Port Angeles Evening News (Newspaper) - January 2, 1969, Port Angeles, Washington January 1969 P ort 231st Issue of 53fd Year 12 10 Cents Winters icy grip is lessening over state By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Washingtons severest winter storm In years was receding Into history leaving hazardous road conditions and at least a deaths in its temperatures recorded over a wide area of the state during the but the only subzero reading was a relatively mild report ed at Ephrata and Yakima had a trace of snowfall early Thurs while up to 5 Inches fell in the In Southwest ern freezing rain and sleet caused hazardous highway conditions and at least one road Very little traffic was moving in that area Thursday and scores of businesses planned to remain closed at least until Many schools which had planned to reopen Thursday after holiday vacations re mained closed until next State Highway 14 the main road along the north bank of the Columbia River was mostly The road to Bear an area of homes north of Washougal that was reported without power and tel ephone service was expected to be cleared of snow sometime A search and rescue team from Vancou ver traveled to the area Wednesday night and reported everyone was all Interstate 5 from Seattle south to Vancouver had com pact snow and Ice in many places early but the State Highway Department re ported crews were sanding the bad A draw bridge over the Co lumbia River at Vancouver was reported frozen leaving a Coast Guard cutter stranded north of the At least six persons died in the state during the storm in traffic mishaps and other The deaths of at least another 10 persons In British Columbia and Oregon were attributed to the The weather outlook for West ern Washington Thursday was for rain late Thursday and pos sible snow High and low temperatures were general ly expected to range In the 40s In Eastern Washing a few snow showers or freezing rain were forecast for with a chance of snow Low Thursday night were expected to be 515 with a high of 2030 on Cayuse Pass was closed Thursday and chains were required on Stevens 163 traffic deaths set New Years mark Short dip AP Carl Dickman trimmed his time in the water to a minute day In his annual New Years Day dip in Owasco He gave as reasons the five degree a 33mile wind and a water tem of 33 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Traffic accidents killed 163 persons during the New Years observance which ended at midnight The number of deaths was a record for a celebration of the The record for a 30hour New Years period since World War II had been set In This also was the most recent time the holiday driving period ran 30 During a recent midweek period of equal highway mishaps took the of 107 The count was made by The Associated Press for a comparison with the New Years The National Safety Council had estimated that 200 to 260 persons might die In traffic ac during the period which at 6 Bad driving weather was common throughout the Pacific over much of the Great Lakes region and in a large part of the Northeast dur ing the Last weeks Christ mas driving period accounted for 231 traffic The low toll for a New Years observance was 93 in During the 1967 New Years the toll was The period surveyed by the AP for comparison purposes ran from 6 10 to midnight Area roads patrol warns Most of Port Angeles dug out of snow over the holiday as warming conditions continue to melt an almost record snowfall for The State Patrol warns that many roads still have snow and slush and motorists should exer else caution while Many residents spent the day shoveling sidewalks and drive ways while youngsters con on building The Fire Department record ed about eight Inches of snow at 5th arid Laurel streets and Hac cumulated more In the higher It was school as usual today much to the delight of The cold wave of last week kept most children It did dip be low freezing early today which put a sheet of Ice over the melting but mild er temperatures are predicted for the next few Rummage sale ordinance to be studied by city North Vietnam delegates meet in try to unsnarl talks 1969 Clarence Funderburk and 7 son Jon Erik are cozy and warm at Olympic Memorial The first baby born here in Jon arrived at His father is a fireman at Peninsula Shingle The with their daughter Lai live at For the time while the snow the family is staying with Funderburks Else Hellwig here in Evening News Israeli planes again rake targets in Jordan PARIS AP Ambas sador Cyrus Vance met to day with a North Vietnamese envoy in a new attempt to get the stalled Paris peace talks It was the first Ameri Vietnamese meeting in two Vances session with Ha Van Lau took place at a secret rendezvous believed to be some where in the suburb of Sceaux south of Their meeting at American in suggested some shift may have taken place in the at assumed by the Saigon government on the tangled problem of the shape of the conference The Saigon government had set Itself positively against ac a North Vietnamese proposal for making the Paris parley a roundtable In Saigons view this would give the Viet Cong the appearance of independence and The United States had been Lam declined all ready to accept the roundtable saying only that contacts inter offer believing It would by the holidays been accepted widely as a sym bol of in recent days Ambassador Ells worth Bunker has been in tact with President Nguyen Van Thieu In Saigon presumably going over the concept of allied attitudes toward the Viet Congs National Liberation Vances meeting with Lau suggested some factor has art sen to make a reopening of ex changes Lau two weeks ago had told Vance it was pointless to move on to a discus sion of other Vietnam peace conference Issues until the shape of the table had been set Before setting out to meet Lau the envoy had spent 50 minutes with Ambassador Pham Dang Saigons chief had been By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Israeli warplanes struck at Arab positions in Jordan today and on the Suez Canal Israeli and Egyptian troops exchanged small arms An Israeli army spokesman said the warplanes roared in low over the Jordan River near Beit 10 miles south of the Sea of to silence guns that had fired on an army pa A Jordanian army spokesman said six Israeli Mirage jets at tacked the Dam In the northern Jordan Valley with na rockets and fire but claimed they were turned back by antiaircraft American casualties show drop in Vietnam The spokesman said Israeli tanks opened fire on in the There were no casualties in either at he but a house near the dam and some plantations were On the Suez Canal an Israeli army spokesman ac the Egyptians of opening fire south of Lake Timsah at Is troops on the occupied east The Israelis fired back and there were no casualties In the 30minute The Lake is about midway in the ca The army also said it inter The council will consider a recommendation at Its regular meeting tonight proposing the li censing and control of rummage and backyard An ordinance suggested by Po lice Chief Harry Kochanek and petition signed by ten citizens requesting such an are Included In a letter ten to City Manager Don Herr man by Kochanek dated The petition reads We the undersigned feel the abusive use of Little chance seen for treaty signing soon WASHINGTON AP tlon on the nuclear atlon treaty Is the major task facing the new but chances for ratification before President Johnson leaves office appear Failure by the Senate to ratify the Intended to curb the spread of nuclear be fore 20 would be a major disappointment for He repeatedly called for quick Senate action before Congress adjourned last October and as late as early December was still thinking of calling the Senate Into special session to consider the Senate Republican leader Ev erett of Illinois has left up to Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana the deci sion on when to bring up the said In an Interview he Is willing to take It up as soon as organization matters have been cleared away after recreation garage sales along with uncharitable rum mage sales are Illegal and a health hazard and should be li censed and controlled Fees and controls necessary should be determined at the discretion of the city coun proposal Includes a five dollar per day permit fee for rummage His rec also Includes a provision which would not re quire a permit for backyard sales If the property offered for sale Is the sellers and has been for at least 90 ac cording to Onassis plane hijacked CAIRO AP An Olympic Airways DC 6plane landed at Gal ro airport today after being hi jacked by a lone Greek gunman following takeoff from Crete for Egyptian officials Airport authorities said the pilot told them the hijacker fired a warning shot over the air mans head through the cockpit window when he tried to contact Athens Officials gave this account The hijacker burst into the cockpit soon after takeoff and told the pilot to fly south to When the pilot tried to warn Athens the gun man fired the warning The hijacker was taken into custody and the planes 97 pas sengers and 5 crew members were provided accommodations SAIGON AP The year 1968 ended with the lowest weekly American death toll since the bombing of North Viet nam the Command reported But the number of South Vietnamese dead was the highest In three in an increasing part in the war by the Saigon govern ments The reported toll of enemy dead was as above and five times the allied Communiques today reflected the recent changed nature of the war widely scattered ground the uncovering of more enemy supply and the shelling of allied posts coupled with enemy The death of 113 American servicemen Christmas week was the lowest in 10 South Vietnamese losses in the same week were 279 the highest in 13 while Viet Cong and North Viet were reported THE SHAPES ETCHED IN SNOW Snow left family right Evening News photo The casualty report covered the Christmas truce and the figures Indicated the cease fire was only nominally ob The ceasefire declared by the Viet Cong command for New Years ended early and shortly after two American bases and one South Vietnamese post was No significant ground action was although Ameri can and South Vietnamese troops were patrolling up and down the North Vietnam claimed its gunners in Ha Bac Province brought down a pilotless reconnaissance plane The Command does not comment on the activities of pi planes over the Since the and South Viet commands did not de clare a New Years truce this there was no question of any A man said the war went on at about the same wasnt as bad as it has been and it wasnt as good as it could The Viet Cong end ed at 1 Saigon the time millions of Americans were turning on television sets to watch the annual bowl Within a few minutes about 10 enemy shells burst on the Marine airfield at Marble near Da A few hours later an artillery base of the 1st Air Cavalry Division 60 miles north of Saigon was hit by about 65 mortar ties and damage were cers Viet Cong gunners also opened up on Navy river boats moving South Vietnamese troops along a Mekong Delta cat Ten Navy men were and South casual ties were described as Enemy casualties were not North of Saigon at the 24th Evacuation three American soldiers freed by the Viet Cong on New Day were eating ily and preparing for a quick return and drove back a band ol Fridays convening of by Egyptian authorities until saboteurs who crossed from Mansfield has promised John Officials said the Jordan near just south of the Sea of Galilee Wednesday He reported the Israeli troops found an as sault file and a bag of Jordan reported earlier that armed Israeli helicopters struck at Jordanian forces in the southern desert Wednesday and that a Jordanian soldier was There was no admission of the attack from the but the same area along the Jordanian Israeli frontier was the scene of an Israeli helicopter attack Tuesday in which three Jorda nian security police were A Jordanian spokesman In Amman that on Wednesday five Israeli helicopters crossed the frontier with a jet fighter es cort and Jorda near the frontier village of 40 miles north of the port of In addition to the soldier two civilians were wounded in the the spokesman The attack was reported less than 12 hours after the Se curity Council condemned Israel for the commando raid Satur day In which 13 Lebanese com aircraft were destroyed at International Because of the Beirut airport London underwriters an a 500 per cent Increase In war risk insurance rates for goods shipped to or from Israel and half a dozen of her Arab For worth of coverage will cost 90 cents instead of ONP hopes to open ridge on weekend Olympic Park officials hope Hurricane Ridge will be open but its a little soon to Crevs are trying to clear the ridge road of at least two As previously the ridge will be closed today and son to act Jacob Jav and Philip have prepared an tack on the Senates rule which requires two thirds proval of those voting to choke off a said that his biennial argument over changing the Senates rules at the start of each new Congress could con sume a week If no agreement Is The Senate will swear In Its new members There Is doubt that It will reconvene aft er a Joint session of Congress Monday to canvass the presi election Thus the battle over the rules Is not likely to get under way until Beyond lies opposition to the terms that may spawn lengthy debate which could preclude a tlon vote before Presidentelect Nixon takes Nixon has said he favors ratl flea But he suggested dur ing the campaign that action on the treaty be delayed because of the Russian Invasion of Czecho Nixon has raised no public to early action In the new But there is a feel ing among some Republicans that he would not be adverse to having future ratification of the treaty as a bargaining point In any early meeting that might be arranged between him and Rus sian By nations who pos sess nuclear weaponry would agree not to gtve na tions nuclear arms or any help developing them and would agree not to seek arms or passenger list included 27 wom en and 7 Townsend youth named to AF academy Mark son of and Robert Prill of 722 S Port has been selected for possible admission to the Air Force Academy at Colorado springs for the aca demic year beginning In Congressman Lloyd Meeds Prill Is the principal appointee to the Air Force Meeds said that Prill was considered to be the most qualified of all young men who applied for the Air Force CLOCKS Huge three little ones on 5th endowed snow lady without a head near Lincoln ers pondering whether to 4ke off chains for around town or leave them on for getting back home treading over icy relaxing on narrow strips of bare paving TV watchers bleary eyed after full day of football
