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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - October 10, 1968, Norwich, New York The Ning in vol. 78. No. 136 thursday october to 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10c per cop Wallace running mate Viet bound voting deadlock plan to freeze out Wallace dead Washington apr a plan to freeze out George c. Wallace if the presidential election goes to the House of representatives is dead one of its prime backers says. Rep. Morris k. Udall d-ariz., says top advisors to Hubert h. Humphrey and Richard m. Nixon shied away from seeking pledges by House candidates to support the presidential candidate with the highest popular vote no matter what party. A the big Nixon Lead in the polls makes this sort of academic now anyway Quot Udall said in an interview. He and then rep. Charles Goodell r-n.y., proposed the pledge plan two months ago. The timing coincided with the emergence of Wallace a third party movement As a major Force which might prevent any candidate from getting the required majority of electoral College votes. In such a situation the House chooses the president with each state delegation casting one vote. There Are no guidelines As to How House members should vote in their state caucus Udall said and nothing to prevent them from voting for a Candi Date even though he might have gotten fewer popular votes than any other nominee. Udall said too of the estimated 800 candidates for House seats have promised to support the presidential candidate pulling the most popular votes. A ifs been the old problem of trying to repair the roof when the suns shining a a Udall commented about the failure to convince More people to make the pledge. He said House leaders of both parties opposed the plan. But even More telling Udall said was the Hemming and hawing costly police modernization set by Stokes Cleveland Ohio apr mayor Carl b. Stokes troubled by racial unrest in Cleveland announced wednesday a $17 million program to improve Law enforcement. The negro mayor also relieved police chief Michael j. Blackwell 68, and gave the $22,125.a.year Post to Deputy in. Specter Patrick l. Gerity 49. Blackwell who was appointed police chief when Stokes took of. Lice last november turned Down an offer to become a consultant to the police department and said he would rather go Back to being an inspector. Stokes told a news conference he would ask City Council for funds to overhaul the police communications system and to establish a modern command Center to coordinate police re. Spouse to crime Calls. He said he would fully detail the program later but the immediate was to Correct the Quot internal breakdown of to. Lice morale and Stokes withdrew White police and National guardsmen from the Glenville area the night after the shootings. Black comm. Nity leaders and negro police men patrolled the streets. Bulletin Washington apr president Johnson said today he win not now present another Nomi nation in place of that of Justice Abe Furtas for chief jus Tice. Johnson said he might do so in Ordinary times. But he added a these Are not Ordinary times. We Are threatened by emotionalism partisanship and prejudice that com Pel us to use great care if we Are to avoid injury to our constitutional weather Cloudy with scattered showers this afternoon and tonight. Lows tonight 45 to 50. Friday diminishing cloudiness with Little change in temperature. Highs in 60s. By advisors to Humphrey and Nixon. A the Nixon people say for in. Stance there Are 18 delegations where a switch of seats could change the states vote in any House vote for a president. With a Nixon landslide they expect to win those seats so they say Why bother about a pledge plan a Udall said. Humphreys advisors also know democrats May still control the House so they shy away from any commitment which might tie their hands in putting their candidate in the White House he said. Attempted coup denied by Saigon Saigon apr president Nguyen Van Thieu denied to night that an attempt had been made tuesday to overthrow his one year old elected govern. Ment. Quot i can say that this is not True a Thieu said in a special television and radio broadcast. Quot the fact that people saw that some military installations were on Alert and that military men were assigned to quarters caused rumours that there was a Thieu ascribed the rumours to Quot the communists and their other High level government spokesmen and sources had told newsmen that the Alert was be cause of an attempted coup that failed. Thieu pointed out in a 15-min-Ute address that no additional troops had been placed around the Palace and other critical Points in the City As is usual in a coup attempt. He said both he and vice president Nguyen Cao by were continuing their Normal routine. Thieu denied that any civil ians military officers or politicians had been arrested. He said the persons who spread the attempted coup report Quot sooner or later will be caught and he appealed to the Viet namese people and press not to slander the government nor to distort its activities. A government spokesman read a presidential communique to newsmen at a regular afternoon press briefing. It said Quot during the past two Days there have been Many false rumours spread by the communists or uninformed people saying that Arvn army of the Republic of Vietnam troops Are on Alert to defend against a rebellion and second that a number of people have been arrested. Quot All military measures being applied Are Normal to defend military installations. The Mili tary is continuing activities against the the communique said there had been no arrests. The spokesman who read the com. Munique at the briefing declined to comment further. A highly reliable government informant who reported a thwarted coup attempt said again Quot there have been the source who is in a Posi Tion to know said More arrests both civilian and military could be expected in the next two Days. Quot the police Are still investigating and interrogating a he said. A . Embassy spokesman said Quot we still have nothing on Why they called the Alert other than that it was a Normal pre cautionary vietnamese government spokesmen attributed the Alert to a move to counter possible action by Quot authoritative circles revealed that As the Security agencies had discovered several signs concerning the Security situation special defense Meas ures were applied to Check in time any events which May be harmful to the living of the Saigon peace still possible aides say Paris apr some . Officials say privately an Early breakthrough toward a Vietnam peace still is possible despite the deadlocked talks Here on ending the War. Their optimism has them to the Point of discussing the idea of a package Deal in which conflicting american and North vietnamese terms for a bomb halt would be reconciled. Arguments advanced by informants who say a breakthrough still is on the cards emerged after the 25th session of the conference wednesday. Taken together these argue. Ments suggest the North Viet namese for the first time Are revealing a readiness to yield some ground. The first argument a Hanoi regards with some dismay the Prospect of Richard m. Nixon being elected president nov. 5. This according to sources appears to be the Only conclusion to be drawn from North vietnamese ambassador Xuan Thuya a statement that a president Johnson. Still has enough time and Power to open the Way to peace by ordering a halt now to the bombing of North Vietnam. The second argument a Hanoi is being Hurt militarily under the combined pressure and the increasing firepower of Allied forces in South Vietnam. Ever younger troops sources said Are being pushed out of North Vietnam a eroded train ing bases into Southern Battle Fields. The rate of infiltration from the North is said to be falling. The third argument a the men from Hanoi a1-ways display impeccable Man Ner and All the courtesies during their meetings with the amen. Cans. But wednesday something approaching friendliness if not actual warmth toward the americans was reported. This could mean a Little or a lot. A Pueblo Crew release set ? u. S. And North Korea negotiators Metat Panmunjom today for a second straight Day and a substantial breakthrough was in the making on the release of the Crew of . Pueblo but . Officials refused to comment on the report. At the same time a South korean newspaper quoted sources As saying the 82 crewmen held in red Korea since the ships capture Jan. 23 May be released shortly. The paper reported that for the first time Lennart Finmark a swede and member of the Neutral nations commission of the armistice attended the sessions. An official photograph of the captured ship is at top. Below Crew members Are seen viewing photos of themselves sent Home to relatives. Work speeds toward Friday Blastoff Cape Kennedy Fla. Apr with Green lights flashing for All aspects of the flight the final countdown begins today for fridays scheduled launching of the three Apollo 7 astronauts on an 11-Day space journey. The 300. Man launch Crew planned to Start the critical final hours of the count by feeding electrical Power to the 224-foot-tall Saturn in rocket. As the launch team prepared the rocket and the Apollo 7 spaceship Navy capt. Walter m. Schirra jr., air Force maj. Bonn f. Eisele and civilian astronaut Walter Cunningham expected to relax after a morning meeting in their quarters with key project officials. The space Trio is to ride the pulsating Power of the Saturn in into orbit at la . Friday on a critical Mission that could put the United states Back on course toward its goal of a manned lunar Landing next year. If Apollo 7 demonstrates that the spaceship can function Long enough for a half million mile round trip to the Moon the Apollo 8 Crew May attempt to orbit the Moon in december. The 363.foot-tall Saturn 5 rocket for that Mission rolled to its launch pad wednesday for about 40 Days of prelaunch checks. The Apollo 8 commander will be air r rce col. Thank Borman. Schirra Cunningham arid i sole practice wednesday in a spacecraft simulator. Schirra sneaked away for an afternoon of Dove Hunting with friends while Eisele and Cunningham rested in their quarters report edly reviewing the flight plan and keeping track of the world series game on television. Cuningham visited wednesday night with his wife to Ella huh again asks genes help new York a Hubert h. Humphrey has made a new Appeal for sen. Eugene j. My earthy a support warning that otherwise the senator s a Limpos sible dream might a turn into a quite possible Nightmare of George Corley Wallace or Rich Ard Milhouse speaking to a dinner of new York s Liberal party which is backing him for president Humphrey said wednesday night that the president to be chosen in less than four weeks Quot probably will not be Wallace but Quot could be Nixon. Then using the words that became a keynote of Mccarthy a unsuccessful quest for the democratic presidential nomination Humphrey said Quot i myself have pursued the impossible dreams. I pursued them before and in a possibly pursuing one again. Quot but a he continued in Evi Dent reference to his fellow minnesotans continued refusal to support him Quot i Hope that last years dreamers will take up today a realities lest their impossible dreams turn into a quite possible Nightmare of George Corley Wallace or Richard Milhouse just before the vice president arrived at the americana the Midtown hotel where he spoke. 21 anti Humphrey demonstrators were arrested and five injured along with five policemen when officers attempted to disperse a crowd of about 800 protesters. One mounted patrolman was hospitalized in serious condition with a Back injury after he re pointedly was pulled from his horse to the pavement. Some demonstrators contended he fell off his horse. Earlier talking to reporters after a flight Here from Boston Humphrey said he still Hopes Mccarthy will support him but Quot in a not prone to meeting j us Fri j Lemay to Lake look at the War Aud two children who flew Here from their Home in Houston tex., to watch the launching. The wives of the other two crewmen plan to View the Blastoff on television at their Houston Homes. When the launch Crew starts the final count the clock will read 14 hours 15 minutes and counting. When it reaches 6 hours there will be an automatic hold of six hours for any necessary catchup work and to a1-Low the main Force of the launch team to get some sleep. Paul Donnelly launch operations manager for the Kennedy space Center reported wednesday Itiat preparations for Apollo 7 Quot Are Alx iut the cleanest in be seen a better than on any of the previous 16 . Man in space flights and the 16 in maned flights that have been conducted with the Saturn in and Saturn 5 rockets. Major milestones after the terminal countdown begins include serving the Power produce ing fuel cells with liquid Hydro Gen and liquid oxygen checking the emergency detection system that would signal if anything were wrong pumping 86.900 Gallons of liquid oxygen and 64. Too Gallons of liquid Hydrogen into the rocket and thoroughly checking spacecraft systems. Evansville ind. Apr retired air three Gen. Curtis e. Lemay is going to Vietnam to take a first Hind look at the War for presidential candidate George c. Wallace the associated press has Learned. Tentative plans Call for Wallace a running Matt to make a four Day trip to Vietnam about oct. 15, reporting Hack in time for an oct. 20 nationwide television address by the former Alabama governor. Sources close to Wallace said he planned to announce the trip it a speech today at Vanden Burgh county courthouse Here. Lemay meanwhile was campaigning in Florida. The trip by Lemay former air Force chief of staff and head of the strategic air command recalls the trip to Korea by former president Dwight d. Eisenhower in 1952. The difference is however that Eisenhower a five Star general who is Allied forces to Victory in Europe in world War ii pm dig a to go if elected and then made the trip before taking office Wallace Lias pledged to end the Vietnam War with conventional weapons if the Paris peace talks fall and Lemay has said he agrees. Lemay who will be accompanied by three Alabama aides of Wallace has been a hardliner on Vietnam All along. When he was picked a week ago to take second place on the Wallace ticket he revived the dormant Issue of nuclear weapons by saying a there Are Many occasions when it would be most efficient to use them. He added at the time that he did no to think it was necessary to use them in Vietnam. In an a interview just before leaving for his Florida Campaign swing Lemay said no situation exists in Vietnam or any place else now where nuclear weapons would be appropriate. But he added that a there is some place where you re going to use nuclear weapons. Where it is i done to in tin same interview he asked what he thought the risks of a full blown military Effort in Vietnam. He answered Quot i think there a a risk. There a a risk in everything. We live in a risky world. There is some risk to living. Presumably we looked at the risks when we went in there. So there is some risk that rid China might come in maybe the rus sians even might come in. Well wed just take a look at it. How much risk is there China they be got plenty of problems of their own Over there right now. They Haven t got any weapons capabilities to do us any damage anyway at least not now. Later on maybe yes. But not now they Haven to. So unless we put a big army on the Mainland so they could get at it they can to Hurt us. I think we re foolish to put a big army there. Every Soldier has recommended against that As Long As i can meanwhile Wallace unleashed his oratorical vengeance wednesday on the National polls. A i have no inside knowledge of what the next National poll is going to show a Wallace said in an interview. To Battle democrats to abandon Washington apr the Senate democratic leade Shl dec Disi today to Bow to a re publican sit out and abandon the fight to permit free television and radio time for joint appearances of major presidential candidates. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield d-mont., told a reporter he had no Choice under the circumstances except to give up to Gap opposition. He said he will move to Lay the equal time Bill aside and take up a session end catch All $674.7 million appropriations measure. The Republican presidential candidate Richard a Nixon has indicated willingness to engage in a joint debate with his democratic opponent Hubert h. Humphrey but not if third party candidate George c. Wallace also participates. The Bill passed by the House wednesday after an historic Lockiel in debate provides for joint appearances by All three candidates on free time provided by the television and radio networks. When Mansfield called the House passed Bill up at the Start of today a Senate session. Republican Leader Everett m. Durksen of Illinois made a Point of no quorum. Then in a new Battle tactic Durksen had a Page boy histed outside the chamber to Tell Republican senators not to respond to the quorum Call. Unless a quorum or a majority of the too senators answered the Roll Call the Senate would be blocked from doing any business. There Are 63 democratic and 37 Republican senators. House adjournment last gun Bill peril Washington apr after months of congressional fight ing a Bill to ban the mail order Sale of rifles shotguns and am. Munition faces Only one major obstacles a House eager to Adjo urn. The Senate passed by voice vote wednesday a Compromise measure recommended by a joint conference committee and sent it to the House for probable action today. Although the House is expected to approve the gun control Bill rep. Clark Macgregor r-minn., said he would Lead a Nixon Isnit going to debate aides say by William r. Mears Moline 111. A there Arentt going to be any presided tial Campaign debates this year involving Richard m. Nixon re. Publican sources made Clear to. Day. Aides to the gop presidential nominee said Nixon is not going to relax his opposition to any confrontation including third party candidate George c. Wal lace. Nor they said will Nixon agree to any arrangement raising the Prospect that Wallace might win separate but equal television treatment. They acknowledge that these Nixon reservations eliminate any Prospect that the Republican nominee will meet vice president Hubert h. Humphrey his democratic rival in debate before the election on nov. 5. The Nixon Camp insists that there must be assurances Wal lace would have no claim of free television time As a result of any Nixon Humphrey debate. The Nixon rationale it would not be in the Public interest to provide Wallace with an Avenue to More National attention than his third party Campaign now commands. Quot our position remains firmly the same on the debates a said Ron Ziegler Nixon a travel and Campaign spokesman. The Republican nominee said nothing after the House stalled by gop parliamentary tactics passed in a 27-hour session a Bill to facilitate televised meetings of Nixon Humphrey and Wal lace. The Senate has passed a measure suspending equal time requirements which could otherwise bring demands upon the networks from minor presided tial candidates. The Senate left up to tile broadcasters to invite whom they want. But As the Nixon Camp sees it even the Senate version of the legislation could open the Way for Wallace to obtain a National television forum. Ziegler said Nixon was in no Way involved in the gop delaying tactics. The republicans who did the stalling said they were trying to use the debate Bill to Force action on congressional reorganization and election Reform measures. But democrats charged the republicans were trying to insulate Nixon from Campaign debate. Robert Ellsworth Nixon so Lotical director countered with a charge that Humphrey lobbied for legislation to Quot give him and George Wallace a million dollars Worth of free to Ellsworth accused the democrats of trying to enhance Wal laces standing in Hopes of deny ing Nixon an electoral College majority. If there is no majority the House would choose the next president with each state casting one vote. The debate Bill was sent Back to the Senate and Ziegler insisted Nixon would riot try to influence the course of republicans there. Quot he s not going to involve himself in this at All a Ziegler said. Nixon men Are not a bit unhappy with the situation which insulates their candidate from televised debate. The polls mid Cate Nixon is ahead and thus they see no advantage for their candidate in a debate. Fight against the conference committee s Compromise be. Cause it deleted an amendment exempting most ammunition from the mail order sales ban. Macgregor successfully Spon. Sorted an amendment exempting Rifle and Shotgun ammunition As Well As 22-Callber a line ire bullets from the mail order prohibition when the Bill was originally passed by the House during the summer. The Bill As first passed on the Senate did not exempt Ammuel ton. The conference committee accepted the Senate provision on that matter. Another Roadblock to easy passage was the possible absence of Many members already Back Home campaigning for re election or planning to leave Early. Another possible cop tactic would be to try to prevent the Bill from being considered immediately by employing the parliamentary procedure. That forced the House to remain in session for 27 hours arid 37 min utes before completing action wednesday on a measure to allow for network debates Between the major presidential candidates. Today a chuckle a perfect autumn Day is one when the Lawn no longer needs mowing and the leaves Haven to yet started to fall

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