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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - April 24, 1968, Norwich, New York Thevenin s Sun Chenango county s daily newspaper vol. 78, no. 28 wednesday april 24, 1968 Norwich . 13815 8c per copy Hogansburg n. Y. A Mohawk indians in Northern new York state say there May be an uprising unless their demands Are met for better education for their children and a greater voice in school affairs. About 400 children stayed away from the St. Regis reservations elementary school tuesday and 40 Indian women picketed outside the building to protest overcrowding. Another 250 Indian children failed to attend classes at the Salmon River Central school outside the reservation. Hie Boycott will continue chief John Cook said until the demands Are met. A they teach democratic principles in school but they done to apply them to indians a he said. Sky spy can do Job Washington a an atomic Energy commission scientist says special . Military satellites have proved capable of detecting sneak nuclear tests More than twice the distance of the Sun out into space. Or. . Taschek of Aecus los Alamos . Laboratory reported tuesday the four pairs of Vela satellites Are deployed in widely separated positions about 70,000 Miles above the Earth. Taschek who indicated the society Union May have similar satellites aloft said the . Spacecraft can detect nuclear tests As far As 200 million Miles out in space. He said a fifth pair of Vela satellites is to be launched sometime this year. Senate confirms Washington apr w. Mar Vin Watson White House appoint ments Secretary and a Long time political aide to president John. Son has won unopposed Senate confirmation As postmaster Gen. Eral. Watson a 44.year-old texan Watson for Post succeeds Lawrence f. Of Brien who resigned from the Cabinet to Aid sen. Robert f. Kennedy in his quest for the democratic presidential nomination. The Senate approved John. Songs nomination of Watson tues Day following a hearing by the Post office committee. Laid to Ray Dalton a. Apr James Earl Ray was quoted by a for. Mer fellow inmate tuesday As saying he would be willing to kill or. Martin Luther King or. For a $1 million Bounty. Ray 40, is now sought in con. Section with the april 4 Assassin. Nation of King in Memphis Tenn. Raymond Curtis 40, now in Whitfield county jail Here Dis cussed Ray while awaiting a. Tion on Appeal of a murder con. Fiction. Curtis said the talk about a Bounty on King s life came up while both he and Ray were prisoners at the Missouri state Penitentiary at the time of John f. Kennedy a assassination nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas Tex. No new developments were reported tuesday in the nation wide search for the fugitive. Curtis said he was sent to the Penitentiary to serve a 10-year armed robbery sentence and Ray was there on a 20.year armed robbery term. Prison re cords confirm the two were in. Mates at the same time. Curtis said he saw Ray a almost daily.�?�. After the Kennedy Assassin. Tion Curtis said a new prisoner told that a $1.million Bounty had been put on King by a a Akk businessman a today around the state around the nation around the world twisters rip by the a associated press tornadoes struck Small communities in Kentucky and Ohio tuesday dealing out death end destruction. Twisters hit two towns in Michigan causing pro Perty damage but no fatalities. The death count stood at la with scores injured and hundreds homeless. There were five victims in the Wheelersburg Ohio area four in Falmouth ky., and two near Cincinnati. Property damage was great at Frontier mich., but Only one in jury was reported. A we were going through a taste of death right there a reported Henry dance 77, a fal Mouth resident who was at Home with his wife. A it sounded like a clap of Thunder a he said a and then the roof began to fall. Holding on to each other we fell Down by the divan and part of the floor fell on us. The lord saved us that a a residential area of about six Square blocks bore the Brunt of the storm in Falmouth a Community of 2,600 in Northern Ken Tucky. The business Section of town was largely spared. The twister swirling out of thunderstorms tuesday struck at mid afternoon at Points near the Ohio River. A we saw the funnel coming a reported mrs. William Clinger who works at the Falmouth out look a weekly newspaper. A fall of us ran into the basement. There was a horrible noise like a train coming. Then it mrs. Lewis Mockbee 72, said a it just began to blow then the Hail came breaking out win Dows. I got Down into a Corner and the Mon Bee Home was spared but a garage was destroyed. Falmouth mayor Max Goldberg said about one third of the Small farming Community was destroyed. He said property damage would run Between $2 fills still into 3 states and $3 . Louie b. Nunn of Ken Tucky rushed to the scene of devastation. He said Quick preliminary estimates show that at least 75 Homes a were damaged to the extent of $15,000 the victims were an elderly couple and two Small children. More than too injuries were re ported. At one Point Pendleton county Hospital reported it Han died so Many patients that officials were not even sure of How Many had been admitted. To the East some 125 Miles Wheelersburg reeled under the vicious Eye of another twister. The count of injured stood at 75 while Rescue workers still crawled Over the wreckage of More than 40 Homes searching for other victims. The Tornado Cut a Swath through several subdivisions leveling or damaging houses and business places in its path. Wheelersburg is an unincorporated Community eight Miles East of Portsmouth Ohio. Near Cincinnati tornadoes hit Western Clermont county and then dipped again at Ripley in Brown county. The storm occurred shortly after the twister hit Falmouth 35 Miles South of Tornado destroyed half the Homes by Frontier mich., a Community of 300 five Miles North of the Indiana state line but Only one Peson was reported injured largely because Frontier was almost deserted. The Small town has no schools so its children were educated elsewhere it has almost no jobs to offer so its working adults Are employed elsewhere and by happenstance most of its no employed womenfolk were at a club meeting in a neighbor ing town. In nuclear ban approval seen United nations . Apr the United states and the soviet Union were reported confident today that they would overcome opposition and win the . General Assembly a approval of tile proposed treaty Banning the further spread of nuclear weapons. This word came from in formed quarters As the 123.na-Tion Assembly gathered to re sume its 22nd session which was suspended last december to permit final negotiations on the treaty by the 17-nation Dis armament committee in Geneva. Debate on the so called non proliferation treaty is expected to begin in the Assembly a main political committee Friday after work of the session is organized and Mauritius a former British territory in the Indian Ocean has been admitted to . Membership. Also on the Agenda for the session is the Middle East Situa. Tion and South Africa s refusal to Transfer the administration of South West Africa to the United nations. Soviet and american sources discounted speculation that opponents of the .-soviet draft treaty on nonproliferation might be Able to sidetrack action until the fall session of the Assembly. It was agreed that this idea had eve Congress should Lead War on slum Washington apr sen ate Republican Leader Everett m. Dirksen says Congress should take the Lead in making slums More liable and in pro Viding jobs a for the Young both Black and his Call came As the Southern Christian leadership conference prepared for the poor Peoples Campaign a March on Washington later this Spring aimed at pressuring Congress for Aid to the poor. The plight of the poor and the riots that have often raged in their slums in recent years came up for discussion on Sev eral fronts in Washington tues Day. Dirksen told a news conference he envisions a Pilot pro Gram in which tax credits would be Given Industry for participating in expanded Job training efforts and for hiring workers after they Are trained. Dirksen also expressed agreement with former vice president Richard m. Nixon that a you Promise what you can to Nixon had contended that democratic presidential contenders Robert f. Kennedy and Eugene j. My. Earthy raised false Hopes by discussing massive government attacks on slum problems. A Union Leader declared negroes needing better jobs and schools wont Settle for speeches and promises of a Jazzy a we Are not going to be Able to placate them with playgrounds and swimming pools a president Joseph a. Beirne of the communications workers told several Hundred a Al Cio Community service workers. The poor people s Campaign scheduled for late May was the last project of or. Martin Luther King whose assassination april 4 in Memphis Tenn., ignited a wave of slum violence in several cities. Nearly 75,000 army and National guard troops were called to help quell the disorders and president Johnson noted not a single death was caused by the military forces. Substantial backing but neither of the big Powers seemed in the mood for yielding. Moscow and Washington also appeared to be firm against any major amendments to the draft they worked out privately. The Outlook was that the draft probably would be approved by the Assembly after a Long de. Bate and that by the end of May it would be submitted to governments for ratification. The United states the soviet Union and Britain have agreed that if the treaty is adopted they will give guarantees to non nuclear countries that they will come to their Aid in the event of a nuclear attack. Hanoi intent on talk site puzzles lbs Washington apr presi Dent Johnson has told diplomats the United states is in frequent touch with North Vietnam on the subject of choosing the site for a Vietnam peace talk. Johnson said he and his advisers do not know whether the North vietnamese leadership is seriously interested in solving the site problem or whether it has some other purpose in mind. Some officials have Sug. Tested Hanoi May be mainly making propaganda. Johnson discussed the Situa Tion As he sees it in an informal talk with diplomats and others at a White House reception tuesday night. Various versions of what he said were reported. A we Are in Contact with them a he was quoted As having said. A we spoke to them yester Day and today and we will be in Contact with them tomorrow. We Don t know whether its a plot or diplomatic authorities con firmed today the sense of what Johnson was saying without stating his views in precise and quotable language. The president s Points they said Are that the . Govern ment is working persistently to try to solve the site problem. Johnson and his advisers do not know whether the North Viet namese Are serious about solv. Ing it but they will find out. Diplomatic contacts Are re ported to have occurred in Vien Tiane Laos where . Ambas Sador William Sullivan has been in direct touch with North Viet namese ambassador to Van Hein repeatedly since Early this month. The Exchange began after Johnson limited the bombing of North Vietnam on March 31 and called for talks on ending the War. The Washington Post in its account quoted Johnson As say. Ing a we talked today and we talked yesterday. There Are some who think that if they were serious they would t have suggested Warsaw As a site for the initial peace talks. The Post it in reporting John son said he Wasny to positive the. There North Vietnam wanted talks said the president then shrug ged a was if he did no to know whether or not to the United states has rejected phenom penh because Washington does no to have diplomatic relations with Cambodia. And it has ruled out Warsaw because the communist nation has aided North Vietnam. Today a chuckle a Bikini is a suit used More for Hunting than for swimming. On Active War duty Saigon apr no fills flew against North Vietnam tuesday but a . Military spokesman in Saigon implied to night that the $6-million, swing Wing fighter bomber has not been grounded again after its third crash in a month. A there has been no change in the status of the fill a said the spokesman after a Day of run. Mors and inquiries. He would not elaborate. In Washington the Pentagon refused to comment and said any information would have to come from Saigon. There was no indication whether any fills were used in the raids on North Vietnam to Day. Normally reports on the Days air operations would not be Given until thursday. The third fill lost on Viet duty disappeared monday night and North Vietnam claimed today its forces had shot Down the plane Over Quan Binh the province just North of the demilitarized zone. It said nothing about the two crewmen. The . Command said the plane was believed to have crashed in Thailand but it gave no further information on the plane or the Fate of the Crew. The North vietnamese also claimed to have shot Down the fills which were lost March 28 and March 30. . Officers believe the first plane crashed in a Remote area of Thailand or Laos and the wreckage of the second was found in Northern Thailand. Its crash was attribute. De to a capsule of sealing mate rial mistakenly left by mechanics that became lodged in the flight controls. The two Crew members bailed out and were rescued. Six fills arrived at to Kali air base in Thailand March 17 and went into combat March 25. They were grounded for la Days after the crash March 30 and have flown combat missions on about 17 Days in All. Two Addi. Tonal fills were brought into replace the first two losses. King Bounty discussion Clearing roughriders Clear a Road in South Vietnam. Sgt. Leoncio Quiles of puerto Rico mans an m-6.0 machine gun for a the Road reconnaissance platoon. Teaches College at 15 Miami Fla. A Edith Stern who entered College at the age of 13, has been accepted As a math instructor at Michigan state University. She now is 15. The teen Ager who has been called Genius since the age of two chose a graduate assistant ship in the math department at Michigan state Over offers from a six or seven other very Fine schools a said her father Aaron. Edith graduates from Florida Atlantic University in August celebrates her 16th birthday a few Days later and then Heads for East Lansing in september. According to the University Edith will deliver two hour algebra lectures twice a week act As consultant to students and Grade tests in addition to taking three graduate courses. A i Hope i la be Able to finish up on my pm. D. In two years a she said. Mccarthy easy Winner Philadelphia apr sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy alone on Pennsylvan. Ian a presidential preference ballot was an easy Winner in tuesdays primary Over democratic rivals whose names had to be written in by the voters. Only about one third of the 5.2 million eligible voters went to the polls. My earthy racked up a io.to-1 Edge his chief announced rival sen. F. Kennedy of new York and he 12.to.i Over vice president Hubert h. Humphrey who had not announced h candidacy. In write ins on the Republic. Can Side Richard m. Nixon forged nearly 3-to-l ahead of gov. Nelson b. Rockefeller of new York. Only Mccar thy and Kennedy did any Active campaigning for the primary. Senator Mccarthy Travia wants rate change . A Assembly speaker Anthony j. Travia says he wants a vote on a Bill that womb permit higher interest rates for Bank Loans. The democratic Leader said tuesday he wanted the Bill to be reported from committee. He was undecided about the proposal he said but added that a there Are Many valid arguments for Travia Heads the powerful rules committee which has custody of the legislation. The Bill drafted by state banking supt. Frank Wille would empower the state banking Board to set a maximum interest rate that would be no lower than five per cent and no higher than eight per cent for Loans to individuals principally prospective Home current statutory limit is 6%. Development Boss picked Albany . Apr gov. Rockefeller was reported today to have asked Edward legue a Boston lawyer and Urban renewal expert to become Boss of the Agency creat. De to help revitalize new York state s decaying slum areas. Reliable govern ment sources said that Logue former head of the Boston redevelopment Agency was leaning toward acceptance of the governors offer to become chairman of the Board of the Urban develop ment corporation. Logue who appeared with the Republican governor last february 27 at an Albany news Confer once on the massive plan was not Avail Able for comment. According to the sources Here the governor has invited the 48-year-old Yale graduate and world War ii air corps Bombardier to head the powerful Board of the Sqq a Roc it Feller corporation and two Allied agencies. May go on Warpath undeclared huh tries for farm labor backing Washington apr vice president Hubert h. Humphrey is trying in his stil unannounced bid for the democratic presidential nomination to forge on a National scale the kind of far in labor coalition be helped create n Minnesota. To the Surprise of no one Secretary of agriculture Orville l. Freeman came out for Humphrey tuesday. He said he had told president Johnson in Advance of his intentions and added that he thinks Johnson is going to remain Neutral. Humphrey who has made it Clear he will run on the administrations record already has the backing of a Al Cio president George Meany. Humphrey and Freeman once a political protege of the vice president and sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy a candidate for the presidential nomination All worked together to build the Democrat Farmer labor party of Minnesota out of the wreckage of what had been the regular democratic organization. In other political developments a Mccarthy alone on Penn Sylvania a presidential primary ballot out polled write in sen. Robert f. Kennedy to to i and vice president Hubert h. Humphrey even More. On the Republican Side Richard m. Nixon out polled new York gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller 3 to i both with write in votes. The unofficial count democrats 5,337 of 9,460 precincts a Mccarthy 219,802, Kennedy 22,848, Humphrey 18,040, president Johnson 6,557, former Alabama gov. George Wallace 6,574 republicans 5,115 precincts a Nixon 49,689, Rockefeller 18,589, California gov. Ron Ald Reagan 2,631, Wallace. 2,428, Johnson 699, Pennsylvania gov. Raymond p. Shafer 365. A Nixon carried his Campaign to Oregon today still not know ing whether he will have an Active opponent in the May 28 primary there. Reagan is on the ballot but his Oregon manager says there is no indication whether Reagan will Campaign. A Kennedy pledging a a in a going to help the elderly a told a Huntington ind., audience minimum social Security payments should be $150 for couples and $100 for individuals. A Mccarthy said in new York that defense Secretary Clark m. Cliffords statement the South vietnamese will assume More of the fighting a does no to seem to Square with the announcement that we Are sending in More troops and calling up More while Freeman a support provides Humphrey an official linkage of sorts for a National Farmer labor coalition the political value of the Secretary a backing remains to be demonstrated. Farmers have a Way of blaming secretaries of agriculture for Low prices on their products and High prices on what they buy. Along with Freeman into the Humphrey Camp went asst. Secretary of agriculture John a. Baker a former official of the National Farmers Union. The vote of the Farmers and the Small town residents they help support could be valuable to Humphrey in his efforts to gather convention delegates in the midlands. The vice president recognizes that he needs help in that area As Well As from the unions in the big Industrial states and from party regulars in the South to offset the strength that Kennedy confidently expects to gain air in the pipes is easier said than done As actor Robert Morley found when he tried to play the bagpipes during a Celebration in Dublin Ireland. A nothing to it a he said until he took hold of the mouthpiece

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