• • . Jhkj^ UJoa£lt;l~MONTGOMERYWARDNew Store HoursWards Will Be Open Monday Thru Saturday10 A.M. - 9 P.M.Daily Until Christmasfor Your Shopping ConvenienceShop Wards Big New Christmas Catalog Phone 635-7281Exclusive Community HitBy Scandal on NarcoticsTo Mediale In Viet NamNew York News a m. in the cottage of MichaelDARIEN, Conn. — Darien, the V. Smith. 20, of Darien wealthy, super-exclusive Con- Smith, a handsome, surlynecticut community which has youth who described himself as been frantically trying for more a personnel counselor was than a year to lower a blackout deeply involved in the drinking curtain around a teen-age drink- scandal which prompted the ar-ing scandal that hit the nation’s | rest of 13 adeults — four of front pages was rocked by an- thm socially prominent couples other malodorous sensation Sun- Homicide Chargeday — this time involving nar- Last year. Smith was convict-cotics. of negligent homicide andNine young persons—six men reckless driving in the death of and three girls — several of Nancy Hitchings. 17. daughter whom were involved in the first of an airlines executive scandal — were hauled in after The case sparked the arrest a police raiding party found a of the 13 adults on charges of quantity of marijuana in a small serving liquor at two coming-out cottage occupied by the central parties held the night Nano-figure in the drinking mess. was killed in the crash of the Ail nine were nabbed at 12:30* car Smith was driving__He was sentenced to sixmonths in jail, with the stipula-Pledges Dribble 225 Mile Stunttion that the sentence be suspended after 60 days. He was placed on two years probation on the negligent homicide charge and fined $50 on the reckless driving charge. OMAHA 'AP) — A fraternity The case was appealed and stunt that began 5:30 p.m. Fri- he was continued free* in Sl.noo day in Manhattan. Kan., ended bail. The appeal ruling is still Sunday in thlt; Creighton Univer- Pendinglt;1Reuter*VIENNA. Austria — Commu-nist Romania is ready to medhas already held secret explor-w Unitedm ? A itSunday.Officials accompanying Rlt;; manian Price Minister Ion iGheorghe Maurer (*n a visit to Austria said their government was willing to act as peacemaker between the U S. and the Vietnamese communists I Their announcement coincided jwith a visit to the Romanian capital of Bucharest by a U. S. Senate mission headed by Maj-jority leader Sen Mike Mansfield lt;D . Mont.*.One high Romanian official here said Mansfield’s mission was “obviously aimed at exploring the chances of bringing Pfc. Stephen J. Krai. 18. son about peace in Viet Nam of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Krai.Elston, has been awarded aPfc Stephen★ ★ ★Elston Soldier Wins Citationsity gym.The youth, who had been liv-Eight pledges of the Iota Kap- w'*h hi- widowed mother.pa Epsilon chapter at Creighton Mrs Eveivn Smith, recentlydumped a basketball through mov«l to a ««?*■ Histhe hoop after dribbling the ball!™mma,f '^a!k s. »«•• J/' 10 ® plumbers helper, alsoChina I.inksRomania is regarded as a.-battlefield cititation for bravery most the onh Soviet bloc na in a combat situation while tion still on speaking terms with serving with Bravo Company, Communist China, which ha-First Cavalry Division near Plie Me, Viet Nam.the 225 miles from Manhattanto Omaha.The purpose of the stunt wascaught in the raid I Darien police said they had*■ n Z V a ♦ been watching Smith’s cottageto stimulate Creighton student . ..for some time, interest in the school s opening \rrestedbasketball game against Kan- 0thers S€lzed'were Marilynsas State Dec. 1. Zodda. 16. a high school stu-The pledges took turns drib- dent; Judv Melfi 19 a clerk. bling in teams of two. and each Thornas B, Alpert. 19. a student; boy logged about 30 miles, aver- william L. Weir. 20. a surveyor, aging four to five miles an hour aJ] of Darien: Allen G Lanier, during the day and six to seven 19, an 0ffjcc boy of New York miles an hour at night. They city: and Glen M Carter. 20 were accompanied by a pledge- a personnel councilor, of New master in a car. CanaanThey were Ron Julis and Pat Alpert is the son of well-knownMatt.hpu k both nf Omaha • Hntmmpr “TVioitpr” A1.given powerful support to the Viet Cong The Romanian officials her* In the incident for which he said secret exploratory talks was cited. Pfc Krai and three were held in Bucharest last Jun* companions on patrol were ahn- between U S. Ambassador to bushed and pinned down by Romania William Crawford and Viet Cong rifle fire. Romanian Foreign MinisterKrai ran across an oicn area,\Corneliu Mam * u. attracting the Viet Cong fire They did not disclose the out-then held off seven of the guer-icome of these talks or whether rillas permitting his compan-there had been any move toions to escape to a safe dis- take up Romania’s mediationtance and radio for help. Krai offerthen made good his own escape. They suggested, however, thatKrai entered the army May thf' U. S. could negotiate withNorth Viet Nam and the Viet20. 1965 and was assigned to Viet Nam duty after completion c'u* aher to*elhe1' or »et«r of airborne and ranger training., ’He attended Russellville High These offl0ia,sSchool.indicated that the Romanian prime minister’soKronoo frr.m RucharnU HnrmoREX ALL DRUG STORESSALE TODAY — Tues. 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