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Lodge Resumes Vietnamese Job UB A By THE ASSOCIATED PRES This time it's the'American government that is changing to officials in Viet Nam. On Tours day, President Johnson nom nated Henry Cabot Lodge resume his former job as am bassador to South Viet Nam replacing Maxwell D. Taylor. I submitting his resignation, Ta lor reminded the President his commitment to serve only year. Washington officials sai no fundamental policy change were implied in the move.

Am bassador-designate Lodge wi resume his post in mid-Augusi Meanwhile the war continued with some advances, some set backs. Americans began th week by hoisting Old Glory an firing 50 howitzer shells on for each state into a suspecl ed Viet Cong concentration are as a Fourth of July celebration American forces then wound the week with the most success ful assault yet mounted by in flicting more than 100 casualtie. onthee nemy during a three day offensive in D-Zone, the tangled Viet Cong stronghold north of Saigon. Reds Active, Too But the Viet Cong were no idle either. On Monday, the) swarmed over the jungle out post of Ba Gia, 330 miles north east of Saigon.

By the time Vietnamese forces regrouped for a counterattack the enemy hac withdrawn, with two capturec 105mm howitzers. Government casualties were reported as 200 killed or wounded, including two American dead. Next day, guerrillas attacked and occupied the town of Dak To in the central highlands, a district capital and chief administrative center for a group of villages. Vietnamese troops recaptured the town the following day. Eight thousand more American Marines began landing to bolster coastal positions.

Their arrival brought the number of American servicemen in South Viet Nam to more than 60,000 -and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara announced that six additional combat battalions will soon reach Viet Nam. New Press Secretary Another change in White House personnel was announced in Washington. George E. Reedy, 48, the President's press secretary, began an indefinite leave for treatment of a foot ailment known as hammer toes. His replacement was Bill D.

Movers, 31, Johnson's top staff assistant and onetime deputy director of the Peace Corps. On Capitol Hill, a bill to establish a comprehensive medicare program for Americans over 65 and to raise all Social Security benefits was passed by the Sen- ate on Friday night and sent to a conference with the House, which passed its version in April. The vote was 65-21. The historic bill would provide the most far-reaching extension of Social Security since the original act was passed 30 years ago. The Senate version would carry about $7.5 billion in additional benefits for the first full year of operation, compared with about $6 billion for the House version.

The medicare provisions are designed to take care of most of the health needs of 19 million older Americans through a basic plan, under Social Security, covering hospital costs, and a supplemental voluntary plan covering doctors' fees and other services. Voting Rights Okehed At about- the same time the Senate was approving medi- care, the House was passing a bill designed to sweep away the last resistanct to Negro voting in the Deep South. This legislation also went to a Senate-House conference committee for work on a compromise, since the Senate passed a somewhat different version in May. The voting rights bill, which oassed the House by a vote iSS-sS, is a major follow-up I last year's civil rights law. 1 would suspend literacy tests i seven Southern states and pro vide that federal officials coul be sentin to register Negroes, also would outlaw poll taxes ii state and local elections, a pro vision the Senate refused to ap prove.

Earlier in the week, Senate completed congressiona action on a proposed constitu ional amendment providing foi accession to the presidency hould the president becomi li'sabled, and filling a vacan vice presidential post. The measure now goes to the states or ratification. Racial violence erupted in Bogalusa, a papermill town where a Negro deputy sheriff was killed last month. This time be shooting came after about 00 Negroes marched to the city all to dramatize their griev- nces. On the way back, shots were fired and a white man D.

Crowe 25, slumped the street, critically wounded. Two Negroes were arrested Centralio-ChehQlis, Woihington Chro mcle JULY 10. 1965 12 PAGES nd spirited out of town to pro- ect them from angry whites. On Thursday, a Canadian Pa- ific Airlines DC6B took off rom Vancouver, B.C., with 52 assengers headed for White- orse in the Yukon Territory, ome 170 miles northeast of ancouver, the pilot flashed an mergency "May Day" mes- age over his radio, then the lane plunged into the rough ush country. All aboard died.

Rains Ease Fire Threat In County versions now must be reconciled a Senate-House conference. Twenty-three members from he states of the old Confederacy voted for the bill, which aims a heavy blow at Southern enters of resistance to Negro Rainfall Friday afternoon and Saturday ended a 27 day dry spell in most parts of Lewis County and brought some relief to parched croplands and forests. The rainfall was measured Saturday morning at .06 of an inch in the Twin Cities, with showers continuing through the morning. It assured the return to work Monday of about 650 loggers in the Lewis County area. A spokesman for the Ladd Logging Division of the St.

Regis Paper Co. at Morton said Saturday that crews are scheduled to return to work Monday. Because of fire danger, logging activities were halted in the area Wednesday. Monday also is the day when an estimated 500 men employed by Weyerhaeuser Co. are scheduled to end their annual vaca- Late News Bulletins 1M MILE HOUSE, B.

C. (AP) Investigators said Saturday they were convinced an txplosian in the rear toilet- luggag? section caused Thursday'! crash of a Canadian Pacific Airlines plane in which 52 persons died. The authori- tics, who declined use of their names, said they found black smudges and ether evidence of a blast on the left side of the four-engine DCtB airliner. JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (AP) The Texas White House announced today that President has accepted the resignation of Eugene M.

Zuckert as secretary of the Air Force and of Carl Rowan as director of the U.S. Informa- RAIN-SUN AJew showers and brief periods Sunday. High in mid 60s, low near 50. a. lion period and return to work.

They have been off work since June 25. While the rainfall brought some relief, the fire danger in the woods is still quite high, according to a spokesman for the State Department of Natural Resources. "It won't be quite as easy to ignite a fire now, Chehalis district administrator Jack Radnich said, "but we don't want anyone to let his guard down yet." It was during the 27-day rainless period that the current high temperature mark of 90 degrees was established in the Twin Cities. That occurred July K. The forecast Sunday calls for a few showers mixed with brief sunny periods.

New Arms Ruling Told SEATTLE (AP) Seattle police officers were under orders Saturday not to carry arms while engaged in off-duty social activities. The new rule by Police Chief Frank Ramon changed regulations in effect here 89 years. It followed controversy over the fatal shooting June 20 of Robert L. Reese, one of five Negroes involved in a cafe brawl with two off-duty policemen. One of the officers was charged with provoking an assault by derogatory remarks about Negroes.

Four Negroes were charged with assault. A coroner's jury held the shooting was excusable homicide, and the officer who fired the shots was not charged. Mayor Scrubs BALTIMORE (AP) Mayor Theodore R. McKeWin is fulfilling Ihe politician's perennial promise to clean tip City Hall. He scrubbed a small patch of marble Thursday to officially launch a $28,000 project to clean Baltimore's Hall; 90-y a r-old City A crane on a barge anchored in the Cowliti River about one west of Toledo digs trench in bottom of the stream which witl carry a petroleum products pipeline under srream.

Second crane Is working near south shore of river. Sections of pipeline in foreground are weighted with concrete COWLITZ RIVER DREDGED FOR PIPE CROSSING Rights Bill Wins Vote WASHINGTON (AP) A tough voting rights bill aimed al clearing the way to the polls for Negroes in the South has won solid House approval, but still faces obstacles. The.House, after a stirring appeal by one of ils Southern members for support of the bill, assed it by an overwhelming 333-85 vote Friday night, setting up a clash with the Senate over iflll taxes. The differences in the two noting. Under both the House and enate versions, literacy tests would be suspended in Ala- ama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Virgina and parts of North Carolina, nd federal registrars could be used to sign up Negroes to vote.

It would apply to those stales Because less than 50 per cent of heir adult populations voted or were registered in the 1964 elec- ions. The bills part company over K11 taxes, however. The House rill would outlaw them, a step he Senate refused to take, with tie administration leading the ight against such a move. Now he two versions will have to be econciled before a bill can be nacted, In nailing down a big victory or the administration, the touse snowed under a Repunli- an substitute backed by the House GOP leadership. The vote was 248 to 171 against it, with 21 epublicans joining 227 Demo- rats to help defeat it.

Fifty-six Democrats and 115 Republicans oled for it. The voting came after four ays of debate and exhortation lat reached an emotional cli- nax when Rep. Hale Boggs of jfluisiana, the assistant Demo- ratic leader, pleaded for support of the administration bill ver the milder GOP version. Mayfield Fete Set Preparations are nearly, corn- )lete for the Mayfield Lake Camp's third annual barbecue Sunday from 1 to 4 Those who attend win be ent- rtained in the youth camp mphithealer by young people rom Lewis County. Musical umbers will be played by Jim vory and the Elephants and the and Chehalis gymnas- cs teams wilt give an exhibi- on.

Miss Lewis County, Sanra Marth, also will appear. North Coast Indian will be demonstrated by the Turn- water Area Council of the Boy Scouts. Swimming, boating, softball, olleyball, tennis and special games (or the younger children will be included in the The public is Invited. deepest bombing mission in North Viet Nam today, U.S. military officials reported.

The Phantoms downed the enemy planes identified as Korean War vintage MIG17s-- 65 miles south of Hanoi while U.S. Air Force planes destroyed two bridges and five buildings at an ammunition depot 85 miles northwest of Hanoi, a U.S. spokesman said. It brought the number of MIG kills in the air war to five. U.S.

Navy Phantom jets, armed.with heat-seeking air-to- air missiles, shot down two Communist MIGs near Thanh Hoa about 90 miles south of Hanoi on June 17. Three days later 'our propeller-driven U.S. Navy Skyraiders shot down one of two attacking MIGs in a five-minute battle 60 miles south of Ha- oi. In announcing the new bags, sausages to hold them in place. River crossing Is one of the final pipeline in Lewis County.

When completed this fall, the ISO million linTwill stretch from Anacortes to Portland. Pipeline is being constructed by R. H. Fulton Co. for Olympic Pip, Line Bellevue.

Chronicle Staff Photo Jets Score U.S. Downs Red MIGs SAIGON, Viet Nam (AP) Phantom jets bagged two Communist MIGs American planes while flew other their the U.S. spokesman said the nationality of the two MIG fighters was not determined but they were presumed to be North Vietnamese. The U.S. spokesman said the Phantoms were on "combat air patrol" in support of the day's air strikes on northern installa- "ons.

He said there were no other details of the air clash. Four other U.S. Air Force F105 jets dropped 750,000 leaflets over Nam Dinh, 40 miles southwest of Hanoi, informants said. Government naval junk forces were active off the coast of South Viet Nam. A U.S.

spokesman said a junk unit captured a Viet Cong junk loaded with three and one-half tons of rice and Communist documents about 290 miles northeast of Saigon. The junk was spotted about 35 miles north of Qui Nhon in an area strongly controlled by the Viet Cong. The junk reportedly headed for shore and tried to evade the coastal patrol boats. Five men reportedly jumped out and began firing at the government junk which fired back. Three Viet Cong were reported killed and two wounded.

American sources reported that as many as 100 Vietnamese civilians were i when caught in the fire of battle of An Ho Island Friday. This estimated toll far exceeded the official count of casualties among combatants. The clash began early Friday when Viet Cong raiders overran a Vietnamese naval headquarters on the island 345 miles northeast of Saigon. The guerrillas killed 16 Vietnamese sailors, six militiamen and two' U.S. Navy advisers.

A U.S. Marine rescue force, the first American ground contingent to be used in direct reaction against a Viet Cong attack, retook the base. Three Marines were killed and 13 wounded. Two Ex-Convicts Indicted In Wild Kidnaping Episode Pictures on Page 1 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)A federal grand jury indicted ex-convicts today on three counts of kidnaping following a Ihree-state spree climaxed by safe release of California inance director Hale Champion, iis wife and baby daughter.

The jury was in session only 35 minutes. Arraignment before U.S. District Judge Ilalbert look only three minutes. The judge set July 21 for entering pleas and appointed defense attorneys. The two men who led a sus- jense filled chase from Oregon into California and Nevada were returned to the Sacramento County Jail.

Bail for the accused pair, Wilford Marion Gray, 30; and Carl Bowles, 24, was put at 1100,000 each by Disl Judge Thomas J. MacBride in Sacramento Friday. In Oregon the two face six ederal kidnaping counts a bank robbery charge and' the accusation lhat they murdered a deputy sheriff. The Oregon bail was set at $150,000 each. U.S.

Atty. Cecil F. Poole of Observance Slated The Boy Scouts' anmlal American Heritage Day is scheduled for July 17 at Camp Thunderbird near Olympia. An open iou.se will be held at the camp from 4 lo p.m. wilh a lour-, a barbecue and a closing camp- ire pageant.

The observance is art of a nation wide program which 1,000 campfires will be lighted throughout the coun- San Francisco, representing the government, said after Friday's arraignment that the maximum penalty for the kidnapping chares was life imprisonment. a Maximum penalty in Oregon also is life imprisonment. At Eugene, Lane County Dist. Atty. William Frye said that Poole would not relinquish custody of the two prisoners to Oregon authorities.

The two are charged in Lane County with first-degree murder in the slaying of Sheriff's Deputy Carlton E. Smith, 33, shot to death Tuesday night after stopping a car registered to Gray. Authorities of three stales accuse Grayand Bowles of cut- Levy Vote Scheduled ROCHESTER A special school levy for $30,700 will be voted upon Tuesday in the Rochester school district. The levy is for general maintenance and operation and is needed to maintain the educational program at its present level, superintendent Tony Zev- enhergen said Saturday, The shortage in funds is due to the change in the distribution formula, Zevcnbcrgcn added. The polling places are Grand Mound elementary school and Rochester elementary school.

Polls will open from I p.m. lo p.m. Transportation will lie provided by culling The regular board meeting scheduled for Monday has been postponed until Thursday due to levy. ling a trail of robbery, kidnap- ing and murder thai got under way early Monday when they robbed a motel near Portland Ore. Police said that Gray then raped Ihe woman motel owner.

They are charged wilh robbing an Oregon hank of $12,000 a y. Deputy Smilh, a rookie, was shot Tuesday night on his first night patrol. Six persons were kidnaped in Oregon in (he next few hours and then released in Sacramento. Even while (he released hostages were making their way back north, Champion, his wife Marie and 19-nimuh-old daughter Kalherine Marie were awakened in (heir Sacramcnlo home early Thursday and forced into flight in Iheir own car. When Champion failed lo appear for a scheduled slatchou.se conference Thursday morning an army of peace officers was nut on alert.

The speeding Champion car was finally spotted in Ihe high Nevada desert country and cornered at Tonopah. Champion suffered a minor wound when a bystander fired at ihc fugilivcs, He was put oul of the auto. Their captors commandeered a police car and fled wilh Champion and the baby in it. Over the police radio the captors dickered wilh police for siife PJISSIIKC. Finally Iho mold- or iim! (luuiil'lcr were sel fiec a five jnilw inside Call Medicare Approved WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate and House now have approved a historic program ol broad protection against medical costs for 19 million older Americans and boosting all Social Security checks.

The Senate passage by a 68-21 vote late Friday sent the legislation to conference with the House. That branch approvec its version 313 to 115 April 8. Now the differences must be adjusted. Democratic leaders said today they hoped the conference could begin next Wednesday and that final agreement could be reached on the measure by the end of the week. But the long battle to enact a medicare bill, as it is often called, ended in effect with the Senate vole since both versions contain the same essential features.

These include: 1. A basic health plan financed under Social Security covering hospital slays, posthos- pifal nursing home care, outpatient hospital diagnostic services, and home health visits for persons 65 or over. 2. A voluntary, supplemental insurance plan covering doctors' fees for services at home, in the office or the hospital, as well as other services not included in the basic plan. The premium would be $3 a month.

3. A seven per cent increase, retroactive to Jan. 1, in all present Social Security benefits for retired persons, families and disabled persons. The estimated $7 billion approximate yearly cost of the programs would be largely financed through increased Social Security taxes on both employers and employes. The programs would start next year.

74TH YEAR, NO. 162 Speedy Buildup Slated WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson--predicting darker days lo come in Viet Nam--has signaled a new surge in the U.S. military buildup which could reach 100,000 men by late summer. This would be boost of about i.OOO over the currently scheduled level. "We expect it will get worse icfore it gel.s better," Johnson old a news conference in assessing (he course of the war which has involved the United "dales ever more deeply.

He spoke against the background of a Communist offensive which has brought more South Vietnamese people under Red guerrilla control in the past six months, isolated parts of the country, slashed roads and rail ines. Added Strength Needed "Our manpower needs there are increasing and will continue lo do so," Ihe President said. A previously announced rein- orcement up to 75,000 American troops will be completed very shortly, Johnson said. "There will he others that will be required. Whatever is required I arn sure will be supplied." At the Penlagon, informed authorities said it is impossible now to say just how far the U.S.

commitment will climh. They said the extent of the increases probably will hinge on Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara's findings after he leads a top level mission to South Viet Nam next week. This will be McNamara's first on- the-spot look at the situation in Viet Nam since May 1964. newly named ambassador to Saigon, Henry Cabot Lodge, will go with him.

Most officials used the term "substantial" in discussing the scope of the impending new buildup. Force Seen Some key officers suggested Ihe U.S. force might vault to than four times what it was six months ago. A tentative plan, which called for more than 129,000 U.S. troops to be in Viet Nam by Oct.

1, might be accelerated, it was felt. Even this number is not the potential top. The U.S. government has placed no ceiling on what it may commit in military power to turn back the Communists in Viet Nam. Johnson underscored U.S.

intentions to throw in whatever is necessary, saying, "We don't plan to let up until Ihe aggression ceases." The President's news conference dealt mostly with Viet Nam, including his surprise decision lo send Lodge back as U.S. ambassador in place of the retiring Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor who succeeded Lodge a year ago. Collision Kills 4 YAK IMA (API-Four persons died in an collision early Saturday on High- now on the rolls.

About 19 million Americans are nr A for older Americans. And a great, day for America. Older citizens will no longer i.u. tj i un Tlie higher Social way D7 four miles south of payments will go to 20 million Union Gap, Yakima County nnu, Dead arc i i a jjjjp Hie. 4, Wapalo; Elmore James', 'vie.

wapdio; James to or over and qualify for the Wapato; his wife, Gladys hea th plan. 32 and James At his Texas ranch, President ter, Mary, 15. The James fam- cmH i TM i i Phillips' The State Patrol said the au- tomobile collided with a truck i. i I iviiiuuiiu i-tMiiueu wun a trucic have to fear a illness will driven by Floyd Bowers 20 of shoulder bruises. only Builders Get Warning On Sewage Installation County home builders were cautioned Saturday to obtain a permit from the county Health Department before constructing sewage disposal systems.

The word of advice came from Jerry Moore, county prosecuting attorney, who said his office has received complaints that inadequate and sub-stand- I systems nre being installed. is in i i i i of a slate Jiinut; forma. Roadblocks went i wmc)l hils been atiopled and Gray and Bowles suddenly through resolution passed by abandoned their commandeered car and surrendered. Lewis County commissioners. Alleged violations been reported from the Mossyrock Packwood and Handle areas.

"If this conlinues, we will have no other recourse but to take legal action," the prosecutor warned. The legal action would force the home owner to correct inadequate systems at his own expense. House plans and specifications detailing septic tanks and drain-fields must be submitted in advance of construction to the einmly Health Department. A criminal penalty of up to a $100 fine and up lo 90 days in jail is provided for those convicted of violating this law, Moore Mid..