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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - August 1, 1968, Norwich, New York Theun vol. 78, no. 87 thursday August i 1968 Norwich new York 13815 to per copy lbs major red attack expected Washington apr president Johnson says the nation can expect a massive attack by the enemy in Vietnam and possible a dire economic consequences at Home Oer a steel Price boost. The president says he is discouraged Over the infiltration and troop buildup by North Vietnam in the South and Lack of response. So far. To the . Bombing restraint. But. He expressed Hope the enemy will match the restraint and that the attack which he said appears imminent against major South vietnamese cities a could be he cautioned Hanoi that the . Right have to act promptly with additional military measures if they a put our men in calling an Impromptu news conference in the Cabinet room of the White House late wednesday afternoon the president issued a blast at Bethlehem steel corp. For its announced 5 per cent across the Board Price increase effective aug. 8, the first such Blanket Price hike in the Industry since president John f. Kennedy a confrontation with the steel titans in 1962. Pointing to the possible inflationary consequences from pric ing decision he said could affect the entire Economy Johnson declared a inflation for steel is inflation for the Johnson said he hoped other steel companies a will not join this Par add and that Comotti Tive factors would then a bring about a readjustment on the action the Bethlehem company has the Price boost cam0 before representatives of Industry and the United steelworkers Union could sign a new labor contract expected to raise wages and fringe benefits by at least six per cent a year Over the next three years. Johnson called the settlement High. Pointing to a 41 per cent first half increase in profits for the no. 2 steel maker. Johnson said a the Public interest Mast be recognized by the entire Industry in its Price decisions at this critical the 42-minute Oss Ion with re porters longer than usual covered Only a few topics. The president it my entreated on Vietnam and the Economy. But he also Spok it out publicly for the first time and at length a on his controversial Nom nations of Abe Fortas to be chief Justice and Horn r Thornberry As an associate Justice of the supreme court. Johnson said he thought he promoted a two Good men both judged highly qualified by the american bar association. A i have no doubt but what a very substantial majority in the Senate believes them he added. Johnson had an answer for a group of Senate republicans who oppose the appointments by Johnson because it is an election year and he is they say a lamp Duck president. He said he did no to believe Many senators wanted him to withhold supreme court Nomi nations six of a even months a for that i should play that i was not president for the remainder of his term. Quot some men who said they will vote against them believe they Are qualified and said they would vote for them next january if another president Nam a Johnson stated. Johnson also discussed the status of current preliminary peace talks in pans and efforts toward a missile disarm in int conference with the soviet Union. On Paris he said a we continue to Hope for the Johnson said he had de escalated tile bombing of North Vietnam and lie wanted to give the other Side All the time necessary to consider a response. But he went on a i cannot order the cessation of further Ani. Lateral acts of bombing of the infiltration routes. I just cannot step aside and leave our men in the lurch. A we ar1 prepared to halt the bombing when we feel confident that the halt in tin bombing will not Lead to the loss of heavy american and Allied casualties. More than that i cannot do and More than that you should not have me Norwich flight is first to pay Landing fee hike by Casey Jones a group of Norwich residents had the Quot very dubious Honor this morning of being the first to pay an increased Landing fee for private aircraft at Laguardia Airport in new York City. The five fold h be at Kerned la guard a and Newark airports went into effect today in an attempt to relieve air congestion at the City a major terminals much to the Chagrin of Paul Enggaard general manager and chief Pilot at mid state aviation and other area air taxi operators. Enggaard said one of the company a planes piloted by Robert Mason arrived at the Airfield about 805 . To drop off and pick up several passengers. The increased fee from $5 to $25 per Landing is effective from 8 to to . Monday through Friday and 3 to 8 . Every Day. Authorities said about 75 per cent of mid states traffic through the airports is during the Peak hours. The Pilot said the Cost would have to be passed on to the passengers until it is determined whether the fees will remain in effect. He said the Airport office is notifying anyone requesting flight information the extra fes will be in effect if they want to land at the Airport during the Peak hours. The aircraft owners and pilots association was turned Down wednesday in its Effort to get a temporary injunction in Brooklyn Federal District court restraining the port of new York authority from raising the fee. The 145,000 member association however was granted an order to have the Airport governing body show cause next wednesday Why the fee should be increased. The organization asserted the increased fees a Are discriminatory will not be imposed on All users and Are not necessary for the Safe and efficient operation of the three the port authority said private aircraft composes about a third of the traffic at Laguardia and Newark and 15 per cent at Kennedy. Enggaard said he and about a dozen other scheduled and non scheduled air taxi operators from upstate new York new England new Jersey and Connecticut met with port authority officials earlier this week. Purpose of the session he said was to bring across the Point to the port authority that about 50 per cent of the traffic created by the Small crafts Are for connections with regularly scheduled airline flights. Port authority officials had suggested Small planes use Teterboro Airport in new Jersey but had no solution As to How people would catch airline flights. The mid state official who is also the company a Secretary treasurer said he Felt the increase is a very discriminatory especially to upstate residents and he said he did no to see How the increase will solve the problem of congestion at the airports which he declared is caused by airlines Over scheduling flights during a a a War in the passenger Market. He charged airlines Are operating More flights than needed at 30 per cent capacity in an attempt to pull passengers away from competitors. The airline companies Are a a not utilizing equipment a he said As they Jam the airways Between Washington and new York and Boston and new York. They Are also competing heavily for the Chicago shuttle service he said. A general aviation has become the Brunt or Scapegoat for the problem a Enggaard declared. He said the port authority admitted to pilots at this weeks meeting that Federal regulations May have to be sought to limit the scheduling of flights to the number actually needed. Mid state planes have also been delayed up to an hour and 20 minutes in Landing at metropolitan airports during recent weeks. In addition to the congestion the professional Airway traffic controllers have also kept Airport traffic from moving quickly. In an Effort to show the need for More personnel and equipment the workers decided to direct traffic a by the books instead of cutting the Corners which had kept traffic flowing smoother. Bishops Back Rome encyclical Washington apr . Catholic Bishops saying that a struggling to live out the will of god will often entail sacrifices have called on american catholics to be guided by Pope Paul via a encyclical on birth control. A we unite with him a they said in a statement wednesday a in calling upon our priests and people to receive with sincerity what he has taught to study it weather partial Clearing and cooler. Gear Cool tonight lows in Middle 50s. Friday mostly Cunov and Cool. Pc ambush unit troops bolstered Convell lion Gavel men having official roles at re pub. Lican National convention in Miami Fla., Are from left rep. Gerald Ford Perman eat chairman senator Edward Brooke temporary chairman senator Everett Dirksen platform chairman and gov. Daniel Evans of Washington Keynoter. Poll boosts Rockefeller drive to keep favorite sons in line Miami Beach Fla. Apr buoyed by a favourable National poll backers of gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller claimed Progress today in their Battle to hold a. Verite sons in line against any Early ballot decisions on the presidential nomination at next weeks Gap convention. A Louis Harris poll that showed the new York governor could defeat the leading democratic contenders and that Rich Ard m. Nixon would lose to them gave the Rockefeller Camp new ammunition in its Effort to Ward off a possible convention Blitz attempt by the former vice president. In this connection one of Rockefeller s strategists reported that gov. James a. Rhodes of Ohio had made a commit ment to hold his 58-vote state delegation intact behind his a. Verite son candidacy through the first two ballots. Supporters of Nixon scoffed at this claim. They noted that Rhodes has said his course will be determined by a state caucus before the convention opens monday. They said they have what they called reliable Indica. Tons that Rhodes prefers Nixon. The Rockefeller stalwarts got cheering news in the Harris sur vey to bolster their efforts to mitigate effects of a Gallup poll which indicated Nixon could de feat the leading democratic contenders in november while their candidate would run Only about even with them. Harris reported his Survey showed that the new York governor leads both vice president Hubert h. Humphrey and sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy d minn., while Nixon trails both democrats. Harris said in a copyright Story in the Washington Post that his count which he said was concluded monday gives Rockefeller a six Point advantage Over the democratic contenders while Nixon lags five Points behind Humphrey and eight be Hind Mccarthy. The Post said Harris and George Gallup agreed the difference Between their findings stemmed from the time lapse Between the july 20-23 test by Gallup and the july 25-29 nose count by Harris. In the Harris poll former gov. George c. Wallace of Ala Bania continued to hold 15 to 20 per cent of the vote nationally. Herbert g. Klein Nixon a press director was Quick to question the accuracy of the Harris poll. Klein said in a statement that Harris has said Attiat John f. Cop Plank to Call for smaller War role Miami Beach Fla. Apr the Republican platform will Call for a smaller . Role in the Vietnam War but will say american forces should not be pulled out without a satisfactory settlement. It will Bear Down hard on crime in the streets and organized underworld activity insist ing on More leeway for enforcement methods. It will Call for new approaches to the problems of poverty and deteriorating City life with heavy emphasis on promoting ownership of Homes and Busi Nesses giving private Industry incentives to train and employ ghetto dwellers and streamlining government programs. It will deplore unbalanced budgets and inflation holding out Hope of future tax cuts. These were among the Clear indications of the mood of Hie Republican platform committee which winds up its hearings today and begins writing the document the gop presidential candidate will take to the voters in november. A onetime major figure in this year s nomination race gov. George Romney of Michigan offered recommendations for tile platform ranging from a Vietnam policy to revision of labor Laws. Romney called in prepared testimony for a declaration of conscience pledging action at every level in behalf of a tile Legal and moral Equality of he advocated a Large scale Al fort to create jobs in the Central cities by modifying apprentice ship and licensing require ments setting up private Urban corporations establishing Extension services to guide City dwellers somewhat in the Way tile agricultural Extension service has helped Farmers and backing self generated business enterprises with a National business development Bank. Romney said outdated labor Laws a which feed the growth and concentration of excessive collective bargaining Power in the hands of excessively Power fill economic groups must be changed. National emergency strikes should be prevented he added. Kennedy would carry Ohio in 1960, and Nixon carried it. He said that in 1964 Harris had predicted that Rockefeller would lose in the Oregon primary and win in California when the opposite was True. He said Harris had said on a television program that tile late sen. Robert f. Kennedy a popu Larty was declining in Califon Ilia this year just before Kennedy got the highest vote any democratic presidential Candi Date had Ever received in that state s democratic primary. A if gov. Rockefeller a leaders really believe the Harris poll their memories must be Short a Klein said. The effect of Harris a poll was to give the Rockefeller Camp an offset to the Gallup Wallop. Both sides had a favourable poll to quote and who could say what shifts there might be in sentiment before next wednesday s convention voting at Titis Point favorite sons from Alaska California a Wail Kansas Maryland Michigan new Jersey and Ohio Are presumed to control 288 of the 667 votes needed for the Nomina. Hon. To prevent Nixon from winning the prize on the first Roll Call or on the second Rockefeller scamp must prevent the bulk of these from jumping on any Nixon bandwagon. There has been no cohesion among the favorite sons and gov. Ronald Reagan heading californians 86-vote delegation with Public commitments of 86 votes in other ares spurned any coalition. Both the Nixon and Rockefeller forces recognize Reagan As a full fledged if unannounced contender for the top Nomina. Tion. Saigon apr Ari enemy Force inflicted heavy casualties of 16 killed and 39 wounded on two companies of South Vietnam use irregulars led by . Green Beret men Iii a Battle close to the cambodian Border. The Saigon government reported today. South vietnamese Headquarters said Only four enemy bodies were found after the hard Battle wednesday 65 in i is Northwest of Saigon on one of the enemy routes from the cambodian Bor Der to the capital. All the casualties Iii the gov emment Force apparently were vietnamese irregulars. There was no report of any among the . Special forces men who train and Lead the irregulars. Initial reports indicated the government Force was ambushed Aith o u g ii military spokesmen did not say so. They said two companies of irregulars perhaps 200 men or More a flashed with an enemy Force of it unknown size along the Bor Der. The spokesman said the government troops destroyed 150 fortified positions in the Battle area. Tay Ninh province where the Battle occurred is believed to be the major staging area Forth big communist offensive which Allied intelligence men expect the Viet Cong and North vietnamese to launch against Saigon in the next two months. The North vietnamese Lith in Fantry division and two my pendent regiments Are said to be at secret base Camps in the area preparing for the com ii i in Hist offensive. Americans biggest bombers air Force b52s, have been attacking the enemy ramp areas in Tay Ninh province daily with thousands of tons of bombs. The eight Jet bombers flew seven More missions against base Campi troop concentrations and antiaircraft positions in the area near the Border. In another critical sector the defense of South Vietnam a Northern Frontier was stiffened by 4,500 fresh american troops flown from a Colorado base in an Airlift of 71 air Force cl41 Star lifters. Scores of armoured personnel carriers for the troops Cam by sea. The . Command announced the arrival of the 5th mechanized infantry divisions 1st brigade. A spokesman said the troops were Down from it. Carson Colo. To Danang and then immediately deployed to positions below the Eastern end of the demilitarized zone. The arrival of the 5th division troops brought the number of . Troops in South Vietnam to a to it 540.000, still below the 549,500 ceilings to by the Pentagon in february after the Viet Cong tet offensive. President Johnson a statement wednesday that the . Government might have to take a additional military measures to in get the threat of major new enemy offensives aroused speculation in Saigon that the ceiling on the american troop commitment might la raised again. Johnson said North Vietnam it be troops a pouring in. L of steel firms set sweeping Price hikes Hanoi envoys hint talks May fail carefully and form their con sciences in its the american Bishops said Pope Paul in teaching monday against use of artificial birth control methods had reaffirmed the principles to be followed in forming Christian consciences of married catholics in carrying out their responsibilities. The encyclical has drawn widespread opposition inc id. Ing a statement by More than too american Catholic theolo. Glans urging couples to follow their own consciences. The . Bishops statement was issued in Washington by archbishop John f. Dearden Paris apr North vietnamese diplomats participating in the Paris peace talks Are dropping hints that the talks May fail unless president John son ends the bombing of North Vietnam. . Officials regard the veiled threats As a part of the drive North Vietnam has made since the talks began to build up massive Public opinion against the . Position that North Vietnam must give something in return. The drive was intensified wednesday after the North Viet Namo a apparently decided that statements by Secretary of state Dean Rusk made speculation about an Early change in . Bombing policy untenable. Rusk said on tuesday that the . Government would have to be told what North Vietnam would do before it could end the bombing. A North vietnamese spokesman also introduced a new element into the conflict by implying there might be some split Over bombing policy Between Rusk and ambassador w. Aver Ell Harriman the chief . Negotiator at the Paris talks. The spokesman said Harriman did not speak in rusks defense at the meeting wednesday. . Officials said lengthy statements Harriman made on the reasons for . Bombing of North vietnamese Supply lines into South Vietnam constituted a reply to the attack on Rusk by a Van Lau of North Vietnam Lau said rusks statement provided evidence that . Aggressive ruling circles. A continuing their policy of War and to ask for a reciprocity for ending the bombing and for a Ransom to be paid to the it was in this Contention that he hinted the talks might fail saying a the american Side has to Baar full responsibility for what May arise from this similarly North vietnamese diplomats in private conversation Are saying that a even Viet Namose patience can be some observers came Awty from the North vietnamese press briefing wednesday with the impression that rusks new conference had hit the Hanoi delegation with considerable Force. They based this on spokesman Nguyen Thanh less disclosure that Lau continued his attack on Rusk during the Coffee break which followed his statement in the i or Mal conference. A . Spokesman would not say what happened in the Coffee break which the . Diplomats normally treats As private meetings except for trivial topics that Are discussed. But he did not deny the North Viet. Narn ase report. . Spokesman Harold Kaplan was asked at american news briefing whether rusks statement meant the United states is now asking for a definite de escalation commitment from Hanoi whereas some off dais in the past have said Soma action by North Vietnam might be sufficient. Pittsburgh apr the nations top three steelmakers have posted their most sweeping Price hikes in six years and say they will stand despite Sharp criticism from president Johnson. Other producers strongly hinted they would follow. . Steel corp., Bethlehem steel corp., and Republic steel corp., the nations no. I 2 and 3 steelmakers respectively raised prices wednesday tile Day after the United steelworkers Union won its richest contract. Johnson called Bethlehem a nearly 5 per cent a toss the. Board hike �?ounreasonable1 said at a Washington conference that it a just should not be permitted to Edmund f. Martin betide hems chairman and chief executive officer replied announcement. Speaks self. In our opinion our Price in. Crease is absolutely necessary arid we do not intend to with. Draw it was the first confrontation Between the Federal government and the steel Industry since 1962 when president John f. Kennedy forced the Rollback of a general Price hike. Johnson asked if he planned a any instruments to compel a Rollback said a we urge them and reason with them and counsel with them and plead with them not to increase prices. Republic steel followed Bethlehem and said it would hike its principal steel Mill products 4.5 per cent and said the new labor contract was the reason. The Bethlehem arid Republic increases Are effective aug 3. . Steel acting in a manner that has become common in the Industry in the past six years announced a selective Trice increase for its tin Mill products material used in making cans. The . Steel increases of. And news a your for it festive oct. I were on products which accounted for 7 per cent of last years Industry wide ship merits. . Steel would not say How much the increases were. Johnson expressed Hope a both. Or steel companies will not join this Parade a saying such action would Lead to a Price increase of $500 million for american con. Smiles. Commenting on the unions billion Dollar plus settlement Johnson said a the terms of their settlement Are High. That settlement will result in some increases in steel costs but the announced Bethlehem Price in. Crease far exceeds any reason Able calculation of the Cost of the wage Iron age Magazine a Trade publication said the increase would receive general support within the Industry. A race steel said it would an. Flounce some Price hikes Friday. Inland steel the Lone hold out in the 1962 boost said a your decision will be based entirely on costs. And not any noise from meanwhile it appeared cer. Tain that tens of thousands of the Industry a 450,000 Steelwork ers were headed for layoffs in the coming months. Steel customers will be giving the Mills meager orders while they work through 36 million tons of steel purchased As a hedge against a possible strike. Layoffs have already started in some Mills near Pittsburgh. Steelworkers idled until the steel Market reduces its inventory will receive about 65 per cent of their usual pay through various unemployment Benefit programs. 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