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Highlight 0PA Defeats St. Lawrence Central — Story Page 21. ADVANCE LOCAL, COUNTY, STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS REPORTED IN DEPTH Weather Mostl cloudy and a little colder. High in 20s. Winds variable under 15. VOL. 21, NO. 930 PUBLISHED IN OGDENSBURG, N. Y„ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1968 PRICE 25C nnes i By CHARLES VV. KELLY Assistant Fire Chief Henry Montroy re- tired Friday, after 39 years service on the Ogdensburg Fire Department. He was one of the finest firemen that ever wore the uniform. Henry Montroy was a dedicated city servant, outstanding fireman and a dedicated leader of men. His departure will leave a vacuum within the department. * * * The Inter-Faith Committee of Ogdens- burg has picked a good subject to probe as a centennial project this week. The prob- lem of drugs will be reviewed. The inter- faith service and discussion on the subject will be held next Sunday at the Presbyter- ian Church. The drug problem is an issue for both young and old to become better acquainted with. This is a controversial subject, but one that could bring a better understanding of the subject matter. * * * During the past week we heard that Ronald Marose of Waddington, an investi- gator in the Sherfiff's Department, is thinking seriously of opposing Dr. Samuel Livingston of Madrid, in the GOP primary for County Coroner. It is very seldom that we see a political fight in the general elec- tion in November, but a primary fight for the position of coroner is almost unheard of in this area. The position pays about $600.00. Of course, the good Doctor has a position with the Welfare Department, also. There is no connection between the two positions. We think the position of coroner should be abolished. •j , * * Jim McGuinness'' \Come Look Us Over\ program seems to be generating some real enthusiasm on both sides of the St. Law- rence River. The program, which reduces the fare on the bridge to 25 cents for the Washington Birthday veekend. will g v e Canadians a chance to come and look us over and will give us a chance to do like- wise. The Ogdensburg Lions Club is setting up an Inter-Club meeting with the Iroquois Lions Club to be held here on Washington's Birthday. Plans are being made for some of our Jaycee hockey players to challenge some of the Prescott boys in the new Pres- cott arena. The program sounds great and we hope the people will get behind Mc- Guinness and put it over. * * * Participating in the Citizens' meeting with U.S. Customs officials Tuesday was quite an education. The only firm commit- ment we received was the fact that the headquarters won't be moved this year. William J. Griffin, Regional Commissioner, is a nice guy, but a tough Boston Irishman. The only thing we can do is watch the situ- ation very closely. Every time it appears that Customs is getting ready to make the big move, we will have to raise havoc in Washington. Attorney John E. Mellon, Con- gressman McEwen's top aide, did a fine job. Both Senator Kennedy and Congressman Mc- Ewen have been very kind to Ogdensburg and St, Lawrence County in this issue. We are not convinced that the present workload and the transfer to Boston of certain duties are the only reasons for Customs actions. Cus- toms Officials have been inconsistent in this issue and bear watching. The citizens of our area should get out this afternoon to attend the first of three public forums to be sponsored by the ministerial association. Today's forum is poli- tical in nature, but could prove to be the most interesting of the three. We hope that local and county government will be the main topic of the forum. Local government is very im- portant in our everyday living, but yet we pay very little attention to it. We're sorry that the ministerial association found it necessary to put education under the political forum. It should be a forum in itself. * * * According to reports Supervisor Joel \Bud\ Howard of Waddington may be elected Presi- dent of the New York State Association of Towns which is now holding its annual meet- ing in New York. * # * Enthusiasm seems to be running high in support of the All Girls Drum and Trumpet Band for Ogdensburg. We think that it is a wonderful idea and it might be just the project to pull the community closer together. The Chamber of Commerce should consider taking the leadreship in forming the band. Such a band would have to be operated on a business basis. * * * The suggestion of a Citizens' committee to assist in the preparation for the evaluation of our school system is an excellent one. We have complete confidence in both the Board of Education a#d the school administration. The rapport between this writer and the school administration is excellent but it is time for people to become more deeply involved in community lite. We will make no individual suggestions for membership to the committee. William Walker, the Board President, is cap- able of selecting a well qualified citizens com- mittee. Critics Questioning LBJPs Assessments On Cong Uprising By JACK BELL Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- dent Johnson's assessment that the Viet Cong uprising this week failed to achieve its military and psychological goals in South Vietnam is challenged by congressional critics of his war policies. But Congress members who favor those policies gave the President solid backing for his statement at a Friday news conference that the Communists had lost an attempt to over- throw the Saigon government and force the United States to accept a coalition regime. Critics contended the fighting disclosed lack of popular sup- port for Saigon's elected govern- ment. They said it also demon- strated American-South Viet- namese inability to defend even strongly-held cities. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said he doesn't subscribe to the theory of Gen. William C. Westmoreland, U.S. commander in Vietnam, that the Viet Cong terrorists are run- ning out of steam. Agreeing with Mansfield, Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, said if the raids were a last-gasn effort by the Viet Cong, \we are strug- gling with a mightly lively corpse.\ But Sen. John G. Tower, R- Texas, said that after two days of briefings by Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary r>f Defense Robert S. McNamara, he's convinced that \despite re- cent suicidal attacks by the Viet Cong, major progress is being made toward an ultimate suc- cessful conclusion of our effort there.\ At his news session, Johnson said new efforts to get back the intelligence ship Pueblo and her 83-man crew have failed. He said there had been further meetings on the Pueblo seizure between representatives of North Korea and the United States without satisfactory re- sults. As for the Viet Cong raids on several cities in South Vietnam, Johnson said: \The biggest fact is that the stated purposes of the general uprising have failed. \Communist leaders counted on popular support in the cities for their effort. They found little or none.\ He added that the general conclusion of his military advis- ers is that as a military move- ment, the Viet Cong ' attacks amounted to a failure. Johnson said that while he didn't want to seem \unduly op- timistic,\ when all the details of the raids are known he doesn't believe the Viet Cong \will achieve a psychological victo- ry.\ But Sen. George D. Aiken, R- Vt., said in an interview: \If this is failure, I hope the Viet Cong never, have a major suc- cess.\ On other matters, Johnson said: —Reports from North Korea and neutral nations are that the Pueblo crew is being treated well with the wounded receiving treatment and \the body of the man who died is being held.\ He gave no other details. —While additional deployment of combat troops to Vietnam is always possible, \we have add- ed the men that Gen. Westmore- land has felt to be desirable and necessary.\ There are about 482,000 Americans there now, with a total commitment of 525,000 men, previously sched- uled, to be accomplished by June 30. —He has no evidence the new raids in South Vietnam are con- nected with the Pueblo seizure but that experts he's talked with \believe there is a definite con- nection.\ ••«?, *v :**- ******< Roe Pie I RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - State Supreme Court Justice James A. Roe Jr. has pleaded innocent i\ -m indictment charg- ing he trie* 'o bribe tw-j police- men to avoid a speeding ticket. Roe, who sits in Queens, pleaded Friday to two felony charges handed up bv a Suffolk County grand jury accusing him of \bribing certain public offi- cers.\ Roe, 45, was released on his own recognizance. No hearing date was set. As he left the courthouse with his attorneys, Roe told news- men, \I'D have something to say at the right time.\ Roe has a summer home on Shelter Island. Last Aug. 24, ac- cording to Patrolman George Bladof and Constable George Zabel, the ystopped Roe for driving 50 miles an hour in a 40 MPH zone on Shelter Island. Bladof and Zabel testified that Roe offered them $10 bribes to forget the ticket, and they re- fused. Roe later pleaded guilty to the speeding charge in Justice of the Peace Court. Shelter Is- land, and paid a fine of S15. If convicted on the attempted bribery charge, Roe could get a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and $10,000 fine. Roe is the son of the late James A. Roe Sr., a former Democratic leader in Queens. Roe resides at 160-06 25th Ave. DISCUSS PLANS FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC FORUM — St. Lawrence County Judge Edmund L. Shea icenter), who will be a panelist on the first of a series of three Public forums in City Hall auditorium, from 3 to 5 p.m., today, met Thursday afternoon with the Rev. John N. Huber (left) and the Rev. Thomas T. Patterson, to discuss the program. Today's forum will feature a panel of elected members from the Political Community and will be mod- erated by the Rev. Richard A. Siciliano of Syracuse, Synod Executive of the Pres- byterian Church. The series is sponsored by the Ogdensburg Ministerial Association. Mr. Patterson is chairman of the commit- tee in charge, and Mr. Huber is a member of the committee.—Jack Wood Photo. By BOB 1'ot.iS Associated Press Writer SEOUL lAP) - The United States held its third secret meeting with the North Kor- eans at Panmunjon today in its efforts to bring about the re- lease of the USS Pueblo, a South Korean radio station said. Radio Tongyang said it ob- tained its information torn South Korean military sources. There was no confirmation from U.S. officials. The South Korean government was reported by one highly placed official in Seoul to be up- set about the two previous meet ings held al Panmunjom with- out South Korean representa- tives The informant said South Korea had decided to ask U.S. officials to permit South Kore- ans tobe present at any future meetings and to open the ses- sions to the public, as in the past. More than 60.000 South Ko- reans turned out across the country to demonstrate against North Korea. The demonstra- tors denounced a recent raid by North Korean commandos whose mission was the assassi- nation of President Chung Hee Park and other top officials. The South Koreans contend the United States is laying too much emphasis on the release of the Pueblo and her crew and not enough on die threat to Park. More than 50.000 workers turned out in Seoul and burned North Korean Premier Kim II- sung in effigy. Similar demon- strations were held in other parts of South Korea. Government sources in Seoul said Park's government had for- mally asked the United States to send more troops to Korea to guard again;t invasion The m- formanfs hinted Park's regime mav consider withdrawing its forces from South Vietnam if the appeal is rejected by Wash- ington. Nixon Is Campaigning In N.H. Focusing Statements On Future By RELMAN MORIN AP Special Correspondent CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Richard M. Nixon is beginning his second drive for the presi- dency with a balanced blend of argument, criticism of the John- son administration and laughing at himself. Judging by his initial per- formances, he does indeed look like a New Nixon. The former vice president is less strident and more relaxed. Nixon today is in his second day of campaigning for the March 12 New Hampshire pri- mary, the nation's first. He is focusing in his statements, for- mal and informal, on the future. He opened his campaign with a news conference Friday. Nixon today attends a number of small \town meetings,\ gath- ering with small groups in and near New Hampshire simply to ask questions. With his wife and two daugh- ters, he scheduled a reception at St. Anselm's Academy with a major speech at a dinner meet- ing in Concord tonight. Biggest Coal Strike In 17 Years Affects Six Coal Producing States PITTSBURGH (AP) - Most of the nation's soft coal produc- tion was at a standstill today with the industry hit by its larg- est strike in 17 years. What began as a protest against the Pennsylvania State Police spread through six major coal-producing states from Pennsylvania to Tennessee, shutting down scores of mines and idling possibly 84,500 min- ers. The Perm Central Railroad re- ported that its normal weekly coal-hauling tonnage had been out in half since the strike start- ed at midnight Sunday. \Coal is the biggest item we carry, and at the present rate its down about 50 per cent,\ a Perm Central spokesman said. Strike effects on the Louisville & Nashvilie Railroad have been minimal so far, a spokesman said, but if it spread to Western Kentucky the line would be hurting \pretty badly.\ The railroads claim they lost millions of dollars during the last big coal strike in 1%6 w'hen about 60,000 miners stayed out of the pits for nearly three weeks, Miners stack through- out the industry in 1950 in seek- ing a new national works con- tract. Steel companies and electric utilities, the biggest users of coal, said they had no immedi- ate concern because of the present walkout. Moat stockpile a 30- to 60-day ! reserve. Some coal operators say they're mystified over the rea- sons floe tihe strike which began when western Pennsylvania miners refused to work in pro- test of the uise of 90 state troop- ers at a picket line at two non- union mines in Somerset Coun- ty. The United Mane Workers, drying to organize small, inde- pendent mimes in western Penn- sylvania, began picketing after officials of the Solar Fuel Co. refused to recognize the UMW as a bargaining agent for Ms miners. Solar obtained a court order limiting the number of pickets to 15 and last week state police arrested some 200 packets. The union charged brutality. The estate of Kenneth L. Schmidt, a miner who suffered a fatal heart attack on the pick- Continued On Page 5 The polls of Republican voters in the Granite State have been showing Nixon with a 3-1 lead over Gov. George Romney of Michigan, the only other an- nounced major GOP presiden- tial candidate. However, Nix- on's aides discount these fig- ures. \It is a close, tough fight,\ one of them said. They teel that the decision in New Hampshire will strongly affect the results of the Wiscon- sin primary, scheduled April 2, the second in which Nixon will contend. Nixon won with 53.4 per cent of the votes over John F. Kenne- dy in the New Hampshire presi- dential election in 1960. He also won Wisconsin by a margin of 42,000 votes. Nixon opened has Friday news conference by saying, \This is not my last press conference.\ This was a reference to 1962 when, after he lost in the Cali- fornia gubernatorial campaign, he appeared on television, was critical of news coverage of his campaign and angrily said, \this is my last press confer- ence.\ He laughed at himself again when he said, \I will try to use television in spite of my past track record on that score.\ He apparently was referring to his televised debates in the 1960 campaign against Kennedy. In another instance, when a reporter asked whether Nixon could bring \statesmanship\ to the problems confronting the United States, Nixon replied, Continued On Page 5 GRENOBLE, France (AP) - North Korea pulled out of the approaching Winter Olympics Saturday after the International Olympic Committee refused to change the country's designa- tion to Democratic Peoples Re- public of Korea. \We can never accept this un- just, unwarranted decision,\ said Chang Choi, vice president of the North Korean Olympic ComaiBttee. Olympic oficials said that North Korea could submit en- tries for the Summer Games at Mexico City in October but that it was unlikely that there would be any change in the name. By EDWIN Q. WHITE Associated Press Writer SAIGON (AP) —Allied troops battled a Communist detach- ment six miles northeast of Sai- gon early Sunday in the wide- spread efforts to blot out the five-day-old Red offensive that authorities regard as the pre- lude to invasion from the North. Elements of the U.S. 11th Ar- mored Cavalry Regiment and South Vietnamese marines took on an enemy force of undeter- mined size near Thu Due. on one of the routes by which bloodied Communist outfits were withdrawing from the cap- ital and the area of Tan Son Nhut Airbase. The U S. Com- mand said fighting was heavy. Jet fighters and helicopter gunships worked over the ene- my positions by the light of par- achute flares before the ground forces established contact. The heaviest bombardment in weeks of U.S. Marines al Khe Sanh, Con Thien and other sand- bagged posts below the demili- tarized zone had suggested ap- proach of the anticipated key phase, a drive by four Hanvii di- visions—up to 50,000 men—into South Vietnam's upper prov- inces. \Our people are fully aware and prepared for them,\ a sen- ior American official said. \The lighting may be severe and bit- ter, but I think we can handle it.\ U.S. jet fighter-bombers and B52 Stratofortresses blasted at ;,nemy troop concem,'«tiori>, truck convoys and gun positions in and near the DMZ to chal- lenge the enemy buildup A blow from the North at this time would be calculated to take advantage of terror, turmoil and confusion that Viet Cong de- tachments and previously infil- trated North Vietnamese have spread up and down the nation since last Tuesday in their big- gest drive of the war. Though allied authorities have declared the country-wide oper- ations crushed with more than 12/100 of th enemy killed. Com- munist elements maintained siz- able holdings in Hue against at- tacking American and Sr>uth Vietnamese troops and staged fresh raids on at least eight cit- ies, largelv in the Mekong Del- ta. The situation within Hue re- mained confused. Official accounts said the strong enemy forces which seized much of that old imperial capital Wednesday—estimated as high as 2,000 men—were being driven out. South Vietnamese troops said they recaptured the airfield within the citadel, the walled Continued On Page 5 What Should U.S. Girl Skiers Wear Slopes At '68 Olympics-' «% By WILL GRIMSLEY Associated Press Writer CHAMROUSSE, France (AP) — The girls on the U.S. alpine skiing team are in a stew—and a mid squabble—over a typical woman's problem: What should they wear on the ski slopes in the winter Olympics? Should they stick to the con- servative official suit—a blue stretch piece of apparel wife a quilt-like padding in the back? Or should they sweep dlown the hill in the sexy, tnetaffic sil- ver job provided unofficially by Doug Burton, a young ski ty- coon from Aspen, Colo., and friend of downhill star Suzanne Ohaffee. Siuzy, who is 5-8, 138 pounds and wil» filJs out the silver suit remarkably well, is a champion of the Burton suit, \It is really fantastic,\ says Miss Ohaffee. \It feels as if you have nothing on at all. It\s sexy, but Uhaf's not the impor- tant thing. There is no wind re- sistance and, just wearing it, you feel you can go fester. \It's psychological.\ \I will wear the blue suit,\ said 20-year-old Robin Morning of Santa'Monica, OaiL \The sil- ver suit is pretty but it doesn\t stretch. You don\t feel com- fortable in it.\ Karen Budge of Jackson, Wyo., a striking blonde who doesn't have to apologize to anybody for the way she looks in any uniform, said she prob- ably would wear the blue suit. \The blue one is mudi more comfortable,\ she said. \But the silver one makes you think you're going faster.\ The girls refer to the two suits by the names of their manufac- turers. The official suit is Head suit because it was made by Head Ski Industries. Hie oth- er is the Burton suit. Miss Budge said Burton \had suits sent to all of us. They only affect those who are in the down hil, however.\ The silver suit looks like something made for a 21st cen- tury astronaut. It appears to have been painted on bhe body. The silver suit weighs only about six ounces. The blue suit weights about two pounds. \The blue suit is warmer but that padding on the back may give it wind resistance,\ one of the girls said.
