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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - January 30, 1968, Norwich, New York The weather mostly Cloudy and a Little colder tonight lows 15 to 20. Wednesday Cloudy with partial Clearing during the Day highs in the 20s to near 30. The evening Sun Chenango county s daily newspaper Sun spots Brydges pushes plan for repeal of Blaine amendment Page 5 savings Are up in Chenango area Page 5 Sherburne town Board organizes Page 3 vol. 77, to. 223 tuesday january 30, 1968 Norwich . 13815 8c per copy pc usher in new year with attacks state nation world huh asks help for youth program Washington apr vice president Hubert h. Humphrey has asked cities and private business to pay partial costs of a nationwide youth Opportunity program this summer. Humphrey opened a three Day con Ference Here of mayors youth coordinators and business and labor leaders. A let us frankly recognize that the Federal government cannot foot the Bill for All the essential summer activities you plan a Humphrey said. His remarks were prepared for delivery today at the opening of the conference. Outlining a Broad program of recreation training and jobs the vice president said the a National Alliance of businessmen headed by Henry Ford ii will try to find jobs for 200,000 needy youth this summer a Over and above the hiring that will result from our summer Job Hubert Humphrey Job corps centers close Washington apr the announced closing of 16 Antipoverty Job corps centers across the country has brought mixed reaction from a number of congressmen whose districts Are involved. Office of economic Opportunity Leo announced that 16 of its 124 Job corps centers for Young men would be closed by midyear to make More Money available for Job programs aimed at older so called hardcore unemployed men and for emergency medical programs for the needy. This will mean a drop of 6,300 spots at the resident Camps both Urban and Rural where Young corpsmen Are Given intensive instruction in Basic Reading and arithmetic and Are trained As foresters equipment operators mechanics and in other Job areas. The cutback will drop Job corps spending by $10 million this Vear to $285 million and reduce the roster to 35,000, an Leo spokesman said. Probe follows discovery Cummins prison farm Ark. A the skeletons of three men have been discovered in unmarked Graves at Cummins prison farm spurring an investigation that the prison physician said might turn up a was Many As too if not Moiez bodies. The skeletons resting in three wooden coffins about a mile from the prison administration building were recovered monday from Graves 4 1/2 to 6 feet deep. Prison supt. Thomas o. Murton had ordered a search of the grounds to Check convict reports that inmates had be n killed and secretly buried at the prison through the years. A i feel reasonable certain that there Are More bodies out there a said or. Edwin Barronjr. Of Little Rock the prison physician. Makes appointments Washington apr House speaker John Mccormack named four members monday to the Board of visitors to the . Military Academy at West Point. The Board makes an annual tour of the new York Academy and is in charge of reviewing its academic program fiscal affairs and discipline among other duties. Nam. De by Mccormack were reps. John j. Rhodes r-ariz., olm Teague d-tex., William h. Natch or d-ky., and Alexander Pirnie in. Y. Rep. John Vav. Mccormack . To guard against missiles Washington a the United states will guard against any soviet development of super accurate missiles by building super hard launch silos to better shield its own Multi warhead minuteman Iii intercontinental ballistic missiles. Defense officials disclosed die move monday As president Johnson unveiled a proposed $7.7 billion defense budget for congressional consideration. Officials said the aim is to deprive the soviets of any Chance to come up with High accuracy nuclear missiles Good enough to Knock out existing . Minuteman Sites. Spokesmen said the silos would be made Invulnerable to All but direct nuclear hits through additional depth Concrete and steel cover and special hardening against the effects of electromagnetic Phenomena. Exactly now Many minuteman Iii s the Multi warhead variety will be socked into these thickened underground firing barrels is secret. Dav outlines program Albany . A the state chapter of the disabled american veterans outlined today a 13-Point legislative program that would include a $250 Bonus for new Yorkus korean and Vietnam War veterans. James Vav. Cain of Albany new York commander told Civ. Rockefeller that other states have initiated such bonuses and that a the Empire state should be a Leader and not a Follower in the Field of veterans the organization began its annual meeting today. Other recommendations included awarding $1,000 to beneficiaries of servicemen killed in Korea or Vietnam giving veterans preference in Public housing and providing 400 additional scholarships for children of deceased or disabled veterans. Market report at 11 15 ., Continental Telephone corp. Was 26v2 open and Low 267/s High and last Norwich Pha Macal co. 45 High Low and last . Grant 33 High Low and last Montgomery wards 24vs open and High 233/ Low and last . Fishman 127/a open and Low 13 4 High and last. Over the counter general Laboratory associates 16 bid 18 asked Jerrold corp. Taco 36v2 bid 37i/2 asked mid states raceway 7�?~bid 8 asked Raymond corp. 3r/2 bid 32i/2 asked Victory markets 9 .4 bid to asked Gladding corp. 16 bid 16> or asked National Bank and Trust co. Of Norwich 54 bid Chenango co. National Bank of Norwich 300 bid. Today around the around the around the largest coordinated assault oath Warnow underway fastest gun in the sky the Mcdonnell Douglas f-4e phantom cruises Over downtown St. Louis during flight test. Busch stadium and Gateway Arch lie in foreground. The Jet newest in the phantom series carries a fast firing 20mm Cannon in a White pod under its nose in addition to radar guided and infrared missiles. Plane is fastest aircraft in regular service with . Armed forces. No co. Contract offers hikes totalling 73.6tf the following statement was released by the Norwich Pha Macal company today relative to the contract being offered employees. A a a increases in hourly wages and general benefits total approximately 73.6 cents per hour in the three year contract offered last week by the Norwich Pha Macal company to the members of local no. 251, . A specific provisions in the contract offer were spelled out in a letter sent Jan. 29, by a. Charles Clark director of personnel to All members of the bargaining unit a effective Jan. 22, 1968, a 5/2 per cent wage increase would boost pay rates an average of 14,4 cents per hour. The increases would Range from la cents to 18.5 cents per hour in 1968. Hourly wages would be increased 4 per cent or an average of 10.5 cents per hour in 1969, and 4.5 per cent More or an average of 11.8 cents per hour in 1970. A a further increase in employee take Home pay will re suit As the company takes Overall payments for group insurance and a portion of the Premium for the pension plan. Workers contributions for group insurance will drop one third each year adding an average of 1.7 cents per hour to paychecks or 5.1 cents Over the three year period. Similarly reductions in employee contributions to the pension plan Dur ing 1969 and 1970 will add 2.27 cents per hour to the average pay Check. A increased wages Premium reductions and maximum Cost of living adjustments possible under a new feature of the proposed Cor act would effectively in crease the average paycheck by about 19.6 cents per hour in 1968, add 18.2 cents More per hour in 1969, and boost it 20.5 cents per hour More in 1970. The Cost of living allowance will be geared to the . Government s consumer Price Index. A the value of the contract of. Fer is further increased by improvements in general benefits such As sick leave time additional vacation improved insurance benefits. The Cost of these added benefits will be paid by the company and amount to $3.68 per week per employee in 1968, pro. Grossing to $5.24 per employee per week in 1969, and continuing upward to $6.81 per week in 1970. A Over the next three years the value of the combined wage increases and improved general benefits for each employee will average $3,225.56 As follows in 1968, $598.52 in 1969, $1,-059.24 in 1970, $1,567.80. Some of the other specific proposals in the contract Are a additional funds averaging 3.4 cents per hour Are set aside to be used by a joint Job evaluation committee for some Job classification adjustments under the Long established Job evaluation plan familiar to allem Plo yees. A present employee contrib. Tons for group insurance will be Cut one third each year so that starting Jam i 1970 the company will pay the full Cost. A employee contributions to the pension plan will be reduced so that in 1969 the company will pay the full Premium on the first $2,000 annual income and in 1970, on the first $4,000 of annual income. A general benefits Are improved in seven ways i. Hospital room and Board coverage is raised to equal Che. Nango memorial hospitals semiprivate rates presently $35 a Day and the surgical schedules maximum goes up to $300 from the present $200. �?o2. A saturday Premium of 75 cents per hour and a sunday Premium of $1.25 per hour for employees who Are scheduled to work these Days without overtime. �?o3. Up to to Days of sick leave for employees with More than five years seniority and up to five Days for employees with less seniority. Sick leave will be paid for any full Day of absence for illness or injury including the first Day and single Days at the rate of 50 percent of base pay. �?o4. A separation allowance providing for a maximum of 200 hours pay. �?o5. Shift Premium increase ranging from five cents to 15 cents per hour for employees working late night and Early morning hours. �?o6. Vacation allowance increased to five weeks at 20 years of service. �?o7. At the specific request of the unions negotiating commit tee total elimination of the company s incentive system not later than feb. 17, 1968. A this contract offer was rejected by the Union member ship on Jan. 26 despite the company a opinion expressed monday that it represents a substantial improvement in wages and fringe benefits Over the next three years. Last saturday Jan. 27, the negotiating committee rejected the company a invitation for Union members to return to work yesterday Jan. 29. The invitation was conditional subject to the Union s agreement to give the company to Days notice prior to calling any Congress is spill Over Pueblo problem Washington apr conflicting views by Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield and his Republican counterpart Everett m. Dirksen sum up the Sharp congressional split Over what course the United states should Chart in seeking to retrieve the Pueblo and her Crew from North Korea. A we must avoid a Bloodbath such As we have in Vietnam a Mansfield said monday. Dirksen declared a we and to take this lying other reaction reflected growing rest Veness in Congress Over the failure to gain through diplomatic channels the release of the Navy intelligence ship and her 83-Man Crew. The . Security Council cancelled indefinitely its meetings on the Pueblo crisis amid signs that private talks were t getting anywhere. But White House press Secretary George Christian said diplomatic activity would continue on other fronts to solve the dispute peacefully. Christian added that a prudent. Orderly and limited deployment of . Military forces is under Wray in the korean area. At the United nations the United states was authoritatively reported As ready to discuss the Pueblo incident with the North korean communists but not until they release the ship and Crew. Dirksen criticized the a Clammy spirit of fear and timidity he said surrounds efforts to regain the ship and her Crew. Counsels of watchful waiting and thin apologies should not be allowed a to Tranquiline us into a state of humiliation in the eyes of the world a Dirksen told the Senate. Saigon apr the Viet Cong attacked seven provincial capitals South Vietnam a second largest City and four american airfields today ushering in the lunar new year with the biggest coordinated assault of the Vietnam War. By mid afternoon the guerrillas were reported still in control of parts of two coastal cities Nha Trang 190 Miles Northeast of Saigon and hoi an 365 Miles Northeast of the capital. Some fighting also was reported still going on at Plesku in the Central Highlands while the situation was not Clear at Korntum and ban me Thuot both in the Highlands and at coastal Tuy Boa and qui Nohn. Associated press correspond ent Robert a ohioan reported that South vietnamese rangers and . Marine maps wiped out the last pocket of enemy resist Ance in Danang South Viet names second City at 315 . And reported 63 Viet Cong killed. President Nguyen Van Thieu cancelled the rest of the 36-hour truce he had proclaimed for tet the new year festival. He had already modified it before it began to exclude the country s five northernmost provinces and to continue u. A bombing of the North vietnamese Panhandle for 125 Miles above the demilitarized zone the chief Supply area for the thousands of North vietnamese troops threatening the . Marines at Kite a til u pm Law reach agreement Detroit apr general motors and the United Auto workers Union reached agreement Early this morning on a settlement ending a strike at the giant automakers Chevrolet foundry at Tonawanda . Some 2,300 Union members walked off their jobs at the foundry Jan. 19 in a dispute Over the unions demand for six minutes of company paid Wash up time before lunch. The settlement came at 3 45 . Today after a Marathon bargaining session begun at i . Monday. The walkout was one of three foundry strikes that idled 117,900 general motors workers including 106,700 Laid of by resulting parts shortages. The other strikes at foundries at Saginaw mich., and Defiance Ohio were settled sunday. Sources close to the bargaining said the Tonawanda settlement included provisions for three minutes of company paid Washup time As did the Saginaw and Defiance pacts. Details of the settlement were withheld pending a ratification vote yet to be scheduled. Pm workers idled by the three strikes continued returning to work today after the three settlements. A . Spokesman said that despite Thieu a cancellation of the cease fire the suspension of . Bombing of the rest of North Vietnam would continue until 6 Wednesday 5 . Est tuesday. Meanwhile . Planes kept up their attacks on red Supply lines in the lower Panhandle. The Viet Cong guerrillas and demolition teams caught the South vietnamese defenders off guard with Many of them Cele Bruning tet the lunar new year festival. The guerrillas raced through the streets of Danang and the seven provincial Capi tals All in the Central and Northern part of South Vietnam ter. Ror izing the population and Seiz ing key installations. The obvious aim was to undermine Confidence in the Saigon government capping a three month Long communist Campaign of attacks on District capitals throughout South Viet Nam. The attacks on the . Air Fields destroyed or damaged at least 42 Jet fighter bombers cargo planes observation aircraft and helicopters. The loss was estimated at More than $25 million. At Danang communist gun Liers slammed 40 big russian 122mm rockets into the fighter base tearing up 13 Jet fighter bombers used in air strikes against North Vietnam. At the same time they hit the . Marine heliport across the River damaging 19 helicopters. Just to the North of Cam Ranh Bay the big american Supply base 175 Miles Northeast of Saigon which president Johnson visited on his two trips to Viet Nam communist demolition men sneaked into the american Airfield at Dong a thin and blew up several aircraft with explosive charges. Casualty totals were incomplete they Are everywhere Kue Sami Vietnam a mountains Hills and Jungles surround Khe Sanh and the . Marines at this combat base know North vietnamese Are in them perhaps More than any american outfit has Ever laced in a single Battle in the Vietnam War. Intelligence Leports put the enemy a strength around Khe Sanh at Al out 30,000 men three divisions positioned to the South West and North. Another 10,000 to 20,000 Are believed Strung along the demilitarized zone to the Northeast. A we know they Are a Marine officer said. A they know we know they Are there. One of us will a week ago there were 5,000 leathernecks in this Northwest hot Corner of South Vietnam they have been reinforced and . Army troops have been moved into easy reach but the total american strength at Khe Sanh is a military secret. The men at Khe Sanh expect the fighting to Start at the end of the week with the close of Observance of tet the lunar new year festival. This is what Marine officers expect the enemy to do Shell the Airstrip at Khe Sanh to try to close it to Supply Lianes. If this happens the marines expect supplies by Airdrop. Attack to the East in an Effort to close off Highway 9, the main ground Supply route. But the marines say they can open the Roadway with tanks. Make one or possibly two major infantry assaults on this combat base itself. The marines express Confidence they can beat the attacks off. But enemy shells could mean heavy Marine casualties. In shelling last week the communists scored direct ruins and in old Mark Gibell Ilia e Buddhi Sicily a us were killed worst earthquake in years and thousands were made homeless. Hits with devastating results particularly because of the nature of Marine positions. A attack the two Marine battalions holding Hills 881 to the South and 861 to the West of Khe Sanh. The Hills scenes of bloody fighting last Spring Are deemed vulnerable. As of now the marines Are proceeding with caution. Spending must be slashed Washingtn apr Prest Dent Johnson a record $186.1 billion budget generated immedi. Ate congressional warnings that spending must be slashed before the administrations to per cent income tax surcharge will be considered. But while calling for cuts members of tin Senate and House seemed Likely to oppose trimming expenses along those lines suggested by Johnson. Since the general outlines of the budget had been known Congress Wasny to surprised when the formal message submitted monday called for a $10.4 billion spending increase. The budget also included a built in $8 billion deficit Down from this fiscal year s $19.8 billion red Ink forecast but certain to go higher if the tax Lake Isnit approved. Most republicans while not slamming the door on the Possi. Vilify of a tax increase Contin. Lied to put heavy emphasis on chopping spending before or even instead of asking taxpayers for further sacrifices. Terming the budget a unbelievable a House Republican Leader Gerald r. Ford said it contains no of a the kind we need to avoid a tax the Democrat with most to say Al out the tax increase chairman Wilbur it Mills of the tax writing House ways and Means committee kept his counsel for the present. Inter viewed in his Arkansas District Mills said he would have More to say when he has studied the budget. When his committee last week shelved the income tax sur. Charge proposal for the third time Mills told administration witnesses he thought they could do a bit better at budget cutting. A i have no doubt Congress can and will make meaningful reductions a said chairman George h. Mahon d.tex., of the House appropriations com Mittee. Today a chuckle after driving on the freeway at the Rush hour going Over Niagara Falls in a barrel does no to seem like anything so extraordinary except perhaps for the loneliness

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