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CORTLAND, X. Y., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1970 10c a Copy. Hy Car r ie r — <50e a \ \ > e k . $31.20 a yt-ar. By Mail—$e for 3 .Months. 6 MTonths $11. 1 Year, $21.
rrorists Blow Up Saigon Government Press Center uss Proposal Withdrawal In Vietnam and the issues of this congressional election year. It consisted of interviews and discussions between congressional Democrats and citizens in Washington, Los Angeles, Houston and Detroit.
The airing of the Democratic show prompted T. Coleman Andrews Jr. of Richmond, Va., national chairman of the American party, to ask major television networks Sunday night for equal treatment for his organization of third-party groups that backed George C. Wallace's presidential campaign in 1968.
The Democratic Policy Council, headed by former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, was urged in the Harriman subcommittee proposal to reject President Nixon's policy of conditioning future U.S. troop withdrawals on the Paris peace talks, the level of violence progress in developing South Vietnamese forces.
The proposal said: "It should depend wholly and exclusively upon the interests and policy of the United States. That interest and that policy require a firm and unequivocal commitment to the American people that all U.S. forces will be withdrawn from Vietnam. We see no reason why this withdrawal should not be completed within 18 months."
The Democratic state of the nation telecast Sunday—produced at an estimated cost of between $30,000 and S50,000, to be paid by the party's congressional campaign c o m m i t t e e s -featured incumbents whose seats are up for election this year.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts* was a prominent Democrat who was conspicuously absent. A party official said the senator declined an invitation to participate.
Republican response included this from Rep. Bob Wilson of California, chairman of the GOP Congressional Committee:
"The Democrats pinpointed many of the problems facing the country on their TV show—residual problems left over from the years of Democratic administration. And they sounded just like a group of disgruntled heirs arguing over their meagre inheritance."
Top News
of the Day
WASHINGTON (AP) - A report prepared by the Senate Finance Committee staff says Congress will face great pressure to turn medicare and medicaid into a form of national health insurance unless the rapid rise in medical costs is stopped. It said charges for adequate nongovernment health insurance are rising beyond the financial capabilities of "millions of hardworking Americans."
Israeli jets struck army camps on two sides of Cairo Sunday as Egyptian President Gamai Abdel Nasser hosted a little summit meeting of Israel's chief foes.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top administration economic advisors say steps will probably be taken to ease restrictions that have been are being used to cool down the economy. They indicate the economy is slowing but that proper safeguards in use have presented a serious threat of depression.
Bombs have caused slight damage to General Electric facilities in New York City, and vandals have struck GE's Washington offices. An anonymous caller claimed credit for the damage in Washington saying the action was a protest against the company's war production. Another bomb was found in front of GE's Manhattan headquarters but. defused.
NEW YORK STATE
An Associated Press executive report reveals that the Democratic leaders in the legislature will propose an anti-narcotics education program to begin in the first grade.
A Union College basketball star, who stands four full inches under six feet tall, is among those upset over the anti-dunking rule.
ICE-BORN FLOOD THREATENS TOWN Caked with ice. the Sandusky River in northern Ohio is posing a flood threat for the town of Fremont, populated by 17.500 persons.
Soaring Medical Costs May
Force A National Health Plan By JOE HALL
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.
Martha W. Griffiths. D-Mich., proposed today a national health insurance program under the Social Security System.
Her proposal was offered on the heels of a Senate staff report saying Congress will face
10 Persons Killed Over Weekend By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ten people lost their lives in New York State accidents over the weekend. Seven were from seven separate traffic accidents. One person died in a fire.
The other deaths came when a Kingston man slipped on ice and his shotgun discharged killing him and when a Rome man fell from a railroad trestle.
Deaths bv community wTere: FRIDAY: . Poughkeepsie — Kevin Smith,
18. of Poughkeepsie. when his car was hit by two others at an intersection.
SATURDAY: Elba—Willie Edwards, Jr.. 20.
of Elba, when his house trailer caught fire and he was burned to death.
Kent—John M. Ferris. 39. of Patterson, after his car struck a stop sign at an intersection in the Town of Kent.
Kingston—Merle Unthank, 39, of Kingston, when he was accidentally by a companion who slipped on ice while carrying a gun.
Lakeville — Edward Collins, 25. of Rochester, when hit by an oncoming car as he crawled from the wreckage of his car that had crashed moments before.
Kinderhook — Edward B. Dy-mond. 20. of Chatham, when thrown from the car in which he was riding with three others on Route 9.
SUNDAY: Utica — Jerold Gloss, 30. of
Rome, of injuries suffered Saturday when he fell 40 feet from a railroad trestle in Forestport.
Gloversville — Jack Ruleson. 20, of Gloversville. when struck by a car as he walked along North Main Street.
Oneonta — Tpr. Richard T. Juna. 42, of Mohawk, when his car and another collided on Route 7 west of here.
Greenport—Paul Kirincic. 15. of Flushing. Queens, when the car he was riding in went off Route 25 in Peconic. L.I.. and hit a tree.
YABLONSKI ARREST Another indictment in the Yablonski murder c a s e in Cleveland rnoves Mrs. Annette Gilly • above i from "co-conspirator'" to one of the accused. Mrs. Gilly; 29, is the wife of Paul Gilly. OB* of three men under indictment
great pressure to turn medicare and medicaid into some form of national health insurance unless the rapid increase of medical costs is halted.
Mrs. Griffiths' proposal, she said, would give to middle class Americans those health and medical benefits now being developed for the poor and aged, and which the wealthy already have simply because they can afford to pay for them.
Mrs. Griffiths, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, said the bill would relieve state and local governments of health service tax burdens, estimated to be about $7 billion annually.
"In addition." she said, "since this bill would eliminate medicare and medicaid, the $10 billion supporting these programs would become available for the comprehensive national health program.
"$ly bill would also preserve free choice of physicians: preserve traditional professional freedom of practice and methods of payment; and maintain. indeed, utilize the authority of local medical and dental associations and societies."
The listed benefits of Mrs. Griffiths' bill would include:
—Coverage to every man, woman and child who has resided in the United States for a year or more. „
—Health benefits, including hospitalization, as required and without limits; physicians services, including survery. subject to a S2 charge per visit after the first visit; nursing home care: home health services subject to a S2 charge per visit.
-^Dental services for all children under age 16 subject to a $2 cost charge per visit after the first visit.
—Eye care and prescription drugs.
The benefits would be financed under the Social Security program. Employers would
Administration May Ease Tight Money Policies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Paul W. McCracken, chairman of President Nixon's Council " of Economic Advisers, says the administration probably will act to ease the tight monetary policies established to cool down the economy.
"Clearly, a continuation through 1970 of the rather restrictive policies that we had in 1969 would not be consistent with the outlook that we indicated" in the President's economic report. McCracken said Sunday.
McCracken joined other government economists over the weekend in declaring the administration has succeeded in slowing down the inflation spiral and. with the proper safeguards, without serious threat of a recession. , Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy, along with McCracken and Budget Director Robert P. Mayo and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur F. Burns, indicated the economy will continue to coast down for the next few months.
"Then," Kennedy said, "we will level out sometime this year to a more sustainable rate and then there will be an increase in activity on a more sustainable basis."
Kennedy. McCracken and Mayo appeared on NBC's Sunday interview program "Meet the Press." . -
pay three per cent of their payroll, employes one per cent of the payroll, and the federal government would match the employer contribution from general revenues.
In a report released Sunday after a year of work, the Finance Committee staff recommends establishing maximum fees for doctors under the two big government programs as one way of slowing health ex-penses.
"The. charges for adequate nongovernment health insurance are rising to levels beyond the financial capacity of millions ,of hardworking Americans ," the report said.
If these are not slowed, the staff said. "Congress may reasonably anticipate increased pressures upon it to extend the medicare and medicaid programs to encompass large segments of the population not now-covered"—in other words, some kind of national health insurance.
By RICHARD PYLE Associated Press Writer
SAIGON (AP) — South Vietnamese spokesmen said today that U.S. and government forces have killed at least 117 North Vietnamese and captured six in a four-day battle still going on in the western Mekong Delta's Plain of Reeds.
Auburn, Utica Locals Reject GE Contract By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Striking machinists' lodges at two upstate New York General Electric plants voted Sunday to turn down the strike-settling GE contract. One lodge accepted the contract and another was set to vote today.
The workers, members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, are not bound by ratification of the contract, agreed upon in New York Jan. 29 between GE and striking electrical workers.
At Auburn, where GE employs about 1,000 persons. Lodge 967 turned back the contract 494 .to 20 with one ballot voided.
At Utica, Lodge 1669 rejected the pact 688 to 250 while Lodge 784 accepted 122 to 13.
Utica Lodge 588 was scheduled to vote at 2 p.m. today.
William McCadden, president of the Auburn unit, said the reason for rejection of the contract was because it lacked a clause guaranteeing workers would be called back to their jobs immediately. Under the contract, callbacks are at the company's discretion.
McCadden said IAM workers would be back on the picket lines.
Joseph LaRocca. president of Utica's Lodge 1669. said "the machinists have spoken." He gave no reason for the rejection.
William Miller, business agent for Lodge 784, would not comment when asked if his group would honor the picket lines of
"the dissenting lodges at the Utica plant. Miller's lodge represents about 150 draftsmen, laboratory technicians and engineering helpers.
He said, however, that he believed GE would resume negotiations today with Lodge 1669.
Morocco Concerned Over Middle East Situation
By MICHAEL GOLDSMITH Associated Press Writer
RABAT. Morocco (AP) — Prime Ahmed Laraki told Secretary of State W'illiam P. Rogers today the Moroccan government is deeply concerned over the prospect of further U.S. arms shipments to Israel.
American officials said Laraki raised the matter during a 50-minute meeting with Rogers, who is on the first leg of a 10-na-tion tour of Africa.
The officials said Laraki also warned against any attempt by the Big Four to impose a Middle East solution without taking account of the Arab population of Palestine.
In an earlier meeting with Foreign Minister Abdel Habid Boutaleb. both Rogers and Bou-taleb expressed concern over the growing foreign — presumably Egyptian — infiltration into Libya, the officials said.
Rogers paid tribute to the moderating and stabilizing influence of Morocco and its pro-Western monarch. King Hassan II. in the Mediterranean area. Africa and the Arab world. The secretary of state delivered a letter from President Nixon inviting King Hassan to visit the United States. No date was fixed, but the visit was tentatively set for July.
Rogers had a 15-minute private talk with the king prior to a luncheon hosted by Hassan in a downtown Rabat hotel.
Moroccan commitment to the Arab cause and U.S. support for Israel was considered the reason that the Moroccans gave the first American secretary of state to visit Africa something less than an all-out welcome.
Rogers and his wife were treated to a colorful welcome Sunday in Fez, Morocco's ancient religious capital 120 miles north of Rabat. Escorted through the 1.000-year-old city by eight Moslem priests in flowing robes, the visitors walked for an hour around the'cobbled streets.
Boutaleb met Rogers and h»> wife at 'the airport Saturday night but made no welcoming speech. A state banquet by the king was canceled, and instead
Boutaleb gave a dinner for the visitors.
Rogers talked with craftsmen sitting cross-legged as they embossed brassware and leather goods. The governor of the city. Ahmed Ben Bouchta, gave him two huge brass plates, a bellows and a brass-studded leather chest.
A ceremonial luncheon feast was given in a tent near a lakeside palm grove at Sid: Hrazem, 10 miles outside Fez. Squatting on cushions in Arab style, Rogers used his fingers to dip into spicy offerings of couscous and steamed lamb.
As he ate. Rogers watched barefoot Moroccan dancing girls perform to haunting tunes of Atlas mountain tribesmen.
The foreign minister gave a state dinner Sunday night in Rabat for Rogers.
The secretary flies to Tunis late today. The State Department says the purpose of his 16-day trip is to demonstrate "growing U.S. interest in Africa."
The battle in the savanna land —dry at this time of year—was the only sustained major fighting reported during the Viet Cong's four-day Tet cease-fire which ended at 7 a.m. todav—6 p.m. EST Sunday.
The fighting began when an American helicopter was fired on Friday. Government mercenaries led by U.S. Special Forces made a helicopter assault into the area, about eight miles southwest of Moc Hoa and 60 miles west of Saigon, and touched off a succession of running fights.
Field reports said about 10 government troops had been killed and a dozen wounded. The mercenaries and their Green Beret officers are being supported by American helicopter gunships and fighter-bombers.
In a clash this morning, government spokesmen said, two mercenaries were killed and one wounded and 16 enemy were killed. Twenty-six North Vietnamese were killed Sunday, government spokesmen said. No American casualties w£re reported.
The enemy troops are reported to be from the North Vietnamese 88th Regiment, one of four North Vietnamese regiments in the delta. It has operated near Chau Doc, 100 miles west of Saigon along the Cambodian border. Kien Tuong Province, where the current battle is being fought, is the farthest east that the unit has been sighted.
The U.S. Command reported that an American river patrol boat with five U.S. Navy men aboard strayed across the Cambodian border Thursday night and is being detained by the Cambodian government. A spokesman said Washington has asked the Cambodians to release the boat and its crew.
Poughkeepsie To 'Withhotf
POUGHKEEPSIE. N.Y. ?AP> — Teachers in this Hudson Valley city manned picket lines today following an early morning vote to "withhold their services" in a continuing conflict over discipline and pupil and teacher safety.
About 70 teachers picketed the Krieger. Smith and Warring Ele
mentary Schools, the Middle School. Morse Junior High and Poughkeepsie High School.
Classes were opened on time this morning^ but were later canceled at the high school. Teachers on the picket lines refused comment on the situation.
The Poughkeepsie Public School Teachers Association voted shortly after midnight to refuse to return to schools today. The high school and middle school had been closed since a teacher walkout last Wednesday.
Teacher spokesmen said the board of education broke off talks Sunday evening and convened an open board meeting. The board announced schools would be reopened today.
At no time did the teachers or representatives from the New-York State Teachers Association-use the term "strike" to describe their job action.
Strikes by public employes are outlawed by the state's Taylor Law.
Dean Streiff. field services director of NY'STA. described the situation at Poughkeepsie saying that discipline and safety issues had been building up over a period of time.
Last Wednesday, teachers walked out when a group of suspended students were allowed to return to class before they had served their full suspensions.
Teachers raised the crv that
The incident occurred 100 miles west of Saigon, where the Mekong River crosses the border. The command said the crew "apparently became disoriented in the dark when returning to their station" 15 miles downstream from the border.
Associated Press photographer Charles Ryan reported from Chau Doc that the boat had been tied alongside a barge in midstream. He said Navy sources reported some of the crew had been drinking aboard the barge and meanwhile the current swung the barge around. As a result, the boat set out in the wrong direction—toward Cambodia instead of toward its base.
Another American boat crossed the border by mistake on July 17. 1968, with 11 U.S. soldiers and a South Vietnamese private on board. The Cambodians released them five months later.
Government investigators combed the ruins of the National Press Center in Saigon, wrecked Sunday by a 20-pound plastic bomb. The charge apparently was set by a Viet Cong terrorist and blasted through the upper floor offices of the two-story building. A huge hole was blown in the roof, and files and furniture were burned.
The offices were closed at the time, and although glass and debris showered the adjoining street, no injuries to passersby were reported.
Nguyen Ngoc Huyen, the press center director, said most of his files on accredited foreign and local correspondents appeared intact. Huyen set up a tern porary accreditation office in another part of the building.
No arrests have been made. • and officials said they have no suspects.
Teachers Vote Their Services'
the administration was not supporting them in matters of discipline. The walkout Wednesday led to the closing of the high school and the middle school.
Today's action was against all public schools in the city.
Mrs. Rupert J. Tarber, school board president, said 25 items of disagreement have been under negotiation since last Wednesday and that only two "very, very minor" points re-
She said the board disagreed with the two teacher requests and offered alternatives which were rejected. She said the board then decided to reopen schools.
Mrs. Tarber added that the administration will make every effort to open the schools and
. will call in substitutes. She noted that the members of the board are certified teachers and may assume positions themselves.
The board was scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. today to consider their next" steps. Mrs. Tarber said.
She declared that the board remains willing to negotiate with the teachers.
The teachers, in announcing : their move, telegrammed State Education Commissioner Ewald J. Nyquist, PERB Chairman Robert Helsby and the board of education.
They declared. "Despite our persistent efforts . . . . the Poughkeepsie board has taken no effective action to prevent a reoccurence of the disruptive events that led to the closing of school last week."
Mrs. Tarber said the two sides had agreed on a news blackout despite the reports of a teacher walkout.
She said she expects some teachers to work today. When asked, she said that most of the teachers expected to report to work are on the elementary level.
Syracuse Man Killed In Vietnam
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SYRACUSE. N.Y. (AP) -Army 2nd Lt. John A. Shaffer. 22. has been killed in action in Vietnam, his parents confirmed Sunday.
Shaffer was reported missing a week earlier. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Shaffer said Sunday the Pentagon had notified them of their son's death. He had been serving with the 101st Airborne Division.
He was -a former Syracuse University student. He graduated from Fort Bennmg Officers Training School one year ago Sunday His father is a prominent criminal lawyer in Syra* cuse
The family residence is at 410 S«ott Ave.
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