I .. • Pari's Talks Only 'Tiniest Crack' In War An AP New. Analy.l. including bombing and shelling of its ter· an indication of considerably incr~ until a worn-out enemy, preoccupied eJse. Vietoam's government refuses to negotiate namese told me recently, "it looks to us By WILLIAM L. RYAN ritory b) l'.S. forces , to stop before she Soviet influence in Hanoi. w!lere, would give up the fight. with llIe Viet Congo The Viet Cong refuse that what is happening in America is enters the next phase of talks. The United At this point, tenor oC Hanoi comment to talk with thOSe they call "puppets" of worse than what happened to us in llIe The opening to peace in Vietn.am is only Some keen observers of the situl:tion in the tiniest crack. Stales wants to know what Hanoi will changed. North Vietnam's party until then Saigon. Tet offensive:- swap. such as a freeze on infiltration of Southea t Asia judge llIat the process 5U):.x>rted Red China in its ideological war Thailand, Malaysia and othe Asian coun· If that opening Is widened, It wiU be a which brought about an agreement to meet. Americans and North Vieblamese can development of deepest significance for arms into South Vietnam. willi foscow. ThereafLer Hanoi became talk, but as long as North Vietnam, as in· tries, including severely threatened Laos in Paris began in Septerober 1965, when situated on the doorstep oC Vietnam, in· the future of peace in Asia and the rest of neutral and no longer criticized Russians. dicated in its latest statement, sUcks by The contact will be enough 10 cause a Defense Minister Lin Piao, who was then Hanoi was virtually forced to rely on Mos· dicate developing cases of jitters. They world. bad case of peace jitters in the govern· emerging as Red Chinese strong man, is­ its aU-or·nothing stand, llIere can be IitUe cow Cor significant help. hope oC breakthrOUgh and fighting will gO wonder what will happen to them and who The intentions of Hanoi will not be ment of South Vietnam. which seems con· sued an essay, "Long Live Victory of will protect them if U.S. miiitary pressure known. however, until representatives oC vinced that Hanoi wants to gain time and People's War." Moscow, in turn. has been interested In on while the negotiators talk. cont.aining Chinese ambitions. should be cut back. the United States and Communist North a respite from pUnishment and loss of Many thought it was a call for world What i happening in America dismays Vietnam get down to head·f.o.head discus· manpower it has been subjected to by revolution. But there wa somellling else Testifying to this was a decision to shore and frightens Saigon, to say nothing of * sion in Paris. Americans and by a quarter centw-y of In il. Peking seemed to Instruct, even or· up India, in concert with Americans. when other Southeast Asian governments. They * * The Paris meeting will be strictly a pre­ war. der, North Vietnamese to pattern their In· Chinese threa tened its borders. are alarmed by antiwar protests. by what liminary contact to decide whether the two But if the meeting causes a peace scare dochina ambitions on Mao Tsetung's taco U the 10scow faction in Hanoi h won they read as pressure for U.S. withdrawal sides reaDy will or can negotiate. They in AsIa and by reports of widespread civil Terrorists Blow I , in Saigon. it is also likely to cause one in tics in China. which include engagem.ent out, there is some hope that llIe Paris con· will laIIt about whether they are willing to Peking. If North Vietnam begins 10 nego­ in war for many years, operation from tact might develop into talks. But peace disorders in the United States. talk peace and on what basis. tiate, it will do so in defiance of advice of remote ba es. refusal to battle with a seems a long way away. "When we see pictures of Washington North Vietnam wants "all acts of war," its huge neighbor, Red China. This will be superior enemy and surrender of territorY, The obstacles are formidable. South buildings on fire." a prominent South Viet· TNT-Filled Taxi On Saigon Street SAIGON (.fl - Terrorists packed a taxi with TNT Friday and blew it up in the heart of Saigon a block from the U.S. Embassy in the boldest terrorist attack oil Iowan on the capital since the Tet offensiYe in Serving the University of Iowa and the People of Iowa City February_ The blast wrecked a church·sponsored l!:Itablilhed In 1868 10 c:enla a copy Associated Preu Leased Wire and Wirpohntn Iowa City, Iowa 5224O-Saturday. May 4. 1968 student center and damaged Soulh Viet· namese and American television buildings. killing 3 Vietnamese and wounding 25 Vietnamese and 5 Americans. Most o[ the wounded were young Viet· Johnson Blasts Varner Hits Parking Unit namese girls in the two-story student cent· Final Examinations Begin May 27 er of llIe World Unlversity Service. l Police blamed the Viet Cong and said Final axam. will b.. ln Monday, May tlons n.vlf' hive precedence over r.. u. Tax 'Blackmail' an estimated 120 pounds of TNT was in 27. Thl. I. the exam .chedule announced larry .eheduled _s. For Ilgnoring Students the taxi that was backed Into a narrow lIy the Unlver.lty Examination Servlc •• Following the t.ble .re course. end driveway between the student center and The student·[aculty Security and Park· 10 do increasingly ... A basic objective the maln studio fOr the South Vielnamese The table .how. the day. and tim .. of correspondIng enm period. for multi· 'Ktloned cours ••. By Congressmen ing Committee was accused Friday of of student-univcr ity relationships is mu· government broadcasting service. .... 38 final .",amlnatlon ...rlod.. Day neglecting to consult students before form· tual trust and responsibility. With t his Station Main Target and time entrl .. on the table de.lgnate No student II ... quired to t.... mo ... WASHCNGTON IA" - President Johnson ing University policy. The charge was kind of relationship. the way would be than th .... exam. In on. day. An un- The South Vietnamese station apparent· ..... accordIng to the first regular w.. k. hurled 8 "blackmaiJ" accusation Friday made by Student Body Pres. Carl Varn· open for a maximum of student influence Iy was a main targel. and the explosion cIorvradu ....tudont who has more thIn at Congress members who. he charged, er. over the aCfairs of the University." Iy m..tlng tfm. for .,n.I.... etfo"" thr.. ex.ms .cheduled In _ dlY or two blew out windows, shattered partitions cou...... H.wever, .Ingle • e c tie n • d are stalling a tax increase in hope 01 Varner said tbe committee blatantly Varner said thal the parking ~ommit· and ripped out wires in llIe station. The ..,.am. .cheduled for the ..me ...rlod forcing Impossibly deep spending cuts. disregarded University Pres. Howard R. Ice had made no attempt to consult with cou"'" that meet retularly at 4:30 p.m. must file a reque,t for I chIn II' of adjacent U.S. Armed Forces television ar later have no ....clflc time ..t a.lde Johnson gave nearly nine minutes of a Bowen's pOlicy statement. l)utJining stu· students or th ir student government reo station sustained smashed windows and a schedul. In the Registrar'. office by 4 dent participation in forming Univer lty pre entalives before making its decisions. for them. In.lrvctors of .uch cour ... p.m. May 17. news·packed, 3O·minute n ws conference collapsed ceiling in a studio. m.y IChedule tfMIr exam. In any of tho - the first to be televised and broadcast policy. He Raid the committee also made Furthermore. Varner said. faculty memo By Monday, May 20, name. of stud.n .. its recommendation on parking so near bers of the commiUee had squelched any Both stations. not televising at the time 31 ...rlod., but they must arranl' make· for whom chanlles have ....n approved nationally since Nov. 17 - to an angry o( the blast, began evening television up .xamlnatlon. for those .tudent. who assault on lawmakers who he said are the end of the school year that it was IIttempt by student members of the com· and copl •• of th.lr final .",am schedul •• impossible for tbe Studcnt Senate to give mlttee 10 consult with the senate. broadcasts on schedule. Radio broadcasts have conflict. with ather cour .... will be forwarded to Instructors who "courting danger by this procrastination" were momentarily disrupted by the ex· on his proposal for an antl.inflationary it any careful consideration. Varner said the lateness of the commit· Cou..... hnlnt hIgher department must arranll' for make.up ellamlnatlon •. The Security and Parking Committee tee's announcements of the new policy plosion. numbers, 01' hllher cou .... number. will Gradua.. .tud.nt. are to arrang. for surtax. the The President also: roet Wednesday an"! recommended to was a repetition of its tactic last sum· Officers at scene said the five Amer· ta"e precedence when the conflict I. neeeflary adJustmen .. dlrKtly with th.lr Bowen that all freshmen and sophomores mer when it gave Hillcrest Parkini Lot Icans injured apparenlly were in the within a dopartment. Ma"e.up exam In .. Instructors. P.ac. Talk, Sat and any students IIviOg within a Io-block to University Hospital without consultlng streets of a busy lntersect.lon near llIe e Announced he has notified North radius of the Pentacrest not be allowed Hillcrest residents.