The Shreveport Journal from Shreveport, Louisiana • 1

CITY EDITION THREE SECTIONS 38 PAGES Wednesday Afternoon July 5 1972 Shreveport La Bossier City La Vol 78 Fries 10 Cents iff 1 Partly cloudy through Thursday with mild days and cool rights High today and Thursday mid 80s Low tonight mid 60s Weather Details Page 12-A 'V A I i V'" -I La The Weather 1 Vr 'l 1 answers legitimate questions and complaints We will not attempt to solve legal or medical problems or to locate missing persons Full name and address must accompany questions but only initials will be used EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICE Is there an Equal Employment Opportunity representative in Shreveport and if not where is the nearest or what is the address of the nearest Equal Employment Opportunity Commission LC We were unable to locate a local representative of the Equal Empoyment Opportunity Commission The nearest Equal Employment Opportunity Commission office is located in Dallas (1100 Commerce Street Room 13A17 Dallas Tex 75202) DRAG RACE EVENTS When are the summer national drag races in Dallas Tex this summer? MP We had a similar question a couple of months ago and found that the National Hot Rod Assn (NHRA) no longer has events at Dallas The Spring Nationals were held June 9-11 at Columbus Ohio and its World Finals are scheduled Oct 20-22 at Amarillo Tex Both events previously were held at Dallas The Summer Nationals traditionally are held at Englishtown NJ according to our information The IHRA has a large meet scheduled Oct 1 at Dallas and already has had two others the latter June 4 at Dallas RENEWAL PROPOSALS I 4 PATRIOTIC BUT It was all little 7-year-old Rosalie Ruzicska of Dearborn Mich could do to keep her eyes open and her flag up as the boring speeches went on and on during Greenfield Fourth of July ceremonies Tuesday and she gave a big yawn to prove it (UPI Telephoto) I noticed a story in The Journal last week reminding voters of the deadline for absentee voting on millage renewal to be voted on July 11 This story did not go into detail as to what the five propositions were and I would like to know more about each one CC An editorial endorsing renewal of all five property tax proposals to be voted on July 11 and describing each proposal appeared in The Journal Saturday July 1 In the event you missed it the five propositions include one mill for street maintenance three-fourths of a mill for operation of the recreation program one mill for continuation of existing wage scales one mill for continuing fire and police personnel at levels established in previous elections (uniform allowances included) and one-and-one-half mills for city participation in pension life insurance and hospitalization for employes Court Is Ordered To Reconsider Its SIIERRORNE England (UPI) Fire killed 30 patients in the Coldharbour wing for the mentally defective today only hours before hundreds of friends and relatives were expected to celebrate the open house Six patients survived Harry Kcmpshaw hospital secretary said the victims were all from one wing of the hospital set aside for severe mental defectives He said the average mental age of the patients was or The cause of the fire was not determined I)R PETER Johnson chairman of the hospital manage-ment committee said the victims apparently were suffocated by smoke was a very quick blaze over in a few minutes Wc have a sprinkler system in the Johnson said The fire started at the dormitory end of the singlestory Winfirth Villa about 3 am (11 pm CDT) have just begun our own investigation and the police and firemen will be conducting separate i i Kempshaw said The 25-year-old brick building had been completely remodeled earlier this year and had only been open for two months COLDHARBOUR II I-TAL accomodates 356 mentally and physically handicapped patients The toll in fire surpassed the 24 who died in a fire at a psychiatric hospital in Shrewsbury in February 1968 NURSING STAFF who raced to the building brought en men out from the flaming dormitory but one later died Some men were able to walk from the building with nurses supporting them others had to be carried All six suffered from shock and smoke inhalation French windows and the main doors leading out of the building were unlocked when the fire started IS a mystery so far why so many Kempshaw said Fire damage was confined to the interior of the dormitory end of the building The other end of the structure containing public lounges and medical facilites was undamaged as was a companion ward building standing a few feet away The roof over the dormitory remained intact hut windows were broken and the walls blackened and charred WAS a very rapid fire with a great deal of smoke and this was the cause of the trouble" said Dr Peter Johnson a i a of the hospital management committee the 36 patients in the villa at the time of the fire one was a youth of 16 and the rest were middle-age Most of those killed died in their beds he said Kempshaw said a night See FIRE Page M-A California Decision DISCUSS CRUSADE Dr James Middleton (center) pastor of the First Baptist Church of Shreveport and temporary chairman of a new committee to secure Dr Billy Graham to conduct an Ark-La-Tex crusade here talks over plans for the endeavor with Hack- Local Leaders ett Jr (left) executive vice president of the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce and Rev PI Edward Joitcs pastor of the Galilee Baptist Church prior to a planning meeting here today (Journal Photo by Lawrence Lea) Launch Drive BASE PRICE SIGN Is there any specific size requirement for the sign that must be posted in a office announcing the availability and location of base price schedules? NB No According to information supplied by the local US Internal Revenue Service office doctors have no specific size requirement for the sign that announces the availability and location of base price schedules but the sign should be easily visible and easily read This differs from the requirements of institutional providers of health services such as hospitals which must post a sign at least 22 by 28 inches since doctors are classified as non-institutional providers To Secure Graham possible the committee scheduled another meeting for 7:30 pm Monday Sept 18 at the Shreveport Convention Hall at which time it is hoped a member nf the Billy Graham Command Post Set 1200-Man Allied Force Moves Into Quang Tri 4 i 7 I Crusade to answer questions and set into motion the machinery for such a crusade committee leaders said they plan to secure the Page 11-A the delays were not with world champion Spassky who 1 respect as a player and a man' Fischer said GRANDMASTER Spassky or he Soviet people were inconvenienced or discomfoit-ed 1 am indeed unhappy ior I had not the slightest intention ot this said Otliciais hox-d Uip twice-postponed tournament could get underway Thursday but eai lu-r representatives of botn Fischer and Spassy broke olf talks caslmg doubts on the possibility the match would be field 'Ihe stuit was postponed from last Sunday while Fisch-ei a in New York Imi gaining lor more money It was positioned a second time Tuesday alter Spassky said Fischoi insulted hi i hy refusing to show up to draw lots to see who got to make the first move He demanded Fischer apologize and said FIDE mit cen air Fischer I 1st HER MHO has remained in seclusion since ai living in Reykjavik early See CHESS Page Il-A Long Sen (Sixty) Rayburn of Bogalusa and Sen Paul Foshce of Natchitoches as co-authors stated that the hike does not constitute for tax purposes for calculation of retirement benefits and that any secretaries or assistants employed by the lawmakers shall not be considered employes of the state and shall not be eligible for state insurement or retirement Rep Long said the hastily See EXPENSES Page 14-A 1 i i i V- A In the California ruling the appeals court reversed ruling that he lacked jurisdiction on the delegate challenge and said the latter hereby See POLITICS Page 14-A Holiday Holds Kiwanis Fund At Standstill The Kiwanis Camp Fund for underprivileged children has remained at a standstill total of $5547 since Saturday due to the four-da holiday weekend Hopefully the next mail delivery will bring a substantial increase in contributions from Ark-La-Tex residents Only six more YMCA camp sessions are open to registration while hundreds of Kiwanis scholarship applicants still await sponsorship Unlike those children whose families send them to camp and on vacations every summer they will stay in foster homes or with relatives often heavily burdened by misfortune unless sufficient funds are donated AREA RESIDENTS donated more than $7000 to the 1971 Kiwanis Camp Fund enabling more than 300 underprivileged youngsters to attend YMCA camps last summer through the club scholarship program The same outcome looks impossible today however as the present fund total is nearly $1500 short of its necessary goal with the deadline for contributions drawing near Scholarships are $25 for all sessions at the Forbing and Caddo Lake camping sites The cost includes a meals lodging transportation issurance activities and other essentials CONTRIBUTIONS ARE See CAMP Page 1I-A Seek to the 30-day fiscal sessions Louisiana lawmakers rereive an of $6000 per year each for expense secretarial help automobile and other travel expenses telephone and telegraph service and any other expeases That has traditionally been considered a salary and there has been no accountability for it required This year after the House rejected by a 26-61 vote a bill to give lawmakers a flat salary of $9900 per year a $900 increase for 60 day ses- evengelistic team will al (ond Scries May Be Fischer Apologizes For Delaying Match See CRUSADE By ED PETTIS Journal Religion Editor A group of Shrevcport-Bos-sier City clergymen govern-menfal officials and civic leaders launched a drive here this morning to secure famed evangelist Dr Billy Graham for an area-wide crusade to tie held in Slate Fair Stadium here possibly as early as kite 1974 The move is the result of a recent interview with Dr Graham on The public affairs television show Page in which the internationally known evangelist expressed an interest in returning to Shreveput to conduct a erusadc IN THAT SHOW Dr Graham called the Shreveport crusatie in 1951 the in his ministry in that the local meeting was the lust time he had held services in a large open-air stadium Such crusades have since become common-place in his interna tmnal ministry The purpose of today's gathering was gainer lot a I support for such a crusatie and to map future pl'ms lot involving churches civic lend ers and elected officials in communities within a tatlms of alxmt 75 miles of Sneve pot THE GROUP ASSKMBLH) today voted to use the name Graham Ark La Tex Crusade in seeking area support for the endeavor Named to seive as temporary chairman of I Ingroup was Dr James Middle-ton pastor of the First Baptist Church of Khrevopnt In an effort to involve as much of the Ark La Tex as WASHINGTON (UPI) A federal appeals court today ordered a lower court to reconsider its decision to let stand the Democratic Credential ruling stripping Sen George McGovern of 113 California delegates The three-judge court also sent back to US District Judge George Hart Jr a case in which Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is seeking reinstatement of himself and 18 other Illinois delegates denied seating by the credentials panel legal counsel meanwhile was enjoined from taking further action in state apparently pending disposal of the federal to block seating of a challenge delegation accredited by the Credentials Committee ON A 2-1 vote the three judges of the US Appeals Court for the i i of Columbia overruled a decision that he had no jurisdiction in a suit filed by McGovern challenging the credentials panel ruling in the California case A spokesman for McGovern said he was with the decision McGovern won all 271 of delegates in that winner-take-all presidential primary which put him on the verge of victory in the Democratic nominating convention starting Monday in Miami Beach CHALLENGERS led by Sens Hubert II Humphrey and Edmund Muskie fought successfully before the Credentials Committee to have the California delegates apportioned among the candidates on the basis of popular votes won stripping McGovern of the 153 convention votes On the Daley case the three appeals judges were unanimous in voting to send the appeal back to Hart and enjoining Daley forces from action in any other court that would impair the effectiveness and the judgment of this Solons By HARRY TAYLOR and BOB MOLCANY Journal Capital Bureau BATON ROUGE The House and the Senate Tuesday adopted a concurrent resolution declaring that the increase of $6600 each per year that they voted for themselves was not an increase and hopefully is exempt from taxes In addition to the $30 per day for sessions of the Legislature $3000 for the 60-day regular sessions and $1500 for REYKJAVIK Iceland (UPI) American chess challenger Bobby Fischer apologized todav tor delaying the stall of i-ie woi Id championship match with Russian Boris Lpos-ky but a demand Irom Lu- Soviet cboss fcdeiutmn tueateneil ii cancel the 24 uu -ei u-s I ME I'ISSIW chess gionp ci'jIi In ax I- owe pi cm dent ol th- late inalionil Chess I-c-deiation (FIDE) deni i that I' a liei he ii eieil to led the In gas heeaus he did not abide by an agreement which -a both pla i oi'i 1 show up villun one h'liii ol these hoduled game lime Euwe said he could mil give the lust game to Spassky because the Russians did not ohjeet to the- fust postpone ment However he said the entile match would he endangered if (he Soviets pressed the issue the Russians insist on this penalty I believe the whole match is said Euwe are soiry that the world championships were delayed The problems causing Today's Journal Amusements 7-B Ask Andy 9-A Bridge fi-B Comics 6-B Crossword Puzzle fi-B Dear Abhy 9-A Deaths 7-C Dr Thosteson 9-A Editorials 8-A People in the News 7-C Horoscope 3-B On the Reeord Il-A Sports 5-C Television 10-A Want Ads 15-C Weather 12-A World 3-B Our Phone Number: 424-0373 SAIGON (UPI) A 1200-man South Vietnamese force moved into Quang Tri city today set up a command post and fanned out through the ruined business and residential districts However government spokesmen said they would not list the city as recaptured until government troops controlled the walled citadel in the center of the town Military sources said the troops met only light resistance but no attempt was made to storm the citadel the possible Communist headquar-Lrs A 20000 man in Siuth Viet-n a task force moved north into Quang Tri province more than one week ago So far fighting has been relatively light and allied officers said they do not know where the estimated 48000 Communists who took the province May 1 are hiding THE PROVINCIAL capital "rr T0HIGIIT OH TELEVISION Cartoonist John Monroe decides had it with the family cat after the beast uses him os a scratching post on My World ond Welcome to It 650 Nancy Wilson guest stars on the Melba MooreClifton Davis Show 7 pm Craig Stevens plays a doctor who awakens offer three years in a coma and faces the critical problem of the time lapse with his estranged wife played bv Bor-bora Rush Medical Center 8 pm A police officer kills a man against whom he was known to hold a grudge and the department suspends him despite his insistence that the killing was not planned Monnix 9 pm Roy Millond stars in Into Morning" the CBS Late Movie 1030 IISU-TVQI2 THE JOURNAL STATION First in Shreveport Quang Tri city has been levelled by bombing attacks since the Communists captured the province WHILE THE lead elements moved into the city with little resistance South Vietnamese marines seven miles southeast of Quang Tri City met with a heavy North Vietnamese counter-attack from a battalion supported by 15 tanks The marines reported no tanks knocked out but said 48 Communists were killed with government casualties placed at nine dead and 16 wounded TWO MILES southeast of Quang Tri City at sundown Tuesday a battalion of about 500 Communists attacked government troops in as assault led by 18 tanks and at about the same time another battalion attacked seven miles east of the city No casulty reports were available on either skirmish UPI CORRESPONDENT Barney Seibert reported the troops entering Quang Tri City today radioed back that it had been leveled by bombardment Heavy naval shelling and aerial bombing preceded the North Vietnamese capture of the province South northernmost May 1 and during the government drive to retake the city over the past eight days The province fell to the Communists a month after they launched their offensive in South Vietnam March 30 It is the only province still in North Vietnamese hands Seibert said that behind lead elements entering Quang Tri City was the mam body of a paratroop vanguard 1000 men strong and backed by tanks that pushed forward from positions half a mile and a mile south of the city TUESDAY US warplanes flying path clearing missions for paratroop advance accidentally bombed a government position killing 10 soldiers and wounding 30 others The US command said the incident the first of its kind since the government thrust into the province began occurred five miles See WAR Page 11-A Exempt Office Expense Hike ments changed the hill into an increase rather than the means for providing offices for legislators as he intended A GROUP OF lawmakers not wanting to lose the $6600 per year hike in their but also not wanting to call it what it is got together and drafted the concurrent resolution to state the of the Legislature hike putting a sugar coating on the pill for the people back home The resolution listing Rep sion years and a $2400 increase for 30-day session years the House and the Senate passed a bill to give themselves a additional $6600 each per year to pay for office expense and secretarial help for offices in each legislative district THAT LEGISLATION introduced by Rep Jimmy Irong of Natchitoches had received final legislative action last week and was on the desk awaiting his veto or signature into law when a hue and cry was raised among lawmakers about Scn- ate amendments that had been okayed by the House The Senate had amended the House-passed hill to provide that the additional $6600 per year be paid directly to each legislator and that it be considered as in the calculation of retirement benefits for lawmakers in the state employe retirement program Rep Ing who said Gov Edwin Edwards had prom-ied to sign the bill into law said he would ask the governor to veto the measure because the Senate amend- S' tr.