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Show ohnson Calls for Federal Crackdown on Drug Abuse WASHINGTON President antic called federal abuse, (UPI)— of Johnson, in a special made $3, tute jaws covering proposals by the President. r penalty than tran: crackdown n ent approaches in of hand guns to out-of-state cident with this requested purchasers Among other things, Johnson) authority, al arate crim Ns His message was accon)paa reorganization plan to sanctions” under current feder-'t marijuana now nied last y two di with LSD as a primary cities, He asked LSD, now a misdemeai made a felos - possession of to 10 ment year sale of " now no y for personal possession gS in the dang: de a misdemeat This was an effort to make of t to the Justice Depar 1 and mayors a of law enforc the Bureau of Narcotics a greater need for now in the Treasury Depart the growing F i ment, and the Bureau of Drug Abuse Control, now in Health, problem of narcotic and dangeEducation and Welfare, and rous drugs.” Johnson said combined in a new bureau of| To meet the recurrent threat ) narcotics and dangerous rugs. arcotic and drug section At a time of increasing drug mesa med the abuse Johnson said something extensive new anticrime aad to be done about “a crazy of urban riots, the President proposed a new federal antiriot act to make it a felony punishable by up to five yeary In connection to asked with the antiriot Today his $s proposal, Johnson renewed give the powe: mi t move inciti and 7 request for interstate around the try s and shipments joining in the terror arm: and over-the-counter control t which did not makeits way (See JOHNSON Page 4) } VW 25 Foy ey IW CaIO ut THOUGHTS... To become what we Johnson “— ug th f Safe of the ime Control Act" are CLOUDY capable of becoming is the only tomorrow, with increasing end in life.—Robert L. Stevenson, Euglish novelist, chance of precipitation. Low tonight mid %s, gh tomor- row mid 40s, 95thYEAR,NO. 138 De PROVO. UTAH COUNTY, UTAH WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY7, 1968 ‘ ON ° 500 Koreans F; U.S. Camp Hit nks March Neciney First Ta =e —— — a | Special Forces Fighting Pueblo Talks ae | 4 Atenas wen: For Survival in Bunkers By EUGENE V. RISHER with 800 North Vietnamese SAIGON (UPI)—The first|running alongside shoot in g Communist tank attack of the flamethrowers, war today overran a U.S. Army By LEON DANIEL tors away in vehicles shortly PANMUNJOM (UPi)—Five after noon, about three hours hundred South Koreans tried before the meeting at Panmuntoday to reach into this truce jom began.” village to protest a meeting Charges of Korean truce! between the United States and violations filled the angry Communist North Korea but) meeting, which lasted less than | were turned back by American 30 minutes, | troops who fired warning shots.| In Washington, the Defense The South Koreans, mostly|Department disclosed today | teen-age girls, were angered| that one crewmanof the Pueblo | because of secret U.S.-North, was killed and three wounded, Korean talks on seizure of the|one |Special Forces camp near the| North Vietnam border but pilots and 2,70 Laotian jSaid the Green Berets were| refugees—including 2,100 women \fighting on for survival injand children—were hit by underground bunkers. mortar and artillery. U.S. | U.S, spokesmen said at least|spokesmen said the Berets nine Soviet-built T34 tanks| knocked out at leastfive of the Tumbled in from nearby Laos|30-ton T34s and one of the under cover of darkness and|hurned out vehicles came to crashed through the Lang Vellrest atop the camp’s under seriously. USS Pueblo instead of talks on| Previously, the Pentagon had North Korean assassination not indicated whether the camp's barbed wire defenses,| ground command post. Conflicting Reports Seventeen hours after the tank invasion, allied officials oe the camp overrun. But at Nang, corfespondent Robert Kaylor said U.S, aerial observers . attempts against Seoul govern-| crewmen had been woundedin| ment leaders, Actually today’s| resisting the seizure or injured meeting was concerned only|in some other way, such as with the Communistinfiltration, while destroying secret electroSome of the demonstrators|nic gear on the intelligence managed to get across heavily| vessel. guarded Freedom Bridge —| The nuclear powered aircraft| called that because it is where |carrier Enterprise pulled out of | Crewman’s Identity Ko -C returned after the Korean War. gon sources said. The move was ‘They were blocked by U.S. 7th|seen as an attempt to ease U. S. ARMY Col, John P, Lucas (right) United Nations Division troops in 11 armored! tension in the crisis, personnel carrijers. It was the first nonsecret Command secretary, and South Korean representative, Col. “They set up a blocking force|meeting at the truce site of Kim Yung Soo (next to Lucas) listen to charges by North round ho got|Panmunjom since the negotia- | Korea’s Col, Han Ju-Kyong euring secretarial-level armistice across,” a spokesman said.| tions opened last Friday. “Four to six warning shots Claim Territory Violations were fired into the air and The Communists immediately ground keep the crowd|accused the United Nations back.” He said South Korean|command of sendi-g armed police “hauled the demonstra-| (See 500 KOREANSPage 4) | ins still inside the flattened camp andstill fighting. American war prisoners were troubled Korean waters, Penta- | Lang Vei ig almost six miles commission meeting today in Panmunjom, It was the first non-secret meeting at the truce site since the start of negotiations last Friday on the seized U. S. intelligence ship Pueblo. (Herald-UPI Telephoto) Canadian Jet Belgian Government ResignsIn Crashes; 2 Rift Over Dual Language Problem Revealed southwest of Khe Sanh, the U.S. Marine border fortress surWASHINGTON (UPI) —The|rounded by up to 20,000 North Defense Departmenttoday iden- Vietnamese poised to launch American intelligence tified Fireman D. what predicts will be the largest Communist offensive of the Korea hijacked the USS Pueblo, war. Lang Vei got a taste of if The Pentagon said Fireman! toda: Apprentice Steven E. Woelk was The camp formed the south“seriously injured” and Radio- ern eyes for the Marine bastion, man 3.C. Charles H. Crandell It lay in a shallow valley two and Marine Sgt. Robert J. ‘miles east of the Laos border. BRUSSELS (UPI)—The Bel- an audience to submit the| Over the years there have Chicca were “lightly injured.” Refugees had flooded into camp The Defense Department de- after North Vietnamese troops, gian governmentresigned today| government’s resignation.” been riots, government crises clined to disclose the home| maneuvering around Khe Sanh, VANCOUVER,B.C. (UPI)—A in another crisis over the The premier said his team Boeing 707 jetliner with 61 nation’s dual language prob-| would continue to carry out its and unrest, with each faction) towns of the three injured men. spilled over into Laos, seeking to dominate the other. A Defense Department! Allied spokesmen said there tasks as a caretaker governpersons aboard smashed into a|/¢™s. The current crisis follows| spokesman identified Hodges as was no word on casualties from mall building at the edge of The coalition of3 Christian| ment until a new governmentis. three weeks of violence at|the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse|L@0 Empioyment is up, unem- creased by 710 persons, which the pd at eae Democrats and Liberals split| formed. Louvain University where the|f) Hodges of 33855 East Call in Artillery today, wide open over a Flemish) He then left the chamber to Ployment is down, business is\Mr, Thurston says is typical \International Airport \hiliee teeae the crew| demand that the French section drive to the palace. The| Flemish students and professors Orchard Street, Creswell, Ore. US. planes and artillery tried better, and the prospects for|for this time of the year. of the Roman Catholic Universi- chambersession was immediat-|demanded that the French- The original report from the to help the Berets. They 1968 are good, according to| Utah County business in De- and an airport employe. speaking facully and students} pyebio following its seizure by dropped bombs and flaming the January newsletter of the| cember increased by 5.1 per Eight others from the plane, ee etape ox ot ly suspended. _ “fi2| the Flemish-speaking town. North Korean patrol boats was napalm on the attackers and There are two languages in|8¢t out. roe Employment Security| cent over a year ago with car leased cE to Canadian Pacific ‘ ‘ that four men had been injured, pounded them from artillery fice, hospita- nants Premier Paulie Vanden Boey-|Belgium—the sales making the mostsignifi- Airlines (CPA), were ‘ek onecritically. The United States sites already busy holding back and French told the chamber chambe of|known as Flemish ag rene LeRue Thurston, the man-!cant gains, 9.7 per cent, Small- lized for treatment of injuries. “Several ministers| spoken by the Walloons. The later learned that the critically the Reds from the door of Khe ates: ager, said Utah County non- est gain was .5 per cent by Six others were reported to have Sanh.At the ringed Marinefort, handed in their resigna-|Flemings outnumber the Walinjured sailor had died, agricultural employment in the dairy products industry. |have suffered minor injuries. The spokesman said he had commanders reporied taking a tion, I have asked the King for| loons about 4 to 3. mid - January totaled 32,880 aoe m “A general feeling among ‘The jetliner, on a flight from no information on where the heavy Communist bombardment workers, 1,930 more persons many retailers is that the| Honolulu, veered off the runway men were being held or how during the day =. ° and a 6.2 per cent increase growing trend in sales will|shortly after landing by inUi word of their names was), At Da Nang, a Special Forces over a year ago. continue at least through the|struments in heavy fog about received. ‘sergeant read the battle reports At the sametime, unemploy-/first half of 1968. 6:30 a.m. PST. It was speculated that the| from Lang Veiand told Kaylor, o,e ment in the county was reNear Peak four men were injured while|‘It's all over up there except Airport officials said the SPRINGVILLE — Develop-| destroying secret men police call.” corded at 3,450 persons, an in-| “Unemployment is now near | plane was headed directly for ment of winter sports in the|gear aboard the U.S. intel-| “Police call” is Army slang crease of 39 over December,|its peak and will soon begin|the Air Canada terminal, which| 7 pA * ? 7 jer| SPringville area was the sub-|ligence ship when it wasfor cleaning up the mess. but 420 less than January, ito decrease as early construc-\had about 400 persons in it at! 1967. However, there are ‘“‘at/tion and other seasonal work/the time, but the pilot managed ppsaltlee au MiaNOReecaeoe ject of a discussion by the| boarded in the Sea of Japan on| Urban Fighting Continues least 150 residents of Utah begins,” |to swerve the plane into the President Johnson that the|Leonid L Tipechiey, oer peer Springville Coordinating Coun-| Jan. 23. The Pueblo carried al In the 10th day of urban County not working as a result Building permits for con-|Smaller department cf transpor-|Kremlin will not help bring] ident Nikolai V Podgorny. cil and the City Council this| crew of 83. (See SPECIAL FORCES Page )4 of the strike against the cop- struction of $19,361,150 worth| tation building, demolishing that) Hanoi to the peace table,|Wilson and the Kremlin's big week. 1968 Job Outlook For Utah County IsGood Dead, 8 Hurt Springville Winter Play Areas Aired Kremlin Won't Help On Peace, Says Britisher per corporation,” of buildings were issued in) Structure. authoritative sources said to-|three discussed the Vieinam| Dr. Richard K. Mineresand ‘ ° 7 Mr. Thurston reported 8.3 1967. It was 11 per cent below) The aircraft came to rest ast-|Members of the Coordinating] 4 conflict and the fu per cent of the county’s labor |the 1966 level, but second high-|against the Concrete Aviation day. Wilson and his wife, Mary,| west valations. bt Se Council were asked by city] Confessions Signed force unemployed, compared est in four years. Electric building. were leaving today for Washing, . officials to make a survey of} —_| possible areas close in town| Won't Act First with 9.6 per cent a year ago.| The 1966 figures were in-| H. F, Ross, administrator at|ton, The prime minister will Shows Decrease flaied by permits for three|Richmond General Hospital,|visit Johnson at the White| The sources said the Soviets/ where ice skating, tubing, and] Agricultural employment has|schools and large primary|said names of the dead and|House Thursday for far-ranging want Johnson to know that/sledding areas might be devel-| decreased substantially, both metals expansions. \injured would not be released| policy talks. |Moscow will not lift a finger to/ oped in the future. | WASHINGTON (UPI)—Six, ; On Sunday, Secretary of State since December, and since a The forecast for 1968 is for|until next of kin were notified,| Topmost in the discussions "TNs North Vietnam to a peace) Otto B. Collings and Gerald|key crewmen aboard the USS|Dean Rusk and Defense Secreyear ago. at least an equal year to 1967,|He said officials were having| will be Wilson's detailed report|‘@%le. They said Moscow! Sermersheim wereappointed a| Pueblo have signed “confes- tary Robert S. McNamaraleft ‘The total labor force has de-'if not greater. difficulty contacting relatives. to the President on his recent|Pelieves Washington and Han|cuniene to head the survey. sions” which, when read togeth-|open the possibility that the By 6 Pueblo Crewmen Snowy Death Claims 12 on Outing : ’ eee should take the first steps. | Pete Johnson of the Amer-|ship violated North Korean|North Korean waters during the The sources said that once| ican Legion met with the coun-|territorial waters five times|period in which it maintained Washington and Hanoi have| ci to discuss construction of| between Jan. i8 and 23, U.S.|radio silence. agreed toto talks, Moscow is|rest roomsat Kelley's Grove by officials disclosed today. “assist” willing Butthe State Department has in ajhis organization. Councilmen) ‘he officials said they could| maintained adamantly that on MEXICO CITY (UPI)—Death The 17 survivors, some with)the mountainside before the|the blizzard and climbers were peo The ae Union| gave hima ibe Ges for this|not be sure under what Jan. 23 the daythe vessel was camein a soft cold cloud on the|hands and feet frozen, were!snow began but 29 were|turned back by avalanches, Roe and Britain are cochairmen of) project, and details of water|circumstances the crewmen, seized by Communist patrol sleeping lady. First laughter,!crazed with terror. |trapped, The youngest was 13then snow, then tears. Finally) Four Jesuit priests and 6%|Year-old Javier Olarivia. ueYetbeac bee Tata ae alta ie Baked ot |among whom were the Pueblo’s boats, Pueblo was Klee of | Blinded by snow, theirand hands i giCnced the Indochina war and| between the city and American| skipper, navigator and opeta-| North Korean coastal waters. cries e for mother and death for) young students from the Caeod Eienine tis cca aeegta see Vietnam into North and| Legion. “sleeping /2i27@a Science friends at outcroppings| ping lady"’ lady’ is the Populpopular ar|for sunny Institute picnic o set n_ out! the ot fck clutched Gad wept in the i) lay namefor Mount Iztacchhuatl, 4) mountain Sunday morning, Boy- | survivors See dae |tions officer, “confessed.” But) This conflicts with the ap suspected the| parent North : signed under Koreanbe version, as teak. condition Sandia, with) wih oe ; the Kremlin| theBruce curator in-| of they strongly in serious The sources said Art Braithwaite, Gallery, discussed Americans had huddled frozen hands and feet, made it clear it backs Hanoi’s/sallation of signs directing! duress and that their revela-/ptt out by the “confessions,” voleanic peak towering 17,342lish laughter rolled over the/topether in twos an threes. Little Javier was one who peace terms, including the|tourists to the gallery and {o|tions represented North Korea’s| Which indicate that the ship had feet into the skies southeast of|Slopes and somebody suggested) “you could hear some of the|made it and he told how he\demand for America to with-|other places of interest in the| charges against the vessel. sailed to 7.6 miles from Yodo Mexico City. It is the central|they scale the rocky flanks Of guys erying for their mothers |" to the rockand (tied for draw its forces from Vietnam. Springville area. Councilmen| They said they expected more, Island when it was seized. figure in some pretty legends] the lady. \just before they died,” one aid| nee Leen and God Party Dissents suggested that this might be “confessions” to be broadcast| Pueblo’s navigator, Lt. (j.g.) and some tragic real life! “Ona nice day you candoit Twelve Succumb jane everybody eize. Wilson has a problem of his carried out as a civic project|before any successful conclu-| Edward R. Murphy, said in his stories. The one that unfolded) in your shirtsleeves,” said a) Through the night the snow | Helicopters found the 12/own concerning Vietnam. More| spearheaded bythe civic clubs sions are reached at the U.S.-|“‘confession” that on other Tuesday was the most tragic in| veteran climber. whirled and one by one 12 littieMall, stiffened bodies and than 90 members of Parliament|and Chamber of Commerce. |North Korean meetings at| occasions the ship sailed up to a memory. Soon the nice day became|boys shivered and sank into|°@Tied them to a base camP| who belong to his Labor party) A. 1. Tippetts of the Spring-|Panmunjom. Thus it was|point 11.2 miles from Orangdan, A blinding snowstorm caught|cloudy and the clouds loosed|sleepy death. where sobbingrelatives waited.| reminded him Tuesday that the] ville Senior Citizens asked the|thought here that any definite|10.75 miles irom Sonjin, 1i.3 29 young boysin the midst of an|their snow. Big flakes pelted) Others reached a mountain) By then, the sun had melted|party’s official policy—but not|council to consider installation| results from these meetings, the| miles from Songjin on a second outing on the peak Sunday and/hard and in minutes it was a|shelter where there was ajthe snow away and it was a |the government’s—is for Britain] of a sink in the Memorial Hall|fourth of which may come|occasion, and 82 miles from by the time rescuers reached| blizzard with visibility gone. {radio. They sent an SOS but|beautiful day, a fine day for a Ito disassociate itself from the|for use by the organization in| today, probably would be a|Ansong Gap in the Nayangdo them Tuesday 12 were dead,’ Half the group made it down' helicopters could not penetrate hike, (See SPRINGVILLE Page 4) | week or more away. area, \United States on Vir nam, |
