Naugatuck Daily News (Newspaper) - April 25, 1972, Naugatuck, Connecticut Conn. Established 10 Pages Per Copy Communist Troops Flank South Vietnamese Forces In Central Highlands By 11H1HIOE SAIGON led by lanks outflanked South Vietnamese forward de- fenses in South Vietnam's Central Highlands today and poured down Highway 14 toward the provincial capital of The Communists forced Saigon forces to abandon two more artillery bases and the town of Dak Four American helicopter crewmen were killed and six U.S. advisers Thousands of refugees fled ahead of the advancing Com- munist UPI reporter Malt Franjola flew over Ihe area in a helicopter today and said South Vietnamese troops appeared to bo regrouping at artillery base Bravo which blocks the way 12 miles north of a city of Unconfirmed reports said tanks had pushed to within two miles east of Bravo in an apparent flanking Reapportionment May Bring Special Session THE NAUGATUCK YOUNG REPUBLICANS recently presented a nag to the new City Hill The flag was flown over the capital in D.C. and donated through the office of Sen. Lowell From left lo Dr. Leonard Ralph chairman of the Young Republicans and John head of civic affairs of the Young by Peter By GUDAUSKAS Conn. The legislative headache of re- may bring lawmakers back for a special session after This is the consensus of lawmakers and leaders who arc hoping a plan of can be Key including House Speaker William R. are whether enough time remains in the out the last one as rent session to approve a plan is produced by a Although all even if one is produced by a special The given a third chance al tackling the sticky political problem of insuring equal had hoped a new plan could be drafted by lhe May 3 adjournment But time is running out out a full agreement in and a federal court is ing a new plan after tossing Apollo 16 Astronauts Rocket Seven Convicts Out Of Moon ward Home Ai In Break By AL ROSSITER Jr. UPI Space Writer Houston Apollo 16's bearded astronauts showed the moon receding behind them during an impromptu telecast today and buoyed hopes that their treasure trove may include long-sought pieces of the primitive lunar John W. Thomas K. Mattingly and Charles M. reporting their morale is a couple of hundred per rocketed out of moon orbit Monday night toward a Pacific splashdown Thursday after- tell we can hardly said veteran commander of lhe mission that went from to success during the past five Command module pilot mas K. who soloed in moon orbit while Young and Duke spent three days ing the was to get the of the The astronauts were so impressed by the view of the moon as they sped away that they beamed a 15-minute telecast miles to know if you took this view you just saw of the moon and put it in a movie everybody would say you were just faking Duke told ground communicator Don can't see any just pure blackness and that body sitting out The camera then showing the pilots with heavy When Young appeared before the he held up his hand Primaries Favor HHH By STEVE GERSTEL United Press International Hubert H. Humphrey and George S. McGovern today were to win lhe Pennsylvania and Massachusetts primaries with S. of 239 delegate votes and the potential to ignite or cripple the campaigns of Ihe three leading contenders for the Democratic presidential But the outcome could also break so many ways that the and you see lhe dirt under those That's moon Dirt from Samples The dirt came from Ihe 245 pounds of moon rock and soil samples slowed in every nook in the cabin of the command ship Before geologists told Young and Duke to expect to find lava rocks from volcanic Please turn lo Page 2 Ansonia Strikers Lose Jobs to keep his badly campaign alive until the Democratic National The presidential primaries in the Iwo large eastern stales hold a treasure Conn. last of 50 public works candidates might go into employes who went on strike in next week's Ohio and Indiana carly March have reported for each claiming a work but the city says as many share of lhe spoils and leaving as 20 could now be out of the presidential sweepstakes city counsel Pasquale Tepe Two of the nine who caped from Vermont Stale son were captured early today in about five miles north of the Officials said Douglas 21, of St. Albans and Anthony 26. of Burlington themselves Warden Robert Smith said the two had asked a Hartland denl to the prison that they wished lo be returned to the prison and they were then laken into custody without Humphrey was serving a tence for fraud while Robtoy was imprisoned for Smith said the 1968 belonging to a son was stolen from outside Ihe prison after the cape Monday It was in Fair along lhe New York border on Ihe sile side of the slale from the the Senate as all but agreed on new lines its 36 the 177- member House is still locked in the throes of work and far from an In House Democrats plan a caucus today to try to decide just how many seats should be in any reapportionment House Republicans also expect lo discuss the as well as whether there is any point in continuing to try to draft a The size of the House is a bone of contention for some many of whom were tossed into other districts in the plan recently ruled invalid by the federal Leaders arc worried about since a two-thirds vote of both the commission and the 28, of breaking and Robert 32, of breaking and Charles 45, of St. 2nd degree legislature is needed if a plan mono 46, of is to be as a habitual Lawmakers cut from their old nal Louis 42, of districts might be inclined to roon and oppose any plan that ultimately James 21, of them our of office or throws someone else of the Roadblocks were set up same political affiliation into throughout the state and special was paid to Ihe New there arc other Hampshire border and Inter- seemingly state 91 which is near the included political shading son al of the House in any proposed Seven bases in the Central Highlands have fallen to the Communists since they began their long-awaited offensive in that area plus another four bases that had earlier been The Communist ing down Highway 14 was estimated at men ing artillery and Franjola said most of it was about six miles north of Artillery Base Bravo at dusk Field reports said two ed artillery bases about 20 miles west of called Bases 5 and 6, were abandoned to Ihe advancing nist In South Vietnamese defenders withdrew from Dak 25 miles northwest of which became isolated Monday when a key base protecting To captured by the For the second consecutive day all 100 or more U.S. bombers in Ihe Indochina of operations skipped Laos and Cambodia and flew all their missions in Three American helicopters including a Huey utility chopper and two Cobra gunships were shot down in the unsuccessful defense of the northern forward bases on The Cobra crewmen survived uninjured but all four Please turn to Page 2 Today's News In Brief By United Press International SPACE Houston Apollo 16's bearded astronauts showed the people are out on Democrats now con- moon receding behind them seven who remained al Please turn to Page 2 Please turn lo Page job Alfred 19, of serving a sentence for Business Healthy NEW YORK moon The spacewalk was to begin at p.m. EST and last about one Ascent Section Cast Off Before leaving lunar the astronauts cast off the ascent section of their lunar module Bui they failed to set a critical swilch and lhe spacecraft tumbled out of H chairman of the ruining a chance to American Newspaper crash it near the Apollo 16 ers said today that landing The impact was lo poor economic have created an artificial lions in 1971 lhe newspaper moonquake to be recorded by business has remained the seismometer Young and publisher of the Duke left Kokomo said in But the astronauts a at the ly deployed a liltle satellite convention that total designed to measure radiation circulation and magnetic forces around the rosc 62 2 million last year Dr. David W. and advertising revenue passed chief geophysicist at the the K mark tne Manned Spacecraft said an identical satellite lefl behind About 1 400 newspaper by Apollo 15 told us a lot 1isners and executives are blocks and will remain there Irol lhe until it's decided the roadblocks In sources thai are no longer useful or we've politicians are still caught stale Corrections ing to hang on to as many Commissioner R. Kent as even man said Monday though their populations fail to Smith said escapees over- justify powered Iwo guards in the In any leaders like shower area during a Ratchford arc hoping for some lion locked the guards agreement in a pried open the bars Computer Plan on a window and escaped from One reason is if the Ihe maximum fails to agree on a plan There were no injuries to the the federal court lhal Smith ruled lhe last remapping job in- valid might accept a computer version from Yale Professor Robert H. Bork was asked by lhe courl to prepare a plan that would adhere to the U.S. Supreme Court edict of one Bork is busily at during an impromptu telecast today and hopes that their moon samples may include long-sought pieces of the primitive lunar CHICAGO police hunt covered the city's South Side today for a wealthy businessman who was abducted for Police feared Alan J. Bernstein was seriously ANN LANDERS COMICS CLASSIFIED CROSSWORD EDITORIAL OBITUARIES SOCIAL SPORTS TV PROGRAMS 9 8 4 2 5 647 9 though the total number of people employed by newspapers was slightly as it was in a Please turn to Page 2 DEATHS MRS. MARGARET C. of Jones died April 24, 1972. Funeral Wednesday a.m. from the Buckmiller Funeral 82 Fairview to St. Francis Church for a Mass at 9. Burial in St. James Friends may call at the funeral home today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. CAIRO for the first time Monday it has granted facilities to the Soviet fleet in the It said it notified the United States in advance of its A BEATIFICATION PROJECT currently underlay the at Church and Water the work are members of the local Park Permission to change the of the properly was obtained through the efforts of Environmental Advisory hy Peter I Antiwar Protests Subsiding By United Press International Antiwar protests appeared to be subsiding today despite a promise by peace and student groups that massive tions would continue across the country until all U.S. ment in Indochina has There were only a handful of demonstrations Monday and the only Salt Lake Utah and the University of Wisconsin at ed more than Several of the other were sparked with but nothing like lhe 1970 upheaval on the nation's Leaders of the Student Mobilization Committee and the National Peace Action Coalition had said earlier the demonstrations would continue until U.S. involvement National Guard troops on duty for a week at the University of Maryland campus in College Park were scheduled to pull out The campus has been quiet for the past three days and no activities were for MANILA threw hand grenades into a crowd a I a fiesta 200 miles north of Manila today in Please to Page 2 Mostly sunny high in the 50s. Clear and quite cool low in the 30s. Wednesday mostly sunny and high in the 50s. Bristol Temperature 40; 3a.m., 38; 6a.m., 42; 9 50; 54. Barometric Pressure Midnight 30.1; 3 30.1; 6 30.1; 9 30.1; 30.1. LAFF A DAY twins are seventeen years old and I still can't tell them one is John and which one is
