HOOVER J. Edgar of I Ii e F - B - I - di c d e a r I y I o day i 11 It is s I c c p a t It is h o m e ; ,, .· -fl, ~.J • i<'-r: ~ · , -:Jrl .. , tt1 _ ; f \Vaslii11glon. H e u • as serenly-sct·cn. Deat~ ,· e sult ed from cardio ascular disease or high blood pressure. accn,di•g ~ ' -..-rt ' \ o dacto~!s report P ,. e s id e II I Nix o II t~• • efi a s ta t e m en t o 11 ~~?' t,assi,ig, sayi11g ;,, part - "All Americans , mour,r. the death of J. Edgar Hoo ver who sc1· ed his nation as Director of the F-B-1 1< ith total loyalty. unpan1lleled ability and supreme dedicati~,i." . - - ... ~ .,4. (I'-<, (',v -(,:i,,,~~ --J •11v \J-:J , ~ lb !\/, pt., Hoover ;:_ a bache I or who ,'ie v er married. (-f's erved under eight presidents from Cal, iii Coolidge through Ricliard Nixon. During the turbulent Nineteen-Thirties his F-B-1 agents X1on fame for tracking down such notorio11s gangsters and outlaws as Jolt.n Dillinger, Alvin Kart,is, Ma Barker a,ed ~ ~ H \ 6 1 \ . R , 8enrae "Machinegu,a" Kelly.A.. Froni the start, Hoover regarded Communist subversion as a constant threat to t11e nation's survival,)() his agents infiltraftlw ,iumerous " leftwing organizations - and extreme rightwing groups too, .) - j .... HOOVER - 2 fort•et m ~ His detractors sometimes called him "Tlte L i ~!!!!' i an ", c la i m in g t ha t h i s p ow e r re s t e d s o le l y o,. I It e fact tlrat he held hundreds of thousands of personal dossier• on criminals - and many 11on-criml11a*ver also ••d a set of fingerprints for half flae population of America. ,FHis bullet-proof cars t1Jere a source of controversy - perltaps because the only other official in 11,e gover11,,.e11t wllo rated one was - The President. a ~ y e a r s C&%:l' p e r • a ~ • a lorfflleal a• tlte F-B-1 ca me 1u1der numerous attacks from poliUcla,aa, leftwi,.g groups. civil rigltts leaders. a,ul otlter•. B,,t la• t,aid tllem little h . eed - co11fident tlaat tlae Preaide,at at1d~ Attor,sey Ge11eral ~ "¾a~tl~;;::. - • i i d A , ~ tlaey ..,._Lv"(IV, President Nixo11 summed it ut> best today, sayi,ag "It can be truly said tltat he was a legend in his ow11 lifetiMe For m l l l l : ~ ~ ~ ~ a 1 1 d em6odlmenl of "o•• A values he cherished most - courage, patriotism, dedicatio11 HOOVER - 3 to country - and a granite-like honesty and integrity." J PRIMARIES Voters in both Ohio and Indiana turned out today in fairly hea v y numbers - to choose between presidential llot,efuls Sena tors H1tbert Humplirey ) - George McGover11 and Alabama Governor George Wallace . The weather was good - and so was temperament in most t,laces - altllougll ballotin · -- , .............. ~ • • • ~ t,rodr,cefl!.a charge of vote-machine tampering i11 Ille Cleveland area. Humt,llrey is favored over McGovern in Ollio wllere Wallace is NOT on Ille ballot. But tl,e Alaba •a gover,sor is tl1e favorite in lredia,sa altltouglt a,.,,.;1:::{,~d up 1 • • • last-mi11ut• ••PPort from former sut,t,orters of Se11ator Muskie . - tf■ clw ◄ • g ~ O M . Indiana Senator Birch BayllA. · Even so, Mustie's ,same remains on the lndia,sa ballot - mucll to Ille discomfort of the Humt,hrey camt,. VIETNAM North Vietnamese in/an . try and tanks are rer,orted driving toward the ancient city of Hue. Allied officers say the enemy force has o · vercome r,art of S011th Viet11am's 11ew defense line some twe,ity miles north of tlle city. A11otl,er 1 North Vietnamese force - of some twenty-thousand - is rel'orted moving on Bue from the soutl,west . Some two thousand American troor,s - most of them communicatio,as •l'ectalists at an air base near Hue - are 011 a "yellow alert" status - meaning a11 attack cozild be imml,ae11t. Five America,as were killed to,ay near tl,e Qua11g Tri wl,e11 tl,eir llelico/)ter was shot down after piclll11g •II a U-S adviser on the grou11d. An America11 military spokesman said the 1,ellcopter was 1111 by wllat le called a "l,and-1,eld heat-seeking missile" - which to 1,is knowledge - was used i,r tire war for tlae first time. ...., 7 SPORTS One of the most stubborn salary disputes in baseball history i. s over - with Vida Blue sig11ing a sixty• /. u .. ee•t•o11aand-dolla., cont.,act lo Pile• ~ t•e Oakland Athletics. Baseball Commissioner Bowie K•la,a laad to mediate the dispute be twe e,a Oakland - o,o,.er-Claarl es Fi11l•y and his star Pitcher - whose salary was aboNt fo.,rtee,a- tla o .. s and last year . £.r~ - ., aewapape.,, pa.,go, No.,t• Dakota, Fo.,■m I• drot,t,hag t1,e use of 1'1dian and Indian-related 11ic,,11a••• fro• its ,t,orts pages. sports editor Ed Kolpecll •a1'•6 - "we feel 11, e Am eric a,e l,edia,s 1,as a c as• i,a try i,eg to cr••t• a 11e10 image for laimself." In tlae Fargo area, tle ,..,., policy affects atlaletic teams like Ille Diclli11so11 State College Savages and t•e Nortlt Dakota U,eiversity Sio.,x. ~ ~ S L ~ ~ " - f ~ - k , \ ~ ~ - ~~ w-lh.-(! (M,? ~~ tt_,, ~ ' '1)--a.QQ ~ ) t o . ~ . WOMEN .. ' Women's Rights acti v ist Gloria ::::..1,n _.,.....J,'1 in Atlanta It to the League of Women Votersl,it should continue to bar men ~~·-- ~ A- "Ille League from membership - because -,lie ~ - is NOT ready for it." ,1,e added : ~ "Tlais is an organization for women." STEAM BOA TS The stern-wheeler "Delfla Queen" sailed ut> the Ohio River today - on its way to tomorrow's annual meeting with the "Bel,e of Louisville" in the nation's only steamboat race. ~ v e r a nine-mile course along Ille " Louisville waterfront. The Olaio River is ret>ortetl ;,. good "~~ condition for the race -~/•eld eacla year as t,art of tl,e - ~ ..5~"-tlf~ l,et •Bl ii festivities surrounding the Kentucky D~/.by. - R•• for A tlle Roses., - •cladef1C:tor 1 1.i+ Sal ,,,,.