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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - December 11, 1968, Norwich, New York The evening Sun vol. 78, no. 179 wednesday december la 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10c per copy Ike a Justice Boss to succeed Rusk Wrangle Over Symbol might hold up talks Paris apr the Wrangle Over prestige symbols threatens to delay indefinitely the Start of the enlarged Vietnam peace talks. Some american officials who once were confident that the talks would get under Way Early this week now appear to have lost Hope of starting before the end of the year. Some Western diplomats from other countries think the deadlock might continue until president elect Nixon a inauguration Jan. 20. In a two hour meeting tuesday . Negotiator Cyrus Vance and col. A Van Lau of North Vietnam deadlocked again Over such prestige issues electrocuted in Thailand Bangkok Thailand apr Thomas Merton the Trappist Monk who wrote a the seven Storey Mountain a and other Best Sellers was electrocuted tuesday when he moved an electric fan and touched a Short in the Cord local Catholic sources reported. The 53-year-old Catholic philosopher and theologian died on the same Day As the worlds leading protestant theologian 82-year-old Karl Barth. Merton a body was found late in the afternoon on the floor of a room he was occupying during a visit to Bangkok. A doctor who was summoned said the monks heart failed after the electric Shock. A the seven Story Mountain was third on the Best a seller list in 1949. Some of his other Early works included a thirty poems a a no Man is an Island a a seeds of contemplation and a the sign of a priest at the Church of St. Louis said Merton was not missed when he failed to show up for lunch. But in late afternoon other monks became worried searched for him and found the body. Merton had come to the far East several months ago to attend a number of religious conferences. He came to Bangkok for a meeting with the Dalai Lama. As the shape of the conference table and the speaking order at the first meeting. Vance and Lau also exchanged strongly worded protests Over air and artillery activity in North Vietnam and the demilitarized zone but both appeared More concerned with the dispute Over procedure for the talks than with the protests. The United states earlier turn Down Hanoi a proposal that the conference meet at a Square table an arrangement which would symbolize that the delegation from the Viet congas National liberation front was on an equal basis with the delegations from the United states and North Vietnam. Although this would also give Saigon a delegation a Side of its own and would thus undercut the Elf a a Contention that the Saigon government is a Bunch of . Puppets who done to represent the South vietnamese people the United states rejected the Square table. Instead it demanded a two sided confrontation with the communists on one Long Side of a rectangular table and the americans and Saigon representatives on the other. If a Square table was unacceptable Lau said tuesday the conference could meet at four separate tables equally spaced and arranged in a Diamond or circular formation. But Vance rejected this. Lau also turned Down an american proposal that two lots be drawn for the speaking order and insisted on four lots instead. Vance rejected that also. There were reports that France As Host to the conference was putting out Compromise suggestions. One of these called for a round table allowing each Side to give its own interpretation of the status of each delegation. A Compromise Over the speaking order at the opening meeting appeared More difficult. With such a hangup Over procedure there was widespread scepticism among officials Here Over defense seere tary Clark m. Cliffords suggestion at a Washington news conference tuesday that the United states and North Vietnam might agree in the next 40 Days a Mutual withdrawal of troops from South Vietnam. Pacification report is called optimistic Saigon apr tile . Mission today claimed that 73.3 per cent of the population of South Vietnam is living in relatively secure areas controlled by the Saigon government. It was the most optimistic report on the pacification program Ever Given. From the fighting fronts the . Command reported another american artillery attack on the demilitarized zone tuesday after North vietnamese troops there fired on a Small . Reconnaissance plane. The plane was not hit but the command said the american fire destroyed five bunkers. The . And South vietnamese commands reported ground clashes up and do in the country in which they said 156 enemy soldiers were killed tuesday. During the night enemy forces also attacked at least six government military bases and towns with mortars Cannon or assault troops. Seven South vietnamese were reported killed in the latter attacks and 45 were wounded. The pacification report showed an increase of 3.5 per cent during november in the weather fair and not so cold tonight Low 5 to 18 above Zero. Thurs Day fair to partly Cloudy and Aulder highs in upper20s and 30s generally to around 40 in a few places. Number of persons living in relatively secure areas. It was the largest monthly increase Ever claimed. Officials attributed it to an intensified government pacification Effort in the past few months coupled with an Evi Dent withdrawal of the Viet Cong and North vietnamese in some areas and a shift in their tactics. In Many areas for instance communist cadres Are now emphasizing the political War with consequent lessening of military assaults and terrorist incidents. This could result in an area being considered More secure even though the number of Viet Cong troops or political workers in the area might remain unchanged. The . Mission estimated that another 13.3 per cent of Hie South vietnamese Are living in a a contested hamlets and the remaining 13.4 per cent Are under Viet Cong control. The North vietnamese antiaircraft attack from the Demil. Itari Zed zone was the 38th a significant incident of enemy initiated activity a in the Doz since the halt in the bombing of North Vietnam six weeks ago. A communique said North vietnamese troops in bunkers half a mile inside the Southern half of the zone opened up with 50-caliber machine guns and Small arms on the single engine plane. There was no indication of the size of tile enemy Force but it was believed to be Small. Romney is Likely housing Secretary area Home an inferno Oxford firemen wet Down Tarpaulin covering Small amount of furniture which they saved from Home of John Ference near Tyner town of Smithville tuesday night. Fire which raged through two Story Frame House sent owners wife and four children fleeing into near Zero temperatures. Story More pictures by Casey Jones on Page 5. Sun staff photo Scranton russian vessels tailing says peace destroyers in Black sea pan bid due Washington apr the russians have been tailing two u. S. Destroyers cruising the Black sea but have avoided harassing them Navy sources said today. At least one russian destroyer has shadowed the Dyess and the Turner staying generally two to nine Miles astern of them. Sources said the 3,500-ton de. Stroyer have been overflow also by soviet planes a a More than once since they entered tile Black sea monday through the bosporus tile narrow Turk ish controlled Strait that splits Europe from Asia. Navy Headquarters is keeping close tabs through radio messages on Progress of the . Ships whose cruise has been denounced by the soviets As provocation and As a a show of Force close to the soviet Secretary of defense Clark m. Clifford said tuesday that a there is no Merit to the soviet charge that the Mission is a a we have a perfect and Complete right to have our destroyers in the Black sea a Clifford said. He contended that tile voyage is routine. Although Clifford did no to say so specifically he implied that the cruise of the Dyess and Turner at this time was intended at least partly As a reply to wider ranging soviet naval penetration of the seas. A the soviets within the last year have seen fit to show tile soviet Flag in the Indian Ocean and the persian Gulf a Clifford told a news conference. He noted a this is not the first time we have sent destroyers in the Black sea a which is ringed by the soviet Union communist Rumania communist Bulgaria and Western oriented Turkey. Navy records show that this is tile eighth time in the past four years that . Destroyers travelling in Paris have appeared in the Black sea. But Navy officials said the russians never before have raised such a fuss. Sources said russian planes have kept at least 1,000 feet above the two american warships and have not attempted any harassment such As Buz. In to. Neither tile planes nor the soviet destroyer have attempted to Contact the Dyess or Turner by radio Blinker or any other Means the sources said. A a they re just keeping an Eye on our ships a a one senior naval officer said. Although tile soviets obviously know where the american destroyers Are Navy officials refused to give any details on their course Lief re they leave tile Black sea the Way they came after about four Days. Government orders mine inspection hike Washington apr As an aftermath of the West Virginia 2oal mine disaster the Federal government is ordering its inspectors to increase five fold the number of spot inspections and to scrap a Rule that could tip off mines to pending checks. In addition the Bureau of mines new director John f. Of Leary said he was setting up machinery so miners fearful a mine is unsafe May secretly re quest an inspection. On thursday less than a month after 78 miners were entombed by explosions at the Farmington w. Va., mine some 200 representatives of Industry labor government and the Public Are to meet in Washington for a Coal mine safety conference. Secretary of Interior Stewart l. Udall is expected to disclose a proposed administration Coal Bill Liat would give the Bureau of mines authority to set safety standards for Coal mines. Udall also is expected to acknowledge that the government has not done All it could under existing Law to prevent such Dis asters As struck the Farmington mine. Of Leary 42, a career Man who took Over As Bureau of mines director Only a month be fore november a mine disaster said in an interview he did no to think the Bureau had the proper enforcement authority Over Coal mines. But he also acknowledged a i done to feel Blat in the past we have exhausted the limits of the Atli crities Bint we do have a some miners complained to newsmen As Well As to the Bureau Blat Coal mines seem to know when a inspector state or Federal plans to visit. Tel Aviv apr former gov. William w. Scranton flying Home from his fact finding Mission for president elect Nixon in the Middle East said today the new administration will propose a plan for peace be tween the israelis and arabs. Asked on a Stop in Rome whether after he reported to Nixon the United states would suggest a peace plan Scranton said a yes certainly we will put Forward a proposal. But i can give no details at this a i was Able to ascertain that the parties affected ire actually very willing to find a solution to tile problem a lie said. Shooting continued across the Jordan River. An israeli army spokesman said an israeli Border patrol came under Bazooka and Light arms fire in the Beisun Valley. The israelis returned the fire he said but no casualties were reported. Jordan claimed the israelis fired first and said its troops suffered no casualties. Scranton who made a fac finding tour of six countries for Nixon told news men that a peace settlement in the Middle East is a far and away the most important thing to arrive he said he found desire for a settlement a fundamental in Israel a As Well As in Arab countries he visited earlier. Tin former Pennsylvania governor visited Iran Lebanon Egypt saudi Arabia Jordan and Israel. Scranton said on tuesday he was More encouraged about prospects for peace in the mid die East than when he arrived Iii the area last week. Pot sniffing a Duke so efforts in vain Cocoa Fla. Apr when postmaster . A Arm Kyd gel Ger allowed Duke Brevard county s pot sniffing Pooch to Sample the Aroma of a pile of suspicions Christmas packages he touched off a controversy that happen to a dog. A that dog violated the Sanctity of the Seal a declared postal inspector . Callahan who said sniffing first class mail is strictly taboo. Callahan Geiger a Boss in Atlanta said tuesday an invest gation was under Way into the incident which he said violated the policy of the Post office to keep unauthorized people out of the inner Sanctum of the mail room. Geiger meanwhile w Isnit talking. However Brevard sheriff Leigh Wilson had plenty to say. A when a dog can do your Job better than you can a said the sheriff a that s something to be concerned about a Wilson admittedly was aloud by the Adverse reaction of Tjom a1 officials to the visit by liar erotic agents and Duke Pride of the narcotics division. A they asked us to come Over and look around and we did a Wilson said. A if they done to want us to come again that a Fine with me a however in Atlanta. Callahan said he understood that Wilson a agents tipped that i shipment of marijuana was being sent to Cocoa Beach had approached Geiger with the suggestion Liat Duke look around in the mail room at any i enter nos three pad comics age to cont my Gallatin cannot use such a it Quot Duke put his Tai to work my found Ives which the fur noted Ami allowed their Way unopened. Said tint authorities evidence gleaned in Natter because the a Sanctity of the Seal tuts been broken in the mail room. A Duke turn made numerous arrests and was instrumental in breaking up a s20 too drop a said Wilson. Duke had qualified in court As a witness to identify a defendant in a narcotics Case Wilson said. La. Edgar Brannon the dogs handler said Duke has never High on my cities in i big i Jim but and is i Ai he is there turn Iway from the a becom it the Roar muted i to reef drugs a ii he had a Chance no a eat up the stud in a minute a it Aid Brannon who added in has yet to lose a Case for Lack of Evi Deuce. New York apr president elect Nixon announced today a Federal budget directory Chicago banker Robert mayor before flying to Washington to announce his Cabinet choices to the nation tonight. Appearing before newsmen at his Pierre hotel Headquarters in new York. Nixon said that Mayo whose background couples 18 years in the Treasury department with nine years in private banking will be considered a a top member of the Cabinet team and will attend All meetings of that body. Mayo wound up his Treasury career in the Dwight d. Eisenhower administration As assistant to the Secretary for debt management and in 1960 Jot id the Continental Illinois National Bank amp Trust co. Of Chicago where he has served As a vice president. Nixon met earlier with vice president elect Spiro t. Agnew to give him an Advance look at the Cabinet roster. To reporters the president elect said he thinks his choices Are a big men Strong men i rely he said it wont be a Cabinet basically of a yes William p. Rogers attorney general for three years in the Eisenhower administration will be named Secretary of state. Word of some other Cabinet selections has already gained Public circulation. A gov. George Romney of Michigan according to informed Republican party officials in Washington will be Secretary of housing and Urban development. A another Republican governor Walter j. Hickel of Alaska will be Secretary of the Interior according to Alaska s senator elect Mike gravel a Democrat. A there were Strong reports that rep. Melvin r. Laird r-wis., would occupy the powerful position of Secretary of defense. A Nixon told reporters tuesday that he would be announcing today a major Post for Republican it. Gov. Robert Finch of californian but say what. It was generally believed Finch would wind up As Secretary of health education and welfare. Here s rundown on n Ixon s top Cabinet line up by the associated press Here s How president elect Nixon a Cabinet to be announced tonight shapes up Secretary of state William p. Rogers attorney general in the Eisenhower administration and close Friend of Nixon a. Secretary of defense rep. Melvin r. Laird r-wis., a congressional authority on de tense spending is reported the definite Choice. Secretary of the Treasury David Kennedy chairman of the Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago or Robert h. Anderson who held tile Post in the Eisenhower administration. Attorney general John n. Mitchell Nixon a presidential Campaign erector and a former Law partner Likely. Secretary of health education and welfare it. Gov. Robert h. Finch of California is considered the Likely Choice. Secretary of housing and Urban development gov. George Romney of Michigan according to usually informed Republican officials. Secretary of agriculture Clifford m. Hardin University of Nebraska Chancellor regarded Tho Choice. Secretary of the Interior gov. Tim Babcock of Montana def a let cd for re elect Lon Iii november or gov. Walter f. Hickel of Alaska. Secretary of Commerce a mystery but Maurice h. Stans budget director in Eisenhower s administration has been named by some is the Likely Choice. Secretary of labor James j. Reynolds now undersecretary. Another possibility is George pm a Schultz Dean of the University of Chicago a graduate school of business. Secretary of transportation gov. John a. Volpe of Massachusetts. Postmaster general Winston c. Blunt president of Ute . Chamber of Commerce. The president elect mentioned Finch Iii announcing a Surprise appointment for sociologist Daniel p. Moynihan a Democrat. Nixon said Moynihan an assistant Secretary of labor in tin Kennedy and Johnson administrations would tie his White House assistant for Urban problems a new position which he said would elevate Moynihan to the same status As or. Henry a. Kissinger his assistant on National Security affairs. Nixon also announced plans to create a Council for Urban affairs a a counterpart of the National Security rep. Melvin Laird new defense chief Laird took new Post reluctantly Washington apr Mel Vin r. Laird expected to be named tonight As the new Secre tary of defense agreed to take the Job Only after president elect Nixon applied intense pressure sources say. A it was a question of duty. There is no question but that he would have liked to have stayed in tile House tin rest of his life and someday become speaker a the source said. The 46-year-old Wisconsin Republican was elected in novo Hiber to an eighth term with Ca per cent of the vote. Laird no. 2 House Republican had gone Home to Wisconsin last week. Thursday he got the first intimation that Nixon had decided to make him defense head. Friday he flew to Palm Springs site of the Gap governors conference to meet with Nixon. A High source said Laird told Nixon that he could do More for him and the party in the House and stressed that he was a legis Lator rather than an administrator. A but when the president of the United states asks you you do it a the source said. Laird ranking Republican on toe House appropriations committee was one of the toughest questioners of former Secretary of defense Robert s. Mcnamara. More than once he challenged Mcnamara a estimated spending budget and in each Case his own estimate turned out to be close to the actual figure. Laird was chairman of the platform committee at toe 1964 Republican National convention today a chuckle strange that men Call Money dough Sticks to your fingers. A shopping Days til Christmas

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