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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - September 9, 1968, Norwich, New York Eaton Airport installs $100,000 runway for future jets Story photos Page 5 the e venings in vol. 78, no. 113 monday september 9, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 to per Copyan i stick to ceasefire in Mideast United nations . Apr the . Security Council today called on Israel and Egypt to stick to their 1967 cease fire after to israelis and 11 egyptians were reported killed in a four hour gun Battle across the Suez canal sunday. In a meeting that began sunday and lasted past Midnight the 15-member Council agreed on a a statement of consensus read by the Council president Canadian ambassador George Ignatieff. The meeting followed requests from both countries that the Council give its urgent attention to the Battle that at one Point reportedly ranged along most of the canal from Al Cantara in the North to port Taufiq in tile South. A . Truce team finally arranged a cease fire by Early evening. One member of the team was reported wounded and two . Observation justs were hit. Israel said the egyptians violated one agreement with the observers to Stop the shooting. The canal front was reported Calm today. The Battle was the fourth and most serious incident along the canal since aug. 26. An israeli charge of egyptian provocations was already before these Carity Council but the Battle sunday and the councils response put the earlier complaint on the shelf at least for the time being Israel and Egypt each accused the other of stir in the shooting. It. Gen. Kid pull of Norway chief of the . Cease fire teams said one it i his groups reported Tho israelis fired first in the to in s an of observation while Throe other observer teams said tin egyptians shot first in their treas israeli ambassador Yosef Koah told the Council that Fig Tian forces opened fir first n israeli engineers who had just detonated an ant vehicle mine the egyptians had planted North of port Tufte on the East Bank of the canal. Egyptian ambassador Mohamed Al Kony said this was a fake charge to a cover another act of premeditated israeli sources in Tel Aviv said the first egyptian fire was returned and the Exchange quickly escalated into an artillery Duel that sent Clouds of dust and smoke rolling Over the batteries and an Barracks. Israeli officials denied egyptian claims that the israelis used missiles during the firing. The jordanians claimed the same thing following a recent israeli attack but israeli sources said the arabs were confusing missiles with Long Range artillery. Israel reported to of its soldiers killed and 17 wounded. Is Rael also said two Arab civilians were injured and a Church and two mosques damaged on the israeli occupied East Side if the canal at it Cantara. The egyptian command said Israel began the Battle by Shell ing port sue. It reported that five egyptian soldiers and six civilians were killed and 22 egyptians were wounded the egyptians claimed they destroyed l l israeli tanks 6 armoured cars and 6 trucks. Fighting grows hot in Highlands general is killed Saigon a heavy fight ing returned to South Vietnam scentral Highlands Over the weekend and a South Viet namese brigadier general was killed shortly after one of his battalions repulsed an attack on the due Lap special forces Camp and killed 47 North Viet namese. Forty Miles North of due Lap near ban me Thuot South Viet namese militiamen backed by a . Armoured column reported another 47 North vietnamese killed. Other american forces claimed they killed 82 enemy in two Battles South and Northwest of Saigon. Jury finds Huey guilty in slaying Oakland Calif. Apr Black Panther Leader Huey Newton 26, was convicted Sun Day night of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of a White policeman. The jury took four Days to reach a verdict. Newtons attorney Charles r. Garry moved immediately for an arrest of judgment and a new trial and said later he would Appeal the conviction to the . Supreme court if Nee Essary. The verdict a a did t make any sense a Garry told newsmen. The defense contended that the dead policeman hated negroes and harassed them. Newton could be imprisoned from two to 15 years. A hearing was set for thursday on Garry a motions. The jury of seven women and five men found Newton guilty of shooting patrolman John Frey last oct. 28 in a West Oakland negro District. The prosecution said the killing occurred after Frey stopped a car containing Newton and an. Other negro for questioning about traffic tickets. Frey was shot five times and bled to death. Another officer Herbert Heanes was critically wounded and Newton was shot once. The verdict ended a eight week trial conducted in the at. Moshere of an armed Camp. Dozens of policemen were in the court course during the trial and spectators were searched daily before entering the court room. Negro militants had predicted trouble if the verdict went against Newton but the City was quiet today. Newton stared expressionless when the verdict was read. As the jury was dismissed an uni. Identified person among the spectators shouted a Black Power a the jury found Newton inno cent of a second count assault and Battery with a deadly Wear. On on Heanes. It ruled too that Newton s 1964 knifing conviction was a felony and that therefore the current manslaughter con. Victon could carry a penalty of two to 15 years in prison instead of one to 15. The jury contained one negro its Foreman. Weather increasing cloudiness tonight Low temperatures mainly in the 50s. Tues Day considerable cloudiness with a Chance of showers de be loping during the Day High temperatures mostly in the 70s. The slain South vietnamese commander Brig. Gen. Truong Quang an 36, was the first South vietnamese general killed in combat since 1961. Three american generals have been killed in action since that time. Gen. An his wife his two chief american advisers and two . Helicopter pilots were killed when their helicopter was shot out of the air by North vietnamese gunners eight Miles Northeast of the due Lap Camp. Two american door gunners were rescued from the burning wreckage. The american advisers were a colonel and a sergeant major. Their identities were withheld. Gen. An was on an inspection tour of the Green Beret Camp at due Lap a few hours after a battalion from his 23rd infantry division had beaten Back North vietnamese troops on the Campos fringes. Two South vietnamese were killed. Due Lap a strategic watching Post near the cambodian Border withstood a siege by some 3,000 North vietnamese soldiers two weeks ago. It is considered vital for observing enemy infiltration into the Central High lands. About 40 Miles North of due Lap South vietnamese militiamen and an armoured column from the . 4tli infantry division ran into a North Viet namese Force while opening a Section of a Highway North of ban me Thuot. The militiamen reported killing 47 of the enemy while suffering one dead and three wounded. No american casualties were reported. More heart transplants due. My says new York apr with the number of heart transplant operations throughout the world edging near 50, a scientist ire diets an even greater upsurge in the number of operations Over the coming months. Or. F. C. Spencer of the new York University medical Center also said that despite the obvious Success of the heart transplants so far a great number of questions remain. One problem that needs sex. Poring Spencer said is Why Many recipients seem to respond either a extremely badly or extremely he told the second International Congress of the trans Plantation society sunday that the next year will provide major and needed information about Long term survival of recipients adding a i predict a great increase in frequency in the next several the society held its first meeting last year in Paris. Or. Theodore Cooper director of the . National institutes of health told the hundreds of re. Searchers sunday that the United states is setting up a cardiac transplantation registry to record treatment and results on All heart transplants for the use of the worlds scientists. Cooper also cited the problem of Supply and demand in heart transplants. Government Statis tics show that there Are 200,000 deaths each year in the United states from acquired heart Dis ease he said. A for the 80,000 or so of these which occur before the patient can reach the Hospital a he said a Only prevention will provide a shelled by Cong vietnamese youngster shows edition As he views damage near his Home in Saigon after a recent Viet Cong rocket attack. Authorities said 14 persons re killed and 67 wounded in the first shelling of Central Saigon in two months. Humphrey asks rejection of a old Era in vote push Philadelphia apr Hubert h. Humphrey launched his first coast to coast barnstorming tour today by calling on the nation to reject what he termed the a old Era of conflict and hatred for a a new Day of Hope Equality and Unity. A i Appeal not to your fears but to your reason a Humphrey said. A i ask you to vote your Hopes not your his speech prepared for a midday Philadelphia rally reiterated the themes he introduced in his formal presidential Campaign opener in Washington sunday. The vice president charged that his Republican opponent. Richard m. Nixon who was not mentioned by name in the text a a is openly competing for the same votes As George Wallace a for the votes of people who want at Best to slow things Down when it comes to programs that offer the Way out of tension and trouble in Humphrey termed the 1968 election a a National referendum a nothing less on human rights and human Opportunity a Savin that the Choice this year is a Are we going to accept As inevitable the conflict and hatred which Are becoming a part of our everyday life a a the Choice he went on is a Between one America and in America of apartheid. I tween the America of tin old Era and the America of the new a turn away from the old Al when an american to who fought in an integrated Bunker at Khe Sanh could come Home to a segregated slum Iii America a Humphrey said. A Chous the new Day when that boy can come Home to a Job to training to Equality before the Law and in his neighly Orihood. A turn away from the old Era where a separate and equal really meant a separate but unequal and where generation after generation in the same family ended up in poverty and welfare a he went on adding a choose the new Day where every american old lds regardless of his color or his last name or his religion can receive the Best education in the world where All of us stand a together and equal a and proud of after a ticker tape Parade and speech he pins two Tell vision taping Humphrey plume d to head Westward for Denver and two More appearances before flying on to los Angeles tonight. Johnson cuts $3.5 billion Washington apr the administration has decided where it will whittle and where it will Hack to produce More than $6 billion in spending cuts imposed by Congress. The Agency by Agency figures released sunday add up not to $6 billion but $3.5 billion. The administration does no to have to shoot for the full amount budget Bureau director Charles j. Zwick said tie. Cause Congress in passing the cutback legislation reserved to itself the right to take the first bite. And it appears said the lawmakers will make cuts totalling about $3.3 billion bebop adjourning. The reductions made on c Ipi Tol Hill and those the Adiole traction intends to make total nearly $7 billion because amendments and re a Stirnat a a have added $900 million Silica january to proposals subject t reduction by the cutback la. Agency Heads have been told Zwick said that the $3.5 billion reduction will be made in Cut Ting �?$1 billion from defense sex Peridot tires. But without Cut Tim into funds Foi the a. Nixon warns of russian peace backs Israel new York apr Richard m. Nixon says the United states must take a careful look at peacemaking moves with the soviet Union. And he wants America to assure technological military superiority for Israel to offset the russian buildup of Arab nations. In the final Day sunday of a Campaign trip that stretched from san Francisco to new York the Republican presidential candidate called for a stronger stand against the soviets on three fronts. Nixon is resting today in his new York apartment. In Washington he told the triennial convention of by Nal by Rith an International jewish organization that he supports a policy that would give Israel a technological military margin that would More than offset her hostile neighbors numerical Nixon accusing the soviet Union of giving to the arabs to promote its own interest in the Middle East conceded a some May Call this a hard but he said such talk was needed to convince potential aggressors not to make a a Nixon a speech was interrupted by applause to times. At a news conference in Pittsburgh earlier in the Day Nixon spelled out two areas where he indicated a tougher . Policy might be needed. He said a i am concerned about some of the provisions of the treaty against the spread of nuclear weapons signed by the United states and soviet Union and now awaiting Senate ratification. Quot i favor the principle of nonproliferation a Nixon said. A i believe we should negotiate a nonproliferation but he said he was going to discuss the matter this week with gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller of new York whom he described As having a some rather Strong reservations about the Adelsi bitty of going Forward with the treaty at this time because of developments in Czechoslovakia As Well As because he is concerned about certain provisions of the Nixon also cited the soviet in Vasion of Czechoslovakia As a reason for taking a look at. An other area president Johnson a plan for a building Bridges to the soviet Union by closer cooperation in some Fields. A i think there has to be a reevaluation of the entire Bridge building program a said Nixon. He said he Wasny to in favor of scrapping it but he suggested a we re evaluate those negotiations in the Light of what happened in Czechoslovakia because if after what the soviet Union and its Eastern european associates did in Czechoslovakia the United states i Iii me Dir Ely went Forward with an act that would be interpreted As being completely Blind to that and in fact condoning it that would have a tremendously bad moral Rockefeller said in a statement saturday that approval of tile treaty now a might be construed As condoning the invasion of Czechoslovakia. He said the occupation violated the spirit of the treaty even before its ratification. Iii his speech to the by Nai by Rith Nixon said a the soviet Union has the Defit aggressive goal of extending its sphere of influence to include the Middle newsmen say envoys blocked peace talks �?$1 billion in loan programs of agencies such us the Small business administration farm ci<1 it administration and Export import Bank. �?$200 million from the Der Al did Highway program in de laying certain projects. A $100 million from the space program but without touching the Apollo Mun on the Moon project. �?$1.2 billion from All Uther civilian agencies but till High priority social programs such As a Safe streets a Low income housing and Manix Nevi training protected from cuts. Miami flu. A two me can newspapermen said today . Negotiators Lave blocked Progress at the Paris peace talks by a dangerous my possibly fatal trimming of the understanding by which the conference w As arranged. Contending they Laved the Way for the parts talks during a visit to Hanoi last March we i lain c. Baggs editor of the Miami news and Harry s. Ash More former executive editor of the Arkansas Gazette said in a i look released today that North Vietnam stated before the sessions convened that mean Nigul negotiations could not tie Gin until Allied bombing of North Vietnam stopped. The Tjok a Mission to Hanoi a a chronicle of double dealing Iii High places a was based on two trips to Hanoi arid Confer with . State department officials in Washington. Baggs and Ashmore Wert Iii school strike reported averted new York a a key figure in the crisis that halted the operation of Many City schools said this morning an agreement had been reached to end the teacher strike. A reliable source said the agreement reached by the Board of education and the United federation of teachers Al Cio would guarantee teachers rights under the boards new decentralization plan. The strike was called Over the refusal of a local governing Board in Brooklyn a Ocean Hill Brownsville District to take Back to teachers a a fired by the to a i Lioard but ordered re inst it de after hearings before ail e a Miner. The source said a fall tin difficulties were ironed out after five hour meeting of Board and Union officials lie said the set Dement included agreement on die Ocean Hill Brownsville i sue. Schools we it ordered open today by the Board of education but the picture during the Earl morning was one of chaos my confusion. Most of die City s 1,1-million students did not know win Thor to go to school or not. Spine schools were open and picketed. Others were locked up and Stu dents milled around the play. Ground waiting for Dot finite word. The executive Board of the l f t was scheduled to meet it to . It was reported that left pre Side it Albert Shanker a would like to at t general menu ship Vot on die propos. Tis tonight so schools could open in tin the Board of education also was expected to act on the tire erne it later today. A Board spokesman said that most of the major joints in the three Way controversy had Lieen agreed a Jjohn but a few details remained to be considered. The aft had voted overwhe1rn singly sunday to strike the schools ii the decentralization issues posed Iii the of an Hill Brownsville District were not re. Solved. Supt of schools Bernard e. Donovan said today that a District superintendents have been Given authority to c lose schools where the absence of staff endangers the interest of the Chil Cire shortly before 8 30 a.m., Ipoh ova ii said a a Public schools Are of in ii today. A we have been working All night to Avert the strike and it is hoped that agreement will be reached today. Hailed engaged in private discussions with a spokesman for president to Chi mint on March 31 when president John son announced his decisions to curtail the bombing of North Vietnam and to withdraw from the presidential race. The two newsmen said they met repeatedly with Hobs repro sedative during the critical period when the Hanoi regime was trying to decide if it would accept the partial bombing halt As a Strong enough indication of Good Faith to warrant a formal meeting with . Represent fives. Baggs account Johnson expressed namese a or. Johnson had surprised us As much As he had anyone else Iii Hanoi we said but it our View the importance of the announcement could not be overestimated. A we took it to tic Lyndon John songs Way of certifying the sincerity of this new move toward peace perhaps the Only method left to him to do so i View of the steady erosion of c Confidence in his pronouncements at Home and abroad. And Ashmore gave tins of their reaction to the pronouncement As they it to the North Viet they left memo ire spelled jut v let namese Hanoi with Ait which they the official response Tea a aide said North John son s actions. Baggs and Ashmore said they delivered the document to the . Embassy in Vientiane Laos and were asked to return erect by to Washington where they met with ambassador w. Averell Harriman undersecretary of state Nicl Iolus Katzen Bach. And asst. Secretary of state William p. Bundy. he said the russians have rebuilt egyptian forces since the israeli Victory in the june 1967 War a to further soviet ambitions a Israel must possess sufficient military Power to deter an attack a said Nixon. A was Long As the threat of Arab attack re Mains direct and imminent sufficient Power Means the balance must lie tipped in israelis Nixon repeated what he told newsmen earlier in the week that the it United states should give Israel some of its top interceptors tiny phantom f4 Jet fighters if they Are necessary a to provide Israel a valid self defense a czechs give Iii on stay of soviets Prague apr production from Czechoslovakia a heavy Industry the mainstay of the Economy May lie curtailed for a a Long time to come As a re suit of the soviet occupation the czechoslovak communist party newspaper reported today. Rude Provo said that during the first week of the occupation production losses Iii heavy Industry Alcine amounted to 1,626 million crowns or $227,640,000. A in Many plants it May be possible to compensate the losses a the paper said a but the data prove that the smooth flow of production in heavy Industry is threatened for a Long time to come. The soviet Union has Given a half to compensate Czechoslovakia for All damages caused by the invasion and a parliamentary committee is compiling a report. Rude Provo said failure by Moscow and some of its Hartline allies to meet their Supply obligations to Czechoslovakia was one if the Adverse factors. It said five Large Export shipments could not be readied on schedule because supplies did not arrive from the soviet Union East Germany and Hungary. At the same time rude Provo added a the Trade representatives Caf these countries insisted on adhering to delivery ached Uless by Czechoslovakia in other Industrial branches. Meanwhile reliable informants reported the country a embattled communist leaders have agreed to tin stationing of so Viet bloc troops indefinitely along their country a Border with West Germany. Bulletin Paris apr president Charles de Gaulle conceded today that the a a condemnable soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia had damaged has policy of seeking closer ties with Eastern Europe and dismantling the two bloc system on the continent. But., he declared at a news conference even if a this policy is Momenta try thwarted it is the right de Gaulle predicted soviet domination of Eastern Europe would not last. A it is too late for foreign Dom. Ina ton to obtain the adhesion of nations even when their territories Are occupied a he said. The move toward self determination a is ineluctably follow ing its course a he added. Today s chuckle psychiatrists who Tell parents to spend More time with their children Are just trying to drum up business

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