Times Recorder, The (Newspaper) - April 4, 1968, Zanesville, Ohio Good weather forecasts hew it be If Washington the weather instead of merely predicting it Recorder Bomb Literally Through Earth See Special Science Report On Page 742 52 PAGES ZANESVILLE OHIO 43701 THURSDAY APRIL 4 1968 TEN CENTS UTI Telephoto American Air Cavalrymen carried oat a series of leapfrog helicopter assaults in Operation Pegasus against North Vietnamese from the east while other units moved painfully along westerly on Route 9 Here a crewman looks out of the open bay of a helicopter at one of at least 17 bridges found knocked out along the way Marine General Declares Khe Sanh Allied Victory SAIGON Marine general declared the battle for Khe Sanh won as thousands of allied troops Thursday knifed to within three miles of the besieged outpost in a juggernaut to put the enemy out of business in northern South Vietnam U.S military spokesmen said U.S helicopter gunships porting the troops trapped a North Vietnamese company of 120 in an open field and killed 20 Heavy fighting Wednesday was reported in two areas north of Tan Son Nhut airbase near Saigon Spokesmen said 29 Communists died in the clashes with allied forces Advancing behind columns of tanks rumbling over a trapped rutted road some U.S Marines and South Vietnamese infantrymen were out to crush the North Vietnamese armies that had laid siege to Khe Sanh since Jan 21 They sought to secure all of South Vietnam's west corner near the Laotian border a key Communist infiltration corridor the first time since last September that American forces ventured along the twisting Highway 9 that links Khe Sanh with vital coastal supply points The going was slow literally Mines and traps were plentiful and thick elephant grass along the side held unknown danger hacked through the grass 11 feet high in spots to protect engineers clearing the road There was little resistance from Communist troops In the air war U.S pilots Wednesday continued to hit North Vietnam well below the 20th parallel border established by President Johnson's limited bombing halt pilots hit rail sidings and bridges in the southern panhandle Spokesmen said their northernmost strike was a rail siding 12 miles northwest of Thanh Hoa about 15 miles below the 20th parallel U.S air cavalrymen poured into Khe surrounding hills in swarms of helicopters They found empty foxholes and trenches and said some of the peaks almost within sight of Khe Sanh were still aflame artillery and air bombardments Volume Record Set On Stock Exchange NEW YORK UPI on the New York Stock Ex- change Wednesday shattered an all-time record that was set only two days ago in the busiest week in the history of stock market Additional Stock Market story appears on Page Sales poured over the pre- vious record of 17.73 million reached on Monday the day after President Johnson ically decided to de escalate the bombing of North Vietnam The new record followed reports that Hanoi had offered to make a contact with U.S officials to discuss tional end to all bombing in Vietnam and other acts of war The new record in volume was established at p.m EST Traders were jolted into a frenzy by the peace report They racked up a record turnover of shares for the first hour cracking the mark set only two days ago on President Johnson's tion order Volume was higher at the end of each subsequent hour than it had been at the comparable hour on Monday The high speed stock tape was behind activity by 46 minutes at one point but later narrowed the Prices rose with the surge Some signs of profit taking appeared after the noon hour and many issues were below their earlier levels but gainers nevertheless Negotiations Could End Vietnam War U.S Accepts Hanoi Offer To Talk Peace American Capital Hopeful WASHINGTON UPI American capital was more hopeful than it was cautious than con- North Vietnam's offer t to talk about the for peace talks meant the beginning of an end to the bloodletting in Vietnam Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield spoke for his colleagues and much of the nation Wednesday when he heard the news It looks he said I hope it's true Sen Henry M D- Wash with President Johnson at the time said the President was very inter- ested At the tary General he was meaningful could take place even perhaps within a few days once the United States stops all the bombing and other acts of war against North Vietnam Two points were emphasized offer was not to start peace negotiations but only to meet with American representatives to talk about setting up the machinery with the United States for tions Hanoi repeated that all acts of aggression against North Vietnam would have to be halted before peace tions could begin start of negotiations if it came would not necessarily mean the end of the fighting Rep Richard Boiling recalled that America suffered vits heaviest two years of peace talks dragged on in the Korean War Sen Stuart Symington who has grown critical of President Johnson's war policy in recent months called the offer to talk a step forward but I don't think it's anything we ought to do handsprings over Get Powerful Advice Humphrey And Rockefeller Urged To Run By United Press Two H Humphrey and Nelson A powerful advice Wednesday The advice In an unprecedented act president George Meany threw the support of the to Humphrey without waiting for his endorsement to be ratified by leaders of the labor federation He called upon Humphrey to declare himself now as a candidate for the presidency Sen Thruston B Morton a former Republican national chairman urged New York Gov Rockefeller to change his mind and give Richard M Nixon some tition for the GOP nomination Morton predicted that ler would take his advice and become a candidate by the end of next week In Albany Rockefeller said ho Morton's confidence but there is no change in my position with regard to the presidential situation The president's ment on Sunday and the emergence of Robert Kennedy as the favorite on the ic side had a lot to do with Morton said I think the business community for ple and many other segments of our society are unhappy at the prospect of Robert Kennedy as president of the United States There were these other political The New York senator evading reporters slipped into the White House for the national unity meeting with President Johnson he had requested A spokesman said he Battle Of Khe Sanh The battle Is on to lift the siege Khe Sanh where U.S Marines live and die at the outpost they are determined to Md A special fan page of three ef hi tad ta Friday's ef Tie It's bens far ef TR would have rib immediate comment on what they talked about and Johnson was equally silent There was some speculation that the vice President would use his scheduled address before a Pennsylvania AFL-CIO tion in Pittsburgh Thursday as the time and place to announce his presidential candidacy The Columbus Ohio nal said Sen Harris D- Okla and Texas Gov John Connally were Humphrey's pre- as running mate With 57 per cent of the vote in the Wisconsin primary Sen Eugene J Carthy campaigned in Indiana where both he and Kennedy are on the ballot He said after the Indiana primary there will only be one presidential candidate for the Democratic tion The implication was that he would win on May 7 and knock Kennedy out of the race Johnson Due In Hawaii Today For Conferences By MERRIAM SMITH UPI white House Reporter WASHINGTON UPI North Vietnam offered Wednesday to talk with the United States about arrangements for Vietnam peace negotiations and President Johnson accepted the offer The president announced the United States will establish contact with the representatives of North Vietnam and said be would fly to Honolulu Hawaii late Thursday for a long weekend of conferences with American officials who win fly there from Saigon Consultations with the government of South Vietnam and other allies are now taking the president told newsmen at the White House UPI Telephoto The government of North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minn top announced it was prepared to make contact with U S representatives in what may be the first step toward peace Johnson left named Averell riman center and Llewellyn Thompson Ambassador to Russia to represent the U.S at the proposed talks Hanoi did not name its envoys First Real Hope Seen For Southeast Asians By STEWART HENSLEY UPI Diplomatic Reporter WASHINGTON UPI The agreement Wednesday for talks between U.S and North representatives offered the first real hope that some way might be found to end the carnage in Southeast Asia and eventually achieve a stable peace Whether this hope proves to be a delusion depends on the attitudes revealed during the initial contacts between officials from Washington These first talks will not be peace talks They will be discussions to see whether the two sides can agree on the conditions and ground rules for peace negotiations President Johnson obviously Intends to make every effort to reach an accommodation con- with the national curity and with American com- to South Vietnam and other non-communist countries North Vietnam in declaring its willingness to talk said it did so with a view to determining with the American side the unconditional cessation Zanesville GI Declared Dead A Fountain square soldier reported missing last February in Vietnam has been officially listed as dead due to hostile causes Marion Bud Earl Wilson 20 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Wilson of Newark road had been serving with the Army in Vietnam since last December 26 He was married to the former Teresa Smith of the Fountain square address last Dec 2 Details surrounding his death were unavailable last night He was a native and a 1965 graduate of West Muskingum High School of U.S bombing raids and all other acts of war against the Democratic Republic of nam so that talks may start In other words there can be no real negotiations until the U.S air and sea bombing of North Vietnam stops ly In Hanoi's view the restricted bombing ordered Sunday by Johnson is a fraud The United States has always Insisted that a halt in bombing undertaken only when there is reason to believe Hanoi will not increase the level of its supply and infiltration operations into the south The disagreement between Hanoi and Washington on this point apparently will have to be the first order of business when the initial contacts are made The Pentagon said Defense Secretary Clark Clifford and Gen Earle G Wheeler man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will accompany the president to Hawaii White House Press Secretary George Christian said Secretary of state Dean Rusk currently attending a conference of the Southeast Asia Treaty tion SEATO in Wellington New Zealand would probably be coming in from New Zealand in time to join the talks in Honolulu He said President Nguyen Van Thieu of south Vietnam was not expected to participate The from Hanoi Washington raised peace hopes everywhere They were seen as a small but significant step toward inary diplomatic discussions that could lead to an end of the war Johnson did not say how contact would be made with North Vietnam or when or where Geneva Switzerland was considered a likely site The president already has said his prime negotiators in the event North Vietnam chose to respond to his curtailment of the bombing raids would be W Averell riman and Llewellyn E son U.S Ambassador to the Soviet Union Whether any other figure would join the negotiating team was unknown There was no word from Moscow or any other world capital Wednesday to shed any light on the president's specific plans But it was obvious that Johnson after a full and hectic day of urgent assessments considered Hanoi statement to be genuine enough to warrant a serious response The president had a lengthy afternoon meeting with his leading advisers and then went out to a White House driveway before a battery of cameras microphones and newsmen He read a statement quoting from an official U.S ment translation of an language broadcast of the North Vietnamese government ment that Mowed a of the same statement which began at EST The President of North Vietnam made a ment which Included the ing for its part the government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam declares its readiness to appoint its representative to contact the United States with a view to determining with the American side the tional cessation of the United States bombing raids and an- other acts of war Democratic Republic of nam so that talks may Last Sunday I expressed the position of the United States with respect to peace in Vietnam and Southeast Asia In that statement I Now as in the past the United States is ready to send Its tives to any forum at any time to discuss the means of bringing this war to an end Accordingly we will establish contact with the representatives of North Vietnam Consultations with the government of South Vietnam and other allies are now taking place The World This Morning Global Views LONDON Western diplomats in London say North Vietnam's agreement to meet with the United States and discuss an end to the fighting is a clever tactical maneuver Page Thq Nation WASHINGTON AFL-CIO President George Meany an- his ment of Vice President Hubert H Humphrey as the Democratic Presidential nominee It is the first time the giant labor ever endorsed a date without ratification by its membership Page WASHINGTON Sen Thruston B Morton predicts that Gov: Nelson Rockefeller of New York win change his mind and seek the GOP presidential now that President Johnson is out of the race and Sen Robert F Kennedy is in Page Around Ohio ATHENS The Ohio Board of Regents is asked to approve a a quarter increase of tration at Ohio University Page DAYTON Montgomery County office reports the Dayton State Mental pital has failed to notify it of 29 accidental deaths over a year period Page NEW YORK Peggy Fleming America's Olympic gold medal winner decides to pursue a professional career which could make her the richest ice skating show business star Sonja Hade MINNEAPOLIS Manger Cal Ermer is concentrating on erating a powerful offensive weapon as he readies the Twins for the 1968 major league season Page 2-D The Weather FORECAST Intermittent rata or showers with a few showers continuing today Little temperature change See De- tails on Page Inside The TR Page See Births i B Classified Ads B Comic D Crossword 9 C Deaths Editorial A C u D -7 B I I
