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The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 4

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weapon cache including 3300 mortar rounds and 200 recoilless rifle shells Allied troops overran a Viet Copg prison camp in foe Mekong Delta and freed 25 South Vietnamese prisoners cy to President Johnson said the committee had not looked into foie practice of trying to stabilize river banks with junked cars Experiment Tried But I know it has raised the spokesman said One official at the corps said was not Corps policy to the practice because of complaints that such river-bank junkyards are eyesores Another corps spokesman said that local corps officials have been allowed to the practice on an experimenta basis TOKYO June 28 Iwo ima one of the great battlefields reverted from American to Japanese administration today In 26 furious days df fighting 6821 Americans and 19000 Japanese perished on the island in February and March 1945 The Americans gave back to Japan two groups of Central Pacific islands die Volcanos which include Iwo and the Banins which include Chi Chi Jims the only one in the two I roups inhabited fay civilians Three other small islands Marcus Rosario and Parcee Vella related geographically to the major groups are also reverting to Japan Small American detachments on Marcus Iwo and Chi Chi will remain for die time being Prime Minister Eisaku Sato said Japan planned a program of medical educational and social welfare for the islands Otto Sez: When foe honeymoon is over each year that passes improves your vision like magnifying glasses 1 By POWELL LINDSAY WASHINGTON June 28 -Beautification experts in Washington are taking a dim view of the practice of shoring up river banks with junked automobiles And over at the US Corps of Engineers the flags were flying over the technique which an aide to Mrs Lyndon beautification efforts called "a corruption of People Told of a Shelby County land-owner and junk dealer who said he stacked a string of 400 junked car bodies along his Mississippi River shoreline property on the advice of the corps Mrs staffer said: really sorry to hear that I blame people for being annoyed I had heard reports of this practice but understood it was not going to be A spokesman for the Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty which recommends beautification poll CONNECTOR This map shows the proposed access points along the planned connector between Oak Ridi Highway and 1-40 T1 connector would run from the Mabry Hood-l-40 interchange to Oak Ridge Highway near Clinch River Bridge To Murder McKeithen Bared WHAT MAKES THE PERFECT WIFE? day scholars have found evidence that the bones under the main altar of St Peter's Basilica are those of the Apostle St Peter The Pope made his announcement" to a crowd of several thousand persons attending his weekly general audience in St Basilica Scholars as well as Roman Catholic and Protestant churchmen have long been divide over whether the bones found under the- high altar actually were those of Peter regarded by the Catholic Church as the first Pope Some have even questioned whether St Peter actually came to Rome as Catholic tradition has long maintained Fugitive Ruled Outlaw HENDERSONVILLE June 26 (UPIHAn ex-convict sought in connection with three kidnapings and two rapes was officially declared an Tuesday a designation which legally permits any citizen to shoot him if he resists arrest The suspect Edward Thompson Jr 38 has been the subject of an intensive manhunt in Western North Carolina Thompson a slender Negro has been sought since May when he allegedly kidnaped doctor and his wife He is also accused of kidnaping and rape in the abduction of two young white couples within the past 10 days The proclamation based on an 1866 law was signed Tuesday by Superior Court Judge McLean had been 29 prisoners in the a military spokesman said their release appeared Imminent the Viet Cong killed four and wounded eight Over North Vietnam pilots flew 128 missions Tues-lay against enemy supply lines in the Southern Panhandle below the 19th Parallel In a delayed report headquarters said four Navy F4 Phantoms from the carrier Enterprise tangled with two Communist MIG21s Monday just south of the 19th Parallel A spokesman said the American fighter-bomber fired air-to-air Ridge Mill Shuts Down After Violence SAIGON June 26 US sources said today two freshly equipped North Vietnamese possibly 5800 men-ere believed headed toward Saigon to join die enemy force threat ening another attack on the South Vietnamese capital UJS intelligence officers said the 32nd and 33rd North Vietnamese Regiments were in Phuoc Long Province five days ago 74 miles north of Saigon and 165 miles southwest of their previous headquarters The two regiments have been inactive for a year while refitting They include veteran troops who fought in the 1965 la Drang Valley campaign one of file Moodiest of the war The two regiments are normally headquartered along the Cambodian border just west of Pleiku in the Central Highlands Apparently they moved down through Cambodia and crossed the border into Phuc Long US B52 bombers have been attacking their suspected positions in efforts to break up their troop concentrations and blunt their advance toward Saigon The Planes Lost The B52s flew eight missions Tuesday and Wednesday against enemy base camps and river loading points in Binh Long Binh Duong and Tay Ninh Provinces west and south of Phuoc Long These are considered the main infiltration corridors from Cambodia to Saigon The US Command announced the loss of two American planes to enemy ground fire in South Vietnam but all personnel were saved A Marine A4 fighter-bomber was downed northwest of Khe Sanh and was destroyed The pOot bailed out and was rescued A four-engine Air Force 030 transport was shot down in Tay Ninh Province 50 miles northwest of Saigon The 925-million plane caught fire and it too was destroyed but the five crewmen and two passengers escaped An expiosive apparently hidden under the dashboard of US Air Force bus blew up today as the bus was crossing a bridge over the Da Nang 1-40 Connector Criticized Burglary Roundup BATON ROUGE La June 26 I Louisiana Gov John McKeithen has been informed that contract to murder him has been made in connection with a state probe into labor problems it was disclosed yesterday Reports of the pact according to- a highly placed state source have gone to McKeithen from state police the Labor-Management Commission of Inquiry state body investigating labor difficulties and the FBL The information came about three weeks ago a high state official said Extra security has been assigned to the governor since that time The reports came as the labor-management probe began getting results including a number of charges against figures in die labor field A FAMILY AFFAIR DAYTON Tenn June 26 The state gave notice Tuesday it is waiting for local law enforcement agencies to act before stepping into halt violence at the strikebound a r-Roth hosiery mill here long as no one will say law and order has broken down 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Is sex appeal overrated? This fascinating survey of American men tells what they expect to find and what efl of them require in a woman One of 43 articles and features in the July Digest including: These Facts About Cancer Could Save Your Life What You Should Know About Nursing Homos The Naked Apr From The Bestseller Pick up your copy today READER'S DIGEST Order for Clark To Testify Assailed Thieves Steal Five Air Conditioners Thieves stole five air conditioners yesterday from two different daces Frank Wylie Realty Co reported that four were taken from an apartment construction pipject at 1004 Dutch Valley Rd Miss Billie Armstrong 816 Hill Ave told police that someone took her air conditioner from her apartment Thieves entered Church Street Methodist Church sometime yesterday morning and took an unascertained amount of petty cash Graham Urgts Softly MONTREAT June Evangelist Billy Graham has urged North Carolina ministers to include a message on highway safety in their sermons Sunday the weekend before the July 4 holiday Police Disperse Crowd at Arrest VANCOUVER BC June (UPI) At least four persons were killed and several others injured Tuesday night when an explosion and fire wrecked the Clarence Hotel Some residents scrambled onto window ledges to escape the heat NEW ORLEANS June (UPI) The Justice Department contended Tuesday the Federal courts have no author ity to order Atty Gen Ramsey Clark to join hi the trial of Clay Shaw on charges of conspiring to assassinate President John Kennedy Atty Louis Lacour New Orleans said Shaw had no right to ask Clark to help Shaw and not attempted to that he does Shaw has been charged Dist Atty Jim Garrison with (dotting to kill President Kennedy in the months before Kennedy's assassination in Dallas Nov 22 1963 Shaw's suit noting that Shaw was in a position of having to defend the Warren Report findings as challenged by Garrison had asked that Clark be called in to protect the of the President Warren Commission Justice Earl Warren of the Supreme Court and Clark The State Highway plan for a four-lane connector between Oak Ridge and 1-40 came under fire from some members of the Technical Coordinating Committee of the Ur-b a Transportation Planning Program because it provided much access to the link from small county roads William Wilson who presented the plan for the highway department yesterday said the plans had just been received Monday They call for controlled access' from West Knox County Roads much in the same manner as access is allowed on Alcoa Highway John Anderson Jr executive director erf the East Tennessee Economic Development District called the plan short-sighted to say the least' He noted that the development of the new Karns-Byington Industrial Park by Knox County and the LAN Railroad would create new jobs in the area thus adding to traffic forecasts Limiting Sought The members of the commit tee who spoke up called for the state to revise the plans to make the link a con trolled facility limiting the number of intersections even more The preliminary plans presented by the state yesterday call for access from Mabry Hood Rd Dutchlown Drive Lovell Rd Carmichael Rd Hardin Valley Rd Schaeffer Rd Coward Mill Rd Rather Rd and Oak Ridge Highway The only county road in the path of the proposed road that will not have access to it is Bob Gray Rd The access points at Lovell Rd and Hardin Valley Rd are of the interchange type while all the others are of the intersection type Hearing Scheduled When Mr Anderson moved to have the committee recommend the change to the state how- ever he received only four votes Four other committee! members voted against the motion The balance of the committee abstained from casting a ballot It was noted that Oak Ridge Mayor A Bisscll who is a member of the committee was not present to represent the Atomic City Harmon director of research and planning for the State Highway Department estimated that it would cost more than 60 per more to build the link on the basis of fully controlled access A public hearing will be heldj at 1 pm next Tuesday in the County Courtroom here on thej preliminary plan RICHMOND Calif June 26 (UPI) A force of nearly 300 uniformed officers moved quickly into this San Francisco Bay area city Tuesday night to put down a disturbance touched off by the shooting of a 15-year-old suspected of being a car thief Police said no arrests were made in dispersing the crowd of about 400 Negro youths who smashed windows in the downtown area and pelted officers with rocks bottles and bricks TWo policemen were injured LIMITED SALE EXCLUSIVE LAKEFRONT LOTS i 1 HanAOraft £3 Driving the spirited 1968 Cadillac is a completely new experience (even if youve driven the "67 We call it a "Command Performance" and you're invited See your authorized Cadillac dealer sooa.

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