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Show Argentine Violence Subsides DCSrRET NEWS Mondoy, June 2, 1969 ARGENTINA CORDOBA, Troops began moving (AP) out of the center of this city today as local labor leaders prepared for a general strike to protest army actions in bloody rioting which left 13 persons dead last week. Army and air force troops, sent to the city last Thursday when police were unable to control striking workers and students, began withdrawing to strategic locations away from the downtown area. In addition to the dead, the rioting left several hundred injured, more than 500 arrested and property damage esti- mated at approximately $6 section of the city. Clinicas, where ' many students live, was one of the last pockets of reslstence to be overcome by troops. . The army reduced curfew hours from 8:30 p.m. until 5.30 a.m. The curfew previously had been in effect from dusk to dawn. The government has blamed extremists for starting the riots, which began Thursday afternoon when police fired on striking workers and students. fiscated million. Sporadic sniper fire, which menaced troops Saturday and appears to have Sunday, stopped. Businessmen continued cleaning up shops and streets in the downdebris-littere- d town area. Military authorities called a news conference Sunday night Is Despite the apparent return to normal, the possibility of new trouble was raised when labor leaders agreed to call a general strike at an as yet undetermined date. The labor leaders labeled illegal the military courts set up by the government to try civilians accused of taking part in the rioting. and exhibited more than 200 weapons, including rifles, a machine pistol and revolvers, which they said had been con- a during search in the Clinicas house-to-hou- m skti jb You know how tension Reed Boat 'Ra o mk ? 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K 18 Oilmen May Die, Biafra Says KWALE, NIGERIA (AP) -The Biafrans sentenced 18 foreign oil workers to death as Nigerian forces recovered the bodies of 11 others Sunday. The Biafran Information Service said the death penalty must be confirmed by Biafran leader Odumegwu Ojukwu but Gen. Ojukwu has not done so thus far. Biafran InMinister formation Ifegwu Eke had told a news conference the foreigners had been fighting alongside the Nigerians. A spokesman had said earif the men were to be In this age of gimcracks and chrome, isihere a place for a car so masterfully engi lier that freed, their home governcontact ments must make through the appropriate channel. It is a government - to. government affair, not a humanitarian affair, he added. U The sentenced oilmen Italians, three Germans and were among one Lebanese 29 workers who disappeared when Biafran and Nigerian troops battled near Okpal, in midwestern Nigeria May The bodies of the other 11 10 Italians and a Jor men were found by Nigdanian erian forces. The men were employed by AGIP. The Nigerian oil exa ploration company which is joint enterprise of the Italian state petroleum corporation and the Phillips Petroleum Co. of Bartlesville, Okla. AGIP denied that the men had been fighting' for the Nig, erians. Benz thinks so. -- 0. No Protests For Rocky TRINI- . PORT OF SPAIN, His visit to DAD (UPI) Venezuela canceled, Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller spent the final day of his current Latin tour free from American demonstrations that marked earlier stops. The New York governor announced Sunday he was with a request complying from Venezuelan President Rafael Caldera to call off betodays visit to Caracas cause of threatened violent demonstrations against him there. Instead, he will take his tour for President Nixon home to review its findings and prepare for the third and final leg of the mission, beginning June 16. fact-findin- g FOWLER GAS WATER HEATER Fully Automatic f Yesterday's dreamboats bad enormous tail fins. Today, it's fastbacks, racing stripes, and shark-mouth- chrome ed grilles. Obviously, there are millions every year who are Willing to buy a car that's "in vogue" even though they know newer gimcracks and styling quirks will soon erode their investment' refuses to But Mercedes-Ben-z obsolescence" the game. "planned play At Mercedes-Benengineers, riot stylists, rule the roost And they insist on putting value where they think it belongs: at. the heart of their machines. motor cars can cost anywhere from about $4,500 to $26,000 without, to some tastes, "looking" it Form follows function Make no mistake. The perfecdo not apoltionists at Mercedes-Ben- z free of lines classic those ogize for be still will that touches faddish handsome years from now. They simply think form should follow function instead of fashion. The contours of that 250 sedan at right were dictated by the need to provide proper headroom, hiproom, legroom and protective packaging for five adults. Dictated by the propor- SIZES Gal. GLASS LINED Guaranteed For S Year. Thi, mean a lot vnth our great water presture here. INSTALLATION BY LICENSED PLUMBER OPEN MON. THRU SAT. 8:30 A.M. 'Til 6 P.M. OPEN SUNDAY 9 A.M. 'TIL 4 P.M. tions required for nimble maneuverability. The car is both shorter and leaner than its overweight rivals. Yet it bristles with sophisticated, features available only as extra-co- st options, if at all, on domestic sedans. ce A superb machine Too sophisticated, some critics Mercedes-Ben- z say. Nonsense, retort afford to invest can If a man engineers. thousands of dollars in a superb driving machine, he is entitled to get something superb. The pinnacle of safety As for safety, Mercedes-Ben- z engineers applaud the intent of the new U.S. Government regulations, and carry their protective measures beyond stops, the raw body is taffy apple, into a giganemerge with 24 pounds of rust protection. bars front ana i factory Mercedes-Ben- Heroic stopping power Stopping? Unless you have Grand Prix racing h driven a chances are car or a Mercedes-Ben- z, the securhave never experienced you from good comes really that having ity brakes. Disc brakes. A few domestic sedans have disc brakes, and others el discs as an option. offer front-whe- el comes with But every Mercedes-Ben- z all four wheels. massive disc brakes on Standard. Result: You get more stopping ronf-whe- slath- ering of undercoating. . yov re a more confident driver. 180-mp- , Every car gets 20 more pounds of primer and paint. Even the insides of the hub caps are coated. Asa final flourish in its armament against corrosion, each car gets a mushiness. When you hold the wheel, you "feel" the road. When you turn the wheel, the car darts instantly where you aim. Suddenly, rl z 250. To some, it doesn't took" orth $5,176. the letter of these laws. The 250's best defense against alblundering drivers is, of course, its most uncanny evasive ability. But, if the worst happens, your Mercedes-Ben- Re.dwiU., overhead am engine of every 250 is bench tested more than 60 minutes. A hint of trou ble in this gruelling test and the engine is tom down and rebuilt Mercedes-Ben- z finds the lemons not you. If you'd like more facts on iht remarkable $5,176 machine, mail the brochure. coupon for a . Pf course, the quickest way to verify the 250's virtues, both visible and invisible, is simply to test itivt ,'it. Just ask for the keys. ' Other Mercedes-Ben- model z to ponder: V- 280S Sedan the most rosi- worthy car you can buy in the luxury class, $6,106. 280SL Roadster a tporli or for grown-up- s, g combines performance with comfort, $6,721. 220 Diesel the only powered automobile Mercedes-ter- n makes, gives you small-ca- r economy in a big, safe sedan that may well endure for decades, $4,668. 300SEL an understated limousine, $9,615. soul-stifftr- deJ z is designed to shield you. The entire passenger compartment is built as a sturdy "safety zone." Doors are designed to stay closed on of impact The front and rear sections the car are engineered to crumple in aba violent crash at a controlled rate, threat the sorbing shock and reducing of serious injury. Car and Driver's sober condu sion: Of ail the world's motor cars, line "repthe current Mercedes-Ben- z resents the present pinnacle in safe car engineering." Value. All of it concealed from the casual eye. But there. . The A brochure full-col- or More hidden value scram- bling quarterback. You can blast It over rutted and potholed gravel lanes. It behaves with almost eerie calm. You can thread it through the corkscrew turns of a mountain road, and enjoy yourself. There's no sloppy play in the Steering. No Tfll new 24-pa- ge tic vat of primer. It rear. This endows it with the agility of a 1 dunked whole, like a Scrapping the ay when the shutter mechanism erackiri shut on a good reflex camera,reporfed Car and Driver's expert. , ; That's the beauty of the 253. It's built as if it were a 3,000-poun- d Hasselblad camera Art unconventional car? Defidoes not make antly so. Mercedes-Ben- z conventional cars and never wuL When welding solid rear axle system cf most domestic cars, the 250 uses an plus suspension anti-sw- Mercedes-Ben- z And there's more. Construction of every Mercedes-Ben- z begins in a shower of sparks. Where conventional cars use bolts to tie body and chassis together, Mercedes-Ben- z uses thousands of welds to create a single unit of immense strength. After 50,000 miles or so, you may begin to wonder if your 250 will ever rattle. power than you may ever need. But you sleep better at night. steers and stops like ' the Mercedes." , iron-will- ed z, That's why What he gets in a Mercedes-Ben- z in automotive circles. An expert from Car and Driver tested the "new" 250 when it was released early in 1968 after an incubation period of five years. His verdict: "Offhand, I can't think of any other sedan in the world with the possible exception of the Maserati Quattroporte thathan-dle- s, is legendary Revealing showroom tests Run a finger along the bodv of the 250. No "orange peel" texture. Slide in and open the glove compartment. Fully trimmed. Close the car door. Ka-chu- Now flex your back. This is no marshmallow seat It supports you, mile after mile. It should: it was designed with the guidance of orthope-d.- c phwidans. Crank the window and fiddle with some knobs. "Everything worked with precision, eliciting the sane sort of sat.'.iac bon that comes Ken Garff Foreign .Cats, Inc.. 525 South. State Street Sait Lake City, Utah 84111 Please send me a ful!).brochure on the new generation ef motor cars from Mercedct-Uer- l a. 0,, Copyr,ghtWM.M.rcderN,l)1;Ji option. Halt ind lout ui, it ny 9 Ken Garff Foreign Cars, Inc. 525 South Eulf Strett, Silt UVt City, Uu.S 84111 PScik: (801) 1. 521-660- 4 J :i |