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Bonanza to Report on Puzzle Jackpot in Saturday Courant Weather Forecast MOSTLY SUNNY AND COLD Temp, range: 15-31 Complete Weather, Tides On Page I 7 CENTS 1 Start Every Day Right Final Edition ESTABLISHED 1764. VOL CXXXI No. 26 HARTFORD, CONN. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1968 -38 PAGES North Korea Threatens She To'I miMsh5 Pueblo Grew" Responds to Mayor, Model Cities Plan Meanwhile, Deputy Mayor During the meeting here, HUD officials were informed George B. Kinsella wrote Secre- tary Weaver saying that "I trust our program effort will continue to move ahead rapidly and successfully." Kin-; sella said the City Council's acted to Democratic majority speed up the Model Cities i Vjn 1 Tin i-il I MmmmMMmMm gram Hartford.

"I am, of course," he com-' mented, "somewhat dismayed by the politically inspired atti- tude of the Republican mem-. bers of the Hartford City Council who are apparently more in- terested in serving their own m--' that citizen groups were picket- in ntu u.ii in ing City Hall in Hartford, The HUD "letter to proceed" is necessary before the interim agency can get started, Miss Uccello said. She stressed, in an interview following her one hour and 20 minutes meeting, that the halt on the "letter to proceed" is simply temporary. "It will not jeopardize Hart ford's position as a Model City," she said. "It's' simply that this has to be worked out." Her meeting with HUD's Model Cities Director Walter Farr was set up by Senator Abraham Ribicoff.

U.S. Rep. Emilio Q. was also in formed of the meeting. Ribicoff issued a statement saying that he was unaware of the details of the probleA-But he urged: "This; must not be come a political football.

This is no time, for politics. Hartford must move ahead." terests than those of their city." Kinsella's letter traced the background of the hiring of Wil- liam D. O'Toole, Springfield planning director, as Hartford's interim Model Cities He said the council IN TIME OF CRISIS: This study of curity Council and other high government offi- Presidcnt Johnson was made Thursday at cials since the seizure of the USS Pueblo the White House. Johnson has been con- by the North Koreans (AP). ferring with members of the National Se- Democrats felt "we could not'-; find a better man for the job." Kinsella wrote Weaver as Hartford's deputy mayor and UAC Attorney Dies majority leader of the council -and told Weaver he is alstf chairman of the council's Models Cities Committee.

NEWS MBRflJEIF After Leaving Court LBJ Order Activates Reservists U.N. Council Calls Parley TOKYO (AP) North Korea said Friday the crewmen of the U.S. spy ship Pueblo "must be punished by law." It also said it is "fully prepared" to cope with any attack by the United States and would "deal a hundred-fold, thousand-fold retaliation." Rodong Shinmcon. organ of the North Korean Communist Party, called its seizure' of the Pueblo on Jan. 23 a "proper self-defense measure" and warned if there is a repitition of it will "sternly punish the aggressors." 'Must Be Punished' Then it said: "The criminals who encroach upon others' soverignty and commit provocative acts must receive deserving punishment, "These criminals must be punished by law." Referring to what it called "the clamor of the Johnson clique who are attempting to threaten someone with a ridicu lous talk about 'retaliatory the paper If the U.S.

imperialist gressors think they can frighten our people with threat or black mail, it is really a stupid illu sion." 1 It said the Korean people "are fully prepared to cope with any provocation or surprise attack of the enemy and are completely ready to deal a hundred-fold, thousand-fold, retaliation to it, if it pounces upon us." Meanwhile, aroused by North Korea's seizure of the USS Pueblo, the United States Thursday called more-than 14,700 reserve, airmen to active duty and ar ranged an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council. President Johnson ordered the reservists called to active duty Immediately. Then he dis patched Ambassador Arthur Goldberg to the New York head quarters of the United Nations to present a request for a Security Council meeting. uoidoerg presented the request Thursday night and news dispatches from the U.N.

head quarters said the 15-nation council is expected to meet Friday morning to discuss the Pueblo incident. -White House press secretary George Christian told newsmen the Security Council will be asked to Consider what he called North Korea's "aggressive ac tion" against South Korea and also "the illegal and wanton seizure of a United States vessel See U.S. Calls, Page 3, Col. 1 Red Troops Attack Yank Headquarters HUD Halts By Robert waters Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Housing and Urban Development offi cials Thursday called a tempo rary halt in the organization of the controversial new interim Model Cities Planning Agency in Hartford. Mayor Ann Uccello, meeting with HUD officials behind closed doors here, disclosed two developments: HUD has promised to look into the dispute over the interim agency setup HUD will take no action on a requested "letter to proceed" with the agency organization until it has looked into the matter.

Miss Uccello, who opposed the surprise bid by the council to name itself as Model uties boss at a stormy council session Monday night, said she has been told that the matter will be brought to the attention of HUD Secretary Robert c. Weaver. The city's Republican mayor is here for a two-day meeting of Snow Bi Pedestrians Thursday's snow caused sev eral falls and minor accidents in Hartford from the hard, crisp crystals that made both walking and driving hazardous. Police said there had been 11 serious falls, and 31 minor acci dents between 3:30 and 9 p.m. Two of the accidents, one at 5 o.m.

and the other at 7:45 p.m., tied up traffic on Rt. 1-91 at the ramp to Rt. '1-84 and at the Founder's Bridge. Another traffic snarl occurred at Barbour Street and Tower Avenue at 7:40 p.m. when four cars piled into one another.

State Police said there were several minor accidents caused by the snow, most of them in the Hartford area and east to the coast. A low pressure area east of Cape Hatter as brought the snow, more of it in the coastal regions than here. The weatherman said the low pressure area had been centered off Cap Hatteras for several days and started moving northeast Thursday. predictions Thursday night were between two and five inches. The weatherman said today should be partly cloudy but without snow and with temperatures in the 20's.

This will come out next Janu ary. During the" past year, West Hartford gained 162 dwellings in comparison with 165 during 1966. The town now has a total of 17,521 dwellings, with a total valuation of $206,517,426. The number of sheds, barns and garages went up during 1967 from 5,868 to 5,917, and the num ber of building lots rose from 19,715 to 19,792. Consequently, the open acreage dropped from 1,589.4 acres to 1,558.6 acres.

There are 570 commercial buildings in West Hartford, with a total valuation of $24,144,614, in the new list as compared with 559 commercial buildings a year ago. The number of industrial buildings increased during the past year from 192 to 197, with the present total valuation at $10,056,010. West Hartford has two horses in the north end of town, according to the list, and two cows in the south end. Last year, there were 10 horses list- By STAN SIMON NEW BRITAIN Frank E. taiianan, an attorney repre senting United Aircraft Corp.

in a $15 million dailar suit against the International Assn, 'of Machinists, died Thursday shortly after he left Superior Court here. He reportedly was driving about five blocks from the court building when he stopped his car and slumped against the door. He was dead on arrival at New Britain General Hospital. The three-week old trial was reused for three weeks about 15 minutes before he was strick en, A heart attack is suspected, but cause of death has not been de'rmined. Callahan, 69, was a senior partner in the New Haven law firm of Wiggin and Dana, one of the largest in the state.

He had represented UAC during the violent 1960 strike and through much of the litigation that had brought him to court Thursday. Shortly after Thursday's testimony had ended, Judge Leo V. Gaffney, who presided, said he told Callahan "to get a good rest. He looked tired." Callahan had sat through most of the afternoon testimony as defense counsel Edward J. Daly cross examined key UAC witnesses.

A sturdy, but slight man, Callahan spoke articulately each time he rose to answer a question or raise an objection. Born in Bridgeport, Callahan the U.S. Conference of Mayors. But she left the conference to meet with top, HUD officials about the controversy that developed when the Democrat -controlled City Council named itself as the interim Model Cit ies Agency in a 6-3 party line vote. The move brought cries from the council's three Republicans that neighborhood representa tion in the planning stages of the program was being left out.

The Democrats denied that they were ruling out citizen partici pation. They claimed they were simply starting action now with citizen participation to come later. Channel 18 Expansion Is Planned By JAMES D. O'HARA Channel 18. Harftord's sub scription television station, will make a $2 million move into the Trumbull Street redevelopment project.

At the same time, a station executive said the station may eventually get out of the pay TV business and become a commercial station. But either way, he added, "we're in Hartford to.1 'i stay." The station's plans were given to the Hartford Redevelopment Agency Thursday by Col. Keig-ler E. Flake, vice president and general manager of WHCT, Channel 18, and Atty. John R.

Kenney and architect Phillip Stock. They asked the agency to let them know within 90 days if the station could move Into the project. $500,000 Studio WHCT would like to buy feet of land, for about $170,000, at the northwest corner of Trumbull and Church streets, next to the City Garage. On it, it would put a -s $500,000 building for the station's studios and offices. The total cost of the project Is estimated at $2 million.

The building would have a parking garage for about 40 cars and reception lobby on the first studios on the second floor and offices on the third floor. Flake said the station's present quarters at 555 Asylum St. are obsolete and inadequate. Agency Chairman Edward J. See Channel, Page 6, Col.

5 List Jumps led in town. The two horses carry the same value as the two cows $150 for both. Commercial furniture jumped from $3,773,555 to $4,254,775 and farm machinery went up from $23,420 to $26,880, Farming tools, however, dropped from $14,080 to $12,840, as mechanics' tools went up from $16,200 to $17,700. Inventories showed an increase from $20,896,965 to The number, of boats in West Hartford jumped during the past year from 289 to 315. The 1966 list carried a total value of $210,520 for the boats, and the new list has $234,880 for this category.

Chairman William J. O'Connor of the Board of' Assessors pointed out that this is the first year that real estate exemp-over 65 years of age. These ex-tions are being given to persons emptions amounted to $450,385, while veterans' real estate exemptions totaled $7,055,640. received his B.S. from the Uni versity of Pennsylvania and his LL.B.

from Yale University. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar In 1927. Daly characterized Callahan as "a fine human being and a gentlemanly advocate." Neither Daly nor Judge Gaffney could say when the trial would be resumed, but it seemed See UAC, Page 8, Col. 3 Public Invited ToSniff'Pbe NEW LONDON (Special) Is New London going to pot? County Detective Robert J. Papp announced he is inviting the public to sniff marijuana in a girl's high school, yet.

Papp said marijuana will be burned in a small cubicle during a narcotics forum Feb. 23 in St. Bernard's Girls High School auditorium. A lot of people have no idea 1 what marijuana looks or smells like, the detective said. This forum, as well as others planned in the region, will enable people to spot it.

Papp added he expects a heavy turnout at the forum. areas parts of Granby, Canton, and Marlboroueh would still have air of "acceptable" quality. Just Like New York Even now, the problem is so great that in downtown Hartford air pollution equals or exceeds New York averages. The answer to the problem is the immediate formation of a regional 1 air pollution control agency covering all towns the region and New Britain, Plain ville, and Bristol, according to the CRPA Resource Committee and TRC. The commission should have the power to enforce anti-pollution laws.

According 'to TRC, after a year of taking air samples and making tests, autos, heat-. ing, industries and power generation are the prime source of pollutants. Maps of various pollutants in the air show that pat-See Pollution, Page 3, Col. 4 Living Costs Up WASHINGTON (AP)- Liv ing costs rose three-tenths of one per cent in December as 1967 wound up as the second highest year of price hikes in a decade, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Grocery prices rose five-tenths of one per cent in Decem berone of the largest food in creases of the year.

Marines Escape DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) -Two U.S. Marines captured and held by the Viet Cong for 19 days escaped and made their way back to a Leatherneck position, the Marine command said Friday. Lance Cpl. Steven D. Nelson, Elkhart, and Pfc.

Michael R. Roha, National City, were in good physical condition arid awaiting reassignment to duty in the United States. 2nd Soldier Killed SEOUL (AP) Another American soldier was killed early Friday by "hostile fire" during a sweep for North Korean infiltrators, the Army reported. He was the second U.S. soldier killed in the current series of incidents following an unsuc cessful assassination attempt by a group of 31 Communist infil trators Sunday night.

The first American was killed in action Wednesday night. Inside Story New earthquake kills as it lashes crippk.i Sicily. Page 7. Vi What are model cities? See 'Select Page 4. House members begin Pacific junket.

Page 5. Hausman attacks Democrats' handling of draft board positions. Page 4. Gary Merrill to run for Congress. Page 8.

Page Amuse. 12, 13 Ann Landers 12 Bridge 12 City News 17 Classified 28-37 Page Financial 26-28 Later Years 28 Legals 28 Obituaries 6 Society 14 Sports 1 21-24 Star Gazer 28 Today in History 12 Town News 16 TV Radio 16 W. Hartford 19 Women's Pg. 15 Comics Crossword Devotions Dining with Jacqueline Dr. Brady Editorials Fenu.Topics 10 SAIGON (AP) With a Viet Cong cease-fire only hours away, Communist troops attacked two U.S.

division headquarters and an airfield early Friday. The action came shortly after an ambush on a Marine truck convoy 17 miles northeast of embattled Khe Sanh. U.S. Headquarters reported eight Marines were killed in the ambush and 44 were wounded. Three North Vietnamese dead were counted.

Just after midnight, Communist mortarmen shelled the An Khe base camp and airfield in the central highlands, headquarters of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry. They also hit 3rd Marine Division headquarters at Phu Bai in the northern sector of South Vietnam and the Camp Hollo-way airfield at Pleiku in the central highlands. American transport pilots braved the hazard of both explosions aground and enemy antiaircraft fire aloft to pour cargo and men to the Leatherneck base in a massive buildup HEARS TAPE; Mrs Rnso IP HilMI. iiihiji uniMI in ri inn i I against besieging elements of two North Vietnamese divisions.

While chief attention centered on that hotspot sector below the demilitarized zone, troops of the S. 1st Air Cavalry Division and South Korea's Capitol Division pressed a drive- against North Vietnamese units flushed Tuesday on the central coast. Backed by tanks and armored personnel carriers, the allied task force reported it had killed 179 of the enemy over two days in the Phu Cat area, 230 miles southeast of Khe Sanh, and remained in contact Thursday. There was no report on losses among the Americans and Ko reans. Marine artillery batteries at Sanh probed the jungled slopes and ravines surrounding the base with 105mm -and-i 155mm shells, seeking like the questing, jet squadrons to knock out the enemy guns.

The American aerial counter-offensive against this latest of the enemy attempts to take over South Vietnamese territory adjoining the DMZ was one of the biggest in the war. Riirher nifo nf skinrwr nf W. Hartford Grand Pollution May Make Area Unliveable by Year 2,000 1 By DANIEL F. SHEA West Hartford's grand list jumped $8.5 million to a total of $357,905,825, the Board of As sessors said Thursday night. The 1967 list was completed Thursday by the staff of the assessors' office headed by Clarence S.

Cook, and was signed by the board members, making it official. The work was completed well ahead of the Jan. 31 deadline. Last year's grand list total, after adjustments made by the Board of Tax Review, was $349,411,581. That represented an $8.3 million jump.

Largest increase was in real estate, where the total went up $5,217,285 from last year's taxable real estate list of to new list of $289,969,594. Personal property went up from $37,997,262 to $40,256,221, but motor vehicle valuation only went up from $26,754,260 to The revaluation which was held in town will affect the list of Oct. 1, 1968, Cook pointed out. By DAVE OFFER "Don't breathe the air" signs may be required throughout the Capitol Region by the year 2,000 unless something is done to stop the trend toward more and more air pollution, the Capitol Region Planning Agency (CRPA) was warned Thursday. In a report from the Travelers Research the, CRPA told that patterns of pollution, expected population growth and land use by the year 2,000 could make the air all along the Connecticut River in the reeion "unacceptable" for health and leave the rest of the region with "questionable" air quality-Only some fringe Today's Chuckle Said the patient mournfully: "I can't pay Doc.

I flowed down like you told me and lost my Job." USS Pueblo, listens in San Diego, Calif, to tape recording of confession allegedly mads by her husband. She said voice on the tape was not that of her husband, Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher. The Pueblo was captured by North Koreans Monday Itf)..