Altoona Mirror (Newspaper) - March 27, 1968, Altoona, Pennsylvania CITY EDITION The Circulation of the Altoona Mirror WARM THURSDAY TIIK Fair and mild night Low in the 40s Cloudy and warm Thursday with scattered showers VOL 243 PHONE ALTOONA PA WEDNESDAY EVENING MARCH 27 1968 SIXTY TEN CENTS SCHOOL VC Losses Heavy Allies Hit Red Buildup Push to Wipe Out Offensive Threat SAIGON UPI Allied troops today reported killing 421 Communists in battles throughout South Vietnam Much of the fighting came in an Allied drive to cripple a desperate Red offensive President Nguyen Thieu predicted today Two Drivers s coming in two or Deny Drag Race Charge CITIZENS OPEN office of the newly formed Hollidaysburg School Citizens Committee has been opened at 418 Allegheny St Mayor G Hartman Brandt left officially cuts the ribbon With Mayor Brandt are several committee members left to George Croft Mrs Jay zier Mrs William Burget and Paul V Murray The office to answer tions of citizens on matters concerning public schools will be open regular hours beginning next week The committee meets weekly at the same address Blair Board Objects to Train Cutoff Objections to the ance of eastbound train No will be filed with the Interstate ing Bus Employes Get Wage Hike John A 25 of Hollidaysburg RD 1 and Romeo J Jr 28 of RD 1 both denied engaged in a drag race ist Sept 23 when they made heir appearance before a jury t Hollidaysburg today The De- brothers are charged ith the offense as the result collision of John's white con- with a car driven 05 Ann Saltzgiver border 20 of Altoona In the case which opened A increase for Bus Authority employes was an- at today's regular ment of Housing and Urban De- by the U.S Commerce Commission by the Blair County Commissioners i was decided this morning County Chief Clerk John ner met with representatives of the Transport Workers Union concerning discontinuance of Trains Nos 50 and 53 A study by the union showed that many Blair County residents ently used Train No 50 for this reason the union re It is part of the contract re until Nov 1 The authority agreed to pay 2 cents per hour in retroactive wages covering the period from Aug 1 to Nov added then the additional 7 cents which is now in effect and will boost the total another 6 cents May 1 The increase increases minimum pay for Bus Authority iui uic 01 or i quested the commissioners to employes from to per file a protest against to Joseph Justice manager tral plans The union reported that No 50 goes through Altoona at and that it has by the to Lewistown time it gets Stresses Disinterest Commissioner Eugene G Hamill stressed that the count board is not interested ing Central how to run its business However the com lage Accepted by Union The pay hike is a result of ne between union and au officials which were for mally accepted by the former a the February meeting If a firm order can be placet by July 15 pending federal proval of the application for funds Altoona and Logan Twp can ex to see new buses in Labor Chief points which must be clarified have to do with th arbitration protecting the rights jf employes and reserving at hority rights Another Meeting Set Another meeting will be held t expedite agreement approval hat it can be submitted for action Chairman Joseph Jr stated The specifications committee will meet to draw up the ments to be asked for the new Continued on page 3 column 3 s In Tuesday's battling re- today by Allied nen government troops killed 76 Viet Cong in Mekong Delta below Saigon Thieu s roops aimed at breaking up a guerrilla rebuilding hat already has made tip huge Viet Cong losses in last month's Tct offensive Allied officials said U.S Army troops Tuesday tilled 153 North Vietnamese protecting guerrilla supply lines running into the Central and jungles 275 miles north of Saigon from the Cambodian border On South Vietnam's northern border a small patrol from the ringed Marine fort of Khe Sanh killed North Vietnamese Tuesday U.S Army killed CO more further east along the northern frontier Monday according to a delayed American ment In Saigon Thieu told UPI ate yesterday afternoon befort resident Judge John M Klep er state police Trooper Edwin Henry was charged tha car struck the machine while he was racing John N Fallon with Romeo's red Admits Bad Pass I admit I made a bad pass jut no racing nothing like lohn told the jury four men and eight women He estimated his speed at the time at 60 miles per hour in the zone To the best of my knowledge he was behind me the way Romeo told the jury in his turn The two brothers were enroute from Reservoir to BRING EM BACK A U.S Marine in battle against North Vietnamese regulars breaks chow about 20 miles south of Da Nang The fighting man has added his own twist to the slogan promoting the American Automobile Association program for more and safer travel by altering an AAA sticker to read Bring ME Back an exclusive interview that he Red army in Vietnam will make a final reat offensive in May or une Year of Decision The Vietnamese leader to to lilt i T t Jit noted that the board Mr Justice informed the must be sympathetic lo the authority Altoona Man Convicted In Auto Fatality many patently use train and he said he could not understand why the Penn Central would he discontinuing a train that standing room only Mr Hamill in his normal j flamboyant flare noted ole wants to know truth in this issue The commissioner stressed the fr 1 county residents who Members decided to go along Harold Donald Christopher nf 29 of was found of involuntary manslaughter by the y Robert Haberstroh solicitor an agreement required as part rp 111 1 S Page Penn Central has never explained its position to the county board and noted the company must have Area News and Pictures 49 some reason for discontinuing Comics and Panels 50 service Crossword Puzzle 11 Probably Examining Commissioner Correll C Icy pointed out the company is probably examining overall operation of the train and not just its service lo Blair County Commissioners Hamill Gressley and Edward J Flanagan ed the protest note The commissioners stressed this that they have not de- whether to close the an Blair County which considered he case for four hours yesterday The jury returned with its dict at p.m and after erring with defense ally ert Jubelirer and Asst District Atty John Woodcock Judge a picnic where Romeo had hoped to sell his car The car bore a sign on the side and rear windows lo effect that it was a model vith DeSoto MO cubic inches 300 IIP -IS Ford front Pontiac rear end 1.80 gears ing for Denies Hearing Crash To the best of my knowledge lie John was behind me the whole way Romeo said I never saw the other car com- ing I didn't know there had been an Romeo said ing lo Asst Dist Atty John Woodcock's questions Romeo claimed My car wouldn't have been capable of racing that because of transmission trouble His speedometer didn't work he said but he estimated his speed at from 55 to 60 miles per hour Romeo also denied that he heard the crash behind him de- spite the fact hat two of state's witnesses Wilbur T Shaw 28 and Harry Elmer Brown Jr both of whom live along said the Communist aim is win a big enough victory enjoy a position of strength at a peace negotiation table Thieu said 1968 is the Communist year of decision If the Red drive fails Thieu said Communists migh fade away to remain a threa but no more a major militar force The leader said Effort Bv Reds Predicted j By JOHN N FALLON UPI Foreign SAIGON UPI President Nguyen Van Thieu today predicted a nist offensive within two or three months designed to give the Reds a substantial victory Dissenters WASHINGTON DPI For- ier President Dwight D isenbmver has added his voice a the growing lebale over Vietnam policy with i scornful denunciation of armchair strategists whose words give aid and comfort to he enemy The general's views on what le termed seemed certain in a response from Vietnam dissenters since in some respects he went beyond public statements of even defenders of President Johnson's policy in censuring he critics Eisenhower said the actions of militant are not honorable dissent It is rebellion and it verges on treason Situation Depressing In a long life of service to my country 1 have never encountered a situation more depressing than the present spectacle of an America deeply divided over a er wrote in an article in Tuesday's Reader's Digest What has become of our What has become of ur loyalty to What has of a noble concept ailed patriotism which in ormer times of crisis has us through to victory nd the former dent asked He said if dissent were as trong in the desperate days of War 11 when he was the commander in Europe I Mew Year offensive began two months ago on Jan 29 cost the Viet Cong and Norl Vietnamese Furthermore he men said slain the disrupted only 15 per cent of th pacification program an doubt that we and our allies could have won Scorns Theory Eisenhower heaped scorn on enclave theory advanced by his former comrade in amis retired Lt Gen James Gavin the Communists suffered break year the Viet Cong Amusements 48 H Jubelirer deferred Amusements Editorials and Features Henry J Taylor Highlights Jeane Dixon Legal Problems N Y Markets Sports The Doctor Says Uncle Ray's Corner Classified Ads of Christopher until the defendant determines er he will appeal the verdict Christopher is free on bond and Atty Jubelirer has four days ui announce whether he will file for a new trial tence for involuntary slaughter is from one and Reservoir Road had previoiislj Continued on page 3 column men killed in their February on page 3 column 3 Bubonic Kills 6 In Viet outbreak of bubonic plague the scourge of the Middle Ages has killed six persons this month in the provinces surrounding Saigon he World Health Organization WHO said today No Americans were stricken the U.S mission in Vietnam aid The mission emphasized it was nol an epidemic and that there were fewer cases of plague and fewer deaths than at this time last year All U.S servicemen ami government employes arc lated against all forms of this balance is whn hiis proposed that and a bargaining position in Nevertheless the Viet orces pull into defensive U.S presidential election Vietnamese around he cities He said 1968 was the make or and Hanoi and their aim is to have sufficient success by the November election to be able to enter negotiations from a position of strength Failing that he said the Reds might fade away gradually a threat but no longer a major military force But some sort of allied keeping guarantee would he needed for three or four more men in populated coast of their Tct wounds and Vietnam instead of fighting in nursing husbanding equipment and strength for another onslaught They may try he Continued on page 3 column 1 years he said In an interview the old president coupled lions of criticism new offensive wilh U.S senators who the jungle Without naming Gavin whoer said those who advance Continued on page 3 column 3 Johnson Forces Start To Gear for Campaign oppose the Vietnam policy Johnson administration Three Senators Blamed He cited by name Sens by Robert Kennedy ward Kennedy a William Fulbright They make the war effort more difficult for he said Thieu said Tct Lunar liy ROBERT J TAYLOR United Press International resident Johnson's political showed signs intensified mobilization today after weeks of coasting broken only occasionally by spurts of activity ndj Johnson's lop political I shooter Postmaster General 39 lo three years 22 j Said Driver of Car i The jury in convicting 34 6 Continued on page 3 column -1 Women's Features 28 Treated at Hospital Four Receive Minor Injuries In Accident Four persons were treated Altoona for injuries re- Street in a traffic accident at p.m yesterday at Third Avenue and third Street One of drivers William son 22 of 311 2nd Ave was treated for abrasions of the right knee Two occupants in his car were also treated Hazel wards 60 of 600 6th Ave ata sustained a cut of the nose and lacerations of the upper lip and Margaret Stacey 41 of 718 6th Ave Juniata received an abrasion of the right knee and contusion of the right elbow Betty J Wolford 44 of 129 Wai topher found that he was the driver of a 1956 car which mod into trailer of a rigi driven by Robert Mitchell of in December 1966 The Mitchell rig 44 feet long was crossing Seventh Avenue at Twenty-ninth Street when it was struck by the Christopher car The accident resulted in the death of Christopher's friend Paul Cruthers 25 also of toona The car was owned by and Christopher contend led he was driving vehicle most of the evening jof Dec prior to north on Third However he staled that im- licle struck a tree on the erly owned by Harry and Betty Johnson of 300 3rd Ave The operator of Kephart coupe was cited for not stopping at the stop sign nut a passenger in a car driven by Martha M Kephart impact Olson before the accident that he should in order to be- come acquainted with the gears since he was lo use the Christopher car on the morning of Dec 17 Christopher Olson station wagon and to the tree At p.m yesterday a truck driven cast on Third Avenue by J G McKnight 69 of 5th Ave and a convertible north on Street by T McAbee 17 of 1400 Duke Road Greenwood collided at the Damage was placed at to said took the wheel at the Kephart coupe WOO to the Seventh Avenue and Eighth Street Testimony showed the car proceeded at least 50 miles an Continued on page 3 column 2 30 of 12.1 Ave sustained contusions and abrasions of was placed at to forehead convertible and to hails to Slop truck Police said fie mishap occurred when the Kephart vehicle driven west on Third Avenue failed lo flop at a slop sign and the coupe was struck by the Olson station Mishap State police investigated a truck accident at p.m s inch Continued on page 3 column TEMPERATURES Thermometers at the road test department ing recorded a high of 68 degrees lerday afternoon a low of 44 last night and 59 at S today Rainfall of night amounted lo 01 ot an Lawrence F O'Brien was off lo meet with Wisconsin party regulars to do anything we can to help hem in the remaining few duys The primary balloting is next Tuesday and it appeared at point that Johnson could lose election to Sen J McCarthy I have no douht that if we had full New Hampshire Primary where the President was a write-in candidate worked out White House direction Slipups and lapses in that campaign were blamed in part or Johnson's poor showing a plurality of only 235 votes over McCarthy in the combined vole of both In Washington Tuesday ens or ex- their offices from one room o the whole seventh floor of the posh Watergate Hotel And at the Slate Department the word went out that experts from Secretary Dean Rusk on down would he out on the stump defending the administration's policies At the White House secretary George T Around mark f a question organized forces is how well Johnson are the Suspension supporters he said he would not foreclose President going about anywhere he might called upon to go on page 3 column 1 -A it I i OPENS SKA TRIALS The USS Jersey went for sea trials yesterday after extensive renovation at the Philadelphia Ship Yards The battleship is seen as it passed under the Delaware Memorial Bridge in mington Del UPI photo Slate Senate Preliminary Approval Of Pay Expected i the current with the was to give money earmarked for preliminary approval today lo salaries legislation that would provide starting salaries about million in additional would he from slate school subsidies for but the amounts of leathers salaries increases for experienced The hill which trimmed would be left to the In- SIS million from the directors The House by the would have provided an original House measure was immediate across sent to the floor Tuesday night hoard raise for all teachers by the Senate starting minimum a lull day of would to but Only by Republican whin there are taxes passed lo ity blue additional million The showdown m the revised scheduled lor Sb Mr the bo million that Gov Raymond I Snater claims is viable from existing axes Higher Subsidy and through another million major features of the hill in budget cuis proposed by trie as il stands Republicans local school The Senate also eliminated would receive an additional for county per cent on their state Continued an page J column 2 was next would throw il bark t h c House for concurrence in the amendments
