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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - August 13, 1968, Norwich, New York County sales tax measure Biles the dust Story pair 5 the evening Sun vol. 78, to. 95 tuesday August 13, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10c per copy optimism grows in Paris Takis apr be due Tho. A key fissure Iii North Vietnam a peat ilk delegation came Back to Paris today after a six week trip to Hanoi official speculated that his return could open an important new stage m Hie talks. On this Way Back. Tho conferred monday with soviet officials Iii Moscow he said his trip to Hanoi was part of his a regular Tho returned to Paris a Day after Cyrus a Vance Deputy chief of the . Delegation returned from the United states. There he not Only conferred Ward sounds fishy London apr the Royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals was asked today to make an award to a a Man who saved ills goldfish from drowning. Be t e r Humphrey. Fin. Found his pet goldfish George on top of the Garden Ivind at surb Iiran Uxbridge floating and gasping for air. Being a water a Kirifi cation expert lie knew what was wrong. George was drowning. Humphrey took tile fish out it of the water and found it had a tiny Pebble jammed in its in nit ii. He eased it out and put George Back. In i1 doing Fine. A not Many people know that if it swallows to i Milch water elector for the society. Humphrey said Vious to him from the Way the fish behave Attiat it lug. A it Kepi gasping on the Sutta with president Johnson but also briefed Republican nominee Richard m. Nixon on the Paris talks. Vance met with ambassador w. \ vet Al i Harriman and other . Delegation members today. If he brought new instructions a in line with what appears to be at least a new emphasis on a soft line in Washington there was no outward indication of it. But there Are signs that Tho Johnson Edmini Stratton a handling of the talks is undergoing either a in Dick change or a tactical shift tailored to . Domestic politics. Vie president Hilbert h. Humphrey a contender for the democratic presidential nomination told the National committee for a political settlement in Vietnam monday that he thought ill bombing of North Vietnam should be stopped of Hanoi showed a restraint and reasonable response in return. Humphrey said in was dropping the word a a reciprocity to describe conditions for a halt in the bombing. His letter is subject to the interpretation that the and to Lustra Ion is Laking a new look at the Lull now aim is two months a did in hic fighting in South Vietnam to see whether it might be acceptable As a a sign of restraint Quot to lustily ending the bombing. George was gulping Down mild iut get any Jeorge fish can drown Peter Hume an Hilt was of draw ii and sinking water at Sinh a rat he said that ii Yugoslavia president Quot to Waves to throng after talks with czech Reform Leader Dubcek l czechs reserved As Obj combines work and Hest a. Germans depart bar president backs killer pleads to be caught phones Pollee Karloy vary Varia apr last German communist party chief Walter Ulbricht a meeting with Czechoslovakia s Liberal leaders Entil d monday night with an expression of Broad agreement on economic cooperation tint Little Oiler indication of rapprochement. Crowds at the West Bohemian spa of Karloy vary neither booed nor cheered last Ger Many a stalinist Leader but showed him an enthusiastic Dis. Play of us Pix it it for their com Manisty party chief. Alexander Dubcek. Win started the nations liberalization drive. Ulbricht was on of the leaders of the attempt within the soviet bloc to reverse Czechoslovakia s new course and lie was booed at the Bratislava conference which conceded Victory to the czechoslovak. A communique after the six hour meeting monday said the last German and czechoslovak delegations a agreed on measures for the deepening of Mutual economic relations and the coordination of Long term plans the Furt herment of cooperation and tin specialization of production and also scientific and clinical the two nations Are the most industrialized of the smaller communist nations and have similar economic interests. Both have big Trade surpluses with the soviet Union and want to have some system of convertibility Sot up so they can use the surpluses. Relations with West Germany was another major topic of discussion. Aud the communique said Dubcek and his associates welcomed Ulbricht a proposal last week to Exchange envoys and open negotiations with the Bonn government. The communique also contained the Standard communist pledge to oppose a activation of , militarism and Neo nazi san in West Germany but there was nothing to indicate that the czechoslovak had abandoned their interest in r1 a tons with West Germany particularly in the Field of Trade and credits. The communique indicated some disagreement by mentioning a an atmosphere of frankness Aud said each Side informed til other a month policies of their parties in their neither Side had i it ctn expected to make any change in i others Basic poll by. And apparently neither did. Half of a and a cot shot twice assassination plot backfires in Greece Athens Greece apr an attempt to assassinate strongman Premier George Papado Poulos was made today on a Road outside Athens and later at least two bombs were exploded in Athens a government spokesman said. The spokesman said a limb blew up on the Road just about the time the premieres car was passing but Papadopoulos was unhurt. A Man suspected of planting the bomb was seized. Ii was the first known assassination attempt on any member of the army backed greek re Gillie since the military seized Power in a coup do eat april 21. 1967. The outbreaks showed every sign of being Well coordinated and planned by resistance elements the spokesman said. A a greek resistance a movement had announced in Paris that organized resistance to die regime would begin today in Athens. The government spokesman Byron Stamatopoulos told a news conference that the premieres car was travelling the 18 Miles to Athens from his sum Mer Villa at lag Onisi when a an explosion occurred at the Side of the Stamatopoulos said the blast went off just after a Security weather mostly Cloudy Aud not so Cool tonight Low temperatures in upper 50s and Low 60s. Wednesday. Considerable cloudiness arid warm with Chance of showers High temperatures in the 80s. Car preceding the premieres car had passed and just before Papadopoulos car reached the spot. The bomb w is placed at the Entrance of a Road on tin coastal Bay skirting the Saroni. Kos Gulf. The spokesman said the 49-year-old Premier a maintained his Calm and Stepp Ltd out of tin car to see what Happ Stamatopoulos identified the Man As George Panagoulos 30. A former commando lieutenant and said he was a deserter from the army. The spokesman said Security police caught Panagoulos As he raced toward the Shore in an attempt to Board a motor boat. He was wearing Only bathing trunks. The motor boat was unable to approach the Shore because the water was full a with swim Ruers. The boat sped off when the Driver saw Panagoulos had been captured the spokesman said. Police started a massive search along the coastal area for the boat and for other possible accomplices. Expect drive Washington apr u. S. Officials said today that Intelli gence reports continue to Point to preparations for a new offensive by the North vietnamese despite a current Lull in tile fighting. Preparations by the enemy Are comparable to those made before the tet offensive of last Jan. 31 and the May june campaigns against tile cities these officials say. Five Bullet wounds in her head my neck. She was reported Iii critical condition. Motorists discovered the body of her daughter Marilyn at the Edge of a Side Road four Miles away Iii Hollywood. The girl Clad in tin Bottom two piece bathing suit ton Blouse had Bren in the head. A search of Waterways for a to ird victim continued today. A ill Wasny to lying about the first two so Why should hell about the third a detective said. After listening to tape recordings of the callers conversations fort Lauderdale police issued a Public warning that the Man was a mentally disturbed a and a May attempt to take More transcripts with taped conversations wit ii officer James Ric included caller sir in like to report a murder. Rte a what caller murder. Rice a murder caller i just killed three people. Rice just killed three people caller right. Rice Are you serious caller in a serious. Please catch in. Please. Rice where Are you caller please i jul. Please. Rice where Are you son caller pm Gonna kill Mem tonight too. Please. Rice where Are you disconnect. The directions to the bodies came in a second Call 12 minutes later. Broward county Deputy liar old la More said the caller told him he was telephoning from a service station on . I and then broke off the conversation with a hurry up. the caller was gone when officers arrived. Police officials said a we do not want to alarm the Public a a my added they thought the warning necessary because the caller a has indicated that he May intern it to take More police said it had not been de ter mined if a third person was with mrs. Clark and her daughter or Why they Carne to the area. Records in Atlanta ga., showed that mrs. Clark formerly lived at 1767 n. Decatur Road for la Days beginning May 14 and had been employed As a trainee at Emory University a psychological Center in Atlanta. Beds Active Saigon apr the Viet congas National liberation front is making a systematic Effort to set up a a people a Liber Durn committees Quot in contested Rural areas reliable sources said today. The new drive coupled with an intensified Viet Cong recruit Merit Campaign throughout the country was seen by some Al. Lied officials As a possible attempt to a firm foothold in communist influenced areas in preparation for a future cease fire. Austin Tex. Apr president Johnson is combining work with relaxation As he awaits expert evaluation of x rays of his ailing intestinal tract. The medical findings presumably will determine whether Johnson must undergo surgery for the third time in four years a a possibility the Texas White House has refused to Rule out. Johnson made his third visit Iii a week monday to Brooke army medical Center. Fortas appointment Detroit a Dent of the a Meric elation monday e nomination of a chief Justice of states saying he class Intel Octal the the Presl an bar Assn adorned the Fortas As the United has a first quip no it for Detroit attorney William t automakers Are thinking Small by the associated press ail invasion of foreign products Gossett the bar associations lieu president said the Campaign of sen. Robert Griffin d-mich., is a unworthy of a . Senator a Gossett said Griffin was a a practising politics in attempt Mig to Block confirmation of Fortas who is currently an associate Justice. He said he has sent letters to Senate minority Leader Everett , r-ill., my Senate judiciary committee chairman James o. Eastland l>-miss., urging approval of the Fortas nomination. Eastland has com out in opposition to Fortas in committee hearings on the appointment. A any attempt by sen. Griffin to Lead a filibuster to or vent prompt Senate vote would be unworthy of him and a is unworthy of him and a disservice to the country Quot Gossett said. Goss a tot the associated press ii1 endorses Strong gun control legislation my the audition of capital punish sent the latter As a a relic of barbarism which lie said does not deter crime. He said persons who choose civil Disotu Djencic is t Means of testing what they consider to be bad Laws a must be prepared to take i consequences of their action. A the Way to test a bad Law is through the courts Quot Gossett said. Fort Lauderdale. Fla. A warned their Quarry Nav kill again police today hunted for i Man win directed them by Telephone to the body of a Young girl and her wounded Mother and then legged pleas1 catch me. acting on Telephone it alls from a Man who said a a five murdered three people a a a lice monday located the body of an 11-year-old girl and her critical i y wounded Mother. The caller told police if they wanted to find his victims bodies to a go Down to the Airport and to lib ii there s one Iii the water and there s one on a Side the woman mrs. Dorothy a. Clark 42, of Clarkston,ga., was found slumped Over the wheel of car marked at the fort Lau d a la in Hollywood International Airport. She was bleeding from . Automobile manufacturers Are reported to be moving into an Era of smaller cars. Chairman Roy d. Chapin or. Of the american motors corp. Said Iii Washington monday that his firm is prepared to Challenge foreign car makers Forth affections of americans Economy minded Drivers. The Newyl Ork times said Ilia Story from Detroit today that the Auto Industry is preparing a new class of cars smaller and cheaper than any built in this country now but still bigger than the tiny imports. The times said the first of these new cars is set for production by Hie Ford motor co. As a 1970 Model and will go on Sale in eight months. Others Are in the design or tooling stage it said. For Detroit the times said these cars represent a major Effort by the Industry to combat Mcgovern figures Over 200 new York apr sen. Georg s. Mcgovern of South Dakota says he Hopes to in up at least 200 to 250 votes on the first ballot of the democratic National convention. Mcgovern who announced his candidacy for the presidential nomination saturday against vice president Hubert h. Humphrey and sen Eugene j. Mccarthy of Minnesota said at a news conference at la Guardia Airport monday that a knows he has Delegate support in new York California and Michigan. He said he believes he will get votes also from South Dakota. Iowa Nebraska Kansas Utah. Mcgovern arriving in new York for a two. Day stay was accompanied Lay Frank Malikie with who was press Sec tary to the assassinated sen. Robert f. Kennedy. During the taping of the Dick Cavett show an american broadcasting co. Talk program for broadcast today Mcgovern said the republicans Nomina Tion of Richard m. Nixon for president gave the democrats a an inviting built by Low paid German and japanese workers. Other car makers Are working to catch up with Ford the Story said adding in part the general motors corp. Is working on a car closer in size to the tiny european imports. Til Chrysler corp. Is not now planning to build a smaller cheaper car. Iii Washington Chapin told newsmen at a dinner Meetin and preview of his firms new models monday that american motors is developing a new car a not necessarily conventional in terms of today s accepted automotive Chapin declined to expand the statement but lie had said ear Lier a i believe that Hie 900,000 foreign car sales this year will be a High water Mark and one of the reasons is that we t american motors Are Turkins More of our efforts toward the growing segment of the u. Market to which the imports in pea Biafra Relief planes come under heavy fire Addis Ababa Ethiopia apr prospects of getting sufficient food and Medicine to the starving biafran grew a lint Mur today after the nigerian go Vernon it spurned an Appeal to Stop shooting at red Cross planes and pea talks in Iii ethiopian capital stalled. A the nigerian reaction is to shoot at any plane a an International red Cross spokesman re ported after the Lagos govern rent rejected its Appeal to quit shooting at mercy flights into blockaded secessionist Biafra i. The red Cross which had been flying food and Medicine into besieged Biafra since no vember. Suspended flights from th1 Spanish isl oui of Fernando to too Miles off the nigerian coast Iller a dog carrying food w is fir on Oyer the weekend. Fears that arms a being airlifted into Biafra in Large quantities ire behind theft Der a1 government s action die red Cross spokesman said but he added that negotiations we re continuing. A denied that any red Cross i gilts carried Arm arum military supplies although he said in had heard larger quantities of Arm. Are timing flown to Biafra in president Charles de Gaul sex pre. Ltd of kit Imi Hwd in. Katherine Reid. T�7 proves she has loss none of her former skill in handling alligators. Iii the late 15120 s. Miss livid starred in films filled As the Alligator Queen Todut. She lives Iii retirement in West Hollywood. I la., where she keens two of the gentiles As nets support for the sores. Ion Caritas the roman Catholic Relief organization also has been flying supplies to Biafra using chartered planes that Fly Over Nigeria ii night to Vade tit nigerian air Force. But ill the flights have been Able to carry Only a fraction of the food needed to Ward off mass starvation. I he . State department announced that Secretary of state i it in Rusk is sending pedal emissary to Geneva for a urgent consultations with red Cross officials on ways to resume the mercy flights. The pm s Ary c. Robert moire Deputy assistant Secretary of a state for african affairs is being accor la by a team of experts on Africa and disaster Relief. . Officials in a Hin Tori also reported that 200 to 400 person. A dying of starvation each Day in Nigeria and Biafra As a result of the civil War. The estimate is based on figures compiled by the . Embassy in Lagos the red Cross and voluntary agencies. Officials estimated about a million persons behind the Reb lines in Biafra and about 750,00 persons in territory reoccupied by flt Leral nigerian forces a in urgent need of food. All told the civil War has affected sum 13 persons in what a formerly the Eastern Region of Nigeria. The red Cross want ahead with plans to transport Fox by ship from Lagos to Calabar at out 400 Miles eastward Aloin the Southern coast where an is Titi ated 280.000 refugees Arlo rated. Calabar is in Federal control. Today a chuckle teen agers really Haven to a tinged much. They still grow up leave Home and get mar i led. However today they done to necessarily do it in that order

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