Says trial unfair Chisholm backs ittle United Press International WASHINGTON-Rcp. Shirley Chisholm, D-N.YM declared Tuesday that J oan Little could not get a fair trial in eastern North Carolina because of the "worst sort of prejudices against black women" there. Mrs. Chilsholm asked U.S. Attorney General Edward Levy to intervene on Miss Little's behalf. Mrs. Chilsholm told reporters here: "There are very few black people of either sex called to serve on juries on these (eastern North Carolina) counties. So this can really hurt Joan who lives in a region where many, many Caucasian people hold the worst sort of prejudices against black women." In Washington, N.C., Attorneys for the accused murderess asserted Tuesday that the method used to select the grand jury that indicted her systematically excluded blacks and poor people. Marvin D. Miller, who played a similar role in the trial of the rebellious Attica prison inmates, told the court that tax and voting records used to form the jury pool were "insufficient." Miller, from Alexandria, Va., argued that since blacks and the poor pay proportionately fewer taxes and votes less frequently, they appear less often on the jury lists. To bolster his point, Miller called Mrs. Donna Cherry, who drew up the jury list from which the grand jury that indicted Miss Little was chosen, to stand to testify that she used only the tax and voter rolls. If I I ' ' sP J 'VV- ' ' Pm& '-SV- Wednesday, April 18, 1975 The Dsify Tar Km I Rep. Shirley Chisholm asks U.S. Attorney General Edward Levy to intervene in the Joan Little trial. South Vietnam's air force shelled United Press International S A IGON Communist gunners, wheeling mortars and long-range artillery to within 30 miles of Saigon, bombarded South Vietnam's major air base Tuesday and grounded more than half the country's jet fighter-bomber force. Two government planes that did get off the artillery battered runways, a pair of A37 Dragonfly jets, were downed by Communist ground-to-air SA7 missiles and their crewmen killed near Ben Tranh, 36 miles southwest of Saigon. The bombardment of Bien Hoa air base 14 miles north of Saigon and the downing of the planes indicated Communist forces had pushed toward the capital a dangerous array of weaponry artillery with a range of 17 miles and SAM missiles that can cripple the government's air force, vital to any defense of Saigon. The Communist forces that attacked Bien Hoa bypassed the besieged privincial capital of Xuan Loc, 38 miles northeast of Saigon, where fighting has raged for a week. M ilitary strategists said the attack against the air base might signal the start of a major drive against that keystone of Saigon's defenses. The artillery Russian-made 130mm cannon-hit Bien Hoa with 20 shells Monday night and a second barrage, at least partly from mortars, was launched Tuesday, military sources said. The shells damaged the base's longest runway and gounded the government's workhorse F5 Freedom Fighter jets. The smaller A37s, however, could use a shorter runway and continued their bombing missions against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces tightening a ring around Saigon. The shelling of Bien Hoa, which occupies a vital spot on Saigon's northern defense perimeter, marked the closest use yet made of the long-barreled 1 30mm guns around the capital. Bien Hoa over the years has been a favorite Communist . target. It also is headquarters for the government's military command for the Saigon area and houses one of two remaining U.S. consulates outside Saigon. Panel considers evacuation fund United Press International WASHINGTON The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday completed a first draft of legislation to give President Ford a $200-million South Vietnam emergency fund, mainly for evacuating Americans and some South Vietnamese. The legislation would also allow U.S. troops to be used to safeguard the. evacuation. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, predicted the legislation, on lines worked out ; at an unusual White House meeting Monday between President Ford and the entire committee, would be acceptable to the President. The draft legislation, which committee chairman Sen. 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