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Angela Cfnttj A capsule Vi hern develop which Shell -ays will permit; men to stay dry drilling or Pc9 2, Port 1 nside I imes a me LosAngele a 'Assemblywoman' Brathwaite Burke finds presiding at the Democratic convention a demanding task. (Part 1, Page 22.) Two young black men linked to an extremist group were arrested on 'weapons charges at the McGovern hotel. (Part 1, Page 31.) i The Orange Counfy taxt rate could be cut 12 -cents and still cover the prop; fled budget, supervisors were told. (Part 2, Page 1.) for $1.7 billion to aid areas hit by tropical storm Agnes. (Part 1, Pg.

5.) The Washington Daily News has ceased publication. (Part 1, Page 7.) About one-third of the' nation's blacks lived below the official poverty level in 1971. (Part 1, Page The first U.S. acupuncture center opened in New York and its, first pa- tient said he felt better. (Part .1,.

Page 9.) -i Mainland China's first U.N. official has given his impressions of the organization's decolonization efforts. (Part 1, Page 10.) North Vietnam forces struck at the vital Bouthwest flank of Saigon's troops around Quang Tri, forcing a retreat. (Part 1, Page 15.) George C. Wallace's political plans do not consist of just going home' and sitting around in his wheelchair.

(Part 1, Page 22.) i Jack Nicklaus shot a 70 in the first round of the British Open and trails surprise, leader Tupliag. of England by 2 shots. (Part 3, Page 1.) J. S8 'j Jersey Jos Walcott, former world. heavyweight champ, doesn't carry a gun as sheriff of Camden, NiJ.

(Part 3, Page 1.) Three hits each by Manny Billy Bruckner and Wes Parker led an 18-hit Dodger attack that routed the Phillies, 9-5. (Part 3, Page 1). In Finsnch! A Canadian firm signed a-22-year contract worth $4 billion for sale of Arctic natural gas to two U.S. pipeline companies. (Par 3, Page 14.) i- Engineers are attending seminars to learn a new language plain English to help them in the business world.

(Part 3, Page 14.:) In Spcrts ''A Southern California Edison Co. power plant in Nevada is becoming of disenchantment because mog. (Part 1, Page 3.) President Nixon complimented tLos Angeles Police Chief Edward M. on reducing the number of serious crimes. (Part 1, Page 3.) 4 A scant flow of marine air through JFriday will keep the Los Angeles pBasin unseasonably hot, forecasters paid.

(Parti, Page 3.) 2 Los Angeles Chicano leader Ray jAndrade was arraigned on three jcounts in connection with a July 4 ibomb explosion. (Part 1, Page 3.) THE SOUTH LAND ws in AMERICAN INGENUITY When te'mperatyre In Indianapolis climbed into the 90s, William Case, relaxing behind cab; covered the bed of his pickup truck with a plastic sheet and filled it with water that his family and neighbor children could beat the THE NATION Thunderstorms Batter North-Central States ocean floor. Part 3, Page 14.) i The stock market lost; grain' the 4th straight session. The Jones industrial average elos1 2.18 at 923.69. (Part 3, Page lw In Vkw Allegra piott has made collecting miniature! a big part of Her life and has accumulated more than 300,000 pieces.

(Part 4, Page.l.). Jack Smith hopes Kathy 6'Dorihell will have a nice avant-gard day. (Part 4, Page 1.) 1 A Danish Woman sees more differences, than similarities In women's status here and in her countra. (Part 4, Page 3.) i A weekend guide to the Soutnland has cultural events for children. (Part 4, Page 16.) I Seeks Divorce Ten.

more' prospective juror3 were questioned by U.S. Dist. Judge Matt Byrne on their knowledge the case and their opinions 'pn U.S. mill- tary involvement in South Vietnam. "None was immediately excused, al-; though one man said he has conclud- ed the defendants are guilty but thinks he can decide the case impartially on the evidence.

Opinions on the Vietnam war ranged frota hawkish, to dovish, to none at all. Questioning will continue today. Private hospitals and qualified health agencies will be asked to submit proposals to operate civilian emergency facilities at Central Receiving and Hollywood Receiving hospitals under an action taken by the Lbs Angeles City Council. Personnel Department General Manager Muriel Morse said the aim is to provide better -service1 cheaper cost. She pointed" out that city personnel currently operate facilities, but a drop in the public patient load during the last two years has made a Change to private contract operation advisable.

Appointment of an advisory Affirmative Action Committee to pro-mote the interest of minority employes in city government jobs was recommended to the Los Angeles City Council by its special committee pri equal opportunities. The action stemmed from a recommendation by the Los Angeles City Employes Chicano Assn. The proposed committee would include four blacks, four Chicanos, two Asian Americans, one American Indian and a non-voting representative from the Personnel Two youths accused of fatally stabbing two teen-age San Fernando Valley girls were allowed to delay 'entering pleas on murcVr charges until Aug. 14. The delay was granted by Van Nuys Superior Judge William Rosenthal at the request of defense attorneys so that Fred Mendez Medina and Danny Wayne Town-send, both 19, could undergo psychiatric examination and electroencephalogram tests.

They are charged with slaying Dori Ann Haines, 15, and Cheryl Ann Monticello, 16, near Chatsworth on April 13. An arrest for assertedly selling dangerous drugs ended the brief 'career of a rookie San Bernardino policeman, hired only seven months ago under the federal Emergency Employment Act. Charles Reed, 30, was charged with peddling the drugs in his own driveway to a customer who turned out to be an undercover narcotics agent. Out on bail, Reed was releived of duty by Police Chief B. Warren Cocke.

Watson Tax Initiative to the track after the car had rounded a curve at a speed of about 25 m.p.h. A policeman and a doctor ran to the track to try to remove him but the car came around again and struck him. A police chief was sentenced to two days in Calaveras County jail and fined $250 for contempt of court. The decision against Jack Whiting of the Angels Camp police force was handed down in Angels-Murphyt Judicial District Court. Whiting was accused of ignoring subpoenas as a witness in two ENVIRONMENT An agreement for oil prevention and cleanup was signed between British Columbia and Washington state under the peace arch en the Canadian border in Blaine, Wash.

B.C. Premier and Washington Gov. Dan Evan lauded the agreement durfrf the signing ceremony. California primary candidates who failed to file contribution reports face prosecution. (Part Page 3.) A wave of deaths marred traditional Protestant parades in North-em Ireland.

(Part 1, Page 4.) A committee on personal privacy recommended that the use of "bugging" devices be made a criminal offense in Britain. (Part 1, Page 4.) Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz predicted that meat prices will level off next month because of increased imports. (Part 1, Page 5.) President Nhton will ask Congress Compiled from fht tot Anoelw fh 1m Angel Tlmw-Washlnton Post. Newt Servlco and milor wir and aupolimtntary news Politicians Slain The, Commerce Department approved an export license to permit shipment of about $500,000 worth of communications equipment to Chi-' na for its television station in Shanghai.

Although the department did not disclose the name of the company for which the license was Issued, it was understood that the firm was RCA, which earlier shipped $2.3 million worth of television equipment to China to cover President Nixon's trip there and later sold the equipment to the Chinese. 1 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi vowed not to ask the United States to resume suspended economic aid but 6aid her country would welcome help from any country if it was offered without conditions. Washington suspended about $85 million worth of aid to India last December, during the war with Pakis-' tan. Since then Mrs. Gandhi's government has stressed- France carried but two low-yield nuclear explosions at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific on June 21 and June 30 arid a' third 'one is, planned July 20 if the weather is good, according to sources in Papeete, Tahiti.

French government authorities refused to confirm or deny the report. A former Chicagoan, James Coats, 41, was sentenced to two years in 1 prison by a Beersheba, Israel, court for the slaying of another member of the Black Israelite movement. Four other defendants, all from the Chicago area, received six-month 'jail terms on conspiracy convictions in the clubbing death of Cornell Kirk-patrick on Jan. 20 in the town of Di-moiia. The Argentine Assn.

of Newspaper Publishers protested a government measure imposing press censorship in the city of General Roca, scene of an uprising against local au- thorities last week. A state of emergency was declared in the small city after demonstrations by most of its 43,000 inhabitants against Gen. Roberto Requeijo, governor of Rio Negro province. CHALLENGER Bobby Fischer cradles head in hands during second day of opening game cgainst Boris Spassky, chess champion. Russian won game in Reykjavik, Iceland, my part Fm i wim poured five gallons of salad oil over the stuck Flowers and then pulled him out with a rope.

Brief The California Youth Authority 'has threatened to close Orange County's Juvenile Hall because of overcrowding. (Part 2, Page 1.) A headquarters' building for the California State University and Colleges will be erected on Long Beach (Part 2, Page 1.) The nation's small opinion magazines will suffer "death by postal rate" if the new rates are adopted. (Part 2, Editorial Section.) elementary school. A spokesman said there had been neither threats nor problems with Head Start in the citv. A news blackout on airline hijackings has been requested by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization.

A President John F. Leyden asked the step in a letter to Secretary John A. Volpe, arguing that detailed news reports spur new attempts. The head of the union said he was not advocating "direct suppression' of the news but only "a change in the method used in disseminating that news." He did not ela- borate. The Air Line Pilots Assn.

also has urged news media restraint. Chicago Judge Philip J. Romitl denied a prosecution motion that po- licemen on- trial with State's Atty. Edward Hanrahan be disarmed before entering the courtroom. Han rahan, his assistant and 12 policemen are charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice in the aftermath of a police raid in 1969 in which two Black Panther Party leaders were slain.

Romiti's ruling came before the first prosecution witness was called, Former President Harry Tru-J man underwent an X-ray examination of his upper gastrointestinal tract at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, where he has been hospitalized since July 2 for treatment of an irritation in the lower colon. The 88-year-old former President's personal physician; Dr. Wallace Graham, reported the X-ray examination showed the irritation had cleared up. A hospital spokesman said an "improved" Mr. Truman strolled the corridor outside his room, visited the lounge and also watched the Democratic National Convention for a time.

The lead ear in a motorcade taking Vice President Agnew to New York City's LaGuardia Airport Was struck by another auto outside the airfield's marine terminal. Agnew was not affected by the accident and his Air Force plane took off on schedule for his return to Washington. He had been in New York to address a luncheon of the Printing Industries of America. A Secret Service agent, a city detective and a civilian motorist were slightly injured in the accident. Hawaii longshoremen ended two days of stop-work meetings and returned to the docks, after an apparent show of strength In their stalled negotiations with shippers.

Union and industry officials met but there was no report on what took place or when the next session would be held. FerraroV Wife City Councilman John Ferraro, 48, was sued for divorce by his wife of 23 years, Julia, 46. Irreconcilable differences" "were cited as the rea-' sons for the action. Married Aug, 28, 1948, in Los Angeles, the couple se-t parated last Nov. 1.

They have one' son, Luckeygiari, 16. The suit listed! community property valued at including real estate parcels $368,748. The $148 million Horton Plaza redevelopment plan for the rejuvenation of downtown San Diego Was adopted by an 8-1 vote of the City Council after three days of hearings. The. project, which has been in the planning stage for more than a de-.

cade and is expected to require another 10 years to will affect 15 square blocks of the city, now mostly covered by older office and commercial structures and small hotels. Costs of. the project, which is authorized under: the stat redevelopment act, will be financed through sale of municipal bonds secured by anticipated tax revenue increases in the area. A bank customer was shot in the stomach as he attempted to prevent a holdup at a Bank pf America' branch at 6400 San Fernando Road, Glendale. Employes said Robert Viereck, 52, of Ventura', grabbed a male gunman when he saw him take $1,000 from a teller at gunpoint.

The weapon, a. pistol, discharged in; the struggle that ensued and wounded Viereck. He was later reported in satisfactory condition at a nearby hospital. The 'suspect fled with the money in a stolen car found by police an hour later. A part-time motion picture actor and stuntman was held on suspicion of murder after two men were found shot to death in the hallway of his Oxnard Beach apartment.

The victims, identified as Joseph M. Bon-ham, 29, and Jerry M. Goins, 26, both of Oxnard, were shot with a pistol of the same caliber as one found in, the possession of William Henry Lowrey, 24,1 police said. He was held at the Ventura County jail. Investigators did not disclose a motive for the Tied and blindfolded In his van, a hostage kidnapped in the $26,000 robbery of a South San Francisco Fargo.

bank was found uninjured, police reported. Robert N. Meadows, 65, managed to remove a gag in hi3 mouth and call for help. His vehicle was commandeered for the robbery by four men armed with shotguns. Jury selection In the Pentagon Papers trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony J.

Russo proceeded slowly. THE STATE Petition Challenges A San Marino high school teacher filed a petition with the state Supreme Court seeking to remove the Watson Initiative from the November ballot. Bryan W. Stevens said he sought a writ of mandate removing the initiative because the signatures collected by Watson supporters were accepted on a daily basis, instead of being submitted all at once, as required by state law. Los Angel's County Registrar -Recorder James Allison, said signatures submitted by supporters of the initiative's sponsor, Philip Watson, are processed on a daily basis but officially filed at one time.

Stevens said he filed his petition as an individual but had accepted donations assisting his move. The initiative would put a limit on property taxes and increase other revenue sources. A 13-y ear-old bey was killed In Santa Crus when he fell out of a roller coaster car on to the tracks below and was then hit by the car on its return trip. Police identified the victim as Edward Crook of Saratoga CL'iceri said the boy plunged 43 feet THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1972 THE WORLD Four Guatemala Gunmen operating in several Guatemala cities assassinated four leaders of the right-wing ruling National Liberation Movement and killed the 7-year-old son of of ihem, police sources reported. The killings came only three weeks after Oliveiro Castaneda Paiz, a toD political leader and an avowed' "foe of guerrillas, was gunned down at hi3 daughter's birthday party.

His death is still unexplained. President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared the major Philippine island bf Luzon a disaster area as heavy rains and breached dikes threatened further spread massive flooding. Unofficial reports placed the death toll at, 36. Red Cross officials said 18,743 persons In seven provinces were homeless and short of food.

Officials In Bulacan province north of Manila said at least 80,000 persons were marooned by the floodwaters "there. Th Soviet Union has' agreed to furnish the United States With three new experimental cancer treatment tirugs that are chemical cousins of jiitrogen mustard, a poison gas used In World War I. Dr. Q. Gordon Zu-brod, of the U.S.

National Cancer Institute, also disclosed that the United States would send the Russians "three of our four, own best drugs among chemicals being tested for use against various kinds of malignancy. Tho Cambodian government-burned nearly 400 pounds of confiscated opium in front of American Embassy officials to show its support of President Nixon's campaign against narcotics. Also on hand were a Cambodian jurist, to sea that, the opium was destroyed, and a pharmacist, to certify that the substance was opium. The opium reportedly was seized April 17 as it was being brought into the country by an American identified as Joseph Ber-ger, 67, who left Cambodia after serving a one-month term. Newsmakers Reagan Trips Light 'Flam-tastic in Spain While in Spain, Gov.

Reagan delivered a personal message from "President Nixon to Gen. Francisco Tranco, the head of state, and was received by Prince Juan Carlos, who some day may be king. But there was a lighter side to his official West European tour -for Mr. Nixon. The governor dropped in on a Madrid nightclub and as his -Vife applauded he took to the floor briefly with flamenco dancer 'Lucero Tena.

After that, the Rea-gans left for Rome, where the governor will be received by Pope Paul VI and hold talks with President Giovanni Leone and Premier Giulio Andreotti. A bartender's ears get used to 'many unusual pronouncements, but Chester Robinson finally real-: Izcd someone was making a complaint more unusual than usual After half an hour, he decided the lauffled shout, was, In here, man, in the And that led to the arrest In Boston of Robert Flowers, 23. But not until firemen chopped a hole In a 35-foot chira- cey in a food store next to the bar, Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain and hail whipped the north-central states and tornado and flash-flood warnings- were out in Minnesota, South Dakota, Wlsconsin and Iowa. A disturbance off the coast of North Carolina, brought rain to Virginia and the Carolinas. Rain elsewhere was confined mainly to showers in the Northwest and in the southern and central Plains.

A federal appeals conrt refused to lower the bond of Arthur H. Bremer, the accused assailant of Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace. Bremer is being held in Maryland In lieu of $200,000 bond on federal charges and an additional $200,000 on state charges.

His federal trial ha3 been delayed until after the state trial, scheduled for July 31. An assailant fired a bullet into a Tulsa school bus full of children, narrowly missing the woman driver. Ella Mae Caddy said the shot was fired from an auto traveling in the opposite direction from her bus. The children were being taken home from a Head Start program at an A tearful Melina Mercouri returned to her native land for the worst of reasons. She arrived in Athens from Paris with her brother, Spiros, for the funeral of their mother.

Mrs. Irene Ilio-poulos died Monday. The actress and her brother lost their citizenship two years ago and were barred from entering Greece because of their opposition to the military-backed government To permit them to attend the rites, police suspended warrants for their arrest for 24 hours. About 250 persons, including prominent members of banned political parties, were present. What do you do if you're in an open-tepped touring car and it starts to rain? "You get wet," says Millard W.

Newman, president of the Veteran Motor Car Club of America and the owner of a 1911 Rolls Royce. Newman, of Tampa, is leading a group of 22 cars on a month-long trip from Montreal to Tijuana and nobody had dropped out by the time they got to their latest stopReno. None of the cars is later than 1914 and they travel between 35 and 55 p.h. So far their biggest problem hasn't been the rain, or an occasional breakdown, but the curious drivers who slow up to stare at the strange caravan, Newman said. By Jennings Parrott.

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