Reds Shell Marine Post; SAIGON (AP)-North Vietnam- the Barrage of 276 Rounds of Sept
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Frosh Legislators Get Beadleston's Advice SEE STORY BELOW Weather HOME Cloudy with occasional rain or THEDAILY drizzle likely today through most of tomorrow. High In 40j today FINAL and tomorrow. Saturday's out- look, becoming fair and colder. DIAL 741-0010 MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 89 YEAKS VOL. 90, NO. 115 RED BANK, N. J., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1967 10c PER COPY PAGE ONE Say U.S. Planes in Laos Bomb Thai Routes EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, These disclosures, made Wed- Force Tactical Command facility as soon as enough Thai chopper in South Vietnam were originat- •Officers here say U.S, pilots— nighttime raids to give the bomb- Fla. (AP) — U.S. planes are now nesday by officers here, appear where air commandos—Air Force pilots had been trained. ing from Thailand bases. Noth- not Thais—are piloting the bomb- ers some concealment. ing flights along the northeastern bombing Communist infiltration to indicate a worsening in- counterparts to the Army's Green The United States has under- ing was sajd about bombing in- The A26 force once stood at 40 routes into Thailand from Laos, surgency situation for the Thais, taken a major buildup in Thai- border of the country. They in- planes. Now there are about two side Thailand. military sources report. confronted more and more with Berets special forces—are trained. land the last few years with total dicated the raids have been un- dozen left in Thailand, this of- These same sources say: Communist penetration of their Earlier last year the Pentagon American strength now exceeding Since then, B52 bombers have der way some time using A26s ficer lid. acknowledged U.S.-flown heli- been moved from Guam to Thai- supplied to Thailand last year. — The Communists have sought borders. 35,000 men, including some 1,000 ' <rmatlon available here copters were being used to ferry land to cut flying time to targets At first, an officer said, the at- to counter the raids by position- The problem has required some air commandos. The commandos credits Communists inside or Thai troops into the northeast in South Vietnam as well as Laos. tacks were staged in daytime but ing anti-aircraft guns and surface American actions similar to help train Thais in counterinsur- along the Thai border with de- section for counterinsurgery the propeller-driven bombers to-air missiles in the extreme early U.S. efforts in South Viet- gency operations. The Air Force is reserving the fensive weapons ranging from northeastern corner of Thailand. nam, officers said. They declined operations. Earlier this year both the U.S. B52s for the bigger operations in proved vulnerable to enemy de- fensive fire from the ground. 37mm to 100mm antiaircraft guns —Some American planes have to be specific but said the ac- But the Pentagon said then and Thai governments acknowl- Vietnam and is sending . World to Soviet-made SAM missiles. been shot down over Thailand al- tions involve U.S. air com- that U.S. pilots were under strict edged for the first time that War II-vintage B2Ss — now des- After two A26s were shot dawn though there has been no official mandos in Thailand. orders to avoid involvement in many American air attacks on ignated A26 — on the Thai bomb- in one day, said the source, the The SAMs. are said to be mounted on mobile launchers. statement on the losses. Eglin AFB is a major Air combat and would be replaced enemy supply lines and positions ing runs. Air Force limited the A2Ss to Yanks Accidentally Bomb Own Positions Reds Shell Marine Post; SAIGON (AP)-North Vietnam- The barrage of 276 rounds of Sept. 25, when Communist gun- opened up with small arms, ma- pounds of bombs on roads and chine guns and bazooka-type military facilities 30 miles above ese gunners hit the U.S. Ma- artillery and mortar fire and the ners slammed more than 1,000 rounds of artillery and mortar in- rockets. Marine fighter-bombers, the DMZ which feed men and rine forward post at Con Thien ground probe by an estimated company of North Vietnamese to Con Thien, which was under artiller.y and helicopte. r _gunships supplies to the 35,000 North Viet yesterday with the heaviest ar- killed seven Marines and wound- virtual artillery siege during the finally drove the Communists off. namese troops believed to be tillery barrage in more than two ed 77, the U.S. Command said, entire month of September. The The United States countered threatening Con Thien and other months and probed a nearby Ma' rhe accidental bombing killed Marines suffered nearly 1,000 cas-with two raids by B52 bombers Marine outposts below the fron- • rine position with a ground at- another five Leathernecks. ualties then. above and below Con Thien, na-jtier. tack. The Marines reported killing Position Attacked val gunfire from destroyers off In a second raid today, the big shore and strikes by tactical bombers pounded Communisl In the same area just below the three North Vietnamese. Simultaneously yesterday, units Headquarters said the artillery of the 4th Marine Regiment 2V4 fighter-bombers against the Com- buildup areas four miles west- lemilitarized zone, a Marine munist gun positions and supply southwest of Con Thien. U.S. Air fighter-bomber supporting the barrage included 60, 82 and big miles northeast of Con Thien 120mm mortar and 85mm artil came under a four-hour attack routes. Force, Marine and Navy jet ground troops accidentally dropped In one raid today, the eight-oi- fighters also hit scores of targets bomb on the perimeter of lery rounds. A spokesman said it by an estimated company of per- was the heaviest barrage sincelhaps 150 North Vietnamese who gine B52s dropped thousands of (See VIETNAM, Pg. 2, Col. 4) Vmerican positions and added to he U.S. casualties. Saj Utility Paid Wrong Town JLI.S. Casualties Figure Drops SAIGON (AP) — The num- ber of Americans killed and $500,000 Tax Goof? BATTLE IN ANTIWAR PROTEST AREA — An antiwar demonstrator is knocked to wounded in action in the TRENTON (AP) — The wrongs municipality apparently New Hanover boundary with North Hanover. Both townships Vietnam war dropped last the ground by a bearded construction worker after trying to plant a small white flower collected more than a half million dollars in taxes from a are rural farming communities which have been largely taken week, while casualties among next to an American flag in area of antiwar demonstration in New York's Lower Man- power company over the past two decades, the state dis- over by Ft. Dix and McGuire Air Force Base. The substation South Vietnamese forces and is within the air base. hattan yesterday. The flag had been placed on the construction site by a worker. other allied troops increased. closed today. "I always wondered why we got so little and .North Hanover (AP Wirephoto) "Let's call it the 'case of the missing substation," " said an Under a changed system attorney for the municipality which staked a belated claim. got so much," said John J. Keller, the former New Hanover tax of reporting, the number of assessor. enemy reported killed also The payments involve utility taxes on a power station op- erated by the Jersey Central Power and Light Co. New Hanover officials were largely at a loss to explain Disruption Efforts Foiled increased last week. why the error had never been discovered before. It came to The puzzle was brought to the attention of the State Public In its weekly summary is- .eceived a letter from the state listing taxes paid by Jersey V0r" community in Burlington County. They asserted the power com- mand said 207 Americans Central Power and Light to New Hanover as $3,094 while pany was mistakenly paying taxes on a substation to neighbor- were killed in action and North Hanover got $31,258. ing North'Hanover Township for 23 years. 634 were wounded in th« Dominic Fieni, who was recently elected a committeeman seven-day reporting period Samuel E. Laird, public relations director of Jersey Cen- in New Hanover, claimed some of the credit simply by rais- that ended last Saturday tral, conceded that the taxes have been going to the wrong ing the question of whether the substation really was in midnight. The week before township. But he said the mistake was only 13-years-old, not North Hanover Township. the number was 212. A much 23. He said the state had probably made the mistake in the What happens now? To Try New Tactics larger drop was shown in first place. "Make no mistake," declared Arthur Kimmel, attorney for the number of men NEW YORK (AP) — Antiwar When their forays at the cen- President John Greenlee "Oh, no we didn't," retorted William Cramer, a Tax Bureau New Hanover, "We're going to recover what we've lost, either wounded, from 1,242 a week demonstrators, outnumbered and ter were foiled some of the frus- blamed off-campus agitators but official. "Absolutely not." He said the company paid its taxes from the Jersey Central or North Hanover." earlier to 60S last week. Of outmaneuvered by police in two trated marchers took off on a said participating students and directly to municipalities in which it has installations and that However, Mrs. Margaret Davies, the North Hanover tax the latter, the summary said, attempts to disrupt the downtown four-mile trek uptown to the Wal- faculty members would be dis his bureau merely calculates the amount. collector, said her community is entitled to (he money. 406 required hospitalization. armed forces induction center, dorf Astoria hotel where Secre- ciplined.