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THE BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER AND NEWS Thursday, March 7, 1968 Marine Hurt In Vietnam Kennedys Split On Rights Bill New Peace Feelers Extended by Hanoi I U.N. Secretary-General Thant SJ ifffllCli III! III ill! lIMwi II if sit, tisisi Iff The fact that talks opened with the Swiss touched off speculation that a possible new Geneva peace conference is being explored by the two parties. This the Swiss deny. The North Vietnamese expressed satisfaction over their contacts with the Swedes and the Italians and said their position had been spelled out in meetings with government lead TOKYO (AP) Norlh Vietnam, while trying to persuade the United States it has fallen into a military impasse, has been in contact with Switzerland, Sweden and Italy. These contacts and broadcasts from Hanoi, while not spelled out, seem aimed at advancing North Vietnam's ideas for bringing peace.

The Swiss have announced that their ambassador to Peking, Oscar Rossetti, had talks with North Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh in mid-February and that a Hanoi Foreign Ministry official will soon visit Switzerland. Earlier the North Vietnamese told of recent meetings with the Italians in Rome and the Swedes in Stockholm. There was no indication in any of the announcements that there has been a change in the North Vietnam condition that the United States unconditionally halt its bombing of the North. and Swedish Foreign Minister Torsten Nilsson that talks will take place after the bombing halts. The North' Vietnamese have refused to consider the United Nations as a mediator in the war and have on a number of occasions heaped abuse on Thant for seeking to find a way- Tuesday Hanoi's Vietnam News Agency listed what it called "insolvable problems" for the United States followtn; the lunar new year attacks.

Quoting the army newspaper Quan Doi Nhan Dan, it said they included a loss of initiative in the towns, a worsening shortage in combat troops, the loss of se cure bases, sagging milium morale, collape of the South Vietnam administration, freezing of the pacification program, inability to break through encir clement of bases, and the impossibility of working out a new strategy to replace one described as a failure. rL. Mil till 'VUfflMl'h l1 1 1 i fc.lSfc, 11 mmm 1. -jrvm tit i I- Rear Adm. Henry A.

Renken, commandant of the Ninth Naval District, is greeted by three Battle Creek men during his official visit here. He is the chief naval officer in the 13-state Midwest area. Chatting with the admiral are, left to right, Philip L. Ban- ach, president of the Battle Creek Council of the Navy League, Linus W. Heydon, League state president, and Mayor Preston J.

Kool. The local Navy League council hosted a luncheon at the Battle Creek Country Club Wednesday. (Staff Photo by George Vallillee) Anti-Draft Board Booklet Investigated Mr. Republican Joe Martin Dies News From AROUND THE WORLD Nuclear Powers Agree to Defenses GENEVA (AP) The United States, the Soviet Union and Rritain offered today to take joint action under Security Council auspices to defend any nation threatened with nuclear attack after it signs the proposed treaty to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. The three nuclear powers put a joint rcMiIution before the 17-nation disarmament committee for submission to the Security Council for approval.

Coho Boat Sites Bill OK'd by House LANSING (AP) The growing popularity of Michigan's new Coho salmon is reflected in a $2.7 million spending hill which won House approval Wednesday. The measure authorizes spending So5.1..K0 from the State Waterways Fund for five boat-launching sites in West Michigan's Coho country Ludington, Montague, Manistee two and Frankfort. GM Faces Threat of 4th Strike DETROIT (UPD General Motors Corp. faced the threat of a fourth United Auto Workers strike Friday as negotiators worked today to iron out lfi unsettled local contracts. Some l.Si0 UAW niciiilx-is were set to strike at 10 a.m.

Friday at an assembly plant in Atlanta. unless agreement is reached on a plant-level contract. Violence, Vandalism Close School WASHINGTON (AP) The Justice Department is investigating a pamphlet distributed to antiwar groups which blueprints a nationwide campaign of harassment against the more than 17.000 members of local draft boards. But while confirming existence of the pamphlet, a de-p a spokesman said Wednesday night: "We know of no activity being taken or planned to implement the plan of the publication." The Selective Service System said, in addition to confirming the pamphlet is being distributed, that instructions have been circulated on how to make firebombs and other destructive devices. The Selective Service spokesman did not detail these instructions.

He said he was unaware of any actual harassment of draft lmard members other than a few incidents previously reported. The Selec tive Service said it did not know thp source of the pamphlet, which reportedly WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate has laced the civil rights-open housing bill with more antiriot provisions after a heated debate over expanding federal police powers that split the Kennedy brothers. More attempts to dilute the open-housing part of the controversy-laden legislation were in prospect today, but Wednesday fast-paced action centered on riot-prevention. Sen. Robert F.

Kennedy, supported a proposed amendment that would make sniping, destroying property or other violence during a riot a federal crime. His brother, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, strongly opposed the amendment, which defeated 64 to 27. Robert Kennedy said it would change the whole complexion of the civil rights struggle" by bringing the federal government into local law enforcement "to a degree we never contemplated when I was attorney general." His brother said it would extend FBI jurisdiction "into ev ery town and city." He said there had been no determination whether the FBI wanted this or had the manpower to handle it.

Adopted 72-23 was an amend ment to make it a federal crime to transport, or manufacture for transport in interstate commerce, any firearm, explosive or incendiary device for use in a civil disorder. Return General Continued from Page 1 nist officer to have fled to the West. In Czechoslovakia, newspapers have been connecting Sejna with the "Conservative" (Stalinist) wing of the party led by Novotny. Early charges against him said he carried out "manipulations" with agricultural seeds, resulting in a loss of public property of about $42,000 dollars. But soon afterward, the newspaper said the case had a "political background." In Washington, U.S.

military information indicates that Sejna rose spectacularly from farm worker to general, apparently without ever commanding troops. "If he's had troop duty, it doesn't show." a Pentagon source said. "It looks like he's been a political general all the way." In many Communist armies, political officers are more powerful than the line military types. And Sejna, now in the United States, is described as the most powerful political official in the Czech defense ministry before he fled last last month. It appears he could give U.

S. authorities invaluable information on secret Warsaw Pact plans. The State Department acknowledged Wednesday that Sejna, his son and his son's fiancee had defected to the United States. The Major General has been accused by Czech authorities misappropriating state funds. But the consensus in U.S.

circles is that his departure was prompted by fear he would be purged as a result of a recent political turnover in Czechoslovakia. Lightning Abounds Lightning strikes the earth around the world about 6,000 times every minute. SHOES for the Oxfords $08 New Bomber Marine Corps Pfc. Frank T. Woodard son of Mr.

and Mrs. F.rant T. Woodard of 51 Green has been wounded in action in Vietnam, and is reported in fair condition. The Woodards received word of their son's injury in a telegram delivered Monday which stated that the young Marine "was injured March 1 in the vicinity of Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam. He sustained a fragmentation wound to the upper chest from a hostile explosive device while on patrol.

He is presently receiving treatment at the Station Hospital, Danang. The- telegram want on to assure the family that their son was getting the best of care and they would be informed of significant changes in his condition. Pfc. Woodard attended Battle Creek Central High School and enlisted in the Marine Corps in July, 1967. He went to Vietnam January 1 of this year and is assigned to Co.

First Amtrac, Headquarters Platoon, Third Marines. was printed in Canada. Selective Sen-ice has asked the Justice Department to appeal a recent federal-court ruling in Philadelphia that a local board must make public on request the names and addresses of its members. And informed sources said there have been requests for the names and addresses of all of the 17.000-plus local board monitors. The sources said the requests have not been granted.

Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. the draft director, said he did not object to release of information on draft-board members except for addresses.

He said addresses should be withheld to protect the members' privacy. The New York Daily New reported the pamphlet originated in Toronto and has been distributed to 327 groups op--posed to the Vietnam war. The News said federal, state and local police were alerted after the pamphlet came into the possession of law-enforcement officials. planes to fly that we've ever had." one of the Navy project officials stated. Among other things, the plane has an automated system which allows a pilot to land on an aircraft carrier practically hand.soff the con-tiols.

On bombing missions, a computer figures out when to release the bombs or missiles, which is done automatically after the pilot flips a couple of switches. Even at its near-supersonic speeds, pilots say, the A7A rides as solid as a limousine "It doesn't thrash all over the sky" as one put it. Although the A7A weighs in empty at 17.000 pounds, its su-perstrong wings which connect with the fuselasc at cockpit level plus a high trust engine allow it to tote 10.000 pounds of fuel and another pounds in ordnance. The ordnance includes bombs, and two Sidewinder heat-seeking missiles plus 600 rounds of 20mm cannon shells weighing three-quarters of a pound each. With internal fuel stores alone the plane can remain airborne nearly five hours an unusual amount of loiter time for an attack jet.

In addition to the automatic weapons delivery system, the plane is equipped with a computer-operated map system which spins a map like a reel on a screen for the pilot's viewing, and automatically displays his location. Channel Off Air Continued from rage 1 granting of the license. The FCC seeks to determine if there is a need for a translator station here and to determine if granting such application "would impede or impair the opportunities for Station WWWU-TV, Battle Creek, to compete successfully." WWWU-TV will be the call letters of the BCU-TV station in Battle Creek. The FCC also will explore whether or not the granting of the translator license "would tend to frustrate the intent of the Commission to promote the early activation of a viable UHF television broadcast station in Battle Creek. Also to be studied is whether or not "the translator would serve the public interest, convenience and necessity." Also pending is a $3 million damage suit filed by West Michigan Telecasters against the BCU-TV group.

This is pending in Kent County Circuit Court, but a motion has been made to shift the case to a U.S. District Court. GRAND RAPIDS (UPI)-South High School will he closed today and Friday because of continued violence and vanda- lism. A walkout threatened by leathers was averted Wednes- day night when the instructors agreed to further talks with officials and the board of education. Rocky 'Draft' Surprised Romney LANSING (UPD Gov.

George Romney today said Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's Detroit statement that he would accept a draft for the Republican presidential nomination surprised him and was a factor in his decision to withdraw as a candidate. Dr. Jamrich Heads Northern U. i MARQUETTE (AP)-Dr.

John X. Jamrich. 47-year-old associate dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University, was named president of Northern Michigan Uni- versity today. Dr. Jamrich will take over July 1.

He succeeds Dr. Edgar i L. Harden, who resigned last Ottolicr after 11 years as Northern's president. Harden was principal of Battle Creek Central High School in 1945. ers.

The North Vietnamese began what might be considered new peace feelers almost as soon as the violence of the Communist attacks over the lunar new year in the South had abated. While rejecting President Johnson's San Antonio formula, which calls for some sign the Communists will not exploit the talks to make military gains, they left the door open to possible discussion of a cease-fire as one of the items on the conference agenda. A March 1 statement referred approvingly to statements by Morning stars: Mercury. Venus; evc- ning stars; Saturn. Jupiter and Mars.

The sun sets today at D.m, and rircs romorrow at :0 a.m. The moon sets tomorrow at 3:27 a.m. and rises tomorrow at 11:50 a.m. Todty'i Readinqs: Hiqh Low Alpena 29 Esc an aba 33 Flint 37 Grand Raiids 43 Houqnton 27 Houghton Lak 36 gg ffom Wl AfHfR BUKtAU JL3rSO IM I JOSEPH W. MARTIN JR.

Recalling how Martin was dumped as party leader, one colleague said: "He was a victim of his belief that everybody was as nice a guy as he was. They weren't." A few years later, Martin said the action relieving him of the party leader's duties probably lengthened his life. But it took him a little time to adopt that philosphical view. The age issue was to play the major role in Martin's final political defeat. Seeking a 23rd two-year term, Martin was rejected by his Republican constituents in a primary that saw a 35-year-old housewife get the nomination and go on to win the election.

Rep. Margaret Heckler, pulled the upset with a "new "time-for-a-change" campaign. Martin ruefully remembered that had been his successful strategy when he first ran in 1923. So Martin returned to the town where he was born Nov. 3, 1884 and to the North Attle-boro Daily Chronicle, the town's only paper, which he owned.

One of eight children of a $15-a-week blacksmith, Martin got his first job selling newspapers to workers leaving the gates of North Attleboro mills. At the age of 24 he became publisher of the North Attleboro Daily Chronicle. Merchant Fleet Continued from Page 1 around the world has experienced a boom, our own shiphuilding industry has shriveled. he said. The district commandant also said the nation has the "dubious distinction" of operating one of the world's oldest merchant fleets in terms of age Not only are more than 70 per cent of this nation's merchant ships over 20 years old.

the average merchant seaman is "a senior citizen of 55." Henken said that for every two dollars spent on the space race, we "spend one thin dime to help the American merchant marine compete on the sea." He said that an improved merchant marine would be a factor in "erasing the balance of payments deficit." "If we could rebuild our fleet to its World War II level, there would be no negative balance of payments. With design, containerization and automation, both on short-range and long-range planning, we should upgrade our merchant marine. "We have the brains, but now we must get on with it," Renken said. The status of the nation's merchant fleet, he said, "is not merely a naval problem, but one which concerns all citizens. "The solution to this problem is not easy, but it is well within our capabilities." the district commandant said.

Renken outlined a three-point program to develop a leading merchant marine. First, we must compete on the oceans and "simply must have more ships not World War II "rustbuckets." but modern ships to meet today's needs." He said much of this could be achieved through "accelerating our development of advanced propulsion and hull design" and by looking forward to a multi-ship nuclear fleet. "Our goal should he tomorrow's ship a ship which will travel on hydrofoils at 60 to 80 knots without having to refuel in every port." A second step would be to upgrade the status of the fleet to attract qualified young men needed to operate tomorrow's ships. And thirdly, "we must make it profitable as well as patriotic for American business to build and operate ships in this country, There should be no reason for businessmen to look beyond our shores for economical ocean transportation," Renken said. To provide a modern, self-supporting merchant fleet by administering "a shot in the arm" will be a costly undertaking, but "an investment in our country's future," Renken added.

He charges that for the United States to maintain its status as a world power it must compete on the oceans "for the very survival of our economy." Renken said he did not want to be an alarmist, but "the simple fact is that Russian seapower is indeed increasing across the oceans while our oun seapower is ebbing." In referring to the "gold flow, or balance of payments," Renken conceded that our foreign commerce is profitable, but the "deficiency of our merchant fleet is cutting into our profits." Through an improved merchant fleet we could "make our balance of payments deficit evaporate." Renken said it is "mandatory that we accept this bold and very real challenge" to upgrade our Merchant Marine to retain our place of world leadership. NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) Joseph W. Martin whose career in politics brought him the speakership of the House, consideration as a presidential possibility and the informal title "Mr. Republican" died Wednesday at the age of 83.

The short, stocky bachelor, who first went to Washington as. a congressman in 1924, was stricken at the Fort Lauderdale, home of his nephew, George Kelly. He was dead on arrival at a hospital. Cause of death was not immediately determined. Following an autopsy requested by relatives, the body is to be returned to North At-lleboro, the town where he was born and always called home.

His political career ended two years ago when, after 42 years in Congress, he was defeated in the GOP primary. "You can't win them all," he said then. "I can forget the losses when I think of the successes." Martin's success in politics began when he was elected to the Massachusetts House in 1912. His 21-term career in Congress started a dozen years later. He was speaker when Republicans controlled the House in the 80th Congress of 1947-8 and the 83rd Congress of 1953-4.

Martin went to his first Republican national convention as a delegate in 1916 and was convention chairman a record five times, from 1940 to 1952. In 1948 he was widely discussed as a dark-horse possibility for the nomination but made clear he wasn't interested in being president. He was elected GOP floor leader in the House in 1939. But in 1959. his advancing years he was 74 prompted his GOP colleagues to replace him.

Rep. Gerald R. Ford of Michigan was elected to the post. Experts Hunt Continued from Page 1 night Wednesday. Some 75 families, relatives of the trapped men, spent the long hours waiting at the mine's headquarters in Calumet, 14 miles from the mine.

Cots were set up at the headquarters. The men, women and children were glum and silent. A Cargill spokesman stepped out, now and then, to announce the latest word from the mine. "All my family works in salt mines," said Percy Boutte, a miner whose son Luke was among the trapped men. "Thoughts of such an accident as this never crossed our minds.

It just never had happened before." There was no hint of a signal from the trapped men. However, Cargill officials said it was likely they had retreated far back from the shaft during the fire. Much of the shaft was braced with wooden timbers. Away from it, in the clean white caverns carved in the salt, there was little that could burn. Roy Gretzer, Cargill's safety director, said there was a store of emergency oxygen equipment, masks and lights in the mine area where the men were trapped.

Acrid smoke and steam boiled from the mine for hours after firemen from Morgan City, some 20 miles to the northeast, poured thousands of gallons of water down the shaft. Viet Senate Denies Thieu New Power SAIGON (AP) President Nguyen Van Thieu's request for additional special powers in the face of the Communist offensive was turned down today by the South Vietnamese Senate. The upper house overwhelmingly rejneted his request for one year of special powers in economy and finance, repeating a similar action by the house of representatives last Friday. D.C. Schools Close As Teachers Walk tht Associated Press Public schools in Washington, D.C, were ordered closed today because of a teachers walkout as the nation's capital became the latest city to feel the effects of the current wave of teacher unrest.

Elsewhere strikes continued in Florida and Pittsburgh, while teachers in Oklahoma and Manchester, prepared to bring sanctions against that state and city after holding successful one-day holidays. Continued from Page 1 rassed by the weight-heavy, problem-ridden F111B fighter which still hasn't gotten off the deck find it a welcome relief to be able to brag about a plane and do. "This is one of the easiest Weekly Continued from Page 1 port of casualties said 2.191 Americans were wounded last week, a relatively high number although well below the previous week's 2,673. The Americans said 3.849 Communist troops were killed last week. The re.vrt brought U.S.

cas-ualties in seven years and two months of war in Vietnam to a total of 19.251 killed and wounded. The number of American combat casualties in Vietnam is now almost equal to U.S. losses in the three-year Korean War of the 1950s, though more died in Korea. Figures announced by the U.S. Command today showed 136.5S6 Americans killed or wounded in action in Vietnam since Jan.

1, 1961. This compares with 136,913 killed or wounded in the Korean conflict. For the Korean War, the figures were 33,629 killed and 103,284 wounded. FORECASTS By U.S. Weather Bureau BATTLE CREEK AREA Mostly lair and a little warmer tonight with a low of IS to 3.

Friday, mostly cloudy and a little warmer with a hiqh of SO to 55. Outlook lor Saturday, cloudy and mild, with chance of showers. Winds SE. I lo II m.p.h. tonight and 10 to 22 m.p.h.

Friday. LOWER MICHIGAN Generally fair tonight with lows of IS to 33, north, and 20 to U. south. Friday mostly cloudy and a little warmer with highs in the upper 40s and lower SOs. Bismarck 57 24 Boston 32 20 Chicago 35 2 Cincinnati 4 23 Denver 61 29 Detroit 42 20 Duluth 36 22 Fnrt Worth 54 45 jArktnnville 56 42 Kansas City 55 33 Los Anqeles 66 52 Miami Beach 6 59 Milwaukee 35 17 New Orleans 65 42 New York 40 21 Omaha 57 36 Phoenix 75 54 Piltsburqh 36 17 St.

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