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4 THE CAPITAL TIMES. Monday, July 17. 1972 Air. Naval 4 Forces Hit North Vielt iS When The Strike: Tlimisiimls Killed Theyre Dead; Theyre Bead-So Many Died VI VS v. IDispatch News Scrxlcf Inter-militinali HIGHWAY I.

South of the Qiwng Tri ordr Vietnam-esc refugees comma out of Quang Tri proximo itflcr two months of the war's heaviest concentration American bombing report that thousands of nwlians hau' been killed as a result of 11-12 bombing Nearly food niugio, have boon triu ked out ol villages in Quarg Tri dur.rg the pat week and are being brought to one of two refugee centers hire on II gliwav I north of Hue tor teiiijKirarv tmsl shelter and ir.teriogutam Government ottieuls here (mute that as as 10 (hi peasants mav mver have lift lang Tri before it tell to the North Vietnamese, who gained control of the provincial capital on Ma I (Continued from Putir it force firing from offshore included the guided missile cvuistT Oklahoma City, flagship of the 7th Fleet, and the de-siroyer escort Hepburn. 0 Another task force made up of the destroyers Robison, Hammer, Warrington and Hull bombarded transshipment points and storage areas above the DMZ. The 7th Fleet said the Hull and Robison also destroyed two boatloads of supplies taken off freighters presumed to be Chinese at a point southwp.st of lion La island, about 30 miles northwest of Dong Hoi. The freighters were not attacked. Such cargo transfers have been faking place southwest of lion La in an effort to circumvent the L.S.

mining of North Viciname.se ports. The S. Command retorted that American fighter-bombers flew more than 240 strikes a a i st North Vietnam on Sunday. All of the raids were well below Hanoi in the southern half of the country. It was the fourth succeed day that I.S.

air strikes had been confined for the most part to secondary targets in the southern half of the country. U.S. military sources attributed tins to overcast skies and rain. the NVA regulars were "very, very polite." Other peasants generally agreed. "They were proper; the Northern soldiers, but they would not Irt us leave our villages," a 40-year-old mother added.

"But the guerrillas were more harsh and less polite," she went on. The peasants also said they were not allowed to listen to any other radio other than Hanoi radio or South Vietnamese Liberation radio stations. As the Airborne and Marine Divisions pushed north Una week behind a wall of massive American bombing, it appeared that the North Vietnamese were putting up only minor resistance. One Western observer remarked that if the South Vietnamese do move north to the DMZ by the end of this month, things would return to where they were three months ago. before the offensive began from across the DMZ.

"But we've killed thousands of NVA." an American advisor countered. "And you've destroyed the province and Its people," the observer replied. "It was necessary," the of-ficcr snapped back. left our shelter beneath our hut except to cook rice," she told icveral officials. "Duy and nights we listened to the B-52 bombs.

They shook the earth, Sometimes they were very near. Sometimes they fell on the hamlets, killing the villagers." She estimated that of the forty families in her hamlet half were kilted by the B-52 strikes. Peasants from different hamlets also reported hundreds of civilian deaths. They wanted to kill the North Vietnamese soldiers, but they dropped the bombs on many villagers Instead," a middle aged man said angrily. Since families lived individually in shelters under their own huts, the peasants explained, they either lived or died together en masse, few were wounded.

The bombs cither missed, or hit and killed. When the peasants spoke of the bombings, they referred to the planes the "B-52's" by their proper names. All Vietnamese knew the name of the eight-engine aircraft, and the peasants leaving Quang Tri this week spoke with fright on their faces about the planes. "We were xo afraid to die so afraid," said a 40-year-old woman. "We never knew when the bombs and the artillery would drop on us," she added.

"All we ate was rice and salt," said an old man with a wrinkled face. Another added that in his village they also managed to gather some rotten bananas. A dirty-faced 10 a -o I girl, emotionally emptied by what she hud experienced, sat under a large tree, resting her head on her knees, sobbing alone. An old woman, sitting quietly nearby, suddenly jerked and rolled to the ground, at the sound of artillery not far away. Some refugees said the North Vietnamese soldiers lived with them in their shelters.

Others, however, reported that the North Vietnamese tried to stay apart from them, coming only to gather food. "They always their food," one woman said. "But they gave us their own money. We said we couldn't use it. They told us we were living in an indi-pendent mne where the money was good," she added.

Nguyen Pi. a 62-y car-old man from a village five miles south of Quang Tri city said vrLi-'vrv-y 2 '-tb OVM way I. IDispatch News Service International photo i A refugee from yuan Tri province holds her ears at the sound of artillery on High- Since that time the United States has flown It9 11-52 missions over ()iiang Tri, averaging three planes a missimi, dropping more than 33.500 tons of explosives from the right-engine jets, Additional!) American and Vietnamese aireraft have flown thousands nf (aetieal air strikes against North Aielnamese targets in the province. cn her from the Pliu Xu, an hamlet in Qujng Tri province, I'ndor her arm she clasped a one year old boy. Two other children held to her liaise, black peasant shirt.

She. like the other peasants, seemed compelled to s)eak alaiut their ordeals "For two months we never Theyre dead! The) re dead! So many have died!" a peasant woman cried out to a Political Warfare cadre in charge of receiving the ri Ingres The lt-52's are dropping bombs rvrrywhcrr. It's so I i I she exclaimed stoppping to catch her breath. A trad ol muddied and bony luok.ng peasants followed her into the center, an old government information office. A ij a -o I motlu of three.

Nguyen Tin Hup, burn into bars a she was lifted down from a tbree-ipiarler-ton Army truck that had just di iv- Cal Icy To Svvk New Trial On GIs Testimony Lain! Claim ess Faces Antiwar Debate SALT LAKE CITY ilTll -Mc(0eril Deal william Calley-s defense llf (team says if will seek a new (ill iew i laiie jtrial based on the finding of a (missing" GI witness to the Mxr ASHINGTON illll Con- provide a lest of Hie ii.f lui-tur of gress to dial wifh the legislation federal agencies to increase re- Party. McGovern planned to fly and then devote the rest of its WASHINGTON 'tr Sccre- Lai massacre, press returns from its Demo-Sen. GcorgcS. McGovern. Die quickly.

lief work. to South Dakota today lor a va- time to other measures. tary of Defense Melvin R. Laird "We still have work to do on cratic convention recess tdo, iv. Democratic presidential lumu-, The $1 8 hdla.n would be in cation.

The Senate aiso had unr Domm-ratic logether the evidence Ijurg a new battle in the effort nee. addition to the $200 million au Debate was scheduled to re-j As the antiwar debate is ex- consideration today a bill that, 3 an(j working out more leads." to end the Indochina war by leg-( Congress also will be asked to thorird earlier by Congress. It sume today on Mansfield's end- peeled to continue for some would increase the $160 nominee, George saj(j George Latimer, Chier de-islation provide swift aid for the victims would he used to liberalize cash the-war amendment, which is time, assistant Senate Demo-hour minimum wage to $2.20, McGovern, has agreed to sup- fenM? counsP during the mili- Thc struggle over the pro-of tropical storm Agnes. Senate grants and loans to property attached to a foreign aid author- cratic leader Robert C. Byrd during the next two years.

The port the Air Force's new F15 tary trial that ended with Cal-posal by Senate Democratic Republican leader Hugh Semt owners, residents, communities iatmn bill. The amendment is has scheduled a tandem" work House already has passed a bill. ajrpianc as the price for getting 'ley's conviction 16 months ago. leader Mike Mansfield to cut off said he would introduce an ad- and businesses in areas dev as-! supported by McGovern, whoseWangemcnt that will allow the that would boost it to $2 over1 Kacleton as his A former Army private, iden- funds for l.S combat forces in ministration $1 8 billion relief tated by Hie floods last month, antiwar stance helped him ri.scSenate to debate the foreign aid two years. 8 tiled as Charles Dean "Butch" running mate.

Vietnam atte; Aug 31 could hill. Scott said he expected Con-' Funds also are included (or to leadership of the Democratic bill for several hours each day Gruvcr of Stotesbury. Mo, was Missouri I a last week. Gruvcr Nacy Found 43 Major Flows In F14 Fighter The House expected to take; Eagk.ton from up routine bills early in the wherc lhc F15 js bt.lng bujIt by served under Calley when more week while waiting for ie rues Com of st 100 unarmed civilians were committee to clear a bd- -McD )nndl U8S 'killed in the Vietnamese hamlet lion authorization bill for mili-j Louis. As president, McGovern ioj tary defense construction.

Ahas said he would scrap the F15 Latimer said Sunday that he floor vote on that bill is planned jn fav0r of development of a sought Gruvcr during Calley' cost will he $2(1 8 nullum. By FRED HOFFMAN other tilings WASHINGTON The In addition, the less costly lightweight fighter. congressmen Present plans call fur an told that Id deficiencies excnlual purchase of 313 FH. Thursday Spokesmen for the House Select Committee on Crime said court-martial and that a new trial would be based on Hip exsoldier's testimony. Preliminary work would take At a Pentagon news confer Frank Sinatra was expected to ence.

Laird said: "I am led to appear during the week at however, that perhaps'a week to 10 days and the peti-hearing into the role of organ- vice presicjcniiai candidate (tion for a new trial would be lzcd crime in horse racing- in part 0f his agreement to run filed within a "reasonable" The committee wishes to tn- ttas gct a modification time after that, said Latimer, a Navy found 43 major flaws in i iu new km wcre found in the system con-i The Grumman builder lest models of its new H4 jsslle lh, of the FI4. has notified the fighter plane during a prelinn- Navy that it is financially una- nary evaluation late last year. H4s principle weapon. Most uf, bje t0 the next batch of 48 according to congressional problems, too, will be mony made public today. straightened out, the Navy as- sured the subcommittee.

Sixteen of those deficiencies' related to safety. The F14 is designed to serve The Naw told a House Appro- the Navy in fleet air defense Jnd that it expects Grumman to priaiions scbcommittcc that and air superiority missions in Pliform under its terms. Navy "corrective action is under the late 1970s and the sources said there have been no way" and that a majority of the This plane and the Air Force's uegoliainms with Grumman on repaired aircraft would be new FI5. are billed by defense Plcc changes, ready for testing this summer. Headers as the only l.S.

fighters which will be capable of dueling quire of Mr. Sinatra relative to, that iliun. his connection with the Berk- in Massaclm- The Defense Secretary did not ppfsTn uttee announce- say where he got this informa- ya5hington shire Downs track setts," a committee former Utah Supreme Court justice and judge on the U.S. ment said. tion or on what it was based.

The U. S. Navy found 43 major flaws in test models of its new F-li fighter plane, above, during a preliminary evaluation late last year, according to Congressional testimony made public today. Sixteen of those deficiencies related to safety. (AP Wircphoto) Bobby Wins Came This testimony, which also re- Pascli the latest Soviet war planes.

Savs U.S. Has Cracked Soviet Code Maryland Warden JJJjj Blames Riot On Shortage of Funds champion the Bobby Fischer after switched on game. Page 171 TK 'j? World chess Boris Spassky resigned third game against today five minutes the clock was to resume their ad-jjurned (Sec Story, Analysis, I Continued Jrom farr 1 have the time to clear up his legal business. "I told Stafford when I decided to turn my license in that ported 75 minor problems with the F14, came during closed- door budget hearings last April, ice Adm. Maurice F.

Weis-An F14 crashed into Chesa-'ner. then deputy chief of Naval pcake Bay June 30. killing its operations for air warfare, testi-civilian test pilot. Navy sources fied that the F14 should be able said divers still are recovering to launch up to six missiles at U.S. intelligence system is so pieces of the plane and that 1 enemy planes in rapid -firesophisticated that it has cause of the crash has not yet order.

He said a Phoenix mis-1 cracked every Russian code and been determined. jsile has scored a direct hit on therefore virtually precludes a the target at a range of 76 surprise attack by the Soviet All Secret NEW YORK (UPI) The self as a former Air Force sergeant with the National Security Agency in Istanbul and Vietnam jhe should go to the court and before he left the service. tell them they could have it (the JESSLP. Md. (UPD War-two chain link fences.

"I cant guarantee anything, except that no one will be iMiss Columbus COLUMBUS Nancy Behl. hurt," Mandcl told a spokesman 19 2 ColumbuS( was cho, for the inmates. "These men "As far as the Soviet Union 2s license if they gave me time to Ralph M. Williams saidi concerned, we know the where-1 wrap up what I had to do, today a "bare bones budget of abouts at any given time of all Pasch said. $6.2 million caused overcrowd- Union, a writer who claims to miles.

The specific problems detected during evaluation flights sen Saturday night to represent must disperse, go back to their her dfy in the Miss Columbus be a former U.S. intelligence its aircraft, exclusive of small says in Ramparts mag-(private planes, and its naval forces, including Us missile-fir breadth of U. S. inielli-i "bmurincs. he wrote, operations keeps track ing, insufficient staff and inadequate medical services at the riot-struck Maryland House of Corrections.

"There are insufficient funds, he said. "I have not "Hell's Bells, that letter was written only 14 days after turned it in, Pasch said. Pasch said no time limit was set by the court but that they 1 by Navy pilots last November Despite Pentagon claims that and December were referred to the F14 is indispensible for the i azjne. only sketchily in the April in future years, thej port lo the House subcommit-1 project has come under intense lee analyst The fire for congressional critics be-1 Bnce U.S.A. contest.

She is a sophomore at Stevens College for Girls in Columbia, where she majors in physical education. Runnersup were Kristin Poster, 19, and Beth Gavinski, 17. merely gave him a "reasonable bcen given the funds t0 do the But testimony by senior admi-rals under questioning indicated deficiencies involved engines stalling, difficulty in recovering from spins, and flight range. cells The convict spokesman had his face covered by a rag to conceal his identity. They (the police) have rifles, and if we go back theyll kill all of us, he said.

Mitchell promised the inmates they would not be hurt. "Have I ever let you brothers down? he asked. (Continued rom Page 1) Mandei arrived at the prisonjand to operate only unitary by helicopter only minutes be-Jschools. But it argued that the fore police were scheduled to ruling was concerned with elim-storm the recreation yard to mating dual schools under state amount of time. 4 The order handed down by the Supreme Court announcing that Pasch could no longer practice law in Wisconsin made no mention of any time period to wrap up legal affairs.

Bichler, who was the equiva-lant of a prosecutor in the hearing which was scheduled to be held on the charges, confirmed discussion of such a period of grace. "There was discussion of what he had to do in open matters between myself and Stafford and Chief Justice E. Harold Hallows, Bichler said. Bichler said he would rather not comment on the exact na- job. A spokesman for Gov.

Marvin Mandei disputed the wardens statement and said, "the money is there but its not being used. "Weve budgeted the money for adequate medical personnel but we cant get any one to go out there, said Frank De-Filippo, the governors press secretary. "We provided money for a closed circuit TV system but It hasnt been put in. Hie closed circuit TV system was to supplement the use of the prisons 272, of whom, Williams said, "fully -t I have heart ailments, are suffering from emotional stress or otherwise so impaired that they can be of no use except for limited duty De Filippo said tile state responded to Williams complaint Median Income Tops $10,000 But Inflation Eats It All Up WASHINGTON 'tf The mid tween $3,000 and $7,000, and 9.8, cal diflerence between the two point of national family income million families or 18.5 per cent numbers. end a riot that caused an estimated $1 million damage.

But the prisoners agreed to return to their cells after discussing with Mandei and Mitchell their complaints about food, guard harassment, living conditions and medical services at the medium secu- segregation laws. The issues on appeal, the department said, are whether the Detroit school board has discriminated against black students, and whether it is proper to include suburban school systems in a desegregation plan without making specific findings thevve eot cause of its escalating costs, eSt iminications equipment and enciphering device theyve got, he said. We know where their Using the pseudonym Winslow Jwl)at ev7 one Peck, the riter described him-1 foeir VIPs is doing, and gen- i erally their capabilities and the dispositions of all their forces." Peck said NSA intelligence is so efficient that even the identification of the pilot flying a specific Russian plane on a specific flight is known. NSA regularly monitors secret communications of other counties, including such allies jas Great Britain, Israel and West Germany, he said. As an example, during the 1967 six-day war between Israel and the Arabs, NSA learned that Gen.

Moshe Dayan planned to order his troops to push to Cairo and Damascus but was called back and reprimanded, Peck recalled. In addition, NSA found out that Soviet paratroops airborne from Bulgaria apparently planned to drop into Israel, he said. President Johnson called Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin on the hot line, warned him of the grave consequences and persuaded the Russians to call off their plans, Peck said. He also said NSA watched a walking up the hill from Wilson livingjstreet, when his assailant, who rity prison 20 miles southwest of of desegregation.

Baltimore. The district court, the depart- Mandel said afterwards his; ment said, imposed a remedy ture of the agreement as long by authorizing the TV system against school districts without proving any law violation. In any event, it said. Congress in the 1972 Higher Education Act goal was to prevent another Attica incident in which 43 persons were killed when state police re-took the New York prison. went over $10,000 last year for, with incomes below $5,000.

the first time in U.S. The midpoint of annual in-bul inflation eliminated all the come for black families was gain in purchasing power, the $6,440. This was about 60 per Census Bureau said today. cent of the middle income for According to the bureau, of white families, the 53.3 million families in the! The midpoint of family in-United States, 27.6 million or come whore the head of the 51.7 per cent received income of family worked fulltime the year $10,000 or more in 1971. 'round was $12,440.

The bureau figured that me- In a report last week, the bu-dian family income, or the mid- reau said the number of Ameri-dle point of family income, was cans living below the poverty $10,285 last year. The figure is level was essentially unchanged in 1971 over 1970. That report showed that the official poverty level rose from power was unchanged because in 1970 to $4,137 because of rising prices, the bureau I of inflation, said. The number of people "We were not going to have strongly suggested a stay of repeat here of what happened proceedings to allow time for up in New York, Mandei said. Six persons were hurt in the Jessup disturbance.

The U-shaped prison complex appeal would be in the public interest. The department's brief said that without a stay while the as the Bar was investigating the matter, but said as far as being the responsible attorney in a legal matter, I think the order speaks for itself. Hallows' could not be reached for comment on the matter today. McCarthy said he would attempt to ascertain whether the court had in fact given Pasch a grace period but added that the written order is the only one we have to go on, in the Bars responsibility to inform slate and that it was not installed is an internal problem of the corrections department. About 200 inmates xvent on a rampage during the weekend, and Mandei, saying I am a peace-loving man, persuaded them to go back to their cells Three hundred helmeted state policemen, carrying loaded rifles and tear gas launchers, stood in the background Sunday as Mandei and Rep.

Parren J. Mitchell, a black Congressman from a 1 ti more, moved to within five yards of the angry was rocked by angry, chanting circuit court decides the state's disturbances in 90-degree heat for 10 hours Saturday night and Sunday morning after three inmates were wounded in an at- appeal, school authorities would continue to be required to take actions necessitating heavy outputs of resources and expendi- The bureau said there were, below the poverty level Iasi approached him coming from' television conversation between 9.9 million families or 18.5 was 25.6 million compared, the opposite direction, shot him Kosygin and Cosmonaut Vladi-cent with incomes between with 25.4 million a year earlier. once. Wilson said he rolled and $7,000 and $10,000, 6 million Because of sampling errors, the the man fired several more families or 11.2 per cent be- bureau said, there is no statisti-ishots at him. aboard the ill-fated Soviet spaceship Soyuz i.

tempt by 60 of them to escape tures including the purchase of by scaling the same fence'new buses, the special training where Mandei later met with of faculty and staff, and the hir- courts about an attorneys righ; Ito practice in the state. ing of additional counselors. inmates to talk to them through them..

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