N. Vietnam Rejects U.S. Sites; Asks Bomb Halt, Withdrawal TOKYO (API - North Vietnam, Its Vietnam
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Editors feel LBJ image hinges on Vietnam _ ....... » . ... ... ... .»nmn/ulstamped as«■ aO IflAMmore that)than 9-tO-l2-to-l (favorite f l to WASHINGTON (^P)-Many newspaper Detroit Free Press. “ The measure of great history w ill prove whether he’s been right William B. Smart, editor of the editorial te ll, p a rtic u la rly w hile Johnson is s till prob defeat Sen. R obert F. Kennedy, D -N.Y.. ness w ill be the perspective of history on in Vietnam, but he's been resolute, a iw l page of Salt Lake City’s Deseret News, said editors think history w ill judge Lyndon B. ing fo r peace in Vietnam . for the Democratic presidential nomina Johnson as a good president and, if he suc V ietnam .” Of the 40 who expressed opinions, 24 pre think that required courage on his part.” history w ill find Johnson a poor president tion. ceeds in settling the Vietnam war, perhaps “ If he settled the Vietnam war, it will dicted history would look quite favorably “ His defense of our commitments in because of “ lack of control of domestic Humphrey outdrew Kennedv 46 to 20.B judge him extremely well. If not, medio upon Johnson. Eleven foresaw mixed or Vietnam, although politically unpopular, is economy, and obvious failure» in foreign even a great one. Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, D-Minn., win cre," said J. Edward Murray, managing average ratings. Five listed the President really in the tradition of strong presidents,” policy.” ner of primaries in New Hampshire and editor of the Arizona Republic. said Sylvan H. Meyer, editor of the Gaines Robert J. Leeney, executive editor of the These editors say Johnson's place in his as below average. Wisconsin, did not receive a single vote in "I think he's been a good president," ville, Ga.. Times. New Haven Register, said, " I think he’ll tory w ill hinge largely on what happens in Several editors compared Johnson to the poll, but Johnson Was named as the said Cy King, executive editor of the Buf “ I think he’ll probably be rated as a great turn out to be a middle-ground president the coming final months of his administra President Harry S. Truman, who they said probable Democratic nominee by four tion. falo Courier-Express. “ I think he's had a man." said Charles H. Hamilton, managing who had integrity enough to step back when has grown in historical esteem in the years editors despite his disavowal. Ten editors rather incredible string of untoward editor of the Richmond, Va., News Lead circqmstances closed in on h im .” since he also announced he would not were undecided. The opinions were expressed in a random events, including the Vietnam war which er. “ I believe he’ll rate above average,” said seek another term in a period of unpopu Richard M. Nixon was a clearcut Repub poll of 60 editors at the American Society he inherited." Bower Hawthorne, executive editor of Leroy A. Simms, editor and publisher of the la rity . lican choice as the likely nominee by a 62- of Newspaper Editors’ 1968 convention, “ In the domestic field he's done, many the Minneapolis Tribune, said history’s Huntsville, Ala., Times. He added: “ Of 14 count over New York Gov. Nelson A. which opened Wednesday. One-third of the editors asked to estimate things that w ill become part of our perma verdict w ill depend on Vietnam, the sound course, the average is not very good.” Rockefeller. California Gov. Ronald Rea ‘‘Inevitably he’ll be a good president." how history would rate the self-proclaimed nent social setup,” said Vermont Royster, ness of the dollar and civil rights develop In a similar sampling of 80 editors, Vice gan was mentioned by two editors. said Frank Angelo, managing editor of the lame duck President said it is too early to editor of the Wall Street Journal. “ Only ments this year. President H u b e rt H. Hum phrey was Thursday C lo u d y ... The mass of m en.. MICHIGAN ... and mild today and tomorrow lead lives of quiet des . with showers ending this after peration. STATE noon. High today 60, low tonight, Henry David Thoreau UNIVERSITY 44. East Lansing, Michigan A p ril 18.1968 10c Vol. 60 Number 159 N. Vietnam rejects U.S. sites; asks bomb halt, withdrawal TOKYO (API - North Vietnam, its Vietnam . withdraw troops from South Soviet Union also was "looking forward to it has diplomatic representation." it ad tone seeming to harden, rejected Wed- Vietnam and "let tin Vietnamese people early peace" in Vietnam ded "Well, why did it reject Warsaw U<.|> 7 " r v v * > “ 4 ' »V Th tyAotv juwposcdjwuposed Vien a*, the stie,'.' Ey&rybody knows the ynited by the United Statesior preliminary talks (nine. tiane, Geneva. AWirzeriancr. Vc« . ..t* on the Vietnam war The broadcast coincided with disclosure Delhi. India. Jakarta. Indonesia or Ran- adequate communication facilities, and A Hanoi broadcast once again claimed Jo .Tokyo that Japan had informally asfcea’- ,.»• . w i i w i j i ' c s/te* fo r the )>u‘. i ’-1>'.•><> governm ent b**> ”rvW ’tv that world opinion demanded the Amer the Soviet Union to help arrive at an early preliminary talks. North Vietnam has pro willingness to create conditions for the icans stop creating "difficulties" in the decision on selection of a site for the posed Phnom Penh. Cambodia and W ar contacts. selection of a meeting place. It coupled talks. The request was made by Foreign saw. Poland. The Am ericans have no dip In South Vietnam, the Saigon govern this statement with a reassertion of its Minister Takeo Miki at a meeting on lomatic relations with Cambodia, and re ment’s, concern about what might come hard-line stand, that if the United States another subject with Soviet Ambassador ject Poland because it is a Communist- from U.S.-North Vietnamese contacts was really wanted peace, it should im Oleg Troyanovskv The Soviet envoy was ruled nation and thus could not be con evident in Premier Loc’s Cam Ranh Bay mediately halt all air raids over North reported replying noncommittally that the sidered neutral. address in which he said Saigon would At the United Nations in New York, a have ifothing to do with a coalition gov U.N. spokesman said Secretary-General ernment or with recognition of the liber U Thant and U.N. Ambassador Arthur ation front "as a separate element from J. Goldberg had discussed on Tuesday the North Vietnamese Communists, several possible sites "likely to be ac whose disguised tool it actually is." McCarthy calls for ceptable to both Washington and Hanoi." These remarks were directed at several and that Thant was in touch with Hanoi core U.S.. South Korean. Philippine and on this matter. The spokesman declined South Vietnamese officials on hand for to name the prospective sites but pointed a bridge dedication. Workers of those Some choice replacement of Rusk out that Paris was among the places four nations, allied in the Vietnam war. Thant had suggested to a Hanoi repre built the bridge. In case you didn’t know It, pretty Lynn Todish, Grand Rapids PITTSBURGH <AP) -- Sen. Eugene J. Robert F. Kennedy of New York irqa man- sentative in France. Premier Loc said his government wel to-man. televised debate before the Indi Hanoi's latest broadcast accused Presi comed all efforts to work out a "genuine sophomore, is a walking advertisement for April 24, the date of the McCarthy said Wednesday night Dean Rusk Choice ’68 elections. should be replaced by a new secretary of ana presidential primary May 7. dent Johnson of distorting facts by saying peace in liberty, freedom and territorial State News Photo by Russell Steffey state to give evidence of administration He suggested a format sim ilar to the pres Monday in Honolulu that Washington had integrity." “ willingness to change its course" in the idential campaign debates between John not received an official reply to site pro Vietnam war. F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon eight posals from the Americans. Hanoi said a He said that it would be an encouraging years ago. North Vietnamese statement broadcast sign that the White House is prepared for McCarthy said he already has received Saturday was an official Foreign Minis “ a process of joint conciliation" with the and accepted an invitation from the Amer try ‘reply. ican Broadcasting Co. for a joint appear Communists to end the fighting. N'han Dan. the o ffic ia l N orth V ietna The Minnesota senator roamed Pitts- ance with Kennedy. He said he hopes mese Communist newspaper, claimed Society’s optimistic dream burgh from the gqites of a steel plant to the Kennedy w ill accept, too. that arguments of the United States office of Mayor Joseph M. Barr in a day of He said debates would be valuable to against Phnom Penh as a site were "ut campaigning for the Democratic presiden help voters choose between two candidates terly untenable." since the United States tial nomination. w ith sim ila r positions on most issues. had sent a representative there to talk to McCarthy said he wants to face Sen. ABC said in New York it hadn't heard the Cambodians and had met w ith no may bring universal justice from Kennedy. The network said no date communications difficulties. has been set, but such a debate would prob "The United States now says it wants By LARRY LEE from the traditional myths, he said, and “ But I see in the process of society, a ably be carried sometime between the June the contacts to be held in a country where State News Staff W riter will become increasingly so.