Jordan forces claim victory,
but guerrillas reject peace
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The
Jordanian army claimed it drove
invaders from Syria out of Jor
dan Wednesday in a “chaotic re
treat,” but a cease-fire proclaim
ed by King Hussein collapsed
when Palestine guerrillas reject
ed it.
The cease-fire was agreed up
on between Hussein and five cap
tured guerrilla leaders and it had
the blessings of an Arab peace
mission dispatched from Cairo
to Amman Tuesday.
But Yasir Arafat, powerful
leader of the guerrillas, was not
a party to the deal and he re
jected it in a cable to President
Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt.
He charged thatr the Jordanian
army was still fighting the guer
rillas in the streets of Amman
and called on the Egyptian lead
er to end the bloodshed. He de
manded a meeting with the Arab
peace mission. Arafat is believed
to be somewhere in Jordan.
President Norreddin Atassi of
Syria also denounced the cease
fire in a broadcast, saying it did
not represent the opinion of the
Arab people.
Maj. Gen. Jaafar el Numairi,
president of Sudan and head of
the mission from Cairo, said he
had met with Hussein and the
captured guerrilla leaders and
found both “responsive and will
ing to cooperate to end the
bloody tragedy,” now in its sev
enth day.
With the situation still serious,
the United States considered
sending chartered planes to Am
man to take out possibly 200
American citizens.
Airport sources in Beirut said
Wednesday night American citi
zens in Amman will be evacu
ated Thursday by Middle East
Airlines aircraft. More than 150
persons of several nationalities
reached Beirut and Nicosia, Cy
prus, Wednesday.
Washington cast doubts on
Jordanian claims that the last
invaders from Syria had been
driven out. The White House
said its latest information was
that Syrian units “are still in
Jordan.”
Sunday’s invasion from Syria
had prompted speculation that
the United States might inter
vene to keep Hussein, regarded
as a moderate Arab leader on
his throne.
Soviet President Nikolai V.
Podgorny decleared he consid
ered “inadmissible” any outside
interference in Jordan. He said
in a Moscow speech the move
ment of the U. S. 6th Fleet in
the eastern Mediterranean was
indicative of plans to intervene.
But his wording was broad
enough to take in Syria.
Numairi conceded in a broad
cast he had been unable to reach
Arafat, leader of the Palestine
Liberation Organization, without
whose support any peace plan
would falter.
Hot weather and failures
muse eastern brownouts
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hot weather and equipment
failures caused more power re
ductions or “brownouts” along
the Eastern Seaboard from New
England to the Carolinas Wed
nesday, leaving thousands threat
ened with new selective black
outs.
Only a few hours after the
official arrival of fall at 6:59
a,m., Consolidated Edison Co. of
New York cut power in successive
stages by 8 per cent. Other sys
tems reduced voltage 5 per cent—
some because of shortages them
selves, others so they could sell
extra electricity to beleaguered
areas.
It was the second straight day
of electricity shortages on the
Eastern Seaboard.
Millions of customers were
urged to cut back on nonessential
use of electricity, particularly air
conditioning. Although the brown
outs had no direct effect on most
individuals, large office buildings,
including those in the United Na
tions complex, cut down lights
and air conditioning, leaving
workers squinting and sweltering.
Officials worked overtime to
repair broken generators—includ
ing the 820,000 kilowatt Keystone
Station at Johnstown, Pa., serv
ing the New Jersey-Pennsylvania-
Maryland grid, and a 690,000 kilo
watt generator in the Virginia
Electric & Power Co. system—
that failed Tuesday. They also
were trying to cope with the loss
of power from equipment taken
out of service for seasonal re
pairs.
The new power cutbacks began
early Wednesday.
Consolidated Edison, forced to
black out 90,000 customers in
Staten Island and Westchester
County for brief periods Tuesday,
had cut back power by 8 per cent
—the maximum possible without
damaging equipment — by 9:25
a.m. Wednesday. The tempera
ture was 90 degrees by noon.
Mayor John V. Lindsay said
the power crisis had reached “its
worst level” and instructed all
city agencies, which already have
cut back power use, “to tighten
belts electrically even more.”
A spokesman for the Commerce
and Industry Association said
businesses were “cutting back
wherever they can,” and added,
“By now it’s routine with them.”
Con Ed, two of whose large
generators have been out of
operation all summer, imported
1,012,000 kilowatts from other
systems.
The electric utilities in the tri
state grid serving New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland and
parts of Delaware, Washington,
D. C. and Virginia reduced power
5 per cent early Wednesday for
the second day.
The power companies were
forced to black out selected com
munities . Tuesday for half-hour
periods during most of the after
noon and part of the early eve
ning, and the threat was repeated
Wednesday.
The Pennsylvania Electric Co.,
serving 450,000 customers in
western and central Pennsylvania,
announced a 5 per cent cutback
early Wednesday and said its
Keystone generator would remain
out of service for at least another
day.
The Potomac Electric Power
Corp. in Washington, D. C., re
duced voltage 5 per cent Wednes
day morning. In local broadcasts,
it appealed to customers: “Please
turn off air conditioners, appli
ances, lights and other equipment
not absolutely needed. An emer
gency exists and we are doing
everything possible to avoid a
complete loss of power.”
The Virginia Electric & Power
—which lost 1,463,000 of its nor
mal capacity of 5,057,000 kilo
watts Tuesday—said Wednesday
morning 464,000 kilowatts had
been restored during the night
and several hundred thousand
more kilowatts were being put
back in service during the day.
The company continued a 5 per
cent voltage reduction Wednes
day and said the cut would re
main in effect Thursday as a pre
cautionary measure.
VEPCO also asked large, com
mercial customers to curtail the
use of nonessential electricity
between the hours of 1 and 9 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday.
The Carolina Power and Light
Co. at Raleigh reduced voltage 5
per cent to almost all its 550,000
customers in eastern North Caro
lina and South Carolina so it
could supply power to VEPCO
and Duke Power Co. of North
Carolina.
Two steam generating facilities
in the Duke System failed Tues
day and one remained out Wed
nesday. The utility reduced volt
age 5 per cent to almost all its
951,000 customers.
Power companies in upstate
New York and New England re
duced voltage so they could sup
ply extra electricity to other
parts of the power system.
Among the concrete effects of
the brownout, was a cancelled
baseball game.
The Baltimore Orioles an
nounced they had postponed
Wednesday night’s home game
against the Detroit Tigers in the
American League “to help al
leviate the current power crisis.”
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Campus Briefs
Baptist Church history
to be given Sunday
A brief history of the First
Baptist Church of College Sta
tion will be told next Sunday in
evening services by the church
founder.
The Rev. R. L. Brown founded
the church in 1923 and served as
its pastor until 1950. He is pas
tor emeritus of the church which
now numbers 800 members.
Mr. Brown also founded the
Baptist Student Union in Texas
and has attended every state
convention of the organization.
The First Church of College
Station was organized March 18,
1823, in Guion Hall on the A&M
campus with 91 charter mem
bers. The Baptist Student Cen
ter across the street from the
church was erected by the Bap
tist General Convention during
the college year of 1949-50.
Brown will be heard Sunday
in services starting at 7:20 p.m.
The First Church is located at
200 North College Main St.
Poetry contest
offering prizes
Prizes totalling $1,600 are be
ing offered in the eighth an
nual Kansas City (Mo.) Poetry
Contest. A book-length poetry
manuscript will be chosen for
publication by the University of
Missouri Press. A $500 advance
on royalties will be awarded.
Undergraduate students are
eligible for one of six $100 prizes
to be awarded for a single poem
by Hallmark Cards, Inc., one of
the sponsors. The Kansas City
Star, another sponsor, is also
offering four $100 prizes for sin
gle poems.
Entries must be postmarked
by Feb. 1, 1971. Winners will be
announced April 26, 1971. For
complete contest rules send a
stamped, self-addressed business
envelope to: Kansas City Poetry
Contest, P.O. Box 5313, Kansas
City, Mo. 64114.
Intrepid leads race
for America’s Cup
NEWPORT, R. I. (JP) — Both
Gretel II and Intrepid went to
sea Wednesday in what could be
a dress rehearsal for the final
act of the 1970 America’s Cup
match.
Intrepid, the New York Yacht
Club’s revamped defender, goes
into Thursday’s race with a 3-0
lead over her Australian chal
lenger. One more victory would
keep the bottomess old trophy
safely on its self at its head
quarters in New York where it
has resided for 119 years in
sport’s longest monopoly.
Wednesday, the two yachts
tested crew and sails in prepara
tion for Thursday.
The forecast is for Intrepid
weather — 10-20 knot southwest
erly winds which were her meat
in Tuesday’s 1 minute, 18 sec
onds victory over Gretel II.
Steve Van Dyck, Intrepid’s
tactician when the bees aren’t
swarming, attributed Intrepid’s
heavy-weather victory to her
weight — about five tons more
than Gretal II’s — and its con
centration below and in the cen
ter of the boat.
Intrepid appeared noticeably
steadier in slashing through
Tuesday’s swells. Nonetheless,
Van Dyck, who had to be rushed
ashore in shock when stung by
a bee Sunday, conceded Gretel II
“gave me ulcers” Tuesday as the
two yachts slid around half of
the 24.3 mile course as close to
gether as two horses on a merry-
go-round.
Gretel II was out Wednesday
to try to iron out the wrinkles
and crew performance that have
cost her dearly. She has proven
she is at least a near-equal rival
to Intrepid, the 1967 shutout win
ner over Australia’s Dame Pat-
tie.
Martin Visser, her Dutch-born
co-helmsman, said, “The longer
we stay the more we learn. In
trepid is a great trial horse. Be
sides, it’s fun sailing around on
a boat you don’t have to pay
for.”
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