May 3, 1972

Fire sweeps Sunshine Silver Mine in Kellogg, Idaho, May 2; Sunshine Silver Mine vp W Wilson repts at least 5 miners are dead, 77 missing; Sunshine officials say electrical failure may be possible cause of fire; note there are 2 escape routes from mine as well as fresh air spaces within mine; rescue workers are reptd trying to reach miners; map

NYS Sen votes final approval of bill that will aid Bethlehem Steel Corp in Lackawanna, NYS, by reducing its local real estate taxes by about 24%; bill passes despite objection that other troubled corps in Lackawanna might seek similar tax breaks and city will have to put more of burden on homeowners

May 3: thousands of panicking S Vietnamese 3d Div soldiers and officers flee Quangtri Province down Route 1 towards Hue on May 2, leaving entire defense of front north of Hue to brigade of several thousand S Vietnamese marines; illus of fleeing soldiers; virtually entire 10,000-man div reptdly is on move, not even stopping at checkpoints supposed to stop runaways; most of retreating troops are not even stopping at Hue, whose residents have begun fleeing; illus of civilians fleeing; situation described; N Vietnamese seen not facing very much before Hue, their next and more important objective

US Adm officials, May 2, are discouraged over Vietnam war situation; Adm sources hint that unless promise of positive results emerge later this wk from pub or secret peace talks, US will soon resume heavy bombing in Hanoi and Haiphong areas of N Vietnam; US field comdrs are being given increasing latitude in conducting air strikes in southern part of N Vietnam; diplomatic and US Govt sources reveal that a USSR freighter was sunk during air strike on Haiphong on Apr 15, but that USSR had not publicized incident; USSR did protest that 4 Soviet ships had been hit by shell fragments during the raid; US State Dept spokesman warns US may not continue to participate in pub peace talks in Paris, depending on Hanoi's response to US insistence that invasion be 1st item of business; Sec Rogers, on way to Eur, asked about loss of Quangtri, says Adm expected loss of some prov capitals; says US is encouraged by 'courageous fighting' of S Vietnamese; US mil planners worried about S Vietnamese mil morale

Sens Humphrey and McGovern are locked in tight race in May 2 Ohio Dem Pres primary; large turnout is marred by voting machine difficulties in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) area; Ohio primary does not has preference vote but 38 of 153 Dem delegates are being selected at large, indication of popular sentiment; incomplete tally of at-large slates indicates Humphrey leads with 41% compared to McGovern's 38%, Sen Muskie's 10%, Sen Jackson's 8% and Sen McCarthy's 2%; Muskie has withdrawn from active campaigning and McCarthy appeared only once in Ohio; early results noted; Repr Hays, whose favorite-son slate in his dist was opposed only by McGovern delegate, is leading in race; in 21st Dist, 8-man slate pledged to ex-Mayor Stokes is unopposed; voting hrs are extended in Cuyahoga County because of irregularities; Ohio primary campaign revd