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Show 6A DESERET NEWS, Thursday, September 7, 1967 'Wallace A '68 Issue? IBraimmshmg Washington (upd The director of (Richard M. Nixon's drive presidential said ThursdayvMichigan Gov. George Romney displayed "weaknesses" on the Vietnam and domestic issues which might embarrass him in 1968. Henry Bellmon, former Republican Governor of Oklahoma and chairman of the Nixon for President Commit- tee rejected Romneys charge group of governors was d when they visited Vietnam in 1965. Bellmon was one of the group. Bellmon tempered his statement by telling a news conferhave to ence he would agree with Romney that the has Johnson Administration given the American people on some misinformation the Vietnam war, Bellmons statement pointed op the possibility that Romney's charge, with or without support from his 1965 travel- that a brain-washe- ing companions, would Vietnam, Chairman John M. Bailey of the Democratic National Committee said the Michigan governors charge has turned into just so much aoao suds. The controversy began earlier this week when Romney said in an Interview that he had been "brainwashed dur- - 17-Ci- ty op's Nemesis' The miner, whose only When rescue workers broke nourishment had been bark he timbers and through into the shaft they stripped from water from an underground Mr. Kim Chang-sushouted, where are you? stream, was able to stand on v.r!nuf.a by eating bark from support! Kim scrambled out of the his own a short time later, posed the greatest threat to,irnbers darkness nd crawled about 1Q He told newsmen that from GOP election prospects lined the feet on his hands and knees the time the shaft collapsed on crowds Cheering 1968 presidential year. sj 36, until he was through the escape Aug. 22, leaving him alone, "I streets as Kim Chang-sun- , "Our common problem took everything calm. was' driven from Seoul airport passage, George Wallace, Peter 0Don- - toTheNafionaTMedcal Center, Then he was hoisted to the "I even thought I could get nell, Texps State Republican, newspaper in Seoul surface in a sling. A cheer went out myself and began digging Every chairman, told newsmen. Only hailed the hardy miner with up from thousands of persons In the last days Kim said he nc"vle.,the day for bold headlines' Over lengthy waiting at the mouth of the continued to hope but "I came LBJ ta to feel that I was hoping for the accounts of his ordeaL The shaft when Kim appeared The Texan attended a meet- -' country's largest paper,. Doctors examined him at the impossible and I prepared for ing of state chairmen or their Seoul Shinmu, said Kim's wilj mine and announced there was my last moment." representatives from 12 South-- ! to live pulled him through, 'nothing wrong" with Kim that Thinking of his wife and five , em states in advance of a GOP, Kim, who lost his left eye a few weeks of good food would 'children, Kim said "I counted 'National Committee the money I had with me and as a South not cure. meeting while fighting Korean Marine during Friday. the; - Within hours after his rescue thought lshould clearly mark -A LOST VOTE Korean war, was rescued Kim appeared to be regaining where the money was before I how the Southern Wednesday night from a rockj his strength. He was able to sit died." Asked in a bed and sign auto-365 feet down a rubble-.u- p From the 11th day on 4t was Republicans planned to counter prison Kubon8 coal 'graphs, just waiting . . . waiting . . , the Wallace threat, ODonnell strewn shaff of commented: We have to get out the word that a Republican who votes for UIC5 Wallace will Just be throwing' L'C'JUUUC, J ( A no(Znno rPnac be- - come majorissnefcr the presidential campaign next year. In his second statement this week attacking Romney's claim that he was misled in Miner Hailed As Hero In Seoul 'Strong-Wille- d' his .vote away. Wallace cant win. But be can help win for LBJ." South Carolina Chairman Hartoo the pacification effort S. Dent agreed with ry The administration, always O'Donnell. He said that in his to sensitive "credibility gap" state Wallace definitely would charges, was quick to reply to tend to split the J the governor's blast. The De- - vote which he said now prevails fense Department, in a state- - ,ln the South. GOOSE COOKED said that Romney ment, distorted the Lyndon Johnson's goose Is "grossly record." It said draft calls for codeed good in South Carolina, the 10 months of 1966 totaled Dent said. "Hes in the oven 314,980, or 136,480 fewer than roasting and only chef Wallace in the first 10 months of 1967. can pull him out" Georgia Chairman Paul Jones Jr., whose state broke ranks and voted Republican for the first time in history in 1964, said he believed the GOP trend is even stronger today. Talk Problems Gov. Romney of Michigan sticks by his 'brainwashing' charge. ing a 1965 tour of Vietnam with eight other governors. Asked about the statement at a news conference Wednesday, the governor said, "If you want to get into a discussion of whos been brainwashing whom I suggest you take a look a what the administration has been telling the American people. The information has not been He quoted Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara as saying at a news conference In Johnson City, Tex , last December that draft calls might be cut with an accompanying slowdown in the U.S. military buildup for Vietnam. "Since then, we have Americanized the military effort. My fear is that we may Americanize the other war, ariti-LB- Romney Triggers Demo Ire Trip For Romney LANSING, MICH. (UPI) Gov.' wanted and to talk with thecas been involved in Vietnam statement people he wanted to meet. He for over a decade before he George Romneys was he on a said he sjjoke freely and openly brainwashed" hat MICH. LANSING, h (UPI) -t(Romncy) visited there .. an entourage of national ,vislt t0 Vietnam continued to with a great deal of people., news reporters, Gov. George1 brln Averse comment from Some of the most stinging An the notwithstanding Romney of Michigan, consid-- Democrats around the nation criticism came from state Democratic chairman Zolton fact that our country was ered a contender for the Repub- - and at least one Republican. lican presidential nomination,! Colorado Gov. John A. Love, Ferency, Romney's opponent in deeply involved for a period of will embark on a tour of 17 chairman of the Republican last year's gubernatorial cam- - time, he now claims that within told paign. Iowa Gov. Harod Hueh'-- s four days the militarists and American cities next week for Governors Association, the stated purpose of examining newsmen in Denver Wednesday and Vermont Gov. Philip A. diplomats over there were able both Democrats, also to brainwash he "certainly didnt feel that he Hoff, tot causes. him, Ferency - said. I cant see how any Romneys office announced he was brainwashed during a two- - criticized the statement the nerson who can be brainwashed will start the tour Monday in week tour of Vietnam in May.) "I cant understand Detroit scene o t the nations Love said he had been governors comment in view of so easy Can ever hope to be worst riot in modern history, tallowed to go wherever he the fact that the United States, president of the United States CANTON MAYOR , AIDES Maoists Arrest 7 WARSAW (UPI) -French President Charles de Gaulle conferred Thursday with Polish leaders on world problems including Vietnam and his reported efforts to enlist Communist help in ending the conflict there. De Gaulle told an official reception Wednesday night Poland and France might be able to work together to bring the war to an end the first time he is known to have proposed working directly with a Communist nation on the subject. X KONG HONG hal and Whampoa standstill. (UPI) The Canton and seven ler top city and provincial. officials were invited to Peking and then arrested there for mayor of to a near The Kung Sheung and Tin Tin newspapers quoted travelers as returning from Canton factions saying that Mayor Tseng Sheng supporting a"d other ranking Commu- during the bloody fighting in officials were invited inist anti-Maoi- -- Pekin' t0 discusJ .lpMce., said the city. Once they reached the Thursday. capital they were charged with factions, who cWJaiding Other reports said J had vowed t0 aunch waves from the China power "bloodbath In Canton. The the Canton officials were placed have brought struggle - under arrest. cities of Shangport important Canton, papers news-t- in Hong 0 Kong anti-Maoi- , ack to School? Fer-Wit- 1 o in style. Back to School? Take Your Time. STUDENT -- CONVENIENT DOWNTOWN TERMS 129 So. Main JEWE L.ER8 COTTONWOOD 4841 Highland Dr. 7 .OPEN AN ACCOUNT Bountiful OWN J MOVO DOWNTOWN CONVENIENT TERMS ACCOUNTS INVITED - -- 129 So. 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