Page 4-Tuesday, July 14, 1981-The Michigan Daily Sixth hunger striker's death sparks violence From AP and UPI BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Sniper attacks and street fights broke out after the death of a sixth Irish nationalist hunger, striker yesterday as some 100,000 Protestants marched throughout Northern Ireland in an an- nual, centuries-old show of strength. Four British soldiers, one policeman and one civilian were wounded in gun and bomb attacks in Belfast and Lon- donderry. None of the injuries was believed serious. SECURITY FORCES quelled the rioting with plastic bullets, officials said, and the violence was far less in- tense than the rioting after the five earlier deaths of hunger strikers at the Maze Prison. Martin Hurson, a 27-year-old Irish Republican Army guerrilla, died before dawn in the 45th day of his hunger strike. Britain's Northern Ireland Of- fice said he "took his own life by refusing food and medical attention." HURSON, SENTENCED in 1977 to 20 years for possession of explosives and conspiracy to murder security forces, was the second hunger striker to die in less than a week. Joe McDonnell, 30, died Wednesday in his 61st day without food. About 30,000 of Ulster's majority Protestants marched through Belfast in traditional-Orange Day parades to reaf- firm their faith and commitment to political union with mainland Britain. In resolutions pledged by the mar- chers, the Orangemen condemned the "false religion" of Roman Catholicism and attacked the "adulation of mur- derers" by priests who conducted funeral services for members of the outlawed Irish Republican Army. Judge asked to dismiss strangler murder charges In Brief Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports Conoco battle continues; Mobil Oil Co. makes bid NEW YORK - The multi-billion dollar battle for Conoco Inc. intensified yesterday as Mobil Oil Corp. said it would bid against DuPont Co. and Seagram Ltd. for the nation's ninth biggest oil company. Mobil, the nation's second biggest oil firm, confirmed it was arrahging bnk loans through a syndicate led by Citibank to finance a Conoco takeover attempt. "We know Conoco and the businesses it operates. Conoco is a great com- pany with fine resources and excellent management and personnel," said Mobil Chairman Rawleigh Warner Jr. "Barring any governmental restrain- ts, it now appears that Conoco will be sold. Preliminary studies indicate that a Mobil-Conoco merger would not create any difficulties under existing an- titrust guidelines." Other companies rumored to be considering a bid include Shell Oil Co., Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) and Standard Oil Co. of California. None of them would discuss Conoco on Monday. Exxon Corp., the nation's largest in- dustrial company, said it was not interested in Conoco. No U.S.-Israeli talks on military operation JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Menachem Begin met yesterday with, U.S. counsellor Robert McFarlane on the delayed delivery of F-16 warplanes to Israel and ruled out any possibility Israel would consult with the United States before carrying outa military operation. The delivery of new fighter planes has been held up because of Israel's July 7 attack on the Iraqi nuclear reactor and Begin said no agreement was reached with McFarlane during their two-hour and 45-minute meeting. After meeting with McFarlane, Begin said: "We do not have to apologize for anything in the world. We always take the interest of the United States -who is our friend and ally - into consideration." Calif. makes last attempt to stop pesticide spraying SAN JOSE, Calif. - Residents went to court yesterday in a last-ditch at- tempt to stop the state from aerial pesticide spraying to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly, and a judge said he would delay the spraying until he was satisfied it was "legally valid." Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Bruce Allen did not im- mediately issue an injunction against the spraying of the pesticide malathion. But Allen said the hearing could take two days, and aerial spraying of 117 square miles within the infested area was scheduled to begin at 2 a.m. PDT today. Many scientists have said the mildly toxic substance poses no danger, but others fear it may harm children, pregnant women and people with breathing difficulties. Some of the more than 500,000 residents of the mostly affluent area south of San Francisco said they planned to leave home, and several shelters were set up outside the spraying area. Richardson pleads guilty to threatening Reagan's life NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Edward Richardson pleaded guilty yesterday to threatening President Reagan and was sentenced to a year in a special federal prison that provides mental health treatment and five years' probation. Richardson, 22, son, of a retired postal worker from Drexel Hill, Pa., made the surprise guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Ellen Burns after undergoing a second psychiatric examination while in prison. He was arrested April 7, a week after Reagan was wounded in an assassination attempt, when he arrived at a New York City bus terminal with a loaded .32-caliber pistol. Singer Jerry Lee Lewis in guarded condition ME2MPHIS, Tenn. - Entertainer Jerry Lee Lewis was in extremely critical condition yesterday, breathing with the help of a respirator and fighting infection with the help of powerful antibiotics. Lewis, nicknamed "Killer" and known for his frenetic, piano-pounding rock 'n' roll and country performances, has been hospitalized at Methodist Hospital South since June 30 when doctors repaired a two-inch perforation in his stomach. He has been given a 50-50 chance to survive. The rupture was discovered after he began coughing up blood and complaining of stomach pains. Hospital officials called Lewis' condition "extremely critical" and said there was no real change since he underwent an operation late Friday for complications that followed stomach surgery. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jarred by the conflicting testimony of their key witness, prosecutors in the Hillside Strangler case yesterday asked a judge to dismiss 10 murder charges against Angelo Buono. Deputy District Attorney Roger Kelly said he was seeking dismissal because Kenneth Bianchi, Buono's cousin and chief accuser, had "self-immolated" his credibility as a witness. KELLY TOLD the judge: "The inevitable result of Mr. Bianchi's self- immolation of his own credibility is the destruction of the case against Angelo Buono. The prosecution for murder now E D CHANCE PRESENTS SA MA RIT ANS 516 E. Liberty 994-5350 pending against Angelo Buono cannot be predicated on the evidence now in existence and should be dismissed." The slayings occurred in late 1977 and early 1978, and were dubbed "Hillside Stranglings" because the bodies of the young female victims were dumped on hillsides in the Los Angeles area. DISTRICT ATTORNEY John Van De Kamp, who approved the decision to drop the case, said he believed two killers were involved. "The case, in our view, still remains unsolved as a matter of law," he said. "No one is going to put this case to rest until .it's solved." Kelly, asked by the judge whether Buono might be charged again in the case in the future, said that was unlikely without new evidence. 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