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I I Damage May Exceed $200000 WLTV Tower Is Blasted By Dynamite The charge apparently was detonated about 1:50 am or 2 am about the time area police agencies received numerous' inquiries from Bowling Green residents who reported hearing a loud explosion The explosion which knocked the station off the air was heard by nearby neighbors of the facility who told deputy Joe Hodges they heard the noise but bother to call police The damaged tower leaning at about a 15 degree angle and bowed in the center was discovered about 7:45 am by a station qpgineer Arnold Lobb Lobb said he noticed the tower appeared to be leaning as he drove toward the station but he dismissed what he first saw as distortion perhaps caused by the windshield of his station wagon The blast also shattered windows in the concrete block transmitter building which once also served as studios for the station owned by Argus Broadcasting Co Station officials this morning said the blast the transmitting equipment out of alignment and may have caused more severe damage to the electronic equipment Debris from the immediate First word of the explosion 1 brought Sheriff Christy Watts deputies Hodges and Charles Forshee State Police Detectives William Smith and Jerry Pitcock and FBI agents John Alden and James York to the scene Watts said two detonator fuses about 45 to 50 feet in length were found leading to the shattered concrete base of the tower He and other investigators theorized two detonator caps and two fuses were used make the estimated 48 sticks of explosive detonated He said of the discovery man who did this knew his dynamite! Pitcock and Smith discovered two sets of footprints near the tower indicating at least two persons took part in the dynamiting Alden and York said the FBI was drawn into the investigation because of federal laws protecting broadcast stations Although investigators were reluctant to discuss possible motives for the explosion several were heard to ask Argus President George Brown a Bowling Green resident if station officials had recently received anonymous threats In recent months the station has aired editorials and commentaries that dealt with crime and law enforcement and controversial political issues Brown this morning said he has of the exact amount of the damage although he strongly indicated it could exceed $200000 know the exact extent of the damage and I make any estimate until we get some cost figures from tower installation he said Brown said he know how long the station will be off the air but he said try to do something soon but right now we decided on One station official gazing at Continued Back Page Column I This Section 19 11 VS! II U1C 1111111 vUlCt AV IVA vi vUV UlOvvV Cl A IlCjr vicinity of the blast was hurled meant for it to go there is no onto the roof of the transmitter doubt about it They had a double building causing holes about six to eight inches in diameter Watts theorized say the By A HASH Da ily News City Editor A bfast heard throughout most' of Bowling Green and much of Warren County early today apparently came from an explosion that virtually wrecked the WLTV Channel 13 transmitter tower causing an estimated $200000 to $250000 damage The 603-foot steel tower was blasted off its concrete base about 2 am today by the explosion from an estimated 48 sticks of dynamite The tower is located atop a hill In US 231 in the Hadley community approximately 15 miles northwest of Bowling Green BOWLING GREEN 18 PAGES 10 Cents 115 NO 227 BOWLING SEPTEMBER 26 1969 To Give Beret Case Details By RICHARD PYLE Associated Press Writer LONG BINH Vietnam (AP) Military spokesmen said the Army would reveal Saturday details of its case againsi six Green Beret officers accused of murdering a Vietnamese spy Sources said the disclosure also would identify the alleged The path was cleared to make public details of the charges after ArmyJegaL authorities rejected for the second time a defense motion to prevent release of the information The alleged victim was Thai Khac Chuyen a Vietnamese identified by the Green Berets as a double agent for the Americans and the North Vietnamese According to defense accounts he was ordered executed by the US Central Intelligence Agency The CIA has denied any such involvement Henry Rothblatt civilian attorney for two of the accused men and for a third against whom charges are being held in abeyance said release of the details by the Army is attempt to Jnflame jpublic opinion another example of the military unethical conduct' a deliberate attempt to prejudice the he said Attorneys for three of the accused Green Berets appealed to President Nixon -today to dismiss the charges Defense attorneys said they believed the direct appeal to the President was unprecedented in "American military law The motion was submitted to Maj Gen GL Mabry Jr to be sent to Nixon in his capacity as commander in chief of the armed -forces Mabry is commander of US support troops in Vietnam which includes the Continued Back Page Column 6 This Section (Daily News Staff Photo By RD Firkins) TOWER LISTING Investigators from the office State Police and FBI are grouped near the base of the WLTV transmitter tower which was listing about 15 degrees this morning following a dynamite blast that extensively damaged the 603-foot steel structure Military Takes Over In Bolivia LA PAZ Bolivia (AP) Bolivia became today the fifth South American government to come under military rule A movement headed by Gen Alfredo Ovando Candia com- mander in chief of the armed forces overthrew the civilian government of President Luis Siles Salinas The new regime seems more left-leaning than most military governments The Cabinet is made up of young dissident leftist politicians from the Christian Democratic party and the Nationalist Revolutionary party plus independents and young military men This trend opens a new chapter in this nation which has been independent for 144 years and has undergone 185 coups or quick changes of government in that time In a message directed to the peasants Gen Ovando declared the new government will the rights of the peasants bringing into realization action that will make more profound the Bolivian agrarian of 1953 Through its history the Bolivian economy has depended almost entirely on tin revolutionary government is on your Ovando told the peasants A message given out at Government Palace said the government "will fulfill the mandat? which the people in its great majorities have been Among other things Oviando promised to carry out a plan of industrializa- The decree naming the new Cabinet said that accordance with the guidelines of the great transformations which the country the government has chosen whose political backgrounds are redly In one post there was no change Foreign Minister Gustavo Medeiros was retained He now is in New York attending the UN General Assembly Bolivia thus joined Argentina Paraguay Brazil and Peru among South American govern-Continued Back Page Column 3 This Section Jury-Seated For Chicago Riot Trial CHICAGO (AP) Attorneys present their opening arguments today in the trial of eight men charged with conspiracy to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention A jury of two men and 10 women was seated Thursday Two of the women jurors are Negroes Most of those chosen are housewives Four women alternate jurors also were agreed to by the prosecution and defense The" defendants are charged with conspiracy to violate the antiriot provisions of the Civil Rights Act by: across state lines with the intention of inciting a riot the use of incendi- ary devices with the intention they be employed in a riot firemen and law enforcement officials in the performance of their duties dur- ing a riot Hippie supporters of the defendants who clashed with police Wednesday at the opening of the trial refrained from further confrontations on its second day Defendants are Bobby Seale 32 of Oakland Calif chairman of the Black Panther partyjJerry Rubin 31 and Abbie Hoffman 31 both of New York and leaders of the Youth Continued Back Page Column lThis Section Defeatist Attitude Nixon Opposes 'War Cutoff Date Sta ff Photo by Firkins morning explosion The round is a microwave antenna which TOWER BASE BLASTED A dynamite charge believed by investigators to have consisted of 48 sticks of the explosive left the base of the WLTV television transmitter tower in a shambles City May Be In For Of Terror 1 1 1 1 -I I I Two Viet Cong Sapper Bases Found 15 Miles From Saigon WASHINGTON (AP) President Nixon said today that proposals for a firm cutoff date on military involvement in Vietnam and his efforts to hasten a peace settlement think this is a defeatist attitude defeatist in terms of what it would Nixon told a news conference incentive for the enemy to negotiate is destroyed if he is News Purchases Lot For Possible Expansion told in advance that if he just waits for 18 months be out the President said Nixon who made no opening statement was asked at the outset about various proposals on an arbitrary cutoff The President said he knew they were made the best of but if if an arbitrary cutoff were proposed inevitably leads to perpetuating and continuing the war until that and destroys any chance of ending the war before that time Nixon thus rejected suggestions advanced In the including those of -the new Republican leader there Sen Hugh for a declaration that all American troops will be out of Vietnam by some prescribed date Scott had suggested that the United States get all its forces out of Vietnam by the end of 1972 Sen Charles Goodell R-NY proposed legislation to force full withdrawal by Dec I 1970 As the questioning shifted to nonwar subjects Nixon was asked about his previously stated hope to avoid controversial Supreme Court appointments and whether he would withdraw By GEORGE ESPER Associated Press Writer SAIGON (AP)' US paratroopers found two Viet Cong sapper bases less than 15 miles from Saigon jn the past 24 hours and the commander of the US 2nd Field Force said the enemy doing his to infiltrate the demolition and sabotage experts into the South Vietnamese capital Saigon may be in for a of said Lt Gen Julian Ewell He reported that captured documents indicate the Viet Cong GREEN KENTUCKY FRIDAY and North Vietnamese will rely heavily on sapper attacks in the winter-spring campaign which the US Command expects to start in November Troops of the 82nd Airborne 3rd Brigade found the" first sapper camp late Thursday afternoon 12 miles northwest of Saigon Its store of munitions included 30 pounds of plastic explosive 550 blasting caps and 30 feet of detonating wire The base was hidden in the high elephant grass of a swamp and consisted of about 25 crease in the maximum earnings' subject to Social Security levies from $7800 today to $9000 beginning Jan 1 1972 he also asked that legist lated contributions for both employers and employes be pared between 1971 and 1976 Instead of a jump from 52 per cent to 57 per cent over that period the- President wants the range51 per cent to 55 per centThe current rate is 48 per cent for both worker and employer through 1970 law calls for mainte- nance of the $7800 wage base Therefore despite the proposal for a levy rollback a worker making the wage maximum would pay $54 more a year under the proposal in $459 versus $405 In what will probably be his Continued Back Page Column 2 This Section property jilts out into the proposed landfill site near the property Trontage on Richardsville Road Resident Planner Charles Cherches reported a special Oct 7 meeting of the Board of Adjustments has been called to consider a special expection allowing a sanitary landfill on the land already under condemnation Among those who identified themselves as being interested in the zone change request was magistrate-elect Jerry (Peanuts) Gaines who will Continued Back Page Column 1This Section The Park City Daily News has announced the purchase by the Gaines Realty Corp of a 70-by-75 foot lot on the corner of 8th and College streets from Ashland Oil and Refining Co The lot adjacent to the Daily News business offices will be included in the long-range expansion plans and its continuing efforts to bring this area the best newspaper possible according to the owners Daily News Publisher John Gaines- cited the purchase- as Nixon Outlines Reform Social Security Hikes Proposed evidence of our desire to keep abreast of Bowling dynamic Gaines noted that the newspaper had completed one phase of its expansion and modernization plans earlier this year when it moved into its new production building and" converted to offset printing Future plans include the remodeling and expansion of business offices this morning following an early dish-like object in the foreground was blown from the tower camouflaged huts It apparently was abandoned just before the Americans acting on intelligence information -swept into the area Food found in pots was still warm patrolling paratrooper unit found the second jungle base this afternoon eight miles west of the capital The sappers were caught in their bunkers and first reports said seven of them were killed There was no report of US casualties5 The two camps were theelosest enemy bases to Saigon found in more than seven months by the 82nd 3rd Brigade It defends the western and northwest flanks but is one of the Continued Back Page Column 3 This Section Mercury Dips To Overnight Low Of 47 Degrees The mercury slipped to an overnight low of 47- degrees -Thursday the coldest been since two weeks ago when a season low of 42 was recorded on Sept 11- With autumn still in its infancy low is predicted to be around 45 degrees and night Saturday and Sunday are predicted to bring sunny and mild weather with highs of 77 to 82 degrees forecast Early risers today were greeted by a thick fog which blanketed the area but quickly dissipated after sunrise No rain is in the weather forecast for the weekend The Weather SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY Fair and cool tonight low 45-50 Sunny and mild Saturday high 77-82 Sunny and -mild Sunday Hourly temperature readings at City-County Airport: Yesterday PM 1 70 2 72 3 72 4 72 5 73 6 71 7 67 8 61 9 58 1055 1154 1252 Today AM: 1 50 2 49 3 49 4 48 5 48 6 48 7 46 8 48 9 56 1964 1172 1274 Year ago High 78 low 53 Precipitation past 24 hours: None Relative humidity: 61 per cent at noon Sun sets today 6:37 pm rises tomorrow 6:37 am High temperature for year 98 degrees" Low temperature for year 3 degrees Police Clear UM Building By KARL MANTYLA Associated Press Writer ANN ARBOR (AP) Moving in force police arrested 103 and cleared a student-occupied University of Michigan office building of demonstrators today -Police reported nine injured none seriously and damage appeared minor although the radio station reported two $500 microphones and $300 worth of recording tape missing Authorities entered at the request of Robben Flemming university president Among those arrested were the president and vice president of the student government The take-over which lasted 12 hours was in support of student demands for control of a proposed campus bookstore which regen have voted to establish under control of the administration Those arested were booked for a misdemeanor under disorderly conduct statute Harold Olson Ann Arbor deputy police chief said two officers were among the nine in jured as some 400 law enforce-ment officers barged in at 3:30 a One policeman suffered a sprain theother a broken blood vessel in his wrist Olson certain whether thp injuries came from scuffles inside the building or with some among several hundred forced back from the entrance and front lawn The spec-1 tators jeered police Earlier in the night they had prevented city and university authorities serving an injunction by blocking off entrances to them twice Those arrested who were able to post $25 cash bond were released immediately for arraignment Monday in Ann Arbor Dis- -strict jCflurL-Qtherswere held at Washtenaw County Jail to await arraignment later in the day In Lansing Gov William frequent touch during the night with Continued Back Page Column 2 This Section Tuesday Deadline For Making First City Tax Payment Tuesday is the deadline payment of the first installment of city property taxes After that a five per cent penalty will be tacked on The second installment must be paid before Nov 1 to avoid a similar penalty Interest of one-half of one per cent per month also will be added after the dealine for the second payment Pro-VietCong Gang In Raid At Harvard CAMBRIDGE MassTfAP)' A score of youthful Viet Cong sympathizers assaulted staff members and broke windows in a 10-minute raid Thursday on Harvard Center for International Affairs University officials said four persons were injured by the gang which left before police reached the scene The youths entered the building shouting going to close this place and "We are an apparent reference to the antiwar Students for a Democratic Society Ronald Brunner a research fellow conducting a seminar on political participation was pushed to the floor and kicked in the groin Dr Benjamin adviser was cut on the ear when one of the group hit him on the head and pushed him down a flight of stairs Maury Feld a librarian was wrestled down a stairway when he tried to call police His telephone was ripped out An elderly secretary was treated for a bruised hip Asst Prof James Kurth said Continued Back Page Column 6 This Section i JL Brown-an Judge Clement nomination Nixon replied He said he has followed the Senate hearings on the nomination and still have confidence In Judge He said the Senate should confirm the nomination Responding to a second ques-ContinueL BackPage Column 7 This Section (AP Wirephoto) By THELEN Jr Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) President Nixon has proposed $425 billion Social Security reforms and benefits plus a new automatic locking of the system to cost-of-living increases The President outlined-his unexpectedly broad proposals for Social Security change Thursday to a Congress apparently eager to go him one better on better liberalization Beneficiaries have seen infla-tionwhittle almost 8 percent-from their Social Security checks since the last increase in March 1968 Accordingly the chief executive asked a catchup 10 per cent across-the-board benefit hike effective for payments in April 1970 To meet the cost President Nixon recommended an in in connection with the request was advertised wrong and we feel we can neither approve nor disapprove the He said the site may" be suggesting the' acreage is desired by the Water-Sewer and Sanitation Commission to add to the 328-acre tract now apparently destined for a landfill Commission member Charles Rogers the city engineer told members of the commission during a pre-meeting caucus the Young property could- be condemns! and used as part of the landfill He explained the young Near Proposed Landfill No Action Taken On Zoning Request By A RASH Daily News City Editor The Joint Planning Commission Thursday night declined to take action on a request to rezone a three-acre tract of land adjacent to the site of the proposed city landfill Young petitioned the commission to rezone the 292-acre plot "located between Barren River and Richardsville Road from agriculture to B-4 (business) to permit location of a garage with a residence overhead Commission chairman A Hamilton told the estimated 18 to 20 persons attending the meeting -today at the White House PRESIDENTIAL CALLING President Nixon-calls on a newsman during his news conference.