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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - September 6, 1968, Norwich, New York The e Ven i in vol. 78, no. 112 Friday september 6, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 to per copy americans in Saigon . Can Cut Viet Force by half Saigon apr How soon can the half million american troops in Vietnam begin turning the Burden of the War Over to the vietnamese military and Start going Home the prevailing Saigon View Point sees this goal realized Only years from now unless a settlement is negotiated. The arming of the vietnamese with More than 200,000 mi6 automatic rifles half of them already delivered is seen As the initial phase of a Long rebuilding process. And yet because of the Peculiar Way the Vietnam War is being fought particularly the general acceptance that Mili jury mulls Newton trial transcript Oakland Calif. A the jury in the murder trial of Black Panther founder Huey Newton interrupted its deliberations thursday night to listen again to testimony from two major prosecution witnesses. The jury of seven women and five men also asked to see the abdominal wound Newton received the night one White policeman was slain and another wounded. Newton 26, is charged with killing policeman John Frey on oct. 28 and wounding officer Herbert Heanes. The jury deliberated for seven hours thursday without reaching a verdict. It was still hearing the transcript of witness Henry Grier when locked up for the night. Grier a negro testified he saw Newton shoot Frey. A i saw him aim the gun and fire a Grier testified. Heanes the Only other officer on the scene besides Frey testified he did not see Newton with a gun. A member of defense attorney Charles Garry a staff said it was a Good sign for Newton that the jury had asked to re hear testimony the defense insisted was conflicting. Evidence showed the shooting occurred after newtons car registered to his Girlfriend was stopped at 5 . Testimony brought out that Frey had been shot with his own service pistol three times and Heanes had been wounded with the same gun. Frey a gun is missing and no weapon identified with Newton has been found. Newton testified he had no gun and that Frey shot Newton in the Abdomen. The prosecution claimed Newton wrestled the gun from Frey and shot him with his own weapon. Grier at the time of the shoot ing told police the Slayer had been wearing a Light tan jacket but testified it was a dark jacket. Newton was wearing a dark jacket. Mccarthy forces in ballot push by the associated press die hard supporters of sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy Are push ing for fourth party slots on the ballots of several states despite Mccarthy a removal of his name As fast As it gets on some ballots. An associated press Survey shows Mccarthy backers Are working hardest in 12 states. The push was successful in Indiana and Iowa but Mccarthy asked that his name be stricken. Workers Are still Busy circulating petitions in Minnesota Tennessee Rhode Island new Hampshire Vermont Arizona Florida Delaware Nebraska and California. The threat of a fourth party drive drawing disenchanted Vot ers from the regular parties was compounded thursday by the defection of a second South. Pm governor from the democratic ticket. Weather partial Clearing tonight with Chance of Patchy fog toward morning. Saturday variable cloudiness and Cool with Chance of a few afternoon showers. Generally fair and Cool on sunday. Low temperatures tonight 45 to 55 highs saturday in the 60s. Tary Victory in the classical sense is unreachable because of the wars a limits a there is another viewpoint that suggests american boys can Start moving out right now without any appreciable military injury. Just As another Quarter of a million american troops brought into Vietnam would not necessarily win the War Many believe the Converse applies a Quarter of a million troops pulled out would not necessarily lose it. Civilian and military viewpoints on the prospects do not necessarily coincide but tile View that american Force Levels could and should be reduced has already been placed in circulation in the top government lev. Els in Washington according to senior americans Here. Its proponents see the wars costs a about $30 billion this year As the major irritant within the United states Over Vietnam. Some americans Here believe that a phased reduction of . Troops could begin immediately paring the number to 200,000 by 1972. One of the proponents is John p. Vann an influential and knowledgeable regional director it of the .-backed pacification program. Vann would Cut deeply into the elaborate military Structure built by the former commander of . Troops and nov. Chief of staff of the army Gen. William c. Westmoreland. The . High command be a1-ously guards its establishment in Vietnam. Vann admits his proposal is provocative a a a it would need a hard headed see rotary of defense to push it through a senior . Field commanders Are against pulling out any american troops in the foresee Able future. It. Gen. Richard g. Stilwell commander of the area that includes the Battle scarred demilitarized zone comments a no troop commander will Ever admit he has too Many certainly it is a Tenet among commanders that they need As much manpower As is necessary to accomplish the missions assigned them. A Hie commanders argue that under the ceiling of 550,000 . Troops for Vietnam imposed on the military an a Economy of forces strategy is already being practice in most of the country. This is the minimum deployment of forces in one area to permit the maximum deployment in another. Only around Saigon itself and in the two northernmost prov inces Are there enough forces to amply meet maximum enemy pressure. Elsewhere the allies react to enemy thrusts by rapidly massing the limited forces available. American efforts in Vietnam presumably Are based on the Assumption that vietnamese will eventually take Over the defense Burden but critics see the opposite taking place in some areas. Around Saigon for example the continuous threat of a major enemy attack has tempted the . Command to insist upon a greater voice in Security than is normally the Case. A we could nursemaid the vietnamese army forever a one civilian official commented. Several factors Are seen As possibly speeding up the time for a partial american withdrawal. One is improved weaponry in the vietnamese army. All 158 Man Euver battalions in the Reg ular forces have received the m16 automatic Rifle with Chrome plated Chambers and strengthened recoil buffers to prevent jamming. Faical militia forces have started getting the m16, giving them equal if not better firepower than the Viet Cong for the first time since 1964. Pc shielded by civilians rout paratroops kill a ii takes break during Lull unlike other areas of Vietnam where fighting today was reported hard this was the scene in the a Shau Valley 25 Miles South of Hue where this yank Soldier took time out for a Nap on his howitzer during a Lull in the fighting. Up telephoto Saigon apr a Veteran Viet Cong battalion herding women and children in front As human Shields smashed into a company of american paratroopers in three Waves Early today. Thirty one americans were killed and 27 wounded. The Waves of troops from the Viet Cong s cd Chi regiment broke through a company from the . 101st airborne division 26 Miles Northwest of Saigon. The Viet Cong and the paratroopers were still locked in Battle As night fell. Thirty one Viet Cong have been reported killed so far. A photographer Max Nash reported from the Battlefield that Many of the americans were killed by the Viet Cong As they Lay wounded on the Field. The b Ittie was one of three fought Northwest and Southwest of Saigon today in which according to incomplete reports at least to of the enemy were killed and 150 persons seized As suspected Vietcong. A communist defector had cold . Intelligence officers that Viet Cong troops were modern nurses to fill Gap meeting thursday in the Village of a Trang Dau nine Miles from a major Allied military base housing the Headquarters of the . 25tm infantry division and a South vietnamese training base for rangers. Troops from the 25th division put a cordon around the Village and the Viet Cong tried unsuccessfully three times to break out. Suddenly Nash reported about 300 enemy troops charged through Rice paddies into one american paratroop company 150 Yar it is away. The came in three Waves. At command Headquarters in cd Chi the voice of a radio operator came through a they Are coming they Are then the radio went dead. . Officers said the first wave of enemy troops came running shoulder to shoulder through the night screaming firing assault rifles and pushing women and children in front of them As human Shields. After breaking the cordon the enemy vanished into the darkness leaving 31 of their own dead on the Battlefield. Nash said some of the third wave enemy troops had Bamboo poles with them to carry off some of their dead. The most Savage fighting raged 26 Miles Northwest of Saigon through Rice paddies and clusters of villages along the main Road from Saigon to Cambodia. A communist defector told . Intelligence officers that a Viet Cong battalion was located Only five Miles from a major Allied military installation housing the Headquarters of the . 25th infantry division and a South vietnamese training base for rangers. Helicopters landed . Paratroopers from the 101st airborne division at noon thursday. They were met by heavy fire from rockets automatic Wear. Ohs and Small arms. The enemy Force was estimated to number Between 300 my 500 men and during the night the . 9th infantry division sent an armoured column and infantry units into the area chances of foetus Clark toughen stand with buildup in doctor care now slim aides say Washington apr Secre tary of defense Clark m. Clifford says the United states must toughen its negotiating position toward Russia by pushing missile development and de sense. Clifford also came out strongly for keeping a a significant american military presence in Western Europe a which feels threatened by the concentration of soviet troops in Czechoslovakia. The defense chiefs statements before the National press club were among several developments thursday to indicate a toughening attitude since the soviet led invasion of czechoslovak. Kia. Clifford said recent developments confirm that a when and if we negotiate safety and sue Cess demand that we negotiate from Clifford indicated that he believes the climate May not be right for the arms control talks which the soviet Union has agreed to. A we can continue to Hope that at an appropriate time these talks can take place a he said. Clifford appeared at the press club luncheon after a series of High level policy discussions in eluding a session of the National Security Council chaired by president Johnson. Those sessions weighed the implications of russians reversion to a hard line and possible action the United states might take at the diplomatic and Mili. Tary level to Shore up Western defences. There were the related developments a citing the czech situation the state department announced cancellation of a tour of Russia by the University of Minnesota concert band and a second ceremonial flight Mark ing the Start of commercial air service Between new York and Moscow. A Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield commenting after a White House meeting said there was a possibility the Senate will not act this year on the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. A the state department branded As a indecent and outrageous attacks in the soviet press which said the Atlantic Al Hance had planned to take Over Czechoslovakia before the russians. Clifford announced that a in the Light of All current develop ments our prudent course is to press Forward As planned with the Sentinel antimissile sys Tern. Pentagon officials searching for possible savings to meet congressional demands for a $3-billion defense spending Cut this year had considered delay ing a Start on the Sentinel for some months. But Clifford disclosed he had ordered that the $5-billion Sentinel system be exempt from any such Economy cuts. Some critics have contended that the United states should ease off on missile development and put off deploying tile Sentinel to avoid triggering a new round in the arms race with Russia. The Sentinel antimissile sys tem is designed to guard the United states against a relatively Small nuclear attack such As red China might be Able to mount in the mid 1970�?Ts. Some senators and military men have proposed that the Sentinel be expanded into a much heavier defense against sophisticated soviet missiles. Estimated Cost of such a heavy defense would be about $40 billion and civilian analysts claim it would not be effective enough to prevent millions of american deaths. Daley jets limited Quot show Chicago apr mayor Richard j. Daley will get his Chance to show in at least eight cities his View of what happened in demonstrations during the week of the democratic nation-a1 convention. A statement signed by the mayor and released thursday by an aide said Daley has accepted the offer of prime time by two broadcasting companies. A documentary program pre pared by the mayors office will be shown on the met Rome Dia television and radio net work reaching new York los Angeles san Francisco Wash in Tori and Kansas City. The Chicago based win Continental broadcasting co. Also will show the documentary through its outlets in Chicago Denver and Duluth Minn. The firm has offered to make the program available to any other station interested in showing it. Time and Date of the airing have not been set the aide said but will be announced shortly. It was not announced who will Nar rate the film. Earlier this week Daley asked the three major television networks for prime time to present his Case to the amen can people. Daley charge that the networks presented a one. Sided coverage of demonstrations and police actions during last weeks convention in Chica. Go. The National broadcasting co. And american broadcasting co. Offered Daley an opportune to to appear on a prime time panel discussion with newsmen but refused to allow him to make an Independent presenta Tion. Washington apr fed eral health planners say there a a new Breed of nurse on the Way to provide the kind of personal Home care that Busy doctors have Little time for. The nurses men and women a will need five to six years of College and University training for their roles As family health Counselor. Although they Are to take Over Many of the functions doctors used to perform the Home visiting nurses will work under tile supervision of physicians. A this new concept will take some getting used to a says or. Leonard d. Fenninger director of the Federal health manpower programs. But he predicts that in to to 20 years visiting nurses will tie a the common Public health nurses and other nurses have been functioning for years in somewhat the capacity envisioned for the new nurses. But the new nurses would operate More independently. They would serve families or individuals As a first Contact for All health problems handling the ills they can and turning the others Over to doctors. The government has contributed to two projects which have put part of the approach into practice. One project has nurses at the University of Colorado serving As assistant paediatricians. Washington apr sen ate leaders Are taking an increasingly dim View of Abe for task chances for confirmation As chief Justice and raise the possibility his nomination will die in committee. President Johnson however is pictured As still hopeful for tas will make it and As giving no indication he might withdraw the nomination. Republican Leader Everett m. Dirksen of Illinois indicated thursday that opponents May succeed in keeping the nomination locked up in the Senate judiciary committee. Although Dirksen is supporting the nomination and is the senior Republican on the com Mittee he said a filibuster in the committee is a the kind you cannot tills is because it is easy for Opi it Onens on the committee to keep talking until a meeting is Cut off by the Start of Senate sessions Dirksen said. Under the rules committees Are barred from meeting while the Senate is in session except by unanimous consent. A a in a say the opposition has hardened and May Well have increased a said majority Leader Mike Mansfield. He termed for task chances of confirmation to succeed Earl Warren a not Dirksen and Mansfield commented at separate sessions with newsmen. But they agreed that even if the nomination gets out of the judiciary committee it is doubtful if the necessary two thirds majority could be obtained to break a filibuster in tile Senate. Unless Fortas is confirmed there wont be any vacancy on the court for Thornberry to fill since Warren has made his retirement is contingent on approval of a successor. Russians to donor Tolstoy a memory now easier to get tip lip away new York apr air tray Elers Are getting up up arid away easier these Days a1-though some slight delays in landings and takeoffs Are still reported at major airports. An associated press Survey thursday showed several Rea sons for the improvement a seasonal decline in the number of flights unusually Good weather and fewer equipment break Dow res. A Federal aviation administration spokesman at Kennedy Airport said air traffic Condi. Tons at new Yorkus metropolitan area Jetport were a a lot better than they were during the crowded Days of july. It was in july that the professional air traffic controllers organization which claims 7, members began a a follow the books slowdown strictly enforcing Faa safety rules which Are sometimes Bent in periods of Peak congestion. The organization is continuing it safety Campaign. But other factors apparently have com. Bind to ease crowds. The Faa spokesman at Kennedy said that delays were Lim. Item to from 40 minutes to an hour and then Only during Peak travel periods. He said that on tuesday for example there were departure delays of 40 minutes and arrival delays of 35 minutes nothing like the six and seven hour Waits that plagued Many passengers ear Lier this summer. The Faa officials said the in. Prover nent was due to better weather fewer breakdowns in air controller radar and Corn Mun cations equipment fewer flights during the late summer season and diversions of some flights from Kennedy to la Guardia or Newark airports. At National Airport in Washington the Faa said there had been no reportable delays those of Over 30 minutes since the labor Day weekend. A spokesman said this was because of unusually Fine weather and the fact that equipment re. Maine in Good working order. A spokesman at Chicago so Hare Airport said delays were Only 15 to 30 minutes during Peak periods with no delays at other times. The spokesman said labor Day traffic was on time because of a Light schedule a Only 1,400 flights compared to a daily average of 2,100 takeoffs and landings. The reported improvement came Only one Day after the Faa proposed new restrictions which if adopted would set limits on the number of aircraft that May land within one hour at the airports serving new York Washington and Chicago. Yasnaya poly Ana .s.r. Apr author Leo Tolstoy whose reputation survived and flowered under communism is being honoured sunday throughout the soviet Union As one of the giants of world literature. It is the 140th anniversary of his birth. The russian communists con Sider him their own Man even though he was a count in quite another Era. His ideas they claim expressed the a boiling indignation of the masses in the late 19th and Early 20th centuries. The feelings Tolstoy described in his exhaustive works led to the russian revolution and tile first Success of communist Power. This has helped Tolstoy keep his High place in University Reading lists and More importantly in the a a approved category at the tightly controlled state publishing houses. Tolstoy a birthday sept. 8, is an annual event in the russian literary Community. This year students authors and Book Tov. Ers Are expected to make a mass pilgrimage to his grave or his estate Here. Y a s n a y a poly anal Clear Meadows has been carefully preserved. Tolstoy spent Mosi of his life Here. A three hour drive South of Moscow it lies on the outskirts of Tula surrounded by rolling Farmland Birch forests am Fields of Sunflower. Flocks of geese wander freely about the highways nearby Aru peasants trudge through tin Fields with loads of Hay Oil their backs. Tourists mostly russians come in busloads to tin museum that has been made of his House listening in Awe Ai the guides Tell How the flamboyant aristocrat lived. Today a chuckle one of the Best Tim savers a Man can find is letting a woman have her own Way sooner

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