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Count Still Not Complete The ClarksdaW Press Register Wednesday Afternoon. July 5, 1972 At Least 25 Died In Holiday Accident Reds Depots Near Hanoi Hit including two Jackson sisters who drowned in the huge Ross Barnett Reservoir. They were identified as Dorothy Mae Taylor, 13, and her 9-year-old sister Barbara Ann. A Pascagoula man, Ricardo A. Clay drowned Tuesday the Mississippi Sound at Biloxi.

Tuesday's auto fatalities in-eluded: Curtis Stasher of Hernando, killed in a two-car accident near that city on U.S. 51. Richard D. Collins, 58, of Meridian, who died from injuries sustained in a Sunday accident at Laurel. Ronnie Byrd and Thomas Holiday, both 23-year-old Popl-arville men, killed in a one-car I Cfy I aging hundreds of dwelling houses." The U.S.

Command denied ordering any attacks on civilian targets and said it had no information "indicating other than military targets were hit." But spokesmen acknowledged there may have been people working in the three supply and vehicle depots that were attacked during more than 320 strikes in North Vietnam Tuesday. North Vietnam also claimed that two F4 Phantoms were shot down during the raids. The U.S. Command said it had no plane losses Tuesday to report yet. But it did announce that MIG21 interceptors shot down a pair of Phantoms southwest of Hanoi on June 27 and a surface-to-air missile brought down a third Phantom 40 miles northeast of Hanoi July 1.

Two of the fliers were rescued, and four are missing, the command said. During the last two weeks, the U.S. Command has reported nine planes lost over North Vietnam and 16 fliers missing, raising the toll since the resumption of full-scale bombing SAIGON (AP) American jets wrecked three major depots on the edges of Hanoi Tuesday in the heaviest raids cn North Vietnam in weeks, and a 7th Fleet task force sank or damaged 12 supply barges off the North Vietnamese coast, the U.S. Command announced today. In South Vietnam there was heavy fighting on the northern front and Hue was shelled for the fourth day.

But no progress was reported from the para troopers who reached the outskirts of Quane Tri City on Tuesday. North Vietnam claimed that U.S. planes bombed and strafed residential areas of Hanoi, "killing or injuring many persons, and destroying or dam- Hospital Fire Claims 30 SHERBORNE, England (AP) Fire swept through a wing of the Cold Harbor Mental Hospital early today, killing 30 of the 36 male patients sleeping in a ward. The nursing staff rescued seven of the men, but one died later. The other six suffered minor injuries.

One of the dead patients was 16 years old and the rest were described as middle-aged. Most died in their beds, but the main doors were said to have been unlocked at the time of the blaze. About 325 patients were in other buildings of the hospital. The fire occurred in the Winfrith Villa, a wing which opened nine months ago. Dr.

Peter Johnson, chairman of the hospital management committee, said the most severely handicapped of the male pai-tents were kept there. Johnson said investigators had no idea yet what caused the fire. He said the firefighting equipment in the wing was "perfectly adequate." "It was a very rapid fire, with a great deal of smoke," he added. Space Projects By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Accidents in Mississippi over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend claimed 28 lives, including 19 traffic fatalities and eight drownings. And, one youth was killed when he fell from a farm tractor.

Bodies of two drowning vie Urns were recovered today from Lake Ferguson at Greenville. The two men were among three who drowned at the lake Monday. They were identified as Tom my Lee Misso, 18, Roger Dale Horton, 17, and Robert Odom, 18, all of Greenville. The highway patrol said the traffic mishaps raised the state's road death toll to 466 for the year. Nine persons died Tuesday Fireworks Mishaps Take Holiday Toll By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS One man was killed and more than a dozen persons were injured as a result of mishaps during two Fourth of July fireworks demonstrations.

Five pyrotechnicians escaped serious injury in a third incident Police in Wauconda, 111., said Edward G. Bulger, 24, was killed when some kind of firework device exDloded in a crowd of spectators observing a display at Bangs Lake, 40 miles northwest of Chicago. tignt other persons were treated and three of them were hospitalized followine the ex plosion Tuesday night. All three were reported in satisfactorv condition early today. In Seattle, an errant skyrocket exploded in a crowd gathered near a fountain at the Seattle Center.

Ud to a dozen persons were injured and three of them were hosnitalizprt None was believed in serious condition. Witnesses said the skyrocket started upward but appeared to "break off" and exploded in the crowd. The fireworks disDlav in Elsi- nore, went off all at once when a spark from a skyrocket touched off $3,900 worth of star Dursts, fire balls, aerial bombs and rockets. The pyrotechnics were loaded aboard a barge in Lake Elsi- nore, wnicn was ringed by thousands of spectators. No spectator was hurt and the five technicians conductine the dis play dove overboard and escaped with minor powder burns.

before the holiday death counting period ended at midnight. Consumers Protest The National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Houston has released these artist's concepts of three upcoming space projects. The projects include (from top) the reusable Space Shuttle, the USSR-USA rendezvous and docking, and the Skylab. (UPI Telephoto) Drug Problem Spotlighted Castro Leaves After Visit In Moscow MOSCOW (AP) Fidel Castro left Moscow today at the end of a 10-day visit that climaxed his extended tour of Campground Tragedy Youth Shot In Clash With Carolina Officers mishap south of Poplarville Tuesday morning. Willie Wright 43, and Edward S.

Harmon, 21, both of the Vicksburg area, killed in a two- car crash three miles north of Vicksburg on U.S. 61. Others killed during the long weekend period were: Napoleon Davis, 45, of Ocean Springs, killed Sunday night in a one-car accident on Mis sissippi 57. Wilton Owens of Holcomb. killed Sunday night in a one-car mishap about four miles south of Holcomb in Grenada County.

jonn toward Wright, 17. of Hattiesburg, drowned Monday afternoon while swimming in a gravel pit near his home. Roger Brown, 14. of Flora and J. C.

Allen about 25, of Bentonia, both killed in a motorcycle-bicycle accident a mile west of Flora. Stacy Lee Baker. 6. of Colum bus, killed Sunday in a two-car accident which also claimed the life of Collins. Clinton D.

Adrams. 32. of Co lumbus, killed Sunday in a one- car smashup on Mississippi 12 near his home. Jackie W. Rainwater.

21. of Gloster, killed Sunday on Mis sissippi 569 six miles north of Liberty in Amite County. wiuie Lee Scurlock. 28. of Flint, killed Saturday in a wreck north of Rome on U.S.

49-west. Gordon Davis, 53, of Como, who died Saturday night in a one-car wreck on a Panola County road near Como. James F. Goodwin, 39, of Como, victim of a car-bicycle collision nine miles east of Como on Mississippi 42 in Lafayette County. rwevin Benson, 7-year-old Jackson youth, killed Saturday in a fall from a tractor at his grandparents' farm near Mize.

Willie V. Everett, 21, of Bel-zoni, who drowned while swim- ming in a rain-swollen ditch west of Belzoni Saturday. Lee Carl Loftin, 47, of Hattiesburg and Mack Daughdrill, 29, of Columbia, both killed Friday night in a two-car crash near Bassfield in Jefferson Davis County. mained steady. Increases Included veal round steak, which went from $2.25 to $2.39 a pound, and rib pork chops, up two cents to $1.09 a pound.

Stable items included peanut butter crackers, fruit juices, cheese, mayonnaise, butter and milk. In the Chicago suburb of La-Grange Park, pork loin end cut went from 79 to 85 cents a pound and jumbo eggs increased from 59 to 65 cents a dozen. Sirloin steak dropped from $1.59 to $1.39 cents a pound, but the '-b. the decrease was temporary, uue ui a nonaay special. In Los Angeles, ground beef went from 73 tn 78 vnf a pound, sirloin tip steak from ti.w n.o a pound and a Swiss steak TV dinner from 63 to 67 cents.

Items that mora un changed included round steak, cnicisen legs, russet potatoes, lettuce. Onions. liniliH rloanor and aluminum foil. Anti-Pollution Deadline Near JACKSON, Miss. (AP) The Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Commission today reminded the public that July 17 was the deadline for filing applications for a permit to operate any facility that emits or could possibly emit air con- Jack Currv, chief of the air division of the agency, said all facilities built or erected prior to May 11, 1972, "that emit dust, fumes or other particulate matter" must have a permit by midnight July 17 or be in violation of the law.

Curry said those failing to comply would be subject to fines of up to $3,000 per day. Food Price Increase Comes Under Scrutiny on Anril 6 to 54 aircraft downed and 61 airmen missing. In a delayed report which apparently had to be cleared by the Pentagon because of its po litical sensitivity, the command said that a naval task force last Saturday caught a flotilla of barges transporting supplies from offshore freighters pre sumed to be from the Communist bloc. Navy spokesmen said the de stroyers Berkeley, Everett F. Larson and Gurke waited until the barges were clear of the freighters, then blasted them with their five-inch guns.

The spokesmen said the destroyers' radarmen observed that 12 bar ges were sunk or damaged, but the ships were unable to identify the nationality of either the freighters or the barges because of darkness. Radio Hanoi claimed today that North Vietnam is getting war supplies by sea through 12 coastal points which the United States had not been able to close by mines or offshore pa trols, i he broadcast did not lo cate any of the points. mit Banks denied the accusa tion Tuesday and said the slav ing of Stanley William Altland, 20, of Clearwater, was an accident. Banks, who accompanied a handful of deputies to the public campground Monday night 10 investigate forest service complaints of rowdiness, said he did not know who was hold ing the shotgun which killed Al tland. The sheriff, replying to a re porters question, said he didn't even know who owned the shot gun.

Sheriff's deputies arrested 24 of the Florida youths on charges of disorderly conduct after the shooting at the Black Mountain Campground, about 20 miles southeast of Burnsville and near the Blue Ridge Park way. The sheriff said "no one was unduly mistreated," and that it was the deputies who were at tacked. None of the youths was charged with assault. "There were numerous at tacks made on the deputies," Banks said. "I don't believe there wasn't a police officer there that wasn't assaulted." He did not say how the deputies were attacked.

One of those arrested, Mark Goodpasture, 17, of Clearwater, said the deputies walked into the camp from different di rections "with their shotguns leveled, hit a few people around the head, slapped us around and roughed us up." He said bio shooting was unprovoked and that one of the campers had shouted to the deputies, "Put the guns down. We're harmless. We don't want to hassle with you." Another of those arrested, Don Porter, 25, of Clearwater, said the deputies "came into the camp and started treating us like POW's, waving sawed- off shotguns and mandhandling everyone in camp. He said some people were beaten by deputies' rifle butts. Porter said Altland was slain when an officer's shotgun struck one of the campers and misfired.

Porter admitted that the group had been drinking. Democratic Issue Revived By Court WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals here today handed a victory to the forces of Sen. George McGovern in their battle with the Democratic Credentials Committee for California dele gates. At the same time, forces of Chicago Mayor Richard J.

Da ley were given a setback by the court in the second half of the dual attack on the committee's hotly disputed decisions. The appeals court reversed a District Court decision which had upheld the committee's ac tion of stripping 151 delegates from California. The Circuit Court ordered the district bench to rewrite its decision in the California case in accordance with an opinion not yet filed. The Circuit Court rejected the appeal of Daley's forces in one case and in two others di rected that state court action be prohibited insofar as the delegates from Illinois which were rejected by the committee are concerned. The brief order of the appeals court carried no reasons for the action.

The judges were expected to file opinions later in the day. The District Court ruled Monday that the federal judiciary had no place in the debate over delegates from the two states. The Credentials Committee had issued decisions that stripped Sen. George S. McGovern of 151 California delegates and told Mayor Richard J.

Daley and 58 other uncommitted Chicago delegates to stay home. The Circuit Court action came at a time when forces of Mayor Daley had a scheduled court appearance in an Illinois state court in which they sought to prevent the successful Illinois delegate challengers from taking part in the convention. Blues Singer Dies At 71 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -Old-time blues and gospel musi cian redenck "Mississippi Fred" McDowell, 68, is dead of stomach cancer. McDowell, of Como, was featured on three long- playing allbums, toured Europe several times and appeared at such prominent festivals as the Newport folk festival.

He was one of the last old "bottleneck" style blues guitarists, encasing the upper joint of one finger with the bottle fragment and applying it to the guitar strings. McDowell had not made a public appearance since November 1971 because of ill health and had canceled a spring recording date. A recent upsurge in old-time blues had boosted his fame I may not use the drug here but do not condemn their use and sometimes defend drug use. The commission reported that although LSD, barbiturates and heroin are used locally, the most significant drugs here, "other than alcohol" are marijuana and glue. Barnett said glue sniffing is a major problem in the city's low income, early teen groups, referring to black children.

On To Speed Barnett attributed a statement in the report that "if most marijuana users do not go on to heroin, many, if not most, do go on to speed," to youths testifying before the commission. The commission report said that a significant number of chronic users of marijuana suffer both "medical and in. terpersonal problems." Barnett amended the statement afterwards, noting that no physical problems have been conclusively proved but "the jury is still out" on this question. Barnett listed several emotional problems the com-m i ion discovered among marijuana users, including "inertis, lethargy, self-neglect and feelings of increased capabilities." Educational Measures The commission also recommends a series of educational measures to counter the drug problem. A series of small group meetings of adults, the establishment of a speakers bureau for civic groups and schools, a series of newspaper articles prepared by local community leaders to explain the problem of drug abuse, adult education concerning the problem and a series of school oriented student education measures were recommended.

Also the establishment of a "Summer House, an alternative to the problems presented because of inadequate recreational facilities for young people," was recommended. A major upgrading of local recreation outlets was also suggested with the institution of a Youth Employment Service. Several youth employment programs are already in operation here, however. The commission is composed exlusively by adults and includes Dr. Steve Leist, Dr.

Norman E. Harper, Mayo Wilson, Mrs. Helen Scott, Paul Hunter, Thomas Barnett, William O'Neal, Grady Tollison, Frank Soldevila, Mrs. Amer Jean Gatewood and Mrs. Joyce Allen.

Hospital Notes DISMISSED Mrs. Barney Hughes Bryan Weems Miss Dolly Whitaker Mrs. Eula Chambers Glenn Brooks Miss Lena May Moton Mrs. Herman Macknally Mrs. Rodessa Brown Mrs.

Louis O'Neal Emmette E. Allen Mrs. C. F. Nelson Ricky T.

Clanton Mrs. Fletcher Barfield Theodore Wade (Continued from Page One) recognized authorities. The commission report stated that the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences and the committee on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of the American Medical Assoication Council on Mental Health, after appraising all available in formation concerning cannabis have "correctly concluded that it is "indeed a harmful drug and that its legalization would lead to even more serious medical and social con sequences than now result from its use." Change Stand The AMA council, however, recently retreated from this stand, according to the Associated Press, and concurred with the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse stand that the private use of the drug should be permitted and that there is no proof of harmful physical effects. The local commission failed to mention the latest council report or the National Com- 1 1 on report in their document. The delegates of the AMA 1972 convention, it might be noted, did not endorse their own council's report, agreeing only that many marijuana laws are overly harsh and should be amended.

In recommending a "crackdown on drug abuse," the commission's report noted that one of the problems among young people which creates a disrespect for the drug laws is the inconsistent handling of drug cases. Discuss Penalties "It is recommended that the governmental authorities exert their influence to have all (local court officials) meet and discuss the penalties for drug abuse," the report said. In recent months, however, most marijuana arrests have concluded with a $250 fine in county or justice of the peace courts. Two young Clarksdale men chargpd with intent to sell the drug will be sentenced this month in circuit court. The commission recommended that the county's juvenile justice system be reevaluated and that more counselors be added to the program here.

The commission attributes the marked increase in the use of the drug among young people in Coahoma County to a "self- centered view of life" among youths. They have been "taught by various means that everything revolves around him," the report said. Despite this statement, the commission says adults should "avoid developing programs which are primarily based on appeals to self interest. Appealing to self interest may aggravate the problem," the report said. Material Compensation Thomas Barnett, commission member who submitted the report, said testifying youths claimed parents "fail to provide love and affection, but compensate by giving them unbounded freedom and seemingly limitless material possessions." The commission said that a "substantial number" of youth nine countries in Atnca ana Eastern Europe.

With a light rain falling, the Cuban prime minister and Communist party chief Leonid I. Brezhnev walked arm in arm to the waiting plane after the traditional honor guard review and protocol farewells. Just before boarding the plane, Castro embraced Brezh nev, Premier Alexei N. Kosygin and President Nikolai V. Pod- gorny.

A television commentator reporting the departure said it was the end of "an official but very very friendly visit." Economic affairs were said to dominate the discussions. So viet trade and assistance are the mainstays of the Cuban economy, and Western special ists estimate the Cuban operation costs the Soviet Union a million dollars a day. Castro left Moscow for Minsk, the capital of Byelo russia, and was expected to spend at least a day there. The Tass report of his departure did not say whether he would visit other Soviet cities, but unoffi cial sources said he was ex pected to leave for Havana on Thursday. Castro's tour began May 2.

Before reaching Moscow he vis-iedt Guinea, Algeria, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, East Germany and Czechoslovakia. Chess Match Rescheduled REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Tie world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky now is scheduled to start Thursday afternoon following another psotponement, this one demanded by the Soviet champion. After holding out for more money and getting it, the American challenger came to Iceland for the postponed open ing match luesday. nut Spassky walked out of uie noon drawing to decide who would move first because Fischer was not present. He had sent his second, a Roman Catholic priest.

Officials announced a new 48- hour postponement of the opener, originally scheduled for last Sunday. Fischer arrived in Reykjavik early Tuesday. The Icelandic Chess Federation had rejected his demand for 30 per cent of the gate receipts, but he agreed to come after a London in vestment banker doubled the $125,000 purse which he and Spassky will divide. The 29-year-old American grandmaster was resting from the overnight flight in a guard ed villa at the edge of town when Spassky counterattacked in the holdout department, I BURNSVTLLE, N.C. (AP) -Two companions of a young man shot at a western North Carolina campground say the shooting came when sheriff's deputies roughed up a group of a young people.

Yancey County Sheriff Ker- Democrats Launch Fight En Court BILOXI, Miss. (AP) Mississippi's regular Democratic ar'y rebuffed by the National Party's Credentials committee when it attempted seating at the national convention, goes before a U.S. District Court judge here today. The regulars, headed by Gov Bill Waller, are trying to get a federal injunction blocking the seating of the state's loyalist party faction at the Miami convention. gained national par- snitkn during the 1968 ration in Chicago.

The czulars, however, are the state's only legal Democratic pirty, a designation upheld by a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Dan M. Russell Jr. last month. Waller led the regulars before the credentials committee in Washington Saturday.

Despite pleas that his group is "the new breed in Mississippi. the party of 1968," the committee voted unanimously on behalf of the loyalists. The suit asks Russell to prohibit the loyalists from holding themselves as the state's Democratic Party and also asked an injunction barring the use of the designation Democratic Party, a of Mississippi by the other faction. Russell had indicated in his earlier ruling that the court would be open to further relief regulars were not given a change to gain relief from the officials in Washington, declined comment fol-133 the credentials 00m-wittee ruling and it was uncertain what steps he planned should the court refuse to move on behalf of the regulars. By LOUISE COOK Associated Press Writer Consumers warned by supermarket officials to expect higher meat prices are finding the warning all too true.

An Associated Press survey of about two dozen cities shows that grocery bills particularly for the better cuts of beef and for pork have increased anywhere from a dime a pound on up in the two weeks since the latest warning was issued. Cabinet officials scheduled a meeting in Washington today with officials of food chains and called in farmers for a Thurs day session to help in preparing a lood prices report that President Nixon has requested by July 10. Shoppers Report Shoppers, meanwhile, were issuing their own reports. "The food prices are just terrible now," said a woman in a Seattle, supermarket. "I know how much the prices have gone up because I just started shopping regularly a year and a half ago when I was married." "Prices are out of sight," said a man in a Kansas City store, "me very first thing the government should have done in its economic program was to put controls on food prices." Supermarket executives warned consumers on June 16 to expect a rise in prices, particularly of meat.

They said that wholesale costs have been going up and the retail outlets no longer could absorb the increase. Checks The AP checked prices in a dozen cities on June 16, then checked again two weeks later to see if there had been any change. Among the findings: In Seattle, the prices of 10 items were checked. Five went up, one went down and four re- i.