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ON TODAY'S EDITORIAL PAGE After Reapportionment: Editorial 'No' to the Steamfitters: Editorial Everywhere They Build: Letter FINAL rosTi iu mi it Cloting Stock Market Prices Paget 6E end 7i Vol. 88 No. 132 (88th Year) JL MONTH, Br CARRIER i 6 1868. LOUIS, MAY 13, 1966 68 PAGES PRICE 7c inbtSr1.85 SILO SFATC BILL AWARDING U. S.

DENIES DOWNING MIG OVER CHINA, SAYS FIGHT TOOK PLACE INN VIETNAM CI: i i IRIS CRUSH PEKING ADM VIET CONG FORC IN FIERCE FIGHT iiSJi Estimate Board Finally Accepts Airport Contract Measure Introduced The Board of Estimate and Apportionment, approved today the award of a new restaurant and airline catering contract to Interstate Inc. The approval was given, the board "with great reluctance," and came only after it had twice rejected the proposed The contract will now go to the Board of Aldermen for approval. A bill embodying the contract award was introduced today. 4 In a statement on its action, the board noted that the Munici- pal Airport Commission had sub- mitted the bid of Interstate Hosts Inc. for approval three times.

"We have at no time ques- tioned the motives or good faith me memoers or ine urpon mtnolAlt HOSTS BACKED DA NANG NEAR AIR LOSS. CALLS Targets Throughout North Are Attacked in Biggest Plane Action of War NIDENT WA PROVOCATION IPkM iy From Post-DltipMch Wire ServlMS SAIGON, South Viet Nam. May 13 Peking's charge that United States planes intruded into Red China yesterday and shot down a Chinese plane drew a rebuttal today from Americans. A. U.S.

spokesman gave details of the destruction of a MIG-17 over North Viet Nam's Red river valley. "It is inconceivable to ma that the planes could be in the wrong place," said Maj. Gen. Gilbert L. Meyers, deputy com mander of the U.S.

Seventh Air Force. The Air Force said that one of its missile-firing F-4C Phantoms downed the MIG in an action 105 to 115 miles northwest of Hanoi 20 miles or more from China's frontier after four of the cannon-firing Communist craft jumped a flight of three Phantoms and an RB-66 reconnaissance craft. Meyers said the presence of the RB-68, which was equipped with sophisticated radar gear and carried a highly qualified navigator, ruled out the possibility that the Americans did not By James Rackwitz, a Post-Dispatch Photographer Kindness Repaid Commission in voting to accept mandos and said that some of a bid which guaranteed a mone- were from ceus responsible tary return of less than one of for bombings and machine-gun the other bids," the board state- raids in which persons were ment said. killed and about 200 others Mild Criticism wounded. However, the statement mildly In fierce fighting 18 miles criticized the commission for southwest of Da Nang, leather-failing to set up a system under necks of the U.

S. Third Marine which bidders would first qual- Division reported killing 175 ify before spending time and Viet Cong of an enemy force of maney on submitting a proposal, more than' 200. The marines "Be that as it may, after deep seized a Communist training deliberation, we have reached camp after a 10-hour battle, the conclusion that it does not Surrounded by Red appear to be the prerogative of The fjghting began when 14 this board to refuse to approve leathernecks on patrol 17 mHes the recommended contract on g0uthwest of Saigon strayed into that ground," it said. tne yiet Cong nest. The guer- The earlier rejection of the surrounded the Americans Interstate Hosts offer was based and pinned them down with on the objections Of two of the machine-eun and mortar fire Bird's-Eye View of Red birds With the Gateway Arch in the background glistening in reflected brilliance, St.

Louis's new civic center Busch Memorial Stadium holds its first baseball crowd. This view is from the Post-Dispatch radio station KSD traffic helicopters A wounded North Viet Namete soldier as he was flushed from hiding in a jungle at Bu Gia Map, South Viat Nam, by paratroopers of the 10 1st Airborne Division. The young prisoner received kind treatment instead of the death blow he had been expecting and informed the Americans of a Red ambush. .0 ATTEND Two Terrorist Cells Smashed in Saigon Roundup of 38 Red Commandos From Poit-Dltpateh Wit ScnrloM SAIGON, South Viet Nam, May iJUnited State marine wiped out most of a Viet Cong forca in South Viet Nam yesterday. the $ame government security forces reported a major blow against Viet Cong terrorist Saigon.

They announced the 0f 35 communist com- and the squad fought back. Officials said the squad killed about 30, but suffered heavy losses. up correspondent Daniel Southerland, who was on ttia scene, said the sauad's radio noise of the Battle was neara back at company headquarters, and a second squad was dis- patched to find out what was happening. This squad also was pinned down, but flashes back a call for help. A Marine comoany chanted in and engaged the entrenched guerrillas in a bitter battle until Skyhawks and Phantom F-4C jets flew in dropping 1000-pound bombs and napalm, Biggest Fight in Months Totai American casualties were described as light in one of the biggest fights between the marines and the Viet Cong in recent months.

Heavy artillery and air support accounted for 120 Communist dead, a Marine spokesman said. All the Commu- nist dead were confirmed by body count, the spokesman said. A Viet Namese military spokes man reported that a regiment BUSINESS AT BARS AND RESTAURANTS BRISK BUT UNEVEN EASILY. CROWD A WE FINDS MOVES FIRST GAME IN STADIUM ,7 Poelker and Gunn objected was knocked out and the Ameri-Fans Left Stadium because another bid, from Air cans could not call tor helj. The Associated Press Radiophoto TRAFFIC HAZARD Copter Patrolman Refers to Practices on Expressways By GERALD R.

THORP Of The Post-Dispatch Staff FIFTH OF A SERIES From where he sits, 600 to 1000 feet above St. Louis and St. Louis County, Patrolman Don Miller has decided that one of the greatest traffic hazards in the area is A the super cau- OU tious expressway driver. I see it ueau time and again every day," said Miller, 71 who advises motorists about Last Year rush hour traffic conditions over Post-Dispatch Station KSD as he is flown above the area in a helicopter. "Drivers using an entrance ramp will travel slower and slower as they approach the ex- mmn2 stOD he- TURN TO PAGE 13, COLUMN 2 CAUTIOUS DRIVER TERMED DAY FORECAST: COOL? SHOWERS Forecast for St.

Louis and vicinity for the next five days: Temperatures will average 6 to 10 degrees below normal through Wednesday. Mild tomorrow and Sunday; cold Monday through Wednesday. Normal highs are in the low to mid-70s; normal lows in the low to mid-50s. Showers are expected tomorrow night and Sunday. MARKET SUFFERS STEEP LOSS AFTER CAR SALES REPORT NEW YORK, May 13 (AP)-The stock market took a steep loss today after a report of a 15.4 per cent drop in automobile sales in the fir 10 days of May.

Among the four major automakers, only Ford reported a sales gain. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dosed at 876.11, dtown 9.46 points, or 1.07 per cent, preliminary figures showed. The New York Stock Exchange ticker tape lagged in reporting floor transactions by several minutes at one stage as trading volume mounted. Opening of trading in General Motors was delayed because of an influx of orders. EBAN VISITS AUSCHWITZ WARSAW, May 13 (AP) -Foreign Minister Abba Eban of Israel visited the former Nazi extermination camp at Ausch- witz yesterday.

More than 000,000 Jews were killed there. know where they were. 'Debt in Blood' Red China's first report of a Chinese plane lost in the Viet Nam war placed the air battle in Yunnan province northeast of Makwan, 25 miles north of the border. It called the incident "an act of war provocation" and said "the debt in blood owed by U.S. imperialism to the Chinese people must be cleared." U.S.

Air Force and Navy pilots hit North Viet Nam with 135 missions yesterday in the greatest air raid of the war, a military spokesman said. The planes ranged up and down the Communist nation, smashing military and communication targets. Meyers indicated that the Americans believed the MIG they downed was North Viet Namese, not Chinese, though they did not see its markings. It was blown up by a heat-seeking Sidewinder missile fired by Maj. Wilbur R.

Dudley, Orange, a Phantom aircraft commander. The enemy flyer "seemed to be a pretty good pilot, but he made one mistake," Dudley told reporters in Da Nang. Only One Mistake "He apparently had a case of tunnel vision (target fixation) when he bore in on the RB-66 and never knew we were behind him. That was his mistake. And one mistake is all you're allowed in this game." Dudley fired two missiles in the three-minute fight.

First Lt. Imantes (Kris) Kringelis, Lake. Zurich, was his rear seat Restaurant and tavern operators in the vicinity of the downtown Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium are hoping for shorter baseball games in the future, Business in the numerous es -tablishments was found to be brisk before and after the game-- last nieht- tut sagged to a low HtlMI. noma level wiuic me 4172 iiuui gamt. was in progress.

The manager of the Crest House, Broadway and Chestnut street, said the establishment was full before the game. Shortly before the contest ended, taverns in the area began to fill with cold customers who deserted the park in favor of the warmth at the bar. Thirty the taverns were serving a large number of fans pCT rnnu 11 DAPPfiDMC lIlWYI U.O.. nAuUUUHO LONDON, May 13 (UPI) Two raccoons sent by Mrs. Lyn- d0n Johnson arrived yester- day at the children's zoo on the English channel island of Guernsey.

Jr.asT?-'IIf-vrsw5!s (1 HI- Gradually- Few Tie-Ups Reported Few modifications' will be needed in the plan for handling traffic at the downtown civic center Busch Memorial Stadium, officials said today. The stadium area last night was generally clear of traffic 30 minutes after the Cardinals base- ball game ended at 11:33 o'clock, Same ti(wlps were reported on Veterans Bridge and major streets and highways leading west from the city, but most traffic flowed easily from the downtown area. Maj. Walter Eitzman of the Pniiro TWiartmont'c Knroan nf field operations pointed out that TURN TO PAGE 16, COLUMN 1 'Most Beautiful Thine I Have Ever- Seen Says One By FRANK LEEMING JR. Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium opened for business last night.

Its success was im mediate and spectacular. The Hnwntnwn nnrte rpntpr attracted 46,048 persons, prob- ably the largest audience in the history of professional sports in St. Louis. It overwhelmed most of the customers with its size, simplicity ad spaciousness. The attraction of seeing the uie new siauuuu leu tu an unexpevieu uunus wiien the host baseball Cardinals came from behind to beat the Atlanta Braves 4 to 3 in 12 innings.

Fans began to fill the structure as soon as the gates opened at 5 o'clock. Many persons dallied in finding their seats to survey the new ball park. A favorite pastime of early arrivals was to lean against the railing of one of the many ramps and look out over the new complex of buildings in the downtown area, or look up at the nearby Gateway Arch. "This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen," said Mrs. Claudia Hanebrink, 9904 Vasel drive, Affton.

"They couldn't have found a better place for this stadium." For a number of people the job of finding and getting to TURN TO PAGE 11, COLUMN 2 Clearing1. Cool Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Clearing this evening and becoming generally fair and cool, with the low between 35 and 40; considerable sunshine and warmer tomorrow with the high in the 60s; partly cloudy and mild Sunday with a chance of Baseball 1H THE ROUND showers. board's Comptroller John H. Foelker and Donald Gunn, president of the Board of Aldermen.

Mayor Alfonso Cervantes, the third member, had voted to accJ the Airport Commission's recommendation, lerminai services onerea a higher guaranteed return to Che city. Gunn and Poelker contended that the Airport Commission's dissatisfaction with the present concessionaire, Missouri Sport- service a related firm of Air Terminals, had not been documented to their (Gunn's and Poelker's) satisfaction. In the statement today, the estimate board said it still was concerned over the fiscal aspects of the contract, but cited an opinion of the city counselor which stated that the Airport Commission had the sole power to determine "the highest and best" bid. "The Board of Estimate and A i nment is therefore placed in the position of either TURN TO PAGE 4, COLUMN 2 Post-bispatob Photographer that can be flashed red, Busch" Memorial Stadium. opener with the Atlanta of government troops engaged about 300 Viet Cong 54 milea southwest of Saigon yesterday.

He said government forces and U.S. helicopters killed 92 Viet Cong, wounded 20 and captured 26. He said most of the Viet Cong were killed by the armed American helicopters. Government casualties were described as light. American planes flew 335 combat sorties over South Viet Nam yesterday.

Viet Namese flyers flaw 252. Nearly half of the South Viet Nfcmese sorties were flare drops in support of night ground actions. B-52 bombers from Guam, after a day of inactivity, bombed a suspected Viet Cong bivouac area 22 miles west -of Hue last night. Roundup in Saigon Saigon police said nine of the 38 terrorists rounded up in the capital had confessed to the attack last Aug. It on the national police headquarter and the bombing of two American billets the Metropole Hotel on Dec.

4 and the Victoria Hotel April 1. Four policemen were killed at the police headquarters and 26 persons were wounded, including TURN TO PAGE IS, COLUMN 1 SUES TO GET INTO JAIL FM CAMPAIGN MATERIAL LOS ANGELES, May 13 (UPI) J. Alex Cota filed suit yesterday to get into jail. Cota petitioned Superior Court to order county officials to let him visit all county detention facilities. He said the visits were vital to his campaign as a candidate in the June 7 primary for county supervisor.

He said there were deficiencies at the detention facilities and he wanted to visit them so he could better inform the public of the major issues in the campaign. pilot. "I guess I was a little excited and fired the first Sidewinder before it was within its limita- 1 tion," he said. "Anyway it i whipped past him and missed." The. second scored from a range of about one-and-a-fourth miles.

No Parachute Seen The MIG spun out of control and crashed. The pilot evidently 1 went down with the wreckage. The Americans saw no parachute. The other MIGs fled and the four American planes returned safe. The MIG was the twelfth reported shot down over North Viet Nam.

After previous encounters U.S. officials said they believed the Red jets were North Viet Namese, although this was never expressed with certainty. North Viet Namese and Chinese air- TURN TO PAGE 4, COLUMN 4 NEWS INDEX voi eir NT SUNDAY'S ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Summer Fun at the Zoo The chimps perform against a fantasy-land backdrop and "Batman" makes flying entries. The lions, tigers and elephants are also in great form.

Five pages of photos, many in color, preview the shows in SUNDAY PICTURES. Why Do Women Outlive Men? We may become a matriarchal society if some means isn't found to increase the lifespan of American men. A report on the mystery of women's longevity. SUNDAY PARADE MAGAZINE. Worry on Wall Street An analysis of the stock market slump and its relation to taxes and inflation.

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