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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - July 18, 1968, Norwich, New York The e vening in vol. 78, no. 77 thursday july 18, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10c per cop unless Hanoi reciprocates bombing to continue says Clifford Saigon apr the United states will continue to bomb North Vietnam until the Hanoi government pledges a important and serious reciprocal acts of restraint a . Defense Secretary Clark Clifford said today. Little action was reported from the Battle fronts. The . Marines said they killed 77 North vietnamese in two encounters just South of the demilitarized zone on wednes Day. . B32 bombers pounded some More areas where enemy troops were believed getting ready for an attack on Saigon. And the weekly casualty report reflected to prolonged Lull with another reduction in the number of men killed onto Tosies. Clifford told an Airport news conference at the end of a four Day visit to Vietnam that a halt to the bombing of North Vietnam a Southern Panhandle would not endanger the Allied troops in South Vietnam if Hanoi also made a serious de Esca lation move. President Johnson put the rest of North Vietnam off limits to . Attack on March 31. How Ever the North vietnamese so far have not shown any willingness to respond to a bombing halt with a similar act of restraint Clifford added. Tho defense chief repeated his warning wednesday that another major enemy offensive against Saigon and the Northern provinces is expected any time Between now and Early september. A we be been watching the flow of men and material Down the Panhandle of North he said. A a it a been sub statically increased. Although the enemy has sustained substantial losses they apparently have the capability to replace those Clifford took off for Honolulu to report to president Johnson on his visit. South vietnamese presided Nguyen Van Thieu was to leave for Hawaii several hours later to Confer with Johnson there Friday and saturday. The . Commands sum Mary of casualties last week said 188 americans were killed in combat to less than the week before and the second lowest weekly total for the year. The american wounded increased slightly Over the week before from 1,248 to 1,337. A total of 874 enemy dead were reported for last week the lowest in a year and a half but the . Command said this was a subject to South vietnamese Headquarters re. Ported 157 government soldiers killed last week the lowest number since the week ending March 2. Along the demilitarized zone meanwhile 25 . Air Force b52 bombers roared into North Vietnam today for another round of heavy raids on communist Supply lines for troops and War materials going South. Two wives of America s biggest bombers hammered enemy truck Parks storage areas Supply bunkers and construction equipment 12 to 15 Miles North of the do a. Two in it re Waves pounded surface to air missile Sites artillery positions truck Parks and storage areas from 4 to 11 Miles North of the do. Since july i the b52s have flown 4d missions along the Southern tip of North Viet a a dropping about 7,000 tons of bombs. Iii six other missions wednes Day night and this morning the strap fortresses attacked troops on heavily used infiltration and Supply routes 52 to 58 Miles Northwest of Saigon. In the ground action just be Low the do the bigger Battle broke out seven Miles North of Camp Carroll near the Center of the Northern Frontier when a Marble Force ran into More than 150 no the vietnamese troops in fighting holes. The North vietnamese attacked tile marines with machine gun fire rockets and mortars. . Dive bombers and artillery returned the enemy barrage. And the marines charged. Nine americans were killed and 25 wounded. A mile away a Small Marine reconnaissance patrol ran into an enemy Force in Winkers. The leathernecks directed artillery into the enemy positions. An hour later helicopters evacuated the outnumbered patrol. Three marines were reported wounded. In the continuing Effort to Block enemy infiltration toward Saigon . B52 bombers struck six times late wednesday and today 52 to 58 Miles Northwest of the capital in Tay Nonh province. Enemy troops around Saigon were not entirely quiet. Guerrillas broke into Phil my Tay Hamlet five Miles East of the capital hijacked Airliner passengers Given cheers on return Miami flu. Apr fifty six passengers Back from a hijacked Airliner flight to Cuba joined in a Lusty cheer wednes Daylight when they landed on . Soil in a plane Chart or id by the . State department for their return trip. Crew members said the neat dark complexioned Hijacker who com a National airlines dc8 Jet with a gun and fake grenade stated that a Fidel ordered me backs and stayed behind on the communist is land. Airline officials said Hie Hijacker boarded nationals flight 1064 to Miami in los Angeles giving his name As Richard Nell. A . Air Force senior master sergeant from Biloxi miss., said two men saw the Hijacker off in los Angeles. All three spoke Span ish. A they looked like they were sending him off on a big trip a Nell reported. Nell s wife and son also were aboard the hijacked Airliner. Nell said the Man was about 5-foot-8, weighed 140 pounds and was in his Early 20s. Mrs . Knizner of n o r t h Palm Beach fla., said the i. Jacker was a a very Nice looking Young Man Well dressed casually like everybody dresses in Melton Hamilton of Houston Tex., said the Only passengers the cubans a interrogated directly were the Hamilton and led a actually i had a helluva time except for the propaganda they put a i just gave them my rank and serial number a reported Marine pfc. R. J. Broussard of Scott la. A they tried to get us messed up but we got out of it. They tried to get us Marine Lance Cpl. Lawrence Hoven of Wilmer ala., a Veteran of the Vietnam War said a they just asked a few questions about did i think i should have been Over there in Vietnam. I told them anything the United states has anything to do with i la be the Hijacker took command of the plane Over Texas after a Stop in Houston. Stewardess Kathleen Dickinson of Coral Gables fla., acted As an interpreter for the gunman who she said was a extremely she said he told her a Fidel has indicated to me that in be got to go Back to Cuba any Way i capt. Sidney l. Oliver of i a the Pilot said the Man threatened to explode a hand grenade and brandished a wrapped object. But in Havana Oliver said the Hijacker a made a by show of unwrapping his hand grenade. It was a can of old spice shaving after the Houston Stop when the Hijacker went onto the flight deck and ordered a change in course capt. Oliver persuaded him there was insufficient fuel to reach Havana. The gunman permitted a to minute Stop in new Orleans the intended second Stop on the flight for re fueling. The next Landing was at Jose Marii Airport on the outskirts of Havana. Airliner hijacking curb devices mulled Washington apr devices to photograph passengers boarding a plane keep them under secret inflight surveillance or to detect Large pieces of Metal like a pistol Are being considered As ways to prevent airline hijacking. But both government and private agencies admit Little is being done or can be done immediately to prevent the crimes which carry a maximum penalty of death. Quot we Are studying numerous methods to be Able possibly to detect firearms and to prevent and deter hijacking. But none of these methods has shown itself presently acceptable a said Richard Swift assistant director of the Federal aviation administrations fight standards service. Swift said one area of research involves a device which would detect any sizable Metal object such As a concealed gun but would not react to smaller articles such As key rings or Belt buckles. William Becker of the air weather Chance of thunderstorms this evening. Warm and humid tonight with mostly fair skies Low temperatures 65 to 72. Friday variable cloudiness and not quite As warm with afternoon and evening show ers and thunderstorms High temperatures from mid-80s to lower 90s. Transport association said the airlines will have meetings next month to a really take a close look at one particular device which May be produced commercially. The device would lie ii stalled at Gates to film Board a passengers hopefully it would de ted any indication that could justify separation of the individual for closer inspection. Swift said the Faa has trained some employees to travel anonymously on various flights watching for potentially dangerous passengers. Each such employee carries a revolver Handcuffs Blackjack and a device for spraying tear Gas. The Faa also is considering use of viewers inside the cockpit giving the flight Crew surveillance Over the passenger Cabin As Well As Means of increasing the cockpits Security. By Law the doors to cockpit Are kept locked except on Takeoff and Landing. As the result of an agreement reached in 1965, most airliners also now have a one Way i tor in the cockpit door enabling the flight Crew to peer thigh without being seen. Door is also have been installed it prevent the doors from a Iii kicked in. But the airlines have resisted a proposal that cockpit doors be Armor plated. Pilots contend that the moment a Pas Enger produces a gun and threatens to use it he has the plane in hostage whether the cockpit door is locked or open armoured or not. Fire claims 9 children two others new York apr nine children and two adults died Early today when fire flashed through a private Home occupied by three families in St. Albans Queens. Another Childe jumped from a second floor window into a neighbors arms and was saved. Police said five persons were treated at Mary immaculate Hospital and released. John t. Of Hagan chief of the fire department said that if it had not been for a false alarm sounded moments earlier a Many if not All of these fatalities May have been As it was the first alarm was sounded by a neighbor Audrey Stewart who lives in the adjacent building on Mexico Street near 180th Street. A i heard some crackling in Hie Back of the House next door and looked out the window a she said. A i could see the flames shooting up from the she ran to a nearby fire Box. The time was 1 17 . The local fire equipment was out re. Spending to the false alarm at nearby Linden Boulevard and 180th Street. A Hook and ladder truck re. Turning from that alarm saw the flames and called for More equipment. By 1 435 . The Blaze was declared under con. Tool and firemen went inside. Then they discovered the bodies. Police identified the dead As mrs. Bessie Perry 29, and her four children Charlene 2, de Nise 4, Reginald 6, and Janie 8 Bobbie Janie Gibson to months and her Sisters Sheila 4, and Bertha 7 Darlene Black 2, and her sister Sheila 9, and Charles hoist 24. The toll was the highest in Hie City since a Blaze last Jan. To took the lives of nine children and four adults in a Brooklyn tenement. Police picked up a 19-year-old medical corpsman attached to the St. Albans naval Hospital for questioning in connection with the false alarm. As firemen removed the Bod. Ies from the badly burned building Many residents of the area stood silently and watched. Lbs to discuss War in Hawaii Austin Tex. Apr presi Dent Johnson a Summit meeting with South Vietnam a president Nguyan Van Thieu this weekend will be focused on the Southeast asian Battlefield and the Preli. Minary peace talks in Paris. Johnson to be joined today by Secretary of state Dean Rusk before flying nonstop to Honolulu for the talks is expected to spend most of his time with Thieu in private discussions on All aspects of the War. American officials have taken pains to describe the Honolulu conference scheduled for Friday and saturday As routine affairs occasioned Only by the de. Sire of the two chief executives to keep in periodic face to face Contact. The talks Are a substitute officials say for a state visit by Thieu to Washington originally set for last month. Thieu called off the trip because he Felt the situation in his own country was too delicate to permit a formal visit to the . Mainland so a mid Pacific meeting was arranged. Johnson and his wife lady Bird flew wednesday from Washington to their Texas ranch. Release of pilots May rekindle Row Over questioning her Castle must go countess Cecilia Lewenhaupt of Sweden has received the Kings permission to set her Century old Castle afire. The three Story wooden Castle will be burned Down later this year when weather conditions Are right. The countess said the mansion is too expensive to keep and she wants to build a smaller House on the lot. The Structure has no special historic value. Vientiane Laos a the arrival Iii Vientiane Friday night or possibly a week later of three More american fliers freed by the North vietnamese May touch off a new dispute Over the insistence of the Jutt. Government that released Pris. Owners in interrogated before they leave Southeast Asia. North vietnamese Delegate Xuan Tiluy announced at the Paris peace talks on july 3 that the three american airmen would be released for a human tartan at the parts meeting wednesday their names were announced. They ire maj. James Frederick Law 43, of Sausalito Calif., a korean War Ace captured dec. 16, 1967. His wife lives in Newton . Maj. Fred Neale Thompson 32, captured last March 20. His family lives at Taylors . Capt. Joe Victor Carpenter 37, captured last feb. In from Victorville Calif. Flu keeps Humphrey off Trail Washington a vice president Hubert h. Humphrey reportedly has passed a Battery of tests determining he has nothing worse than flu but his doctor has barred him from the Campaign Trail until next week. The democratic presidential contender cancelled a Midwest trip that was to begin today and now plans to resume his Campaign next monday with appear ances in new York and California. The vice president postponed a West coast trip last week blaming flu and fever. Los Angeles mayor Samuel w. Yorty suggested then that Humphreys illness might be a Case of a diplomatic gripped in View of the threats that some 15,000 Antiwar demonstrators would picket him. About 2,000 demonstrators showed up. But Humphreys physician or. Edgar Berman insisted the Humphrey flu was the real thing and it is understood or dered a number of tests to Back up his diagnosis. Humphrey made ids first sex. Cur Sion in a week tuesday night when he flew to new York for an overnight series of private meetings. He was due to Fly to the Midwest today for appear ances in Kansas City Missouri and Salina Kau. Wallace a poll ratings worry gof and demos w Ashing to n a George Wallace a growing muscle in Public opinion polls is matched by increasing concern in Lith major parties Over his potential Impact on the presidential election. Republicans regarded it this stage As most Likely to suffer from a big Wallace vote appear to be the most concerned. But democrats Are worried too that tile former Alabama governor could rub off enough electoral College votes to toss the election into the House of representatives. Wallace in Campaign speech. Is has been Gleeful it the Prospect. With tile exception of Republican presidential hopeful Richard m. Nixon the major candidates of both parties have had Little or nothing to say publicly on the possibilities. A hip Artisan move to neutralize the effect of a big Wallace showing has been launched by reps. Charles e. Goodell r. N.y., and Morris k. Udall i. Ariz. They plan to set up a steering committee next week to spearhead a drive for pledges by candidates for election to the House to vote for tile presidential candidate who wins the greatest popular vote. George Wallace a the initial reaction has been very Good a said Goodell wednesday night. Nixon campaigning in Philadelphia Early in tin week figured Wallace a Likely Winner in Alabama Mississippi. Louisiana and possibly Georgia and conceded Wallace a third party candidacy could Hurt him in a general election. Some Well placed officials in Washington notably rep. Bob Wilson of California chairman of tin House Republican committee which looks out for Gor members Campaign interests go a Good Deal farther in estimates of what Wallace might get. By Wilson a calculations there is a Chance Wallace might carry nearly All the South and even some Border states. Another Veteran gof fax Dit clan who would not be quoted by Nam came up with a figure of six or seven for the number of states Wallace might take and said i kith democrats and republicans would be damaged by that. Talk about Wallace stemmed from recent kills she Wing him tin Choice it i up to 17 per cent if the voters about twice what he was registering Early in the Campaign year. The electoral College has 538 members thus requiring 270 for a majority. The four states named by my on would Drain a total of 39. Estimates of possible Wallace strength by others would raise the Drain High enough to make collection of a majority exceedingly difficult. I a House election each state no matter How big gets Only one vote and the majority within each delegation determines where that vote goes. President court links key problem Washington apr the propriety of contacts Between presidents and supreme court members has emerged As a key question in hearings on Abe Fortas qualifications to be chief Justice and even Fortas says a it could be a a a i do not know what the right answer to it is a Fortas told the Senate judiciary committee wednesday during Hie second Day of testimony on his appoint ment by president Johnson to succeed Earl Warren. But he added a historically there is a great Deal of Prece. doubts on the matter also were raised by one of fort is staunchest backers on the Corn Mittee As Well As by avowed of. Ponets who hammered away at it. Lengthy questioning of for tas with several More hours in store at today a session has de. Played the appearance of Homer Thornberry. Thornberry now on the 5th court of appeals in new or leans was named by president Johnson to fill the vacancy that would be created by Fortas Elevation from associate Justice to chief Justice. Fortas Friend and adviser of president Johnson for a Quarter of a Century acknowledged that since becoming a Justice in 1965 he has responded to White House Calls for help on critical problems. He also admitted under flues toning that while on the lie be ii he had called a businessman Friend to protest a speech placing Vietnam War costs far in excess of administration estimates. He declined to say if he a de the Call it Johnson surging. A i think it is my duty to of. Serve certain limits and one of those limits is any conversation either a Firmance or denial Itiat i May have had with the presi. Dent of the United states a Fortas said. Sen. Phillip a. Hart i.mich., Leader of the committees Liber-a1 bloc and supporter of the a. Ointments said a when you get this adviser to the president business in sort of historic perspective i think most of us would agree that Justice Fortas is restrained. A but i confess i think All of us As citizens had the notion the it Contact Between presidents and justices of the court would be social Only a Hart added. Fortis expressing his own concern said a i think it has to be carefully looked they Are the second group of americans to be released by Hanoi which freed three other airmen on april 16. North Vietnam Lias openly sought to exploit the propaganda value of the releases particularly by involving members of american Antiwar movements. A we want the americans to know that we have no quarrel with the peace Loving american people but Only with aggressive military and government circles a a North vietnamese in Bassy official commented. Tito it Blier visits May Aid czechs p Sagie Czechoslovakia apr tile split in european com i in sin Over liberalization in Czechoslovakia is growing deeper. With the soviet Union Ami four Applei pensive allies Deni idling that the new Lead re of the czechoslovak communist party reverse their Liberal course leaders of two other Cornin Alist nations and of the French communist party were reported coming to Prague to show support for tile new Reform leadership. Sources in Belgrade disclosed plans to visit Prague by yugoslav president Tito who Lias taken his country along an Independent course since he broke with Stalin in 1948, and romanian comm Mist Leader Nicolae Ceausescu who has been increasingly d fiant of Kremlin con Rol the Prague government announced that French Chinmu. Hist party chief Waldeck to net will Arr Ive Friday. Rochet along i i i italian conium. Hist delegation Lias been in Moscow to urge that the czechoslovak be left alone to develop their own policies. This position clashes wit i that taken it a conference in Warsaw sunday and monday by tile Colu Mnist leaders of the soviet Union East Germany Poland Hungary and Bulgaria. These leaders especially those from East Germany Poland and the soviet Union fear developments in Czechoslovakia might height. In rebellious ferment in their countries. A letter from the conference told the czechoslovak Leader ship it no longer was a matter for c Zed to slovak i a alone when a alien forces Lead your country off the path of socialism. And expose Czechoslovakia to the danger of being led astray from tile socialist the letter distributed wednesday by the hungarian news Agency it i demanded the regime of Alexander dub. Cek the czechoslovak party s new Leader re establish firm control Over liberals and the press which has gone uncensored in recent months. The letter said the communist leaders were not attempting to interfere with Czechoslovakia a internal affairs today a chuckle sometimes a Man tries to pull the Wool Over his wife a eyes with the wrong kind of yarn

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