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The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 2

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The Miami Heraldi
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2-A THE MIAMI HERALD Mon July 10 1972 Jets Destroy Repair Depot at Hanoi US Fliers Rescued Down 3 MIGs 2 NEWS SUMMARY THE WORLD ner of the city paratroop officers said THE COMMUNISTS were reported dug in along one side of a street and the South Vietnamese on the other In more peaceful times the street ran through a squalid residential area reserved for the families of South Vietnamese troops based in Quang Tri Half a mile away other paratroopers attacked North Vietnamese positions in a former government bunker complex on the northwestern edge of the province capital the field officers said positions in Quang second and fourth wards along the banks of the Tkach Han River Field officers said that after half a day of battling neither aide had given any ground The officers gave no casualty reports for either side Hie battles In the northernmost province capital were the first since shout 1000 paratroopers reportedly drove into Quang Tri Friday and took control of two-thirds of the city The heaviest fighting raged In the southwest cor Communist invasion of South Other major raids included an attack by Navy pilots against the Hon Gai port facility 23 miles northeast of Haiphong Pilots said they destroyed two piers a crane and a building Another strike within two miles at the port facility destroyed two buildings and caused a large secondary explosion at an ammunition storage area the Navy said In ground fighting South Vietnamese paratroopers assaulted North Vietnamese ed a half-dozen F4 fighters In all 14 American planes have been reported lost to MIGs since the resumption of full-scale bombing of North Vietnam a little more than three months ago During the same period 37 MIGs have been downed by American fighters according to the US Command THE UA COMMAND reported that Air Force Navy and Marine fightertombera launched 280 strikes inside North Vietnam on Saturday The command said the targets are the A missile tired by one of the MIGs hit an F4 and it immediately headed toward its base in Thailand The pilots were unable to make it and parachuted five miles from the base Both were rescued US military sources said the North Vietnamese Air Force had been ordered to take more aggressive action against American fighter-bombers accounting for an intensification of aerial battles In the past two weeks BUG Interceptors have down US JETS DESTROYED one of North biggest military vehicle repair depots on the edge of Hanoi and shot down three MIG trying to intercept them Hie US Command reported one American plane lost in the operation but two crewmen were rescued Page 2A REBELLION IN EGYPT is reportedly on the point of breaking out because the armed forces there are chafing under continued no-war no-peace conditions Page 8A FIERCE FIGHTING flared in Northern Ireland within minutes after the Irish Republican militant Provisional wing called off its ceasefire Five deaths were reported during the first hour of the battling Page 1A IN THE THIRD DAY of violent protest against legislation making Sindhl the only official language of the province demonstrators in Karachi Pakistan battled police and threw up flaming barricades Page 4A CHALLENGER BOBBY favorite chair arrived in Reykjavik Iceland by air freight from New York to help the American in his match against Russian Boris Spassky for the world chess championship' Page 1A IRA Galls Off Ulster Truce Battle Erupts THE NATION SEN WILLIAM PROXMIRE (D Wis) said that unless the Price Commission begins public hearings on major price increases any increase in 1973 car prices might be illegal Page 26A FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTER Michel Debre arrives In Washington for a two-day visit with US officials optimistically viewing his trip a very step in renewing military ties between France and NATO Page 29 A GEORGE chances of capturing the Democratic presidential nomination were boosted by a pair of parliamentary rulings Party Chairman Lawrence announced that 120 California delegates pledged to McGovern would be allowed to vote in a credentials test of that delegation The second ruling was that a simple majority would be sufficient to decide the issue Page 1A Pilot Steve Richie Paints Star Signifying Fourth MIG Shot he downed two MIGt on hit 308th combat mission American Pilot Downs 4th MIG By HsraM Wlra farvlcaa SAIGON US Air Force jets destroyed one of North biggest military vehicle repair depots on the edge of Hanoi and shot down three MIG21s trying to intercept them the US Command announced Sunday It reported one American plane lost In ground warfare South Vietnamese paratroopers launched their first attacks to clear Communist troops from Quang Tri province's capital field officers said and engaged its defenders in intense fighting One of eight Air Force F4 Phantom fighters that engaged four MIGs in a battle of and North fastest supersonic jets over Hanoi was downed but die two crewmen were rescued the command said North Vietnam claimed four Phantoms shot down in the action Saturday Hanoi charged that US Jets bombed many residential quarters and Industrial installations inside Hanoi destroying 183 houses and killing score of IN ANOTHER broadcast later by Radio Hanoi North Vietnam claimed two more US jets shot down in raids Sunday again in the Hanoi area The broadcast charged that the US planes continued attacks on populous areas The US Command said it had no additional plane losses to report The command has a long-standing policy of not announcing aircraft losses while search-and-rescue operations are being carried out not targeting any thing other than military targets" a US spokesman in Saigon commented AN AMERICAN military source said he would assume that there 'were civilians working in the vehicle repair depot but he stressed that it is a military facility He said the objective of the bombing was to make it more difficult for Hanoi to keep its fleet of trucks operating thus reducing the flow of materiel to support North offensive In South Vietnam Four F4 Phantoms carried out the bombing Pilots reported that they beamed eight laser-guided bombs on the 24500 square-foot repair building four miles southwest of the center of Hanoi Other F4 Phantoms escorted the attack planes They were armed with air-to-air missiles to keep away from the strike aircraft and intercepted four of the Soviet-built fighters about 30 miles west of Hanoi the Air Force said Capt Steve Richie 30 of Reidsville NC shot down two of the MIGs raising his total to four in the past two months one short of the number Richie needed to become the second ace of the war Flying with Richie ss copilot was CPt Charles De-Belleue 26 of Lafayette La who was credited with his second and third MIG kills THE THIRD MIG was downed by Capt Richard Hardy 28 of Chicago and his copilot Capt Paul Lewinski 26 of Schenectady NY Weather Outlook Tide Tablet in Spoilt Sec MIAMI AND VICINITY: Partly cloudy with scat-t thundershowers High in the 80s Low in the mid-70s Easterly winds 10 to 15 mph Rain probability 50 per cent (MALL BOATS! Expond Atlantic coastal waters from Capa Katmsdy thrown lha Flarlda Straita Wlnda tad fa north-a ad 10-1S knots tine te thm Mat WMi and saai hlatiar naar thundtr-ahewers Exaaaad (Ml coadd wattrs from Cadar Kay to Florida Bay Wlnda aad te norttiaad ISIS knati aai around two fad Wind! and teai hiotiar naar a taw thundanhswars In-land waters from Laka Worth thrown Blicavna Bay Winds aid te northeast 10-15 knots light to modarita chop an water Gusty winds and chappy water near thundonhawars FLORIDAt Partly cloudy thrauah Tuas-dav with scatty rad thundarshewan Laws 45 to 70 Narth port km and mainly 70s at sa whirs Hloht 14 ta 51 FLORIDA KXTRNDRD OUTLOOK! Wad nasday thraudh Friday: Ferity cloudy with widely acattarad thundershowers Hiahs from lha upper (Of te the lower 50s Lows tram naar 70 In lha a frame North ta around In lha Kays Statistics 1 us SB 51 (part ll kauri (pad 10 hears Normal tamparatara Rrd at month (deems) Accumulated mens la lamparett smea jan 1 (dsoronl HMwrt and lowed tins data Utica 1515 5 Local rainfall tar hours andlM 5 a la hwhn Rainfall this month Defktancy this mst RsiofuN sines Jan sens siaca Jan I FLORIDA ond city where the IRA has a strong garrison in the "Free Derry" Catholic zone it rules THE battle cry was condemned by Bernadette Devlin fiery Catholic member of the British Parliament and a staunch guerrilla supporter She said the Provisionals had "played right into the of their sworn enemy the UDA and its by calling off the truce Catholic community may within the next days and weeks need defending from concerted sectarian and bloody she warned Earlier Sunday guerrillas executed four men in a wave of terror killings The deaths followed clashes in the town of Portadown between Catholics and army troops over Protestant marches to celebrate a 17th-Century victory over the Catholics The annual marches which celebrate the July 12 1690 victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne have in the past touched off sectarian fighting Like most of the others since the start of the ceasefire Sunday's deaths appeared to have been carried out by Protestants or Roman Catholics settling personal cores according to one Army source One of two men found shortly after 4 am cm Stewart Street in Roman Catholic markets area wore a hood over his head which covered a single bullet wound an Army spokesman aid A SECOND hooded man lay nearby suffering from multiple gunshot wounds Hospitalized he said he faced execution along with the first man but fled the gunmen and waa hit in escaping police said Both men were Protestants The next victim was near a reservoir and waterworks on the mixed Antrim Road in North Belfast found after a national forecast: Sunny warm weather ia expected to moat areas Afternoon thundershowers will be' scattered from the Rockies to the inland areas of Needs One More to Become Ace A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION on capital punishment laws is unlikely to be called by Gov Reubin Askew before the November elections his press secretary Don Pride said Sunday Page 12A THAT SAGE OF SOPCHOPPY Cousin Arch believes them TV are too caged in their booths to catch the real Democratic convention dealings See Bill Talk of Tallahassee column Page 12A woman told police she saw men dumping what appeared to be a body A few minutes before 7 am an army patrol came upon a partially burned-out car on Little Distillery Street between the Catholic Lower Falla area and the Protestant Donegal Road One man a Catholic staff sergeant in the British Territorial Army Reserve was dead in the trunk Two other men both Protestants lay wounded inside the car One died later AN ARMY patrol came under fire early Sunday from a sniper in the mixed Old Park Road area where last week a patrol battled 14 gunmen and hit two The army spokesman said soldiers reported hitting one man in fight Clicss Ace Complains About Room From Page 1 playing condition! will cause any serious Cramer said' "They are so much better than anything we have seen before And if the two players dislike something then it could be changed during the course of the CRAMER SAID Fischer was ready to start play at anytime The match waa postponed once last week as Fischer held out for more money and twice more as the Russians demanded that the American be penalized for the delay They finally settled for a written apology from Fischer to Spassky While Spassky fished in northern Iceland Fischer stayed in the plush Loftleidir Hotel and a private house also at hi disposal He read and he swam in the hotel pool leaving only to go bowling at the US Navy base at Kefiavik about 30 miles outside Reykjavik the East the Pacific states end from the southern Plains to Alabama A slight wanning trend la forecast fr om the South Atlantic states to the Plains North Miami BaadT euth Miami Pm 5 51 15 7 51 10 IB Barilo 1 AS IT 99 79 99 79 1 9ft AA 79 91 4 77 ItBchhrtm 79 99 Ttl Aviv 99 Vienna 04 Warsaw 71 PAN AMERICAN 51 It 44 14 144 51 LnMachli 144 Masatlan 51 Masks CHy 75 Monterrey 51 Nanas 14 tan Jean FR 41 It CMS VI 41 Van Cm a 1 ji Richie said I yelled We passed them head-on and were dose enough to see the red stars all over Richie said waited for his wingman to pass and turned hard left as they went into a right turn OF THE TURN I locked onto the second MIG and fired one missile I fired a second before the first one hit I saw a large yellow firebalL The airplane disintegrated and fell out of the Richie looked for the second MIG which he expected to be gone "But there he he said were closer this time I locked on and fired one missile and was getting ready to unleash another when the first one hit "Again there was a Mg explosion The whole thing was In flames and falling (UPI) North Carolina Air Force pilot who shot down two MIG21 jets Saturday is one plane short of becoming the second American ace of the Vietnam war Capt Steve Richie 30 of Reidsville NC said he hit the supersonic jets his third and fourth with air-to-air missiles while flying cover for US planes near Hanoi A third MIG21 was downed Saturday One American F4 phantom jet was hit by MIG fire but its two crewmen flew to within five miles of their base in Thailand before bailing out unharmed officers said BOMBARDIER-NAVIGATOR was Capt Charles DeBelleue 26 of Lafayette La Richie a 1964 graduate of the Air Force Academy who was on his 308th combat mission said DeBelleue was the first to spot the MIGs called There they are at 10 GREATER MIAMI THE NUMBER OF demonstrators in Dade County for the Democratic National Convention appears to have peaked much lower than was originally estimated officials say Demonstrations Sunday ranged from a black rally on the mainland to a student protest in front of the Playboy Plaza Hotel on Miami Beach Page IB THE LAST CHUNK of undeveloped land east of the Palmetto Expressway in Hialeah appears certain to get City Council approval for a townhouse development Page IB Sunny Skies Replace Record Lows in There were a few showers and thundershowers in the Midwest the Southern Plains the Texas and Florida east coasts the Ohio Valley and the Northwest Dense fog covered much of the Northeast An inch and a third of rain fell in six hour at Homestead Air Force Bate just south of MiamL The SPORTS Local National World Temperatures GREATER MIAMI STAN SMITH WON a feverish two-hour 45-minute match from Ilie Nastase 4-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-5 in the singles final at Wimbledon giving the United States a rare sweep of both the and tennis titles Page ID WINNING HIS FIRST EVENT on the pro golf tour since the 1967 Masters Gay Brewer held on for a one-stroke victory over Dave Hill and rookie Sam Adams in the $150000 Canadian Open Page ID Frae ys MM 5 Miami Alreorl The high-pressure system that brought record low temperatures to the East lost most of its punch Skies were sunny over most of the country Sunrise Today Sunset Today 6 :36 8il6 FLORIDA Aailsrhtcda 05 a Bradantao 04 51 Ctawidaa 71 Daytma Bch ti Ft Lead 11 74 Ft Mysrs 41 atanville 41 47 Isiamarada 44 55 JacksamiiMe It 41 Kay Wad (7 71 Lahdaad 15 71 Naataa 51 71 Ocala IT 51 Ortaada 40 51 Fsnscals 45 51 laniata 04 51 Pda 51 TaMihnaoo aa Tampa 71 Vara Mach 74 WP Bch SOUTH LIVING TODAY THREE OF THE most important people at the Democratic National Convention are women: Yvonne Brathwaite vice chairman of the convention Patricia Harris head of the powerful credentials committee and Mary Lou Burg vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee been matter-of-factiy preparing for the precedent-shattering roles they will play this week Page 1C ia ai Seriate i7 FhlUdatahla II 55 41 1 44 MIDWEST CMcaus ti 14 Clncinnett aa 41 1 44 1 44 Drtrrtt a Dotath 75 51 ladtanipdl 44 Kaaiai City 51 7B MUwndraa 77 55 Matson? a Omaha 14 11 it Lauia ia 44 WEST Athwaaraas 54 a Anchoress 44 44 51 54 54 71 FtTworih HMMhita 14 71 Haastaa 17 71 Ln vnn 11 Ln Amain 17 si City ei is Fhnala M7 laaAatsnie 51 74 San Dina 71 17 Frmciscs 44 14 i 47 FOREIGN 41 Blrmlndnui 41 Chartadn 44 Chirtatta 41 41 J'saaMtn 41 it Little Rack 5 71 LaeiaviNe 47 44 ss RitaWi 44 Bkhmaad 14 IB EAST Albany NY 41 44 am Moonriae Today 6:13 am pm J1 53 Moonset Today 8:22 pm- ANOTHER CONVENTION taking place on Miami Beach this week is the National Welfare Rights Organization conference Almost 1500 welfare mothers raised funds from a variety of sources to bus fly and drive from across the nation to the sixth annual conference Page My II My it Aao My.

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