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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - July 12, 1968, Norwich, New York Tight Security lawmaker assails lbs balancing Xvi on the nose Donna Alvia of St. Petersburg. Fla., seems to be balancing the Baton on her nose As she competes in a contest. Tonal committee which runs the quadrennial nominating conventions said a i done to Rule out the possibility we might move if the labor difficulties Are not resolved by the end of next Bailey added that there Are no present plans for a move. Daley continues to Tell news men a Well have a Good old. Fashioned old time democratic convention with the delegates in charge and maybe without you Media folks All Over the a strike in Progress since May 8 against the Illinois Bell a plans in trial of Ray revealed Memphis Tenn. A officials preparing for what promises to be the biggest Tennessee trial since the famous a a Monkey trial of 1925 Are making strict Security arrangements. Officials said thursday that plans Are being made to make a voice and picture tape of every person attending the trial of James Earl Ray charged with assassinating or. Martin Luther King or. Here on april 4. This would be the first trial anywhere that such Security precaution has been required Charles Holmes Public relations aide to sheriff William n. Morris said. Newsmen accredited to cover the trial expected to be held in late fall will be Given identification cards bearing their photographs. The trial is scheduled to be held in one of the Shelby county criminal court courtrooms so Ray can be brought directly into the court to rough an under ground corridor without being seen by the outside Public. A secondary Security line is expected to be established to keep everyone without pressing business out of the criminal courts building. Ray currently is in jail in London awaiting a hearing on his Appeal of an extradition order. A this is a serious matter a said sheriff Morris who is in charge of arrangements for the trial. A there will be no carnival air Here a Morris said. A the Sher Iff the judges and the attorney general have been conferring at intervals for several weeks to assure a fair and orderly trial in a dignified a the trial will be conducted in strict keeping with established standards of dignity and Justice a said dist. Atty. Gen. Phil m. Canale who will head the prosecution team. Inspector Warren Cargill has been placed in charge of physical arrangements for the trial and he is supervising the remodelling of the Interior cell in which Ray would be housed if returned from London. The largest criminal courts courtroom can seat slightly Over too spectators and a Large number of the seats will be assigned to news Media representatives covering the trial. Morris said however seats would be reserved for relatives of both Ray and King. Suicide pc raids feared in Saig Saigon apr a terrorist shot and seriously wounded a . Soldier in downtown Saigon today amid reports that Viet Cong suicide commandos Are expect Tel to raid the South vietnamese capital at any time. Extra guards were posted at the . Embassy and other key installations and police were put on too per cent Alert. The raids if they come Likely would open the third Viet Cong offensive of the year against Saigon an attack that has been expected for weeks. The terrorists victim was shot three times less than a mile from the presidential Palace and taken to an army Hospital. His assailant escaped. The assassination attempt was the first against an american reported in Saigon since the appeals court upholds Powell contempt ruling new York apr the 1966 conviction of former rep. Adam Clayton Powell on a charge of criminal contempt of court which led to a 30-Day jail sentence and a $500 Fine has been upheld by a three to two vote of the appellate division of the state supreme court. The ousted congressman a lawyer Henry r. Williams said after the ruling thursday that no decision had been made yet on whether to take the Case to the court of appeals new York states highest tribunal. The 59-year-old Powell who has been elected As a democratic congressman from Harlem for More than 20 years was reported to be on Bimini his favorite Island Retreat in the Bahamas. Thursdays ruling came after eight years of litigation Over Powell a failure to pay a Defa mation judgment won by a 71-year-old Harlem widow who Powell called a a bag woman a collector of graft for policemen on a 1960 television program. It apparently made Powell subject to arrest if he came into new York state without making a further Appeal and obtaining a parole from a judge of the court of appeals. The amount of the defamation judgment to Esther James went up and Down drastically Over the years As More than a dozen state judges issued opinions on Powell a conduct in the Case. Some time ago Powell cleared himself of a civil complaint conviction by paying More than $56,000 to mrs. James. Weather generally fair with some variable cloudiness through saturday Low temperatures tonight in mid 50s to Low 60s. Fair moderately Cool saturday night and fair to partly Cloudy sunday highs saturday in tile 80s. High nine appointments Washington apr the leading opponent of president Johnson a supreme court nominations say the two appointees May have been part of a a flagrant disregard of the constitutional doctrine of separation of sen. Robert p. Griffin r-mich., made the remark thursday on the Senate floor in a preview of his testimony today before the Senate judiciary committee As it continued hearings into the nomination of Abe Fortas As chief Justice and Homer Thornberry As associate Justice. Thornberry now is a judge on the Federal court of appeals in new Orleans. The judiciary committee opened hearings into the nominations thursday but put off questioning of Fortas until next week. Griffin said he wanted to know How big a role Abe Fortas nominated to succeed Earl Warren As chief Justice played in White House decisions while serving on the court since 1965. Fortas is a longtime Johnson Friend and adviser. And Griffin said he also wants to know Why Thornberry another old Friend of the president served an extra five months in Congress in 1963 after being named a Federal judge in Texas. Griffin cited a reports that the arrangement was designed to insure or. Thornberry a vote on legislative issues during the the senator added a this situation again suggests a flagrant disregard of the constitutional doctrine of separation of Griffin said the committee should find out a How Many times or. Fortas has been consulted or the extent to which he has been involve if at All in actions and decisions of the White House while tie has been a member of the a if the doctrine of separate Powers is Griffin said a what justification could be offered in the event a member of the judicial Branch should actively participate on a regular undisclosed basis in decisions of the executive Branch while serving on the Bench a shortly after the committee opened its hearing it agreed to a request by sen. Sam j. Ervin or. D-n.c., that direct questioning of Fortas be delayed until next tuesday. The senator a former Justice of the North Carolina supreme court said he wanted to do More research before quizzing Fortas about his a judicial atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark the Days Only witness tried to quiet doubts about the legality of the Way Warren conditioned his retirement on the qualification of a successor by the Senate. He said scores of Federal judges have been nominated As Johnson nominal ii Fortas while their predecessors were still on the Bench. Abe Fortas Homer Thornberry Viet congas second offensive against the capital in May. . Sources said they had no confirmation of the South vietnamese intelligence reports warning of commando raids. But american troops a Are in a Complete state of readiness to meet any enemy attacks and have been for months a spokesman said. But vietnamese police sources said guards were in creased at the . Embassy where a Viet conc suicide squad struck Jan. 30 at the beginning of me let Onen Sive and held out for several hours in the embassy grounds. More government troops also were sent to Bridges leading into the City and various checkpoints on Saigon a outskirts. High ranking vietnamese officers said they had received reports the american embassy would be attacked again and the National police Headquarters would be another target. An unconfirmed report said the Viet Cong had stolen an official . Car apparently to fill it with explosives and use it to attack an american installation. . Embassy Security men armed with machine guns were seen at the Rex one of the major . Officers billets checking american cars for explosives. One South vietnamese source said the Viet Cong a have to make a noise before july 20 the 14th anniversary of the Geneva agreements which divided Vietnam. A they have been losing so much they have to boost the morale of their troops a the source added. Intelligence sources say about 11,000 enemy troops Are within Quick striking distance of the capital and More Are reported on the Way. . 9th division infantrymen sweeping around Saigon flushed out an enemy platoon 18 Miles Southwest of the City thursday and reported killing to Viet Cong soldiers in a Brief fight. Another Small break in the Lull in the ground War was re ported just below the demilitarized zone. Demo convention May be moved Chicago apr More than $1.3 million has been spent so far in Chicago for the demo cratic National convention which May be moved out of the City unless a strike affecting preparations is settled. Mayor Richard j. Daley a Power in democratic party councils repeatedly has laughed off reports his City might lose the convention. He has insisted tile convention will go on in Chicago aug. 26 As scheduled. But tuesday John m. Bailey chairman of the democratic a. Telephone co. Is threatening the convention that would bring thousands of delegates alternates their wives and families plus other thousands of aides and onlookers to Chicago for most of the week. On strike and picketing Are members of a local of the International brotherhood of electrical workers. These Are tile Spe. Cia lists who install telephones television cables and other communications equipment in the International amphitheatre the convention Hall and hotels Clark oks super fast sub Washington a Secretary of defense Clark no Clifford has set the stage for a possible expansion of the . Nuclear attack submarine Force with his approval of a new super fast Model. Clifford told a news conference thursday he has ordered the top scientific and technical brains to work on the vessel understood to carry a Price tag of around $185 million. This is $100 million More than the latest Sturgeon class atomic sub whose Mission is to Hunt and kill enemy underwater Craft. The authorization was a partial Victory for vice adm. Hyman g. Rickover the Navy a nuclear expert who was push big the Pentagon for advanced american submarines to meet the growing soviet undersea Force. But As Clifford announced he had authorized the new sub Rickover helped design he left open the possibility another Rickover favorite a super quiet sub May get the a. This submarine which could track enemy vessels with great stealth was approved last year but the Pentagon has been threatening to abandon it to save Money. Rickover a congressional favorite has been arguing through Capitol Hill committees for the quiet sub but the Outlook has dimmed. Clifford said a decision on its Fate will be forthcoming in the next few weeks. The approved sub Clifford did no to say How much faster it would be than present 30-knot vessels is slated for full budgeting in 1970, defense officials said. Long Lead time parts Are sought under the fiscal 1969 budget now before Congress. The authorized nuclear attack Force stands at 69 submarines have been half either about half of which built with the other under construction or approved. Work on the last four is scheduled to begin in 1969 and 1970, and defense officials said the High Speed version will be one of the last two models. Officials say this leaves open the possibility that after 1970the 69-ship ceiling might be raised to permit construction of More of the new super fast subs highly advanced Over the latest Sturgeon class to maintain a Check on the soviet submarine Fleet. Where the delegations set up Headquarters. A picket line at any of these locations most Likely would Kep other craftsmen off the Job a carpenters painters and others needed to get the Hall and rooms into shape. Joseph of Brien Bell spokesman said the longer the strike continues a the less facilities for news coverage there will he said Bell has spent $400,-ooo of the $1.5 million it expects to spend on installations. This would be lost if the convention moved to another City. Of Brien said television network coverage might be impossible if the strike goes on much longer. A installing their lines is the most time consuming and time is what we re running out of. Only so Many men fit in a manhole we make up the delay by adding extra the City of Chicago will have to write off More than $400,-000 if the convention Falls through officials said. Chicago pledged $750,000 to the party a expense Chest and threw in an additional $300,000 Promise for miscellaneous expenses. Find grenade in execs far Roslyn Harbor . Apr police found a live hand grenade wired to the private car of Nassau county executive Eugene h. Nickerson thursday night after receiving an Anonymous Telephone tip. Nassau county police commissioner Francis Looney or dered a round the clock guard on Nickerson a Democrat who holds the highest elective office in the county and his family. Police received the Call shortly after 7 . And located Nickerson with his daughter Susan 19, at a private gathering official car was checked nothing was found. Other officers alerted mrs. Nickerson at Home and told her not to go near the family cars. Detectives found the device in a third family car usually used by his daughters. Detective Arthur Cunn said the fragmentation Type grenade was wired behind the dashboard to a Heater switch. Turning the switch would have set off the grenade he said. Bear festivals in a big Stew Mccleary Wash. A folks in this Western washing ton Forest Community Are pre. Paring for a lot of fun and wrangling at the annual Mccleary Bear festival a week from saturday. Of have the usual a. Rade a fiddle contest and a log. Gers show where husky lumber jacks show How fast they can Cut great Trees in half and stuff like that. But they always top that off with a big Bear Stew and that a where the controversy always comes in. The Stew said to be mighty tasty is the idea of the a a save our tree group that wants to keep bears to a Bare minimum because bears eat tree bark and ruin a lot of Valu. Able to Miler. Then there a a counter group called the , for save our bears. The object to the big Bear Stew business something fierce and they say add a protest March to the festival this year. A you might say we re going to stage a Bru in a says Windsor Olson organizer from the big City of Seattle where they done to have As Many Trees and practically no bears. Olson trying to match and Vance reports on the big Bear Stew has been going around proposing this concoction a mix together eight Timber Barons 17 , three big. Game Hunters one outdoor editor one Forest Protection Asse. Elation and one damage control program. A add 800 Pound of sap and simmer three months. Stir occasionally with an american Rifle association big stick. When thoroughly done Export to a. Olson says there Arentt too Many bears left. And if the Bear population has to be regulated he adds. A i be against capturing them and having them sent but the Mccleary lumber jacks have warned the that they might come Down with a severe Case of logger s Small pox if they get too meddlesome. Symptoms of that disease Mountain Folk say Are a lot of Small holes in the skin caused by those steel spikes that stick out of the soles of a Timber Many a boots. So who knows maybe the and the will have such a rollicking time that somebody will have to Send out an . Manhunt pressed for Rifle firing Slayer of three new York apr police today pressed a massive manhunt for a Bronx gunman who kill Tel three persons Ami wounded a fourth with a Hail of fire from an automatic carbine. Bronx asst. Dist. Atty. Burton Roberts said a 15-state alarm was issued for one Bobby hog ors alias Bobby in ugh 31, who was superintendent of the building in front of which the shootings occurred thursday evening. The rapid fire shooting brought More than 200 police men armed with rifles revolvers shotguns and tear Gas guns Ami wearing Bullet proof vests to the Dingy Orange tenement into which the gunman fled. As thousands of spectators swarmed to watch police searched the five Story building Lait failed to find the Man. They concluded he had escaped through a basement connecting three buildings on the Block. The dead were identified As Manuel Angel Figueroa 19, Al rain Castro 21, and Jose Rivera 18. Roberts said prelim nary evidence indicated tinman being sought knew All three. Police said Figueroa was dead on arrival at Lincoln Hospital and that Castro and Rivera died at tin Hospital. Roberts described Rogers As a Light skinned negro about 5 feet la do pounds. He said the Man had been honorable discharged from tin army in 1962 and took the superintendents Job Oil dec. I i 967. The shooting came just eight Days after police killed a Central Park sniper Angel Angelot who had shot to death a Young Blair Kai Iii Quot show together at a London Art show beatle John Lennon and japanese artist Yoke Olio inspect an exhibit of John s Art works dedicated to Yoko. Woman and wounded three other persons. Flu violence began at a i hint 6 27 when the gunman appeared near the stoop of the tenement on East 138th Street and started firing a ,30-caliber automatic carbine which had been sawed off at both the Stock and barrel police said. The crowd began gathering As quickly is police. Youths climbed atop cars to get a better View and police roped off unblock to keep spectators Back. Hilly Premier vows to l a vat Ira ii funds Rome apr caretaker Premier Giovanni Leone trying to rebuild a majority Center left coalition by fall is seeking socialist support with a Promise to make the Vatican pay taxes on the dividends it collects in Italy. The Promise helped ids Christian democratic minority government win a vote of Confidence thursday night in the chamber of deputies. The vote was 263-252, with 88 abstentions by socialists and republicans Olio could have turned the Gog. Eminent out by voting no. Leones government is expected to Complete its mandate to govern until fall by winning another vote of Confidence in the Senate next week. Taxing the Vatican is something no other italian govern ment Ever dared mention. Leones proposal would require the Vatican to pay the 30 percent dividend tax every other italian investor pays. This would in elude $8 million to $11 million in arrears dating Back to 1963, when the Tex took effect. The premieres problem is to put through enough Reform legislation to satisfy the socialists before their party Congress this fall when they will decide whether to rejoin die Christian democrats to form a majority government. There is no other feasible Way to form a majority in die chamber of deputies. The socialists quit the Center left coalition after the May 19 election blaming their election losses on failure of the dominant Christian democrats to accomplish enough reforms to keep leftist voters from swinging to the communists. On the other hand leones plans for Reform face a stiff fight from the right Wing of his own party. He Hopes to mollify this faction by not pressing for other socialist programs like a divorce Law. The Vatican newspaper la Osse Vatore Romano accused Leone of lacking Good manners in the tax matter. An unsigned note in the paper said he did not consult the Vatican beforehand and thus a disregarded the ele ment Ary rules of International today a chuckle a Hen pecked husband describes his wife a a she a such a formidable woman that when she enters a room the mice get on it

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