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STA -J MINUTE mxtitx TUESDAY'S WEATHER Cloudy and Warm Complete weather forecast, page 2 PRICE TEN CENTS When arguing with a stupid person be sure he isn't doing the same. FIRST WITH THE NEWS WATERLOO, IOWA, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1968 OUR 110TH YEAR TWENTY PAGES inn i Ske Sti I City, County Neglect Lots Guided by Jack Warren, president of the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, I toured a section of East Waterloo the other afternoon witn special attention to a triangular area bounded by Oneida and Mobile Sis. and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks This is one of the areas in which some homes were badly damaged by floods caused by the torrential rains of the last three weeks. This is also an area that has been sadly neglected by both county and city officials. THERE ARE some nice homes in the area, well maintained with carefully groomed lawns.

But many of them are adjacent to vacant lots on which the weeds have been allowed to grow head high. But the shocking thing to me about this tour was that most of these neglected lots are owned by either the City of Waterloo or Black Hawk County. ACCORDING TO -a map prepared by city officials something close to 40 per cent of the property in this triangular area is owned by the city or county and most of this property is growing a bumper crop of weeds. mSi mi i rmfllCmnKi mmii i -l (Associated Press Photofax) seized when the village was sealed off and searched by South Vietnamese troops. All of its 6,000 residents are said to be Viet Cong sympathizers.

CHILDREN OF THE VIET CONG-These youngsters gathered on a street in Chanh Luu, South Vietnam, to watch as photographer takes picture of guns and ammunition once used by their fathers, who are Viet Cong guerrillas. The arms were Severin AIS0 sPouea wirougn ine area are ai least three man-made ponds, reportedly a product of the WPA era of the 1930's, that now serve no useful purpose. Enclosed by chain link fences, they are breeding grounds for mosquitoes and grown up to weeds. Filled, sodded and maintained, they would make good neighborhood playgrounds. A number of condemned houses in the area are slowly caving in, waiting hopefully for the city or county to get around to razing the structures.

ALL OF THESE things the weedy lots, the mosquito infested ponds and the condemned and decaying homes are discouraging to those residents of the area who are trying to upgrade their own properties. Frivate owners might do a good deal more to improve the neighborhood if the city and county would show the way by being good neighbors and cleaning up the properties the two governmental agencies own. Playboy Pictures Purloined A graduate student at University of Northern Iowa tells me that the University library subscribes to Playboy magazine. But, he says, most of the literary gems it contains cannot be read in their entirety because the copies are mutilated shortly after they are received, presumably by students clipping out the erotic pictures, which are the publication's main claim to fame. Viets Ninh Battle.

Quit City Eecfrca Pacemaker Fails WASHINGTON (ap) For- together with Col. John Eisen-mer President Dwight D. Eisen- hower and his family have been hower remains in "extremely constantly with her." critical" condition and has suf- Messages of Support fered numerous episodes of irregular heart action since Sun- The doctors said Ensen" day night, Army doctors report- hower had received "lnnumera-ed Monday le messages of support from Doctors at Walter Reed Army individuals in all walks of life" Hospital said an electrical pace since he suffered his seventh maker, inserted earlier into the heart attack last Friday-heart of the five-star general, Dr- Mllton Eisenhower, the had been removed after it failed former president's brother, has to stop the spasms. visited Mrs- Eisenhower on sev- eral occasions, they said. 'Critical Hazard In a Sunday night bullethl) the The recurring irregularities, doctors reported failure of the doctors said earlier, constitute a electrical pacemaker, which "constant and critical hazard" was threaded directly into the to Eisenhower's survival.

patient's heart by way of a vein, The text of a morning medical to relieve the spasms, bulletin: It was the latest of several ef- "General Eisenhower's condi- forts made to halt the irregular tion remains extremely critical, rhythms since the 77-year-old The electrical pacemaker was suffered his Iatest at' removed late yestrday because ta- of its demonstrated ineffective- There wfe lZht snc ness after the initial few hours, between the time of the attack and the Sunday night medical "Since last night's bulletin nu- bulletin merous episodes of ventricular irregularity have occurred, Irregular Spasms most of only a few seconds du- The spasms, which involve ir- ration but two requiring electri- regular twitching of the muscles cal conversion. in the heart's lower chamber, 1 "Despite this, the general re are known medically as ventri- mains alert, converses briefly, cular fibrillation, and enjoyed a small breakfast. Walter Reed doctors blame He is visited briefly from time Eisenhower's spasms on the to time. by members of the "serious underlying disease of immediate family, at his re- the heart." quest' At the General's side were his "Mrs. Eisenhower has re- wjfe Mamei, his son John and mained calm during these past three grandchildren; Barbara trying days, and has received Anne, Susan Elaine and David, comfort and support from her Ahh ft do to did sister, Mrs.

Gordon Moore, who detai ho6w the pacemaker was installed the usual method en- Hawkey Tech tailFrinser1tinfg a tube with two tiny electrodes at its tip into To Train Mpw a vein and eentlv slidins il through the body into the heart. Policemen Usually a vein in an arm is used, but sometimes it is a neck Training programs for the vein. Waterloo and Cedar Falls police Sense of Humor, departments will be included in a course offered by the Hawk- In the Sunday afternoon bulle- eye Institute of Technology, tin there were indications that Story on page 3. the pacemaker had succeeded Cedar Falls 10 in surpressing the spasms. The rn.c,r,aA Ajn.V;l; is ie i doctors said then that though Classified Advertising 14,15,16,17 grayely Eisenhower Cmics 19 alert, in command of all his Considine Column 19 senses and had "retained his Editorial 4 keen sense of humor." Feature Fare 8 Tnere was no indication of Markets 18 wnat was meant by tne sense L.

humor reference. Northeast Iowa 9,10 The melhods used prior to in. Sports 11,12,13 sertion of the pacemaker includ- Television Schedule 19 ed an electrical defibrillation Theaters 13 technique, which involved the Waterloo Deaths 5 See IKE Women's Pages 6,7 Continued on page 2, col. 5 lay Think 704 Dead In Bus Disaster ed to be higher than those for American forces, but reports were sketchy. "I think the 200 killed was probably the reason they withdrew," said Lt.

Col. Vernon Bond, of Stafford, acting senior U.S. advisor in Tay Ninh. "I'll make the assumption that they were going to try to take over Tay Ninh City." Bond said some enemy prisoners reported they had been told by higher headquarters they "were in Tay Ninh to stay." The enemy forces were identical as units of the 275th Regiment of the North Vietnamese 5th Infantry Division, which officers said had moved recently from the Saigon outskirts to secret base camps near the Cambodian border, presumably for refitting. Bond said there was no firm word on civilian casualties from the fighting, but initial reports indicated they were light.

Refugees Return Associated Press Correspondent Peter Arnett reported from Tay Ninh that 10,000 to 15,000 refugees began returning to American riverine force with rockets and machine-gun fire, killing four Americans and wounded 82. Infantrymen from the U.S. 9th Infantry Division, riding the Navy attack boats, charged ashore and engaged the Viet Cong soldiers. The U.S. Command said nine Viet Cong were killed and four prisoners seized.

U.S. officers in Tay Ninh said the enemy forces failed to achieve most of their objectives in coordinated attacks on a dozen allied positions within a six-mile radius of the city. The U.S. military compound and the government provincial headquarters were never seriously threatened. Did Capture Wedge Nonetheless, enemy did capture a wedge in the eastern part of the city before withdrawing and military sources said this would likely have psychological repercussions throughout the country.

Enemy casualties were estimated at more than 200 dead. American casualties were re-portea as approximately 100 mostly wounded. South Vietnamese casualties were expect SAIGON (AP) North Vietnamese troops slipped out of embattled Tay Ninh Monday after losing more than 200 dead in a series of blazing fights with allied troops, tanks and artillery in and around the key provincial capital Sunday. An American armored column and South Vietnamese soldiers swept through the city Monday and reported encountering no resistence. The battle for Tay Ninh brought to a pitch four days of hard fighting from the Mekong Delta north to Da Nang, that shattered a two-month lull in the ground war.

U.S. officers in Tay Ninh said some 500 North Vietnamese regularsmainstays of the attacking force slipped out under the cover of darkness through an armored trap set up outside the city. Considered Serious The fighting in and around Tay Ninh a city of 200,000 population, 45 miles northwest of Saigon was considered serious by the allies, but military sources said it was too early to saj whether it signaled the start of the third major offensive of the year threatened by the enemy high command. North Vietnam's official newspaper, Nhan Dan, called Monday for "a new and more violent offensive to wrest military victories from the enemy." 23rd Anniversary The plea was keyed to the 23rd anniversary of the Aug. 19, 1945, start of the rebellion which climaxed in the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.

The new fighting likely will prompt an exchange of accusations between North Vietnamese and American negotiators when the Paris peace talks reconvene Wednesday. Some observers had interpreted the two-month lull in the war as a sign of de-escalation on Hanoi's part. But U.S. officials had insisted all along that the enemy command was deliberately avoiding contact with allied force? to prepare for a countrywide offensive. Other Red Attacks As the fighting eased in Tay Ninh, there were fresh reports of enemy attacks to the far north below Da Nang and south of Saigon in the Mekong Delta.

U.S. Marines suffered 13 dead and 35 wounded in what appeared to be two separate ambushes south of Da Nang. Thirty-six enemy troops were reported killed. U.S. 9th Division infantrymen fought a 24-hour long battle with Viet Cong troops in rice paddy country 18 miles south of Saigon and reported killing 54 and capturing 25 prisoners until contact broke off Monday.

U.S. losses were put at one dead and nine wounded. American divebom-bers. helicopter gunships and artillery pounded the enemy force. Forty five miles south of Saigon in the Mekong Delta, Viet Cong troops ambushed an downstream, and found no bodies.

A crane tried to lift the bus from its lodging between two big boulders but it did not budge. There was no trace of the second bus. Police in this central Japanese city said there were 107 persons aboard the two buses when they took off on a week end sight-seeing tour of the scenic mountains. There were 101 passengers, mostly women and children, four bus employes and two sponsors of the tour, police reported. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato ordered a government investigation of the accident.

83 in 1967 Crash The worst bus accident recorded to date occurred in Manila, the Philippines on Jan. 6, 1967, when two buses ollided killing 83 persons. The buses were part of a fleet of 15 chartered by 800 residents of a housing project in Nagoya, central Japan, for a trip to the mountains. Officials said the landslide was triggered by a storm that dumped 14 inches of rain on the area in 24 hours. GIFU, Japan (AP) -More bodies were recovered Monday from the Hilda River after a landslide swept two sight-seeing buses loaded with women and children from a mountain highway in the Japan Alps into the flooded stream.

Officials believed 104 persons lost their lives. Unless some of the missing are found on the shores, this will be the worst bus accident in history. Three persons, including the driver of one of the buses, swam to shore through the raging river Sunday when the buses plummeted into 65 feet of water. Rescue workers have recovered 39 bodies, some as far as 18 miles downstream. Little hope is held for the 65 missing.

Tivers searched one of the smashed buses after it had been swept against rocks 300 yards GETS SAIGON POST SAIGON (AP) George S. Newman, deputy chief of the U.S. mission in South Korea, will be the new U.S. mission spokesman in Saigon, Ambassador" Wellsworth Bunker announced Monday. See VIET Continued on page 2, col.

The Political Scene Aide Rejects McCarthy Viet Plank Compromise ismirfiH 1 1 iiiii-r I m-mmmmm $mm 11111 I if- -vz rr vr, A -v- hr IT'" VO La HZ, v- pected to be settled faster than the 18 other challenges, which involve various issues of racial Discrimination, party loyalty and the way in which delegates were picked. Nearly one-fifth of the convention's delegates and alternates could be affected. The hearings by the two committees provide the setting for the convention's main event, the battle for the party's presidential nomination scheduled to be decided a week from Wednesday. Humphrey, predicting his own nomination for president on the See POLITICS Continued on page 2, col. 6 to a total halt in bombing of North Vietnam.

'Thoroughly Inadequate' But Blair Clark. McCarthy's campaign manager, called Kerr's proposal "thoroughly inadequate it is just not good enough." The McCarthy forces have made clear they will press for a floor fight unless they are successful in the platform group. Meanwhile, Humphrey, in this convention city for a round of speeches and interviews, pledged if elected he will do everything he can to end the war. "If I am permitted to become president and if by then there is no peace or cease fire I will do everything in my power, with honor, to bring peace to Soutneast Asia," the vice president told some 500 members of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks. Credentials Group Meets The credentials group met meanwhile, in closed session prior to opening its public hearings with the Mississippi challenge, where the regular party group is being contested by a biracial delegation supported by both Humphrey and McCarthy.

The Mississippi case "is ex CHICAGO (AP) -Preliminary sparring for next week's Democratic National Convention opened Monday with Sen. -Eugene J. McCarthy's campaign manager rejecting a compromise Vietnam platform plank while the credentials committee sought to settle a key civil rights fight. As the platform committee hearings opened in Washnigton, educator Clark Kerr, head of the National Committee for a Political Settlement in Vietnam, urged McCarthy to drop his demand for a coalition government in South Vietnam and asked Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey to agree (Associated Press Photofax) Surveying What's Left After Omaha Tornado Three residents of a tornado ravaged area of Omaha search amid the ruins of their homes following Sunday's storm which nearly destroyed some 25 homes and heavily damaged several others.

The twister also hit a shopping center. A 69- year-old man suffered a fractured back and was in serious condition. His was the only serious injury. Several tornadoes were reported in eastern Nebraska. Damage was heaviest in Omaha.

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