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Show Wll '"" i-- a, mx mw'ivg Home Deliver). Call .21-281- fit 0 Advertising departments Classified ads 521-- 535; General display. Retail display. 3 521-27U- 521-2SG- lJS, No. ol. salt I.aKe Red Shells Smash Targets, Offensive d May-Heral- (it, I tali Europe Honrs Security to Protect A ixon United Press International Moie than 50.1XX) police will guard Piesuient Nixon during his Euiopoan tour. live-natio- n Euiopoan Associated Pre-- s y Writer SAIGON The enemy hit (Sunday) Saigon and more than 70 other locations aiross Soutii Vietnam with coordinated rocket and mortar attacks early Sunday, possibly signalling the start of a of tensive. South Vietnamese olficials said 17 pio- inrial capitals, 23 distiict capitals and 28 allied military installations were attacked. Nearly a score oi ground assaults or al-- o mostly small in size piobes were repotted. Viet Cong terror squads attacked police stations in speral cities, including Saigon and Da Nang. i opened P.S. probes spokesmen against Army headquaiiets at Long Binlt and nearby Bten Hoa aiibase 13 miles north of Saigon. But U.S. oilicers said ground action s far was insigniiicant. l lriee !!)(!! reiuiiiv at the airpo'v for By William L. Ryan Associated Press Writer file-arm- Nixon President BRUSSELS in Belgium Sunday, his first slop on a ,our of a Europe made jittery by (hoiomatic dissension and national rivalries. The presidential plane is lo touch down at Zaventem Airport at about 9 p.m. After a royal welcome by King ilie President will proceed to the Royal Palace in midtown Brussels for talks with Premier Gaston Evskens and Foreign Minister Pierre Harmel. A small group of studei.' admirers of g Red China.sMao pianned to be Pies-iden- Tu (iet Bau-doui- Tse-tun- LONDON areas shelled again. Light Casualties and 3 a.m. The altacks fell between said spokesman U.S. military A. Sunday. instalat aimed militaiy most appealed cenlations. and a fe w against population ms were lei casualties ters. Military " amazingly light Command spokesman said two U.S. 2 . harassing attackswerc it is followed bv ground probies, but. ., a this is genet whether too early to tell offensive. Allied troops hav ebeen deployed in weeks on operations specifically 1 event for an ofdesigned to spoil enemy plans have fensive that intelligence experts found referre dto in captured documents. There was no immediate indication how the attacks would afire! the Pans might peace talks or whether they to lcsetnd the States United the prompt bombing halt. President Johnson, announcing the bomb! g halt last fall as a means ol getting talks started, said: We cannot have productive talks in the atmosphere when the cities are being shelled and the demilitarized zone is being abused." beMany high Allied oflieials had lieved an enemv move was likely dining or after the Lunar New Year holidays. . On the Inside 17 ). 1itge Co 11-- 8 Theaters VII WasJiton National A-'- !, 7-- Full section of Color Comics; Home and Iai.ule Magazines; I. Coicumei Pmdiict ln-AND .MORE . . cy. But the Germans declined to fall in with De Gaulle and a government spokesman said: We see no great need for haste in the matter." Western Europe was in . Sundays Forecast .Salt Lake City and Utah Partly cloudy willt little change in tcmpeiatuie. Weather map is on Page Culled in Ambassador Gaulle to let Britain into a watered-dowCommon Maiket in exchange for breaking with the United States. The French were furious with the British for spreading what Foteign Minister Michel Debre called sensationalized accounts of the plan and said it contained nothing new. They said that it, the British government was trying to block a reconciliation betwren President Nixon and De Gaulle. Nixon arrives in Brussels Sunday for a European tour. Foreign Secretary Michael Stewait said Britain would not pay the French an end to the North Atlantic Treprk-Western to and Oiganization aty Europe's political and defense ties with the United States. In their place, Do Gaulle would have a European direc crate of France, Britain, West Germany and Italy to guide policy. K. Associated Press Wirephoto that There were unconfirmed repoits Vietnam o imperial Hue, ancient capital of more than which was the hardest hit was in the 1968 offensive Editorials Foreign n The story goes back to Feb. 4, w hi n De Gaulle knew Nixon would be coming to Europe. He called in British Ambassa-- d o r Winston Soames, Christopher Churchill's and a highly diplomat in Paris. As Soames outlined the talk. De See Page 2, Column 2 n to a big sump for waste fuel, U.S. 1st Ma nearbv headquarters of the Pi ess con Associated Division. rine from Edwin Q. White reported S Jr. WASHINGTON Piesident Nixon Saturday prepaied to embaik shoitlv after dawn Sunday on a working vi.uf to five European capitals designed to establish a new spirit of consultation'' between the United Slates and its European Allies and to strengthen the worn fabric of the North Atlantic eonimunii.y. Accompanied by IS olficials and nearly 200 newsmen, Nixon will arrive in Brussels Saunday alternoon to begin Tht days of almost continuous i Olivers'! oils with national leaders in Belgium, (. eat Britain. Germany, Frame and Italy. In a meeting with newsmen at the While House Friday the contents of which were withheld until Saturday Mr. Nixon described the objectives of the tour in the same modest terms that his principal associates have been Using al! week. His effort, lie said, was to establish an atmosphere ol cooperation, not to resolve specilir issues; his ambition was to hoar and absorb European attitudes vatiier than peddle propaikaged American solutions to European problems. He noted that Europe had ilia aged radically since his first visit as a Iresli-macongressman 22 years ago. It had grown stronger economically and militai-vly- , he said, ami thus increasingly soim-Se- e Page 2, Column 2 uproar Saturday night over a reported deal oliered by President Charles de 11 Art, Dance Hanks Business N Classified l'irsl Briefing By Law mice Malkin Associated Press Writer also ft Enemv rockets and mortars fire setting aiibase. on the huge Da Nang and on Obilimries Society Spnrfs Star Gazer Telev isinn B. Semple De Gaulle Bid to Britain Stirs Uproar in Europe Chain-reactio- Page Robeit Offer of Deal n of the Bv New York Times Writer This situation will be much on Mr. Nixon's mind as he arrives at tho massive Royal Palace for his first briefing. The ceremonies at the airxrt, including the royal welcome, (lie review of the honor guard and introduction to leading Belgians, will be relatively short. From the palace, the President will See Page 2, Column 3 offensive. Da As in the bloody iiddtra-Hoenemy authorities leported Nang They city. into the tightly guarded curfew and ordered declared a all persons otf the streets. or There was no immediate repoit in the city. Inditing r ed to Viet Cong gunners were repor 11 locations in the Da least at hit have installations. Nang area, mostly military t he amexplosions rocked smoke billowed black and munition dump A !. Cooperation Wilh 5 Allies it Short Ceremonies Due 1968 or three hut e . . demonstration, The smaller nations- - of Euroe have been rocked by a British version of a Do Gaulle piojKisal that botli the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Common Market lie replaced and that a political directorate of France, Britain, West Germany and Italy serve as an inner council for Europe. The reports appeared to have generated new European uneasiness and resurrected old nationalist rancors at a moment when Mr. Nixon was attempting, by his first venture into president utl rebuild io and diplomacy, strengthen bridges to Europe and to seek better American relaons with France. 1968. 120 a France. Infiltration t 521-P5'.- Aims lo Boost At tlie palace, despile the late hour, the President will get his first briefing on Europe's latest Doubles, which include the current uproar sparked by President Charles de Gaulle of the basis of incomplete prelimiofficets termed nary reports. U.S. staff stuff with the attacks nickel and dime the pattern But little damage. l datively of was nearly identical to opening phases of the ww the enemy's biggest offensive m Januthat began with the Tet holidays 1 1: Magazine. (cuts sealed oil. arrives On 4 521-151- is highly unlikely that Mr. Nixon will be aware ol il. The area of the airpoit wheie lus plane lands will he tightly Countrywide, Vietnamese oflicials 8 civilians weie killed and 81 wounded. A mortar barrage on My Tho, 20 miles southwest of Saigon, accounted fot 33 of the wounded. ftr- -t Saigon was hit by rockets for the time since the United States ceased Nov. 1. Da bombing North Vietnam last Nang, the country's second largest city, came under heavier attack that left an ammunition dump and a fuel facility blazing far into the morning. At least six persons were reported killed in Saigon and a report from Da were killed Nang said two Viet Cong after they slow at least two civilians. tolls elsewhere were not avail- ary e 521-152- 521-157- Lillie Pomp, High Security Planned al Brussels Slop shield one of the tightest m hiswill include placid Biitish tory bobbies." Ely see Taiace Guards and socia,ly-trameItalian riot police. Lurking behind the scenes will be Scotland Yard detectives, French Gorilles" (gorillas) and the Seciet Sci vice. They will use, il necessary, s bations, swords, tear gas and l to piotect the American from assassination or lrom harassment by leftist demonstrators, who have promised to disrupt his tur. As ;,i, extia pieoaution ihe U.S. President will travel in a two-toarmoied car in Paris and a bulletproof limousine in Berlin. Actual security arrangements for President Nixons visits to Brussels. London, Bonn, Berlin, Pome, Paris and Vatican City are a tightly guarded secret. Light Killed Casualty able immediately. Twcntv-liv- : Scores, Information, Till Womens. News and Kditoiial, 521-LPromotion. Sports. 521-150- Nixon Departs Toda) For Europe Capitals j Nixon's February 23. Mnulaj Morning saber-swingin- stand-dowThe enemy declared a seven-dathat ended Saturday. Tiie allies said it was broken scores of time--- . In Saigon, the fii'-- t three rounds of mortar fire hit a river dock area just before 3 a.m., causing minor damage and no casualties. South Vietnamese olficials said. Aboul l1-- hours later, at least six 122 Soviet-huP- t lockets slammed into residential and business areas, and some fires broke out. Authorities said four were killed by one rocket. A woman was reported burned to death in a file near the city's centra! market place. Allied artillery was brought swiltly to bear on the suspected enemy launching positions and the dull tluinde reverberated through Saigon for hours aftenvaid. The Allies also weie reported to have stiuck back quickly in other areas as flareships lit ihe night sky. By Geoige McAithur fikitw Halt falct 132 Tribune IMionca Hubert II. Humphrey, former vice president, chats with students as he leaves offices at Macalester . College in St. Paul where he will begin teaching. He will also teach at the University of Minnesota. . Students Quiz Prof. Hubert Pakistanis Speculate on Leftist To Succeed Khan as President - PresiPAKISTAN (AP) dent Mohammed Ayub Khan's decision not to run again spurred speculation Sat- urday about who will head Pakistans next govern-Interest e n t. centered seemed on leftist leader A i Z u f i k a r Bhutto. KARACHI. 1 1 After astounded Ay ill) the Friday tion na- by announcing lie will the t elite from presidency, discussions in the coffee houses, market places ami luxury homes as to who should follow him revolved a r o u n d lour men; Bhutto. lot liter New Yotk Times Serv ice The opposition leader, wlui was from three months of detention last week, said he might fly to Dacca, capital of Hast Pakistan for weekend talks with Rahman and Blntshain. With West Pakistan divided lrom East Pakistan by 1.00(1 miles of Indian leirito-rv- , western province leaders such as Bhutto and Asgluir Khan would have to remit agreement with eastern leaders to win the election, Bhutto, perhaps the lie.st politician ol the group, lias gone out of his way m recent months to be ip.. to the East Pakistani leaders, something his colleagues have not always done. Today's Chuckle You aie only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ST. PAUL. returned MINN. Prof. SatHubert 11. Humpluey in day to the campus he left a quarter of a century ago to begin teaching anew. The new lacuitv member's lirst session with students was a three-hou- r question - and - answer give and - take in the auditorium ol the Olm Hall ot Science at Macalester College. The inlormal discussion was the sympoopening event in a sium on urban crises at the small, liberal arts college. century-olcamThe srow covered pus in the midst of Minnesota's capital city is a familiar one to Humphrey. It was here, at the age 32, that lie taught a full schedule of Political Science courses in 1913 and 1944. (Copyrighl) Bv New Illness - WASHINGTON (APt Dwight D. Eisenhower has develojied acute iniesini.il trouble and might have to undergo doctois repented Saturday night, A surgeon not assoiiaied with tin case said surgery could he a veiy. veiy grave thing, with a temble iisk lor the tormer President lieoaiise o! his medical history. Gen. Eisenhower has sulieied seven the idlest Aug in heart attacks underwent suigeiv loi an mieslinal disouler in 1936 and lias had gal! b'adier surgery. "Fuilhei ubseivation will be neces-s.ucan be betoie a determinational made as to whether surgeiy will be said the teise announcement requited. ol Gen. Eisenhower's ailment trom Wal-- 1 ter Reed Hospital. The general has been confined to the hospital since last April, when he suifered his fourth lie ,rt atlack. Despite the intestinal difticulty "the general cardiac condition has remained stable tluougkuut this episode, said the Walter Reed announcement. 'in-ger- Seen Unacceptable Italian Foreign Ministry officials weie among the first to describe the plan as unacceptable. One said it would dismantle what European unity has 'men achieved tluough the Common Market thus tar." In Brussels. Common Maiket diplomats weie shocked. An envoy lrom one of the market's three small couutiifs, the Netherlands and Belgium, said; We would never aciv t direction by die Big Four. Foteign Minister Joseph Luns of Netliei lands, one of the most outspoken advocates of a more united Europe, called the whole tiling "a storm in a tea cop" and said De Gaulle's plans would get nowhere. West Germany reacted lautiousiy lc-- i it damage relations with France, a cornerstone of Bonn's postwar foreign poli -- five-da- Eisenhower Hit y to d 41. loreign minister and now leaner ol the lettist t People's P a r y, who was pet haps poliy lib's chief tical loo. chief of -S- heik Mujibur Rahman, 48, in East tin1 rightist Aw ami League party him released Saturday Avub Pakistan. from more than two years' imprisonment. Asgliar Air Mat shal Mohammed of tho PaKhan, t fot mer commander kistan air loice who is an independent. of the M, oilana Bhashnui. 83, head Aw mil tinNational ol wing g parly vinboi ol opposition to Bhutto, a Avub's tegime dm mg the three months Pakistan, lias of civil stnle that to enter the ready is he indicated getting 1970 piesidcutial contest. January Anil) Nations Brace for Israeli Retaliatory Attacks - Aiabs and Jews TEL AVIV (AP) alike expiessed belief Saturday the bomb blast that shattered Jerusalem's biggest supermarket will surely trigger a counter blow from Israel. The dynamite explosion killed two university students and wounded nine other holiday shoppers in the Supersol Market Friday. It lame only 72 hum's alter machine gun attack on an Israeli El Al jetliner m Zuiivli, Swileilaml. Though ceitain tlieie would ho a mililew had the slighttant Israeli est idea when, where and how it might be executed. The likeliest targets aic tho airports, biidges, dams or oil installations of the the-Ara- four Arab nations which ring Israel on all sides except the Mediterranean Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Marxist guerrilla outfit with an olfiee in Amman. Joidan, claimed responsibility for the Mipormaik-eblast, just as it did for the Zurich raid. But angiy Israeli oflicials blamed Arab governments lor this spectacular luray and other bloody incidents in the called resistance by guerrilla wailare the Aiabs, leiimiMU by Hie fsiaeli . The lour governments disclaim responsibility for the guenillas' opeiatiuus, but all have expiessed support, m vaiy-indegree, lor the guerrilla movement. f dispatch from Beirut said all reported their defenses alerted tor the expected A counterblow. Of the four Arab powers, only Syria has not been hit by an Israeli retaliatory attack. Its new Fremh-buil- t aiipoit might tempt Israeli raideis. Woild l eaction could be adveise. The Foiled Slates, other nations and such prommen' figures as U.N. Societal y General U Tuaut have pleaded tor an etui to the tliani ef mills and teptisals. Adding lo the tension weie irpoits I: oni Lebamn,, vv hie h the army denied, that Israeli jets had been dnven off alter intruding into Lebanese air spaie. Talk reached Tel Aviv ot military ac -- bolder -- - of tivity near the tanks being moved up to the line. Newsevimen on the scene repoited no v dence. The aimy aniiouiiu'd that tlnee guerweie rillas presumably fiom Sytia killed Fiidav night o.i the I i aeh-o- i i Golan Heights. From such an incident, one miorn.ed siune believes, the iepiis.il will spiing. After the onslaught bv lour Aiabs Tue-dnon the El Al lam m S'vnei-laigl- , unhiding high 1'iaeli miauls model, Me Kmeign MimsI'm- A! ba l.ban and Hawkish Deletise Minister Moshe held 'lie Arab stales icspousi- Dayan ble. |