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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - October 17, 1968, Norwich, New York The evening Sun vol. 78, no. 141 thursday october 17, 1968 a Norwich new York 13815 10c per copy us awaits reply to bomb halt bid its All palsy Walsy As Nixon lbs huh meet new York a the democratic and Republican contenders Hubert Humphrey and Richard m. Nixon finally got into the same ring but with the retiring Champion Lyndon b. Johnson looking on and stealing the show. While Humphrey kidded Nixon and Nixon praised president Johnson sounding almost As if he rather than Humphrey were Johnson a vice president Johnson spread the humor with a nonpartisan hand. The scene was the annual Alfred e. Smith memorial Din. Ner presided Over by new York archbishop Terence b. Cooke. On hand were an array of political figures past and present in. Eluding new York gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller former new York gov. Thomas e. Dewey sen. Jacob k. Javits James a. Farley Franklin d. Roosevelt a chief political operator and the three principal figures Nixon Humphrey and Johnson. Humphrey recalled that he had been trying unsuccessfully to get Nixon to debate him in a face to face confrontation. With Nixon Only a few seats away Humphrey observed a what the television networks the United states Congress and my Tele Grams accomplish archbishop Cooke has accomplished. I wish i had Arch Bishop Cooke As my Campaign manager and my Advance Man and my finance when Nixon spoke he noted that there Are times when people in politics had to be critical of each other but there Are other occasions above politics. And then the Man who was Dwight d. Eisenhower a vice president said of Democrat Johnson a a he a the hardest working president we be had in this before the program began in the Waldorf a grand ballroom decorated with Silver leaves and hundreds of red roses Johnson and Nixon with Farley sitting Between them engaged in an animated conversation while Humphrey worked on his speech three chairs away. Johnson at times looking almost glum also was praised by Rockefeller who said a we know the tremendous burdens you have been carrying for All of us and the people of this great state Are deeply Johnson spoke last. He noted All the veterans of the political wars around him. He kidded that no chief had Ever been surrounded by so Many indians. A i done to think any Veteran can appreciate my feelings on this night except maybe general Custer a Johnson said bringing laughter. He suggested that Humphrey trailing in the polls was looking to the archbishop to bring off a Miracle. But of Nixon a Hope for a re. Birth of his political career Johnson said a emr. Nixon is hoping of course that the Arch Bishop has come hear to witness a Nixon the president added a appears to be so confident these Days that he a already planning to change the name of Washington d.c., to resurrection the president with Nixon smiling at his left did a parody of Nixon Snow famous 1962 news conference after losing the California governors race. Johnson with laughter building in the audience said a this could be my last press Confer ence. Pretty soon you wont have Lyndon Johnson to kick around any one politician who has loomed Large in this political year was absent but not forgotten. When he began speaking Humphrey reeled Down the list of those present and added a and sen. Mccarthy where Ever you Kosygin mum about troops that la stay Prague a soviet pre Mier Alexei n. Kosygin was give. In a Correct but Cool sendoff to Day before he returned to mos cow after signing a treaty per mitting some soviet troops to remain in Czechoslovakia. Kosygin said wednesday most of the occupation troops including All from Poland East Germany Hungary and Bulgaria would be withdrawn soon. But he gave no indication of How Many soviet troops will stay. Estimates of the occupation Force Range from 250,000 to Soo. Too new milestones set by Apollo space Center Houston apr the Apollo 7 astronauts have demonstrated America can reach toward the Moon without further delay. Barring unforeseen problems in Apollo 7�?Ts final Days the mis. Sion More than half completed a has shown that a no major time consuming changes need be made in future Apollo spaceships. A although Apollo 7 is the first manned flight of an Apollo Craft the Complex Moo ship has been free of major troubles. A redundancy in spacecraft systems is excellent. When something prevents feeding data into the flight computer one Way for example the Apollo 7 Crew has been Able to use another method. A the worldwide ground tracking network can rapidly gather the great volume of data needed on a Man to the Moon Mission. Today a chuckle the passage of time is what permits you to remember the goodness of country butter without remembering ail the churning. Seven year old John Powers son of or. And mrs. Thomas Powers of 33 Plymouth Street Norwich and his Friend Betsy relax in the Shade at rotary Park follow ing an afternoon of play. To follow the whirlwind activities of a boy and his dog see More photos by Casey Jones on Page 3. Details of the agreement signed by Kosygin and Czecho Slovakia a Premier Oldrich cer Nik May be made Public Friday when it comes up for ratification in the National Assembly. Kosygin foreign minister an Drei a. Gromyko and defense minister marshal Andrei a. Grechko were seen off at Prague Airport by Cernik and other government officials but the leave taking was As Cool As was the russians reception on arrival 24 hours earlier. Some of the soviet troops who entered Czechoslovakia aug. 20-21 with Warsaw pact a1-lies to reverse the country a lib. Realization drive already were settling into permanent installations. At Mlada boleslav an automobile manufacturing town North of Prague soviet troops moved into vacated czechoslovak Barracks that will become one of their major installations. The soviet command was quoted by a Prague newspaper Svoboda f Reedom As saying that rank and file soldiers will be allowed in town Only in organized groups and Only officers and cadre will have free move ment. More tests to formally Walt space Center Houston apr blinking like a Star Apollo 7 provided a sparkling predawn show for Early rising californians today minutes before the astronauts took television viewers on a matter of fact tour of their smooth running spaceship numerous residents in the los Angeles area gathered in Small groups and stepped from their cars to View Apollo 7 As it streaked from horizon to horizon in just two minutes at 17,500 Miles an hour. A it was just a big blinking Start that s All it looked like to me a said one observer. A and it was really easy to distinguish because it was the Only thing up there except the Navy capt. Walter m. Schirra jr., air Force maj. Donn f. Eisele and civilian astronaut Wal ter Cunningham were unaware that they were observed As they sped on the downhill leg of their Marathon Mission. With More than half the planned 11-Day flight behind them they reported they were eager to hurry Home. They took time from the de manding chore of checking the Many Complex systems of their space Chariot this morning to beam episode no. 4 of the Wally Walt and Donn television show As Apollo 7 zipped South of the Southern United states it was a routine 12-minute tour of the space Cabin. Mrs. Eisele and two of her children Melinda 14, and Donn h., 12, missed the telecast because they were outside hoping to glimpse the spaceship As it zipped Over Houston. Apollo 7 is expected to be visible in the Houston area at Dawn Friday with the sighting zone moving farther East with each progressive Day. Nominees differ most on spending votes show by Jack Bell Washington a the Senate voting records of Richard m. Nixon and Hubert Humphrey show them closest on foreign and military policy and farthest apart on spending. Nixon the Republican presidential contender and Humphrey the democratic nominee have Laid out their differences in Campaign papers and speeches. But these primarily represent promises. But any comparison of actual performance As nailed Down in their own voting records has to stretch Back to 1952 when both were members of the Senate and were faced with decisions on the same issues. This was the year of president Harry s. Truman a bitter fight with Congress which ended with his Domestic program in shambles. Almost without exception Humphrey supported Truman and Nixon opposed him. When the Senate killed tru Many a veto of the controversial Mccarran Walter immigration Bill Humphrey voted to uphold Stormy Gladys veers toward populous Gulf Miami Fla. A Hurri Cane Gladys killer of at least one person in a Stormy crossing of Cuba began veering toward the Northwest in the Gulf of Mexico today and her threat to the million plus population area of Tampa Bay weakened. A Hurricane Hunter Pilot detected the change in course As he thrust his plane into the Eye of the storm 180 Miles South Southwest of Tampa and 200 Miles West of Miami. If the new course is maintained forecasters said the threat to the Gulf coast cities of Tampa St. Petersburg Braden ton Sarasota and Clearwater would a Lessen cubans National weather service giving no details said one person died As Gladys dealt the Island a one two punch of wind and rain that heavily damaged crops and property and drove 4,000 cubans from flooded and undermined Homes. Late Blooming Gladys meanest of the 1968 tropical storms was being nudged slightly to Westward by developing High pressure zone East of Florida. This kept her a Little farther out in the Gulf than the forecast track her highest winds of 90 Miles an hour were confined to a Small area near the Center but during the night Gladys hurled 65 . Wind gusts Clear across Florida into sleeping Miami Beach. Palm fronts littered the streets and lights went out in scattered regions of Power failure. The Florida keys escaped serious damage. At key West winds blew steadily at 50 Through the night. Squall lines filled with husky thunderstorms fanned out Over 200 Miles from the storm Center. But forecasters said Gladys was about As big and intense As she was going to get Florida a Citrus Belt with 129 million boxes of fruit hanging from the Trees apparently was not in great danger. The president and Nixon to override. Nixon and Humphrey stood to Gether in opposing foreign Aid cuts. But Nixon voted to restrict the Cost of the Point four program and Humphrey against it. They differed Over other policies in this Field. Nixon supported and hum. Prey opposed an amendment barring foreign Aid assistance to countries exporting War mate rials to communist bloc coun tries. Humphrey supported ratification of the greek turkish protocol to the North Atlantic treaty but Nixon did not vote. Nixon voted for ratification of the Jap anese peace treaty and hum. Prey was recorded As favouring it in a both supported a Senate mandate for a 143-Wing air Force and both opposed an Effort to Cut air Force research and de velour a it funds by $68 million in the services funds. But Nixon voted for and Humphrey against pigeonholing a military pay raise Bill. Nixon who said in Chattanooga term., during the current Campaign that he had always voted for to a was recorded As voting in the 1952 session to Cut that Agency a funds by $45.7 million a move that Humphrey opposed. The Senate subsequently added $14.7 million to Tvan a funds As previously approved by the House with Nixon opposing and Humphrey supporting. When the Senate voted 60-0 on april to 1952, against charging its rules committee to bring be fore it a Resolution to expel sen. Joseph r. Mccarthy r-wis., Humphrey joined the majority. In the eight years that he was vice president Nixon cast seven tie breaking votes in the sen ate. Lbs reported ready to move Washington a Prest Dent Johnson apparently has run into difficulties in both a not and Saigon in his efforts to arrange final terms for an end to the . Bombing of North Vietnam. Before ordering a bombing halt . Officials said Johnson is determined to receive North vietnamese assurances his a. Tit to will move Forward the deadlocked Paris peace talks and freeze the level of combat in South Vietnam. There still has been no word Here of those assurances. South vietnamese leaders Are reported meanwhile to have refused to sign a joint declaration proposed by the United states on halting the bombing. President Nguyen Van Thieu is said to have several objections among them that there should be no end to the bombing of the North unless Hanoi gives firm guarantees it will not Esca late the War. . Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker who met with Thieu three times wednesday met again with the South Viet namese president today pre. Sum ably in an Effort to Iron out the difficulties. Johnson administration Lead ers generally sought to keep bombing halt negotiations secret. But information available in official quarters Here is focused on the problems with North Vietnam. Officials said privately they must know in Advance what would happen in the Field of the United states ended the bombing Johnson is believed seeking assurances from Hanoi that the Lull in the fighting the decline in troop infiltrations from the North to the South and the withdrawal of Economy units from around South vietnamese cities would not be reversed following an end of the bombing. South vietnamese leaders appear to object to Johnson accepting whatever North vietnamese a Assurance he might they Are insisting on a a guarantees that North Viet Nam will not escalate tile War. An end to the bombing has been the essential North vietnamese condition for moving the Paris peace talks into a new second phase in which specific issues involved in ending the War would be negotiated. The United states has com. Fitted itself to include the South vietnamese government in the phase arum North Vietnam says the South vietnamese National liberation front must be a Par tic in ant Resolution of this problem by including both would be a measure of North Vietnam a serious Ness in the View of . Officials. Another concern is restoring the zone dividing North and South Vietnam As a demilitarized Buffer. The United states frequently has demanded this in the Paris talks As an important step in de escalating the War various other Steps such As ending infiltration through Laos and Cambodia also have been demanded by the United states. Air strikes restricted North Vietnam a Southern pan handle since March 31, Are continuing meanwhile and More Are planned for today. At tile same time Pentagon figures show that bad weather has reduced sorties Over the North by 30 per cent since Midsummer. The weather could be expected to drop the level even further in the next six months a Factor that Likely would be con. Side red in weighing the risks of a full halt. Heart deaths higher among 4long sleepers it o it i new York a a study of hundreds of thousands of americans shows that the death rate from strokes and coronary heart disease Are higher among people who usually sleep Long hours at night. The new statistical link be tween disease and menus and women a habits showed that the death rate from stroke was a considerably higher among those who usually slept 9 or to hours a night than for those who usually slept 7 hours a night. For coronary heart disease the death rate was a generally higher for those with the same sleeping habits. The report by or. E. Cuyler Hammond epidemiologist and statistician for the american cancer society was Given today at Albany n.y., medical College and made available in new York. The largest figure was in stroke mortality ratios for men 50 to 59 years old. For persons who slept to or More hours a night the death rate was 286 per cent higher than for those who slept 7 hours. The percentage ranged downward to 14 per cent for coronary heart disease deaths in men 60-69. For women 50-59, the coronary heart disease death Rah was 89 per cent higher. Figures were not available for All age groups. Hammond refrained from giving in his paper a possible Rea sons for what he called a a Brand new finding a but speculated in an interview that Long hours of sleep might result from drowsiness caused by the reduced flow of blood to the brain. In this View it would be a symptom. However he said the Long hours of sleep could perhaps cause disease by reducing the amount of time a person is Active so he is depositing fat in his body More of the time Rath r Titan burning it up. For All the data on habits however Hammond said Scien fists have not found a Basic cause of hot Art disease stroke and aortic aneurysm which he said account for 60 per cent of All deaths. A i done to think ifs genetic a he said. A i think ifs something in the american environment the Way we live. If it is it should be possible to find out what it is. A we have at least a fighting Chance of finding for coronary heart disease below the age of 60, he continued in his paper cigarette seems to be the most Factor with obesity smoking s important next. The pattern for stroke is similar although not identical he said adding a Long hours of sleep seem to be More irn por. Taut in relation to stroke than in relation to coronary heart Dis. The cancer society began its epidemiological study in 1959-1960, when More than a million persons were enrolled. Johnson flew to new Yoi wednesday to appear with to democratic and Republica presidential candidates at the annual nonpolitical Alfred e Smith memorial dinner. The White House announce before he left that he Wool make a no in Paris . And North Viet namese peace negotiations met for tile 26th time and the Amor. Lean spokesman said after arc there had been movement but a i cannot characterize it As initially . Spokesmen re. Fused either to confirm or deny wednesday the possibility of a break. But in mid morning the White House issued a statement that . Policy was unchanged and there had been a no breakthrough on the bombing Issue. Weather guts Down on missions Washington a bad weather has Cut bombing sorties Over North Vietnam 30 per cent since Midsummer and even without an ordered halt the level should drop Over tin next six months. This could be a major Factor in the thinking of top . Officials weighing the risks of a to Tai halt at this time. . Fighter bombers since last March 31 have been re. Stricter to strikes within the Long narrow Panhandle of North Vietnam stretching from the 19th parallel to the demilitarized zone separating North and South Vietnam. Pentagon figures show that the number of sorties Rose from 7,200 in april to 9,700 in May 10,300 in june and a Good weather Peak of 14,300 in july. Since then the trend has been downward to 12,900 in August and 10,500 in september. A sortie is one flight by one air plane. The Northeast Monsoon bring ing rain and overcast set in about mid september and will be the dominant weather feature Over North Vietnam including the Panhandle until mid april. . Military officials oppose any unconditional bombing halt. At the very least they want North Vietnam to agree to truly demilitarized the demilitarized zone and to re train from shelling . And South vietnamese positions with artillery Emp laced North of the Doz. Military officers Point out that a total bombing halt is Only one of five Basic conditions which North Vietnam has demanded to bring about meaningful peace negotiations. One Likely gain from a total bombing halt probably would involve reduced losses of . Air. Craft. Kids continue despite Humours Saigon apr american kept up their attacks on North Vietnam a Southern Panhandle today and More raids were scheduled for Friday amid recurring reports that the United states is considering a Complete halt in the bombing of the North. . Air Force and Navy War planes continued attacking trucks Supply boats highways Bridges and other lines of com. Mun cation below the 19th Par. Allele bombing Boundary set by president Johnson last Spring. In raids Over the North wednesday air Force and Navy pilots flew through Northeast Moosoon Rains and overcast skies to smash More than 30 enemy Supply boats and trucks. Weather f air to partly Cloudy and continued mild this afternoon and tonight with patches of fog developing again late tonight and Early f riday. Highs this afternoon in the 70s. Lows tonight 45 to 55. F riday considerable cloudiness and continued mild with Chance of a few scattered showers by night fall

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