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mm 3 Sections. Viet Fighting Flares AnewAith Cong Attacks nmSt VtT-v I i iY fenf lw fas a South Vietnamese scout were killed, and three U.S. troops were wounded. A mortar shelling of Dong Tarn Itself damaged six U.S. helicopters and wounded eight men.

Five provincial capitals also came under Viet Cong mortar attack, but spokesmen for the cities said they caused only light casualties among civilians. Three of the capitals hit. My Tho, Moc Una and Cao Lanh, were in the Mekong Delta. Ground fighting also increased along the Cambodian border north of Saigon where U.S. troops clashed twice with Communists and uncovered a large weapons cache.

In the firefights, Americans killed 2.1 Communists while suffering five killed and 18 wounded. The arms cache uncovered by U.S. patrols yielded 198 rocket grenades, recotHesa rffta rounds, 50 mines, 24 grenades, 312 pounds of dynamite and 41.800 rifle rounds. Meanwhile, an official South Vietnamese report released Friday said Allied forces last year killed North Vletnamest and Viet Cong troops at the rata of 523 per day. inflicting losses so heavy that Communist battalions were 50 to 60 percent below normal strength.

SAIGON (UPI)-The Wt Cong shattered a holiday lull in ground fighting before dawn Saturday, ambushing American patrols and opening mortar bombardments of towns and military bases throughout South Vietnam. Initial reports listed at leant 17 persons killed and 144 wounded in the early hours of the Communist attacks. Seven of the dead and 11 of the wounded were Americans. Military sources said it was too early to determine if the attacks signaled the start of the long-awaited winter Communist offensive. The mortar bombardments struck at least 24 cities, towns and bases, most of them in the Mekong Delta.

Hardest hit was a South Vietnamese training center near My Tho, which reported 93 men injured by 21 mortar rounds. A Communist ambush wiped out a nine-man American patrol one mile southeast of Dong Tarn, the largest U.S. base in the delta. Five U.S. soldiers and Auto Makers Named Antitrust Action area of emission control." "Chrysler Corp.

denies flatly that it has in any way participated in any agreement to restrain development of automobile emission control devices," the statement said. "To the contrary, Chrysler, at the request of governmental agencies, has participated with the other members of tht industry to make progress la this very complicated area in ai rapid a manner as possible." New York Greets Apollo Crew Apollo 8 astronauts rido In an opn car up New York City's fomtd Broadway to (hotrs of throngs lining tht sidewalks. Sooted on rear seat are, l-r, Capt. James A. Jovell Col.

Frank Borman, and Lt. Col. William Anders, waving and smiting at cheers of crowd. In front of Lovell and Anders are New York City Mayor John Lindsay and New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. (AP Wirephoto) Pueblo Hearing Thursday WASHINGTON (UPI) General Motors, Chrisler, Ford and American Motors were accused Friday in a government antitrust suit of joining in unlawful agreements that delayed the introduction of antipollution devices on American cars.

The Automobile Manufacturers Association also was named a defendant In the civil suit, filed by the Justice Department in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. The government contended that the nation's four automa- kers agreed privately to install antipollution devices only upon a uniform date. One type could have been installed in 1962, but the automakers decided to wait until the 1963 models came out, the suit said. The government sought no penalties other than a court order prohibiting the automakers and the trade association from continuing the practices it cited.

Chrysler immediately issued a statement denying the charges and contending that the government's action "will inevi-tably inhibit further cooperative work in this field and is likely to delay significantly further improvements in the AP Strike Continues NEW YORK (AP) The As-sociated Press continued dis-' tributing news throughout the world Friday despite a two-day-old strike, while legal actions were begun to prevent interference with publication of its news report. The strike was called Thursday morning by the Wire Service Guild, an affiliate of the American Newspaper Guild, AFL-CIO( representing more than 1,300 editorial, photographic, clerical and other when the vessel was captured by Communist gunboats in international waters off North Korea last Jan. 23. It will investigate also the subsequent treatment of the U.S. sailors during their eleven months of imprisonment.

Such a fact-finding court is convened whenever a U.S. naval vessel is lost or damaged, the Navy said. It is not a court-martial. SAN DIEGO, Calif. (UPI)-A formal naval court of inquiry will be convened Thursday to determine the facts surrounding the seizure of the intelligence ship USS Pueblo by North Korea, the Navy announced Friday.

The court will interrogate the Pueblo'i skipper, Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher, and the other 81 surviving officers and men to find out exactly what happened All of the men, who were released at Panmunjom, Korea, Dec. 22, have completed debriefing except for Bucher, who has been undergoing treatment for malnutrition and wounds. The Navy said the information developed during the debriefing will not be used by the court of inquiry, but it is expected generally the same information will be given under oath by the crew. -V -( 9 I m.

i.A'i, 1. 4 Bliss Agrees to Continue As SOP National Chairman no significance in the absence of labor representatives and noted that there are more jobs to be filled in his department Sold Living Room Set With Pantograph Want Ad Now is the time to convert to rash items no longer needed. How? With a Pantagraph Want Ad. Dean Schlee, Hilltop Mobile Homes, did just that: UDeserier Hack MIAMI (AP) A U.S. Army deserter who flew to Cuba with his young daughter in a hijacked private plane last summer returned voluntarily to American soil Friday and was arrested by FBI agents.

Willis Jessie, 27, carried his 2-year-old daughter, Patricia Sue, when he stepped from a Mexican airliner which brought him from Mexico City. Jessie told newsmen he knew he would be arrested if he returned to this country but he wanted to "insure my daughter's future." He said she had no future in tho Communist nation. He had taken the blonde girl from his estranged wife in West Virginia just a few days before he hijacked the private sightseeing plane that took off from Naples, last August. He ordered the pilot at gunpoint to fly to Cuba, the pilot said. Extortion Charged ONI IIVING KOOM Sfl-lfSS THAN YEA OlD.

PH. 829.6812. Steven convict MIAMI (UPI)-Gary Krist, an escaped NEW YORK (AP)-Presi-dent-elect Nixon asked Republican National Chairman Ray C. Bliss Friday to remain at the GOP helm, and Bliss said he will stay to begin a drive for enhanced congressional strength in the 1970 election. Bliss would not discuss a specific timetable for his tenure as top man at the national committee.

"I'm not pinning down any dates as to how long I'm going to serve or not going to serve," he said. There had been speculation that Nixon intended to replace Bliss, who stresses organization and leaves policy to others with a new chairman better equipped to serve as a party spokesman. Bliss said there are plenty of elected Republicans to speak for the party on matters of policy. After a two-hour conference with Nixon, Bliss reported: "He expressed complete satisfaction with the job being done by me as Republican National chairman. He asked me to remain on as chairman.

I will continue." Bliss said that topic was settled with a brief conversation amid a discussion of the inauguration, appointments to the new administration, and prospects for the next election. Bliss also said he believes that with proper organization and candidates Republicans could win control of the Senate and make substantial gains in the House in the 1970 election. Earlier in the day, Nixon named businessman James D. Hodgson undersecretary of labor in a department liaeup which as yet includes no union figures. Secretary of Labor-designate George P.

Shultz said there was This Is fhe Way Air Force Col. Edwin Aldrin holding a model of tho lunar module he will fly to the surface of the Moon from lunar orbit, explains how the lunar landing will be attempted. Looking on is Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Collins, the command module pilot on the Moon-landing Apollo 1 1 mission.

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Sell home furnishings today the Pantagraph Want Ad Way! accused of masterminding the $500,000 kidnaping of Barbara Jane Mackle shortly before Christmas, was bound over to the grand jury on three extortion charges Friday by U.S. Commissioner Edward P. Swann. Black Pastor Challenges Cody Saturday Evening Post Last Edition Feb. 8 NEW YORK (AP) The Saturday Evening Post, which has focused on the simple delights of American life since James Monroe was president, will expire Feb.

8, victim of changing times. It lost about $5 million in 1968 and faced a Defer Action On J. C. Aid Atn nC onntVioi- millirm this vonr Martin pastor of St. Dorothy instead himself Dec.

18. He announced: "If Father Clements is not made a pastor immediately, and if black pastors are not appointed in black parishes wherever possible, not continue to serve as pastor of St. Dorothy Church. "I would consider my ministry at St. Dorothy in such an event to be participation in CHICAGO (APj The only black pastor in the Chicago Roman Catholic archdiocese said Friday he will resign unless another Negro priest on his staff is not made a pastor immediately.

Calling John Cardinal Cody unconscious racist," the Rev. Rollins Lambert of St. Dorothy Church said the Rev. George Clements, now his assistant, should have been made S. Ackerman, president said.

Ackerman said that after refinancing The Saturdav Evening Post Co. with $15 million in new capital, he had assured stockholders and directors that regardless of his personal feelings, The Post would be shut down if it could not return a profit. lie blamed the inroads television have made on the advertising dollar for the demise of the magazine, founded in 1821. McCarthy Move Puzzling Tf Ml CHICAGO (UPD-The Illinois Junior College Board Friday postponed further discussion on a new formula for distributing state aid until its February meeting. Gerald W.

Smith, executive secretary of the board, said some colleges were concerned that a new formula might be developed too hastily. A proposal to amend the junior college act formula to include flat grant and equalization factors has been under study since mid November, he said at the board meeting in Chicago. "A proposal drafted by the Junior College Board staff has been the subject of review by the staffs of the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Junior College Board, and representatives of the junior colleges," Smith said. "It was discussed at our board meeting in December, and reactions to the proposal are many and varied." Smith said much of the unfavorable response from junior colleges is the result of the unexpected initiation of a proposal "after the Junior College Board had recommended an appropriation based on flat grant only." "Therefore," Smith said, "colleges have expressed concern that a formula may be developed too hastily." Stateville Escapee Caught CHICAGO (AP)-An escapee five days ago from Joliet State Prison was arrested by police Friday after robbing a drug store. Police arrested Jerald Nelson, 30, of Chicago.

They said he had been serving an armed robbery term in Joliet State Prison when he escaped Monday. the course of legislation. McCarthy's only explanation was to quote Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan. 'Operations is policy." In exchange for Foreign Relations, where he has built his 20-year Senate career, McCarthy will become the next to last ranking Democrat on Government Operations one notch above freshman Sen. James B.

Allen, D-Ala. Some of those who are close to McCarthy have suggested he badly wanted a change and the Government Operations Committeewith its almost unlimited freedom to pursue any subject bearing on federal responsibilities may be the right kind of outlet for a freewheeling senator who writes poetry and detests confining tasks. But most freshmen assigned to the Government Operations regard it as a powerless carousel they must climb off at the first opportunity. WASHINGTON (UPI)-Sen. Kugenc J.

McCarthy accepted a strange reward Friday for his decision to quit the prestigious Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He took a back seat on a secondary investigative panel which most members shun with a passion. At his own request, McCarthy was assigned to the Government Operations Committee, which has broad powers to investigate any subject it chooses but little influence on New Home Ahead President Lyndon B. Johnson's white collie dog, "Blanco," shakes hands with his master on the White House grounds in Washington, D.C. Dozens of dog lovers have offered the dog a home since learning do not like to travel the LBJ ranch in Texas.

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