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CASTLE NEWS, MONDAY, JULY II), 1972 Ellsberg trial begins J.OS ANUELKS UPI)-Thc common practice lo make Pentagon Papers trial of Daniel secret information available to Kllsherg finally begins today I he news media. Among tlieni and it could bring a parade of were Jolin Kenneth Galbmilh, former government officials former ambassador to India: testifying about the practice of Kennedy White House aide leaking" classified informa- Theodore Sorcnson and former several administrations but was ntl espionage. tlolh sides arc expected to call exjiert witnesses on the sensitivity ol the documents. hlllsberg and Husso, colleagues at the Itand Corp, in Santa Monica from which they admit the papers were re- lion assistant secretary of slate for panel of 100 prospective Hobert Manning A unoiner Key question jurors was summoned lo appear in U.S. district court in whetiier the documents on the "K.vcd fjce lelhV prison terms il thev evolution and escalation of the tiir: government espionage, onspjracy case i--liuuji war comum tniomia- lie 1 1 and against Hie convicted The indictment makes no menlion of the "leaking' ol tlic Mm mm aim "2 year-old Kllsberg "nn dangerous to the rialiona security and defense.

The and codefendanl Anthonv government contends they do documents but actually talks only of a conspiracy alleged lo Your move REYKJAVIK. Iceland iHPli The Horis Spassky -Hobby Fischer world chess match can begin Fischer's favorite chair hai arrived. The swivel chair in racial and black leather was flown from New York to Iceland and put on the stage in the Reykjavik chess hall Sunday. Spassky Hessian advUeis arrived slioilly after the much talked about chair and studied it suspiciously Then the; left without comment. Now the Icelandic organizers face a new problem: Where to fioil a similar chair in Iceland? "It would look better if both Spassky Fischer had the same chairs." said Gudmundur Thoiarinsson, piesident of the Icelandic Chess Federation Fischer took one look al Ihe dozen dilfcreut chairs the Icelander-, had assembled from Reykjavik's furn.ttre slorcs oilier day.

sat down in some of them and then gave his verdict Fly my own chair." Spassky. the 3a -year-old world champion, did r.ot seem to worry much about details of the $250,000 match. After lengthy and dramatic preludes, both Fischer and Spassky appeared ready to start the first ol the.r 24 games Tuesday. Husso. Selection of 12 jurors and alternates is expected to require about a week, wiHi the total trial lasting 10 to 11! weeks In pretrial hearings, the defease produced affidavits from a number of high government officials that it was and has earmarked certain sections of the 57-volume study lo prove their point.

Kllslierg and Itusso say they broke no law but performed a patriotic act in making information available to the American public about Vietnam decision-making, that it may have been embarrassing lo have been carried out from March, 1969, to September, 1970, more than eight months before the documents were published. The New York Times, which won this year's PuliLei Prize for publishing the papers, is not mentioned in the indictment mm IRA returns to the attack Battles spread in Belfast Festival peaceful 1 1 was the biggest and Woodstock. Mere than ns. mud. lack of toilet LONt; POND, Pa.

tllPI) most peaceful lock festival si 200,000 people braved the i facilities and cheap wine BKI.FAST (UPl) Irish He- source said, "They are awaiting publican Army HHAi gunmen the call to arms." returned lo the attack today, Sharp gunbattlcs raged Iheir 13-day cease-fire aban- several parts of Belfast until doned. Gunbattlcs spread the early morning tows. Most Northern Ireland Secretary William Whitelaw said in a statement; 'The incident was clearly set up by Ihe IRA to provide a justification for a al Pocono International across ueltast l-ontlonderry were between troops and resumption of terrorist aclivi- at ho lie snipers, although ty Protestant gunmen were drawn and 10 persons died in the fighting or through "executions." In the first hours after the IJtA Provisional wing culled off Iheir truce Sunday night, six civilians died in Belfast, including a 14-year-old girl and inln the gun duels as well Some of the bitterest fighting raged in the Catholic liallymur phy section. An army observation hisI in a lumber yard was heavily attacked, and it was near there that Father Noel Itaceway over the weekend Despite massive traffic jams and several mi.ur accidents, stale police repoited Ihe rock fans were well controlled. Marijuana and hard drugs were available, but police said use was not extensive.

By Sunday afternoon, only a few stragglers remained to pick up broken glass and rake up garbage on the HC0 acre track. The festival was lo last only one day. hal was expanded when rain loreed rock bands from the stage Saturday night. On a scale of ten. I'd have to give them a B.0." said raceway manager Hill Maivel.

"A lot of people hear about other concerts, but this was lite lirst I've been involved with and we are very happy about it." The biggest problem a( (be concert was traffic. Stale police said major highways through (he resort area were closed because some tans parked their cars on. when the spaces ian out at Hie raeewav. Roman Catholic- priest shot as he administered last rites lo Fitapalrick was shot in the PHOMOTF, MAHIJUANA Delegates in Convention Hall in Miami witnessed Ihis parade ycslrrilny of "Smokc-in-Smack" groups promoting the legalization of marijuana. Some 100 persons participated in the March.

I'I'I Viet negotiator in Paris neck as he knelt over a dying man to administer the last rites. A Provisional I HA statement from Dublin accused llritish Iroops of breaking the cease- another victim. Earlier Sunday, while the cease-fire still was in effect, police found the bodies of four men who apparently had been md executed. The deaths raised the Later, a spokesman for Whitelaw said he believed the incidents Sunday could have been resulved by peaceful discussions which were going un. and said Whitelaw was ji ready lo resume talks at any i time.

The trouhle began when the eruwd of almost Catholics, tinned with wooden clubs, iron 5 bars and carbage can lids, tried i to march through an army barricade sealing them off from ji the empty houses on the Protestant housing estate. After 10 soldiers had been 5 injured by slnnr-s and one 1 struck down with a gulf club, troops opened up with rubber bullets and CS gas to disperse i the crowd. As annored cars moved up they tame under fire from snipers and a gunbattle developed. Within two hours the IHA had called off its cease lire. pressure of American PAJIIS lUPH -North Viet- plan lo submit to conference nam chief peace negotiator, which resumes Thursday after Northern Ireland three frc b' bul'eli' loll for nausea gas ai almost z.uuu Xursn flew in todav to a two-month break.

years of bloodshed lo 416. Catholics, ineludillP women 'We are ery close to civil tf) ovpr "'We come In the negotiating table witli a serious attitude world public opinion. "We eousidei Ihal the seven-point plan of Ihe fViel Cong's Revolutionary I'lovisionu! Gnv-ernnienl is the con eel basis for a settlement. 'Hut we will gladly examine any new American proposals war," a spokesman for Ihe Protestant Vanguard Movement abandoned houses in the Protestant Suffolk housing e.s- and goodwill. We are sure that if the American side shows the same attitude we can rapidly reach a peaceful lie said resume the Vietnam peace bilks and said a (juick settlement could be reached if Ihe United Slates showed goodwill.

Thiiy inlil newsmen at l.c liourgel airfield dial North Vietnam lands by its pasl negotiating proposals, hut was rei.dv to examine any "new" offers by tiie United States. Mixing lough lalk and pledges of a serious attitude, Thuy said tale. The confronlalion dove The militant Ulster defense loped into a gunbatlle between Association (lll)A) marshalled Iroops and snipers, men in Ihe streets of Protestant ISritish commanders denied neighborhoods "These men troops had broken the truce and have been called up for said their men fired only when I hat may be made to us a Lagoon shutdown urged POTTSTOWN. Pa tUPU A state legislator has urged that Betks Associates close down its two oil lagoons that were the source of a massive oil spill during disastrous Hooding on Ihe Schuylkill River twe weeks On Saturday. Hep William II.

Vohn Ji Montgomery, recommended the Uouglassville Company fill its oil lagoons with dirt or Lice legi.l action. When the Schuylkill River flooded after Tropical Storm Agues, water cacried an estimated five million gallons of oil fiom the two pools downstream. It coated homes aod riverbanks arid is the object of a massive cleanup el fort. Thuy returned after both few days' Hanoi and Washington late last Thuy, in Ins airport stale-month iiyreerl In rnslnrt Mm monl Vini duty, a UUA fired upon. talks, suspended ntcse Communists still want the emcr6enc3r may i uy me united hunes.

united Slates lo pull nut their ihuy said Nixon was torced remaining Iroops quickly. he had no precise new peace to resume the conference under Defendant admits to airport shootings Prisoner of war outlook seen bleak ZKIF1N. Israel (UPIl-Kozo guilty against his advice. Three of the four charges Okamoto admitted today that he participated in the massacre may be according the He was less explicit, however, when lie commented on Ihe second Communist requirement concerning his side's standing demand for the uverlhrow of Sniilh Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Tliieu. "President Nixon, in his June 2'i news conference, made it clear he obstinately slicks to his warmongering policies.

Such action is not likely to favor ncgolialiuns." 'i'huy said Speaking before a battery of microphones, he shook his finger and saiii "The Vielnamese people are determined nol to give in to any threat and lo face up lo continued American Fire strikes Union home Fire caused $5,000 damage to a house at II High Union Township, at 4:40 a.m. today. There were no injuries. The cellar and hack of the home of Mrs. Eliiabelh Colclla was engulfed in flames when firemen arrived.

Union Township Fire Chief Jack Sloner said the fire apparently started in the basement, lie believes faulty wiring or spontaneous combustion may have it. Sinner estimated damage tn the building and In the contents. Firemen were on the scene until after 7 a.m. They are investigating to determine the exact cause. at Tel Aviv I.od International Airport.

"I fired not only at lourisls ami visitors but al policemen as well." Okamoto. 24, told a military tribunal at the opening of his trial. "Rut I don't knnw how many people I killed." Standing in a waist-liigh steel plated dock and flanked hy two military policemen who were manacled lo his wrists. Hit young Japanese pleaded guilty "to all four charges against him in Ihe attack that killed 26 people and wounded 79 others at Lod May 30. Defense attorney Max Kri 17-man called on Ihe three-man court to establish a commission WASHINGTON (UPH -With the resumption of the Paris talks on Vietnam, the outlook for American prisoners of war looks as bleak as ever.

A look at French experience with the North Vielnamese suggests thai Hanoi will drive a hard bargain lo the very end. President Nixon aroused interest in Ihe fate of the French prisoners of war in Indochina when he declared in a news conference June 29 that after the disengagement of French forces in I95L lb.OOO French were iiciominled for. Although this slalemeul does nut appear lo be strictly aci urate, it is true that thousands c-f soldiers French and Indm liinuso -did not return the North Vietnamese in the lOifls blatant ly (I the prisoners to bargain lor In lii- military advantages and lo wring out propagan Yohn released a letter he sent to Maurice Goddard. stale secretary of environmental resources. He said Ihe Iwo pools should be Idled up.

or the company should face legal action. He said the stale should make assurances Ihat Ihe pollution from the company will not be repealed He also offered to introduce new legislation to close the lagoons if current stale taws arc nut strong enough. Kennedy goes sailing HYANNIS. Mass. iL'PI) While others worried abn.it the credentials fight and his name was bandied ac.oul as a possible candidate at Miami Reach.

Sen Edwaid Kennedy went sailing off Cape Cod. llyanois was beseic.ed repoileisnwaiting word from the Kennedy compound on developments at Hie Democratic National Convention in Florida. 'There is no way I will take the vice presidential nomination," Kennedy said Sunday "I owe it to Joan, his wile, Ihe children, my mother and sisters. There is no way I will take Hie nomination." Kennedy's wife went to the convention, and appealed at the Democrat's national telethon. She said her husband was not a presidential candidate and Ihe decision was "final.

However. Kennedy has been unable to damper, speculation all year despite constant disavowals of his candidacy and his name is still cropping up. Xcntut ky Gov. Wendell II. Ford, for example, said Sundav cighi lie could support a ticket led by Hep.

Wilbur Mills. 1) and with Kennedy as vice presidential candidate. Kennedy has been mentioned also as a possible running male for Sen. George S. McGovern.

Spotlight on crime iHI'll U.S. Attorney Hichaid 1, Tliornburgll s.iys a special federal grand liny investigating org.nu.cd crime in western Pcnrbylvaria will wind up Hi months ol work this week against Okaniolo cany the deatti penalty. The Iwo other Japanese who launched the massacre al Ihe airport were killed in the attack. Okamoto, in dark slacks and a slriped colored sport shirt, said the attack was carried out "in partnership" with the is Japanese military leftist organi nation known ns The Ked Army, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine IPFLP). an Arab guerrilla graup.

"We did all this in coopera lioli Willi that organ irat ion and we did il in common." Okamoto stiid, his remarks being trans- ji lated into Hebrew and Fnglish. -g "We had done that together- the Red Army together with the Popular Front as partners," he ffi said, "ff that was Hie wording -Si (ol the charge). I want to plead guilty Kritaman siiid cither Ihat he would enter a plea of iimooent. ig The guilty pleas were expect- cd to force the tribunal, headed by Col. Abraham Fnscli.

to render a verdict almost mime- dialcly. thus precluding testi- motiy by the 13 prosecution witnesses. American prisoners better physical treatment than the French. While the North Vietnamese have refused inspection of Iheir camps by Ihe International Committee of the fled (tross, Ihey have gone lo some lengths to convince the world thai Ihe American prisoners are being given medical care and are housed and fetl adequately. On Ihe oilier hand, in the North Vietnamese are using the prisoners as a bargaining chip in their proposals at the Pans peace conference, which resumes Tlnnsday.

In Iheir seven-point proposal of June 2li. 1971. the Hanoi leaders have linked the lelease of Ihe prisoners lo the withdrawal of U.S. troops anil to the overthrow of the current government in Saigon. Apparently In heighten pros sures in the United Stales, the North Vietnamese negotiators have occasionally said publicly Ihal the prisoner of war issue might he handled independently from the other problems involved liul Ihey have never stated Ibis in the private negotiations, US officials re John Cain killed PriTSIilJfldll (CPU John Cain, 27.

Slicnulcn, was killed Sunday when the car he was driving struck a concrete abutment in nearby re entree. Cain was dead on arrival at Si Flair Memorial Hospital. Frank 21. McKccs Hooks, a passenger in the car. Was treated and released.

i of experts tn determine wile thei Okamoto carried nut the iislnn "You of the i submachine gun attack while under the influence of thugs or i it on emotional impulse. I mured fatally (pf(w SIIIPPKNSUUHG. Pa. i.UPIi does nol contend that Okamoto Hiehard Bradley Mears. 10, is you can see Shippeusbiirg, Cumberland before your eyes" but asked County, was injured fataliy thai a psychiatric panel be set Sunday when his automobile up lo determine whether irfrcd off Houte 533, five miles Okamoto was insane during Ihe west of here, anil struck a I rev.

lime of the attack. He said he State police said Mears died of wanted such an examination bead injuries in Chamhersbiirp because his client pleaded Hospital a hall hour after ttie accident. Woman injured JoAiiii Henry. 2li, i.f Fomtiell Kl nas released Iroin Francis llnsjiilal Satorday aftei I rem hut Ire.itioent al ICS in fur hack sprain rcporledlv I officia callously Drpnrlnu auto snflcreil in an apparent riklr, mishap Township About people Vietnamese troops expect major fight Century Fox Studios, cd Sunday Ihal he was leaving Warner llnw Zanurk said ho is I Ins job as sonini executive vice president War hits, aim in wilh lux lung time assiuiale. David Hrown.

because it "lime lo strike out and make some piclures of our own Hrown wax executive wee piesident for crealiu' SYDNKY lUPII Australian Customs Minister Donald Clupp suggested Sunday that parents educate Iheir children in the dangers of drug taking from an early age. Chipp. who relumed from a three week overseas tacl-find-mg tour said. "If Australian people think (hey rati rely on law enforcement methods In slop drugs, it's impossible They can't." tinned Press International JFRUSAI.F.M (IJITi -Israeli defense minister Moshe D.iy.in said Sunday Ihat it had been a mistake spray plant-killing chemicals on 12a acres of Arab land in the occupied Jordan west-hank Dayan told the regular weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem that those who ordered the spraying last week should hive consulted higher aulho i italic sairl thai authorities who ordered lite spraying made a 'mistake. Mosbe I 0 Itayan slat ion The 2.1 member panel, the fust to be impaneled in the nation ondci provisions of new federal laws, has already indicted more than 100 persons on illegal gambling, narcotics, public corruption, mail fraud, labor racketeering and other federal charges.

"This district was the first in the nation lo take advantage of provisions of the Organized Crime Control Act providing for special anli racket grand xrie I hornbutgli said The grand jury works on information gathered by a US. Department of "Strike Force" headed by attorney Milton J. Carp. Thornbutgh said the indictments handed down Hcjs far begin "to spotlight the threat ol organized crime in our A second erauil niiv was impaneled May 15 and a special panel was formed in June to concentrate on narcotics traffic in western Pennsylvania. Fighting disease WASHINGTON iUPIi The federal government is expected to annoonce soon details of a $10 million program to combat sickle cell anemia, a n.rnful.

incurable blood disease that primarily afflicts blacks Health officials estimate the disease may affecl 50.000 pcisons nationwide. Hospital based research centers have been approved for to cities and screening-education clinics for 19 sites. Hul Hie actual setting up of the farilities has heen delayed because of bureaucratic red tape involved preparing the official announcement. The centers approved by the National Advisory Heart and l.ung Council are for Boston; Augusta, Ga Washington. I) C.

New York; Los Angeles. Pittsburgh Indianapolis: Chicago; Memphis; and Hrookljn. Y. battalion (about mcnl in ji Ihere." Far to Ihe south, Brig. Uen Richard .1.

Taltm.in and 3 three other Americans were killed by a North Vielnamese artillery shell near An 1k. a provincial capital miles north of Saigon that has been under siege since soon after the current Comnuinist offensive started on March 30 Two other Americans were injured Tallnian. -17. of Ilonesdalc. and his party had just stepped out of their helicopter i when a shell hit nearby.

They jumped inlo a bunker, then climbed out again and were running for a command post 100 yards away when a second shell exploded their midst. President Nguyen Van Thieu landed in Ihe same spot two days ago during an inspection lour hut no shells eame within 4M yards of the SA1CON tUPU -A l.OMm.m Smith Vietnamese task fofc that moved into battered Quang Tri city last week wilhdrew lo the edge of town today and allied officers said they expect a major fight before reeapliir mg the provincial capil.il from the Communists. The South Vielnamese said lasl Friday that govcrnnmcnt troops lvid occupied two-thirds of the city and the only major obstacle was the capture of the walled. 19th century citadel ne.ir the center of the oily. However, allied ofieers said today the North Vietnamese defenders have received reinforcements and are prepared to fight Tor the city.

"Quang Tri is going to be very hard lo take. The hunker complexes are unbeiieveable," a U.S. adviser (old UPl correspondent Harney Scibcrt. "They are determined lo hold Quang Tri. There is at least a VATICAN CITY (UPl) -Pope Paul Sunday called the Vietnam talks hi Paris "A gleam of hope" for ending the war in Indochina "As the bitterness of the conflict in Indochina grows from day to day," he said, "there now is a gleam of hope." He called for a new spirit at the srheduled resumption of the talks to make (hat hope come true.

I.OS ANGICUOS (UPl) Richard Zanuck, 37, whose father helped file him from 20th ATLANTA lUPlt Cliffnnl Wood, 5ft. was admitted to ihe emergency room at (Iraily Hospital Sunday suffering Irom a severe cough In a few minutes he h.ul coughed up a slug that struck him nearly four decades ago when a woman with an automatic pistol opened fno on Ihe door of a cafe Wood was leaving. Wlic.i the slug canie up. Wood said "it was like somehotiy opened all Hie windows." HUSTON (UPl) -Neil V. Sullivan, stepping down as Massachusetts commissioner of education, says priests, teachers and school administrators shire responsibility for tack of racial tialaneo in the Hoston school system.

"A large number of Catholics in this city are influenced by their parish priests," Sullivan said Sunday. "The parish priests who have spoken out on this issue are few and tar between. HAI.TIMORF. (UPO-Comedian Hob Hope has recruited a "planeload" of Hollywood personalities to appear with him July 22 in a six-state telethon In raise money for victims of Tropical Storm Agnes. Hope complied a list of stars, including Zsa (tabor, David Fess Parker, Mike Douglas and Miss World U.S.A..

within hours after a request Sunday from a Hoslon telcvt- Thieu pariy..