Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

-V Fame Like The River Is Narrowest Where It Is Bred And Broadest M-- 1 i 4 '--r 1 VOLUME 107 vi I a PRICE nCIlT CENTS PAGES LEWISTON-AUBURN MAINE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14 1968 iA punctuated by screams Two Planes Flew Too Close To Coast One Escaped LEJIME OUTAHERK Measles be this bid think Billy of MrsRose Aelin 653 Washington St Auburn BULLETIN WASHINGTON Aa manned propeller driven Navy plant was shot down by Chines Communist MIG aircraft after it strayed into air dff Bod Hainan Island the Defense Department armonnoed today The Pentagon laid the incident occurred Tues day night when two manned Navy A1 plane i navigational while on a ferry plane trip from CnU Point in the Philippines to the aircraft earlier Corel Sea in tbo Gnlf of Tonkin There are also of course shots to combat theflu all for their own good hut never convince the youngsters some of whom are pictured in this edition showing their displeasure at a measlea clinic in Auburn Dr Dorothy Anderson of Auburn and Dr Peter Leadlev director of the Communicable Disease Division of the State Department- of Health and Welfare held forth at the clinic for pre-schoolers in the City Council chamber The clinic began at 8:45 am but many parents with their temporarily unsuspecting youngsters began to line up for the mots long before and a line that clogged the second floor hallway and the front stairwell was in evidence by the time the doors to the chamber" were flung open It long before the unsuspecting became acutely aware that this wasn't a pleasure trip and the pained expression on the face of many and mother and dad as they held little Johnny Jimmie or See SCREAMS Page 5 Ool 4 To Bid Seat os SETTING At the encircled US Marine base at Khe Ranh aa thia young Leatherneck spend part of the time preparing for the expected attack from North Vietnamese troops This Marine sits on a 60-caliber machine gun ammo box in a banker near the perimeter of the base readying ammo clijs for gun At right is a reeoilleaa rifle Marines such LAST EDITION (API Wliwhota in the United States who could be drawn on for overseas deployment Officers Disagree But senior officers argue such numbers are misleading since a large part of this total is in basic or other training or performing rear-area functions Key elements of the strategic reserve these officers say are the combat-ready regular Army and Marine divisions in the United States There were 10 such divisions in this country in Jidy 1965 when President Johnson ordered a major build-up of American ground forces in Vietnam of them were Army divisions two wen Marine There are four Army divisions in the United Sti tea-end one of them is losing a brigade df high- ly trained paratroopers to the Vietnam war The Army has begun to form another division the Sixth Infantry at Ft Campbell Ky but this outfit will not be eom- See CALL-UP Page 5 CoL 2 area" -he said The three states have com plained that air service to tael west is available only through Boston and New York The CAB agreed saying: present the hulk of the air service in northern New England flows in a north-south direction and there is no direct access to Chicago Cleveland or Detroit" As a result Simat Mid northern New England passengers who travd by air See AIRLINES Page 5 Col 2 Hurry-Up Troop Shipment Cuts Sharply Into Reserve Bowl and walla -and out of normally-quiet tniij nd office at the Auburn city building thia morning aa die Health Department ataff and physicians with syringe alcohol and vaccine fid battle with one of the more common of childhood diaeaaca 1 In die onewa vaccinated against am allpox and immunized againat typhoid dkrtheria and whooping cough-Ikon mother and dad crossed their fngera and hoped that of the numeroua other childhood ailment would crop But advancement in medicine lave produced a number of vaedhea that reduce the danger of many of theae diaeaee and thCofteo serioui eomplieationa that result youngster not only teta the usual immunizations tut polio vaccine (usually the pleasant way) and measles vaccine (and did we hear somebody talking about a vaccine that prevents mumpsT) FIRST DISTRICT Hildreth For PORTLAND -Senator Horace A Jr son of a one-time Maine governor Mid today he would seek the RepuUicaa nomination for Congress in First District this June because he shared With many residents of the district a feeling of-uneasiness where the future of the nation is eoncerned feeling that our leadership In Washington is drifting from crisis to crisis without a strong sense of overall He' feels he said conviction that our federal government is getting more' and more professionally The 33-year-old lawyer told those In attendance at a newsi conference here thia afternoon that he baa noted certain element' of trust which Is lacking in the feelings about the federal government in what It tells us about toe war and 1 even on domestic matters" He continued: moving to create better life to help those who truly need help is the Administration YOU SAID-HE WAS A NICE MAN 1 And even though Doreen Theberge eight month daughter of Mr and Mr Harold Theberge! of 10 Pearl Bt-Auburn belieke ft At the moment the good- doc to? of the plane was shot down by Communist MIG the announcement laid It placed the spot about five mites off the east coast of Hainan Island The second Al left the scene and landed at Da Nang in South Vietnam the Pentagon said Its pitot reports he last aaw the other plane in a vertical dive and the statement said Asst Secretary of Defense Phil Goulding slid the pitot who reached Da Nang reported one Chinese MIG was involved Goulding uid he did not know whether there were more The chief spokesman taid he did not know if the second plane which made its escape had been damaged an whether tin pilot of that plane had been injured Peking Bioadeaet Meanwhile a Peking radio broadcast heard in Tokyo said Communist Chinese forces had shot down one UA Navy plane and-damaged another over Hainan- bland' The broadcast Mid the United States out war by flying two A1H Navy planes over Hainan Island off south China in the morning of Fete 14 idiots of the ition An liberation Army immediately dealt a heavy mow and shot down one of them and damaged the Ihe radio said -Als are propeller-driven planes also known as Skyrsid ers inxton Mid that the pitot who mafe it to Da Nang had seen a parachute descending from the plane that was shot down Communist China claims territorial waters extend miles offshore Ninth Incident this was the -ninth Incident involving Chinese Communist forces and American aircraft since September 1965 according to Pentagon records g- Sold to Time sets of the 35-year-old News Time also would assume ail liabilities The Evening News Publishing Go headed by Richard Scud-der and Edward Scudder Jr would receive 325000 shares of Time common stock which closed Tuesday at UVfc That would bo worth $286 million See- 11ME Pago 5 Col 3 Ww nvn i hoctoan By FEED 8 HOFFMAN AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The shipment of another 10500 combat troops to Vietnam cuts deeper into a strategic reserve of fulltime -aoldtem which enter military officers nay has been dangerously depleted Theie officers say- privately they believe at least one dim sion should be called up from rate the Army National Guard to' hot ster the strategic reserve of divisions available in the United States' tor swift deployment around the world The" question of a call-up of group reserve units is under study and no decision has beep reached But pressure tor such a call-up is rising Win Need More Military officers in the -Pentagon express belief further ground force deployments to Vietnam will be necessary end that the current buildup objective of 525000 will be raised This also is under study A Congress member who do- BY 200 PER CENT I The most recent one occurred on Aug 21 when two Navy MA Intruder bombers were chased into Red China and probably shot down for North Vietnamese or Communist Chinese aircraft following a raid against North Vietnam Goulding refused repeatedly to say anything about the downed pitot am not going to answer any questions about the status -of the Goulding said Ho would not give a reason He also asserted: am not goto to discus any questions about air-sea rescue operations" This suggested that VS forces might be searching the waters in hopes of ncovoring the pilot Goulding abo said he was unable to provide information' about the pitot who flew on to Da Nang but promised to do so when the information became available Navy sources said each of foe Ala carried a single crewman -While Comuuntot China claims a 12-mile territorial water limit the United States formally recognizes only a three-mile limit hut normally UA ip-lots are cautioned to nay dear of the Umiles limit to avoid difficulty Goulding Mid he did not have Information which would enable him to say what caused the nsv-" igational diffteuRtos in thia cbm He told newsmen it is customs ly for warplanes to fly unarmed white being ferried The official statement said: -Two unarmed UA Navy Al propeller-driven aircraft on a ferry flight from Odd point in ines to the aircraft al Sea in the Gdf id inadvertantly air apace appraxi-ve miles off this east coast of Hainan Island id the planes was shot by Communist MIG air- See KANE Page 2 OoL 3 jnally as UN secretary-gener- gtatement' said After lunch Thant drove to the Elysee and met with President Charles de Gaulle a critic of US policy in Vietnam Thant delayed Us return to New York from London Tuesday after a tour that took Um to India the Soviet Union and Britain seeking to open the door to talks to end the war There were reports in London that a message from Hanoi was waiting Um at Mai Van offices It was said to be a reply Thant made in New Delhi to Nguyen Hao North eonsul-generaL Information Minister Georges Gone asked by reporters about visit replied: are not unaware that there are indi-' rect contorts going on settle the Vtotnan nothing for the moment permits us to think that this Is a See THANT Page 5 CoL 2 settlement has to The 10000 sanitation men continued working overtime to clean op the remainder of 100000 tons of garbage toft from the nine-day strike which ended Saturday night with Rockefeller's unprecedented intervention The RepuUicaa governor re using to call out the National Guard at request proposed the state take ever See GARBAGE Page I Col 1 NEA Says Direct YOU JUST SPOILED MY WHOLE DAY I Dr Pe-ter Lradley can lecture all he wants 'Cheryl Jett 2-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond' Jett of 15 Sherwood Drive Auburn believe a word It DID Midwest Service Would Boost Travel WASHINGTON (AP) -North- Richard A important markets and production centers in the Great Lakes IN PARIS Thant Visits Viet Mission Heavy Dai In Greene HORACE HILDRETH more mindful of strengthening its own political machine? think it is I think we are too likely to see courage only when there is concensus See HILDRETH Ptttge 5 Col 2 and part of the dwelling pa well All of -the -contents of -the Dudidinga were reported test Firemen from Greene aided by the Lewiston Fire Department fought to extinguish the flames The residence is- located on the highway almost directly across the road from the Franciscan Monastery -Cause of the fire was not determined and it was not known if the building and contents were insured Mrs- Fields was later uid to he at the home of a neighbor Mrs Iannotti reportedly was" jfiEXs weU and State Police State Police' diSSi a dined to be identified said of more troops to Vietnam in addition to the 10- sGO would be announced short ly- grsmmi already be Mid Three days after the Viet Cqng opened their devastating city offensive- Secretary of feme Robert McNamara told newsmen believe that the American forces there at present are In the interim Gen William Westmoreland sent out caR for more ground troops in view of that offensive and the continuing North Vietnamese threat to attack the Khe Sank stronghold in northwestern South Vietnam Either McNamara was overrated or has -changed his mind since his Feb 1 statement that US forces in Vietnam are adequate Civilian officials nt the Penta-dispute the idea US mili-strength is being stretched perilously thin They say there are neatly one million -not counting reservista-in- uniform Walsh is hearing mony in the northern New Eng land-Gnat Lakes route ease airline The three applicants Northeast Mohawk and Trana-East Airlines do not expect to begin the'new service until next year after final CAB determination in the case Air traffic between northern New England on the one hand and upper New York State and the Midwest Simat said greatly inhibited by the lack of through-plane services" Inconveniences of' the circuitous and connecting routings which are required in the absence of direct service have Isolated the northern New England area from economically metals buildings crops paints and fabrics is estimated at $12 billion per year-about $80 per man woman and child But to control or reduce air pollution the federal state and local governments until this year were spending only $84 minimi 1 42 cents per man woman and child Federal foods were boosted in legislation passed last year but some experts say not enough Have A Choice have a choice: dean up the air and live like See POLLUTION Page 9 CoL 1 TMs WMfc Only COLOR TV Cost 10 -CROSSMAN'S Cw IMm HanpONrt Auburn prebry- vltlit today and called on a top North Vietnamese diplomat presumably to get a message from Ha noi on peace negotiations Thant talked for 75 minutes with Mai Van Bo North Vietnamese general delegate in Paris No information was disclosed but a UN statement said the conversation was held in Thant called on Mai Van Bo on a and not for- don't what advantage except for lifting off North 'to any peo- See MORTON Page 5 CoL 1 cheluies between Milne Ver-and mont New Hampshire and were A-Sd wert point including Cleveland If? Morton Questions Need For Stand at Khe Sanli Mst Airlines said today direct zervice would result in at leas) 200 per cent Increase in sis travel between northern New England and the upper Midwest amount by which traffic may be expected to be increased by the availability of single plane services is generally in excess of 200 per Nathan Simat uid in testimony submitted to a Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) bearing Simat of Brookline Mass is consultant for Northeast one taee f5 licago But civilized man is a sewer out of his sky and air Too much of our daily air is polluted containing increasing quotients of noxious offensive and poisonous gases and solid particles Can Only Guess Health officials say' they can only guess at the real cost to health both from killer smogs and from chronic exposure to carbon monixide sulfur dioxide ozone lead dust soot1 and a host of pew hem teal compounds The national bill from air pollution damage' to clothing making Desalt your Car SUPERSONIC CARWASH OPEN 1:30 am to 8 pm Lincoln St Lewiston GREENE A fire still irning at press-time today resulted in heavy toss to a residence on the Lewiston-Greene highway here The bunding reportedly Was owned and occupied by Mr and Mrs Ray -Fields and three children Mrs Fields was said to be sleeping at the time and nad to be ciliated from the flaming smoke-filied house She reportedly works nights One of the children attends Greene Central School and the other two Leavitt High School in Turner Fields according to Mrs Dominic Iannotti neighbor to employed at Louis Chevrolet Co Lewiston and was at work when the fire broke out At 1:30 this afternoon the barn was Mid to be leveled Weather Forecast fos Maine: Fair south variable cloudiness in the north and not quite so cold tonight and Thursday Lows tonight sera to 10 above south and aero to 10 below Orth TOMORROWS Sun RhM Mi Dor1 hemw Hr Si mini UbbRi af Boy IS kn Z7 mfta Mum 17 Myi NWN TIDR PurtluM -Am im Rom 1:00 am am WKeuMuf -Am n-l7 bjb II tl a WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Sen Thru ton Mm1-ton question the toe American stand the South There northwest South Vietnam see Khe Sanh is to us what effect it has on cuf Lindsay Aides and Union Open New Negotiations Legislature Delays Action I A TIGER I NOT ME' The writing on his shirt reads "A Little bnt Lyndon James Sirois 18 months son of Mr ancL Mrs Joseph Sirois' of 185 Riverside Drive Auburn quite live up to it as Dr Dorothy Anderson administered the vaccine" traffic DITOrs TIM CMC Mr TIM IM By ALTON BLAKESLEE AP Scieace Writer -To breathe enough oxygen to stay alive you must draw some 1600 quarts of sir into your lungs every day Goot Off We MOT ton the boss! Xfon FTi Lesson and AM lift ticket 300 Valley Condition! ExcoHqnf I 1 where an expected attack may ignite Communist the biggest battle id the war Morton often spokesman for Senate Republicans critical of President war policies predicted in sn interview there will he sharp challenges forthcoming in Congress to the strategy of inviting battle at an outpost difficult to supply think there is' 1 tot of feeling around the country that we had no business getting jnto Khe Sanh tbatwe may be asking for it the Kentuckian said SALE ON SKIS Bauer Hardware Co Mur Z9 Newark News NEWARK (AP) An agreement was announced today for Time Inc to acquire the Newark News New largest daily newspaper The agreement is subject to a i ureemer able tax ruling 'favors! NEW YORK (AP) to Mayor John V- Lindsay opened new talks with the sanitation union today as the New York Legislature coni tnued to stall on Gov Nelson A Rockefeller's strike-ending plan for a state takeover great deal of the heat has subsided and both parties have a cooler a union lawyer said as he arrived for the renewed negotiations know thia is the place where a -final Time Inc a communications empire based largely on weekly newsmagazines would take 'over all property and other as (Seo Temperatures On Page 3).