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THE CTWlHfWW ATI V. IRER II II II II u7 II 1 Mxlll I I A 0- 128TH YEAR NO. 64 FINAL EDITION WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1968 PRICE 10 CENTS NQ Senator Wants To End Pappas Traded In Big Deal For Atlanta Pitcher Convention 'Circuses9 Mansfield introduced no legislation and conceded that prospects for approval of any part of his reform program were slim. He is co-sponsor of a proposed constitutional amendment supported by President Johnson that would lower the national voting age to 18, but the idea has gotten nowhere in Congress this year. He said drastic changes in the American electoral process were needed for "the survival of the American political system" WASHINGTON (UPI) Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield proposed a sweeping reform of the U.

s. election process Tuesday, including restriction of presidential candidates to campaigning only on radio and television for their own safety. He also suggested, in a brief Senate speech, that national political conventions be abolished in favor of a nationwide, state-by-state primary that would nominate candidates for the presidency Gun wish not to play a Saturday night game with the Cardinals because of the funeral of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.

Earlier, he had drawn criticism in the press after calling a press conference to detail objections of Reds' players to press and radio-TV personnel always traveling first class on flight while players alternated in the tourist section. His recent unpopularity with fans, press and front office alike was such he had predicted he would be traded. FOR THE REDS, Cloninger is the key player in the deal. Cloninger, 27, was the ace of the Braves' staff in 1985 when he won 24 games. During a three-year stretch (1964-66), he had 57 victories.

In eight appearances this season, his record is 1-3 with a 4.26 earned run average. "We're pleased with the trade and feel both Cloninger and Carroll will be a tremendous asset to our pitching staff," said General Manager Bob Howsam. Carroll, 27, was the Braves' "fireman (relief pitcher) of the year" in 1966 when he set a club record by appearing in 73 games. This season his record is 0-1 with a 4.70 ERA. The 25-year-old Woodward, rated an outstanding defensive infielder, hit .264 in 1966.

Pitchers Milt Pappas and Tony Cloninger were the major figures in a three-for-three trade announced Tuesday by the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves. In addition to Pappas, the controversial righthander who has been embroiled in recent difficulties growing: out of his role as Reds' player representative, the Reds sent left-handed pitcher Teddy Davidson and utility infielder Bob Johnson to the Braves. Cincinnati acquired a pair of right-handed pitchers in Cloninger and Clay Carroll and infielder Woody Woodward. In a separate transaction, the Reds placed ailing pitcher Mel Queen on the disabled list and re- "Glad to Go," says Pappas. Sports Pages called right-handed pitcher Jay Ritchie from their Indianapolis club In the Pacific Coast League.

29, appeared in 15 games for the Reds this season, winning two of seven decisions while posting an earned run average of 5.57. His difficulties as a starter have put him into recent bullpen roles. Only last week, Pappas resigned as the Reds' player-representative after teammates went against his tailed In House Milt Pappas he expected trade Tony Cloninger man for Reds economic growth, "Dowd pointed out. Linking the bank holding company concept to the goals of creating a favorable atmosphere for Industry in Ohio as advocated by Governor Rhodes, Dowd and Fangboner in a joint statement said, "Encouraging Ohio businesses to expand and attracting new industries to the state can create a growing number of jobs for Ohio citizens." The new banking group will make several services more readily available to communities served by smaller banks that will be included in the organization. By enlarging credit facilities available in rural communities, a powerful stimulus to agricultural expansion will be provided, Dowd added.

ill ill 1111 W' I is Control a vote, McCulloch and others objected on the grounds that the action was "too speedy." McCulloch argued that the committee should not act until it sees what the President does with the omnibus crime control bill sent him last week. "That bill contains a section dealing with gun control," McCulloch pointed out," and we cannot know, until the President signs or vetoes that bill, just what law we're trying to amend here. "I want it understood that I am not opposed to gun control legislation," he continued, "but I am opposed to too speedy or too precipitous an action in this important field." First National Joins Holding Company Pact More Viet Shells Slam Into Saigon "As of now, no matter how careful the security system, the candidate is at the mercy of the assassin," Mansfield said in and obvious reference to the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy New York).

He called for elimination of party nomination conventions as "political extravaganzas, which are more like circuses." In their place, he suggested a presidential primary election be held in each state the same day to elect indidate from each major party. Law The President, who said last week that the gun control section of the omnibus crime control bill was not adequate because it covers only the sale of handguns, sent the more stringent bill to Congress Monday in the aftermath of the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. THE PRESIDENT called the committee's action Tuesday "a bitter disappointment to all Americans." Saying there is no excuse for failure to act to prohibit interstate mail-order sale of rifles and shotguns.

The President said he hopes the judiciary committee "will promptly reconsider this shocking blow to the safety of every citizen." viet made 122mm rockets hit the air base, a favorite target of enemy gunners. The base contains Saigon's commercial airport, government and American air units, headquarters of the U. S. Military Command in Vietnam and the homes of a number of Vietnamese officials, including Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky. South Vietnam's Joint General Staff headquarters adjoins the base.

23 Captives Held By Ga. Prisoners ATLANTA, Ga. JP Four inmates took 23 employees at the U. S. Penitentiary hostage Tuesday and demanded that a newspaper reporter hear grievances which Warden Olin G.

Blackwell said were not spelled out. The reporter, William B. Williams of The Atlanta Journal, hurried to the penitentiary on Atlanta's south side when he was sent for by Blackwell. But hours later, he still was in the warden's office. There was fear that Williams, too, might be held hostage if he met with the prisoners.

"It's his decision," Blackwell said. "I've warned him of the hazards." Williams said he expected to talk with the inmates. He said he was acquainted with one of them, Frederick Freeman Leister, 34, who is serving 15 years for bank robbery and assault convictions. Eighteen men and five women were being held in record rooms on the second floor of the administrative section of the penitentiary. One of those nelng held was Associate Warden J.

W. Land. Williams, who has written about the prison many times, said the penitentiary here is "far the toughest In the country. It took the place of Alcatraz." The Weather Partly cloudy but not as warm and humid today with high in the mid-80s and a low tonight around 60. Details, Map on Page 11 i IIIIIIHIHIIIIIM 111-' II Jl Page Action Line 14 Amuse 30-31 Bridge 19F Brumfield ....14 Business Classified Columnists 7 Comics 32 Crossword 19F Deaths 33 Editorials 6 Page Graham 15F Horoscope Horse Sense 15F Jumble 13F People 2 Society 16-17 Sports 25-29 Top of News 3 TV-Radio 8 Weikel 13 Word Game 19 Food, Women's Section Pages 15, 18-19.

1-24F Local and Area News Pages 13-11 BT JESSE SHAFFER Enquirer Bureau Chief WASHINGTON The House Judiciary Committee, in what President Johnson called "a shocking blow," refused to send the administration's new gun control bill to the floor for a vote Tuesday. The legislation was kept alive, however, by the parliamentary manuevering of Ohio Congressman William McCullough Piqua), and committee members predicted approval of the bill next week. After the committee rejected a move to send the bill to the House floor, McCulloch moved for reconsideration of the vote, with the matter to be left pending until next week. It was the second time in his long legislative career that the congressman had used the same strategy to keep important legislation from dying in committee. He offered a similar motion in 1964 to save the administration's strong civil rights bill.

That measure was later enacted into law, with Democrats conceding that Mcculloch, ranking minority member of the judiciary committee, was largely responsible for its passage. THE GUN CONTROL legislation before the committee was sent to Congress by the White House Monday evening. Many committee members did not see the bill until Tuesday morning. When committee chairman Emanuel Celler N. called for WirephotM defects.

Zimmerman, a freshman at the University of Colorado, has been nearsighted since he was born prematurely, tipping the scales at 30 ounces. For his latest tests, he wore glasses with periscope-like prisms mounted on them. "It feels like I'm walking upside down," he said. A first-hand view through the odd spectacles while Zimmerman kept his eyes closed showed such sensations as watching one's own feet appear to be approaching, and instinctively reaching to meet a proffered handshake with the left hand. The First National Bank of Cincinnati and The National City Bank of Cleveland Tuesday announced an agreement in principle to become part of a new bank holding company.

The new holding company, to be known as Trans Ohio Banc shares will have total assets of approximately $2 billion. It is the intention of the new holding company to expand Into a state wide bank system. Dowd Directors of both banks have acted favorably upon the plan, which is subject to appropriate action by the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System and other governmental agencies. When and if approval is obtained, shareholders of each bank will be offered securities of the new holding company in exchange for their bank shares. The exact basis of exchange has not been determined, except that on a per share basis the exchange offer to shareholders of First National of Cincinnati will be on a parity with the exchange offer made to shareholders of the Cleveland bank.

Fred A. Dowd, chairman of First National, and John s. Fangboner, chairman of National City, indicated that TransOhio Bancshares will be enlarged in the near future by the inclusion of several other banks in smaller Ohio communities. It Is hoped that final action on the application for the holding company will be forthcoming by early 1969. 'TOR SHAREHOLDERS Of the affiliating banks, the holding company will provide a more readily marketable investment," Dowd emphasized.

Formation of TransOhio Bancshares will combine the resources of two of Ohio's oldest banking institutions. First National, organized in 1863, is Cincinnati's largest bank with total assets of more than $660 million and 22 banking offices. National City, organized in 1845, Is the second largest bank in Cleveland and in Ohio with $1.3 billion in assets and 36 banking offices. "Each of the banks Joining the TransOhio group," Dowd expha-sized," will retain their existing boards of directors and officers and autonomy of operation. Both the Cincinnati and Cleveland banks will be represented on the TransOhio board and its management group." In explaining the functions of a holding company, Dowd said, by reason of larger resources, wider business contacts and increased specialization of personnel, the banks will be able to offer customers, both individual and corporate, more complete and improved banking and trust services than the affiliated banks can provide individually.

ENQUIRER PHONE NUMBERS OTV NfWS DISK 71I-J70S til S. 9 t. H. ClwH mim an Mftn ir.ii Tir lat ACTION UNI (S 9- 4I40M By becoming part of the holding company, Dowd added, "We at First National, familiar with local economic conditions, will be able to preserve all of the advantages of an independent management and still operate it with the best interests of the community in mind." IMPETUS TO the formation of bank holding companies results from Ohio laws which prohibit branch banking, except in the county where a bank's main branch is located. A bank holding company, Dowd explained, is the only means of keeping the growth of banking organizations abreast of the demands of their customers and the communities which they serve.

"Failure of banking to keep pace with these developments can stifle See What We Mean? DENVER, Colo, iff) John Thomas Zimmerman emerged from his dim, topsy-turvy world Monday and promptly got sick. His world had been topsy-turvy because for three weeks, his only vision had been through strange-looking glasses that made everything he saw appear upside down and backwards. His world had been dim because the glasses afforded only a narrow, barely light seven-degree field of vision, compared with normal vision of about 180 degrees. ff I "S'r College gets pi dp Oil "'-S! -tar ,1 a I A iwM All --3 kLm SAIGON Viet Cong shells pounded Saigon's Tan Son Nhut air base early today, the latest ban-age on the capital in a systematic bombardment that has raised concern in the TJ. S.

Command and spread alarm among the three million inhabitants. SOME SOURCES estimated that at least 100,000 additional troops would be needed to make a ring around Saigon effective against Viet Cong gun crews. This would require pulling in troops from other major battle areas. Government troops moved into outlying areas in an attempt to choke off the shelling after 30 rockets hit the heart of the capital after dawn Tuesday, killing 19 Vietnamese civilians and wounding 115. The attack today on Tan Son Nhut marked the 24th day in the past 39 that enemy shells fell on Saigon.

About 130 Vietnamese civilians have been killed and 1000 wounded in that time. A U. S. spokesman said 10 So Blaiberg Turns Seriously 111 CAPE TOWN, South Africa UP) A liver ailment has stricken the world's longest surviving heart transplant patient and his chief surgeon left London for Cape Town Tuesday saying "I am very worried." Dr. Philip Blaiberg, 59, who received a new heart January 2 and has been living at home, developed the ailment described as hepatitis while undergoing routine tests in Groote Schuur Hospital here for most of the past two weeks.

Blaiberg was given emergency treatment Monday night and Tuesday. Doctors expressed concern for his condition. Dr. Christlaan N. Barnard, who headed the transplant team, said: "I am disappointed that this has happened.

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Zimmerman upside down view, right, with trick glasses, left The nausea came when he took off the glasses and found himself dizzy and disoriented at seeing things right side up again. Despite the discomfort, the 19-year-old Zimmerman was pleased because his experiment had been fruitful. The study, and a 2V-month stint with right side up, but reversed, glasses before that, were aimed at learning how mind and body reactions adapt when the eyes see things as they are not. Eventually, he said, it is hoped the pilot studies will learn to help the mind and body possibly with the aid of hypnosis conquer vision y..