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Show HA The Salt Lafcp Tribune, Thursday, August 16, I9T? Renewed Fighting Erupts in Wake of U.S. Cambodian Bombing Halt shortly before under a comnoon Wedm-.-dabetween Congress promise and Pres.dent Nixoa. uhiih Fy George Esper Associated ITess Writer - FHN'OM PENH Fighting was reported Wednesday on three sides of Phnom Penh as Cambodian government forces sought to defend their capital without an American air shield for the first time m 3 years The after mand that -We have enlarged the zone of defense and are ui good powithstand to sition the enemys attacks, said the chief spokesman for the Cambodian command, Col. Am Rong. came hours fighting the Cambodian comexpressed confidence d it could repel attacks on Phrom without the air umbrella. In Washington, a statement prepared for and approved by President Nixon warned North Vietnam that he would take appropriate action if Hanoi Comm-'im-t-le- Penh ended mounted an offensive in Indochina. Claimed Tswn Recaptured fhe Cambodian military command claimed its forces had recaptured the district town of Kompor.g Kantuot, southwest of Phnom Penh. said all of Route runs around the southern defense perimeter, had been cleared of sntigov-emmeforces. The insurgents pulled back and the government troops met little resistance, he said. Am Rong 38, which also was reported at Prek Pao, on Highway 21, about eight miles south of Phnom Penh. Fighting Ten miles to the northeast of Phnom Penh, government forces met heavy shelling resistance as they tried to advance toward Prek Anchanh village at the joining of the Mekong and Tonle Sap nvers. "It Ls early, of course, but since the end of U S. bombing, the army has ought very well," Am Rong said. "We al ready have scored a new success recapturing Kompong Kantuot. The army is adapting and has shown itself ready for the new situation. There is a new spirit in the ranks. Morale is high. U.S. Phnom Penh is surrounded by an estimated 30,000 Com- munist command troops fighting to topple the government of Lon Nol. A Historic Day Pnnce Norodom Sihanouk, who was ousted as Cambodias leader in 1970, said The only visible change fc Phnom Penh since the bombing halt was that window co d f ; Washington Post Service Soviet Communist party leader Leonid I. Brezhnev Wednesday held out strong hope for a permanent tent relaxation of sions, but promised a continued struggle against the theory and practice of Maoism. 9 East-Wes- h ' ha ' 0 Jr- N - f '7K. Wi, , .. t ' v k 'A.. r ..-- A Aiiociotcd Congresswoman Bella Abzug, D. N.Y., grabs hat B52 Jet blast. She journeyed Personal Fight SANTIAGO, CHILE (AP) -T- ransport leaders rejected the latest By William Montalbano Knight News Writer C1IRISTIANSTED, ST. Three memCROIX, V.I. bers of a jury which convicted five black men of murder at the Fountain Valley Golf Course charged Wednesday they had been coerced into reaching a guilty verdict. Two of the three accused U S. marshals of coercion. The third named the trial judge, Warren H. Young. Defense attorneys headed by radical lawyer William Kun-stler asked that the verdict be set aside and demanded a new trial. They asked Chief Federal .Judge Almerrick Christian to hear the allegations of coercion Thursday or Friday. On All Counts The jury of U blacks and one white returned a guilty verdice against all five on all eight counts of doce-fendan- ts murder Monday after nine the days of deliberation longest in U.S. criminal-cour- t history. w Young sentenced the five St. Croix militants to eight consecutive life terms Monday after polling the jurors to confirm their verdict. But jury foreman Myron Allick and juror Lionel Rodgers signed affidavits saying they had been coerced ultimatum back-to-wor- k by the leftist government Wednesday. Chilean Marxists blamed the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency for the strife and its attendant violence and sabotage. third juror, Mrs. Hughetta Boulware, also claimed to have been pressured during the jurys deliberation, a de-- ; fense motion charged Wednesday. Notify Official After they were dismissed the jurors went to Monday, t (Sen. Claude A. Molloy, president of the Virgin Islands legislature. Molloy in turn notified Judge Christian. quent sympathy strikes by bus and taxi ow ners. Juan Jara, president of the confederation of owners of trucks, buses and taxis, said the strike would end when the government agrees to the demands of the strikers: The sale of state-madtrucks to e legislators from President Salvador Allendes Socialist party said they want U.S. Am-- . Davis bassador Nathaniel confederation members, expelled from Chile. Congressional sources said any such mow would face defeat in the opposition-controlleCongress. Chile has been affected by a w alkout of 40,000 truck owners that began July 26 and subse "The government can do this." he said, "but this material is being used for political ends, such as turning over the trucks to state organizations and the organizations parallel to ours." , d importation of more spare parts and higher fare and tariff allowances. No Meetings Scheduled In Newsprint Impasse MONTREAL (UPI) eneral stalemate -g- continued Wednesday in labor disputes that have shut down three newsprint major Canadian producers and cut off daily output of 5.800 tons a day, mainly to U.S. consumers. Svme 7,600 workers were involved in strikes at five mills owned by Canadian International Paper (CIP), two Ontario Minnesota (OM) Co. plants, and three mills operated by Price Brothers. No Effort union spokesman m the CIP dispute said Wednesday no effort to resume negotiations has been made by either party. In the Price Brothers strike at three horthem Quebec mills, a union spokesman said the walkout could possibly be a long one. No talks have been scheduled in the Ontario Minnesota strikes at Fort Francis, Ont., and Kenora. Ont., where plants have been closed since early July. A A . N.Y. Demo For Labor Strife 'Pressures Press Wireoholo to Ctapao Air Base in Thailand to view return of bombers from their final missions over Cambodia. Jurors Cite Chile Blames CIA Slay Case In his first important public statement on foreign affairs since the June summit meeting in Washington, Brezhnev balanced optimism about relations with the capitalist West with skepticism about the continued dispute with China. , A' '4. nearly blown off by "I dont sec much chance of an early break in the situation, an industry source said. Some 15 other paper and newsprint producers in Ontario currently are engaged in negotiations in the conciliation stage, the final stage before workers are entitled to strike. The strikes at CIP, OM and Pnce Brothers affect plants in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. Statisticians with the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association said the total loss m newsprint production to date has been 117,000 tons, bared on a daily lost production of 5.800 tons. Views Bomb Halt - a has SAIGON (AP) Rep. Bella fought long personal crusade against the war in Indochina. On Wednesday, she stood on a blistering runway halfway around the world from her own battleground to watch a jet bomber land and prove the law finally won out over madness. S. Abzug "I was very choked up and very shook up by the mixture of sadness and excitement I felt, Mrs. Abzug said. The New York Democrat arriveC in Saigon following a visit to the American B52 bomber base at Utapao, Thailand, 100 miles south of Bangkok, to witness the end of some of the final U.S. bombing missions before a congressional imposed deadline stopped the American air war in Indochina. "I stood there on that hot runway with all those majors and colonels or whatever they were and there was nothing but silence, except for the deadly noise of those incredible machines, recalled Mrs. Abzug. "I was sad to think of all the waste and destruction that had gone before that moment, and yet I still felt a glimmer of hope for the future because watching those huge silver monsters roll to a stop brought us all into a new New York Times Service Reduced Supply "Deep down 1 suppose I had to see for myself if we were going to live up to the law-- , to see the law win out over madness," she added. The newsprint shortage alhas affected some ready in the Eastern newspapers and Midwestern United States, with some newspapers cutting back on supple ments or trimming extra pages. Mrs. Abzug, accompanied by her husband Martin, left Washington on Aug. 6 for a tour of Southeast Asia in conjunction with a committee incongressional of international vestigation narcotics traffic. - A statement read by Gerald L. Warren. the deputy White House press secretary, said that Nixon continued to have "grave reservations about the wisdom of the congressional imposed end to all combat activity in Indochina. as he had Nixon blamed Congress on Aug. 3 for action he saw as ruining the chances for negotiations in Cambodia's neighbors, and eroding the Vietnam ceasefire accord by forcing the end to the bombing. Wednesday's statement, issued about hours after the last American bombs fell in Cambodia, went beyond the Aug. 3 document to accuse Congress of endangering the peace of the world. Most importantly, this congressional act undermines the prospects of world peace by raising doubts in the minds of both friends and adversaries concerning the resolve and capacity of the United Stales to stand by international agreements when they are violated by other the While House statement parties, said 12 Throughout the Vietnam war. the Johnson and Nixon administrations had warned thai if the United States broke its "commitment" to its Southeast Asian allies, this would lead to an erosion of other alliances and possibly encourage Communist states to take bolder risks Cambodian command said .the U.S. spokesman bombing had inflicted heavy casualties in the last three weeks and that it would take the insurgents time to replace them before launching an offensive. "It could take them one or two months, said Am Rong. "For the moment, we see no movement or indication that they are prepanng a new attack on Phnom Penh, but we know they will sometime in the future. set by right up to the deadline the White House -1- 0.45 a m. Phnom Penh time, and 11:45 p m. EDT Tuesday. The deadline w s 15 minutes ahead of that imposed by The The Con-gros- residents capitals Detente, East-We- st in Speaking in Almaata Soviet Central Asia. 150 miles from the Chinese - border, Brezhnev said Chinese policy was "based on rabid and subversive activity against the socialist countries. By implication, he seemed to say that China didnt qualify as a socialist country itself. Remains Willing The Soviet leader added that the USSR remains willing to improve relations with China, but only if the Chinese on give up encroachments the interests of the socialist states. Though this rhetoric is Brezhnevs hopeful strong, words on relations with the West may have capitalist made a stronger impression on Soviet citizens. (The speech was broadcast nationwide on television Wednesday afternoon ) The Chinese problem has been a fact of life Ill here for many years, but the dramatic improvement in relations with the West is still a new phenomenon. Brezhnev said the movement toward detente was continuing, and "The threat of a direct conflict between the two world systems (capitalism and communism) is weaken- Regarding the psychological etlect of the bombing halt upon the Cambodian army. Am Rong said: "Our troops have the necessary morale because they know that if they nate the threat of world war, so that the policy of peacelul will triumph on the earth. , ing. "We will strive further," fca added, "to completely elimi Reason to Hope There is reason to hope, that the Brezhnev said, and treaties agreements reached in recent times by East and West represent "the beginning of a fundamental restructuring of international relations. fight without American bombthev can be proud of ' with themselves defending their own arms. ing Small Force The Cambodian air forte has about 50 propeller-driveT28 aircraft, but the total bomb load of all of them bareU.S. B52 ly equals that of one 16 tons. about bomber n Dollar Rise Skips Beat On Europes Markets LONDON (AP) - TheitsUi. dollar paused briefly in i before Wednesday covery resuming the rise that has already taken it to a two-mont- h peak. Some hesitancy was noticeable in late trading as dealers President Nixons awaited speech on Watergate. Wednesdays announcement m Washington that the United States had a balance of payments surplus in the second quarter of this year was expected to strengthen the dol- lar in trading Thursday. The 463 million surplus was the first in years. 3- -j The pricp of gold dropped R an ounce Wednesday but recouped much of the loss later. The dollar jumped mere than P2 pfennigs to close at marks in Frankfurt and more 2.4615 marks m The Pentagon said in Washington that U.S. planes flew 279 missions on the last day, 48 of them by B52 bombers and 231 by r The last F4D two were by strikes Phantoms flying out of Lbon Air Base in Thailand, according to Pentagon spokesman Jerry W. Friedheim. He said s two the dropped their bombs 15 minutes before the deadline. The targets were not disclosed. fighter-bomber- Frankfurt and more than one centime to close at 3.0230 Swiss francs in fcrnch. The bntish pound lost a whole U.S. cent, closing at fighter-bombe- $2.4625. and Paris The Brussels markets were closed because of the Assumption Day holiday. Some London dealers said state of the dollar Thursday could depend In large part on Nixons explanation of the Watergate affair. Part of the late recovery that carried the price of gold in Zurich back from the day's low of $S9.50 an ounce to the losing $93.50 was laid to the uncertainty over the Nixon In London, gold speech. $90 50 and reached at opened by the close. In both centers it closed at $95 an ounce Tuesday. t 4 LOCATIONS : fighter-bomber- But at Utapao Air Base m Thailand, the Air Force credited Maj. John Hoskins, 37, of Portsmouth, Ohio, with making the last U.S. bombing run in the Indochina air war. He said his last bomb load was dropped on a wooded area one minute before the deadline. The Air Fcrce said m Washington that the last B52 mission was flown out of Anderson Air Force Base on Guam. 26SO EAST &260 SOUTH 31 W EAST 3300 SOUTH 4040 SOUTH 2100 EAST 410! WEST 471S SOWM m-y- . A I jpa v-- t I i rc." n.y - ( T V i V" . SEEDLESS GRAPES LBS.11; Y- ' r era. g Nixon Decries Cutoff of Bombing WASHINGTON President Nixon marked the end of American bombing ui ; Cambodia Wednesday with a fresh denunciation of Congress for forcing the cutoff an act that he said "undermines the ' and with a prospects for world peace new warning to Hanoi not to take military advantage of the cessation. attacked s V ows Fight Against Maoism V MOSCOW I Fighter-bomber- ... Russ Hints ' imperialism." The Peking news agency Ilsmhua quoted Sihanmik as at a banquet In saying Tientsin that victory is heritable for his forces and that Phnom Penh will be "liberatno matter what cost ed we should pay . . . Wednespaused only briefly a symwatch to day morning bolic aerial display by US. aircraft to signify the end of the bombing. A spotter plane, proceeded by two jets, trailed blue and white smoke and did a slow barrel roll. no longer rattled and buildings longer shook from the explosions of bombs from U.S. planes. The last group of three B32s 48 tons of dropped their bombs just before dawn. Wednesday night that the last day of bombing was historic for the Cambodian people wd a day of "gross disgrace for endangering the peace The United States has no treaty commitment to Cambodia, however, and Warren was asked what international agreement" was being broken by the end of American bombing in Cambodia. fie replied that he was referring to the Jan. 27 Vietnam ceasefire agreement. The administration has previously said that under that accord, it was permitted to bomb m support of the Lon Nol government so long as the insurgents, backed by Hanoi, refused to negotiate a ceasefire. 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