Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - March 10, 1972, Winona, Minnesota Mostly fair and warm through Saturday of Publication Daily News v WINONA MINNESOTA 55987 FRIDAY MARCH 2 Sections 18 Pages 15 South Vietnam forces drive into Cambodia By GEORGE ESPER SAIGON AP A South Vietnamese armored strike force of 100 vehicles and sands of troops drove into ern Cambodia today in a new thrust designed to destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong base camps Field reports said fewer than troops were committed In the first day but that the force was expected to grow in phases to as many as men by next week Officers in he field reported no major contact yet in the drive north of the Phnom Penh highway abou fix to 10 miles inside Cambodia and 75 to 100 miles northwest o Saigon It was UK first major drive into eastern since Nov 22 although much smaller operations have been launched since then la t imiller drive under wa since Feb 1 about 25 miles far her southwest the Saigon com maud said 35 enemy troops were killed with the help of air and artillery strikes while tw South Vietnamese were tilta and eight wounded U.S bombers softened u the objective areas and pave the way for a new South Vie offensive west of Ta Ninh City in South Vietnam Tiie armored column across the border from th west then began driving ward We've going to destroy an bases found in the area of our said an officer This is an operation designa to pre-empt the enemy attack Instead of waiting for them attack we are attacking In other ground action i connaissance patrol of the U 3rd Brigade 1st -Air Cavalry Division clashed briefly wi enemy forces 32 miles nort east of Saigon The U.S Com- mand said one American wounded while enemy losses were unknown The said an Arm light observation ter on a reconnaissance missi was shot down 21 miles nort east of Saigon and one Amer can was wounded antitrust settlement Anderson aide says Nixon involved By TOM SEPPy WASHINGTON AP An investigator for columnist Jack Anderson has offered testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee thai President Nixon was Involved in settlement of an antitrust suit against International Telephone Telegraph Corp Brit Hume the Anderson aide ed an m lobbyist as saying former Atty Gen John N Mitchell told her the President wanted the Justice Department to stop pursuing three anti- trust suits against the giant conglomerate and make a reasonable settlement Mitchell said almost immediately after Hume testified that the President has never repeat never made any request to me directly or ly concerning the settlement of the ITT case and I took no part in the settlement Anderson and Hume were scheduled to continue their testimony today as the committee began its seventh day of hearings into the accusations by Anderson that Justice Department officials were guilty of improprieties in the ITT settlement Chairman James 0 Eastland said he wants Dita D Beard the ITT lobbyist quoted by Hume to testify before the committee probably in about a week However Eastland said he does not plan to send investigators to ver where Mrs Beard is hospitalized with a heart ailment Anderson has published a memorandum buted to Mrs Beard in which she suggested court settlement of the suits ITT was linked with the corporation's 000 pledge to the Republican National Committee Anderson quoting from the memo described a meeting between Mitchell Mrs Beard and former Kentucky Gov Louie B Nunn at a small dinner party after last year's Kentucky Derby Hume told the committee Mrs Beard gave him details of the meeting when he confronted her with the memo which she said was written to her boss W R Merriam head of Washington office She said the attorney general berated her for the trouble she was causing him by the speeches on the floor of said Hume She had about a dozen speeches made for her telling how badly ITT was being treated Hume then said She told me the attorney general told her the White House had called him and told him lo lay off oi ITT I said this is what the President She then softened it by saying the President wanted the attorney general to make a able he said In relating what he described as a discussion Hume testified that Beard said the lecture given her by the attorney general was rambling but at one point he said to her What do you Hume told the com- that statement clearly meant What did ITT want in the She said she told him Hartford and part of he continued He said you can't have part of Grinnell Hume said Mrs Beard told him she and the attorney general later made an agreement that was the same as the settlement reached and ed July 31 The settlement permitted ITT to keep the ford Fire Insurance Co but forced the company to divest itself of Canteen Corp a large ing company and the di- vision of Grinnell Chiang accepts party call to retain office K S PROTECTIVE REACTION A guard watch in- side the Trans World Airlines terminal at New York's Airport Thursday President Nixon has ordered the airlines to implement tighter security controls in the a extortion plot against the airline Hope to Nixon airline chiefs discuss security plans By FRANK CORMIER Associated Press Writer Top officials of the 29 airlines were called to Washington today to help thwart what President Nixon called extortion p t s against the carriers Nixon acted Thursday to require immediate mentation ot new rules ed at keeping dangerous in- weapons or bombs off ers The new procedures were slated to take effect three months from now The airline chiefs were summoned to meet with Secretary ol Transportation John and the al Aviation Administration Retired Air Force Gen Benjamin 0 Davis chief of the federal force of sky shals told newsmen at the White House not all the 29 airlines had taken a view of past federal di- aimed at ing hijackers and ers In response lo a tion Davis named Trans World Airlines as one that has adopted a realistic proach However it was a lion blackmail attempt against TWA and ing of two bombs aboard its jet liners only one exploded that prompted Nixon to aim for safety of air transport In New York TWA's president F C Wiser said there has been no contact with the extortionist since Tuesday evening and no ransom has been paid A short time after his an- a bomb scare emptied a restaurant and bar at Kennedy airport in New York Flights were halted for about 20 minutes but nothing was discovered The scare was one of several involving planet and terminals at New Baltimore San Juan go St Louis Louisville and Reno Nev No bombs were found at any of the sites Flights were delayed at many airports as the spate of threats continued and security slowed departures and arrivals The FAA meanwhile said it will require new systems between air crews and the ground and between cockpits and cabins aboard planes While claiming federal programs have drastically the number of successful hijackings Nixon said in a Our air transportation system faces a new threat in the form of vicious ex- plots like the ones which have been directed at air traffic across the try this week We must not be intimidated by such lessness rather we must and will meet this blackmail on the ground as ly as we have met piracy in the air The President said he had mobilized all appropriate security forces and resources of the al including the Federal Bureau of In- Nixon's order for stringent airline security measures was described by aides as having the full force of law By LEONARD PRATT TAIPEI AP Chiang Kaishek accepted bis call today to stay on as China's president and confront the challenge posed by Communist Chinese policy gains His nomination by toe for a fifth six-year term assured him of tion The National Assembly by the tang will select the dent March 21 Chiang 84 was not present when members of the party's Central Committee stood and cheered his nomination But the news was relayed to him by chief delegate Ku kang About four hours later Chiang appeared before the committee looking relaxed and healthy It is a great pleasure for me to be as the party date for the fifth president of the Republic of he said Chiang said on Feb 20 he wanted the National ly to choose his successor But this was regarded only as political good maners organizations all along had been urging Chiang to continue in office in accord with the will of the people Chiang was elected China's president in on the mainland But a year later he was driven out by Mao communists and fled to the island of Taiwan where he has maintained a temporary capital ever since Both the Communist nese and the Nationalist nese contend the mainland and Taiwan are part of the same nation but each insists its regime is the only legal Chinese government general tions are expected to provide more representation in the government for native wanese who make up 85 per cent of 1314 million population but hold only a small minority of seats in legislative ies The Central Committee adopted a resolution day calling on the National Assembly tp give the rent power to how many members should be added to the National sembly and the Control Yuan a dog body Members elected in 1948 the year of China's last continue lo hold their seats Brit ton ing lobbyist Dita relaxes during -a short recess of the Senate Telephone Telegraph AP Judiciary Committee Thursday in: Consumer Blacks Milk Wisconsin Gov rick J Lucey says he is with the interest approved day by legislators story page 2a The national black political convention opened today hoping to bring together delegates to chart the direction of black politics for the next story page Agriculture tary Earl L has decided nol Ir raise dairy price supports but producer spokesmen and members of Con- gress are gearing up to fight the decision stones page lOa Constance I Trimble told a St Paul police officer she placed the fake emergency call with the intention of setting up the arrest of a man who had threatened her brother the officer testified Thursday story page Ib compromise J billion proposed for fight By CARL C CRAFT A congressional compromise calls for investing billion in a nationwide three-year campaign to curb drag abuse and treat thousands trapped by their habit conferees night on a plan for uniting federal efforts under a special White House office until Then a new national tute would take over control of activities A chief Rep Paul G Rogers head of the House public health subcommittee told reporters he be- the Nixon administration is pleased with the final terms of the President Nixon had urged creation of the office U would bring together scattered federal antidrug programs and set uniform policy The House voted 380 to 0 last month for a three-year program It con- several conflicts with a for billion over five the Senate passed by 92 to 0 last December The main features include creation of a center for training on niques of prevention and a wide range of programs for treatment use of 350 existing community centers linked in a national network of treatment facilities and funds for finding a new non- addicting agent as a substitute for done in lighting heroin addiction In addition the compromise would assign million to an extensive string of cial programs and project grants ranging from prevention activities in state and local prisons to assistance in vocational tation The conferees retained the House in a controversy involving handling of treatment programs for veterans The House had rejected a bid to strip reference to ans Administration programs from the legislation that would bring all eral antidrug activities under the tion office Opponents deplore war tactics Mrs Gandhi has new fight little election trouble seen By MYRON L BELKIND NEW Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's opponents are trying to transform India's victory over istan into political embarrassment for Mrs Gandhi by claiming she called off the army too soon The issue is unlikely to sway enough votes in this week's state elections to damage her party But controversy is potentially trouble some for the government and particularly to Mrs Gandhi hailed as a national heroine ter the war Opposition politicians primarily from the right-wing Hindu nationalist Jana Sangh party have criticized the prime minister for declaring a unilateral cease-fire that ended the war the day after East Pakistan fell to the Indian Army and Bangladesh guerrilla forces The critics argue that Mrs Gandhi should have ted the war to continue for several more days lo give ically superior Indian forces to cripple the Pakistani armed forces in West Pakistan As it is they say the Pakistani military is slill though deprived of soldiers held prisoner by India since the war Pakistan still fields about men compared to India's estimated Mrs Gandhi herself has fueled the controversy by warning that another war with Pakistan is possible She has reiterated the several times since tion of the communique issued after President Nixon's China visit In it the Chinese urged self-determination lor the disputed territory of Kashmir Kashmir is claimed by both India and Pakistan and they fought wars for it in 1948 and 1965 Authoritative sources say some senior officials and cers in the Indian Defense Ministry had from a strictly military view hoped the Indian forces would gel the lo deal a severe blow to the Pakistani forces on the western front We did nol count on the unilateral cease-fire on the western one senior official said soon alter the war Another 10 days would have insured there would be no wars between India and Pakistan But Mrs Gandhi did what is considered an act of statesmanship in declaring the cease-fire Only time will tell if she was right IRVINGS BOOKED Author Clifford Irving left and Ms wife Edith are booked along with Irving's researcher Kichard kind between the Irvings at New York's abeth Street police in lower tan Booking followed various indictments against the Irvings and suskind in connection with the disputed Howard Hughes graphy case AP
