Third Hearing Set on Tax Proposal to Aid Cities SEE STORY BELOW Sunny and Mild Sunny and mild today, dear THEMILY FINAL and -pleasant tonight. Fair Red Bank, Freehold and mild tomorrow. Long Braneh EDITION . (Bee Setnils, I'm 2); I 7 Monmouth Countjfs Home Newspaper for 92 Years . 93, NO. 54 RED BANK, N. J., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1969 26 PAGES 10 CENTS •••••••IN Peace Move— U. S. Ha Its Bom b Ra ids SAIGON (AP) — Acting there "will be some peace source said. "There is a new truce, resumed for about 12 on orders from Washington, moves soon." leadership in Hanoi." hours Thursday, then sus- the U.S. Command canceled . Military sources said B52 Another military source pended again, one informant B52 bombing raids scheduled missions scheduled for Thurs- compared the suspension to said: for South Vietnam last night day night were suddenly can- the halt in the bombing of "If they had just continued and today in a peace overture celed without explanation. North' Vietnam on Dec. 24, not flying, then the response to Ho Chi Minh's successors, "Part of the schedule was 1965, which President Lyndon would have been tied to what military sources said. canceled on orders from B. Johnson ordered as part of the North Vietnamese did in There was no immediate , Washington," said one a "peace offensive." Johnson declaring a. cease-fire. In- indication when the big source. "We had missions sent the bombers back into stead, they flew a few, then bombers would go into ac- scheduled'for the 1st and 3rd action on Jan. 31, 1966, after stopped. This way, there's tion again over South Viet- Corps, but they 'were can- 37 days, because he didn't get no question who's taking the nam, Some sources specu- celed. I don't know why. I the response he wanted from initiative." 1< lated the suspension might don't know the interplay in Hanoi. Since the eight-jet Strato- ' ^****™v'^^^SwW*P'8w^P!^«>*^S1<^ last' as long as 36 hours, Washington." The U.S. Command refused fortresses entered the Viet- which would carry it past The South Vietnamese gov- to make any comment on the nam war on June 18, 1965, President Nixon's conference ernment had no immediate reported suspension. This was they have flown more than in Washington today with his comment, taken as an indication that 50,000 sorties against enemy Jop diplomatic and military proofreaders eliminate eight.. the command wished to keep targets in Vietnam and Advisers on Vietnam. Sources also repdrted that its hands free to resume the dropped more than 1.5 million i-S'SaS Meanwhile B52 attacks con- the weekly average of sorties strikes at any time. The com- tons of bombs. Because it tinued on the Ho Chi Mum the U.S. Air Force's fighter- mand reported only that there drops its bombs from about trail through eastern Laos, targets across South Vietnam had been no B52 strikes in 30,000 feet, the B52 gives no the main North Vietnamese bombers had dropped 38 ger Vietnam since at least 2 p.m. warning of its approach and infiltration and supply corri- cent since the beginning of Saigon time Thursday despite this, with its big bomb load, dor to South Vietnam. B52 the year because there is an increase in ground fight- makes it one of the most raids also continued there "less ground action and less ing and more than 30 enemy feared weapons in the U.S. during the three day cease- call for support." rocket and mortar attacks arsenal. fire this week for Ho's There was no indication Thursday night and early to- The U.S. Air Force was funeral although they were how long the B52 suspension day. flying about 2,400 sorties a suspended over South Viet- would remain in effect. There "I don't know how perma- week with its smaller fight- nam. was speculation that the raids nent it will be," said er-bombers at the start of There was speculation that would be put on an on-and-off one source. "Things are mov- 1969, sources said, but this RAIDS SUSPENDED IN VIETNAM — Conventional 750-pound bombs, are ready to be loaded aboard B-52 jet the new suspension was ac- basis geared to the intensity ing fast. I don't know what to has dropped to an average of bombers at U. S, airfield in Guam, some 2,000 miles from Saigon. If was reported that tho bombing runs by the companied by diplomatic of the enemy's activity. expect." about 1,500. i peace moves, elsewhere. A "It is a gesture of de-esca- Asked why the bombing Action on ffie ground re-" huge eight-ertgine jets, a frequent occurence during tfi9 Vietnam War, have been suspended as "a gesture of South Vietnamese source said &tion, a political move," one was suspended during the (See Peace, Pg. 2 Col. 1) escalation." • (AP Wirephotol For Nixon—a Thorough Look at Vietnam Policy WASHINGTON (AP) - President Nixon caDed in his W. Abrams, U.S. Ambassador to Saigon Ellsworth Bunker, backs, is another topic certain for discussion at today's further cutback by the end of the year. Some are suggest- highest diplomatic and military advisers today for a broad- Secretary of State William P. Rogers, Secretary of Defense White House meeting.. ing the figure will be around 30,000 men. scale look at Vietnam strategy as reports from military Melvin R. Laird, Gen. Earl C. Wheeler, chairman of the When Nixon announced earlier in the summer he was Until the latest bombing halt was reported, administra- sources in Saigon pointed to a new U.S. peace effort. Joint Chiefs of Staff; StwM'C cdmmanderjnrchief AdnvJohn pulling 25,000 troops out of the war zone he said any further tion analysts saw this picture of the war:,, The meeting, which was called several days ago, took S. McCain, CIA chief Eichard Helms, Philip Habib, senior; cutbacks would depend on three criteria: The North Vietnamese resumed offensive actions after on added significance in the light of reports that the U.S. professional diplomat on the U.S. negotiating team at Parisr 1. Movement toward agreement at the Paris peace talks. their proclaimed three-day cease-fire following the death of Command in a move to de-escalate the fighting, had halted and Henry A. Kissinger, presidential assistant for national Ho Chi Minh with prospects likely that Hanoi's new rulers B52 ijQinbing jaids across South Vietnam. security affairs. ' • • , •{ • 2. A scaling down of enemy battlefield-actions. would want to show no let-up in the wake of the death of "It's a gesture of de-escalation, a political move," one Word of the bombing suspension, which, was greeted 3. Improvement in the ability of the South Vietnamese to their past leader. Saigon source said, "There is a new leadership in Hanoi." with initial no comments by administration spokesmen, fol- take over more of the combat load from U.S. forces. While Ho's successors were not expected1 to make any -= — LIST OF1 OFFICIALS lowed suggestions by some influential officials here that Although U,S. military advisers have given positive, re- immediate change in North Vietnam's war policy— a'tied Presidential news secretary Ronald L. Ziegler, who the United States take new peace initiatives aimed at the ports about the increased fighting ability of South Viet- at keeping pressure on American forces in an effort to pro- said th'ere would be no announcement immediately follow- new leadership in North Vietnam. nam's army, there has been little progress, according to mote war-weariness in the United States — some variance ing this morning's meeting, gave this list of officials called STRONG EFFECT reports reaching Washington, toward meeting President was bound to come as Hanoi faced a new decision. in by Nixon: How the current Hanoi leaders, who succeeded the late Nixon's other two criteria, • Now the bombing halt ordered by the United States Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Attorney General John Ho Chi Minh, respond to the latest U.S. de-escalation could Speculation varies as to how many more GIs might could give the North Vietnamese the chance to make such a N. Mitchell, "U.S. Commander in Vietnam, Gen. 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