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The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 31

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298,152 Morning and Evening May Average Daily THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN earner Cloudy, Mild Map on Page 1 Highs 85 to 89 VOL, 81, NO. 180 Paid Circulation MONDAY, JULY 3, 1972 COPYRIGHT, 1972, THE OKLAHOMA PUBLISHING 500 BROADWAY, BOX 25125, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. 73123 30 FACES IOC Wind Deals Heavy Blow to Newly Wed City Couple Slinrinv nftnrannn Mrs, Stacey looked sadly guess we'll have to do something to make it by." Mrs. Stacey said she and her. husband were inside the trailer when the storm L't, and waited there until they saw the home rwxt to them being rocked by the strong winds.

"We waited as long as possible," she said, "then we went to the office with the rest of the neighbors." vere weather dealt a severe blot to (he new marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Tommy Stacey, 2311 SE 47 residents of Cascade Trailer Park. The Stacey 'S trailer home and virtually all of their belongings were destroyed when high winds ripped through the park and toppled at least five other homos in addition to theirs. was in her trailer also when the storm hit and watched as the violent winds began to pick up the front end of the family car.

"It was the scariest thing," she said. "The trailer started rocking and then the one next to us lifted up and came down on ours. We could feel it slipping off of the blocks." Mrs. Stanley Kolmer, 2311 SE 46 said her home shook several times and then turned over abruptly, thtowing her and her dogs to the floor amid a pile of furniture. "The first tiling I thought about was the dogs," she said, holding them tightly in her arms and standing in the recreation room of the mobile home complex after the storm was finished.

through the window of their car, their only remaining shelter, as her husband rummaged through the twisted remains of their dwelling, trying (o salvage wedding presents given them only a week before. "I really don't know what we are going to do," she said. "Everything we owned was in the trailer. I "I've seen quite a few typhoons before," said another resident, Lloyd W. Mobley, 2319 SE 46, "so I knew this wasn't just another thunderstorm.

My wife and I waited as long as we could inside of our trailer, listening to the TV and waiting for the winds to die. "Then we saw the siding of the trailer next door being stripped off like it was tin foil. Wo know then that we couldn't stay any longer." Some miles to the east of the Cascade Trailer Park, residents of Tinker Air Force Base, who also suffered considerable damage, were surveying the storm's work. Captain M. W.

Mc-G a Tinker Air Force Base officer, said he was sitting in his bedroom when the storm hit and could hear the debris flying and striking the house. "it was very strong wind," he said, "and inside the house was the only place to be with things like that flying around." The captain was pointing to a large steel ventilating unit that was torn from the top of a building some 150 yards away and hurled into his front lawn. Bette Potter, 15, said she Heavy Storms Cut Destructive Swath Through City Area Winds Tumble Mobile Homes On South Side Tornado Damages Number of Homes Around Purcell oxers ana tripes. snow of television's "Tonight Show" singer An.ta Bryant wafch the Fair. Arena fill up Sunday for the annual patriotic extravaganza.

(Staff Photo by Bob Albright) Rain Fails to Douse Spirit At Stars and Stripes Show By Mark Naglo Violent thunderstorms accompanied by heavy rains, hail and winds clocked up to 70 miles per hour lashed central Oklahoma Sunday afternoon, destroying at least six mobile homes in a southeast Oklahoma City trailer park and causing widespread wind damage and flooding in other city areas. At Cascade Trailer Park, 2200 SE 44, winds estimated at near 70 miles per hour toppled the trailer homes shortly after 3 p.m. and caused other damage. No severe injuries were reported in the incident, but a Kingfisher woman was taken to South Community Hospital where she was treated for a possible heart attack. The National Weather Service said winds in o.v- Toppled mobile homes lie in the wake of Sunday's storm.

India, Pakistan Fleet Teens Nab Agree on Pact Rnhh Jet Passenger Slays Pirate of mile: per By Katherine Hatch A near capacity audi' ence in the State Fair Arena Sunday enthusiastically welcomed the fourth annual addition of the Stars and Stripes Show. Neither wind nor rain nor the earlier gloom of a stormy day dampened the spirits of the crowd that began pouring into the arena at 5:45, a full 45 minutes before show time. Reminded that the show will be seen on 240 NBC stations Tuesday night, the audience practiced its applauding and cheering. When Ed a master of ceremonies for the show, appeared on the flag-bedecked stage, it was clear that the practice had paid off. "I'm so delighted that you joined us," McMahon said, and the crowd cheered its agreement.

McMahon, announcer of the television "Tonight Show," said that his son. Jeffrey, 12, had told him Saturday night that his day in Oklahoma City had been "the best I ever had." With McMahon in charge, the show moved smoothly through musical groups, singers, actors, and the appearance of sports stars. Gov. Hall, said the show is "the best advertisement SIMLA, India (AP) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan signed an agreement early Monday calling for partial troop withdrawal all along their common border, including the explosive cease-fire lino in Kashmir. The pact was signed at a hastily arranged ceremony nine hours before Bhutto was scheduled to return to Pakistan, culminating five days of tough summit bargaining.

An official Pakistan spokesman said the document called for troop withdrawals along the 800-mile western Indian border with Pakistan and the cease-fire line in disputed Kashmir. Indian sources said other points of the agreement were renunciation of force Continued on Page 2, Col. 5 HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) A pair of homeless problem kids turned hero as they rounded up a gun-toting youngster and recovered $7,500 in stolen cash and checks, police reported Sunday. Kenneth Sprouse and Johnny Price were in their cottages Saturday night at Montanari Clinical School when they heard screams of "Stop him! Stop him!" outside the school grounds.

Darting outside, they saw a teen-ager about their age running down the street being pursued by a crowd of shouting pedestrians. Kenneth, 16, and Johnny, 14, gave chase. Hialeah Police Detective James Doud gave this account of what happened next: When the two youths starting gaining ground on the fleeing boy several blocks later, he wheeled around and pointed a automatic pistol at them. Startled, the two pursuing students stopped and the pistol-waving youth ran on. Kenneth took off after him again while Johnny circled around to try to cut him off another way.

When Kenneth got within five feet of the armed boy, the boy again turned, aimed at Kenneth's head and pulled the trigger twice. Kenneth dropped to the ground. But the loaded gun misfired both times. After a resumed chase of several more blocks, Kenneth finally foiled his prey with a flying tackle in a churchyard. Police arrived immediately and arrested the armed 15- a 1 d.and charged him with the robbery of a 52-year-old worn-Continued on Pago 2, Col.

4 hour were recorded and Civil Defense authorities said gusts up to 70 miles per hour were recorded. Police had no damage estimates on the Cascade incident but officials on the scene said they would be considerable. The high winds also caused extensive damage to residential areas of Tinker Air Force Base, where largo strips of tar and gravel roofing material were ripped from roofs and hurled across the neighborhood. Several car windows were shattered by the flying debris and at one point a large steel ventilator was torn from the roof of a building and de-Continued on Pago 3, Col. 5 Oklahoma has ever had.

"We have more of what traditional America is right here in Oklahoma than any place else." "I am glad we are telling the world about it," the governor said. He said this was the first Stars and Stripes show he has attended but "I'm never going to miss another one." Mayor Latting called the show "a focal point for Fourth of July celebrations in the nation." The theme of the show was patriotism. It was reflected in the red, white and blue worn by most members of the audience; in the songs sung by Nancy Wilson, Anita Bryant, and Mickey Newbury; in the recitation of Chill Wills and in the lively music of the Les Brown band, the Strategic Air Command band and the Johnny Mann and Kenny Rogers groups. The biggest star of the show was Bob Hope, Continued on Page 2, Col. 3 Chess Challenger Given Ultimatum REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer was given a Tuesday noon deadline on Sunday to appear for the world championship or forfeit his chance for the title.

The ultimatum, an-nounccd by Dr. Max Euvve, president of the International Chess Federation, meant a two-day postponement of Fischer's encounter with world champion Boris Spassky oi Russia. The match was to have started Sunday. Fischer refused to play the match after officials balked at his last-minute demands for more money. SAIGON (AP) A young Asian tried to pirate a Pan American Airways 747 jumbo jet to Hanoi on Sunday, but the aircraft landed instead in Saigon where the pilot and two passengers clasped him in a strangle hold and an armed passenger pumped five bullets into his chest.

The pilot then heaved the dead hijacker to the concrete taxiway at Tan Son Nhut Airport. The pirate had claimed he was North Vietnamese. A Pan American spokesman in Hong Kong said, "As far as we can toll now, the pirate's name is believed to be Nguyen Thai Binh, but no passport or ticket for him has yet been found. It is believed he boarded the plane at Honolulu." The man carried a package he claimed was a bomb in one hand and a long knife in the other. He said he intended to blow Continued on Page 2, Col.

1 Truman Put In Hospital KANSAS CITY (AP) Former President Harry S. Truman was admitted' to Research Hospital in Kansas City Sunday with what his doctor described as a "lower gastrointestinal problem." Dr. Wallace H. Graham, personal physician to the SS-year-old former chief executive, described Truman's condition as "satisfactory." A hospital spokesman said routine examinations were planned, including X-ray studies of Truman's TWO IN HOSPITAL, ONE IN JAIL Policeman Nabs 3 Robbery Suspects State ACCIDENTS CLAIM, nine lives during first two days of the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Page 11.

NIXON CONFUSED about conditions in beef industry, State Board of Agriculture chief charges. Page 11. Nation COLORADO'S PLAN to halt youth festival fizzles; 7,000 meet on mountain top. Pago 16. SOME JUDGES use probation to give draft evaders a form of amnesty- Page 4.

McGOVERN PLANS meeting with AFL-CIO chief wants O'Brien to remain as head of party. Pago 1G ARIZONA PRISON officials keep SO inmates locked up after disturbance, stabbing of one prisoner, Pagn fi. World S0V NAJ1ESE Paratroopers battle near Quang TO while scores of rockets hit Hue Page IS TRIO EXECUTED, Belfast police say of three men's bodies found Sunday. Page 14. By II.

C. Neal EDMOND A rookie Ed-mond officer single hand-edly fought off a trio armed robbery suspects early Sunday, shooting two of the men and taking the third into custody. The one-man posse, officer Anthony Garrett, 25, shot one of the suspects in the upper left arm and another in the lower right arm alter he was jumped by all ihrcc. The wounded men were hospitalized at St. Anthony and reported in good condition under guard of sheriff's deputies.

The third was booked into county jail. All face charges of armed robbery and assault on an officer. Garrett was bruised but not seriously hurt. The suspects were identified as John D. Morrow, 25, 2103 Grape Court, (jailed); James Manns, 22, of 2411 Wheeling (wounded): and William Goodlctt, 20, address unknown (wounded).

All arc from Oklahoma City and arc also suspeo'? in a motel robbery which occurred about an hour before the Edmond incident, police said. Actinc Police Chief Har old Woodside had high praise for Garrett's initiative. "This officer won't be suspended or face any charges for this fine piece of police work," the chief said, "since he was clearly acting in immediate self-defense. In fact, he's going to get a couple of days off," the chief added. The incident occurred at an all-night convenience store at 15th and Boulevard.

A passerby had telephoned an alarm about 3:15 a.m. Garrott sniri hr nntnrrtl the store with his gun drawn just as the trio was leaving and placed the men under arrest. He said he look a .22 caliber revolver and a paper sack of money from Morrow and a largo pipe wrench from Manns. "At that point," Garrett related, "Manns jumped mo and tried to get my gun. I shoved him away and shot him in the upper arm.

Then Goodlett got the pipe wrench which I had thrown across the floor and came at me with it. I rVintinitml nn lnr 9 fnt .1 Inside Features Amusements 17 Sports 19-22 Today Women New; 12. 13 Classified Ads 23-29 Comics 30 Editorials 8 Horoscope IS News Quiz Answers 9 Obituaries 14 Oil News 7 JVIivtry Service Igp Want Ads 2J5-S722 jOthtr Calls 232-3311.

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