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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - June 13, 1968, Norwich, New York The e vening Chenango county a daily newspaper in vol. 78, no. 63 thursday june 13, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10c per copy reds vow 100-Day Saigon barrage my As talks rages drag Khe Sanh Vietnam a throughout South Vietnam shells rockets bombs and bul. Lets Cut Down hundreds on both sides As the North vietnamese . Peace talks drag on in Paris. And the bloodiest of All battlegrounds is this Region near the demilitarized zone. Meanwhile in Paris North Vietnam appears to be edging toward confidential talks with the United states on vietnamese peace issues although it is still conducting a diplomatic holding operation in the Paris conference. 380 yanks killed in combat Saigon apr . Mili. Tary Headquarters reported to Day that 380 americans were killed in combat in Vietnam last week the lowest toll in five weeks. The number of americans wounded in action was 2,739, More than 1,000 less than the previous week and about equal to the weekly figure for the month of May. South vietnamese Headquarters said 392 government sol Diers were killed last week and 1,156 were wounded compared with 345 killed and 1,163 wounded the week before. The two Allied commands reported 2,134 North vietnamese. And Viet Cong soldiers killed last week. Top prison aide oks concessions Atlanta a. Apr the director of the . Bureau of prisons personally has agreed to demands by four armed inmates in the . Penitentiary As the Price for the safety of 21 hostages. After the concessions were made director Myrl Alexander told a news conference wednes Day the four inmates would be prosecuted a for any crimes for which they can be Alexander and Warden Olin g. Blackwell agreed to Transfer two of the four prisoners Ralph m. Lepiscopo and Frederick Freeman Leister other penal institutions without loss of family visiting privileges. In response to another de Mand Alexander promised to have Justice department officials review the severity of the 30-year sentence of Robert w. Gorman. Prison officials also agreed to permit the inmates grievances to be printed in the Atlanta journal to allow the press to make periodic inspection Tours of the Federal prison and to investigate the prisons food and dining room facilities. A the objective was to bring out these hostages alive. We brought them out alive a Alex Ander said. Alexander and other prison officials refused to Promise that the inmates holding the hostage. Is would not be prosecuted after they gave themselves up. A it was like being in a Cage with an animal. Thank god there were a few there who knew How to Pray and that Sall that helped us a said mrs. H. J. Autrey one of the hostages released after the agreements were worked out. The end of the dramatic 28-hour ordeal came on mrs. A treys 50th birthday. A a in la never forget this birthday As Long As i live a she exclaimed. In a Surprise move the Fri immediately arrested the fian Cee of Lepiscopo on charges of smuggling two pistols ammunition and Hacksaw Blades into the maximum Security prison sunday. Weather Cloudy Cool with scattered Light showers this afternoon Early tonight Low temperatures upper 40s and Low 50s. Friday mostly sunny with Low humidity High temperatures in upper 60s and Low 70s. Ambassador Xuan Thuy of North Vietnam is considering a proposal by . Ambassador w. Averell Harriman wednesday that a both sides reduce the propaganda output following each meeting they hold Here. The Public release of formal statements would be ended under the Harriman plan and spokesmen for each Side would give Only a a general description of what had been said in the closed conference room. The eight talks so far held have been followed in each Case by release of the formal statements of Harriman and Thuy. . Officials said they found some encouragement in Thuya a stated agreement to study the proposal. In earlier sessions when Harriman suggested semiprivate or secret discussions Thuy rejected the idea. But in the Doz a Young Marine lieutenant directed his Driver to Check out a Bridge on the Road near this much shelled combat base. A heavy duty truck followed. As the jeep approached the Bridge a terrific explosion destroyed the Span and sent shrapnel into the bodies of the leathernecks. When the smoke cleared two were dead a third was dying and Cpl. Robert Barnes 19, Little Rock ark., the jeep Driver Felt rivulets of blood coursing from face and neck wounds. One Navy doctor assigned to the marines says a the big dying along the Doz started about the time preliminary peace talks opened in Paris last month. After the talks were agreed to american troops facing the North vietnamese Frontier across the once Neutral Buffer zone suffered More dead and wounded than in any previous month of the War. But no up to Date figures Are available. Understandably Many leathernecks Are cynical about the talks which seem to them to be going nowhere. After doctors treated his wounds at a Forward Hospital Barnes said a for us the peace talks Are just a big joke. We can to think of them in any other Way. They Are not going anywhere. A i know ill finish my tour and be Home Long before the fighting sheep s heart transplant fails Houston Tex. Apr surgeons failed today in what they described As an attempt to save a dying Man by transferring the heart of a sheep into his body. The operation was performed at St. Luke a episcopal Hospital where four human heart transplants took place in recent weeks. Two of those patients survived. Officials would not identify the Man 47, who died in surgery today. They said his heart failed wednesday morning and he was referred to the Hospital for a possible transplant after being revived with difficulty. A no donor patient was available a a St. Luke a statement said. Saigon apr threats of a new ground attack and 100-rocket barrages fanned the fears of Saigon a three million people today although the Viet Cong spared them for the second straight Day. The enemy a liberation radio broadcast warnings that the shelling of the capital would be renewed monday and would continue for too consecutive Days with nightly barrages of too rockets. It told the Saigon Ese to flee from the City. Senior . Officials expressed doubt that the Viet Cong was capable of carrying out the rocket threat. They said that the enemy might be Able to get too rockets into position for one spectacular bombardment but they could not possibly keep it up. There were reports also that Viet Cong infantrymen would renew their attacks on the capital saturday after laying off a week. Several propaganda leaflets were found in Northern Saigon saying guerrillas would seize the area and the residents should go at least 500 Yards away from their Homes to avoid the fighting. In Light scattered action today the Viet Cong hurled 20 mortar shells at an ammunition dump four Miles Northwest of the capital before Dawn and shelled two provincial capitals. But Saigon itself had one of its quietest nights since ground and rocket attacks on the City began May 5. Enemy soldiers captured earlier this month during Street fighting in the capital said they had been ordered to pull Back june 5 for a 10-Day rest period. They said the attack bolstered by fresh battalions would re sume june 15. B52s continued the saturation bombing Campaign against North vietnamese positions in the Central Highlands near Laos. The eight engine bombers flew raids wednesday night and this morning against enemy troops concentrations and gun Post thins North of Oak to. In the air War Over North Vietnam american pilots flew 135 missions wednesday Over the Southern Panhandle. Their primary targets were highways and trucks and cargo barges. . Military Headquarters reported that 380 americans were killed in combat in Vietnam last week the lowest toll in five weeks. It was 58 less than the previous week. The announcement said 2,739 americans were wounded in a thin More than 1,000 below the figure for the previous week. Ile brushes alter meals fewer cavities Are predicted for this Hippopotamus who holds its Mouth open for a daily brushing at the Munich Germany zoo. Keeper Hermann Nelz uses a scrub Brush for the morning chore. Britain sets hearing on Ray s extradition Johnson hails arms pact in Surprise visit to in United nations . Apr president Johnson in a Surprise visit to the United nations congratulated the general Assembly wednesday on approving the treaty to Check the spread of nuclear weapons and promised vigorous american efforts to de escalate the nuclear arms race. Johnson told the Assembly in a 12-minute speech that the nuclear nonproliferation pact was a the most important International agreement in the Field of disarmament since the nuclear age Johnson entered the Assembly Hall shortly after the delegates approved the treaty 95-4 with 21 abstentions. Albania Cuba Tanzania and Zambia voted no. The Resolution of approval recommended that All nations sign and ratify the treaty As soon As possible. Albania and Cuba boycotted the presidents speech but those who heard him gave him the standing ovation before and after that is customary when a chief of state Speaks to the Assembly. A few hours later the Assembly adjourned its 22nd session which began sept. 19, recessed dec. 19, and resumed april24 to Deal with the nonproliferation treaty and the . Effort to end South africans control Over South West Africa. The nuclear treaty first presented last August by the United states and the soviet Union in the Geneva disarmament committee binds signatory nations with nuclear weapons not to Transfer them to other countries and nations without such weapons not to acquire them. Johnson congratulated a fall who have contributed to this historic he said the United states would a move rapidly to open the treaty for signature sign it seek senatorial ratification and scrupulously carry it out. A we shall As the treaty re quires a he declared a facilitate the fullest possible Exchange of equipment materials scientific and technical information for the peaceful uses of nuclear Energy. We shall share. Nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes. A finally in keeping with our obligations under the treaty we shall As a major nuclear Power promptly my vigorously pursue negotiations on effective measures to halt the nuclear arms race and to reduce existing nuclear arsenals. A the treaty was sponsored by three of the five nuclear Powers a the United states the soviet Union and Britain. France boycotted the Long negotiations in Geneva which produced the draft and red China continuously assailed it As a soviet american plot to preserve their nuclear dominance. But the treaty got support wednesday from French Delegate Armand Berard who told the Assembly that although his government would not sign the pact it would behave a exactly like those states that decided to adhere to awaits death for robbery the series of holdups. In one of the robberies of a grocery Chain store a Bullet ricocheted off the ceiling and struck a girl in the leg. In Alabama the trial jury can impose any penalty for armed robbery from to years in prison to death. Boykins Appeal contends As so Many convicted men have unsuccessfully that the death penalty is unconstitutional that it violates the eighth Amend mentus prohibition on a cruel and unusual his petition to the supreme on june 3 the supreme court court filed by Mobile lawyer e. Ruled the death penalty May not Graham Gibbons said no one be imposed or recommended by was killed or severely injured in a jury from which All opponents Washington apr As the supreme court pushes toward adjournment probably on monday a 28.year.old negro Waits on death Row at Alabama a Kilby Penitentiary. Edward Boykin or. Is sched tiled for electrocution june 28. The crime for which he was sen. Fenced to die is armed robbery. Boykin was tried in september 1966 for the robbery of five Mobile ala., stores. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death five times once for each of the robberies. Of capital punishment have been automatically excluded. Some observers believe this Points the Way toward the eventual outlawing of the death pen Alty. For now though capital punishment is very much alive in 42 states. Gibbons has filed with the Al Aba a supreme court a request for a stay of execution. If that Appeal should be denied the next move would be to Appeal to the . Supreme court. If there is no action on the Case by the . Supreme court before it adjourns for the sum. Mer a supreme court Justice could Issue the stay of execution pending the High courts return to the Bench oct. 7. London apr the . Application to return James Earl Ray to the United states moved steadily Forward today As the British government authorized extradition proceedings to begin. Home Secretary James Callaghan signed an order the Bow Street magistrate s court to conduct the extradition proceedings against the 40-year-old escaped convict accused of killing or. Martin la tiler King or. Chief metropolitan magistrate Frank Milton was expected to schedule a hearing in about a week. The foreign office certified that the petition came within the terms of the 1931 extradition to debate rejected by Nixon new York apr Richard m. Nixon has rejected a Chal Lenge from new York gov. Neb son a. Rockefeller to meet in a nationally televised debate. Nixon generally considered the front runner for the Republican presidential nomination said wednesday such a debate a would Only serve the democrats by promoting divisive tendencies among the former vice president made the comment through a spokesman after flying Back from an unannounced vacation in the Bahamas. He was under rigid Security guard. Rockefeller had issued the Challenge earlier in the Day during a Campaign appearance in los Angeles. He said he would a accept immediately if one of the networks offered time for a debate with Nixon. Nixon aides said the former vice president s disinclination to debate was not related to his televised confrontation with the late president John f. Kennedy in 1960. Their debate is widely regarded As one of the chief reasons Nixon lost that election. Treaty Between the two countries. The application was sent to the Home office the British equivalent of the . Justice department after Clearing its first Legal hurdle in the foreign office a few hours after . Consul general Jack Herfurt de. Slivered the Bulky petition. Of Milton Grants extradition Ray would have 15 Days to Appeal to the High court Aud if the High court upheld the extradition order he would have Alioth or 14 Days to Appeal. Tedious Mounty Check paid off Ottawa apr a it dozen Canadian mounties spent 19 nights scanning More than 200,000 passport applications to Trace James Earl Ray. The painstaking search by the Royal Canadian mounted police which led to rays arrest in London last saturday began one week after the Man charged with killing or. Martin Luther King or. Left Canada May 6. Rays use of the names of four Toronto men helped him elude detection live quietly Iii Toronto for nearly a month then Fly to Europe with a false birth certificate and passport under the name of Ramon George Sneyd. He obtained the passport april 25 and flew to London May 6. An Fri photo of Ray was sent to officers at 131 Canadian Points of entry on april 22. There has been no explanation of the delay to May 13 before the search started or what led the mounties to suspect the wanted Man might have of tallied a Canadian passport. After the foreign ministry gave permission for the search the dozen mounties headed by a Corporal began scanning thousands of applications made since late april 1967, when Ray escaped from prison in Missouri. The police worked Ift a hours to a. Id upsetting the routine in the office. On june i a Young Constable matched the Fri photo of Ray with the passport photo submitted under the name of Sneyd. The application listed rays transient Toronto address and gave the name of a travel Agency which allowed authorities to leftist students take violence gospel to workers Britain has let Danny the red Daniel Cohn Bendit stay for two weeks after being classed an undesirable citizen by France. Rebel Leader 23, who advocates anarchy says he May now seek to visit . By the associated press leaders of the Radical student group that disrupted College campuses across the country during the past year now Are talking of spreading their gospel of revolution to americans work ing classes. The objective said one nation. A1 officer of students for a democratic society is a an Alliance Between students and workers a like in Carl Davidson ads National Secretary said As the first step an undisclosed number of ads members Are taking summer jobs in big City factories and Are moving into Blue Collar neigh Bor Hood s. A we will learn How the work ers think and How they live a Davidson said. A then we can ads which claims 35,000 members on More than 200 campuses has made similar attempts at Community organizing in the past generally with out Success. In 1963, it launched economic research and action projects Era in slum areas of to cities but two years later dissolved the Era Structure. A your rhetoric sometimes gets ahead of our programs a David son said. The renewed talk of expanding off Campus follows two de. Velo ments 1. A year of unprecedented unrest on . Campuses begin a i n g with demonstrations against the Vietnam War and the military draft and ending with a paralysing student strike at Columbia University. 2. The wave of disorders in France sparked by a student worker Alliance that plunged president Charles de Gaulle s government into its gravest crisis. Some ads members contend the group should maintain its Campus orientation at least for present and forget about trying to organize workers. Thus the proposals for Community Organ izing May touch off debate at an 11-hour plenary session today at tile so so annual convention at Michigan state University East Lansing. Newsmen covering this weeks convention Are handed a nine Point memorandum stating that no one can be quoted directly or indirectly. Andre porters were excluded from two workshops wednesday. But in the Days preceding the convention the associated press interviewed scores of ads officers and members from Brooklyn to Berkeley. The bold talk of converting ads into a broadly based Home for All Radi. Cals cropped up repeatedly in these interviews and in various ads documents. A a you re not a student forever a Davidson said As he ate a. Pie pie in a restaurant near the ads National office in Chicago and talked of the off Campus organizing plans a project he dubbed a discover the 24.year-old Penn state graduate who sports a shaggy Mustache and wears heavy boots plans to move to Phila Delphia As an organizer after his term As National Secretary ends this weekend. A a we re using draft resistance As the basis to get into the com. Trinity a Davidson said a but we Hope the organizations will become Multi Issue and will concern themselves with cops welfare rats and in a recent Issue of the guard Ian a Radical left weekly news paper Davidson summed up the goal. A it should be Clear a he said a that the aim of the resistance strategy is to transform itself into a class conscious revolutionary socialist move Steve Halliwell a graduate student at Columbia and one of so so eight at Large National officers insisted ads has a no blueprint for the future. A we want a free society a Halliwell said. A the shape of that society will be determined by men shaping their own lives. But we know this capitalism will have to and Hari Dillon co chairman of the san Francisco state col lege ads chapter predicts the off Campus organizing efforts will spawn violence. A was the student movement gets stronger and stronger and makes ties with the Community a Dillon said a those in Power Are going to smash Down harder. They re not going to give up without As a guide for Radical organizers the ads National office is distributing a 36-Page document that suggests projects Coneen trate on a a distinguishable sub. Culture in America. The poor transitional working class to reach the target Popula Tion it suggests a men and women could work in factories where neighbourhood people work women could become waitresses in local cafes or retail clerks in local stores men could work at the local Gas the document concludes by exhorting radicals to a confront White America give poor and working people an alternative find out quickly when Ray loft the country. A week later Scotland Yard arrested him in Lon Don As he was about to Iward a plane for Belgium. The name of the Constable who spotted Tho Sneyd photo has not been divulged because of a mountie tradition of anonymity. The Constable is now Back on regular duty. The mounties Are now trying to find out How Ray assumed the names of the four Toronto men How he got the passport and what connections he May have had in Canada. Ray during the past year has used the names of four men living in the Toronto suburb of Scarth Orough Sneyd a police Constable Erie St. Vincent Galt a warehouse Foreman Paul Bridgeman a teaching consultant and John Willard an insurance appraiser. He began using Galtis name lifter a visit to Montreal last summer buying a car Iii the United states under the name of Erie starve Galt. Galt at the time signed his name Erie St. V. Galt with Small circles instead of periods and the police believe Ray saw the signature and misread it. 6 on Airliner perish in Fin Quot Calcutta India apr a pan american Boeing 707 Jet liner landed Short of the runway in a Monsoon rain at Calcutta a International Airport Early this morning caught fire and burned. The Airliner said six of the 63 persons aboard were killed. Some of the survivors were seriously injured. A spokesman for pan american world airways said five passengers and a stewardess were killed. The survivors in eluded 48 passengers and nine Crew members. Among the passengers was the anglican Bishop of Hong Kong the it. Rev. Gilbert Baker who was flying to London. The airline said he was not Hurt. There was no information on the nationality of any other Pas. Singers. Twenty five injured persons were reported in satisfactory condition in one nursing Home and More injured persons were taken to other medical establishments. The duty officer at Durn Durn Airport s control Tower said the huge four engine Jet approached the Airport in a moderate to heavy rain and today a chuckle one housewife to another a John handles All the Money in our family. I Only handle the charge

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