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17 3 r-iT-' 18,1567, i. MW i In ia (irm 7 ill In Brief An intensely hot four-alarm destroyed a city block of "mil ACTION UN IE UP Neighbors didn't antici-pate Fremont "youths marathon night softball would be a day game. The 3 a.m. crowd found more restless sleepers thanplayers. Page 15 The World CAIRO Gen Abdel Hakim Amer, the scapegoat for Egypt's defeat in the June war, has committed suicide.

His death may be a good thing for President Nasser and then, maybe not. Page 3 TheNatipn buildings in 7 NorthOak1and early yesterday. Two firemen were injured -battling the blaze, which broke out at 2:07 a.m. By 8 a.m. the triangular- "shaped block bordered by Adeline, 60th and 61st Streets and Stanford Avenue was in ruins.

Fire department inspectors were investigating TOie ealise-( of the blaze. A crowd of about 1,000, including several customers who had just left a bar in the block at its 2 i a.m. closing hour, 1 gathered to watch the fire. -j Flames rose 200 feet in the air, and the heat was so intense it was felt two blocks away. Acting Fire Robert A.

Harder, 33, of 5601 Balboa Drivers Jle astrained back and neck. Hoseman Joseph F. Buhlman, 40, from smoke inhalation; Both were treated at Mer-ritt Hospital. Destroyed by r- lheflames- were the Klub Triangle, a bar at 6031 Adeline Frank's Auto Repair, 854 60th the Auto Body Shop, 85? 60th the Liftruck Service a forklift firm, of 867 Stanford and several vacant buildings between 015 and 6027 Adeline Street. Battalion Chief James A.

Powers said the blaze was fed by two 50-gallon drums of oil or solvent stored in one of the auto shops. A total of 60 firemen and 16 pieces of equipment from Oakland, aided by two Berkeley fire trucks, fought for more than an hour to control the flames. The fire was not extinguished until 8 a.m. Powers said damage could not be assessed until all the building owners make reports. 4 I I NEW YORK Richard Nixon said he will "7 formally announce his intentions in the presidential race some time between December and February and not before because "I might put my foot In my mouth between then and now and knock myself out of the race." Page 4 WASHINGTON Now that we are used to nice round sums in billions, along comes a statistical analysis aiming us toward terms of two-third of a trillion in federal spending.

Page 4 MT. WASHINGTON, N.H. The last train of the day down the steepest railway grade in world was jammed with tourists. Sudden-, ly, a sickening plunge, a crash' and bodies tumbling everywhere. Eight died.

Pag5 Firemen pour water ort raging -lire which Mock Riot Some Real destroyed full city block in North Oakland Provides Scuffles Ten cBivcrkM After daf success" Farallones Swimmer Makes It Continued from Page 1 through the 59 to -62 degree -water at 55 to 58 strokes a minute. He was fed dextrose and liquid peaches by his supporters on escort boats. He had-made two-attempts 'at the Gate swim in the summer of last year, his first try ending only two miles from the- bridge hours of battling currents. The water was icy cold then, contrasted with yesterdays comparatively mild temperature. A second attempt two weeks later, Sept.

ended in a little less than seven hours when he was overcome by stomach cramps and nausea. He said he was successful this time because he was "lucky," and that he had not contemplated quitting because "I had too much time and money invested." He recalled that it took four tries to conquer the English Channel, Erikson said he began marathon swimming to "relax." He is a senior chemist in missile research and is the father of two teen-aged children. Sponsor of the swim yesterday was the Dolphin Club of San Francisco, to which Erik-son, Colonel Evans and Walter Papke, another swimmer who has attempted the Farra-lones to Golden Gate route, belong. Papke also swam along with Erikson part of the way yesterday as a pacesetter. Dirksen and Roses WASHINGTON (AP) Senate Republican leader Everett M.

Dirksen, who likes to deliver flowery dissertations now and then, was officially named today grand marshal of the 1968 Tournament of Roses parade in HOROSCOPE GUIDE The new monthly mag azine with the most complete daily forecasts published. On newsstands now. Look for it. -ff i v- I hose on the inferno. But the buildings burned to the "ground.

It had been planned that way. They were a -eiyic eyesore. v-" After a fierce scuffle and a thorough search of the surrounding area, SNARF and all his ringleaders were captured. 6:40 a.m. the insurrection was declared ended at the scene.

SNARF, smiling and bone weary, was last seen comparing cuts and bruises with a guardsman. p. Continued from Page 1 Si to an adjoining open air wres-v tling pit. Picket signs peared mysteriously. Screaming "LET'S SHOW CITY and "BURN! SNARF soon had I the milling mob enraged.

I Detectives Cabeceira and McHale in Blue Line Ten 'A called in more police units. The National Guard was Bay Region MONTEREY Receipts fell off a bit from last year's record, but the Monterey Jazz festival was a musical, gourmet table all the same. Page 40 PROBATION OFFICER-Alameda County's 20 Superior Court judges have asked the State Supreme Court to decide whether the court or the Civil Service Commission has jurisdiction over selection of the head of the key post. Page 18 NEWSWORTHY-What's new in Bay Area business developments? Read the roundup on individuals and companies. Page 9 mand of Lt.

Col. Albert Crane. By pre-arrangement the city was divided into two sectors at Thornton Avenue, which runs east and west. Each sector was patroled by a mobile task force, usually a mounted rifle platoon. A police car served as pathfinder and maintained radio 'comrmi-nication.

Each task force also had a policprf dog especially trained for riot control. Colonel Crane stationed himself at police headquarters in the basement of City Hall on Newark Boulevard, a stones' throw from Thornton Avenue. Along with Police Sgt. Carl Pierce, who was in command of the police, the colonel set up a war room, known as the Com Center (communications). With the approaching dawn, activity began to cool down that is until SNARF set fire to a house.

It was a real fire, The first units to the scene found the narrow roadway blocked by two cars but the first fire fruck was allowed free passage by the rioters To protect nearby power poles and fields. The second was met with a mob assault. Firemen trying to lay hoses were pummeled and knocked to the ground. One lost his hose. But troopers quickly got Jt back, at gunpoint.

At one point the "fire stormed, blowing a fireman IlaL.He managed to keep his- Features PAUL HERTELENDY The San Francisco Opera opens tomorrow night, and no well-informed status-seeker can afford to go without the Tribune music critic's guide to the opera. Even genuine opera lovers will find some helpful hints. Page 24 I TEDLOW I i PUBLISHING I IT'S LOVELY Al Martinez takes us on a tour of the new Private-Enterprise Exeutive Mansion in Sacramento1. You'll love the American Standard Room they donated the plumbing. Page 15 A PHALANX OF GUARDSMEN SURROUND SHOUTING 'RIOTERS' IN NEWARK -A major phase of the exercise-was-canceled when the-crowd got too unruly Sports placed on standby alert.

And a fire department resuscitator squad was called to revive an "injured" agitator. A uniformed police officer mounted the arena's bleachers. Using a bull horn, he declared the assembly unlawful and ordered the crowd to disperse. The crowd answered with a hail of water balloons and the echoing chant "DOWN WITH COPS!" The water balloons were simulated "bricks" and, later, served as Molotov cocktails. After a fireman with a resuscitator and his one-man National Guard escort were pummeled when they tried to reach the injuredman, a Guard rifle platoon surrounded the mob and closed in.

One agitator was actually injured. A radio ciub volunteer, Paul M. Eddy, suffered a two-inch gash in the back of his head. It required two stitches to close. He had been hit with a helmet.

of scuffling, the Guard managed to encircle the mob. Three- were But SNARF and many others fled the scene- Actually -this phase of the exercise was called off after it became too unruly. Some outsiders joined in swinging, for keeps. Also Swiss Park bar patrons thought the riot was for real. One curious patron walked over to see what was happening.

In the dark he caught a rifle butt between the eyes. Earlier the Fourth Battalion of the 149th Armored Division set up a bivouac and com-m a post at John L. MacGregor School on the city's north under com-- Tricky Dice Was Casino's Method RENO, Nev. Cheating dice, known as "mis-spots" or "odds-splitters," the cause of a landmark Reno casino being ordered shut down by Xha State Gaming Control Board. The board ordered the Riverside, a popular Reno casino, closed Saturday after Deputy State Atty.

Gen. John Sheehan said he shot craps for one hour, losing steadily. He finally seized the dice. According to board chairman Frank Johnson, the cheating dice were marked so it impossible to roll a combination of five or nine, often a winning number. One dice bore only 2, 3 and 6, and the other 1, 4 and 5, Johnson said.

The State Gaming Commission will urge revocation of the casino's gambling license. Johnson said. ED LEVITT -The weekend was special -for Cal's Paul Williams. Playing before 31,000 in his first integrated game, he found it "a lot better." Page 33 I MM 1 1 Ml 111 S4 Foco 15 Landers 15 Martinaz 15 Riesel 14 Sports 33 Thaaters 24 TV and Radio 16 Vitals 18 Waathar 18 World of Woman .21 77 62 .01 Action Una 15 Astrology 17 Aunt EUit 17 17 Adi ..25 Comlci 19 Crossword PuzzU 25 14 -Financial Bill Fistt 13 (M THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PRIZES AND A 1968 MUSTANG INCREASE YOUR CHANCES TO WIN THE WEATHER STORY It will be fair tonight and tomorrow except fog and low cloudiness near ocean. In Alameda the low tonight will be 52 to 60, and the high tomorrow will be 75 to 85.

In Contra Costa County the low tonight will be 55 to 63 and the high tomorrow will be 82 to 90. There will be westerly winds 12 to 25 m.p.h. in the afternoons. TEMPERATURES (14-heur period tndlna mm tody) I Oakland Downtown 73 62 Airport 74 64 .01 S.F. Downtown 69 62 .04 MSO Send for your CASH CALL MINI sticker today Details on Emm ai mm: Airport.