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'w Good Morning! Tali Lithe Weather Outlook: Sunny, fair. (Detailed Weather Report on PagelA) CITY EDITION VOL. 128, NO. 52 MMioiMua ST. JOSEPH, MORNING, JULY 5, 1972 PAGES- FIFTEEN CENTS ibuflh-rViett- '4 Tri City to 1 Troops i Idie ECey 4 Rising Toll Advance Units Meet Little Resistance From N.

Viets SAIGON (DPI) South Vietnamese commandoes climaxed the first week of a giant government drive to recapture the northermost province of Quang Tri. Tuesday by jumping from hovering helicopters into Quang Tri City and a nearby former American combat base. As small troop units moved almost unopposed into strategic fi The former imperial capital, suburbs, American advisers avnaMaA A 1' iliiiiil of a major Communist drive, has been shelled for three consecutive days. More than 20,000 of Hue's 30,000 defenders were thrown into the South Viet- namese drive into Qung Tri 'province, which has been held -by the Communists for moire than two months." The North Vietnamese news agency said American lanes Tuesday, bombed a school, homes and economic "establishments in Hanoi and, killed and wounded several Plane Crash KillrPilir 1 persons. thVietnameMesi.whtthmtJtiflsMtel were Har- A veteran jetpilot, flying across country in a two-place opefRttckpTTpIane Tie" nad purBiasedTasT hobby, was killed Tuesday morning when he apparently was thrown from the plane when it went into a spin and crashed in a brushy field near Napier, about 40 miles northwest of St.

Joseph. He was identified byTlthorities as Junius D. Morrison, 59, BUSINESS DISTRICT STROLLERS Mrs. Wuddick and ler line dicklligi strolled ateng the sidewalk at lltk aid Ed-mond streets Monday, mack to the amnse-ment and surprise of St Joseph spectators. The dacks were waddling past the Thompson-Brnmm-Kiepper Clinic when the top left photograph was taken.

Thev were herded bv dent Nguyen Van Thieu prom- ised last month to drive the Communists out of Quang Tri and back into North Vietnam. The current Communist offensive began March 30 when North Vietnamese troops moved across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) into Quang Tri. Report 2d Atomic Test assistant city impounder, gathers ap dnckllngs as one determined little duck tries to scramble the stairway. At the lower left is a dose-up view of the baby docks, which were taken to the city animal shelter and will be released at some stream site. Mother dack flew away whea the babies were captured.

Woodducks aest in trees, so apparently the female dock -raised ler family to tree hear the business district and was searching for a river home whea police decided to help. Miami 5nores, an ern Airlines pilot of the jumbo-jet 747s. The pilot's body was found about 1,000 feet from the wrecked craft in a heavily wooded section land about one-half mile west of Napier. The plane, heavily damaged in the crash, came to rest upside down on land farmed by Traffie-Sergt. Ren Ellis Into stairway at the rear of the bonding to prevent them being killed by traffic or dog.

In the picture at the right PAPEETE. Tahiti (UPI) Patro1 and Chillicothe France secretly exploded aee Department City's Need of More Revenue Stressed by Councilman Lucas a basement a stray cat or Bun Scanian, proposed tax "because legal (the city attorney's office) said council approval is all that's needed," he said. But Councilman Lucas stressed that "I'm not afraid of what would happen if this tax was placed before the people. "I think this thing would pass like water going under the bridge." Councilman Lucas added second nuclear device last Friday and Is planning the third and possibly final blast of the current series later this month or early August, unofficial reports said Tuesday. French officials here and in Paris refused to comment on the which also were published in the Monday edition of the Journal de Tahiti newspaper.

France has never officially admitted the first nuclear test which took place June 25 from a balloon tethered high over the Mururoa atoll, 800 miles southeast of here. -Fasedwith- a- mounting wave of criticism and protest throughout the world, in cluding particularly Pacific nations such as Australia, New Zealand, and Peru, France for the first time in eight years of testing in the Pacific has imposed a heavy veil of secrecy. Anoditcd fnm Traffic fatalities totaled more than 600 as the long Fourth of July weekend wound to a close Tuesday. Authorities across the na-' tion reported that 703 persons had lost their -lives over the four-day holiday. Two Area Men Die in CHILLICOTHE, Mo.

-Two Chillicothe men were killed when a car in which they were passengers collided with another automobile Tuesday night on route 1.7 miles east of here. Pronounced dead at the ry p. Hill, 38, and Joseph B. Rnnpv 19 The driver of the car in -j which they' were riding, Kenneth L. Baker, 36, Aurora, suffered lacerations and contusions and was treated at the Chillicothe Hospital, according to authorities.

The other car driver, Mrs. Chillicothe, suffered a minor laceration on the lip but was not treated. accident by the State High- saiu roe Doner car was westbound and the BonoV erer car was eastbound. The Baker car attempted to make a left turn onto a gravel road and turned into the path of the Bonderer car and the two vehicles collided, authorities said. Mr.

Baker was charged in a summons with careless and imprudent driving. The body of Mr. Hill was taken to the Gordon mortuary and the body of Mr. Roney to the Norman mortuary, both located in Chillicothe. Continued Coo' Readings Today Sunny skies will greet St.

Joseph today with the high in the upper 70s There is little chance of rain. It will be fair tonight and Thursday with the low tonight in the 50s. The high Thursday will be near 80. Now it's Boris Spassky's the World ing constructively together if people on both sides can learn "to respect one another as fellow human beings. Our invitation "to the world can contribute significantly to that crucial process.

The President said he would be. sending formal and official invitations to governments Pop'e visit tne united States "You helped to make us what we are. Come and see what wonders your countrymen have worked in this new country of ours. Come and let us say thank you. Come and join In our celebration of a proud past.

Come and share our dreams." Woman in Collision One person was killed and three injured in a head-on collision on Route four miles south of Fillmore, Mo. Mrs. Edna Hazel Gillis, 68, Oregon, died after being thrown from her car. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. Wayne Maxwell, drew Count Danny Leroy Sisk, 17,.

Oregon, driver of the second vehicle, was seriously injured, suffering fractures to both legs. Delbert Lynn Plumber, 15, Amazonia, a passenger in the second vehicle suffered cuts to the arms and face, and another passenger, Jackie Wayne Sisk, 15, 2308 Cranberry Hill, St. Joseph, received cuts to the face and right leg and complained of chest pains. All three passengers in the Sisk vehicle were taken to Methodist Hospital by the, Andrew County ambulance. Mrs.

Gillis was reported to be driving north on Route when the southbound Sisk automobile rounded a curve at a predicted "a hell of a fight" to come from an estimated Bomb Error SAIGON (AP) U.S. aircraft accidentally bombed South Vietnamese marines, on thekgrthern front counterof-f enlve Tuesday and first reports said 11 marines were killed and 25 were wounded. The mistaken bombing was disclosed today by the. U.S. Command, which had scant details.

The command said several marines were killed and sev- "ersrwrewouiai put the casulaty toll at 11 marines killed and 25 wounded. Officials said the 0 accident occurred northeast of Quang Tri City. 48,000 Communist troops believed in the area. A dozen waves of U.S. B52b bomber namese positions sourround- ing the province capital with nearly 4,000 bombs during the night, clearing a path to the city center for the remaining man South Vietnamese force.

The capital htfs been under communists control for IS Drop Ml Tons A U.S. command spokesman in Saigon said the huge B52s dropped about 900 tons of explosives during the 12 raids late Tuesday and early today on suspected North Vietnamese troops concentrations three to 14 miles from the city. In addition, the command said three B52 flights of three planes each were flown inside North Vietnam in the 18-hour period that ended at dawn today. Two raids were against jeunnlv jnct nhnvg lhp Demilitarized Zone (PMZ) and the third seven miles northwest of Dong Hoi, a port city 35 miles north of the DMZ sources said army commandos landing in the center of Quang Tri city met only light resistance. The troops jumped from hovering helicopters to scout the crumbling province capital for a paratroop attack force waiting on the ourskirts.

Soldier Wounded To the south, one South Vietnamese soldier was wounded Tuesday night dur wuiuiucu lucauajf lugiu uui- ing 'the third consecutive day of Communist shellings on the ancient imperial capita of Hue, 32 miles south of Quang Tri and 400 miles north of Sai-gon. It was not immediately known how many rounds hit the city during the night. of travel, lodging and meals, and that air carriers and shipping lines explore ways of of- fering inexpensive trans-' portation. "Let us be known throughout the' world as the 'Land of the Open the chief executive said. He voiced hopes that millions upon millions of vis- itors'Lfrom around the world would respond to nis inviiauon to come to the United States during the bicentennial era.

tyixon said one "compelling reason for this invitation to the world relates to our hopes for and lasting peace' among nations." are aware that a real Court Panel Weighs Delegation Rulings that he would be willing to support some other means of additional city revenue, if something practical should be offered, such as a city sales tax. "But the people turned down a sales tax once before," he recalled. He said he believes an earnings tax would be more fair than a sales tax anyhow, Continued on Page 2A Col. 6 rival candidates and giving the Illinois seats to Daley challengers. Although the judges acknowledged the urgency of the situation, they also advised the attorneys in frequent exchanges that they saw the issues as extremely complex and, a short time after retiring to their chambers, they announced they would not rule before today.

On Monday, three floors below, U.S. District Judge George L. Hart Jr. refused to interfere in any my with the Credentials Committee ac tions. He said they did not raise constitutional, questions Wayne Whipple, Forest City, Mo.

Wendell Hinkle, Fortescue, located the wreckage from the air when he took his own plane. JtloIt-after4)eing. in tormea tnat an airplane bad crashed in the vicinity. An eyewitnesjs to the crash, Melvin E. Hutton, Fortescue, was driving his car on a Holt County road about 8:30 a.

m. when he saw the plane go into a spin. He saw an object separate from the craft which lat- er was" determined to have" been the pilot.7r" After the wreckage was located, Mr. Hinkle and others drove to the crash scene. Unable to locate any occupants' of the craft, Mr.

Hinkle again flew over the area but was unable to find any sign of a body or bodies. The pilot's body was found by Albert Brown of Fortescue who was searching on foot in a wooded area and saw straps from the man's flight suit hanging in limbs of a tree. The location is about three Times easror onescuewuug-" side new road construction on state highway No. Ill which runs from Forest City to Big Lake State Park. Mr.

Hinkle said the pilot apparently had been flying the plane from the front cockpit but said that the seat harness was not buckled when the wreckage was examined. An investigation of the crash is being made by authorities and no cause of the crash is known. According to the Associated Press, the airplane was a replica of a Curtiss-Wright pusher plane, the same kind of airplane that Mr. Morrison had used in his initial flight training about 40 years ago. He was flying the plane from it tar l.

i ii ift, AND PLANE plctored above with Now Boris Sayi 'No' REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) WASHINGTON (UPI) -With the Democratic convention only six days off, a three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals panel held a rare holiday session Tuesday to consider the fate of 153 California delegates pledged to George S. McGovern and a 59-mem-ber Illinois slate headed by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. For nearly four hours, opposing lawyers sought to persuade the to uphold or reverse last week's Credentials Committee decisions awarding more than half of McGovern's California bloc to turn to say no and the world chess championship is off-again.

The Russian titleholder launched his counterattack Tuesday with a stern nrntt r''" auuii viitivum, a womuui a demand for a two-day postponement of the start of the match with American Bobby Fischer. By BOB WALDROP Gaatte City Hall Reporter "The city needs njore revenue; that's all there is to it," City Councilman John Lucas has stated in explaining why he is sponsoring an earnings tax proposal. Despite some pronouncements that council support for the tax has evaporated, if it ever existed, Councilman Lucas has not let up in his de- terminatinn tn wlr inprpasprt city income. "I am doing this because I believe we need it," he stated. "I believe it is the right thing todo." The proposal, setting a 1 per cent city earnings tax effective next Jan.

1, was introduced for first reading at Monday night's city council meeting. There was no discussion at that time on the proposal. It will come up for possible final action at the July 13 meeting. Sees Support tf People Councilman Lucas also touched on how he would use the additional income, which other taxes he would lessen and the prospects of a vote of the people on the measure. The ordinance does not pro vide for an election on the Junius D.

Morrt- the plane from 7 I Saturday, aad overnight high rate of The Sisk wnre vThicfe crossed the center a colle8e the road and collided with the Concluded on Page 2A, Col. 7 iscner siepi uirougn it au. He had arrived In the morning from New York and went straight to bed to rest up ferine first game, set for 5 When Fischer woke up he found 'that the title series was put off until Thursday at the earliest. It was to have begun last Sunday. Summing up the day, Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, said: "When Spassky is here Fischer doesn't come.

As soon as Fischer comes, Spassky runs away." and were matters to be de- Allied officers were also cided by the full convention worried about a possible Corn-opening Monday in Miami munist attack against Hue, 32 -Beach. miles south of Quang Tri city. A left front of the Gillis car. The Sisk youth was charged with careless and imprudent driving for failure to yield the right half of a roadway. The accident was in- estigatedJ)ystatetrooper8 and Andrew County Sheriff, Reid Miller.

ifHMcNwtfMVtfwatolM. COME 10 OUR BIRTHDAY PAKTY- i nJT I giml Nixon Invitation Issued to I structure of peace cannot be built on good will alone," he said. "Its foundation must be the resolution of those basic national differences which can lead to war." "The United States is doing everything in its power to lay down that kind of foundation for peace." Nixon said, citine ui i nnn inni oo tutpYo' SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP)-President Nixon invited 'the world in a holiday broadcast Tuesday to come to America during its bicentennial era and "share our dreams of a brighter future." In the nationwide radio address from the Western White House, Nixon spoke of plans for the nation's 200th birthday celebration in 1976 and said Americans should use the occasion to "prove once again that the spirit of '76 is a spirit of openness, of. brotherhood and o( peace." The President specifically suggested that business and industry attempt to cut the costs his trips to Peking and Moscowoundine globewelcoming all I' It CMfiiM ana nis quest for nuclear arms limits.

One of the best ways to reduce the danger of war and enhance the quality of peace is through people-to-people contacts, Nixon said, adding: like individuals, stanu a better chance of work- where he made a fuel stop stay on a erosaWntry flight from Washington state en rtate to his home ia Florida. The hobby plane was a replica of the te la which the jet pOot first soloed about yean ago. (AP) which he apparently was tarawn to his death Tvesday morning near Fortescue, abont 41 miles northwest of St. Joseph la Holt Cona-ty. The photograph was taken at Billlags, cpa 'jM.

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