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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - June 3, 1968, Norwich, New York The Sun Chenango county s daily newspaper vol. 78, no. 55monday, june 3, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10c per copy seen in new red View Man Dies in plunge Hope for Compromise of Praetor by Casey Jones in Aris apr . Officials Are studying the possibility of a Compromise with North Viet. Nim Over broadening the scope of the Paris peace talks in spite of the deadlock on de escalating he Vietnam War. The clue lies in a statement i published two Days ago in the newspaper nhan Dan Mouth piece of the North vietnamese communist party. Instead of a tying the United states must agree to halt immediately All at. To mks on North vietnamese ter. Mitory it says the the United states Quot must first of All clearly acknowledge its responsibility of put a definitive and unc ondi. Tonal end Quot to the attacks. Members of the american delegation in the Paris Confer ence Are frankly not quite sure what this Means but Are slightly optimistic. They Hope Foreland cation in the next session or two with the North Vietnam Dele a. Tion. Ambassadors w. Averell Harriman and Kuan Thuy and their advisers will meet again wednesday. Thuy meanwhile is expected to get the latest thoughts of the ruling group in Hanoi from one of its top members be due Tho who was dispatched to Paris. Tho a communist theoretic Ciao will serve Here As a Quot Spe. Elal Counselor Quot to Thuy. While he or its stopping Over in Moscow sunday the soviet communist party newspaper pravda in. Dorset the peace talks anew and restated its support for North Vietnam s position. Pravda made this statement Quot it seems Clear there Are Many Concrete problems which must be discussed but there is Only one question ending the . Attacks on the North Winch must be regulated at first in the present the word Quot regulated Quot caught the attention of experts Here. It seemed much softer than others which might have been used such As Quot decided Quot or Quot settled Quot. . Authorities were faced once More with a question of in. Terr station which becomes Sig. If cant because of the failure of the discussions Here Over sever. A1 weeks to shed Ain new Light on any of the problems and is. Sues involved Iii Vietnam peace making. Quot the communists Don t use words lightly in a situation like this Quot one Diplomat said. Quot and obviously be due Tho Isnit Coni. Iii All this distance just for the his arrival Here follows the return from Washington of Ani. Bassadore Cyrus r. Vance liar. Riman s Deputy who reported to president Johnson last week on the state of the discussions. Vance said he told Johnson the Road ahead looked Long and difficult but that he was not discouraged. He said he brought no new in. St auctions to tile delegation Here and he said the president was not discouraged by the difficulties ahead. The talks Are going into their fourth week and six meetings have been held. The sessions have averaged Al amt four hours each and the Only Progress so far noted by lie americans is that the atmosphere is a Little More cordial. At the last session Friday Tea and soft drinks were served during a 15.minute break it was the first moment of social re. Taxation in the conference. 6 top Viet brass killed,4probably&Quot by yank rocket Tyner a an area Man was killed and two of his children in lured saturday afternoon when the tractor on which they were Riding crashed through a second floor barn Wall on the Alexander Poole farm near Here and plummeted some 15 feet to the ground below crushing the operator beneath it. Pronounced dead at the scene was Robert Perini 25, an employee of Norwich Mills. Or. Angelo Franco of new Berlin Chenango county Coroner issued a verdict of accidental death due to a crushed Chest and suffocation. In Quot Good condition Quot this morning at Chenango memorial hos Pital Norwich was his son John 4, suffering from multiple bruises about the body. A second son Robert jr., 6, was treated for lacerations of the head and body and released. State police said the Accident occurred about 3 40 . On the King Road farm about three Miles West of Here As or. Perini was Quot helping out Quot around the farm. The owner had received a broken leg just a few Days before authorities said. . Air strikes normally Are called in by local vietnamese commanders who certify the target area is under enemy con. Tool. Fighting in the area about three Miles West of the Prest dental Palace has been going on since Friday. South vietnamese rangers and tanks blasted the Concrete hiding plaice of Viet Cong snipers with their 90mm Cannon and squeezed about 30 guerrillas into a four Block area. Little firing by the guerrillas was reported this morning. 10 million frenchmen Saigon apr the . Mission said today an american helicopter aiming at enemy gun. Ners in Saigon probably fired the rocket that killed six High. Ranking South vietnamese offi. Dais at a command Post Sun Day. Is the latest wave of fighting i Quot the capital area went into its i inn Day South vietnamese Mil. Itary Headquarters reported that 600 to 800 fresh Viet Cong troops had slipped into the Northern suburb of Gia Dinh 2�/2 Miles from the Center of Sal. Gon. Four officials also were wounded in the rocket explosion at a temporary command Post where the group was observing operations against Viet Cong soldiers holding out in buildings in Cholon the chinese District in southwestern Saigon. The rocket decimated the top Echelon of the Saigon City administration. Those killed were col. Pho Quoc Chu the director of the port of Saigon and vice presi Dent Nguyen Cao by s brother in Law col. Nguyen Van Luan the Saigon police chief col. Be Ngoc tru commander of Sai. Gon s 5th police precinct maj. Nguyen Ngoc Xinh chief of staff of joint operations for the National police maj. Nguyen Bao Thuy chief of the Saigon mayor s Cabinet and brother of the former minister of revolutionary development and it. Col. Dao a Phuoc commander of the 5th Ranger group. The wounded were Saigon a mayor col. Van Van Cua col. Tran Van Phan chief of staff of the National police director col. Nguyen Van Giam Deputy chief of the capital military District and maj. Be Ngoc to Corn. Mander of the 5th combat police battalion. . Ambassador Samuel d. Berger sent his Quot deepest re. Grets and condolences Quot to the South vietnamese government and to the families of the officials. One officer said Gen. Creigh. Ton w. Abrams commander of . Forces in Vietnam ordered that no further american air strikes May be called in Saigon or its suburbs without his a. Prove., but a . Military spokesman declined to comment on this. The . Mission said one rocket from an american Heli copter malfunctioned and Quot there is a Strong probability that the. Rocket which fell Short of its target landed in the Vicinity of the Quot since there was firefighting involving enemy rockets in the general area of the explosion Quot the statement added Quot it cannot absolutely be determined what newsmen visiting the scene inspected fragments of a rocket which officers identified As the Type used by american Helicon. Ters. Today a chuckle anyone who claims he can do at 50 what he Din at 2 5 probably did no to do much at 25. Farm tragedy state police sgt. G. C. Palmer jr., left and Oxford police chief Gene Johnson Survey scene of fatal farm mishap from second Story of barn where tractor crashed through Wall saturday afternoon. Blanket shrouded body of Robert Perini 25, of King Road near Tyner is in foreground. Photo by Casey Jones Kennedy Mccarthy push for votes on last Day los Angeles apr rival democrats Robert f. Kennedy and Eugene j. Mccarthy More vigorous debaters at a distance than face to face staged their final search for votes today in californians climactic presided tial primary. Kennedy ranked As the favor Ite in a three sided race for 174 nominating votes at the demo. Cratic National convention and for the political propulsion of an enet sement from the nations most populous state. The third entry an uncommitted slate of delegates headed by atty. Gen. Thomas c. Lynch. That line on the democratic ballot is As close As a californian can come to voting for vice president Hubert h. Humphrey for write in votes Are not permitted. The whole show was on the democratic Side. Gov. Ronald Reagan cast As a favorite son was alone on the Republican ballot which will award him 86 gop convention votes. Two thirds of the More than 7.9 million voters in California were expected to cast ballots. The latest state poll published today by the los Angeles times gave this result of a poll Satur Day of 1,007 persons Kennedy 36 per cent Mccarthy 31, Lynch delegation 15, undecided 18. The poll said undecided voters could swing the election and that Mccarthy would be helped by a Large voter turnout. Mccarthy concentrated on the los Angeles area today in winding up a Campaign in which he seemed determined to Sharpen the differences Between his views and Kennedy a. He chose terms far stronger than those he used saturday night in the feature show of the campaigns a nationally televised confrontation in san Francisco. For his part Kennedy said he wanted to avoid bitterness in the California Campaign forecast Victory and proposed anew that he and Mccarthy join forces after the final primary ballots Are cast. His Windup Campaign rounds included san Francisco los Angeles and san Diego. Mccarthy tells Campaign crowds that he has no intention of quitting the presidential race or forming an Alliance with anyone. Mccarthy strove to escalate the differences he found at the san Francisco session. New age hiring Law near Washington apr too old at 40 to get a Job starting next week it will be against Federal Law for most employers labor unions or pm. Ploy ment agencies to Tell you that a new Law protecting persons 40 to 65 from employment Dis. Crim nation because of age goes into effect june 12. Quot the Law is designed to prom ote the employment of older workers based on their ability and to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination Iii employment Quot said the labor department. The age discrimination in employment act was passed by Congress and signed by presi. Dent Johnson last year. It forbids employers to refuse to lure or to fire a person be. Cause of age or to pay different wage rates or lesser Job benefits on the basis of age. The Law exempts Bona fide seniority systems and pension new Linier the Sun two new features of Quot Hie evening Bun Start with this Issue Oswald and James Jacoby famed Bridge players Are the writers of Quot win at Bridges and Quot card sense Quot new daily columns of the Sun. To keep you posted on health there s or. Wayne a Brand stadts column which will appear daily monday through thursday. On fridays the evening Sun will carry or. William Lawrence a column Quot your dental plans but says pension plans a which Are More costly for newly hired older workers can. Not be used As an excuse to re. Fuse to hire an individual. Labor organizations Are for. Bidden co exclude or to expel anyone from membership be. Cause of age or to refuse to re. Fer a worker for employment. Nor can unions attempt to cause an employer to discriminate against an individual because of age. This applies to All employers and labor organizations with 25 or More employees or members of an Industry affecting inter state Commerce. Employment agencies with out limitation Are forbidden to refuse to refer anyone for a Job because of age. Individuals Olio prove Dis. Crim nation in court can collect attorneys fees and court costs in addition to Back pay. A Abby stronger Florida bound Miami Fla. Apr Early Blooming tropical storm Abby dumped torrential Rains on Western Cuba forcing More than 2,000 cubans from their Homes sunday before heading toward Florida today gaining strength Over the open seas. The National Hurricane Cen ter warned of indications the storm would build its 50-mile. An hour winds to full Hurricane Force More than 74 it intensified Over the open Waters of tie Gulf of Mexico. Radio Havana reported the evacuation of 2,367 persons from Homes in Low lying sections of Pinar Del Rio province in sex. Treme Western Cuba. The Broad cast monitored in Miami said doctors and nurses were rushed into the a it a but did riot Indi. Cate How Many injuries had been reported. I Here were reports of up to a foot of rain from the torrential downpours. The cuban Institute of meteorology said 36 hours of rainfall in some areas equalled Tim Normal precipitation expected during a month. Reports from the govern ment controlled radio stations said the rain began to diminish at Dawn in some areas of the communist Island. The . Weather Bureau urged floridians to stay Quot ready for Quick action Quot in Case Abby intensified to Hurricane strength by late today or tonight. Forecaster Gil Clark said the storm was on a course that would carry it through the 65-mile wide Slot be. Tween key West and the dry Tortugas tiny islands West of key West this afternoon. Not Lloid Quot Iii Quot Paris apr the mass of Frances to million strikers show no signs of budging de. Spite an announcement from the government that a Back to work movement is under or y. Workers have called off their strike at some Small provincial factories. There was a possibility that postal service would be resumed this week. But other main sectors of the Economy re. Main paralysed As tile general strike enters its third week. There seems Little Chance that things will return to Normal tuesday after the three Day Pentecost weekend. Public transport is still fro. Zen the schools Are closed and Industry is still. However strik. Or Ern Ployer negotiations Are continuing in most Fields where deadlocks has not produced a rupture. Representatives of striking Railroad and Urban transport workers kept talks going with the government though a Union Leader said the Quot restrictive Atli. Tude of tile transportation min. Is try Quot was Tim Railroad workers Are de. Manding salary increases of up to 19 per cent for the lowest paid employees and 15 per cent for the highest paid. Leaders of striking employees of the state Gas and electricity works reported Progress in their neg5e20ng on but said rank and file must have the final voice. However the Supply of Gas and electricity has been Normal throughout the St Ike. Love of Art does t Stop with Royalty As exhibited by the Duke and dutchess of Windsor lovers of Art As tin y arrive for new York City Art show featuring Western paintings Watercolours and sculpture. Justice building target of poor Washington apr a somewhat reorganized poor Peoples Campaign it Taff met Well into the Early morning hours today planning action for both inside and outside resurrection City in the coming week. Representatives were on hand from ill of the sometimes warring ethnic factions that make up tile Campaign. One result announced shortly after Midnight was a planned to . March on the depart ment it it Justice to protest the arrest of 13 mexican americans in los Angeles Friday and saturday. A spokesman for tile mexi can Arne rican contingent of the Campaign said Rudolpho Corky Gonzalez an organizer from Denver would Lead the March along with the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy who Heads the entire Campaign. Gonzalez would demand that the department intervene the spokesman said on grounds that the arrests violated constitutional rights of protest. The 13 were arrested on felony conspiracy charges in connection with a March Boycott of four predominantly mexican american High schools in los Angeles. Seven were scheduled to la arraigned today on indictments accusing them of planning the Boycott which was called to protest alleged inferior education in the schools i Here was no indication whether Campaign leaders planned an escalation of last weeks demonstrations that would Back up hints Given sunday by the new director of demonstrations hoses Williams. Williams told a cheering crowd of 400 to 500 persons marching on the department of agriculture that Quot monday we re Gonna Start demonstrations that folks on Capitol Hiu won t stand for. Quot of the police want to use those clubs a he said a a we re going to give them a Chance to use them tomorrow. The picnic is Balian student riots continue Rome apr rival groups of students battled with rocks and bundles of flaming rags today at the barricaded Gates to the University of Rome. The Prospect of a government crisis and continued social unrest Hung Over the country Only two weeks after the National election. Nearly 300 anti leftist students charged the closed Gates of the University where nearly 2,000 pro chinese and anarchist Stu dents held control for the third straight Day. Weather fair to partly Cloudy and a Little cooler tonight Low temperatures in the 40s. Mostly sunny tuesday High temperatures in the upper cd is and 70s. The Perinis who had Overto the area about two months ago from Prospect Park n.j., lived in a trailer across Theroa from the Poole farm. Mrs. Poole said she had been taking a Nap on a sofa in the living room of her Home and was awakened when the tractor went by. She told troopers or. Perini and the children had apparently been up in a pasture looking at some horses and were returning to the barn. Quot it was just about the time it would take to go around the barn and up the ramp that i heard a crumbling sound Quot she said. Mrs. Perini was a witness to the mishap. She told police she was looking out a trailer window when Quot i saw it come through. And. And. It just Quot i did no to see the kids come Down a she said but discovered them when she rushed to the scene. Robert or. Said he and his brother were Quot on top of the tractor Quot when the Wall. A the the father tried to Stop it. It was going too fast and he ran to the Poole Home and told mrs. Poole of the mishap. She then awakened her son Kevin 12, who ran to a neigh Boris Home to summon the emergency squad and police. Ambulances from Greene and Oxford responded to the alarm. Mrs. Perini Learned of her husbands death while Enro Ute to the Hospital with her children. Police could not immediately determine what had caused the Accident. The vehicle went across the barn floor after entering the Wood Frame Structure from a ramp on the other Side. There were no skid Marks in the Hay authorities said. The tractor hit two silos attached to the barn and located about eight feet apart on the Way Down and overturned pinning or. Perini under a rear wheel. The two children were thrown Clear. Investigating were Oxford police chief Gene Johnson and capt. . Lecakes inv. . Herring sgt. . Palmer or. And trooper . Stanton of the state police at Norwich and Sid Ney. The body was removed t o the Seymour funeral Home Oxford and then transported to new Jersey. Funeral services will be wednesday in Totowa Borough

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