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THE CINCINNATI ENCtUIRER 123TH YEAR NO. 130-HNAL EDITION MONDAY MOItNIING, AUGUST 16, PRICE 10 CENTS HOME DELIVERED 50c A WEEK II Reds Blast Viet Police Compound 3 Killed, Cars, Building Hit More Bombings, Killing Race Violence Spreads In West Coast Cities rt "1 1 i li IB i i -Ml ik Guard Units Rush To New FJarcups As LA Calms Down LOS ANGELES, Rampaging Negro mobs, firing guns and hurling fire bombs, Sunday night carried street violence to cities and sections previously untouched In five days of bloody rioting. One officer was slain and another wounded In Long Beach, 15 miles south of the 1 i No Words erected by -P Wirtpnvlt -v' Bill In 1966 For Medicare Will Jolt Average Taxpayer f1- Were Waed On guardsman at edge of Ijob median income for U. S. families.

Thr man who makes $(bU0 a year and has a wile and two children received a tin reduction of about $140. By comparison, his social M-curity tax bill will increase about $103. There will be another $13 increase in J967 and another $3.3 boost in 1969. If there is no change In income taxes, a man in this situation will be paying $358 In social security taxes and $432 in income taxes a total of $788 by 1973. In 19S3, he paid $578 In income taxes and $174 In social security deducts a total of $750.

The increase next year wont have as big an Impact in the brackets. Since $6600 Is the maximum base, all taxpayers at or above this figure will pay the same social security tax Times Have Changed With two models. O. E. (Pat) Tibbs demonstrates how the technology of flying has advanced in 30 years, from single engine bl-planes to massive thrust produced by rockets like the Titan-2.

which will lift Gemini astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles (Pete) Conrad Into space Thursday. (See story. Fane 5.) In the 1930s, Mr. Tlbbs flew In bl-planes with the father of astronaut Gordon Cooper. As head of Martin Cos Canaveral Division.

Mr. Tibbs supervises the Ifam which will launch the Titan-2, a Martin Wirephoto AMONG the casualties was a five-year-old Negro boy, by a sniper as he sat on the frontlawn ot his home with his mother and younger brother, seeking relief from the muggy heat. As the violence tapered off under the Impact of thousands of policemen and National Guardsmen manning checkpoints with machine guns a young Negress, not Immediately Identified, was killed. She was killed, police reported, as she and her boyfriend were speeding from a looting foray at a department store Sunday morning She leaned too far out of the car window and her head as struck by a truck traveling in the opposite direction, investigators reported. About 4 30 a.

m. Sunday, a woman motorist tried to crash through a National Guard roadblock at 59ih. street and Vermont Avenue. When she failed to stop on command, guardsmen opened fire with a 30-caliber machine gun and stopped her. She was Identified as Mrs.

Lorna Cooke. 47. a Ne- 'Stand-In9 Aimed At Shuttlesworth In Own Church The Enquirer Wire Services SAIOON, Monday Viet Cong terrorists shot their way into the national police headquarters compound early Monday, killed three guards and blew up one building and three police vehicles. Four Americans were reported injured In the blast, along with a score or more of police and civilians. It was not known Immediately if any one was killed in the explosion.

The attack was the most elaborate made by the Communists to date. They used at least three vehicles and various disguises. Most of the terrorists, if not all, escaped. One car was parked In a no-parking area to attract police attention. Another carrying two terrorists dressed in Jackets, shirts and ties and armed with submachine guns, raced through the main gate spraying the guard posts with fire and killing three guards.

THE THIRD vehicle, loaded with explosives. Its driver disguised as a Vietnamese soldier, sped Into the compound where lt was exploded. It was not known If the driver escaped or died in the blast. The explosion destroyed a U-shaped building next to the villa housing the offices of National Police Director Lt. Col.

Pham Van Lieu. Mr. Lleu's villa was slightly damaged. He escaped Injury. On the war scene.

South Vietnamese troops Sunday swept to within 15 miles of the border of North Vietnam in one of the biggest ground campaigns ever launched near the Communist frontier. The troops In "multiple battalion" strength followed up a massive saturation bombing by B-52 Jet bombers from Guam tn the same area 24 hours earlier. They swarmed Into an area here the Communists long have been reported moving troop reinforcements from the North. In the South, more American Mar.Yie reinforcements streamed ashore at the U. S.

bases it Chu Lai and Da Nang. In the North, TJ. S. Navy and AH Force planes bombed and strafed, bridges, ferries and highways In North Vietnam, further disrupting the Communist transportation system. Other U.

S. and Vietnamese planes flew hundreds of sorties against Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam, destroying 397 Viet Cong structures, damaging another 130 and killing an undisclosed of guerrillas. IN THE Vietnamese ground operation Just south of the Communist border, the troops were ferried In by helicopters after a fleet of B-52s had battered the suspected Viet Cong hideout. There were no lmmedia'e reports of contact with the enemy. In Washington Sunday, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the government was taking a long hard look" at the possibility of imposing military censorship in Vietnam.

Gen. Earle O. Wheeler said he was "distressed" by a press report he read detailing the movements of an American unit Into a combat zone. Such reporting, he said, was useful to the enemy. "It could result In a bloody defeat for our forces" or help the Viet Cong to get out of a trap.

General Wheeler, appearing on a television program, also sharply criticized demonstrations in this country again American involvement in Vietnam. This Sijn Angeles riot area $27720 compared to this year's $174. The man, with a wife and two children, received a tax cut of about $220 In 1964 65. This compares to the maximum $103 increase in social security taxes. At $20,000 the 1964-65 cut was $552 for a married man with two children.

Social security tax increases will be readily apparent to large families. A man with a wife and five children who makes a year (about $125 a weckl received a tax cut of only about $40 In 1964-65 because his Income tax bill was relatively low before the reduction. His Income tax bill has gone down from $216, on the average, to $174 but his social security payments will rise from $174 to $277. officials both at the White House and the department. IT WAS LEARNED that Buford Ellington, director of the Office of Emergency Planning, and some of his top aides, have been recruited for the project.

Mr. Ellington Is a former governor of Tennessee. Though no officials would talk, a government aid who has been close to mast Federal activities In connection with the drought and water shortages afflicting huge areas of the Northeastern U. said: "We hope these proposals will pull the fat bark out of the fire. My guers would be that when details are made public this week, the story will dominate the news for days." Rev.

Fred W. Shuttlesworth, nationally-known civil rights leader who Is an associate of Dr. Martin Luther King was the subject of a "stand-in" In his own church Sunday. A large part of the congregation at the Revelation Baptist Church stood up WASHINGTON Millions of middle-bracket taxpayers may be startled next year when they start totaling up the bill for medical care for the aged and Increased old age cash benefits. For the typical wage-earner, the Increase In social security taxes will wipe out 60 or more of the Income tax cut he received In 1964-85.

And quite a rew average-income taxpayers will find that their total Federal tax bill In 1966 will he higher than In 1963 before the Income tax reductions took effect. Of course, the new taxes represent tangible returns for those who pay them but these returns may not be realized for many years. The social security rate has grown steadily over the years and the trend gained new Impetus this year with the higher costs of providing medical care for the ased and a Increase in cash benefits. Seven increases In social security taxes are scheduled over the next 23 years. Administration off icials hare been talking about another Income tax reduction to offset the effect of the heavier social security tax burden.

There rould be another cut as early as next year if government economists come to the conclusion that the economy needs further stimulus. President Johnson has said that the next cuts probably would be designed primarily to aid low-Income taxpayers. Next year's social security tax Increase probably will be most noticeable to the group which could be defined as the typical taxpayer. The amount of income on which the tax Is based will be raised from $4800 to $8600 a figure which happens to be the approximate Bin: Breakthrough On Drought Near military perimeter where police and National Guardsmen had sealed off the center of the city's Negro section. Police said homes of 10 persons were set afire by flaming Molotov cocktails hurled by men In automobiles racing through white neighborhoods In the Los Angeles area.

Witnesses said they were Negroes. A fire bombing was reported on Hollywood Boulevard In Hollywood. In San Diego, 12S miles to the south, Negro rioters set two buildings afire and stabbed a white man in the first outbreak of violence there Lumberyards burned In Wilmington and near downtown Los Angeles. Police said the arsonists who set them fled. Officers said police switchboards had received cails from men threatening to burn fire stations, schools and police stations In white sections of Los Angeles.

The officer slain In Long Beach Richard LeFebre, 23 was the 32nd person to die since Negroes began rioting In Los Angeles last Wednesday. ed off a 10-block area and called for aid. National Ouard troops were diverted from the main Negro section where police said control seemed near to help Long Beach officers. The police radio crackled with reports of night riders striking with firebombs in areas outside the main Negro district. In the Watts area of Los Angeles, police and National Guardsmen in the face of continued but sporadic sniper fire smashed mob rule Sunday and re-established relative peace in areas wrecked by Negro rioters The death toll in the fifth day of violence mounted to 31.

Authorities said the emergency was not ended. Even some looting continued. But relative calm settled over the large section of the city where buildings set afire by roaming arsonists lay in smoldering ruins and glass from shattered shop windows and other debris covered streets and sidewalks. AMONG the dead were two more looters killed during the comparatively quiet Sunday one in a traffic accident, one shot by police. Police reported the list of those requiring medical attention from injuries sustained In the prolonged rioting reached 780 and arrests for looting and other offenses mounted to 2301.

The threat of hunger brought an appeal from the Congress of Kaclal Equality for food for the riot-shattered area. Security forces sealed It off so tightly residents could not get out to buy food. Rioters had burned and looted most of the food stores. The state disaster office was ordered by Gov. Edmund G.

Brown to "assume responsibility for the distribution of food and other necessities in the riot areas." Superintendent of Schools Jack Crowther said 96 schools in the critical area would remain closed today pending a return to normalcy. A $175 million fire loss, a fire department spokesman said, was "a conservative estimate." Entire blocks had been burned to the ground before an 8 p. ni. curfew Saturday was ordered by Lt. Gov.

Olenn Anderson. "Hie curfew worked very effectively," a police spokesman said. But the death toll continued to mount. Herald Tribune News Service WASHINGTON The Interior Department has a "concrete solution" to ease New York City's near-catastrophic water shortage. Details will be revealed by the White House either Monday or Tuesday, lt was learned AN OFFICIAL here told the Herald Tribune News Service that the plan would help ease critical water shortages existing In many parts of New Jersey, including Camden, and Pennsyl-phia, plus smaller cities farther down the Delaware River.

All depend on that depleted stream for most water supplies. But an absolute blackout prevailed on details among eral Hosoltal In critical con dition. A policeman who helped carry her to an ambulance said, "Her legs were almost cut off." In the back of Mrs. Cooke's car, police found half a dozen Molotov cocktails and two gallon cans of gasoline. In a roadblock incident early Saturday, a National Guardsman was run down by a speeding car.

Other soldiers fired and brought the car to a halt. The door of the passenger side was flung open and a Negro fell to the pavement, his life's blood staining his torn white shirt as bystanders stared in horror, lie died of gunshot wounds. Cu it Sales In LA Up LOS ANGELES, "They don't even know which shoulder to put a gun to. but they want a gun to protect themselves." Hundreds of alarmed white residents of this riot-torn city were arming themselves Sunday, and at least one gunshop owner looked on In amazement "I've never seen anything like this in my life." said Roy Weatherby, operator of a gun -manufacturing and retailing firm In suburban South Gate. "We've limited our sales to Caucasions," said gun-shop owner Tom Gilbert.

"We don't want to create an incident." But Mr. Weatherby was selling to both NegToes and whites. "They're all scared," he snld. "One Negro man wanted a gun to protect his home. The place next to his had already been burned." Haves of fear rolled from the besieged NegTO area of the city Into suburbs more than 20 miles distant.

ins hops and sporting goods stores reported tremendous lncrenses in sales or all types of guns. Some said both their gun and ammunition supplies were exhausted. Others hired extra sales personnel to cope with the rush. However, some major department stores withdrew guns, ammunition and hunting knives from their shelves. church's 1000 members that was drawn up by Smith Tyler attorney for the dissident group.

According to Mr. Tyler, the petition complains of Rev. Mr. Shuttlesworths "dictatorial fashion" of dealing with church deacons and trustees. Rev.

Mr. Shuttlesworth called a press conference Sunday afternoon to explain what happened. He said the trouble has been brewing for some time because he Is a "strict disciplinarian." Instead of a sermon Sunday, he said he gave a lecture on church procedures and the need for members to act like Christians in the house of Ood. It was then the deacon approached the pulpit and asked all present who wanted a meeting to stand. Rev.

Mr. Shuttlesworth estimated that about a hundred stood up. Mr. Tyler said that about two-thirds of those present stood and figured the crowd at about 600. One parishioner said there were 700 there, and that more than 500 stood up.

The same parishioner, who declined to give her name, said the dissidents did everything possible to avoid the scene Sunday. "But we will Just not be held in slavery and bondage by him (Kev. Mr. Shuttles-worlhl anymore," she said. "Can't Believe It" That'i what Mrs.

Edward Purves of 11723 Hollingiworlh laid when he lold her Gold Cheat ndverliurd range and buhy enrriajje to the first person who called. You'll srll your household articles quickly whrn you advertise thrm 'n The Gold Chest hf-cause you reach a market of people who know what they want, have the money and are ready to buy. Place your ad today by phoning 42l-63l)(). during Sunday services to rirmand Rev. Mr.

Shuttles- worth call a church meeting. It started when E. Hayes, a deacon, approached the pulpit to ask the pastor to call a meeting to discuss grievances. According to some participants. Rev.

Mr. Shuttles-worth, speaking over a microphone, drowned out all other voices and even berated some of his parish-loners for "past sins." It was reported some In the congregation started booing. Another deacon, Robert Pierce, Jumped to a microphone In the choir loft and announced that a general church meeting would be held at the church or September 3 at 7:30 p. m. It was then that everyone sat down.

But not before someone called the police. District 1 patrolmen came to the church after a report that someone had threatened the minister's life. But after being assured all was under control, the officers stood outside the church at 1556 John St. The demand that Rev. Mr.

Shuttlesworth call a meeting grew out of a petition signed by about 200 of the Dayton Youth Revived After Diving Accident A 19-year-old Dayton, Ohio, boy who was knocked out diving Into shallow water on the Whitewater River near Bypass 50, west of Hooven was revived by the Hamilton County Sheriffs Patrol and sent to Dearborn County Hospital Sunday. Kenny Antonlolll, 210 Llv-li gston Dayton, dived of a 10-foot embankment Into three feet of water, and returned to the surface floating face down, police said. Russell Jones, 30, 408 Ada Cincinnati, who saw the accident, went to aid Antonlolll, police reported. The hospital reported that the boy was not In serious condition. INalional RIOTING: Racl.il unrest in the nation and throughout the world.

Further stories on the Los Angeles scene on Pages 8 and 10. Racial troubles also hit Chicago and Springfield, and across the seas in England. Page 4. Wiliinpton RESIST: Chairman of the Labor Relations Board says too many corporations still resisting union organization. Page 3.

World-Wide VIETNAM: Premier Ky calls for f.n alliance of anti-Communist Asian nations to fight North Vietnam and Red China. Page 12. Fair, hot and rather humid through today and Tuesday. Low in early morning today and Tuesday In low 70s. High for day in middle itds.

otiAiis. wi" on not Fivp-Iiuy FonTiixt Temperatures will average near or a liltle below the normal high of 86 and low of 85. will continue hot through Wednesday turning cooler Thursday. Rainfall will total about half an Inch in scattered thundershowers In the middle of the week and again over the weekend. Piige Amusements 9 Bridge 19 Business 23 Classified 23-34 Columnists 7 Comics 40-41 Cmssword 40 Deaths 21-23 Five Star News, Page Editorials 6 Horse Sense 40 People In News 2 Society News.

14-15 Sports 35-39 Star Onzer 41 TV -Radio 18 Women's 13-17 Word Game 15 Features Page 22 6300 Not Pleased JAKARTA Indonesian public relations affairs minister Roeslan Ab-dulganlHS says President Sukarno is not pleased with the behavior or political ideas of some Indonesian students studying in Europe. As a result, Mr. Ab-dulganlas said, the government will revoke the passport to any Indonesian student abroad whose attitude does not conform to state policy. I Ttlephent 721-2700 Classified 421 7 41 M. to 5 P.

M. WFfKPVS 7,43 A. AH TO 10.15 A. M. lUNUAT CIRCULATION SERVICE 721-2700.

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