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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - February 22, 1968, Norwich, New York The weather partly Cloudy and cold with Chance of a few scattered Snow flurries through Friday Low temperatures tonight Zero to to above and highs Friday to to 20. The e evening Sun Chenango county s daily newspaper Sun spots promotions announced by Norwich shoe company Page 3 immunization clinics set for Norwich Page 5 Congress to get redistricting plan today Page 3 vol. 77, no. 240thursday, february 22, 168 Norwich . 1381s 8c per copy pc Circle Khe Sanh combat base today 4 round the state around the nation around the world a provisions too broads Albany . Apr the Legislatures codes com. Mittens have revised their earlier agreement concerning proposed changes in the new state Law governing the rights of police and Pri. Vate citizens to shoot at criminal sus. Pets. Tuesday the Senate and Assembly codes committees decided among other things to change the existing penal Law to permit a policeman to shoot at a sus. Petted criminal armed with any kind of weapon. But wednesday at the insistence of Senate majority Leader Earl w. Badges the committee agreed to change that provision to limit a policeman to shoot at a suspected Felon armed with a fire. Arm or deadly weapon such As a knife a Blackjack or brass Knuckles limits this to suspects armed with a original codes committee provision Brydges the new penal deadly weapon. Law the Al Roll v. I sen. William Fulbright he might not fit in today George Washington born 236 years ago was of such Good character it fostered a legend to the effect he never told a lie. Debunker assure us the Story of the Cherry tree is More fable than fact but nevertheless it is hard to believe a like tale about any Conte Polar y Public figure could survive generations of retelling. Of course this is not upsetting to Many people because simple honesty has gone out of fashion. Today a Man is not considered dishonest merely expedient and the sin is not in the act of commission but rather in the fact that he gets caught. And even this can be carried off if he is charming and witty and glib in the modern idiom. Poor George we re afraid might not fit in today. For example can you imagine Washington saying he did no to want to get involved can you hear it a group of revolutionaries come to Washington the Virginia aristocrats Washington the landowner the gentleman Farmer. A help us a they say a help us to build a nation dedicated to a new concept of Freedom. Lead our inexperienced army against the might of and George if he were a modern Man might look out on his acres of rolling Countryside his stables of blooded Stock and say with great sincerity a a in a rather not get Washington could not utter those words because of his inherent honesty because he realized that involvement was the Only Way he could maintain his integrity. And integrity to ones self is the foundation of honesty with ones neighbors. Shakespeare said it a this above All to thine own self be True and it must follow As the night the Day thou canst not then be false to any Washington said it in his Farewell address Quot i hold the Maxim no less applicable to Public than to private affairs that honesty is always the Best involvement to Washington meant Many personal sacrifices. As a Rich Man. He could have lived in ease and High Comfort. Instead he chose to suffer countless hardships. Betrayed abused he was the object of jealousy and violent criticism. Thomas Paine an eminent american Patriot turned against our first president and called him Quot treacherous in private Friendship and a hypocrite in Public Washington was stung by scathing attacks in the press of the Day and complained to Thomas Jefferson of Quot such exaggerated and indecent terms As could scarcely be applied to a Nero a notorious defaulter or even a common Washington did not believe in patriotism with a purpose. To him. Patriotism was a purpose and no sacrifice was too great As a Means to its fulfilment. Our forefathers were fortunate indeed to have a Leader of Washington a stature in their time of trial. But we Are Lucky too if Only we remember to look Back from time to time and use the shining example to Light the Forward path. Biggest Battle of War expected Brydges said was too Broad. Step up action Washington apr amid indications White House talks Between . u Thant and president John. Son produced no new moves toward peace talks a House panel has urged stepped up . Military action in Vietnam. Chairman Porter Hardy or. Of a House armed services sub committee told newsmen wednesday the panel believes Quot the Oner Quot a no be a heated within any acceptable time Frame is we continue to fight a primarily defensive War. Slow rate of military Progress has encouraged North a Jiam to reject our efforts to bring about peace Neotia. Lions. A a Ford is guest of lbs Austin tax. Apr president Johnson Back at his Texas ranch for a Long Holiday weekend May have a big Federal Job waiting for visitor Henry Ford in Ford the president disclosed wednesday before departing from Washington will be a ranch guest. Ostensibly to talk about the efforts of the National Alliance of businessmen to create jobs for 500,000 of the hard Core unemployed in the biggest City slums in the next three years. Ford Heads the Alliance other sources said Ford was expected at the lbs ranch some 65 Miles West of Here on saturday. Charges a a Congress was mislead Washington apr sen. . Fulbright says the administration misled Congress and is deceiving the Public about 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident which Gener ated . Military escalation in Vietnam. He also charged wednesday that the Pentagon hauled off for mental examination a Navy com Mander who had volunteered to Tell Congress what he knew of the incident. Fulbright accused Secretary of Egense Robert s. Mcnamara of deceiving the Public in releasing a 21-Page statement the defense chief presented tuesday to the Senate foreign relations com Mittee. Fulbright told newsmen he does not subscribe to a position he attributed to onetime Mcnamara aide Arthur Sylvester whom he quoted As saying Quot the government has the right to lie to the people of this the Arkansas democrats charges came after the committee which he Heads refused his request to make Public staff findings on the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Former senator Dies Rocky my to i c. A Fortner sen. Scott . Lucas 74, of Illinois died Early today in Rocky to ants Park View Hospital after suffering a cerebral Haemorrhage. L Leas was rushed to the Hospital from a Florida bound train and was admitted at 10 40 . Wednesday night. Or. Rufus Ratch Ford of the Hospital staff said he died at 5 50 . Lucas was democratic majority Leader in the Senate when he was unseated by Republican Everett Dirksen in 1950. Midshipmen face dismissal Annapolis my. A tile superintendent of the . Naval Academy says 13 midshipmen face dismissal on charges of smoking marijuana in their rooms in Bancroft Hall the Academy dormitory. Rear . Draper l. Kauffman the superintendent said wednesday the dismissal recommendation would be made to Secretary of the Navy Paul r. Ignatius. Acceptance of the recommendation by the Secretary is generally considered a formality. It would be the largest group dismissed from the Academy in its 123-year history. Press for shelters Washington apr the Pentagon citing huge Egypt. Tian plane losses in last june a War is pressing Congress for permission to build new Shel. Ters for . Aircraft in Europe. Congress has walked at the idea the last few years partly on grounds construction of new fixed installations might keep the . Entrenched abroad or might be wasteful in event of pull outs. Harold Brown Secretary of the air Force made the latest bid for the specially developed shelters wednesday pointing out the mid die East War Quot dramatically demonstrated the vulnerability of exposed aircraft on the ground. To Block nomination of lbs new York a Timothy Leary the apostle of the psychedelic said wednesday his Ltd oriented disciples would be part of any attempt to disrupt next Summers democratic National convention in Chicago. He told a news conference his followers would join Quot Young people Black it. Peace and women a groups a in an attempt to Block the nomination of president Johnson next August. In amp Awu strike at Bennett Ireland some too members of local 297 of the International molders and Allied workers Union went out on strike against Bennett Ireland at 1201 a. In. Today in a wage dispute it was the second such strike in six years. Howard Thayer corresponding representative for the Union said picketing would continue around the clock at the state Street Plant and at a Small warehouse facility on the outskirts of Sher Hume. At a special meeting wednesday at the veterans of for. Eign wars Hall Union members rejected the latest company proposal and approved the strike measure. Or Thayer said the votes were Quot clearly a majority Quot although the strike vote Wasny tas big As the contract rejection. The Union also approved a strike in March 1962 which lasted nine Days. It was also reported to have been a we dispute. Authorities indicated that economic factors Are the primary difference Between Union and management in this strike. Quot most of the language of the contract was agreed upon before Quot the Union representative said. Poll shows Nixon is he would not disclose what the company proposal was although it was indicated the differences Between Union and management might not be too great. The two year contract expired Jan. 31, but Union members had been working under it while negotiations went on. John b. Turner jr., vice pres ident of the company said this morning Quot we the company were very surprised it went this he said Quot we feel mediation will help bring parties together we Hope in the near he said the remainder of the 160 employees at the Plant will be taking inventory scheduled to Start monday. Quot we re just moving it up two Days Quot he said. The company which has been in operation since 1906, Manu. Fractures . Ces sories construction supplies and Gray Iron castings. Fri police probing explosion Washington apr working under president Johnson a personal order to Clear up the Case quickly police and Fri agents probing a bomb explosion at the soviet embassy Are exploring a possible link with a dynamite theft in nearby Virginia. They said wednesday night they had Quot several leads Quot on the Case. Eighteen Sticks of dynamite and 50 blasting Caps were re ported stolen from a construction site in West Springfield va., a Washington suburb. The theft was noticed wednesday shortly after the predawn explosion Shook the four Story embassy just four blocks from the White House. No one was Hurt in the blast but it did slight damage to a first floor office and reception room shattered windows in nearby buildings and Shook .-soviet relations. The soviet government for Mally protested the incident accused the United states of pro Viding inadequate Protection and demanded compensation. Johnson and Secretary of state Dean Rusk expressed regrets but the state department rejected the charge of inadequate Protection. There were Indi cations the soviets would be compensated. Khe Sanh Vietnam apr the 40,000 North vietnamese troops surrounding the Khe Sanh combat base have closed their siege ring so tightly that neither withdrawal nor reinforcement of the . Marine Garrison could be carried out except at a Cost of heavy Cas unities Marine officers at Khe Sanh believe. Under the cover of several Days of heavy fog the communist troops have established bunkers and Trench positions within 300 Yards of Marine positions. Snipers Are close enough to fire on marines planting mines and strengthening barbed wire defences around the two mile Square combat base 14 Miles South of the demilitarized zone. It appears that the Battle for Khe Sanh expected to be the biggest of the War is still some Days and possibly weeks away. A Veteran vietnamese battalion commander whose troops hold part of the Eastern perimeter said he believed the North vietnamese would continue to dig bunkers and tunnels and reposition supplies for some weeks to come. He said history had proved North vietnamese commanders expend massive Effort to prepare battlefields so they will have the maximum advantage tactically and enjoy the maximum Protection from air and artillery strikes. North vietnamese tanks have been reported in Khe Sanh Village less than two Miles from the Marine perimeter around the bases air strip. Two weeks ago North vietnamese tanks spearheaded the assault which overran the Lang Vei special forces Camp four Miles West of Khe Sanh. It is not known How Many tanks the North vietnamese have in the Khe Sanh area but the number is assumed to be considerable. Despite one of the largest Aerial campaigns in history to Cut the North vietnamese Supply routes the communists trucks have made it As far As Khe Sanh Village with supplies. Senior Marine officers remain confident that they can beat Back any North vietnamese attack. But they concede that any defensive positions can be Over leading Princeton . Apr More than half of the rank and file republicans surveyed recently by the Gallup poll favor former vice president Richard m. Nixon As the party a 1968 presidential candidate. The poll said wednesday that Nixon who collected 51 per cent of the votes in the Survey continued to Widen his Lead in a Field of eight top republicans. Nixon now tops new York gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller his closest rival in the Survey by 26 percentage Points according to the february poll. January figures showed Nixon with a 15-Point Edge Over Rockefeller. Running third is California gov. Ronald Reagan with 8 percentage Points. Michigan gov. George Romney beside Nixon the Only other declared gop presidential candidate was fourth with 7 per cent of the vote and appeared to be losing ground the poll added. He has lost 5 per cent of the votes since last january and 17 per cent since last september in similar Gallup polls Nixon also has registered gains among Independent voters or persons who do not align themselves with either of the two major parties. Rockefeller had drawn even with Nixon among independents in january but the former vice president now leads the governor by 34 to 26. ,1 Quot 11 j it .vin1. I i ii a Quot t Winter photo by Casey Jones Sun and Snow a old sol Breaks through recorded scene near farm on Guilford. Bain Clouds but fails to melt much Snow on a cold Bridge Road. February Day. Evening Sun photographer hijacked plane lands in Cuba Miami Fla. Apr a gun Man wearing a White Cowboy hat and Tennis shoes pushed a stewardess into the cockpit of a dc8 Jet Over Florida wednesday and held a pistol under her ear until the Pilot detoured his Craft and 109 persons to a Landing in Cuba. About five hours after the hijacking Delta air line flight 843 returned to Miami leaving behind in Havana a Young Man who gave his name to the airline As Quot a. Havana radio today identified him As a 29-year-old former St. Petersburg Man with a name that sounded like Laurenzo Rob Orts. The broadcast monitored in Miami said the Man asked for political Asylum and that the cuban government took the re quest under consideration. The Man boarded the Chica. Go Miami flight with 64 other persons at Tampa. Other Pas sengers said he had been drink ing heavily at the Airport bar. Delta officials said he bought a $21 first class ticket at 1244 . Wednesday in the airlines downtown Tampa ticket office. It was a one Way ticket to i Amu Quot he told us he did t care who he killed or How badly he shot up the plane Quot said Joy Bleil 28, of Elmwood Park ii mrs. Bleil the senior stewardess was held in the cockpit As a hostage until the giant $8 million Airliner was escorted into Cuba by four Mig fighters and touched Down at Jose Marti Airport. Quot he said he was facing a death sentence for the hijacking anyway Quot said the pert Brunette in a news conference by the Crew at Miami International Airport. In Havana earlier speaking with an associated press newsman mrs. Bleil said Quot i done to know Why he did this but i can still feel that cold thing the pistol below my the Pilot j. In Gainey 49, said the Crew made no attempt to overpower the Hijacker. Run if the opposing commander is willing to commit enough troops. Some Marine officers Are concerned about the strictly defensive a let them come to us role assigned to the 5,000 leathernecks and 500 vietnamese troops defending the Khe Sanh Complex. One Marine officer said the North vietnamese High command is being allowed to set up the chessboard with the knowledge that the communist troops will have the first move when the Battle is joined. One officer asked How he Felt about being cooped up behind barbed wire replied a a in be got a fever. Ifs what Gen. Rommel called Panzer Many other leathernecks Here feel the same Way the commander of Germany a afrika Korps did they want reinforcements so they can move out to attack their besiegers. Some Marine officers fear the Opportunity to reinforce Khe Sanh and return the marines to an offensive role has passed. Any Force coming into the base by helicopter would suffer heavy casualties from the artillery and machine gun fire that zeroes in on the Landing strip. A helicopter assault outside the perimeter also would be extremely risky because the North vietnamese hold key Lull positions that could Rake Landing zones with heavy fire. Virtually All resupply at Khe Sanh is done by Airdrop. Marine officers also say Retreat or withdrawal from Khe Sanh is almost unthinkable. The leathernecks say the closeness Anc number of North i namese artillery and Mort dooms any attempt to it. I it in Khe Sanh by air. They say fighting withdrawal toward coastal lowlands 20 Miles to to East would almost certainly rus into massive ambushes. U. S. Planes attack Hanoi radio Saigon apr . Planes for the first time in the War attacked the Hanoi radio station that beams out All communist propaganda from North Vietnam the . Command announced today. But monitors said radio Hanoi was still on the air. The strike wednesday against the station which military spokesmen said has the most powerful transmitter in Southeast Asia coincided with these other developments indicating a Sharp escalation in both the ground and air wars a air Force f105 Thunder chiefs attacked another target for the first time a sprawling military storage area 41 Miles Southwest of Hanoi. A the number of americans killed in combat jumped to a record High for the War last week 543, and there were 2,547 wounded 210 less than Che record. It was a week of hard fighting in the Viet congas lunar new year offensive against South Vietnam a population centers. A official . Sources disclosed that a new communist rocket designed and than fac lured by the chinese without any foreign help Lias been used in the War for the first time. A the same sources said elements of two communist Divi Sions Are still menacing Saigon and some enemy forces Are poised within six Miles of the capital City of nearly three million people. The sources also disclosed that intelligence had detected heavy shipments of communist arms coming in from Cambodia. A with . Marine jets bombing in front of them in a priority Effort to end the 23-Day Battle for Hue Marine infantrymen pushed 150 Yards through the fortresses Citadel and seized All of their assigned sector of the South Wall. Today v chuckle a raving Beauty is a Gal who finishes last in the Beauty contest

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