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PXSSAIC-CLIFTON. N. FRIDAY, JULY 1,1966 Telephone 777-6000 34 Pages In Two Sections- Price 5 Cents aim ss mbodian Border 'v 1 )) Infantrymen Pursue Escaping Communists 4 SAIGON (UPD of a Communist regiment fled through the jungles north of Saigon toward the Cambodian border today leaving the bodies of 320 comrades behind. A I VIEW FROM HANOI The picture from the Viet Nam News Agency in Hanoi shows a gun and crew with a. caption reading, The company four of antiaircraft unit was one of the units down U.S.

aircraft which bombed Hanoi on June 29." The wirephoto was monitored in Warsaw today. (AP Wlrephoto) Fierce Fighting Units of the 1st Infantry Division, which tangled with fthei; Reds in a fierce, close-quarters fight Thursday, chased them in hot pursuit. Helicopter patrols whirled over the rolling hill country 60 miles north of the capital in efforts to spot and block the battered force which numbered about 1,200 men before the Big Red One troopers cut them up. Meantime, U.S. authorities disclosed today that Communist gunners launched four surface-to-air antiaircraft missiles at American planes during Thursdays return raids against oil depots and radar, sites in the Hanoi area.

The pilots saw one missile explode but all missed their targets. A spokesman also said one Communist MIG 17 was spotted during the raid but it did not tangle with the American fighters. Fair Skies a Thousands Luring N.J. to Resorts lowons of Des Moines' Airport Bid Farewell to President Johnson After His Speech (AP Wlrephoto I President Puts Cards On Table in Challenge When in the course of human events the 4th of July falls on a Monday the holiday begins sometime Friday afternoon. North Jersey moved toward the pursuit of happiness today as thousands of families prepared for shore, lake or mountain trips and others planned picnics or attendance at fireworks displays and other community events at home.

Although the holiday began with splendid weather there was a forecast that it might deteriorate. The prediction is for mostly sunny and hot weather touay and tomorrow with a high temperature in the low 90s, and the low tonight about 72. But Sunday is expected to be partly cloudy and not so warm. Scattered showers and thundershowers are predicted from Sunday through Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to average above normal, however.

Another forecast was for some of the heaviest traffic in history. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority expects more than a million vehicles to use the road over the five day period beginning today. Of the five days, today should be the busiest The authority's prediction is for vehicles today, which would be the greatest single-day volume in the Turnpikes history. The existing single-day record was set May 27r the opening of the three-day Memorial Day holiday, when more than 253,000 vehicles travelled' the Turnpike. Banks and government buildings will be closed Monday, as will many stores.

There will be no mail delivered except special deliveries. Post office windows will be closed but many of the post offices will permit entry for box holders to pick up mail, and for use of letter die ps and stamp vending machines. Not all public employes will enjoy the holiday, however. In Trenton workers will be on deck from 9 to 4:30 tomorrow, Sunday and Monday to handle the many calls expected fpr information on the new state sales tax which became effective today. Many, churches and other buildings in the North Jersey area are expected to join the Report Bombs Hit Near Red Tanker WASHINGTON, D.C.

It is reliably reported that Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara told 18 congressmen, recently returned from trips to Viet Nam, that U.S. bombs dropped within 300 yards of a Russian oil tanker in Haiphong harbor during the Increased air strikes against North Vietnamese oil depots at Hanoi and Haiphong. McNamara has defended the new escalation as necessary to impede the movements of convoys from the north to the south which have been increased recently. The oil complexes and storage facilities hit have been 60 per cent destroyed according to Pentagon reports the last few days.

will continue, but that he Is ready to start peace talks at a moments notice any time, any where, on any sound invitation to end the killing in the south and the bombing in the North. He also let his critics in Washington and the youths who picketed him in Des Moines know that he believes the Viet Cong are banking on dissension in the United States to pull out a victory for them. Flies Home The President wound it up by flying to his Johnson City ranch, 70 miles from San Susquehanna Commuter Service Ends NEW YORK (AP) The New York Susquehanna and Western Railroad shut down its passenger service at midnight. The closing came within hours after the railroad announced it would do so. The line runs from Weehawken through Paterson to Butler.

The 71-mile northern New Jersey commuter run has been plagued by deficits. Since 1955, it has claimed losses of $5 million. Two years ago, the railroads chief executive, Irving Maid-man, offered to give each of the remaining 200 regular commuters a check for $1,000 each if they would all agree to let the company close the line. But the passengers did not all agree, and the commuters association got a court injunction to keep the railroad from discontinuing a small segment of the line. On Wednesday the New Jersey Supreme Court struck down the Injunction at the same time, the New Jersey Highway Department refused to grant the railroad another $126,000 annual subsidy.

Maidman had asked New Jer-s Highway Commissioner Dwight R. G. Palmer not to renew the subsidy. In a letter to the commissioner Maidman said: Under the circumstances we do not feel New York, Susquehanna, and Western should be compelled to subsidize 150 passengers at a cost of more than $2,000 per year for each person." The highway department replied in its official termination of the railroads contract that Susquehanna passengers services does not qualify as being necessary. The order said the commuter line was neither esential to the public health, safety or welfare of the state.

Maidman said that railroad employes working on the passenger line who had existing contracts would be transferred to other services. The New York, Susquehanna and Western is scheduled to merge with the newly consolidated Pennsylvania NewYork Central Transportation Compa ny after a vote of shareholders on July 21. Truck Rolls Over Driver EMMAUS, Pa. (UPD Robert Smith, 28, Port Jervis, N.Y., was crushed to death beneath the wheels of his tractor-trailer yesterday after crawling under it to investigate apparent brake trouble. The air brakes on the rig gave way.

causing the parked vehicle to roll forward. X. A Antonio, for a long Fourth of July weekend. His wife. Lady Bird, his daughter Lud, and Luds fiance, Pat Nugent all companions of the Midwest tour were with him Part of the time Thursday, Johnson, was talking in warm and emotional terms to the tens of thousands who turned out on roadsides, city streets, river-banks, corn fields and auditoriums to hear him proclaim peace and prosperity at the top of his voice.

But some of the time he was talking loud and dear directly to Hanoi. fed--eral they were treating the tax as a joke. -Eleanor Wojclk, who opens up the place and serves as a combination cashier-waitress from a.m. until the heavy morning traffic begins, said some customers appeared annoyed at being bothered for a penny or two, but most of them were good-humored about It. The owner of an Eastslde Passaic delicatessen said that coffee orders and the sales tax are driving me crazy.

An employe of a nearby plant ordered 12 containers of coffee for tho morning coffee break at the factory. At 15 cents a container, he was told that the price was 1.80 plus 6 cents tax. The man who ordered the coffee argued there was no tax on purchases up to 18 cents, "AU right, said the owner, Please Turn to Page 2, CoL 1 v- II! bell ringing observance on Monday afternoon. The bells will peal for a 4 minute period beginning at 2 p.m. in a revival of the traditional custom of celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The State Safety Council estimated that 13 persons may be killed in traffic in New Jersey during the weekend, and that about 1,800 may be injured in some 2,000 accidents. Recalling that 17 died In auto accidents in the state during the Memorial Day weekend, the council urged motorists to keep their minds cm their driving, and to have sufficient rest before taking to the crowded highways State police have scheduled the maximum number of troopers possible for patrol duty, to help keep traffic moving and watch for Safety officials suggested midday or very late today as the best times to start on a weekend motor trip, and early Monday afternoon, late Monday night or early Tuesday morning as the best return times. Tax Training Aids Markets Local supermarket employes faced Day with- some qualms, although most of them had prepared for the crisis as well as possible, with employe training sessions and practices. "Were just holding our breath till the end of the day, said Mrs. Doris Gately, 65 Livingston Clifton, the office cashier at the Paulison Avenue Shop-Rite store in that city.

Mrs. Gately said the store had installed new cash registers with a special button for taxable items. After everything has been checked through, she said, the check-out girl rings up a subtotal of the taxable items, figures the tax and adds it on, and then totals that figure with the rest of the purchases. Shop-Rtie installed the new machines at the beginning of the week, and the check-out girls have been figuring the tax ever since, though not charging the customers for it. This procedure has been followed at a number of other stores.

"Weve been practicing, and so have the customers, Mrs. Gately said. Joseph Dodi of Dumont, manager of the Food Fair store in Richfield, Clifton, described the day as "mass confusion. All the cashiers are wonderful, he said, and the customers are co-operating 100 per cent. If any problem comes up, were giving the customers the benefit of the doubt for the first few days.

The Food Fair clerks, like most others, have a list of the categories of purchases that are subject to the tax. Conrad Bock of Westwood, manager of the Broad Street Grand Union store in Clifton, Please Turn to Page 2, Col. 2 Stock Market Has Pre-Holiday Spurt NEW YORK (AP) Thp stock market, which staged a sharp rally late yesterday, continued to advance early today. Trading was moderate. The advance came in the face of an approaching long weekend.

The market will be closed Monday the' Fourth of July. Steels, motors, aircrafts and airlines paced the (Opening prices on Page 8.) Medicare in Effect For 19 Million Persons WASHINGTON (AP) The massive Medicare program providing hospital Insurance for all 19 million of the nations senior citizens weyit into effect today, hailed by President Johnson as "a blessing for older Americans. 91 of Hospitals Swinging into operation with the program was an optional doctor-bill insurance plan for which 17.3 million elected to pay 33 a month. The two programs were brought into being at 12:01 a.m. in one of the biggest operations in medical history.

Doctors and patients reserved any prognosis, but the President pronounced it a success in advance. He called it a test of our willingness to work together. By Public Health Service count, 6,714 Institutions or 91 per cent of all the countrys general hospitals roughly 93 per cent of the beds opened their doors for the insured care of any American aged 65 or over. The nonparticipating hospitals were mainly in the South. Most were barred from Medicare payments by their failure to comply with the no racial discrimination provision of the Civil Rights Act.

To make extra sure that no Please Turn to Page 2, Col. Winberry Would Run Herald-News Trenton Bureau TRENTON John J. 1 berry, a former special deputy attorney general and a frequent candidate for public office, yesterday offered himself as a candidate for U.S. senator. In his announcement.

Win-berry said he would concentrate on a campaign to drive narcotics peddlers and pushers dut of New Jersey. He felt that he had a record of accomplishment in breaking up organized corruption. He said that New Jersey ranks fifth In the nation in. the number of drug addicts In its population. Winberry aid he would also stress in his campaign consumer frauds, high cost If food, spending and other subjects that are vital to our national and state interest.

Winberry is a lawyer with offl ces at 15 Park Rutherford. He lives at 34 Noll Terrace, Clifton. Fall from Car's Trunk Kills Clifton Girl, 16 By WALTER KOENIG Hnld-New Staff Writer It was a common enough, if dangerous, prank: two teen-age girls hitched a ride on the trunk of a youths last night invPassaic. This time, however, it ended in tragedy, for moments later one of the girls, 16-year-old Joanne Warchol of Clifton, fell or jumped off the cart trunk and was injured when she struck the pave fiient She died soon after at St. Marys Hospital.

Lying on Sidewalk The dead girl, daughter of Mr. 'and Mrs. Frank T. Warchol, 70 Spencer Clifton, had been discovered lying on the sidewalk at 10:25 p.m. by Harvey Jaffe, 288 Pennington Ave.

Jaffe had come out of his home to secure his car for the night, and heard the girl moanifig. He called police, and Sergeant Carmen Russo and Patrolman William Failla responded. They, in turned summoned the city ambulance, and Patrolman Ray- mond Helvey drove the injured I girl to St. Marys. A team of 4 doctors and nurses worked over her for an hour, but she was I pronounced dead at 11:35 p.m.

If' Police said the only visible signs of Injury were scrapes on the girls knee and arm. An autopsy was to be performed Please Turn' to Page 3, Col. 3 Joanne Warchol Prank Ends iH Death By MERR1MAN SMITH UPI White House Reporter SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPI) President Johnson waited pn his Texas ranch today for a Communist answer to his cards-on-the table challenge: Come to the peace conference table or expect more bombings in North Viet Nam. Johnson laid it on the line Thursday in a pair of forceful and often impassioned speeches in the corn belt centers of Omaha, Neb.r and Dei Moines, Iowa.

He sent word' to Hanof that air strikes in North Viet Nam No Rush At 3 Hospitals Administrators of Passaic's three hospitals, bracing for a possible onslaught of patients over 65 now that medicare is in effed, conducted a census yesterday to determine how many patients already in hospital might be covered by medicare. They came up with a total of 138. Other than emergency admissions do not normally take place until 1 p.m. However the Pas saic General received its first medicare patient at 5:40 a.m. today.

He was a victim of a coronary and was admitted on an emergency basis. Joseph A. Mattson, adminis trator of Passaic General, said staff members are making the rounds today to have the 54, over-65 patients sign the forms to notify the Social Security office that they are in the hospital and expect coverage. Mattson said he had. also determined that most of the Medicare patients 33 out of 54 al-Please Turn to Page 2, Col.

5 tax certificate of 'authority to collect the tax. He made clear, however, that did not relieve them of responsibility. It was estimated that there arc 125,000 to 150,000 businesses in New Jersey which would be collecting sales taxes. Kervick said that 115,000 had already registered with the Sales Tax Bureau. For the present, Kervick said, the entire bureau operation will be conducted' in the State House Annex.

By mid-July, however, there will be nine branch offices. Included among them will be offices at 43 Church Paterson; 2024 Branford Place, Newark; and locations as yet undetermined in Newton and Hackensack. No Major Errors Found William Kifigsley, head of the state Tax Division, said at yesterdays conference that thus far no major errors have been discovered in, the sales tax law. But he did not rule out the possibility that some will be found and -that some unforeseen difficulties Perhaps the stickiest feature of the program will be the col Please Turn to Page 2, Col. 6 609-292-6650 for Help Sales Tax Bureau to Work All Holiday Weekend.

"What Else Can You Do?" Feeling Greets Sales Tax 4 RESIGNS Charles G. Bourgin yesterday resigned as superintendent and chief engineer of the Passaic Valley Water Commission. He. cited newspaper reports his job had been offered to William Holster, Clifton city manager. Story on Page 2.

they would be responsible for turning in the tax money in any event. Deliberate evasion of the law, he emphasized, is punishable as a misdemeanor and could result in a jail sentence of up to a year, a fine of 31,000 or both. 1 115,000 Registered Some merchants, Kervick said at a press conference yesterday, had not yet received their sales On Inside Pages Poiioic-Clifton Amusement Bergen Births Bridge Business News Comics Crossword Deor Abby Editorial Garden i Movie Timetable Obituaries Passaic County Real Estate Sports Stocks Tomorrows Stars TV and Radio Want Ads Women's News 17-1 22, 23 18, 20 29 7v 6 33 33 14 24 22 15 18 21 .25,28 6 16 7 29-32 10-12 a HO VIIIIIER AGAIN PAYOFF POT SOARS TO $160 By BOLTON SCHWARTZ Hrrald-Ntiws Trenton Bureau TRENTON New Jerseys 3 per Cent sales tax went into effect at midnight and many stores supermarkets, particularly are in considerable confusion today as clerks try to distinguish taxable items in the mass purchases being made for the long July 4 Anticipating the problem, the state Sales Tax Bureau will keep its Trenton offices manned from 9 a.mvto 4:30 p.m. today, tomorrow, Sunday and Monday. Telephone service will be augmented to facilitate handling the expected avalanche of questions.

The telephone number to call is 609-292-6650. Meanwhile, state Treasurer John A. Kervick warned all vendors of taxable goods that they are presumed to know the law and are responsible for collecting the tax and turning the proceeds over to the 'state. The first collccion day when the tax are be paid to the state is Aug. 28.

Kervick said he had heard that there was arrogance" among some vendors who have said they would refuse to collect the He pointed out that One guy paid for his bill and was reminded about the tax and you know what he said? He said Im gonna give up The first thing the average citizen buys on the average working day is coffee and it was in that kind of transaction today that many nad their first exposure to the. state's new 3 per cent sales tax. The tax became effective last midnight. Its very hard on the counterman, and people have been complaining, but they'll get used to it. What else can you asked James Donnelly of Bloomfield, i owner of the Blue Castl-at533MainuAYe Passaic.

It was Donnelly who hqd the experience with the man who intends to give up At another Passaic restaurant, Hurry Temels, 647 Main Payoff Pete did it again! For ther fourth consecutive week there was no winner to claim the Payoff Poll While nearly a dozen readera came within one or two words of catching Pete, he just couldnt find someone to accept hia reward. But Petes not giving up! lies sure that this week, with a bigger-than-ever Payoff Pot of ISO, someone Is going to beat him at hia word game. It could le you! Tomorrows Herald-News will bring you Puz-tie No. 9 plus a complete explanation of last weeks clues. Pete wants a winner this week so read carefully enter often Remember, Pete will.

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