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FINAL 0 WEATHER Forecast for Tucson: Fair; no change in temperature. Temperatures Yesterday: HIGH 86 LOW 47 Year Ago: HIGH 69 LOW 39 U.S. Weather Bureau FIFTEEN CENTS An Independent NEVSpaper Printing The News Impartially TUCSON, ARIZONA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1967 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX PAGES Entered second class mstir Post Tucson. Arizona VOL. 126 NO.

315 On 'Neutral Ship Neutral Sea' Ms stum" '-sank im iiT iyjiifr -pp Jiif1 mm LIB J) (lI! Pern 5 PJ wf rT raws -r Enterprise Crew Hears Appeal By ROBERT B. SEMPLE JR. 1967 N.Y. Timj News Service McCONN'ELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kansas Neanng the end of a swift Veterans' Day tour of eight military installations across country, President Johnson Saturday called for peace in Vietnam and said he would be willing to meet the leaders of Hanoi on a "neutral ship on a neutral sea" if it would speed mil i Heavy A U.S. 1st Infantry Division soldier, loaded down with the implements of his trade, waits with other troops before moving into battle near Loc Ninh, South Vietnam.

Loc Ninh, the scene of recent heavy fighting, is along the Cambodian border. (AP Wirephoto) Tucson Salute To Veterans In Dak To Fighting vision, U.S. Army Reserve. An estimated 30,000 persons watched the hour-long procession about 20,000 below the estimated attendance of last year's Veterans Day parade. (See story on page 2A.) (Sheaffer photos by Harry Lewis) Campaign-hatted members of University of Arizona Army ROTC Drill Team (top) shoulder rifles as they march in annual Veterans Day parade of Morgan McDermott Post of the American Legion in downtown Tucson.

Bottom photo: personnel tanks of 8th Battalion, 40th Armored Di Red Casualties Pass 500 Mark settlement. The President has said often, and so have his principal aides, that they would be willing to meet "anywhere, anytime" with Hanoi's leaders. Saturday Johnson renewed these earlier pledges with imagery appropriate to the setting the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Enterprise, the world's largest warship. His remarks to the officers and crew of the carrier opened the final leg of the 5.100-mile, two-da tour. Afterwards he proceeded by helicopter to North Island Naval Station in San Diego Harbor, then flew here to McConnell Air Force Base.

Saturday niht he returned to the eastern seaboard, stopping briefly at Langely Air Force Base, the Yorktown, Coast Guard base, and the Gridiron Club dinner in Williamsburg. He planned to spend the evening in Williamsburg. he awoke refreshed from a night's sleep in the admiral's quarters aboard the Enterprise shortly after reville. At 7 a.m. he appeared on a flight deck.

Your weapons and wings are the swords and stiiplHs nf frpp. Hnm thp PrPciH.mr fha crew Jllmson Poised that the wo I ii maim parn pnrprnrKP "peacemakers in Washington of the men on board the car rier. "Our statesmen will press the search for peace to the corners of the earth. That meeting i grouna wouia even ne me sea. Standing- here, specks between Morale 'Sinking Fast' Reds' Fighting Ef KHWIV 622-5855 Load U1I1TF casualties mounted beyond the quarter battles less than five mile apart.

I After the fifhtinp tanererl off at niphtfall 27 Ampi-mans harl been counted dead and 243 wounded, pushing the U.S. cas- iualtv toll to 83 dead and 428 wuimueu. Officers reported 103 North Vietnamese troops were killed i 1-1-1 crt. Miuiudy, iiihmhk iuuu ui on for the 10 days of fighting, by b-count i At uawn sunaay, neiicopters we re still lifting out the i wounded from three companies -f 'bout rmiles norlh of Saigon. The evacuation of the wounded was hampered by a continuous Communist mortar Manv of the Communists were reported killed from the Wnr.3n h.

ardment bv tactical fighter- arfiIlprvt'oiin(: 'i-''8 tcr gunships also raked the ui; Communist positions. aunudj. mam DoiMiu- ration bombers joined for the i bombardrnent. unloadm? 300.000 pounds of explosives on sus- pected North ietnamese defen- area5; and infiltration mutes. I Dl Visit To Cairo MOSCOW (APi Soviet Communist party leader Leonid I Brezhnev will visit Egypt early in 1968.

Tass announced Saturday. The announcement said an in- vitation to do so was extended by Vice President Ali Sabry, who headed a delegation which came here from Cairo for cele brat.on of the 50th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. It will be the first visit out side the Communis: bloc for I a I i Although the President trav-SAIGON (AP) Fierce fighting at hand grenade range cled a full 3.000 miles on the erupted Saturday in the kineles of the central highlands and U.S. both U.S. and North Vietnamese Wane, Peace Offer Is Termed Spontaneous 1947 New York Time! News Servic WASHINGTON High ad-ministration sources said Saturday that President John-son's offer to meet with representatives of North Vietnam aboard a "neutral ship on a neutral sea" was a spontaneous gesture that did not reflect any new or secret peace move by Hanoi.

In fact, one senior official commented, the North Vietnamese government has been "awfully negative" late- ly- The sources intimated that Hanoi had recently let the President know what it saw no reason to end the war at this stage and was determined to hold out indefinitely in the hope that the attrition of its own combat manpower would prove less serious than that suffered by the United States. the vastness of ocean and hea- Ven, men might realize the ulti- mate smallness of their auar- 1 smaimcs:) uieu- quar- rel- Tne-V mint reaIize the i infinity of promise that stretches outward like the sea. "It may only be a dream, but 11 uc States foIIows Qredm L01 ace 50 we mciuae even me jeas in our searcn. i For us, the wardroom could i readily be a conference room, I A neutral ship on a neutral sea i i wouia ne as gooa a meeting I place as any." nf Rkrwp u.as lictorl in ui caua- at St. MarVs Hospital.

maximum 65 miles per hour speed limit. In the second accident, anoth- Tunier flf ma wag fl a. tem to right to left lane when he hit a vehicle driven by Don Fielder 40. of 3530 E. Indian School Fnoenix, the left rear fender.

Fielder's car struck another driven by Mrs. Bob Hedrick, 36, of Marana. Turner's wife was listed as le sions. Mrs. Al Homer, 33, of Marana, a passenger in the hednck emce as ondu'on- MTrs- Hednck dauShter Carol Lee, another passenger, was unharmed, Turner's and Mrs.

Fielder's injuries were undeter- mined. 500 marK in tne iu-ctay name arouno. uan 10. About 1,000 infantrymen and paratroopers from the U.S. 4th Police Quiz Value Is Doubted Confessions 'Rarely' Follow Interrogation By SIDNEY E.

ZION 1967 New York Times News Service NEW YORK A study of police interrogation on the streets of three cities Boston, Chicago and Washington has shown that the questioning of suspects is "remarkably unproductive of admissions of guilt. The study, conducted by two leading sociologists under grants from the Department of Justice and the National Science Foundation, was seen as undercutting the assertion of enforcement officals that street interrogation is essential to effective crime control. Published this week in the annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sci-e the findings comple mented a study of police station interrogations made public last week by the Yale Law Journal. The Yale study, conducted by student editors of the Law Journal, found that in the New Haven police department during the summer of 1966, interroga tion was unimportant to law enforcement and that confessions were vastly overrated in importance. The study of three cities, by two University of Michigan sociologists, Albert J.

Reiss; chairman of the sociology department, and Donald J. Black, was confined to the slreets, w'here 36 observers wit- npssprl intprrnrr.itinn"; in pnermn- ters between police officers and suspects in patrol setting. ui an tieia pairoi encounters where the police questioned susDects in about two-thirds of the 831 cases witnessed there was no interrogation only 14 per CCnt yidd6d admiSS1n I In only a small fraction of i the cases were the suspects even partially warned of their ngnt to remain snent ana tneir right to a lawyer, the authors saw. noy me muuv was made the summer of 1966. I after the United States Su- i- r- Preme Court ruling in Mi- I allUd AI UUIJd.

I i ne Aliranud runuj; i fijunr: police officers to warn suspects their freedom in a significant I way. as "the most exciting cavalcade seen in the City of Lon-don since medieval times." Even the sun came out and in London's grim November that was something to shout about by itself. Bands played, church bells rang, pop groups wailed and thousands of flags were waved in the gusty breeze as the 1'4-mile procession wound its way through London's streets. Tne biggest cheers were for Su Gilbert, the swinging Lord ilfcHTMIZ: Hi i. ii' I number of cases of shirking and cowardice.

"We have, gentlemen, 600 documents that attest to this decline in morale," the officer stated, referring to papers that have been taken from enemy troops and found in caches. The Hanoi government was described as having taken complete control of the guerrilla movement and was said to be drafting men in their late 30's. Ringling Seals 'Greatest Sale On Earth' 1967 New York Times News Service ROME The Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey circus the self -proclaimed "Greatest Show on Earth" has been sold here by a representative of the Ringling family that has controlled it for nearly a century-True to the circus tradition of publicity ballyhoo, John Ringling North consummated the $10-million plus sale at the Rome Colosseum, site of the ancient spectacles that could be said to have foreshadowed the modern circus, according to the announcement. The purchasers are Judge Roy Hofheinz of Houston, proprietor of the Astrodome, the Houston Astros baseball team and the Houston Stars soccer team there, and Irvin and Israel Feld, theatrical representatives, of Washington, D.

C. The Feld brothers have represented the circus in 20 major cities since 1956. North was quoted as having said that it was his conviction that they and Judge Hofheinz would maintain the circus standards and traditions that had persuaded him to accept their offer from among several others. riciency eclares Many boys in their early teens have already been taken for service in the South, the officials said. Commenting on the outbreak of fighting in the past three weeks along the Cambodian border, the American officials indicated that the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong had been forced by recent reverses into essentially foolhardy actions "to show they're not losing the war." Militant land grant claimant of his followers were convicted sentencing Dec.

15. iii i ip na ornnn arm Tairpn no 1L.A.. Irt .1 I. iiuir wudi tiie icuiieu a inuc court, with Noll sitting as judge, on charges of tres passing on land grant property. Land Claimant Tijerina Guilty By BUD JORGENSEN Truck Accident Bums Hitchhiker To Death By LINDA CUQUA A pickup truck engine fire burned an unidentified hitchhiker to death about 8:50 last night five miles northwest of Prince Rd.

on Interstate 10. LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AF) Reies Lopez Tijerina and four baturuay ot assauit.ng two rorest service rangers in an at- tempted land grab. Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietname.se forces in close BYU Edges Wildcats In 17-14 Battle I'Hinu. nan loptxidi, Brigham Young University took a three-Doint lead in the second .....,7.

tc quarter ana nung on iur a u-n victory over the University of ,1 ii Arizona in a Western Athletic Conference football game here Saturday. rj-he vjc0ry vaulted Brigham a tie for second tn- wjtn Arizona stat(, bnjnd Wyom jnfJ Arizona, losing its first foot- ball appearance nere. remained i. i ir, tho wr next-to-last place in he VAC cllIU U'J" w. v.w a- losing recora inis vear.

The Wildcats are 2-5-1. (See complete details on Page IE. Mayor, inaugurated Friday for a one-year term, and for comedian Dick Van Dyke, the first American film star ever to take part in the annual cavalcade. Some of the pretty show girls found the wind flirtatious as they paraded on floats through the city. Large union jacks were found to cover their confusion.

"What I want is a bit of fun." said Lord Mayor Gilbert, "We are staging an entertainment, not an imei- lectual exercise a a Bv TOM BUCKLEY 1967 N. Y. Times News Service SAIGON Ranking United States military officials stated SatnrHpv that "th fiphtinp ef fi iutui -V "0 ciency" of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops had "progressively declined" in the past six months. During this period, it was stated, 40,000 enemy troops had been killed in action. These losses had not been made up, the officials said, reflecting a drop from 285,000 to 242,000 in the estimated strength of Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam.

The morale of these forces, confined to inhospitable mountains and jungle and often on the verge of starvation, was described as sinking fast. One knowledgeable officer stated that there was evidence that enemy troops were being flogged into battle with machine guns at their backs. One division was said to have set up drumhead courts-martial for the first time to deal with an 24, Parade controversial despite its six years many rich, it's now going back decade, the public now considers 5B 4A 1 London Town Swings At Mayor's Pageant today's News Index Section A News. News Features Section Entertainment, Travel Section Mostly Hers Section Homes and Gardens Section Sports Pages Section Classified, Editorial Thp Hrivpr Arthur Mpnpps; -factory condition with face burns Half an hour later, two rear- end collisions a block west of the first accldent sent four ames from the burning truck, which was a total loss, kept approximately tnree miles for an hour and a half It was the 8oth traffic fatality Pima County this year. There were 66 at this time last; -ear' MUnn0i vniH hp Up the hitchhiker in Yuma and was eastbound on the -iehwav when his engine caught fire and ho lost control, according to Highway Patrolmen mvesti- the fc'de Jg i hit ia ii nct linn rf I Qntnn npi ZIV "a 7 SO They were released on bonds Tijerina was convicted by the ITorlorol Pnnrt iiirv nn twd Lll 1 UI V.U1 jwi COUHIS Ul dSSauil dgainai 10115- ers Walter Taylor and Philip Smith.

Each county carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Asked if he planned to ap- peal. Tijerina replied, "Of course." His brother, Cristobal, and Ezequial Dominguez, were convicted on one count each of assault against a Federal officer. Alfonso Chavez and Jerry Noll i nn and counts of converting govern- iment vehicles to private use. The counts involving vehicles each carry maximum penalties of three years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The rangers said they were assaulted by the Tijerina group during a confrontation Oct. 22, 1966. at a Carson National For est campground in northern New Mexico The rangers testified they were seized by members of the until Dr. Sam Sheppard is quitting the U.S. because he feels he's "continnaUy on trial Page The Peace Corps still success, 9D It goes slowly, but Tijuana is presenting a new face, 9 A Tne gun is the mistress of the nation, but what explains 1 hold? 7E By RONALD TOMSON LONDON (AP) The annual Lord Mayor's show often a stuffy affair came out Saturday as pageant of "swinging London" with prancing show girls and an American movie star.

Sir Gilbert Inglefield, a fun-loving Lord Mayor who likes miniskirts and doesn't object to long-haired youths, broke with ancient ritual to put on a show in the spirit of the sixties. Tens of thousands of Londoners and tourist; sidewalks for what was billed 0 Although Helvetia made In dust. IB 4 For the first time in a GOP the ablr of the two parties, 10C Brezhnev since he took 6 pany leadership after the overthrow of Nikita Khrush- BrMce 7E Horoscope 8D Radio-TV Crossword 2D Mostly Her? l-fC Religion Efltorlal 10F Movies 7R Sport? Financial 7D Pub. Rec. 3D Weather icu siut.

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