MIN Bombin Continued from Page 1 stated that a Soviet crewman was injured and the freighter Simferopol damaged in U.S. air strikes on Haiphong,55 miles east of Ha- noi. Soviet leaders condemned the bombings and summoned the U.S, Ambassador Jacob Beam to the foreign Ministry in Moscow to register its protest. The Soviet Union declared publicly that its leaders were "attentively watching' the situation in North Vietnam. The U.S. Command, disclosing new details on earlier raids over North Vietnam during the past week, said about 275 strike sorties were flown north of the demilitarized zone. since April 9. A sortie comprises one bomber flying a single mission. The command also said that there were 251 sorties flown yesterday in South Vietnam primarily in the northern provinces and i the region directly north of Saigon. It was reported last night that the decision to bomb Haiphong and other key northern cities was made more than a week ago. Yesterday's raids marked the deepest pen- etration into North Vietnam by American B- 52s. The big warplanes each carry 30 tons of bombs, and fly at such high altitudes that their bombs hit before the sound objet en- gines is even heard. The raids in the Haiphong area were the first sustained attacks in that area of the coun- try since March,1968, when President Lyn- don Johnson ordered a partial halt in hombinc- limiting U.S. air strikes to below the 19th par- allel. Seven months later, Johnson order- ed a complete halt in the bombing of the North. Since the offensive of anti-Saigon forces began almost three weeks ago in South Viet- nam, there has been a continuous buildup in U.S. firepower. There are now more than 700 planes in and around Indochina, as well as four aircraft carriers and dozens of other ships. In ground action in South Vietnam, Saigon government forces claimed to be in a netter position in the strategic provincial capital of An Loc, 60 miles north of Saigon in Binh- long.province. 'The crisis has passed,' senior U.S. sources said yesterday, as South Vietnamese paratroo- pers were airlifted into the embattled city, almost totally destroyed after near-saturation American bombing. What U.S. sources called an'indeterminate number' of anti-Saigon forces moved down Hi Highway 13, which runs south to Saigon from the provincial capital, to challenge ths relief column sent to relieve South Vietnamese for- ces in An Loc. Highway 13 is cut north of Chon Thanh, 15 miles south of An Loc. Bridges were blown up by anti-Saigon for- ces on Highway 1, the coastal highway which runs alomst the length of the country. U.S. sources said they would take at least five days to repair. U.S. officials were apprehensive that the al- most three-week old offensive might continue for months instead of the short time span pre- dicted earlier by officials on the scene t *4 Al 9 "tri gi F College Rallies Set by Dave Burhenn al Building in Austin, The group will reportedly Rallies have been scheduled for attempt to enter the building to talk with em- ployees about the war. this week at college campuses nation- A teach-in against the war took place at Yale wide to protest the excalation of the University last night and a protest at the neigh- ir war over Indochina. A survey of boring Sikorsky helicopter plant in Stanford, -I AConn. is planned today. A university-wide meet- 20 college campuses last nfight shows ing is scheduled for Thursday to discuss possible a wide range of schedule dactivities. action in response to the escalation. Demonstrators will picket at the Michigan At Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., State University administration building today at a coalition of student and faculty groups is hold- noon, to, in the words of a leaflet, "have us out ing a rally in the center of the campus at noon of Nam." today. A nightime demonstration will also pro- In addition to these local demonstrations, test the intensified bombings. large scale rallies will take place this weekend in University of Texas students will march to- San Francisco and New York City. Thousands day from Bergstrom Air Force Base to the Feder- are expected to participate. 44 E*13,1 Potestgs Continued from Page 1 Special Issue Atn Arbor, Michigan-Monday April 17, 1972 Four Pages U.. OMS ANI From Wire Service Reports Heavy raids by B52s and other bombers hit Hanoi's outskirts yester- day morning, leaving large areas in flames, the U.S. Command reported, Hanoi radio said the bombers struck the city itself. A North Vietnamese broad- cast said that there were "massive attacks on many populous quarters of the capital city of Hanoi and its outskirts." Bombing raids earlier yesterday morning hit the port city of Haiphong--a major receiving point for military supplies-and reportedly dam- aged a Soviet freighter there. North Vietnamese radio said today that the raids on Haiphong killed "many hundreds of civ- ilians" and wounded hundreds more. The broad- cast also reported damage to "several ships" tied up at Haiphong docks. Radio lanoi reported a "number" of civil- ians killed and wounded when American planes hit Hanoi, but gave no indication of damage there. It said U.S. bombers hit Haiphong in re- peated raids throughout the day yesterday. The North Vietnamese Communist Party newspaper also said there was an all-night U.S. Navy bombardment of targets the length of North Vietnam's coastline preceding yesterday's air raids. In reporting "hundreds of civilians killed and more hundreds wounded," the paper refered to both the bombing and the shelling. Meanwhile, the chief North Vietnamese neg- otiator at the Paris peace talks said in a taped in- terview yesterday that the United States was preparing to strengthen its ground forces in Soutl Vietnam and was threatening to invade the North However, Thuy said his side was prepared to resume the peace talkscancelled by President Nixon several weeks ago--although bombing of the North had notstopped. President Nixon has refused to comment on the attacks U.S. sources said, however, that the President ordered the strikes as a "retaliatory" measure against the offensive currently threaten- ing Saigon forces in the south. One American pilot reported that U.S. planes had attacked fuel depots on the outskirts of HIan. oi and that he sass petroleum fires burning along with huge fireballs and columns of black smoke. The U.S. command refused to say how many planes were involved in the strikes, but official sources put the number at at least 200 in the in- itial raids. Hundreds of strikes were flown later in the day. Pilots of the attacking aircraft main= tained that bombs touched off 16 large pet- roleum fires and 68 large secondary explosions. The command also asserted that barges, ware- houses, bridges and anti-aircraft equipment had been destroyed during strikes in the past week. One pilot said he was close enough to see the North Vietnameses capital. 'It felt great to know our psrisoners of war might hear the bombs and have a smile on their face,' he said. The U.S. squadrons encountered heavy anti-aircraft artillery fire as well as 200 sur- NOTH V LAOS Ma CAMBODIA SOUTH Phnom VIETNAM enh SAIGON, HUNDREDS OF U.S. WARPLANES yes- terday caused heavy damage around Hanoi and Haiphong. Meanwhile, in the South, Communist rockets and mortar shells slam slammed into Da Nang and U.S. positions 20 miles northeast of Saigon. face-to-air missiles, and Hanoi said one B52 and 14 smaller planes had been shot down, The U.S. Command maintained that only two tactical fighter-bombers were shot down and that all B52s returned intact. A dispatch distributed by the: North Viet- namese delegation to the Paris peace talks See BOMBINGS, Page 4 Ann Arbor protest seot by CHRIS PARKS Local anti-war leaders last night called for a rally on the Diag at noon today to protest the escalation of the ari war over Indochina. The gathering, called by People Against the Air War (PAAW) and co-sponsored by other local groups is billed as an "emergen- cy rally" to protest U.S. bombing raids on Hanoi and Haiphong. According to Arlene Griffin of PAAW, scheduled rally speakers include city coun- cil member Nancy Wechsler (HRP-second ward) and Mike Lewis of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). Genie Plamondon of the Rainbow People's Party will also speak. Wechsler said last night she will speak on an or- dinance proposed by her and council member Jetry DeGrieck (HRP-first ward) to cut off city services to local firms engaged in government spon- sored war research. City Councilwill consider the proposed ordinance at their regular session tonight. Lewis said he will seek support from those at the rally for a march to the Air Force and Navy recruiting offices on Liberty St. "We plan to enter the office and we are going to try to shut them down," he said. According to Griffin, tomorrow's rally will fo- cus on Wechsler's and DeGrieck's resolution. "This is a local response to the escalation of the war," she said. "Local people can do something to make city government responsible." Wechsler and DeGrieck both expect that the ordinance will fail for lack of support from Rep- ublican and Democratic council members. However, DeGrieck said last night itis impor- tant for people who oppose the air war to attend tonight's council meeting. If the ordinance pro- posed is not passed on first reading tonight, he ex- plained, there will be no public hearings held on it. All proposed city ordinances face two read- ings. If the ordinance is passed on first reading, it faces hearings. Customarily, ordinances are passed routinely at first reading to open the way for public debate. "The Democrats," Wechsler said, "say it is to- talitarian to cut off city services." "I don't feel," she continued "that KMS-a local company charged with doing war research contracts for the government-has the right to do what they are doing. What they are doing is much more disgusting than cutting off services." Lewis said the planned disruption at the Air Force recruiting office is designed to make "peo- See PROTESTS, Page 4 ple see how serious itris to drop bombs on a big city." "The bombing," he said, "is not very precise. They are killing a lot of people who have noth- ing to do with the war." A coalition of local anti-war leaders and roups have voiced support for the planned actions. Among supporters of the rally are Barbara Ful- ler of the Interfaith Council for Peace, Elizabeth Taylor of Ann Arbor War Tax Resistance, the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice, the Hu- man Rights Party and John Sinclair, Chairman of the Rainbow People's Party. Fuller said that although the Interfaith Coun- cil's steering committee had not met to discuss the rally she felt it is "great" and said "we might send someone over there." Fuller also said her group 4 planning to con- struct a simulated bomb crater later in the week to symbolize the destruction caused by the U.S. air war in Indochina. Taylor siad her group will be involved in war tax resistance activities tomorrow. The group plans to pass out leaflets against war taxes at the post office from 9:30 a.m. till midnight tonight. According to Taylor "a lot of people will be spending their last day (today) doing their returns and we'll be out there with our leaflets when they come to the post office to mail them in.