Times Recorder, The (Newspaper) - October 23, 1967, Zanesville, Ohio Good Did you bear about the fellow who received so much mail that he now signs Ws name The Times Recorder Mr Refuses To Budge On Tax Hike Read His Story On Page S-B Today 104TH 232 18 PAGES ZANESVILLE OHIO 43701 MONDAY OCTOBER 23 1967 TEN CENTS Ford Okays Three-Year Contract Million Auto Pay Pact Reached Victory Claimed WASHINGTON UPI -A antiwar rally of more than 50.000 neared an end Sunday with only a subdued corporal's guard of less than 300 demonstrators sitting in the chilly dark near the Pentagon while their leaders claimed a victory for the The armed troops standing guard at the Pentagon ces were almost bored as night settled over the scene of Saturday's tumultuous clash with the war protesters which saw at least 47 injured and 443 arrests of defiant sometimes unruly demonstrators Leaders of the antiwar mobilization held a news conference in which they charged brutality on the part of the security forces that battled a phalanx of the antiwar throng who tried to invade the Defense ment's vast nerve center Saturday afternoon They also accused federal authorities of illegally denying the arrested their constitutional right to counsel and claimed newsmen were guilty of curacies and distortions in their coverage of the rally David Dellinger organizer of the two-day protest who was arrested and fined during Saturday's uproar told men the outpouring represented to him a tremendous victory which would stimulate a new movement for peace among the American people Casualty Toll Mounts In Israel Ship Attack JERUSALEM UPI Sunday reported 99 men killed wounded and missing in the sinking of the Israeli destroyer Eilat by missiles fired with an accuracy previously believed beyond the ability of the Egyptian armed forces Israeli Navy Commander Schlomo Harmel said the Eilat was sunk Saturday by direct hits from three Komar missiles of the most modern Soviet type He said it was believed the first time the Soviet missiles had been used in battle anywhere in the world The missiles were believed to have been fired from Egyptian warships inside or near Port Said against the Eilat which was on patrol about 14 miles away off in occupied Sinai Peninsula Cairo Radio said the Eilat was sunk in a naval ment The Cairo newspaper Al said two Egyptian ships surrounded the destroyer the minute it entered Egyptian territorial waters Foreign Ministry sources in Cairo said the will complain to the United Nations of Israeli's alleged violation of Egyptian territorial Harmel said the first missile hit the Eilat amidships and a second exploded in the engine room touching off fires Harmel said that when the Egyptians learned the destroyer was still afloat they fired two more missiles The Eilat capsized and sunk a minutes after a hit from one of the shells he said The other exploded in the water where crewmen were struggling to stay afloat and may have been deliberately aimed to cause casualties among the helpless men Harmel said The Eilat was manned by 202 officers and crewmen Officials said 15 were killed 48 wounded and 36 were missing They said a massive sea and air search was still underway and casualty figures might be revised Harmel said the Eilat was attacked when it had reached the westernmost limit of patrol routes Israeli ships have following routinely since the end of the June war The destroyer and its sister ship were the two biggest ships in the Israeli navy Premier Levi Eshkol met with his cabinet and discussed the incident but it was noted that the cabinet meets regularly on Sundays anyway Israel formally informed the Security Council of the incident Saturday night ing it of the utmost gravity It did not ask for a council session however Steel Haulers Continue Vote On Revised Contract Proposal PITTSBURGH haulers were deciding Sunday whether to accept a revised proposal adopted by 150 ing companies or continue their lengthy violence marked strike in eight states The proposal worked out by an interstate mediation panel last weekend was accepted by steel haulers in Cleveland Friday night and rejected Saturday in Erie Pa Strikers in the Pittsburgh area who formed one of the strongest factions rejected the proposal by 57 per cent Leaders refused to disclose the number of ballots cast but they had expected between 500 and 1.000 10 attend the meeting Sunday afternoon In Pleasantville Pa haulers voted 142 to 25 in favor of the package Two large groups in Gary Ind and Chicago were uled to vote Monday William Kusley Gary Ind national chairman of the Steel Haulers Protest Committee said results of the widespread voting would be made known at a news conference Monday at the committee's headquarters in Gary Strike leaders withheld any recommendation for acceptance or rejection Two weeks ago they had strongly recommended acceptance of an earlier ment proposal and it was approved over- by the striking ers but they were rejected by the trucking companies The trucking companies proved the revised proposal last Wednesday Despite the lack of a recommendation hopes for a settlement of the strike early this week appeared brighter Largest Wage Hike On Record By DAM DW CHUTE DETROIT Motor Co and the United Auto Workers agreed before dawn Sunday on the most expensive contract in the history of auto labor three-year pact worth more than million For the average auto worker at Ford the pact calls for wage increases that will jump his annual income from the present average of to three years from now For the entire auto if the union gets General Motors and Chrysler Corp to follow the Ford will mean a package worth billion in the third year alone UAW President Walter P Reuther won a version of his much publicized guaranteed annual income proposal The plan an extension of current unemployment benefits would allow seinor workers to be laid off for up to one year but still collect near 95 per cent of their usual paychecks Reuther facing reporters for the first time since a news blackout began 12 days earlier was obviously tired but happy after the final ing session which came on the heels of a marathon the day before He said the agreement was a milestone The wage increase is the largest ever negotiated by the UAW with any major tion and the wage gains of both production and skilled trades workers will make Ford ers among the highest industrial workers in the Reuther said Reuther said the union won twice as much from Ford as the company and the industry had offered initially when talks began three months ago Ford Vice President Malcolm Demise denied Reuther's claim but did not offer an idea of how much was won compared to what was offered Autumn Leaves Provide Sunday Fun Robyn Snyder 7 is nearly lost in this huge pile of leaves as she took to the outdoors Sunday under sonny skies that saw the temperature soar to a pleasant 61 degrees after dipping to a frigid 26 degrees during the night The pleasant weather is expected to remain for the next day or two Robyn is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Snyder of 1911 Norwood boulevard Photo by Don Torpedo Boat Destroyed N Vietnam Navy Base Bombed As U.S Resumes Air Attacks SAIGON jet returned to the Haiphong area Sunday after a four-day pause enforced by weather and bombed the North Vietnamese Navy's Nui Dong base for the first time in the war the U.S command ed Monday morning Pilots reported destroying at least one torpedo boat at the previously untouched base en miles northeast of the city in raids that hit railroad yards a South Vietnamese Elect House Of Representatives SAIGON Sunday elected a house of that President Johnson believes is vital in winning the war against Communist sion A spokesman said 73 per cent of the country's 5.8 million registered voters cast ballots The World This Mornin 8th Tropical Storm Workmen clean up piles of debris at the Lincoln Memorial after a massive antiwar rally protesting the Vietnam War After a peaceful rally at the Memorial thousands of demonstrators marched to the Pentagon for another gathering which was marked by violence and hundreds of arrests In background on the steps of the Memorial demonstrators can be seen taking part in yet another rally V MIAMI a ord tropical storm for a hurricane season as late ing as the current one was born in the far Atlantic near Bermuda Sunday with top winds of 70 miles per five shy of hurricane strength There has never been a season with as many as eight tropical storms when the first storm formed as late as Arlene the National cane Center said VATICAN CITY Pope Paul VI fating next month shuns doctors advice and gives his usual Sunday blessing to throngs in St Peter's Square Page TOKYO The widow of Frank Lloyd Wright walks into her husband's Imperial Hotel for the first time in her life and immediately notices some of the parts are missing Page The Nation WASHINGTON President Johnson leaves he fortressed White House to attend church services where he is told there are greater causes in the world today than the cause of peace Page MIAMI Police say 10 persons are slightly injured when three tear gas bombs are uncorked at a hotel sending about 750 persons stampeding for the exits Page Around Ohio CINCINNATI The er head of the Cincinnati man Relations Commission hi a report on riots here this summer blames both black bigots and sick white conservatives Page CLEVELAND The United Auto Workers strike against the Ford Motor Co in which a tentative agreement is ed idled an estimated hourly workers in 13 Ohio Ford plants Page HOUSTON United States professional golf stars retain their Ryder Cup championship with easy victory over a team of British pros Page B OAKLAND Joe becomes an executive vice1 president of the newly relocated Oakland Athletics after an ab- sence of 17 years from major league baseball Page The Weal her FORECAST Fair and er today High in the 70s See details on Page Inside The TR Page Sec Births 1 B Classified Ads B Comic Pages A Crossword 8 B Deaths Funerals 2 A Editorial Page 4 A Farm Page 10 A Radio-TV News 8 B Sports B Under 20 4 B Women's News A It was a turnout heavier than expected in the election that came as an to the torrid controversies that marked the Sept 3 election of Gen Nguyen Van Thieu as president and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky as vice president Only local issues were in- And there were no prominent national figures among the 1.172 candidates It be several before the winners will be announced were only a few incident of terror attacks polling places bombs killed 11 ana wounded 17 others a said Rti total was no higher ten the suffered during any day in the guerrilla war an oil dump and antiaircraft sites Huge fires engulfed the city headquarters said The strikes were the first against Haiphong since last Wednesday when typhoon Caria slammed into North Vietnam's Red River Valley and covered the Haiphong area with heavy clouds and driving rain The U.S command in its Monday morning communique said Navy Phantom and Crusader jets took part in the Sunday mission The Nui Dong Navy base is a haven for torpedo boats that patrol the waters around the vital port a major funnel for war supplies reaching North Vietnam from other Communist nations Pilots reported inflicting heavy destruction on the base and a fuel storage area nearby which feeds the torpedo vessels The American raiders rained tons of bombs on the main Haiphong railroad yards 1.7 miles from the point regarded as the center of the city and pilots said they left the target with smoke that rose a mile into the sky The yards were first hit on Sept 12 in the intensifying campaign to isolate Haiphong The air war report said bombs and rockets destroyed three antiaircraft emplacements protecting Haiphong and heavily damaged four others More Venus Data Collected P America's Manner o beamed hack its data for the time Sunday as prepared to tell the world what thr discovered about the plant Venus during its fly-by Control personnel at let Propulsion Laboratory have tailed a news conference Monday to explain the technical informal ion gained from the space shot A spokesman for JPL said the returned by Mariner 5 would be a good cross-check of gathered by the Soviet Union's historic landing on Venus last week And in some cases we'll have more the spokesman said He said the second of tape-recorded data was to insure that had not missed a beep of information about the shrouded planet Scientists have repeatedly praised the performance of Mariner 5 during its flight from earth and loop around Venus A 1414 8 v L
