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Reprints of photos taken by Playground Dally News statl members urc available at cost of S1.50 tor cuch 8-liy-10 glossy liy calling 243-3121, editorial department. S3 No. 154 Two Sections 24 Pages Ft. Walton Bch. Monday Morning Stntcmlir 20 1971 Singly Copy 10 ('tmts WEATHER Partly cloudy with chance of showers mainly In the afternoon.

Highs In mtd 80s and lows In 70s. Rain probability 50 per cent. High tide, 11:51 p.m., low tide 9:02 a.m. Sunrise 6:32, sunset, 6:44. Shanks Recovers At Home DETROIT I --Partial mechanical heart patient Haskell Shanks spent a Sunday wllh his wife at their homo in suburban Warren, on his first clay out of the hospital since his history-making operation.

Shanks, a former plant guard, had an electrical device Implanted In his chest Aug. 11, to relieve the pumping load on his overworked and falling heart. The operation was performed by Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz at Sinai Hospital. When he was released from the hospital Saturday he became the first man ever lo recuperate successfully from the surgery.

At home, Shanks relies on three electronic devices lo operate the "patch booster." One Is at his beside, the other in his wheelchair and a third which Is portable and carried In his vest with buttery pack power. He is able to be off the booster for about two hours at a time before Ills own heart needs its aid. Egyptian Troops To Retaliate Fast CAIRO I --Egyptian troops a the Suez Canal have received orders to silence any Israeli position a opens fire and retaliate "immediately and violently." the massclrcu- latlon Al Akhbar newspaper said Sunday. It said the orders were Issued by War Minister Gen. Mohammed Ahmed Sadek to all troops along the waterway.

The orders call for "retaliating i and Immediately and silencing any Israeli position Hint opens fire wilh ground weapons, such as field art i or any other weapons," the newspaper said. Its account followed reports a i a i sources In Cairo that air defense units were given shoot-on- sight orders against Israel! wnrplunes I i I Egyptian space. The sources said the new orders represented a hardening of the Egypt i a position. Draft Bill Sponsors Forecasting Victory Show Vest Unit VPI WIREPHOTO Professor Donald Molony and Dr. Melvyn Ruben- fire demonstrate a vest unit to newsmen which Haskell Shanks, the 63-year-old Warren, guard will wear to drive the booster attached to his heart.

Shanks received a partial mechanical heart Aug. 11. Arab-Israeli War Likely to Expand UNITED NATIONS (UPI) U.N. Secretary General Thant warned Sunday of possible new round of fighting between Arabs and Israelis "more violent and dangerous than the previous ones" and said It might not be limited to'the Middle East. He said the new fighting would torm Irene Loses low in Nicaragua I A I I --Tropical storm Irene lashed (he cast coast of Nicaragua Sunday, dumped heavy rains In- a and then lost most of its punch against Central America's mounfaln backbone.

Tlie storm, which briefly built to i a force In the Caribbean whfle ina Trial FT. MCPIiKRSON, Ga. (UPI)--The My I.al murder a i a of Capt. Ernest L. Medina Is tn recess until Tuesday u'llh only one of the 102 murder charges a a i the professional soldier i standing.

The charges against Medina were a i a reduced by the military Judge, Col. Kenneth A. Howard, who said Die government failed to prove that Medina Intended for the civilians to bo killed. 11 a reduced one murder charge--that Medina was responsible for the a of 100 civilians his troops klllod--to involuntary manslaughter. "In my mind I did not feel that It was a i to expose Capt.

Medina to a murrlcr conviction in my opinion, there Is I i i evidence," Howard said. Howard a dismissed another murder charge against Medina--that ho ordered a small Vietnamese boy killed. That charge was dismissed after Gene Oliver of Fort Lauderdale, testified that he shot and killed the boy on his own initiative--without any I i from Medina. that leaves one murder charge re- a i i a Medina killed a Vietnamese woman In a rice paddy outside the village. Medina admits shooting the woman, but said he did It in self defense.

Medina said the woman appeared to be dead when he came upon her and that lie turned away, but san a movement, thought she had a hand grenade and a he turned, instinctively, and fired to protect himself. F. Lee Bailey, Medina's civilian attorney, argued the shooting was a "Justifiable a i homicide." But Howard said If the jury believed the government's evidence, and did not believe Medina, "It is sufficient to show a Capt. Medina shot an unresisting a being." hovering off the Nlcaraguan coast, came ashore at midday Sunday with 60-mlle-an-hour winds, causing heavy damage along the coast south of the banana-shipping port of Blueflehls. At 6 p.m.

EOT, forecaster Arnold Sugg at Hie National Hurricane Center Issued an advisory headed "Goodnight Irene," which downgraded the storm to a tropical depression with winds of 35 m.p.h. located near the eastern shore of Lake Nicaragua. Sugg said no advisories would be Issued on Irene. Despite the downgrading, heavy rains continued over extreme western Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Residents near a i valleys were told lo stay alert for rapidly rising waters and small a In the extreme southwest Caribbean were advised to stay In safe harbor i winds and seas subside.

Two houses were a at Bluefields and a navy reconnaissance plane reported heavy damage visible at towns lo the south along the coast, particularly Punta Gorda and Punta Mlco. Cornllsland off the coast was also hit by strong winds and the Nlcara- guan army evacuated 500 residents of a settlement known as The on a point of land opposite Blueflelds on the seaward side. Irene was the second tropical weather system to hit Ncaragua this year. i a Edith battered Cape Gracias with 1GO m.p.h. winds Sept.

9, killing at least 35 persons. U. S. Dollar Flow Reported Easing WASHINGTON (UPI) --The flow of dollars to U.S. controlled corporations overseas eased slightly In the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Sunday, but the total amount of direct investment abroad still showed an unfavorable balance of about $1.1 billion.

Continued spending for plants and equipment overseas and fluctuations in foreign currency rates kept outF.ow for direct investment at a seasonally adjusted $1,315 million deficit level between April and June, the department said. This was a $55 million decrease from the first three months of 1971. a corporate capital flow--Including securities sold abroad and short term claims-- fell to $1,123 million in the second quarter, a favorable balance of payments shift of $405 million. break out "sooner or later" if the current impasse In peace-seeking negotiations continued and said there was little evwenco an agreement on the U.S. I i i a i lo reopen the Suez Canal "can be reached in the near future." Devoting a chapter of the Introduction to his annual report to the Middle East problem, Thant expressed regret that the renewed peace efforts of Ambassador a Jarring early i year failed, ile suggested that Security Council might review Ihe i a i if there were no progress.

"Ambassador a i feels," Thant said, "and I agree with him, a until there has been a change In Israel's position on I ho question of withdrawal, It would serve little useful purpose to attempt lo reactivate the talks. Thant said it was impossible to predict how Middle East ceasefire would last, he added, "There can be i doubt a if the present impasse In the search for a peaceful settlement persists, new fighting will break out sooner or later WASHINGTON (UPI) --A seven- month congressional struggle over extending the draft appeared Sunday to be near Its end wilh a prospect the bill would beon President Nixon's desk by the end of the week. Managers of the controversial measure, which carries the biggest military pay increase in history, were confident they had the votes to win --and even break a filibuster before It had a chance to start. The bill extends Ihe President's authority to conscript until June 30, 1973, and provides $2.4 billion in military pay raises to spur enlistments In a drive to create an all-volunteer Army tor the future. Nixon's draft authority expired June Saigon Police Net Dissidents In Big Raids SAIGON (UPI)--South Vietnamese police stage the biggest crackdown of Ihe year on dissident political elements Sunday, rounding up 400 demonstrators, including 45 South Vietnamese soldiers, in a 'series of overnight raids.

The dragnet, announced by the Interior Ministry, followed anti-American and antigovernment demonstrations and street rioting Saturday. Heavily-armed police burst Into a university dormitory complex In Saigon early Sunday and roused students from their beds for questioning' a the demonstrations. The dormitory complex In Saigon's Chinatown section was the command post for militant students from Buddhist Van Hnnh and Saigon universities. The demonstrations were broken up by police firing teargas and small arms volleys Into the ranks of protestors. The demonstrators hurled mnlo- tov cocktails and rocks, Several persons were Injured and a half-dozen military vehicles were burned In running street battles Satu a wllh students demonstrating a a i President Nguyen a Thleu's one-man campaign for reelection Oct.

3. Thleu scheduled an address over Ihe state-controlled radio and television Monday night to discuss this hopes lor peace in South Vietnam. It is the second of three speeches he planned urging support for his "democracy" slate. Thleu became the only candidate when Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and Gen. Duong Van (Big) Mlnh dropped out of the race and accused Thieu of rigging Ihe election.

Thleu said In his first nationwide address Ihat he would step down If he polled less than 50 per cent of the vole. 30 when the old draft law died. Defense Secretary Melvln R. Laird and others have warned that unless the draft is resumed the national security will be jeopardized. In both houses, legislators' thoughts were shifting to other matters --prln clpally Nixon's economic package and the new vacancy on the Supreme Court.

The House Ways and Means Committee, following a week of hearings, was expected lo begin revising legislation lo spur economic recovery in response to Nixon's call for a massive business tax relief program. at Odds No Accord Seen As Council Quits PANAMA CITY (UPI) Latin America and the United States remained "very far apart" Sunday on agreement on a final resolution at the annual meeting of the Interamerlcan Economic and Social Council (CIES) that ends today. Diplomatic sources said the United States will probably abstain from several clauses of the draft resolution that has been approved by the 22 CIES Latin American members. The principal U.S. objection Is to a clause demanding immediate lifting of the 10 per cent surcharge of most U.S.

Imports. The United States says this is (SEE BELATED STORY P-2 A) PGDN I Gerry Johnson, deputy regional director of the U.S. Department ol shows the traps In which 200 pounds of pure heroin were smuggled into the United States in a 1071 car Imported from France. The vehicle ivas seized at New York. non-negotiable.

Latin American delegates met again Sunday In a series of closed conferences in an effort to unify their position against the United States. Douglas Henderson, U.S. representative to the Inleramerlcan Committee on the Alliance for Progress (CIAP), mel with a group of Latin Americans to restate Washington's position. Five Blow Up Building BELFAST, Northern Ireland (UPI) --Five gunmen burst Into a customs post at Belleak In County Fermanagh Sunday, ordered the border guard out and then blew up the building with an estimated 150 pounds of explosives In the largest blast ever recorded In Northern Ireland, the British army said. No one was Injured In the dawn explosion which completely demolished the border post In an Isolated rural area and left a shallow crater some 20 feet wide.

"Heaven knows why they used so much," an army spokesman said. "It was about twice the size of anything previously recorded." The spokesman speculated the raiders, armed with submachlneguns and pistols, were either unfamiliar with explosives or were trying to get rid of an extra supply He said the men escaped, presumably back across the border into the Irish Republic. Shooting broke out sporadically throughout the province In what military officials termed as a relatively quiet day for the violence-torn province. No Injuries were reported In any of the incidents which followed a night of shooting between Catholics, Protestants and troops In several parts of the city. Back from Mountains Silent Court Choice Auto Leader Blames Democrats for Freeze WASHINGTON I President Nixon returned to the White House lale Sunday afternoon after spending the weekend at a David relaxing i his family and considering seven possible candidates for appointment to the Supreme Court.

The President came back by helicopter from Ihe mountainlop retreat in Western Maryland. With him were Mrs. Nixon, their a Trlcia and her husband, Edward Finch Cox. Before going to the secluded camp on Saturday, Nixon mcl for two hours i Attorney General John N. Mitchell to discuss the Supreme Court vacancy created Friday when Associate Justice Hugo L.

Black, 85, announced that he was retiring because of poor health." White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Zlegler said later a i the President had seven persons under consideration for the appointment, but he did not namo any of them. He said Nixon was going to Camp David partly so a he could think about a successor In privacy. On Sunday, the President-- an ardent football fan --watched the INDEX Amusements It ridge Column Ctn.sific.1 n-9-10-1111 Comlcn 7fl Cross A i i 'I A Ohitimries Spurlt Worm- Washington Redskins play their season opener on television against the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Redskins won, 24-17, and presumably a made Nixon happy since he is known to root for Washington teams. The President faced a busy week ahead, beginning ivilh a Monday session i the National Security Council and ending i a swing through the West en roule to meeting Japanese Emperor Hlrohllo in Alaska next Sunday. Germany Mediates Malta Rent Hassle BONN (UPI) --West Germany has been mediating "for weeks" in the dispute about the amount Britain and the Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should pay Malta for ils use as a military base, a Bonn government spokesman said Sunday. Spokesman Conrad Adhlers disclosed the West German government's mediation role during a news conference )n which he reported on an hourlpng meeting Sunday between Maltese Mintoff and Chancellor Willy Brandl. Mintoff arrived Satruday from London where he discussed the latest sl'uatton with Prime Minister Edward He left Sunday for Malta aboard a Royal Air Force plane a separate talks wllh Brandt and the general secretary of Brandt's Social Democratic party, Hans-Juergen Wlschnewskl.

OTTAWA, 111, I --United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock said Sunday the United States Is in the grips of "economic idiocy" and blamed Democrats in Congress for Ihe 90-day price-wage freeze. Speaking at a DAW rally attended by 3,000 persons from Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska, Woodcock said it is up to United States citizens "to turn this nation around." "We've got to find our own way out of our economic mess that we've put ourselves into he said. "We have a real and growing economic idiocy in this country and we're the only country in the world Ihat does," Woodcock said. The current Inflationary spiral is unlike those that followed World War II and the Korean conflict, Woodcock said, because then there were loo few goods and too many dollars. But the situation nosv Is one In which goods remain on merchants' shelves because thr consumer lacks purchasing power, he said.

"Our UAW's) objection to the national wage-price freeze Is a Ihe employers are only too happy to support this voluntary measure as it leaves the granting of wage raises In their hands," Woodcock said. "Bui there's absolutely nothing in It to fight I a i Thai's why we say that this money Is owed to us and Is going to be paid In some fashion when Ihe freeze is over." Woodcock said labor management contracls must be negotiated "sensible rules and we say a we have negotiated sensible contracts." He said, "Our contracls are counter Inflationary. When labor fights hard to get increases because they know Inflation is going up, they a are helping I a i But cost of living contracts work just the opposite way." Dock Strikers Talks Continue SAN FRANCISCO I tempo of negotiations picked up Sunday In the 81-day old West Coast dock strike as President Nixon's top labor mediator conducted the talks. Spokesmen for 15,000 striking longshoremen and for ship and dock operators held their first night negotiations Saturday, then scheduled a rare Sunday session. Negotiators refused to comment on possible progress In the lengthy dispute, which has tied up nearly 190 ships In 24 ports and snarled international trade in the Western stales.

C. Curtis Counts, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, was dispatched by the President last week to speed up the negotiations. Counts arrived Tuesday from Washington, D.C. After an initial meeting, be ordered both sides to take a day off from bargaining lo draw up contract proposals. Spokesmen for the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union I and the Pacific Marl- lime Association (PMA) declined to say anything about Ihelr proposals.

The key Issue In the dispute Is Jurisdiction over the loading and unloading of containers near docks. Containers are huge steel boxes in i cargo is loaded and then swung aboard ship by cranes..