FIRING STEPPED UP AT WOUNDED KNEE
Negotiators step up efforts on Mar 27 to bring an end to month-long take-over of Wounded Knee, SD, by dissident Indians as confrontation with Govt forces becomes virtually open warfare; members of Fed Community Relations Service spend most of day at Indian camp in Wounded Knee as US marshals and FBI agents and Indians exchange gunfire; Justice Dept officials say that cease-fire is being arranged with Indians this afternoon; plane lands near hamlet and unloads weapons and ammunition for Indians; Asst Atty Gen K Frizzell says that plane might have come from Canada; adds Indians made several forays toward Govt lines, coming within 150 yards at one point; asserts Govt has not set deadline for Indians holding Wounded Knee to surrender, but that further delay 'invites further violence'; Oglala Sioux Tribal Council chmn R Wilson tells reporters that 2 key Amer Indian Movement leaders R Means and D Banks slipped through Govt line last night while Fed agents were pinned down by heavy gunfire; Wilson, who vowed to drive militant Indians off Sioux reservation, says he was told by Justice Dept official that Means and Banks had fled; Frizzell says he cannot confirm escape of 2 men, both of whom have been indicted by Fed grand jury for their part in Wounded Knee take-over; Deputy Chief US Marshal W Hall says that meeting scheduled for today with leaders of dissidents was canceled after Indians objected to some proposed arrangements; another attempt will be made tomorrow; Oglala Sioux Indians set up roadblocks on Mar 26 to prevent food from being taken to Wounded Knee; US Dist Judge A Bogue rescinds ct order to allow food into area because of roadblocks; illus
