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Show if'Wll 1 limril T mtur irin f w Fair, Warmer ERET'N Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Rising temperatures. Daytime highs near 50. Lows tonight near 30. Details, weather map on Page D-- VOL. 37 1 10c 46 PAGES Pneumonia Burdens New Heart - S. Adrian Delegate Fisher hours after Skokie, 111., resident had received a human heart in the 18th transplant performed at the hospital. the to the appealed disarmament conference for an agreement that would halt the production of ail fissionable material such as enriched uranium and plu tonium. He also repeated the American offer to transfer 60,900 kilos of enriched uranium, U235, to peaceful purposes, if the Soviet Union did the same with 40,000 kilos of On-Sit- the same material. A kilo is pounds. In what he termed a change in the previous position of the United States. Fisher proposed that the agreement be safeguarded by t h e International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA, in Vienna. Previously the United States had insisted on an inspection system involving "substantial elements of adversary inspec-tiothe in particularly n, WASHINGTON (AP) -- embattled, King Hussein was welcomed to the White House today by President Nixon who described the monarch as a man of courage, wisdom and moderation." In this world characterized by very explosive problems," Nixon told his guest, leadership is required . . . and those three qualities of leadership we have seen in you . . ." Hussein, on his third visit here since the 1967 war, told the President he feels a "great responsibility" to discuss the grave problems of the Middle East. I really hope we will move In the direction of a just and honorable peace in this explosive situation fraught with danger, he said. Hussein said on his arrival Monday in New York he fears Arab-Israe- li another major war threatens in the Mideast with the "possibility of outside involve- ment." v If no solution is found, 1 think the danger of another major conflict in the area in the not too distant future Is very real," he added. Hussein also endorsed Big Four efforts at the United Nations to settle the Mideast problem and Nixon said today he is looking forward in his talks with the monarch to seeking new avenues which could lead to a permanent There was no indication when another bulletin would be issued. Prior to the report, Karps condition had been listed as satisfactory. Dr. Denton A. Cooley, who headed the transplant team, said Monday that Karp has a low incidence of rejection and will be unlikely to reject" his new heart. COOLEYS I3TII We think lie is a favorable type of recipient, Cooley said. It was Cooleys 19th such operation. The donor, Mrs. Barbara Ewan of Lawrence, Mass., died minutes after arriving on a trouble-plaguejet ambulance flight from Massachu- r i --- ,v I s ' s Russ Strike; Seen Unlikely -I N vU WASHINGTON (UPI) -Sof State Wiliam P. Rogers and Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird agree it is highly unlikely Russias continued nuclear missile buildup means the Kremlin eventually plans a first strike against ' J the United States. Any conflict between the two cabinet officers over nu- ecretary ft A I 'I r! - "s- VTA c- -f s 'iJ vjr iy VV SjA " -- V' C ' ,v V1 it s X is " UPI and workers use boats to get through city streets. Flood season has begun in Cherokee, Iowa, , ' t ' ' , v ' , , . Midwest Floodwaters Swell By United Press International A wintry storm, which Nebraska and eastern Wyom- ing. prompted stockmens warnings and brought freezing High winds, cold rain and snow lashed the north central states where the flood waters temperatures to v the Rocky Mountain areas, today threat- already had begun their way into , where Midwest the floodwaters already spring had begun moving south. ened Frost or freeze warnings were issued for all of Colorado and stockmen's warnings were in effect today for portions of the Dakotas, western forcing low-lyin- g homes, causing evacuations Iowa and South Dakota. in storm was centered over the Black Hills of South Dakota today, but its effects reached as far south as northeast Arizona and northern New Mexico where some frost was reported. Flagstaff, Ariz:, The was the coldest spot in the na- tion before dawn, although a relatively mild 28. The Mississippi was not yet swollen to flood proportions, but the portent of things to come was clear in the overflowing of the big rivers tributaries which range throughout the Midwest. Sixty-fou- r families were evacuated along the Little Sioux River at Cherokee, a community of 7,000 persons in northwest Iowa. Rock River, which bisects the northwestern cor- The Marines Hit Cong Camp, 35 Reds Die - U.S. SAIGON (UPI) rines from one of four Maoff- ensives aimed at blocking infiltration from Laos overran MEDITERRANEAN SEA a Communist base camp near Da Nang and killed 35 of its defenders, the U.S. command killing eight civilians and injuring nine others, Arab spokesmen said. of Iowa, also was flooding, threatening the tiny community of Rock Valley where Mayor A1 Porter said Monday, If the dikes hold we're all right. r If not, then the town will .. ' go under. On the Big Sioux, which divides Iowa front South Dakota, the town of Akron was the scene 4 feverish activity today with at least 15,000 contingent of sandbags and . War communiques said the Leathernecks from Operation Oklahoma Hills near tne Laotian border discovered the jungle camp and an adjoining hospital complex 20 miles miles to the west, Israeli and Egyptian troops battled in the second artillery duel across the Suez Canal sides Both month. this accused the other of starting southwest of Da Nang t captured it without a casualty Israeli military spokesmen said U.N. truce observers failed in attempts to arrange Monday. Operation Oklahoma Hills is one of four Marine offensives under way on Communist infiltration routes into South Vietnam from the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. More than along' the frontier because the Egyptians kept firing with tanks and artillery. cross-can- dud had spread along half the canal front from Port Tewfic at the south to the Bitter Lakes region In the north. Leathernecks 10,000 are involved. In Amman, Jordan, military spokesmen said two Israeli fighters used rockets in the raid against Aqaba. UPl Tseivw t Aqaba, J&rdon, after Arab rocket shelled Elat. & M Feeding the infiltration corto U.S. ridors, according sources In Saigon, is a new Communist supply complex 20 miles above the border Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Built since the bombing of North Vietnam stoppeJ, it is ringed w th antiaircraft defenses. First strike is a military term for an initial assault of such magnitude that it knocks out the enemys , ability to retaliate at a level which would be unacceptable to the attacker. Neither Russia nor the United States has that capability at present. Laird Monday told a group of visiting European journalists that as defense secretary I certainly have to assume in defense planning that this Russian capability was being developed in order to knock out our Minutemen missile . , , ., .,. , t g QUESTION This was somewhat less categorical than Lairds March 21 statement to a Senate sub- system.. v NO committee that there was Theater Womens Pages Editorial Pages Our Man Jones x - I "SfT' 4?hrsi A - 1 b-t.- City, Regional Comics SECTION Car Care . sjxiiuiv 3-- 8 2 1 C 8 u -3 Financial 4, 5 TV Highlights 7, 16 7 City, Regional Obituaries ...7 Weather Map Action Ads Tli I lie Parfv fiver idlijr a rears CLEVELAND, OHIO (AP) Robert Novak says he has abou! 500 parties to go to this year, but he doesnt know when or where. Novak Is pres- ident of the Jubilee Catering Co. and he says all records of the firms 1969 party obllga- tions were stolen Monday. He Issued a public appeal that Jubilee customers call him for reboeking. Otherwise, I think Ill leave town," Novak said. A e U Soviet Union would he foolish to go forward with enough the first strike." " Rogers, at about the same time, was telling a news conference that he simply did not believe the Russian military buildup was being undertaken with the intention of actually having a first strike.", He said it was hard to believe because any leader or leaders of sound mind would know that it probably would result in the destruction of mankind. Rogers declined to commit himself on the question of whether Russia was trying to build up a first strike capability. even though he was See ROGERS oa Page 4 ... iu A-- In U.S. At Last v LOS ANGELES cant think 1 (AP) theyd send me back Im innocent, said Dykes Askew Simmons his escape from a Mexican 'prison where he spent 10 years under sentence of death as a killer. . after 1, Sports L ... leu certain 1 12, 13 13 SECTION B . William P. Roger Escapee Basks , 6. 7 ... Music no question in his mind that the Soviets are going for a first strike capability. In any event, the defense secretary told newsmen Mon-daI have always made it clear that I do not believe the INSnewsHE and the shelling. a ceasefire , National Guardsmen earmarked for the community. said today. .it X ; to achieve the capabiUty for such an attack. NOT CAPABLE With the mechanical heart we can buy time until a transplant donor can be obtained, he said. This offers us the backup we have wanted for such a long time. Cooley Israeli planes hit S- - : clear strategy appears to boil down simpy to the fact that at least in public Rogers is less certain than Laird that the Russians are even trying 'V- N time, The Israeli attack on Aqaba was the first ever on the strategic Jordanian pert city, substantial ROGERS, LAIRD 'f By United Press International the . ' vy r Jordanian Port Qf Aqaba Hasted By Bsraeli Bombers By midmorning, objection to s ( , longer." Fisher told the conference today that had there been an agreement 13 years ago, nuclear arsenals would be much smaller today than they are. Fisher went on to reject a Swedish compromise treaty to ban nuclear underground tests. Presented April 1, It provides that any nation suspected of violating the treaty could be challenged to prove otherwise. Complaints could also be referred to the U.N. e Security Council, but investigation could only be carried out with the permission of the accused country. cut-of- 'vb X to prevent cheat- nspection ing. the U.S cutoff proposal has been around for 13 years, Fisher said: No one can deny that nuclear confrontation would be at a much lower level, and the world a much better place if we had been able to obtain a cut-of- f when it was first proposed, The late President Dwight D. Eisenhower first proposed such a f agreement In 1956 but the proposal was rejected because of Moscow's r':7A IS CAN BUY TIME A-- 150 that a cutoff agreement is no use without destruction of current stockpiles. "The lack of validity of such an assertion is clear, we believe, if we examine its logical corollary that no steps toward halting the nuclear arms race are worthwhile if they do not completely eliminate existing nuclear arsenals. This is a thesis which this conference cannot accept in its work," he said. Reminding delegates that eight-ounc- The experimental device was inserted during an operation last Friday when it developed that Karps own heart Today's Thought .was irreparably damaged. A public for a appeal human donor was made by Stand up to fear. You the patients wife, Shirley. are bigger than if is. Fear Cooley said he followed that is removable. up with personal calls to 2S or See HEART m Page 4 Norman Vincent Pcale About rc Aj Ai', e Cooley said the plastic and fabric heart he implanted in Karps chest on a temporary basis last Friday has proved ft can keep patients alive while awaiting a human donor. We've put up one Sputnik, you might say. If we could develop a power pack that could also be inserted we could expect it to sustain life much 1969 8, Hl!ini lid !N1W setts. added: APRIL TUESDAY, Ax' g peace." Israeli warplanes, retaliating against a Jordanian rocket bombardment of the port of Elat, today hit the Jordanian port of Aqaba (or the first 24-4445 - agement. J o r dan's -5- 24-2840 -5- 24-4445 NEWSPAPER search for undisclosed facilities. This would mean U S. and Soviet inspection teams visiting each other's facilities, a concept which has always been strongly opposed by the Russians on grounds that it could lead to spying. Fisher said such an argument be "clearly cannot applied to the inspection system we are now discussing. He also took Issue with another old Soviet argument 2.2 -5- 24-4400 Information Sports Scores Classified Ads Only 5213535 Editorial Offices 34 E. 1st South Inspection Demands Dropped e Mr. Karp has developed a patch of pneumonia in the right lung and his kidney function is depressed," the He hospital bulletin said. remains responsive but he is tired. Doctors are hopeful he will respond to medical man- Welcomed FIRST Mokes In a new GENEVA (AP) bid to halt production of nuclear weapons, the United States today dropped its demand for American inspection of Soviet facilities. U.S. WEST'S MOUNTAIN THE ye S Haskell Karp, the HOUSTON, TEX. (AP) man who had survived 65 hours with a mechanical heart, was reported today to have developed pneumonia. St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital reported this 26 Jordanian Monarch News, News Tipj Home Delivery SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 7. NO. 84 Our Phone Numbers - Simmons, who walked out of the Monterrey prison du. gUise(i as a woman was driv- en across the Texas border in a Iriend'i car and he flew to lm Angeles Monday from Harlingen with his lawyer. "They may try to extradite me for gajd the mer Ft. Worth, Tex , laborer. rm not nin8 anywhere. fter jq years ive got hot showers, dean aheets, rugs on the floor. No more adobe. I'm five. jn Washington, a State De-said partment spokesman there had been no word from Mexico on possible extradition Prccedin8s- Simmons had been held in Monterrey since Oct. 12, 1959, when he was arrested while on a vacation trip and accused of fatally shooting three members of a dentists family, Convicted and senicnced to d! b;' firing squad, Simmons continued to protest his inno- ' I ccnce and ask for official U.S. aid to win his freedom. Convinced there was no hope of help from Washington, he said, he spread pancake makeup on his face Sunday, put a shawl on his head and climbed into a dress padded in all the appropriate places." .. Then, witli about 400 women who had been visiting family members at the Nuevo Leon state prison at Monterrey, he walked out the gates which had closed him in since 1959, went another 500 yards to a waiting car and was driven to Texas. Thief-Proo- f Locks Work Too Well ; BOURNEMOUTH. England The Round House Hotel was justly proud of Its thief proof locks from America. Everybody In the hotel. Including the manager, found themselves locked out. One of the guests finally broke In through a window and opened the door after a found the thief-p- i oof lock could be opened' only front the inside. (UPI) locksmith |