Police said Cooke, who was By RICHARD BLYSTONE Associated Press Writer SAIGON (AP) A young Vietnamese man who tried to hijack a Pan American jumbo jet with 153 persons aboard to Hanoi in revenge for. U.S. bombing of North Vietnam was overpowered by the pilot and shot to death by an armed passenger Sunday. The hijacker "was tentatively identified today as a speaker at antiwar rallies at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he had studied fishery science on a U.S. government charged with flying too low, honors last month.

The young man, carrying a South Vietnamese passport in the name Nguyen Thai Binh, met violent death after the pilot tricked him and landed at Saigon, the flight's scheduled destination, in defiance of his demand to fly to North Vietnam, passengers Evacuated The 135 other passengers were safely evacuated by sliding down emergency chutes, used to empty the plane quickly in case of explosion. Several persons suffered minor scratches or bruises and one passenger, a U.S. Air Force tion, felling the hijacker the jet would have to be refueled and contact made with North Vietnam In order to cross the demilitarized zone. Meanwhile the first officer landed the jet at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport where it was ringed by troops and ambulances. demanding that the plane be diverted to Hanoi.

The hijacker, In the rear pas-s compartment, also talked with the pilot, Capt. Gene Vaughn, 53, of Scottsdale, over the Intercom. "I am doing this for revenge," Vaughn said he told police sources said two homemade grenades were in the package and there was no indication whether they could have exploded. But the airline described them as harmless "egg-shaped objects" wrapped in aluminum foil. Talked to Pilot The hijacking attempt began af'er the jumbo jet, flight 841, left Manila on the last leg of its TODAY'S INDEX Comics 4 Editorials A 4 Obituaries 8 Sports 6 TV Log AS Theaters 5 Vital Statistics 3 Weather Map 3 Women's News A 8 Regional News 1 told them he had been at 4 family picnic in ClintonvSlle when he decided to drop In.oir friends who lived near th park.

One wing of the plane was re ported by police to have been damaged when tt brushed trees during the landing. landed Sunday. Police said the craft, piloted by Joseph A. Cooke, 63, of Wau-nakee, made two low passes about 10 feet above the uark grounds before touching down. And they said it came wth-in 30 feet of colliding with a V.

Vaughn went to the rear com him." Your bombers are maim scholarship and graduated with! ing and killing our people of the jPartrncnt where the hlacker Democratic Republic; of North' Turn to Page 2, Coi. 2.

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