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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - September 3, 1968, Norwich, New York % november election race for mayor looms la i by Casey Jones an unexpected race for the pout of mayor of the City of Norwich appears to be shaping lip for the november general election. It was Learned today that Independent nominating Petit ions for George car a Ike. Ward 6 Alderman and the Only Democrat on the City Council Are being Cir dated in i he City. When asked if he is seeking to place his name on the ballot to Opp a e incumbent a i an Osborne or. C Arr be said he Hadnot definitely made a his mind to run. But would know for sure within a few Days. If lie should decide to seek the Psi he would be the first democratic candidate for in Yor in several years. The last person to seek the Post on the democratic slate was mrs. Dorothy John in 1961 i it or being Defeated by or. J. Primary contest. The Alderman said earlier tit seek the position but indicated be ii to devote to a he Job. He said. However the t a it Thor a Arentt to it candidates on ii a a it Slegal. Its but i or to a politic <1 party to Isa head a City govern rent he said. He noted this is one reason in i kill is Back in 1957 who. A i a or. For w is 3 Alderman. Although i lost by "0 v Veiler year t not feel not ail bal in snot no i v he gains endorsed in in a Republican he would ilk to i h a had the Tim ele Tiona we i. To Choise from. R to the voters ice in vhf 11 will a need a involved Rthur Dietrich in again i i 1961 and just hissed by four votes of beating Frank Santolucito. In 1965 he won the position by beating Frank Hor Elli therefore becoming he first Democrat Herm in in i to City for several years. Chen in go county democratic t Hairm a rho Mas Vitan. A of Norwich said this morning he expect cd1 Getty com utter would endorse or. Carnrike if h decides e set. K the a St. Today is the first Lay for f Ling Independent Nomen ring petitions and next monday is the last. Or. Osborn was appointed As mayor earlier this year after the death of or. Welter. He had formerly serve i s Ward 2 Alderman. The election will be to fill the vacantly and ill be for one year. In George Carnrike i i mayor Osborne the e veni vol. 78, no. 109tuesday, september 3, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10c per copy Berkeita Cong blast Saigon declared overrun nearby town in masts Berkeley Calif. Apr City manager William c. Hail Ley has declared a state of civil disaster in this University if following two Days of violence on Telegraph Avenue Hanley took the a Ion monday saying that because of the a state of disaster he was prohibiting loitering on the Avenue Between 8 . And 6 . As Well As assemblies parades and the use of amplifiers on City streets or other Public property. Hanley acted alter i bombing broke a water main sunday night and a policeman was shot in the leg and Lour other patrolmen were injured Friday. That outbreak followed a rally protesting police action in Chicago during the democratic National convention. During the two nights of violence 30 persons were arrested Young activists Are seeking to turn two blocks of Telegraph Avenue into a pedestrian mall. The Avenue is a narrow Street lined with Small shops and bookstores that runs southward from the University of California Campus in this san Francisco East Bay City of 120,000, the Avenue was relatively quiet monday night As police enforced the new restriction. Leaders of activist and militant groups could not be reached immediately for comment. Police used tear Gas sunday night to Clear away a crowd that was attracted by the explosion that shattered windows broke the water main and Tore a Hole in a building under con. Striction. No cause for the blast has yet been found. Concerning the activists police capt. Vie Vieira said a they just want the Street for rallies and dances and they wants us out of a some Are students but not All and Many Are not even Berkeley residents a i continued. Police inspector Robert Beren named the groups that Spon. Sorted the Friday night rally that preceded the disturbance but said that demonstration was completed before trouble began. Weather fair and Cool tonight with Low temperatures in the upper 40s and 50s. Mostly fair and mild on wednesday with High temperatures in the upper 70s and 80s. Saigon apr Viet Cong terrorists launched two grenade attacks inside Saigon today and enemy troops struck a District town Only 20 Miles from tile Cap ital killing civilians and Burn. Ing Down houses. The grenade attacks came As . And South vietnamese forces in Saigon were on full Alert for such incidents. The first grenade exploded in front of the main Headquarters of the . Agency for International development. Witnesses said the grenade was thrown from a motorcycle on which two persons were Riding. The terrorists appeared to have escaped. Seven South vietnamese civil ians six of them Aid employees were wounded by tile exploding grenade. No americans were Hurt although hundreds of americans were at work inside the eight Story Concrete building. Initial . Reports had said two South vietnamese were killed and eight wounded but this was revised downward. The second grenade attack came about four hours later in front of a bar Iii the Saigon Dock area. Four vietnamese men two women and two children were wounded there police said. Viet Cong forces attacked Long Thanh a government District town 20 Miles East of the capital killing 20 civilians wounding another 50 and Burn ing Down 85 houses with a heavy mortar attack followed by a ground assault. For the fourth straight Day the . Command reported Only a Light and scattered ground action across the coun. Try. But . B52 bombers kept up their protective attacks on the approaches to Saigon to Blunt that expected big enemy offensive if the Viet Cong is pre. Paring for one. Viet Cong forces killed another 20 civilians wounded 50 and burned Down 85 houses in a heavy mortar attack and ground assault on Long Thanh a District town 20 Miles East of Saigon. Hie town s defense Force of too militiamen and 40 policemen reported one of their men killed and eight wounded while enemy casualties were not known. Another 16 civilians were killed and 12 were wounded when a bus triggered a Viet Cong land mine near Phan Thiet a provincial capital too Miles Northeast of Saigon. S want reds out end occupation new goal some observers thought the enemy had begun its Long sex. Petted third offensive when it shattered a two month Lull in the War on aug. 18 with fierce attacks in Tay Ninh province along the Northwest approaches to Saigon. The fighting spread to other areas and the enemy radio announced last week that an offensive was under Way. But the . Command refused to characterize the action As the third major enemy often Sive of the War even after the first week of fierce fighting when 7,500 enemy troops were reported killed by Allied forces. Enemy forces gradually have gone Back to shelling and terrorist attacks less costly to them in terms of casualties and have launched no signify cant ground attacks in the last four Days. However Allied forces searching for the enemy have touched off some fighting. Enemy gunners struck in Hie Danang area again today hitting a . Supply base with 25 mortar shells. Spokesmen said american casualties were Light. An enemy rocket attack on do Nang monday killed 27 civilians and wounded 46. A delayed report said 350 Cue my mortar and artillery shells hit . Marine positions just below the demilitarized zone monday but the marines were Well due in and suffered no Cas unities. Allied troops found to russian 122rum rockets aimed at the . Military compound at Hon turn in the Central Highlands and wired to go off in series. One rocket had hit a Highway next to the compound but the others did not fire because of a Short in the wiring. An ordnance team disarmed tile 100-Pound rockets. The North vietnamese meanwhile celebrated their nations 23rd anniversary monday with a rally in Hanoi and a reception in Paris site of the .-North vietnamese peace negotiations. The two top North vietnamese envoys at Hie peace talks told newsmen they see no Prospect of a breakthrough toward a cease fire any time soon. Be due Tho a member of tee presidium of North Vietnam a communist party and Xuan Thuy Hanoi a chief negotiator also told newsmen they see no essential differences in the american Republican and democratic platform planks on Viet Nam. Prague apr Czechoslovakia a Liberal leaders charted a careful course today seeking an Early end to the soviet occupation. Informed sources said communist party chief Alexander Dubeck told the party scentral committee not enough attention had been paid to a the opinions of other states in the Warsaw pact As a limiting Factor in the Speed and forms of our own political the new predominantly Liberal 21-Man communist party presidium elected sunday met monday with instructions from the Central committee to work for both speedy withdrawal of the 650,000 occupation troops and implementation of tee Reform program begun in january. Dubcek a speech was interpreted As a warning to the reformers to go slow. It also appeared to be traditional com. Monist self criticism for not an. Tic Pating the soviet interval Tion. Vecerin Praha the Only newspaper published in Prague monday said the Central committee also voted to a support the party leaders who negotiated the agreement in Moscow accepting the soviet occupation and re imposing press censorship while allowing the liberals to remain in office. A restate czechoslovak Aile glance to the w Arsaw pact and repudiate the idea of neutrality. A indefinitely postpone the i dirty Congress that had been scheduled sept. 9 to purge orthodox conservative communists still in office. Informed sources said three weekly newspapers Active in the liberalization drive would not be permitted to resume publication. They Are i iter Arni misty lie writers association paper a student Magazine and the news Magazine reporter. The Oviet communist party Organ pravda called sunday for the a a liquidation of liter Arni Listy. Prague was Calm monday As i new school year lie g an. Youngsters returning to classes heeded an Appeal from vice Premier Frantisek Hamouz not to gather in Large groups near the Monument to St. Wenceslas which has become a shrine honouring those killed in soviet bloc invasion. A boy and a girl car ring National flags stood there All Day. Virtually All anti soviet signs d slogans were gone from alls. Radio broadcasts indicate it d compliance with be in True tons not to Call tee soviet troops some broadcasts assured workers they would be compensated for All wage losses resulting from the a happening a including the Brief general strikes protesting the invasion. In Moscow Large numbers of government limousines were parked outside communist party Headquarters monday and communist sources said they heard an important Central committee meeting had been called to discuss Czechoslovakia. No official information could be obtained but the sources said the Kremlin was alarmed at the damage to its reputation from the invasion and was considering some conciliatory gesture such As a partial withdrawal of troops. They said the soviets were most swayed by criticism irom other communist parties including those of France and Italy the biggest in the West. The italian communist newspaper la Unita today denounced pravda a explanation that the invasion was necessary to break a a counter revolutionary plot in Czechoslovakia. If there were such a plot la Unita said a it was up to the czechoslovak communist party to judge its importance and to choose the Means to repel it. By denying this pravda advances a theory authorizing soviet intervention in the internal affairs of any socialist romanians heard with Relief a and some scepticism a reports of the soviet unions denial that it planned an invasion of Romania another rebel against do my nation by Moscow. Humphrey steers Center Road on Law order Issue Waverly Minn. A vice president Hubert h. Humphrey is steering a Middle Road on the Law and order Issue but tee emphasis varies. Three times since he won the democratic presidential nomination in Chicago last week Humphrey has spoken out on the Issue which his strategists regard As Republican nominee Richard m. Nixon a chief Campaign weapon. On saturday in an interview Here Humphrey gave what most observers considered to be a defense of mayor Richard j. Daley and Chicago police for their action in putting Down the violence that surrounded the democratic National Convell Tion. A we ought to quit pretending that mayor Daley did something that was wrong a the vie Prest Dent said in a radio interview. A the did no to condone a thing that was wrong. He tried to protect on sunday addressing a Hometown welcoming rally in this Lakeside town some 40 Miles from Minneapolis tee Vic president denounced a militant strident violent persons for their tendency a to take to the streets to Settle their but monday in a new York television interview Humphrey appeared to ease the Tenor of his remarks. Four times within half an hour he said Chicago police a did overreact in some and he said a i really did no to have anything to do with what happened in Chicago except inside the As for mayor Daley he said a a in a sure he did no to want to condone the beating of those people with clubs. I done to condone he went on to suggest a sort of Johnson Ian Compromise creation of a Blue ribbon committee to study a the actions of the demonstrators the conduct of the fax lice and the role of the Media in the Chicago disturbances a i done to know who s really involved e v e r y b o d y makes charges and counter charges a he said in the radio interview. A but i do think it was a sad enough picture to the american Public that it necessitates a very objective e. Europe tops lbs Agenda Austin Tex. Apr Prest Dent Johnson ending a Long stay at tee ranch Heads Back to Washington this week with a re View of the East european situation apparently the no. I item of business. Johnson has called a meeting of the National Security Council for 5 . Wednesday mainly to discuss the continuing czechoslovakian situation and the re sorted buildup of soviet troops along the Borders of Romania. Exactly when Johnson would depart for Washington was not known. Tile president has called a Cabinet meeting for thursday at la a. In. Johnson last met with both tee Security Council and tee Cabinet when he spent three Days in the capital during the height of the crisis triggered by the so Viet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Since then he has kept in touch with the situation through Telephone conversations with Secretary of state Dean Rusk Secretary of defense Clark m. Clifford Security aide Walt w. Rostow and others Back in Washington. It was during such consultations by phone that Johnson Learned last Friday of rumours that soviet troops were massing along romanian Borders Possi. Bly intending to invade that satellite nation which has pursued an Independent foreign policy. A let no nation unleash the dogs of War a Johnson warned in a hastily prepared add to a Gomulka \ i it torn seen Warsaw apr the occupation of Czechoslovakia has Iven Wladyslaw Gomulka a boost against a Challenge to his leadership of the polish communist party observers in Warsaw believe. These observers regard the checking of the liberalization drive in Prague As a personal Victory for Gomulka that has strengthened his position in the unresolved Power struggle with Deputy politburo member Mieczyslaw Moczar the former Interior minister and secret police chief. Alexander Dubcek debate is Dom Mon by Prague Square Prague apr if you want a grass roots discussion of the issues Between soviet communism and the More Liberal variety there a nothing like a debate Between a soviet Soldier and a czech student furious at the invasion of his country. You can hear such a debate any night in Wenceslas Square in the Center of Prague. The participants for Moscow the Crew of a soviet armoured car on guard outside the office of a newspaper appropriately called so Bodne Slovon free speech for Prague a a variety of youths most of them wearing Blue jeans and sports shirts and a few of their elders too. Its fairly primitive stuff but nobody can lie accused of dodging the issues. A Why did you come Here a asks a Long haired czech boy aggressively. A a there a a counterrevolution Here a replies a soviet private of about the same age. A we came to save you from a have you seen any counter revolutionaries or capitalists around we re All socialists Here. We want our own kind of socialism. We did no task you to a you czechs shoot at us there ire 40,000 counterrevolution tries in Czechoslovakia a a How do you know a a a it says so Iii 411 a it you believe what you read in pravda or what you see with your own eyes a it goes on for hours. Finally the soviet officer in charge says Good Nat redly that ifs time for everyone to go to bed. A team of experienced debate what the soviets Call an agitprop agitation and prop a a n d a it e a in occasionally turns up on the russian Side. Quake toll mounts speech before some dairymen at san Antonio. Administration sources since have reported receiving soviet denial of invasion rumours. Except for a speech in Detroit from which he flew on to Washington for the Brief mid August stay Johnson has spent most of the month in Texas. He left town after Congress adjourned for the political conventions. Congress returns wednesday. Moczar has been considered a rival of Gomulka for several years using his influence As head of an organization of War time partisans and the police As us platform of operation. One technique has been to replace men in key positions with persons Loyal to him. He is believed to have been one of the prime forces behind the purge Campaign last sprint following student Demontra. Tons and rioting Wuch ousted jews intellectuals liberals and former stalinist from party ranks and government jobs. Kakuk Iran apr wrapped in bloodstained clothing the dazed survivors of this shattered Village wander do Lessly through the rubble. At least 6,000 of the 7,000peo-pie of this on e prosperous Village Are dead or missing follow. To ii Quot rots tarts some hoi topics Washington a with one ear tuned to tile presidential candidates and the other to the voters Back Home congressmen return wednesday to face some hot political topics my the possibility of a Long session. Thorniest matters before the Congress Are stricter gun controls Aud president Johnson a nomination of Abe fort As to succeed Earl Warren As chief Justice of the United states. The nomination is still in the sen a judiciary committee my its my body a guess when a and if it will reach Tim floor. Warren himself said two weeks ago in a speech that he expects to be around to open the courts fall session next month. It republicans carry through with a threat to filibuster Warren May have to keep his pledge to president to stay on lug the earthquake a turd that devastated some 750 squad Miles in northeastern Iran. Oil a i is estimate the death toil about 11,000. In Kashk Little remains of t Attr a live Little township the once had two Broad term a a streets with a Pool at them roads a and a mos t in do in mosque overlooking it. Only the mosque still stain and it is cracked and could a lapse at any moment. Most of the children Are go burled in tile debris where tin Homes dood. Swollen bodies arms hands sticking out of tilt rub in occasional child crying i its family these Are left. Only 3,500 bodies have i recovered and the search the hissing continues. The fat lug among the survivors is 1 of hopelessness. Nip nit j it vac Ai jut fill to created by from associate Justice. S no a route to Teder Mer Thornberry to nay that would be elevating Fortas Justice to chief the Shah and e a to tour tee disaster it wednesday. The Empress others of the Royal family donated blood for the victim Kashk which lies almost the Edge of tee teat dash veer desert is filled troops lion and Sun Cross personnel and scouts trying to Clear the Rul to find the dead and make for rebuilding. Today a chuckle one woman describing nether a you might say so a decided blonde a with i the slightest bit of hesitate around the two Young boys were killed late monday when this tractor they were Riding overturned crushing both Koutlis Between the tractor and a tree. The victims were Ridenti fled As Gregory Marcellus 13, Driver of tee tractor i pm j i owned by his father Duane Marcellus of . Earlville us cd 11.1 and Martin Bunting la also of . Earlville. State police said the tractor was travelling downgrade on Excell Road a dirt Road near Poolville when the Rig went off tee right Side of tee Road on a lefthand curve overturned and crushed tee two boys against a Large tree. Or. Russell g. Lindauer Madison county medical examiner said both boys died As a result of Skull fractures. Authorities this morning were unable to name the Bunting boys parents. Seen e

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