Salina Journal, The (Newspaper) - September 14, 1971, Salina, Kansas As the death count Officials sift bloody prison b Happy Elmer Huehn who suffered only a mouth cut by inmate who pre tended to slit his throat is em braced by wife upon release from hospital UPI Photo ATTICA NY AP The Monroe County medical examiner said today that all nine hostages killed at Attica State Prison during the uprising died of gunshot wounds Dr John F Edland said There were no cut throats or any kind of mutilation The bodies of two more prisoners were found today unofficial sources said bring ing the total dead to 40 There was no immediate explanation of how the gunshots were fired from where or by whom But in Albany Tuesday Deputy tion Commissioner Jim Van said there were witnesses to the ings And he said it was proven the prison ers had homemade zip guns This is definite These weapons were found he said Edland conducted autopsies on eight of the nine slain hostages The ninth victim guard Carl Valone died in a hospital Mon day shortly after the prison was recap tured The hospital said Valone died of gunshot wounds The medical examiner said the locations of the gunshot wounds on the hostages var ied Some he said had been shot in the head while others had been wounded in the chest or back Some Edland said appeared to have been beaten before their in the back and buttocks and the others about their faces According to all official reports Monday the only guns rebel prisoners were carry ing were gas projectile guns Most of them were armed with clubs fire bombs and makeshift knives officials said The gas projectile guns the officials re ferred to fire cannisters that are about the size of soft drink cans The medical exam iner said the gunshot wounds that killed the hostages were made by bullets of the type fired bv standard firearms Earlier in the day US District Court Judge John Curtin of Buffalo issued an or der instructing prison officials not to inter rogate prisoners on the events of the past four days until the prisoners had been counselled by attorneys At a hearing in Buffalo attorney Her man Schwartz argued that it was impera tive for lawyers to be admitted to the pris today He said there was a danger of informal reprisals against inmates ad ding that virtually every prisoner in one cellblock faces criminal prosecution and needs advice from a lawyer An assistant attorney general for the state Joseph J Ricotta contended that it would be dangerous for outsiders to enter the prison today He said eight prisoners are still at large in the prison Outside the prison walls this morning a group of lawyers doctors nurses and legal assistants awaited the outcome of the hearing Prison personnel meanwhile set about the task of putting the prison back in or der It was a dark rainy but quiet day today in this western New York village where the sound of gunshots helicopters and ex tear gas grenades were heard Mon day Officials were trying to identify the dead inmates piece together an account of what led to the bloodshed and put the prison system back on its routine Relieving guards and other personnel who had been on extra duty during the long hours of trouble securing adequate supplies and preparing meals were priority consid they said State correction officers at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining locked up prisoners in their cells until after the funerals of the slain Attica guards Officials said the move was a safety measure And in Baltimore Md there was a brief uprising this morning in the City Jail where inmates barricaded themselves in the cafeteria They were quickly driven out with tear gas and re turned to their cells State Corrections Commissioner Russell G Oswald who ordered the assault Mon day said autopsies had showed that two of the slain hostages had been killed prior to the time state police guards sheriffs dep and National Guardsman moved in to smash the rebellion by some 1200 prison ers He would not say how much earlier the two had died One of them had been emasculated he said President Nixon telephoned Rockefeller after the rebellion had been put down and told the governor he supported the states actions But the states assault drew criticism from others Attorney William Kunstler who has of ten defended radicals called the assault a monstrous act Officials never seem to learn that pa is a virtue and in this case would have been a life saver he said There would have been room for negotiations if it took six months or a year Kunstler was a member of a spe cial mediation team formed at the request of the rebels More than 100 prisoners were injured or wounded in the fighting Monday Three state troopers were hurt and treated in area hospitals Richard Smith a Buffalo school teacher who volunteered medical skills acquired as a medic in Vietnam predicted after seeing the injured that the death toll would rise It resembled the aftermath of war Smith said Police said most inmates surrendered meekly V V V Lone state official faced agonizing decision ATTICA NY AP It just had to be an agonizing decision that I will have to live with The threat of massive violence that had hung over Attica State prison for four days had just ended in the rattle of gunfire and clouds of tear gas Thirtyseven men lay dead And state Corrections Commissioner Russell G Oswald reflected on his deci sion As regrettable and unfortunate as ev was if I had to make the decision over again I would undoubtedly have to do the same thing Oswald said Monday The bloody assault on rebellious inmates by law enforcement officers and National Guard troops can be traced to the convict uprising of last Thursday when prisoners gained control of portions of the gray stone fortress and took 38 hostages Lone decision But the ultimate decision to use an all out attack at whatever the cost to smash the rebels was that of one man alone Rus sell G Oswald He had the approval of Gov Nelson A Rockefeller In the hours following Thursdays rebel lion the convicts requested formation of a Buf flames still flicker Eyewitness stories told New York Times columnist Tom Wicker was a member of a group seeking a peaceful solution to the prison revolt and was inside the prison when officers attacked His story 2 Also on Pg 2 one of the hostages who es caped death tells his dramatic story special mediation panel to hear their grievances And a heavily armed force of 500 state policemen and sheriffs deputies was assembled outside the prisons walls In a dramatic meeting with the convicts in a prison yard controlled by the rebels Oswald agreed on the day of the uprising that there would be no admin reprisals Friday the civilian mediation team worked through a constantly changing list of demands submitted by the prisoners and Oswald took the first preliminary planning steps toward an allout assault should it become necessary The uprising took its first life Saturday when William Quinn a guard who had suf brain damage during the outbreak of violence Thursday died And newsmen were tipped that National Guard troops in Niagara Falls Buffalo and Batavia had been placed on alert an ac tion that only Rockefeller could authorize Negotiations between Oswald and the convicts reached an impasse Sunday over rebel demands for complete amnesty and the removal of superintendent Vincent R Mancusi Oswald did agree to 28 other demands but his answer on amnesty and Mancusi was a flat no The special mediation team continued to work but it warned that only patience would prevent a massacre of prisoners and hostages Secretly National Guard troops were moving into the town of Attica At am Monday Oswald issued an ultimatum The hostages were to be re leased and order was to be restored within the prison He asked for an answer within an hour The prisoners never replied One hour and 46 minutes later ters whirred in over the prison and dropped cannister after cannister of tear gas State policemen guards and sheriffs deputies stormed the prison Gunfire echoed from within the prison And National Guardsmen made their ap as 70 trucks rumbled up to the main prison gate and carried fully equipped troops inside the walls of Attica Prison In 10 minutes the assault was virtually over But 37 more lives were gone It became apparent to me Oswald said that further delay would jeopardize the lives of the hostages and would threat en the prison system of the state He said the rebels had armed them selves with tear gas launchers and knives and had continued to fashion other weap ons He said they had prepared traps in the building they held and had erected electrically charged barricades It became apparent to me shortly be fore the attack that we were dealing here with men who were fanatical men who were revolutionaries Oswald said It was a decision that had to be made at the moment TEN CENTS Riots debris Corrections Commissioner Walter where police staged mass attack Dunbar looks over prison yard UPI Photo The HOME EDITION Cold water tossed on teacher pay affair in TOPEKA Kan AP The teacher pay increase Kansas was off today An attorney generals opinion issued late Monday tossed cold water on the bid of Kansas teachers to be exempted from the federal wageprice freeze and the state Commissioner of Education said it appears state teachers wont get their increases unless the US Office of Emergency Pre changes its stance once more Dr C Taylor Whittier state education commissioner said in a cover letter which was sent to local school administrators along with the attorney generals opinion Monday night that teachers have to have worked prior to the Aug 15 freeze date to be eligible to receive increases under their 197172 contracts Dr Melvin Neely executive secretary of Education Association said his organization stands by the last OEP directive which took into account teachers working under master contracts however He said until OEP countermands that directive the KNEA believes teachers are eligible for the increases The attorney generals opinion written by chief Asst Att Gen John R Martin and signed by Atty Gen Vern Miller said it is impossible to determine a precise con tract period on Kansas teachers contracts and therefore it is impossible to say le gally that Kansas teachers were subject to be called to work July 1 An Oklahoma opinion under which that state has gotten its teachers exempted from the freeze is different Martin said because basic teacher contract is different contract says the teachers term of employment shall be for the fis cal period while Kansas contract men tions no such phrase and the date July 1 is never mentioned Martin said The regional OEP office in Kansas City recently said if teachers were under a master or systemwide contract and any one individual went to work prior to Aug 15 under terms of that contract then all persons covered by the contract were ex empt from the freeze But wageprice freeze officials in Wash ington later knocked down that ruling say ing it was an individual only those who actually began work and were paid higher salaries before Aug 15 were exempt Salina Journal 100th YEAR No 257 SALINA KANSAS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 141971 28 Pages Barrage of firebombs rocks misses v v V Salina teachers wont get pay raise but women wi Salina school teachers wont get a pay hike right away after all but many of them will get a pay hike Sound confusing It is Heres the explanation In spite of action by the Salina school board to pay teachers under the new 197172 salary schedules teachers probably wont get negotiated pay raises until the Presidents wageprice freeze ends Women will get an increase in pay how ever The Office of Emergency Pre has ruled that the salary differ scheduled to be eliminated this year under the new contracts should be on schedule The differential is between beginning men teachers and begin ning women teachers and other amounts higher in the schedule The OEP said the freeze cannot be con strued to favor discrimination in age sex or race and that the differential should be eliminated under regulations Lloyd Schurr superintendent said Tuesday that because of the latest rulings from the state commissioner of educations office and a conference with a representa tive of the Office of Emergency Pre district men teachers wont get raises at least not right away The OEP representative told me the freeze is on and that we would be in violation if we paid under the new salary schedule Schurr said He met with the OEP represen Tuesday morning in Salina The board never intended to violate the wageprice freeze Schurr said When the And still stole a fortune British bank bandits provided cops with running commentary C New York Times LONDON A bizarre weekend bank raid left Scotland Yard embarrassed in an off beat drama whose cast of characters includ ed Cockney burglars who chatted over walk a radio ham who recorded their conversations and policemen who went to the bank but failed to find the raiders The robbery at a Lloyds bank branch on Baker street was one of the mosl daring thefts in Britain in years It took place while the amateur radio operator listened to the 2 way conversation between the gang which included a woman and a lookout man on the roof with binoculars Although the robbers said at one point Were sitting on 500 grand about Continued to Page 2 board members approved a resolution to pay teachers and other personnel under the new salary schedules they were acting on the latest information from the state commis of education he added I feel certain they board members wouldnt want to be in violation I certainly assume the board will want to be in com The school board will meet at pm Wednesday to discuss the problem Schurr said several school board members and representatives of the Salina Teachers association had asked for the meeting Another question concerning possible in creases due to gaining higher degrees during the summer has not been fully answered Schurr said Cool front cuts Kansas temperatures Detailed forecasts Pg 7 TOPEKA Kan AP A fastmoving cool front swept through Kansas today temperatures up to 25 degrees from Mondays high readings hut not touching off any precipitation to the par ched state SAIGON AP Sen George McGovern DSD escaped shaken but un hurt tonight from a barrage of rocks and firebombs hurled against a church where he was meeting with a group of students and political dissenters McGovern and several associates were trapped inside the Roman Catholic church office for about 30 minutes They were res cued by US military police and embassy Marine guards summoned to the scene The identity of the rock and firebomb throwers was not established but one wit ness described them as Cowboys youth ful riders who roam Saigon on motorbikes Vietnamese combat police and soldiers sealed off several city blocks around the church Dear Sal Sounds like a good training ground for the Presidential primaries Yours ma V Sen George McGovern talks with GI drug user taking part in South Vietnam amnesty program UPI Photo V plans changed Todays highlights LOCAL CITY commissioners yield to cross ing guard plea Pg 8 ONLY women teachers now will get pay hikes in Salina Pg 1 STATE DOCKING joins Democratic gover nors in calling for a freeze on profits as well as wages Pg 15 NATION ORDER returns to Attica state prison as officials in riots aftermath Pg 1 FARM leaders are called in to dis cuss economics with Nixon Pg 7 DRAMATIC testimony may have cleared Medina of one My Lai murder charge Pg 2 WORLD Vietnamese go on firebomb tossing spree Pg 8 COMMON Market nations close ranks in calling for devaluation of the dollar Pg 15 INSIDE FEATURES Area 8 SAIGON AP The Nixon adminis tration apparently has shifted its thinking on maintaining a residual force of 20000 to 50000 men in Vietnam after the bulk of American combat troops withdraw Sources said statements attributed to Gen Creighton W Abrams that he does not envisage a residual force of US troops in Vietnam indicated that the Nixon administration is thinking in terms of an advisory mission rathor than support for the Vietnamese troops and over a period of one to three years for the US forces that remain behind The general conception of a residual force has been 20000 to 50000 artillery air logistics and some combat support troops for the security of the US forces them selves remaining for an indefinite period Sen George S McGovern after a 45 minute meeting with Abrams today quoted the American commander as say ing Our goal is a total termination of US military operations and the devel of a balanced South Vietnamese force capable of functioning without US forces either aerial or ground McGovern also reported that Abrams told him of serious problems among the 215000 GIs in Vietnam including drugs racism antiwar sentiment morale and tension between the American servicemen and the Vietnamese These are the five things he worries about McGovern observed Cross Dr Opinion6 13 Jeane Fundraising dinner to feature Bob Dole TOPEKA Kan AP State Republi can headquarters announced today that US Sen Bob Dole of Kansas the na tional GOP chairman will be the fea tured speaker at a dinner here Oct 14 Proceeds will go into the Republicans 1972 campaign coffer in Kansas
