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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - March 13, 1968, Norwich, New York Weather mostly fair and cold tonight and thursday. Low temperatures tonight 5 to 12 and highs on thursday mainly in the 20s. The evening Sun Chenango county a daily newspaper Sun spots free off Street parking to be Given a trial Page 3 City Council opens fire truck bids Page 3 intersection improvements planned at lambs Corners Page 3 vol. 77, to. 254 wednesday March 13, 1968 Norwich . 13815 8� per copy Mccarthy Johnson Battle forseen Jovay around the state around the station around the world or. Leary is indicted Poughkeepsie . Apr Ltd promoter or. Timothy Leary and two a religious a a leaders were folded on narcotics charges. The 11-count indictment handed up by the dutchess county grand jury named As a defendant in conspiracy and other charges the Hitchcock cattle corp., owner of the estate at Millbrook . Where Leary has maintained his a league for spiritual Dis covery Ltd. The wealthy twin Brothers who own the cattle firm William and Thomas Hitchcock sons of the late great Polo player or. Timothy Tommy Hitchcock were not named in the in Leary dict ment. Gold Rush is Stampede London apr the Gold Rush grew toward a Stampede on european markets today amid an unconfirmed report from Zurich that the United states is shouldering Italy a share of Bullion for the International Gold Pool. A this report is without foundation a said the italian Treasury. Forty tons of Gold were snapped up in the London Market at the opening Price fixing More than double tuesdays level at the same period. This could mean a Days total of close to too tons and a return to last december a crisis level. Heavy demand also hit the Zurich Market. One source said Swiss Banks expect an embargo on Gold sales to be announced soon by the United states which with the other six nations of the Gold Pool is pledged to sell Gold at $35 an ounce. High officials ousted Warsaw Poland apr the polish government ousted three High officials tuesday after the local communist party chief had promised action against managers whose children took part in three Days of rioting. The polish news Agency Pap gave no explanation for the dismissal of the three but government controlled newspapers had accused their children of leading protest demonstrations which touched off the rioting. The three were Jan Grudzinski vice minister of forestry and Timber Jan Gorecki director general of the finance ministry and fryderyk Topolski head of a Warsaw Industrial planning office. Sources in Washington said All three Are jews. Liberation army formed Saigon apr the South vietnamese governments chief spokesman said today that a Volunteer a liberation army is being formed to invade Ortli Vietnam. . Officials expressed Complete Surprise at the report. The spokesman director general of information Nguyen Ngoc Linh said the invasion army would be made up of vietnamese who Are a sick and tired of those people who want to liberated South this was a reference to the Viet Cong who Call them selves the South vietnamese liberation army. Wisconsin is next new York apr buoyed by what he called a a smashing Victory in the new Hampshire Republican primary election Richard m. Nixon sets out today to bid for a similar win in Wisconsin. He called his Victory and the Strong showing made by sen. Eugene Mccarthy d.-minn.,in the democratic primary an evidence of a a disenchantment among voters with president Johnson. This was True he said a on All issues not just the War in Nixon said he would continue to Campaign Only against Johnson no matter what Republican primaries new York gov. Nelson a. Rocke Feller enters a because i have never campaigned against a Griffin is the Winner Jackson miss. Apr rep. Elect Charles Griffin landslide Winner Over the first serious negro political Chal Lenger this Century today prepared to take his seat in Congress where he served As an aide for 18 years. Grif. Fin scored a 2 to i Victory Over negro Leader Charles Evers in tuesdays special election to fill the House seat vacated when John Bell Williams resigned in january to become governor. Evers said he will seek the Post again and in. Formed sources reported several White political figures will oppose Griffin when he enters the democratic primary june 4 for a full term beginning next january. Jet is hijacked Miami Fla. Apr a passenger Jet with 58 persons aboard was hijacked Over South Florida tuesday by two nervous gunmen kidnapping an old Man who tearfully told passengers a a in a going to be killed a the Pilot of National airlines flight 28, capt. Clarence j. Delk said a they were expecting us. I done to know How they knew we were coming. We were identified from the cuban Tower by flight number during our approach to Havana the hijackers prisoner a Man who appeared to be in his sixties was led from the plane crying and gesturing for help. Stewardess Sarah e. West said the Man slipped her some personal papers when the men weren to looking. She hid them on the plane and they were not found when cuban soldiers searched the aircraft during the six hours at Havana. The papers were Given to the Fri in Miami. Nixon Nixon wins heavy support he sought Concord . A new Hampshire democrats returned a startling split decision today giving president Johnson a narrow empty Victory in the nations opening presidential primary while awarding rebellious Eugene j. Mccarthy 4 per cent of the ballots and a. Patently 20 nominating votes at the party a National convention. Richard m. Nixon won the overwhelming Republican vote he sought to help wipe out the memory of past defeats and propel his quest for the gop presidential nomination. But the drama was in the democratic Story. It was a Story of political trouble for John son and a Lead off Success for Mccarthy whose Campaign on a platform protesting Vietnam policy once was scorned As in consequential by democratic professionals. Minnesota a Mccarthy far surpassed his forecasts and those of his opponents. Johnson a name was not on the ballot but the state democratic organization waged a Tough write in Campaign. Its product a minority win for the president who received 49 per cent of the vote. The near final count had Johnson leading Mccarthy but less than 4,000 votes. The presi dents promoters had forecast a 3-1 Victory and even that prediction was toned Down from earlier 10-1 talk. The contest for delegates appeared to be reversing the verdict of the presidential preference poll. Actually the poll popularly called a a Beauty con test a is binding on no one. In the separate contest for democratic delegates candidates pledged to vote for Mccarthy s nomination were leading for 20 of the 24 National convention seats at Issue while contenders favouring Johnson led for 4. Mccarthy a performance in that phase of the primary was enhanced by the fact that As a declared candidate he could choose the people running As delegates pledged to him and limit their number. Johnson undeclared and not on the ballot could not. As a result there were 24 Mccarthy delegates on the bal lot while 45 persons favouring Johnson divided the loyalist vote. The Minnesota senator thus confounded the forecasts and gained his first officially selected pledged delegates to the democratic convention. That showing Lent new stature to his Campaign of opposition to Johnson a policy in Vietnam although the president scoffed at the outcome saying new Hamp Shire is the Only place where a candidate can claim �?o40 per cent is a the magnitude of the Nixon vote left no doubt about the mandate there. The former vice president swept 79 per cent of the vote smothering the last minute write in Campaign for new York gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller. Nixon was out to erase the Label of loser pinned to him after defeats for the White House in 1960 and for the governorship of California in 1962. Nixon said it was a a smashing Rockefeller said it was not significant because there was no Competition. These were the returns with 98 per cent of the anticipated 51,000 democratic votes counted Johnson had 24,769 ballots Mccarthy had 21,129. On the Republican ballot with 96 per cent of the expected 101,000 votes in Nixon had 75,989, Rockefeller 10,731. Nixon and Mccarthy were listed on the ballot Johnson and Rockefeller were not. The total turnout in both parties was far larger than had been anticipated. New Hampshire also chose delegates to the two National conventions. Candidates pledged to support Nixon swept the eight gop convention seats at stake. In the democratic contest Mccarthy pledged candidates led for 21 seats delegates favouring Johnson led for 3. Mccarthy delegates were pledged and approved by the candidate so 24 sought the 24 seats. Forty five candidates favouring the undeclared Johnson divided the loyalist vote. Despite the Johnson ridicule there could be no doubt that the outcome in snowy new Hampshire stirred concern at the White House. That concern May not in fact be about Mccarthy himself but about the possible Impact of his showing on the course of new York sen. Robert f. Kennedy. Few believe that Mccarthy can wrest the democratic nomination from Johnson. Mccarthy himself is one of the few. A with the momentum we have Here in new Hampshire and with the experience of now adult staff and Campaign workers we can go on to the nomination in Chicago a he told his cheering Youthful aides in Manchester. But it is the suddenly Enig Matic Kennedy who is More Likely to be the major concern of the men who work for Lyndon Johnson. What they said some comments on the results of the new Hampshire presided tial primary democrats sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy a we can go on to the nomination in president Johnson a i think new Hampshire is the Only place where a candidate can claim 20 per cent is a landslide and 40 per cent is a mandate and 60 per cent is sen Robert f. Kennedy a at the moment my plans Haven to republicans Richard m. Nixon a a smashing Victory. The country is going to get a new president in gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller on Nixon a Victory a politically i done to think it was very signify cant because there was no gov. Ronald Reagan a a hollow Victory f6r Nixon because he had no Competition. Norwich Urban renewal age by a jct no kor 160 o a or in a a i Quot , Sun staff photo number i bulldozers level wooden buildings in Urban renewal area i tuesday during driving snowstorm As first demolition starts in the two Block area off North Broad Street. Razing is expected to be completed by mid april. Work is being completed by we shall of Little York for $8,888. Rusk makes no promises Washington apr Secre tary of state Dean Rusk has refused to Promise the Senate foreign relations committee that Congress will be Given a role in future Vietnam War policy decisions. Winding up iov2 hours of grueling testimony before the committee Rusk said Only a if More troops Are needed we will As we have done in the past consult with appropriate members of that fell far Short of demands by chairman j. W. Fulbright d-ark., and a majority of the other committee members that Congress be brought into any future escalation discussions at an Early stage. A the never did answer us on whether there would be consultations before a decision is made a Fulbright told newsmen after the two Day Rusk appear Ance ended tuesday. Despite the Secretary a Refus-a1 to meet his demands Ful Bright showed Little inclination for accepting a Challenge posed by sen. Frank j. Lausche a Ohio and echoed by Rusk to test the arkansans views in Congress. Lausche suggested Fulbright could sponsor legislation aimed at repealing the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed overwhelmingly by Congress and of. Ten cited by the administration As an expression of con ression. A1 backing for its Vietnam poli cies. Rusk quickly followed up Lauscher a proposal by telling Fulbright a if Congress wishes to alter that commitment in Southeast Asia or elsewhere the Sugges. Tion has been made Here How it can be Fulbright who has rejected previous suggestions for repeal resolutions did not respond to rusks statement. But a separate move in the House to demand a greater congressional role in determining War policy was reported gaining strength. Rep. Paul Findley r-111., said of the 435 House members have agreed to Back a Resolution calling for an immediate study of . Policy in Asia and added a it is now Clear to me that there is a Strong substantial and bipartisan feeling in the House that no decision to com. In it Large numbers of troops to Vietnam nor any other fundamental decision on War policy should be made until and unless there is serious consultation with and action by the con. later rep. Edward p. To land d-mass., told his col leagues that 16 House members Are sponsoring a Resolution say. Ing . Troop Levels in Vietnam should not be hiked a without the explicit consent of the con. Asked How Rusk s testimony had affected his opposition to War policy Fulbright replied a it was confirmed my worst other senators who had been opposed reaffirmed their positions in their statements at and after the session which was nationally televised. Rusk suggested additional sessions in private for More extended discussions. Fulbright indicated they would be held. Enemy pressure slackers on Khe Sank Marine base Saigon apr Allied forces killed More than 300 enemy troops in four Battles in the Northeast Corner of South Vietnam tuesday but enemy pressure on the besieged . Marine base at Khe Sanh slacked off. North vietnamese gunners who have poured an average of 350 shells per Day into the Khe Sanh base in the Northwest Corner of the country fired Only 35 shells tuesday. . Commanders declined to speculate on the reason for the sudden drop off in the bombardment. There had been some expectation that the North vietnamese surrounding Khe Sanh would make a major move today to Mark the 14th anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Dien Bien Phu another isolated Rocky signs Bills cutting states medical Aid lottery amendment Albany . Apr the states medicaid program was destined today for a $300 million cutback after a reluctant gov. Rockefeller signed Republican Bills into Law. Rockefeller seemingly close to announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination was known to View the Senate cutback plan As too sweeping $100 million More than his own recommended curtailment of the medical Aid pro Gram. He took the action less than 24 hours after the approval of the legislation in the Assembly and did so without comment. A i done to see frankly that in be got much alternative a the governor told newsmen in an Impromptu news conference. He also signed controversial amendment to the lottery Law which would expand the number of ticket outlets and permit drawings once a week. The governors Bill called for More frequent drawings to stimulate ticket sales and fill a $46 million Hole in his proposed $5.5 million budget. Beginning april i an estimated 1.5 million possible medicaid recipients will be eliminated from the program when eligibility standards Are tightened. Benefits for All persons Between the Ages of 21 and 64 will be All but stopped. Rockefeller campaigned vigorously for adoption of the Federal state local financed medicaid program two years ago hailing it As the greatest and Vance in social legislation since the Advent of social Security. But costs soared and in a tour of the state last fall the governor recognized the Avalanche of complaints from local governments and decided to curb the states participation to conform with a cutback in Federal participation. The state local share will be Cut in half a from $600 million to $300 million a by the Republican Bills described by the party leadership As a a a Reform in the program. Senate majority Leader Earl w. Brydges and Assembly minority Leader Perry Duryea who led the fight for approval of the More restrictive Bills saluted the governor for his willing Ness to cooperate with the re publicans in the legislature. In other action the Senate adopted an a anti riot Bill 53-4, that would punish extremists who preach group hate. The Bill sponsored by sen. Jeremiah b. Bloom d Brook Lyn triggered remembrances of nazi Germany. Proponents of the measure contended that had such a Law been on the books in Germany Hitler would never have risen to Power. The Law would punish As a Misdemeanour any person who Speaks publishes or disseminates false or defamatory language about a racial religious or ethnic group. Sen. Basil Paterson a negro lawmaker from Manhattan called for defeat the Bill saying it would Force extremists a to act base whose loss was the last Straw for the French. The . Command had no word on action today at Khe Sanh but there was no indication from newsmen there that there was any unusual activity. About 25 Miles East of Khe Sanh South vietnamese infantrymen and armoured cavalrymen reported 194 enemy sol Diers killed in a two Day Battle that ended tuesday night five Miles North of the . Marine Headquarters at Dong a. Their losses were 39 killed 91 wounded and 12 missing. A government spokesman said most of the South vietnamese casualties were suffered in a heavy artillery barrage that triggered the Battle the 10th major fight by the same units in the past two weeks. Three Miles to the East . Marines battled for eight hours with an estimated 600 North vietnamese and counted the bodies of 35 enemy soldiers afterwards. Ten americans were killed and 23 wounded. The 3rd Marine division has its Headquarters at Dong a 11 Miles South of the demilitarized zone. Tuesdays other heavy fighting was below Quang Tri City capital of South Vietnam a northernmost province eight Miles South of Dong a. Fresh enemy units have been reported crossing the Doz into the area recently. In a Battle which continued into the night soldiers of the . 1st air cavalry division re ported i Illing 59 enemy soldiers and seizing one suspect Southwest of Quang Tri. . Casual ties were withheld while the clash went on. Other units of the division fought Southeast of Quang Tri and reported killing 16 North vietnamese with one american killed and 20 wounded. About 80 Miles farther South government infantrymen overran a Viet Cong command Post near Quang Ngai City and re ported killed 86 guerrillas. A government spokesman said . Army helicopter gunships Sank 21 samoans carrying Viet Cong supplies near hoi an North of Quang Ngai. The americans Are relying a great Deal on their planes to keep any major assault on Khe Sanh from getting started. B52 bombers raided enemy positions near the base four times tuesday night and today. They also struck suspected enemy Strong Points in the a Shau Valley near the laotian Border across the country from Danang. Other b52 raids came in Binh Thuan province 89 Miles East of Saigon and on the Central coast Southwest of Tuy Hoa. Progress reported a Norwich Pha Macal com. Pany official said today that a some Progress was amedur ing a meeting of negotiators from the company and local 251lc.w.u. Tuesday. The meet ing lasted nearly five hours. A. Charles Clark personnel director at the drug firm said another meeting of the two be. Go Tilting groups has been Tenta. Timely scheduled for monday March 18. Tuesdays session was attended by Charles Kayser state mediator. Members of the Union which in eludes production workers animal caretakers and tenancy personnel have been out of the company plants since Jan. 22 after contract Neotia. Tons broke Down. Today s chuckle a Small town is a place where everyone knows whose Check is Good and whose Hus. Band Isnit

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