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INSIDf- Edltorlal For Women 9 Entertainment 28 Comics 32 Classified ..33.35 Legal Notices 35 USTH YEAR NUMMR S3! Jlorthtoest The Public Interest Is The First Concern Of This Newspaper FAYETTEVIUEj ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1975 LOCAL FORECAST- Partly cloudy with' mild days and cool nights through Thursday. Low last night 58. Lows tonight in the low 50s with highs Thursday the upper 70s. Sunset today Sunrise Thursday 6:11. Weather map on page 10 PAGES-TEN CENTS Thai Premier Issues Ultimatum By The Associated Press Thai Premier Kukrit Pramoj gave the United States until Thursday morning to remove 1,100 U.S.

Marines he said were landed in Thailand today without his permission. The Marines were sent to back up President Ford's 'demand for release of an American freighter by Cambodia's new Communist government. Kukrit told newsmen he would take "drastic action" if the United States did not withdraw the Marines from the territory of its only remaining ally on the Southeast Asian mainland. In an ultimatum delivered to U.S. Charge d'Affaires Edward E.

Masters, Kukrit said his' country does not intend to be' drafted into U.S. preparations to take back the merchant ship Mayaguez by force. Meanwhile, 40 student protesters yelling, "American go home," and carrying signs such as "Bastard Ford, get your troops out," were at the airport for the arrival of the new. U.S. ambassador to Thai, land, Charles S.

Whitehouse. Whitehouse walked nodding and smiling between the ranks of the students and issued a prepared statement saying he hopes to, further "friendship and "cooperation between our two peoples In the months. ahead." In 'Indochina, developments: --Radio! Phnom Penh, which has been silent on the subject of the 'Mayaguez, said Khmer Rouge soldiers "were whenithey captured the Cambodian! capital, and found they tell" the boys from the girls' -'because their strange clothes and haircuts." It lashed out at and corrupt" hair and clothing styles and said the revolutionary army "has erased these bad memories from our youths' --Associated Press correspondent George. Esper from Saigon that the Vietnamese ship arrived from Hai- phong with a load of foodstuffs. He said it was welcomed by 300 civilians and 500 troo'ps; --Hanoi radio said President Ten Due Thang and Paris peace negotiator Le Due Tlio were'leading a 12-person North Vietnamese Saigon for the celebration beginning Thursday of the birthday late Ho Chi from Thang, and the North Vietnamese Defense- Ministry both mentioned reunification of the two Vietnams, according to the broadcast.

reports from the Thai. Foreign Ministry said 800 Ma- rines arrived before dawn at the U.S. Air Force's Utapao base on the south coast, but Kukrit later said Masters told i him the final total was 1,100. Neither the Thai government nor the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok was informed in advance of the Marines' arrival.

The National Student Center, which led the uprising that ended the. military dictatorship 19 months ago, accused the United States of using the Cambodian seizure of the freighter Mayaguez as an excuse to intervene again in Indochina. Thai communications sources reported that the Cambodians seized another foreign freighter, the Eastern Grand, regis- 'tered in Panama, today but released it after nearly two hours. The sources said the ship was intercepted near the island of Panjang, about 85 miles off the Cambodian and South Vietnamese coasts. The Eastern Grand, like the Mayaguez, was en route from Hong Kong to Bangkok, the sources said.

No other information was available. It was the fourlh forei'gn freighter reported to have been menaced by Cambodian gun-, boats since the Communist takeover in Phnorn Penh. One of the others, another Panamanian, was reported seized on May 7 but was released after 3D hours. U.S. planes kept watch on the freighter Mayaguez, in the Gulf of Thailand.

It was reported lying to Cambodia's Koh Tang island, miles off the Cambodian coast. The ship, manned by 'a crew of 39, was captured Monday en route from Hong Kong to Thailand with a cargo of military and civilian freight. Pentagon sources said lha aircraft carrier Coral Sea. escorting destroyers and at least two other destroyers were en route to the Gulf of Thailand. CRISIS SPOT --map locates site merchant ship, shows route Marines': and path of carrier i.

Carol Sea WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. Air Force planes destroyed hree Cambodian naval patrol oats and crippled four others after the planes were fired on the vicinity of the captured U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez a i a Pentagon sources said today. Reports reaching Penta- an AC130 gunship and No More Free Mebls Around Here When this call proved dllHcntt to wean--learning how to short-circnU the conventional muzzle--his Washington Coun- ty owner substituted an. old- automobile license plate, aiding his accustomed lunch In a hurry.

The tag swings back when the animal grazes or drinks from a pond, hut comes down when'he tries to nurse. (TIMESphoto by Ken Good) AID OfficesMobbed VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) -Mobs of Lao students ran- lacked American installations in the cities of Luang Prabang Savannakhet today, looting rice and supplies, reliable -sources said. Radio contact with the Agency for International Development compound at Savannakhet was lost and a U.S. 'Embassy spokesman expressed concern for the '15 Americans there. In Luang Prabang, the royal 200 miles north of Vientiane, sketchy radio reports 3,000 students, teachers and pedicab drivers seized rice supplies and wrecked the AID compound.

The four Americans there were thought to be safe, embassy sources said. The reports said the demonstrators also seized the provincial governor's office and began to disturibute rice seized from American stacks. The demonstrators, apparently protesting 70 per cent-inflation, skyrocketing prices and the presence, left the United States Information Service office Initial reports said they also took over the radio station and seized foodstocks from stores in Luang Prabang, a city of 50,000 persons. Meanwhile, the Lao cabinet, headed by neutralist Permier Souvanna Phouma, met this afternoon to discuss a wave of resignations that the bal ance of political power in favor of the Communist-Pathet Lao, who now dominate the coalition government set up two years ago. The government replaced the commander of the joint Vien tiane security force with a gen eral considered amenable to the Pathet Lao.

A radio an nouncement said Gen. Boun chan Savanthphaysan would re a Gen. Atsaphanthong Pathammavong as commander of the capital garrison, which'is made up of both Palhet Lao and rightist troops. The U.S. Embassy spokes man said about 20 Americans were withdrawn from Luang Prabang to Vientiane early in the week as rumors of possibl demonstrations spread.

Destroyed By AF Planes Patrol Boats Sunk A7 attack aircraft keeping w'atch over the merchant ship held captive by the Cambodians struck the Cambodian ships with 20-millimeter gunfire and possibly other weapons. Pentagon sources said the incident occurred near Koh Tang Island, about 30 miles off the Cambodian co'ast, where the Mayaguez is anchored under Cambodian guard. Meanwhile, it was learned that U.S. Air Force warplanes flying out of Thailand have been ordered to prevent any effort by 'the Cambodians to move the Mayaguez from its present position. The fate of the man crew was not known; There were reports Tuesday that Caucasians wero seen being taken to the island from the Mayaguez in boats.

U.S. planes have been keeping a constant aerial watch on the Mayaguez, awaiting further action orders from President Ford. I Sadat To Try To Halt Break By The Associated Press; Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat will try to avert a break in diplomatic relations between Syria and Iraq in visits to Baghdad and Damascus. Syria and Iraq are locked in a bitter dispute over the waters of the Euphrates River. "President Sadat has got to to prevent the worst from happening," one Arab diplomat in the-Middle East said.

The Egyptian leader flew to Baghdad today for two days and will visit Damascus after a stop in Amman, the Jordanian capital. Syrian government closed its trade center in Baghdad on Tuesday, announced it was withdrawing all Syrian workers from Iraq, and demanded that Iraq close its trade center in Damascus today and recall the staff. Diplomats in Damascus from other Arab countries said tension was mounting "very dangerously" between the two nations, which are ruled by rival wings of the Baath Socialist party. AIRLINES EXPELLED Earlier in the week Syria closed the Syrian Airlines office in Baghdad, expelled Iraqi Airways and its employes from Damascus, banned Iraqi planes from Syrian air space and cancelled Syrian flights to Baghdad. Syrian Defense Minister Mustapha Tlass declared: "The fascist right-wing regime in Iraq is provoking Syria into marginal battles at the moment when Arab ranks have become 'unified to fight the Israeli aggression on the Arabs." There has been no public comment from Iraq so far on the recent Syrian actions.

Iraq and Syria have been squabbling over division of the Euphrates waters since the but the quarrel has become acute since a new Syrian dam at Tabka went into partial operation, last year. Iraq accused Syria of violating a 1973 (CONTINUED PAGE TWO) Files Include Dissenters LEIU Expands Its Interest WASHINGTON (AP) With miilion from the federal government, the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit, a nationwide police organization virtually unknown to the public, has amassed a computerized intelligence file containing 18,905 names. The intelligence unit, known as LEIU, and Its data hank were established to exchange intelligence information on organized crime. But some police officials say LEIU, which has more than 200 member intelligence agencies throughout the United States and Canada, has expanded Its interests to include political dissenten and any citizen who arouses the curiosity of tha police. "Often just being controversial was enough io earn yourself a criminal intelligence file." said a Houston, police official.

"It was obvious that municipal departments across the country were developing unbelievable files," An insight into the operations of LEIU came when the Houston, police department recently left the organization. LEIU national chairman Ray Henry, a Long Beach, police intelligence officer, said the organization's purpose is to keep track ot "traveling organized crime hoodlums," added that it has "nothing to do with investigating political figures, blacks, or anything of that type." LEIU's computer data bank is known as the Interstate Organized Crime Index (IOCI) and is located in the intelligence division of tho California Department of Justice. Funds, to operate the index came fibm the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), a federal agency which has distributed billions of dollars in crime fighting grants throughout the nation. In 1973 an LEAA evaluation of "This project established national register containing 794 persons identified as organized crime, principals and 18,905 names of all types including aliases, nicknames, associates and businesses." The evaluators polled police departments 'connected to the system and reported user agencies wanted more names in IOCI. The evaluators also cited complaints ataut limitations on the material included in IOCI.

Some users indicated they wanted it to include data on "dissidents, radicals, revolutionaries and similar types." It could not be determined whelher those constraints on what could be Included in the index were removed. Bank Swindled Out Of An unidentified man using a stolen check swindled the Mcllroy Bank out of Monday afternoon, police said Bank officials apparently did not realize they had been swindled until Tuesday. Fayetteville police Sgt. Bill Brooks said today that the man used the slolan check to purchase two cashier's checks at Yicllroy's main bank in down- own Fayetleville on Monday. 3rooks said the man cashed the two checks Tuesday.

The first, "or $1,500, was cashed at the Mcllroy Drive In Bank on North College Avenue and the other, for $1,484.30, Was changed for cash at the Northwest Arkansas Plaza branch of the bank. STOLEN CHECK Brooks said the man used a check which was one of six stolen from the office of attorney Gary L. Carson, 39 E. Center St. Carson said that he hac no way of knowing when the were stolen, as they had been removed from the back of the checkbook.

Brooks said the check numbers run consecutively from 257 through 262 arid bear Carson's name on the face, as well as the words "special account." Carson also said that three checks, in the name of Greg Dowers Construction were also stolen from the office. Brooks said bank officials described the man as a white to 40 years old, about six feet tall, weighing about 180 pounds, with dark wavy hair. The man used a false name to cash the check and furnished an Arkansas temporary driver's permit. Home Damaged i caused extensive damage to a home owned by Vernon Piltman at 2345 Ora Drive this morning. Fire officials said that damage to the home anc contents is estimated at $11.000 The home, officials said, was occupied by a Mrs.

Ellis. Firemen said an elclrica short circuit in a vent fan located over the-kitchen range apparently caused the Tire which spread to the attic, causing extensive damage the ceiling and roof. Mother Buys Shells Police reservist Pat Mullins, 19, of Windemere, has to send her mother to huy bullets for her US-caliber revolver she carries on patrol. Federal law prohibits the sale of ammunition for revolvers to anyone under 21. (AP Wirephoto) NEWS BRIEFS Injured In Wreck A University of Arkansas student teacher was slightly injured in a one car accident at Greathouse Springs this morning as she attempted to cross a one-lane bridge.

Miss Loretta J. Hoy, 20. of Parkdale, was treated and released at Washington Regional Medical Center following the 7:51 a.m. accident. Trooper Charles Miller said Miss Hoy was northbound on Hwy.

112. As she started across the bridge, Miller said, her car slipped off the wooden planks, causing her to lose control and strike the bridge railing. Vandalism Reported Walter Brown, owner- of a local construction company, Washington County sheriff's office Tuesday that someone extensively vandalized two pieces of construction equipment. Brown said the equipment, located near the intersection of Hwy. 112 and Hwy.

68 West at the time of the vandalism, was being used for the construction of water lines in a new housing project. He said someone had thrown dirt into the gas tanks and hydraulic systems of a backhoe and a boring machine. Grease had also been smeared upon the instrument panels and steering wheels ot the equipment. Equipment Theft- More than worth of stereo equipment Was reported stolen from an apartment occupied by three men. according to reports received Tuesday by Fayet teville police.

Gary Gentry, Tom Dimingos and Kenneth Thompson, all 93 S. Duncan Ave. told police that two turntables. two speakers, an eight-track tape player and about 80 albums were taken from the apartment Tuesday night. Also taken was a wallet which contained $30 in cash.

Two Caught SALEM, Ark. (AP) State Police recaptured two young men Wednesday morning, less than a day alter they escaped from the Fulton County Jail at Salem. Sgt. John Kidwell of the Stale Police said Harry Richardson 19, of Indiana, and Luther Woodham. 25, of Newberg were take Into custody about two miles east of Salem on U.S.

62. First Time WASHINGTON (AP) The congressional budget resolution that the House and Senate are expected.to approve marks the first time that Congress has tried to set limits on total gov ernmtnt spending. Pentagon sources said about ,000 Marines had been flown "rom U.S. bases in the Philip- )ines and 'on Okinawa to the J.S, base at Utapao in southern Thailand. The move was made the face ot Thai government objections.

There was no indication as'to what happened to the crew of the Cambodian boats, one of which was identified as a gunboat. There were about seven Cambodian craft in the area of tha Mayaguez at the time the three- vessels were destroyed, sources said. There was no evidence that any U.S. aircraft were hit by gunfire during the incident, tho sources said. Pentagon sources said U.S.

Air Force rescue helicopters attempted to pick up some of tha crewmen'of the destroyed Cambodian boats, b'ut' that "other Cambodian itaval craft'fired on rescue helicopters'and'they broke the'attempt-. Senate Republican Leader Hugh'Scott-had said'he expected developments in the- Mayaguez crisis within the 24 hours and added they might include use of "minimum force necessary" to rescue the ship's crew. Speaking to reporters, Scott defined those measures as'the "minimum force necessary, should force be necessary." Ha did not elaborate. "The primary concern is tha recovery of the crew," Scott said, adding that "we may reach a situation which may require the use of minimum necessary measures to bring that about." "I would expect that within the next 24 hours there would be some developments affecting the-vessel," he said. Scott's statements, came as coNTafuza ON PAGE TWO) Charge Filed In Rape Case A charge of first degree raps was filed Tuesday in a i Circuit Court against Thomas Alfred Taylor.

41, of 207 W. Sunset St. in Springdale. Taylor has been accused of the May 10 rape and -beating of a 12-year-old Springdale girl. He was booked into Washington County Jail, along with Michael Westly Huddleston, 20, of the same address, at about 6:30 a.m.

last Saturday. A spokesman for the Washington County Prosecutor's office said today that charges against Huddleston will not be filed. He said Huddleston was released from jail today. A first degree rape charge against a 15-year-old Fayetteville youth arrested Sunday night for his alleged involvement in the incident was expected to be filed today in Washington Juvenile Court. Authorities said the youth is currently being held on a $50.000 bond.

Sheriff Herb Marshall said the incident was reported to his office at about 4:50 a.m. Saturday by Springdale police. He said the girl's parents had informed police of the incident which took place near the intersection of Hwy. 265 and Cato Springs Road. i i Judge Maupin Cumtnings has scheduled a probable cause hearing and an arraignment for Taylor on May 19.

He said the purpose o( the probable cause hearing will be to determine if Taylor should remain in jail in lieu of a $50,000 bond,.