The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • Page 7

Group Works For Peaceful Conventions La Crosse Tribune, Saturday, July 8, sid)r' head of the staff of the phere that will facilitate the rumors and encourage n-iieinnff specially formed agency, Reli- democratic process and support maintenance of law and deceny orces of the country, gious and Community Leaders all participants, delegates as well in demonstrations, worried about the turbulence Concerned-RCLC. as dissenting groups, in the ex- will not intervene mamas marked recent national It has headquarters on the ercise of their first-amendment in crisies, but hopefully help political conventions, have set up third floor of a bank building at the Rev. Mr. Cassidy prevent he said. an unprecedented operation in Miami, to help keep the peace and forestall trouble at this gatherings of Democrats and Republicans.

comparable to this has been undertaken by religious leadership anytime says the Rev. Jack Cas- the comer of Washington Ave- said in a telephone interview. nue and Lincoln Road, a block from Convention Hall. An interdenominational crew of 350 volunteers are taking part in the operation. objective is to help maintain peace and stability, to provide a community atmos- During the conventions, he said observer teams of clergy and laymen, identifiable by RCLC insignia, will be stationed throughout the city, at campsites and in the convention hall, to keep tab on the situations, help prevent confrontations, scotch want io remain a neutral third- party force.

Our executive staff also will be available to serve as liaison between groups and possibly for mediation at critical Set up on a national basis, with the backing of the National Council of Churches, the U.S. U.S., European Sources Aid IRA LONDON (AP) British investigators have established that arms and funds are reaching the Irish Republican Army mainly from U.S. and European sources, including Britain itself. To stop the flow of money and arms to the IRA the British have sought the help of such countries as the United States, Japan, Canada, the Irish republic and even, on one occasion, Czechoslovakia. Gun-running, by definition, is an underground operation.

Consequently just about every government approached has stressed that its capacity to control this sort of traffic is limited, officials say. Britain has repeatedly asked the United to track down and halt ages of a high-velocity rifle to the IRA for use in Northern Ireland. Since the 1969 insurrection began, British diplomatic missions abroad have been on the alert for evidence of IRA fund- Bloodmobile Tops 3-Day Quota The Badger Regional Bloodmobile finished a successful three-day visit to the Trane Co. Friday, collecting 527 pints, 29 more than the three-day quota of 498. The unit collected 184 pints Friday, 18 over the daily goal.

That, coupled with 201 pints Thursday, more than wiped out the Wednesday deficit when 142 pints were collected. raising and arms buying According to the authorities here the thickest dossiers on this subject relate to the activities of IRA sympathizers in the United States, and to the passage of arms through the Irish republic. Movements of IRA agents in Europe also are watched. Their main sources of supply are arms dealers ready to trade with anyone anywhere providing the price is right. At one time, a consignment of Czechoslovak weapons was represented as legitimate fund raising.

Inside Britain indeed in downtown London areas where Irish communities is collected daily for the IRA. Under British law it cannot be stopped. More worrying to Britain, according to senior officials, is an inflow of U.S. weapons to Ulster by way of the Irish republic. During the past month or so Britain has been perturbed over a powerful new high-velocity rifle in IRA hands.

This is the Armalite or AR180, perhaps Catholic Conference and the Synagogue Council of America, the operation was sparked by concern over the violence surrounding the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. RCLC has established communications with convention officials and city agencies as well as with leaders of the myriad groups outside the convention that will be on hand to push their causes, including coalitions, activists, Vietnam veterans, welfare groups, counter-culture youth, peace coalitions, Yippies and Zippies. Nearly a score of denominations, including the Episcopal Church, the United Presbyterian Church, the Lutheran Church in America, the Presbyterian Church U.S. (southern), Church of the BRETHREN, Christian Church (Disciples) and United Methodist Church, have provided executive personnel for the agency, including its national staff coordinator, the Rev. John P.

Adams, a United Methodist official sent from Washington, DC. seized in Holland on its way to the deadliest light rifle. Dublin. The Prague government denied all knowledge of it. The British acknowledge the difficulty that confronts the U.S.

government in making any attempts to halt what could be Wheat Exports Top Estimate WASHINGTON (AP) Wheat exports for the season ended June 30 were more than Agriculture Department officials expected, despite dock strikes and competition from record world harvests last year Preliminary tabulations by the Export Marketing Service in USDA show wheat shipments totaled 620 million bushels, down sharply from the level of 738 million in 1970-71. But the latest figure is nearly 8 per cent more than department experts predicted last May At that time, according to an official report, 1971-72 wheat exports were not expected to exceed 575 million bushels. The revised export estimate, however encouraging to farmers, does not mean wheat is out of trouble. Carry-over supplies still are huge, more than 900 million bushels on July 1, and the new 1972 crop also is expected to be large. A new crop production report will be issued by the department July 12, based on field conditions as of July 1.

It will include for the first time a complete estimate of all wheat production in 1972. In June, the USDA estimated winter wheat output this year at about 1.9 billion bushels, 2 per cent more than in 1971. Based on acreage and average yield trends, the spring wheat crop could run about 374 million bushels, pointing to an all-wheat production of about 1.56 billion. The record output of all wheat was set last year, approximately 164 billion bushels. The upcoming report will show forecast figures for spring types, thus enabling statisticians to estimate the entire 1972 crop.

Export outlook for the current season is fuzzy, according to USDA economists. Worldwide production this year is expected to be large again, although somewhat less than the 1971 record. Also, there still is much uncertainty over crop production in the Soviet Union. The Russians have indicated they want to buy more grain from the United States and new sales possibly could include substantial quantities of wheat. Canada, a major competitor of U.S.

growers in the world wheat market, reportedly has boosted its 1972 acreage by 10 to 12 per cent from last year in anticipation of a continued export boom. BAG SUMMER'S BIGGEST BUYS! SPECTACULA SUNDAY ONLY 12 WOMEN'S SHOES WHITES BONES SOME COLORS SIZES 5-11 in Mediums SIZES Narrows Regular Values To 16.9o Sorry No Sandals During This Sale SUNDAY 12 NOON TO 117 NO. THIRD LA CROSSE 782-1416 I Chess Brutal At Times, According To Old Sagas 1 NEW YORK (AP) The insulted egos and white-knuckled tensions before the Fischer- Spassky chess match may seem to be a blazing battle, but pale beside the tales of blood-thirsty games in Medieval Iceland. Chess boards in the 12th and 13th centuries were often the center of treachery, revenge, intrigue and murder, according to sagas of the time. When a certain King Louis lost a chess game to Rognvald, he stood up in a fury, shoved his chessmen into a bag and smashed his opponent in the face with it, leaving him a bloody $200 Stolen Burglars who entered the Ship's Wheel Tavern on French Island Thursday night by breaking the window in the room, stole a cash box containing $200.

according to a La Crosse County Sheriff Department report. mess. that! king. Rognvald rode off in a panic. But his brother stayed to split the skull open.

These stories are sagas from Willard in Iceland and in Icelandic published in 1905. It is said that American chess champion Bobby Fischer has gotten the highest stakes in history of chess for his series beginning Tuesday in Reykjavik with Boris Spassky, the world champion. Even though thousands of dollars of prize money are on the line, championship prize is chicken feed. Rognvald played King Louis for his head. A woman was the prize in one knightly saga.

A king put up his horse, falcon and sword for a maiden and engaged in a game, winner take all. The king lost. He left the game on foot, unarmed exclaimed the and unloved. consolation do you derive from the game of chess for now I own your costly said his competitor. Rockview Acres Off Highway 16 between La Crosse Sparta July 8th 9th It is being made under license in Japan for the Armalite Corp.

of Costa Mesa, Calif. Officially, just about the entire output is supposed to be shipped back to the United States, where the gas-operated rifle is sold as a sporting gun. Ten of these rifles have been captured from the IRA or found on the streets of Belfast and Londonderry. Red Wing Man Injured Seriously In Blast HED WING, Minn. (AP) A Red Wing man was critically injured Thursday night in an explosion in the apartment of a friend.

Ray Howe Jr. suffered the loss of both hands and his ears. His vision was affected but there was no immediate word on whether the loss of sight might be temporary. Investigators speculated that it was either chemicals or gunpowder which exploded, triggering a fire in the third-floor apartment of Bob Pomerleau. Pomerleau was in the apartment at the time but was not injured.

The blast sent fragments of glass flying 50 feet from the building. Firemen got the flames out quickly and the fire was confined to only the one unit in the 24-apartment building. When Howe was brought to St. Hospital following the accident, his mother was on duty as night emergency supervisor. The state fire office planned to send a man to Red Wing to confer today with Police Chief Walter Engeldinger.

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