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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - October 18, 1968, Norwich, New York The Ven i no s in vol. 78, no. 142friday, october 18, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 Ioc per copy Hanoi May be split on bomb halt Jackie lands in Greece for marriage to Onassis Athens apr Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in Greece to Day to marry one of the worlds richest men Aristotle Onassis ending five years of speculation about the future of the Glamor Ous presidential widow. A special greek Airliner brought the Bride to be and her family to a military Airport at an Ravida in Southern Greece. As mrs. Kennedy stepped from the plane and walked Down the Steps she was greeted by Onas Sis who had flown from Athens to take his Bride on to scorpios the Small scorpion shaped is. Land he owns South of Corfu. They will be married there saturday a for within three Days at the latest a Onassis told newsmen in Athens. Onassis said they would spend their honeymoon on scorpios a unless Jackie wants to make a tour of the Mediterranean with Christina a his palatial yacht named for his 18-year-old daughter by his first marriage. Airport police confiscated All cameras and locked newsmen in the airports waiting room about 300 Yards away just before mrs. Kennedy a Jet landed. Airport employees said mrs. Kennedy was smiling As Onassis kissed her on one Cheek she took a deep breath looked at the Bright warm Sun and took her two children for a Brief walk along the runway to stretch their legs. Then Onassis mrs. Kennedy her party and his sister boarded the dc6 which had brought on. Assis from Athens. It flew them to Preveza on tile West coast of Greece where helicopters waited to ferry the group to scor. Pios. The wedding will unite the 39-year-old widow of assassinated president John f. Kennedy left a wealthy woman by him and a shipping magnate 23 years her senior who is often dubbed the a Golden Onassis 62, was divorced in 1960 after 14 years of marriage to the former Tina Livanos daughter of another Multi Mil. Leonaire greek shipowner. They had two children and she later married England a Marquis of Blandford the Duke of Marlboro. Ought a heir. Mrs. Kennedy a plans to wed were announced thursday in new York by her Mother mrs. Hugh d. Auchincloss whose Brief statement said a my daughter mrs. John f. Kenne. By is planning to marry or. Aristotle a few hours after the an Jacqueline Kennedy nou Cement mrs. Kennedy her two children Caroline to and John jr., 7, and a party of eight bumped 90 passengers from an olympic airways jetliner and took off from new Yorkus Ken Nedy Airport for Greece. Onas Sis owns the airline. The party included mrs. A. Chin loss and her husband two of president Kennedy a Sisters mrs. Stephen Smith and mrs. Peter Lawford mrs. Lawford a daughter a secret service agent and two maids. A spokesman for the airline said the planets 90 passengers were put on a plane that left three hours later. Onassis sister mrs. D. Gar. Offal idol told newsmen in ath ens the wedding would take place on scorpios the shipping magnates private Island in the ionian sea next week. Onassis bought the Small Isle six years ago and has kept it Ultra private. Because the wedding will be in Greece greek Law requires a greek orthodox ceremony. It seemed most unlikely that there would be a companion Ceredo. By in mrs. Kennedy a roman Catholic Faith because Onassis is divorced and the Church pro. Hibits such a marriage unless it finds his first Union invalid. Onassis is a member of the National Church of Greece which approved his divorce by ecclesiastical decree in 1961 and thus made his remarriage in the Church possible. A theologian at the Vatican expressed the opinion that mrs. Kennedy a marriage to Onassis would not be valid in the eyes of her Church and that the marriage would automatically sex. Communicate her. However a. Wedding raises Church questions new York a greek orthodoxy the Church to which shipping tycoon Aristotle Onas. Sis belongs would approve his planned marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy. But it was highly Uncertain that her Church roman catholicism would do so. That was the mixed ecclesiastical picture today in the Wake of the announcement that they intended to wed. He was divorced in 1960, after 14 years of marriage and two children. Roman Catholic rules do not allow divorce. Only if Onassis earlier mar. Ridge were found to be invalid and thereby annulled would the Catholic rules Sanction his marriage to mrs. Kennedy in that Church. Catholic authorities Here saw slim chances for such a determination and in Rome a Vati. Can theologian said a it would not be a valid marriage in the eyes of the but the door was open to their marriage in the greek orthodox Church of North and South America whose marital court in 1961 granted approval of on assist divorce. A was far As we re concerned a second marriage can be contracted in the orthodox Church a said the Rev. Constan. Weather increasing cloudiness and mild tonight with Chance of rain developing Over Western portions Low temperatures in the 50s. Saturday Cloudy and cooler with rain Likely highs in the 50s and 60s. Tine e hades an orthodox Matri. Menial expert Here. Orthodoxy in this country authorizes divorce on various grounds such As adultery pro. Longed desertion or imprison ment or threats against the life of a partner in the marriage. The basis cited in the Onassis Case was not disclosed i Dies to Hurt by fire truck in false alarm Geneva . A a Hook and ladder fire truck an swering a false alarm went out of control jumped a curb and crashed into the front of a super Market in downtown Geneva thursday. One woman was killed and to other persons injured. Police identified the dead woman As mrs. Ruth m her 56, of Geneva. The injured All of Geneva were rushed to Hospital Emer gency rooms. Six including one of the two firemen on the truck were treated and released. Four of the injured were admitted and were reported in fair con. Coition Early today. The truck one that requires a Driver for the rear unit was an swering a Flash alarm police said that a boy had turned in. The boy was not identified. The Driver of the truck a. Patently lost control of the be. Hide narrowly missed two parked automobiles. Plication could be made to the churches marriage courts to de. Clare Onassis first marriage invalid As the Vatican Rota did for mrs. Kennedy a sister Prin Cess Lee Radziwill. In Washington a spokesman for mrs. Kennedy a brother in. Law sen. Edward m. Kennedy said the Massachusetts senator was told of the impending wedding several Days ago. A the extended his very Best wishes to both for their Happi. Ness a said the spokesman. Born in new York educated in the United states and eur. Rope fluent in French Spanish and italian Jacqueline Lee Boniver married sen. John f. Kennedy of Massachusetts on sept. 12, 1953. After he became the nations 35th president on Jan i 1961, his wife was hailed As one of the most Beautiful charming and Best dressed first ladies in the world. The assassins bullets that struck Down mrs. Kennedy a husband on nov. 22, 1963, left her a widow at 34. She with Drew into seclusion for a time. After she emerged again into society she was seen with a great variety of escorts ranging from author Truman capote to economist John Kenneth Gal Braith but persistent rumours of Romance were generated Only by her Friendship with lord Harlech of great Britain a close Friend of her late husband and the British ambassador in Washington when the Kennedy were in the White House. Mrs. Kennedy and her Chil Dren were guests of Onassis aboard his palatial yacht Christina in the Caribbean during the Spring. After sen. Robert f. Kennedy a assassination she and sen. Edward Kennedy cruised with Onassis aboard the Christina in the Mediterranean. The Stocky Dapper a Kari a with a Fortune estimated As High As $500 million was the hero of another headline Romance with1 opera Singer Maria Callas which began aboard the Christi. A in 1959 he took her and her husband cruising in the Mediterranean. Later Onassis wife got an Alabama divorce mrs. Cal. Las left her husband and the Singer and the shipping Man be came constant companions. Now living in Paris mrs. Callas refused to comment on on assist coming marriage. Although still a greek citizen with a Home in Athens and considerable interests in this coun try his worldwide holdings in. Elude mines in Indonesia real estate in new York and his huge Tanker Fleet which he has oper ated out of Monte Carlo and new York since world War ii. With Homes also in new York Paris Antibes and Montevideo and offices in half a dozen countries he travels More than 100,000 Miles a year and Speaks English Spanish French ital Ian and turkish. Government sources in Washington said mrs. Kennedy would lose her $10,000 presidential wid owns annual pension and her personal secret service protect. Tion when she remarries. How. Ever her two children can continue to have the Protection of secret service agents until they reach 16, although this is not mandatory a Post office spokesman said a Legal decision would have to be made to determine whether remarriage would end her Prest dental widows franking Privi. Lege which permits her to Send mail through . Postal serv ices without charge. Senator in town . Senator Charles e. Goodell a new York enjoys pipe during interview on his arrival thursday afternoon for Republican dinner. Sen Goudell 42, shuns party labels noting that his views might lie Liberal on one Issue conservative on another. He proposes reorganization of tile poverty program use of private Enterprise in development programs and elimination of overlapping manpower programs. He said he does no to have any idea what gov. Rockefeller a plans Are but said he Felt head make a a a Fine Secretary of state of defense should or. Nixon be elected. The senator said that he had talked with president Johnson wednesday in new York and they had nothing More to report on the proposed bombing halt that Lias been reported. More photos by Casey Jones Story on Page 3. Apollo team put Craft through Power Man Euver space Center Houston apr with a jolting burst of Energy the Apollo 7 astronauts fired their steering engine today in the most powerful Man Euver Ever made by a manned space ship. A Yabba Dabba Doo a shouted Navy capt. Walter m. Schirra or. As the huge engine flashed to life and spurted a steady Tail of flame for 66 seconds As Apollo 7 raced 120 Miles above the Gulf of Mexico. A that was a real Nice to do the machine performed beautifully a spacecraft commander Schirra reported at the comple. Tion of this vital test of the in. Gine that one Day will guide american astronauts to the Moon. Minutes earlier the wives of Schirra air Force maj. Donn f. Eisele and civilian Walter Cunningham were disappointed at not being Able to see their Hus. Bands zip Over their Houston Homes. All three gathered at a boat Landing at Clear Lake near the manned spacecraft Center hop. Ing to catch a glimpse of Apollo 7 As it dashed across the heavens South of Houston. But their View was obscured by Low level Clouds in the South West. When the Burn started it was under the automatic control of the spacecraft guidance and navigation system. Schirra took Mccarthy a name off ballot win for huh Albany . A vice president Hubert h. Hum. Prey a a troubled new York forces pressed their Campaign with renewed vigor today after scoring a court Victory that bumped . Eugene j. Mccarthy off the new York presidential election ballot. The court of appeals the states highest tribunal de. Dared that Mccarthy should not have to run against his will and struck Down a lower court decision that the Minnesota demo crates name should be on the ballot nov. 5. The result was an instant shot in the Arm for Humphreys new York supporters who have been plagued by variety of problems. Even before the move to put Mccarthy a name on the ballot arose Humphrey loyalists Here had compiled plenty of head aches. Even before the move to put Mccarthy a name on the ballot had not Arisen Humphrey loyalists Here had compiled plenty of headaches. The fear that Mccarthy a name would Drain off clusters of voters and smash hum. Prey a a chances of winning the states 43 electoral votes was Only the latest disunity has staggered the democratic party. Still fragmented into three alienated Camps Are the Johnson a Humphrey faction the pro Mccarthy peace element and the remnants of the late . Sen Robert f. Kennedy a fiercely Loyal group in the Middle striving with Little effect thus far to unify the disgruntled elements is state chairman John j. Burns. Burns calling the court Deci. Sion a Victory for Justice a said it would help Humphrey carry the state. Debate reported in enemy City control manually the last 30 Sec. Ones to demonstrate the ability of the Pilot to take Over in Case the automatic system failed. He reported that momentarily during the firing the astronauts were jolted out of their weight less world and that the Gravity Reading in the Cabin was i go e. Qual to the Force of Gravity at ground level. The engine was the most powerful Ever fired on a manned space ship. It had been ignited four times earlier on the Apollo 7 Mission with a maximum Burn of 15 seconds. Thus the amount of Energy produced was a record. The 66-second firing today burned two tons of fuel reducing the weight of the spaceship from about 29,000 to 25,000 pounds. The burst of Energy from the 2,500-Pound thrust engine temporarily added 1,120 Miles an hour to the Speed of the vehicle. Had the astronauts fired Only their East West line of flight they would have shot several thousand Miles into space. To prevent this Schirra pointed the Craft directly South and fired the engine out of planet at right angles to the Normal flight path. A great amount of Energy is required to shift from one plane to another in space so the resulting change in Orbital path was minimal. The High Point of the Orbital path was raised from 174 to about 277 Miles. The Low Point of 103 Miles was raised less than a mile. The spaceship wound up about 70 Miles South of its original path. Schirra then turned it Back to its line of flight and Apollo 7 assumed its Normal or. Altal Speed of about 17,500 Miles an hour. The increase in Speed imparted by the engine had been absorbed by the out of. Plane Man Euver. Washington a Dis. Agreement Between Quot Hawks and a a doves in Hanoi May be delaying a response to washing ton proposals for ending All bombing of North Vietnam diplomatic authorities Here believe. These authorities suggest a debate has been going on within the North vietnamese Leader ship Over the Issue of giving As. Srances of limiting the War on the communist Side of president Johnson halts attacks on the North. The Paris sources said the . Proposals were made con. Tangent on firm acceptance by Hanoi of the Saigon government As a party to any ultimate peace negotiations. Participation in some form of tin National liberation front political Arm of the Viet Cong guerrillas in South Vietnam was said to have been conceded by the United states. The official North vietnamese newspaper nhan Dan thurs Day denounced Johnson a de in and for what the North Viet. Names Call a a reciprocity for ending the bombing. But . Officials said this a. Geared to be More a continuation of the familiar Hanoi Post. Tion stated Many times in the Paris peace talks than actual rejection of the . Proposals in the present situation. Johnson a requirements have been reported to include Resto ration of the demilitarized zone Between North and South Viet Nam with removal of com my. Hist forces from the zone and an end to terror attacks on South vietnamese cities and towns. . Officials say that a. Range ments for a bombing halt have been thoroughly covered in consultations with governments Allied in the War including the South vietnamese government and that the a a hangup is now entirely in Hanoi. Press reports from Saigon however have stressed object. Tons by president Nguyen Van Thieu to any termination of the bombing of the North without a guarantee of communist de is. Ablation. Opposition also was reported from South Korea whose 48,000 troops in South Vietnam Are the second largest foreign Contin gent fighting for the Saigon gov. Ern ment Vandal Gallus cause damage Buff a , . A gangs of youths roamed this City a East Side thursday night and Early today pelting police cars with rocks and bottles breaking windows and looting a number of businesses in the area. No serious injuries were reported. At one Point about 150 persons pelted police with rocks and bottles from rooftops through open windows and from the ground. At least eight arrests were made throughout the Day on charges of malicious mischief resisting arrest disorderly in. Duct and Possession of stolen property. Earlier thursday hundreds of Public school pupils most of them negroes walked out of classrooms some to attend a rally called by comedian Dick Gregory and some to attend the funeral of a teen aged negro who was shot oct. 5, several hours after third party presidential candidate George c. Wall Ace had campaigned in Buffalo. Nixon backs possible bomb halt Boston a Richard m. Nixon has endorsed in Advance a possible suspension of . Bombing of North Vietnam if it does not endanger . Troops and enhances the prospects of an honorable peace the Republican presidential candidate made Clear that at least at the outset he would venture no Campaign criticism of such a Johnson decision. Nixon strategists acknowledge that a gesture of Vietnam de escalation by the democratic administration would be helpful to the Campaign of vice president Hubert h. Humphrey that . Tyr a nominee. They do not believe it would reverse what they now consider a substantial Nixon Lead Nixon declared in Johnstown pa., thursday that the bombing halt is a decision for Johnson alone and that if he decides to end it republicans will support the move. A if a bombing pause can be agreed to in Vietnam a he said a one which will not endanger american lives and one which will increase the chances for bringing a peaceful and Honora ble solution to the War then we Are for it a Nixon said. Nixon restated that position before some 12,000 people at a rally in Rochester . A was Long As president Johnson is president lets give him a Chance to bring this War to an honorable conclusion a he said but a Nixon spokesman Ron Ziegler made Clear that the cop campaigner had left the Way open to possible criticism of a cessation which does not work. In past Campaign settings Nixon spoke More critically of a shift in . Aerial strategy. On oct. 5 in Garden City ., he said a we have stopped the bombing seven times and each time it has meant More War and More american lives lost a in Detroit oct. I Nixon critic. Sized Humphreys endorsement of a halt in the bombing under certain conditions. He said such a talk by a presidential Candi Date could deprive . Negotiators of their a Trump card in the Paris peace talks. Nixon came to Boston thurs. Day night to Hunt votes in new England the main event of this Campaign swing will be a re. Vional television program to night. His Campaign organization re. Leased a poll from opinion re. Search Cor conducted under contract with the cop. It said Nixon is ahead in 33 states with 356 electoral votes while three states with 32 electoral votes lean to him it said Humphrey leads in states with 21 electoral votes and third party candidate George c. Wallace in states with 58. In the second of to network radio speeches broadcast thursday night Nixon advocated an end to the draft once the Vietnam War is Over. He said the selective service system should be shelved in favor of a Volunteer armed Force and re. Ported the and incentives necessary to attract enlistments to supplant the draft would Cost $5 billion to $7 billion a year. The korean news Agency Donghwa reported that the Seoul government had informed Washington that Assurance from Hanoi of reciprocal military re. Strain must precede any total halt in the bombing and the a1, lies fighting in Vietnam should agree unanimously on any change in War policies what Johnson wants now Are practical assurances the communists will not step up the War again if the bombing is halted. In the american View this approach seems to get around the Issue of reciprocity As raised by the Hanoi leadership Viet Clouds done to Stop is bombing Saigon a . Fighter. Bombers streaked through heavy Monsoon Clouds again to Day to continue their daily bombing of North Vietnam while the Saigon government continued to balk at agreeing to a bombing halt. North Vietnam a leaders in Hanoi were reported studying a new . Proposal for cessation of All bombing of the North in return for serious moves toward peace by the communists. But South Vietnam a Premier Tran Van Huong said hts govern ment could accept no such proposal unless it was favourable to South Vietnam. Huong told the official Viet Nam press any agreement by Saigon would have to be approved by the National Assembly As Well As the executive Branch. Top political figures in. Eluding the leaders of the House and Senate have discussed the plan and a understood to be Cool toward it with the military men it was business As usual although some said they Felt an eventual bomb. Ing halt now appeared in Evita. Ble. More air strikes Over North Vietnam a Panhandle were planned for saturday. Air Force Navy and Marine jets to play kept up their steady attack on enemy Supply Chan Nels South of the lath parallel. Reports on the raids will not be available until saturday but . Pilots logged too missions Over North Vietnam thursday concentrating on boats and barges along coastal water ways. Assessment of the damage was Hump red by tile poor weather but the pilots reported destroying or damaging 19 Supply boats two trucks six Ware. Houses and two Bridges. . Military sources said the american pilots Are concentrating More on the Waterways be. Cause there is less truck traffic moving South a there is a hell of a lot less truck traffic because of the interdiction Campaign and be. Cause of the monsoons which have made some roads impasse. Able a on source said. A there Are More barges now. Well be hitting these More and near the demilitarized zone . Marines uncovered a Cache of 300 rounds of 152mm artillery rounds. Pair charged in Syracuse Syracuse . A City police have charged two Syracuse men in connection with the slaying of a 32-year-Oid woman whose Semi nude and badly beaten body was found thursday night. The body of mrs. Phoebe paddock of Syracuse who had been reported missing since tuesday was found in a clump of Bushes behind a House on the City a South Side. Booked shortly before Dawn on charges of criminally Nell. Gent homicide were Charles Martin 22, and Theodore Holmes 24, both negroes the victim was White. Police would release no fur ther details on the arrests. Today a chuckle around the turn of the Cen Tury people were amazed when someone drove 20 Miles an hour. They still Are

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