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World /national news Senate opens new debate on US-Asian conflicts WASHINGTON (A>)—The Sen ate plunged into debate Wednes day on the U.S. role in South Asia with a warning from one of its committees the nation may find itself fighting on and on in a seemingly endless war. Addressing itself to the mili tary movement into Cambodia, the Foreign Relations Committee report said the United States faces “the grave risk of repeating the errors of Vietnam in Cambo dia, and of finding our armed forces fighting on yet another front in a war which seems without end.” The report on a military-sales bill includes also the committee endorsed Cooper-Church amend ment which would bar funds for retaining U.S. ground forces in Cambodia and place strict lim its on American aid and air op erations in that country. Supporters of the Cooper - Church amendment said they are in accord with the June 30 ter mination date set by President Nixon on the Cambodian opera tion. But the chairman of the Armed Services Committee said one can't be certain that dead line can be met. “I just don’t think anyone can foretell just when they can car ry out a mission,” Sen. John Sten nis (D-Miss.), said. He opposed the amendment, saying the Unit ed States might have to renew such attacks in the future. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana told re porters that voting on amend - ments to water down the Cooper Church limit—and in effect grant President Nixon authority for op epartions in Cambodia when aim ed at protecting U.S. troops in Vietnam — would come “maybe this week, more likely next week.” Sen. Frank Church (D-Ida.), opened the debate by telling the Senate that the amendment which has a total of 30 sponsors “pre sents Congress with an historic opportunity to draw the limits on American intervention in Indo china.” He said “legislative action is needed now, not only to make cer tain that the avowed perimeters of our attack upon Cambodian sanctuaries are not exceeded, but also to bar the beginnings of an escalating military assistance pro gram to the new Cambodian re gime.” Guardsmen enter Denver Peaceful protest continues (AP)—Student strikes and demonstrations continued on many of the nation's campuses Wednesday and the echoes reach ed to the White House where it was announced that the Presi dent's daughter and her husband would not be attending their col lege graduations. Most protests were peaceful. At some schools students spon sored petition drives and at the University of Maine students do nated blood for servicemen in Vietnam. The student strike information center at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., reported 267 schools were on strikes of indefi nite length. The center reported 286 schools on strike Tuesday. The White House announced that Julie and David Eisenhower have decided not to attend their graduation exercises at Smith and Amherst colleges, which are among campuses disturbed by an ti-war protests. The Smith graduation ceremony was scheduled for May 29 and President and Mrs. Nixon ear lier had indicated their plans to attend their daughter Julie’s graduation. The two young people decided not to return to their campuses at all. Both have good enough grades to receive diplomas with out further exams, the spokesman said. Eisenhower, 22, enters the Navy officer candidate school at Newport, R.I., in September. At the University of Denver, National Guardsmen moved onto the campus while workmen demol ished a shantytown built by anti war portesters. There was no violence as the Guardsmen, most with unloaded rifles, remained on the eampus for about 2% hours. The approx imately 200 inhabitants of the commune, which they called “Woodstock Nation West,” had evacuated before the troops ar rived. Police had torn down the tents, lean-to’s and shacks Monday, but when they withdrew the protest ers rebuilt the commune. About 8,300 students attend the univer sity. Police in Blacksburg, Va., using dogs, evicted more than 100 anti war protesters from a building they had occupied overnight on the campus of 10,000 student Vir ginia Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Marshall Hahn, Jr., Virgin ia Tech president, said “Anarchy must be dealt with.” Muskie hit for pollution stand WASHINGTON <•»—Sen. Ed mund Muskie, under heavy fire from a team of Kalph Nader's student investigators, Wednesday put forth a detailed defense of his efforts to clean the air and said, "We intend to strengthen the law this year.” The Maine Democrat, who was accused of passively support ing the build-up of deadly con taminants in the atmosphere, said implementation of 19<i7 legislation "has not proceeded as rapidly as possible.” He said he welcomes “con - structive suggestions from any source, including the Nader re port,” on ways to beef up the law. Two different approaches were under review when the 1967 leg islation was written, he said: —National emissions standards, or —Regional air quality standards tied to national criteria. The second approach was se lected, he added, “not for the dark, secret, conspiratorial rea "Much of it depends on which side of the bed he gets up on in the morning!" iwMMaMMMUNaillWItMMItl1 1 ll» HllHi|THMIWW«lll»lt«IMI.CI Wit? sons suggested by the Nader re port, but for the following rea sons: —"National emissions standards were described as minimal stand ards, which we feared might tend to find acceptance as maximum controls, and result in inadequate standards. —“Such standards would apply only to industries which could be regarded as 'national’ polluters. They would not apply to other sources which contribute to de gradation of the air in our real problem areas. —‘‘Creation control techniques are not available on a nationwide scale . . . —"The national emissions stan dards approach would take as much time to implement as the second approach.” After Muskie met with news men, representatives of the Na der team distributed a statement reiterating the findings of the report. “Our general conclusion was that the federal air pollution ef fort has failed. Sen. Muskie con strued this as a personal attack.’ While the report indicates a dis appointment with the senator's public performance, it contains not a single line which could be fairly characterized as a personal attack," the statement said. 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Hermon in Lebanon, the military command | 1 announced. i The withdrawal was made without resistance or interference, I the spokesman added. The air war along the Suez Canal at the same time erupted | I with strikes against enemy positions along the waterway by | both Egyptian and Israeli warplanes. But there were not re ports by either side of air battles. ★ ★ ★ LOS ANGELES—Teachers who struck a month ago for im- 1 proved wages and educational conditions voted Wednesday to 1 return to work—and to skip an offered five per cent salary | ; hike so the money could go for smaller classes and improved reading programs. Although it was a salary stalemate that | precipitated the strike, teachers had insisted from the start | that better classroom conditions were the crux of their con cern. School officials, citing a $42 million deficit for the up coming budget, had offered five per cent before the strike. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—The Seminole Indians, who owned most of | Florida 150 years ago, were awarded $12,347,500 Wednesday for land taken from them by U.S. military forces. The award— | from which will be deducted past payments of money and land—was made by the Indian Claims Commission on the basis | of what it determined the land was worth a century and a half ago. illlllllj||lll!llllllllllllllllllllllllll!!lllllllll,lll!llllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllll!lllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllHllllllllllllllill ■= Rogers announces 'no aid to Cambodia' WASHINGTON <A>>—.Sec. of State William Rogers, appearing it a surprise news conference, •uled out Wednesday any U.S. nilitary support for the govern nent of Premier Lon Nol in Cam jodia apart from some limited irms aid. “We don't intend to become in volved militarily in support of the Lon Nol government,” Rogers said. At the same time he said the United States encourages coop eration by South Vietnam with Lon Nol. Rogers denied under question ing that he has ever had any diffi culty himself in seeing President Nixon—despite implications by Sec. of the Interior Walter Hick el that he’s had trouble seeing the President. “When I call the President,” Rogers said, “and tell him I have an important problem to take up, he says ‘Come right over.’ ” Hickel was asked by a news man about Rogers’, “come right over,” comment as he left the podium following a San Fran cisco speech to the American So ciety of Newspaper Editors. “It’s just a matter of priori ties,” Hickel said. PATRONIZE YOUR ADVERTISERS COLUMBIA PICTURES Presents SIDNEY POITIER as the teacher who learns the ABC's from London’s turned-on teens! m JAMES CLAVELL'S PSOOUCliON Of “TO SIR, WITH LOVE SWEET NOVEMBER Presented by the ASUO Social Division SUNDAY, MAY 17 2:00 and 7:00 EMU Ballroom 75c