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33rd Year
Cooperation
By District
Groups Liked
Central Oregon Chamber
Meets at Sisters; Air
Show Ef forts Get Praise
"The splendid cooperation be
tween mid-stale communities was
the major factor in the success of
the air-education .day program re
cently held in Redmond," W. M.
Bartlett,. director of the state
board of aeronautics, stated to
, .Central Oregon chamber of com-
"nerce members, their wives, and
wrests, at a banquet-meeting. last
night at Sisters. . ,
Bartlett said that he believed
the show was a huge success, and
credit for it should go to the Cen
tral Oregon chamber because it
served admirably in coordinating
the efforts of all the mid-state
communities in promotion of the
show.
"Competitive cooperation," is
what the director called the char
acteristic of the mid-state 'com
munities in working together to
ward ends which benefit the area.
Can Band Together
He explained that while the
people here were vitally inter
ested in their individual communi
ties, they were capable of banding
together to work for the best in
terests of . central Oregon as a
whole.
"There is need for the spirit of
competitive cooperation in other
areas of the state and in the
northwest," Bartlett asserted.
He declared that only through
such cooperation as exemplified
in central Oregon can the econo
my of the state and Pacific North
west be advanced. He added that
progress in development of the
natural resources in this pari of
the country depends upon its peo
ple pooling their resources to
gether, and working toward goals
which will benefit the entire area.
In conclusion, Bartlett urged
members of the Central Oregon
cnamocr to continue their pro
gressive work in building for bet
ter mid-state communities. ' .
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nautics
Cooperation CofrimenUed '
s. Melvin Whltmaker, a rep
tative of the board of aero-
ics who worked with -the
chamber In planning the air show,
also commended the group for
its cooperation and expressed her
appreciation for the "wonderful"
central Oregon hospitality.
Otto Hoppes, president of the
chamber, said that the organiza
tion was well satisfied with the
results of the show and praised
the Redmond Buckaroo breakfast
club for its outstanding work in
serving over 800 pilots and guests
In conjunction with the program.
In other actions at the meeting
reports were given by various
members on activities in which
the chamber is now engaged.
Floyd West reported briefly on
the meeting between McKenzie
river and central Oregon cham
bers, which was held recently at
Suttle lake lodge for the discus
sion of an all year route between
the two areas.
A recommendation was made
by Tommy Thompson, of Red
mond, that the chamber partici
pate in a ceremony to be held in
Detroit, August 7, in celebration
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Impressions
of
Central Oregon Visitors
"One of the primary reasons
for our being in Bend at this time
i.iis to view the water pageant." So
commented Mrs. Gnil Avory, of
Gordon, Neb., who is vacationing
nere with her mother, Mrs. Forest
Johnson, and nieces. Janice and
fieialdlne Ostrander, all of Gor
don. ,
Mrs. Avery said that she had
heard so many favorable reports
"bout the pageant that she be
lieved it would be worthwhile
making the trip west for the oc
casion. At present she and her party
are visiting her brother and his
family, Mr. and Mrs. Glen John
son of Bend.
Touring Slate
The Nebraska party has been
'raveling about the state of Ore
Rim for the past few weeks. They
have made trips to the coast and
through the Columbia river
Rorge. Both places held many
charms, according to the visitors.
Especially thrilled by the visit
In the coast were the two girls,
Janice, aged G years, and Geral
'line, aged 8 years. It was the first
lime that the two girls had ever
seen the ocean.
The visitors were also im
pressed with the scenic beauty
found in central Oregon. One of
the nutatnniiino cir-iitu horp bp-
rv,f.n.. ' i - i -
cording to 1he Nehraskans. is
Petersen's Rock gardens. They
"greed that anvone passing
llmiugli the area should put the
Burdens on the "must see" list.
Mrs. Avery said that they will
slay for the three clay water pag
eant celebration and then leave
w home about July 6.
THE
TWO
Work on Mirror Pond Arch A ears Completion
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Bend's Mirror pond arch of 1949, designed to provide a rainbow effect when its superstructure is
illuminated, was nearing completion this afternoon as the pageant deadline neared. This picture
was taken upstream from Drake park this morning. Floats in the foreground support a catwalk to
be used by Portland Aquatic club performers in afternoon shows Saturday and Sunday. The cat
walk will be removed prior to the evening pageants, on July 2 and 3.
Public Housing
Bill Receives
Adverse Vote
Washington, June 29 UPi The
house voted tentatively today to
Kill the public housing program
provided in the administration's
long-range housing bill.
The teller vote was 168 to 165.
This is subject to a roll call vote
later.
Rep. Edward H. Rees, R., Kan.,
offered the motion to strike out
the bill's, provision for-.' 810,000
public housing units in six years.
After an hour's hot debate In
which everal southern democrats
supported Rees' proposal, the
house voted in favor of the Rees
amendment.
The public housing section is
the most controversial part of the
bill.
Final vote may be taken later
in the day on the bill as a whole
as well as another vote a roll
call this time on the Rees
amendment.
Democratic leader John W. Mc
Cormack unsuccessfully defended
the public housing program. He
said no community need avail It
self of federal aid under the pro
gram unless it wanted to do so.
The public housing program, if
approved, would cost the federal
government a maximum of $308,
000,000 a year for 40 years. The
senate has approved this pro
gram. Eefore tentatively rejecting the
nubile housing feature of the
housing bill, the house approved
the administration proposal to cut
it down to the senate-approved
size.
The proposal, offered by Chair
man Brent Spence of the house
banking committee, was approved
bv voice vote.
The Kentucky d e m o c r a t's
amendment called for a reduction
in the number of public housing
units provided In the long range
housing bill from 1,050,000 to
810,000.
Among the pending amend'
ments was one by Rep. Charles
A. Halleck, K., Ind., proposing
that the house use President Tru
man's own figures to write' a stiff
limitation Into the public housing
legislation.
Good Weather
This Week End
The United States weather bu
reau Issued a five-day forecast
todav which s indicates that fine
weather is in the offing for
Bend's Mirror pond pageant over
the coming week-end. However,
it Is pointed out, five-day fore
casts at times can go "Haywire.
Normally, the weather bureau' is
sues only 48-hour forecasts.
The five-day forecast for Ore
gon east of the Cascades calls
for adequate sunshine through
the five-day period ending July
3. There will be occasional light
showers In mountain areas
through Friday, the "forecast
states. And, the forecast, con
cludes: "Fair and warmer after Fri
day." ASSIGNMENT MADE
Sergeant Floyd E. Norton, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harvle
.., oofs r-aot k'pnriwv-street hnR
been assigned to Regimental
Headquarters company, 38th In
fantry regiment, Lt. Col. Jack W.
Rudolph, regimental commander,
announced today. Sergeant Nor
ton formerly was assigned to
XXIV corps, Soul, Korea, He en
listed December 3, 1945.
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Hanford Plant Producing
New, Deadlier Atom Bombs
By Joseph L, Myler
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, June 29 Production of new and deadlier A
bombs got a big boost this week.
A $25,000,000 plant for tooling plutonium into atomic
bomb charges went into operation at Hanford, Wash., on
Monday. - ' ,
It is expected to be in full production by the week's end.
The new plant will fabricate the explosive core of the new
model bombs tested in 1948 at Eniwetok atoll in the western
: Pacific. It will do so for the
Bend Fireworks
Front Now Quiet,
After Arrests t:
Bend's firecracker "front" was
reported quiet last night, with
police answering only one call. It
was the second night in succes
sion that a pre-July 4th quiet
ruled, following a week-end flare
up in which fireworks that in
cluded even "bomb" type explo
sives were discharged.
Guardians of two minor boys
had been cited to appear in muni
cipal court last night, after the
youngsters were found discharg
ing firecrackers. One of the
guardians, Walter Laursen, for
feited a $5 fine. Helen Todoroff
appeared with the second boy and
paid a $5 fine. .
At last night's session of muni
cipal court, Ross Farnham, city
attorney, ruled that in firecracker
ordinance violations, boys, not
their parents or guardians, are
to be brought into municipal
court, Inasmuch as the violations
are misdemeanors and not trans
ferable to juvenile court. In the
arrests here over the week end,
the guardians had been ordered
into court.
Police chief H. A. Casiday today
expressed his appreciation for
the cooperation received from the
public in the past few days in the
observance of the anti-firecracker
ordinance. This ordinance bans
use of fireworks of any type with
in the city limits.
Judith Coplon
Case Before Jury
Washington, ' June 29 OP) Ju
dith Coplon sat quietly and her
mother sobbed openly in federal
court today as the former govern
ment girl's case went to the jury
which will decide whether she
spied for Russia.
The jury of eight men and
four women got the case at 10:55
a.m. EDT, almost 10 weeks after
It opened.
It will decide whether the 28-year-old
Barnard college gradu
ate stole government secrets with
Intent to aid Russi or was as the
defense claims the victim of a
frameup by the Justice depart
ment. Federal judge Albert L. Reeves
delivered a 25-mlnute charge to
the Jury, quietly pointing out
questions of law on the two counts
on which Miss Coplon was in
dicted. She is liable to n maximum
penalty of 13 years In prison
and a $12,000 fine If convicted on
both counts.
Ten minutes after the Judge
completed his charge he recalled
the Jurors at the request of de
fense lawyer Archibald Palmer
and slightly modified his Judicial
Instructions. The Jurors then be
gan deliberation at 11:12 a.m.
EDT.
Bill
CENTRAL OREGON'S
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE
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first time on a production
line basis. 1
.Jt is' expected to step up the
rate . at which the A-bomb stockpile,.-
now unofficially estimated
at 20ft tcV300, is growing., -p.-
Chairman David E. Lllienthal
of the atomic energy commission
told congressional investigators
on June 14 that:
'The plant is there in time to
increase the stockpile."
. Up to this week, bomb cores
were tooled only at Los Alamos,
N.M., by laboratory scientists.
Little Information
Little has been revealed about
the new bomb. The commission
reported last January 31 that data
recorded at its test showed "a
substantial gain in energy re
lease was obtained."
Just how much more powerful
it is than the wartime bombs
dropped on Japan the commission
did not say. Unofficial published
guesses have put the ''substan
tial gain" in power at 50 per cent.
Guarded official announce
ments at the conclusion of the
Eniwetok tests suggested that the
new bomb is not only more pow
erful than the first ones made
but also more economical in the
use of costly "fissionable mater
ial." This would mean that with the
same amount of atomic explosive
the Eniwetok bomb produces
more blast power. That in itself
would automatically step up the
stockpile because it would mean
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Coplon Case
Pictured above Is Judith Coplon, whose "spy" trial Is expected to
come to a conclusion today, with presentation of the case to a
Washington federal court Jury. She had JuBt screamed "this case
online iw iiii,,! .iu.i,
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DAILY
NEWSPAPER
Soviet Guards
Seize Trucks
Near Berlin
Cargoes Distributed in
Russia Sector; Protest
Made by Transport Chief
Berlin, June 29 mi Russian
guards seized 11 West German
food and supply trucks on the
edge of Berlin today and forced
some ot me drivers to distribute
their produce in the soviet sector,
American officials reported.
Charles A. Dix, U. S. transport
chief in Berlin, said he was pro
testing to the soviet military gov
ernment against the seizure of
the trucks.
The seizure was described by
U. S. officials as a new attempt
to impede irairic oetween West
Germany and Berlin
It followed
allied protests over the failure
of the Russian-controlled railway
administration to resume sched
ules. A month-long strike of 15,000
West Berlin railway workers
ended yesterday. But no elevated
trains in the city and no trains
between Berlin and West Ger
many were operating.
Cleared Properly
Dix said the 11 trucks cleared
the zonal border checkpoint at
Helmstedt without trouble, only
to be seized on the outskirts of
Berlin. They were forced to take
back roads to the soviet Sector of
Berlin, he said, and there a num
ber of drivers were told to dis
tribute their supplies to the East
Berllners.
Most of the trucks carried fish
and other foodstuffs. One, a big
trailer truck, was hauling ma
chine parts for a power station
under construction in the Ameri
can sector. Whether the Russians
seized the machine parts was not
reported Immediately.
Dix said the Russians claimed
that the truck drivers' papers
were not in order, but that Ger
man police checked them later
and found them in order.-.
The railway management was
charged with-violating its agree
ment not to take reprisals against
West Berlin railroad workers
who went back to work yester
day. 25 Strikers Fired
Heinz Bracht, head of the un
ion, said the soviet-controlled rail
way management had fired 25
strikers and told 110 others they
must work in the soviet zone of
Germany instead of Berlin if they
want to keep their jobs.
Some 16.000 West Berlin rail
way workers called off their 39
day strike yesterday and reported
for work after receiving a no
reprlsal guarantee from the Rus
sians and a joint east-west prom
ise of 100 per cent of their pay in
West German marks.
Bracht said he Was awaiting
further reports from union locals
in the American,' British and
French zones before taking any
"action."
He did not say whether the
union Is contemplating resuming
the strike.
Neither Berlin's elevRtcd rail
way nor the Berlin-Western Ger
many railway line had resumed
service. The management said
it still was checking tracks and
other installations which it charg
ed had been damaged by the
strikers. Bracht denied any
equipment had been damaged.
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29. 1949
AFL Gives Up
Taft-Hartley
Law Repeal
Washington, June 29 Ul'i The
AFL surrendered today In its
fight to repeal the Taft-Hartley
law this year and administration
leaders in the senate appeared
ready to follow suit.
The AFL threw In the towel as
the senate agreed to start voting
at 2 p.m. EDT tomorrow on the
payoff round. This will decide
whether more basic features of
the Taft-Hartley law will le writ
ten into the administration's re
peal bill.
AFL president William Green
said yesterday's senate vote to
write Taft-Hartley injunction
powers into the new bill made
the measure "absolutely unac
ceptable" to labor.
Senate democratic leader Scott
W. Lucas then predicted that
President Truman will veto the
bill it congress accepts the rest
of the proposals sponsored bv
Se"-' Robe A- Ta. R- O. ,
consent Given
Lucas made his prediction as
he asked the senate to accept his
proposal to vote at 2 pm. to
morrow on Taft's substitute for
three major sections of the ad
ministration bill. The senate yes
terday approved Taft's substitute
for a fourth section when it ap
proved continued use of the in
junction as a weapon against na
tional emergency strikes.
Sen. Irving M. Ives, R.,' N.Y.,
grumbled bout Lucas' proposal
but did not object. Unanimous
consent was required and given.
it was yesterday's vote on the
injunction that prompted the AFL
to call it quits for this year.
Salt Lake City.
Has Bad Fire
Salt Lake City, June 29 un
Clouds of odorous smoke billow
ed today from the ruins of a
huge cold storage plant destroyed
by fire with a property loss of
almost $2.ouu.uuu.
.' Flames still ate thr.o.ugh tons
.rt .i ... .I... i ,
ul puuiiiy unci ittiiiiy umi iiau
been stored In the plant.
At least 20 firemen, Including
five officers, were injured slight
ly or overcome by the thick
smoke rolling through the big
building. All were released after
first aid treatment.
Damage to the plant, owned by
the Utah Ice and Storage com
pany, was estimated by President
Albert Hahn at more than $1,-
75C.000 but Superintendent N.' F.
Hecker said the estimate "prob
ably will have to be revised up
ward." The fire broke out late yester
day near a room containing 500,-
000 pounds of candy. Flames
crept through the three-story,
halt-block-long plant, seldom
breaking into the open but caus
ing tremendous volumes of
smoke.
Cause of the fire was not tie
tormined.
Britain, Facing Economic
Crisis, Calls on Dominions
By C. T. Halllnan
(United IVraH Statf Correslionflcnt)
London, June 29 UIi Britain,
facing a major economic crisis
and badgered by Its Marshall
plan neighbors, is looking to its
dominions today for help and
support.
The labor government has 'In
vited finance ministers of the
commonwealth countries to an
emergency meeting in London
within two weeks to discuss
means of stemming the drain on
the sterling area's gold and dol
lar reserves.
Britain and other sterling area
countries have been forced to dip
with increasing frequency into
their reserves to make up the dif
ference between the Income from
their exports and the bills for
their Imports.
The drain on the reserves has
been Increasing alarmingly In the
last few months despite help
from Marshall plan funds.
May Bo Alarming
Just how f:ist the reserves have
been dwindling will be disclosed
when the next figures are pub
lished early next month. Finan
cial quarters believed (he figures
might be alarming enough to set
off a panic.
Britain acts as banker for the
whole sterling area, and any Brit
ish collapse would bring financial
disaster to many commonwealth
countries.
Chancellor of the exchequer Sir
Stafford Cripns, already nick
named "Old Austerity" for the
drastic economics he has impos
ed on Britain, is expected to pre
sent to his commonwealth col
leaguer a plan for further reduc
ing British Imports to save dol-
la rs
fi,- o,t i rjn tmnrti-tc
'orient 'to' call aneraV eloc
Queen's Coronation
Scheduled Tonight
At Elkhom Lodge
Opening event of Bend's 1919 Mirror pond pageant will bo
held tonight, with the designation and coronation of a queen
lor the three-day fete, arranged for the Fourth of Julv holi
days. The coronation will take place at an invitation dance at
Elkhorn lodge. The dance will start at 9 p.m., with the coron
ation set for shortly after 10 p.m., Don Connor, dance chair
man, has announced.
The coronation is to bo the most colorful affair of its kind
ever hold in connection witlr
me local river tele, t'onncrA i I A
said in outlining plans for to-J ntrlI I IPOIAH
night's party. The coronation
win be held in the spacious
ballroom of the Elkhorn lodge,
at the site of former Camp Abbot
south ot Bend. A throne has been
erected on the stage.
Will Announce Winner
At the start of the ceremonies.
the six girls who are candidates
for queen will descend the wind
ing stairs from the ballroom bal
cony. At the foot of the spiral
stairs, they will be met by six
senior members of the water pag- j
cant association and escorted
across the hall to the stage. On
tne stage, tne girls will be lined
up, and Charles Clark, queen
chairman, will "tap" the winner
of the ticket sales contest. Not un
til then will the girls know which
of their number is to reign over
tne ntn annual Mirror pond pag
eant as queen.
The coronation ball Is also to be
featured by a floor show, Conner
has announced. Food will also be
served. Persons who have not re
ceived invitations by mail mav
get them at the chamber of com
merce office.
Queen candidates who will be
presented at the coronation ball
are Marilyn Bishop, Joan Tildcn,
Llla Bacon, Charlcen Dahlln. Patt
Blakely and Ella Sterling. Court
jester for the queen nt the coron
ation festivities will be Stanley
Crawford. The queen's guard wiil
be members of the Lady Elks'
drill team, dressed in white.
Throne of Velvet
Following her designation,- the
pageant queen will be seated op a
'velvet throne. v
- Following the coronation, the
next public appearance of the
queen and her princesses will he
balurclay night, when the rainbow
arch, now nearing completion,
bursts Into auroral lights and the
swan and cygnet float majestical
ly moves into the Deschutes river.
The pageant queen will ride a
huge make-believe swan down
stream and her princesses will be
on cygnets. About midstream,
queen and princesses will mount
a river throne, the point from
which they will review the gay
tote.
Tonight's coronation will be
slightly in advance of the three
day program, which will get un
der way Saturday, July 2, nt 10
a.m. The Bend Junior chamber of
commerce will sponsor this event,
with Don bhingler as chairman
He announced today that all ar
rangements for the celebration
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tion this fall, instead of waiting
until mld-lDSO as planned
Political observers believe the
government would have to go to
the people for a now mandate he
fore making life any grimmer
than it already is. Some Hiitlsh
food rations already are smaller
now than during the worst days
of the war.
Cripps will fight to save the
sterling area's reserves on ' an
other front tomorrow In Paris.
There he Is expected to resist to
the end cf foils of oilier Marshall
plan nations to m.-ike sterling
more freely convert ililc.
Belgium and oilier countries,
with American support, want to
alter their payments aereeinent
with Britain under the European
recovery program so that sterling
could be used outside the sterling
area to pay for impnrls.
Cripps adamantly has refused
on grounds that creditor nations
would immediately convert their
sterling Into dollars, thus starting
a further drain on the sterling
area's gold and dollar reserves,
The government's seeming In-
abllily to halt the drain on the
reserves, coupled with pirslslenl
rumors of a devaluation of ster
ling, has sent the stock market
Into Its worst slump in years.
For 27 consecutive trading
days- without a single dav of re
covery the prices of British gov
ernment storks hav" fallen. Their
average Is now at the level which
prevailed during the threatened
German Invasion of Britain In
1910.
Upper and middlechsv Inves
tors appenr frightened and are
turning their gilt-edijed invert
ments into cash until better days
arrive. Some business funis
. i,-M,.h L-nnvi- tliov will need cish
i in the near future also are selline
- lman borrowing from bank.,
securities, rainet
State Forecast
Oregon Partly cloudy to
day with scattered showers
in mountains. Partly cloudy
tonight and Thursday. High'
today 62.72. Thursday 68-78.
Low tonight 38-48.
No. 174
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Gets Cold, Snow;
37 Above Here
Late June snow fell over the
Central Oregon Cascades last
night as the temperature drop
ped to freezing points on the mid
state plaleau. Bend, however, was
comparatively "warm" last night.
with a minimum of 37 degrees. .
To the north, the mercury dipped
to 31 degrees at Redmond.
Motorists and bus operators
crossing high Cascade passes lust
night reported that they encount
ered a near blizzard, with blind
ing snow driven by a strong
wind falling along the mountain
divide. At sunset last night, the
McKenzie pass was enveloped in
a blinding storm, motorists re
ported.
No Precipitation Here
Snow whitened resort areas In
the eastern Cascades and New
berry crater this morning, with
depths up to three inches re
ported. It was reported from
East and Paulina Jakes shortly
before 9 o'clock this morning
that the night fall of snow was
rapidly disappearjng.
Not even a trace of moisture
felt In Bend as the storm' raged
through th! nlKM in the Cas
cades. A cold wind whipped over
tile uoner . Deschutes count rv
through the night.
Weather fprecaslers say the
weather Is scheduled to warm i
up a bit by Thursday, and this
news was welcomed by Bend's
water pageant directors.
OREGON CHILLY
Portland, June 29 aw Six
Inches of powder snow fell on the
slopes of Ml. Hood last night.
It was snowing briskly early
this morning, and Tlmberline
lodge officials said skiing should
be good for the next few days.
Generally, temperatures were
lower throughout Oregon with
frost reported in eastern Oregon.
The weather bureau said the
cold air 'condition, which drifted
down from the Bering sea, would
continue for another day, with
some warming expected Thurs
day. Lakeview was the .coldest spot
in Oregon this morning with 29
degrees recorded. Redmond re
corded 31 degrees; Burns, 35;
Klamath Falls, 98; La Grande, 38.
and Baker, 37.
The weather bureau said the
freezing temperatures were rais
ed quickly and no serious crop
damage was expected. j
Cloudy weather with occasion
al showers was predicted by the
weather bureau for today and
Thursday.
Shanghai Hit
In Bomb Raid
Shanghai. China. June 29 HP .
Four-eiicined nationalist bombers
raided Shanghai today for tho
first time, killing or wounding at
least 500 persons.
Seven or more bombs were
di oiiiied bv two B-24 Liberatoi
i and possihly a third tiomner which
1 circled the city for three and .'I
; half hours. They apparently
1 were aimed al Shanghai's bh
inni lh station, but fell wide of the
mark and smashed 80 houses in
two slum areas.
More than '10 persons were
killed and 50 wounded In one area
of mud huts a half mile north
east of the railway station. In
the other district, thiee-quarters
of a mile west of the station,
more than WO persons were kill
ed or wounded.
A hall-dozen big explosions
were heard in downtown Shang
hai. Communist machine-gun-rerr
and anil aircraft crews fired
on the circling raiders, hut rain
and clouds hampered their ef
forts. It was the first raid since the
nationalists becan their air at-
1 tacks June
10 in which Libera-
I tors have been used. Watchers
s.nu uit-y n. i
'ators drop four bombs,