European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Perge 60 injured As tent collapses in wind at teen age show Imp stars and Milwaukee wis. A a Large tent in which More than 2,500 persons were waiting the tart of a teen age musical pro Gram collapsed sunday night i High winds scattering the Audi ence under a Shower of spark from falling electrical equip ment. Authorities saw at least 35persons were taken to hospitals for treatment Many of the having been struck by falling support poles. Hospitals said there were no immediate re Akron curfew is restored lengthened Akron Ohio a scattered fire bombings were reported Here for the fifth straight night As reinforced National guard Force kept the peace in negro least nine bombings were reported sunday night most of them minor. The curfew that had been lifted saturday night was Reim posed by mayor John s. Ballar sunday night and its Start was moved up to 8 1,000 guardsmen Are on duty in the , in Michigan the Homes of Benton Harbor s mayor and a woman judge were the targets of fire bombers sunday night As Benton Harbor and Jackson had a second Succes Sive night of racial incidents. Damage Light damage at the Home of municipal judge Elizabeth Forhan was Light and two fire bombs in tended for the Home of mayor Wilbert Smith fell Short of their target As they landed in the mayor s Yard and failed to ignite. Six other fire bombings were re ported in the Benton Harbor area sunday the Home of judge for Han and mayor Smith sustained minor damage in april when they were fire bombed after the slaying of or. Martin Luther King Forhan s Home was filled with smoke causing som damage to furnishings sunday night. Other targets which sustained minor damage included a Benton Harbor Junior High school where some floor tiling was scorched a grocery store whose door was scorched two Homes which had their sides charred a food service Ware House whose roof was ignited and an abandoned Home which was made six arrests in Benton Harbor compared with35 on saturday night. Ports of critical least 25 other persons were treated at the tent site for injuries. Officials praised the pre dominantly teen age audience for remaining Calm As Canvas poles and Power lines were swept across the crowd by gusts. There was t much panic atall a woman said. Every body just Bent Down and Cov ered their several witnesses said the crowd was especially frightened for a moment by Sparks raining from electrical gear that Feu with the went All of a sudden a witness said. There just Wasno police said several person remained tangled in ropes and Canvas about 45 minutes after the collapse. The winds accompanying Aline of thundershowers swept across a Lake Michigan Shore front Park where the tent had been erected As part of the City s summer fest 68 festival. The tent was Only a few step from the water and police put out search boats in Case spectators had stumbled into the Wate. In the confusion. Chain reaction Steven Thorpe 19, of Chicago a trumpet player said he was adjusting a microphone As the program got under Way when the tent lifted and poles began falling. He said he was struck by on of the poles and that he saw an other pole strike a Young girl i front of the stage. The poles he a fell sort of like a the tent covering an area 80by 320 feet collapsed in seconds. It left about half the seat ing area exposed but cloaked the other half. Hanoi conference three . Pilots Are surrounded by newsmen in Hanoi in interviews staged by the North vietnamese. The three left Roy pleads not guilty trial to Start nov. 12 Fred Neal Thompson Carpenter and my James Low associated press is Wall Street Market takes severe loss new York a the Stock Market closed monday with a severe loss. Trading was moderately Active. Wall Street had nothing Muchin the Way of stimulating news to Spur prices and a number of items which inhibited traders and Money was pulled Back to the sidelines to await clarification of the financial situation brokers far outnumbered gains and the Market took a Sharp de Cline on average. Volume was 13.53 million shares compared with 14.83 Mil lion Dow Jones Industrial aver age declined 13.60 to 900.32. Continued from Page i first time since his extradition hearings in London Ray entered Liis plea through his lawyer a thur Hanes of Birmingham officers searched persons who entered the Shelby county criminal courtroom to witness Ray s , wearing a checked Blue sport coat and Blue Slacks Wasin the courtroom Only 12 minutes. Be was returned to his steel lined air conditioned Cellblock in the county jail. Indictments re Dhanes had both indictments read one alleging murder inthe first degree and the other charging Ray with carrying dangerous weapon. At the end of each Reading Haney said my client wishes to enter a plea of remained silent through out the arraignment. He was seated at the counsel table be tween Hanes and Hanes son Arthurjr. Behind them sat sheriff William n. Morris two other officers. Judge Preston Battle had Toldanes a plea did not have to be entered monday and asked whether the defense wanted a will enter a plea to the indictment Hanes also asked if Hanes wanted a period of a few Days or a few weeks to determine when he would be ready to try the Case. Dist. Atty. Gen. Phil canal told the court he had conferred with Hanes about having the trial in late september. But he said it might last until uie nov.5 general election. Under Tennessee Law sequestered jury men cannot cast ballots. Civil War blast injures 23 in Mich. Somerset Mich. Up civil War Cannon shooting exhibition flamed into disaster near Here sunday when the wadding from a mortar Shell exploded powder Keg. Seven persons of the 23rushed to hospitals were critically burned police said. Another16 wore treated at the scene. One witness said he was on the other Side of the Hilly gun Range just East of this sout Central Michigan Community when he heard a Dull thump and 1 saw smoke coming up Over the Hill i started running toward the smoke and then there was a second explosion said Bill Robbins 34. Of Holly Mich., a Rifleman who had been at the Day Long shooting match and civil War Celebration. There were several men lying on the ground very badly burned. I could t Tell if the were my friends or not he said. The critically burned included Carl Lapham 25, Gary Deffen Dorf 23, both of Clarkston Walter Simons 17, James Broegman 10, both of Davis Burg and Jack Niles 18, of walled Lake. All were taken tothe University of Michigan Burn Center in Ann Arbor the injured was Detroit television newsman Jack Mccarthy who suffered a head Gash and was taken to nearby Jackson for treatment a spokesman heritage gun loaders association sponsored the event and 5,000 persons from various Rifle clubs came for shooting matches and Cannon demonstrations Robbins said. Canale suggested the nov. 12date and Battle asked if it could be set earlier. Hanes said he Felt the Case would be completed in six weeks the time betwee late september and election i have no idea what the prosecution will put on Han Essaid. All right Battle responded let s set the Case for nov. 12." the Wood panelled courtroom was filled by about 70 people including nearly 50 newsmen and about a dozen Plain clothes officers. Last 8 hours in a coffin the hardest Charleston w. A. Up mrs. Pat Haverland 38, earned about $72 a Day for being buried alive 64 Days. The last eight hours were the hardest i la have to admit she said when she emerged fro her coffin sunday. Mrs. Haverland Mother of three said her stay underground in a specially constructed Wood coffin the actual time was 84 Days 18 hours and 40 minutes set a record for being buried said she bettered the rec ords of Mike Meany of London who stayed uner 61 Days and Bill White of Austin Tex. Who was buried 63 Days. Fees charged the Money she made came from her promoters and from fees charged visitors for peering Down at her through an air tube. My legs Are like Jelly said. She said the most difficult problem she encountered during her entombment was convincing the persons who looked Down from the top that there were no escape hatches. She said she Felt like shouting come on Down Here and she said the Money she earned Bero and the Money she expects to make next month will Hei furnish a Homo near Here for expectant mothers. Belgian ruler visit Spain Brussels a King Baudouin and Queen Febiola left hero monday for a Brief holidaying Southern Spain the Royal Ace announced. Hanoi delays in freeing three pilots Philadelphia up a american friends service com Mittee workers retried from Hanoi sunday that departure had been delayed for one week for three american pilots the North vietnamese have said they will free. Stephen Gary associate executive Secretary of the Friend Church organization said he had received a cablegram from Stew Art Meacham peace education Secretary of the committee who went to Hanoi to accompany the captured pilots Home. Our departure delayed week the Brief message said More later. All North vietnamese have said they will release maj. James Frederick Low 42, korean War Ace from Sausalito calif., maj. Fred Neal Thompson 32, Tay lors ., and capt. Joe Victor Carpenter 37, Victorville Calll. The three were shot Down an captured during raids Over Norelli Vietnam. Meacham s message was the first word on the pilots since thursday when they appeared Ata Hanoi news conference. The communist press said they appeared at the conference after being released from a pow amp and made anti american statements. Speculation about the whereabouts of the pilots arose when they failed to arrive Friday Vientiane Laos on the once a week flight from Hanoi to Tel laotian capital. . Temperatures h l m 54 97 64 06 66 67 4ubtt 48 88 67 00 70 76 60�3 64 80 64 86 60 87 40 88 76 h m 70 m a 85 60 86 69 81 88 86 60 02 67 86 53 78 61 03 71 81 44 88 76 w 7 91 67 03 71 90 70 Albany Albuquerque Anchorage City Birmingham Blair Norck Boue re Hitmi churl ton Chat Luton Chicago Cleveland Colum Lului Denver Dei Monnet Detroit Al Paio Fairbanks Fargo fort Worth fall Honolulu Houston incl Anapolle Jackion Jackion Viitel h u 73 50 Juneau
