Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - August 28, 1969, Winona, Minnesota Continued Warm Humid Tonight And Friday WINONA DAILY NEWS SUN RISES SETS NEW MOON SEPT II of Publication WINONA MINNESOTA THURSDAY AUGUST 28 TEN CENTS PER COPY Honey Extractor For Sale Classified Section 1 SECTIONS 24 PAGES Pentagon State Argue Over Enemy Infiltration WASHINGTON AP The Pentagon Is all arguing publicly wilh the State ment over a recent re- in into South Vietnam can be con- significant The State Department used the term Wednesday saying the infiltration drop suggests that Hanoi may he letting its force level in the South go down hrough attrition We consider these facts o he significant and have said so on several Press cer Robert McCloskey said at a State Department briefing Called upon to provide some statistical backing for position the Pentagon later would acknowledge only that in- filtration is down bly from last year and that en emy strength may have some loss PRESIDENT AND FORMER PRESIDENT President Richard M Nixon left chats with former President Lyndon B Johnson In President Nixon's office at the Western House in San Clemente Wednesday immediately following the arrival of the Johnsons to accompany the President and his family to Eureka Calif where Lady Bird Grove was AP Israeli Forces Raid Egypt's Nile Valley By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Israeli commandos made a hit-and-run raid in Egypt's Nile Valley Wednesday night for the fourth time in 10 months the army announced today Spokesmen in Tel Aviv said the raiders attacked an tian array headquarters at tbe village of Man 200 mites southwest of the Sinai cease-fire line with mortars The raiders returned to their base without suffering any ties the army said The commandos mortared the headquarters and other ties at the post in retaliation for continuing violation of the cease-fire by Egyptian forces along the Suez Canal the an- said Israel did not say how many commandos made the raid how they reached the target or how much damage they caused yut is 200 miles south of Cairo and halfway between Cairo and Wisconsin Dps Tax Monday MADISON Wis W ning Monday Wisconsin dents will pay a four percent sales tax for the first time in mpt under the state's selective iree percent tax Clothing will be subject to the sales tax for the first time in Wisconsin history as will all drugs OTHER ITEMS which will be subject to a state sales tax for ie first time include on materials construction ma hinery lubricants hardware gravel ice books and ines sold in stores gas and bills and the sale by individuals Items which had been taxed under the old rates and which will be taxed under the new include cars beer liquor soft home appliances aurant meals recreation equip ment furniture furs garden equipment and cosmetics Officials estimate the average he Aswan Dam The Egyptians made no an of a command raid but a military spokesman in Cairo said an Israeli plane dropped bombs near an army training camp near ant was driven alt by fire There were no casualties or damage lo the spokesman said Egypt has always such attacks lo aircraft and no to Meanwhile reliable sources in Paris said French govern has lifted the ban tha President Charles de Gaulle fiu on arms shipments to Israel in Is not ready to release so Mi rage warplanes Israel has paii or Shipments of anus and span parts were resumed this fair and the Israelis have only 0 ask in order to receive a larg variety of war material Bu hey said President Georges Pompidou is not ready to re lease 50 jet which Israel ordered in Inn 1967 and or which she pai more than WO million Israel Prime Minister Golds Meir sai recently the pianos vital t Israel's security Black Protest Suspended for Conferences PITTSBURGH AP struggle to win more jobs For blacks in the construction in moves from the street lo conference table today Owners of 10 major projects involving more than lion targets of three days of an gry protests by hundreds a and while demonstrators agreed Wednesday night to sus operations until next Tucs day The move was hailed as a tory by leaders of the Black Construction Coalition which called lo force an increase in the two per cent Negro membership share among city's trade unionists Byrd Brown a tion leader said of the II has been a qualified success We began the demonstrations to bring to a halt and to force Uie Master Builders the trade unions council lo negotiate But we sTill have no black people working on jobs and until we do il won't be a complete success During three days of in downtown more lhan 225 persons were ar- rested and 35 demonstrators and 12 policemen were injured chairman of burgh chapler of National lor the ment of Colored People on television wilh Mayor Joseph Barr to make the an- Brown had been released IS earlier from jail where he was laken after being ed during Wednesday's Wisconsin family will be paying wice as much in sales taxes each year more than TUB POINT of a general sales ax it is ers everything except for exemptions said Daniel Smith of the In- come Sales and Excise Tax Di- vision of the ment Exemptions include groceries and other foods consumed off premises of purchase pre- scription drugs and medical de- vices motor fuel which has taxes of own cigarettes which too have a separate tax theater film rentals vehicles purchased out of state tractors machines seed feed pesticides and fertilizer used in farming and property sales by elementary or i e c o n d ary schools Other exemptions include sales of aircraft to licensee carriers motor trucks used only as common or contract car riers machinery and used in manufacturing shipping material rental of houses sale of tickets to the public b schools sales of railroad cars o commercial ships sales to gov and charitable or re ligious organizations road car of commercial ships sales governments and charitable or religious organizations and au and television repair parts ALSO sales of meals by newspapers and cals water delivered mains material tinder contracts entered into be- fore Sept 1 coal oil gas nu clear material to be converter to electric caskets anc burial vaults and telephone company central office equip Among items and service which will be under Ih new provision are pr parking boat and docking some printing services repair of personal property dr cleaning pointing and towing of personal proper Forces Remain Declares ty interstate telegraph bills and telephone bills hot Try Hubby There was B lo find most useless hold gadget and reports Pio the winner was a woman who suggested her husband Over- No dear I did nol call you a birdbrain I just said you could always gel work inside a cuckoo clock Someone de- scribed a character as kind of phony who'd lislen lo radio while ealing a TV dinner Poise Is ability to con- talking while tbe other fellow picks un Ihc check Bui the according to the term and in statement listed no fewer nan eight reasons why re- cenl infiltration decline may he short-lived The Pentagon differing with Stale contended lhat North Vietnam is substantially re- placing its losses the current infiltration rale Among factors filed by the Pentagon that could influence the lower infiltration infiltrators showed up in South Vietnam mer because late spring monsoon season over Laos a principal infiltration route made travel difficult on the called Ho Chi Minn trail enemy has needed er replacements recently be- ol its lions enemy may have made political decision not lo in- crease his forces bul this deci- sion can he altered at will and nn short notice The Pentagon also cited such other things as the close of North Vietnamese troops In the Zone and deployment in border sanctuaries handy to the fields as well as their ability lo move rapidly over a travel tem improved since the Slates slopped bombing the north The Pentagon released no in- figures officially bul sources said only about en- emy troops have shown up last month or so compared with an average of about a in 1968 and about per month during the first half of 1969 The chief problem according lo uniformed officers is thai in- filtration rates throughout war have shown a cyclical tern of peaks and valleys You can find any number of limes when we could have picked out a low point and called il significant only to find out a few laler we were one Pentagon official commented are al sets of infiltration figures available to the ment reflecting probable and possible tration totals Officers say il takes four to six months lo gel a reliable confirmed total The suggestion from the tary was that the Stale ment is basing its significant judgment on soft or very re- cent infiltration estimates which have not been verified All Casualties Drop as Fall Offensive Subsides SAIGON AP U.S South Vietnamese and enemy ties all dropped off last week as the enemy's fall offensive sub- sided somewhat the U.S Com- mand announced today U.S headquarters said 190 Americans were killed and wounded compared with 244 killed and wounded the week before when the enemy campaign opened with an up SEOUL AP President Chung Hee Park declared today U.S forces will have to re- lain in South Korea until the hreat from all communists in forth Asia is eliminated He referred to the Soviet Un- on as well as Communist China and North Korea Park's interview with The Press was his first in- since his talks with resident Nixon in San co last week Asked when U.S forces could reduced or withdrawn Park said he and Nixon had discussed he both recognized threat from the North reans The reason they are not cuting their invasion the resident said the forces are in Korea A withdrawal of U.S forces is not foreseeable until the threat has seen eliminated And until then he continued presence of U.S forces will be required Park said South Korea ily would achieve economic self-sufficiency by the end of the third economic plan in 1976 Militarily he said we are inferior in some aspects have to and make them strong enough to deter the North Koreans When that can be achieved is difficult to predict Park added that even if South Korea could withstand an sive from North Korea the U.S presence would have to continue in the face of threats from the surge of infantry rocket and mortar attacks South Vietnamese ters reported 398 government troops killed last week and 828 wounded The week before the report was 477 killed and wounded The two commands said Viet Cong and North were killed last week compared with a revised tola for the week before of A total of Americans now have been reported n action in Vietnam since Jan 196.1 while the total wounded las risen to The enemy campaign ued in low gear with six clashes reported and 29 enemy and rocket attacks on towns and allied bases during the night The Saigon government an- that 18 militiamen were killed and 24 wounded in a Wednesday near Phuoc Long in the Delta One American Mekong adviser was also killed and one was wounded but the government said 44 Viet Cong were killed Five other small clashes were reported north of Saigon and lied forces claimed they killed 57 enemy U.S casualties were four killed and six wounded The U.S Command saii II Americans were wounded in the night's rocket attacks An Air Force Phantom was hit by my ground fire while on a bombing mission 100 miles southeast of Da Nang day and crashed into the South China Sea Both crewmen were rescued and reported in good condition The U.S Command disclosed that more casualties had been reported in the terrorist attack Tuesday night on a meeting of pacification workers and ants near Phu My 269 miles northeast of Saigon and spokesman said that the inci dent now ranked ss the wors single terrorist act of the year The command said 24 person were killed and 81 when four hand grenades wen thrown The terrorist escaped Secretary of tbe Army Stanley R Resor completed a week's tour of the war front today witi a news conference at which he to North Korea We improve our weapons Soviet Union China and Communist GOP Congressmen Unhappy About Campus Outlook WASHINGTON AP Some administration has nol as far for more laughs see Earl Wilson on Page Concerning Japan's campaign to regain Okinawa and his own opposition to closing of U.S bases there Park said he had taken pains lo make clear he does not wish to interfere in he territorial and administrative functions of Okinawa that these have to be worked between Japan and the Stales Told the U.S people wore by North Korea's seizure of the Pueblo and its downing of a reconnaissance plane over international waters Park said he was equally puzzled His guess he said was hat Ihc North Koreans were lesling the degree of U.S to defend South Korea and In split United Slates and South Korea WEATHER FEDERAL FORECAST WINONA AND VICINITY Variable cloudiness and warm and humid tonight and Friday high Friday Outlook A liltle cooler wilh lem- near or a above normal Chance of showers and WEATHER observations for the 21 hours ending at 12 m Maximum B5 minimum 67 noon 95 precipitation none Republican congressmen who toured the nation's colleges last spring say the administration has done little to ease the basic sources of campus ferment The critical urgency of the problem cannot be the 22 GOP congressmen ed to President Nixon June 17 And now Rep William A Steiger I think it's fair lo say most of the people who took that tour would tend lo say things would still be difficult The Wisconsin congressman contradicted the assessment of Robert H Finch secretary of health education and welfare who was quoted last week as saying chances for a quiet year on campuses are very promis ing I think the tempo of he stu dent demonstrations on Vietnam will pick up this said Rep R Lawrence Coughlin of sylvania one of those who made the spring tour Some moves over summer have been encouraging of informal tion said in interviews but progress has been slight in student discontent over basic issues like the drall alienation from rational politics and of big modern universities Even if passions aroused by past issues fade the congress men say the is Hie enough to feed protests over yd unknown issues The last June establishment of commis sion to examine Hie impact o federal In aid ant research programs menl of one man lo federal programs and ex of in federal programs through a national foundation ant student corps I sec any really con crele stops hy said Coughlin 1 personally am nol with the response of the admin Sleiger The s I can determine taken those actions that rere suggested The congressmen leel is Ira lors are belter equipped experience to handle grievances They point as another hopeful ign to the American Council on creation of a ial Committee on Campus ions They also note tbe vith administration so far any repressive beyond the toothless permitting schools lo ut off funds to student Judge Boyle Sets Forth Inquest Rules EDGARTOWN Mass API fudge James A Boyle set forth some of the ground rules today or inquest into the death of Uary Jo Kopechne the young secretary who died lasl month n Sen Edward M Kennedy's auto accident on nearby Island He ruler that witnesses ying nl the may be resented by counsel but only purpose of obtaining ad- vice on questions of al rights He denied lhat would Nave permitted counsel fnr the witnesses to cross-examine and raise objections Boyle's decisions came at the close a second hearing a affair by ing he persons expected to be called to testify ai inquest il- self which begins day Boyle will preside The hearing was highly in nature and most of it was devoted to airing of ar- on he various motions said the U.S program ti strengthen the South Viet armed forces is of schedule and he is confiden more American troops can be withdrawn from Vietnam Bu he refused to say many or when The decisions on redeploy ment of course are presiden tial Resor said don't want to pre-empt or fore case in any way what the dent may decide But I feel con Continued OIK Page HA VIETNAM Ui Irish OK Fund Raising DETROIT AP A surrounding the groups the appearance at crusading Devlin in Detroit apparently was resolved when the United rish American Clubs of an voted to buck her ng efforts Miss Devlin at 22 the est member of the British is touring States to raise funds for the re- lief of Catholic victims of strife in Northern Ireland Sever Irish groups had threatened to cott her appearance here day with the Irish Rovers ing group at Ford Auditorium Toe groups expressed suspicion about tome of the American groups sponsoring her visit Miss Devlin's appearance in Detroit is being sponsored by the New Democratic an outgrowth of the Presidential campaign of Sen Eugene J McCarthy Al NDC chairman said there is no possibility that any of the funds raised by the appearance would go to NDC The Detroit News said Wednesday that Miss Devlin is being sponsored by the National Committee for Irish Justice The newspaper said the tele- phone of the committee is listed in the name of the New York Peace and Freedom Party Committee SONG OF BERNADETTE Devlin fiery member of Ihc Parliament who Is in seeking million to rebuild homes destroyed in Northern Ireland rioting speaks it a rally in Los Angeles Park Wednesday night AP
