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DELAWARE COUNTY (PA.) DAILY TIMES Thursday. January 25, IMS PENT AGON FIXES RESPONSIBILITY Commanders Withheld Ship Help 'WASHINGTON (AP) Defense officials have dropped squarely on Navy commanders the Pacific the responsibility for not sending help to the intelligence ship Pueblo as she faced capture off North Korea. They told newsmen Wednesday the decision against sending warplanes to the aid of the Pueblo was made by field commanders without asking Washington. "There was no request from field commanders to Washington to take any steps," the officials said, and no instructions were sent from Washington to the ship. of Defense Robert S.

McNamara got the word of the Pueblo's troubles at 12:23 a.m. EST Tuesday, only 9 minutes before the Navy vessel sent its final message, officials said. By that time, according to the Pentagon's chronology, the Pueblo had been boarded by North Korean sailors for about 38 minutes and ordered to follow Communist patrol boats into Wonsan Harbor. The Pentagon has said Cmdr. Lloyd M.

Bucher, skipper of the small, lightly-armed Pueblo, asked for help only once--when the boarding began. This was 1 hour and 45 minutes after the Pueblo first was challenged by a Red patrol craft and ordered to heave to. The Defense Department said Tuesday that "time and distance factors made it impossible to respond to the call that was made when the ship was being boarded." But under i i Wednesday, Defense Department officials introduced a note of uncertainty by saying they were unable to state why field commanders did not send aid. These official assumed the commanders had considered such factors as the potential enemy-force on alert, the possible enemy reaction to the commitment of U.S. planes and the location of available U.S.

air- power, among other things. This implied the likelihood the United States could muster only a relatively small covey of jet fighters for a rescue operation, and that they might have met heavy opposition close to North Korea's home grounds. There is a force of 18 U.S. Air Force jets at two bases in South Korea and some sources have suggested they could not have been made ready in time to have done the Pueblo much good. Another three U.S.

squadrons totaling some 54 planes are stationed in Japan. The defense officials--who disclaimed any intent to "conceal a foulup" if there was one of field commanders, but made it clear they meant Navy commanders to whom Bucher was subordinate. "He reports to the Navy all the way through," said one official. He said he was unable to narrow the term field commander, but acknowledged the chain of command over the Pueblo goes at least as high as the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Adm. U.S.

Grant Sharp. As over-all Pacific commander, Sharp would have authority to order Air Force units into action to aid the intelligence-gathering ship. The Pentagon officials refused to discuss any standing orders Bucher had with him but did dis- close the skipper is allowed some discretion in how to meet situations. On Tuesday, the Pentagon said Bucher did not ask for special instructions when he was confronted by the North Korean threat. As things stand, there still no explanation as to why is the Pueblo's skipper waited until he was being boarded to appeal fo help.

Navy sources suggested Buch er might not have been alarmed by the first contact because during more than 10 days in in ternational waters off North Korea, his ship had been approached often by Red patro boats without being threatened fVt Least One H-Bomb Ruptured in Greenland WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. nuclear scientists in Greenland assume that one or more of four missing hydrogen bombs ruptured in Sunday's B52 crash, strewing uranium or plutonium an icy bay, sources report. report followed Wednesday's official disclosure that pieces of at least one of the weapons had been found at the crash site -seven miles south- st of Thule Air Force Base. Since there is radiation on the ice and.on the parts we are assuming that.at least one of the bombs ruptured," an official spokesman put it, "it isn't what the layman would normally think of as part of a bomb." The small parts were categorized as pieces of the "bomb assembly:" No other details were cret. Sources said scientists could not determine immediately whether the pieces from the same bomb.

Less than a dozen chunks of bomb were found. Search teams have barely had a chance to go over the area. A source estimated the actual amount of search time since Sunday as four to five hours. Arctic arkness has shrouded the scene most of the time. And stormy weather forces cancellation of the 64-hour dogsled trip from the coast to the impact area Wednesday.

There are only, about two irr the area is to wash their foot- hours "sub-twilight" each day gear after radiation--detected on said. Che boots of scientists, their dogsled drivers and other helpers as negligi- Pentagon.says it is alpha radiation which does not penetrate the skin. The only precau- necessary for men working The Pentagon's latest state- Client referred to bomb JlreUL jc-icixcu pieces as waves frozen in place, said one Wof oiiea -ae nffirial. hardware' 1 because, as a official. in the polar darkness.

Nor is the ice flat. "It's more like a stormy ocean with the IS Lee Debut ce covering North Star Bay or perhaps at the bottom of its 00-foot depth. If so, any search could extend onger than the 80 days the Vavy spent retrieving another ydrogen bomb off the Spanish oast in 1966. The ice covering vforth Star Bay does not thaw until about June. If the bombs don't turn up on he surface, what is the next tep? "Right now we just don't have thorough estimate of the mag- itude of the job," an official aid.

"We're trying to get an dea of how much area we will looking over. It's too soon to worrying about what's in the ce or in the water." The U.S. has more than 75 exerts at Thule, including Strate- ic Air Command officers, nu- lear and demolitions teams, lane crash investigation offi- ers and radiation detection personnel. Denmark also has sent in our scientists to check on the adiation hazard. Greenland is a )annish possession.

By LOWRY Television-Radio Writer YORK (AP) Lee Bou- made her heralded television debut' in ABC's "Laura" Wednesday night. It was not, alas, a particularly memorable Jacqueline tw hours. Bouvier Kennedy's sister and in private life Princess Radziwill--played tfie title role, a girl in the center plrja. group of terribly civilized, unpleasant, lying characters. lack of professional acting experience was quite evident throughout since the character of Laura remained a sort of blur from beginning to end- one never felt much about the character, pro or con-.

The adaptation from the old hit- movie was a slow-moving drama in which the five principals seemed to roam constantly unpleasant character seem aintly human. Robert Stack played the detective in the wooden, expressionless style he irst adopted for "The Untouchables." As soon as we learned at midpoint that the murdered git was not Laura, the show settled down to permitting the main characters to tell lies. The reve iation of the murderer at the end of a very long two hours seemed to come as an anticli max. Miss Bouvier's family connec tions and her recent decision to become a professional perform er caused unusual interest in her initial television appear ance. It is unfortunate that she took the plunge in a starrin role, since it takes time and ex perience to convert even a de voted amateur into a profession beautifully furnished sipping pouring and and talking, talking around rooms, drinks, actually had few lines, which Miss Bouvier delivered in the tentative, almost cautious man ner of the star of a high shoo All except Laura, who play.

She was not, however, the only one who had trouble in the framework of an implausible murder story. George Sanders was stuck in the role of a mid die-aged bon vivant whose pro tege she had been. Farley Granger was the amoral young gigolo to whom Laura was attracted while he was having an affair with her aunt. Arlene Francis, as the aunt, was not treated kindly by the cameras but did succeed in making her al. It is even more that she--and her unfortunat fellow per in formers--had such awkwarc material with which to work.

A though the program, taped i England, was handsomel mounted, the camera work wa uneven, and the depth of colo varied unpredictably from verj light to very dark tones, eve changing abruptly in the middl of scenes. "Laura" was not any grei shakes as a suspense tale. Mis Bouvier did not emerge as a la ter day Sarah Bemhardt. But was still interesting to watc her debut. And "Laura" was great fashion show.

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Press coverage of the war, said in answering a ques- ion addressed to him at a Senate Youth Forum Tuesday 'varies a good deal from day to day and from reporter to reporter. But we have an extraordinarily able and effective press corps in this country--both out there and back here." "I think that if you looked at the entire reporting," Rusk LiiC A I said, "you would find that it is Taft-Hartley Act to produce being well reported." settlement. 3 Firms Blasted In Miami Fla. (AP) -Plastic jxplosive tucked through the mail slots of three businesses exploded early today within 22 minutes, police said, shattering he offices of two companies that ship packages to Cuba and damaging a garage. Police Sgt.

Russ Leasburg was injured slightly while investigating the first blast when a second explosive detonated al he same spot, Lt. James Cnight said. Knight said the timing of the second blast ap parently was accidental. At the hardest-hit office, Al Travel Agency on Coral Way owner J. Astigarrara said he ships food and clothing packages to Cuba on a commercia )asis.

He blamed the bombing on a group that calls itself "Cuban Power." Astigarrara's shop interior was wrecked, parts of'the ceil ng collapsed and the storefront blown out. A barber shop on one side and a camera store on the other also incurred damage. At Tiger's Garage on SW 17th avenue at 4th street, owner jes: Toback said, "I'm an American 've got nothing to say abou Tuba and I could care less." He said he did not know why his business was hit. He estimatec damage at $300 to interior plas ter and a car parked inside. Police Capt.

Frank Morrow said witnesses noted a license number from a fleeing car anc officers were investigating. Copper Strike Panel Named WASHINGTON (AP) A newly named federal panel maj begin later this week trying tf unsnarl the 2 -month-old coppe industry strike that has idlei some 60,000 workers. Appointment of the three member panel Wednesday nigh appeared to head off at least fo the time being any decision President Johnson to invoke th "YOU'll LOVE THE THINGS INSIDE 3120 W. 9th St. (Buckman Village) Chester PHONE 494-7719 i OPEN THURS, and FRI, NIGHTS 'Til 9 PRICE BREAKlp ON CifOM Kif Let us show you savings to en custom Installations--factory direct Here's How We Do It- We do our own designing! We build all ckir own cabinetil We do our own installations! Carpentry, Electrical, Flooring, Plumbing.

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Arraignment is scheduled today. The white men were accused of the Jan. 10, 1966, attack with 'irebombs, tear gas and bullets on the home of Vernon F. Dahmer near Hattiesburg shortly efore dawn. Despite the flames, Dahmer ihot back at his attackers, creating confusion that allowed his wife, daughter and two sons escape.

Dahmer died in a lospital of burns. He had been a eader in a Negro voter regis- ration drive. The five charged with arson ncluded Sam H. Bowers 43, of Laurel, identified as imperial wizard of the. mill tant White Knights of the Ki Klux Klan.

Those charged with both mur der and arson in the Dahme slaying included Charles C. son, given the Laurel Jaycee' Distinguished Service Awar last Monday. A past president the Laurel Jaycees, he has bee active in civic, Boy Scout an Parent-Teacher Association ac tivities. Nine men, all from the Laure or Ellisville area, had bee jailed when Travis Buckley, 33 a Bay Springs, lawye showed up to represent Bower and others. He was shown an in and others.

He was shown an in dictment charging him with ar son, then jailed with the others Buckley faces state kidna charges at Pascagoula, i a related case. He was accuse of abducting an ex-convict in vain attempt to extort a fals statement from him for use the defense in a federal case in volving the Dahmer slaying. The others charged with botl 1 murder and arson include Charles R. Noble, 24; Cecil Sessum, 31; James F. Lyons 35; and William T.

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