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1 lift 129TII YEAR NO. 128 FINAL EDITION FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1969 PRICE 10 CENTS Cross-Country Of Poison Gas Disclosed. nn mm ttt tt tti yUliiiiiia Shipment i mmm, 1 III 1 ILkBMBWBWMWWM McCarthy said the Army was shipping the gas, but the Federal Railroad Administration, which licensed the shipments, said they were made by the Jones Chemical of Caledonia, N. and the Chemical Commodities Olathe. Kans.

Fourteen cars loaded with phosgene gas were shipped to the Lock-port, N. plant of Jones Chemical and eight carloads went to WASHINGTON (UPI) Shipment of 22 railroad cars of poison gas to two separate locations within the United States from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal at Denver was disclosed Thursday. It touched off a new round of congressional criticism. Rep. Richard D.

McCarthy N. first disclosed the shipments and wrote a letter to President Nixon asking him to investigate them. regulations for such shipments did not require guards at all crossings. The government spokesman said each train carried two experts who had a neutralizing agent to render the gas harmless in case of a leak. He said they were required to check the tanks holding the gas at each stop.

Last spring, McCarthy set off a national reaction to the Pentagon's Chemical and Biological Warfare (CBW) program by publicly disclosing Army plans to ship across the country for disposal in the Atlantic 27,000 tons of surplus poison gas, including 12,322 tons of lethal nerve gas. Following a study by the National Academy of Sciences, the Army yielded to protests from congressmen and communities along the route and said it would try to dispose of all the agents at their present sites. Chemical Commodities Facility at Hessmer, La. Phosgene gas is used commercially in the manufacture of plastics and its shipment is allowed under certain conditions. McCarthy said the gas is not as lethal as nerve gas, but was the cause of 80 of the gas fatalities in World War I and is "a deadly weapon." The larger shipment to Lockport was routed through Chicago and Ed Edel, a spokesman for the Railroad Administration, said that train had been in Des Moines at noon Thursday.

"As the train moved through Des Moines, no guards were placed at railroad crossings, even those crossings that had no warnins barriers." McCarthy said. He said the shipment of the gas exposed such cities as Des Moines and St. Joseph, to the "danger of an accident." Edel said that Federal safety Bolts To Doctor's Orders Max Rudolf's resignation accepted Rudolf Resigns; Kunzel Named Troop Pullout In Jeopardyl of Rudolf's illness physical and decision. SCHIPPER'S HEAVY international commitments this season do not permit him to conduct here, but' he is taking an active interest in the CSO planning for the forthcoming season. John Lillard, president of the CSO board of trustees, expressed the Executive Committee's "deep regret" over Maestro Rudolf's resignation; hoped for "speedy recovery" and "good health" to permit him "to conduct concerts in early months of 1970." He said the orchestra Is making arrangements for major guest conductors during the early 1969 concerts.

He was "pleased" to announce Kunzel's promotion, and thankful that the orchestra can expand the amount of conducting planned for him. MAESTRO RUDOLF said he was grateful for 11 years of support by the public, trustees, management and musicians. He feels that the coming 75th anniversary season and CSO future are In "capable hands" of Schippers and Kunzel. Lloyd H. Haldeman, general manager, praised Rudolf as "humanitarian, administrator, profound musician, and friend" who has "developed the orchestra into one of America's finest symphonic organizations." Terming Kunzel's talents "brilliant," he said the city is "fortunate" that he can continue the orchestra's high level of excellence." Overcome A POLICEMAN CARRIES AN unidentified boy to a first aid center in the Bogside section of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, after the youngster was overcome by tear gas.

Man at right also was gassed as police attempted to quell riots. Irish Riots Fatal Order In Londonderry 9 that the new level of combat could well influence the President's timetable of force reduction. As for reports the Pentagon was thinking of withdrawing another 125,000 troops by the end of this year, Ziegler said that the military had to do a certain amount of long range planning under the broad Nixon commitment to scale down U. S. forces as soon as possible and practicable.

"But that does not mean withdrawal will take place," Ziegler added, explaining that U. S. force levels still would depend on three criteria set forth by the President at his Midway meeting with President Nuygen Van Thieu of South Vietnam. These were the level of enemy activity, progress in the Paris peace talks and ability of the South Vietnamese to take over for U. S.

units. Clearly two of these criteria were not being met since fighting has grown in the past three days to the sharpest point in about six months and little or no detectable progress has been made in Paris. Another jet Is Hijacked To Cuba MIAMI (JP) A Northeast Airlines jet carrying 52 persons was hijacked to Cuba Thursday while on a flight from Boston to Miami. The plane landed safely at Jose Marti Airport outside Havana at 3:26 p. m.

(EDT), the Federal Aviation Administration reported. There was no immediate clue to the identity of the hijacker. The Boeing 727 stretch jet was Northeast Flight 43. It was hijacked over the Atlantic Ocean about 40 miles east of Jacksonville, Fla. The hijack occurred at 2:01 p.

m. (EDT), 50 minutes before the flight was to have ended in Miami. The plane carried 45 passengers and a crew of seven. (Capt.) Newman, from Boston, has been a Northeast pilot for 28 years. Todd Clay, a spokesman for Northeast in Miami, said pilot Newman maintained radio silence during the hijacking.

The plane landed in Miami at 6:43 p. m. EDT. The Greene Line sub-contracts space to other excursion boats and acts as the city wharfmaster on this river front. Along with the riverfront footage, the city granted Beatty and G.eene Lines a certain number of parking spots on the landing.

Baldwin admitted that complaints from the two firms had a part to play in prompting the city manager's action. He said, however, the city had planned to take the action when the landing was finished. He also agreed that the landing probably would be largely unused under these conditions. But he felt the riverfront would be more pleasing to look at if it were not clutterei! with parked cars. So there it is.

It may look the same as the old really public landing. Same slope, Same cobblestones, even. But there's one main difference. The public is not invited not to park all day, at least. Max Rudolf submitted his resignation Thursday as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra after 11 years because of "complete physical exhaustion." The 67-year-old Rudolf said he took the action on advice of physicians after he completed a strenuous but highly-successful European tour recently with the symphony.

Hope was expressed that Maestro Rudolf might still be able to conduct early concerts in 1970 possibly the January anniversary repeat of first CSO program played under direction of Maestro van der Stucken. MAESTRO RUDOLF'S absence from the podium for the 1969-'70 season beginning October 25 and 26 will find Erich Kunzel, assistant conductor, taking his place for an expanding work schedule. He was promoted to the position of resident conductor Thursday. Besides the new resident conductor, guest conductors will be sought to fill the 12 concert dates. Rudolf now feels called upon to relinquish prior to his scheduled fall assumption of the post of head of the Opera Department at Curtis Institute, Philadelphia.

Thomas Schippers, who takes over as music director of CSO in fall of 1970, was informed Thursday TOP I Hi I Nationwide NATIONAL Medical Asso- ciation warns that the next civil rights battle will be in the field of health care. Page 2. MORE THAN a dozen per-l sons watch and do nothing I as a 19-year-old girl fights 1 to save her purse from being stolen and then is knifed to death. Page 2. International ATTORNEY for Green 4 Beret man implicated in mur- der of South Vietnamese na-" tional says the charges are more political than criminal.

Page 3. 't Washington URBAN Coalition com- mends President Nixon for moving to reform nation's 1 "outmoded welfare system." 1 Page 3. Ivl SSi The Weather Partly cloudy and continued warm today, tonight and Saturday. Low both mornings in the upper 60s, high today in the upper 80s. Probability of rain 20 today.

Details, Map on Page 10 Page Action Line .19 Amuse 6-9 Bridge 22 Business Classified. 39-55 Columnists ...5 Comics 38 Crossword ...22 Dear Abby ..14 Deaths 39 Editorials ....4 Page Graham 23 Horoscope ...23 Horse Sense .12 Jumble 12 People 2 Society 15 Sports 25-34 TV-Radio ...10 Weikel 18 Women's 13-1? Word Game 17 Local and Area News Pages 18, 19 BY MERRIMAN SMITH UPI White House Reporter SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (UPI) -The White House Thursday guardedly warned that increased enemy attacks in South Vietnam might have a heavy impact on President Nixon's plans to go ahead with additional U. S. troop withdrawals.

The cautious position was stated by press secretary Ronald Zieg-ler after the President met at the Western White House with the National Security Council. ZIEGLER SAID the President and his senior advisor were watching the renewed flare-up of enemy-initiated attacks in South Vietnam "very carefully." The press secretary was bar-raged with questions by reporters because of three straight days of intensified fighting in the Southeast Asian war, a sudden leap in American casualties and warnings from the Paris peace talks by U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge To of the mainly Catholic Irish Republic, 600 Irish troops, called to the area suddenly during the day, awaited instructions. The Dublin government, in a terse statement said it reiterated the view of its prime minister, Jack Lynch, made Wednesday, that "the use of British troops in the six counties of Northern Ireland is not acceptable." He said they would not "be likely to restore peaceful conditionscertainly not in the long term." Time to Spare Make sure you can spare some time today to look through The Enquirer's special Bowling Section.

It's just full of news and advertising about one of America's favorite sports the one you are going to bowl 300 in this year, right? yet officially signed a contract with the city, will pay $3000 a year for lts 500 feet of snoreline wnlle Beatty pays $500 per month to moor his floating restaurant along 276 feet. ir at finfli fT -Enquirer (Ran Cochran) Photo LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland (iP) British troops restored order Thursday to battle-scarred Londonderry but violence raged on in Belfast and elsewhere early Friday, bringing the first deaths in four days of Protestant-Catholic strife. Police said three persons were killed in Belfast, the capital, and Armagh. One victim was a child. A total of 29 persons were reported shot, some seriously.

The Belfast casualty toll for the night reached 105 89 civllans and 16 police. The troops were called in by the Northern Irish government after regular police, mainly Protestants, found it impossible to control 4000 Roman Catholic rioters in Londonderry. The Catholics claim they are discriminated against in jobs, housing and voting in largely Protestant Northern Ireland, which is under British rule. -AP Wirephoto By Tear Gas In Belfast, where police were not reinforced by British troops, flaming gasoline bomb attacks and bursts of automatic weapons fire brought terror to the streets. Police with armored cars moved into the Catholic Falls district.

Fire bombs curved into the air and burst among the police. One police officer and two civilians were reported wounded by gunfire. In the town of Armagh, police said a man had been shot dead. There were reports of another wounded. Street fighting was raging in Newry, where the sky was aglow with fires.

Riot police and rifle-carrying special reserves went into action in Portadown. Moving troops Into Londonderry was not without the danger of major political consequences and all sides in the Irish conflict were awaiting and debating their next steps. SIX MILES AWAY, on the border landing is filled with floating struc- tures owned by John Beatty, op- at Capt. Hook, and the Greene Line bieamers' inc- GREENE LINE, which has not Park Boats. Not Cars A Landing, But How Public? ing does not extend into the water the way the old one did.

Fishing is out, too. And boat watching would be difficult because the en- itre river-frontage along the public Takes Over Podium Erich Kunzel promoted TOPIC BY GERALD WHITE Enquirer Reporter The old Cincinnati public landing is dead. Long live the Cincinnati new private landing. That's the result of the action this week of the Cincinnati city manager establishing a four-hour parking limit on the sloping riverfront lot, east of the stadium. The limit was ordered simply to drive away most of motorists who had used the new public landing in a public way for all-day parking, city officials admitted.

The order worked. The landing was nearly empty Thursday. Robert Baldwin, assistant urban development director, said the city wanted to reserve the 360 parking sites for customers of the Capt. Hook restaurant and the Greene Lines and for anybody who want to go to the river for any other public purpose except all-day parking. Those "other reasons" cannot Include boat-launching.

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