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Show 1 i A 1 : T L'f Nixon Stamps Order To Stay Rail Strikes By Robert B. Semple Jr. New York Times Writer WASHINGTON President Nixon signed two executive orders blocking for GO days two strikes threatened for midnight against the nations Friday railroads. The executive orders also establish two separate three-mapanels that have 30 days to investigate the disputes and n 'If JJ. v 'iS ,y art ' j. 'N ?. ' v y5S vnl a 5 t1 W & TV I! '. .vi..rf V5trTW-- ;yt . . mX. a'tJt 'SjfiW!9 ? ... Associated Pres . Wirephoto crashed while attempting a landing. Parts of wreckage, including an engine, are in foreground. Rescuers probe through ruins of homes near .Me- Coy Air Force Base at Orlando, Fla., after a B3'f B52 Nosedives Heaviest Fighting in 4 Years S. Yiets IlUo Homes; Red Drive Routs From 4 Bases Near DMZ South Vietnamese SAIGON (AP) troops abandoned four more major bases along the demilitarized zone Friday but .claimed a series of victories in three , Laities along the northern frontier and a fourth in the Central Highlands. A communique from the Saigon command said 257 North Vietnamese soldiers Were 'killed with heavy reliance on air and artillery support, while South Vietnamese casualties were five dead and 41 wounded. But field reports showed South Vietnamese losses much higher than those being reported officially in Saigon. One official field report said 200 South Viet- namese founded in the northern fighting were brought to the Hue hospital Friday, overcrowding it, and American assistance was asked to move some of the patients to another hospital in Da Nang. The other bases given up were Alpha Sarge and Fuller. Nui Ba HoSargc and Fuller had no artillery guns on them, sources said. Field officers said the heavy North Vietnamese shelling attacks forced evacuation. They said that at Camp Sarge, 75 percent of the bunkers were destroyed. 4, 5 Bases Shelled Latest reports said five more South Vietnamese bases were lilt by at least 400 artillery, rocket and mortar shells overnight. Since the enemy 7 assaults began Thursday, a half dozen South Vietnamese bases have been abandoned. UMW President B32s Called In Convicted ordered direct Of Conspiracy - Field reports said the South Vietnamese had pulled back positions in from central Quang Tri province into a tighter circle, roughly in a crescent shape. The withdraw als were said to be generally orderly, except from a base called Nui Ba Ho vvhere the withdrawal was deThere was no elascribed as ragged. boration. Sunday Tiie Little Tramps Long Road Back A I Girls Club For Kcoloit'- - t . j Sect ton LPf jsutt federal indict-me- nt which charged him with heading a conspiracy to pump union funds into political campaigns. Two other officials of the union, secretary treasurer John Owens and chief lobbyist James were found Kmetz, inno- cent of the charges against them. A light lipped Boyle shook off newsmens questions after the ver- Tony Boyle diets which could bring him a total 32 years in prison, $120,000 in fines and bar him from holding office in the powerful union of some 200,000 members. Bond U.S. District Court Judge Charles B. Richey continued Boyles bond, allowing him to remain free upon sentencing, for which no date was set. An appeal is expected. I said think justice was clone, Charles Ruff, chief of the Justice Department trial team in this, the first federal prosecution of a union leader on charges of sjiending union durs money for campaign conrributions in federal elections. Single Contribution A I a Continues Coming Section United Mine WASHINGTON (AP) Workers president W. A. Tony Boyle was convicted Friday on all 13 counts of ;Cafc cf Antrim's Great i H riifiutf Xeu. rpapiri Bov le G7, was charged with conspiracy in directing contributions totaling $49,250 to belli Democratic and Republican campaign fund taisers, with 11 spe- cific contributions and uiih converting $5,000 in union funds fur ue in one of the cuiiti ibuiiuns. Toe largest single contribution during the period covered by the indictment. 19G0 to 19G9, was $30,000 given to a dinner for Feu. Hubert II. Humphreys l'JOS preside. tiai candidacy. even two men. The company iiad said it would put the changes into effect Friday night, and what precipitated Nixons action was a threat by the United Transportation Union, which has protested the proposed redaction in crew size, to strike Penn Central. Ready to Stage Walkouts? One of the two panels will investigate the Penn Central work crew dispute. The other will investigate a separate dispute over wages, benefits, and work rules between ail of the nations railroads and 6,300 members of the Sheet Metal Workers Union who work in railroad repair shops The union had announced no specific strike, action, but it was believed ready to stage walkouts on at least one major line. Nixon, who took the action under authority provided by the Railway Labor Act, named Francis A. ONeill Jr., former member and chairman of the NaBy Pat Leisner tional Mediation Board, to be chairman Associated Press Writer of the three-ma- n panel investigation tire Penn Central dispute. He will be joined B32 Air An Force ORLANDO, FLA. bomber nosedived into a residential by Frank J. Dugan, a law professor at neighborhood a quarter mile short of its Georgetown University here, and James J. Sherman, professor of economics at the runway Friday, killing all seven crewUniversity of Southern Florida in Tampa. men and injuring eight civilians. but" out bailed could have To Lead Panel in Dispute they They didn't, Lt. Gen. Russell E. Dougherty, The President named Charles H. commander of the Second Air Force, Rehmus, director of the Institute ol I conclude they said of the crewmen. Labor and Industrial Relations at the thought they had almost made it to the University of Michigan, fa chair the runway. panel in the sheet metal workrs dispute. The huge, plane had reOther members of that board will be befew minutes on a board a fire ported Alexander B. Porter, a Washington attorit to make fore the crash and was trying and and Clare B. McCer-mot- t, back to McCoy Air Force Base where it ney a arbitrator, Pittsburgh attorney and arbitrahad taken off about 20 minutes earlier on tor. a routine training flight. The Penn Central, which lias been Flowed Into Field eight-engine- d Instead it plowed into a field close by the shore of a base recreation lake and showered a area with a sheet of blazing jet fuel. The plane slammed into the earth about 50 yards from the nearest house, crater strewn with carving a debris. I assume when the crew saw they couldnt make it, they stuck it down toward the lake, Lt. Gen. Dougherty told a news conference. "The plane was coming out of the clouds on its final approach. The place of impact indicated it almost made it, he said. Radioed Emergency 130-fo- fighter-bombe- Positions Strengthened 8 Hurl k in the face of the heaviest fighting in more than four years, the United States American- - B32 bombers into support of South Vietnamese troops along the DMZ. U.S. military sources also reported that American tactical had intensified their attacks along the frontier, and continued to leave open the possibility of raids inside North Vietnam. The rest of South Vietnam appeared generally quiet, on the basis of initial reports, although Noith Vietnamese forces shelled Ihroe government bases near the Cambodian border, in Tay Ninh province, northwest of Saigon. More Ilian 100 rockets and mortars were fired at the bases, but they caused no casualties and only light damage, field reports said. 7 Deiul make recommendations. The recommendations are not binding on either party in the two disputes. After the boards submit their reports, the parties will have an additional 30 days to study them, then will be free to do what they wish unless the President asks Congress to impose a settlement. One effect of the President's action will be to delay for GO days plans by the Penn Central Railroad to reduce its freight train crews from four to three or Shortly after the takeoff at 11 a.m., pilot Capt. Wendell W. Campbell radioed an inflight emergency; Fire aboard. Gen. Doughtery said the No. 7 engine on the crafts right wing had caught fire. In addition to Campbell, 30, of Wash-ingotD.C., the victims were Capt. Barry E. Appiebee, 2G, copilot from Dormsville, N.Y.; Maj. James J. Hammons, 37, bombaider from Shawnee. Ala. ; 1st Lt. Robert Heatherlv, 2G, navigator from Mount Vernon. N.Y.: Maj. William E. Kesler, 41, electronic vvarfaie officer N.C. ; MSgt. Allen II. of Fukuay-VarinMurray, 53, gunner of Philadelphia, Pa. ; and Lt Col. George M, Gamache. 42. navigation instructor of Somerset. Mass. Ail were attached to the 30Gth Bomb Wing at McCoy, which is just soutli of Orlando. The eight civilians iniured wei? identified as: Nancy Robertson, 3G, and three of her children: Robin, 15; Danny, 10, and Laura, 9, all treated for minor burns at Orange Memorial Hospital. Anthony Ellington, iO, son of Joseph Ellington, was listed in critical condition with multiple burns at Florida Hospital. A hospital spokesman said he would be transferred by the Air Force to the Burn Center at Irooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Tex., Friday night. Billy Garland, 12, and Donald Garland, 7, sons of William Garland, were reported in satisfactory condition under intensive care at Florida Hospital. A third Garbl'd boy, Charles, 9, was treated and released with minor burns. Today's Chuckle Fa'her, grumbling to his two vuung-sier- s as he reluctantly prepares for an Other kids make their evening out: mothers too tired to want to go out, but nujj,yuu. Faithful Mark Rites for Good Friday By Michael Gross Associated Press Writer operating in bankruptcy for more than a year, has said it ho;ies to reduce present freight crews by some 6,000 men at an estimated annual saving of $97.3 million when the reductions are finally completed. Nixon asked Congress more than two years ago to enact sweeping reforms in the Railway Labor Act and the Taft Hartley Act. The effect of the changes would be to foice more serious collective bargaining by asking each side to submit a final offer to a neutral board. The President did not use the occasion John B. Connaliy talked with representatives of 12 supermarket chains. I dont think his speech had anything to do witli Some major food WASHINGTON the price drop," he said. chains cut their meat prices Friday, Grand Union, with more than 300 some vowed not to raise them for 30 stores in the East, froze fresh meat and days and still others predicted prices will with poultry prices for April. come down anyway because of market 871 stores in the Southeast, announced it conditions. will not raise any food prices next A drop in wholesale prices and an inmonth. crease in the number of cattle heading A freeze on fresh meat prices also was announced by Food Fair, willi 330 Food Fair and Pantry Pride stores in The country. Utah Scene Acme Markets, with 200 stores in Meat uric es will go down in Utah just New Jersey and DelaPennsylvania, as soon as costs are reduced for retailware, said new prices to be posted Monof the Utah ers, the executive director day will reflect a 5 percent droo in Retail Grocers Assn, said Friday. wholesale prices, but would not say how There is no way for grocers to cut much or for which cuts. prices until their costs are reduced, Were frozen in as far as any price said Lawrence W. Alder. As soon as it increases are concerned, said Max costs them less to purchase meat for senior vice president of Big retail sale, that decrease will be passed Apple, a chain of supermarkets in Georon to the consumer. gia, Alabama and Tennessee. Many price increases weve not taken attvfr tage of because of the situation." for market in the coming months consumthe for break the biggest bly are Price Freeze er, who has been paying record prices at Publix the meat counter. Super Markets Inc., which We follow the market closely and operates 170 supermarkets in Florida, announced a when wholesale prices drop, we drop price freeze. Adi retail prices, said a spokesman for the Vice President William Hollis added, We hope it will be several months beIt looks like A&P chain in Philadelphia. fore vve have to raise prices." supply is catching up with demand and Prices paid to farmers for beef cn the . prices will be going down. On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary hoof rose to a new record average price of S32.G0 per hundredweight in the month ended Feb. 13. The price dropped . 23 cents in the month ended March 13. ; A year ago, on March 15, live beef brought $28.60. At the checkout stand in the grocery store, the February price of beef was 3.9 5 percent higher than in January and S,3 percent higher than in October. And ! compared with February, 1971, the retail price of beef had risen 14.3 percent. But the farmers share went up wiy 11.1 percent in one year, while the retail ' the price between the farm spread corral and the housewife hod risen Winn-Dixi- n, to y y 20.7 Vi at ' I ri '' ?fr V yv v 4 if ct p t V'' f V ' If i i ' ' .V$6r in that time. It should be understood that no one is making exorbitant profits from present meat prices, not even that mysterious middleman,, said a statement by the National Live Stock and Meat Board in The livestock fanner, the Chicago. packer, the meat retailer have not been and are not now the cause of inflation. Some supermarket chains said they cannot freeze their prices and survive. A spokesman for Highland Farms Market of Cambridge, Mass., said their prices move with the wholesale market. If theyd freeze the wholesale prices, Id gladly freeze our prices, he added. Giant Food Stores, a Maryland-base- d chain, reduced beef prices an average of 10 cents a pound in Richmond, Va., with some exceptions such as ground beef and certain advertised items. Stop and Shop Supermarket in Eoston said it was not considering a freeze but said beef prices should drop because of the large incoming crop. The Agriculture Department said the number of cattle being fed for slaughter is 10 percent higher than a ear ago. Inside The Tribune a ciscan custodian of the Holy Land, Armenio Rareori. ' Outside Jerusalems walls, hundreds of Protestant worshipers prayed at the Garden Tomb, which some Protestant authorities contend is the I J Calvary. Reports Full Bookings Israeli officials estimated more than 20.000 visitors were in Jerusalem for Easter Weeds and the Jewish Pass-ove- r festival recalling the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. The hotel association repot ted full bookings. Among the visitors were groups See Page G, Column I percent Absolves 'Middlemen church, of e, y Hank Souvenirs, Postcards site ) By Harry F. Rosenthal Associated Press Writer The worshipers started out from the first station of the cross where Christ was condemned for sedition. Today a Moslem school stands where Pontius Pilate had his headquarters. An hour later the marchers reached the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which some Christians say is the site of Calvary and Christs tomb. time-scarre- desk. But White House officials said the Pi evident believes that the latest dispute makes even more urgent the need for reform in existing antis iike laws, and Thursday, in his afternoon news briefing, press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said that if Congress had passed the bill we wouldnt need to be talking about executive orders. ( Copyright Others Predicting a Drop streets. d Crusader inside the Jerusalem's Roman Catholic Patriarch Joseph Beltritti inched pravers. Catholic Good Friday ceremonies ended at sunset at the Roly Sepulchre with a burial service led bv the Fran- order to prod Congress to pass the reform bill, something he has done every oilier lime a transportation labT dispute has reached his Samo Moiai !?aal1 riioinc xtAtijuri x uuu jnamo Cut, Freeze Meat Pri More than 10.G00 JERUSALEM Ciiristian pilgrims, some carrying wooden retraced crosses, Christs final steps to Calvary tbrouga narrow lanes of Jerusalem on Good Fi iday Israeli troops with automatic rifles stood guard on rooftops and in the Arab Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts lined the route while little Arab boys darted among the marchers, hanking Holv Land souvenirs and postcards. Bishop John Kildany of Nazareth., a Roman Catholic, led the mile-lon- g procession. of Friday s executiv e 't Tribune Telephone Numbers, Page 2 n e y - - k r fj. 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