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ten n7 dee MONDAY Page 2, iruuira Parti Mill -1 mrri Mil I Mil U.uUUudli'.: j', I'- LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE WEST, 1,034,911 DAILY, 1,226,132 SUNDAY- CwwrloHt 9 171 La ArtMltt Tlr- 92 PAGES MONDAY, AUGUST 201973 VOL. XCII FIVE PARTS PART ONE cm IU smMsw!" Despite Womomig Stocks Fall President Cancels Motorcade but Walks Directly Into Crowd NEW YORK ffl A rash of discouraging economic developments sent the stock market tumbling again today. The Dow Jones industrial average closed off 4.44 at 867.40. Details in Part 3, Page 9. smm '1; tnr i -fir.

tr-f. 1 av- a iff i'AiT 1 I II I III Am Ire 0 a -vi I NEW ORLEANS UP) President Nixon, warned of a "possible conspiracy to assassinate the Pres-i canceled a motorcade through the business district today but walked directly into a friendly crowd waiting for him at his destination. An FBI spokesman in Washington commented, "It's a very real threat and we do have agents on the case." To applause and cheers from about persons attending the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention he came to address, Mr. Nixon defended his 1D69 bombing of Cambodia and blamed the North Vietnamese for making "a mockery of "the neutrality" of Cambodia's border regions. Officials said both the President's safety and the public's safety were factors in canceling the scheduled motorcade and changing the route by which the President was driven to Rivergate Convention Center for the address, his first public appearance in six weeks.

Seek Former Policeman New Orleans police, acting on a pickup order from the Secret, Service, were seeking a former policeman. Later, at about the time Mr. Nixon was leaving New Orleans after a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a federal warrant, was issued that said Gaudet "knowingly, willfully, made a threat to take the life of the President." Gaudet was arrested in 1970 the last time Mr. Nixon visited New Orleansfor throwing a burning flag at the President's car. The President's blue, silver and white jetliner, after landing at New Orleans International Airport, taxied to a remote corner of the field where tight security had been imposed.

The public was not allowed to witness the arrival. The President and Mrs. Nixon were driven from the airport by a back route and did not go through the five blocks where his car was to have slowed and a crowd had gathered to greet the motorcade. Motorcycles, Helicopter Increased security was obvious. Eight motorcycle policemen ed the presidential limousine and a Coast Guard helicopter crisscrossed overhead.

Secret Servicemen abounded. When the President arrived at the Rivergate, a crowd stood near a VFW band blaring out "Old Man River." Mr. Nixon and his wife walked directly to the crowd and shook a few Hurricane Brenda Heightens Flooding Misery in Mexico From Rtultrs MEXICO CITY Hurricane Brenda lashed southern Mexico with torrential rain today and headed north toward the Gulf Coast cities of Vera Cruz and Tampico, adding to flooding which has already caused the deaths of at least 18 persons and left more than 200,000 homeless. Refugees remained short of food and other essentials in what- officials are now describing as Mexico's worst floods of the century. There was heavy rain throughout the night over the Yucatan Peninsula and offshore islands, officials said.

Airfields in the area were closed and aircraft battened down in the face of the storm. Telephone communications in the area were cut, isolating many small Farther north, in the areas worst affected by the previous two weeks of rain, weather conditions were reported to be improving. Rescuers Held Back Rescue workers were still unable to reach dozens of small towns where inhabitants were perched on the roofs of flooded homes and casualties were not yet known, a Defense Ministry spokesman reported. The Defense Ministry is coordinating rescue efforts by troops, police, firemen and civilian volunteers. Police said radio amateurs in the stricken towns were reporting shortages of food, clothes and medicine.

Near Salamanca, in Guanajuato State about 220 miles north of here, soldiers and civilians worked through the night to erect sandbag to protect a large hydroelectric center which supplies most of the Mexican If the center was flooded, the whole area would be without electricity, officials said. Several areas were short of drinking water, and there remained a danger of epidemics. No major outbreaks have been reported so far, but rescue workers have encountered isolated cases of typhoid and gastric diseases. WANTED Police are seeking -Edwin M. Gaudet, ex-policeman who reportedly made a threat on Mr.

Nixon's life. Wl Wirephots hands as Secret Service agents held back VFW flags which were flapping in their faces. Signs nearby said, "Law and Order," "Right On," and "Impeach Nixon." After his speech, Nixon was cheered by the crowd as he left the convention. He appeared tempted to, walk across the street but instead quickly climbed into his limousine and headed for the airport by another route. As soon as he boarded his plane, it took off for.

San where he is scheduled, to spend the next two weeks. In Washington, a Secret Service spokesman warned against drawing the inference that the arrest request was connected with the alleged assassination conspiracy, Nixon Made Decision Dep. Press Secretary Gerald' L. Warren said the Florida White House learned of the possible threat to the President's life "over weekend." He said Nixon personally decided to accept the Secret. Service's recommendation that the motorcade be canceled.

Secret Service spokesman Jack Warner said the information on the alleged plot came from "police sources." Warner said the Secret Service made the unusual announcement because "we anticipated inquiries." Asked why he thought there would.be inquiries, Warner said the Secret Service had reason to believe the change in plans and the events surrounding it would be known pub-licy within a short while. In his speech, Mr. Nixon acknowledged for the first time that he had ordered secret bombing raids in Cambodia one month after he took office in 1969. Lashing 6ut at critics of his Indochina policies, the President said in a statement released as he addressed the convention that the raids were necessary to protect American lives. He said if he faced the same decision today, he would take the same action.

When he took office in January, 1969, Mr. Nixon 40.000 North Vietnamese troops had taken over a 10-mile-wide stretch in, Cambodia alongside the South Vietnamese "The Communists had. made a mockery of the neutrality of thost border regions," Mr. Nixon said. HEAYY SECURITY President Nixon is -closely: uarded in New Orleans after assassination threat.

vn Wirephoto FEATURE INDEX BOOK REVIEW. View, Page 3. BRIDGE. View, Page 15. CLASSIFIED.

Part 5, Pages 1-24. COMICS. View, Page 17. CROSSWORD. Part 5, Page 24.

EDITORIALS, COLUMNS. Part 2, Pages 6, 7. FILMS. View, Pages 11-15. FINANCIAL.

Part 3, Pages 9-il. METROPOLITAN NEWS. Part 2. MUSIC. View, Pages 12-14.

OBITUARIES. Tart 1, Page 22. SPORTS. Part Fages 1-8. TV-RADIO.

View, Pages 16, 18. VITALS, WEATHER. Part 1, Page 22. WOMEN'S. View, Pages 1-10.

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