Tuesday, April 9, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three TH..HGA AL Pg he VIETNAM ROUNDUP: Khe Sanh Marines Seek Viet Cong in Hills Sweep SAIGON (AP) - U.S. Marines moved out of Khe Sanh yester- f day to begin a sweep looking for Viet Cong forces. A brigade of the 1st Air'Cavalry Division filed into the vacated bunkers and trenches of the combat base. With other Marines, elements of the 1st Air 'Cavalry Division and South Vietnamese paratroop- * ers, the Marines went hunting for North Vietnamese who for 2%/ months of siege pounded them with artillery and mortar fire. Scattered clashes around Khe Sanh showed that at -least some of the original- 2O000 Vietnamese forces were still around. U.S. es- timates have put the number at, 7,000. Air Force B52 bombers kept up their intensive attacks, hitting eight times Sunday and yesterday inside the country. Their targets were west of Da Nang and in the vicinity of Khe Sanh and the A Shau valley to the south. The Viet Cong has been active in the valley for weeks, threatening a drive on Hue to the east. Over North Vietnam, U.S. pilots flew 134 strike missions Sunday. Saigon headquarters said the raids were in the southern pan- handle against lines of communi- cation, weapons positions, storage areas and radar sites. U.S. sources said President Johnson, by further restricting air strikes to the 19th parallel Sun- day, had increased the bomb-free zone of North Vietnam by about 5,000 square miles. The reported new restriction limits air raids to about 170 miles north of the demilitarized zone between North and South Viet- nam. The 20th parallel is about 225 miles north of the zone. While the new area is limited, U.S. warplanes are redoubling their air blows. The 134 missions flown Sunday were the highest number since 144 were recorded Jan. 6. Israeis Enter ordan, Hit Commando Forces By The Associated Press . Israeli forces also were trying to: Israeli ambassador to the United Troop-carrying Israeli helicop- cross the Jordan River cease-fire Nations. Yosef Tekoah, 'sent a let- ters flew into Jordan south of I line north of the Dead Sea, at ter to Soviet Ambassador Jacob A. the Dead Sea yesterday and de- Allenby Bridge, scene of bitter Malik. president of the Security stroyed the headquarters of Arab fighting'when Israeli forces last Council, accusing Jordan of vio- commandos operating in Israel's lunged across the border on lating the U.N. cease-fire. The Negev Desert, the Israeli army re- March 21. letter called on Jordan's govern- ported. j Informants in Tel Aviv said ment to end "such continuous The army said the Israelis with- yesterday's action was part of a acts of aggression." drew after a 105-minute action. -new phase in security precautions The Jordanian ambassador. Mu- The Israelis said the helicopter aimed at keeping Arab guerrillas hammad H. El-Farra, sent Malik force with assault troops caught on the defensive. They indicated a letter charging that Israel's a band of Arab commandos on swift across-the-border strikes penetration of Jordanian territory the desert and chased them 20 may be used in the future to pre- constituted "further proof of Is- miles over the Jordanian border vent commando buildups in Arab rael aggression." Neither El-Farra and landed near Dahal. territory. nor Tekoah requested a meeting The troops attacked the comn- In New York, meanwhile, the of the council. -Associated Press National Guardsmen Patrol Pittsburgh ~ Riots Draw 55,000 Soldiers, Guardsmen To Protect Cities . -. 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'i2 : '. :"" :r ; ii {sr9 :: h:;::U: h T'^:i+:i :} f: = r f ': dv ;} : ti:":;fi }.i-;;"\ : r:.a ;t ; y:;s:.; .Gfr.;titi?1 ri : :g;+,: yv. } :$ti :;}r: > , :"' \; :r;:: ii i; °%: ; . t ='%2 v:;%'as \ri v. :: f: :{'; ' ;' > s: :' :: i:.i: :'{:ice}'.- ' 4 ;ryt.;' } yvi .,: 'j. ... . of f.}y .; . { igvf ?'" {: "f +t ':",: 'n k __: WASHINGTON (P)-Riots and threats of riots sparked by Dr. Martin Luther King's murder last Thursday drew some 55,000 Army troops and National Guardsmena into action-apparently the larg- est military deployment for a civil9 emergency in American history. The National Guard reports more than 34,000 guardsmen were summoned to duty last week- end, either under state governors', orders or federalized by presiden- tial action, in 12 states plus the District of Columbia. 300,000 Mobilized In all, the Guard had 302,54 1 men assembled at armories and9 other areas in 40 states previously1 deterniTned as potential riot prob- lems. Where no flareups occurred, these men carried out routine weekend training. The Army, under presidential orders, committed nearly 20,000 regular troops to check city dis- orders and mobilized another 22,000 ready to go. Guard spokesmen' said records show no previous instance when so many guardsmen were commit- ted across the country at one time to put down racial violence. And probably never before, it was noted, has the nation been confronted with a single action' having such universal impact on one group of people as King's as-4 sassination had on the Negro race. The next largest use of Guard troops occurred in 1963 when the entire 16,400 man Alabama Na- tional Guard federalized in con- University Charter Caledonian Airways FLY TO 'LONDON from DETROIT $230 Roundtrip May 20 to Aug. 19 Also, Wait Lists For: May 9 to June 19 June 27 to Aug. 22 CALL: 761-2348 5-7 P.M. nection with the entrance of a Negro student into the University of Alabama. An estimated 13,390 Army and Air National Guardsmen were called out for the Watts violence in California in 1966. Last year 10,600 Army and Air National Guardsmen were used during /Detroit's rioting. An Associated Press check showed that in all of 1967 more than 21,000 Guardsmen in at least 10 states were used to help quell racial disorders, but these callouts came over several months. The National Guard Bureau in the Pentagon said the last report it received late Sunday showed this breakdown of states where G u a r d s m e n were committed either to state or federal duty: Arkansas 700, Georgia 5,200, North Carolina 6,300, Michigan 730, Tennessee 13,760, Illinois 780, Florida 100, Mississippi 40, Mary- land 6,260, South Carolina 300, West Virginia 80, Pennsylvania 1,800, and Washington, D.C. 1,7001 Army Support Regular Army troops bolstered Guard forces in areas with the most serious rioting. There were 10,300 regulars in Washington including paratroops- of the 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, N.C.; 5,400 in Chicago in- cluding brigades from the First Armored Division at Ft. Hood, Tex., and the Fifth Mechanized Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.; and 2,000-plus in Baltimore with an- other 2,000 from Ft. Benning, Ga., standing by at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., near Washington. Air Force transports were post- ed strategically around the coun- try awaiting any orders to move troops. The Pentagon said, however, no Air Reserve troop carrier units were called up or placed on ex- tended training duty as a result of the riots. Some reservists did volunteer for temporary duty, and a total of 96 air reserve C119 and C124 transports conducted emergency airlifts of regular -troops, the Pentagon reported. mando complex, inflicting casual- ties and blowing up one building. The Israeli force then returned to their helicopters and flew home. Jordanian Account The Jordanian government said the Israeli attack was preceded by an exchange of gunfire across the Jordan River dividing Jordan and Jordanian territory now oc- cupied by Israeli troops. The communique did not give the size of the attacking force beyond saying it consisted of "ar- mored columns and helicopter- borne troops covered by a thick umbrella of Israeli jets." Israeli spokesmen denied the charge. Jordan also claimed the invad- ing force was heading through low-lying country toward Hamrat Dan and Seiman, southeast of the Dead Sea. Other Action Reported The communique added that two 45-minute and 10-minute ar- tillery duels flared between the two sides across the Jordan River north of the Dead Sea in the Kar- ameh area while the southern at- tack was under way. Other unconfirmed reports said Urge House Passage Of Open HouigBl WASHINGTON (YP) - Senate leaders called yesterday for prompt House passage of the civil rights-open housing bill, and urged this should be followed by' a cooling-off period after last weekend's racial disorders. The bill includes a ban against racial discrimination in the sale or rental of about 80 per cent of the nation's housing units. House backers of the Senate- passed civil rights measure ap- peared confident they can carry through plans to complete con- gressional action tomorrow. The House will meet today to Exam Week Movies (FREE!) April 17 & 19-Union Ballroom April 19-Bursley Dining Room 8:00 P.M. 17th-"Me and the Colonel"- Danny Kaye 19th-"It Happened to Jame"- Doris Day 19th Bursley-"When Comedy Was King" PLUS: ROADRUNNER CARTOONS WASHINGTON OP) - The Su- preme Court struck the death penalty from the Lindbergh kid- napping 1 a w yesterday, and strengthened t h e government's power to protect civil rights guar- anteed Negroes by Congress in 1964. A 6-2 decision read by Justice Potter Stewart said the provision put an "inpermissible burden" on the right to a trial by jury. The death penalty clause, add- ed to the law in 1934, specified that a convicted kidnaper who had not liberated his victim un- harmed could be put to death, but only on a jury's recommenda- tion. The death penalty provision, Stewart said, encourages defend- ants to plead guilty to avoid risk- ing the death penalty, and thus give up their right to a jury trial. However, Stewart said, "The de- fendant ingenuous enough to seek a jury acquittal stands forwarned that, if the jury finds him guilty and does not wish to spare his life, he will die." For this reason, Stewart de- clared, it is "patently unconstitu- tional" The court's decision rejected the Justice Department's argu- ment that the trial judge need not accept a jury recommendation of death. Stewart said the court knows of no instance in the law's history when a trial judge discarded a jury's death recommendation. According to the Bureau of Prisons six people have been put to death under the Lindbergh law. In five instances they had'killed their victims. With yesterday's action, future convictions can bring imprison- ment for any number of years up to life. Kidnapers who murder their captives still can be prose- cuted under state law and sen- tenced to death. In anothr ruling, the court said Death Clause Cut in, Kidnap Law. receive the bill from the Rules. Committee. The committee was reported to send it to the floor under a rule barring any amend- ments. The Rules Committee originally voted 8 to 7 against sending the bill to the floor for an all-or- nothing test but since then, backers say, a shift in sentiment insures that it will reverse itself in today's session. In other action, plans for President Johnson to address a joint session of Congress were suspended indefinitely.' Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana, declaring Congress should not act impetu- ously, told the Senate that "laws and appropriations alone are not the answer to urban unrest." He said part of the answer lies in 'private industry assuming greater responsibility. "We ought to let Congress face up to its responsibilities and per- haps give the members a chance to go home and talk to the, peo- ple," he said. "I don't think we ought to rush into a joint session," Mansfield told newsmen shortly before the Senate met. The majority leader said if Johnson addresses a joint session at all, it may be after an Easter recess starting Thursday and continuing until April 17. The original plan, announced during the height of the burning and pillaging that followed the slaying of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was for Johnson to appear before a joint session last night. The White House an- nounced later this was being post- poned so it will not clash with today's funeral service for Dr. King. Potter Stewart World News Roundup /i the 1964 federal civil rights law does not bar criminal conspiracy prosecution of "hoodlums" who attack Negroes using public fa- cilities. The court ruled 5-3 the gov- ernment may use an 1870 crim- inal conspiracy law to prosecute individuals who attack Negroes exercising rights created by the 1964 law. Justice Thurgood Mar- shall did not take part. At issue in this case was a sec- tion of the 1964 law that provides equal access to restaurants, hotels and other public facilities. The decision clears the way for reindictment of four white men accused by the Justice Depart- ment of conspiring to beat three Negro travelers for eating in a roadside restaurant id Braselton, Ga. The 1870 law made it a crime for two or more persons to con- spire against citizens exercising their rights and provided penalties of up to 10 years in prison and. $5,000 fines. By The Associated Press LONDON-A British jet airliner carrying 126 persons caught fire on take off yesterday, began to fall apart in the air, then returned to a flaming crash-landing at Lon- don Airport. , Five were known dead, with 18 missing. The plane was bound for Syd- ney, Australia, with -'scheduled stops at Zurich, Tel Aviv, Tehran, New Delhi, Singapore and Perth' in western Australia. * * * tified and state police, still list 21 persons missing. -* * * WASHINGTON - AFL - CIO Communications Workers announ- ced Monday it is postponing for a week its strike of 200,000 tele- phone workers-scheduled for Fri- day-because of rioting in the na- tion's cities. "In these extraordinary days of unleashed emotions and abnormal events, we of the Communications Workers of America do not wish to add to the turbulence," -said union President Joseph A. Beirne. The scheduled strike over wages involves 23,000 Western Electric Co. telephone installers around the nation, plus Bell System workers in Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Minne- sota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Michigan, Idaho, Indiana, parts of California and Nevada and the state of Washington. -..-- 11 r7 , Si~-,* 00- t. This week at WBIRBUY IDOUSB TUES., APRIL 9- 330 Maynard Street - 7:00 P.M. Service of Holy Communion 8:30 P.M. Denise Levertov Poetry Reading to benefit Resistance - 4:00 P.M. Address by Dr. Martin Niemoeller "A Citizen and His Country: A Crisis of Conscience"-l 7:00 P.M. Service of Holy Communion .> rat -" g''