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Daily Serving Allegany and Potter Counties by The W.H. Omnium Company All rlghti rcxrved Ninety-Fifth Year Wellsville, New York. Wednesday Afternoon, April 16, 1975 10 Cents Per Copy Capital city under fire, fall near PHNOM PENH (UPI) Black- shirted guerrillas battled their way into Phnom Penh today, driving back diehard armored troops ordered to defend the Cambodian capital at all costs. Reporters at the scene said the Communist-led insurgents crossed the United Nations Bridge at the southern edge of the city this morning, gaining the first rebel foothold inside Phnom Penh. The Khmer Rouge insurgents rifles, machine guns and bazooka-like rocket grenades a government armored force back to a traffic circle near the bridge.

Reporters near the bridge said dive- bombing government warplanes blasted the guerrillas again and again but failed to halt the advance across the span. An estimated 1,000 homes on devastated streets around the bridge burned down, trapping thousands of terrified civilians hiding from the bombs and bullets. The rebels captured a major marketplace on the suburban side of the bridge early this morning and then pushed across the Bassac River span into Phnom Penh. Government armored cars guarding (he bridge, considered the southern gate to Phnom Penh, pulled back in the face of the fierce insurgent fire. The beleaguered government 'ordered troops to fight to the end but the capital's defenses were crumbling.

The fall of Phnom Penh appeared only a matter of time. The government calledf orvolunteers to replace police sent to the front lines to reinforce war-weary troops trying to stop the guerrilla advance. The guerrillas, bandoliers of ammunition wrapped around their chests and Chinese-made rifles in their hands, were only a half-mile from the presidential palace and Phnom Penh's main power generators. Rebel radio broadcasts said the insurgents also seized Phnom Penh's lifeline airport west of the capital but reporters in the area said the installation was still in government hands. The insurgents advanced on Phnom Penh from all sides.

One rebel column came from the north down Route 5 and another across the marshy plains to the northwest of Phnom Penh. A third came from the west and ringed the perimeter of Pochentong Airport two miles west of the city. Other forces moved from the south and southeast to the U.N. Bridge. Some defending troops fleeing the southern advance jumped into the Bassac River in an attempt to swim to safety.

The insurgents captured the provincial capital of Takhmau, five miles south of Phnom Penh, on Tuesday and forced the government's best fighting unit 7th Division retreat in disarray. Reporters said the fleeing troops abandoned trucks, artillery pieces and ammunition to the insurgents before retreating toward Phnom Penh. The advancing guerrillas burned down thousands of houses in the advance from Takhmau to the United Nations Bridge, sending an estimated 100,000 refugees fleeing into Phnom Penh. "We badly need ammunition and gasoline," an officer at the front lines cried out. "We need food and medicine to save the refugees." U.S.

planes parachuted supplies to encircled Cambodian troops in a last desperate effort to enable government forces to keep on fighting. Rebel gunners ringing the city blew up Phnom Penh's two major fuel depots in thunderous artillery barrages against the northern and southern sections of the capital. Attack shakes morale NEW YORK'S Lt. Gov. Mary Ann Krupsak, left, goes through a mountain of mail with State Parent Teachers Association President Edna Polin of Queens in Albany Tuesday.

The letters urged Gov. may be tool in cancer detection Newspaper asking Kissinger to quit GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (UPI) Newsday today called for the resignation of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, charging he "misled the world for two years about secret understandings between Richard Nixon and Nguyen Van Thieu." Newsday, the nation's fourth largest evening newspaper, said in an editorial Kissinger must go if errors of past foreign policies are to be corrected. Newsday charged Kissinger with essentially lying about agreements between former President Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu to recommit American troops to Vietnam in the event a Communist takeover appeared imminent. The paper said that since he signed the Paris peace accords in January 1973, Kissinger "misled the world for two years about the secret understandings between Richard Nixon and Nguyen Van Thieu.

"On Jan. 24, 1973, the day after he initialed the Paris agreement that was supposed to end U.S. participation in the Indochinese wars, Kissinger said flatly: 'There are no secret "Less than three weeks ago, asserting that Washington has a continuing obligation to send more aid to Saigon, he declared: 'We're not talking here of a legal American commitment. We're talking of a moral "Now," the editorial turns out that the 'moral' commitment was embodied in a 'private' and 'confidential' exchange of letters between Nixon and Thieu." Quoting White House Press Secretary Ron Nesson's response to recent charges of secret pacts between the two leaders, Newsday said, "The import of this correspondence was that the U.S. would not only continue economic and military aid but 'react vigorously' to major violations of the Paris accords.

"Atleast that's what Nessen says; he refuses to release the actual texts although supposedly they 'do not differ from what was stated the editorial said. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (UPI) A team of California scientists says an important research tool in detecting cancer-producing chemicals, viruses and radiation may well be the hairless mouse. Research has shown that a hairless mouse can be used to discriminate against normal cells and cancer cells, according to the report made public Tuesday by Dr. Charles D.

Stiles of the University of California at San Diego. "Although normal cells grow as well as cancer cells under laboratory conditions in synthetic culture medium, only cancer cells exposed to cancer- inducent agents will grow in nude mice," Stiles said. Stiles said the problem of distinguishing cancer cells is difficult because in the laboratory environment the growth behavior of cancer cells is often indistinguishable from that of normal cells. He said that while immunological mechanisms in other laboratory animals reject test cells before they have a chance to grow, these mechanisms are absent in the nude or hairless mutant mice. "Our experiments show that nude mice are the most efficient discriminators between normal and cancer cells.

These animals may be useful for assessing carcinogenic potential of chemicals, viruses and radiation toward human cells." Stiles released the report at the convention of the American Societies for Experimental Biology, which runs SAIGON (UPI) Tank-led North Vietnamese troops captured a provincial capital along the South China Sea today and Communist artillery shut down South Vietnam's major air base. The twin setbacks shook the morale of war-weary government troops fighting to keep the remnants of a dwindling South Vietnam from falling into Communist hands. Military sources said 5,000 North Vietnamese troops, backed by 40 tanks, overwhelmed outnumbered defenders at Phan Rang, a provincial capital 165 miles northeast of Saigon. The three-pronged tank and infantry assault swept the city's military base, forcing the 2,500 government rangers in Phan Rang to flee on warships anchored off the coast. The fall of Phan Rang, capital of Ninh Thuan Province, left the Communists in control of 18 of South Vietnam's 44 provinces and two-thirds of the nation's territory.

Military sources said North Vietnamese gunners bombarded Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon with rockets and artillery today, halting air strikes against Communists advancing toward the South Vietnamese capital. The sources said the Communists fired a 10-minute, 30-round rocket and artillery barrage at Bien Hoa and the nearby government military headquarters for the Saigon area. Two busloads of American through Thursday. contractors were turned back at the A report on a beef extract that may tes tlih shell -j atl red ase prevent thrombosis was issued by after the shellm and ordered to return Carey to support the PTA in efforts to obtain more state money for education. Hundreds of PTA members from all sections of the state converged on Albany to urge more school funds.

(UPI) researchers from New Jersey's College of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Charles R. Spillert said the extract from beef spleen showed an ability to change the coagulating ability of the blood. "Upon injection into mice, this extract produced a 300 per cent increase in the bleeding time, thereby showing a much reduced tendency of the blood to clot," said Spillert.

4 children drown GENEVA, N.Y. (UPI) A family fishing trip on Seneca Lake turned into tragedy Tuesday when the rowboat carrying the Preston Loucks family capsized, and four youngsters, ranging in age from four to nine, drowned, officials said. 700 dead in Beirut BEIRUT (UPI) Heavily armed Palestinian guerrillas and right-wing militiamen battled around Beirut today in the fourth day of bloody fighting which has claimed over 100 lives. The heaviest attacks with mortars, rockets and machine guns were centered at the Tal Zaater refugee camp northeast of Beirut. The sound of sporadic small arms fire echoed through the nearly deserted city from several points on the outskirts.

Premier Rashid Solh met leaders of both sides Tuesday in a second attempt to end the civil strife. The govern- Battles raged all day Tuesday around Palestinian refugee camps on Beirut's outskirts and in the downtown area. Sixteen persons were believed killed. Lebanese security forces in armored cars took up positions at intersections in view of the fighting but did not intervene. Political sources said Lebanon's army has not yet been called out for fear that army action would only escalate the crisis.

Groups of armed men ran from street corner to street corner shooting at one another. Gunfire was heard near the According to Seneca County sheriff's deputies, Loucks, 29, and his wife, Shiela, 29, managed to cling to the overturned aluminum rowboat and were saved, but the children were unable to grab life preserver cushions. All were in the frigid water for less than an hour. They were identified as Kelly Sue, Preston, Craig, 6, and Brian, 4. Officials at Geneva General Hospital said the parents were admitted in fair condition for treatment of shock to Saigon.

There were no immediate reports on casualties at Bien Hoa, 14 miles northeast of Saigon. The Communists also stepped up pressure on the besieged provincial capital of Xuan Loc. In Washington, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said Tuesday the United States would reduce the number of Americans in South Vietnam to "a minimum level." Congressional sources said the United States would cut the level of Americans in the wartorn nation from more than 6,000 to 1,000 within the next week and a half. Congress Tuesday offered President Ford $200 million to evacuate nearly 5,000 Americans and 174,000 local citizens from South Vietnam. The legislation would also allow U.S.

troops to be used to safeguard the evacuation. Sen. John J. Sparkman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Tuesday the White House has been urged to get 4,000 Americans out of Saigon within a week. Youth facing trial VJlCdll ment's call for a ceasefire was rejected prime minister's residence, and bomb T1 LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y.

(UPI) An attorney representing a youth accused in the sniper slayings of three persons last December is attempting to block the prosecution from having a psychiatrist testify at his trial. Dr. M. Raquib Raga, Cattaraugus County mental health director, has found Anthony F. Barbaro, 17, of Olean, competent to stand trial on pretrial would by the Palestinians.

An estimated 105 persons have been killed and 200 more have been wounded so far in the fighting, which began when militia units of the right-wing Phalangist Party attacked a Palestinian bus Sunday. Carey facing test of power ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) -Gov. HughL. Carey has before him today a bill to set up a separate Office for Mental Retardation which could result in a first major test of his veto power.

Carey has expressed disapproval of a separate office but the measure given final legislative approval in the Assembly Tuesday has the backing of powerful lawmakers from both parties. In addition, it swept through both houses by wide margins, passing in the Assembly by a vote of 130-15, indicating enough support from rank- and-file lawmakers to override a gubernatorial veto. The bill would set up the OMR within the executive department and for the first time in history separate administration for the treatment of mentally retarded from the huge Mental Hygiene Department operations. Opponents claimed that the bill ignored special treatment for other handicapping conditions, such as cerebral palsy, but merely breaking down the division between the mentally retarded and the mentally In other developments as the legislature returned to work The Assembly passed a measure which would allow voter registration by mail. Supporters claimed the bill would encourage the poor, elderly and rural citizens to register.

Detractors claimed the provisions would lead to fraud. The Republican-controlled Senate is considering a different proposal for mail registration so it is likely an eventual compromise will be worked out. bill that would prohibit medical experiments on human beings without their written consent gained approval in the Assembly. Its sponsor, Democrat Alan Hevesi of Queens, noted that some of its language person shall be used in a medical experiment without his voluntary and informed consent" drawn from the Nuremberg war crimes trials. Senate unanimously approved a bill by Sen.

Joseph R. Pisani, R-New Rochelle, which would eliminate arrest records in most cases if there was no conviction. blasts damaged store fronts, the offices of a prominent right-wing politician and a car belonging to the U.S. Embassy's technical attache. Witnesses said rocket-propelled grenades landed in slums inhabited by Palestinians.

The Palestinians Tuesday said they would not agree to a cease-fire until seven Phalangists who took part in the attack on the Palestinian bus are arrested. Twenty-seven persons were killed in that attack. The Phalangists dispute the number of their men involved in the incident, and say the Palestinians attacked first. stemming from the shooting. Barbaro's attorney, James Kehoe, filed motions Tuesday saying that Raga should not be allowed to testify because his examination of Barbaro prejudice his testimony.

Kehoe also filed papers to suppress certain items of physical evidence, including a diary in which Barbaro reportedly planned the attack. Barbaro was indicted by a Cattaraugus County grand jury on six counts of murder and nine other felonies in connection with the shootings, which occurred at the Olean High School. Eleven persons were wounded during the 90 minute spree. Another Star dies UDC bill opposed ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) The latest in a series of bail-outs for the Urban Development Corp.

was ready to go to the printer today, but the plan was certain to draw the fire of rank-and-file lawmakers in both houses of the legislature. The proposal, with finishing touches agreed to Tuesday by legislative leaders and Gov. Hugh L. Carey, calls for the state to appropriate $140 million more for the controversial agency. The lawmakers, after three "emergencies" earlier in the session, had already voted a total of $110 million to save the UDC from bankruptcy.

Carey's two-bill package would draw on $140 million from the state's Insurance Reserve Fund to match $140 million to be put up by major New York clearing house banks. Much of the opposition to the plan, which will almost certainly be approved, will be directed at a provision that the state appropriate $8.4 million to pay for the operation and maintenance of the Project Finance Agency during the next 12 months. Several legislators have expressed opposition to pouring any more state money into the UDC, which was intended to be run with bond funds and eventual revenues from UDC projects. LOS ANGELES (UPI) Actor Richard Conte, who brought the smooth menace of a coiled cobra to movie portrayals of gangster chiefs, including Marlon Brando's Mafia rival in the "The Godfather," died Tuesday at age 65, the fourth Hollywood star to die in six days. Conte, who appeared in more than 100 films, had been in a coma for 12 days since suffering a massive heart attack followed by a stroke.

His death followed by one day that of Academy-award winning stage and screen actor Frederic March, 77. Larry Parks, 60, who lip-synched the title role in "The Al Jolson Story" and then faded into obscurity with the admission he was a Communist, died Sunday, and Mar jorie Main, 85, mountain matriarch of the "Ma and Pa Kettle" series, died Thursday. Conte's last major role was as Don Barzini in "The Godfather," appearing again in the gangster role most closely associated with him. Conte's mobsters did not snarl or bluster in the tradition of James Cagney or Edward G. Robinson.

He portrayed them as slick and quietly businesslike, but cold heartedly ruthless when need be. Off screen he was quiet and introspective man who liked to draw and play the piano. He was born Nicholas Peter Conte on March 24, 1910, to an Italian family in Jersey City, N.J. Weather Clearing, becoming mostly sunny today. High in the upper 50s.

Partly cloudy tonight. Low in the mid 30s. Sunshine and near seasonable temperature Thursday. High about 60. West to southwest winds 5 to 15 miles per hour.

The probability of precipitation is 20 per cent today, 10 per cent tonight and 20 per cent Thursday. HIGH 56, LOW 32 The high was recorded at 3 p.m. yesterday and the low at 8 a.m. today. There was no precipitation in the last 24-hour period ending at 10:30 a.m.

today. Barometric pressure was 30.20 at 10:30 a.m. and steady. Temperatures yesterday were: noon, 48; 3 p.m., 56; 6 p.m., 50; 9 p.m., 45, midnight, 46; today: 3 a.m., 34; 6 a.m., 32; 9 a.m., 47; and 10:30 a.m., 47..