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Stcond elms gutagt sold at Sioux Qty, la SI MB ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH YEAR-NO. 224 Pw Copy, 20c SIOUX CITY, IOWA, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1968 SECTIONS 80 PAGES Published tverv Sundov Morning by Jourral-Trlbum Publishing 419-23 Douglas Sioux Citv. lo. LB to Address Nation Tonight ON THE INSIDE PAGES TODAY Two key appointments announced in Journal news department, (D 5) USD Senate urges regents to delay Moulton decision. (C 7) Nebraska voters to face long ballot in May primary.

(A 12) Antl-LBJ Demos predict they will control state convention. (D5) Cherokee's Braves capture state Class A Indoor track title. (Dl) 3 SH-T w'tT! 2nd F111A Radio, TV Speech Is Scheduled For 8 O'ClocL CST Sunday Features Goes Down in Vietnam Sources Assert Cause Operational Failure 3" Editorials A3 Hospitals C7 Hour Glass Abby Andy Births Books Business Bl Dl D2 C3 D6 CS A4 B12 A4 CIO B13 C7 Society Sports Sports Afield T.V. Want Ads Your Dog C6 C8 Markets Movies Obituaries Coin Roundup C6 Country Side A 5 Out of the Past A 7 SAIGON UPI The Air Force reported Sunday the crash of a second of the six American WASHINGTON UR President Johnson disclosed Saturday he Intends to tell the nation Sunday night that there will be an increase in troops and spending for. the Vietnam war but not of the dimensions that have been the center of Johnson also said that "there is not anything to announce at this time" about another bombing pause.

It was a news conference question about his thinking on the possibility of such a pause that Johnson used as a launching pad for announcing he plans to speak to the country by radio and television from his office at 8 p.m. CST Sunday. "I will at that time," he said, "discuss troop speculations that have taken place, what our plans are, and what information we have that we are able to talk about now. I will also talk about other questions of some importance." "It will be more or less a report on the reviews which have taken place, together, with an F111A jets that entered the Vietnam war less than a week ago, Black Nationalist Convention Aims for TOW Status' The two crewmen were rescued. Military sources said the plane was lost In Thailand Saturday because of an operational failure.

The sources ruled out the possibility that the fighter-bomber had been downed by enemy ground fire or MIG interceptors. announcement of some actions that we are taking." At that time, Johnson said, DETROIT Iff) Delegates to af he would try to have an esti Bowie State Students End Their Boycott Sources in Washington said Mansfield Asks tne plane was en route to a combat strike when it crashed. Black nationalist convention Saturday drafted a declaration of independence from the United States, which, among other things, called for "blacks who At Khe Sanh on South Viet mate of what he called the substantial cost of increases for Vietnam in items like helicopters, parts, guns', ammunition and other things flowing from needs that developed after the Tet offensive in January. nam's northwestern frontier, BOWIE, Md. (fl-Students at Halt in Bombing for Truce Talks HURON Iff) Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield, U.S.

Marines said they killed go into the street, fight for freedom and fall into American hands" to be treated as prison 130 North Vietnamese soldiers Going on from there to speak Saturday in two outbreaks of Bowie State College ended their boycott and relinquished control of the campus Saturday night after four hours of negotiations with state and college officials. I I I i in I ilium mi i mini 'irr if f-' gwaWftWiW''y4aiMi mi miiibiii iff of supplies as well as the addi- trench fighting one mile from declared here Saturday the Viet i a I troop commitments, the beseiged combat base. Johnson said; Marine losses were put at Cherry Trees Blossom ers of war. The proposed declaration of independence was combined with a draft of a constitution i for a separate Negro nation to be set up In five states in the South. The students said they did so nam war "is a barbaric struggle" and everything should be done to help the President "bring the war to an honorable conclusion." nine killed and 74 wounded.

"I would say they will Involve a few billion dollars, after Atty. Gen. Francis The larger of the two fights but not anything like Jhe occurred about an hour after Burch promised to come to the school Monday and investigate Cherry Blossoms and miniskirts were in abundance around Washington's Tidal Basin after mid-80-degree temperatures brought out the flowers and the visitors. The blos soms were expected to be in full bloom by Sunday. In the background are the Washington Monument, (left), and the Jefferson Memorial.

(AP Photofax) $10 billion to $20 billion daybreak when a reinforced Mansfield, who was the prin The leaders of the convention I have seen and heard i that, peo anjf- that their complaints, then report his findings Monday afternoon to said 50 Negroes had achieved pie use. It will not be cipal speaker at a re-election rally for South Dakota Sen. George McGovern, said escala "delegate" status at the conven the State College Board of Trus thing like the hundreds of tees. tion by indicating they intended CHALLENGER'S FATE AT STAKE tion is not the answer in Viet to renounce their American cit patrol, probably about 200 Marines, found about 400 North Vietnamese in trenches and bunkers. There was an exchange of machine-gun and mortar fire, and Marine artillerymen pumped shells into the enemy positions.

The patrol returned nam. Record High 91 Degrees Occurs Here izenship and become citizens of McGovern announced he'll AGAIN IN WISCONSIN VOTE thousands call-up and deployments that have been speculated upon In the press." Some published reports have spoken of requests by the military for boosting U.S. military strength in Vietnam by as much The students said they also were given the expectation that Gov. Splro T. Agnew would meet with student leaders by Wednesday, and made It clear that if "some concrete action" were not taken by Wednes in The 91-degree weather MILWAUKEE, Wis.

IB The the presidency forever beyond his reach. the new country. Those delegates who sign the final version of the declaration of independence and constitution Sunday, will have formally renounced their U.S. citizenship, said a source close to the convention's leaders. The document called for a "government in captivity," sup seek a second term in the U.S Senate.

"To escalate our efforts will only result in a stronger resistance from the North Vietnamese," Mans field said, adding: "Instead, we should do everything we can to help the President bring North Vietnam to the conference table to negotiate a settlement of the conflict." tough old Wisconsin primary, senior wheel of political chance in the nation, spins again Tues as uo.uuu ana caumg up as many as 500,000 reserves. Johnson gave no specifics as to what he will say about the Okay Paper Gold Setup day, "our protest demonstrations are not at an end." Agnew, in his Annapolis of Stassen Swept Primary He did not even lose to a Sioux City Saturday fell short by 4 degrees of matching the nation's high for the day of 95 in Palm Springs, but still wiped out the old record mark for the date here of 89 degrees in 1943 and established a new all-time record high for the day with the fortunes of another fice, said he wanted to make war in general, but indications to the base about noon. Also in the critical sector just below the demilitarized zone, South Vietnamese infantrymen supported by U.S. Marine tank units reported killing 132 North Vietnamese in two actions near Gio Linh. Allied dead were put at 15 South Vietnamese and five U.S.

troops. The wounded included 75 government troops and 5 Americans. winner. Harold Stassen swept the primary from it clear that he personally STOCKHOLM. Sweden ITI presidential challenger at stake when it stops.

and Harold Stassen, 20 years has made no promises or com ported by Negroes who wished Nine of the world's. 10 richest older now but still principled to renounce their American cit mitments of any type to the students. in official quarters are that the review stemming from the Tet offensive will not result in any broad changes in military strategy. sources have nations decided Saturday to izenship, to take office on Tues Historically hard on have-nots seeking the ultimate reward, Wisconsin has yielded few big month of March. create a new.

kind of "paper Mansfield said his views on the Vietnam war "parallel those which have been expressed by my colleague in the Senate, Agnew did not come to Bowie, gold" that may eventually re day. "The objective of the govern despite student demands that and undeluded, is running again. But the presidency was not always the goal: sometimes it was enough to charge hell-bent, roaring defiance into the teeth of the dragon. Sen. Robert F.

Saturday's reading was the fifth record-setting high during place the old metal as the basis estimated that Johnson will ask he do so, saying he "would not winners. John F. Kennedy was one. George McGovern." of the world's currencies. March.

Others were 69 degrees Allied torces killed 12 more for an emergency appropria Finance Minister Michel March 4, 66 March 7, 82 March ment must be to acquire land, on what is now the United States land mass, over which it would have complete control," the In 1960. he said, "If there North Vietnamese in other tion of about $3.3 billion to prosecute the war during the Debre of France refused to go "Fighting Bob" La Follette, like "I do not favor bombing North Vietnam," he said. "The bombing should be stopped with or without a negotiated settle 26 and 82 again Thursday. weren't a Wisconsin primary I'd have to invent one." fighting in the northern sector Saturday, where the enemy has along. the Sen.

Eugene McCarthy of Temperatures were to return remainder of the fiscal year draft said. yield to that sort" of pressure. Instead, he sent Burch and Col. Robert Lally, superintendent of State Police, to head up the negotiations. The governor had given the students a 5 p.m.

ultimatum to pre-New Hampshire days, did to normal today, however, said "The special drawing deployed an estimated five di- But Wendell Willkie, who ending June 30. U.S. Weather Bureau officials, he said, 'are no longer that visions totaling about 50,000 The authors of the declaration proposed to acquire Mississippi, not really expect to be president. ment of the war." Mansfield has served 10 years as a congressman and 16 years in the Senate. form of supplementary credit A much lower 55 degrees was men, and a major confrontation rode an emotional tide to the Republican nomination in 1940, walked away from the table Alabama, Georgia, South Caro Military sources said that the plan which appeared to be hardening on Friday contemplated the shipment of The realists of the Wisconsin which we judged useful.

They has long been expected. get out of the buildings they to be today's high, after an ex pected morning low of near 40. electorate never demanded such The first Fill vanished broke four years later in Wis As for the Tet offensive, lina and Louisiana, through negotiations with the United States, through political activity had taken over early Saturday or "they will be removed from ambition of him. Yet they gave consin. Only a trace of precipitation Thursday.

North Vietnam Mansfield said this has, without are, I fear, an expedient and they may be the beginning of a so-called money which will bring great disappointment to Wisconsin's delegates to him claimed its forces shot down fell early Saturday evening and In 1948, the state that Douglas the buildings by whatever a doubt, dealt a severe blow to the pacification program in and sesession, or through a combination of these moves sup- prospects for moisture today MacArthur recalled sentiment five consecutive times, heedless of the foregone conclusion that the $6-million, swing-wing fighter-bomber in its territory. those who give it their con and tonight looked dim South Vietnam. ally as his childhood home put means necessary." To reinforce the order, he had State Policemen standing by. ported by appropriate military Taft, Hughes, Harding and Cool- oeiween ana more men. This would Include some 23,000 more Army troops, plus several thousand more airmen and Navy men, it was said.

The authorized strength in Vietnam now is 525,000. The Johnson speech Sunday idge would be nominated. Gambler's luck has been kind But he extended the deadline pending results of the Saturday afternoon meeting. List Detours in Four-Laning of S. 75 fidence." The United States, Britain, West Germany, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Holland, Canada and Sweden were unanimous at a meeting of the group of 10.

er to Democrats who put jail action. It was not specifically spelled out what would happen to the present residents of the five southern states but the source said whites probably would have the choice of remaining, although not as full citizens. The students took over the tneir cnips on tne counter. Johnson Won in '64 Pres i Johnson won, of See JOHNSON, Page A 8 north. That construction will east end of the viaduct.

The divert traffic at other points, additional detours will be set Swedish Economics Minister: contractor is the Irving F. Jensen Co. of Sioux City. campus and buildings of the predominantly Negro college after three days of protests and class boycotts over conditions at the 102-year-old school. Christer Wickman, chairman of extend across the present exit just north of Leech of the southbound ramp off Gordon Drive course, in 1964, in the person of then-Gov.

John W. Reynolds, acting as a stand-in. Kennedy up and announced. The present U.S. 75 route will the meeting, told reporters: Starting Monday, a portion of Two main intersections with U.S.

75, at Fourth Street and at Leech Avenue, will be partly blockaded for construction work starting this week and detours will be set up for affected traffic, City Traffic Engineer Russell S. Soper said "Life is meaningless for black people in these United States," "The road is now open to inter Viaduct. When the construction won, and Truman, and went on Fourth Street immediately east of U.S. 75 (Plymouth Street) When Saturday's meeting national acceptance of the spe to the nomination. Milton Henry, one of the or remain open until late in the construction When it becomes necessary to' close parts of the present highway, work will have reaches that point, the ramp will be closed.

cial drawing rights. This is an will be torn up for construction But between, there was Sen. broke up, leaders of the protest told a hastily called assembly in the administration build ganizers of the convention, told a news conference. Henry said U.S. 75 traffic which normally important event in monetary history." Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, who stumped the state from Saturday.

of new paving along the east side of the present highway from Fourth to Third. progressed so that traffic can the delegates represented takes Leech into the stockyards will be diverted to the other The highway itself, will be He said he hoped France ing that among other things they wanted the kitchen cleaned Twin Harbors at the head of be diverted on to the new route, it was explained. This will cut off the Fourth would come in, the lakes to the aromatic Street connection with Fair- Another part of the project, The earliest date they could kept open at all times during construction of the Iowa State Highway Commission's $588,354 widening and relocation proj up, dormitories plastered, and what they called health hazards taken care of. beaches of the industrial southeast promising: under separate contract, will involve construction of a new stockyards entrance at the Transit Avenue interchange. Traffic from the north on the highway will continue on to the interchange, take the southbound exit, turn west into come into effect, he went on, would be the spring of next year.

A text is expected to be "If the St. Lawrence Seaway 'If our grievances are not met mount Street over the old streetcar bridge. U.S. 75 traffic to and from the west on Fourth will be unaffected, Soper said. ect on U.S.

75 between Fourth by Wednesday, we will not wait and Leech. comes, it will make Wisconsin bloom like a rose." any longer," the assembly was completed by mid-April. Then it must be ratified by a weight Milwaukee Railroad bridge across the new highway south of Third Street. It will replace an existing railroad bridge which now spans the old Floyd Wisconsin believed: ne won told by Kenneth R. Brown, mid- Cunningham Drive and go west and north to the stockyards.

ed vote of the 107 members of here in 1952 and 1956 by tower Atlantic youth director of the Traffic from the south headed the International Monetary National Association for the Ad ing majorities, but Adlai Steven "thousands of black people in this country who have never been citizens, but only nationals." Except for news conferences, the convention, held at a church on Detroit's West Side, was open only to Negroes. Fifty delegates and 100 observers from New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Gary, Cleveland and Cincinnati attended, a source said. The source said many of those at the convention wore African tribal dress. He said the assembly was "like an Indian nation pow wow with people claiming to belong to different African tribes. River channel at the same point.

The new stretch of high son went on to the nomination vancement of Colored People. Norman Pietsch, resident construction engineer for the highway commission, said that although the contract completion date isn't until Nov. 1, the contractor hopes to finish by July 1, weather permitting. The work will involve four- Fund. Then the fund must get agree for the stockyards, will exit at Warrington Road, proceed north down the hill to Transit, then both times.

Traffic from the south and east can go north on Falrmount to Second and then cut over to U.S. 75 or take Gordon Drive west to U.S. 75 and turn north. The same routes can be taken in the opposite directions, Soper said. way will be in the old river channel for a distance.

The Smith Set Precedent Accuses Red China ment to "activate the new drawing rights by another Christensen Bros. Co. of Chero KINSHASA, The Congo tfl Before Kefauver, though, the last Democratic loser to win the weighted vote of the member President Joseph Mobutu ac kee, Iowa, has the $174,000 rail road bridge contract. ship. At this stage, France is cused Communist China Satur-! laning the present highway be primary was Al Smith in 1924, turn west into Cunningham Drive.

When the Gordon Drive Viaduct ramp is closed, traffic will proceed on east to the U.S. 20-75 intersection and turn south. Later this week, traffic west Pietsch said the four-laning tween Fourth and Third and day of smuggling arms into the expected to make another effort to prevent the paper gold and although he lost the nomi of U.S. 75 (S. Lewis Boulevard) Congo under a Red Cross cover nation to John W.

Davis, he set from actually being issued. at Leech Avenue will be cut to overthrow him. He indicated Release? The Viet Cong said Saturday it will release Dr. Marjorie Nelson, 28, Ko-komo, and another woman captured in Hue during the recent Tet offensive. (AP Photofax) a precedent for a Catholic cam-l between Dace and Leech; relocating that portion between Third and Dace to run under the east end of Gordon Drive Despite the need for this long off just west of the intersec of U.S.

75 will be extended on south from Leech to Transit and on north from Fourth to 12th Street in contracts expected to be let by the highway commission later this year. the arms dated back to 1964 the Simba rebellion but said the Chinese still maintain an Detour signs will be posted, process, Wickman said: "I hope "They're having a pow wow paigning in a predominately Protestant state that figured See CHALLENGERS, Page A 8 this will have a calming effect tion, Soper said, start of construction on a new strip of paving on that side extending Soper said, and as work progresses and it is necessary to Viaduct, and building a half-cloverleaf Interchange at the on the gold market next week, active fight against the Congo, See AIM, Page A8.