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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - December 12, 1968, Norwich, New York The evening Sun vol. 78, no. 180 thursday december 12, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10c per copy Coo to Ion i Nixon pulls no surprises plans Yule for i ones by Niles Jackson Consol no. 9, w. A a for the grownups who live around the big Coal mine the Joy and Hope of Christmas lie buried there this year with 78 men. But Christmas is mostly for children and Many of the adults Are determined to Salvage something of the traditional Holiday spirit for the Young ones. The 78 miners trapped by explosions and fire in no. 9 were presumed dead when the pits were sealed on nov. 30 after to Days of futile Rescue attempts. They left 75 widows and 133 sons and daughters. Mrs. Bea Martins Miner husband was not among the entombed but she expressed the general Community gloom this Way a a we re not going to celebrate Christmas. I done to see How anyone can. A mrs. Hartzel Mayle Mother of 16 and widow of one of the lost miners took a Brave opposite View. A the would have wanted us to have a Christmas a mrs Mayle said. A that was our big Day. My husband would play football in the House with the kids. Well All try to have a Christmas. A we have our farm and we re going to get by. In a planning to buy some cows and we have the Corn and hogs and chickens. A i had a wonderful husband. I know he like it if i threw up my hands and said i make it and quit we re going to make it. A a in a going to seethe res of the kids get through school. My husband and i always said even if they had beards and was Gray headed they were going to finish High mrs. Mayle knew a Coal miners life Well. Her husband had worked in the pits since his teens. Some were new to it like Barbara Toler who is still awaiting the birth of her baby. Her 26-year-old husband was among those lost. Mrs. Emma Opyoke a Home is on the rising Mountainside near the company store. A a they re going to have a mrs. Opyoke said of the widows and fatherless children. A a they re not going to have much but they re going to have something. A a they re going to Force themselves to celebrate especially when they have Little Ernes who done to Money clothes and toys keep coming into Farmington where the not 9 disaster fund office is located. L. Clyde Riley an official of the United mine workers Union said about $5,200 had been collected and the fund has Only been established a few Days. Inquiries have come from Nova Scotia Florida California Mississippi Wyoming and elsewhere. Saigon fearful of lbs Man Euver William Rogers Heads state dept. Says his Cabinet offers dimension Robert hew John Volpe t transportation George Heads Romney Hud no liberals Denis or Blacks Paris apr . Neotia. Tor Cyrus r. Vance conferred for 90 minutes today with South Vietnam a delegation chief As the americans sought to head off another rift with their allies. A spokesman for South Viet namese Delegate Pham Dang Lam said it was a a useful meet they discussed mainly the continuing deadlock Over a. Range ments for the enlarged Vietnam peace conference he said. At Issue Are such symbolic matters As who is to speak first and what shape the conference table will be. American sources said there is still room for com. Promise and they remain Hope Ful the conference will get under Way before too Long. The South vietnamese Dele a. Tion masterminded by vice president Nguyen Cao by is pressing the americans not to Compromise on communist de. Mands for procedures implying recognition of the Viet congas National liberation front. The americans tend to be less concerned than either the North or South vietnamese Over status symbols stressing instead a need to Start negotiations to end the War. Qualified sources said the Saigon government feared . Negotiators were anxious to get the talks started before presi Dent Johnson leaves the White House Jan. 20 and might consider procedural concessions that would give the status of a full delegation to the Viet Cong s National liberation front. American officials sought to minimize the reports of differences Between the . And South vietnamese delegations. They stressed that the United states will make no Deal with North Vietnam on conference procedure unless it is acceptable to Saigon. Mrs. Robert Kennedy gives birth to girl Washington apr Ethel Kennedy widow of sen. Robert f. Kennedy gave birth today to her Lith child an eight Pound four ounce girl. The child was delivered at Georgetown University Hospital by caesarean Section at 8 40 . Mrs. Kennedy has three other girls Ami seven boys rang ing in age from 18 months to 17 years. Her husband the Junior Sena. Tor from new York was Assas. Stated in june in los Angeles shortly after winning the Cali fornia democratic presidential primary. Sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., his wife and other family friends were at the Hospital for the birth. A family spokesman said both Mother and child were doing Well. Weather sunny Breezy and warmer this afternoon with variable High cloudiness. High in 30s and Low 40s. Mild and Windy with increasing cloudiness tonight. Chance of a few showers. This is the fifth child delivered by caesarean Section to mrs. Kennedy who entered the Hospital wednesday night. She had been confined to bed since suffering false labor pains in october. At that time she entered the Hospital but returned Home the following Day. Cicero Bank hit $37,000 is taken Cicero n. Y. A a Man armed with a Rifle entered a Branch of the merchants a. Tonal Bank and Trust co. In this Syracuse suburb Early this morning forced employees into a rear room and escaped with $37,800, according to a sheriffs department spokesman. Investigators said the Man who wore a stocking Over his head fled in an automobile be. Long to Christine Richer a Bank employee. Miss Richer told police she sensed someone was walking behind her As she neared the Bank Entrance on her Way to work about 8 . By Walter Mears Washington apr Rich Ard m. Nixon has chosen As the men to help him achieve his Campaign goal of uniting the country a Cabinet Flavoured by business conservatism caution and republicanism. It features no dissident liberals no democrats and no negroes. In naming his selections wednesday night Nixon said they were not yes men. Nevertheless he will have to look elsewhere for the outspoken sort of dissident which during the Campaign he promised to heed As president. Typically for the crucial top spots Nixon chose men he knew Well old friends Many near his own age of 57. William p. Rogers 55, goes to the state department with Little diplomatic experience but with something perhaps More important. He has the absolute Confidence of the president elect a Friend for More than 20 years. Indeed in three of what Nixon has called his six crises Rogers was at his Side. So too it. Gov. Robert h. Finch of California is a Friend of two decades. Finch 43, will head the department of health education and welfare. But if past performance is any guide he also will be a constant Counselor within the White House itself. Atty. John n. Mitchell 55, can be expected to fill a similar role. There too close personal ties and Trust a. Pear to have been a key Factor in the selection of a Nixon Law partner. Mitchells Field has not been that of crime fighting a key item in Nixon a Campaign talk of the Man who would be his attorney general but in the arrangement of state and my alaskans senator Dies Washington apr alas kans senior . Senator e. B. A a bobs Bartlett one time Gold Miner and Newspaperman considered himself an example of the rugged individualism that marked the Tough life in his Arctic Frontier state. Bartlett who died wednesday night at the age of 64, prided himself on his informal bearing his Gold mining past and the close Contact he tried to main Tain with the Ordinary citizen. He died of cardiac arrest in a Cleveland Ohio clinic where he had been under treatment since a Nove fiber operation to relieve blockage of an artery. President Franklin d. Roose velt appointed Bartlett Sec re tary of the Alaska territory in 1939. Nic pal Bonds. The Nixon Cabinet has its moderate to Liberal republicans. Finch fits that pattern Michigan gov. George Romney 60 who is to be Secretary of housing and Urban development typifies it. But in such selections As rep. Melvin r. Laird 46, of Wisconsin for Secretary of defense and of Maurice a stans 60, to head the Commerce department Nixon has stood fast with the Republican establishment. As a campaigner Nixon indicated there would be democrats or at least a Democrat in his Cabinet lineup. A we tried a one aide said after the choices were announced. This was a reference to Nix on s offer to make sen. Henry m. Jackson of Washington his Secretary of defense. Jackson his Cabinet lineup. A we tried a one aide said after the choices were announced. This was a reference to Nix ones offer to make sen. Henry m. Jackson of Washington his Secretary of defense. Jackson declined. By an evident Effort to offset the shortage of democrats Nixon said a Man of that party will be named . Ambassador to the United nations. A similar concern was evident when Nixon prefaced his Cabinet announcements by telling a National television audience that he is going to reappoint Walter Washington a negro and a Democrat. Marines in bloody Battle fight spills into the Doz Saigon a . A tines and North vietnamese troops battled for 12 flours wednesday and the heavy fighting spilled Over into the demilitarized zone the . Com Mand reported. Twelve marines and eight North vietnamese were killed and 30 marines were wounded the command said. Confirming earlier reports the Headquarters also announced that the number of american troops killed in action in the eight years of . Involvement in the War had passed the 30,000 Mark. Tile weekly casualty report said 192 americans died in combat last week raising the total to 30,057 since Jan. I 1961. In the same period the . Command said at least 422,979 Viet Cong and North vietnamese have been killed including 1,715 last week. In the fighting along the Northern Frontier . Fighter bombers streaked Over the Southern Edge of the demilitarized zone to attack about 200 North vietnamese troops the . Command said was raining mortars machine gun and Small arms fire on tile marines. . Artillery guns also blasted at the communist troops some of whom were Well entrenched in heavily fortified bunkers. Military spokesmen said the fighting broke out on the Southern Edge of the Doz. About 150 marines from the 4th regiment had moved out on patrol from the combat base called the Rock pile and ran into the North vietnamese six Miles to the Northeast. Another 150 leathernecks were rushed up while bombers and artillery pounded the ene my positions. The fighting swirled into tile zone itself when the enemy soldiers withdrew about Midnight to tile North and Northeast and tile marines pursued them. The North vietnamese mortar positions were said to tie a few Hundred Yards inside the Southern half of the Doz. A spokesman said a sweep of the Southern Edge of the zone turned up eight enemy bodies and a Quantity of War materials and ammunition. It was the second time since the halt in the american bombing of North Vietnam on nov. I til at Allied forces moved into the Doz. On nov. 26, us. Marines and South vietnamese infantry men swept into tile zone and clashed with North vietnamese troops in two Battles seven Miles apart but no american casualties were reported. . Headquarters also reported that . Marine artillery fired wednesday on to to 12 North vietnamese soldiers sighted in fortified positions inside the Doz Washington apr president elect Nixon has named a no surprises no democrats Cabinet that he says will bring a an extra dimensions to the handling of the nations problems. A i can assure you these Are Strong men. They Are compassionate men. They Are Good men a Nixon said in an easygoing informal manner As he announced the makeup of his official family we line Day night before a National television radio audience. Reaching into the ranks of Republican governors High powered businessmen and educators Nixon came up with 12 men. Many longtime associates and friends who generally reflect the internationalist minded and fiscally conservative Atti tildes of the president elect. In his drive for president against Democrat Hubert h. Humphrey Nixon had said he would seek men of both parties and of differing views for help in achieving his Campaign goal of uniting the country. Asked about the absence of a Democrat Herbert g. Klein Nixon communications director quipped the president elect had appointed a fall independents who vote however press spokesman Ronald l. Ziegler made a Point of telling newsmen that a Democrat will get one top Job to be announced in the near future ambassador to the United nations. The Post Lias been offered to Sargent Shriver now ambassador to France. Shriver is a brother in Law of sen. Edward m. Kennedy a mass an association by marriage that has prompted some Strong private protests from conservative republicans. Nixon also did not have a negro on his list. Perhaps to try to offset any Adverse comments he began his broadcast by disclosing that Washington s dem Quot socratic negro mayor Walter a Washington has agreed to appointment to a second term when his tenure expires feb. I. By the time Nixon spoke without Benefit of notes or Cue cards is choices for the Cabi. Net were hardly a secret. The president elect had Given the names in Advance to gop congressional leaders and from there the roster soon found its Way onto the air and into print. They Are Secretary of state a William p. Rogers Secretary of defense rep. Melvin r. Laird a wis. Secretary of the Treasury David m. Kennedy attorney Genera in John n. Mitchell postmaster general Apollo team working on leak Cape Kennedy Fla. Apr engineers and technicians worked today to fix a leak in a first stage engine of the giant Apollo 8 Moon rocket hoping it will not delay the dec. 21 Blastoff of Many a first journey to the Moon. Top officials of the National aeronautics and space administration planned to meet during the Day to assess the problem and determine whether the engine must be replaced. If the switch is made a Nasa spokesman said it would require at least three weeks which would wipe out a christmastime Moon orbit by air for e col. Frank Borman Navy capt. James a. Lovell or. And air Force maj. William a. Anders. The spokesman said a change probably would require rolling the 36-Story-tall rocket Back to problem Wimch is in a Drain line that bleeds off excess propellant from a fuel pump in one of tile five first stage engines of the three stage Saturn 5. The big danger it poses is igniting too great a fire in the rocket exhaust As the Saturn 5 blasts into space. Nasa reported there was a High leak rate in the line which permits Normal seepage of fuel including some used As lubricant while the rocket is lifting into space. Officials were hopeful the difficulty could be overcome by simply replacing a pump valve or Seal. A Long delay would push tile launching off until Jan. 18, which is the beginning of a seven Day favourable period when there Are desired lighting conditions on the Moon. An Assembly building three and one half Miles from the launch pad and a Complete rerun of All tests that have been Complete. Other sources reported the engine could be swapped on the pad and All necessary tests completed in three Days Ena bling Nasa to hold to the present launch Date. However officials might feel More secure ii they worked in the Assembly building. Nasa reported wednesday night after the leak was Duscov ered a it is a matter of concern there is no doubt about that. But present indications Are that we will not have to change the engine nor should this affect the launch Date of dec. 21.�?� pressure tests were conducted throughout the night As the launch Crew trouble shot the Laird a views facing big test Washington apr Melvin r. Laird May be tested when he attempts to put into practice As the Nixon adminis. To ration a defense Secretary what he preached As a congressman. The Wisconsin Republican will have to reconcile the need for new strategic weapons to stay ahead of the soviet Union with the need to keep the de lense budget from soaring out of sight. He will have to find a Way to maintain firm civilian control in military affairs and still give greater weight and Freedom to military judgment. He will have to find a Susti Lute for former defense chief Robert s. Mcnamara a tool which Hec Riti. Sized severely and still insure against waste in defense spending. Laird is unique he is the first member of Congress to step into the exceedingly Tough Job of running the Gigantic defense establishment and shaping National strategy to Deal with changing threats. As a ranking gop member of the House defense Appl Opria tons subcommittee he has interrogated Pentagon chiefs and challenged their policies. Now he will be on the other Side of the committee table. Though respected by both democrats and republicans in Congress he will be far from immune to criticism. In fact his reputation As a Strong partisan May open him to democratic attack after the customary period of Grace at the Start of a new administration. Laird was Nixon a principal defense policy adviser during the recent presidential Cam. Pain. His views show through Nix. Ones Core Contention that democratic administrations allowed a a gravely serious Security Gap to open up Between the United states arid the soviet Union. Like Nixon he rejects the idea of nuclear a a parity and favors Clear Cut . Superiority. Like Nixon he has deplored what he claimed was a lag in new weapons development and military research under the Mcnamara regime. He supports air Force Aims for a new advanced bomber but does not go All the Way with the air Force on the dimension of that program. Like Nixon Laird is an advocate of a stronger Navy. He fought for More . Ered warships. Winton m. Blount Secretary of the Interior gov. Walter j. Hickel of Alaska Secretary of agriculture a Clifford m. Hardin Secretary of Commerce Maurice h. Stans Secretary of Labory Georga p. Shultz Secretary of health education and welfare it. Gov. Robert h. Finch of California Secretary of housing and Urban develop Mentz gov. George Romney of Mic Man Secretary of trails Portal Ion gov. John a. Volpe of Massachusetts. Nixon said no member of is Cabinet a agrees with me completely on everything that i believe about what ought to be done in this terming them Independent to riders he said a i done to want a Cabinet of a yes men a the president elect wound up with Good words for everyone is Cabinet his vice president elect Spiro t. Agnew and even the members of president Jodi son s Cabinet. The selection of Rogers As Secretary of state was lauded by Senate democratic leaders including Vietnam War critics. J. W. Fulbright d-ark., chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee called Rogers a a Man of unquestioned integrity and ability and said a i feel sure that his common sense and Good judgement will serve the country a an excellent Choice a said Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield. A i am delighted with his appointment and look Forward to a continuing Good relationship with dissent did come from Georgia state rep. Julian Bond who was a Leader of Liberal forces at the democratic National convention. A negro he noted the Cabinet is All White and said negroes Are in for some disappointments during the Nixon administration. Here in Brief is the background of the men Nixon will Send to the Senate for confirmation after he takes office Jan. 20. Rogers 55, a new York and Washington lawyer longtime Nixon adviser mid attorney general for three years in the Eisenhower administration to be Secretary of state. A Kennedy 63, Board chairman of the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust co., and Veteran of 16 years with the staff of the Federal Reserve Board to be Secretary of the Treasury. A Laird 46, ranking Republican of the House defense appropriations subcommittee and a Nixon Campaign adviser to be Secretary of defense. A Mitchell 55, senior partner in Nixon a former new York Law firm an expert on state mid municipal Bonds and manager of the Nixon Campaign to be attorney general. A Blount 47, president of the . Chamber of Commerce mid a Montgomery ala., contractor who was a Democrat until 1952, to be postmaster general. A Nickel 49, a self made millionaire in real estate and construction and governor of Alaska since 1967, to be Secretary of the Interior. A Hardin 53, former Dean of agriculture at Michigan state University and since 1954, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska to be Secretary of agriculture. A stuns 60, new York investment banker budget director in the Eisenhower administration and Nixon s Chiel Campaign fund Raiser to be Secretary of Commerce. A Shultz 48, Dean of the graduate school of business at the University of Chicago to be Secretary of labor. A Finch 44, lieutenant governor of California and Long one of Nixon s closest political associates to be Secretary of health education and welfare. A Romney 61, former automaker governor of Michigan since 1963 and briefly last Winter a challenger of Nixon for the gop presidential nomination to be Secretary of housing and Urban development. A Volpe 60, three term governor of Massachusetts mid wealthy contractor to be Secretary of transportation. Tallulah movie Siren Dies at 65 new York apr Tallulah Bankhead the gravel voiced Southern Belle who became a stage Star movie Siren and eventually one of the nations leading character actresses a and characters died today she was 65. Miss Bankhead had been ill Only a few Days a victim of the current outburst of flu when pneumonia developed and led to her death according to her business manager Ezra Schine. Her sister Eugenia Bank head and Nephew Billy Bankhead were with her at her death. The flamboyant Tallulah named for her grandmother who was named for a Waterfall in Georgia Wimch the indians called a singing water gave Many of her Best performances off stage today s chuckle Cadillac bumper sticker a pay your taxes Early. I need my poverty shopping Days Tiu Christmas

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