Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - April 17, 1969, Winona, Minnesota THE RIVER Yesterday 18.40 Today Crest 1965 19.20 20.75 1952 17.50 17.93 1951 17.10 17.35 TOMORROW SUN RISES SETS FULL MOON MAY 2 DAILY NEWS Yim of Publication WINONA MINNESOTA 55987 THURSDAY APRIL 17 1969 TEN CENTS PER COPY Want Ads Half Price This Week 1 SECTIONS n PAGES Forecast Raised to 19.8 Feet FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE RCD Minnesota N Dakota Share New Lake By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS As flood waters began to re- cede in many rivers across and the Dakotas one of the items left behind was a new lake along the Dakota border The miles and 8 to 12 miles actually the Red River The brown waters of this stream have spilled over the banks and en- gulfed hundreds of miles of flat prairie farmland from Fargo to Drayton the river begins to narrow before ing Canada Army engineers who flew over the area Wednesday described it as more like an inland sea than a river Literally thousands of farms are under water and some farm buildings are standing in water up to their said one Another reaction came from Minnesota Gov Harold dcr who made an air and ground tour of the flooded area Holy the governor exclaimed as he looked out of window of the Air National i Guard plane as it flew Fargo I see what they mean about the water up here The main channel of the len river was visible only as a winding line of trees now well within the flooded area On ground rode and walked near areas of Moorhead Minn across river from Fargo The governor look lime lo praise the efforts of high school and college who have turned out by the thousands in the three states to bailie flood waters The are said to be but when the chips are down they really come LeVander said The governor added that the information gathered on the trip will aid in justifying his re- quest for federal disaster aid for communities of Minnesota Residents of Minot re- a bit of good news when Weather Bureau re- vised downward a predicted crest on the Souris River which winds for 14 miles through the city of The bureau predicted crest due April 24 at 21 feet one fool below an earlier esli mate The city was hit last week by a relatively minor flood from a of Souris which crested at 17 feet II has spent frantic days preparing for the Souris wafer swirling down from Canada NOT TOYS What look like toy trucks left behind on a playground are really full size trucks swept from their junkyard home by the waters of the Minnesota River near Shakopee Find Bodies of Two U.S in Sea of Japan WASHINGTON AP bodies of two crewmen from the U.S Navy reconnaissance plane shot down by North Korea have been found in the Sea of Japan and there are grave doubts that any of the 29 other crew bers survived the Pentagon said today We regret to report that the destroyer USS Tucker has re- covered the bodies of one officer and one enlisted crew member from the downed over the Sea of Pentagon statement said Individual identifications are In addition lo the bodies But no decision had been being withheld until notification of next of kin has been We are recovered life jackets and pieces of fuselage bearing shrapnel holes statement now gravely con- the chances of A wide search for the plane survivors The i and its 31 crewmen has been un- the cerned about finding any search is being continued The Tucker recovered bodies about 17 miles north of the site where the first signs of wreckage from the plane a converted Super Constellation were spotted about 120 miles southeast of the North Korean coast the Pentagon reported Battle Deaths Lowest of Red Offensive SAIGON AP Battle deaths on all sides dropped last week to their lowest levels since the Viet Cong's push began Feb 23 The weekly casually reports said 204 Americans 244 South Vietnamese military personnel and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were killed in tion last week Both the cans and the South Vietnamese reported increases in the ber of their wounded however with the U.S total rising sharp ly from the previous week lo Most of the wounded appar ently resulted from the nightly rocket and mortar attacks on U.S military bases that havi characterized the enemy offen sive Such attacks frequently cause large numbers of shrap nel wounds But the drop in Ihi number of dead reflected thi slacking off of enemy ground al tacks in recent weeks Enemy gunners shelled D Nang Wednesday nigh killing 12 South Vietnamese c and two military me and wounding 40 persons Th wounded included one Amer can 28 Vietnamese civilian and 11 government soldiers It was the highest civilian toll in five attacks on South nam's second largest city ing the offensive But Vietnamese and American firemen kept a blaze touched off by one rocket from spreading to 10 big oil storage tanks close by The Da Tang attack was one of about 15 during the night against military bases and ian population centers as the en- emy offensive moved into its day Forty mortar rounds hit the U.S Division's Diamond III base northwest of Saigon and just east of the bodian border where 200 or more of the enemy were killed in a bailie Monday night The U.S Command said mortar barrage Wednesday caused no casualties but a sweep of the area dawn produced the bodies of 20 North Vietnamese who apparently were killed by helicopter ships and artillery that went Czechs Set for Attempt at Control PRAGUE AP Leading communists made in Czechoslovakia oday as their party's Central Committee gathered for a crisis parly collaboration Ten prominent accused of Czechoslovaks wondered if the Executive Committee statement meant the old guard had ed control from party chief Dubcek's reformers or whether it was a concession that would save the jobs of the luring the Soviet invasion last August were cleared of any wrongdoing and staunchly de- ended in a statement issued Wednesday night by the party Executive The Ex- Committee is an member inner circle of the member Presidium ruling body of the Central Committee The announcement obviously was lied lo precede today's session of the tral Committee The agenda for the committee meeting was expected to include discussion of the internal gle between old guard and the reformers who took over in uary 1968 plans to cancel the traditional mass gatherings on May Day to prevent new anti- Soviet outbursts price increases and plans for the world meeting of communist in cow in June i ASSEMBLY HEAD DIES Dr Emilio Arenales Guatemalan diplomat and president of the eral Assembly died in emala today He was 46 AP popular Big Four of the re- orm Pre mier Oldrich Cernik President Svoboda and Parliament ice Secretary Josef ky The statement from he Committee gave a clean ill of health to 10 named ers and many comrades in the ower ranks who were y labeled and in some cases even exposed to terror Although the role played by 10 is clear some were denounced as collabora tors in underground broadcasts placards and leaf that kept Czechoslovaks united during the first days o Soviet occupation One of the 10 Parly Alois Indra was reported in Au gust to be Moscow's choice fo puppet premier He remained i Moscow for more than a mont after the invasion then fo Prague and became ingly active Meanwhile the Soviet new agency Tass announced earl today that the Warsaw Pact na lions had ended three days c air defense maneuvers in Easl ern Europe missing ne Monday after orth Korea said it had downed he aircraft for allegedly ig its territory The bodies were clothed in ying suits but were not ng life jackets Japan's Kyodo ews Service reported Kyodo hich did not give its source Iso said the bodies were picked p by the U.S destroyer r The recovery of the bodies as the world waited for resident Nixon lo break the silence he in after North Korea de- it had destroyed the ilane Officials indicated lie President was expected li some sort of protest to Korea and there has been no evidence of a change about how this would be done Among the choices the stration was understood to have considered was a public ment expressing the United States protest The American position also could be made at the Korean truce site at Panmunjom if a meeting re- quested for late by North Korea is held In any event Nixon is certain to discuss the incident at a day morning news conference BODIES FOUND A cross marks the area where a U.S destroyer found the bodies of two crewmen from the plane shot down by North Korea They were picked up about 85 cal miles east-southeast of Chongjin Wonsan under- lined is near the area where Pueblo seizure curred AP Old Way Best This was a belter country when people opened meals with a prayer instead of a can-opener Pic Larmour The recent holiday garb proved again that many women believe Easier day is Decoration Day For more laughs see Earl Wilson on Page On the MINNESOTA ST PAUL Slate legislators endorse six persons for scats on the University of Minnesota Board nf Regents among them former Rep Fred A Cina nf WISCONSIN and city employes work to repair a weakened dam but elsewhere flood threatened continue to watch and Chancellor F Chandler Young ol the University of Wisconsin defends his position recommending expelled Oshkosh students be attained to ELSEWHERE DA NANG Vietnam A University of Minnesota cal science professor temporarily on duty with the Marine Corps in Vietnam strongly defends American involvement 2B YPSILANTI coeds are adopting a buddy system and carrying weapons following the dis- covery of a girl in police fear is a siring of five set slayings hy the same Lodge Blasts Red Attacks in South Vietnam PARIS AP The Unite told North Vietnam an the Viet Cong today tha stepped-up action sue as they launched late in ary will only bring continue loss of life and destruction Ambassador Henry Cabo Lodge spoke at the ful scale session of the Vietnam Deace talks He apparently in tended his warning as a reply I indications that the other sid believes Nixon administra lion will be influenced b mounting U.S casualties Lodge spoke the of the Viet Cong's Na lional Liberation Front cite antiwar demonstrations in th United States and asserted both the public and the forces wanted Washington withdraw Peace will not lo Vic Lodge said as a resu of military operations such a those you have been since the end of February I deed it must inevitably be hi thereby Bay Stale Area Continues to Cause Anxiety By FRANK Rally News Staff Writer Release of a debris jam Hastings plus a slower declina he Chippewa River than ex- have combined to e flood crest here to 19.8 feet The new forecast is 8 of a Ml higher than thai issued this week by Joseph S rub Jr Weather Bureau stcr Revisions are now in ct for communities from ii downstream to nberg Iowa CRESTING was reported Id- ay at Red Wing as the River reached the mark 4.8 feet above Inn 4-foot flood stage The crest as expected to hold steadily Friday before dropping Saturday Winona's crest slill is fore- ast for Saturday with the high vel holding through Sunday expected stage is eel revisions Laku Sly up 5 of a ool cresting oday at 20.5 feel Wabasha up of a fool cresting today at 8 feet Alma Wis up 5 of a ool cresting today at 18 feet nd la Crosse up 7 of a foot resting Sunday at 16.7 feel Rainfall during this period till can exert a critical effect he Weather Bureau said The veather outlook appears for river communities however with le or no precipitation in forecast for the next two days AT WINONA the tion of dikes slill remained tht major source of concern were mounting today ax continued to out at random near the Bay Slats Milling Co Crews had increasingly heavy going as ground in the area became a soggy quagmire from repeated eruptions of ing water At 3 today sandbaggers fought battle to contain a serious surge of water near Bay State buildings Trucks loaded with sandbags were unable to get within 150 feet of the location As a result workmen many of them volunteer students formed a human chain to pass the heavy sandbags along to the trouble spot Another battle had been won but as some of them observed the war slill is not over CITY MANAGER Carrol Fry today pointed to the weary efforts of volunteers in the long night hours as a key factor in the city's flood defense While the city sleeps ly for the most com- Fry a lot of those people are on duly and ready to go al a moment's notice There are large numbers of dedicated workers keeping a hour watch on the dikes and doing the work necessary for their upkeep They include Civil Continued on Page 1 A Col 1 CREST REVISED Sirhan Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree BULLETIN LOS ANGELES IT Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was convicted today nf first de- gree murder in the ation of Sen Robert F Kennedy a verdict that makes him liable lor death in he gas chamber The Arah de- fendant displayed no emo- tion at The same jury of seven men and five women in subsequent separate must determine Sirhan is lo he executed or sentenced o life imprisonment The case went to the panel at p.m Monday after trial taking soundings about the defines second degree murder trine of diminished i The new explanation read and nonstop by the ty on which the defens pins its hopes for a second degree dict The legal instructions for all the verdicts possible in the case degree murder second degree manslaughter and read to the jury Monday and there is a copy in the jury room But it's a caled subject Jury foreman Bruce D Elliott sent a note o Judge Herbert V Walker Wednesday asking for a rereading of instruction thai ils eighth week It was only slightly above average gree murder in WEATHER FEDERAL FORECAST WINONA AND Fair tonight and Friday er tonight warmer Friday Lows tonight Highs day Outlook normal temperatures her of nightly attacks before fourth day offensive began Feb 23 I liberation today that they are with no precipitation LOCAL WEATHER lion of Sen V Kennedy i Official observations for the indicated as jurors 24 hours ending al 12 m Maximum 55 minimum 48 noon 49 43 rapidly and nonstop by judge went like If you find from the evidence that at the time the defendant shot and killed Sen Robert his mental capacity had been substantially reduced whether caused by mental ness or intoxication or a nation of mental illness and im- bibing intoxicating beverages or any other cause or if yon find thai the defendant's mental capacity was diminished or re- to the extent that you have a reasonable doubt er he did or could maturely and meaningfully premeditate de- liberate and i lect upon the I gravity of his contemplated act or form an intent to kill you cannot convict him of a willful deliberate or premeditated der of the first degree but you may find him guilty of murder in the second degree if you are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt thai he had the mental to harbor or entertain I malice aforethought i DEER STRANDED Surrounded by water covering Prairie Island Park enclosure deer feed quietly and seem resigned lo situation A large of hay provides feed for the five Daily News photo deer now confined at the park
