Laurel Leader-Call (Newspaper) - September 17, 1970, Laurel, Mississippi LAUREL 89th ttl TELEPHONE CALL SEPTEMBER 1070 PRICE 10 CENTS CONG OFFERS PEACE INITIATIVE TO BEIRUT ALSO Jordan Hit By Fighting Telephoto ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER MEIR Denies CeaseFire Violations Israeli Leader To See Nixon NEW YORK Minister Meir of denying a State Depart ment report of Israeli cease fire said Wednesday she is looking forward to a very good meeting with President She arrived at Kennedy International airport on her way to Washington where she meets Friday with the Pres ident and Secretary of State William She told newsmen she hoped the meet ing would provide the of discussing the problems of the Middle problems facing Israel at the present and problems that we have in common with the United Meir will seek military and economic aid from t h e United States reportedly amount ing to The prime minister said she had not seen the State Department But I can say that Israel is not guilty of some violations or of any violation she The report said Israel had carried out aerial reconnais sance flights to check on Egyptian activity behind the Suez Canal a violation of the In response to a question about King declara tion of martial law in she said It seems that King Hussein has made one more attempt to keep his country together and get some order in his It is much better for all countries when the countries of the Middle East have stable she TODAYS HUMOR Two hippies went to an art gallery and one of them stared at a display and I hate this modern The other Get with thats a Plans Progress To Make Laurel Fair One Of Best Plans are being completed to make the 52nd annual South Mis Fair in Laurel the big gest and best ever held One of the outstanding events will be the horse show scheduled for the closing day on Usually held on Sunday prior to the opening of the the event has been changed to Sat this The fair will run from The halter classes will be fea tured as the morning event to be gin at 9 Admission to the event is by a fair gate The halter classes will include two years and un der quarter two years and under three years and studs and geld ings quarter three years and studs and geldings gaited three years and mares quarter three years and Entry fee in each class will be added to first second and third place winners with 50 per cent to first 30 per cent to second and 20 per cent to Entry fee is The afternoon horse show will begin at 1 with winnings the same as the halter No two riders shall enter the same horse in any one Set boots or English equip ment will be Equipment is There will be 14 classes in the afternoon They will in clude Shetland and 54 inches and under gaited pleas riders 15 years and under arena riders 15 years and under western riders 15 years and under walking riders 15 years and un der walking two years old boot class walking three years and over hoot class western four years and over ladies walking pleasure western three years and under gaited pleas On Page Two By United Press International The Jordanian government warned Syria and Iraq today against intervening in its civil war with Palestinian las and said it now controlled three quarters of Amman in a day of heavy fighting during which it used tanks and artil lery against guerrilla rifles and By United Press International Heavy fighting between the Jordanian army and Palestinian guerrillas raged in the streets of Amman today and four cities to the It also broke out in the Lebanese capital of Beirut where guerrillas seized the Jordanian Marshal Habes Destiny Of Hostages Not Known By United Press International The destiny of 54 hostages held by Palestinian guerrillas in a dozen hideouts around Am man was clouded today by the establishment of a military government in Jordan and an outbreak of fighting between the guerrillas and Jordanian This certainly wont help said an Amman source close to the negotiations with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The hijacked four airliners last week and is detaining passengers and crew members from five Western nations in refugee camps and rented The new government has hardened the Popular Fronts attitude toward the hostages and it looks like theyre in for a long detention unless the commander of the Jordanian imposed a total curfew n Amman and said any violator of the curfew would be But the guerrillas paid 10 heed and the pencil thin minarets of Amman were in smoke from fires throughout the Syria threatened to intervene on the side of the and the guerrillas radio appealed to the to Iraqi troops stationed in Jordan to join in the Israel watched events pre pared to intervene if its security is There was no word on the fate of the 54 hijack hostages held by guerrillas in various parts of Amman or of the 100 Americans and 160 Britons stationed in the Jordanian The Americans were told Wednesday to stay close to their Brink Of Civil War Jordan had been on the brink of civil war since Wednesday when King Hussein installed a military government because of the threat to his kingdom posed by the Palestinians and because of past fighting that killed or wounded The guerrillas united under Yasser head of the Al Fatah commando and announced their Shots sounded through the capital Wednesday following a general strike that shuttered the windows of Ammans business Fighting broke out in the north at the towns of 13 miles northeast of at 22 miles northwest at 45 miles to the and at eight miles east of Each side claimed victories in a series of tank and artillery This Jordanian army cars rolled into Amman from the hills south of the Continued On Page Two Lamar Life Given Stay WASHINGTON UPI The Federal Communications Com mission has granted a request by Lamar Life Broadcasting to stay a 8 order which granted temporary au to operate television sta tion Channel in Jack to Communications Improvement The FCC earlier this month directed that the license held by Lamar Life Broadcasting be at least to Continued On Pago Two SECOND IN WEEK Court Deals Private Schools Big Setback Must Agree To Withdraw UPI Telephoto COMMUNIST FORCES ATTACK Forces Near Phnom Penh Enemy Attacks Cambodian Army PHNOM PENH Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces under cover of support ing artillery fire early today attacked eight battalions of Cambodian troops trapped 49 miles north of Phnom military spokesman The heavy assault against the government troops dug into foxholes and trenches alongside vital Highway 6 marked the first use of artillery in the Cambodian war by the Viet the spokesman Military sources said the Cambodian high command ur gently requested American jet bombers for an attack against the Communist UPI learned three Cambodian batta lions were poised at 35 miles northeast of the capital to push northward in efforts to relieve the isolated task Overall casualties in Landrieu Faces First Big Test NEW ORLEANS When Mayor Moon took office last he did with the overwhelming support of Negro His everyone launched a new era in racial Landrieu now faces the first critical test of his administra a test brought on this week by members of the Black a test which threa tens his popularity in the Negro community and which has created the most tense racial situation since the 1960 school integration Since Monday one man has been 11 wounded by four four beaten and two injured in incidents involving Black Pan thers and other militants in the Desire Housing The casualties represent the first major racial violence here in a decade of racial in his first attack on any Negro lashed out at the Panthers and their methods Not CR Group This is not a civil rights he These are Continued on Page Two By United Press International private where many white children have fled in the wake of total public school were dealt a second financial blow within a week Wednesday by the federal A federal court ruled that a 1969 Mississippi law establishing a loan pro gram to private school students is Only the Internal Revenue Service said it was revoking the tax exempt status of five more private school in Mississippi which refused to adopt nonracial admission This elimi nates a big source ol revenue for the private schools since donations cannot be deducted from federal income There have been many attempts by states formerly cle jure segregated school systems to provide state assistance to students who leave newly integrated public schools to attend private the court All such attempts have been held unconstitutionally permissible uses of state Stand Against Busing Also in John Bell Williams predicted another effort would be made to gel the Southern Governors Confer meeting next week in to take a strong stand against the forced busing of A strong antibusing resolution failed to gain the necessary threefourths majori ty of delegates In it was dis closed 67 congressmen from 20 states have signed an antibusing petition filed with the Supreme which takes up the issue Stick To Principles Judge Braxton Craven of Hit 4th Circuit Court of Appeals said at Wednesday that the at some must leave the mechanics of desegregation to school Craven told a civil rights attorney challeng ing desegregation practices in schools the courts should be concerned with principles rather than mecha Robert imperial wi zard of the United Klans of said at Wednesday he has asked Attorney General John Mitchell for a meeting to discuss school desegregation in the Shelton told Mitchell in a letter he had failed to obtain a citizens warrant for the arrest of a federal judge and school administrators claims are violating the antibusing provi sions of the 1964 Civil Rights Shelton he has no alternative but to meet with Mitchell to discuss the LATE NEWS FLASHES Eastland Reports On Explosives WASHINGTON UPI had reported favor James I ably on a stiff said Wednesday his Judiciary I Defense Attorneys Show Film To Court UPD Defense attorneys for David Mitchell showed a six hour film to a military court today to prove statements made by President Nixon and other government officials ex enough influence on the Army to keep Mitchell from getting a fair trial in a military Indochina dropped to their lowest level since early in the war last week when 54 servicemen were killed and 337 others were a military spokesman reported It was the lowest casualty toll since 277 men were reported dead or wounded on March The Command also reported the loss of an Air Force jet over Cambodia The pilot steered the fighter bomber over the South China Sea 59 miles southeast of bailed out and was rescued In South South Vietnamese infantrymen sup ported by heavy air strikes and artillery killed 46 Commu nist troops in a besieged area near fire base a military spokesman American military sources in Da Nang told UPI dent Robert Sullivan there were indications the Communist for ces are pulling back toward Laps since there had been neither incoming heavy wea pons fire nor any significant ground contact for more than 36 Thirtyeight North Continued On Page Two PARIS i UPD The Viet Cong and North said today they would decree a ceasefire in South Vietnam if the United Slates agreed to withdraw its armed forces by June the Commu nist Vietnamese their readiness to set up a joint administration for South Viet nam with the participation of the current but not President Nguyen Van Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and Premier Tran Thien Returning to delegation headquarters after the the chief David said the Viet Cong peace initiative didnt seem to depart markedly from what weve heard in the My immediate reaction was that it was new wine in old Bruce The proposal was put before American and South mese negotiators by Viet Cong Foreign Minister Nguyen Thi Binh at todays 84th session of the Vietnam peace talks Xuan Thuy promptly endorsed ending a five week boycott of the told Bruce she was authorized by the Viet Cong Provisional conclude a settlement of the Revolutionary Government to conclude a settlement of the war if the United States agreed to a number of Will Not Attack According to the text of her conference Binh said that if the government declares its readi ness to withdraw its troops by the deadline The Peoples Liberation Armed Forces will refrain from attacking the withdrawing Partly cloudy and warm to tonight and Friday with widely scattered ers mainly afternoons and eve Highs Lows Temperatures recorded in Laurel for the 24hour period 7 were 90 Low 72 at 7 74 no Wind at 10 was southeast at 3 roops of the United and hose of the other foreign countries in the and he parties will engage at once n discussions on The question of ensuring safety for the total withdrawal rom South Vietnam of roops and those of the other countries in the and The question of releasing captured military The question of Vietnamese armed forces in South Vietnam shall be resolved by the Vietnamese p a r t i e s among she op referring to the long standing contention that North Vietnamese troops are Continued on Page Two Mansfield Fails To Get Cloture WASHINGTON UPI displaying again a distaste for making members stop today rejected a motion to halt a debate against a constitutional amendment to provide popular vote election of pres Rejected was Senate Demo cratic Leader Mike Mansfields petition for only device by which the Senate can clamp a limit on debate and force a vote on an It has Continued On Page Two Agnew Levels Attacks On Radical Liberals GRAND President Spiro Agnew wound up his first fall campaign swing with a rousing attack on radical like Philip D an appeal to forgotten like the American working Agnew called Hart one of a little band of radical frustrate the will of the new majority of the American He spoke Wednesday at an afternoon stop at and repeated the refrain here Wednesday night before flying back to The Michigan swing was in support of Harts Lenore who is trailing badly in William who husband George when Honiney became secretary of housing and urban attended the dinner along with about party Agnew used a tunnel from the Hotel to the convention hall to avoid about 100 peaceful dissenters and left by car immediately afterward for the No While Agnew There will be no amnesty for a dig at a Michigan state Democratic platform plank urging amnesty for draft Democratic governor nominee Sander Levin and state Attorney General Frank Kelley have disavowed the Agnew told the There are great choices in Millions of young Ameri cans the path of courage and more than of them died for their A few Continued on Page Two Penn Central Appoints Troubleshooter PHILADELPHIA UPI and has Penn Central Railroad a to by persistent congestion and misdirection of orders at its tackle that Asks For End To Highjacking UNITED NATIONS I United Nations to end Brazil called today for clear air hijacking and the and effective action by the i holding of Senate Passes Bank WASHINGTON UPD nonbanking trend Senate has passed a many experts could designed to stop the nations put the nations economy under biggest banks from taking over the dominance of its CUM MCE PRESIDENT AGNEW SPEAKS IN Un First Campaign Tout Of Fall Election battle
