Coshocton Tribune, The (Newspaper) - November 18, 1967, Coshocton, Ohio The President Can't Win These Days By MERRIMAN SMITH WASHINGTON at the White A veteran Washingtonian who distributes one of the more authentic private newsletters is toying with what he regards as an admittedly dangerous idea A Mend suggested that to test public opinion he include in his next newsletter a simple sentence unrelated to the main content of the Lyndon Johnson cannot be all bad The newsletter man says he is not lacking in courage but he does not have secretarial help sufficient to handle the load of mail which he feels certain would result from the statement about the president Another Washingtonian a journalist who gets about the country frequently on ing dates had a similar idea recently and decided to test it for reaction by a somewhat sophisticated lecture audience During the course of his talk he mentioned the so-called credibility gap endured by the Johnson administration and offered this Just because a statement is made by President Johnson Secretary of State Dean Rusk or Defense Secretary Robert ara does not insure the antiseptic accuracy or essential truth of the statement The speaker looked over his large audience carefully and without any doubt in his mind saw a number of heads nodding in ment Then be But by the same token and as a matter of simple logic just because something is said by Messrs Johnson Rusk or McNamara does not mean that it is an automatic falsehood or deliberate distortion This man swears that the people who are nodding moments before turned to ing and shaking their heads in what he could only surmise was disagreement displeasure or disbelief This column which is distributed to newspapers twice a week by UPI has encountered much the same sort of reaction by mail drawing some indescribably dirty letters simply because of theoretically humorous anecdotes involving the President or some member of his family Such anecdotal material is presented as it has been since Backstairs at the White House began during the Eisenhower in 1953 to show the incumbent Chief Executive in something more than a starchy strictly official dimension The current mood of some Americans however is so angrily one-sided that to relate anything uncritical about the current President drives these people into spasms of illogical fury A laboratory not long ago this column carried an item about how Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass livened up a White House social affair when these famous musicians entertained after a formal state dinner Several letters arrived at the White House press room shortly after the column ed denouncing the writer for slyly ing to cast the Johnsonian image in a light favorable to younger America Your clever sugar-coating about Herb Alpert won't said one postcard LBJ is still the enemy in Vietnam As if the Tijuana Brass had the connection with the war other than paying a walloping income tax This is something more than political opposition It's nutty PAPER CALL TRIBUNE BY The Coshocton Tribune CALLING DIAL VOL 58 NO 86 COSHOCTON OHIO 43812 SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 18 1967 7 CENTS The Army Goofed r T Along with its major problems Vietnam the U S Army Has smaller ones inch as what to do with PFC Joe Smith the misplaced GI Here PFC Smith who isn't really ready for retirement but would like to be out of the Army makes ready for some reading at the post library in the Presidio of Sai spent 18 months of his Army career at a civilian soldier watting for orders that never came The story of Smith in the Army is the perfect tale of a classic military snafu UPI Telephoto LBJ Warns Hanoi On Policy Reassures Worried Americans By NICHOLAS DANILOFF WASHINGTON Johnson's latest warning to Hanoi not to misjudge the U.S resolve in Vietnam also carried with it words of reassurance to the American people The President's remarks at Friday's White House news conference appeared to be largely aimed at the rising number of Americans who have become increasingly frustrated by a seemingly endless war thousands of miles from U S shores Both Johnson and Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker the U.S envoy in Saigon stressed in separate talks that the United Slates is making steady progress in Vietnam even though most of it isn't dramatic The President in his replies to newsmen and Bunker in an address to the Overseas Press Club in New York sought to get across satisfaction with the way things are progressing even though peace may still be a long way off But it was noticeable that neither Johnson nor Bunker raised any hopes in diplomatic quarters for a Vietnam settlement Communist diplomats in Washington ed the opinion that the President's address essentially offered nothing new and was primarily aimed at buoying the spirits of the American public Some diplomats even expressed concern that the Johnson administration is slowly moving toward bringing even greater sure on North Vietnam perhaps by ing Haiphong's piers and docks from the list of off limits targets Ohio Mostly cloudy Saturday with a chance of showers changing to snow flurries afternoon or evening continuing Saturday night and Sunday mostly north and east tions Colder Saturday night and Sunday High Saturday mostly 40s Low Saturday night upper 20s and lower 30s High Friday 46 low 32 Rainfall 53 of an inch High year ago 64 low 35 This step would have particularly reaching consequences since it would force Hanoi to switch some of its imports from delivery by sea to delivery by rail through mainland China Given Respite From War By DANIEL SOUTHERLAND SAIGON Viet Cong 13 days of truce for Christmas New Year's and the Asian lunar New Year in the Vietnam war There were signs the Allies might agree The guerrillas clandestine radio said the Viet Cong would honor a suspension of military attacks for three days at mas three days at New Year's and seven days during the Asian lunar new year Tet holiday It gave no indication of a Communist desire for a longer war pause or for peace talks v President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam last Saturday said he believed the allies would observe holiday truces this season There was no official truce announcement from U.S headquarters But it was assumed here American officials would agree and also halt bombing of North Vietnam during truce periods Many U.S commanders have voiced strong criticism of such truces They cite nist violations of past truces when the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese made attacks and seized new positions A bombing pause however short would give North Vietnam a breathing space to repair damage done in daily U.S raids they believe The U.S position would have to come from the White House The Communists like Thieu before them cited humanitarian reasons for having a truce The Viet Cong used similar phrasing in gaining past pauses However there was little doubt such appeals would find support in many quarters particularly those opposed to continued fighting U.S Cannons Halt Cong 500 Man Force Shattered SAIGON troops in the Mekong Delta today lowered their cannon barrels and blew apart a charging horde of about 500 Viet Cong at only 25 yards American spokesmen said the GIs killed at least 102 Communists who mounted the suicide charge in an attempt to cripple U.S drive through the rice paddies 60 miles below Saigon South Vietnamese troops a short distance away killed another 28 Viet Cong The fighting dealt a severe blow to the Viet Cong in an area where it has attracted the greatest strength in South Vietnam U.S jets dodged Communist inter- and met some of the heaviest flak of the war in bombing at Hanoi and Haiphong in North Vietnam Friday said They ground fire to 750 the number of American aircraft including eight over the Communist try U.S spokesmen said they are investigating Communist reports that American rockets hit the center of Hanoi and killed an Indian sergeant serving with the International Control Commission The Viet Cong also reeling from a major defeat in the Central Highlands where U S troops seized a strategic peak at bayonet point broadcast announcement of 13 days truce covering Christmas New Year's and the Asian lunar new year in late January and early February President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam earlier said he believed the anti- Communist allies would agree to holiday truce periods It was assumed by observers here that a trace in South Vietnam North Vietnam despite criticism by many can strategists Hospital Names Three To Improvement Board By KEN SLAUGHTER Three members of a construction tee have been selected to get the County Memorial Hospital improvement project un- derway as soon as possible Tentative target dates for getting con- struction operations underway are February or early in March The three named by Earl Kisner man of the Hospital Advisory Board are Chairman Gail Echenbarger a department manager at General Electric R C Powers a local merchant and G Aston Stewart local engineer Their appointments were made at a dinner meeting held Friday noon at County Hospital Plans for the hospital were discussed at this meeting The three will act in an advisory capacity The 6 of a mill levy approved by the countywide electorate Nov 7 will provide to pay for repairs and improvements of the hospital Gregory Chacos Cleveland a structural engineer has been assigned the task of preparing plans and specifications for ing necessary repairs and improvements to the hospital He is a former Coshocton resident a son of Mr and Mrs Pete Chacos 832 Main St When plans and specifications have been prepared and all legal matters have been completed in connection with the hospital project the County Commissioners will advertise for bids and let a contract to make repairs and improvements at the institution A member of the construction committee said Saturday that Mr Chacos will submit plans for replacing the outer walls of the hospital Two consultants he added will offer plans for improving the hospital He went on to say that no decision was made for the demolition of properties acquired by hospital officials for parking Romney To Run BULLETIN DETROIT UPI George of today Us for the INS tial patting uto the first and avowed purposes The properties are located near the institution It was revealed at the dinner meeting that Raymond Pew a member of the Hospital Advisory Board had resigned He was not present at the dinner meeting His successor will be appointed by the Commissioners These proposed steps are to be taken in connection with the hospital 1 Develop a master institution plan 2 Rebuild the exterior brick wall which has bowed and has been the primary cause of alarm during the past two years 3 Rehabilitate the third floor to gain room for more general hospital beds plan is to cut the maternity ward to gain 10 to 12 more beds for medical use 4 Purchase remaining property on Walnut and Fourteenth Sts for parking spaces 5 Reconstruct the elevator in the Extended Care Unit Attending the dinner meeting in addition to the new construction committee Mr Kisner and Mr Chacos were County Com- missioners John Baker Ernest Fry and Addy Emler Ed Porteus a member of the Hospital's Advisory Board Dr James Pyle and William Ingram members of the Operating Board Dr Robert Secrest of the Coshocton County Medical Society and Anthony Cacchillo administrator of County Memorial Hospital Nuclear Station Fire Kills Five Japan Fire broke out today in Japan's new nuclear power station and burned five workmen trying to keep the flames from radioactive material Station officials said the blaze was doused before it reached radioactive containers They said it was unlikely any radioactive leaks developed The Japan Nuclear Electric Power Co rushed in a special investigating team to make a thorough check of leakage One of the workmen hurt while blocking the flames was reported severely burned Plant officials said the blaze started after oil escaped from a lubricating device on a carbonic acid gas circulator in the plant In the battle of the Central Highlands near the bastion of Dak To 280 miles north of Saigon U.S troops reported little and light action in the 17th day of blocking a major North Vietnamese offensive American troops killed 41 Communists Friday in seizing the summit of Hill 1338 highest peak around Dak Allied bsss It raised to 765 the number of Communist bodies counted in the campaign Another 12 North Vietnamese have been captured U.S spokesmen said 136 Americans have been killed and 600 wounded since the Highland battle began Nov 3 Hope For School James R Gauerke center chairman of the Coshocton County Board of Mental dation accepts a check in the amount of for School from Mrs John R Allman president of the Bowling League Looking on are Rev M D Marsten left vice-chairman of the board and Mrs Larry Rice right general chairman of the community variety show presented last October at River View High School auditorium by the bowling league Tribune Photo by Bin Felver Youth Steals Car And Baby Suspect Caught By Police WILMINGTON Del A four-month old boy was returned safely to his distraught parents early today seven hours after he was accidentally abducted by a youthful car thief A suspect was arrested earlier The hours of agony began for David Wishneski 22 and his wife Martha 21 at p.m Friday when their car containing their sleeping son was stolen from the parking lot of a restaurant on the Delaware Turnpike At today the car with the infant safe inside was found by police in town about 10 miles from here The suspect Alfred Watson 18 of mington was arrested in Syrna about halfway between here and Middletown Police said the Wishneski car was the second he had stolen Friday night and that he had been released only the previous day after serving six months on a car theft conviction The baby Jonathan David was examined at Wilmington General Hospital and found to be unharmed and in good condition The case paralleled almost exactly one 24 hours earlier in Fairfield Conn where a boy was similarly abducted and found 14 hours later on a nearby back porch Delaware state police said the baby Jonathan David Wishneski was left in the back seat of a car in the parking lot of a Hot Shoppes restaurant on the Delaware pike while his uncle stepped out to stretch his legs The uncle Robert Fields told police he was only 50 feet from the car when he saw the youth jump in and drive away The mother Mrs Martha Wishneski was inside the restaurant where they had stopped on a trip from her home in Mount Pleasant N J to North Carolina where her husband a soldier is stationed A parking lot attendant James said he chased the car at speeds up to 100 mph but lost it told police he recognized the suspect as Alfred Watson 18 Rosegate a former employe of the restaurant Police said Watson had stolen a car at a football game in Middletown a short time earlier and left it in the parking lot after taking the second car Watson was arrested in Smyrna about 35 miles south of the spot 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