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The Miami News from Miami, Florida • 6

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The Miami Newsi
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Miami, Florida
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6-A THE MIAMI NEWS Monday, Aug. 19, 1968 Primitive Indian Tribe Discovered In Surinam 'J2j Dade's Strike Over; Beach Is Still Out 57? w' fcs3 1 At, Dispatch ef The Times, London AMSTERDAM A Dutch-Surinam-American scientific expedition has discovered in the practically inaccessible jungle of southern Surinam near the frontier with French Guyana and Brazil, 22 members of a so far unknown tribe of Indians, the Wajari-kule. The almost-naked indians If 1 I 4 "5 '4fr are still living in the Stone Age. Before meeting them; the scientists hid all strange objects like watches, spectacles, cameras and radio sets. The first meeting created panic among the Indians who prepared to attack the intrude ers with poisoned arrows.

Later, however, the Ini dians understood that the intruders were harmless and left them alone, except fofc bartering between tribesmen and some expedition mem bers a steel knife for a stone axe. It appeared that the Indain's only weapons were arrows and stone axes. The Indians hunt for monkeys which they eat, with other food such as palm keu nels, honey, game and fishJ They make fire by turning a kind of wooden drill in a wooden block. The leader of the expedil tion, Dr. J.

Michels, said the tribe was probably the mosti primitive still living. -'2 the strikers were making) and for trucks with drivers. Duffield said that about 20 new men had been recruited. With these, about a dozen repentant strikers and supervisory employes, Duffield hoped to get a few routes restored. The public has been obtaining huge plastic bags, enough to hold the contents of several cans, from the waste department and leaving them at 12 pickup points.

Trucks have been picking up the bags when possible to take them to the city of Miami incinerator. Duffield said that under the emergency system "there have been even fewer complaints than when garbage service is normal." About 100 strikers gathered outside the waste department lot on Alton Road at the south end of the Beach this morning, none of them indicating they planned to Associated Press Phota Tornado Damages Omaha Homes Residents of southwest Omaha survey damage more heavily damaged, along with a shopping cen-following tornado which ripped the area Sunday ter. No serious injuries were reported, although a afternoon. About 25 homes were destroyed and 25 69-year-old man suffered a heart attack Thievery On Rise In Britain LONDON British thieves are stealing more and keeping more of their loot, despite stepped up police action, according to unofficial figures reported today. Thieves last year got away with more than ($104.8 million).

That's a rise of 2.5 per cent over 1966, the independent monthly magazine Security Gazette reported in its fifth annual survey of British crime losses. The rise was considerably less than between 1965 and 1966 when there was a 10.3 per cent increase. Police estimated recovering $17.7 million of the stolen property. The recovery rate was 15.5 per cent as against 10 per cent in 1966, the magazine reported. Continued From Page 1 went back to work immediately yesterday, picking up overflowing garbage deposits at 43 designated points in the unincorporated areas of the county.

The rest ended their week-long strike today, manning trucks to begin yard-to-yard pickups from nearly 25,000 homes and businesses the length and breadth of Dade County. Although a great backlog of garbage had piled up, Clarance Patterson, superintendent of the Dade Waste Division, predicted wervice would be normal before the end of the week. In addition to raises, the county garbagemen obtained a formal grievance procedure and overtime pay for extra work during emergencies, such as hurricanes. The over- all raise includes county takeover of the 3 per cent retirement fund contribution. On the Beach, the main Issue was recognition of the same union, with raises and benefits a secondary matter.

But City Manager Jack Duf-field had refused to bargain so long as the employes re- mained on strike. The strikers were technically fired when they missed a return-to-work deadline Saturday. But Duffield said then they would be forgiven if they went back today. a 1 1 the Beach advertised for garbage collectors to start at $2.10 an hour (9 cents an hour more than They're Gunning For Hubert CASH BURIAL POLICY Continued From Page 1 SI, 000 policy to age 90. No salesman calls on you.

No medical examination. Money back guaran-j tee. free details, plain envelope Tear out ad. Write BANKERS HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, P.o Box 11376, Fort Worth, Texas 76109. including Maddox, are said to have handpicked the delegates.

Florida's delegates were elected in the May primary. A spokesman here for the McCarthy forces was bitter about rigged state conventions promising to battle both before tne credentials committee and then before the convention next week if the committee rules against the challenging delegations. Deal days, is challenging the delegation led by President Johnson's personal friend, Gov. John Connally. Connal-Iy has been mentioned as a possible Humphrey running mate.

Thus Humphrey became involved in another delegation fight. In some instances, delegations being challenged were selected in state conventions, while several governors, McCarthy's people in particular are expected to attempt to involve Humphrey and his friends in the tussle between Maddox and Bond, both in the credentials committee and probably later on the convention floor if Bond and his followers lose in committee. In texas, a pro-McCarthy delegation led by Maury Maverick son of a former liberal congressman of New MH- return to work. Beach strikers Include parks department employes, street cleaners and sewer workers as well as garbage-men. Asked if the two sides were any closer Gibson said "management is no closer to us.

"We are ready to go to work now but they are trying to be cute," he said. "We've been the patsies long enough, so we are going to be cute, too. "This is a different ball game than Dade County," he added. "We haven't asked them for a cent in raises." Suspect Tells Of Other Greek Bombs Keyed-up families call this number. Enjoy a different kind of vacation this year.

At Sheraton. Either in the heart of a big city or at ore of Sheraton's famous resorts. AH Sheraton Hotete and Motor kins have Family Plan kids share your room tree of charge. For Insured Reservations at Guaranteed Rates, in Miami call lar Democratic organization delegation. In the compromise, the MFDP received two at-large seats and a promise for future conventions that was embodied in Hughes' ruling challenging the delegation headed by Mississippi Gov.

John Bell Williams, which has one Negro. The challengers have the support of Humphrey, McCarthy and Mc-Govern. While the Mississippi challenges lead off (in the late afternoon) today's hearings, the most significant fights' are expected to come over Alabama, Georgia and Texas. The Georgia delegation is led by Gov. Lester Maddox, an announced candidate for the presidential nomination.

At least 70 per cent of the challenging group, led by Negro Julian Bond, is pro which took a major part In riots and demonstrations that shook Athens in the summer of 196d. Andreas is in self-imposed exile in Stockholm, where he issued a statement shortly after the attempt on Papadopoulos, calling it an "act of heroism," Little Injured Boy Must Go To Court The Associated Press ATHENS A reliable police source reported the man accused of trying to assassinate strongman Premier George Papadopoulos with a bomb has revealed where he had hidden another 15 bombs. The source said Alexander Panagoulis, 29, had set dynamite charges about six-tenths of a mile apart along the road, where the first one narrowly missed the premier. The man at first was iden-tified as George Panagoulis, 30, Alexander's brother. The government issued a statement last night, saying Alexander misled his interrogators for 24 hours, then admitted his identity when his political convictions were probed.

George deserted in August 1967 while serving as a lieutenant in the Greek commandos and fled to Israel. He was deported in November aboard a Greek liner but disappeared. He was a member of Andreas Papandreou's leftist Center Union youth group, 377-027 $175 WINDOW SCREENS RE-WIRED Nr SIZE Keyed-op famiBes tmwind at Sheraton. A WbrtcMfide Service Of ITT rut ceuNrr-vriDE riCK UP a MUVMY AA SCREEN Phone 887-5133 27S WIST 19th ST. HtAUAHaa has three and four 21 whites Maddox group Negro delegates alternates, Bond's and 20 Negroes.

Meet the newest, greatest Golden Ibuch Sew sewing plains, "There was no other way to absolve the driver of responsibility for the accident than to give the boy a jaywalking ticket." The police say the girl was not at fault. They quote one witness, 26-y a r-old Edward M. Welch, of Orlando, "The boy ran from behind a stationary car into the path of the Chevrolet. The driver couldn't have seen him. Nobody was with the boy at the time he was hit.

The driver was not doing excessive speed." Eric's mother says he keeps as active as his cast will allow, is learning the guitar, bangs away on the piano, paints, reads books. He was just learning to swim when it all happened. The usual fine for jaywalking is $2. mm NewEkiHHnButtonrioter makes perfect rxitkhote9 Electronic Speed Control keeps sewing speeckson-sfantastabneweight changes. Sews straight, zig-zagand' chainstitch.

jlll wima French Society Makes Friends With Jackasses Printers News Service LONZAC, France This country town has become the capital of a new crusade with the creation of "The Friends of the Jackass" a society devoted to befriending the much-maligned beast and saving it from extinction. It was formed by Raymond Boissy, 40 who spends his weekdays as an official for the police department and his days off painting pictures of donkeys. The group's headquarters are in the town hall of Lon-zac a community of 1,200 people and two jackasses. There are five newest TOUCH SEW sewing machines from $JQ 95 Continued From Page 1 Miami Beach Police Officer Barry Reed arrived at the hospital Reed said he was sorry but he would have to ticket Eric for jaywalking and causing an accident. Nick says, "I went crazy.

Can you imagine how I was feeling at that point? I said to the police offcier, Why don't you ask me what and he said, 'I'll let the judge Eric was then moved to Variety Children's Hospital, says Nick, because the family pediatrician "didn't have privileges at Mount Sinai." There, the boy was discovered to have a broken collar bone, fractured leg, a hole in the right ankle, a gash in the forehead almost to the skull, other head cuts, and body bruises. He was in surgery for two hours. He has since had plastic surgery on his head wounds, but it is the ankle injury that is causing the problems. There have been several grafting operations, but the tendons are not knitting. The hospital and doctor's bills have so far reached $2,000.

The car that hit Eric was a 1967 Chevrolet. It was owned by Dan Seymour, of 1520 NW 175th Miami, but it was being driven by 23-year-old Carolyn Dnnna Kom-skis, of 6237 W. Flagler St. The Kumjians, through their lawyer, Peter Fay, have filed civil suits against both Seymour and Miss Komskis. Police officer Reed ex Ike Transplant Would Be Fatal, Says Dr.

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Barnard said Louis Wash-kansky and Philip Blaiberg, the two men whose hearts he had replaced, were "in exactly that type of condition as Eisenhower." Blaiberg, 53, Is still alive seven months after the operation. Barnard, a South African, is lecturing at Bangkok Mm Two SINGER vacuum cieaners-upright PLUS canister Upright for deep cleaning rugs and carpets Canister for above the floor cleaning Get the set. Men and women, ages 18 and over, are wanted to prepare for U.S. Gril Servico job openings duriog the next 12 months. Government positions pay high starting saiaries.

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