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The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 2

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2 ft1 Ranger Mistakenly Shoots Man Wearing Toy Guns THE KANSAS CITY STAR Ml Illegal Fireworks Agents Check Stands OWD arc Washington Federal inspectors posing as tourists are cruising heavily-traveled highways in the Midwest and Southeast this Fourth of July weekend in search of bootleg fireworks A similar crackdown last year resulted in more than 80 seizures of illegal explosives and the shutdown of one plant and netted Food and Drug Administration agents thousands of dollars worth of fireworks know there are still some clandestine plants said Dale Miller chief of compliance in the Bureau of Product Safety addition to the manufacturers and sellers also trying to find the middlemen because without them stands have a tougher time getting the he said Miller said Missouri Tennessee Ohio Wyoming South Carolina Alabama Georgia and Louisiana are states where illegal fireworks have been a particular problem He said FDA agents in out-of-state cars check roadside stands gift shops novelty shops and gas stations for contraband explosives After the agent purchases the fireworks he said the FDA either seeks a federal cones fountains and firecrackers with less than two grains of powder there are any injuries caused by Class fireworks this July Fourth they will result from the unconscionable laxity of the FDA in failing to ban Class Black said The FDA has proposed closing a loophole in its regulations allowing the sale of larger fireworks for agricultural purposes because of evidence the exemption been grossly abused by some manufacturers and distributors who make the fireworks available to the general seizure order or turns the information over to state police The president of the 3500-member New York State Trial Lawyers Association has assailed the FDA for failing to ban all fireworks Melvin Black also an attorney for the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness said a 1969 survey of selected areas revealed 1330 personal injuries and five deaths attributed to fireworks Forty-two per cent of the injuries were caused by class fireworks still permitted by federal law including sparklers he thought were real weapon Burks said Arnold then fired a warning shot but Curtis still was pointing the toy pistols at the officers Burk said Arnold then shot Curtis Burks said the incident was and under investigation He added that officers in the dim light had no way of knowing the guns were not real Curtis never said Arnold was reported extremely upset over the incident Constable Tubbs was killed as he was investigating a gunman blocking a road As Tubbs and another officer approached the man he opened fire with a shotgun killing Tubbs Satisfactory Report For Mrs Morris Mrs William Morris wife of the Missouri lieutenant governor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate was satisfactory condition today at St hospital after undergoing major surgery Pittsburg Tex A man wearing toy pistols and a badge described as mentally retarded was shot to death here by a Texas Ranger who was looking for another man in connection with the slaying of a Pittsburg constable Subsequently the wanted man Waple Parker 61 was arrested and charged with murder with rri3TIce7 Ranger Capt Burks said Walker Lafayette Curtis well-known in the community for wearing the toy weapons was killed yesterday during a hunt for the man who Thursday night gunned down Constable Daniel Tubbs Burks said Ranger (Red) Arnold was searching for the killer when he encountered Curtis hiding behind a rural mailbox Curtis reportedly had two toy pistols one in his hand and another in his waistband Burks said Curtis matched the general description of the man being sought and that his face was partly hidden by the mail box Burks said Arnqld ordered Curtis three times to drop what Chess Match Uncertain Fischer a Hard-Nosed Capitalist winner getting five-eighths and are to receive 30 per cent of the sales of television and film rights The Soviet news agency Tass blamed the uncertain condition on Fischer and said Fischer is money ranks first pushing aside all sporting between sundown Friday and sundown Saturday Gutmunder Thorarisson ICF president who talked with representatives in the US for much of last night said had been By previous agreement Fischer and Spassky are to divide the $125000 purse with the Reykjavik Iceland Organizers of the world chess championship match were unable today to report any breakthrough in their deadlock over money with Bobby Fischer On the eve of scheduled challenge match with world champion Boris Spassky of Russia officials of the Icelandic Chess Federation said they still had no assurances that Fischer would appear Almost at the last minute the 29-year-old American grand master sent word that he play Spassky unless a new condition was met: 30 per cent of the gate receipts for the 24 games in addition to a share of a $125000 purse and a piece of television and film income already contracted for Chess Federation officials met until nearly midnight With An drew Davis friend and attorney who arrived yes-ferday to negotiate for his truant client The 24-game match is supposed to start tomorrow Meanwhile Fischer missed a flight to Reykjavik He booked a reservation and checked his baggage but after holding the plane up for two hours yesterday he demanded his luggage back and disappeared from New Kennedy International Airport This apparently leaves only one flight late tonight which would put Fischer in Reykaja-vik in time for the match Fischer's faith the Church of God observes Saturday as the Sabbath and Fischer will not fly Miss Kansas City Rodeo Mary Connolly was the winner over 16 other contestants in recent contests that put a premium on points for horsemanship She is 17 years old and has been riding since she was 8 Miss Connolly is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Connolly Stil-well in Johnson County She and her horse "Dandy Pacjj" will appear nightly at the kansas City Rodeo Rodeo Regulars Yemen US Revive Ties FOR A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE WAY TO SHOOT FIREWORKS WATCH CHANNEL 5 7:15 A SUNDAY SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL PYROTECHNICS ASSOCIATION Curators Modify UMKC Pharmacy School Calendar New Service By Lutherans be with a moment of friendship and explained Daniel Moe of the University of Iowa who composed some of the new music for the service the US Sisco was quoted in the Lebanese daily An Nahar as saying: Soviet Union will not accept discussion of arms limitation in the area as part of a political solution to the Sisco also said it was reported that the stalled mission of Gunnar Jarring UN mediator offered the best hope of breaking the deadlock and achieving peace Jarring will meet with Kurt Waldheim UN secretary general Monday in Geneva to discuss reviving his mission A Cairo newspaper today called on Palestinian guerrilla chieftain Yasir Arafat to choose between leading Commando operations or the Palestinian people Commando operations cannot accomplish their goal unless based on a secret structure unknown even to Arab governments themselves the newspaper said It said this was the only way to avoid Israeli military attacks on Arab countries which harbor guerrillas and resultant crackdowns by these countries on guerrillas Severe Injury By Fireworks A 17-year-old Oakwood Manor youth was listed in fair condition today at North Kansas City Memorial Hospital where he was being treated for a hand injury suffered while shooting fireworks Carl Vitt of 5750 Tracy suffered an injury to the palm and three fingers of his left hand last night A hospital spokesman said Vitt will undergo surgery next week to prevent loss of the fingers Beirut Yemen and the US have agreed to resume diplomatic relations after a 5-year rupture a Yemeni embassy spokesman said today Yemen broke off diplomatic ties with Washington in June 1967 after Arab governments accused the US of backing Israel against the Arabs during the 6-day war Secretary William Rogers of the State department today was on his way to capital of Yemen after a visit to Jakarta Indonesia It will be the first visit by a US secretary of state to Yemen the Yemeni spokesman said In another development Joseph Sisco assistant secretary of state was quoted as saying the Soviet Union refuses to discuss an arms limitation agreement in the Middle East with Judge's Son Slain On St Louis Street St Louis The son of a St Louis circuit judge was shot to death yesterday afternoon while walking along a city street with a companion police said Theodore McMillian Jr 34 the son of Judge Theodore McMillian died of a gunshot wound soon after the incident police said The younger McMillian was accosted by a woman who jumped out of a car pulled a pistol and fired once police said A woman acquaintance of McMillian Eloise Williams 40 of St Louis was arrested shortly after the shooting and was being questioned police said Ilrath now chairman of the combined department will head the theater department Dr Olson said but a chairman of the speech department has not been selected A proposed reorganization of the administrative operation of the medical center on the Columbia campus was postponed until the August meeting The proposed reorganization would 'create positions of provost for health affairs and dean of nursing Judge Robert Brady Kirkwood the board's new president challenged the need for a provost and requested that action on the proposal be delayed The curators approved a plan by the co-operative extension service to continue equal opportunity in employment and efforts to encourage minority participation in extension programs The writing of the plan was required by federal guidelines The board in other action: Aoproved the title of dean-emeritus for Dr Harold Fuller who is retiring as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences on the Rolla campus Approved a rental agreement with the Itel Corporation of Chicago to provide the main memory unit for the university's computer center Approved a student activity fee increase of $1 a semester and $250 a summer session on the Rolla campus to support the student-operated radio station Dallas Multicolored streamers dangled from the base of the cross Young girls in black cassocks and white capes carried tall candles There were new words a new buoyancy and a new song is the feast of victory for our the people sang as they celebrated the Lord's Supper in a freshly revised form The experimental service prepared by the inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship and giving an added note of vigorous joy to the old ritual highlighted the opening of the biennial convention of the Lutheran Church in America is an upsurge of interest in simple direct statement of Christian said the president of the 32-million-member denomination the Rev Dr Robert Marshall we have been too subtle too sophisticated too rational and too An estimated 2500 people packed the Great Hall of the Apparel Mart building on the outskirts of Dallas for the serv-i ice In keeping with a new style in much Christian worship participants at one point turned to those near them shaking hands or embracing and saying For the reading of the Gospel it was carried to the center of the room in a procession of acolytes young women as well as young a role traditionally reserved to men am the vine you are the came the verses intoned by the Rev Kent Knutson of Minneapolis president of a sister denomination the American Lutheran Church Wine and bread was brought forward from the congregation to several communion tables scattered throughout the columned hall where assistant ministers distributed it At one point a woman Cyn thia Popp led in prayers a customary male function French Jet Crashes Papeete Tahiti (AP) A French air force plane on a weather observation flight believed to be connected with the French atomic test series crashed into the sea yesterday and four officers and two non commissioned officers were reported missing and feared dead YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE! THIS SUNDAY JULY 2 8 PM Municipal Auditorium FREE TO THE PUBLIC (An Offering WiH Be Received) HEAR! SEE! DR NORMAN VINCENT PEALE Author of Power of Positive Plan to Attend The 57th INTA Congress JULY 2 through JULY 7 MUEHLEBACH HOTEL Nowhere in the world can you hear and meet such celebrated leaders and teachers as at the INTA Congress DR ELMER GREEN Workshop Brain Wave Training Creativity and Self-Healing DR IRA PROGOFF Depth Method for New by the Founder "of Dialog House DR MAXWELL MALTZ Seminar Psycho-Cybernetics Cr ative Living" Hear A Presentation Of The Thinking Of Teilhard de Chardin Receive New Ideas On Healing! Prosperity! Har- moiy in Human Relations-r Develop a new self image a new relationship with God Programs Morning! Afternoons! Evenings! DR RAYMOND HOLllWELL I A President REV SIG and JANE PAULSON Chairmen of the 57th INTA Congress EVERYBODY IS WELCOME! FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TODAY CALL 524-3550 By Charles Hucker A Member of The Star's Staff Columbia Changes in two academic programs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City have been approved by the MU board of curators The curators approved a new academic calendar yesterday for the UMKC pharmacy school which will allow students to complete the last three years of the 4-year program in 27 months by attending school year-round Dr James Olson UMKC chancellor said the action would bring the pharmacy school into line with the UMKC medical and dentai schools wnich students attend all year The new calendar which substitutes quarters for semesters will go into effect for the 1973-74 school year The curators also approved separation of the department of speech and theater at UMKC Dr Olson said the establishment of separate departments of speech and theater reflects the growing difference between the two fields Dr Patricia Me- More Asked For Defense Washington President Nixon asked Congress yesterday for $225 billion extra for the Defense military activities for the fiscal year that begins July 1 The budget amendment covered a wide range of items with decreases in some and increases in others The largest increase would give the Air Force $5292 million extra to buy aircraft Defense Aid Bill Passes Washington (AP) Congress passed and sent to the President yesterday a 11 billion-dollar authorization bill for the State Department US Information Agency Peace Corps and other related agencies The bill was the focus for several weeks in the Senate of a move to cut off all money for all US forces in Indo-China by Aug 31 But that language was voted out JULY SALE Reg $45 SAVE $9 1 Carat Simulated Diamond Ring Barricades Go Up Irish Peace Broken Man Arrested In Highjacking Portland Ore FBI agents in Portland arrested Daniel Bernard Carre 25 of Tacoma Wash last night and charged him with the attempted highjacking of a Hughes Air-west flight from Seattle to 36 Set in 14k gold i ilia's'l JEWELERS Belfast Northern Ire- land took on an air of siege to-0e mu sp 5 mu ui jd as magked and uniformed Hughes Air west said Carre boarded Flight 775 in Seattle1 rotestanls tnrew UP of barricades in at least 10 i The body of a man who had they might stay permanently been hooded gagged and shot was also found midmorning on the fringe of Woodvale area which was surrounded by barricades It was Northern 392nd casualty in three years of communal strife But an Ulster Defense Association spokesman early predicted that most of would come down at midnight tomorrow so that weekday would not be interrupted I today them traffic He said busses and vehicles jacked for the barricades would be returned undamaged cit I ako rilv via the! ies in definace of British troops DC9 was carrying 37 passen gcr More than 20000 hooded men joined by some masked women A sealed off Protestant areas and fought normal bus Saturday officials in Seattle be airline cause they said his appearance and behavior fit a profile of potential highjackers No weapon life to a virtual standstill throughout the province Violence shattered the few The spokesman threatened however that permanent Protestant barricades would go up throughout Ulster if all Catholic barricades are not dismanteled within two weeks Dial 221-5500 to place your Star Want Ads Save 5 cents a line each day by placing the ads for 3 or more consecutive days Adv The Protestant sprang up overnight in protest against Catholic barricaded areas in Londonderry despite appeals by British authorities to avoid action that might precipitate civil war The barricades although appearing in large areas of Belfast did not affect traffic on the main thoroughfares The militants themselves ap-was 20jpeared uncertain how long the barricades would remain up There had been threats that was found and Carre was per-1 days of peace enjoyed by the mitted to board the plane During the flight Pitt said Carre mumbled to hostess Judy Frasier 27 that he had a knife and wanted $50000 and a parachute Miss Frasier informed Capt Leonard Hipp who radioed ahead to the Portland airport and Carre was apprehended by federal authorities after the plane touched down wounded at Lurgan miles away There were other incidents elsewhere province since the Catholic-based Irish Republican Army began a truce Monday One man was killed and two wounded early today in shooting incidents in Belfast A youth Optical Services OPTIMIST CLUB FIREWORKS SALE 100 ADDITIONAL FIREWORKS WITH $300 PURCHASE NOW THROUGH JULY 4th IN MISSION OPEN 9 AM TO 10 PM FRIEND OF THE BOY Firaworks Furnished by Wald I Co 208 Broadway Mo Alt Strf July 1 1972 Vol 92 No 2M NOW YOU CAN FAMILY SHOP MACYS MISSION AND INDIAN SPRINGS SUNDAY 12:30 TIL 5:30 We will put your old lenses in one of 1 003 new style frames while you wait Prescriptions filled lenses duplicated and prescription sunglasses made Optical Department tower Main Downtown Phone Victor 2-9564 The Kansas City Star every morning evening and Sunday (13 last he me delivery rate $3 50 a 9ft alt pottage prepaid morning evenms end Sunday (13 issue a week) In M's eourl and kansas 85 cents a week elsewhere In the United States and United States possessions 95 cents a week in foreign countries tl-30 a week Morning and Sunday or evening and Sunday '7 issues a week) home delivery rate $2 85 United States and United States posses stone 80 cents a week in foreign countries 1 )5 week Secondcles postage Said a) i Kansas City Mo Publication 1229 Grand Av Mo 64108.

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