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North Viet divisions massed for big push

SAIGON UPI — Two North Vietnam divisions have invaded South Vietnam’s embattled northwest corner and U.S. heavy bombers pounded the invaders’ position today for the 21st time in a week, military spokesmen said. A high ranking military spokesmen said possibly two more North Vietnam divisions, another 16,000 to 20.000 troops, are poised on the South Vietnam border for a large scale invasion. He said there are signs the big push is being directed in person by Vo Nguyen Giap, Hanoi’s defense minister, who smashed the French 14 years ago at Dien Bien Phu. The spokesman said a defected North Vietnam officer said Hanoi hopes Tax increase bill is shelved again WASHINGTON UPI—President Johnson’s tax increase bill has gone down for the third time in the House Ways & Means Committee, but Chairman Wilbur Mills says it Is not too late to rescue it with a little more government economizing. “I do not believe we have yet done the best we can” to reduce federal spending, the Arkansas Democrat said Tuesday as he once again shelved the year-old plan. He indicated to administration fiscal experts the committee was willing to go along with parts of the President’s tax package—postponement of telephone and auto excise tax cuts scheduled for April 1—and perhaps a speedup in corporate income tax collections as well. But the 10 per cent surcharge in income taxes that Johnson wants will require some more belt-tightening, Mills said. The administration will have to see if it can cut the budget deficit below its current $20 billion level. It appeared the earliest the committee could restudy the tax increase would be late February.

to drive U.S. forces from the border area to get bargaining power in a Vietnam peace conference. Air Force B52 Stratofortresses, despite tne threat of missile attack, dropped their massive cargo of bombs today on North Vietnamese positions near Khe Sanh, the key Marine fortress in South Vietnam's northwest corner. Khe Sanh has been the main target of the North Vietnam attack the past week along the 40-mile northern frontier of South Vietnam. Military observers said it could be Giap's idea of a new Dien Bien Phu. Khe Sanh's fortress lies in a valley ringed by North Vietnamese-infested mountains of jungle, nine miles below the border Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). More than 800 North Vietnamese troops have been reported killed along the border the past week, a large portion of them near Khe Sanh. The Leathernecks whirled in about 5,000 reinforcements Tuesday. Scattered fighting in the area left at least 61 North Vietnamese killed Tuesday; no American losses were reported. But the spokesman said the past week’s fighting apparently has been only a warm-up. The officer said that the defector's report of Hanoi’s hopes for crushing U.S. might in South Vietnam’s northern two provinces and then going into peace talks had not been fully evaluated by American intelligence officers. Allied officials would not give exact data on their strength on the 40-mile border. But it was known that 70.000 U.S. Marines were within striking distance of the border plus the 10,000-man South Vietnam 1st division and about 10,000 more militia troops. About 4,000 to 5,000 men of the U.S. Army's 1st Air Cavalry Division were moved in just below the Leathernecks this week. North Vietnamese ground fire Tuesday downed the third U.S. jet strike plane lost in the Khe Sanh battle area in three days. The pilot ejected and was reported rescued.

Harold Wilson winds up three-day Moscow visit

MOSCOW UPI —Prime Minister Harold Wilson of Britain today wound up a three-day visit to Moscow which he feels has "narrowed” differences with Tornado hits in Florida, 2 injured Winter was It old, cold self today, breaking a brief warm spell with a tornado in Florida and cold rain and snow over much of the nation. A twister hit a trailer court late Tuesday night near New Port Richey, Fla., about 25 miles northwest of Tampa, overturning a trailer and injuring at least two persons. The U. S. Weather Bureau Issued a severe thunderstorm watch for central and southern Florida. It was in effect until 4 a.m. EST today. Rain fell from Louisiana to Virginia as cold air moved into that area. Snow fell from the eastern Great Lakes to Maine. An inch of snow was reported in portions of New England and western New York early today. Over the western two-thirds of the nation, two large masses of high pressure dominated the weather, causing generally clear skies and sending cold air to the South and warmer air to the West. Before dawn today it was 34 and snowing in Boston; 29 and snowing In New York; 31 and snowing in Philadelphia; and 31 and snowing in Washington. Detroit shivered in 8 below zero cold. It was 10 below at Pellston. Mich., before the sun rose and 75 at Key West, Fla.

Two Yanks released SAIGON UPI—The Viet Cong released two captured American soldiers Tuesday in northern South Vietnam, a U.S. mission spokesman said today. The spokesman identified the men as Cpl. Jose Agostosanos, held by the Viet Cong since May 14, and Army Pfc. Luis Ortiz-Rivera, held since Dec. 28, 1966. He said the two men were imported in good condition when released near the Quang Tin province capital of Tam Ky, 250 miifci northeast of Saigon.

the Kremlin over Vietnam, British sources said. Wilson today met with Soviet President Nikolai V. Podgomy for 90 minutes then hurried to a one-hour final meeting with Premier Alexei N. Kosygin before returning home. The British sources said Wilson told Kosygin during a Tuesday luncheon that despite the "many issues on which we disagree ... I believe the differences in this tremendously difficult problem Vietnam have narrowed.” However there was no indication the Soviets shared Wilson’s optimism and nothing specific emerged before he met with Podgorny. The British leader spent Monday and Tuesday in lengthy meetings with Kosygin and Communist party chief Leonid I. Brezhnev. The talks reached a climax during the luncheon when Wilson rose to render a toast to Kosygin. The British sources said he spoke of “what is now a much shorter bridge to peace” and urged that the Soviets help him "narrow the differences.” He also declared that they should •‘avoid encouraging the hawks, whether they be in Washington or Hanoi,” tha sources said. Indiana records 72 traffic deaths Lifting of a persistent fog which contributed to numerous fatal traffic accidents failed to slow down the steadily mounting toll in Indiana as the 1968 death total climbed to at least 72 compared with 63 a year ago. Samuel C. Perry, 19. Portage died in a hospital less than an hour after his car collided head-on with another in Burns Harbor on U.S. 12 early today. Robert H. Rearick, 36, Dune Acres, was injured critically and hospitalized at Michigan City. Mrs. Julia Mitchell, 71, East Chicago, was killed Tuesday when her car collided with a big truck on U.S. 12 in Gary. An icy road surface was a contributing factor, authorities said. Mrs Katie Moore. 63, East Chicago, was injured critically.

Spur winner

Mrs. Dottie Buechler, Home Service Representative of Public Service Indiana in Greencastle has been named the winner of Public Service’s Spur Contest for 1967. This contest is to encourage all home service representatives of Public Service to develop new and interesting programs to be given during the year. As a result she will fly to Dallas, Texas on Monday, January 29th, with Mrs. Elinor Morr, Home Service Director of Public Service Indiana, to attend a five day meeting of the Live Better Electrically Convention as well as the Electrical Women's Roundtable Conference being held at the Hilton Inn in Dallas. This annual conference attracts hundreds of women from all over the United States with many utilities represented as well as professional home economist with electric equipment manufacturers, magazine editors and food products manufacturers. Many interesting speakers are planned as part of the program including a talk by Lt. Col. John "Shorty” Powers of astronaut fame.

Guests routed by Chicago hotel fire CHICAGO UPI—The Conrad Hilton, world’s largest hotel, was hit late Tuesday night by a flash fire that routed about 125 guests and injured at least three. The blaze, confined to the ninth floor of the 35-story, 2.600-room structure, broke out in a linen closet and was extinguished in about an hour. It caused an estimated $25,000 damage. All but about 20 rooms in the big hotel were filled, a hotel spokesman said. Firemen ran from door to door on the ninth floor telling occupants to get out. Donald Cheesman, 37, Oconomowoc, Wis., suffered bums on the face, arms and back and was hospitalized in serious condition. John Calloway, Atlanta, Ga., fell and hurt his back while fleeing down stairs and was hospitalized in fair condition. Kenneth Dinsmore, 54, Falls Church, Va., suffered smoke inhalation and was hospitalized in good condition.

United States demands N. Korea return Navy intelligence vessel

WASHINGTON UPI — The United States was mounting a naval show of strength in the waters off Communist North Korea today to back up its demand for the return of a hijacked U.S. intelligence vessel with 83 men aboard. The nuclear power aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, world’s largest warship, was reported to have been diverted from its Vietnam station to lead an American task force into the Sea of Japan, where North Korea seized the lightly armed USS Pueblo early Tuesday. President Johnson scheduled a meeting of the National Security Council at the White House today. The council last met on Nov. 29. The White House described today's session as a “regular meeting.” At the same time, U.S. diplomats were moving quietly but forcefully through the Soviet Union and other channels to secure the release of the 906-ton Pueblo, which an armed party from four Communist patrol boats boarded, seized and took to the port of Wonsan on North Korea’s east coast. But in a face-to-face confrontation at the Panmunjon truce village on the boundary line between North and South Korea early today, the Communists brushed aside U.S. charges of violation of international law and rejected demands for prompt return of the vessel and her crew. Instead, the North Koreans accused the vessel of “intolerable provocations” and said Pueblo "illegally infiltrated (into North Korean waters) on an espionage mission.” They said the ship fired on the patrol boats and when the boats returned the fire they "killed and wounded” several Americans. The Navy said four American crewmen were injured, one critically, when the Communist boats seized Pueblo as two MIG jet fighters circled overhead. The hijacking was said by the Pentagon to have occurred on the high seas in international waters, about 15 nautical miles from the North Korean coast. The Navy insisted Tuesday night that at no point in the encounter did Pueblo fire her two .50-caliber machine guns. There was no firm indication from Pueblo’s last radio messages how her crewmen were injured. The vessel made no mention of any gunfire from the North Koreans. But this did not preclude a hand-to-hand struggle on the ship when the Communists boarded her. There was also speculation that the crewmen may have been injured while attempting to destroy the secret electronic monitoring and communications gear crammed aboard the modified auxiliary cargo vessel. The Navy said Pueblo's skipper, Idaho-

Three federal judges to ponder state redistricting

INDIANAPOLIS UPI—A three-judge federal panel which declared a 1965 act unconstitutional will meet Feb. 1 in an effort to solve the Indiana congressional redistricting issue. The judges are S. Hugh Dillin and Cale J. Holder of the Southern Indiana District, and Win K. Knoch of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. They ruled the 1965 act unconstitutional last January because of population variations among Indiana's 11 congressional districts. Redistricting plans are expected to be submitted by both the Democrats and Republicans at the hearing whch will

be held in Dillin’s courtroom. Leaders of both parties hoped the panel could develop a plan before Feb. 27, the opening date for filing declarations of candidacy for congressional nominations in the May 7 primaries. The panel set the Feb. 1 date Tuesday, a day after motions by Republican State Sen. Leslie Duvall asked that the case be advanced on the court docket. Atty. Gen. John J. Dillon also filed a motion in the case Tuesday asking that attorneys in the case hold a conference with the court to determine what procedure should be followed in view of the failure of the state legislature to agree on new districts.

born Cmdr. Lloyd Mark Bucher, 38, of San Diego, Calif., appealed for help only once — when his ship was actually boarded at 11:45 p.m. EST Monday shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, Korean time — indicating he was unaware the vessel was in serious trouble until the last minute. By that time, the Navy said, it was too late to dispatch ships or planes tq Pueblo’s rescue. President Johnson and his top military and diplomatic advisers were closely fol-

lowing developments in the first boarding and seizure of a seagoing American naval vessel in more than a century. Outraged congressmen demanded prompt U.S. action to free the ship and her crew. Sen. Richard B. Russell, D-Ga., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the seizure amounted to "an act of war.” The White House called it “a very serious situation,” and Secretary of State Dean Rusk said it was “a matter of the utmost gravity.”

"Directory assistance” new name for phone service

General Telephone today announced that its Information service will be known as “Directory Assistance,” which started Jan. 21. Carl R. Willis, traffic director, said the company feels the new name better describes the purpose of the service. “We are adopting the name ‘Directory Assistance’ because it offers a better description of the purpose of this service which is to assist customers in obtaining a number they cannot find in their directory,” Willis said. “Some telephone users have taken the name ‘Information’ literally and ask the

Mail box vandalism Complaints have reached Sheriff Bob Albright regarding mail box vandalism in the Fillmore area. According to the sheriff, speeding automobiles have been tearing down mail boxes at several locations. These acts of vandalism are a serious offense as the boxes are used for the delivery and collection of United States mail. Sheriff Albright said that anyone caught in this connection will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. He asks cooperation in the form of description of the car or cars and if possible the occupants. Six men jailed by local officers Six men were arrested Tuesday and early this morning and lodged in the Putnam County jail by city officers and deputy sheriffs. Four of the group were taken into custody on the north side of the public square at 12:30 this morning by Officers Baugh, Grimes and Phipps. All w r ere booked on disorderly conduct charges. The four were: Ervin B. Gill, 38, Gary; Arthur Liscomb. 39. 611 Howard Street; Donald L. Dixie, 21, 508 Ohio Street, and William H. Durham, 24, Cedar Lake, Route 1. Kenneth Morlan, 39. city, was jailed at 5 p.m. Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Tom Brown on a Circuit Court warrant for deceptive issuance of checks. John W. Rulfs, 36, city, was jailed at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Bob Ziegelman on a warrant charging non-

operators for types of information unrelated to telephone numbers. Others call the operator without first checking to see if the desired number is in their directory'. This causes delays in serving customers w T ho really do need help in finding a number,” he continued. Willlis said calls to the Information operators have nearly doubled in the past five years. “After the operator provides the requested number she will advise the customer if it is listed in the current directory. If the number is a new' or changed listing she will suggest that the customer make a note of it for his future convenience,” Willis said. Customers will reach the Directory Assistance operators by dialing the number they now dial for Information. The new name already is in use in several of General’s exchanges and was adopted throughout the company’s territory on the 21st. The same or a similar name is being used by other telephone companies.

Three defendants in Circuit Court

Tom Harrison, 46, Vanceburg, Kentucky, pleaded guilty when arraigned in the Putnam Circuit Court Tuesday to a charge of deceptive issuance of checks last August 20. He was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to serve one year at the Indiana State Farm. Due to the fact that he had paid back check money to Frank Pierce, the Putnam County Hospital and Mac’s Texaco Station, Judge Francis N. Hamilton suspended the sentence after he paid his fine and court costs. James Roe, 38, Bainbridge, charged with uttering a forged instrument last December 27, entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday and asked for a jury trial. His trial was set for Thursday, February 15, at 9:30 a.m. and bond wa* fixed at $1,000. Jewell Terry, Jr., 29, Coatesville, pleaded guilty to the deceptive issuance of a check on December 29. He was sentenced to the State Farm for one year and fined $150 and costs. The Farm term was suspended on condition that he report to Mrs. Mildred Hervey, Probation Officer, when so designated and make arrangements to take care of all outstanding checks. He was also ordered not to maintain a checking account at any place. Judge Hamilton gave him 30 days m which to pay the fine and costs.

Macmillan sees U.S., Soviet Union alliance

Former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan foresees a time not too distant w'hen Russia and the United States will work together to maintain world peace by containing Communist China. The 73-year-old British statesman, who said his life has spanned both the technological age and the computer age, offered what he termed his reflections about the future. His speech at DePauw’ University Tuesday night was the second of three major addresses he will make in this country’. The first was Jan. 11 in New York City, the last Thursday in Los Angeles. Macmillan will depart from Indianapolis this afternoon after a private luncheon in his honor. In his talk at DePauw, where his grandfather w r as a student 120 years ago. Macmillan departed frequently from his advance text, often strengthening his remarks. “In the long run it is China, with perhaps by tha and of the century 2,000 mil-

lion people and armed with all the resources of nuclear warfare, merciless, calculating, cruel—it is China, not America or Europe that Russia fears,” he said. Macmillan said that “there are doves as w r ell as haw’ks in Moscow and in the Kremlin.” He predicted “a rapprochement between the two great groups of pow r ers led by Russia and America,” which he said would “allow the United Nations to operate as it was intended to do.” “It may well be true that this new grouping will be the result partly of changing sentiments and partly of changing conditions,” Macmillan said. “Its purpose will be to contain China; and the first fruit of such a new approach might well be a settlement of the problem of Vietnam.” Macmillan, paraphrasing a famous quotation of an earlier British statesman —Benjamin Disraeli—said, “the key to Vietnam it not in Saigon* not in Hanoi

or even in Peking. It may well be in the White House and in the Kremlin.” Macmillan expressed sympathy with the U.S. situation in Vietnam, saying “your aims have been misunderstood and even misrepresented, but your purpose has been containment, not conquest. By recruiting Russia and her allies to the side of peace, you will have achieved another long breathing space for the world.” He said such recruitment would reverse “a new and dangerous process that has been proceeding over a great part of the world—the polarisation of power into two hostile groups.” Macmillan said communism in Russia no longer is “the creed of a fanatical group who preached world revolution,” but an agitation that “has been rather manipulated by the rulers of Russia as a convenient instrument in the struggle for power, rather than preached with genuine enthusiasm by convicted apostlea or deuoUoo.”

“The rulers of Russia know quite well that from the West they need have no fear,” Macmillan declared. “But on her Eastern frontier is Russia so sure?” He conceded that “in putting forward these thoughts I have already raised criticism and even reproach both in your country and in mine. I have done so because. at the end of a long life, I feel it is my duty to make what contribution I can to the cause of peace and progress.” Earlier Tuesday, Macmillan and his grandson, Alexander Macmillan, visited the Spencer home where the former prime minister’s mother was born and placed a wreath on the grave of his grandfather, Dr. Joshua Tarleton Belles. Afterwards he told DePauw president Dr. William E. Kerstetter and other faculty members “at my age, I did not think I would be likely to come again, to see my mother s home and have the thance of bringing my oldest grandson.”