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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - May 22, 1968, Norwich, New York The e vol. 78, no. 48 today a around the state around the nation around the world by associated press Haiti claims invasion quelled port a Prince Haiti a a papa Duvalier haitian government declared tuesday night it has put a 35-Man rebel invasion Force to flight and captured the two b2 5 bombers that landed the invaders. Government sources said to of the 35 invaders were killed in a 20-minute Battle at Cap haitian tuesday and the rest fled to the Hills with government troops in hot Pursuit. In Washington haitian ambassador Arthur Bonhomme told a news conference that All the dead were haitians. The invasion monday was preceded by a bombing attack on the capital in which one person was reported killed and several others injured. One bomb landed several Hundred Yards from president Francois Duvalier a Palace but neither he nor any of his family were Hurt. One newspaper said the president was Reading in bed at the time. Government and diplomatic sources in port a Prince said the instigators of the attack were haitian exiles based in the United states. Government spokesman claimed they were supporters of Paul Magloire a former president and members of the new York based haitian coalition. Duvalier told the newspaper Nouveau Monde that the invaders could have come from the United states Jamacia Cuba or the Bahamas. Both the dominican and jamaican governments denied their territory had been the springboard. Lindsay to Campaign for Rocky Venin g Chenango county a daily newspaper in wednesday May 22, 1968 Norwich. New York 13815 10c per copy bombers found red Sites Saigon apr Waves of american bombers made Mas Sive strikes tuesday and today against enemy positions threat ening Saigon the Central High lands and Allied bases below the Eastern end of the demilitarized zone. . also roared off carriers in the Tonkin Gulf to smash at a sprawling Early warning radar Complex near the North vietnamese City of Vinh amid reports that Hanoi was hurriedly beefing up its air defences in the Southern Panhandle. The air War against North Vietnam Cost the United states two More planes and two More fliers tuesday. A Marine a intruder was shot Down near Dong hoi 45 Miles above the do and both crewmen Are missing. A Navy a4 skyhawk was downed North of Vinh but the Pilot was rescued by helicopter. This increased the total number of . Warplanes reported lost Over North Vietnam to 840. America s biggest bombers the air Force strategic command s b52s, mounted eight raids four of them in the Cen. Trial Highlands West of Oak to and Korntum. Seven North Viet namese regiments some of them reportedly equipped with tanks were said to be poised there possibly to attack . Bases in the Highlands. The Lim of such an attack might be to seize control of a Large area and use this As a bar. Gaining Point in the Paris talks Between the United states and North Vietnam. The attack a could come now but they will probably wait for the Rains to begin another week or so a one officer said. Other b52.s pounded enemy in. Filtration routes bunkers and Supply areas 21 and 34 Miles Northwest of Saigon. A third wave of the b52s struck twice inside tile demilitarized one hitting at North vietnamese artillery positions troop concentrations truck Parks and Supply areas. The positions inside the do Are an immediate threat to such Allied bases As Glo and Dong a guarding the Eastern end of the zone. In a coordinated attack Over North Vietnam Navy f4 phantoms a intruders and a l sky. Hawks from the Carrier Kitty Hawk struck relentlessly tues. Day at the newly discovered a. Dar Complex 16 Miles Northwest of Vinh. . Sources said the North vietnamese Are feverishly building up their air defences around Vinh to counter the big increase Iii american attacks on the Panhandle that followed president Johnson a restriction of the bombing of North Vietnam to the Southern area. Vinh is 145 Miles North of the do zone and 25 Miles below the 19th parallel the Northern Boundary set by Johnson for . Bombing. Pilots reported their bombs caused heavy damage to the radar installation touching off several fires. Gen. William c. Westmoreland continued his Farewell tour of Allied units and on a visit to Bangkok said North vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam is running at a record level-15,-ooo troops Iii april or 21 a times the number before the enemy a february offensive. . Intelligence sources in Saigon said North Vietnam now has an estimated 80,000 combat troops in the South double the Viet Cong s main Force troops. This is the equivalent of 12 ene my divisions and the sources said the North vietnamese gov eminent has kept at Home Only two divisions and eight or nine divisional Headquarters. Pittsburgh mayor John v. Lindsay of new York says he will begin campaigning actively for the Republican presidential Nomi nation of new York gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller. He committed himself tuesday to a last hour Effort in Oregon on Friday to Campaign for the governor in that states May 28 primary. Rockefeller himself has no personal appearances scheduled in Oregon where his name is not on the ballot. Lindsay was in Pittsburgh tuesday to attend a $100 a plate fund raising dinner sponsored by the Allegheny county Republican committee. More than 1,400 persons attended at the Hilton hotel. Earlier in the Day Lindsay addressed an estimated 1,300 per sons at Duquesne University and told them that 2,000 students working in the new Hampshire primary made major changes in this country a Vietnam policies. Lindsay said when the primary was Over the student political workers a had convinced enough democratic and Republican voters to come within a few Hundred votes of defeating an incumbent president and they did it a before new Hampshire a Lindsay said a a the administration was considering a re quest that 200,000 More troops be sent to Vietnam. After new Hampshire the figure was Cut Down to 25,000 troops. Agents testify against or. Spock Boston a the Federal governments first witness says or. Benjamin spook told Fri agents he would be a a delighted to be prosecuted for ant draft activities. The 65-year-old paediatrician and four others Are on trial in Federal court for a unlawfully knowingly and will fully conspiring to counsel Young men to avoid the draft. On trial with spook Are Yale University chaplain William Sloane coffin jr., 43 Michael Ferber 23, a graduate student at Harvard Mitchell Goodman 44, of new York and Temple Maine and author and teacher and Marcus Raskin co director of the Institute for political studies in Washington. If convicted each Man faces five years in prison and a $10,000fine. The first witness for the prosecution was Lawrence Miller. Anbi agent who attended an oct. 2, 1967, news conference in new York where the government contends spook and several other defendants urged participation in a nationwide week of ant draft activities. Miller testified tuesday in the second Day of the trial that he entered the news conference room unchallenged without identifying himself took notes of what spook and others said and collected pamphlets and literature passed around to newsmen. The tall Blond agent testified under examination by John Wall assistant . Attorney that Spock said president John son was trying to a save face by continuing the War in Vietnam. Wall said the government has filmed excerpts of the meeting made by the american broadcasting co. Critics say Cash helps politician London a a British correspondent says the american a dream saying that any Little boy can grow up to be president should go on to say a always provided he happens to have about $5 million to Back in England from covering the american presidential Campaign John ewards wrote in the London daily sketch a is Cash More important than the candidate a with certain reservations the answer is a the sheer weight of a candidates expense account can wipe out the opposition and win the party Henry Brandon Washington correspondent of the sunday times of London wrote that a normally the american electorate would ask itself the simple question a who would make the Best president a a but this year there is much evidence that consciously or unconsciously it is trying to resolve a More complicated ques Tion a do we need a conciliator or an innovator a a the ans wer a Brandon said a is complicated by the fact that it is not Only a matter of the policies a candidate advocates but also his Bermuda faces crucial election Hamilton Bermuda whether Bermuda s negro majority would unite or split was the big question today As the Holiday Island elected its first autonomous government. Unity would mean the Island will break with Britain. Complete Independence after 284 years As a British Colony is a major Plank of the predominantly negro progressive labor party. But the predominantly White United Bermuda party which wants to remain British is bidding for the negro vote with 13 negro candidates out of its total of 39. A third party the Bermuda democratic party is largely negro but Middle class in Appeal. It could hold the balance of Power if neither of the Large parties wins a majority. The vote of the negro population-63 per cent of bermudas 50,000 residents became More important under new one Man one vote rules. The voting age has been lowered from 25 to 21, and certain property owners no longer get two votes. A month before the election two Days of racial rioting Shook Hamilton and As a precaution against further violence the British frigate Leopard docked tuesday with a Crew of 14 officers and 215 men. They and 150 Royal inn Skilling Fusiliers brought Here after the riots stayed off the streets however. 12 North Vietnam divisions spotted in South i s says no Majic a a dragon four year old Tad Connine does no to think dinosaurs Are so big As he practices a a staring Down one at the Gibson school a Jence fair tuesday night. The Ceramic replica was part of a Large exhibit on prehistoric animals constructed by a second Grade class at the school. The youngster is a son of or. And mrs. Robert Connine of to Howard St. Photo by Casey Jones Degaulle win Over censure expected Paris apr president Charles de Gaulle a government appeared certain to defeat the censure motion in the National Assembly tonight but the strike crisis smothering activity in City after City showed no sign of abating. More than 2 million workers joined the strike tuesday bringing the number in revolt against the government to More than 8 million about half the nations work Force. The strike even hit Les Hailes the Capi tal s Central food Market where fruit and vegetable workers went on a 24.hour warning walk out. Most of Frances major Indus tries transport and Public serv ices were Idle. But electricity and Gas were still being supplied and telephones and Tele graph were operating. For the parisian the strike meant no Banks open huge piles of garbage in the streets no Public transportation no mail lottery Hill j on Albany list j Albany . Apr the Senate has moved into the controversial areas of pornographic sex and the lottery and decided that one should be put out of the reach of children and the other out of the reach of everyone. One Bill that would ban the Sale of pornography to persons under the age of 18 and bar such persons from places where pornographic materials Are sold was passed by a vote of 54-2. A second Bill which would again bring the question of the states lottery before the voters was passed 31-19. Under the terms of the pornography measure a person who knowingly Sells such materials to anyone under 18 would be liable to a one year jail term and a $1,000 Fine. The same penalty would also apply to a person who knowingly permits anyone under 18 to enter or remain on any premises where pornography is sold unless accompanied by a Parent or guardian. Little commercial entertain ment and lineups for food and gasoline. The situation was similar in Bordeaux Brest Clermont Fer Rand Lille Lyon Marseille Poitiers Rennes and Toulouse. Meanwhile deputies in the National Assembly bogged Down tuesday in a discussion of technicalities of the French education system and which party has done the most to Advance it. This postponed the vote on the censure motion at least until late tonight. The debate continued today on the opposition motion accusing the government of refusing to Deal effectively with the demands of students workers teachers and Farmers. But it appeared certain that the anti gaullist would be unable to Muster the necessary 244 votes for Jacques Duhamel Leader of a key bloc of 42 centrist dept. Ties said in effect he would Side with the president. A we Are in favor of change but not an adventure into the unknown a said Duhamel. The communists attacking de Gaulle a 10-year a regime of personal Power a and the federation of the democratic and socialist left Are leading the opposition. Even some of their leaders conceded defeat in the attempt to oust the men who carry out de Gaulle s policies Premier George Pompidou and his Cabinet. De Gaulle a ten does not sex. Pire until 1972, and parliament cannot turn him out of office he maintained his olympian silence apparently playing for time until a broadcast he has scheduled for Friday. So far his Only action has been a Cabinet amnesty for 44 students charged with violence during the student riots that were the springboard for the workers rebellion. De Gaulle a latitude for action to satisfy the workers is sharply restricted. Any major across. The Board wage increases would boost already High French prices Only a few weeks before protective customs barriers disappear within the Lur o p e a ii common Market. French products would have even More difficulty competing. But refusing to meet the work Erst demands could make the strike crisis still worse. Striking Dock workers and sea men kept most of the country sports closed Bordeaux Brest Dunke que , be Havre Marseille and Pete. A few planes had flown into Lebourget Paris no. 2 air. Port after closed orly International Airport. Be Bour get closed tuesday the big French nuclear Plant at Marcoules was hit by a total strike and another one at pier relate had a partial strike. Costume guards along the italian Border stayed Home and travellers crossed freely Back and Forth. Saigon apr while North Vietnam claims at the Paris talks that it has no troops Iii South Vietnam . Intelligence sources say it has practically stripped its own territory of sol Durns and now has the est diva Lent of at least 12 infantry divisions in South Vietnam the sources say this is confirmed every Day by captured documents and prisoner inter nations. . Intelligence officers Are Able to pinpoint the areas where the North vietnamese troops Are operating Iii South Vietnam. The officers cite figures indicating the North vietnamese have taken Over the major fighting Effort with an estimated 80,000 combat troops in the South to 40,000 main Force Viet Cong. They say that Hanoi sent two full divisions South earlier this year they indicate that most of North Vietnam a divisions have been committed to the South. Only the elite 308th Home guard division based around Hanoi and Haiphong another division near diet Bien Phu that oper ates in Laos and eight or nine divisional Headquarters remain in North Vietnam intelligence officers believe. The intelligence sources say North Vietnam has nine full numbered divisions in the South plus the equivalent of another division in four i depend. Ent regiments operating in the Central Highlands. Two vie Cong divisions flanking Saigon the 9th and the 5th a Are 80 per cent North Viet namese soldiers the sources re port. The heaviest concentration of North Vietnam e troops with big artillery support is along the Northern Frontier just below the demilitarized zone. Here at least three divisions face . And South vietnamese forces. Intelligence officers rate the North vietnamese 7t.h division West Northwest of Saigon As a the worst in the a a they be never done anything right a said one american off Cor. A North vietnamese division in South Vietnam is estimated to average about 7,700 men. American intelligence officers estimate that Only one out of every five or six North Viet namese soldiers infiltrates into South Vietnam through the de militarized zone. The majority these sources say move around the Western Edge of the Buffer zone and k ids la new Home participants in die poor Peoples March have been receiving a cordial Welcome in Washington . Where children Are getting scrubbed examined and fed at our lady Queen of peace Church in suburban Arlington a. Yesterday poor people leaders met with various congressional committees. The meetings were described As quiet orderly and a lot Milder Durn predicted. Down the to Chi Minli Trail through Laos. Some Branch off into South Vietnam through the a Shau Valley. The others con. Tine on Down the to Chi Minh Trail into Cambodia and work their Way into the Central High lauds and other Points farther South. Talks May fail ret envoy says Paris apr in a Sharp Exchange of arguments North Vietnam a envoy raised the possibility today that the Paris peace talks might fail and told . Ambassador w. Aver ii Harriman Hie United states would Bear a the full and entire Harriman in talking with reporters after the formal meet ing accused North Vietnam of using the talks to a make a prop Uganda impression on the a a lot of people Are getting disgusted with these allegations about the War in Vietnam which have no basis in fact whatever a he said. A North vietnamese spokesman said that during the fourth session which lasted about three hours Xian Thuy told Harriman a in the event these official conversations do not conclude with result the american Side must Bear full and entire the spokesman also quoted Thuy As telling Harriman that thousands of americans and a progressive opinion around the world demand that he change his attitude. Thuy denounced what he called a the obstinate Ness and the Lack of seriousness of the american the meeting was the fourth in the series which began to Days ago. The next meeting will not be held until monday morning an interlude of four Days a the longest yet. Harriman told reporters he had suggested that a we abandon the practice of going out with Public statements so that we a Tri make some Progress with discussions across the but he said he thought the North vietnamese would not go along and if they did not the United states delegation would then report publicly what Harriman said. Within a few minutes the North vietnamese spokesman began reporting Thuya a com inputs and the press office gave out his 2,500-word statement in a French text. Arguing As much for the world gallery As for their adversary the two envoys have re pealed their governments just float Ion for involvement in the War and have traded accusations of responsibility for the conflict. Despite the obvious deadlock neither party has shown any willingness to break off the talks. Tuesday while the talks were in recess the North vietnamese held out the Promise that larger questions would be taken up if the United states stopped bomb ing the North. L Odayl a chuckle a certain Golf enthusiast had become so used to cheat ing that when he made a Hole in one he put Down a Zero on his card

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