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Secretary McNamara calls Red positions "a Godforsaken area"

SAIGON UPI — With U.S. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara looking on, American land, sea and air forces unleashed a massive barrage on the Nortn-South Vietnamese border where 1,000 Communists have been killed in eight days, military spokesmen said. McNamara viewed the Communist positions as “a Godforsaken area.” Viet Cong terrorists to the South shadowed McNamara’s tour with terror raids Sunday that killed 26 persons, all

DETROIT UPI — United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther today takes his $1 billion package of contract demands to the auto industry. Ahead are the most turbulent negotiations in more than two decades and the possibility of a strike. The union is militant, and is backed by a strike fund that could reach $65 million before the Sept. 6 expiration of the contracts. Reuther first calls at General Motors to present his “laundry list” proposals to GM Vice President Louis G. Seaton and Earl R. Bramblett, the company’s chief day-to-day negotiator. The auto union leader was scheduled to present the same demands to Ford Tuesday, Chrysler Corp. Wednesday and American Motors Thursday. Principal money demands include a “substantial” pay raise for all the industry’s 750,000 production workers and an extra increase for the 150,000 skilled trades workers; a guaranteed annual income with a switch from hourly pay to weekly salary status; wage scales for Canadian workers matching American standards, and contract provisions rigidly limiting the right of the companies to subcontract in-plant work or to buy parts from auto suppliers if those firms paid lower wages than the UAW standard. Other UAW proposals, with secondary priority, include improved insurance and pensions with a cost-of-living

WASHINGTON UPI — Tanned and rested after the closest he has come to a real vacation since entering the White House, President Johnson was back at his desk today grappling with weighty problems of Vietnam strategy and taxes. Republicans oppose Viet troop buildup WASHINGTON UPI —Congressional Republicans, growing restive with the Johnson administration’s war policies, took a dim view today of any new U.S. troop buildup in Vietnam. Sen. Clifford P. Case, R-N.J., said in a prepared Senate speech he was opposed to increasing the number of American troops in Vietnam barring “a clear demonstration by our defense experts of an overriding military necessity. “This conclusion is by no means mine alone,” Case said. Sen. Jacob Javits, R-N.Y., joined Case in opposing “any new infusion of manpower in order to escalate the struggle beyond the point at which we wage it. “It would not favor any increase which resulted in escalation of the struggle in Vietnam,” Javits said Sunday. Case, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the United States must reserve “the right to withdraw from Vietnam” if the Saigon government balks at U.S. policy objectives. Case said there has been talk “in high circles within our government and elsewhere” that the United States must accept whatever the South Vietnamese do because “our prestige is already so deeply involved we cannot withdraw. “This is an intolerable position,” Case said. “We must not accept it. “There is little—if any—chance to prevent catastrophic failure in South Vietnam except by using all our influence and efforts. “W# must exercise the full weight of our influence on every Important issue, whether It be to restrain the personal ambitions of military leaders, to force reforms both in the civilian and military establishments, to reduce the corruption and get rid of the corruptors, to restore vigor, discipline and morale to the Vietnamese armed forces and get them do ing their job,” ha said,

Vietnamese, and wounded 43, Including 14 Americans, in a bus massacre and a mine assault on the largest U.S. billet hotel in Vietnam. With the secretary in a machinegun bristling helicopter escorted by Marine jets watching, American forces on the border smashed North Vietnamese positions with artillery, the long guns of the big cruisers Boston, St. Paul and Providence and an almost precedented strike in 18 missions by U.S. aircraft

escalator built into pensions; increased holiday and vacation time; a long list of changes in work standards, including more rest time for assembly line workers; a boost in overtime payments from time and one-half to double or triple time, and the right of workers to refuse overtime. The size and complexity of Reuther’s proposals, the most comprehensive in the union’s history, have bewildered some industry observers. One industry source called Reuther’s money demands this year “fantastic” and forecast a long strike unless the UAW scale down the demands. Three fire runs City firemen were called out at 7:50 Sunday morning when a truck owned by Jack Hanneman caught fire at the intersection of Indiana Street and Shadowlawn. Damage was estimated at between $50 and $76. Fire Chief Cassell Balay reported this morning that the firemen made two more runs Sunday. The first run was at 2:45 p.m. when a grass fire was reported on a vacant lot behind the Home Laundry on East Washington Street. At 8:58 p.m., smoke from a trash fire at the same location resulted in the * firemen being called out again.

The Chief Executive, who arrived in Washington shortly after midnight from an 11-day sojourn in the Texas sun, was awaiting the return of Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara from Vietnam to get his eyewitness account of the progress of the war. According to Walt W. Rostow, Johnson’s adviser on national security affairs, the President has not yet made a decision on whether to boost U.S. forces in Vietnam by upward of 100,000 men. “The question of troops will be decided by the President in light of the review being conducted by Secretary McNamara and his team out there,” Rostow said in a television interview Sunday NBC-Meet the Press. The White House aide acknowledged, however, that there were “increased needs and increased possibilities” for use of additional forces, to counter the Communist buildup along the Demilitarized Zone and to assist in the rural pacification program. The President may also have the chance to confer with Gen. William C. Westmoreland, U.S. military commander in Vietnam, this week. The general plans to return to the United States to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. James R. Westmoreland, 81, who died Sunday at her home in Columbia, S.C. As for taxes, the President’s chief economic adviser, Gardner Ackley, has said there is “no escape” from the fact that taxes will have to be raised before the end of the year. The feeling on Capitol Hill was that McNamara would bring back a request for more troops and that this, in turn, would mean a demand for more revenues from the White House, since the federal budget deficit already is estimated at rising $13 billion. Lt. Gentry to speak First Lt. Lloyd Gentry Is at home for two weeks from his tour of duty in Vietnam. He has been asked by the Bainbridge Lions Club to show slides he took while serving in Vietnam and tell about Vietnam at a special meeting in the Lions Club Building Wednesday, July 12, ta 8:00 p.m. This is not a regular meetlug and the public is invited to attend.

The Marines, whose generals told the secretary the Leathernecks would never be routed out from frontier fortresses by units of five North Vietnamese divisions facing them, uncovered 50 more Communist bodies in the area. It brought the toll to 1,000 since the Leathernecks began smashing the second main North Vietnamese invasion drive in three months. Leatherneck losses were 143 killed and

There were 11 demonstrations and one talk in the annual 4-H Demonstration and Public Speaking Contest for Senior 4-H members and 11 demonstrations and three talks in the Public Speaking Contest for Junior 4-H members. The contest was held at the Greencastle Junior High Vocational Building, Thursday, July 6. Selected to represent Two arrests reported David L. Freeman, 17, Cloverdale, Route 3, was lodged in the Putnam County jail at 3:31 Sunday morning by Steven Lasley, Cloverdale Town Marshal. According to Sheriff Bob Albright, the youth was charged with disturbing the peace by shooting off a rifle. City police reported this morning that Eddie D. Clodfelter, 16, North Harrison Street, Brazil, was arrested at 8:10 Sunday night on Ind. 240 for failure to exhibit registration. James Baugh was the arresting officer. Lurleen Wallace faces cancer surgery today HOUSTON UPI —The nation’s only woman governor, Mrs. Lurleen Wallace of Alabama, was scheduled to go into surgery for the second time in two years for recurring malignancy this morning. The surgery was called exploratory by Dr. Lee Clark, director and surgeon-in-chief of M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, but he said there was the possibility a tumor would be removed. Clark said doctors are certain there is a malignancy, apparently somewhere in the 40-year-old governor’s lower abdomen, but they do not know its exact location. Clark, who was in charge of the surgery, said he did not know how long Mrs. Wallace would be hospitalized or when she would be able to resume duties of governor. “The normal recovery time for an operation of this time is two to four weeks,” Clark said. George Wallace, the governor’s husband who preceeded her in the office, became increasingly nervous as the surgery neared, it was reported. Wallace had remained at his wife’s side since she entered the institute Tuesday. Mrs. Wallace underwent surgery for a uterine malignancy in 1965 and was reported cured, but a routine physical examination recently showed return of the cancer.

718 wounded for the eight days, spokesmen said. McNamara, who later flew to the Mekong Delta in quest of how many more American troops he may send to Vietnam, surveyed the border area. He praised U.S. troops for driving the Communists to switch their main battle arena from the guerrilla jungles of the Central Highlands to the muddy border where Marines were cutting them down. “Obviously they (the Communists) are

Putnam County at the district event on July 18 at Vincennes were the following: Dairy Foods Category—Becky McFarland, “Globe Trotting with Sour Cream”; Breads Category—Brenda Barron, “Brenda’s Bubble Ring”; Fruits and Vegetables, Shirley Allegree, “Trim with Shirley”; Clothing Category — Nancy McGaughey, “Sew What’s New”; Home Furnishings Category—Ena Whitaker, “Don’t Shame It, Frame It”; Crafts— Carolyn Torr, “Antiquing Picture Frames”; General—Linda Niles, “Single Source Lighting” and talk on “What 4-H Means To Me, My Home and Community”—Vivian Whitaker. Other Senior Demonstrations were “Summer Shape-Up” by Linda Kennedy; “Flower Arrangements” by Doris Hartman and “If I Knew You Were Coming” by Lynn Farrow. Blue Ribbons were given to the Junior Demonstrations as follows: “Exploring in Ceramics” by Leota Boesen; “A Relaxing Pastime” by Suzanne McGaughey; “The Role of a Chef” by Sandy Evans; “Simple Salads” by Gail South; “Dialing for a Demonstration” by Nancy Farmer; Safety and First Aid” by Janice White. The following demonstrations received red ribbons: “Magic in a Mix” by Beverly McFarland; “Milk Around the Clock” by Rebecca Aker; “Selecting a Figure” by Susan Robertson; “Let’s Make an Extension Cord” by Betty

By United Press Internationol A dozen deaths during the weekend raised Indiana’s 1967 traffic fatality toll to at least 697 compared with 773 a year ago. Heavy traffic kept the pressure on motorists despite the fact it was the weekend after the long Fourth of July holiday, and crashes were numerous. Two persons were killed on U.S. 35 at the intersection with Indiana 10 in Starke County south of Knox Sunday in a two-car collision. The dead were Edward Lindquist, 72, and Carolyn Carlson. both of Knox, who were riding in one of the cars driven by Lindquist. Lillian Rogers, 45, Harvey, 111., and Mabel Melvin, 59, Bedford, were killed Sunday morning in a three-car collision in Sullivan County at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Indiana 48 at Shelbum. Authorities said a car driven by Raymond Schoffstall of Terre Haute went through a traffic sign and crashed into a car in which Mrs. Rogers was riding, shoving it into a third auto driven by Otto Schaefer. 62, Terre Haute.

paying a price for that movement because they cannot put as much pressure on the government of Vietnam in that Godforsaken area near the DMZ (the border Demilitarized Zone) as they could in the Central Highlands or in the HI Corps Coastal Highlands area where the population is located,” the secretary said. In the Delta McNamara watched a DC47 transport limp in with its fuselage riddled by Viet Cong ground fire. He vis-

Brewer; “Have Suitcase—Will Travel” by Karon Farrow. Juniors meriting blue ribbons in the Public Speaking Contest were: Connie Sutherlin, Cathy Sutherlin, and Vicki O’Hair. Six deaths blamed on severe weather By United Press International Heavy downpours, flash flooding, tornadoes and high winds strafed the Midwest Sunday as part of a cloudy weather system that covered the United States from the Rockies to the Atlantic. At least six weather-related deaths were reported, including four teenagers who drowned when they went wading in the rain-swollen Canadian River near Roy, N. M. A two-year-old boy drowned while trying to ride his tricycle through a swollen stream and a three-car crash blamed on a heavy rainstorm, killed one person and hospitalized five others at Dakota City, Neb. In the same area, winds were clocked in excess of 70 miles an hour and numerous funnel clouds were sighted. A tornado destroyed a boxcar, bam and farm machinery near Nome, N. D., Sunday, but no injuries w’ere reported.

Jerry Cullison, 16, Sharpsville, was killed Sunday morning when he lost control of his motorcycle on U.S. 41 south of Kokomo in Tipton County. Betty Shull, 18, Evansville, was killed Saturday night in Posey County east of Mount Vernon in a collision of two motorcycles and a car. The car was driven by David Kelle, 16. R. R. 1, Mount Vernon, who, police said, struck the cycles from the rear. Ellen Jameson, 17, Lafayette, was killed Sunday morning in White County about three miles south of Springboro when a car in which she was riding with Robert Doyle, 17, Lafayette, swerved out of control and hit a tree. William Mireley, 14, R. R. 2, Howe, was killed Saturday night when a car in which he was riding with Don Cherington, 17, Sturgis. Mich., w'ent out of control in LaGrange County northwest of Brighton on Indiana 3 and rolled over. Randy Bridgman. 20, Mount Vernon, was killed Saturday afternoon when a car ran off a Posey County road near Mount Vernon and bit a culvert.

ited a Special Forces Green Beret camp under threat of Viet Cong attack. He inspected the special mobile barracks of U.S. Infantrymen in the Delta which is the rice prize and Viet Cong stronghold of Vietnam. It is also the future campaign site for the thousands, 100,000 at least, of extra troops U.S. generals are requesting. McNamara got frank reports on the pacification drive, that all-important Allied campaign to enable the Vietnamese peasant to work better and free of guerrilla harassment. He heard of the progress and the desertions, the assassinations and the “positive but slow” success. Elsewhere in the w'ar zone U.S. Air Force B52s struck near Saigon and in the Central Highlands against three major Viet Cong troop concentrations. Two of the eight-engine jets collided Friday. The accident cost the life of a major general and five other airmen. Another of the big bombers crashed near Da Nang killing five of the six crewmen. In a terrorist raid Viet Cong stormed aboard a Vietnamese civilian bus near the great Marine northern bastion at Da Nang and mowed down the passengers. Twenty-twq Vietnamese were killed and 11 other passengers wounded. And a huge blast Sunday night rocked the Capitol Hotel in Saigon’s Chinatown. The hotel is the five-story home of U.S. enlisted men and the largest makeshift barracks for. Americans in Vietnam. The blast by a Claymore type mine sent thousands of bullet like pellets screaming at the hotel front and at the balcony where Americans stood relaxing and drinking. Hundreds perish in Jap typhoon disaster TOKYO UPI — In Japan’s worst such disaster in 10 years, the torrential rains of typhoon Billie today left hundreds dead and missing. The floods and landslides hit especially hard at the atomic bombed cities of Hiroahima and Nagasaki. The Kyodo news agency reported that In 16 localities of western Japan on the Islands of Kyushu, Honshu and Shikoku 239 persons were killed, 120 missing and 446 injured. Many of the victims were buried alive by the hundreds of muddy slides from the mountains that overlook Japan’s cities. Rescuers said they feared the discovery of more victims might send the casualty total soaring toward the 856 persons killed in 1957 flooding. The blow fell hardest at noon Sunday at the Hiroshomia suburb of Kure. The sky suddenly darkened and burst. Thirty minutes later four persons were buried alive in rain-triggered landslides. The worst was yet to come. By midday today there had been 146 slides in Kure and at least 140 persons entombed. A river fattened and spread across Kure. Watery disaster engulfed Japan. Officials reported at least 200,000 homes hit by water. Japanese took to the high ground. But sometimes the high ground came down on them. At the port city of Sasebo, where U.S. warships were docked, tons of mud spilled down from a hill into a housing area. Fifteen persons were found buried and dead in the slide. Ten others \fere reported somewhere under the mire.

No justice CHICAGO UPI —Bartender Matt D‘Alessandro told police Sunday a bandit robbed him of his watch and $150 and left him tied-up-with the cord from the tavern’s burglar alarm.

Earlier accidents Friday night killed James Fox, 16, Claypool in Kosciusko County when a car and a train collided; Katie Jo Stanley, R. R. 6, Olney, HI., in Lake County on U.S. 41 near Schneider when a tire from a truck crashed through the windshield of her car, and David V. Omlor, 24, Decatur, on U.S. 27 north of Decatur when a car hit a culvert and overturned. Rates clean's list i Miss Jean Farber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farber, 712 Highridga Greencastle was named to the Hanover College Dean’s List for the 1966-57 Winter and Spring terms. Miss Farber is majoring in physical education. She is a member of the physical Education Majors Club, participates in the school band, and belongs to Alpha Omicron social sorority. The Hanover Dean’s List consists of students who have received at least half ▲’« and half B’a.

Ruether takes contract demands to auto industry

PARTICIPANTS—4-H girls participating in the county sen- Hartman, Brenda Barron, (second row) Nancy McGaughey, ior demonstration and public speaking contest held at the Shirley Albright, Lynn Farrow, Edna Whitaker, Vivian Greencastle Junior High School recently were (front row left Whitaker, and Shirley Allegree. Not pictured is Becky Meto right) Linda Niles, Linda Kennedy, Carolyn Torr, Doris Farland.

4-H winners to compete in district event

President grappling with Vietnam strategy, taxes

Indiana records twelve more weekend traffic deaths