Progress-Bulletin (Newspaper) - February 12, 1970, Pomona, California MAIL Vol. lie Pages HEADING FOR CUBA Youths leave Old West Church in ton Wednesday for a bus trip to St. to make connections with a 300 Young Americans freighter that will carry them to The youths say they going to help Cuban farmers cut sugar Head for Cuba SAINT N.B. Busloads of young Americans began boarding a Cuban cattle boat bound for the sugarcane fields of Cuba to give Fidel Castro a hand the It was like a family reunion in bluejeans and beards on Pier 14. as the buses began bringing in the recruited from the United The cattle boat Luis Arcos Bernes docked early today for its rendezvous with members of the Another group of 216. returning from an earlier shift in the cane piled off. They had gone to Cuba lasi Some of them some as old friends in each group were They hugged and pounded each other on the it was just bubbled a stocky youth of about 25 with a blonde beard to a the I put on 20 The estimated 500 members of the outbound group were scheduled to sail for Cuba on the same boat was overjoyed by the said John 25. of an English student at the University of was not by Cuba at I believe in socialism and I wanted to do something for it. But the work was probably the hardest thing I've ever to involve myself in some labor that was going to be worth the said Jay 26. of a wanted to involve my hands and body in The apparently last of the group arrived in Saint about nine hours after the completing the 90 miles trip from the little point Of St. A group of 50 spectators chanting watched as the eight buses carrying about 300 persons passed through the border area from Maine to New Most of the men and women in the buses were hut some were Canadian border officials would not let the passengers leave the buses nor would they allow journalists to talk to the passengers during the two hours it took for the Canadian officials at across from had refused to allow part of the group enter Canada Monday because they had lied about their saying they Mere on a ski They are expected 10 go directly to St. 80 miles where the Cuban cattle boat Luis Arcos Bemes was expected sometime The bringing back 212 cans who have been in Cuba cutting sugar was due Wednesday bur 50 winds and high seas slowed it Bruce 26, a former instructor at City College of New who said he was one of the organizers of the arrived in St. John ahead of the boat to organize the group includes body from to a lady 60 years he Jacobs added there are currently three international gades in from North another from Korea and one from the United He said the U.S. contingent includes people from the high school and college and even some college students who will to Col. Professor Says Women Could Aid Pollution Fight STANFORD of country's top environmental engineers thinks the nation's women may hold one of the keys to cleaning up the environment of you really want to force the automobile manufacturers to speed the development of control engines and you should suade all the women in the Los Angeles Basin to refuse to buy new cars during any one said Prof. Roif Eliassen of Stanford can bring the bile manufacturers to their knees faster than any amount of legislation or government he tolri a ar of public relations men Eliassen urged the public relations men to join the fight against pollution by helping to and with the He said they should work with urban and ecologists in persuading leagues and other groups to apply pressure on legislators and control objective is to apply scientific and engineering ciples in the control of air and water environmental is urban interrelationship between man and the air and water environmental The Stanford scientist the waste of water supplies and questioned the wisdom of piping water to arid may be the key to population control in specific areas where it is a limiting such as Southern he more rational approach to planning for living in a limited air environment would have to Col. 7, N. Viets Trade Charges At Paris Talks PARIS nam today sent its lowest ranking delegation to the Vietnam peace talks since the conference began more than a year and charged the United States was keeping its negotiators m Paris only for The acting chief of the U.S. negotiating Philip C. denied the charge and accused Hanoi and the Viet Cong of avoiding serious talks on ending the Tire Communist case was carried into the 54th session of the talks by Nguyen Minn 3 man in the Hanoi He charged that President has reduced the scope of the Paris conference to lead it toward Nixon thinks he can delude the American people and world opinion on the pretended desire for peace of his Vy It was not immediately clear whether appearance meant that Hanoi was ing its protest against U.S. actions with regard to the Paris Flournoy May Make Bid for Lipscomb Post By ROBERTSON P-B Staff Writer State Controller Houston 1. is cor 24th Congressional District by the death of U.S. Rep. Glenard P. In brief press conference Wednesday fore spoke in he said his deci- sion on will depend on if Reagan calN a special election and Elected to his post as state four years is up for re-election A for- mer Claremont resident and associate at Pomona Floumoy served three terms ir. the State Assembly representing the District before being elected controller in 1966. A number of Republicans whose names have also been mentioned as for post were in the audience as spoke at the coln Day dinner of the Republican at Griswold's Hill In his Flournoy stressed the effect of re- on Republicans and the urgent reed for all voters to understand Proposition 7. which deals with raising the interest rate on bends be the Republicans have a very slim majority in both the Assembly and the this balance could be upset by he critically important thai the state be able to to Col. U.S. Protests Israeli Attack WASHINGTON The Suites tested swiftly an Israeli air mack on an steel factory the an attack reponed to have caused 166 A State Department spokesman deplore this attack which apparently has resulted erable loss of life and News accounts quoted a hospital director sf saying that 6S bodies had been found and 93 persons had been At the same time the State Department statement deplored tragic loss of life injury to resulting from terrorist actions against ners from the area of Two days ago armed with at- tacked a group of passengers on a biis for an Israeli airliner at Rien One passenger was killed and more than 20 people were Date for Galley Trial Is May 18 FT. Military Judge Reid W. Kennedy set a tentative date today of May IS for the start of the trial of William L. Galley and said publicity would not prevent the court from ducting a fair 26-year-old native of is charged with murdering 102 Vietnamese at My Lai in March Kennedy announced the trial date after denying a defense motion that Calley could not get a fair trial because of find that though publicity has been it has had no influence on the ability of this court lo conduct a fair Kennedy V More Avalanches Hit VAL France more lanches hit the outskirts of this Alpine resort today two days after a slide crashed through a youth hostel and killed 39 The two avalanches today were There were no immediate reports of but rescue workers were rushed to the two The Weather Considerable cloudiness today and tonight with sho- Partly cloudy with some sunshine er Expected high today and 62; low high Wednesday was 66; low this 50. .IN TODAY'S P-B Sec. Page Bridge C 2 Child's Puzzle C 4 Classified Ads F 2-7 Comics C G Crossword D 9 Dateline C 7 Doctor Comments D 7 Editorial B 2 Entertainment D Financial E S Fun on Wheels B 7 Obituary 6 Pat Roald D 6 Straws B 3 Sports E Television C 6 Women D 1-3 World of Animals C 2 Young People Nixon A Busing WASHINGTON ident today endorsed the of equal of school desegregation m all of the At the vime he buying of students as a means of achieving racial A distributed to a few was interpreted on Capitol Hill as backing for a sored amendment to apply the desegregation yardsticks in North as in the The memo to the senators said thp Stennis amendment has full support of this to the extent that it would equal application of At the Florida White Nixon's Press Secretary Ronald L. read to reporters portions of the m slightly altered The part on of the Stennis amendment to the that the ment would equal application of ihe the administration would be m full support of this Asked if the President felt that proposal as an amendment to a pending school would indeed equal application of the Ziegler am myself to the over-all concept without applying this position to the As for Ziegler said Nixon had consistently opposed busing of school children to achieve racial President feels that to the maximum degree in efforts to eliminate dual school systems according to the mandate of the we should not use to the maximum degree it is the feeling that we should do everything to preserve the neighborhood school Stennis part that school be applied uniformly in ail regions Of the United Slates without regard to tbe or cause of such Opponents contend the aim to ease pressure on desegregation the The Nixon memo ivas said to grown out of a by with Attorney John Mitchell Secretary Robert H. Finch of the department of tion and U.S. Education Commissioner James E. Jr. had expressed opposition to the Stennis amendment last saying it would have serious effects on enforcement Ziegler said ivas as a member of the and expressing the view of his office but that he was ly expressing the Planes m SAIGON U.S. Command said today American jeis crossed into Cambodia to attack antiaircraft batteries that downed a U.S. helicopter Six U.S. planes were damaged in the Official sources said several flights of twin jet fighters scrambled from Bien Hoa Air Base outside Saigon to knock out six antiaircraft guns and 15 guerrillas 100 yards inside Cambodia and ICO miles west-southwest of Saigon One U.S. jet at its hydraulic system shot away by Communist The warplanes responded after gunfire from inside Cambodia shoe down an can OHS bubble top observation helicopter and fired on other helicopters sent to the The air strikes the Communists in Cambodia were the fourth occasion the U.S. Command has acknowledged raids across the Cambodian border under a policy ting U.S. forces to return fire when fired on from outside Official sources said the Communists had set up what American pilots call a in an area of Cambodia where North Vietnamese re- have been massing in recent When 1st Calvin 23. of arrived jer. helicopters sent to search for the crew of the downed helicopter were shot at from the Cambodian Griffin said his forward air controller was ing the site of the guerrilla antiaircraft guns when tha spotter uttered a strong opened up on They're still Griffin ihe spotter as Griffin qot clearance to attack inside Cambodia and the began dropping 500 pound bombs on the Polaris Missile Leak Threatens Explosion After Truck Overturns Tex. Military police today evacuated alt residents within a mile of an overturned truck and a ins booster stage of a missile loaded with explosive is very There's a danger of it said Washington County Deputy Sheriff Elwood Both stages of an A3 Polaris missile weigh The booster damaged in the accident contained highly Charge No Place To Plant Petunias SAX Calif. W Beverly Duval's plant went up in smoke literally ifthen she wanted to paint a 100- pound of pink and grow petunias in it. It turned out to be a depth full of the Navy said Wednesday after they had hauled it away from Mrs. Duval's home to blow it up un- der controlled Mrs. said her daughter found the object on a Southern California beach last summer and managed to haul it where it became an ob- ject of interest and projected petunia A televised warning about ex- plosive devices lost hy ships at sea alerted Mrs. Duval to ing it out niih the sive solid fuel and The truck was loaded 400 gallons of diesel A military spokesman said the Polaris did not have a nuclear warhead and there was no danger of a radioactive missile is sitting in a puddle of diesel said Sgt. James D. of strom Air Force Base at Tex. could bam and make an go and if the igniter goes the fuel could he The flatbed truck carrying ths booster stage from to South Carolina and overturned Jate partially spilling the missile onto tre side of U.S. 2SO eight miles west of The truck skidded road when a front tire blew out and flipped into a three-foot Authorities asked for a in all radio transmissions in ihe area as a precaution 0: the get the missile it's a Class B. Sgt. Blackmore of dynamite would a Class A A B explosive is a can It'll Brenham is a iown cf persons located midday tween and Heroin Jails Youth After Father's Plea NORTH MIAMI Fla. Hours after his father emotionally pleaded for help ir. creating a youth center to com- bat d r u g the of a city councilman was arrested on a charge of selling Gregory Scott 19, was taken into custody day night a short lime after his Robert had used the youth as an example of why he wanted to create a center for drug Tne elder Gerardo had pealed to the governing Metro Commission to provide to create the and said his son had been involved with last didn't know where to Gerardo told hardly recognized He had but we were able to get him on his brought him bu: it was a heartbreaking The commission declined to grant the Officers who arrested the younger Gerardo said they had seized 11 bags of heroin valued .it The youth was charged with of selling heroin and cy to sell narcotics No bond was set Bendins a
