Times (Newspaper) - February 3, 1969, Hammond, Indiana low zero Partly cloudy and continued cold high in Chances lor precipitation 10 per cent tonight and Tuesday Page TIMES 194 Chinese Missile In LONDON Red China has progressed than expected in ar weaponry and might the range missile club as early as Asian and European diplomats in London say They said intelligence information pooled by the United States and several countries suggests China may test fire a Intercontinental ballistic sile this year If the test is the Chinese should begin stockpiling the weapons by the sources said THE CHINESE are also expected to test in their intermediate range listic designed to carry 100 kilo- ton warheads miles One kiloton is equivalent to power of tons of TNT The diplomats said that according to the revised Western the Chinese may have several hundred ar each with an explosive force of 10 by 1971 or 1972 By 1975 they may be in a position to deploy about 100 and 15 to 20 ICBMs The latest estimates take into count the Dec 27 tests when Red China exploded its eighth nuclear device in the atmosphere If they are it means a three-year gain in China's nuclear weapons program The Chinese fired their first atomic bomb in October 1964 19 years after the 15 years after the 12 years after the British and tour years after the French But since then they have outpaced the rest in the rate of although the diplomats stressed this does not mean the Chinese will be in any position to match either Americans or Russians in the next decade WESTERN DIPLOMATS respect such progress in a country torn by the political and social turmoil of Mao tung's Great Cultural Revolution The boss of Red China's rocket gram has been identified as Dr Tsien who trained in the United and was deported in the era of the late Sen Joseph McCarthy Tsien once worked on American sile projects and held the post of dard professor of jet propulsion at the California Institute of Technology Japs Invade U.S Office TOKYO Radical leftwing students broke into the U.S Embassy day and hung anti-American banners from its main balcony The band of members of the militant made their way past U.S Marine guards to reach the balcony on the embassy's main Their banners demanded an end to the defense alliance treaty and a general strike on Okinawa to port demands for the removal of U.S bombers from that U island It was the first action by Japan's itant students against an American in- since President Nixon took of- lice Jan 20 Violence in the streets by the same organization eight years ago blocked a scheduled Japanese visit by former President Dwight D Eisenhower when Nixon was vice president The students broke into the embassy compound in midafternoon About 40 anese summoned by U.S chased them Twenty minutes later some of the students still roamed the upper floor of the main building But police drove them out making some arrests The anti-American streamers were ripped down No injuries were reported THE Home Newspaper of the Calumet Region Calumet February Purdue University takes the Ton basketball lead but Iowa serves notice as a possible title contender tion 0 3 CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA Hickel Vows Oil Slick Relief The huge oil slick which has smudged part ol the southern California coast is partially corralled with a plastic while workers frantically to seal a leaking well SANTA Calif As westward winds pushed a spreading ocean oil slick away from Southern fornia Secretary of the Interior Walter J Hickel arrived saying he'll do has to be not here making any Hickel said Sunday night after a flight from to do for the eral welfare what has to be He has been under pressure by conservation groups to halt any damage to fish and beaches HICKEL WAS expected to charge of the battle to cap the THIEVES GET Null Case BIRDS England Jack Goodwin thought his birds ot prey 10 falcons and three tawny eagles would put up such a fight that no intruder would have a chance But over the someone stole the whole leaving not so much as a single ruffled feather behind Bucher Aide In Secrecy Calif Cmdr Lloyd M by a day weekend with his returned today to the inquiry into the loss of his ship and testimony by his intelligence ficer Lt Stephen R who ed the Pueblo's when the ship was seized by North Korean was to testify secretly for utes before the hearing was opened to the public Bucher was tense and pale during last week's sessions of the court and he relaxed during the weekend on a trip with his and their and 14 Bucher's civilian E Miles said the commander will return to the stand after all other witnesses have testified to tie up any loose ends Last week's sessions were held in cret because matters of national security were discussed Cmdr Charles R captain of the Pueblo's sister the told the board last Wednesday he had no during sions off Soviet Siberia because the sians have too much to in world opinion if they seized his ship Clark said the North Koreans and the Communist Chinese doubtful tors no one knew what they would He said the Banner was unarmed and it he was attacked he did not believe any help could have reached him in an hour's time FILM UNDER BAN Ind Theater owner William P Miller reluctantly closed the showing of the Swedish A Saturday after City Court Judge James A Simpson gave it a one- word Simpson said he would file charges if the picture was not withdrawn pictures are a flop at the box Miller complained Surprise Interlude Papal emissary Cardinal Franz paid a surprise visit today to self-exiled Cardinal in the U.S Mission in sparking rumors of freedom for who's boon there since the abortion 1956 garian revolt Discussion In Prospect EAST CHICAGO The withdrawal ol three nuns from the Indiana Harbor Catholic Elementary School will be on the agenda of the school's Home and School Association regular meeting night Mitchell association the group's interest in the nuns withdrawal applies so far as it affects the education and welfare of our school's The order of School Sisters of St Francis announced last week it would re- move Sisters Corrine Suzanne Hyde and Kathleen from the school in June Officials at the province cited a between the nuns and the Rev John pastor of the Assumption parish Assumption is one of five parishes that formed the Harbor School in 1966 SISTER LENORA an tive board member of the has said Father Zubak was in with dress views on teaching religion approved by the order when it renewed its rules in 1966 will probably be a lot of ple that think meeting is a eral forum for the entire Stolarz said we can deny no one from we probably will limit discussion to association Stolarz said association directors will discuss what has happened He said he did not know if the would take any action regarding the withdrawals The three nuns are among 14 nuns and six laymen who teach at the at two East Chicago locations Province officials say the als have no connection with school or its administration Cong Strike Mis 28 Viet SAIGON Cong troops firing from ambush along the banks of a canal cut into two South Vietnamese companies in the Mekong killed 28 of the government and wounded another military spokesmen reported today Viet Cong casualties were not It was one of the worst setbacks recently by the South Vietnamese army The ambush 60 miles southwest of Saigon was one of the half dozen fights that flared up Sunday to the south and northwest of the capital U.S officers said the fighting indicated lot of enemy but no real threat to Saigon U.S and South Vietnamese forces re- ported killing 160 Viet Cong and North in the fighting that ranged from GO miles southwest of Saigon to 37 miles northwest of the capital Eleven Americans and 31 South were reported and 43 Americans and 30 South wounded It was one of the heaviest days of tion since mid-December One U.S officer described the enemy maneuvering as and filling move then he forward or sideways There is no discernible trend A lot of we is mostly our fault Our guys are looking like mad for the The source said the enemy units very usually ranging from a dozen men lo about 100 The worst U.S casualties were in- on troops of the Light try who reported six killed ami 20 wounded as they tried to root out my forces from a river bank only fivo miles from the headquarters of the U.S Infantry Division at Cti Chi undersea well and disperse an estimated gallons ol floating oil Several government agencies were working with Union Oil which drilled the well under a federal in efforts to avoid heavy loss ol sea life and major to beachfront property The prospects if there is no sudden shift in the Coast Guard said Sunday Some of the oil was moving into open sea Under contract t o Union a vate company erected floating plastic lences in an effort to catch the heaviest accumulation of oil between the land and a drilling platform The plastic weighted with was in the form of a big just east of the platform on which oil crews worked to seal off the underground sure responsible for the leak flowing at gallons a day Other crews were drilling a second hole from a rig feet away lo reduce the pressure SOME CHEMICALS still were being dropped as dispersers despite alarm ex- pressed by conservationists South of Anacapa heavy oil for a A few light slicks drifted to within 100 yards of Cap- interia State Park beach south of and lingers of oil reached land Just III Case This Minnesota scene may be an ex- but if you have a St be sure the cask he carries under his chin is full It's going to be downright chilly ero Temperatures i in Calumet Tonight weather is the met Region picture for tonight Fair skies and a temperature plunge will give way to partly cloudy skies A high reading in the 20s is expected on Tuesday The colder weather was a blessing to persons living near the flood swollen Wa- bash and White Rivers Although light snow flurries left some roads slippery and hazardous the weather bureau said heavy rains which caused widespread flooding in the area seemed to be over The river crested at Clinton 10.5 feet over flood stage but below the top of levees A crest of 9.3 feet over flood stage was recorded at Terre Haute before the waters finally began to fall THOUSANDS OF ACRES of bottom land were flooded around Mount Carmel and 111 At the reached eight feet above flood state and was expected to go only er six inches on New reservoirs at Huntington and on the Mississinewa and Rivers were credited by Army engineers with preventing even worse flooding m that sector precipitation continued over the eastern half of the while west enjoyed generally fair skies Although the midwest was stung by a mass of cold the southwestern United States basked in balmy weather Teenager Dies in Car SOUTH HOLLAND One teenager was killed and another was critically in- jured in a accident Sunday Dead is Richard S of 16554 Wausau Ave driver of the car Police said Sellers was westbound on Street near Cottage Grove Avenue when his war went out of veered across the oast bound lane and knocked down a tree in the parkway in front of 733 E St The car continued along the parkway and came to rest after striking another tree Christina of 15211 Oak is in critical condition at Memorial Hospital Police trying to what caused the which occurred at Richard is survived by his Mr and Mrs 0 two Debbie and bolh al and two Tim al home and with the army in Funeral arrangements are being completed at the DP neral E South land Travelers warnings were in effect for parts of lower Michigan A band of light snow fell from Missouri to the lower Great Lakes Conditions nationwide are not due to improve for at least another six weeks according to the famous Pa groundhog It saw its shadow Sunday morning and popped back into its hole Or else it could have been frightened by the crowd of more than 400 persons who gathered for the traditional event Wanderer Has Fortune ST Fla Police charged the man with vagrancy They asked him to empty his pockets And Joseph Dunbar Wight pulled out of his tattered clothing am one of those uncommon Wight Officers placed the man's fortune in a bank vault for then placed the man in a jail cell also for safekeeping The charge officially was vagrancy sleeping in a bus station Sunday afternoon but Wight could have gotten out of jail by paying bond one ever told me I could pay it myself and get he police captain told me he'd like me to spend the night and I could go in the Wight said he came from Baltimore originally and was a member of a nent Maryland distilling family He said his fortune came from the distillery trust officers in Baltimore ed me to let them reinvest my money with the condition 1 could maintain con- trol but it was growing so much I was un- able to keep Wight said on June 1 converted all my assets into cash and John H executive of a more savings and loan con- firmed he had a distant cousin named seph Dunbar Wight who probably had in- a large sum Irom his family's Sherwood Distilling Co man has money and it is erly John Wight said been a wanderer all his Distant Suburb HONOLULU LI Gov as P Gill suggests the island of 20 miles southeast of Oahu could a suburb of Honolulu closeness to the rapid development of efficient short range craft and the incredible population sures of Honolulu may yet turn parts of into a Gill said Sunday Conservationists said they feared thousands of were fatally smeared with which they eat while preening their feathers California Fish and Game Department spokesmen said 70 birds had been taken to special centers for treatment and Rial 47 of these survived Union told newsmen that drilling mud would be pumped into the ruptured well shaft to seal it think it will take two or three he said The shaft six miles Santa Barbara ruptured last Tuesday when a drilling crew was withdrawing pipe Israeli Jets Hit Jordan Times Wire Services An Iraqi military spokesman claimed that 14 Israeli jet fighters attacked Iraqi forces in Jordan today He sa'id the Iraqi troops shot down two planes which crashed in flames in the Syrian Golan now occupied by Israel It was the second Iraqi claim in five days of an Israeli air attack on Iraq's forces in Jordan Last Thursday Iraq claimed that seven Israeli planes at- tacked its forces and one was shot down Israel denied the and Jordan re- ported two Israeli air incursions but no action Baghdad Radio said one Iraqi soldier was slightly wounded in the alleged at- tack today EARLIER TODAY Israel announced that two of its jets attacked a Jordanian village south of the Sea of Galilee from which the Israelis said Arab guerrillas on an Israeli army patrol The Israelis said they were over Jordan shortly after an army patrol was fired on near thp border settlement of Neve nine miles south of the Sea of Galilee For about 15 minutes the strafed the desert Jordanian village of which the army said the patrol was fired on The border also flared briefly when small-arms fire was directed from Lebanon at the Israeli of 12 miles east of the Mediterranean and a few hundred yards from the the Israeli army said An Israeli spokesman said that the Lebanese fire was returned In the occupied Gaza scene of violent rioting an explosive charge demolished a small bridge near Rafiah On the political President Nixon began a Middle East peace drive agreeing in principle to big power talks on the sis and opening the door for resuming diplomatic relations with Egypt IN TEL Israel warned Iraq it will sit if the Iraqis continue hanging Jews as alleged spies In the Iraqis had announced they would do just that Newsweek magazine reported tian President Gamal Abdel Nasser has made a proposal for peace Israel and hinted he might agree to talk directly the Israelis Nasser told the magazine the Arab states would agree to a program if Israel would draw from the territory it seized from Egypt and Syria in the 1967 war Nasser offered a declaration of non- freedom of navigation in in- recognition of each Middle country's right to live in a guarantee of territorial rity 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