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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - May 24, 1968, Norwich, New York The e vening Chenango county s daily newspaper in vol. 78, no. 50 Friday May 24, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10c per cop Degaulle faces new protests Paris apr Premier Georges Pompidou summoned labor and business leaders to meet with him saturday to seek a solution to the crushing strike wave paralysing most of France s economic life. More and greater turmoil threatened meanwhile As workers students and Farmers called a new round of demonstrations today a few hours before president Charles de Gaulle a address to the nation. Degaulle was expected to give his analysis of the situation and propose Broad outlines for a settlement. The government then would try to reach an agreement with business and la Bor within these guidelines. The communist led general confederation of workers France s biggest Union immediately accepted Pompidou s invitation to meet but expressed that �?o24 hours Are being the French confederation of democratic workers also accepted but warned that the strikes would not Stop. Students rioted in Paris thursday for the second night in succession and authorities feared the violence could increase. Interior minister Christian Touchet warned that a armed extremists a hoped to use the demonstrations today to set off violence which would not be controlled. The National students Union scheduled demonstrations at four Points in northeastern Paris. The communist dominated general confederation of workers announced two marches across the Southern half of the City. In the provinces organizations of Farmers ailed demonstrations to show it lid Arity with the workers and students and to demand that the government protect them in coming Price negotiations with the other common Market countries. There was a Strong possibility that the marching demonstrators would have Paris in an uproar by the time de Gaulle spoke on television and the radio. The 77-year-old president gave no Advance indication of what he would say in his first Public statement on the two week old upheaval that has paralysed French business Industrial and educational life. Political observers believed he would Call a referendum next month to endorse a program of wide Reform including greater participation of the people in the government of the workers in running their factories and of the students in the operation of their universities and High schools. Whether this would satisfy workers demanding higher wages earlier retirement Job Security and other bread and butter benefits was an unanswered question. Promises from Premier Georges Pompidou of sweeping educational reforms have had no effect on the rebellious students. With an estimated 50 to go per cent of France s in million workers on strikes there were no important cracks in the labor front. And the students at the sorbonne after a week of peaceful sit ins charged Back in to the streets wednesday night when they Learned that the government planned to bar firebrand student Leader Daniel a Danny the red Cohn Bendit front France after a speaking tour in Holland and Germany. Wednesday night they tried to storm the National Assembly and Senate buildings and set Street barricades afire in the latin Quarter. Thursday night they surged for most of the night through the Quarter and the streets of the lie de la cite around notre Dame and spilled Over onto the right Bank around Des Railes the big Central Market. J Oday invaders Are target a round the state of bombers around the is Adon around the world by associated press French Tricolour below red Flag Paris a the French Tricolour flies just below the red Flag of communism on the flagpole above the Renault Auto Plant at . The togetherness of the flags symbolizes the communist party a cautious policy in Frances grave crisis. The massive nationwide strike was be. Gun spontaneously by rank and file workers demanding an end to a regime they say is based on privilege and capitalism. But cautious Union leaders have turned the goals to bread and butter pay Shorter hours and the like. The Leader in this move toward moderation has been the get the general confederation of workers. It is the Trade Union Arm of the French communist party and the nations biggest and most powerful Union. Cut Secretary general Georges Seguy has sent Down the word a no Cut officials at the Renault works where the Union repro sents 87 per cent of the 32,000 workers Are doing their Best to carry out this order in a sort of perpetual town meeting on the grim Square in front of the factory a dirty Gray facade. Police Check murder victims body Pottsville map a the burial in Potter s Field South of this northeastern Pennsylvania town was simple and quiet but it left behind the Puzzle of what officials Are calling a a very professional Richard Russell Schuylkill county District attorney said thursday night the persons who put four bullets into the body of the unknown victim also covered it with Lime before placing it in a shallow grave to Speed decomposition and obliterate fingerprints and facial features. A the body could be anybody a but we re checking All possibilities including that of James Earl Ray a added state police detective George Durilla of the Reading station. The Only clues left in the slaying which occurred apparently in april and was discovered May 7, were Che victims general characteristics and dental work. Ray object of an International search is the alleged Slayer of or. Martin Luther King or. And has been missing since the april 4 assassination in Memphis Tenn. The body found near the Hamlet of Brandonville resembles Ray generally said Russell and a special study by a University of Pennsylvania anthropologist indicates the decor facial Structure May even have resembled rays Russell added. With this in mind state police have asked the Fri to Forward rays dental records for a positive Check against the victims dental work which or. Wilton m. Frogman the Penn anthropologist described As a of poor to medium workmanship of the Type that might be done in a a second floor dental parlor for $2�?� or perhaps a prison. Eve suffers setback on spy panel Washington a Senate Republican Leader Everett m. Dirksen has lost another round in his dogged bid to keep the moribund subversive activities control Board alive beyond this year. A desk thumping shouting speech in which Dirksen suggested he had backing from president Johnson and railed at atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark failed to rally enough Senate support for the Illinois republicans cause. Dirksen has proposed a crime control Bill amendment that would allow the attorneys general of each of the 50 states to prosecute alleged subversive organizations before the Board. But amid opponents complaints that the precedent shattering approach went too far the Senate turned him Down 49 to 27. The Board was the subject of widespread publicity last year with the disclosure it had not handled any business for nearly two years. Its five members each draw $26,000 a year. The Agency was spotlighted in mid-1967 when it was Learned that the latest appointee was a 29 year old accountant Simon f. Mchugh jr., who had mar ried one of president Johnson a secretaries. That develop ment prompted inquiries into the boards operations. When its inactive status was disclosed cries arose in Congress for its abolition. But Dirksen moved to preserve it. Governor May get pay boost Albany . A the salary of new Yorkus governor a the highest paid a states chief executive a would jump from $50,000 to $85,000 a year under legislation quietly introduced in the legislature. In addition the lieutenant governor would receive a $15,000 a a a year boost bring ing his salary to $45,000. Millionaire gov. Rockefeller and it. Gov. Malcolm Wilson would have to be re elected to get the increases however since the salaries of elected of. Filers cannot be altered during their terms of office. The hikes were proposed in a Resolution introduced tuesday. The governors salary reached $50,000 during then gov. Averrell Harriman s term. Rockefeller succeeded Harriman in 1959 and was the first to receive that amount. Compare. Timely the states paying the next highest salaries Are Pennsyl. Vania $45,000, California $44,000, and Texas $40,000. Nixon a not worried in Oregon Portland Ore. A new York mayor John v. Lindsay a proxy campaigning for gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller moved into Oregon today but the forces of Richard m. Nixon professed Little concern. Lindsay who got financial assistance from Rockefeller in his Campaign for mayor three years ago has a Day of appearances in Portland Eugene and Corvallis to seek write in votes for the absent governor in next tuesdays gop presidential primary. But the Battle was Only of percentages with promoters of Rockefeller and the organization of another Absentee California gov. Ronald Reagan acknowledging Nixon would win easily. Saigon apr Waves of americans biggest bombers kept up one of the most concentrated saturation attacks of the War today against North vietnamese troops reported crossing from Laos into the Center of South Vietnam. The intensified air Campaign was aimed at stopping any major enemy thrust across the country. In to missions thursday and today at least 30 air form b52 bombers rained nearly 1,000 tons of explosives along enemy areas near the Junction of the Borders of South Vietnam Laos and Cambodia. While the pressure mounted in the Central Highlands . A tines just below the demilitarized zone reported 203 North vietnamese killed in a Savage two Day Battle. The leathernecks said 23 of their men were killed and 86 wounded in the action wednesday and thursday two Miles Northeast of con Thien. Bombing of the Central Highlands was stepped up after North vietnamese troops were reported crossing Over the laotian Frontier in Force. . Intelligence officers in the Field said the communist command might try to grab a Large chunk of South Vietnam scentral plateau to put More Teeth into its demands at the Paris peace talks. The first North vietnamese divisions Ever identified in South Vietnam tried to Cut the country in half in 1965 but american troops drove them Back during a fall of bloody fighting. Flying at altitudes of More than 20,000 feet the huge planes attacked staging areas troop concentrations bunkers artillery positions and antiaircraft batteries Between the laotian Border and Dak to. . Outposts at the head of a Valley that stretches from the laotian Border South to Dak to report heavy traffic nightly along the route which serves As the main North South Highway through the Highlands. Desertions i a defections dip in s. Vietnam Washington a Hamlet Security and enemy defections in South Vietnam hit new lows while communist inf Ultra. Tion and South vietnamese army desertions Rose to record highs in March says a Senate foreign relations committee private analysis of secret de sense department War statistics. The document dated May 13 and obtained thursday by the associated press said the percentage of hamlets secured was lower in March than anytime in the past two years. The period covered by the statistics followed the january february communist tet off in. Sive and preceded president Johnson a March 31 peace initiative. Carl Marcy chief of staff for the foreign relations committee prepared the report for committee members. He said he did not include the figures on which it is based because they Are classified. Ambassador Robert w. Homer in charge of the . Pacification Effort in Vietnam acknowledged in a March 28 interview with the a that a we unquestionably suffered a real setback in the tet offensive. Weather Clearing and Cool tonight with Low temperatures near 40. Generally fair and continued Cool on saturday High temperatures in up. Per 50s to mid.60s. Deputy f y ear Deputy Robert Tytler right is congratulated by Chenango county sheriff Joseph j. Benenati jr., thursday night after being presented with trophy As a outstanding Deputy of the award was made during department s i service and intermediate training school graduation exercises in Norwich Junior High school. Story another picture Page 3. Sun staff photo Senate oks crime Rill Washington athe Senate has passed a crime control Bill that would undo controversial supreme court rulings that guarantee criminal suspects greater rights. Hie measure also would Grant police new wiretapping and electronic a a bugging authority. But while the Senate passed the Bill thursday night by a 72-4 vote it was Uncertain How much of it will become Law. It still faces House consideration and contains provisions strongly opposed by president Johnson and chairman Emanuel Ceiler d-., of the influential House judiciary committee. Already there is speculation Johnson would veto such a measure. The prime concern of Johnson Ceiler and other opponents involves the proposed controls on the supreme court. And some opponents say constitutional questions Are raised by sections authorizing police wiretapping and electronic surveillance or a a bugging of suspects. They re tops at s arum Cli i Katherine Simmons valedictorian Katherine Susan Simmons will deliver the valedictory address at the june commencement of Norwich senior High school next month. Miss Simmons maintained an average of 96.13 during her High school years. Salutatorian with an average of 95, is Maureen Elizabeth of Brien. The two were named at a joint Honor activity Assembly at Nuhs this afternoon. Miss Simmons who plans to attend the University of Roches ter is a Winner of the per Lee world history award is student Council Secretary Lith Grade treasurer member of Chi Alpha National Honor society and the literary club Secretary of the Tornado boosters senior editor of the yearbook and is a regents scholarship Winner. Miss of Brien plans to attend do Youville College in Buffalo. She has served As president of the Jav and varsity cheerleaders was Lith Grade class president served As student Council vice president is a member of Chi Alpha the Tornado boosters and is a regents scholarship win. Ner. Showdown looms with no Accord in talks in View As passed by the Senate the Bill a chief provisions would a establish a two year program of $400 million in Federal Grants to improve the training and equipment of state and local police and for research to develop new crime fighting techniques. Hie Grants could help finance the War on organized crime and control the prevention of i lots. Undo supreme court decisions restricting the use of confessions and police lineup identification in Federal crime trials. Die sole test of the admissibility of a confession would be whether it was Given voluntarily. Authorize wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping but Law enforcement officers acting under court orders in die investigation of specified crimes. This would be permitted by state and local police As Well As Federal officers in states that pass implementing legislation. Pahls apr the United states and North Vietnam Are moving toward a showdown in the Paris peace talks on the Issue of ending . Bombing of North vietnamese territory and there is no Compromise in sight. Each government is expected to increase its pressure on the other in the meetings ahead with the threat of a breakdown in the talks a weapon both Are already using. . Officials say they believe that North Vietnam a main aim is still to win the War by coordinated action on three fronts trying to undermine the .-supported government in Sal gon pressing the United states for concessions Iii the Paris talks and striving for new Mil itary victories in South Vietnam. A Long Range secondary aim they say May be to negotiate a Compromise settlement for which their bargaining position would lie strengthened by what Ever Gams they can make in South Vietnam. President Johnson declared in Washington thursday that a Hanoi is telling its forces in the South that they must continue their aggressive Effort to support their at the same time Johnson said Attiat the United states a will not be Defeated on the Battle Field while the talks go on permitting tile enemy a to achieve a Victory that would make a mockery of the . Secretary of defense Clark m. Clifford also speaking in Washington put the problem from the . Point of View in terms that North Vietnam has used to describe its own operations. A the North vietnamese have consistently stated a Clifford said a that their intention was to fight and negotiate and we must be prepared both physically and psychologically to do the Johnson said a it still is not Clear that Hanoi is ready tor an Early and honorable his statement seemed to reflect the frustration experienced by his negotiating team Iii parts at failure to make any Progress Iii opening secret talks with the North vietnamese. This was proposed to ambassador Xua ii Thuy by ambassador Vav. Aver Ell Harriman in their meeting wednesday and Thuy rejected it. Thuya a strategy at least through tile wednesday session has been to use the talks As a forum from which to present his Case to world Public opinion that the United states is guilty of aggression against North Vietnam and should end All its at tacks against that country Witti. Out getting any North vietnamese de escalation in return. The Harriman Thuy conference is coming to the end of its second week with four meetings held including Only one this week. The next meeting is scheduled for monday. While the sessions have been held behind closed doors . And North vietnamese spokesmen have made Public reports of virtually everything important that was said. Iii Moscow soviet foreign minister Andrei a. Gromyko supported Hanoi a demands for an unconditional halt to . Bombing but in talks with Brit ish foreign Secretary Michael Stewart gave the impression tie was not too pessimistic about the future of the Paris talks. Stewart supported the . Demand that Hanoi must agree to military restraint if All . Bombing is to cease. Gromyko discussed the Lack of Progress in Paris so far but informants said tie stressed the a so far a giving the impression that tie is optimistic Over the outcome. Stewart and Gromyko Are co chairmen of the old Geneva peace conference machinery for Indochina but informants said they failed to find anything they could do to help tiring peace to Vietnam. Singing kneeling Quot poor Are arrested Maureen of Bri so i ufos tor Ion in Washington apr the poor Peoples Campaign has sustained its first group arrests after a Capitol Hill demonstration that tile movements Leader called unplanned and unfortunate. The 12 adults and 6 juveniles arrested thursday for singing and kneeling outside a House office building banned As unlawful Assembly on Capitol Hill a were released without Bond in Alumina Brills let Iii classes new York apr Colum Bia University was tense but quiet today after resuming evening classes without incident. The evening session at the 214.year-old Ivy league ins Titu. Tion had been cancelled on wednesday in the Wake of disturbances in which about 170 persons were arrested and at least 68 persons were injured. About 1,000 police took part in the mass arrests on Campus Early wednesday but Only a handful in their Low Library command Post and at the two main Campus Gates were visible Early today. Wednesdays police action Marks the third time since the student protest began on april 23 that patrolmen and detectives were called in by the school administration to drive demonstrators from University property. The custody of a Campaign official. The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy president of the Southern Christian leadership conference and Leader of the poor Peoples Campaign said no sell official was with the group but that this will be required in the future. A we Are not quite ready to up the movement to mass arrests a one of Abernathy s lieutenants the Rev. Jesse Jackson told newsmen. Jackson a City manager of the poor Peoples Shantytown near the Lincoln memorial Hus tied to Capitol Hill after receiving word that arrests were being made. Police had already sent two vans full of demonstrators off for booking five More empties were waiting before Jackson persuaded them to Stop by promising All the remaining demonstrators would leave. The group had originally numbered about 200. He said he also told the police a if you arrest these you la have 3,000 More to Deal with today and it would be a sound decision to Call it the incident pointed up the Touchy leadership problems of the Campaign. Today s Mihuc Kle y the More times you win an argument the fewer friends you have

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