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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - April 8, 1968, Norwich, New York Veins Chenango county s daily newspaper weather c Hance of widely scattered showers this afternoon and tonight. Fair to partly Cloudy and a Little cooler on tuesday. Low temperatures tonight in mid 30s to Low 40s highs tuesday in the 50s. Sun spots fire destroys sugar House on Adams farm Page 5 school officials Are not Happy with state decision Page 3 Sand bed is closed to county by mrs. Stanton Page 3.explosion rocks City toll is High vol. 78, no. 16 monday april 8, 168 Norwich . 13815 8� per copy trooper Carl Blackwell inspects damage to cars involved in Headon crash sunday afternoon in route 8, Sun staff photo South of new Berlin. Passenger in car at left was killed almost instantly. Six persons were injured. Woman Dies Iii crash search continues for More bodies Richmond ind. Apr weary searchers continue today tugging at the wreckage of buildings shattered by an explosion which struck the business area As shoppers crowded streets and shops. Thirty nine bodies had been recovered and 33 other persons were reported missing. Fire followed the saturday explosion in this Eastern Indiana City and spread to adjacent buildings. Three buildings were destroyed and five damaged severely in a two Block area. Windows were shattered for blocks around. More than too persons were injured. Eighteen remained in hospitals today three in critical condition. State police said the blast erupted in the basement of Marting arms co., a sporting goods store where Gunpowder was stored for Hunters and skeet shooters. Richmond fire marshal Fred Klotz said a Large shipment of Gunpowder reportedly was delivered to the store recently. Fri agents said they were investigating the possibility of a Gas leak As a Factor in the explosion. A it seemed like somebody pulled the whole world out from under me a said Leo Collins who was walking near the Marting store. Collins was knocked Down but escaped injury. Capt. Kenneth e. Paust of the Indiana National guard said the ceiling of a restaurant where he was having lunch began falling on customers. A i ran into the Street and saw an injured woman atop ser gents paint store a Paust said a i got a ladder and with the Aid of others got her Down. She said she had been blown onto the roof by the Only a Crater remained where the sporting goods store stood at the sixth and main streets. Neighbouring buildings were torn apart. Flames damaged other buildings. Some of the dead and injured were trapped in cars demolished the blast and falling debris. One car was hurled 50 feet. Officials said More than 150 vehicles were demolished. Several Hundred volunteers joined police firemen and National guardsmen searching the rubble. Many of the dead were burned or mutilated. Bodies were a taken to the temporary morgue in the armory of this City of 44,000 on the Ohio line. The today around the state around the nation around the world lbs asks passage of or Bill Washington apr president Johnson has dispatched urgent appeals to congressional leaders for Swift passage of his civil rights Bill. The new pleas for legislative Speed were disclosed by government officials sunday night just after Johnson ordered 2,000 army regulars to Baltimore. Washington was quieting with 11,600 troopers in her streets 5,000 More patrolled Chicago. There were signs that Congress jarred by the looting burning and viol ence almost on its Doorstep would heed Johnson a plea and seek House action this week on the Senate passed civil rights Bill. House Republican Leader Gerald Ford indicated he might drop his opposition to an Early vote but made no Promise. He guaranteed Only that he would make an Early decision. Johnson flew Over the still smoking ruins of the capitals burned out inner City areas late sunday in a helicopter. With him was Gen. William Westmoreland. The american commander in Vietnam who spent almost two Days conferring with Johnson and High presidential advisors before starting the trip Back to Saigon. Nation pays tribute Atlanta. A sorrowing americans continued their pilgrimage to the Hometown of or. Martin Luther King or. Today. From across the nation they came in chartered planes by car by bus by train. White Black Rich poor famous and unknown they came from the tenant farms of Mississippi strife torn cities Hollywood state capitals Congress and consulates. Tiey came by the thousands to pay final tribute to the civil rights Leader who will be buried tuesday after services at Ebenezer Baptist Church where King served As pastor with his father. Some slept on cots in Church basements. Some moved in with Atlanta families. Others found rooms at hotels. But they came to stay until King is Laid to rest in South View cemetery founded in 1886 by negroes who rebelled against the City a segregation. Negroes then had to take their dead through the Back Entrance of the main cemetery. 22,000 More troops ready Washington a the army which has thrown nearly 20,000 regular troops into the Battle against riots in . Cities has another 22,000 ready to go. These comprise la brigades in varying states of Alert most prepared to move out on from one hour notice. Pentagon sources said. Some of them Are specially organized provisional brigades made up of engineers artillerymen and other combat and combat support troops. But like infantrymen and paratroopers they have received riot control training. Hie sources said still More brigades Are being formed in anticipation of possible need. Air Force transports have been posted strategically around the country awaiting Call. In Good position Washington apr Gen. William c. Westmoreland has pictured the United states a As it faces possible peace talks with North Vietnam As operating from a position of military advantage. Westmoreland ending two Days of intensive talks with president Johnson and other senior officials told White House newsmen sunday that a militarily we have never been in better relative position in South he asserted that a the spirit of the offensive is now prevalent throughout Vietnam with advantage being taken of the enemy a weakened military the general flew off immediately afterwards for California and briefed former president Dwight d. Eisenhower before heading for Saigon. Services held Many thousands of negroes and Whites eulogized or. Martin Luther King or. At Church services outdoor observances and quiet marches in cities and towns across the nation sunday. The National Day of mourning As proclaimed by president Johnson was noted around the world including words by Pope Paul i in Rome and soldiers gathered for a solemn service in a steel hut at Danang Vietnam. At Memphis Tenn., where King was felled last thursday by a snipers Bullet the peaceful March he had planned for today was to be headed by aides and possibly his widow. Pope Paul while celebrating Palm sunday mass in St. Peters Basilica said of King an exponent of nonviolence a we shall associate his memory with that of the tragic Story of the passion of . Secretary general u Thant told some 2,500 persons at a memorial service in the Hague the Netherlands a i share the deep sense of Shock with fire threat greater Albany . Apr the threat of Forest and Brush fires in new York state this Spring is greater than usual because of the absence of Snow cover in most areas the state conservation department advises. Drying of exposed leaves and dead grasses a has been dangerously partly because of stiff breezes in the last few weeks a department spokesman said saturday. He urged caution by All persons from householders engaged in Spring cleanups to fishermen and hikers. Gen. William Westmoreland new Berun a a Sidney woman was killed almost instantly shortly after noon sunday in a two car Headon crash which resulted to injuries to six other persons in route 8, about three Miles South of Here in front of the Riverside Golf course. Pronounced dead at the scene was mrs. Harriet l. Cole 74, of Star route. Or. Angelo Franco of new Berlin Chenango county Coroner said she suffered a broken neck a compound fracture of the right leg and a possible Skull fracture. He issued a verdict of accidental death. In fair condition this morning at Chenango memorial Hospital Norwich after being transported Here by the new Berlin and Norwich emergency squads Are Fernley Cole 58, husband of the deceased and operator of one of the vehicles fractured right leg and facial lacerations. Raymond Gould. 26, of new Berlin re 3, operator of the second car a fractured jaw and facial lacerations. Joanne Gould 24, his wife abrasions and lacerations of the body. Joseph 5 and Monica Sou old 2, their children bumps 3n the head. Burr Gross 30, also of new Berlin re 3, fractures of the right upper left wrist and lower leg lacerations of the right Side of the forehead and a concussion. State police said the Sidney couple were northbound about 12 15 . As the Gould car was southbound behind another vehicle. The vehicle slowed and signalled to make a left turn into the Golf course Road and the Gould car attempted to pass in an Effort to avoid a rear end Coj vision police said. The two cars struck Headon in the northbound Lane. Force of the Impact smashed the front of the Cole car into a a shape and Bent the right Side of the second vehicle outward. Both steering wheels were Bent and front windshields were smashed or. Gross apparently went through the front window of the Gould car authorities said. Police said Seatbelt in the Gould car were not in use. There were none in the other car. No one was ejected. Investigations Are continuing. Troopers c. Blackwell and . Burrell of Norwich zone sgt. . Rauch of Oneonta and inv. . Peterson of Sidney were at the scene. More area is a off limits to . Bombers in in. Vietnam Saigon apr president Johnson has put almost 5,500 More Square Miles of North Vietnam off limits to american bombers . Sources said today. Below the zone Allied ground forces reported killing More than 700 North vietnamese and Viet Cong in weekend fighting. Informed sources in Saigon said the american air forces have been told to keep their raids below the 19th parallel which is about 170 Miles above the demilitarized zone. In the last four Days . Bombers have struck no farther North than 160 Miles above the do. Publicly Johnson a order of March 31 setting the 20th parallel As the Northern Boundary for air attacks still stands and the sources said the president did not publicize the new curtailment because he wanted to leave open the option of bomb ing up to the 20th parallel or some 225 Miles Alme the Doz. The . Command in Saigon declined comment on the reported new bombing limits. In Washington assistant White House press Secretary Tom Johnson said there is no change from the March 31 order. Although the area open to attack has been reduced . Warplanes have More than doubled the pre curtailment number of strike missions against North Vietnam a Southern pan handle mostly against enemy Supply lines and convoys. . Pilots flew a total of 134 missions Over the North vietnamese Panhandle sunday the highest number in three months since 144 were flown on Jan. 6. Military spokesmen said clearer weather As the Northeast monsoons move away made the increase possible. The fliers attacked North vietnamese Supply lines and gun positions with the northernmost target an antiaircraft position 160 Miles North of the demilitarized zone the . Command said. In the ground War the . Troops that lifted the siege of Khe amp Anh reported killing 118 North vietnamese soldiers in series of clashes Over the weekend As they combed the Jungle Hills around the base on the Northwest Frontier. The searching troops also reported finding the bodies of 198 enemy soldiers who apparently were killed by . Artillery and air strikes. Seven Miles to the Southwest . Artillery and rocket firing helicopters smashed four enemy trucks and a tracked vehicle presumably a tank . Headquarters said. Negotiators fail to end strike Battle in vain firemen Scurry to head off flames which destroyed a Large sugar House in route 41, near Smithville Flats this morning. Some 60 firemen from two companies were at the Sun staff photo scene for several hours in an attempt to keep the Blaze from spreading. Story another picture Page 5. Memphis Tenn. Apr thousands assembled today for a silent March which Luther King or. Intended to Lead As negotiators failed in a Marathon Effort to end the City garbage strike before the demonstration began. King assassinated Here thursday had come to Memphis to Aid the strikers. Representatives of the City and the american federation of state county and municipal employees huddled for 18 hours with undersecretary of labor James Reynolds sent Here saturday by president Johnson to mediate the dispute. The session began at to . Aday and continued Early to with Only a Short lunch a tax. Mayor Henry Loeb joined the talks about 2 . However the negotiators a with representatives of both sides shaking their Heads silently filed out of the hotel where the mediation was in Progress at 6 . No time for resumption of the talks was set. Nationally known persons in Many Fields gathered for the silent walk in Honor of the slain civil rights Leader who received the Nobel peace prize for his memorial held for or. King nearly 200 attended the memorial for the later Martin Luther King or. And a a prayer for a nation in crisis sunday afternoon in the first Baptist Church. The service was sponsored by the Norwich ministerial association under the direction of the Rev. Elton o. Smith jr., pastor of Canasa Acta Valley free methodist Church and association president. In his prayer of intercession Rev. Smith dwelt upon the corporate guilt All America has for the assassination of the civil rights Leader. A moment of silence in Mem. Ory of the slain rights Leader was observed by the congregation and the service was opened by Charles George chairman of the Board of . Zion Church. Several hymns were Sung and a recording of a blowing in the wind by Peter Paul and Mary was effectively used during the service. Main speakers during the ser vice were the Rev. William d. Richardson Rector of Emmanuel episcopal Church the Rev. Robert f. Coombs pastor of St. Paul a Catholic Church an d rabbi Edward Shapiro of the Norwich jewish Center. Program of nonviolence. Federal and state investigators continued their Hunt for the person who shot King to death thursday As he stood on the Balcony of a Memphis Motel. . Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark said sunday in Washington that investigators have a one Man on the he added a we Hope to have an Early conclusion to the investigation followed by indictment trial and a we have a name we re work ing on a he said. A we know quite a bit More than we did two Days organizers of the memorial March said mrs. King would be at the head of the Parade. How. Ever mrs. King said in Atlanta a my plans Are not All racial at a glance by the associated press Washington quiet with Federal and National guard troops patrolling the streets and capital buildings. A food shortage looms. Chicago army troops and National guard units on patrol. Calm but a food shortage reported imminent. Baltimore some 2,000 sol Diers and 6,000 National guardsmen on duty to Avert threatened violence throughout Baltimore county. Pittsburgh comparative quiet in negro areas but 1,800 National guardsmen remain on Alert. Nashville police suspect arson in the burning of an Roth building on the Campus of Tennessee a amp i state University. The National guard protected i. Re fighters sunday night. Detroit Calm but guardsmen patrol and curfew remains in effect. New York comparatively quiet since looting Friday night. Memphis some 5,000 National guard troops deploy in City As thousands ready a March which was to be led by or. Martin Luther King or. Wilmington . A1 guard patrols streets in Wake of rioting. Des Moines Iowa a peace Ful March Early sunday Fol. Lowed by six incendiary fires windows broken cars Atlanta thousands pour into City where Kings body lies in state. Today a chuckle no matter what you hear about How often women change their minds have you Ever heard of a Groom being left at the Church

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