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MI rn Turin lllJtLi WW Is i 129TH YEAR NO. 129 FINAL EDITION SATURDAY MOKNINC, A Mil ST 16, 1969 TRICE 10 CENTS TT Sniper lot irisn wounds Soldier 1 IXJ y4 rHs 0 ghyK 3 VV BELFAST, Northern Ireland ipi Sniper fire claimed the first British army casualty in Northern Ireland's religious violence and new rioting flared early Saturday in several parts of Belfast despite the presence of bayonet-toting troops. "The area of disturbance has extended. Police and the military are fully engaged," said a police spokesman. "There is sniping from rooftops, rioting and sizable crowds in parts of the city." The Defense Ministry in London said a British soldier was wounded by a sniper's bullet, but that the wound was not serious and he returned to his post.

AT MIDNIGHT Friday, after 14 hours of savage street fighting, police reported one dead and 177 wounded, 54 by gunshots. This brought the toll since Monday to six dead and 369 injured. "Stay off the streets if you want to stay alive," warned a Belfast newspaper. British troops rolled into the predominantly Roman Catholic Falls Road district and erected barricades between warring Protestants and What's it all about? Page 14 Catholics shortly before nightfall. But sniping and unrest continued there and spread to other parts of the city.

Automatic rifle fire crackled through the Shankil, Crumlin Road and Hooker Road districts. Police returned shots from snipers hidden behind barricades of rubble and furniture and on rooftops. Union Jock Down In -AP Wirepholo Dublin Friday. Crowds gathered outside the building in Ireland's capital as British soldiers continued to move into Northern Ireland to quell rioting between Catholics and Protestants in Londonderry, Belfast and other areas. DEMONSTRATORS RIP THE Union Jack apart after it was taken down from the British Embassy In Several bars were sot afire and one was razed by flames.

Stores in the York Road area near the city center were damaged and there were reports of At 1:55 a. army headquarters in Belfast reported the Falls Road and predominantely Catholic Divis Street areas cordoned off by the soldiers were relatively quiet, but a spokesman added: "There is a hall of a lot of banging and fires and everything going on outside there." In Crumlin Road, where Catholic houses face Protestant homes across the rubble-stcwn roadway, armored cars fired several bursts from machine guns as they drove silhouetted against flames from burning buildings. Youths carried off crates of liquor from the blackened shell of a pub. Newry, a market town 44 miles south of Belfast, had its first peaceful night since Wednesday after police made a deal with crowds. ABOUT 100 YOUTHS set up a barricade at an intersection and refused to move unless police promised not to march into the area.

The police said they would keep clear apart from normal patrols if the barricades were removed and the crowd dispersed. The crowd went home after a group of men set a laundry on fire. Poison Gas Trainloads Rumble Across Nation By The Associated Press A trainload of World War I poison gas, barred from a short route through Canada, rolled cautiously a the northern United States Friday, headed for a New York factory where it will be converted into peaceful use. Meanwhile, another shipment of the Uquefied phosgene gas, sold Rhodes Urging Nixon For Disaster Relief the day when authorities refused to let the train take a short cut along the north shore of Lake Erie. After standing three hours at a northwest Indiana siding, the train changed rail routes and headed for its destination at Lockport, N.Y.

AS IT RUMBLED along, a brief controversy swirled over its routing through Ohio. A spokesman for the railroad that took over in Indiana, the Baltimore Ohio, said the train would have to be cleared at Ravenna, Ohio, ordnance plant before final delivery. However, the plan was abandoned and the later announced the army and the U. S. Department of Transportation had requested the train be sent on.

The original announcement declaring there were serious questions about the delivery of the train, said: "The cars pose no threat in their present ocnditlon while standing at the Ravenna ordnance plant and will be moved under all possible safeguards when the is given further instructions for the handling of this train." But the later statement, apparently released before the train arrived at the ordnance plant, said: "In compliance with requests by the Army and the Department of Transportation, the a 1 1 i Ohio Railroad has cancelled its plan to hold the special train at the Ravenna, Ohio ordnance plant and will proceed without delay to Buffalo, N.Y., where it will be turned over to the Erie-Lackawana Railroad." Silent Killer By The Associated Press What is phosgene? It is a colorless gas that has a nauseating odor resembling musty hay. Classic descriptions of phosgene call it an extremely poisonous gas that may prove very harmful even in small amounts. It attacks the lungs, and its full effects may not he manifest until several hours after inhalation. Phosgene is used regularly in the manufacture of several pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, and dyestuffs. First made in 1812 by combining carbon monoxide and chlorine, it is i times heavier than air.

Repairs Close Part Of Northbound 175 1-75 northbound between Cole-rain and Mitchell Avenues will be closed Sunday from 2 to 10 a. m. for general repair work. Central Parkway northbound 1-75 entrance ramp Just west of Ludlow Avenue also will be closed. A detour will be set up from the Colerain exit to William Dooley Bypass, then to Spring Grove Avenue to the Mitchell Avenue northbound 1-75 entrance ramp.

A 35 mph speed limit will be enforced. Repairs will Include work on guardrails, the pavement and berm. Jam Session Dublin from the Defense Department's Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado, was making its way uneventfully toward a plastics plant in Geis-mar, at a careful miles an hour. Its route was through Tennessee and Mississippi on Iillinois Central and Rock Island lines. The eastbound shipment was refused entry into Canada earlier in read him a letter we have sent Governor Rhodes.

"IN THAT letter, we requested Governor Rhodes to obtain the data reserved for him by OEP, and to urge the President to designate Hamilton County a disaster area." Taft had challenged the $250,000 public damape estimate as a minimum that OEP had said it was necessary to establish before Federal assistance could be made available to governments of stricken areas. Taft said that Public Law 875, governing such situations, provides no specific amount of damage, but that OEP has been using the figure as "a rule of thumb." "However, it should be noted," said Taft, "that since 1964 OEP has authorized major disaster grants in 11 cases where less than $250,000 damage occurred to public facilities. "The lowest of these 11 esses involved only $80,000 damage. Besides, there have been four OEP approvals this year for damages below $250,000." Taft also pointed out that designation of the county as a disaster area will not only relieve the financial hardships experienced by local governments faced with cleanup expenses and repairs, but will also allow readjustment of housing loans by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and by the Veterans Administration. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare, he said, also will be empowered to consider grant assistance for the repair of damage to public schools.

A tentative estimate of school damage in the tornado area is $88,900. The Weather Partly cloudy and continued warm today and Sunday with a chance of showers or thunder-showers, most likely in the late afternoon and at night. Low both mornings around 70, high today near 90. Probability of rain 30 today, 20 tonight. Details, Map on Page 7 Page Page Abby 3-Teen Editorials 6 Action Line 13 Graham 14 Amuse.

Business jumDie Church 14-15 Rest. Guide 8-9 Classified Society 4 Comics 24 Sports Crossword ...14 TV 11-Teen Deaths 25 Word Game .16 Local and Area News, rages 12-13 PHONE: City Desk 721-2700. Class-ificd 421-6300, 8 a. m. to 5 p.

closed Sunday. Circulation Service 721-2700, 7:45 a. m. to 5 p. m.

weekdays; 7:45 a. m. to 10 a. m. Sunday.

Call before 5 p. m. Thursday to temporarily stop Sunday delivery. A telegraphed appeal to designate Hamilton County a tornado disaster area was sent Friday to President Nixon by Ohio Gov. James A.

Rhodes. This followed information obtained by The Enquirer that two TOP of flhe NEWS City-County CINCINNATI finds itself an Ohio River city without public access to the river. Page 12. THE OHIO Board of Regents approves tuition and fee increases at state universities. Page 13.

International ARAB SABOTEURS blow up oil pipeline in Haifa. Page 3. ALLIED FORCES have killed more than 1000 enemy soldiers in the last four days. Page 3. Nationwide JUDGE GRANTS hearing on or exhumation of body of Mary Jo Kopechne.

Page 3. Washington SUBSTANTIAL cutbacks in use of pesticides in Federal-state insect control programs invoked by Agriculture De-, partment. Page 3. PRESIDENT NIXON'S plan for a postal corporation is likely to die in House committee. Page 2.

ROCK MUSIC FANS found traffic at a standstill on the route to Bethel, N. Friday morning. Thousands of persons converged on the resort area town for a pop music festival billed as "three days of peace and music." The highway, normally two-way, was a one-way jam for miles when this picture was made. (Related Story on Page 14.) Camille Hits Cuba, Heads Toward U.S. Army Corps of Engineers teams that re-surveyed communities struck by the violent twister last Saturday evening had assembled data showing damage to puMic facilities was close to $250,000.

(Damage to private property along the tornado's seven-mile swath, starting near Galbraith Road and 1-75 in Hartwell, still is expected to total between $15 and $20 million.) Gov. Rhodes acted after learning from State Sen. Michael J. Maloney Hamilton County) that the regional Office of Emergency Preparedness, Olney, had received the engineers' reports via teletype earlier Friday. "I was told by OEP, however, that the report and its evaluation were privileged information reserved for the governor," said Maloney- "Thereupon, Rep.

Robert Taft Jr. of the First District and I telephoned John M. McElroy, the governor's executive assistant, and Lodge Consults In Washington PARIS (UPI) Chief American negotiator Henry Cabot Lodge flew to Washington Friday for the second time in two months to consult with administration officials. Lodge is expected to be away from Paris about 10 days but it is not known with whom he will consult in Washington. The decision to go to Washington was made suddenly and It was not learned who requested the trip.

The negotiator left 24 hours after warning the Communists at the peace conference's 30th session that their renewed military attacks after a two-month lull could halt further American troop withdrawals. Nixon Scls Talk SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (UPI) President Nixon will address the National Governors Conference at Colorado Springs, on Labor Day, the Western White House announced Friday. -AP Wirepholo lINITFn 100 STATES Miles FLORIDA Gulf Of Havana CUBA MEXICO EL CAMILLE (l) Pines MIAMI (UPI) Hurricane Camille churned across Cuba's rich tobacco country Friday and headed for the Gulf of Mexico where she was expected to aim her 115 mph winds at the United States mainland. "It's going to hit somewhere, but we can't say where right now," Dr.

Robert H. Simpson, director of the National Hurricane Center, said. Camille was said to be the strongest hurricane since Beulah raked Texas' in 1967. Havana dispatches said the Cuban Civil Defense declared a state of emergency in Havana Province, including the capital city, putting the western third of the island under warning. THE AMERICAN Red Cross moved emergency teams into position in cities from Key West north along Florida's Gulf coast.

The Weather Bureau announced it was reopening its station at Pensacola, for the duration of. the storm in the Gulf. The hurricane, late Friday, was centered over Western Cuba, 250 miles south-southwest of Key West. "Camille is expected to continue moving toward the north-northwest or north at a speed slightly less than 10 mph," the center said. Residents "along the Eastern Gulf of Mexico were warned to keep in close touch with future advisories and bulletins.

The hurricane center reported no peak winds or tides from locations in the Immediate path of the eye. A Precision Tool The Gold Chest is your best tool for miscellaneous sales. Just ask Frances Hayes, who advertised precision tools. She says: "1 had over 200 calls. The Enquirer is my paper for best results.

I've never had such Call 42 1 -6300. TOPIC Try LukM Glas section of youngsters served by the center. Their backgrounds ranged from inner city, to rural, to suburban middle-class. Their IQs ranged from 85 to 150. THE LIST OF ERRORS and the frequency with which they occurred follows: Surgery Sought For Youth fulness Much of the age-old search for youth can be attributed to advertisements which stress the importance of looking young in a country where half of the population of 200 million is under 30.

People today are taking the surgical route to keep "young" instead of looking for elixirs and the "fountain or youth." The first in a series of five articles discussing types of such surgery and what each can cost will appear in your Sunday Enquirer Women's pages. Mabee ther speling ain't so hot, but Cincinnati fifth and six graders certainly kan't be berated for ther lack of imaginashun. At least not the 208 who voted the mirror exhibit among their favorite items at the Cincinnati Science Center in a survey con' icted for the Cincinnati Public Schools by Dr. Ahred Garvin. A grand total of 74 youngsters spelled the word "mirror" Incorrectly, offering no fewer than 33 incorrect variants.

THE SURVEY was directed at fifth and sixth graders, because students at this level are as old as they can get without having had any formal training in the field of science. Thus survey results would yield opinions unique to the student, unhampered by anything their teachers might have told them. The students surveyed represented a cross maro 1 merer 1 mirred 3 maror 1 merier 1 mirrior 1 marrlor 1 mierler 1 mirro 13 marror 1 mior 1 mirroe 1 maru 1 miorr 2 mirron 1 mear i mira 1 mirroow 1 meara 1 miro 3 mirrow 12 mearer 1 miror 12 mirrw mearro 1 miron 1 morore 1 melre 1 mirorr 1 morror 3 meirro 1 mirow I morrow 1.

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