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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - May 13, 1968, Norwich, New York The f. Vening Chenango county s daily newspaper in vol. 78, no. 41 monday May 13, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 to per copy smiles hide mistrust at peace talk Paris apr representatives of the United states and North Vietnam began their Long awaited talks about a cease fire in North Vietnam with a cordial handshake today. . Ambassador w. Averell Harriman walked into the ornate Gray and Gold meeting room in the French International conference Center spotted ambassador Xuan Thuy stuck out his hand said a emr. Thuy a and they Shook hands vigorously Harriman a Deputy Cyrus r. Vance then Shook hands with Thuy and several other members of the North vietnamese delegation. The French government took precautions to make sure that the opening session would not be upset by a 24.hour general strike today on behalf of Stu dents demanding modernization of the governments educational policy. Harriman and Thuy both served on the delegations to the 1962 Geneva conference on Laos. While the atmosphere of the meeting today was cordial diplomats of both countries said privately that one of the Many problems facing the negotiators in their a official conversations was deep Mutual distrust be tween their governments. . Officials had said they sex. Petted Thuy to open with an attack on the United states and to set Forth Hanoi s demand that president Johnson Stop the rest of the bombing of North Viet Nam and a other acts of War against his country. The de Mand has been made repeatedly by Hanoi broadcasts including one sunday. Advance word was that Harriman would stress Johnson a readiness to lift the bombing if North Vietnam would make some showing of military restraint. The . Government claims that since Johnson limited the bombing on March 31, Hanoi has increased the sup plies and troops it is sending into the South. The United states would like to see a restoration of the demilitarized zone Between North and South Vietnam and an Early cease fire throughout the country As Steps toward peace but . Officials declined to Dis. Close when such proposals would be made. The French government was reported playing a quiet go be tween role in bringing the two sides together and helping them Iron out problems. The soviet government supports the talks and has wished them a Complete red China has urged the North vietnamese to fight on and Western diplomats be Lieve peking would wreck the talks of possible. The French government said last week that forces a hostile to peace were trying to upset the talks by exploiting the student rebellion which closed part of the University of Paris last week and resulted in Street fighting. Officials said privately the government meant the chinese communists. The opening of official conversations Between president Johnson and president to Chi Munh through their ambassadors is the culmination oks a process that goes Back directly almost six months. Serious peace probes began in 1964 when the Viet Cong and North vietnamese Felt close to defeating the South vietnamese government. The . Government unwilling to see the South overrun took the position the probes at that time were not ser ious. With the Saigon regime on the Brink of collapse As . Officials later admitted Johnson ordered Hie bombing of North Vietnam in february 1965 and within three months called a bombing pause As a peace probe. It was one of a Long ser ies of diplomatic moves that got nowhere. Gradually hard positions developed on each Side. North Vietnam said there could be talks Only if the United states unconditionally stopped All bombing and a other acts of War against it. The United states said in various ways that it would not Stop the bombing unless North Vietnam gave it some evidence of peaceful intentions. Tile deadlock began to break at the end of december when North Vietnam said talks a a will be held if the bombing ended. In february the communists launched a big offensive against the cities and towns of South Vietnam a a staff nation world vote on gun Law asked Albany . Anthony j. Travia demanded an Assembly vote today on gov. Rockefeller a gun control plan As part of a drive to bring the Legislatures 1968 session to a close on saturday if possible. A a we be stalled around with this Issue Long enough a said the powerful democratic Leader. A a we re going to win it or lose it a right Travia who favors the proposal to License rifles and shotguns said he feared the measure would be Defeated primarily because of opposition by sportsmen a groups. But he said its time to dispose of the question. A if we re going to get out of Here we be got to Start moving a he added waving a hand Over piles of pending legislation stacked on his desk at the Capitol. Travia and Senate majority Leader Earl w. Brydges the legislature s leading Republican agreed on a tentative adjourn intent Date of May 18 after settling their differences Over the $5.4-billion state budget last week. One fiscal question was left handing the possibility of raising the liquor tax and using the proceeds to reinstate some medicaid benefits. But it looked today As though the matter will be left there. A there just Isnit any Republican support for it a Byrdges told the associated press on sunday. Big Humphrey write in seen h. Rap Brown trial set new Orleans Black Power advocate h. Rap Brown goes on trial today on a charge that he carried a Rifle across state lines while under indictment for arson in Maryland. A violation of the National firearms act. Before the proceedings begin . District judge Lansing Mitchell will hear pretrial motions from Browne a defense attorney and the department of Justice. The department has asked judge Mitchell to read a transcript of secretly recorded conversations by Brown Rule the material irrelevant to the Case and order it resealed. The move is intended to eliminate the possible taint of illegal wiretapping. Defense attorney William Kristler requested in a counter motion that the judge order the transcript open for inspection dismiss the Case or postpone the trial until Browne a defense can plan further action. However the department said that no information gathered from the electronic eavesdropping pertains to its Case against the negro militant. They added that though the transcript was from Fri files the surveillance was not done by the government. Rocky race still open Boston apr Nelson a. Rockefeller in town to Confer with state Republican leaders and seek support in his presidential nomination bid says he was a absolutely astounded at his write in Victory in the Massachusetts primary april 30. The new York governor arrived at Logan International Airport sunday night and told an Impromptu news conference he thinks the gop race is still wide open. A i think things Are very fluid very flexible a he added. The official reason for Rockefeller a visit was attendance at a hearing today on proposals for the party a 1968 platform unofficially however he also met with the 34 Massachusetts delegates whose first ballot votes he won in the primary. The governor and his wife Happy hosted a prolonged cocktail hour with the delegates and their wives followed by a Buffet supper. The pre dinner meeting was closed to the press but it was reported that Rockefeller talked to the delegates in Hopes of gaining their support beyond the first ballot. Rockefeller a primary Victory was at the expense of Massachusetts gov. John a. Volpe whose name was on the ballot As a favorite son candidate. The two greeted each other enthusiastically at the Airport however and Rockefeller a first words coming off the plane were a John you re the strike fails to cripple French life Paris apr French labor unions students and opposition politicians joined today in the first nationwide general strike of president Charles de Gaulle a 10-year Rule. But by midday the attempt to paralyse France appeared to have fallen far Short of its Mark. Except for scattered slowdowns and disruptions the country seemed largely unaffected. Train service was reduced departure of International flights from France was cancelled traffic in the cities was less than Normal. But Power supplies continued with Only spotty interruptions and Many shops and offices did business As usual. In Paris one of the electricity cutoffs hit the two hotels housing the . And North vietnamese delegations to the Vietnam peace conference. But at the conference building where full scale discussions got under Way this morning there were no effects. The nations four main Trade unions acted together for the first time in More than a decade to organize the strike. Security officials hoped that a major demonstration planned during the afternoon would not turn violent. Thousands of students were expected to join with workers in a three hour March through a working class District to the left Bank. The strike was called in support of students at the universe to of Paris whose conflict with the government erupted last week in bloody Battles with police. The riots strikes and demonstrations could not have come at a More embarrassing time for de Gaulle with hundreds of foreign newsmen assembled for the opening today of the Viet Nam peace talks. There was no indication How Ever that the demonstrators would try to approach the conference Hall. And the government made sure that the strike of Power Plant workers and oth ers would not interfere with the conference. Harris poll says Hooky s leading Washington apr pol Lster Louis Harris says Republican gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller of new York and democratic vice president Hubert h. Hum. Prey appear to be the leaders in Public presidential preference now. But Harris interviewed on no cd so meet the press a said he a would no to begin to answer the question of who delegates May nominate at the two nation. A1 party conventions. A we Are in the business of polling the electorate not the delegates a he said. Norwich Marine killed Iii action peace talks Between United states and Hanoi Are taking place in Paris at the International conference Center above the former hotel Majestic. During world War ii the building was used As a Gestapo Headquarters. Building of tent City next big task for poor Washington apr the poor Peoples Campaign officially launched with a mothers Day March through a riot ripped negro slum now begins erecting the tent City to House some 3,000 demonstrators slowly covering on the City. The first 450 of the campaigns rank and file reached the nations capital Over the weekend. More Are scheduled to arrive by weeks end. Mrs. Martin Luther King jr., widow of the slain civil rights Leader who conceived the Cam. Pain As a Means of winning More Federal help for the poor led sundays March. The demonstration soaked by rain for most of its duration went off without incident. Police it. E. J. Prete estimated the number of marchers at Between 2,000 and 3,500. Today the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy Kings successor As head of the Southern Christian leadership conference is to drive a stake into Parkland near the Lincoln memorial and thus signal the Start of construction of shelters in what Campaign leaders Call resurrection City. The 15-acre site runs parallel to the reflecting Pool Between the Lincoln memorial and the Washington Monument. The mothers Day March was sponsored by the nationwide welfare rights organization Nero which sent delegations from chapters across the nation. The marchers including negroes and Whites american indians and mexican. Ameri cans assembled at the John f. Kennedy playground deep in one of the City a poorest negro neighbourhoods. The marchers passed the ruins of stores looted and burned during three nights of violence that followed the april 4 slaying of King in Memphis. Earlier sunday Nero Mem. Hers mostly mothers on welfare spoke at 53 area churches asking for support. The group seeks repeal of restrictive amendments dealing with welfare that were passed last year As part of a Bill increasing social Security Bene fits. Another aim of Nero is adoption of a $4,000 minimum annual income for every Ameri can family. The March ended at Cardozo High school about two Miles reservists set for v Ilnam duty Washington apr nearly 20,000 army air Force and Navy reservists and National guardsmen about half of them Vietnam bound answer president Johnson Scall to Active duty today. How Long they stay in uniform will depend at least partly on the course of .-North Viet namese talks beginning today in Paris. They could be held on Active duty for up to two years. The course of the peace talks May also determine whether any More c citizen soldiers and sailors will be called up. Penta gon officials said no decision has been reached on any further Muster of reservists. Acting on Johnson a orders Secretary of defense Clark m. Clifford announced april that about 24,500 reservists were being ordered to Active duty. They were Given 30 Days to arrange their affairs before putting on their uniforms. From the Kennedy playground. Mrs. King was joined on the speakers platform at the school by mrs. Robert f. Kennedy wife of the new York senator and presidential aspirant and mrs. Harry Belafonte wife of the negro entertainer. Mrs. King said the nation a is threatened from within As Well As without. Our greatest threat however is that of possible self destruction. Our problems of racism poverty and War Are so crucial that we Are perilously close to the end through our own she called Foi the support of a fall women of this country in a Campaign of conscience to dedicate and rededicate love nonviolence Justice and demonstrators mostly negro were heading in buses for the capital from the Northeast Midwest and South. Sulc officials said these contingents wont arrive before thursday. The first arrivals two bus. Loads from Atlanta arrived in Washington sunday. They ranged in age from an 80-year-old woman to a 3-month-old child. As the Campaign gathered momentum it was accompanied by warnings it could Lead to violence and by assurances from administration officials and demonstration Lea dots that or Der would be maintained. The Pentagon announced saturday that selected military units in the Washington areas had been placed on Alert ready to move quickly into the capital should disorders occur. Sen. Strom Thurmond r.s.c., criticized the National Park service for issuing a permit a1-lowing the Campaign to erect shelters on Park land. A Norwich area Marine is dead the victim of enemy Ai Tion in Vietnam. He was pie. Richard William Frink son of William b. And Betty Jane Curry Frink of Woods Corners re 3 Norwich. They were ii formed of hts death Sun Day Mother s Day. Pfc. Frink assigned to company l., 3rd . Marine corps was killed in action in Quang Tri province South Vietnam on wednesday May 8. Ile is the second Norwich area service Man to die at the hands of the enemy. Private Frink received his education in the Norwich Public schools graduating from Norwich High school in june 1966. Following graduation lie was employed at Norwich Mills inc., until his enlistment in the . Marine corps oct. 23, 1967. While in High school he was Active in basketball and baseball. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Private Prink had been in Vietnam for Only three weeks. Besides his parents he is survived by a brother Wayne c. Frink of Norwich two Sisters Susan Marie and Usa Diane Frink of Norwich the maternal grandmother mrs. Lena Holt of Norwich the maternal step Grandfather Donald Holt of Norwich eight aunts mrs. Carl Law mrs. Chloe Sharpe mrs. Marlin Brown of Norwich mrs. John Berka of Binghamton mrs. John Tucker of Oxford miss pfc. Richard Frink Leona Frink of new York City mrs. Leonard Brown of South Otselic and mrs. Richard Smith of South Plymouth three uncles sgt. John Frink Washington James Curry of Raymond n.. And Donald Curry of Houston Texas and several cousins. Military honors will be accorded the Veteran by the . Marine corps service Center at Oneonta. Funeral arrangements will tie announced at a later Date by the Robert j. Fahy funeral Home. Camp evacuated 1130 shut Down Saigon apr the . Command says Allied troops have crushed the main thrust of the communist commands nine Day old attack on Saigon but it also announced the loss of a special forces Camp 350 Miles to the Northeast. Headquarters said special forces Green Beret troops and South vietnamese irregulars were evacuated by air Sun Day from the Kham due Camp after North vietnamese troops attacked one of its outposts and threatened to overrun the entire Camp. The enemy shot Down one of the evacuation planes a four engine co transport killing the six air Force crewmen and an undisclosed number of civilian irregulars and South vietnamese army soldiers . Headquarters said. A co can carry about too troops. The Camp with about 400 defenders Carne under attack Friday. Headquarters said preliminary reports showed 19 americans killed and 89 wounded. It had no figures on South vietnamese casualties. Troops of the . 196th Light infantry brigade moved in to cover the withdrawal and Mili tary spokesmen said More than 300 enemy soldiers were estimated to have been killed. They said an unknown additional number were killed Iii massive air strikes including seven missions near the Camp by air Force b52 bombers sunday night and today. It. Gen. Fred c. Weyand announced the Victory Over the enemy a main thrust against Sal Ami. A although isolated Small attacks terrorism and harassment by fire including rockets Are still possible Large numbers of the enemy have been attempting to withdraw from the Battlefield for the past 48 hours Many being intercepted in the process a said Weyand who commands the 2nd Field Force. The general said More than 5,200 enemy soldiers were killed or captured in the 3rd corps tactical zone Saigon and the 11 provinces around it since the Viet Cong launched their of Tensive May 5. He said about half of these were lost in greater Saigon area. The remainder were killed or captured when their units were intercepted As they headed for Saigon. It s All different from 1960, but somehow the same Omaha neb. Apr every thing is different. But some How everything seems the same. The voice that conies out of the microphone mounted on the Campaign sound truck has the same Harvard Yard twang. Of ten the Quick Jerky gestures the Finger stabbing in the air for emphasis Are the same. But the 1968 version of a Ken. Nedy on the Campaign Trail has Many differences from the 1960 Kennedy who established the political mystique of the family name. In its fundamentals the theme of John f. Kennedy eight years ago was a a let a get this nation he held aloft the Banner of a dream of american greatness a pattern of movement after what he labelled the drowsy Eisenhower years. Basically sen. Robert f. Ken Nedy is telling the Campaign crowds As he crisscrossed the country that there is entirely too much wrong with America. He recites the ills of rioting the hunger and the malignant Idle Ness in the ghettos the flaring threat of inflation the bloody death toll in Vietnam. These bad bad things just cannot be permitted to continue he says. Yet while he spells out his position on the issues in poll by papers his ultimate solution is simple if the voters just elect him president he will do something about them. The physical differences in campaigning by the Kennedy of 1960 and the Kennedy of 1968 stand out sharply. John f. Kennedy was always a Cool customer highly approachable in private but a trifle standoffish in his response to Public demonstrations. At 6 feet weather fair and cooler tonight Low temperatures in upper 30s and 40s. Tuesday fair and mild High temperatures in 60s and Low 70s i and packing about 185 pounds he could walk through crowds without being manhandled by admirers. The beaming ladies Young and old jumped danced and squealed and tried to touch him As he Rode or walked by. It was said of him that he looked like the kind of handsome husband every woman would like to have claimed for her own. With Bob Kennedy it is different. At 5 feet 9 plus weighing 165 soaking wet he can get lost in the sea of those pressing about him. Tall Bill Barry an sex Fri Man with the shoulders of a shot Putter Breaks interference through the swarms of Youthful admirers who persist in pressing close to touch Ken Nedys clothing if they can to reach the undulating hands he runs along the tips of the fingers stretching toward him. Once Barry lands him in the official car the Security Man hangs around Kennedy a Middle like a linebacker who has tack led a running Back at the Waist line. The crowd urge to rip off the new yorkers cuff links has become such an a a in thing that he now buys disposable ones by the Gross. Where John Kennedy was nearly always collected and to the Point in his Campaign remarks Robert Kennedy has yet to overcome fully a jittery nervousness in addressing crowd that is betrayed by trembling hands As he grasps the podium the 1968 candidate gradually is succeeding in shucking off the emotional intensity that snark i his Early campaigning. He ii adopting a relaxed rambling style geared to getting laugh and cheers by local references today a chuckle the International situation is becoming so complicated that now our diplomats Are being thrown out of countries we never even heard of before. Today 4j a 1 around the around the around the Omaha neb. A sen. Robert f. Kennedy an election favorite who wont admit it and sen Eugene j. Mccarthy stage their Fina Hunt for votes today in Nebraska democratic presidential primary which could hold a political Bonus of Hubert h. Humphrey. Gov. Norbert t Tiemann a Republican said the Vici president could poll a substantial write in vote in tuesdays democratic show Down. Cross Over voting is not permit ted. And the governor said he expect to see Richard m. Nixon capture 7i per cent of the votes in a Republica race which holds Little suspense. Nev Yorkus Kennedy and Minnesota Sec earthy planned a series of a Maigi sessions Between Lincoln and Omaha to wind up their second primary elec Tion clash in the race for the demo cratic presidential nomination. Ken Nedy won the initial test in Indian last tuesday. Their names Are on the Nebraska election ballot along with that Hubert h. Humphrey of president Johnson who spurned another race for the White House too late to have it removed. Kennedy has pulled the larger crowds and is rated a Likely Nebraska Winner by most democratic politicians and surveys. But the senator is trying to Dampen such talk. He scoffs at surveys indicating he will take Over half the democratic vote a How can i get 50 per cent with four of us in the race a he asked sunday As his Campaign plane flew Over Western Nebraska

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