To Scale Down War Efforts President Ium Been Recover Ing Fronl a Niud Heart Attack by JOHN M
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— f' Average Daily Net Press Run' Por The Week Ende4 The Weather May 11, IMS Clear tonight. Low In 40s. Mostly sunny tomorrow. High 15,070 68 to 70. HaneheMter^A City of Village Charm ^ VOL. LXXXVII, NO. 190 (TWENTY PAGES— TWO SECTIONS) MANCHESTER, CX)NN., MONDAY, MAY IS^, 1968 (Clasaifled Adveiilslnf on FMge 17) PRICE TEN CENTS Allied Troops BuikHn U .S.. Hanoi Urge Each Other .. no:IKE TO TO BE BE transferred transferred C Z y MARCH AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) —'-plans Lrush 9-Uay are being made fa transfer Gen. Dwight D. Easenhowwr to Walter Reed Hospital In Washington,' The former To Scale Down War Efforts president iuM been recover ing fronl a niUd heart attack By JOHN M. HIOHTOi;VER Saigon Attack at ( ^ base hospital here. To AP Special Correspondent day's bnlletln said Eisenhow ereonttnues to progress sat- PARIS (AP) — The alter North Vietnamese troops ufhotorlly and will undergo United States and North SAIGON (AP) — The Vietnam challenged each U.S. Command says allied attacked one of its outposts and' farUier treatment at Walter threatened to overrun the endre Reed, but no date for his de other today to take new • troops have crusihed the parture has been set. steps to scale down the main thrust of the Com camp. The enemy shot down t>ne of war in Southeast Asia. munist command’s nine- the evacuation planeq, a four- Both pledged serious ef day-old attack on Saigon, engine C180 transport, killing forts to find some basis for but it also announced the the six Air Force Crewmen and State News a peaceful settlement. loss of a Special Forces an undisclosed number of civil Ambassador Xuan Thuy of camf) 350 miles to the ian Irregulars and South Viet North ’Vietnam, who spoke first northeast'. namese army soldiers, U.S. at the opening round of substan Headquarters said Special headquarters said. A C180 can tive talks, called on the United Forces—Green Berej^—troops carry about 100 troops. Palomba States to end the rest of the and South Vietnamese’’ Irreg^- i The camp, with about 400 de- bombing and "all other acta of lars were evacuated by air Sun- [fenders, came under attack Fri war" against his country, but day from the Kham Due Camp <lay. Headquarters said prelimi did so in words softer than ex nary reports showed 19 Amerl- Quits in pected. He made no threat of - cams killed and 89 wounded. It breaking off the talks If the de had no figures on South Viet mand is not quickly granted. namese casualties. President Johnron’s spokes Troops of the U.S. 196th Light Waterbury man, Ambassador W. Averell 3 Pound Infantry Brigade moved In to Harrlman, asked for some sign cover the withdrawal, and mill- WATBRBURY (AP) — Mayor of military restraint by North tary spokesmen said more than Frederick W. Palomba announc- Vietnam that would meet the 300 enemy soldiers were estl- ed^his resignation today, effec President’s request for a de-es Sinks to mated to have been killed. They calation response to his March tive June 1. said an unknown additional 31 ban of part of the bombing. Palomba, 40, is still recuperat number were killed in massive What actually has happened, ing from a heart attack suffered air strikes, indluding seven mis Harrlman charged, is that Low Level in February and said he felt sions near the camp by Air North Vietnam has moved “ sub he could not devote the n£:.:s- Force B62 bombers Sunday stantial and increasing numbers LONDON (AP) — The British sary time to mayoral duties. night and today. of troops and supplies from the pound today hit Its lowest level George P. Harlamon, presi- since it was devalued last No Lt. Gen. F r ^ C. Weyand an. North to the South.” nounced the victory over the en- Board of Aldermen Thuy made the opening state vember, $2.88826. who has been acting mayor, will The slide started last Friday emy’s main thrust against Sal ment, a U.S. spokesman said, gon. become mayor June 1. Both after Harrlman suggested that after newspaper tycoon Cecil Harlamon and Palomba are Re King, a part-time director of the "Although Isolated small at he lead off. It wa^ Harriman’s tacks, terrorism and harass publicans. Palomba was elected second initiative in courtesy. Bank of England, warned that to his second two-year term in Britain faced the worst financial ment by fire, including rockets, When the two delegations as are still possible, large numbers the fail of 1966. sembled in the International crisis in its history. Palomba, who has been re- King made this statement In of the enemy have been at- Conference Center, Thuy and temtplng to withdraw from the cuperatlng at his home, said his group entered the glittering, an attack on t-nme jyunisier battlefield for the past 48 hours, doctors have told him he could Harold Wilson and resigned gray and gold grand salcm a few many being intercepted in the probably resume an eight-hour seconds ahead of Harrlman. ^ from the Bank. work day, but advised him to process," said Weyand, who When the .American diplomat The Bank, which supportea commands the 2nd Field force. forego the additional pressure the pound to steady the market „ , ic trouble shooter caught sight The of being mayor. Palomba said last Friday, did not immediate- general said more than he hoped to return to the in Mrs. Martin Luther King leads rank of welfare moth ers in Washington march yesterday. (AP Photofax) of the sligh^ smiling Viet ly appear to be intervening to- “ '.22®® enemy soldiers were killed namese Comiiiunlst official he or surance and real estate business day captured in the 3rd <2orps soon. quickly turned, walked to him Tactical Zone—Saigon and the Official middle parity level is Harlamon is a Waterbury with extended hand and said 11 provinces around it—since $2.40. The previous lowest was bank executive. In Washington "Mr. Thuy” . Thuy smiled and the Viet Cong launched their of $2.3886 in mid-March. Palomba made his axuiounce- they shook hands. fensive May 8. He said about That was how the talks began M Dealers said there was not a ment at his home, saying he half of these were lost In the lot of business going on today. took the step because he was after years of ’Violence and long, greater Saigon area. The re- "The rate has fallen quite unable to put in the 12-to-13 hour Poor Marchers Erecting Tent frustrating months of effort to sharply without much business were killed or ^ptuped required of the city’s chief bring the two ©ivemments into when their units were Intercept- ^ . •' direct ambassadorial discus to back up the movement,' executive \iithout jeopardizing WASHINGTON AP) — The number of marchers at between Indians and Mexican-Ameri- "We Shall Overcome” that were dealer said. ed as they headed for Saigon. his chances for a complete re sions. After 3 hours and 18 min Some military observers con- Poor People’s Campaign, offl- 2,000 and 3,600. cans, assembled at the John F. hoard on the many marches led utes they adjourned to meet Dealers said several factors covery. Kennedy Playground deep in by King. ' were affecting the market and casualty figures a He said he "definitely" was dally launched with a Mother’s Today the Rev. Ralph David again Wednesday. Abernathy, King’s successor as one of the city’s poorest Negro there wasivne notnet m„ehmuch fntereetinterest enon Uglily Optimistic estimate. not removing himself from the Day march through- a riot The rain forced cancellation U.S. officials expected a blast head of the Southern Christian neighborhoods. of a scheduled stop at the the buying side in advance of U.S. headquarters said allied world of politics. ripped Negro slum, now begins from Thuy and they were not losses were 210 killed, 67 of Leadership Ck>nference, is to The marchers passed the Congressional Club, an organ! A British trade figures to be is “ Due ito the critical times fac- erecting the tent city to house surprised when they got it. He drive a stake into parkland near ruins of stores looted and zation of wives of members of sued Tuesday. them Americans, and 979 ed by the city, I feel It is of the some 3,000 demonstrators slow- accused the United States of the Lincoln Memorial and thus burned during three nights of Congress. The stock exchange showed wounded. Including 333 Ameri utmost Importance to have a ly covergflng on the city, aggreasiem in South Vietnam cans. signal the start of construction some early recovery from Fri full-time mayor who can be The first 480 of thef cam- violence that followed the April March leaders had asked for and said the more it was defeat For the first time since May 6 of shelters In what campaign 4 slaying of King in Memphis, meeting with club officers and ed the more cruelly it responded day’s losses. Leading shares re available for a lengthy day’s palgn’s rank and file reached leaders call Resurrection City. gained a fe^r pence “‘i r Tarty work," Palomba said. the nation’s capital over the To get a better view, bystanders been turned down. As an al- —increasing attacks and send .deals, but the recoverey ap This was an apparent refer- weekend. More are scheduled to The 18-acre site runs parallel clambered onto broken walls, tgniative they planned to divert ing in troops. But when he put stood on piles of brick and gird Weyand sald.gt least 28 ene ence to financial and racial arrive by week’s end.