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1968 Republican Convention Opens Nixon Holding Lead; Rocky Is Still In "Game" MIAMI BEACH. The 1968 Republican National Convention opened today with Richard M. Nixon holding a commanding lead for the presidential nomination. But Nelson A. Rockefeller claimed it still is "a ball game." Delegates milled around the floor and spectator seats in Miami Beach Convention Hall just beginning to fill when Ray C.

Bliss, GOP national chairman, rapped the gavel promptly at 10 a.m, EDT to call the first session to order. While Nixon is the front-runner, it appeared he would need help from favorite to win on first ballot Wednesday night. And two key delegations, at meetings minutes before the convention opened, indicated they intended to stay with their favorite son governors on the initial roll call. John Andrews, Ohio Republican chairman, said the state's 58 delegates had agreed to stick behind Gov. James A.

Rhodes "at least on the first ballot." Goy. George Romney said Michigan's 48-member delegation had agreed to remain "committed to me as a favorite son until we decide otherwise." The other key favorite son, however, called a news conference for 6:15 p.m. EDT and was reported ready to endorse Nixon. Gov. Spiro Agnew of Maryland planned to meet with newsmen following a caucus of the state's 26 delegates.

An Agnew endorsement would add 16 or 17 votes to' Nixon's first ballot strength. Rockefeller, looking tired but smiling and joking with newsmen, told reporters at a news conference he was confident "Nixon would not be nominated on the first ballot." Operations Being Resumed AsAlcoa Strike Is Ended Operations at Alcoa's Lebanon Works will be returned to normal as quickly as possible, it was announced this morning in the wake of the settlement of a strike that has idled the plant since June 1. Members of Local 445, Aluminum Workers International, AFL-CIO, voted Sunday to terminate the work stoppage. Daniel Phillips, local president, warned of i s- satisfaction among the union members after the vote was taken. He termed the 2-1 vote to accept a company's return-to- work proposal "sort of a compromise." Works Manager H.

C. Boose said workers will be called in (Continued on Page 3) North Koreans Attack American Patrol At DMZ PANMUNJOM, Korea (UPI) North Korean infiltrators attacked a patrol of American infantrymen on the edge of the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea today. Each side suffered one man killed. Several North Koreans opened fire on a U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol while the Korean Armistice Commission was meeting in the truce village of Panmunjom, a U.S.

military spokesman said. One member of the patrol was killed and four others wounded, the spokesman said. The North Koreans fled back across the truce line, leaving one body behind, the spokesman said. South Korean troops killed eight North Korean infiltrators in three gun battles Sunday along the truce line. One South Korean was killed.

GOOD IVININt Bif flih an Mt afraid of and The Lebanon Daily Timts jeittffict under tht Act March 1, 1179 THE WEATHER Central Pa. Fair, warm, humid tonight. Low 70 to 78. Mostly sunny, hot and humid Tuesday. High to 96.

96th Year No. 283 LEBANON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1968 24 PAGES-TEN CENTS Second Night Of Violence Keeps York Police On Move "It's a ball game," Rockefeller said. He predicted "you will see continued erosion" Nixon's support on the second ballot and "his delegate strength will disintegrate on the third." Start On Time Bliss, a non-nonsense Ohioan startled hundreds of delegates by calling the convention to order exactly on time. Most were still milling, about in the expectation that the 29th Republican National Convention like most of its predecessors would start late. But Bliss started things ofi fast with the presentation ol colors by 'the Bade County American Legion guard of honor, the Pledge of Allegiance by Ohio House Speaker Charles Kurfess, and the singing of the National Anthem by Judith Ottem of Missouri Archbishop Coleman F.

Car roll of Miami delivered the invocation. But while the pomp and ceremony of the only morning session of the convention proceeded on schedule, the real action was taking place in the beach-front hotels. Delegations were caucusing, senators and governors were holding news conferences, and backers of Rockefeller, Nixon and Reagan were attempting to win converts for their candidate. Both Rockefeller and Reagan arrived in Miami Beach Saturday and are in personal command of their contention teams. But Nixon remained in New York, confidently aloof from the politicking.

He was due here tonight. Prime Topic While the prime topic of conversation in this convention city was still the presidential race, there was also considerable speculation about the No. 2 spot on the ticket. sen. Mark 0.

Hatfield's name continued to pop up at Nixon headquarters as a likely run- ningmate if he should win the nomination. Other names frequently mentioned included Sen. Charles, Percy of Illinois arid New York Mayor John V. Lindsay. Rockefeller told newsmen he (Continued on Page 5) Economy League Study Real Estate Tax Rates In Lebanon Co.

Range From 41 to 53.8 Mills Real estate tax rates for Lebanon County municipalities range from a low of 41 mills in Cold Spring Township to a high of 53.8 mills in Lebanon city, according to a compilation just released by the Pennsylvania Economy League. The report also noted that the county-wide real i .1 Ml! Gangs Of Young Negroes Smash Windows, Set Fires YORK, Street violence hit this south entral Pennsylvania city for the second straight night Sunday and sporadic trouble calls kept police and firemen on the move through the early morning hours today. Roving gangs of. young Negroes smashed windows, pelted motorists with bricks and rocks and set at least eight fires during what the city's public safety director, Jacob W. Hose, described as a "planned operation." Random phots were heard in he troubled area on the city's southwest side as the distur- jance started and Hose said at one bullet was aimed at i police cruiser.

Three persons were arrested, on charges ranging from illegal VICTIM'S BEDROOM Investigators look over the remains of a bedroom at 16 Market where five-year-old Gill A. son Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Thornton, suffocated as the result of a fire that engulfed the house Daily NEWS Photo.

Saturday flight. Prom. left they are? Marlin. Keath, Lebanon County fire marshal; Hershey Wagner, assistant county fire marshal and Harry Bender, chief of the Jonestown Fire Company. Hospitalized As Result Of Crash A two-car accident on Route 322 in Campbelltown Sunday afternoon resulted in the admission of one woman to the Good Samaritan Hospital.

Two others were treated and discharged. A. Arlene Sheckart, 40, 225 E. Hazel St. Palmyra, was listed in satisfactory condition this morning at the hospital.

She suffered a whiplash injury and complained of a pain in the head as a result of the crash. She was a passenger in a car driven by Daniel M. Hershey, 45, Hummelstown. Chief Norman Daub of the South Londonderry Township police force said Hershey was traveling west on Route 322 when he was struck in the rear by a car operated by Steve Hughes, 17, Colonial Park, Harrisburg. Looking For Road Hughes told police he was looking for the Palmyra Road to make a left turn when he struck the Hershey car.

Damage to the (Continued on Page 6) estate levies will this year total nearly $365,000 more than in 1967. It is also noted in the report .8 million, or that after four straight years of recording property value gains of increasing magnitude, the rale of acceleration subsided in 1968 in Lebanon County. Property tax rates, however, maintained an upward course, assuring all county properly owners of their fourth consecutive rate increase, the report said. It was pointed out that restrictive action on the millage rates at least partially resulted from the Imposition of an earned income tax by all school districts and municipalities in the county. The assessed value of taxable real estate in Hie county totals $181.1 million for 1968, an In crease of $5.1 million, the report says.

This increase is 2.9 per cent below the record one year gain of $7.6 million established last year. All municipalities experienced an assessment increase exrepl Cornwall Borough, which de dined in value by nearly This decline results from the annual lowering of the Cornwall ore mines assessment (depletion reduction) by $500,000. S. Lebanon Largest Of the municipalities record ing assessment gains, South Lebanon Township is listed as (Continued on It-Col. 3) Fire Aboard Ship At Sea Kills Seven Persons WELLINGTON (UPl)-A fire woke out today on the British liner Gothic 800 miles east of New Zealand, killing seven persons, ship company officials said.

The local manager for the Shaw Savill Line, M.J. Smith, said all the dead were English. The fire destroyed the ship's radio and navigation equipment, he said. The Gothic is now using her emergency steering as she heads back to Wellington at 16 knots. Amusements 19 Classified 20-23 Comics 8, CHild Suffocates Fire ones town House atalTo Boy, Cause Is Under Investigation Marlin Keath, Lebanon County fire marshal, said today that investigation into the cause a fire that took the life of a five-year-old Jonestown boy Saturday night is continuing.

The origin of the fire that started in the first-floor laundry room of a 2 -story house at 16 E. Market Jonestown, causing the death of Gill A. Thornton, was still undetermined this morning. The fire broke out at approximately 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

Warm Humidity To Continue Here; Showers Likely Mostly sunny to partly cloudy weather prevailed over Pennsylvania today. Additionally, heavy humidity swamped Lebanon County. The high this afternoon was expected in the 90's, but scattered showers with a few thundershowers are likely this evening. Rain over the weekend, in scattered, brief showers, amounted to .07 of an inch. By Wednesday precipitation in this area could amount to one- quarter inch in showers and thundershowers.

Rain could also fall about Friday, according to the five-day outlook for this region. Patchy morning fog developed today and is expected again Tuesday morning. The day also will follow a pattern similar to today's with mostly sunny skies and hot, humid conditions. There will be little change in temperature, also. At the time the boy's mother, Margo Thornton, 26, and his two sisters, Cassandra, 6, and Tammy, and two babysitters, Debbie Hopkins and Susan Miller, both 14, we're in the living room of the house.

The youngster was in a second-floor bedroom. Keath reported that Mrs. Thornton made an attempt to rescue her son while her two daughters and the babysitters summoned help. The fire spread up the stairway, preventing Mrs. Thornton from going up and the boy from coming down.

The Jonestown Fire Company responded along with ambulance crews from Jonestown and In diantown Gap. Several firemen were treated halation. Two trying to rescue the boy. Dr. Richard Eckroth, Lebanon County deputy coroner, pro nounced the boy dead at 11:25 p.m.

as the result of suffocation. The boy's body was found in the northeast corner bedroom of the four-beciroom house. Cpl. Michael A. Terefenko, from the state fire marshal's office in Reading, is heading (he investigation, assisted by Keath Steel Firms, USW Sign Pacts; Price Fight Unresolved PITTSBURGH (UPI) Thi 11 basic steel producers and the United Steelworkers union (USW) have signed forma three-year contracts but the price hassle with the govern ment must be resolved.

The union and the producer signed the contracts Sunday Both sides reached an agree ment last Tuesday, 28 hours be fore the strike deadline. Th new. contract will cost produc ers $1.5 billion. Most major producers imme diately hiked prices, touchin for smoke in were overcome off the House. wrath of President the Whit Johnson charging the increases wer against the "interest of the na tion," Saturday ordered all ernment agencies to divert con tracts from those firms whic hiked prices.

Most producers must cut pro duction because their custom ers have stockpiled. Industr; sources estimated productio (Continued on Page 2 Col. 5 "Planned Operation' possession of firearms to arson and refusal to obey a police officer in the performance of his duty. One of the targets of firebombs was a meat market which was the center of a gunfight and shooting Saturday night, which left eleven persons wounded, 10 by shotgun pellets and one by a .38 caliber bullet Hose estimated that approxi mately 100 persons mostly young Negroes in their 20s part in Sunday's violence, American Troops Crush Cong Force; Capture Fortress although he said persons were on many other the streets during the height of the disorder. As he did Saturday night, when gunfire rattled through the area for some three hours, Hose ordered reinforced patrols, totaling some 65 officers, into the troubled section of the city.

The Saturday night shooting was touched off when Chester Roach, 58, returned the fire of someone who shot at him through the window of his apartment above the meat market firebombed Sunday night. With the area of the disturbance cordoned off by police, Hose said officers were operating "with as much restraint as (Continued on Page 4) Embarrassed By Wrong Turn SALT LAKE CITY (UPD- It took 14 students and a campus policeman to help Estes N. Hammond, 80, when he made a wrong turn on the University of Utah campus and his car ran halfway down a flight of concrete steps. The students lifted and pushed the car from the steps and Hammond drove away, greatly embarrassed. SAIGON (UPI) American troops today smashed a Viet Cong force and captured a guerrilla fortress threatening Saigon.

U.S. spokesmen said assault forces of the Army 9th Infantry Division killed at least 44 Viet Cong in the battle along the Tra River 20 miles south of the capital. Seven miles northeast of battle and 13 miles from Saigon, guerrillas firing B40 rockets hit river assault craft and wounded the commanding general of the U.S Army 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Franklin M. Davis. Davis suffered minor shrapnel wounds in the face.

Three other U.S. officers were wounded along with three South Vietnamese troops. American troops chased the attackers, igniting a fight that wounded 10 GIs. The attack on Davis' boat followed the fighting on the Tra River. The fight began with a U.S.

lelicopter-borne assault in the Eace of heavy machinegun fire Sunday. U.S. helicopter gun- ships and artillery blasted open a hole in the guerrilla defenses. Invasion Route The GIs charged in, fought through the night and today overran the complex of fortress nunkers along the streams the Tra River. The fortress lay on the Viet Cong's traditional invasion route up (Continued on Page 11 Col.

1) NEW ARITHMETIC COWES, England round-the-clock police alert on the Isle of Wight, ordered Saturday when Parkhurst Security Prison reported a convict missing, was called off Sunday. "We miscounted," a spokesman at the prison said. Smooth, But For Thud Midair Collision Between Small Plane, Airliner Kills Three Chicago Teenagers MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPI)The flight had been smooth except for that thud. The North Central Airlines Convair 850 settled down, bounced twice on the runway.

(Continued on Page an ro to a slop. The nine Light and variable winds will CO URTING DISASTER prevail. It will be fair, warm and! SAN FRANCISCO (UP1)- humid tonight, regardless of any (Continued on Page 3) 9 4 2 2 12, 13 Women's Pages 17,18 Editorial Financial Obituaries JUST ARRIVED! FIRST LOCAL SWEET CORN Nurstry and Product nil North SI. Niont 273-4052 or 272-5641 Police didn't have to go far to arrest John Gibson, 45, on charges of purse snatching. Officers alerted by the victim's screams grabbed Gibson as he got off an elevator in the Hall of of the police department.

SERVICE ON TV It Bob Hoch APPL SERVICE CENTER Dial 27MSU passengers got out and look a look at what had caused the thud. They saw that the right side of the fuselage, just beneath the cockpit, had been slashed open. The wheel of a small plane protruded from the tear. Their plane had collided in midair with a smaller there was the other imbedded in theirs. Work crews at General Mitchell airfield tisod torches to free the smaller craft from the before going on to wereJManitowoc, Wis.

A plane rental Lombard, 111., near reported the Cessna larger. The bodies of Chicago area teen-agers found in the small plane: Rickyifirm in L. Stenberji. 19, Elk Grove. the pilot; Virginia Johnson, IR.Ieft there about 9 a.m.

Slenberg Mount Prospect, III. and her 13-was flying to Sheboygan, year-old brother, Richard. i where his parents, Mr. and Copilot Injured JMrs. Ray W.

Stenberg, were The only one injured aboard I vacationing. jthe Convair was ropilot John! The collision came at 9:43 Mazur, 30, Wheaton, 111., Wind Lake, about 10 miles was at the controls of the two- southwest of Milwaukee. engine jetprop airliner when it and the Cessna 150 collided. Mazur suffered head injuries Safe Landing When Manir was severely injured, Capt. Ted Baura of and a broken leg.

He was injSknkie, 111., crabbed the con- critical condition today County General Hospital. The fmwair, North Central at trols of the Convair and brought it to a safe landing. Rauni, stewardess Sharon Flight 2M, left Chicago Moenssens of Schiller Park, 111., Sunday at 9:25 a.m., CDT andiand the nine wera was to arrive in Milwaukee on Page 2) rV.