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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - November 29, 1968, Norwich, New York The evening Sun vol. 78, no. 171friday, november 29, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10� per copy Albany in mood to get Tough on Public strikes by Charles Dumas Albany . A gov. Rockefeller and the Legisla. Turets Republican leaders Are in a mood to get Tough with striking Public employees and that so hat can be expected during the 1969 legislative session. Angered and chagrined by the recent rash of strikes or strike threats the gop High command appears Bent on writing much More stringent penalties into the embattled Taylor Law. Rockefeller took a hawkish View of the situation after state employees struck the states mental hospitals in an Effort to change his bargaining procedures on salary increases. He told newsmen he would approve stronger penalties for violation of the Taylor Laws no strike provision. Senate majority Leader Earl w. Brydges always a hard liner on employee strikes redoubled his intention to strengthen the Law when the state teachers As striation threatened to strike if tile legislature does not increase school Aid. Assemblyman Perry b. Duryea jr., who is to become speaker in the new gop controlled Assembly quickly agreed that changes should be made. One area obviously is the penalties Section he said. Under the Law As it now stands unions May be fined up to $10,000 a Day for each Day of a strike and their right to dues checkoff a withholding of members dues from their pay checks by the employer May be suspended for up to 18 months. In addition Union leaders May be fined up to $250 and jailed for 30 Days. Rockefeller said he was inclined now to accept one of the penalty provisions originally recommended by the study panel that drafted the Law two years ago a maximum Fine of a full years dues. That recommendation was watered Down by democratic lawmakers who were in majority control of the Assembly when the Law was enacted. The Republican a ruled Senate had approved it but had to Back Down. Brydges made a ringing Senate speech at the time warning that the state and local governments were headed for trouble with a weak Law. He contended that employee strikes should be treated As a a insurrections against the government and dealt with harshly. What Brydges always has wanted is a state Law modelled after the Federal statute which makes it a felony for an employee to strike. Each violator can be fined up to $1,000 and imprisoned for a year. As an alternative Brydges is thinking of writing a so called desertification clause into the Law. All recognition would be withdrawn from a Union that led employees into a strike and a new election would be held to designate a different bargaining agent. A if Money finest Isnit a deterrent a said a Brydges aide a a desertification would be. This would put the Union leaders right out of business and that really would a similar proposal advanced when the Law originally was drafted Drew vociferous opposition from organized labor. No regret signs at lbs Holiday san Antonio Tex. Apr if president Johnson regretted that this was his last thanksgiving As chief executive it did no to show As he gathered family and friends at the ranch for the tra. Dit ional feast and some unusual a even for Johnson churchgoing. The head of the Johnson clan was relaxed and smiling As he took the wheel himself to Pilot a station Wagon full of family friends and staff to Church thursday. It was the second of three services he went to in 24-hour Span. Then the president posed for pictures on the sunny ranch Lawn with mrs. Johnson daughters Luci Nugent and Lynda Robb grandson Lyn and no. I presidential pet Yuki the Mon grel. Lynda a month old daughter Lucinda was excused from the session for a Nap. At the morning service at St. Barnabas episcopal Church 15 Miles away in Fredericksburg the Johnson heard prayers for the families of trapped miners americans at War and for the president himself. The vicar the Rev. William e. Campbell singled out a the families of suffering in the mine tragedy in West Virginia a those serving their country in Vietnam a and then told his congregation of 50 a a let us Pray for our land for our president and for the peace of the whole the president went to St. Francis Xavier roman Catholic Church at nearby Stonewall thursday night where the Rev. W. W. Schneider said a i am very glad you came to help us Pray for a Barker crony reformed due out Tacoma Wash. Apr Back in the 1930s, Alvin Karpis was Public enemy no. I. Now he a a 62-year-old convict waiting to be released on parole after serving 33 years of a life sentence in Federal prisons. Hell be released Jan. 14, then deported to his native can. Ada to work As a clerk typist. During his time in prison he a advised Youthful offenders a i was Public enemy no. In look what it did for prison authorities regarded him As a Model prisoner. One official said a the straightened out a lot of punks both Here and at Karpis spent 25 years on the san Francisco Bay Island Peni. Tertiary before being transferred Here when Alcatraz was closed. The Karpis Barker gang that included a Barker Cut a path of crime across the heart of the nation. It was linked with to killings and two kidnappings be. Weather mostly Cloudy Windy and turning colder this afternoon with scattered Snow flurries. Partly Cloudy Windy and cold tonight with occasional Snow flurries. Low in 20s. Saturday fair to partly Cloudy Breezy. Saigon seeks cease fire Hanoi Elf say armistice must come later vice president by Heads Saigon envoys Paris apr a top South vietnamese spokes in in said to Day an Early cease fire is i in Jor priority in his government peace plan being prepared tor presentation at the ext Andt i talks Here. Nguyen Van an the depth chief of Saigon a observer Sion in Paris said South Vit Nam also will demand a a san and effective International an tees in any final s Tilem the. The North i Etna rues and the Viet congas National libera Tion front have said a cease fir is unlikely to be discussed until later in the negotiating process. They have said such discussion must be preceded by Ute withdrawal of american and other foreign troops from South Vit Nam. an spoke in an interview As ambassador w. Averell har a it in chief of the . Delegate prepared to head Home Lay for a Brief Washington visit v Etna in consultations were i sted As the main reason for return but Harriman was f cited to Confer with Penta i officials on the fourth com conference in which Saigon v i participate. The expanded Parley now is ted to get going in tile Sec. Week in december. The agon delegation whose a it no e held up the meeting for a a Aith is due in Paris next a Eek. I Itoi s insistence that it will Ltd by talk to the United states a j tile refusal of South Vietnam and the nip to recognize each other will make four Way conversation difficult when the expanded talks begin. an indicated the Saigon delegation will present its peace plan to the conference after the Parley gets past initial procedural debate and concentrates on issues of substance. . Diplomats have tended to doubt the realism of pressing for a cease fire As the first negotiating item to end the Ger Rilia Type War. Instead they have been considering ways to bargain for de escalation As a first step toward eventually ending All hostilities. On Post War peace guarantees the United states has favored a system going further than that provided by the 1954 Geneva agreements. These created a three nation International control commission to supervise the inn China agreements but the allies contend it has been largely ineffective. an said South Viet spark makes mine inferno tween 1931 and 1936. Karpis was dubbed Public enemy no. I after wealthy Minne Sota Beer executive William Hamm or. Was kidnapped and re leased unharmed following a Ransom payment of $100,000. Karpisz 1936 arrest in new Orleans was made by Fri director j. Edgar Hoover accompanied by other Fri men. Looking toward the future Karpis said when he a released he wants to disappear from the Public limelight to Lead a quiet life. A i know ill make Good a he said. Kennedy Holiday reunion is Small by Ann is port mass. Apr for the Kennedy family thanksgiving was one of the smallest family reunions in years. The clan gathered thursday at the Home of former . Am. Bassadore to great Britain Joseph p. Kennedy 80, who suffered a crippling stroke in 1961. Sen. Edward m. Kennedy d. Mass., and his wife Joan went sailing under Gray skies in tem. Pera Tures in the Low 40s. Some younger relatives went ice skating. By Carl Kovac Mannington. . Va.,�? Nea a a continuous mining machine bites away at the face of a Coal seam deep below ground. Suddenly its steel Teeth crunch Down on a a a Sulphur balls imbedded in the vein. Sparks Fly exploding an undetected concentration of methane Gas which in turn ignites Coal dust permeating the air. The mine is instantly an inferno like Tomb. Maybe this is what caused the blast the first of Many a that trapped 78 miners in Mountaineer Coal no. 9 Shaft near this Appalachia soft Coal Community no one knows for sure. Yet. Maybe they never will. All that is known is that methane a natural Gas and oxygen combined in the right proportion and the mixture was somehow touched off. The mystery is How. A a anything can do it a says Paul Tate 48, a 28-year Veteran in the mines around these parts. A it could have been a spark from a pick a Short circuit on the continuous Miner or a Sulphur Ball. It Only takes a Little a Sulphur Ball Tate explains is a compact mass of Sulphur a was hard As Flint buried in a Coal seam. When the continuous Miner a reptilian machine that Chews out Coal with its head and passes it Back along a conveyor Belt body to a collection Point bites Down on one. A a it a like steel striking a Sparks Fly and the machine bits Are chewed up. If there a Gas around that Sall she wrote a says Tate. Quot you have to have the right mixture of methane and oxygen for an Paul Hines 34, Points out. Quot if there s an excess of methane in the air and it ignites it will pop out Burn up rapidly like a Flash bulb. Usually they re just Small pops but they can Knock a Man Down and Burn him. Its like a Carburettor in a car. Gasoline by itself will Burn but when its mixed with air the fumes of ail the occupational dangers facing miners floods eave ins maiming by machinery explosions Are most feared. A flood or a Cave in May trap a shift of miners maybe drowning or crushing one or two but there is a Good Chance that the survivors will escape or be rescued. An explosion on the other hand races through a Tunnel like a charge of powder through a gun barrel those not hit by the blast or seared by the Flash face rapid suffocation As the intense heat from the burning Coal dust and Coal seams sucks up precious oxygen. Shoring is blasted away and corridors Cave in sometimes the blast opens a nearby flooded Tunnel adding to the peril mining is safer today than in the past mine officials and miners agree but they Are Quick to concede that it is still a dangerous occupy one of the Lucky ones a survivor of the Mannington mine disaster is carried to a Stretcher. Tion. Everything is being done to safeguard the miners says Industry brass but miners tend to be sceptical. Quot in this mine Here for example a drawls Rayburn la Fraley a spokesman for consolidation Coal co., which owns Mountaineer Quot we use at least three safety devices at All he refers to a methane Monitor on the continuous Miner which lights up when the methane Content in the air reaches 2 per cent warning the machines operator to shut Down immediately the hand held Methan Ometer carried by one supervisor on each shift and the safety flame lamps carried by ail supervisory personnel. A but there is always the Chance that someone will slip up on checking for Gas or that the continuous Miner will bite into a Gas pocket and explode it before anyone can react a Fraley admits staring off at the smoke billowing from no. 9�?Ts ventilation Shaft disasters such As Mannington make you wonder Why anyone would want to be a Miner. Even the most hardened newsmen veterans of Many a death watch can to help but be struck by the haunted look in new blast rips mine Mannington . Apr another a major explosion ripped through no. 9 today spewing smoke and flame from the mines Llewellyn Portal near the area where men it pc been trapped nine Days. The Early morning blast the 16th since the initial explosion nov. 20, sent flames and a column of White smoke spiralling above the Entrance. Officials directing efforts to Rescue the entombed miners promised a a very very com. Prehensile evaluation of the situation within the sprawling mine today. Drillings made by Boring through to the deep caverns be. Low produced air samples show ing High concentrations of deadly Carbon monoxide and danger Ous methane Gas. Peter p. Ferretti a vice pres ident of consolidation Coal co., said the latest testings thursday night were taken from an area where the men had been trained to go in Case of disaster. He described the testing area As a a very critical the Carbon monoxide level was 50 times human capability while the methane concentration was 26.4 per cent. Namese leaders constantly have drawn attention to what they consider a bad Faith by the communists concerning the 1954 accords and also the 1962 agreement for neutralizing neighbor ing Laos. A president Nguyen Van Thieu and other leaders of our government therefore have made it Clear Many times we require Strong and effective assurances by the signatory states of a Vietnam peace settlement that the settlement will be he said. diplomats prefer to consider the conference makeup two a sided a your Side your Side a with american and Sal gon negotiators on one Side and Hanoi and the no of on the other. Saigon also considers the talks two sided. South vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu said wednesday his Dele gation will address All its remarks to Hanoi apparently ignoring the nip. It considers the latter an outlaw tool of Hanoi. North Vietnam and the nip claim the talks will be four std eds with Hanoi and the Viet Cong each having separate negotiating status. But at the same time both an noun a thursday they would not recognize the Saigon delegation and would address All their remarks to the United states Only thus envisioning a three sided affair. The communists claim the Saigon regime is a ou.s. Puppet and does not represent the people of South Vietnam. The . Delegation headed by ambassador Averell Harriman has not said it will not talk to anybody so it might become a a a relay for comments traded by the other groups. 4 copter Riding cavalry chases reds after fight the eyes of missing miners relatives by the Way they cling to unravelling threads of Hope. A a the Way i look at it accidents can happen any place outside the mines or in a says mrs. Catherine Jenkins. 33, whose husband was still somewhere in the burning exploding mine. Quot my husband feels the same As i do. He might quit after this but i doubt it. Quot id be in the mines today ii i was Able a says Wilbert Gumble 60, mrs. Jenkins father. Quot i started in the mines when i was 14 my father was a Miner before me and my four boys have been a yes but two of them had to quit because of doctors orders a interrupts his daughter. Well. I d still go Back in if i could a Umble says. Paul Tate would get out if he could. A Why do i work in the mines listen around Here you either work in the mines or you leave the state. Ifs the Only place you can make any Money. There Are plants Here but All the jobs Are held by women if i could get a Good paying Plant Job i d sure As hell get out of the mines and Damn Quick Saigon apr helicopter born . Air cavalrymen leapfrogged along the cambodian Border today in Pursuit of enemy troops fleeing to their sanctuaries after fierce thanks giving Day fighting. . Headquarters said 23 enemy soldiers were killed in one Battle during which helicopters and air Force bombers sprayed the area with machine gun fire rockets bombs and cannons. No . Casualties were reported. The new action raised to 288 the number of enemy troops killed in the last two Days and to 426 the number of enemy slain since the first of the week in major fighting along the cambodian Border North of Saigon. . Losses for the same period were 26 killed and 54 wounded. South Vietnam lost to dead and 20 wounded. It was the heaviest fighting in the area since mid september when a drive by the communist command against the Border provinces was beaten Back. Tile . Command said constant pressure is being maintained on the 15,000 to 20,000 enemy troops believed deployed along the 100-mile stretch of cambodian Border. A sparring that is expel led to slow Progress in the parts peace talks for Tho or t a week continued the or a a Ion North Vietnam and tile Vit conus National liberation front announced they would ignore the South vietnamese delegation. This further complicated the picture. South Vietnam considers the talks two sided and said wednesday it would address its remarks to North Vietnam and ignore the Elf. In Laos a country through which North Vietnam funnels the bulk of its supplies and troops along tile to Chi Munh Trail to South Vietnam the Cabinet was called into emergency session today. The group met to discuss reports of impending attack by 30,000 North vietnamese troops. Scranton to Check explosive Mideast new York apr Prest Dent elect Richard m. Nixon will Send former gov. William s. Scranton of Pennsylvania to Israel and neighbouring Arab Ria tons next week to bring himself up to the minute on the potentially explosive Mideast Situa Tion. It was Learned late thursday that Nixon will Send Scranton on the trip to gather information Nixon will need As chief exec. Tive. Among the Arab countries that Are expected to be on the itinerary Are the United Arab Republic Jordan Lebanon saudi Arabia and Iran. The fact that this was Nixon a second overseas assignment for Scranton since the beginning of the presidential Campaign added new impetus to speculation that Scranton might be tapped for either Secretary of state or v strikes Are Over. Or Are they new York apr network television musicians Are playing again. Work is at state mental hospitals Hae returned to the wards and Long Island rail Road engineers Are Back on the track. A Lalor peace not yet now Utility workers Are set to walk out. New yorkers who have already weathered police and firemen slowdowns and teachers and sanitation men a strikes in 1968, braced today for a sunday walkout by 20,000 workers at the consolidated Edison co. Charles f. Luce coned Board chairman told 9,000,000 customers thursday to expect a less than Normal services if the walkout occurs and a. Pealed to the Public to limit electrical usage during Peak de Mand flours from 4 . To 9 . Luce said 4,000 supervisors would attempt to provide a yes sen Tiala Gas and electrical serv ice for an indefinite period. A we Are confident we can operate the system a he said but added a it will be a the workers members of local 12 of the Al Cio Utility workers of America surprised their leaders and coned officials by rejecting a proposed two year contract wednesday. Meanwhile the commuting Challenge for 90,000 daily riders on the Long Island rail Road appeared ended. Line officials said they expected a full serv ice but warned of possible de lays due to new timetables. Wildcat strikes by trainmen and engineers snarled service for three Days beginning monday this week. Then Holiday snafus caused the cancellation of 20 of 270 runs and delays on 70 More thursday. A spokesman attributed the new trouble to problems in get. Ting the men and machinery matched up. A we just did no to get All the Guys in the same place with All the equipment a he said. The line now gets its first test of the new timetables its first major schedule change in 20 years. The chances which Union members said would Cost them overtime pay were blamed for the walkouts. Nonprofessional workers who struck four state mental hospitals disrupting the lives of thousands of patients for More than a week began returning to the wards thursday. State officials said they would begin Early next week to effect the return of 4,942 patients who had to be transferred to other institutions. One patient under state care for 56 years at Manhattan state Hospital declared it was a the Best thanksgiving dinner i Ever had after the workers got Back in time to prepare the tradition-a1 meal. . Ambassador to the United nations in the new adm Elstra. Tion. Scranton after returning from a european fact finding Mission for Nixon said he had no further aspirations for official positions. But he steered Clear of declaring he would not accept a High Post were one of. Feed. In 1964, Scranton made an unsuccessful Effort to wrest the gop presidential nomination from sen Barry Coldwater of Arizona. Aides said Nixon is meeting today with staff advisers not callers from outside the inner Circle. Next week the flow of appointments with outsiders will resume before the president elect takes off thursday for a few Days in California. Today s chuckle now there a a helicopter that fits into a garage which is another advantage they have Over automobiles. Shopping Days til Christmas

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