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-a Seven die in Ulster violence Tulare Advance-Register Tulare, California Thursday, July 13, 1972 Page 6 Later two unidentified men were shot dead in a pub in Portadown frequented mainly by Catholics, police said. In the periods other fatalities, two British soldiers died early today after they were h't by sniper fire Wednesday night in the Catholic Lower Falls area of Belfast, the army said. Eight soldiers were injured, three seriously, when a landmine blasted their truck near Ready, County Armagh, near the Irish Republic border. gunmen burst into the home of Sally" McLenaghan, a Catholic widow, shot her in the leg and arm, then shot her son David as he lay in bed sleeping, the army said. Police said the boy had a mental age of four.

In the citys Catholic Bally-murphy area police found the hooded body of an unidentified man of about 25 floating in a stream. In Portadown, 25 miles southwest of Belfast, Protestant Paul Beattie, 20, was killed by a sniper. Andersonstown district. The British Government would have to give their word of honor. Twomey said, Whitelaw was a blatant liar in saying the Provisionals broke the truce in an outbreak of shooting between them and British forces Sunday in a Belfast housing estate.

Twomey said the troops fired first. British officials said Whitelaw was studying the truce offer with caution. In the capitals Catholic Old Park Road district, four BELFAST (UPI) Seven persons, including a retarded 15-year-old Catholic boy shot in his bed, died in continuing violence Wednesday and today in one of the bloodiest 24-hour periods since a two-week cease-fire ended Sunday. The deaths boosted the fatality toll in almost three years of violence in Northern Ireland to 428. British officials studied a new truce offer from the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

Seamus Twomey, chief of the IRAs Provisional wing in Belfast, said Wednesday the Provisionals would be willing to negotiate a new cease-fire with William Whitelaw, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, providing British forces promise to honor the truce. "He would have to give us strong guarantees, witnessed by neutral observers, that 1 he would be prepared to honor his word, Twomey told a news conference in the Catholic Viets disable Red tanks in battle for Quang Tri Farther south, spokesmen said two American advisers were wounded and a South Vietnamese soldier killed today when five Communist 82mm mortar rounds hit the town of Bao Tri in Hau Nghia Province, 20 miles west of Saigon. North Vietnamese gunners hit the old imperial capital of Hue, 400 miles north of Saigon, with 30 rounds of rockets today. Most of the shells fell into a government marine position in the citys Citadel, spokesmen said, but there were no reports of casualties. pronged drive to retake Quang Tri, 430 miles north of Saigon, reportedly broke through to the citys Communist-held Citadel in the middle of town Wednesday under cover of heavy U.S.

air support. The unconfirmed field report gave no further details. Spokesmen said 36 U.S. B52 bombers dumped an estimated 900 tons of explosives on North Vietnamese positions near the city, captured by Communist troops May I. Sources said government troops destroyed 25 North Vietnamese tanks in the 24 hours ending at 6 a.m.

today. The' sources said South Vietnamese troops drove against Communist forces inside the city Wednesday, then a government airborne brigade moved back about half a mile to let allied air support batter the southern end of town. The Saigon command said all roads into Quang Tri City have been cut by the South Vietnamese and the only side of the city not blocked off by government troops is an area on the northwest bordering the Thach Han River. SAIGON (UPI) South Vietnamese troops knocked out 25 Communist tanks in the battle to recapture Quang Tri City Wednesday, then pulled back to make room for U.S. air strikes against the embattled province capital, military sources said today.

Spokesmen said 102 South Vietnamese troops were killed and 198 wounded in fighting around Quang Tri during the 24 hours that ended at 6 a.m. today. Communist losses were 318 killed. South Vietnamese paratroopers in the second day of a two- Primary change bill set Chess match delayed again: Fischer demands television ouster New police cameras camera that produces an image the same size as the subject and another camera that produces an image on a 1:4 ratio. (Advance-Register photo! Sgt.

Roger Hill demonstrates the use of the Tulare Police Department's new scene camera. Also included in the camera group are, left, an evidence heavy favorite, Fischer made what appeared be a beginners error and went down to defeat at the hands of the 35-year-old Soviet world champion. The moment of truth was painful. Fischer rose from the massive mahogany chess table, television cameras hidden above the stage where the players sit at the chess board for their championship match, scheduled to run a maximum of 24 games. Although he went into the much-postponed first game a Photo equipment, training aid Tulare police investigation Washington Daily News publishes last paper made a helpless gesture and resigned, at.

the 56th move. Before stomping out of the hall, he reached over to shake Spasskys hand. Fischer obviously was upset but who is a member of the Americans camp, said he is a pro and this is part of the game. I believe he has got enough to come back in the After all, there are 23 possible games Fischer locked himself into his hotel suite with his second, Father William Lombardy, a Catholic priest who is a grandmaster, to analyze the lost game and prepare for todays encounter. The challenger lost the first game at the 29th move when in taking one of Spasskys pawns he allowed his bishop to be trapped.

By doing this he in effect exchanged one bishop for two pawns an action which favored the champion. Although Fischer made a desperate attempt to turn the game into a draw, it became obvious that Spassky could not be kept from promoting a pawn to a queen, thus making an eventual checkmate a certainty. REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) Bobby Fischer, already one game down in his drive for the world chess championship, today threatened to walk out on the second match with titlehol-der Boris Spassky unless all television cameras are removed from the hall. Fischers demands were presented by Fred Cramer, a vice president of the U.S. Chess Federation, at a closed meeting with representatives of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), the Icelandic organizers and representatives of U.S.

companies owning the television rights to the match, international chess sources said. The referee of the match, Germanys Lothar Schmid, said Fischer will lose the second game by default if he does not turn up for the scheduled 5 p.m. (1 p.m. EDT) start today Schmid also said organizers will not keep spectators from the first two rows of seats in the hall as they did during the first game on Fischers request. The 29-year-old New Yorker walked out for 35 minutes Wednesday to protest two SACRAMENTO (UPI) -Legislation aimed at abolishing Californias winner-take-all Democratic presidential primary, which was hotly debated at the Democratic national convention, has cleared its first state Senate committee hurdle.

Sen. Alfred Alquist, D-San Jose, author of the bill, said would give each Democratic presidential primary contender proportional representation on the California delegation which goes to the 1976 convention. The number of delegates each candidate would receive would reflect the percentage of the vote he received in the primary election. The bill would bring California into conformity with new rules adopted by this years convention requiring that delegates be selected "in a manner which fairly reflects the division of preferences of Democratic voters in each state. Opponents of Sen.

George McGovern of South Dakota had unsuccessfully challenged the primary in which he won all of the states 271 convention seats although receiving only 43.5 per cent of the vote. The anti-McGovern coalition contended that the seats should be alloted proportionately. That would have left McGovern with 120 seats instead of the 271. The only opposition to the bill in the Senate Elections Com mittee came from Republican Sen. William E.

Coombs, R-Rialto. manitnnmtnimimnniiinmmttiiniimnmiiniimmiiiminMi These registered TOM JOHNSON, wondering where all the reporters came from. LARRY MCCORMICK, explaining electrical systems and horses. gram, said Patrolman Charles Day, who works in the police darkroom, will also attend the school. Monreal said the course stresses the importance of photography in showing crime scenes and evidence in court.

I can explain something to you, but you understand it better when you actually see it, Monreal said. To aid officers in their investigations, the department recently purchased $600 worth of special cameras. There are three cameras in the package and all are preset, making them easier for officers in the field to use. Sgt. Edward Monreal is latest Tulare Police Department officer to complete an intensive 11-day training session at Lake Tahoe.

Thus far, six local policemen have completed the course in preservation of evidence and the use of photography in crime investigation. In addition to Monreal, the other officers graduating from the Bahn Fair School of Scientific Criminal Investigation are Det. Tom Luttrell, Sgt. Troy Otto, Sgt. Howard Chamberlain, Sgt.

Roger Hill and Sgt. Don Arends. Lt. Phil Morgan, in charge of the departments training pro One camera copies evidence on a 1:1 ratio. A second camera shows a 1:4 ratio and the third camera in the set is to phto-graph an entire crime scene.

Each camera is equipped with electronic flash or flash bulbs to provide consistent exposures. The cameras uses 4 by 5-inch sheet film, just as a view camera which the department still uses. Hill said officers were reluctant to photograph evidence and scenes at crimes and accidents prior to the purchase of the new equipment because there was too much involved in set' ting up the equipment. assets to the rival Washington Evening Star. It cited financial problems and commented it was now impossible for three independent newspapers operate profitably in the Washington, D.C., area.

The Washington Post has the morning field to itself. The death knell of the News was sounded at 12:15 p.m., a quarter of an hour before a home edition deadline when the newspapers vice president and editor, Richard Hollander, entered the editorial room and beckoned his staff to the main desk. WASHINGTON (UPI) -Garrett Waters, a newsman of 40 years experience, was anticipating retirement at age 65 in October. Lorenzo Middleton, 25 and black, was promoted from copy boy to reporter last week. Both were out of jobs today following the end of publication of the 51-year-old Washington Daily News, an evening tablod that employed 600 persons and had an average daily circulation of 217,073.

The News announced in a front page story headlined Farewell Wednesday it was selling its name and certain Reds reject Viet peace plan rirr I- "Jfce i-L PARIS (UPI) The Vietnamese Communists today rejected President Nixons latest peace plan as an unreasonable and absurd ultimatum and said they will settle for nothing except acceptance of their own plan. North Vietnamese negotiator Xuan Thuy and Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, the Viet Cong foreign minister, turned down Nixons plan and pushed their own, long-rejected peace package, when the Vietnam Confer that President Nixons eight point plan proposed Jan.25 and calling for new presidential elections in South Vietnam, was aimed merely at maintaining U.S. control of the country. "The demand for an immediate ceasefire to come before an accord on military anc political questions on conditions put forward by Mr. Nixon on May 8 and June 29 is in fact nothing but an unreasonable and absurd ultimatum, she said.

ence resumed after a 10 -week suspension. The meeting lasted three hours and 45 minutes. Negotiators said they had agreed to meet again next week. The Communist delegations stand, coupled with a violent condemnation of U.S. ot strikes in Vietnam, failed to move the conference off dead center as had been hoped in Washington.

Taking an unusually harsh tone, Madame Binh charged jCsSt' I Italian's term suspended i Liberty board names president John Trask, Visalia, was reelected president of the Liberty Elementary School Board of Trustees at the boards annual organizational meeting Monday. George Mendonca was reelected clerk and Willie Carver was named as representative to the Tulare County Committee on School District Organization. The board authorized change in school hours at Liberty, changing the hours to 9 a.m to 2:33 p.m. for grades kindergarten through third, and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

for grades four through eight. School previously started at 8:30 for all grades The board also called for bids for new roofing for the schools cafeteria building and gave approval to a dress code. Liberty principal Charles Jacobs was authorized by the trustees to hire an additional cook and four more teachers' aides. A Visalia man, 63, convicted of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with shooting at two students last year from a security patrol car, was granted two years probation with a suspended jail sentence Wednesday. Tulare County Superior Court Judge Leonard Ginsburg suspended an' order for the man, Ruel "Smokey Miller, to serve 180 days.

According to probation reports, Miller fired from his Security Patrol car at a car driven by Scott Saul and another passenger. Miller denied having anything to do with the crime, but a jury convicted him in June. Probation reports said Miller Is ill and would have to be hospi- talized if ordered to serve time in jail. He has gotten out of the security patrol business, proba tion reports said. Ginsburg ordered Gerald Kitchens, 31, Porterville, to serve 300 days in custody for another case of assault with a deadly weapon.

Probation reports said Kitchens entered the Porterville of fice of Dr. James Collier last March and threatened him with an ax. He was also threatening his ex-wife, Joyce Webb. Colliers secretary, when her husband, Thomas Webb, came Into the office. He clubbed Kitchens from behind, probation reports said.

Kitchens pleaded guilty to the crime last month. Ginsburg ordered him to report to a mental health clinic following his time served in county custody, according to reports filed in superior court. Obituary Vi i. i McGovern calms protestors CHARLES SWEENEY Charles Sweeney, 75, long time bus driver for the Tulare Union High School died Wednesday In a Tulare hospital. A native of Tulare, he was 75 and made his home at 705 So.

St. Sweeney grew up in Tulare and attended Tulare schools. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Elsie Seaman, San Luis Obispo. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m.

in the Goble Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Tulare Cemetery. several hours, refusing to leave until McGovern saw them. Later that day, McGovern was chosen as the Democratic candidate for President. (UPI Telephoto) Democratic Presidential candidate Sen.

George McGovern confronted a mob of anti-war demonstrators in the lobby of his hotel headquarters Wednesday. The demonstrators had staged a sit-down in, the lobby for Classified Ads Get Results.

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