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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - August 5, 1968, Norwich, New York The veining 2jun vol. 78, to. 89 monday August 5, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 Ioc per copy Nixon aides Eye first ballot nod general wounded helicopter lost Saigon a the Viet Cong wounded an american general whose son was killed in action in 1967 and shot Down a helicopter in two fights South of Saigon today. . Infantrymen reported killing 41 of the enemy and capturing 19 weapons. . Casualties were two killed and 13 wounded including Brig. Gen. Franklin m. Davis jr., 50, commander of the . 199th Light infantry brigade. Davis was Cut about the face by shrapnel and gashed Over his right Eye when a band of Viet Cong guerrillas showered rocket grenades on an Allied River a. Tool from mangrove swamps along a River Bank 13 Miles Southeast of Saigon. The general returned to the scene after being treated at the brigade Aid station commenting a it was just an occupation. A1 Davis who is from Waltham mass., is one of half a dozen american generals wounded in Vietnam while another three have been killed. Davis youngest son 2nd it. Stephen Davis was killed in action in Vietnam israelis arabs Trade River fire Tel Aviv apr Arab and israeli forces exchanged fire across the Jordan River for the second straight Day today Fob lowing a retaliatory strike by is. Rae i warplanes which the israe. Lis claimed destroyed Arab guerrilla bases Only 15 Miles from the jordanian capital of Amman. An israeli army spokesman said jordanian troops rained a. Pooka and mortar shells on three settlements in the Beisan Valley. Israeli forces returned the fire he said and no israeli casualties were reported. Israeli jets streaked across the Jordan River sunday and dealt what military spokesmen called a a substantial blow to Arab guerrilla bases inside Jor. Dan. Jordan reported 23 civilians and five of its soldiers killed in the air attack and 82 persons wounded. It claimed one .-built israeli skyhawk Jet was downed. But Israel said All of its planes returned safely. Both Jordan and Israel Noti. Fied the . Security Council of the air raid and Jordan charged the israelis with aggression. But neither asked for any . Action. The air strike first in two months against jordanian Terri. Tory a completely destroyed Quot two guerrilla bases near the town of Salt la Miles across the Jordan River and 15 Miles West of the capital the israeli chief of staff. Maj. Gen. Haim bar. Lev reported. Premier Levi Eshkol said the attack was in retaliation for a month of increased guerrilla a. Ivity by Arab infiltrators based in Jordan. He warned that stepped up infiltration was creating a the same Chain of event Quot which led to the june War in 1967. A the enemy shall be made to pay the Price in full a he de. Dared. A similar warning was Given in leaflets in arabic dropped by the attacking israeli warplanes. The leaflets proclaimed a a saboteurs we shall reach you. Those who succeed in crossing the Jordan River fall into our hands. Those who resist Are killed wounded or sen. Tended to Long terms in jail. of you were buried by us last month alone. Death to whoever strives to cause death. Life to whoever ashes to live in the air raid came two Days after Jordan was reported to Ive received a number of new it fighters but there was no kit re that any jordanian planes ent up to intercept the israeli liders. Unconfirmed reports lid the new arrivals included line supersonic f104s from the listed states. Weather mostly sunny with highs in he 80s today. Fair to partly i to tidy tonight and tuesday Lith Chance of scattered hum ers Howers tuesday after Oon. In 1967. The heaviest of the two fights raged in a stand of paddies Ca nals and huts 24 Miles Southwest of Saigon. The fight was Trig gered in mid afternoon sunday by Viet Cong gunners who shot Down a helicopter that was land ing troops for a reconnaissance Mission. The Viet Cong then opened up with Small arms and automatic weapons on the company of 150 infantrymen from the . 9th division. More than 509 met re americans were landed in the area in darkness and heavy rain and set up a cordon around the enemy area of paddies canals and huts. A prisoner told . Interrogators that about i of Viet Cong were in the area at the Start of the fight. With the cordon established helicopter gunships firing a. Chine guns and rockets raked the enemy positions through the night and artillery pounded them. The infantrymen swept through the area after Daybreak monday and reported finding 41 enemy bodies and 19 weapons. Two americans were killed and seven were wounded. Enemy gunners shot Down an other army helicopter 50 Miles Southwest of Danang As it was going in to pick up a Viet Cong waving a Flag believing that he wanted to surrender. Instead enemy gunners hiding nearby opened fire when the helicopter was within Range. Four Crew members were wounded but were rescued. The two helicopter losses raised to 803 the number shot Down in combat during the War. In the Central Highlands near Dak be a Small army observe. Tion plane was shot Down but tile Crew was rescued. It s mealtime 32 times daily for quadruplets Wheatfield ind. Apr the Irvine quadruple babies a a c and do have ended their six weeks of intensive Hospital care. But the problems Are just starting for their parents. The main Job or. And mrs. Allan j. Irvine face is feeding the boys who arrived sunday from Home Hospital in Lafay. Ette where they were born june 21. Each baby is on a feeding schedule�?32 total feedings each Day that probably will keep the parents feeding the boys on an around the clock a. Sis. The boys were named Allan Byron Corey and Dale. When they were born the Hospital la. Bleed them a a c and d. Mrs. Irvine 26, admits she still can to Tell the boys apart. A i know Byron because he a the largest 6 pounds 7 ounces and Allan because he a the smallest 5-6 1a a she said. A but i can to Tell Corey from Dale without looking at their identification Corey weighs 6-1 and Dale 5. 12. At birth Allan weighed 2.13, Corey 3.4v2 and Byron and Dale 3-4 each. Diapers pose another prob Lem. An average baby uses 24 Dia. Pers a Day meaning almost too changes daily for the Irvine. But with this problem As with others the Irvine Are getting help. Two Large firms that service baby products each donated two cases of disposable diapers�?2,. 304 Over All. At Home Hospital which paid the fees for the Mother and the babies the staff and visitors donated enough Money to buy 1,200 diapers. Citizens of Jasper county have started a Bank account where persons May donate funds to build an addition of three bedrooms and a Bath for the Irvine. Irvine 28, a steel Plant advis. Or in East Chicago already has added one room to his five room House by building a Wall inside the attached garage. The new room is for april Yvonne 14 months whom the Irvine Are adopting. The Par. Ends moved into april sold room and their larger bedroom is being used by the quads. A baby food company has do. Rated a years Supply of food and a Laboratory firm has Given the Irvine 12 cases of formula. Rockefeller gains Rhode Island vote Richard m. Hixon . Steel lbs a a Hope for cutback Washington apr presi Dent Johnson in an apparent replay of his successful 1966 Roll Back of steel prices is looking to competitive pressure from giant . Steel Cor to bring the Industry into line. Aides said sunday night John son feels a general steel Price increase can be avoided if . Steel tile nation s largest pro Ducer keeps aloof from across the Board hikes posted by Bethlehem and Republic the no 2 and no. 3 producers. . Steel and five other members of the top to have raised prices Only on certain items with increases ranging from 4 to 7 per cent. Only my Louth and Kaiser of the ton to have made no increases at All. Latest turn came sunday night when chairman Paul Rand Dixen announced an emergency session of his Federal Trade commission to consider a request by sen. Philip Hart d-mich., for a probe of steel pricing practices. Rand called today a session while on a trip in the South. How much direct pressure if any is being brought on . Steel to hold tile line could not be Learned. But the situation closely parallels 1966 when Bethlehem led the Way with a 5-a-ton increase on certain major items. The company rolled Back to remain competitive when big steel reportedly under tremendous White House pressure posted increases of $2.50 on the same items. Johnson also ordered government agencies to avoid Pur chases from Price a posters in that confrontation As he has done this time. The orders were applied to defense purchases last week and extended to All government steel buying Over the weekend. The White House Campaign so far has been aimed mainly at Bethlehem and Republic which posted across the Board in creases of slightly under 5 per cent Only hours after the Industry last wednesday reached agreement with the United steelworkers on a new three year contract. Tile pact is sex. Petted to Cost 6 per cent a year. They were the first general in creases in the Industry since 1962 when president John f. Kennedy won a bitter Duel with steel titans. Since then selective increases have become common and White House aides indicate they could live with them now a1-though not As High As Hie 4-per-cent-plus most companies have posted. Perhaps significantly it was . Steel that precipitated the Kennedy steel clash which Ken. Nedy won at the expense widespread animosity from business. Freed airmen hark Home Vav till families Washington apr three . Pilots reunited with wives and children after up to seven months in North Vietnam prisons underwent routine medical checkups and processing today before heading to their Homes. They said they believe More captured american airmen will be released. The three maj. James f. Low 43, of Sausalito Calif. Maj. Fred n. Thompson 32, of Taylor s. C., and capt. Joe v. Carpenter 37, of Victorville appeared to need any medical attention As they stepped off an air Force plane sunday night looking fit and cheerful. A it is awfully Nice to be Home a said Low a korean War Ace who was captured last dec 16 after his f4c exploded from heavy ground fire Over North Vietnam. Carpenters three children rushed out to meet him when the plane Carne to a Stop at an. Drews air Force base near Washington. All three wives had joined the pilots in new York. The pilots talked to newsmen briefly and were immediately admitted to the base Hospital for the checkups. The air for a said As soon As the processing is finished they a will go on a Well deserved leave pending reassignment. Except for the new York Washington flight the pilots had come Home by commercial airline and Low said in Bangkok that the decision was made a in the Best interests of the prisoners in Carpenter asked about brainwashing said he had not been subjected to any a psychological Miami Beach Fla. Apr the Republican party opened its a 9th National convention today with Richard m. Nixon pushing hard to win the gof presidential nomination on the first ballot. By the associated presses count he was about too votes Hurt and his two top challengers goes. Nelson a Rockefeller of new York and Ronald Rea gun of California were pinning their Hopes on extending the balloting wednesday night beyond two rounds. Rockefeller got a big break when the Ohio caucuses just before the opening and decided to stick with gov. James a. Rhodes a favorite son on the first ballot. Rockefeller a strategy is to try to keep the several favorite son candidacies among the states alive Long enough to give the impression that Nixon does not have the strength to go Over the top. Reagan meanwhile was striving to pick off individual delegates an Effort which Rockefeller said at a Nevis conference was meeting with some Success. A i think the movement is to Reagan in Many of the delegations a Rockefeller said. Of his own efforts he said he is picking up a bits and the governor said his count showed Nixon with 550, himself with 350 and Reagan with 250. The a figured it Nixon 566, Rockefeller 232 and Reagan 159, with 144 delegates uncommitted and a whopping 232 for favorite sons. Needed for Victory 667. Reagan quoted As telling an Alabama delegation caucus a a in a in this to win was by All Odds the busiest candidate in this overstuffed and overheated convention town. Taking time out for a $500 plate fund raising gala Reagan scooted about town meeting with Southern and Rocky Moun. Tain delegations in his efforts to win first ballot support away from Nixon. Rockefeller who called a morning news conference reels. Tired an upsurge when 13 of Rhode is land a delegates eau used on their arrival and agreed to cast a first ballot vote for the new York governor. Rockefeller was assured Massachusetts 34 votes on the first round because of his write in Victory in that states primary. However gov. John a. Volpe was working hard to swing a majority to Nixon on the second ballot if there is one despite his All but vanished Hopes for the vice presidential nomination. The ring of the Nixon Anvil was predominant although the candidate himself refrained from predicting a first ballot win. Nixon was to arrive for the convention tonight. An associated press recheck showed he had pushed his total of publicly committed Delegate votes to 572, Only 95 Short of the Prie winning total Over the weekend. This was a gain of 28 Over saturdays count. Rockefeller pulled up to 232, a gain of 24. Reagan stood at 161, favorite sons accounted for 231 and there remained 137 uncommitted. It was on the favorite son delegates arid the uncommitted that Nixon a men were concentrating As the convention approached its first formal major event tonight the keynote speech of gov. Daniel j. Evans of Washington. Evans said he will Tell the convention that the nation can to Biose Law and order on inequity and injustice. In the midst of the heavy campaigning the conventions platform committee headed by Illinois sen. Everett m. Dirksen came up with a 13,000 word document that seemed Likely to get accepted without a Ripple. The committee adopted a Vietnam Plank that urged a a progressive de americanization of die War without a a Gainou maced surrender language obviously tailored to please both Nixon and Rockefeller. The two leading candidates both praised the draft while Reagan whose views Are More hawkish than the Plank had no immediate comment. While the delegates were get Ting set for wednesdays con. Mention balloting the evidence of the Nixon drive cropped up in Many places. Dirksen who Heads the 58-vote Illinois delegation helped turn on the burners for the Nix. On forces. Future is brighter for czech leadership Prague apr a truce prevailed in the soviet bloc today with Czechoslovakia a Liberal communist leaders and the soviet press each assuring their people All was Well in the Wake of the Bratislava conference. Observers in Prague foresaw More strains Between the czechoslovak leadership and such de. Fenders of the communist status quo As Walter Ulbricht of East Germany and Wladyslaw go Mulka of Poland. But the future looked brighter for party chief Alexander Dubcek and his As. Socrates than it had in Many weeks. Dubcek gave fresh assurances to dispel any lingering Supi coins that his group had been forced off their Liberal course by the russians and their allies at the meetings in Slovakia last week. A we Are determined to continue on the Road we have taken a Dubcek said in a broadcast Sun Day night. A for the people of this Republic there is no other Dubcek asserted that Czecho. Slovakia so expectations were fulfilled at the Bratislava meeting saturday with the rus sians and the communist Lead. Governor Rockefeller Airliner survives collision in air ers of East Germany Hungary Bulgaria and Poland. He pointed out that the joint declaration signed at the meet ing contained a virtual hands off pledge that leaves czechoslovak. Kia free to continue its new course. The document guaranteed the right of every party to develop along its own lines a taking into account the National characteristic and conditions of each country. It also bound All Signa tories to close cooperation in matters dealing with foreign policy. Dubcek said it was acknowledged in Bratislava that a Emu Tual relations of socialist coun. Tries must be based on real in. Ter nationalism which harmoniously combines the principles of Equality sovereignty nation. A1 Independence and territorial he said this a fully complies with the regeneration process started in january when dub Cek and his associates ousted president Antonin Novotny and others of the party old guard. By avoiding any outright claim of Victory Dubcek appeared to be trying once More to save the russians face. Milwaukee was. Apr a Jet prop Airliner with the wreckage of a Light plane and die bodies of its three Young passengers embed led in its Side landed safely sunday before most of the to passengers aboard knew what happened. Capt. Ted Baum 43, Skokie 111., brought the twin engine plane in with one engine dead and his Copilot badly injured in who or knit. A i thought that something was wrong but not a collision a said mrs. Nancy Steffens 44, of two Rivers. A i was More nervous after i got on the ground and realized it had been a a a we did no to know what hit us. I think Only tile stewardess knew a said Wilma Ross 17, of Saginaw mich., a and she just told us to stay seated with our seat belts on. The Pilot came Down with what seemed like a Norm ii officials said the single on Gine Cessna 150 rammed North Central airlines flight 261, a con Vair 580, Over Southern Wisconsin. The Light plane hit just behind Tho Copilot s seat also damaging the propeller on the planets right engine. The Copilot first officer John Mazur 30, of Wheaton us suffered multiple fractures of his right leg and head injuries. He was reported in serious condition in a Milwaukee Hospital. He was the Only person on the Airliner injured. The victims bodies were removed after the plane landed. They were identified As Rick l Stenberg 19, of Elk Grove Village 111., the Pilot Virginia Johnson 18, my Prospect us and her brother Richard 12. A that Pilot did a fantastic Landing Job a a Federal official said. Otherwise there was no comment As a team of about 35 National transportation safety Board investigators led by Board examiner Thomas Saun. Ders arrived from Washington to probe the cause of the crash. Milwaukee police said the pilots told authorities they were flying 170 Miles per hour at 3,500 feet preparing to land at Milwaukee when the private plane appeared suddenly on their right then veered into the liner. The flight originated in Chicago arid was headed to Manitowoc with a Stop at Milwaukee. There was no panic in the big plane after the collision. A i just Felt a heavy thud and heard a bang a said pain Pavlo wich who was returning to her Manitowoc Horn-1 after a vacation. A then someone yelled my god take it easy a and everyone got very quiet. A everyone acted very calmly a a miss Ross said. A nobody panicked or anything. One worn an just Fhi explains How to handle Villi Lier it time Harvard men base death on brain Cambridge mass. Apr a committee of Harvard University faculty members say a brain death or a irreversible coma should be a basis for pronouncing death even though in some cases the heart May continue to beat. A set of medical guidelines for such a definition published in today s Issue of the journal of the american medical Assoria. Tion says it is needed for two reasons. A improvements Ines Sci. Tation and supportive measures which have led to increased Al forts to save those who Are desperately injured individuals whose hearts continue to beat but whose brains Are irreversibly a the use of obsolete criteria for the definition of death which can Lead to controversy in of. Tabling organs tor the 12. Me in Ber committee is composed of the faculties of Medicine Public health divinity and arts and sciences. Its chairman is or. Henry k. Beecher professor of research in Anes. Thesia at Hare a re and the Massachusetts general Hospital. The group set numerous guidelines for determining the characteristics of a a permanently nonfunctioning brain a including clinical tests for a receptivity and unresponsive Lack of movement and breathing and absence of reflexes. It also suggested obtaining confirmatory data by the Electroencephalogram. The committee said that Cluni Cal and other tests should be repeated at least 24 hours after the initial tests. They said final determination of death should be made Only by a physician not by the family and that the decision a should be made by physicians not involved in any later Effort to transplant organs or tissue from the deceased the committee said it thought that if new criteria for pronouncing death in an individual sustaining irreversible coma As a result of permanent brain damage were to be adopted by the medical profession such could form the basis for change in the current Legal concept of Lenatti. Washington apr the Fri today released a Booklet outlining ways airline personnel can help it handle almost any crime including the one that currently is getting the most attention i Jac King. The Booklet however offers no helpful hints on How to prevent hijacking. The omission tends to underscore i quandary facing not Only go Vernon it sleuths but the airline Industry As Well which concedes Little is being done or can be done to prevent the crime. An Fri spokesman said the new Booklet entitled a airlines and the of big was planned before the current rash of hijackings. But he said it was a Rev Sion of one that first came out during a spectacular series of similar incidents in 1961. In a Forward Fri director j. Edgar Hoover said the Booklet s purpose is to suggest a various measures which the airlines and their personnel can take to help this Bureau perform its Hoover said the Lio Oklet will be widely distributed among airline employees. The Booklet says the Fri has jurisdiction Over most criminal offences occurring on interstate or foreign i the Booklet s Only specific reference to hijacking it is listed Only As illegal and under the of big a jurisdiction. Other crimes listed include murder rape assault robbery damage to or destruction of an air plane or any facility used in its operation carrying a con coated deadly or dangerous weapon giving false or threatening retorts and stealing a plane. The Booklet cautions airline employees not to tamper with physical evidence to be Alert to make sure All pertinent information is taken Down when accepting checks and to try to re member Complete and accurate descriptions of suspects. It also urges personnel to make note when taking a threat ening Telephone Call of Back ground sounds the caller s accent or any indication the caller is a juvenile drunk mentally retarded or unusually familiar with the airline s operations. Since the first of the year there have been eight hijackings of airliners. Today a chuckle the difference Between being a High spirited child and a juvenile delinquent is whether he is my kid or yours

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