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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - September 12, 1968, Norwich, New York The Eveni in vol. 78, no. 116 thursday september 12, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10< per copy use red invasion As key to renew Alliance Nixon new Orleans la. A Richard m. Nixon said today the United states should tras late the concern generated by the soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia into a Campaign to revitalize the Western military and diplomatic alliances. A America should seize upon this moment of european War Ness and european concern to re forge the ties that bind the Western world the re pub. Lican presidential nominee de dared. While Nixon talked of International affairs a top political adviser reported a quiet Effort to tone Down any Tough political tactics of his vice presidential nominee Spiro t. Agnew. This source who asked that his name not be used expressed concern about harshly worded Agnew assaults on vice presi. Dent Hubert h. Humphrey the democratic presidential nominee and said Nixon shared that concern. A a we re trying to do something about it a the source said. Agnew the Maryland Gover. Nor levelled his toughest attack on Humphrey in Washington tuesday characterizing the vice president As a soft on Infra. Tion soft on communism and soft on Law and order Over the the Nixon Campaign associate said there was concern in the Camp of the White House nominee that such attacks might backfire and arouse sympathy for Humphrey. But at the same time a Nixon spokesman accused Humphrey of a an inexcusable plunge into political demagogy for his suggestion that the United states might begin withdrawing troops from Vietnam by Early next year. A the Hopes and fears of those with fathers and sons and Broth ers in Vietnam must not be played upon for partisan adv a Tage a said Robert Ellsworth. Nixon a National to Utica cd rec tor. Nixon s discussion of the Wes. Tern Alliance came in a speech pro eared for the american legion National convention. A the same soviet tanks that rumbled across the czechoslovakian Frontier less than a month ago also startled a slum Bering Western Alliance out of its complacency a Nixon said. He said it has been a in Large measure americans fault that the North Atlantic treaty organization has gradually Nixon said that Western euro Pean nations have been treated As Junior partners in that Alii. Ance. A we repeatedly have gone Over the Heads of these Foremost of americans allies to Deal with the common adversary a he said. Nixon said the rebuilding of nato should be a at the top of the Agenda of american National despite the czech crisis he said world peace will ultimately depend on a an understanding with the society Nixon said that will take negotiations conducted with patience and skill and dependent a upon Western Unity and Western a a policy of realism toward the soviets today will be a policy that is directed toward their prudence and not toward their Good will a Nixon said. A that kind of policy holds the Promise of Nixon also cited the czech situation in recommending that the Senate postpone ratification of a treaty designed to bar the spread of nuclear weapons to nations that do not now possess them. Invaders pulling from czech cities Prague apr most occupation troops appeared today to be withdrawing from Czechoslovakia a major cities to new positions in the Countryside. Down town Prague was generally Clear of russian tanks for the first time since the invasion three weeks ago. The soviets during the night evacuated the capitals last tank Encampment in a Park Between the main Railroad station and St. Wenceslas Square. Similar evacuations were re. Ported from Bratislava Kosice and Brno the latter preparing for several thousand foreign visitors to its annual International Trade fair starting sunday. A number of planes were heard taking off from Prague during the night. This could indicate a thinning out of the so Viet troops but there was no immediate confirmation. Soviet military police were on the roads outside the capital directing traffic stopping trains and holding railway crossing Gates open for convoys jeeps and tanks. A heavy concentration of air. Borne and armoured troops re. Maine near Prague a International Airport where most scheduled flights resumed this week. Occasional armoured cars were still seen in the City and some tanks were still inside the soviet embassy a grounds but they were hidden from Public View. At the downtown tank Park Early today the Only evidences of the three week occupation were the Marks left by the tank treads and a Smoky fire burning empty army Supply Cartons and discarded copies of pravda the soviet communist party news paper. The major part of the occupation Force estimated at 650,000 men at one time was believed to be still in the country to Back up political pressure being exerted on Czechoslovakia a Liber. A1 communist leaders by soviet Deputy foreign minister Vassily Kuznetsov. Kuznetsov who arrived last Friday discussed a problems of Mutual interest in the present context wednesday with National Assembly president Josef Smrkovsky Prague radio re ported. The Assembly is expected on Friday to pass into Law the major soviet demands for press controls and a ban on of. Position political parties. Talmadge nominated Atlanta a. Apr sen. Herman e. Talmadge d-ga., Las won renomination to the Senate by a margin of nearly 3-1 otes. His opponent Maynard Rackson a negro got More Han 100,000 votes and said this represented a moral Victory. A Georgia told the world that my american Black or White Rich or poor Liberal or conserve it Ives can run for Public office in this state a Jackson said. Talmadge said a i profoundly appreciate this vote of conf Fence in the Talmadge returns from 1,006 of 2,011 precincts gave Talmadge 322,897 votes Jackson 112,357. Winner of the Republican nomination for the . Senate apparently was Earl Patton jr., 41, an Atlanta manufacturers representative. Returns from 766 of 2,011 precincts gave ton 15,418, state sen. Jack Sells weather fair and colder tonight with lows in the 40s. Friday mostly sunny with highs in the upper 60s or Low 70s. Ino peace sin Here where the action is just South of tile demilitarized zone in Vietnam. Marine observers watch an air strike while a tank Waits to mop up after bombing of a Well entrenched enemy Force. Red troops pull Back from town Saigon apr two Small skirmishes were reported on the fringes of Tay Ninh City today and enemy troops ambushed a . Convoy farther out but . Advisers said it appeared that enemy forces had pulled Back for the moment. The fighting was reported on the southwestern and Southeast pm edges of the City As 2,000 South vietnamese paratroopers and marines swept through areas that Viet Cong and North vietnamese infiltrators had occupied wednesday. South vietnamese military Headquarters in Saigon said a the situation is now Calm in Tay Ninh City. There is no major enemy troops opened up with Small arms on a Convoy from the . 25th infantry division six Miles to the South along route 22, the major Highway leading from Tay Ninh to Sai gon 45 Miles to the Southeast. The americans returned the fire with machine guns atop a ignored personnel carriers. Four teen enemy soldiers and one american were reported killed in the Brief fight. Another five . Soldiers were wounded. Two trucks an armoured person Nel Carrier and a helicopter were slightly damaged a . Spokesman said. South vietnamese Headquarters said 22 enemy soldiers had been killed in fighting at Tay Ninh since wednesday. Nixon not right As Angel huh Buhls Washington a Bert h. Humphrey turning attention More and More to his Republican opponent for the presidency says Richard m. Nixon a needs to be touched up a a the does no to look Good with angelic wings a the vice presi Dent told reporters wednesday night As he arrived Home from a three Day Cross country Campaign swing in which he faced slim crowds heckling and snubs by top democrats Humphrey who goes today to Delaware and new Jersey pronounced the trip a Success saying a it was primarily a Way to get out around the country to see a lot of groups we wanted to the last of the three Days took Humphrey from Houston to new Orleans to Flint mich., and was marked by increasingly Strong attacks on Nixon. He even suggested that Antiwar demonstrators who tried to drown out his speech in a Flint shopping Center with chants of a no More War a should turn their attention to Nixon and third party candidate George c. Wallace. He hit congressional republicans hard accusing them of blocking various legislative and vane is. The Nixon agnews t r o in Thurmond republicans in con Gress have Given your elderly americans medicare and you know it a he said. Humphreys voice sounded hoarse is lie shouted to be heard above the chants of i loth critics my supporters. At i very Stop Humphrey challenged Nixon to take a stand on the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and the nomination of Abe Fortas As chief Justice. A this country does no to need a wiggler and a Wobbler a he said of the Gap nominee in a hous ton television interview a it needs a Humphrey aides said the vice president feels he has Good issues in the treaty and the for a s i dilation and Hopes to smoke Nixon out on them. They also said in interviews on the Campaign plane the first weeks trip has helped Bridge major gaps in the party. Much of this they said has resulted from a series of Sharp exchanges Between students and Humphrey in the question and answer format he has employed it virtually every Stop. But these sessions also have produced controversies Over statements on possible Vietnam troop withdrawals and the feast vilify of an unconditional bombing halt of North Vietnam. Aides said these were mainly due to Over scheduling a be they will try to avoid in the future. A with a Busy schedule a one intimate said a the gets tired and these things probe ordered in alleged witness bribe in Hoffa Case of Atlanta 10,379. Two democratic congressmen won renomination and former congressman Charles l. Welt Ner gained nomination again in an attempt to retrieve his seat. Weltner withdrew two years ago rather than keep a party loyalty pledge and support gubernatorial nominee Lester Maddox now governor. Major interest entered on Jackson a Challenge of Talmadge 55, former governor and longtime Power in politics and son of Eugene Talmadge who was elected governor four times. In conceding the election defeat to Talmadge Jackson said a an historical Victory has been it was the first statewide race by a negro candidate since reconstruction. Jackson said he probably would have lost in any Case but was a deeply disappointed and grieved for those who did not have the Opportunity to express their desires at the ballot Box because of improper conduct on the part of some Nashville Tenn. A a special grand jury has been ordered to investigate charges that conspirators in three states have offered bribes to witnesses whose testimony sent teamsters president James r. Hoffa to jail . District court judges Frank Gray or. And William e. Miller ordered the probe wednesday As a result of Testi Mony by Walter Sheridan a former Justice department investigator. Sheridan who was with the Justice department when the late sen. Robert f. Kennedy d-., was attorney general testified last month that efforts have been made to bribe Edward Grady Partin a Baton Rouge la., teamsters official and Robert Vick a former Nashville policeman. Sheridan said he had been offered $1 million to change statements he made while investigating the Hoffa Case. Sheridan did much of the investigative work which led to Hoffa a 1964 jury tampering conviction in Chatta. Sooga. Hoffa who is serving an eight year term at the Federal prison in Lewisburg pa., was found guilty of tampering with the jury which tried him on a conspiracy charge in Nashville in 1962. The first trial in which Hoffa was accused of conspiring to divert Union funds ended with a deadlocked jury. Judges Miller and Gray also ordered tile . Attorneys of fice and other Federal agencies to launch an investigation into statements made by Sheridan and Earl Wingo a former official of Nashville teamsters local 327 who also testified against Hoffa. Sheridan a testimony of a bribe offer came last month during a hearing on a motion to overturn tile 31/2-year prison sentence of z. T. Osborn jr., Hoffa a Nashville lawyer who also was convicted of jury tampering. A a during the course of the proceeding a the judges said a there were statements by at least two witnesses Walter Senate floor i Quot it registration of gnus Fuller Way Over Sheridan and Earl Wingo concerning efforts assert edly hav big occurred in the state of Tennessee the state of Louisiana and the District of Columbia to bribe and intimidate government Sheridan testified that since Hoffa a 1962 trial there has been a a concerted intensive Effort to intimidate bribe and Cor rust government witnesses and others. Which continues to this he added a they actually did bribe several government witnesses in Wingo testified that James Harding identified As a Washington associate of the team sters president said Hoffa had authorized him to offer Vick $25,000 if Vick would stipulate he was paid to testify. Osborn lost his attempt to have his conviction overturned. . District court judge m in Ion Boyd of Memphis said he found no evidence that Vick had been paid for his Testi Mony. Washington apr the congressional fight on gun controls is resuming with the Senate facing a floor Battle Over efforts to require the registration of All guns and the licensing of their owners. The Senate opening debate on the matter today has before it a measure that would ban the interstate mail order Sale of rifles and shotguns. The Bill also would prohibit Over tie counter Sale of such weapons in one state to residents of another state unless their Borders adjoined. The Bill similar to one already passed in the House however does not contain proposals originally urged by president Johnson to require that All firearms be registered and All gun owners be licensed. These controversial proposals were rejected by the House and the Senate judiciary committee when it considered the Bill be fore Congress adjourned for the political conventions. A floor fight for registration and licensing provisions was promised by sen. Joseph i. Tydings d-md., and others. Under a Tydings proposal the states would be Given a Chance to handle registration and licensing before the Federal government could take Over. A deadly Force vowed Aller fire Hornbill Quot Syracuse n. Y. Apr two firebombs were hurled at a Home for the aged Early to Day and police chief John of Connor said his officers would employ a deadly physical Force if such crimes could not be pre. Vented in any other Way. The firebombs did not do any damage. Of Connor made his statement after a relatively Calm wednes Day evening on the City a South Side an area rocked by three nights of sporadic vandalism by negro youths. Police reported that two pop bottles topped with burning rags had been hurled at the Home for the aged on Bellevue ave. A resident of the Home Smoth ered one of the burning objects with a Blanket and threw the other into the Street. The chief said that had the arson attempt been successful a it would have ranked High among the most infamous crimes of All uni it i Quot ii tactics recon Iii Quot target Washington apr the Early Campaign techniques of the two major presidential candidates Are causing some discontent among members of their own parties. Vice president Hubert h. Humphrey has been criticized by some democrats for too often shooting from the hip on crucial matters. On the Republican Side Richard m. Nixon is said to be too complacent about winning the november election. This assessment of the Early tactics of the general election drive surfaced from a Cross Section Check of interested politicians not intimately connected with the campaigns of the two candidates. Campaign officials generally Are loathe to publicly discuss the tactics or prospects of their candidates except in confident and laudatory terms. Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark in a letter delivered to each senator in Advance of the debate appealed for support of the administrations proposal. A those who quibble about the inconveniences of registration and licensing knowing lives Are at stake cannot be much concerned about life or crime either a Clarks letter said. The Bill now before the Senate with sen. Thomas j. Dodd d-conn., As its chief sponsor provides for controls on the Sale of rifles and shotguns Situ tar to those imposed on handguns in the omnibus crime control legislation passed by Congress ear it was a very had Day for allies thai Phong Vietnam apr it was a bad Day for the South vietnamese marines a very bad Day. The sad clusters of dead and wounded being carried through the rain to the rear attested to that. The skirmish fought and lost just West of Tay Ninh late today May Well have come out differently if somewhere in this Cor Ner of Vietnam american he ii. Copter gunships could have been found in time. None was and the killing be Gan. The american advisers in. Solved in tile ground action blamed no one except perhaps the fickle Fortune of Battle. The vietnamese commanders kept their own counsel and counted their casualties about 30including eight dead. Three enemy regiments were said to lie operating around Tay Ninh so when the marines charged into this Village two Miles from the City and ran into stiff resistance no one was surprised. Almost routinely the senior american adviser Marine maj. Bill Eshelman of Woodbridge va., pinpointed the enemy position and called for helicopter gunships to a those Down the area with rocket and machine gun fire. Although Tay Ninh was the military focal Point of All Vietnam today nearly an hour after tile request there were no gunships to be had. When the first enemy volleys ripped through the Village a handful of marines perhaps five fell. But they were virtual Lier in the year. When the ant crime Bill was up for debate the Senate Defeated 53 to 29 an amendment proposal by sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., that would live banned the mail order Sale of rifles and shotguns. However the Kennedy amendment was voted on before his brother sen. Robert f. Kennedy d-., was assassinated last june in los Angeles. Supporters of the provision to prohibit the mail order Sale of the Long guns now say Public pressure arising from the Kennedy assassination has provided leverage to push through More stringent controls. By voters getting Long ballot list Albany . Apr new yorkers facing a staggering total of seven possible presidential candidates in the november election have been offered the possibility of Minnesota sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy As an eighth. Mccarthy a name was put Forth wednesday by the Coal Tion party which tuesday submitted to the Secretary of states office 12,639 petition signatures Aud a list of 43 presidential electors. Mccarthy a Democrat promptly said in Washington d. Cd a that he had asked state officials not to put his name on the ballot. But in new York City an attorney for the coalition party said he was taking Steps to in. Sure that Mccarthy a name does appear on the ballot. Marshall Berger contending that his groups action was aimed at giving new York voters a Chance to support the viewpoints of such men As Mccarthy and the late sen. Robert f. Kennedy said he would take his Case to the state supreme court in Albany if the Secretary of state does not put Mccarthy a name on the ballot. Secretary of state John p. Lome no Lias said that candidates proposed by the parties must consent to having their names on the ballot or they will lie withdrawn. Berger also said that his group had been in touch with Mccarthy but he did not elaborate. Another entry wednesday was the Freedom and peace party a not to be confused with the peace and Freedom party a which offers negro comedian Dick Gregory As its presidential candidate and Mark Lane a lawyer and critic of the Warren commission re Piort As its vice president. The petitions of the five parties still have to be approved by Lomenzo a office. In addition of course the Republican and democratic entries will appear automatically on the ballot As will the choices of the conservative and Liberal ties. The conservatives say they sup Fiort the Republican ticket while the liberals have endorsed the democratic ticket. In. Korea Renews Pueblo charges Tokyo apr North Korea said that Tim Captain of Tim . Intelligence a gathering s hip Pueblo admitted to foreign newsmen today that his vessel was a a deep inside North korean Waters when it was captured on Jan. 23. The North korean Central news Agency said Caf. Lloyd m. Bucher told the visiting newsmen the Pueblo has a full technical equipment for espionage activities Ami intruded several times into the territorial Waters of the democratic Peoples Republic of Korea to com met espionage it said Bucher made the remarks in answer to questions put to him during a news conference held for foreign newsmen in North Korea for the communist regime a 20th anniversary Celebration. It was the first Tim any of the american by Crew had been questioned foreign newsmen. Twenty of the Pueblo s 81 other crewmen appeared with Bocher at the news conference the North koreans said. Bucher reportedly said the ships Crew confessed to their a grave crimes and asked the North koreans to a Pardon them and Deal with them a letter sent to president Johnson in March which the North koreans claimed was signed by Bucher and his Crew also admitted that the Pueblo was in North korean Waters when it was captured and listed five geographic Points at which it said the vessel had tres passed. The North korean report gave no indication of the whereabouts of the 61 Pueblo crewmen who did riot attend the news conference. Berlin guard up by under the muzzles of enemy machine guns and automatic weapons. When no american gunships arrived die government troops proceeded to do their dangerous duty crawl Forward to retrieve their fallen buddies some still alive. One by one they fell in the Atte rapt. An hour and a half after the Battle broke out one gunship appeared and made a Short firing pass. Then the american Pilot radioed his regrets. He had to go to another area. Washington apr top . Officials say they Lack any firm evidence that the soviet Union intends to Start trouble Over Berlin but they Are on Alert for such a move because of .-russian tension. Attention was focused on Ber. In when president Johnson in a speech tuesday warned the soviet Union that a the use of Force and the threat of Force will not be tolerated in areas. Like the officials described Johnson a statement As a auf Ion. Sons statement As a precautionary action. A there is no hard indication of any soviet move to put the squeeze on West Ber Lin a one official said. A but ifs a constant apprehend. Sion any time anything happens to sour relations Between the United states and the russians. A ifs a very easy place for them to cause us trouble. It is something they can turn on and there has been speculation in certain Pentagon quarters that the russians might choose this time to apply new pressure on the United states Britain and France to weaken their hold in West Berlin. This speculation grows out of worsening .-russian rela. Tons resulting from the soviet unions occupation of czech Oslo. Varia and an attendant Warsaw pact military building in East. Pm Europe. The Western allies maintain Only a Small military presence in Berlin which is separated from West Germany by too Miles of comm rust controlled land. Today a chuckle marriage is just another Union that defies management

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