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Show Variable cloudiness, clearing Sunday. See details, weather map, Page B-4. VOL. 371 NO. 70 74 PAGE 10c S made it clear that college and u n i v ersity administrators must police their own houses. The federal government not muut should cannot, not enforce the principles of academic freedom and intellectual integrity in schools, he said. Nixon put forth his sentiments on campus unrest in a statement issued from his bluff-to- p weekend vacation home here at the same time that Health Education and Welfare Secretary Robert and creativity from the Command disruptive tactics of irresponsible student dissidents. He urged stricter enforcement of laws against student violence and offered the moral support of the presidency against those trying to discredit the voices of reason and calm. But at the same time he re- ported an Army observation plane and a helicopter were shot down Friday. It raised to 2,616 the number of fixed wing aircraft lost in the war and 2,453 the number of choppers lost. Allied forces reported killing 127 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in four battles north, south and eat of Saigon. U.S. casualties were one killed and nine wounded, and South Vietnamese losses were six killed and 28 wounded. 524-444- -52- SATURDAY, MARCH n Finch made public in the text of a letter he sent to school administrators reminding them of the laws which provide for withdrawal of federal funds from students convicted of criminal acts on the campus. It is important for all concerned to understand that Congress has spoken on this issue and that the law must be enforced," Finch said in his letter. Nixon has on many occasions expressed his concern Wash-ingto- about the violence and disorNixons statement was in the nature of moral persuaders which have swept American campuses. He has been in sion and he confined himself touch with several top univer- to the simple vow that the sity administrators ar.d held process of learning will be conferences with Finch and carried out in an atmosphere Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell in free of violence. Washington earlier this week Freedom intellectual on how his administration can freedom is in danger in help control the unrest. America. The nature and conFederal law on the subject, tent of that danger is as clear enacted by the last session of as any one thing could be, Congress, requires that action the President said. vio V i o Ience physical s tudent troubleagainst makers be initiated by college lence, physical intimidation is seemingly on its way to administrators. - All the U.S. casualties refrom one four-hofight in the Mekong Delta, 49 miles south of Saigon, when a Viet Cong force attacked 150 infantrymen of the U.S. 9th Division in night positions around the provincial capital of Ben Tre. , sulted Av.'S 0 . ' V " vi v t C y " , v ' "s V - i - f5- - 'V 'Y ' s ; ) ! ' V A - ti MOSCOW The (UPI) Soviet Union said today that Red China is building a new CALL IN COPTERS The infantrymen called in artillery and helicopter shortly after midnight, and at daybreak the bodies of 42 Viet Cong were found. order of a military-bu- r c a ucratic dictatorship gun-shi- ps which has completely broken Ideolowith Marxist-Lenlnigy. An article in the Soviet army newspaper Red Star said there were mass purges in the army itself to replace those out of favor and the establishment of revolutionary committees run mostly by the army. st ." ' . namese 1 1' i ( units and claimed ,1 H C t ;nA bW killing 40. Government casualties were five killed and 20 wounded. South Vietnamese headquar-- . tern said . the paratroopers x 4$-- H ; vs REDS KILLED h another fight 100 miles east of Saigon more than 100 enemy soldiers attacked a government military headquarters shortly after mid- night Spokesmen said South Vietnamese militiamen killed ,35 .'enemy at a cost of one (lead and eight wounded. The fourth action involved Air Cavalrymen of the 1st Division participating in Opera-tip- n . casualties. : EVADUNG CONTACT UiS. said 30 North Vietnamese have been killed since Operation Atlas Wedge began Tuesday, . but the bulk of the enemy force estimated at 7,500 men is evading contact and choosing its: own time and place to spokesman fight. About 200 U.S. air cavalrymen were pulled out of the operation today and an officer said: It looks like theyve done the most they can do right now. More than 40 U.S. B52 bombers dropped 1,200 tons of explosives in an arc northwest to northeast of Saigon Friday and today. Some of the strikes were north of Atlas Wedge, aimed at catching North Vietnamese troops who may have . BE Can Sell Antiballistic Missile Plan - SecWASHINGTON (AP) retary of Defense Melvin R. , Nixon Missile Plan Wins In Poll Laird has emerged from Sen-ate grilling with the image of a cool, dogged performer and an unshaken conviction he can win the White House case for a revised missile defense A poll of 1,498 adult Americans NEW YORK (UPI) indicated nearly two out of three agree with President Nixon that the United States should deploy an Antiballistic Missile System (ABM) to protect against Chinese .attack. Slndhnger A Comapany, Inc. announced results of the nationwide telephone poll Friday. According to Sindlinger, 63.7 per cent said they agreed with the President, 15 per cent disagreed and 21.3 per cent had no opinion. - ' system. But the question of who if anyone came out ahead in the administration's first Capitol Hill presentation of arguments for a Safeguard antiballistic missle ((ABM) system remains to be seen. Laird wound up three days of testimony Friday with a nationally televised appearance before the Senate disarmament subcommittee, a focal point of Senate ABM opposition. And as expected, the criti- cism came fast and sharp, eral that Laird got to show, he kept trying although throughout the day to have his deputy, David Packard, give rundown the same visual-aithat had gone so well Wednesday and Thursday with the far Services friendlier Armed accompanied by cheers for the senators and laughter for Laird from the largely student audience that crowded into the cavernous Senate caucus room. . ( Far less of a shield than a sieve, said Democrat Frank Church of Idaho of the 37 billion President system Nixon wants to deploy at 12 sites to protect the nations deterrent missile and bomber force. d Committee. Not a convincing case, said Chairman Albert Gore, Every witness outside the Pentagon knows its not much good, said Arkansas J. William Fulbright, chairman of the parent Foreign Relations Committee. There are a few things we want to get to first," Gore told the defense chief. But they never did get around to the charts and Gore said Packard could comb before the committee with them next Wednesday. Through it all, Laird smiled often, answering with methodsentences ical, that struck a balance between the metallic of timony Cockeyed, was the com- ment Democrat Stuart Symington of Missouri had for a chart Laird showed. It was the only chart of sev-- STYLISH? statistic-fille- former d tes- Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and the dogged repetition of policy that former Secretary of State Dean Rusk displayed. The Soviets are going for a capability that can only be aimed at destroying our retaliatory force, said Laird: This is a deadly serious he said at another question, point when Fulbright made a quip that brought laughter. As secretary of defense I . would take a great pride and satisfaction in presiding over the elimination of arms building if we are successful in future arms control talks," he said at still another point. The Safeguard, he added, is not an escalation of the arms race. e , Press Simply , Comfortably HOLLYWOOD (AP)-W- hats rtost important in being well dressed? and comfort Simplicity, Just being yourself," says Barbara h eldon of televisions Get Smart. and ".Knowing yourself what you look well in," says Barbara Bain of Mission: Impossible. "A little bit of mystery," says Lana Turner. The scene: the movie Costume Designers Guilds third annual awards this week. Through an elegantly attired : r . . . . . AP Wlr Phot Gen. Earle Wheeler of the Joint Chiefs, left, confers with Pentagon aide John Foster, center, and Melvin Laird at hearing first-strik- WANT TO Pravda said there appeared an expression of strictness on the faces" of the towns inhabitants. Meanwhile, the drums of the Red Guards rumble on the Chinese bank of the Ussuri and curses and threats to the U.S.S.R. are blared out by loudspeakers, Pravda said. The Russians also hailed four soldiers as heroes of the Soviet Union who were killed and wounded in the March 2 and March 15 Damansky Island battles. Newspapers, reporting under the headline Glory to the Heroes Defenders of the g It also said Mao said a colonel and his associates have Motherland, turned ' the Chinese army and a first lieutenant were into an instrument of the decorated posthumously with and adventurist the Russian equivalent of the policy of the Peking ringlead- U.S. Medal of Honor. Two other soldiers who survived ers. the battles also received the The military now head 24 award. of the 29 provincial revolutionThere were numerous lesser ary committees," Red Star said. Of the 200 people com- orders and medals. prising the ruling upper crust in Peking, more than 130 are military. INSIDE Of the closest associates of Mao who have arroNEWS gated the title of the only guiding center of the whole party, the whole army and the whole country, more than SECTION A half are military," the newspaper reported. anti-sociali- st ; Atlas Wedge, a counterof-- , U.S. fensive aimed at preventing ah assault on Saigon. One unit ran into North Vietnamese troops 47 miles northwest of Ehigon and called in helicopter gunships, which killed 10 enemy. There were no US. and The independence competence of the faculty, the commitment, and equally the of the student competence body, are matters not to be he said. compromised, Tse-tun- . Di 10,000-ma- n merit. TOOL T also seized a mortar tube, an antiaircraft machine gun and two bazooka-typ- e rockets. 35 becoming aan accepted, or at all events a normal and not to be avoided element in the clash of opinion within university confines. Nixon said institutions of higher learning "are places of excellence in which men are judged by achievement and Peking Leaves True Fold, Russians Say v t 22, 1969 ire O On the outskirts of Tay Ninh Citv, 51 miles northwest of ' Saigon, 400 South Vietnamese paratroopers fought a two-hobattle with North Viet- 0 524-444- The Mountain West's First Newspaper SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF. ' President Nixon (UPI) today urged Americas colleges and universities to protect their integrity, independ-enc- e back to jungle camps !n War Zone C. U.S. 0 524-284- 5 Information 5 Sports Scores 1-3535 Classified Ads Only Editorial Offices 34 E. 1st South miff pulled The 524-440- Ninon Policy To End College Riots: Flare In Saigon Area - News, News Tips Home Delivery SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH New Battles SAIGON (AP) Sharp fighting swirled on three sides of Saigon today Mowing 30 overnight rocket attacks on allied towns and bases. Field commanders were alerted to be- - ready for an expected high point of enemy activity around the capital this weekend. Our Phone Numbers RET Clouds To Flee C throng a reporter threaded, asking screen glamor queens their chief secrets for looking stylish. Said Anne Baxter: A sense of yourself, of what looks well on you. With todays fashions and very little effort, you can look like a clown. You have to decide what is good for you. Within any fashion period you will always fina some look, some style, that fits your body and personality and will make you look attractive. Barbara Stanwycks scintillating silver hair and gown exemplified man her advice: For or woman, be well groomed to the very utmost of your budget. In this day and age it can be done on a low budget. To look neat, as a lady or gentleman should, is most important." Jane Wyman: Women should look very feminine-li- ke women." Miss Wyman did in a black chiffon gown she described as easy and comfortable. Sondra Locke, Oscar nominee for her supporting role in The Heart Is & Lonely Hunter: plicity. To To maintain simme, simplicity means elegance." Barbara Streisand, given the costume designers award later In the evening as best dressed actress, said: "I think its always to have the woman still the most important subject. In other that she rule the words, clothes rather than the clothes rule her. The dinner dance raised about 340,000 for the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation, a spokesman said. cool, Although outwardly Laird did remark that as a former congressman, he recalled it was easier to ask than to answer questions them. , When It was all over little new ground had been tilled, but the defense chief was un- daunted. Ike's Attack THE Raises New Worry Tse-tun- g, WASHINGTON (AP) -Army doctors, revealing for the first time that former President Dwight D. Eisen-howsuffered serious tempo-rar- y congestive heart failure one week ago, say he may well have less reserve strength than previously. The physicians acknowledged Friday they were more concerned than ever about the chronic heart condition of the general who is recovering from intestinal surgery. , In answer to questions they said it's conceivable Eisenhower could have further major coronary heart attacks like the seven he has suffered since 1955, the most recent last August this concern, a Despite medical bulletin late Friday from Walter Reed General Hospital said the generals condition today is favorable . . . he is resting comfortably and his spirits are good. Word of the congestive heart failure episode came in response to questions as a remarks result of by Mrs. Eisenhower and a er . Wednesday med-icbulletin from the hospital. Mrs. Eisenhower comirnt-e- d at a fashion show that ner husband has good days and bad and that last Saturday was a particularly bad one. It was so bad, she said, that I didn't take my clothes off for 30 hours" while keeping little-notice- d - watch near the generals bedside at the hospital. The medical bulletin, issued after President Nixon had visited Eisenhower for 20 minutes, said the former president has recovered from the immediate effects of Feb. 23 surgery for a gastrointestinal obstruction. But it also said Eisenhower continues to be weak and his cardiovascular status remains a matter of conern to his physicians. HINTS AT DIVISION But the newspaper said this new dictatorship is not supported by the whole Chinese army. Many military commanders realize the danger of this course for the country. It said some officers are alarmed by the mass purges in the army and the dropping standards in the training of troops." In a report from the Soviet town of Iman, near Damansky Island on the Ussuri River, borsite of recent der clashes, the newspaper Sino-Sovi- et Big Income, No Tax; How Come? WASHINGTON (UPI) -The House Ways and Means Committee, in the midst of a of tax long investigation reform proposals, is going to Wright of Yale University said that if the oil industry needed financial help, it should get direct federal subsidies and not tax breaks. take a look in secret at the returns of 155 persons who earn 3200,000 a year but pay no income tax. Harold M. McClure Jr., president of the Independent Petroleum Association, said elimination of the depletion Chairman Wilbur D. Mills, said Friday he wanted to see how these people got by without paying any tax. The committee hiu, the right allowance would force producers to raise retail gasoline prices to recapture lost reve- in executive session to examine individual income tax re- turns. Now in its second month of public hearings, the committee heard testimony Friday on the controversial oil depletion allowance, which permits producers a 27 per cent tax write-of- f on their total income from oil wells. Economist Arthur it i( 3 ( Vs mfeii Hawfr ms..nin jlN.i 4 uflllpi Iii4 mill gii4u6l sfrjJlM ft LSiL (fan W. nues. Today's Thought Ve have not the choice as to whether or not this country will play a great part in the world. AH toe can decide is whether toe wlU play it well or ill -- Theodore Roosevelt 1 f |