Jordan Suspends Attacks After 2d Day of Fighting
Fighting continues in Amman and northern Jordan as army fails to score quick success it presumably expected; US Embassy reptd hit by smallāarms Dfire; Majali calls temporary halt to attack, declaring he wants to give guerrillas chance to swing over to Hussein, in move seen indicating weakness; army pledges not to attack guerrilla bases near Israeliāheld territory; guerrillas urge their forces to conserve ammunition; army maintains curfew and threatens to shoot anyone on st; Cairo Al Ahram repts 5,000 dead and wounded; US and Brit mil moves in eastern Mediterranean raise tension throughout Middle East, Baghdad radio charges US is preparing to intervene under pretext of evacuating US citizens; Popular Front threatens US lives and property if US intervenes; Palestine Red Crescent repts wounded are dying in sts of Amman for lack of med attention; appeals to IRC for supplies; some 1,000 persons demonstrate, Tripoli, Lebanon, backing guerrillas; Syrian Pres alāAttassi pledges to aid guerrillas but Iraqi and Syrian troops apparently do not join fighting despite appeals by guerrillas for aid; rept that guerrilla forces are entering Jordan from training camps in Syria equipped with light arty noted; Govt troops clash with guerrillas in Ramtha and Zerqa; guerrillas claim capturing Mafraq and are seen holding other positions in northern Jordan; map; Al Fatah repts capturing mil gov of Irbid, Brig B al Moheisen and ordering his execution; Kuwait and Qatar appeal for ceaseāfire
