Battles rage in Mideast
By United Press International
Fighting with rockets, planes and artillery flared repeatedly from dawn to midnight along the eastern and western Arab-Israeli fronts yesterday while President Nixon, King Hussein of Jordan and the Big Four diplomats searched for a solution that would avert another war.
An Israeli communique in Jerusalem said Egyptian batteries along the Suez Canal opened fire at 10:20 p.m. yesterday, hours after a U.N. ceasefire had halted five hours of earlier fighting, and drew counterfire from the Israelis until midnight. That second canal battle capped a day in which, according to various accounts of both sides, action spiraled at:
- Elath, the Israeli port and popular resort on the Red Sea, where Israel said about 15 rockets of Soviet make struck at dawn and wounded 15 people.
—Aqaba, the Jordanian "twin" port only six miles from Elath, where Israeli Mystere jets attacked in response to the Elath raid. Jordan said eight civilians were killed and nine wounded.
—The Suez Canal, where
-The Suez Canal, where
Candidates meet
A general meeting for all Student Senate and class officer candidates will be held at 7:00 onight in the Kansas Union Ballroom, said Sharon Watson, Emporia senior and All-Student Council office secretary.
"Election and campaign procedures will be covered at the meeting," she said.
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Egypt and Israel accused each other of opening fire that raged for five hours along 70 miles of the waterway from Suez City in the south to Ismailia, about mid-point.
Early this morning, Israeli military spokesmen in Jerusalem said Egyptian batteries opened fire at Israeli positions across the waterway near the Mitla pass about 10:40 p.m. They said the new fighting extended south to Port Suez until about midnight. No Israeli casualties were reported.
President Nixon described the situation as "explosive" before meeting in Washington with King Hussein of Jordan, the first Arab leader to carry his cause personally to the White House.
In New York, the Big Four power ambassadors to the United Nations met behind the
closed doors of the Soviet Mission to continue their joint exploration into ways to restore peace to the Middle East.
Shooting at Suez
A short time after the Aqaba raid, Egyptian and Israeli guns along the Suez Canal about 150 miles to the west opened fire for the second time this month. The shooting spread along a 70-mile front from Suez City to Ismailia and lasted for five hours before U.N. observers succeeded in arranging a cease-fire.
Israel said four soldiers were wounded in he cross-canal duel, one critically and another seriously. Egypt said five civilians and soldiers were wounded on its side of the waterway.
As usual, both sides blamed the other for starting the shooting and claimed heavy
damages inflicted on the other's positions.
A communique issued in Cairo said Egyptian artillery fire killed 40 Israelis and destroyed 11 tanks, four artillery batteries, two antitank guns, three machinegun positions, three rocket sites, four observation posts and five cars.
Report extensive damage
An Israeli military spokesman in Jerusalem said Egyptian shelling caused no damage on the occupied east bank of the Canal. He said Israel's gunners inflicted "quite extensive" damages on Egyptian forces, hitting artillery and infantry positions, tanks, antiaircraft batteries and an ammunition dump.
file a complaint with the U.N. Security Council.
The Cairo communique said the Egyptian ambassador to the United Nations was instructed to
Both Israel and Jordan filed protests over the Elath-Aqaba incident with the council in New York during the day. Israeli ambassador Joseph Tekoah said the Israelis struck back in "self defense against a wanton, unprovoked and barbaric" rocket attack against Elath. Jordanian Ambassador Muhammad E. El-Farra protested against the "treacherous" jet plane strike on Aqaba and called on the council to take "more effective" measures against the Israelis to prevent similar attacks in the future.
Elath and Aqaba are Israel's and Jordan's only outlets to the Red Sea. They have coexisted peacefully by mutual consent since the end of the 1967 war.
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE GREATEST CLASS PARTY OF ALL TIME!
Are you a BMOC with enough worldly knowledge (none of which was learned in the classroom-although possibly lined up there) and patented techniques to have women all over the world classify you as a midnight teaser and an exceptional soul pleaser? If so, then don't let your image be the least bit tarnished by not putt'n in at least a token appearance between 8-12 Friday night, April 11th at the Lawrence National Guard Armory. Because that is THE night of the combined (have mercy) FRESHMAN-SOPHO-MORE CLASS PARTY.
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tummy can consume. Naturally bringing your own pitchers would be a wonderful idea to help totally demolish the old world record of 40 kegs the Sophomores established last time-by themselves. (That is truly amazing considering how none of those people ever had a taste of thirst quenching brew until their 18th birthday.)
BUT the best part of the whole evening (you're on your own for post-party activities although in Friday's ad there will be some helpful suggestions) is that all this fun and pleasure is F-R-E-E-if ya got a little 'ol class card dangl'n in your pocket, wallet, garter, belt or other hiding places (?????) which you can flash to the men at the door. But wait—don't go try and be excused to slash your wrists with a rusty razor blade if ya don't have a class card. All ya gotta do is have $1.50 in your pocket and that alone will get ya into the greatest class party ever held. Don't miss it!