Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - September 5, 1968, Winona, Minnesota Partly Cloudy And Continued Cool DAILY NEWS of Publication SETS fa SEPT i WINONA MINNESOTA 55987 THURSDAY SEPTEMBER U.S May Open Door to Czechs Who Want Freedom TEN CENTS PER COPY Parrots For Sale Classified Section 2 SECTIONS 28 PAGES WASHINGTON AP The United States may open the floor to Czechs who would rather live here than under renewed Soviet domination authoritative sources said today This was one of several responses to the continuing Soviet armored presence in Czechoslovakia discussed at a session of the National Security Council Wednesday night Another possibility discussed was a joint pledge with NATO allies that no reductions would be made from the present troop levels In Europe It was understood that the made up of President Johnson and his top military diplomatic and intelligence advisers reached no decisions but prepared tions for a Cabinet meeting today Should the United States issue a statement promising refugee status for Czech citizens it would parallel action taken after the 1956 Hungarian uprising More than refugee cases were handled then For the time being this appears to be a symbolic gesture Few Czechs have asked U.S consuls for asylum A State Department spokesman said Wednesday he had no exact figures available NIXON COMES TO CHICAGO tial nominee Richard Nixon flashes Republican presided victory sign at crowd lining LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago Wednesday as Mrs responds with a wave AP Violence Was Agony of Democratic Party CHICAGO AP Richard M Nixon said today the ders in Chicago last week could have occurred in any other city At an early morning news conference he was asked to elaborate on a statement he made about the violence during Presidential Panel Probes WASHINGTON AP The furor ignited by street and police tactics at the Democratic convention has swirled into Congress and prompted an investigation by a presidential advisory panel The investigation third ed in two weeks was announced Wednesday by Dr Milton hower chairman of a violence study task force named by ident Johnson after the nation of Sen Robert F dy Atty Gen Ramsey Clark and Chicago Mayor Richard J ey started probes earlier Eisenhower said his panel will also study July's be- tween police and black militants in Cleveland and possibly the rioting in a Miami Negro during the Republican convention The Chicago demonstrations and reporting sparked a police news congressional floor debate Wednesday that pitted Ohio's two Democratic senators against each other The state's junior senator on Page Cd 2 an hour-long telecast day night He said that cism of either the Chicago lice or the demonstrators would not be helpful Nixon added What happened in Chicago was not the agony of Chicago It was the agony or the Democratic party It was the agony of America It could have happened in any other city Nixon said the question was the proper balance between dis- sent and maintaining law and order He said that he has stated re- that no cause fies the use of violence He advocated a study of that question He said he was not advocating ne saw ne was noi advocating raw im a federal police force but the wound the nation development of highly trained local forces He said the study should touch on the question of once the law is broken what degree of force is That is a difficult decision for the in- dividual officer He said that during his for the presidency be will discuss tbe question of tbe lence in Chicago and tbe need for a national study Nixon held the news ence just before carrying his campaign to San Francisco Nixon said Wednesday cal figures should not make tisan comments on last week's violence while federal and local investigations of the disorder are in progress I'm not going to get into he said The Republican candidate for president made the statement on a gran televised live in Wednesday night He said tions in Missouri and Indiana on Page UA Cot 5 NIXON American consuls In Europe already have been in- to handle Czech requests under the clause of the Immigration and Naturalization Act which authorizes the government to grant residence status to refugees of com- The Security Council meeting Is understood to huve dis- cussed the whole range of problems military and political created by the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia Officials were ordered not to discuss the meeting The administration is understood to be cool toward congressional suggestions to punish the Soviet aggression by curtailing diplomatic trade and cultural contacts with cow In the nuclear age it is explained the two superpowers cannot afford to sulk and ignore each other U.S officials on tbe other hand firmly rejected the Soviet contention repeated Wednesday in the Moscow government newspaper that the Yalta Conference of the big three created spheres of influence in Europe in effect the Soviets to handle Eastern Europe as if it were part of the Soviet Union IT'S NOT FOR THEM Bright Lights Beckon Soviets Look Other Way PRAGUE ifi Soviet GIs from Siberia and the Ukraine look at Prague's night spots with envy as they continue their pation of the Czechoslovak capital We aren't allowed to said a captain in dark khaki when foreigners offered him a small bottle of whisky He also refused an tation to dinner at one of Prague's excellent ants Not IB this said wr haven't any civilian ft was of being discreet Probably no Czechs have shown their bitter anger viet invasion troops are under strict ders to do nothing that might lead to an incident with the submissive but still resentful population The Soviets are especially sensitive about their uni- forms Czechs have told them so We'd be more than glad to welcome you as civilians without weapons The Russians get such a cold shoulder from the Czechs that they welcome any civility In recent days there has been a more friendly re- sponse from some young Czechs and some local girls have been seen with the Soviet troops undeterred by those whose heads were shaved by indignant patriots One of the chief contact points between Soviet diers and the people of Prague is the tank ment in Park be- tween the main railway tion and St Wenceslaus Square the center of the city Bored with the lack of activity the Soviet soldiers welcome any opportunity for a friendly chat or even a sharp political argument Life isn't too comfortable in the park in the heat and the rain but the soldiers seem resigned Rain snow it makes no difference to one said Our tanks are our homes Not many seemed inter- ested in a military career One plans to be an engineer when his term of service is up Another wants to teach foreign languages though he seemed able to speak only a few words of man and none of English Dispute Over t Runways May Delay LAGOS Nigeria AP A dispute over which airstrips to use threatened today to delay the Red Cross airlift of food to the starving Biafrans as rian troops seized more ry from the rebels The Nigerian government agreed Tuesday to allow the Red Cross to fly food and cine by day for a period to a Biafran airstrip near UH But sources in Lagos said the Biafrans want the food landed at an airstrip near The federals said tion of the airstrip would block their troops ad- vance on Umuahia the quarters of the Biafran chief of state Lt Col wu The Nigerian government claimed that the Biafrans want to keep the strip at Uli clear for planes bringing arms by night August Lindt the Red Cross coordinator for Nigeria was in Biafra trying to clear the way for the airlift The Red Cross and several church groups have been flying emergency supplies to two ran airstrips at night despite Nigerian threats to shoot down any planes flying into Biafra But the amount of food they have been able to deliver has not been nearly enough for the millions threatened with tion Even before the federal government's agreement the Red Cross had announced it would begin daytime flights from the Spanish island of nando Poo off the Nigerian coast where it has stockpiled some tons of food Meanwhile the Nigerians an- that in their big drive to close-out the civil war they have captured Aba largest of the three towns held by the Biafrans when the push started They said federal troops were approaching one of the other towns Owerri 36 of Aba In Umuahia 30 miles north Aba a spokesman for defense command declared that Aba is still under the firm con- trol of Biafran troops A foreign newsmen who ed the town Wednesday said Nigerian forces were shelling it and the few remaining civilians from a population that once numbered were fleeing The Nigerians Care of civilians in that area Is already in progress Second Time Around In Hollywood says the cynic when you hear a couple is on a second moon it probably means they've both been married before Auto safety Children don't stop to think so think to stop A diet we're told is a matter of going to great length to do away with great widths For more laughs see Earl Wilson on Page SAIGON AP forces launched air and ground saults today to block Viet Cong and North troops moving toward Saigon from the north and But U.S intelligence officers said the earliest the enemy could attack the capital was Sept 15 and that any plans to attack may depend on success E ion against allied troops in the out lying areas South Vietnamese rangers re- pulsed an enemy force only miles southwest of Saigon Wednesday in the biggest out break of fighting near the capi tal since enemy troops battled their way into the city in May and June Vietnamese headquarters said RETAKING OUTPOST A U.S Special yells instructions to Montagnard mercenaries as they move in to retake a hilltop outpost near Ha Thanh 325 miles east of Saigon The outpost had been overrun by the North Vietnamese three days earlier AP seven rangers were killed and 17 wounded and 31 enemy ies were counted on the field The attackers were believed part of a large reconnaissance force probing for weak points in Another my unit about a mile away fired eight mortar shells at ment rangers and wounded five a South Vietnamese spokesman said More than American and South Vietnamese infantrymen launched a drive early today into the Boi Loi Woods 30 miles northwest of Saigon where a former enemy base camp has been leveled by bulldozers and saturation bombing raids First reports said there was no con- tact with the enemy Elements of two regiments from the Viet Cong 5th Division are to have pushed into the Boi Loi Woods during the past few weeks The allies aim to keep the enemy from using the woods as a staging area for attack on allied installations and government towns along the defensive lines leading into gon These include the quarters of the U.S try Division at Cu Chi about 10 mites to toe south Meanwhile U.S bombers dropped tons of bombs on positions of two North Vietnamese regiments reported to have moved to within 38 north of from gled hideouts along the dian border the district town of Loc Ninh Earlier hit suspected stores of munition and rice for these troops One U.S intelligence source said the enemy had planned to attack the capital Sept 1 or 2 but now they're going to con- harassing actions while they replan what to do about Saigon BETWEEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES Odds Against That Could Produce Debates WASHINGTON AP Tbe odds are against passage of a that would open the way for television debates between the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates says a backer of the measure Rep Lionel Van D- Calif a member of tbe House Commerce Committee said television networks from federal Wednesday time is working against It would help if the heads of the two tickets gave it public support he ed The already the Senate would exempt the TEACHERS STRIKE TO SETTLE PROBLEMS Thousands on Extended Vacation By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Teachers striking over salary and other grievances have the opening of tbe fan school term for thousands of In Michigan youngsters continued their summer tions as 12 districts remained closed Teachers in another 35 districts agreed to work while contract talks continue Tbe New York City public school system with students was threatened with strike as the head of the teach ers union said he would mend a walkout Monday Last ditch negotiations be- tween teachers and the school board continued in Philadelphia to avert a strike in the pupil system which starts TEACHERS PICKET Teachers from Hammond Ind picket in front of Roosevelt High School after they off the White the teachers picket students stand on the steps of the school AP g Friday A teacher boycott in East St Louis HI was in its second week with pupils affected Negotiations Wednesday were fruitless as tbe un- ion sought higher pay and a for- mal working agreement In Madison HI where some 35 of the town's pupils picketed to get back in class the school board went to court in an effort to return teachers to their jobs About 100 teachers submitted mass resignations which the school board refused to honor The board sought a circuit court judgment to determine if be could hire replacements for teachers who refused to report There were school dren out of class in East go Ind public schools with 500 teachers striking for higher pay smaller classes and a guarantee of a textbook for every The 500 teachers in the County Tenn school system walked out Tuesday night to protest budget cuts Registration for dependents of servicemen at the Ft Campbell Ky Army set for Friday Darien Conn teachers voted to stay away from classes again today to support demand for higher pay Affected were about pupils in the city's 50 lic schools Krom laws requiring that all legally lieutenant testified Wednesday qualified candidates for that rioting in Miami daring UM dent get equal radio and Republican National Convention sion time aside from news re- ports and commercials But said Van the odds are about against it now Van said public port for the biH from ic nominee Hubert H and Republican Richard could help free the bin from tbe commerce committee Their support would have to be combined with promises from tbe networks of separate time for third-party candidate George C Wallace Van said Unequivocal endorsements now by your candidates should give the proposal the bipartisan impetus it needs to assure its success in tbe Van wired Humphrey and Nixon aides He suggested to a reporter time is an important factor The Hoise committee which earlier put off action until after the political conventions is scheduled to meet on the sue Wednesday John E Moss of nia Democrat on the committee said his tion to the plan remains firm He has said be would carry the fight to the House floor if necessary Weather FEDERAL FORECAST WINONA AND VICINITY Variable cloudiness and ued cool tonight and Low tonight high day in the 60s Outlook of showers near or little below normal LOCAL WEATHER Police Officer Says Riots in Miami Planned MIAMI Fla AP A police was mass planned criminal activity Lt William P McClure a homicide investigator made the charge in testimony at an in- quest into the deaths of two Negroes shot by police during the violence The deaths were ruled justifiable homicide John J and Cannon 23 were killed Aug 8 Justice of the Peace Charles Snowden ruled they were shot while fleeing after committing of violence Disturbances occurred in three Negro business and districts in Miami The focus was in Liberty City where the violence began Aug 7 This was not civil disorder civil disobedience not a group of boys being McClure testified This was mass planned criminal McClure said the second day of violence began about 1 p.m and then as though on signal just after 4 o'clock our officers reported being shot at at six ferent localities along Street in Liberty City I saw a garbage can of rocks and there was other dence of McClure said We got a call Utat a car was taking the lieutenant said We drove the gauntlet from 12th to 17th Avenue through tbe mob a screaming mob of criminals We were being pelted with rocks and one a nw Ti one i re- Official observations for the assault There was 24 hours ending at 12 m Maximum 66 minimum 45 noon It ing robbery and felonious crime in the fe
