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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - December 18, 1968, Norwich, New York Break in the storm Saigon seeks truce Hanoi expected to ignore or refer offer Saigon a the South vietnamese government said to Day it is ready to talk with North Vietnam about truces for new year s Day and tot the lunar new year festival. Hanoi was expected either to ignore the invitation or Tell the Saigon regime to talk to the Viet Cong s National liberation front in line with the communist Contention that the Viet Cong and not the North vietnamese Are fighting the War in South Vietnam. This would bring the question of further Holiday cease fires Back to its present status since Saigon refuses to recognize the Elf and to negotiate with it. The Viet Cong has already announced unilateral three Day cease fires for Christmas new year and tet which next year comes on feb. 17. The South vietnamese government has announced Only a 24-hour ceasefire for Christmas and the . Command says it will observe this truce period also. A communique from South Vietnam a foreign ministry today said Saigon a 24-hour Christmas truce would not tie extended be cause it has a no Confidence in the communists Good Faith when they announced a three Day the communique cited a the treacherous violations by Hanoi and its auxiliary forces during the tat truce last february when the Viet Cong launched its biggest offensive of the War and a assassinations Kidnap tags shellings and terrorist attacks that occurred in the previous truces proposed by the communist a it is still too Early a the com Munique said a to make any decision concerning a possible stand Down in military opera tons for new years Day and tet. In Case Hanoi wishes to seek a truce arrangement for new years Day and tet the government of the Republic of Vietnam will be ready to discuss the matter with the representatives of North the foreign ministry said it had consulted with the United states and Saigon s other allies and a they have All expressed their agreement with regard to the truce in the War meanwhile a . Air Force transport plane with 40 passengers and four crewmen aboard crashed and burned tuesday just after taking off from the Chu Lai air base 58 Miles South of Danang. Military spokesmen said fourteen persons were killed and most of the others were injured three of them seriously. They said most of those aboard the twin engine c123 were american troops but there were some so Atli vietnamese soldiers. San Francisco College site of violence during a student rebellion was closed Early for the Holiday season by or. Samuel i. Hayakawa below acting president who said he Hopes the break in school activity will quell the temper of Beth sides of the controversy. Above determination of both sides is Evi Dent during the dispute on several issues. Current crisis began when a negro was suspended from a part time teaching Post after a militant speech in which he urged negro students to carry guns to school in support of demands of the Black students Union. Nixon Okay of nuclear pact hinted new York apr president elect Nixon is said by a . Diplomat to have suggested he May soon signal that he believes the time has come for the Senate to approve a treaty to control the spread of nuclear weapons. But officially the Nixon position is unchanged and vague. . Disarmament negotiator William c. Foster was quoted tuesday As saying Nixon had told him the time May shortly be Ripe for american action to ratify the treaty. Foster made that comment to a newsman after Nixon visited the United nations and chatted with . And foreign diplomats at a half hour reception. The american negotiator was quoted As saying he found the Nixon View encouraging. But he also relayed word that Nixon was not committing him self now to any timetable for action. Foster told one of the few reporters permitted to attend the . Reception that Nixon had said the time May or May not be right for action now or in the immediate future. Nixon Man May advise phased Viet withdrawal Washington apr if Henry a. Kissinger follows his own writings his National Security advice to Richard m. Nixon will stress conventional military preparedness Over a nuclear Only deterrent the yielding of some defense responsibilities to allies and phase withdrawal of . Forces from Vietnam. When president elect Nixon named Kissinger As his special assistant for National Security affairs this month the Harvard scholar refused to state his views on major foreign policy questions. Saying he believes his new Job a is inconsistent with making Public statements on substantive issues a he invited a questioning reporter to read his books. Kissinger Lias written three books on government affairs edited a fourth and contributed one chapter to a fifth Coneen rating on nuclear strategy and the Atlantic Alliance. Since 1960 he has contributed 16 commentaries on foreign policy Many of them echoing or previewing his books to a variety of magazines and journals. While Kissinger has outlined his views in detail Nixon avoided specifics during the Campaign and so their affiliation begins without major policy differences on the Public record. As special assistant Kissinger will be in a position to strongly influence presidential thinking on foreign affairs but will not be tied to administrative chores As is the Secretary of state. My George Bundy with president Kennedy and Walt Rostow with president Johnson both were influential in the Job Kissinger is getting. As a foreign policy adviser to gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller of new York Kissinger was heavily involved in drafting the four stage Vietnam peace plan unveiled during Rockefeller s Campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Feverish lbs enters Bethesda Washington apr president Johnson entered Bethesda naval Hospital today for treatment of what a White House spokesman described As a Chest cold and Low Grade fever. Johnson has a history of bronchial difficulties and spent 3v2 Days in Bethesda naval Hospital in 1965 suffering from a heavy cold that left him under Par for several weeks. Last nov. 23, Johnson told newsmen he was considering going to the Hospital for a Ray checks of a Long standing intestinal disorders diverticulosis a condition marked by the development of Small pouches in the Large intestine. The trip never Yriate realized. Johnson a physicians said last summer when the existence of diverticulosis first was announced that it was ordinarily not a serious ailment for someone in Johnson s age group. He was 60 last aug. 27. Christian told newsmen last August Johnson a doctors reported x rays then showed no change in his physical condition. The x rays were taken while Johnson was undergoing tests and his regular physical examination As an outpatient at Brooke army Hospital in san Antonio Tex. Johnson suffered a heart attack in 1955 while he was Senate Europe Gold Price soars London apr the Price of Gold shot up to a six month Peak on european Bullion markets today on the basis of speculation that president elect Nix. Ones administration May raise the official Price for the Metal. Successive american governments have fiercely resisted any increase above the $35 an ounce the United states has been committed to pay since 1934. But the refusal tuesday of Treasury Secretary designate David Kennedy to commit himself to defend the present official Gold Dollar rate was taken by Bullion dealers and Specula tors As a hint of changing thinking in Washington. The Price of Gold jumped 60 cents at the morning fixing in London and 50 cents in both Zurich and Frankfurt. The London free Market Price was $41,825, the highest level since june 12, when it reached $41.90. It was $41.70 in both Zurich and Frankfurt. In Paris an ounce of g o i d jumped from $43.59 at tues Day s closing to $44.28. Over All volume amounted to the franc equivalent of $3.3 million up $865,000 from tuesday. The All time High for an ounce of Gold in Paris was $45.36 on july 5. London dealers said turnover was Small. Demand was sex no change due new York a president elect Nixon a principal spokesman said today the incoming chief executive does not anticipate any change in the $35 an ounce official Price for Gold. Tremley heavy but Sellers were hanging on for a still higher Price. The Dollar moved downward on All european foreign exchanges. In London the Pound moved up to $2.38535 from tuesday nights closing $2.3850. In Zurich the Dollar was quoted at 4.2952 Swiss francs against tuesdays 4.2957, in Frankfurt at 3.9983 Marks against 3.9988, and in Paris 4.9490 francs against 4.949375. Shortly lifter the initial High opening in tile Zurich Market the Price of Gold climbed a further 121/2 cents to $41,825 an ounce. An estimated five tons of Metal changed hands in the first two hours far above Normal turnover but still below the crisis level of last March. A Zurich banker said much of the demand for tile Metal was coming from France apparently in fear of renewed social unrest there. A demand is very heavy and owners Are hanging on to their Gold waiting for a higher Price a he said. British commentators were critical of Kennedy s news conferences remarks about Gold. He said he Felt he should not a make statements that flu cause speculation one Way or Hie other and that he wants All the flexibility he can get in dealing with the Gold Issue and other problems. Federal Reserve rate to establish tighter credit during Tion. The Gall bladder opera actress gets Surprise bequest Washington apr the Federal Reserve Board has democratic Leader. He entered moved to establish stiffer credit Bethesda naval Hospital in 1965 in an Effort to offset the current for removal of his Gall bladder inflationary trend plaguing the and again in 1966, for removal nations Economy. Of a nonmalignant Throat polyp with economic barometers re and repair of the incision made porting the Economy still running too fast the Tigard announced tuesday the interest rate charged by Federal Reserve District Banks on Loans to their member Banks is going up from 5v4 per cent to so a per cent. The move is calculated to discourage the present High level of borrowing by making it More costly. The Board said it wants a to Foster financial conditions conducive to the reduction of inflationary pressures with a View toward encouraging a More sustainable rate of economic expansion and attaining reasonable equilibrium in the country a balance of since directors of the Federal Reserve Banks in St. Louis Kansas City and san Francisco Eisenhower a brother 70, Dies Scottsdale Ariz. A Earl Eisenhower 70, brother of former president Dwight Eisenhower died Early today at his Home in Scottsdale. Eisenhower a former electrical Engineer with the West Penn Power co. Of Pennsylvania later went into Public relations and was elected to several terms in the Illinois legislature he retired to Scottsdale near Phoenix in 1966, after running unsuccessfully for Cook county clerk in Chicago. Did no to join their counterparts in the other districts in asking a rate increase they will continue using the 5/j per cent rate. Observers expected uniformity throughout the system in a mat ter of Days however. The boards action tuesday reverses a decision made last August when it ordered the in Terest discount rate lowered from 5v2 per cent to 5v4 per cent. The Board said then the reduction was needed because the 5v2 per cent figure was a a a crisis rate that would have bad psychological effects on the Economy if let stand too Long. Tuesdays announcement did no to indicate How Long the return to the 5l/2 per cent rate might last. Many Bankers and economists praised the interest rate boost although they said it was expected. Or. Saul Kainan vice president and chief economist of the National association of Mutual savings Banks Analysed the los Angeles apr a Sun fortunately a says former actress Dolores Moran a for the life of me i can to remember the she was talking of Anthony Ponce a 58-year-old Bachelor Recluse who left her most of his $250,000 to $300,000 estate. Miss Moran now 41, apparently met him when she was a 15-year-old car hop in Sunnyvale Calif. Joseph Degioia attorney for the will a executor suggested Ponce May never have realized How much he was leaving miss Moran. The will was drawn up weather partly Cloudy tonight with Low temperatures in teens and near 20. Thursday increasing cloudless with some Snow develop my late in afternoon and becoming mixed with rain at night High temperatures in in it per 20s and 20s. In 1947. It left $6,000 to five nieces and a Nephew and Quot All the rest of my real and personal property to Dolores Moran of Hollywood Calif., formerly employed by Warner the other property included a 10-acre Apricot Grove that was Worth perhaps $1,000 in 1941, when Ponce is believed to have met miss Moran. Since then the property has become surrounded by exclusive Sunnyvale housing developments. Attorneys estimate its value now from $250,000 to perhaps $300,000. The nieces and Nephew All married and of modest incomes say they plan to contest the will filed for probate monday. Ponce lived in a modest House on the Grove. Few in Sunnyvale which is in Northern California knew him. A Long time Friend George Bonacich said Ponce a never mentioned anybody. He was pretty close Degioia also said Ponce never mentioned miss Moran a the just remembered her. He took a liking to her when she was a Young girl and he dropped in at the drive in for an occasional cup of she says her memory of the incident has been a washed away by time. Miss Moran at 16, signed a seven year contract with War Ner Bros. She was called a a new Jean she had Star Bill Ings in a the Horn blows at mid night a a Johnny one Eye a and a old she quit acting after marrying producer Benedict e. Bogeaus. They had one child Brett now 20, and were divorced four years ago. Bogeaus. Who produced among others a the Bridge of san Luis Rey Quot died last August. A life is truly an extraordinary procession a miss Moran said tuesday of Ponce a will. A what a Beautiful thing. Its phenomenal. In a not living in poverty certainly. But my reaction was one of Marvel Bells of Bethlehem will ring out Over tile tiny Judean Village this Christmas As they have each year. Nearly 20,000 pilgrims Are expected to attend services at various churches in the area. Rate Cut this Way a if the discount rate is Short lived and my own View is that it will be then mortgage rates will Rise temporarily choke off further economic expansion and Dampen inflationary some observers expressed doubts however about the effect of the Reserve boards action. A unless this increase is an indication the Federal Reserve Board is getting tougher this thing wont work a said Walter Klein of the associated Indus tries of Massachusetts. Other developments reported tuesday providing a backdrop for the Federal Reserve policy change included a another Rise in the Industrial production Index Micat ing the output of the nations industries Rose in november to 167.4 on a scale that pegs output in the 1957.59 base period at too. The Rise was the strongest in one month since May. A another Rise in the Industrial production Index indicating the output of the nation s industries Rose in november to 167.4 on a scale that pegs output in the 1957.59 base period at too. The Rise in one month was the strongest since May. A personal income still climbing though at a slower rate than a few months ago. Wages and salaries which account for two thirds of personal income from All sources were up 9v2 per cent in the first la months of the year. A a 7 per cent spurt in housing starts in november mainly in the South. But housing Industry spokesmen fear the Onset of a tight Money period would Cut deeply into available funds for mortgages. Earlier this month the government reported unemployment dropped in november to 3.3 per cent lowest in 15 years. Many economists see rapidly rising prices As almost inescapable when a employ Mew reaches such Low Levels a situation posing unpleasant choices for those trying to steer the Economy from Washington. Too indians nabbed but Span blocked Massena n. Y. Apr reinforced numbers of Canadian police scuffled with protesting Mohawk indians at the International Bridge on Cornwall Island today. An Indian blockade of the International Span held firm. Police made a number of arrests As More than too mohawks blocked the Bridge with their bodies and 25 automobiles. Scattered violence broke out As police tried t6 move the automobiles to Clear the Bridge and the protesting indians a who blocked the Bridge in protest of payment of the customs tax moved vehicles Back into the blockade line. Cornwall Ontario police chief Allen Clark lost his hat in one scuffle on the Bridge. Ten members of the Royal Ca Nadian mounted police were at the scene at to . When the demonstration began. The mounties were reinforced later by Cornwall and Ontario state policemen. The indians carried signs that read a this is an Indian reservation no trespassing a and a Jay the treaty reference was to the Jay treaty of 1794. The indians claim the treaty guarantees them the right of free Access to the United states and Canada without paying a customs tax. Mrs. Kahn tin tax Horn sister of one of the leaders of the protest movement was arrested and carried to a police car kicking and screaming. The Canadian police at the scene stopped making arrests shortly before noon for a time. A spokesman said there was a logistics problem on getting the arrested mohawks to the Island jail. Police push wide search Atlanta a. Apr where is Barbara Jane Mackle that question went unan swered today As Federal agents led a nationwide search for the 20-year-old coed kidnapped from her sickbed at a Motel near the Emory University Campus. The whereabouts of her multimillionaire parents was not known publicly As officials a both local and Federal refused comment on the Case. The girls Mother mrs. Rob Ert f. Mackle of Coral Gables fla., told de Kalb county police that Barbara was kidnapped about 4 a. In. Tuesday by a Young gunman and boy accomplice about 12. Today a chuckle suffering in silence is Sweet indeed but Only if everyone knows it. Shopping Days til Christmas

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