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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - October 1, 1968, Norwich, New York Supervisors to vote on $100,000 employee pay hike Story on Page five the evening Sun vol. 78. No. 129 tuesday october i 1968 Norwich hew York 13815 10< per copy panel boosts �?T69 welfare j by $426,000 by Casey Jones members of the budget committee of the Chenango a county Board of supervisors have included increases of nearly a half million dollars most of it from welfare pro Grams in next years budget. And they re just getting started. The supervisors met for the first time monday night to a go Over initial requests from department Heads for items it a other than salaries and came up with an increase of Over a $455,000. Iii although some cuts were made most of the requests showed an increase. Some were deferred pending further a a inquiries into the needs. When requests from welfare commissioner Clarence Munyan were presented the committee members just sighed and proceeded to Jot Down the Large totals. Jujj a How Many zeros in two million a one asked As the figure was announced for medicaid. A i done to think there so a a enough room in the margin to put it a another mumbled a a that a not so supervisors had appropriated a half million dollars a v less than a month ago a just to carry the welfare depart a men through this year and were anticipating a larger it a i total for next year. The total requests for welfare programs total $3,483, a a too an increase of $426,000. A the increases include $26,000 in Home Relief $21,000 a in old age assistance $134,000 in Aid to dependent children a $1,000 in Aid to the Blind $14,500 in Aid to the disabled g $1,500 in juvenile delinquent care $200,000 in medicaid a ii and $28,000 in Foster care. In addition to the increased requests under programs or. Munyan also submitted increases of some $8,700 a in other areas for equipment and supplies. A included in the totals Are some $5,000 for rental of x a accounting machines and $500 for medical expenses for a physical examinations for persons under Aid to disabled a new account. Other increases Are derived from operation and a a maintenance of the county horn0 at Preston. A cars Tinucci or p age 5 protester ousted at Chicago hearing Washington apr police hustled peace protester Jerry Rubin wearing a band Olero ribbed with live bullets out of a congressional office building today after he tried to enter a hearing on Chicago a bloody Antiwar demonstrations during the democratic National convention. Rubin a major participant in the confrontation Between pro correspondents being forced out of Prague Frankfurt Germany apr a number of Western correspondents including Peter Rehak of the associated press Are being forced to leave Czechoslovakia. The czechoslovak government has notified them that their visas will not be extended. Rehak 32, scored a world news beat on the soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia on aug. 20. He was born in brads lava Czechoslovakia and is fluent in the languages of his native country. He re established the a Bureau in Prague last april. After leaving Prague he will be reassigned by the a. The remaining associated press correspondent in Prague is Gene Kramer who wait to Czechoslovakia soon after the invasion. Kramer previously was stationed in Poland and West Germany. In Prague czechoslovak sources said a decision had been reached to Cut Down on the sizable number of foreign correspondents reporting developments on the occupation and to make it More difficult for West pm journalists to enter the country. Newsmen in Prague who inquired were told unofficially that Czechoslovakia is reviving a system abandoned More than two years ago. It involves close screening of applications for journalist visas including scrutiny of what a reporter has written. This system is used in Poland the soviet Union and some other soviet bloc countries. Weather fair and mild tonight Low temperatures m the 50s. Wednesday parti sunny and continued warm High temperatures again in the 70s. Red War toll tops400,000 testers and Chicago police was among witnesses subpoenaed to testify As the House committee on in american activities began an investigation of the disorders. Rubin who had not been called to testify until thursday led a straggly band of demonstrators to the committee door. He marched bearded Barefoot and bar chested carrying a toy m16 Rifle wearing a pistol Belt and presenting a resplendent display of War paint and multicoloured peace symbols daubed on his body. Capitol police guarding the hearing Chambers halted Rubin at the door and ordered him to strip off the Belt of bullets which he was wearing on his Chest along with his love beads. Two policemen grasped him by the biceps where Rubin had red and Orange Antiwar symbols painted marched him Down two stories of Marble stairs and escorted him out of the House office building. There was no attempt by other demonstrators to interfere with the police action. Police said Rubin would be barred until he shed his ammunition. The guards also confiscated a Black Bull whip from another protest Leader Abbie Hoff. Man. Rubin Hoffman and four other leaders of peace protests in eluding David Dellinger told a news conference before the hearings that they Are asking for a Federal court injunction to forbid issuance of any citations for contempt of Congress against them during the hearings. They said there would be a rally on the Capitol mall on thursday the Day the protest leaders have been summoned to testify. Rubin and Hoffman Are leaders of the youth International party known As hippies. De Llin. Ger led the peace March on the Pentagon a year ago. The others joining in the court suit were Rennie Davis Thomas e. Hayden and Robert Greenblat. Rubin who appeared at a Hupac hearing two years ago wearing an american revolutionary War uniform said he was dressed for this weeks investigation in a the guerrilla outfit of the asked where he got the brass jacketed Rifle bullets that stud ded the band Olero Rubin cracked a i got them off an american Saigon apr military spokesmen said today the number of enemy troops killed in eight years of american involvement in the Vietnam War has passed the 400,000 Mark. The spokesmen thus wrote an other chapter in the controversial subject of a the body count a designed to show How Many of the communist led forces have been downed. The feeling among some military men is that announcements of enemy casualties Are exaggerated through estimates when no a material . Says Washington apr the United states has told the soviet Union it should take any Middle East peace solutions to the . General Assembly and not seek bilateral a Side pocket talks. This officials say is the Gist of a . Reply to a four Point plan proposed to this country by Moscow two weeks ago for end ing the state of War Between Israel and the Arab nations. The United states called for revitalization of the Effort to find a solution though swedish Diplomat Gunnar jarring who was appoint Quot by . Secretary general u Thant More than a year ago to mediate the dispute. A High ranking . Official said monday no a Side pocket talks Between the United states and soviet Union should confuse the a up f . Officials believe the jarring Mission which has made Little headway could bring results at the United nations under pressure from the foreign ministers concentrated there. The soviet proposal to the United states was that Israel withdraw to Borders existing before the june 1967 six Day War the Arab nations declare an end to the state of belligerency and that the United nations maintain a Strong presence to guarantee Border peace. The . Reply was drafted during the final Days in office of assistant Secretary of state Lucius Battle the Diplomat in charge of Middle East affairs in the state department. Battle left the department monday to become a vice president of the communications satellite corp. Battle was replaced by Parker t. Hart former ambassador to Turkey. As is customary whenever there is such a change at the top administration experts made a fresh assessment of the Middle East situation and reported the following conclusions a the soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia apparently did not affect Moscow a Middle East policy. The soviet Union though it has an increased political commitment toward the Arab state As a consequence of its increased presence in the area wants neither total War nor total peace in the Middle East. A Nasser himself is a sick Man. He has severe diabetes. And though he is still the Leader in the Arab world there is increasing belief that he and his country would go bankrupt without extensive soviet Aid and major financial support from the Oil Rich Ara nations. A although the . Administration is alarmed by the great number of soviet military advisers in Egypt the estimate is around 3,000�?the assessment still is that it will take years to reorganize Egypt a army. Tual count of of bodies is possible. In Many cases Large numbers of enemy dead ire credited to air strikes helicopter gunships and artillery. But Allied commanders argue that a countering Factor is that Many dead and wounded men who later die Are removed from battlefields before they can be counted. The military spokesmen said the 2,866 Viet Cong and North vietnamese troops killed last week boosted to 401,589 the toll since Jan. I 1961. Loss of government troops in the same get of a is said to lie about 95,000 the United states lost ��?~8,211 men up to sept. 21. In another development authorities resisted a mortar attack on the sprawling . Army Headquarters Complex at Long Binh in Miles Northeast of Saigon. During a 20.minute attack Lori it in night Otho any slammed 40 rounds of 82mm mortar shells into the Camp. A . Spokesman described damage and casualties As Light. He vice president Humphrey shifts bombing stand Here a Richard Nixon live and in color Detroit apr a live and in color a the announcer intones but while the preface is familiar the television show is not a Normal evenings fare it is situation politics starring Richard m. Nixon. The situation the Republican nominee for the White House spends an hour standing before a panel of six or seven voters answering their questions about his views and his plans. So far Nixon has faced state wide television hookups in Illinois Ohio California Pennsyl Vania arid monday night Michigan. One time football coach Bud Wilkinson is the Moderator. A no one has any idea what questions will be asked and or. Nixon could not possibly know a we Kinson said in opening the be. Troit program. A this answers must be immediate and they Are but in most in stances the questions Are predictable. Often they have been asked of Nixon before in another state on another program. Sometimes a segment of the Nixon Campaign speech supplies the answer. It did for example when or. Richard Ferrara of Grosse Pointe asked Nixon what he would do As president to help Middle class americans who the doctor said seem to have been forgotten. In every speech Nixon talks of the forgotten american and he was ready for that one. A a said there were no fatalities. South vietnamese Headquarters Iii Rem rating that the number of enemy troops killed had gone last the 400,000 Mark did not say How Many government soldiers had been killed since Jan. I 1961. But vietnamese military sources said that since 1965 Al hint 45,000 government troops live been Kilb a. In the four years before that Best estimates Xit the South vietnamese losses at 40,000. The governments weekly casualty summary reported that 316 South vietnamese soldiers were Kilbri during the seven Day period ending at Midnight last saturday and another 1,230 wounded. These figures compared to 473 government troops killed and 1,262 wounded the previous week hiding sept. 21. Meanwhile american combat air hisses continued. Headquarters reported the loss of a fighter Botner Over North Vietnam and two helicopters Over South Vietnam All shot Down by enemy ground fire. Elsewhere South vietnamese Headquarters reported enemy troops infiltrated into a civilian resettlement Camp near Quang Ngai City along the coastal Low. Lands a government spokesman said 30 of the houses were completely destroyed. There was no immediate report on casualties. Last month 210 enemy soldiers defected to the govern motifs Side in the area around Hue an army spokesman said. Humphrey oks bomb halt if enemy restores Doz president must represent All the people a he said. A i believe he must make it Clear that you done to have to break the Law in order to get some Nixon who has mustered jokes about his performance in televised debate with the ate John f. Kennedy eight years ago is practice polished and adept in his 1968 format. He stands on a Blue platform Only a step above the panel Ges Turing for emphasis producing a statistic Here a quip there. So for example when a ques. Toner pressed him in Detroit As to Why he and vice president Hubert h. Humphrey can to get their friends in Congress to pass a satisfactory measure for two Man televised debates Nixon ended it with a joking Jab at Humphrey. A i done to think he a got that Many friends a Nixon said. That Drew a round of applause front the Friendly Audi ence in the Detroit studio. Each Nixon answer produces an ovation from the studio crowd and that has drawn criticism from at least one panellist. Jack Mckinney who pressed Nixon with hostile questions in a Philadelphia show finally remarked it was obvious that the audience was on Nixon a Stele not his. Nixon forces reported thai the Illinois show reached about 12 per cent of the households in that key state. Nashville team apr vice president Hubert h. Humphrey says of elected president he would Stop the a it Mbong of North Vietnam As an a acceptable risk for peace of Hanoi shows willingness to restore the demilitarized zone. In his first paid nationwide television broadcast monday night and speaking from Salt Lake City before flying Here the democratic presidential candidate said a was president i would Stop the bombing of the Mortti As an acceptable risk for peace because i believe it could Lead to Success in the negotiations and a Shorter War. This would be the Best Protection for our the vice president placed a qualification on his proposed bombing halt saying that before taking action he would a place key importance on evidence direct or indirect by deed or word of communist willingness to restore the Demil Itari de zone Between North arid South Humphrey added that a Elf the government of North Vietnam were to show bad Faith i would Reserve the right to resume the there was no immediate response to Humphreys speech from sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy a fellow Minnesota Democrat who was the vice presidents principal rival at the democratic convention in Chicago. But sen. Edward m. Kennedy whose late brother Robert was another Humphrey rival for democratic nomination sent a congratulatory Telegram. He wired Humphrey a to All who look for peace in Vietnam you have Given great encouragement and Hope. To All who seek new and More constructive directions in american foreign policy in the nuclear age you have taken a position of distinct leadership. A you Are the Only candidate for president who has offered the american people proposals Johnson moves to halt strike new York apr the longshoremen a Union struck at untie and Gulf ports at 1201 . Today but president John. Son had air Ady moved to Cut Short the walkout under the provisions of the Taft Hartley act. The strike by 75,000 Dock workers was ordered by the Aloid International longshore menus association after its negotiations with the shippers As. Socia Tion broke Down monday afternoon. Hours later president Johnson invoked the Taft Hartley act setting up a three Man Board of inquiry to hold hearings today and take action by wednesday that could Lead to an 80-Day Cooling off period. For ending the War in Vietnam it aides to the vice president made a Point of emphasizing that a we have made no Effort a to inform president Johnson in Advance of the contents of tile vice presidents speech. The vice president said at the outset that a peace would riot tie served by weakness or withdrawal a and added a nor would i escalate the level of violence in either North or South Viet Nam. We must seek to . he based his stance on a bombing halt by citing the democratic platform which says the next president should take Rea. Syllable risks to find Pence in Vietnam and he noted a North Vietnam according to its own statements and those of others has said it will proceed to prompt and Good Faith negotiations of we Stop the present limited bombing of the on other major Points the vice president said a a the ultimate key to an honorable solution must be free elections in South Vietnam a with the vet Cong and other dissident groups allowed to participate if a they were willing to abide by peaceful Nixon refuses comment on plan Detroit apr Richard m. Nixon refused to discuss the stand taken by vice president Hubert h. Humphrey in a television speech monday night. Humphrey said he would Stop the bombing of mirth Vietnam if Hanoi gave some sign of being willing to restore the demilitarized zone. Nixon said of his democratic rival for the White House a i done to want to say anything until i have read the full text of his a reporter asked Nixon whether he hat Altern his own position on the Issue. A no Nixon said. When the bombing Issue was raised last Friday in Louisville ky., Nixon aides reissued an pril i pronouncement by their candidate a in my judgment a bombing halt by itself would riot be a step toward peace. But if the United states has finally received assurances that it would be reciprocated then further Steps toward peace May become Humphrey said that As president he Wuu Stop the bombing a was an acceptable risk for by. He also said i Aal in weighing the risk Ani a a be it a aking a. I an a he would put key importance on in ii ence or St willingness to restore tha demilitarized a Between North and South Vietnam. Which now is a Oatle ground. Humphrey was said to feel his position represented a significant departure from that of president Johnson. Nixon confers today with about 18 leaders of Community projects designed to provide jobs for the unemployed. He said he was seeking data on a program to provide private Enterprise with financial incentives to create jobs. Once the . System is work Fri says new left a major Security problem Washington apr the Fri said today it has More than kept up with the nations rising crime rate but added that the new left movement a has mushroomed into a major Security in its annual report the Federal crime Agency said the fiscal year that ended last june 30 was a period of a Narsh unremitting Challenge for Law but the Fri said it measured gains in several major areas of crime fighting including a 19 per cent increase in its arrest rate Over the previous year. The 1968 figures were 18,881 apprehensions compared with 15,878 the year before. Another gain was claimed in convictions. The figures were 13,059 persons convicted Iii 1968, against 13,032 in fiscal 1967. The report stated that 97 per cent of those arrested were convicted. The report came with a Law and order a major Issue in the presidential Campaign. Republican candidate m. Nixon claims that crime is running wild and enforcement and court procedures Haven to been Able to keep up. In a Section headed a protecting our internal Security a the report mirroring earlier state ments by Fri director j. Edgar Hoover charged that the students for a democratic society is at the Core of student unrest a held together by a bitter hatred of. The institutions of democratic it accused ads of sponsoring workshops to teach sabotage and How to manufacture explosives for possible use against some government facilities. The Agency also said the communist party continues As a danger to the nations internal Security although it has been working to achieve respectability in the nation. The report listed no arrests nor convictions in fiscal 1963 regarding internal subversion crimes. The Agency also noted what it said was a boost by the soviet Union and several of its allies in spying operations in the United states. According to the report the two soviet diplomatic missions in Washington and new York have increased Fri staffs from 346 persons in 1964 to 573 in fiscal 1968. Between 70 and 80 per cent of these people Are involved in intelligence the Fri said. If these figures Are Correct the soviet Union has Between 400 and 480 spies of various descriptions in this country. Here too the report did no to list any arrests or convictions but stated a the Fri remains Alert to this reporting on its activities against organized crime the Fri said its probes netted the convictions of 281 figures associated with the mafia crime Syndicate during the fiscal period. Ing properly to Deal with the unemployment and other problems besetting negroes and the poor he said in a Michigan wide television broadcast monday night. He spoke of men like h. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael. In the same broadcast Nixon indicated a Republican my ministration would enforce More stringently the new Federal Law Banning interstate travel with intent to incite riot. Nixon also set his guideline for appoint merits to the supreme court without mentioning embattled atle Fortas Johnson a nominee to be chief Justice whose appointment is locked in a Senate Battle. A a in a riot so concern�k1 about whether a Man is a Liberal or a conservative a Nixon said. A i Ain More concerned about his attitude toward the Constitution. I think our courts should interpret the Law Fortas bakery see no Chance in filibuster halt Washington apr supporters of Abe Fortas nomination to be chief Justice sound resigned to defeat or their Effort today to kill a filibuster against the appointment. On the eve of today a crucial vote Tuther to limit debate sen. Philip a. Hart d-mtch., floor Lead r of the nomination his forced sentiment when he commended sen. Albert Gore d-tenn., for supporting Fortas. A it May Well be that this present debate is the Only Opportunity we will have for such speeches a Hart said monday in an obvious reference to the dim chances that exist for Stop. Ping the filibuster. Hart another Fortas Backer sen. Joseph Tydings d-md., in the melancholy assessment. Tydings sunday predicted flatly that the filibuster could not be beaten. Senate democratic majority Leader Mike Mansfield said the margin of any defeat would determine whether he d drop the nomination or make another at temp later in the week to limit debate. Mansfield said when minority Leader Everett Dirks in an flounced his opposition last week that Dirksen s switch made it Tough to get the two third vote necessary to limit debate. Today s chuckle too often the self made Man needs additional con St auction

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