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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - October 8, 1968, Norwich, New York The vening in vol. 78, no. 134 tuesday october 8, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10c per cop top brass expect big red offensive United fund sets Campaign for $70,825 a goal of $71,750 has been set for the 1969 United fund Campaign of the Community Chest of Norwich inc., scheduled to get underway oct. 16 and continue through oct. 26. The goal is an increase of $825 Over the 1968 drive when the quota of $70,825 was exceeded by $837. Carl Lent a vice president of the National Bank and Trust com Pany of Norwich is Campaign chairman and will be assisted by la division chairmen. All a Okay for Friday Apollo shot Cape Kennedy Fla. Apr rocket spaceship and All other aspects of the flight were reported in excellent shape today As the Apollo 7 astronauts began final preparations for soaring into orbit Friday on this nations first three Man space Mission. Navy capt. Walter m. Schirra jr., the command Pilot air Force maj. Donn f. Eisele and civilian Walter Cunningham plan mix to spend most of the Day in a spacecraft simulator practising Many of the Maneu vers they Are to conduct during an Earth orbit trip scheduled to last nearly la Days. As preparations proceeded smoothly or. George e. Mueller the National aeronautics and space administration ass o elate administrator for manned space flight said a i feel Apollo 7 is As ready for flight As people can make Schirra says the huge Saturn in rocket is almost As stable As the Brooklyn Bridge. The vehicle a is almost Over designed in the sense of safety and strength a Schirra said. A a its very stable. This has eight engines on the Bottom of of it. One of those engines could fail and we would have no problems achieving orbit. In fact two can fail As time goes on and we Cai. Still get into Earth orbit a the 45-year-old astronaut said. Blastoff of the Saturn in rocket is scheduled for la . Friday. With its first stage generating 1.6-million pounds of thrust a More than the combined Power of too Jet fighter planes the rocket will be the most powerful Ever used for a . Man in space flight. The 224-foot-tall Booster is to hurl Apollo 7 into an initial orbit ranging from 142 to 176 Miles High. By firing their spacecraft engine the astronauts will shift this path several times reaching a maximum Altitude of 262 Miles. He a not going about it blindly Chicago apr Many a Man would envy James Mcdonough. He has been assigned to re Cruit 1.800 girls age 18to22,As Blind dates for air Force cadets and naval Academy midshipmen at a dance saturday after the Navy air Force football game in Soldier Field. But for Mcdonough City commissioner of streets and Sanita too its a big headache. He was Given less than two weeks to sign up the lasses. The last time girls and Academy men were matched after the game was in 1965, when 5,000females applied to be dates for 2,000 males. The Lucky 1,800 girls who must be High school graduates a will be allocated to the men according to lists provided by the academies. And True to military form j be matched with the men by the number. Weather slowly Clearing skies this afternoon. Fair tonight and wednesday. Low temperatures tonight in upper 30s a and 4 s and highs wednesday b in upper 50s and 60s. I largest increase in the 1969 quotas is the Industrial up $700 Quot Over 1968. Robert e. Powers is chairman of the Industrial division which will attempt to raise $37,500. Lena Flanagan Heads up the initial gifts division which has a quota of $25,000 a decrease of $700. The mercantile division headed by Robert straight and Richard Stott has a quota of $4,-100, and increase of $300. The residential quota has been set at $1,700, an increase of $100 with Robert c. Smith in charge. Robert Bonnell and John Windsor head the schools division which has a quota of $1,900 a boost of $200 Joseph of Brien is chairman of the City and fed eral division which has a quota of $325, up $25 sheriff Joseph j. Benenati or. Heads the county and state division with a $450 quota Down $25, and David Pat Chen is chairman of the Rural division with a quota of $775, an increase of $225. Among the 1969 Community Chest allocations the . Has the largest at $15,750, Fol Lowed by the american red Cross at $11,500 and Chenango memorial Hospital with $9,600. Other allocations include american Field service $50, american heart association$2,. 500, american legion health Camp $700, .e. Zion Church $400, boy scouts of alter Ica $8,500, Damon Runyon can cer research $300. Also 4--h achievement night $200, girl scouts of America $7,200, halloween youth Nite $200, salvation army $2,500, travellers Aid $100, United cerebral palsy $250, United service organizations $950, . Summer Camp $3,250. Ther Are also allocations for operating sex. Lenses of the Chest in the amount of $5,000, and a Reserve for unpaid pledges of $2,800. High court oks combat for reserves Washington apr tin supreme courts 1968-69 term opened with an unusual burst of activity and some bad news for 256 soldiers the army can Send them to Vietnam. Forgoing the tradition of a Brief but uneventful starting session the justices monday heard a lawyer for George c. Wallace plead for a place on Ohio s presidential ballot nov. 5. They after a late afternoon conference then dissolved an order by Justice William o. Douglas that had blocked the army from sending the soldiers to Vietnam. The 256 men�?113 at fat. Meade md., and 143 at it. Lee reservists who were mobilized under a 1966 Law. They claimed their enlistment contract required a congression-a1 declaration of War or of National emergency for mobilization. Douglas agreed but was outvoted 8 to i. The soldiers can file formal appeals but by then they will be in the War zone. In spite of courts action attorneys for a California National guard unit filed suit in Tacoma wash., alleging a Call to Active duty during last May a Pueblo crisis was illegal. Noting mondays supreme court ruling the attorneys said they were going ahead because their Case is broader and involves More issues. The Wallace Case tests the rights of Ohio to impose severe qualifications for third party candidates. If the former Alabama governor wins he will be on the ballot in All 50 states and presumably have a better Chance in Ohio than if he had to rely on a write in vote. A a the state stands shamefully alone a said Wallace a attorney David j. Young of Columbus in challenging the qualifications a party primary and convention plus signatures amounting to at least 15 per cent of the vote in the last statewide election. The court is expected to Rule by next monday. Division chairmen of the 1969 Community Chest of Norwich inc., urge everyone to a a give the United Way in the upcoming fund Campaign. Counter clockwise beginning at upper left the chairmen Are Robert Bonnell schools Robert c. Smith residential Richard Stoa men it y Sun staff photo John Windsor schools Carl Lent Campaign chairman David Patchen Rural Robert e. Powers Industrial and Joseph o Brien City and Federal. This years Campaign is scheduled for oct. 16 a 26. Arena just right spot for Wallace wont step up bombing might halt it Nixon Baltimore my. Apr a rally of some 10,000 people in a sports Arena monday night was tailor made for George c. Wallace s intense Campaign style. There were just enough hecklers a few Hundred to provide a noisy counterpoint to Wallace a hour Long discourse on the american scene. Although there was Little of the scuffling that Lias marked Wallace s Campaign in some Northern cities police used dogs and horses to move peace demonstrators away from the Baltimore civic Center after the rally. But the third party presided tial candidate made them Welcome in the Lull earlier. He blew kisses thanked them for a a bringing me a million votes and lifted his admirers to High pitch As he warned the a a anarchists that a a you a better live your Day now because Atter nov. 5 you wont have Many Days the Wallace detractors filled one Corner of the Balcony and shouted a we want Hitler a and a go to hell. Wallace a and they Sang a we shall Wallace clapped in time to the civil rights hymn. He blew some More kisses then cleared his Throat into a Large White Hank kerchief and resumed his talk. When the Wallace supporters began waving their fists and shouting a shut up a at Tim demonstrators. Wallace soothed them. A a they re All right. Let the police handle it. Lets All be in a Good humor now.�?�. Buffalo . Apr Richard m. Nixon says that if elected president he would not step up the bombing of North Vietnam and might even halt it if it would result in less loss of american lives. He also said he would seek broader negotiations on Vietnam and would stand for a a peace that was the Republican presidential candidate who spent monday night in Buffalo before flying to rallies today in Flint mich., and Minneapolis discussed All aspects of Vietnam at greater than usual length monday. His forum was a conference in Washington of publishers and editors sponsored by United press International. Responding to questions Nixon said that he would not raise the current limited level of bombing involving North Viet Nam and expressed that View that a we should Stop the bombing when whoever is president is convinced it will result in less american lives lost rather than More american lives he called that the key Point and indicated he would weigh it care fully if elected. The candidate without elaborating said a i would broaden the diplomatic table to include More in the negotiations than presently Are an adviser said Nixon always has contended that Vietnam talks could Best be conducted in a context going beyond that country itself to Deal with other related problems in the area a and including other nations on both sides. Nixon also declared that he would stand for a generous peace but he did not go into de tails. The former vice president got an hour Long briefing in new York City monday morning from Secretary of state Dean Rusk. He re skirted that Rusk told him there was no signify. Cant change in the Outlook Fertile Paris peace negotiations. Huh Calls for yearly Summit Washington apr vice president Hubert h. Humphrey proposed today scheduled annual working Summit Confer once Between the United states and the soviet Union. Such meetings Humphrey said in a wide ran gig review of .-soviet relations could be come a forums for a new Diplo Macy free of the publicity free of the High expectations that surround irregular Summit the democratic presidential nominee also urged the soviet Union to Call upon the North vietnamese a to Start negotiating seriously at the Paris peace talks. He also repeated a six Point formula for settlement of Middle last problems and pledged peace presi that a i shall be his speech was prepared for a luncheon session of the United press International editors and publishers conference. His two rivals Richard m. Nixon and George c. Wallace addressed the conference monday. Humphrey returned to Washington late monday after what he termed a Good Day of Cam. Paining in Pennsylvania where he Drew enthusiastic responses to a series of Sharp at tacks on Nixon in speeches at Erie Wilkes Barre and Scran ton. Speaking before an overflow crowd of More than 5,000 in the University of Scranton Field House Humphrey renewed the charge that Nixon is afraid to intelligence new attack says is due debate him and said the cop candidate is being very careful this year. Humphrey said in his up speech that he has a no illusions about the difficulty of dealing with the soviet Union because its totalitarian government is a still unresponsive to the needs and wishes of its a we May sometimes fail a he said a but we must not fail to on Vietnam Humphrey noted that the soviets have pledged to a take Steps to build a lasting peace. To influence Hanoi As soon As the United states stopped the bombing of North Vietnam. Washington apr Mill tary officers Are weighing intelligence that indicates the enemy in Vietnam will attempt a something big in the Way of a new offensive before the end of the year. Captured enemy officers have told interrogators in Vietnam they think their leaders in Hanoi would like to make a big splash in . Headlines about the time of the nov. 5 election. It is not Clear to american military men exactly what Hanoi thinks might be accomplished if its troops were Able to make a major psychological in. Pact with new assaults around election Day. The . Judgment at this Point is that enemy troops have Little capability to stage aunt Lier tet Type offensive which surprised the allies last february. For one thing the North vietnamese and Viet Cong main Force units suffered heavily during the tet Holiday attacks and Are still trying to reconstitute fighting outfits by robbing guerrilla forces. Military officials say the enemy also apparently has been pulling experienced officers from his training organization in North Vietnam to fill out combat units in the South in the Long run this erosion of the training base if it is occurring would seriously weaken the enemy War Effort. Last year troops sent Down from North Vietnam got according to prisoner interrogation about three months training. Now captured enemy troops Tell of getting Only one months Community relations top topic Honolulu apr a when they took Clancy or whatever name you give him off the beat we started to lose a Little bit in communication Between the policeman and the neighbourhood a says police chief Henry e. Lux of Memphis term. Lux a View reflects the concern Over deteriorating police Community relations shown by Law enforcement officials today at the 75th annual conference of the International association of chiefs of police. A hopeful note came from Lux who added that a the trend is going Back the other Way now and beat men Are Back on the Job to re establish communication with the most officials agree with . Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark who said in a talk monday that police Community relations Are the a most difficult and important Law enforcement problem of the decade. While agreeing with Clark Many chiefs said in interviews they Felt police have become the victims in deteriorating comm. Nity relations simply because they represent constituted authority or the a social ills and economic ills Are the base of the problem a Lux says. A the Public May not be against the police directly but we just happen to be the representatives of the establish. the sheriff of los Angeles county Peter Pitchess feels permissiveness has aided the problem. New kind of medical fraction or in View Denver Colo. Apr a new kind of medical fraction or will be trained at the University of Colorado medical school in an attempt to meet an impending crisis in health care for children. The work will have a Range broader than a nurses but narrower than a doctors. The workers will meet the medical needs of children who Don t require special attention or care for serious ailments. This new category of medi Cion a it does no to have a formal name yet is the brainchild of or. Henry k. Silver of the pm i Cal school s department of paediatrics. Silver said vast numbers of children already Are a receiving grossly ind quate total health and he said a a it a going to get much he said estimates place the child population of the unit Al states at 76 million by 1980. To provide Odulate health care for these children an additional 100,000 paediatricians need to be trained by then he said. The quota cannot be met even allowing for a drastic in crease in the present rate of fewer than 1.000 paediatricians entering practice each year. Silver s plan will begin to be come a reality when the first group of trainees starts classes next summer. With this specialized training the new practitioner will be ready to see patients after five years of Post High school study compared with la years to put a paediatrician into practice and nine years for a general practitioner. A this is not a substitute for a doctor but entails More actual responsibility than a nurse or some form of medical technician a he explained. The training period can be Shorter he said because the courses will be focused mainly on the needs of children. This abbreviated training should make the program attractive to those such As women who want a medical career along with marriage and family who Don t want to spend the time required to become a doctor Silver said. A this opens the health profession to people who might have had to select another area of study a Silver said. The pay he said is expected to Start at $10,000 to $12,000, with increases up to $15,000. The associates will work under supervision in offices of private physicians or Public health depart mints. Instruction before being put on the Road South. The result is that enemy units have been faring badly Iii combat particularly since their in inoffensive of in id August flopped dismally. Enemy infiltration has dropped off from a High of 20,000 and 30,000 per month during the summer officers say. Military men believe the capital of Saigon the naval base at Danang and Hue in South Viet minis far Northern reaches Al most certainly will be targets til any new offensive. A few enemy regiments Are operating within 25 Miles of Sal gon mostly North but these Are below Normal strength. Americans slay 147 in Battle Saigon apr american ground and air forces battled North vietnamese troops along the northwesterly approaches to Saigon and killed 147 of them Iii a two Day fight that raged on and off until just after noon to Day the . Command announced. . Casualties were 8 men killed and 13 wounded in the Buttle with troops from tin 101st North vietnamese army regiment an old adversary that Long has operated in the area 28 Miles Northwest of Saigon. This is about Midway Between the cambodian Border and Saigon along prime infiltration corridors leading into the capital. While this was the heaviest fighting reported by both the . And South vietnamese commands Allied troops on massive ground sweeps up and Down the country continued to uncover tons of enemy munitions food and medical stockpiles apparently stashed away for future attacks. U. S. Officers claim that the seizure of More than 150 tons of War supplies in recent weeks has Hurt the enemy and May delay if hit abort some of his planned attacks. In Many cases enemy prisoners and defectors have led the Allied troops to the caches. Military spokesmen said at out 12 fresh stockpiles of War materials and food were turned up monday from North of Saigon to the demilitarized zone some of it buried in coffins. Infantrymen from the . 1st division ran across a battalion sized enemy base Camp four Miles from the division Headquarters and 20 Miles North of Saigon. A search of the area turned up Large quantities of supplies including 1,000 antipersonnel mines 1,050 grenades 87 rockets 6 sub machine guns and More than 1,000 pounds of medical equipment. At the same time South vietnamese casualties for last week were reported As 322 kill and 1,065 wounded. Ireland scene of fighting Londonderry Northern Ireland apr St eel Bel meted riot police guarded strategic areas of Londonderry Bujay lifter three homemade gasoline bombs exploded in a fresh outburst of nationalist violence gripping Northern Ireland s second largest City. Prime minister Terence o Neill summoned his Cabinet in Belfast the capital to consider measures tightening Security. The bombs were hurled at two police wagons crashing through a barricade of Oil Drums and Timber that blocked a main approach to the City Walls monday night. The bombs missed. It was the third successive night of clashes Between police and nationalists denouncing a a discrimination against the country s roman Catholic minority. Nearly too persons have been injured. Today a chuckle careful Groom lag May take 20 years off your age but it wont fool a Long flight of stairs

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