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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - February 9, 1968, Norwich, New York The weather considerable cloudiness cold through saturday with Light Snow or flurries Likely. Low temperatures tonight Zero to 5 above highs saturday in the teens. The e evening Sun Chenango county s daily newspaper Sun spots Sermonetti by the Rev. J. Harold Davies Page 5 Sherburne plans con. Tine for 175th anniversary Celebration Page 6 planners discuss May Dole property Page 3 vol. La no. 231 Friday february 9, 1968 Norwich . 13815 8<r per copy pc increase pressure on a Nana offer rejected an invitation from the Norwich Pha Macal company to members of local 251, . To return to work monday feb. 12 was rejected at a meeting of the local membership this morning. The offer appears on another Page in today a evening Sun. Instead Thomas e. Boyle vice president of the International chemical workers Union told the workers that a now we re taking off the kid gloves and putting on the boxing Boyle said a a we re going to Start picketing today. And this should come As no news to the the International official termed it a informational picketing because a a we re not on strike we be been a illegally locked a Boyle said Volunteer pickets would picket the company Plant and warehouse. He said there will be picketing on a 24-hour basis and cautioned the pickets against harassing or insulting anyone. He also cautioned the pickets not to use alcohol or drugs a especially their drugs while on picket duty. After picketing gets underway Boyle said handbills will be distributed to the drug firms office help offering to get them a Union. A a in a sick and tired of seeing the Norwich Pha Macal company push you around a he told the Union workers. The meeting was attended by Frank Diamond president of local 2053, International brotherhood of electrical workers . Who presented Boyle with a Check for $1,000 for use of the chemical workers Union. Boyle said that application for Union benefits had been sent out and that the monies should be Here Early next week. In the meantime Boyle urged the workers to file for unemployment benefits with the local employ ment service. He said jobs for male employees of local 251 Are being sought through other unions. He said he would also Contact assemblyman Richard Brown regarding welfare assistance for the workers. State nation world Lindsay says no new York a mayor John v. Lindsay rejected today the recommendations of gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller a special mediation panel for ending the week old sanitation menus strike dashing Hopes for an Early settlement. A i said yesterday the City would not pay blackmail in order to conclude this strike a the Republican mayor declared at a news conference. A the proposed settlement in my View asks the City to pay a Little after the mayor acted 400 shop stewards for the striking uniformed sanitation ens association voted unanimously to accept the proposal. A Union spokesman said the strike would continue nonetheless. Joint project stops Washington a the United states and West Germany reportedly Are dropping joint development of a revolutionary new Jet fighter that could take off and land vertically. Although the project has involved Only about $6 million so far sources reporting its abandonment said it could Nave led to contracts Worth hundreds of millions of dollars. There was no immediate word on the reason for the action but some sources suggested the Money Pinch stemming from the Vietnam War May have been a Factor. Hijacker foiled Danang a . Marine private in a Black leather jacket with a cocked 45-caliber pistol tried today to Hijack a pan american airlines dc6 loaded with . Servicemen waiting to Fly to Hon Kong . Air Force police said. After 2 hours and 45 minutes a message from a four Star general and tear Gas the Copilot thwarted the Effort with a bold move. The Man arrested by air Force police was identified As Marine pfc. William Lee Clark of the 1st divisions 1st Field artillery a up. No charges have been filed and authorities withheld comment pending a full investigation. Tile incident started at 1 30 . After 83 servicemen were aboard the plane for their rest and recuperation flight to Hong Kong. Market report at 11 10 , Continental Telephone corp. Was 25% open and High 251/2 Low and last Norwich Pha Macal co. 41 High Low and last . Grant 31% open and Low 31% High and last Montgomery wards 23% open and Low 23% High and last . Fishman 14% High Low and last. Over the counter general Laboratory associates 13% bid 15 asked mid states raceway 7% bid 8 asked Raymond corp. 29% bid 31 asked Victory markets 9 bid 9% asked Gladding corp. 15 bid 151/2 asked National Bank and Trust co. Of Norwich 54 bid Chenango co. National Bank of Norwich 300 bid. . Troops land in Saigon to bolster s. Vietnamese forces Saigon apr helicopters landed . Troops on Saigon a Racetrack today to help rout out diehard Viet Cong forces As the North vietnamese increased pressure against Danang and More communist tanks were reported sighted near Khe Sanh. Heavy fighting was reported across South Vietnam a North pm sector with 321 communists and 67 . Troops killed thurs Day most of them in Battles around Khe Sanh and Danang and in Hue. Another 170 americans were wounded. Troops from the . 199th Light infantry brigade were landed in the Center of the Sai gon Racetrack and quickly took up positions to bolster South vietnamese forces having slowing going blasting the reds out of Cholon the chinese Quarter and adjoining areas on the Southwest Side of Saigon. Thursday night the Viet Cong burned Down a Block of Homes just South of the track. The re Gion had been declared pacified two Days ago but the Viet Cong either surfaced from hiding or slipped Back into the City. A Viet Cong battalion is reported to control 20 blocks East and South of the race course. It was the third time american troops have been used in the Battle of Saigon that began last wednesday. Paratroops of the 101st airborne division were helicopter red onto the roof of the . Embassy when red com Mandos invaded the embassy grounds Jan. 31. Two Days later an armoured column of the 25th infantry division helped Clear out Viet Cong forces from the Racetrack area. Elsewhere below the Northern provinces the big communist offensive against the cities launched to Days ago appeared tapering off. But the . A tines and South vietnamese forces were still battling doggedly in Hue the old Impe criminal trespass charged Raymond Goodrich of Norwich has been sentenced to a term of three months in Chenango county jail on a charge of criminal trespass by City judge j. William Kepner. In addition Goodrich was fined $50 or serve one Day in county jail for each unpaid Dollar of the Fine. Goodrich was charged by police after finding the Man sleeping on the floor in the third Story of the City of Norwich municipal building. The third floor in the building is occupied by City of Norwich firemen. Rial capital in the North and fighting Drew closer to Danang South Vietnam a second largest City and the nerve Center for Allied operations in the Northern provinces. An indication of the Gravity with which the . Command viewed the situation in the North was a decision to Send Gen. Creighton d. Abrams Deputy . Commander in Vietnam to take personal charge. Informed military sources said Abrams would set up his Headquarters in Phu Bai North of Danang. To serve summonses City police Are preparing to serve summonses on 150 dog owners in the City of Norwich who have failed to obtain 1968 licenses for their pets. The licenses were due on Jan. I. Peace bid made Tokyo apr North Vietnam offered the United states the sword and the Olive Branch thursday on the Lith Day of the biggest communist offensive of the Vietnam War. The peace bid was made by foreign minister Nguyen Duy Trinh who said Hanoi would go to the peace table a was soon As the United states has proved that it has really stopped unconditionally the bombings and All other acts of War against North Vietnam. The Promise of More fighting was held out by Gen. To Nguyen Giap North Vietnam a defense minister and the Victor of the 1954 Battle against the French at Dien Bien Phu. Speaking at a reception marking the 20th anniversary of the North korean army Giap vowed to a fight on until we have won final Trinhs peace proposal which said the 1954 Geneva armistice agreements could be the subject of the talks was made in an interview with a French news Agency correspondent in Hanoi. State department officials in Washington immediately began studying Trinhs statement. The initial reaction was that there was no fundamental shift in position. Trinh went a step further than he had in his previous two declarations when he said that the a relevant problems to be discussed were a questions re lated to a settlement of the Vietnam problem on the basis of the 1954 Geneva agreements on Vietnam there Are also other questions which could be raised by either though he insisted that Hanoi a Long standing four Point and the Viet congas five Point still stand he said their a a spirit was a . Troop withdrawal from Vietnam. He added that the Points a conform to the fundamental principles and the main clauses of the 1954 Geneva agreements. Hanoi a willingness to use the Geneva pact As a basis for the peace conference suggested they had not consulted peking on this Point. The red chinese insist the agreements Are dead and no longer applicable. Nor or Tom a f�?1 a icon Way Down flames burst through upstairs window and roof of Plymouth Home this morning As firemen prepare to keep fire from spreading to Home in background. A family of four managed Sun staff photo to escape to safety before Home was levelled. 4 barely escape As fire Levels Plymouth Home Plymouth a family of four barely managed to escape this morning when fire broke out in the cellar portion of their two Story Frame Home Here filling the entire building with dense smoke. The House burned to the ground. William Sherman told authorities he was awakened by a slight explosion shortly before 6 . And found the House full of smoke. He aroused his wife and then ran upstairs to awaken his two teenage boys. They managed Only to save a television and one of the youths took his Rifle with him. Or. Sherman told firemen he had put Wood in the Furnace about 4 . And everything appeared alright. Some two dozen men from Plymouth and Norwich fought the Blaze until it broke through the roof and then turned their efforts toward keeping the flames from igniting nearby Homes. During their Battle flames were raging through the cellar and fire was shooting up the partitions into the attic area. Flames occasionally burst through the floor and into the front portion of the House but were extinguished. Throughout this time heavy smoke visible for several Miles billowed from beneath the eaves and Rose upward in the cold morn ing air. Authorities said the building owned by Lamont Darling of Rush was insured but the contents were not. The family was neighbors today. Staying with judge dismisses charges of criminal negligence by Casey Jones indictments against two persons charging criminal negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle resulting in death were dismissed yesterday in Chenango county court. Judge Lynn n. Peterson granted the motions of defense attorneys for Michael j. Osborne 23, of 51 front street., Norwich and Terry Cervenka 19, of Mountainside n.j., former student at Hartwick College Oneonta to dismiss the felony charges. Both pleaded guilty to charges of reckless driving and received sentences of $100 fines and revocation of driving privileges in this state. District attorney Patrick j. Joyce told the court he believed a jury would return a Compromise verdict if the Cervenka Case was tried. Among reasons he explained Are a slim evidence that the operator had been drinking and the state police investigator who made the report . Heggelke died since the Accident. The attorney said there was a greater evidence of Speed in the Accident including two Eye three killed As violence erupts Orangeburg s. C. Apr negro students exchanged gunfire with police thursday night in the fourth night of violence on two adjacent College campuses. Three negro teenagers were killed and More than 40 persons wounded. The shooting incidents came during a drive by students from the two predominantly negro schools to break the segregation Barrier at the All Star Bowling lanes. Henry Smith 18, a student at South Carolina state College died several hours after a a rage of gunfire broke out be tween students and police on a Small slope bordering the state Campus along . 601. One student was reported in critical condition. Sam Hammon 18, was killed in the shooting and Delano Middleton 17, an Orangeburg High school student died about an hour later. Chief . Strom of the state Law enforcement division said Cleveland Sellers 25, South Carolina coordinator for the student nonviolent coordinating committee a acc was arrested and charged with inciting to riot and placed under $50,000 Bond. Sellers was hit in the left by a Shotgun Pellet during the fray but was not seriously wounded. After questioning by Orangeburg Price Sellers was taken to the state Penitentiary at Columbia 45 Miles away. Associated press photographer Dozier Mobley who was on the shooting scene said about 75 negroes standing on a Knoll opened fire on police firemen and National guardsmen who came to extinguish a Bonfire the negroes had set. Mobley reported that police officers returned the fire with shotguns but there was no report of guardsmen shooting and their commanding officer denied that any had. Police said state Highway patrolman d. J. Shoals of St. Stephens was struck in the face by a club wielded by a negro. He was the Only Man reported Hurt among the police and guardsmen. Ambulances raced to the scene and removed wounded students to Orangeburg regional Hospital. At least three of the wounded were from Claflin College which adjoins South Carolina state. Patrols of guardsmen mean while were posted on the state Campus sealing it off and in a five Block area downtown after unverified reports of looting. At a news conference Early today col. Robert Mccrady commander of 500 guardsmen on Alert Here said that the guardsmen had loaded their weapons with live rounds for the first time thursday night but that a not one guardsmen fired one round of he said the police a fired Only after being fired at first by hostile the guardsmen were under orders to put live ammunition in their weapons Only if absolutely necessary and a in defense of their lives a Mccrady added. He said about 45 guardsmen acted As a a backup Force to some 50 policemen during the gun Battle on the Knoll. Plans to use tear Gas had to be discarded Mccrady said be cause the wind was blowing the wrong Way. Nesses and physical Impact which aids in prosecution of a reckless driving Case. The second dismissal was on motion of or. Vitanza who contended a Jan. 4 indictment for reckless driving and driving while ability was impaired superseded a sept. 7 indictment. The attorney cited a Section under the state code of criminal procedure which state a if there be at any time pending against the same defendant. Two indictments for the same matter although charged As different offences the indictment first found should be deemed to be superseded by such second indictment and shall be set authorities said the second indictment was sought to enable the prosecution to introduce Testi Money As to the alcoholic Content of the defendants blood at the time of the Accident. In rebuttal remarks or. Joyce said he considered the second indictment a a a supplemental one and not one which supersedes the first. He also alleged the reckless driving charge did not arise from the same facts As the first indictment. In his decision however judge Peterson ruled that from Reading of the two indictments it appeared the slime facts and grounds were stated. He also ruled the court knows of no such form As a supple mental the District attorney indicated he would not seek a third grand jury charge. A motion was also granted to dismiss the driving while impaired charge because the ele two persons were killed. In other court action a William r. Law sr., 59, of Beaver Meadow was sentenced to pay a Fine of $250 on a charge of Possession of a dangerous weapon after being convicted of a felony. The sentence resulted from a jury verdict monday. At yesterdays session the defendants attorney Glenn car ter of Norwich made a motion to set aside the jury verdict because the jury had not been pro Perly instructed in the definition of a a Possession and the jury did not give the Benefit of a reasonable doubt to or. Law. Judge Peterson denied the motion however saying he had read the jury the definition under the penal Law and finding a the jury had every right to draw any con. Delusion a from the evidence presented. Or. Law was remanded to Chenango county jail in lieu of the Fine. A Harold macumber formerly of Afton was sentenced to three years probation on a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle reduced from second degree grand larceny. Edward s. Nelson of Norwich his attorney noted he had been drinking and had just driven the car Home from Bainbridge. A George w. Ryan 35, of Oxford was Given a conditional discharge of sentence on a charge of second degree reckless endangerment. The charge stemmed from an incident last fall involving several Rome area Hunters. A Leon Llewellyn of Sherburne was sentenced to six months in merits of the offence were include Che count Jaii Nachar de in the reckless driving charge. 6 maximum Fine for reckless driving a Misdemeanour is one year in jail and or a $500 Fine. The Cervenka charge was a result of a head one crash apr. I at the North Norwich Bridge in route 12 in which a Binghamton Man was killed and several persons including the operator were injured. The Osborne indictments resulted from a one car aug. 5 Accident in route 23, about two Miles East of Norwich in which of third degree assault reduced from second degree. He will be credited for time served. The incident involved his wife and according to his attorney Clifton Tamsett the act was a self defense attempt. Today s chuckle it will be interesting to hear today a teen agers Tell their children what they had to do without. Today around the around the around the Kennedy is critical Washington a a source close to sen. Robert f. Kennedy says the new York democrats Sharp new attack on . Policies in Vietnam does no to Mark the Start of a a a systematic Kennedy assault on president Johnson a War strategy. The sources comments came in an interview after Kennedy disputed enemy casualty figures put out by the . Command and challenged the concept that the United states emerged Victor from recent Savage fighting in South Vietnam. A Hie senator said recently in announcing he does t plan to contest president Johnson for the democratic nomination that he Felt this decision left him free to speak out on the important issues of our time a said the source. A Vietnam certainly is an important Issue and sen. Kennedy will no doubt discuss it again a he added. A but he definitely is not planning any systematic assault on current Vietnam Kennedy

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