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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - February 28, 1968, Norwich, New York The weather mostly Cloudy with periods of Light Snow or flurries tonight and thursday. Low temperatures tonight in upper teens and lower 20s highs on thursday 25 to 30. The e evening Sun Chenango county a daily newspaper Sun spots country club adding nine holes to Golf course Page 12 secondary sewage treatment Plant planned Page 3. Committees to study Park ing study Page 3. Vol. 77, no. 244wednesday, february 28, 1968 Norwich . 13815 8c per copy paratroopers arrive in Vietnam today around the state around the nation around the world Jay its announces new York apr sen. Jacob k. Javits r-., bounced today he will seek re election to a third term. His renomination by the Republican state committee which meets March 26 in Albany is a foregone conclusion. The democrats have not agreed on a candidate. Two congressmen Joseph y. Resnick of Ellenville and Otis g. Pike of Riverhead have been campaigning for the democratic bid which May be forced to a primary election. Backers of Minnesota sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy for the presidency have indicated they would Field a a peace candidate a against either Resnick or Pike. It might be rep. John g. Dow of grand View. Javits named John a. Wells a lawyer son. Jacob javits George Meany and manager of his 19c2 Campaign to direct the new Campaign. It May be ambassador Washington a Sargent shrivel absence from the Illinois democratic slate for this Falls elections is spurring speculation Here the Antipoverty chief May be appointed ambassador to France. Shriver 52, the former peace corps director who is the brother in Law of Sens. Robert e. And Edward m. Kennedy once appeared a Likely Choice for the Illinois democratic party a nomination for either governor or . Senator. But shortly after Illinois democratic leaders announced their Choice tuesday of a Shriver less slate the Rumor spread quickly in Washington that president Johnson would nominate the director of the office of economic Opportunity for the Paris Post. In Austin tex., White House press Secretary George Christian said he had no information on moves involving Shriver. An Leo spokesman said there was no truth to the rumours. No feud Miami Beach Fla. Apr George Meany the nations a emr. Labor a says with a Grin he does no to have any feud with Auto workers president Walter Reuther his harshest critic within and perhaps even without the labor movement. But there May be a crucial confrontation next month Between the two giants of american labor who forged the 14 million member Al Cio. Meany has been president of the labor federation since its inception 13 years ago. Meany Hasni to been invited to the March convention of the Al Cion a Industrial Union department Reuther a last base of Power in the federation a but i May go anyway a he said. Meany for More than a year has met with silence Reuther a attacks on his leadership As a a undemocratic and a a stagnating in a Broad Range of labor affairs. Johnson and Wheeler to meet Washington apr president Johnson returned to Washington today for a White House meeting at which chairman Earle g. Wheeler of the joint chiefs of staff was expected to seek More . Troops for Vietnam. Gen. Wheeler who just visited the Battle zone was to meet at breakfast with Johnson and the presidents top level military diplomatic and intelligence advisers. A full scale Cabinet meeting described As a regular session was set for later in the Day. There was no indication the Wheeler Johnson conference would produce any immediate announcement that More fighting men will be sent to Vietnam. Accepts Post Stockholm apr exiled greek politician Andreas Papandreou has accepted the Post of chairman of the a a pan hellenic liberation movement it was disclosed Here today. The organization Aims at the overthrow of the greek military Junta. Papandreou said it has members in Greece As Well As abroad and represents All greek political parties. It will not replace other organizations but is designed to coordinate the resistance movement. Papandreou said. The movement will work for the release of All political prisoners after the overthrow of the Junta and free election of a National Assembly which will draw up a new Constitution As soon As possible. The future of the Monarch was not mentioned in the program. This question will be decided later by the greek people Papandreou said. Andreas Papandreou Market report at 11 10 . Continental Telephone corp. Was 26v2 open and Low 267/8 High and last . Fishman 13% Low High and last . Grant 33 open and Low 33v2 High and last Montgomery Ward 25 open 25 is High 247/s Low and last Norwich Pha Macal co. 41% High Low and last Gen. Eral instruments corp. 437/s open 443/a High and last 43% Low. Over the counter. General Laboratory associates 13 bid i4v2 asked Gladding corp. I6v2 bid 17 asked mid states raceway 7% bid 8 asked Raymond corp. 27 bid 29 asked Victory markets to bid 10% asked National Bank and Trust co. Of Norwich 54 bid Chenango co. A. Tonal Bank of Norwich 300 bid. Most of the 4,000 troopers a Asylum Are Vietnam combat veterans for three Saigon apr four thou Sand . Paratroopers from the 82nd airborne division have arrived in Vietnam to bolster a1-lied defences against new communist attacks and pressure the american command announced today. The new arrivals the 82nd�?Ts 3rd brigade Are part of the 10,500 men president Johnson ordered from the United states two weeks ago in response to Gen. William c. Westmore lands urgent request because of North vietnamese pressure on Khe Sanh and the Prospect of new communist attacks on South Vietnam a cities and towns. The brigade of paratroopers raised . Troop strength in Vietnam to an estimated 504,000, still 21,000 Short of the 525,000-Man ceiling now planned. But Gen. Earle g. Wheeler the chairman of the . Joint chiefs of staff left Saigon sunday with a request from Westmoreland that Johnson raise that ceiling. Eighty per cent of the 4,000 paratroopers Are veterans of at least one tour of combat duty in Vietnam. They have been As signed at least temporarily to the . Americal division a grouping of infantry brigades and other units that is response ble for a 100-mile stretch of coastal lowlands South of Danang. The infusion of the paratroopers into the americal division will free another brigade of 4,000 men from the division for duty closer to the critical Northern Frontier where the . Command believes it faces its strongest potential pressure particularly at Khe Sanh. An estimated 40,000 North Viet namese troops Are menacing Khe Sanh the big Marine fortress in the Northwest Corner of the country. Since the first of the year two brigades from the . 1st air cavalry division and a brigade of paratroopers from the 101st airborne division have been new life planned Albany . Apr gov. Rockefeller a plan for pumping life into the disappointing state lottery was tagged for approval today in the Republican controlled Senate. Majority Leader Elar i j. Brydges scheduled a vote on a Rockefeller Bill that would open a wide variety of new outlets for lottery tickets and enable the state to hold drawings As often As once a week if deemed desirable. At the same time Brydges who Long has had reservations about using a lottery to raise revenues asked the Senate to vote on a measure that would provide for periodic referendums to determine whether new York voters want to abolish the lottery. The proposal is sponsored by sen. Thomas Laverne r Rochester a determined opponent of the lottery. In other developments a informed sources reported that Brydges and Assembly speaker Anthony j. Travia had resolved their differences Over Economy cuts in Rockefeller s $115.7-million deficiency budget Bill. The measure was earmarked for approval at today a session. A the legislature received a special message from Rockefeller setting Forth his plan to Ere ate a super Agency that would be empowered to rebuild deter rated sections of any City in the state even though local officials might object. A the Senate approved a Bill that would reinstate the death penalty when a citizen was killed while helping a policeman make an arrest. The measure was sent to the Assembly. The lottery Bill was offered by Rockefeller As part of his budget a his objective being to increase revenues from the $10 million estimated for the cur rent fiscal year to $45 million in the next fiscal year. All pro. Needs go to education. Under the present system sales of the $1 tickets Are restricted to Banks hotels motels and government offices. Drawings Are held monthly. When the lottery was inaugurated last june state officials said they expected to sell $30 soviet ships harass . Navy off korean coast Sun staff photo l. F. Hotchkin is new Alderman new Alderman a l. Forrest Bud Hotchkin left attended his first common Council meeting As Alderman from the second Ward tuesday night. A resident of 19 Canasa Acta Street or. Hotchkin was named to replace Melvin w. Osborne seated who was named mayor following the death of mayor j. Leo Weiler. Story on Page 3 communists clash Budapest Hungary apr the soviet Union and Romania have clashed head on at the Budapest meeting of go communist parties but a chorus of other parties supports the Kremlin a plan for a world communist conference next november or december. Ifs official of the world conference is to restore Unity to the fractured communist movement but the chinese communist party and others oppose the soviet Aims. Most of these parties stayed away from the Budapest meeting which was called to organize the world conference. A communique issued today said Romania which has sought to avoid a showdown within the red world movement voiced Strong opposition to soviet plans at a closed session tuesday. But on the basis of other positions taken tuesday and the pattern of support from soviet line parties the Prospect was for this meeting to appoint an All party committee that would arrange a late autumn conference in Moscow. Several of the go parties in Budapest including those of to mania and Norway can be expected to stay away. Fifteen parties skipped the Budapest meeting. For several years the soviet Union hesitated to Force a conference that Rome parties would Boycott. But now the soviets Are clearly determined to press ahead with a Rump conference with Only about half the worlds communist parties represented. The communique said Mikhail a. Suslov the soviet party ideologists who Long steered the world communist movement told the approximately Igo delegates that the Kremlin favored a conference of communist parties in november or december. Representatives of the Small Moscow line parties of Spain South Africa Ecuador Ceylon Chile West Germany and the United states echoed Suslova a position. Several added apparently with soviet guidance that the conference should be in Moscow. Diamond faces arraignment Sherburne Raymond l. Diamond 30, of Syracuse re i scheduled for arraignment tonight on a charge of harassment. He will appear before Sher Burne Justice Richard Runyon following a weekend incident at the Central hotel Here. Headed for vietnamese coast Mammoth gun of the battleship new Jersey dwarfs a Sailor climbing the a first Turret. The new Jersey is being prepared for sea duty off the vietnamese coast. In background a jetliner comes in for a land ing at Philadelphia s International Airport. Washington apr soviet ships have reportedly harassed . Navy vessels about a dozen times in the Waters off Korea since the communist North korean seizure of the intelligence ship Pueblo. Both the . And soviet Union sent sizeable naval forces into the sea of Japan crisis area in the Wake of the Pueblo incident. Most of the harassment have gone unreported officially sources said apparently to avoid aggravating american tensions Over the situation grow ing out of the seizure of the Pueblo and its Crew. The Only one reported involved a collision described As minor Between the . Destroyer Rowan and a soviet merchant ship the Kapitan i so Bokov on Jan. 31. The . Claimed the Rowan had the right of Way. The unreported incidents were near misses sources said. By this they meant that soviet ships mostly destroyers and intelligence gathering Craft steamed into the midst of . Naval formations or sailed dangerously close to american ships. Both countries have scaled Down their naval forces in the Waters off Korea recently. At one Point the soviets had some 14 warships including two cruisers operating in the same general area where the . Fleet had been built up. This soviet naval presence has now been reduced to about five or six destroyers and a few intelligence vessels. The rest reportedly have moved Back toward Vladivostok the main soviet naval base in the far East. The . Navy has meanwhile withdrawn the nuclear powered Carrier Enterprise from korean Waters and sent it into action in the Gulf of Tonkin against North Vietnam. This was the enterprises original Mission before it was diverted to the sea of Japan shortly after the Pueblo was captured. Two big . Aircraft car tiers the Ranger and the Coral sea together with their supporting destroyers and Supply vessels remain in Waters near Korea. At its Peak the . Naval build up off Korea totalled More than 20 ships. The dual problem of Korea and Vietnam is straining the Navy a Carrier resources in the far East. There normally would be three carriers off North Viet Nam launching air strikes with two other carriers either at Subic Bay in the Philippines for repairs and maintenance or in Hong Kong for Crew rest and recreation. Now the Navy maintains All five carriers on the line three off North Vietnam and two off Korea. This Means less time off for necessary Upkeep and Crew rest. It also May mean longer combat Tours in the far East for carriers which have been spending five or six months at a time on War duty. Today a chuckle the problem of taxation is quite simple. You can Shear a sheep repeatedly but you can Only skin it once. Moved North. There Are now More than 50,000 . Marines and army men in the two North Vermost provinces of South Vietnam Quang Tri and thua Thien below the demilitarized zone and above Danang. Senior . Officers expect an All out North vietnamese attack on Khe Sanh which Likely would develop into the biggest Battle of the War so far. The new paratroop brigade was ordered to Vietnam from its Home base at fort Bragg n.c., on 24-hour notice two weeks ago after the communists launched their biggest offensive of the War so far against South vietnamese cities and towns. President Johnson flew to Pope air Force base in North Carolina on feb. 17 to see the first contingent off. Along with the constant threat to Khe Sanh and the other . Marine posts along the Northen Frontier fear of another big Viet Youthful Motorist injured a 17-year-old Motorist received head and leg injuries when the 1965 convertible he was driving struck a Utility pole on Cana Sawata Street tuesday night. City police reported that David m. Halberg of 42 Canasa Acta Street was taken to Chenango memorial Hospital and treated for his injuries by or. Parker Ward. The Accident happened at about 10 30. Young Halberg told police he was driving North of Canasa Acta when the wheels of his car struck a Patch of ice. The vehicle swerved across the Street and struck the pole near 19 Canasa Acta. The Auto was extensively damaged and towed from the Accident scene. Cong drive into Saigon grew to Day As communist gunners shelled the nearby Bien Hoa air base and other military target around the South vietnamese capital. Planes and helicopters criss crossed the night sky Over Sai gon and flares lighted the outskirts. Forty rounds of 122mm rockets streaked into the big Allied base at Bien Hoa 15 Miles North of Saigon before Dawn. More communist shells hit the Headquarters of a . Special Forres unit and 25 rounds of 82mm mortars hit a South Viet namese army unit. The . Command said casualties and damages were Light but a photographer Al Chang after a tour of the base reported one rocket made a direct hit on a sandbagged Bunker and killed All 12 americans inside. Hornbill Quot must i Stop says gorse Paris apr the French government has received explicit information that an unconditional halt in american bombing of North Vietnam would be a a necessary and sufficient condition for an opening of negotiations a a government spokesman said today. Information minister Georges gorse said the French government believes that failure to open negotiations increases each Day the risk of seeing the War spread to other parts of the a of la. Though gorse did not say from whom the French govern ment received its information it was generally assumed it came from the North vietnamese themselves. F Rance has a diplomatic Mission in Hanoi and North Vietnam has a Delegate general Mai Van to in Paris. French North vietnamese contacts Are regular. Cubans Virginia Beach a. Apr three cubans lost a wild Gamble to win Asylum in the United states when a 292-foot cuban ship from which they fled in a Lifeboat rammed their Small Craft in International Waters off Virginia. The Captain of the cuban ship messaged . Coast guardsmen on the scene that the three were his crewmen and were picked up from the water. The coast guard said it did not see what happened to the three after the ramming incident. Earlier the cubans seized the ship the 26 de Julio but failed in an attempt to bring her into Norfolk when they could not get the Anchor up coast guardsmen said. A coast guard vessel stood by but did not interfere because the incident occurred Well beyond the 3-mile limit. The ships Captain radioed later that a the trouble is settled now. We go Back to the episode covering 15 hours reached its Climax off the coast of Virginia tuesday after noon. This was the sequence of events As related by the coast guard at 2 . Tuesday the cuban ship radioed that the Crew sought political Asylum. She was instructed to head for Hampton roads and the Cutter Point Brown was dispatched to meet her with master Boatswain a mate p. W. Caviness 43, of Silver City n.c., in com. Mand. Caviness said he watched the ship Anchor to Miles East North East of Cape Henry tuesday morning. He said he had instructions not to Board the ves Sel but to try to get it into Inland Waters inside the . Territo rial limit. A but they were having trouble getting their Anchor up a he re lated and about i30 . He saw three men lower a Lifeboat climb into it and Start rowing for lottery million Worth of tickets a month. But sales have fallen $20 million to $25 million Short of that goal. Moreover under a new Federal Law Banks insured by the Federal government will be barred on april i from Selling lottery tickets thus depriving the state of about 80 per cent of its outlets. Rockefeller a Bill would permit the state lottery commission to License a wide variety of new outlets such As Newsstands supermarkets and shopping centers. Bars and liquor stores would be excluded. Away. It. Cmdr. R. H. Elkins 43, of North Cape May n.j., was aboard the coast guard tug chock which arrived later and pulled alongside the 26 de Julio. Elkins talked through an interpreter to the master of the cuban vessel Ricardo Puri whom he described As a anxious to apologize and explain what Elkins executive officer of group Norfolk said Puri told him four men using a gun seized the ship at to . Mon Day Locking 17 other persons aboard including the master in the Brig. Puri said the four took $3,500 in Canadian currency drugs and other goods and planned to a escape to the United what happened to the fourth Man was not determined

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