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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - January 25, 1968, Norwich, New York The weather generally fair through Friday High temperatures today to to 15. Lows tonight 5 to 15 below Zero and highs on Friday 20 to 25. Winds variable through Friday. The evening Sun Chenango county s daily newspaper Sun spots Rev. Pokorny to be or darned feb. I Page 5 jazz ensemble to Cave concert feb. I Page 5 Stanley k. Georgia to receive civic award Page 5. Vol. La no. 220thursday, january 25, 1968 no it a i . 13815 8c per . Seeks peaceful return of ship recognition four Mem hers of the Chenango county 4�?h executive committee received plaques wednesday night in recognition of their outstand ing service to the 4-h division of the cooperative Extension service. Left to right Are Gerald race of Greene Hugh Elliott of Smyrna mrs. Clifton Law of 4-h executive committee Enterprise hovers near jets move from Okinawa to s. Korea Sun staff photo \ Sherburne and read Adams of Greene. The plaques were presented at the 4-h recognition dinner held at Canasa Acta country club. Washington apr administration sources say that despite two diplomatic setbacks peaceful Means rather than Force remain the immediate . Policy in trying to win return of the captured ship Pueblo from North Korea. A second urgent Effort to enlist soviet help in freeing the . Navy intelligence ship and 83 americans aboard from their captors May be made soon despite an initial cold shoulder from Moscow. White House informants said. President Johnson and his top strategists held crisis discussions late into the night wednesday. Weighing diplomatic alternatives while the nuclear pow ered american air Taft Carrier Enterprise hovered within striking distance of North Korea. In addition the air Force reportedly moved two Jet fighter squadrons from Okinawa to South Korea As a precautionary measure to in Lister the Small Force of 18 fighter bombers already at Osan and Kusan. About 3g jets were involved in the move. From Capitol Hill came statements from two senators that any .-North korean War resulting from the ships seizure could Lead to . Use of nuclear weapons. Other Congress members cautioned against precipitate . Use of forces. Sen. Frank Church a Idaho who has opposed . Policy in Vietnam called the capture a an act of War and added a the ship must be returned at once with Ali americans aboard. Our National Honor is at stake at the Pentagon a spokesman traded Long distance verbal rounds with North Korea Over an alleged spy confession by the Pueblos Captain and defense department officials sought to absolve Washington Headquarters of any responsibility for not speeding air help to the Pueblo before her capture monday night. Defense officials said that when North korean gunboats apprehended the Small lightly armed intelligence ship around Midnight monday est . Navy commanders in the Pacific area decided against sending warplanes. Washington was not consulted in the decision officials said. Pentagon sources also said the Pueblos skipper cmdr. Lloyd m. Bucher ordered his vessels sophisticated electronic gear and secret codes destroyed when the reds boarded. Still unanswered publicly Are such questions As Why the Pueblo did not get help from . Forces in the area or Wasny to scuttled or did t fight. Phil a Goulding assistant Secretary of defense denounced As a a travesty on the facts the communist claim that Bucher confessed to a deep intrusion of North korean Waters. He said both the Pueblo s reports and the North koreans own radar tracked by . Monitors a a show conclusively that the Pueblo was in International other administration sources maintained the ship was always several Miles outside the reds claimed 12-Milelimlt. Goulding said of the alleged Bucher confession a the style and wording of the document provide unmistakable evidence in themselves that this was not written or prepared by an radio Pyongyang in the North korean capital broadcast buchers purported 700-word statement. In which he allegedly admitted carrying out spy assignments for the Central intelligence Agency. A i and my Crew have perpetrated such a grave criminal act but our parents and wives and children at Home Are anxiously waiting for us to return Home in safety a said buchers alleged confession concluding a therefore we Only Hope and it is the greatest desire of myself and All my Crew that we will be forgiven leniently by the government of the democratic Peoples Republic of Navy commanders Are being blamed Washington apr defense officials have dropped squarely on Navy commanders in the Pacific the responsibility for not sending help to the intelligence ship Pueblo As she faced capture off North Korea. They told newsmen wednesday the decision against sending warplanes to the Aid of the Pueblo was made by Field commanders without asking Washington. A there was no request from Field commanders to Washington to take any Steps a the officials said and no instructions were sent from Washington to the ship. Secretary of defense Robert s. Mcnamara got the word of the Pueblo s troubles at 12 23 . Est tuesday Only 9 minutes before the Navy vessel sent its final message officials said. By that time according to the Pentagon a chronology the Pueblo had been boarded by North korean sailors for about 38 minutes and ordered to follow communist patrol boats into won san Harbor. The Pentagon has said cmdr. Lloyd m. Bucher skipper of the Small lightly armed Pueblo asked for help Only once when the boarding began. This was i hour and 45 minutes after the Pueblo first was challenged by a red patrol Craft and ordered to heave to. The defense department said tuesday that a time and distance factors made it impossible to respond to the Call that was made when the ship was being but under questioning wednesday defense department officials introduced a note of uncertainty by saying they were unable to state Why Field commanders did not Send Aid. These officials assumed the commanders had considered such factors As the potential enemy Force on Alert the possible enemy reaction to the commitment of . Planes and the location of available . Air Power among other things. Seoul. Apr As a elision continued following the capture of the Pueblo North koreans tried to break through the american sector of the korean front today and wounded eight . Soldiers. The North koreans also attacked a watch Tower just South of the demilitarized zone with hand grenades but Causer no damage a . Army spokesman said. Sporadic shooting continued from about 2 30 . Until Early afternoon. The communists made attempts to break through the Fence along the Buffer zone the american added. The communist infiltrators were All repulsed but it was not known if they suffered any casualties the spokesman said. Besides the eight americans wounded i said two South korean soldiers attached to the . 2nd infantry division were killed and another was wounded this brought the american casualties in the two Days of clashes to one dead and 12 wounded. widow and child wait for a helicopter to take them to an interrogation Point. Her husband was killed when he appeared with a communist made machine gun in his hands near Danang. Smoke Marks helicopter Landing area. T Day around the state around the nation around the world members Are honoured new quake strikes Sicily four members of tie Chenango county cooperative Extension service 4-h division executive committee were recognized for their outstanding service at a 4-h recognition Din Ner wednesday night. They were presented plaques engraved with their names a in recognition for meritorious service to 4-h,�?� at the dinner held at Canasa Acta country club. Gerald race of Greene one of the plaque recipients served on the committee for five years and was chairman for the past two years. He was Active in the 4-h leaders association and was a 4-h club Leader. Another member honoured was mrs. Clifton Law of Sherburne who served on the committee for two years As Secretary. She is Active in the 4-h leaders association county dress revue and is a club Leader in her Community. Hugh Elliott of Smyrna received one of the plaques. He served As Board of supervisors representative to the 4-h division for three years and he actively supported the 4-h Dairy program. Read Adams of Greene also was honoured and served on the committee for three years. He assisted with Many electrical project lesson training sessions for 4-h leaders and members As a representative of the .s.e.& Gas corp. He also served As chairman of the 1967 Spring Bonanza. All of these committee members faithfully assisted with fundraising projects for the support of he farm Home and 4-h Cen ter by their vigorous support of the Spring Bonanza and 4-h cookie sales. They also participated in Many other 4-h programs such As achievement night county and state fairs training lessons and local club work. Bombers Pound gun troop concentrations Saigon apr an Armada of american bombers pounded North vietnamese gun and troop concentrations threatening . Marines in the Khe Sanh Valley for the sixth straight Day today in one of the biggest air campaigns of the Vietnam War. Despite nearly 6,000 tons of bombs and record air attacks for the third Day in a Row against the dug in North vietnamese enemy guns continued to hit at the Khe Sanh base and the three strategic Hills the marines control just to the Northwest. By noon today the North vietnamese had dropped another 20 mortar and rocket rounds on the Marine positions protecting the lockout charges filed against no co. Papers charging the Norwich Pha Macal company with perpetrating an a illegal lockout against members of the International chemical workers Union local 251, have been filed with the National labor relations Board in Buffalo a Union official said today. Thomas Boyle of Montclair n.j., International vice president said Jerry Anker a Union attorney from Washington. D.c., was in Norwich wednesday to go Over the locals contract with the drug firm prior to filing the charges. The charges were filed with the regional office of the Norb in Buffalo Boyle said. The action resulted from the company a turning Union employees away from the Plant when they reported to work monday morning. The company issued a notice to the effect that Union workers were not to report for work monday Jan. 22, thereafter until company officials claimed that the locals contract with the fir in terminated at Midnight sunday. But the Union maintained that the contract did no to expire until Midnight monday and claimed that the lockout by the company was illegal. The Union said it was not on strike was not a looking for any trouble and still willing to negotiate. The Union is reportedly requesting a 38 per cent package increase which would include benefits. Last weekend the Union turned Down a reported three and one half per cent boost which officials said did not include fringe benefits. At a weekend meeting members of the local numbering some 670 of the company a production maintenance and animal care workers voted 442 to to to strike if their terms were not met by the management. So far there has been no picketing of the firm s three plants in the City of Norwich at Woods Corners and at North Norwich. The rest of the company a 1,300 employees non members of the Union Are still working As usual the firms officials said. At a Brief meeting monday the company handed Union negotiators what it termed its a final terms of the offer were not disclosed. Boyle announced wednesday that members of the Union will meet at to . Friday in the . Hall to hear a report on the latest offer and decide whether to accept or reject. Northwestern approaches to South Vietnam 16 Miles below the demilitarized zone. The Days barrage followed on the heels of perhaps 300 rounds of heavy artillery rockets and mortars that communist gunners slammed into the combat base and the adjacent peaks wednesday night killing seven leathernecks and wounding another 77. Of the 77 wounded 37 had to be evacuated. The North vietnamese fired their 152mm guns their biggest artillery at Khe Sanh for the first time. . Officers continued to expect a big enemy offensive against Khe Sanh. But the heaviest ground fighting reported was on the Central coast some 230 Miles to the Southeast where troops of the . 1st air cavalry division and the South korean Capitol division reported 179 North vietnamese killed in fighting tuesday and wednesday near Phu cat. A correspondent Peter Arnett reported from Marine Headquarters at Danang that the leathernecks apparently feel they can hold the Khe Sanh combat base but other positions in the neighbouring Hills Are being dangerously squeezed. Despite the massive Aerial bombardment four Landing in the Hills Are still too dangerous for helicopters except in extreme emergency. The North vietnamese Are reported to be All around the Hills with 50-caliber machine guns positioned so they can fire on cargo planes Landing at Khe Sanh with supplies of ammunition and food. Communist gunners in the Hills have shot Down three . Fighter bombers in the past six Days. Another problem for the marines is about 2,900 montagnard tribesmen who want to be evacuated following the withdrawal of . Marine and South vietnamese militia teams from the town of Khe Sanh 2% Miles South of the Marine combat base. Today a chuckle what is a Home without children quiet. Oswald a widow subpoenaed new Orleans a tile widow of Lee Harvey Oswald has been subpoenaed for grand jury testimony by St. Atty Jim Garrison who doubts Warren commission findings that Oswald alone assassinated president John f. Kennedy. Garrisons office issued the subpoena for Marina Oswald Porter now of Richardson Tex., a Dallas suburb to appear Here feb. 8-9 As part 01 garrisons controversial probe into the assassination. Asst. Dist. Atty. James l. Alcock said investigators want to ask her what she knew about Oswald a activities in new Orleans during the summer of 1963. Kennedy was killed nov. 22, 1963 in Dallas Tex. Oswald was shot to death during a jail Transfer two Days later by Jack Ruby who has since died from cancer. Mrs. Porter who later married Kenneth Jess Porter lived Here with Oswald during the summer preceding the assassination. It was Dur District attorney ing this summer Garrison maintains James Garrison that Oswald and others conspired to murder Kennedy. Palermo Sicily a a Strong new earthquake struck Western Sicily today and at least three deaths and Many injuries were reported. Police at Trapani said they had received word by radio that a police sergeant was killed in Bellina a town destroyed in a disastrous quake Jan. 15. They said they had unconfirmed reports two firemen also perished. The casualties were reported among Rescue workers who have been struggling for to Days to extract bodies from the rubble of a dozen towns in Western Sicily shattered by the earlier quakes. Police said an unspecified number of injured were reported from the new quake in Bellina in Montevago the town hit hardest by the Jan. 15 quake and in Partanna and Santa Ninfa. Thieu agrees with lbs Saigon a president Nguyen Van Thieu said today the bombing of North Vietnam can be stopped Only after the North vietnamese halt a fall their aggressive commenting on nearly three years of raids against North Vietnam by . Warplanes Thieu said the bombing is a the response to the whole apparatus of communist aggressive activities including communist infiltration across the Borders As Well As guerrilla attacks subversion sabotage and terrorism. A therefore the bombing of North Vietnam can be stopped Only after North Vietnam has stopped All their aggressive activities. In to Thieu in a broadcast televised speech told a joint session of the Senate and House of representatives that . And South vietnamese views Are not always identical even if they Are allies. But he said the a position of president Johnson on peace negotiations As stated in his san Antonio speech last september and his state of the Union message on Jan. 17 seems to me very realistic in requesting solid Cru von guarantees before the bombing of North. Vietnam could an heu Call for Tough . Action Washington apr new and harsher Calls for Tough . Action including use of air and sea Power if necessary followed initial diplomatic failures to retrieve the captured ship Pueblo from her North korean captors. Two senators said wednesday the United states might be forced to use nuclear weapons if the Pueblo incident touches off a War with North Korea. And at least one senator who has strongly opposed . War policy in Vietnam sen. Frank Church called seizure of the Pueblo and the 83 americans aboard a an act of the Idaho Democrat said a the ship must be returned at once with All americans aboard. Our National Honor is at stake Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield and chairman . Fulbright d-ark., of the Senate foreign relations committee counselled a cautious . Response to the incident. Mansfield said the United states a go off half cocked Market report at 11 10 ., Continental Telephone corp. Was 27% open and High 273/s Low 273/4 last Norwich Pha Macal co. 443/4 High Low and last . Grant 33 High Low and last Montgomery wards 243/s open and Low 2514 High and last . Fishman 12% High Low and last. Over the counter general Laboratory associates 16 bid 18 asked Jerrold corp. Taco 363/j bid 373/i asked mid states raceway 7% bid 8 asked Raymond corp. 30% bid 32 asked Teize chemicals 28 bid 29% asked Gladding corp. 137/g bid 143 8 asked National Bank and Trust co. Of Norwich 54 bid Chenango co. National Bank of Norwich 300 bid

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