Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - February 13, 1967, Winona, Minnesota Kremlin Near Change Toward Outside LONDON AP Soviet Pro mier N Kosygin In hit talks with British ter Harold Wilson emphasized three themes which taken gether point to historic change in the Kremlin's approach to the outside world British and Soviet officiate said the Soviet Russian leader repeatedly 1 The Soviet Union wants a Vietnam settlement desperately but not at any price 2 Moscow fears the power struggle between Mao and his antagonists could de- into civil war Or it could turn China into an in- tensely nationalist expansionist state fired with the ambition to settle old scores against the outer barbarians including the Soviets with whom it has territorial disputes 3 The Soviet Union is marily a European power with a right to share in maintaining order not only in the Communist part of the continent but also in the capitalist part By ing Europe on an antifascist base Kosygin and his sors would have their hands free to meet any challenge that may arise on their border with China On Vietnam Wilson was told time and again In so many We Russians are ists We know President son may reject Hanoi's tion that a military standoff against North Vietnam could lead to peacemaking If be does the war will grind on until the Vietnamese win We are here to show we won't allow such a long war to isolate us It's up to the Americans therefore to get themselves off the hook they made for themselves Kosygin freely discussed the implications of China's al with Wilson Never before had a Soviet leader visiting a capitalist state talked about the internal affairs of a Communist neighbor even to the point of siding with Mao's opponents Other subtleties were also ed Kosygin repeatedly stressed with relation to West Germany that postwar boundaries are Inviolable Substitute China for West Germany and Kosygin appeared to be bidding for Western backing in the Soviet Union's quarrel over the sands of square miles of border territory Peking Is claiming While the dia- logue was under way a clash of national interests was dividing the Soviet European Communist allies Poland and East Germany fear Romanian Hungarian Czechoslovak and Bulgarian moves toward the West German government cow suspects that if Chancellor Kurt Georg ment abandons German demands Europe's whole postwar political setup could begin to break down Warmer Tonight Continued Mild Tuesday WINONA DAILY NEWS RISES SETS FULL MOON FEBRUARY 24 Year of Publication WINONA MINNESOTA 55987 MONDAY FEBRUARY TEN CENTS PER COPY Trixie Is See The Classified Section SIXTEEN PAGES Bombings of North Vietnam Resume Rolvaag Claims Job Report Speculation ST PAUL Gov Karl F Rolvaag said Sunday night that a report he will be offered a federal job soon is sheer speculation Rolvaag was questioned about published dispatch by the St Paul Pioneer Press which said there are strong indications vaag would be offered a federal post within the next couple of weeks Said I have no comment to make other than It's sheer specula lion The newspaper's Washington bureau quoted a high stration source as saying It's not a question of whether or not there is a job for him There's a whole spectrum of things where a role could be found for him but the problem is ing a job which will fit his ents and abilities and ence The story quoted the fied source as saying the Ad- ministration thinks very ly of the old Rolvaag and is trying to find a place to use him He's young enough so he has at least another 15 good years too Rolvaag was defeated by Re- publican Harold LeVander last Nov 8 After LeVander took of- fice in early January the er Democratic Farmer bor Party state chairman and his wife took an extended ern vacation They returned recently to their home in suburban Arden Hills Rolvaag said he had no plans to announce Rumors have been circulating in the state Capitol that he has been offered a ing position at a state college possibly Moorhead State The story said an appointment as ambassador to Sweden was a possibility because the ent ambassador J Graham Parsons Is long overdue for ro- tation WEARY WARRIOR A paratrooper of the U.S 173 Airborne Brigade sits on a heavy pack resting bis weary head hi his hands His outfit is engaged in Operation Big Springs in Zone D some 55 miles northeast of Saigon AP GETS NOD FROM JOHNSON Humphrey to Help Beef Up Party Plans WASHINGTON AP voting substantial to con- dent Johnson has given the nod o Vice President Hubert H lumphrey to help beef up the democratic party organization or the 1968 presidential race Proceeding on the seemingly afe assumption that Johnson will be a candidate for a second elective term Humphrey is de- Cong Stage Daring Raid SAIGON Souh Vietnam AP Viet Cong gunners made a daring mortar attack on the nerve center of the U.S mili tary command in downtown gon today The headquarters wasn't hit 12 Vietnamese were killed and 40 were wounded ant an explosion blew up the house from which the attack came Allied ground operations re- Sunday a few minutes after the end of the four-day lunar new year truce claimed by the South ese government But U.S planes today apparently spared targets in North Vietnam for the sixth straight day as ton appeared to be giving the Hanoi regime more time to cool down the fighting light scattered ground action was reported in South Vietnam U.S and South air attacks also re- in the South The headquarters of Gen liam C Westmoreland com- mander of U.S forces in nam was the target of the tar attack in Saigon but the closest round foil in a street about 75 yards from the com- pound and no Americans were hurt That round hit a truck In a Vietnamese army convoy ex- ammunition in the cle and nine soldiers were killed and nine were wounded Earlier reports said 14 soldiers were killed but this figure was lowered later When Vietnamese police closed in on the house where the Viet Cong had set up their tar the guerrillas were believed to have triggered a timing de- vice that set off other mortar rounds The explosion killed two policemen and a child and wounded 31 other policemen and civilians Vietnamese reported Again there were no American casualties with party officials from all sections of the country One surprising development has brought to his office a ber of Democrats from the South including some nors or their representatives who are avoiding public con- tacts with the President because of the deep ment they think Is prevalent In their states Humphrey's name used to be anathema in the South because of his liberalism and support of civil rights legislation But some Southerners believe he is more practical and realistic about applying desegregation guide lines for example than are some officials of the executive departments Humphrey's role Is wholly unofficial Presidential aide M Marvin Watson remains the chief White House contact with the Democratic National Com- and its chairman John M Bailey Bailey recently given more maneuvering room by the ident has been chafing at the restraints Watson has put on him from time to time This showed up in his reaction to a news conference question last week when he said he hadn't cleared with Watson two be was announcing Humphrey is being careful to work closely with the White House and Bailey in his ors to get governors state chairmen and others to rebuild the party machinery at state levels where it was buffeted by Republican victories in last No- election WEATHER FEDERAL FORECAST WINONA AND VICINITY Partly cloudy tonight and day Warmer tonight Low night in the upper 20s and con mild Tuesday LOCAL WEATHER Official observations for the 24 hours ending at noon Maximum 4 minimum -18 noon 3 precipitation T Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m Maximum 24 minimum -3 noon 24 precipitation 08 Ho Tells Pope No Peace Term Change TOKYO Ho and freedom Chi Minb of North Vietnam told Pope Paul VI today that unless his country's peace terms are fulfilled real peace cannot be restored in Vietnam the Viel nam News Agency VNA said President Ho repeated Hanoi's old stand in a reply to a papa expression on Feb 8 of hope for an early peaceful settlement o the Vietnam war Ho was quot ed by VNA as The U.S imperialists mus jut an end to their aggression in Vietnam end unconditionally and definitively the and all other acts of war against the Democratic ic of Vietnam withdraw from South Vietnam all American and satellite troops recognize the South Vietnam National front for Liberation Viet Cong and let the Vietnamese people settle themselves their affairs Only in such conditions can real peace be restored in nam Virtually dashing peace orts by the Pope President Ho instead called on the Pope to se his high influence to urge that the U.S government re- the national rights of the Vietnamese people He listed peace nce sovereignty unity and integrity as by the 1954 Geneva ments on Vietnam as what he ailed the Vietnamese national Ho also Our people love peace in order o build our country in However the U.S ists have sent to South Vietnam half a million U.S and satellite troops and used more than 000 puppet South Vietnamese troops to wage a war against our people Asserting the Allied forces have committed monstrous he said they have used the most barbarous arms such as napalm chemical ducts and toxic gases to acre our compatriots and burn down our villages pagodas churches hospitals schools He repeated Hanoi's standar charge that the allied actions have grossly violate the 1954 Geneva agreements or Vietnam and seriously peace in Asia and the world To defend their ence and Ho went on the Vietnamese people ar resolutely fighting against th aggressors He added the Vietnamese ple are confident that justic will triumph Wilson Peaceful End to Viet LONDON AP Prime ster Harold Wilson said today he believes a peaceful solution o the Vietnam war could now be reached despite the lack of be immediate success in his week of talks with Soviet Pre- mier Alexei N Kosygin Wilson was reporting to the House of Common on his talks with Kosygin only hours after the Soviet leader left for cow The gap between the two TALKS OF DISPUTE William Manchester who authored the book The Death of a said he believes the differences of opinion between Mrs John F Kennedy and Sen Robert F Kennedy may have played a part in the dispute over his book Manchester was inter- viewed In Washington Sunday AP Manchester Points to Kennedy Dispute WASHINGTON AP liam Manchester says ences of opinion between Mrs John F Kennedy and Sen ert F Kennedy may account in part for the dispute over his book The Death of a dent I thing she was apparently lazing like a bonfire at writer said referring to an before the controversy erupted into public Manchester added Sunday that Kennedy has a strong and admirable sense of family y When he learned that Mrs Cennedy was distressed then ie tried to find another ion The author discussed his book on the NBC radio and television program Meet the Press Afterward he told a reporter he is considering doing a book about his problems in writing the story of the assassination of President John F Kennedy But he said he has been incapable of writing anything since July when he first beard reports of discontent among the dys about his manuscript A spokesman for Sen dy said no comment when pressed for Kennedy's reaction to Manchester's statements The panel discussion also ered these References to President Manchester said his book Is not critical of the President I was and still am very pathetic to President Johnson who I think behaved he said If anything he ought to have taken over more rapidly than he did An apparent contradiction of In his book Manchester tured Kenneth O'Donnell secretary to dy as pacing the corridor with his hands covering his ears ing the ceremony aboard the presidential plane Air Force One O'Donnell before the Warren Commission however that be was present at the rite Last Friday the Boston Globe published a photograph showing O'Donnell standing beside Mrs Kennedy as Johnson took the oath Questioned as to this Chester replied My account of what took place was based on interviews with 33 people and when a clear majority said that something happened then I must conclude that it did pen A critical letter of last May Evans Thomas editor-in-chief of Harper Row publishers of Manchester's book wrote the letter and said the manuscript is In part gratuitously and tastelessly insulting to son Manchester when questioned about the letter said he never has seen it and I will not be- lieve it until I have seen the ter He said his ence with Thomas did not cate that the editor held such a point of view So I am at a loss to explain it The demand for 188 revisions hi his The writer said a tive of Sen Kennedy wanted ill changes which were purely political A representative of Mrs Kennedy proposed the er 77 and he described the ed material as very personal sides in the Vietnam war son said not unbridgeable given a realistic appreciation ol political and military factors involved and above all given a belief on each side that the other desires a negotiated Then he believe that a solution could now be reached He went If the present opportunity missed we must not give up hope The road to solution remains open But only three hours earlier a joint communique showed clearly that the two leaders had been unable to find a way to start the peacemaking process despite lone hours of patient probing and discussion They pledged nevertheless to keep plugging for a peaceful ment Wilson told the legislators ex- perts of the two governments were already at work on a ty of friendship between Britain and the Soviet Union This was proposed by Kosygin last day in a speech to both houses of Parliament Wilson added that throughout his talks with Kosygin he had made plain to his Russian guest that we remain loyal to all our alliances and obligations Kentucky Key to GOP Hope for Governors Lead WASHINGTON AP Re- publican strategists say their party has a good chance to elect a governor in Kentucky this year and forge ahead of the Democrats in total ships held for the first time since 1954 Before the 1954 election there were 29 Republican and 19 Democratic governors in the then 48 seats Democrat gains that year shifted the division to Democrats 28 Republicans 20 Republicans remained behind until last fall's election when by gaining a net of eight they pulled into a tie Since Kentucky now has a Democratic governor a parly overturn there would make the national figures 26 to 24 in the favor The only other gubernatorial general election this year is in Mississippi where Democrats are virtually certain to retain the statehouse Prime Targets Said to Be Supplies BULLETIN SAIGON f U.S Jets flew through clouds and darkness early Tuesday to renew aerial attacks on North Vietnam after a panse of nearly six days The strikes came after the U.S Command reported heavy track traffic and some water-borne activity In North Vietnam all night Sunday and early Monday A U.S spokesman said Air Force Phantoms reopened the air war over the Com- munist north with a raid to the southern panhandle at p.m EST WASHINGTON AP Pentagon announced today the resumption of the U.S air war against North Vietnam The brief announcement said only that the bombing pause had been continued after the end of the lunar new year in order to avoid any possibility that earlier resumption would ie misconstrued in relation to Soviet Premier Alexei N Kosygin's visit to London The Pentagon did not say when the bombing had been re- and declined to go yond its two-sentence ment There also was no nation on the type or location of targets being hit The announcement Combat operations against military targets in North nam have now been resumed The bombings were halted as part of the allied agreement for i four-day truce beginning last Wednesday in observance of the lunar new year George Christian President press secretary said here would be no White House comment on the Pentagon an- He also said there would be no comment on any developments affecting he Vietnam situation Sources said earlier the bombing suspension was being continued beyond the four-day truce to check out diplomatic efforts for an end to the ighting Shortly before the Pentagon announcement General U Thant predicted that peace talks would follow in a ew weeks if the United States continued the bombing pause Sources said American forces lave been poised to resume the with perhaps ferocity One source said that nothing f this magnitude had been in the way of ng in the past but he was Ie to state how many planes or ons of bombs were being used The prime targets were re- ported to be great amounts of which had been rushed by hundreds of Com- trucks and boats during he cease-fire period At one point over 800 ere observed on North am's highways above the ormer demilitarized zone ating the Vietnams Over 900 vessels had been ob- heading along North const toward the in the first 30 hours of the Pentagon sources indicated lat details of the renewed at- acks would be released from algon Prompt resumption of the bombing had been foreseen by officials unless the North began reducing tary operations or otherwise move toward peace
