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BASEBALL FINAL LATE RACES CLOSING STOCKS CLOSING STOCKS Globe Newspaper Co, 288-8000 THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1969 50 PAGES 10 CENTS icted in LJ Gangland. Murder Probe One of Those Charged, Daddieco, Provides Evidence in '67 Slaying Gangster in Dorchester His body was thrown from the car a couple of blocks away on Harvard st in Dorchester. Daddieco's decision to turn state's evidence continued Byrne's unparalleled success in securing underworld testimony against former associates.

His record is unmatched by any prosecutor in the nation. The case was broken by Byrne's detective staff, headed by Det. John F. Doyle, working with the Boston Police Organized Crime Squad, led by Det. Sgt Frank Walsh, and the FBI Boston office.

INDICTED Page 26 Disclosures of the identities of those indicted came via the police teletype bulletin issuing warrants for their arrests. Flemmi. Salemme and Shields were charged with murder and conspiracy. Poulos was accused as an accessory before the fact of murder, a charge which carries the same maximum penalty as murder, and conspiracy. Bennett was gunned down after driving from his Mat-tapan home with two men the night of Dec.

23, 1967. First in 4 Years HUGH SHIELDS STEPHEN FLEMMI ROBERT DADDIECO PETER POULOS Fresh Look I Egypt Retaliates; Israel Claims 7 Jets Downed Kosygin Meets Chou In Surprise Summit 1 The Globe will be easier to read, more pleasant to the eye and thus more enjoy- 1 able to the reader starting Monday, Sept. We are putting on a new suit of clothes. The headline type will be crisper, cleaner and more contemporary. The body type 1 will be larger throughout the paper.

You'll see the difference starting Mondav. illllMlillllllllllllllUltlllllllHIIIHIIUItlllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllinilllllllllllli Associated Press TOKYO Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin conferred with Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai in Peking today, Radio Moscow reported. seven Syrian MIG's shot down July 8 over the Golan Heights. Egypt's air strike today was the first attack against Israeli Sinai positions since July 7 when Israel reported two Egyptian MIGs shot down and Israel reported one Israeli jet destroyed.

Those battles followed a series of Egyptian commando raids across the Suez Canal. The Egyptian command in Cairo said Egyptian fighters and fighter bombers hit Israeli forces and air defenses ''deep in the southern and central Sinai" and that they were ''in retaliation for the enemy's repeated aggressions on our guard outposts." MIDEAST Page 16 Vnitrd Prtss International Egypt sent its air force into the Israeli-occupied Sinai desert today in retaliation against the big Israeli land, sea and air assault Tuesday against Egypt. An Israeli spokesman reported seven and possibly eight Egyptian planes were shot down. Fighting also flared on the Israeli-Jordan front and an Israeli spokesman said Israeli planes struck Arab guerrilla positions in reprisal for guerrilla attacks against farm villages in the Be-isan valley near the Sea of Galilee. Today's Israeli-Egyptian air battles were the largest in the Middle East since July when the Israelis battled Syrian and Egyptian planes over the Sinai and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights of Syria.

Tel Aviv reported lhe Russian language broadcast, monitored here, said the meeting was arranged under mutual agreement and both leaders exchanged frank views on their respective positions. The broadcast said the meeting was constructive but did not disclose details. A dispatch of the Soviet news agency Tass from Moscow said: "The two sides openly explained their po- Nixon's Choice Things Didn't Work Out' Boss Knudsen Fired by Ford Lincoln Man Heads U.S. Aviation Board Vf Mi'ii II rl If If Al R.iJi IS vrpra I- flrfl i lf'r Iff11 Mm II- i AiorUIrd Prem DETROIT Semon E. Knudsen today announced he was quitting as president of Ford Motor Co.

after being asked to leave by Henry Ford II, board chairman. Tuesday morning Sept. 2, Mr. Ford walked into mv office and informed me that I would be leaving. His explanation was that things had not worked out." Knudsen said.

The firm announced that Knudsen would be replaced by three presidents. Knudsen gave up hi? job Of Rival By RONALD A. WYSOCKI Globe Staff Five men were indicted today by Suffolk Grand Jury for the gangland murder of William F. Bennett, 56, on the basis of evidence presented by Dist. Atty.

Garrett H. Byrne. The action was considered a major breakthrough against organized crime in Boston. Principal witness was one of those indicted. Named in the indictments were: Stephen J.

Flemmi, 35, of Milton. Francis P. (Cadillac Frank) Salemme, 35, of Sharon. Peter Poulos. 39, of Jamaica Plain.

Hugh J. (Sonny) Shields, 32, of Roxbury. Robert J. Daddieco, 35, of Revere. A sixth man, Richard Grasso, 34, of South Boston, shot to death a week after Bennett, also was named as a participant.

Daddieco, charged as a conspirator, was seen entering the Grand Jury room this morning under heavy guard. A Walpole State Prison inmate, he is being secreted under protective custody with the permission of State Corrections Comr. John A. Gavin. told police: "This is not legal.

You are keeping us out of a public building which the public has a right to enter." Others kept shouting "On the ballot, on the ballot "We'll keep fighting. Two officers, Sgt. Gallagher and officer Robert O'Neill were injured in the melee. Six men were charged with assault as a result. Gallagher had a broken tooth and O'Neil's glasses were smashed.

CAMBRIDGE Page 39 delay or obstruct development and installation of pollution control devices for motor vehicles. The decree was signed by General Motors Ford Motor Chysler American Motors Corp. and the association It would include a civil antitrust suit brought by former Atty. Gen. Ramsev Clark last Jan.

10. sitions and held a conversation useful for both sides." The Soviet Union has repeatedly stated that it is interested in talks with China to try to settle the border dispute. The last previous meeting between Kosygin and Chou was in February 1965, when Kosygin stopped in Peking on his way home from a trip to North Vietnam. MEETING Page 39 tion Secretary John A. Volpe has been in the area of airport congestion, air transportation difficulties and in the development of supersonic transports and short takeoff and landing facilities.

Browne described himself as a strong advocate of the supersonic transport and of the development of jetports specifically a jetport in Boston. "There's a lot of industry there that doesn't have to be in Boston," he said while commenting that this industry might well move if air transportation into the city deteriorated. BROWNE Page 10 FRANK SALEMME GM Boosts Prices $119 On 70 Cars Dow Jonrs DETROIT General Motors Corp. raised prices on its 1970 model cars by an average it calculated at $119 or 3 9 10 percent a car. On its 1970 warranty G.M.

kept the policy unchanged. The current policy guarantees power train parts for five years or 50.000 miles and all other parts for one year or 12.000 miles. G.M.'s move could force Ford Motor Company to change its new one-year warranty policy with no mileage or transfer restrictions that dropped the five year or 50.000 mile coverage. G.M. is the first of" the major auto makers to announce 1970 prices.

It is expected other auto makers will generally follow G.M.'s pattern when their prices are announced over the next two weeks. Pricing analysts will study G.M.'s various price moves for days but it appeared that the combination of G.M.'s various moves added up to price increase slightly greater than a year ago when G.M. boosted its suggested retail prices an average of about $52 or 610 percent. The SI 19 price increase represents the average list price increase on the base car and excludes options. GM Page 25 By JAMES DOYLE Globe Washinrton Bureau WASHINGTON President Nixon today nominated Secor D.

Browne of Lincoln, Mass. to become chairman of Civil Aeronautics Board replacing John H. Crooker who has resigned effective Sept. 30. Browne, a 53-year-old graduate of Harvard and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been serving since Mar.

14 as an assistant secretary of transportation for research and development. Browne told reporters he viewed his new job as "moving from a frying pan to a frying pan." His work for Transporta PEACE PARTY pickets and police tangle at Cambridge Municipal Building. (Charles Dixon photo) 28 Cambridge Protesters Held as a top executive vice president at General Motor over a year ago to become president of Ford in one of the biggest executive switches in recent U.S. corporate history. Henry Ford issued a statement saying Knudsen was leaving "with my appreciation for his services to the company these past 19 months.

"Even though things did imt work out as I had hoped they might, Mr. Knudsen has my respect and my very best wishes for success in what I am sure will be the many active useful years ahead of him." Ford said Knudsen would be replaced by three presidents reporting directly to him. "In the past 19 months that I have been with Ford Motor Knudsen said in his statement, "the company has made substantial progress. "The company's record in recent months has been the best in the industry. FORD Page 25 What Is It? ITtRUCK TANK 2000 Gal.

FOR sale. Call The Quincy man who placed thi Want Ad in The Globe said he removed the tank from hi oil truck to make room for a crane. Now he hope to sell the ting tiie tank. vo-jVe ii. the market for an oil trck with or without a tank, try G'obe Classified.

Last vear alone. Giobe Classified carried 55.5 of al! automotive ads appearing in wsjnr Bcso" newspapers. So try Glebe Ycl'iI be you Call 232-1503 officers at the head of the stairs on the third floor, outside the Election Commission office. The officers finally overpowered the man and handcuffed him, He was taken downstairs to police headquarters for booking on a charge of unlawful assembly. More officers were rushed to the entrance of the building and Sgt Henry Gallagher using a bull horn ordered the crowd to disperse or be arrested.

INSIDE HEADLINES WOMEN VOTEPvS LOOK AT WELFARE Situation one big mess, league to'd. I EVANGELISTS PROTEST HIPPIE OUSTER Walkout forces church group to readmit couple. INACTION OF CORNELL OFFICIALS HIT Trustees blame campus disturbance on disciplinary breakdown. Page 6 ROSH HASHONAH MESSAGE Jewish community on eve of holidays sees need for return to basic values. gc 14 INDEX TO TONIGHT'S GLOBE Astro-Guide ..49 Crossword ...49 Sports 27-34 Book 35 Deaths 38 Ste-incrohn ...18 Bridge 12 Editorials ....20 TV-Radio ....43 Calendar 18 Financial Theaters ...34,35 Classified Obituaries .38.39 Twistagram ..49 Comics 49 Shain 48 Women 36,37 THE WEATHER Tonight Fair with low in the 50's.

Friday Fair and somewhat warmer. Pollen Count 7 High Tide at 11:48 a.m. Full Report Page 22. By GEORGE CROFT Globe Staff Some 23 members of the Peace and Freedom Party of Cambridge were arrested and seven policemen were injured just before noon today after about 60 men and women stormed the second floor offices of the Cambridge Election Commission in the Municipal Building. The group had picketed the building, which is located on Green at Western and is part of police headquarters, prior to forming a wedge to break through a line of police officers.

The trourjie erupted after the group was informed that only 10 and not all of the about 60 persons could go to the third floor office of the Election Commission to discuss a rent control referendum. The item had been ruled off the November ballot by the Election Commission on the advice of City Solicitor Philip Cronin. One of the group engaged in a scuffle with two police They refused to leave and about 20 men and women were quickly taken into custody and charged with unlawful assembly. The remainder of the group, still carrying their signs which proclaimed "Cronin Lies" and "Give Us Rent Control," moved across the street to continue their picketing. When the.

majority was refused entrance. Mrs. Mar-got Didley, speaking for the Peace and Freedom Party. ell said a proopsed consent filed in Los Angeles Federal Court, was submitted for final approval in 30 days. It would become effective immediately thereafter.

Under the proposed settlement, the car manufacturers and their trade association, the Automobile Manufacturers would be prohibited from conspiring to Autos Agree to Pollution Controls WASHINGTIN Despite protests from 18 congressmen and possible legal action, the Nixon administration settled out of court Thursday an antitrust suit accusing the nation's largest automakers of conspiring to delay installation of antipollution devices. Atty. Gen. John N. Mitch.

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