US. jets hit Quang n Hue areas SAIGON (R-Over 100 B52 bombers ranged yesterday over South Vietnam's two northern provinces for the fourth successive day, dropping 2,500 tons of explosives on North Vietnamese positions around communist-held Quang Tri and in the foothills and mountains west of My Chanh and Hue. Saigon headquarters announced that government pa- trols found 46 bodies of communist troops in one strike area southwest of Hue and 50 bodies southwest of My Chanh. Action on the other two fronts in the three-month-old offensive-the central highlands and Highway 13 north of Saigon-was largely limited to small clashes and heavy shelling. Communiques said the besieged province capital of An Loc, 60 miles north of Saigon on Highway 13, Nixon acts to endured nearly 200 rounds of shell fire overnight. hal J.r, The air war over North Viet- ii IurgI flO nam continued. The U.S. Com- iand claimed destruction of the Viet Tri thermal power plant !IIat p ices 25 miles northwest of Hanoi i prices and damage to many other tar- gets stretching all tile wsy south WASHINGTON (/P) - President to Vinr. Vinh is about 160 Nixon acted yesterday to dampen miles south of the North Viet- surging meat prices by remov- namese capital. ing all restrictions on meat im- S p o k e s p e r sons said 2,000- ports. pound Iaser- uided bombs drop- But e sunnd aygner lie by F4 Phaittoma lets d'- Bitt be shuoned soy general stroyed the power plant's boiler food-price freeze and said there facility, the electrical switch- will not be immediate reductios ing building and the coal con- to meat costs at the super- veyer, and "effectively destroyed market. the plant's capability to produce Officials said that while Nixon electrical power for the nearby has ruled out a temporary price industrial complex." freeze on meat and other farm Navy pilots flying off car- products, controls still may be riers in the Gulf of Tonkin re- imposed on now-exempt agricul- ported seeing massive fires and tural products such as fruit, ve- widespread destruction after at- getables and meat. tacks on bridges, trucks parks. railroad sidings anod ammsunition Nixon said th lifting of meat- depots in the north. hmport quotas tor tbe balance of Radio Hanoi claimid six U.S. 1972 should overcome "a short- jets were shot down during the term shortage" but "may not weekend but the U.S. Command fully solve the problem" of rising said it had no plane losses to prices. He vowed. boswever, tbat report. Comomand policy is to be would "take whatever fther w irt h ho 1 d announcement of measures that are necessary to downed aircraft until search and prevent increases in the cost of rescue missions have ended. food." U.S. air and naval strength His quota removal decision in Indochina has more than doubled since the North Viet- nam offensive began March 30, rises in wholesale meat prices, but it is concentrated on ships the third surge in the wholesale in the South China Sea and air level in five months. bases in Thailand. U.S. troop strength in Viet- It appeared aimed at stabilize nam has continued to decline on ing prices before the higher costs schedule, despite the offensive, reach election-year retail meat and American spokesmen said counters. they expect to meet President Nixon's goal of a 49,000-man "Increased s u p p li e s from ceiling by Saturday. abroad will not have an imme- Of these only two battalions, diate effect in reducing prices in about 1,000 men, are classed as the supermarkets, but his action combat troops and they are in a will definitely help in the fuure," ai and Bien Boa. be said. In line with what many off i- Most of the meat imports ar- cers openly acknowledge as the "numbers game," the command rive frozen in refrigerated ships announced the completion of and are processed for such pro- the transfer of four Air Force ducts as hamburger, frankfurters and three M a r in e fighter- and luncheon meat. bomber squadrons from Da Nang to Thailand. 11 coiie to tiht U.SS. Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro (left) is welcomed by Soviet Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev (right) yesterday upon arriving in Mos.ow for a visit of undetermined length. Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny (far right) looks on. The trip marked Castro's first visit in eight years. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Tueeday, June 27, 1972 News Phose: 764-05 5 Page Three Common Market discusses world monetary crisis LUXEMBOURG (0'- - -Brit- ain's chancellor of the exche- quer, Anthony Barber, h e I d crisis talks here yesterday on the floating pound and said all Com- mon Market finance ministers "understood the necessity of the action which we took." - Barber said he told Britain's future Common Market partners that London intends to return it to a fixed rate for. the pound "as soon as possible." But he declined to tell reporters when or what the new rate would be. The British finance chief de- clared London remains commit- ted to intentions of the recent Common Market agreement to keep currency' fluctuations nar- row - an agreement Britain temporarily broke Friday when it floated the pound because of speculative pressure on the British currency. Earlier in the da'y, French Foreign Minister Maurice Schu- mann accused Britain of b a d, faith in throwing European mon- etary affairs into turmoil even before its formal entry into the market. Sources said that France will urge adherence to the March agreement to keep exchange rates of the European currencies within 2.25 per cent of e a e i other. Britain joined this agree- ment in May. Barber declined to predict at a news conference what would be the outcome of current crisis talks underway all day as the Common Market sought ways to preserve monetary unity and fight speculators weakening the dollar and other currencies. He said the London currency market would reopen today. Lon- don and most European foreign Little of it is placed on the counter as higher-cost cuts such as steak and roast. Agriculural associations, meat packers and ranchers expressed doubt that the lifting of quota restrictions on meat imports will significantly slow the upward spiral of meat prices. One group, the American Na- tional Cattlemen's Association, said the lifing of quotas by Nixon could backfire and cause the price of meat to go even higher. At the Agriculure Department, a spokesperson said removal of the import lid is not expected to reduce substantial increases in foreign beef shipments in the near future. One reason, the official said, is a growing demand for more meat in other countries and stiff- er competition for available sup- plies, particularly from Australia and New Zealand, which are the biggest shippers. whither weed week By DIANE LEVICK With the July 10 deadline for filing petitions quickly approaching, the Michigan Marijuana Ini- tiative ( MMI i has declared June 24 to July 1 "Weed Week." The organization has launched an intense petition- ing drive for the week to put the question of legalizing marijuana on the November state ballot. The MMI petitions call for decriminalization of personal use of marijuana by those over 18, but does not concern sale or use while ditving a vehicle, MMI has kicked off Weed Week with free concerts in Flint, Mt. Clemens, Lansing, and other areas around the state. No concert is planned locally, however. Petition circulators will hit shopping centers and campaign door-to-door in an effort to gather 2605,000 signatures- the minimum number required. Ann Arbor boutique owners are conducting Weed Week sales and donating a percentage or flat rate to MMI. The Hide Out Leather Shop, Salvation Records, This Is It boutique, and Middle Earth are participat- ing. According to David Fenton, spokesperson for the See MMI, Page 7 exchange markets were closed Friday after the surprise Brit- ish decision to float the pound to let it find its own level based on supply and demand. "I was received very well," Barber told the news conferenc's. "All the ministers appreciated the problem with which we were faced," he added. Barber said in answer to a question he hoped Britain would unfloat the pound and return to a fixed rate before it joins the Common Market Jan. 1. He refused to answer one re- porter's question whether other European finance ministers hsd urged Britain to do this sooner than Jan. 1. Asked if Britain's breaking of the Common Market agreement imperiled chances for European economic and monetary union,, Barber replied he did not believe that "for the moment." He added that the moves to- ward union were "not as frag- ile as that." Barber said the 10 finance ministers of the enlarged Com- non Market womld meet in Lon- don July 17-18 "to consult to- gether about our common -bIec- tives.- The day's meeting included the finance ministers and ren- tral bankers from the six Com- mon Market nations, Belgium, France. Germany, Italy Luxeir)- bourg and the Netherlands, and the finance ministers of the tour nations joining next year Bit- aim, Denmark. Ireland and Nor- way. Commenting on the general re- alignment of major world cur- rencies last December in Wash- ington, Barber said: "Despite our difficulties, I believe that the general realignment will be maintained."