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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - April 16, 1968, Norwich, New York Weather Clear and Cool tonight with Frost Likely Low temperatures in upper 20s and 30s. Mostly sunny and warmer wednesday High temperatures in the 60s to near 70. The vening Chenango county a daily newspaper in Sun spots Columbus Day caper Page 6 Endicott firm is Low bidder on Chenango county Road Job Page 5. Eulogy for judge Lee becomes part of court record Page 3. Vol. 78, to. 22 tuesday april 16, 168 Norwich . 13815 8c per copy lbs gives no Vietnam peace prod today around the state around the nation around the world to introduce legislation Man to Moon next Washington a Western space experts believe the latest linkup of two russian satellites has provided the soviets with technical knowledge to move Forward with two programs to Send men to the Moon and to build a manned space station for military purposes. The next step expected soon should be space dockings involving manned ships a feat accomplished by americans gemini astronauts As Early As Arch 1966. It is believed the soyuz i flight last april was to have been the first soviet space linkup. But the plans were upset when tile spacecraft developed control and Parachute problems that killed the cosmonaut Pilot Vladimir m. Komarov. While the soyuz ship was being redesigned the soviets Usi d the unmanned Cosmos 186 and 188 flights last october to gain their initial Docking experience. They duplicated the exercise monday with Cosmos 212 and 213. Police Battle demonstrators Frankfurt Germany apr police battled leftist demonstrators in the streets around the Axel Springer publishing plants in Frankfurt and Munich monday night As thousands of students tried to prevent distribution of today a newspapers. More than 150 demonstrators were arrested As student rioting spread to West Germany. Thirty demonstrators were reported seriously injured. West Berlin was free of student violence monday for the first time since the attempted assassination there last thursday of Rudi Dutschke 28-year-old Leader of the socialist student federation or ads. But More than 2,000 West Berlin students held a nonviolent demonstration under the watchful eyes of police with water Cannon. Dutschke hospitalized with three Bullet wounds was reported out of immediate danger. Lbs likes ice Cream Honolulu apr president Johnson a zest for ice Cream led two aides on a merry Chase during is Honolulu motorcade. As John son drove through the Waikiki Beach area monday he spied a Dairy bar and dispatched a secret service agent and the presidential Valet to fetch Cones for him and gov. John a. Burns. The familiar Bubble top limousine flown Here from Washington came to a Stop and the aides set out. But Johnson a body guard apparently decided it Wasny to a Good idea to keep the president stalled in the Middle of the Street while Beach crowds converged on him. His car moved on. Some 20 blocks later the ice Cream bearers caught up with Johnson their wares dripping freely at that Point. Clues Lead to Deaden Birmingham Ala. A Deaden clues to a Man who vanished without a Trace apparently confronted Fri agents today in their investigation of the sniper slaying of or. Martin Luther King or. False leads multiplied in the Hunt for Erie starve Galt a mysterious quiet talking Man whose last known address was a Birmingham Rooming House. His former landlord said monday he had identified drawings shown by Fri agents As resembling Erie Galt. No tampering St. Louis to. Apr democratic governors have decided not to tamper with a the events of history Quot in this explosive political year agreeing instead to wait and see what happens before announcing preferences in the race for the White House. They did no to even reach an Accord that would have declared Advance support for the Man their party eventually nominates to run for president. Even before their 2v2 hour political talk monday the governors meeting in St. Louis acknowledged they could not possibly agree on a consensus candidate for the democratic nomination that president Johnson said he would neither seek nor accept. They matched their forecast. Time for tax tipsters Washington apr despite its Complex tax computers the internal Revenue service still relies on tipsters to catch some of americans tax cheats. But the number of rewards for supplying usable information is on the Wane. Now that mondays income tax deadline is past irs can expect a flood of mail claiming that one person or another cheated on his tax return. Officials said they receive about 100,000 tips each year from persons looking for rewards seeking vengence. Disgruntled with their employer or simply patriotic. The number who actually collect a Reward is relatively Small �?624 for the last Complete fiscal year and is expected to get smaller. Two years before 792 persons get rewards. President Johnson president Chung Hee Park to arrive from Seoul tonight korean caper these members of the . Second infantry division take positions As artillery fire pounds an imaginary enemy during a full scale three Day Field training exercise. The Maneu vers took place South of the Western sector of the korean truce front. Otis a. Thompson Dies unexpectedly at Home Otis a. Thompson president of the National Bank and Trust company of Norwich from 1938 until february 1968, died this morning at his Home 189 North Broad Street. Or. Thompson was born june 22, 1883, at Longmont Colo. The family moved East when or. Thompson was a boy and settled in Norwich. Attending Norwich High school 1897-1901, or. Thompson joined the staff of the Chenango county National Bank and Trust company of Norwich As a clerk in 1901, at the age of 18. In 1913 he joined the staff of the lower Bank As a director and cashier and in 1938 was elected president. In february this year or. Thompson stepped Down As president of the Bank but continued on As chairman of the Board and chief executive officer. In 1906 in Rochester he married Theresa Fitch who died in 1922. In 1924 he married the former c. Belle Gucker who survives. The Thompsons had no children. Or. Thompson is a graduate of the Stonier graduate school of banking Rutgers University class of 1940. He has been a member of the Council on banking education of the american Bankers association member at Large of the Council of administration and member of the administrative Board of the new York state Bankers association director of the Empire state group inc. Chairman of the agricultural commission of the american Bankers association treasure of the new York state Bankers association chairman of the committee on agriculture of the new York state Bankers association chairman of the committee on credit development corporations of the new York state Bankers association member of the Board of regents of the graduate school of banking Rutgers University and was one of the organizers and first chairman of the Chenango county Clearing House association now called the Chenango county Bankers association. At the time of his death he was a director of the Chenango and Unadilla Telephone corporation the Dimock hollow Telephone company Gladding corporation of South Otselic and the preferred Mutual insurance company new Berlin. He was also a director and chairman of the Board of c amp u communications corporation Norwich Chenango savings and loan association Norwich and general Labora tory associates inc. He was a director and member of the executive committee of the Norwich Pha Macal company and vice president and director of Norwich Mills inc. Or. Thompson had also been director and chairman of the Board of the new York business development corporation Albany director and member of the audit and executive committees of the Security Mutual life insurance company of new York Binghamton. He had also been a director of Craine inc., Norwich the first National Bank in Sidney the . Gladding and company South Otselic and the Oswego county Telephone corporation Fulton. Or. Thompson had been president of the Chenango savings and loan association and a class a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of new York from june i 1938 to january 1942. Active in civic affairs or. Thompson was a trustee of the Norwich .a., member of the budget committee of the Community Chest of Norwich inc. Member of the Chenango county chamber of Commerce member of the planning commission of the City of Norwich and president of the Norwich cemetery association. He had also served As building fund chairman of the Chen Ango memorial Hospital and a Hospital director director and member of the Industrial development committee of the Norwich chamber of Commerce co chairman of the new building Survey Council of the Norwich .a., member of the Board of education of Norwich City schools and an organizer of 4-h work in Chenango county in 1920. Chairman of the executive committee of the Chenango county Extension service 4-h department or. Thompson a by j served a total of 39 years in 4-h work. Or. Thompson had been affiliated with the United Church of Christ first congregational Norwich. He had served As director president chairman of the finance committee Moderator and chairman of the committee to choose a conference super indent and minister of the new York congregational Christian conference inc., new York. He had also been Delegate to the constituting Synod on Union of evangelical and reformed denomination with congregational Christian denomination Cleveland Ohio 1957 Delegate to the second Synod of the United Church of Christ Oberlin Ohio 1959, and had been a trustee Deacon official Delegate to denominational meetings of the first congregational Church of Norwich. Or. Thompson was a member of the Norwich club the . A. Of Norwich the Bankers club of new York Norwich Lodge 302 f and am Harmony chapter 151, Royal Arch masons and nor wich Lodge 1222 . Elks of which he was a life member. Recognized for his leadership or. Thompson was Norwich a second a Man of the years a had received honors from Colgate University and Hamilton College at Clinton where he had received an honorary doctor of Law degree. On april 8, this year he and mrs. Thompson were honoured at Cazenovia College where a meeting room was named in their Honor. The family suggests those wishing to Honor the memory of or. Thompson Are invited to make a contribution to the memorial fund of the United Church of Christ or to the Otis a. Thompson foundation in care of the National Bank and Trust co the National Bank and Trust company of Norwich. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Devine Wilson memorial Home in wednesdays evening Sun. Adams selected to attend Honolulu apr presi Dent Johnson pressing Hanoi for an Early and serious response to Vietnam peace efforts is also bearing Down on military problems in conferences at the . Pacific command Post. Johnson a schedule today entered on a visit to the Hilltop Headquarters of adm. . Grant Sharp the Pacific commander in chief who will retire in july. The president said he wanted to talk about the military situation in Vietnam with Sharp and his designated successor adm. John s. Mccain. The president gave North Vietnam a new peace prod monday soon after arriving in Honolulu. As friends and critics vied for attention with shouts chants and placards the friends clearly were More numerous Johnson reviewed peace efforts in an address from the Steps of Iolani Palace seat of the hawaiian government. These efforts focus at this stage on finding a mutually acceptable preliminary meeting site. Declaring a precious time is being lost Quot Johnson said a for us this is not a propaganda exercise. We have sent serious and considered messages aimed at bringing about the earliest possible Contact. A what is needed today is an equally serious reply reacting to our proposals for Neutral Sites or offering additional suggestions of Neutral capitals where both of us have representatives and several hours after Johnson spoke the official North vietnamese communist newspaper nhan Dan said the United states showed a Lack of Good a will Quot in turning Down two Sites Hanoi has proposed Warsaw and phenom penh Cambodia. A nhan Dan article broadcast from Hanoi Flung Back in the presidents face his offer in the past to Send . Negotiators anywhere at any time for talks. A this statement is big sounding and allows no misunderstanding Quot the article said. A yet after making Many such statements the Johnson administration now changes while Here Johnson said he would discuss what he termed the twins paths to peace with the top military command and on wednesday with president Chung Hee Park of South Korea a somewhat restive ally concerned about american steadfastness in the Pacific area. Park was flying in from Seoul tonight. Johnson is expected to remain in Hawaii until thursday. He is living about to Miles outside the City at the Seaside estate of the widow of the late millionaire industrialist Henry j. Kaiser. Four More planes lost in Vietnam War Saigon apr the air War against North Vietnam Cost the United states four More planes monday two shot Down Over the Southern Panhandle and two lost when they collided in the air military sources said today. Five of the fliers were rescued and one was lost. A . Spokesman suggested the North vietnamese May be moving More antiaircraft guns South to counter the increase in american bombing of the Panhandle since president Johnson banned raids farther North. The two planes shot Down were air Force f105s and both were hit near Dong hoi about 40 Miles North of the demilitarized zone. The . Spokesman said antiaircraft fire around Dong hoi was extremely heavy and possibly the enemy had been installing new weapons positions in the Panhandle area. Since president Johnson halted . Bombing North of the 20th parallel on april i in an attempt to open peace discussions with Hanoi . Pilots have More than doubled their usual number of daily raids on the Panhandle. One of the f105 pilots col. David w. Winn 44, of Minneapolis minn., mane Vered his crippled thunderchief too Miles South Over the South China sea bailed out at 18,000 feet and was picked up by a a Jolly Green giant Quot helicopter. The Pilot of the second f105is listed As missing inaction. Military sources said two Navy f4 phantoms from carriers in the Tonkin Gulf collided Southeast of Vinh a North vietnamese City about 145 Miles North of the demilitarized zone but All four crewmen parachuted into the Gulf out of reach of enemy ground troops. Navy helicopters quickly rescued them. The four planes raised the total number lost in the air War against North Vietnam to 825. They were the first planes re Porte Down in the North in two weeks since an air Force f4 was downed april 2 the Day after Johnson a curtailment order. Overcast skies spawned the lingering Northeast monsoons limited . Pilots to 88 missions against North Vietnam monday a big drop from the 143 the Day before. For the 12th consecutive Day the american bombers stayed below the 19th parallel with the northernmost penetration a strike by Navy bombers on a causeway one mile below the parallel. Other attacks were made on Supply routes antiaircraft Sites and truck convoys. Rocky a candidacy seen As reviving gof interest virus May be cause of cancer Type disease Annapolis Atlantic City . Apr there May be a positive link Between infectious mononucleosis widely known As the kissing disease and a malignant tumor which is quite common in Africa but rare in the United states. That was the report today by or. Julius s. Horoszewicz of Roswell Park memorial Institute in Buffalo . If the link a virus is established definitely it will be the first time that a virus has been indicted As a cause of cancer Type disease in humans. The virus has already been shown by other researchers to be associated with infectious mononucleosis usually not a severe disease that causes fever chills general bad feeling fatigue and sometimes headache and Chest pain. Researchers have shown that the virus reacts with protective antibodies from humans who have already had the kissing disease the Roswell Park report said. Congressman Samuel s. Stratton announced today that David Adams son of or. And mrs. Roger Adams of 8 Sunset drive Norwich and a student at Norwich senior High school has been selected by the department of the Navy for admission to the naval Academy at Annapolis for the class entering in july. He had earlier named or. Adams As principal nominee for one of two vacancies at the Academy for the 35th congressional District. Washington apr if gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller a Likely Challenge for the Republican presidential nomination is disturbing Richard m. Nixon the former vice president is concealing it with a a come on in Public stance. Charles Mcwhorter a top Nixon lieutenant said in an interview Nixon believes a Rocke Feller candidacy would revive Public interest in the Republican convention. A it certainly will liven things up a said Mcwhorter. Most of the starch went out of the gop contest when Michigan gov George Romney withdrew and Rockefeller subsequently announced he would not become an Active candidate for the nomination but would accept a draft. The new York governor and Nixon will match major speeches before the american society of newspaper editors in Washington this week. The new York governors appearance is being touted As a sort of unofficial re entry into the nomination race. On the democratic Side of the race sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy got Back into Campaign harness today after a Long easter weekend with a visit to Charleston w. A. Mccarthy a chief rival sen. Robert f. Kennedy d-., scored heavily with predominantly negro crowds in Gary ind., monday. Kennedy was also Well received when he dropped in on Fargo n.d., for a speech monday night though Many Young people who turned out to see him were jiggling Mccarthy banners. And in St. Louis where 17 of the nations 24 democratic governors met to size up the political situation they were unable monday even to agree on a Resolution expressing support in and Vance for the party a presidential nominee whoever he May be. The Iowa state Republican convention which began meeting today to pick a Delegate slate May give some line on How much latent Supi it Ort there is for Rockefeller and gov. Ron Ald Reagan of California. Representatives of Rockefeller and Reagan Are pulling for an uninstructed delegation. Nixon wants the 24-vote slate pledged to him. While Nixon a forces consider Rockefeller their biggest threat they Are not taking their eyes off Reagan. Expected to have californians 86 convention votes As a favorite son Reagan has said he is not a serious contender for the nomination. Nevertheless he sent f. Clifton White a 1964 Delegate Hunter for Barry Coldwater to Iowa to look out for his interests there. White told the members of Reagan a favorite son delegation in los Angeles monday that the governor is a leading contender for the nomination and would win in a wide open convention. Phone strike appears to be inevitable Washington apr Only a Miracle can Avert a nationwide strike of some 200, Telephone workers next thursday says president Joseph of the Al Cio communications workers. After a seven hour meeting with the unions executive Board monday Beirne said a the Board is in full agreement that the strike appears inevitable at this Point and that our position must be to press hard and unceasingly for the substantial general wage increase that our members both need and some 8,000 members of another Union the Al Cio International brotherhood of electrical workers Are already on strike against the new Jersey Bell Telephone co. And 14,000 Mem ers of Beirnes Union Are respecting the picket lines and refusing to work. The new Jersey Telephone company said supervisory personnel stayed on the Job and there was no interruption of service to its 2.2 million customers when the strike began monday. Beirne conceded that a strike by his members would also have Little immediate Impact on most customers except for Long distance Calls and other service requiring an operator because of the highly automated nature of the nation s Telephone sys tem. A 3 . Thursday deadline for the strike would involve 23,000 Telephone installers whom the Union is using to try to set a new wage pattern. They Are the highest paid averaging $3.27 an hour compared with an average of $2.79 for All ele phone workers. A strike by the installers would halt work on putting in new Telephone equipment around the nation. They Are pm Loyes of the Western electric co., the manufacturing subsidiary of Bell. Also involved would be Bell system workers in Ohio Illi Nois North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin new Jersey Michigan Idaho Indiana Northern Cali forma Nevada Washington state and Washington . Other Bell system contracts around the nation expire later in april and May and the strike eventually could embrace All states except Hawaii and alas a. The executive Board of the communications workers has already authorized approval of any later strike votes by Bell system units of the Union. Today s chuckle inflation the system whereby if you save Long enough to buy something you can to afford it. Washington apr legislation will be introduced in the Senate this week aimed at a Start on enactment of White House riot commissions recommendations that would Cost an estimated 350 billion Over a decade. Sen. Edward w. Brooke r-mass., a commission member plans to introduce Bills wednesday to make a limited Low Cost Start on the recommendations including a congressional study of a plan for a guaranteed annual income. He also will propose Federal incentives to eliminate racial imbalance in schools and the denial of Federal Aid to school districts that decline to abolish such imbalance

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