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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - April 30, 1968, Norwich, New York The e vening Chenango county s daily newspaper vol. 73, no. 32 tuesday april 30, 1963 Norwich . 13815 tuesday april 30, 1968 the evening Sun 3 Wood to take part it spoke Competition District 111 of division in mondays of each month includes chapters in new Ber in Norwich Oneida Minoa through the Courtesy of the Hitt Penango. Cazenovia Canas new Berlin masons the and Bridgeport. Cees have obtained use of the tile local Jaycees chapter masonic Lodge on North main . Embassy reports it ets on the second and last Street As a meeting Roll announced red forces executed 1,000 South new Berlin state nation work illness closes air Academy air Force Academy Colo a classes at the air Force Academy and adjacent Public schools were closed today because of a Swift striking illness that has hospitalized 99 cadets since sunday. More than goo cadets most complaining of sore throats began reporting to Academy physicians sunday morning. Classes were suspended monday and were to resume today until another wave of illness struck monday night. In a five hour period 22 new cases required hospitalization. Some of the cadets were suffering from diarrhoea vomiting and fever. A the organisms causing the epidemic among cadets tentatively have been identified As a Strain of streptococcus a col. Harry Green Academy Hospital director said. A team of experts from the . Public health service National com nuni Cable disease Center at fort Collins colo., was called in to help identify the ailment. The cadets were treated with antibiotics and ordered to rest in bed. Some received intravenous injections to restore their fluid balance. Emergency cots were arranged in the Academy gymnasium after Hospital facilities were overtaxed. Eisenhower hospitalized cities seek state help . A tile mayors of the states six largest cities have appealed to gov. Rockefeller and legislative leaders to provide what one of them said was the Revenue needed for a the unfinished business of this a we Are hard pressed for operating revenues our expenses increase and our Revenue systems do not expand a mayor John v. Lindsay of new York said at a news conference after mondays meeting. Mayor Frank a. Sedita of Buffalo said that As a result of the meeting he was a confident that something will be done for the Large the governor and lawmakers were a a sympathetic to the need for funds to raise salaries of municipal employees Sedita said. Mayor William f. Walsh of Syracuse sounded a note of urgency. A i personally fear much More the Lack of funds for my City than i do the possibility of any civil disorder a Walsh said. A a Lack of funds can be More disruptive than anything Frk state win vowed Albany . A John j. Burns democratic state chairman says . Sen. Robert f. Kennedy will win a a major share of the 123 new York delegates to the democratic National convention to be elected in the june 18 primary. He did not say what that share would be but he told newsmen monday there would be Strong opposition from backers of vice president Hubert h. Humphrey and sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy. The state will sent 190 delegates to the convention. Of these 123 will be elected in the june 18 primary 65 at Large delegates will be chosen by the state committee after the primary and the other two seats will be filled by the states two National committee members. In previous years there have been Only isolated Battles for control of the states elected delegates to the convention. In a news conference Burns said he expected Mccarthy backers to enter the race in at least 38 districts. He predicted Humphrey supporters would be entered in at least 25 districts. May 14 is the final Day for filing in the primary elections. Humphrey avoiding proxies Washington a vice president Hubert h. Humphrey too late a democratic presidential contender to get on californians june 4 primary ballot is moving to insure no proxy slate carries his name to possible defeat. Humphrey is discouraging any move by an uncommitted delegation first organized to Back president Johnson to pledge itself to the vice president in the Golden state Runoff. State atty. Gen. Thomas c. Lynch has said in los Angeles that the onetime pro Johnson slate will meet soon to caucus on its presidential preference. While More than three fourths of the individuals on the Lynch slate Are reported to favor Humphrey the vice president and his strategists Are struggling to avoid any Public endorsement of him. Their reasoning is that the slate stand an equal Chance of winning the slates 174 delegates with the names of Sens. Robert f. Kennedy d ., and Eugene j. Mccarthy d minn., on the ballot and Humphreys absent. Because his formal entry into the race last saturday was delayed until it was too late to get his name on any ballot Humphrey plans whenever possible to avoid appearances in primary states until after the voting is Over. Kenner Saigon apr communist forces executed More than 1,000 persons during the february offensive in Hue the . Embassy reported today. The embassy made its atrocity charge As the . Command reported hard fighting around Hue the former Imperial capital and . B52 bombers extended their raids into Laos to protect american troops sweeping the a Shau Valley Gateway to the Northern City. The embassy said its report was based on information from Allied sources and the South vietnamese National police. It said the victims were found in 19 separate mass Graves. A a Many had been shot some beheaded a the report said. A a number of bodies showed signs of mutilation. Most were found with hands bound behind their backs. A evidence also was discovered of victims having been clubbed unconscious prior to being buried a victims included father Urbain 52, and father Guy 48, French priests from the nearby Benedictine Mission at Thien an a the report said. A father Urbain was bound hand and foot and buried alive with to others. Father Guy was forced to Kneel and shot through the one Buddhist Monk told investigators there had been nightly executions during the comm City Viet after nist occupation of the which . And South Jainese forces retook weeks of hard fighting. Across South Vietnam from Hue americans biggest bomber attacked North vietnamese troop concentrations in Laos monday and today military sources said. Their was to scatter Siz Abu enemy forces reported just across the Border from the a Shau Valley the major North vietnamese staging base in the Northern part of South Vietnam where Allied intelligence officers believe the enemy has been readying a new attack on Hue and other cities in the Northern provinces. Thousands of . Air cavalrymen have set up fire support stations in the 25-mile-Long Valley and Are sweeping through it destroying enemy bases and communications. The . Command would not comment on the reported b52 raids on Laos its customary policy toward . Operations in that supposedly Neutral country. But . Communiques reported Only three b52 raids against enemy positions in South Vietnam monday and today a Sharp reduction from the average of 10 a Day the bombers had been flying previously. The Allied expectations of new attacks on Hue were heightened by three Sharp actions monday new Berlin a third or Roll students at train Central school a ted by the Princi a sters. In which . Marines and South vietnamese infantrymen smashed three enemy forces menacing the old Imperial City As Well As a vital Allied Supply line in the Northern provinces. The allies reported a total of 378 enemy troops killed and Light casualties of their own in the three Battles near the old Imperial capital and along the main Highway running North to the outposts below the demilitarized zone. The . Command s Security restrictions continued to prevent publication of any information on the past weeks developments in the invasion of the a Shau Valley Southwest of Hue. But the command did announce Grade five High Honor William Fredrickson Sherry Nel kick White Kern Walling but v Carol by 174 North vietnamese had killed in the operations three Days april 19-21. . Casualties in that period were 19 killed and 135 wounded the command said. The americans also reported capturing six suspects 246 individual weapons and to Crew served weapons in the Valley the main infiltration and Supply route to the estimated 15 to 20 North vietnamese battalions around Hue. In air strikes monday. Air Force f105 Thunder chiefs and f4 phantoms blasted communication and military storage area in the Southern Panhandle of North Vietnam. Rockefeller makes it contest for gof nod makes it a race governor Nelson Roc be Eli. R Tofu declared tit candidacy for the Repuya an preside a nomination in aking it a two Way race with former vice president Richard m. Nixon right. Today a press conference was a switch from Mirch 21 when the governor surprised the nation by saying he Only would accept a draft. Police oust Columbia students ending sit in new York apr police moved in Force onto the Columbia University Campus at the administrations request Early today and systematically removed rebellious student demonstrators from five Campus buildings to end a week Long sit in. In a coordinated Effort which began about 2 45 . Police cleared the five buildings in about 75 minutes. Some of the demonstrators were wounded most Cut around the head and face. Police reported 410 persons arrested 75 of them women. During the police sweep a crowd of nearly 2,000 persons gathered on the Ivy league Campus overlooking Harlem. The bystanders clashed with police after the last of the demonstrators had been taken away. Police used nightsticks freely clergy Call Cor strike settlement area clergymen Are urging settlement of the 15 week old work stoppage at the Norwich Pha Macal company. In a statement resulting from meetings this month with both Union and management negotiating teams the ministerial group said a your Community contains efficient Union leadership and efficient management leadership. And men who Are potentially Industrial a now is the time for them to exercise their a we remind both parties that the real end of their negotiations is not to demean or weaken the other Side but to discover a settlement that is just sound and beneficial to a that discovery is the Only a Victory to be had in this dispute and it will reflect credit equally to both Union and company when it a we ask. That it not be Long in tile entire statement signed by 18 area clergymen appears in an advertisement on Page 3. In breaking up the Large crowd and moving it off Campus. Mounted police Rode into the surging mass. Dan Pellegrin president of the student Council announced to a crowd near the Library that he was calling a student strike starting today. There was no immediate announcement on when classes would resume. Police commissioner Howard r. Leary told newsmen the University had asked police to Nob Slize about Midnight. He he had witnessed the eviction per at Ion and added the police had done a an excellent by 5 30 . The Large crowd had broken up and students stood around in Small clusters discussing the nights activities. At one Point Many on the Campus chanted a Kirk must go must go referring to uni Kirk varsity president Grayson Kirk. Earlier Kirk had offered a four Point proposal to resolve the deadlock saying he would accept a student faculty administration committee to act As a court of appeals for any punishment meted out to the protest ers. The sit in by 500 to600demonstrators began in protest Over construction of a controversial gymnasium in a nearby Harlem Park and Over the University a ties with the government related Institute for defense analysis. Mark Rudd chairman of the Columbia students for a democratic society and a Leader of the protest said the demonstrators remained firm in their demand for amnesty As a pre requisite to negotiations. Albany . Apr gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller declared himself an Active candidate for the Republican presidential nomination today saying he did so to a give our party a Choice of candidates and of a i have become convinced that the party wishes to have such a Choice a Rockefeller said in arraying himself openly against the White House bid of Richard m. Nixon. Tile 59-year-old governor thus abandoned the a a available a it of tui he had taken Only 40 Days ago and plunged directly into an All out contest for his party a nomination. He revealed his switch in strategy in a Telegram to a group of supporters in Vermont. It became kno n shortly before Rockefeller j was too of Hoford nationally televised news conference to Tell his new political plans. Rockefeller said he would a Campaign As vigorously As i know How on the grave issues facing our and he said he would present his candidacy a within a framework of party this statement indicated what Rockefeller intimates had said before his formal announcement a that he would accentuate the positive aspects of his own credentials and avoid criticism of Nixson his Only major rival for the nomination sen. Mark o. Hatfield r-ore., reported monday night that he had received confirmation of the candidacy. He added that Rockefeller should a speak out on the associates guaranteed there would be no surprises such As that on March 21, when Rockefeller was expected to announce his candidacy but instead said Only that he would accept a draft. Rockefeller intimates said the governor was surprised that his March demurrer was taken so literally a that lie really wants the nomination and now Means to go after it with full vigor. While Rockefeller aides sought to preserve an illusion of suspense in today a activities the stage was set carefully for a formal declaration of candidacy. Privately they conceded there could be no other reason for encouraging National political reporters and the major television networks to journey to this old dutch settlement on the Hudson River other than to hear another governor of new York throw his hat into the presidential ring. Such recent predecessors As Democrat Averell Harriman Republican Thomas e. Dewey and Democrat Franklin i. Roosevelt travelled the same route with varying degrees of Success. Other signs of Rockefeller a intentions were revealed in the disclosure that a variety of nationally known Republican leaders were invited to the capital to lend the approval of their pres Picc to he proceeding. Among them were . Sen. Thruston b. Morton of Ken Tucky former . Rep. William e. Miller the Gopas 1964 Vic presidential candidate and . Sen. Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania. All Are former Republican National chairmen. Miller and Morton went on tour across the nation last week to drum up support for a Rockefeller candidacy. They reported their findings to Rockefeller Over the weekend and urged him to plunge into the race. Today a announcement was timed also to coincide with the governors first major ventures on the National speech making circuit. He is to go to Philadelphia on wednesday to deliver a major foreign policy address in which he plans to outline his Long awaited views on the Vietnam War. The following Day. He will Fly to Cedar rapids Iowa. Reportedly to press his Case for the presidential nomination with the states prospective delegates to the Republican nominating convention Rockefeller men said the governor earnestly had hoped that a genuine draft movement would develop but decided after president Johnson withdrew that the presidential race had become wide open and that he should take matters directly into his own hands. Aides confident of site Accord As much As $316 a gun m16 demand Cost Washington apr the army suddenly under High level pressure to increase sharply the flow of Mic rifles to South vietnamese troops is paying Premium prices for the lightweight. Rapid firing weapon. Until april 12, Colt industries inc., was the Only manufacturer of m16s. Colts Price has averaged $104 a Rifle on recent contracts. It is costing the army far More than that up to $316 per Rifle to bring two More firms into production of mi6s. A we Are paying a Premium to get the Quantity and Quality we want a an army source said. The pressure to Speed procurement of m16s resulted from the decision announced March 3 i by president Johnson to turn Over More of the fighting to the South vietnamese. Before that decision few South vietnamese units had ml6s despite defense depart ment studies that called the Rifle the Best All around shoulder weapon in Vietnam a and despite repeated requests from american Field commanders that the guns be supplied to the vietnamese. The two new Mic sources Are Harrington amp Richardson of Worcester mass., and general motors Hydra Matic division at Ypsilanti Mich. Each firm received a two year contract calling for production of 60,000 rifles the first year and 180,000 the second. Harrington amp Richardson will receive $15 million the first year for a to the government of $250 a Rifle. The second year the firm will receive >27 million or $150arifle. Government costs under the contract awarded to general motors Are higher $316 a Rifle the first year $200 in second. The difference Between the two on Ca o co ugly Swift Challenge from sen George s. Mcgovern d-s.d., who told the Senate the awards serve a was a painful question of the Pentagon a ability to handle the taxpayers Money the army responded by pointing to differences in wage Scales Between Detroit and Worcester. Labor department figures show the average manufacturing Empl be in Detroit in february 1968 received $167.74 a week. The figure for Worcester was $118.89 pm and Harrington amp Richardson were among four firms with which the army negotiated after it bought the manufacturing rights for $4.5 million from Colt. The prices include the expenses of tooling up to produce a new product. Weather showers continuing into tonight Low temperatures in upper 30s and Low 40s. Partial Clearing Windy and cooler wednesday temperatures in the upper 40s and Low 50s. Washington apr . Officials voice Confidence that agreement will be reached with North Vietnam on where to talk peace but Hanoi says Washington dreamed up a Story about preliminary contacts in Laos. State department press officer Robert j. Mccloskey said monday there were two diplomatic exchanges in three Days last weekend Between . And North vietnamese representatives in Vientiane Laos adding no agreement was reached on a peace talk site. But the North vietnamese foreign ministry said the United states a cooked up the Story about a private discussions being continued in Vientiane a and renewed its charge the Johnson administration is delaying preliminary contacts with a artful Hanoi a official Vietnam news Agency in a broadcast monitored in Tokyo said the Story about Vientiane talks came from assistant Secretary of state William p. Bundy and was fabricated a to soothe Strong Public obloquy against the obduracy of the . but despite that reaction from the communist capital Diplo Matic sources said they Are encouraged by what they called the quickening Pace of exchanges in Vientiane Between . Ambassador William Sullivan and North Vietnam a charge d affaires. Nguyen Chan. These sources said the Sulli Van Chan meetings would con. Tine adding that Vientiane is now the main Contact Point for Washington and Hanoi. The two sides have rejected numerous suggestions for where to hold the peace talks with diplomatic speculation entered on Paris As the eventual site. Sen. Vance Hartke d-ind., a critic of . Polic y in Vietnam said today a War Hawks Are in charge at the White House and state department and Are de laying preliminary peace talks. Referring to Secretary of state Dean Rusk Hartke said the crucial Issue is whether he a will manage to place enough roadblocks in the Way to derail the Peac e talks a the War Hawks at state and in the White House Are still in charge despite the presidents announcement that we would meet with Hanoi anyplace and anytime a Hartke said in prepared remarks at fort Wayne id. He called the arguments Over a site for talks a diplomatic kidnapped she a Back Home of Martinez Calif. Apr the kidnapping of the wife of a san Francisco East Bay wealthy food Chain owner and her release unharmed in san Francisco was revealed by authorities monday. They said $250,000 was demanded As her Ransom but re. Fused to say whether the Money actually was delivered before one was released unharmed in Golden Gate Park Friday night. Mrs. Margaret Edith Louis 61, said she was not mistreated arid was fed Well during a three Day Captivity. She told of. Flyers she did not known where she was held. District attorney John need. By of Contra Costa county said the Story was not released sooner because it was hoped the kid. Nap Case would turn out better without publicity. Her husband t. E. Louis head of Louis stores found her missing last tuesday when he returned Home and discovered a Ransom note demanding $250,000 with instructions How to make the drop. Today s Chuckie doctors report that cheer a Ful people resist disease a better than Grumpy people. In other words a the surly Bird catches the today around the around the around the March air Force base Calif. A former president Dwight d. Eisenhower suffering a some Chest discomfort a was flown to the March air Force base Hospital monday night for treatment. A we Are not calling this a heart attack a his military aide said tin 77 year old general played Golf monday at Palm Springs near his Winter Home but a Short time later called in his personal physician. The temperature at Palm Beach reached too during the Day. Several hours later two army helicopters landed on Fairway la in front of Eisenhower a Home on the Eldorado country club course in Palm desert near Palm Springs. Twenty minutes later Eisenhower was being carried into the Hospital on a Stretcher. His aide Brig. Gen. Robert Schulz issued this statement later a some c Hest discomfort was noted earlier former president today. Die doctors All feel it Best for a Eisenhower period of medical observation and bed a source close to Eisenhower said the former president had been a pretty Busy the last couple of Days and he apparently overextended himself. The activity and the heat seemed to have tired him

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