Thursday, September 5, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Thl4rsday, September 5, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three TROUBLE IN ISRAEL: Newest sabotage in Tel Aviv prompts violent Israeli reaction -Associated Press Ford: An alternative systemr Ford ask changes in presidential vote > TEL AVIV (P) - Saboteurs set off three bombs in a crowded Tel Aviv bus terminal yesterday and crowds of angry, revengeful Israelis roamed the station and the ancient port of Jaffa attack- ing Arabs. The explosives, hidden in litter bins, sent shrapnel-like fragments of metal flying into crowds of waiting passengers, kill- ing one person and wounding 459 others. It was. the worst sabotage inci- dent in Israel's largest city in 10 years. BORDER TROUBLE Fresh border skirmishes w e r e reported, meanwhile, along the Jordanian and Syrian fronts. Police arrested fourrArab sus- pects who tried to flee through a crowd of cursing and kiking Is- raelis after the blasts rocked the terminal. The crowds pummeled and bloodied at least one Arab and surged'against police as they es- corted about 50 frightened Arabs -young and old-from the bus station to police headquarters for protection. ISRAELI REVENGE About three hours later, several hundred Israeli swarmed through the streets of the port city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, and beat up Arab residents and a humber of Arabs visiting from ocupied ter- ritories. They smashed the wind- shields of Arab-owned cars and- shouted epithets. "They're getting what they de- serve." one enraged Jew told a newsman._ Some members of the crowds in Jaffa struggled with about 50 Israeli policemen who rounded up Arab residents and formed a cordon around them. One Moroccan Jewish youth at- tackek a: fellow Moroccan Jew with a knife, cutting his arm. The injured man, a butcher, frantical- ly tore off his shirt and yelled: "Look at these scars, you idiot. I got these fighting for our coun- try." The knife wielder apologized and ran off. JERUSALEM BLASTS A series of bomb blasts in Jeru- salem last month wounded nine persons and set off anti-Arab riots by revenge-seeking Jewish youths. The Israel army announced another shooting duel with Jor- danian troops across the North Beisan Valley border, troubled by almost daily exchanges of gunfire. A spokesman said the Jordan- ians opened up with light arms fire and the exchange lasted 50 minutes. After it died down, the spokesman said, the Jordanians opened up again with light arms and mortar and a 10-minute ex- change ensued. No Israeli casual- ties were reported. NIGHT BATTLE In Damascus, a Syrian army spokesman reported an Israeli halftrack was destroyed by fire during a 5-minute battle across the cease-fire line Tuesday night. Israel also announced 'it was holding for investigation 16 Arabs seized six days ago when two Egyptian fishing vessels asserted- ly strayed into Israeli waters "close to the Sinai area" east of Port Said. the official viewpoint Czechoslovak government printed or broadcast, of the' may be Niverians ASK UNDERSTANDING National Assembly Chairman JosefhSmrovsky issued an appeal < in the Communist party news pa- per Rude Pravo, asking the peo- ple to understand "measures taken to fulfill responsibly the obliga- tions of the Moscow accord." He said it was "absolutely nec- essary for pur side to fulfill point by point the Moscow accord so Associated Press that the other side will proceed -s likewise" The talks and the killing go on, V shell more capitals, deride presid ential race' By The Associated Press forms on Vietnam and said Stiff censorship hits Czech media Russians promise troop witlidrawaI if Czechs follow new regulations PRAGUE (N - Rigid censorship was clamped on Czecho- slovakia's newspapers and broadcasters yesterday, banning any news reports that "could be considered as criticism" by the Soviet-led occupation forces. The rules prohibited use of the terms "occupants" and "occupation"; reprinting of critical commentaries from abroad; "popularizing" the idea of neutrality, and playing up the activities of the United Nations Security Council. Only Haunted by Chicago and hound- ed by the judgment day coming in November, a reconvened Congress #t wad challenged yesterday to re- form the United States' political system. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.), introduced a proposal to set up a federal commission to work out a new way of choosing presidential candidates, "I think a majority of the Amer- ican public, regardless ,of party, is fed up with our quadrennial po- litical party conventions, Nelson said. On the Republican side, House' GOP leader Gerald R. F o r d of Michigan called or abolition of + the electoral college, direct pop- ular election of the president, and a' reexamination of the way dele- gates to national conventions are selected. Ford told a news conference he thought the Democratic conven- tion in Chicago "was a pretty sad display of the way to act at a convention and the way to run one." But Ford seemed more concern- ed that t h e third-party .candi- dacy of former Alabama governor George C. Wallace could throw the election into t h e House of ~Representatives. The two previous times this happened, in 1800 and 1824, it led to "deals and schemes" which, Ford said, marked a sordid chap- ter in American history. Ford said he thought the Amer- ican Bar Association. p 1 a n for popular election of the president with a run-off, if needed, "has a lot of merit." House Speaker John W. McCor- mack (D-Mass.), criticized Ford's remarks about the Democratic convention as "in poor taste." McCormack told a news con- ference the Republicans had troub- les during their own convention, in Miami Beach. Communist forces shelled two candidate's mean to press on more South Vietnamese provincial the war. capitals, including Nha Trang, The barrages against command center for American Trang and Quang Ngai, bott forces in the central highlands, cated along the South China military spokesman reported yes- coast, followed a pattern over terday. past several days in which In Paris, North Vietnam in- enemy has reverted. tolon jected acid comment on the U.S. tance attacks after having su presidential campaign into the ed heavy losses in two week continuing peace talks yesterday, ground assaults. It denounced both parties' plat- One South Vietnamese po Commtt1ee to probe Chicago disruptions WASHINGTON (U) - President with police, with hundreds o Johnson's anti-violence commis- juries and arrests resulting. sion will 'investigate the disorder A controversy continues that swept Chicago during the whether police action amou Democratic National Convention, to unwarranted brutality or its chairman announced yesterday. a necessary restraint to pre: Dr. Milton Eisenhower said a order. special investigative task force of Eisenhower said the Chi the commission would also look developments amounted to into "other recent events such as lence of very large proporti the outbreak of shootings in and fell within the jurisdi Cleveland." of the commission. Eisenhower told newsmen the The panel, officially titled study also might include rioting National Commission on in Miami, Fla., during the GOP Causes and Prevention of National Convention but only, lence, was established by Joh Chicago and Cleveland were men- after the fatal shooting of tioned specifically in the commis- Robert F. Kennedy, sion announcement. At its third meeting, whil Eisenhower said the commission At itsthrd tig whici hadno dscuse 'heChicago in- gan yesterday, the commi: hadinot discussed the hiao unanimously elected U.S. DF vestigation with President John-unimsleecdU..D Court Judge A, Leon Hig son and acted on its own initi- botham Jr. of Philadelphia ative. vice chairman. Anti-war demonstrations staged After the closed session, E by youth groups during the con- hower announced the commi vention in Chicago led to clashesl i both with Nha h lo- Sea r the ithe k-dis- ffer- ks of olice- man was killed and 21 civilians and 17 allied soldiers were wound- ed in the shelling of Nha Trang, military spokesmen reported. Nha Trang, 200 miles northeast of Saigon, is a former seaside re- sort and the capital of Khanh Hoa Province. It is the headquart- ers of the U.S. 1st Field Force, commanding all U.S. forces in the central highlands. Ambassador Xuan Thuy called Foreign Minister Jiri Hajek, re- ported to be "somewhere in Swit- zerland," was expected to be oust- ed following t h e resignation of Deputy Premier Ota "Sik. The So- viet government newspaper Izves- tia published another attack on Sik yesterday, calling him "one of the most odious figures" in the liberation movement in Prague. Izvestia contended Sik "want- ed to turn the country onto the capitalist road and dep ndence upon the capitalist power:" DENY EXODUS Rude Pravo published new de- nials of mass flights by Czecho- slovak intellectuals, and the Min-, istry of the Interior issued a state- ment that no measures had been taken to "restrict personal free- dom of culture workers." Czechoslovaks in Prague seem- ed to be doing their utmost to comply with Soviet demands in hopes that the occupation troops will keep their, promise to leav when the situation "normalizes, but many people asked the ques- tion who will decide when nor- malcy is attained?, Sources said t h a t Communist party boss Alexander Dubcek might retain Sik, Hajek and oth- er chief liberals in secondary po- sitions out of the Soviets' target range. One indication of this was an, announcement in Rude Pravo that Cestmir Cisar, ousted party secre-: tary and another main target of Soviet criticism, would travel soonj to Slovakia as chairman of the Czech Council." the regional phr- liament., capture Aba from rebels By The Associated Press The Nigerian federal govern- ment claimed' yesterday it had captured Aba, the capital of seces- sionist Biafra, and "care of the civilians i that'area is already in progress." The government communique did not say how many civilians remained in the city. It was re- ported virtually deserted after the federal soldiers began their final assault against the secessionists in mid-August. Thousands of civilians have been reported starving to death in the shrinking area held by the Biafrans and- blocked by federal troops. A Nigerian army splokesman said federal troops had captured two more villages, Owutu and Okigwe, and were closing in on a Biafran airstrip at Obilago. August Lindt, the Swiss diplo- mat coordinating Red Cross relief operations, flew to Biafra yester- day to make arrangements for daylight mercy flights to the starving war victims. On Tuesday the Nigerian gov- ernment approved dayliglt flights for 10 days starting Thursday. But there is a conflict over which airstrip should be used. So far the Biafrans have re- fused ,to open up land corridors for relief supplies, saying they might be used by federal troops. In Port Harcourt, a Nigerian firing squad executed Tuesday a Nigerian lieutenant convicted of shooting an unarmed young Bia- fran. The lieutenant was arrested Monday after being identified by British television cameraman who filed his shooting of a Biafran ,whose hands were tied behind his back. That shooting wast shown Monday night to viewers in Brit- ain. - -Vice President Hubert H. Hum- phrey, the Democratic. nominee,. "an apologist" for President John- son's war policy. Thuy asserted that "the posi-, tions embodied in the two plat- forms recently passed show that; they still refuse to draw practical lessons from their recent defeats and to move toward a correct so- lution of the Vietnam problem.." over Harriman replied: unted read the platforms was parties with a full serve their meaning and t implications. icago They both demon "vio- disputable fact tha ons," of the United States ction ed to peace." "You should. of the two knowledge of their political state the in- t the people are, dedicat- Buddy Guy Blues Band ' at dthe the Vio- anson Sen. h be- ssion strict ggin- aas isen- ssion R 1 I National news. roundup By The Associated Press FRI. SAT. SUN. 8 P.M. "Lord have Mercy!" --Michigan Daily Admission $2.00 at the door (01.75 after second set) 1421 Hill St. 8:30 P.M. OPENS TONIGHT with all-time favorite woul conauct a specia investiga-I tion "to as certain the facts of re- cent violent events and develop- ments having major importance to the commission's work on which an adequate factual record has not yet been made." "The new group," the statement1 continued, "will devote first at- tention to last week's event in DOVER, Del. - Delaware Gov. Charles L. Terry Jr. said yester- qay that the NationalrGuard stopped at least two riots" in Wilmington by its presence there the entire summer, and indicated the troops are to remain on duty for sofme time come. Terry pointed to the arrest of six alleged members of a "Black Liberation Army" during target practice and discovery of an arms cache, and said: "What I've been telling people since April is now' coming to light." He referred to opposition to his CHICAGO-Richard M. Nixon's presidential campaign jumped off to a spectacular start in Chicago yeserday with a gigantic down- town, crowd roaring applause and struggling to shake his hand. Solid walls of spectators, six and eight deep, lined the zigzag route taken by Nixon's motorcade from the southern edge of the Loop, downtown center of the city, to his hotel. * * * CAPE KENNEDY - Three as- tronauts scheduled to rocket into their spacecraft yesterday for a countdown rehearsal similar to the one in which the Apollo 1 pilots were killed. With the spacecraft door open wide and rescue crews standing by, Navy Capt. Walter M. Schirra Jr., Air Force Maj. Donn F. Eisele' and civilian Walter Cunningham entered their Apollo 7 spacecraft at 12:50 p.m. EDT for the final segment of a simulated count- dtown and several hours of in- flight rehearsal. The trio is scheduled to rocket into earth orbit Oct. 11 for an 11-day flight needed to prove that Apollo spaceships can safely carry men to the moon. * * *- WASHINGTON - The Justice Department turned up the heat on racketeers and gamblers during fiscal 1968, Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark reported yesterday. - Tile iost rapid rise in the Jus- tice Deparement's success began in fiscal 967, Clark 'said, when what he called. a strike force-a team of attorneys and investiga- tors from key federal agencies moving comprehensively against organized crime in metropolitan areas-was launched. He said he is convinced a "vig- orous follow-through can achieve virtual elimination of organized crime which has corrupted Amer- ican life for decades." 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