Show For Classified Phone 521-353- I t 3 Other Tribune departments: News 1 information scores 363-151- 355-75147 355-751- 1: other departments 7 363-152- 196 No 172 Vol 1 f ciA tx f b tue 1 (1 Salt Lake City ttah—Thursday Morning—April 4 1968 Still's Springtoard Salt Lake City and Utah -- Fair to partly cloudy with little chance of rain A bit warmer Map Page C-2 Price Ten Cents MIMMII Hanoi lifers to illie in Talks Ii) I II) J Flies to Strate 4!)7 Hui& Real Drag 1 5d'IGAN ENGLAN'D (UPI) — Olive Rigby decided she was not going to let her husband get away easily so she just hung on to his car as he tried to drive away pith another woman ' Her husband John tried everything to shake her off He used the brakes and then accelerated But still she clung on to the front of his car Finally John admitted defeat He ran out of gas after five miles and decided to stay with his wife he told a court He was fined $60 for carrying a passenger in I I a dangerous manner Lewis Gulick -- 7:i1177 ":::::7:::::::::a ::0: ( ( '' I ?::' le WASHINGTON — President Johnson is flying to Honolulu Thursday to confer with US officials or the war in Vietnam including a North Vietnamese offer to establish contact "so that talks may :::::) i:4 III :::::::'4:1!:::: 'i 1 iri t Associated Press Writer start" :':E:::: In announcing this plan Wednesday Mr Joinson said "we will establish contact with the representatives of North i'::::::'::-:::- ::i': (!:':i:0 4 :1:: :1 ::::: Vietnam" 4'::'!:::i:t:: ':::c::'''s'!ii:- :::::t ::::1Aj1 e!"i-!::-:- - :4J!'::':::::i1Z::i:::' :::::::::::::: 11'''''''' a::'::::::i:-'::::'::-- :o :4::i:i::::f 11Ai:-- : :': '::::::::: :' :::?:ii:-'!:i:lc:::- :'i:!i--:i:1- :k ' ' :::::- :- 4 't: ":! ?i - — 41) 1:'''''-:'''''- ::'! (05ti!A'::::::Ai:::::::: r A:!r 0 ': ::: :::::::::::4::::: :::-::3-R- ::h:::AIi:-1':':-?':::- te iiio k :::!v: 0:!:::-t- ::: :: :::::::":::::::4 ( :8k (:4yz-::!i$::- :::::::::4 :4 :4: ::::::?::-:4i:- :: f :1- :&::: k- A: ' t ::1:'::-:- 4:::-74:- ': 9 5::( 0 ) rs:1 zt 1 4 :'!':0ii:':': s:' '' t 4' 11 ' A ' Youthful supporter raises arms to form a fratnn for Eugene J Me Preis Wirophoto Carthy as senator talks of sweep lug Wisennsin Democratic victory Th04!yoio-il4tiiiN- Ro0i:T Humphrey Hear: on May 7 and knock Kennedy out of the By United Press International — Hubert H noilcandidates Rockefeller — Nelson A and Humphrey 'advice The Wednesday got powerful Two advice was: "Run!" In an unprecedented act President George Meany threw the support of the AFTCIO to Humphrey without waiting for his endorsement to be 'ratified by leaders of the labor federation He called upon Humphrey to "declare himself now as a candidate for the vesidency" a Sen Thruston B Morton former Republican national chairman urged New York Gov Rockefeller to change his mind and give Richard M Nixon some competition for the GOP homination Morton predicted that Rockefeller would take his advice and become a candidate by the end of next week In Albany NY Rockefeller said he appreciated Morton's confidence but "there is no change in my position with regard to the presidential situation" (11-K- race Nixon: The former vice president was praised by his former boss Dwight D Eisenhower In Indio 'Calif Eisenhower said Nixon was "a very good man much better than a lot think" Market Trading Soars to Record New York Times Service NEW YORK — Volume on the New York Stock Exchange soared to a record 19290000 shares Wednesday as investors bid up prices amid renewed prospects for peace in Vietnam From the opening bell the market was spurred by news reports That the Hanoi government was ready to enter Unhappy Pmspect "The President's announcement on Sunday and the emergence of Robert Kennedy as the favorite on the Democratic side had a lot to do with this" 'Morton said "I think the business community for example and many other segment of our society are unhappy at the prospect of Robert Kennedy as presi" dent of the United States There were these other political developments: Kennedy: The New York senator evading reporters slipped into the White Howie for the "national unity" meeting with President Johnson he had requested A spokesman said he would have no Immediate comment on what they talked about and Mr Johnson was equally Market Details Page Brn3 peace talks if the United States halted all bombing in North Vietnam s indtzstrirl average The ahead by more than 13 points in trading finished with a gain of 515 points at 86911 The tape which lagged as much as 47 minutes behind floor transactions at did rot catch up until less than n hour before the close (Copyright) Dow-Jone- late-morni- stock-mark- mid-sessi- By Sterling Ike Praises Nixon McCarthy: with 57 percent of the vote primary Sen Eugene J McCarthy campaigned in Indiana where both he 6nd Kennedy are on the ballot He said "after the Indiana primary there will only be one presidential candidate for the Democratic nomination" The implication wal that he would win in the Wisconsin 41t08441trrtiftl‘000014t - F Green Press Writer (D-Okl- 011 :ii ':': :” '!': ' ': ::: ' :'':: ::' " '::':- ::::::: v':':'::0'::': ::''! s::04::::: '' ::':' ' 'i :L:?:! i ::' I 4 ::::If:!:::i t:kr :::!:§:: I ::: - ::'::':: ‘Ir ' '—': :' tf::::k sz : --- f! 4: j 's 1 4 ::: ' - :f:s ! : s'1:::4' :: ::4-- ' i — if - 1 i::::::::' 4: !k:::z: : s("s': ' :4 ' I ::: 'k"'7:—" I:'"i'z !4: ' — ':l 1 ILINT WASHINGTON — The President's office was full of kids and toys when the news from Hanoi came Peter Hardin Jackson 2 had a plastic locomotive His sister Anna Marie 5 had a cup and a plastic typewriter The Presi9 Patrick Nugent dent's grand3on months had a stuffed dog The toys were gifts from President Johnson It was Peter's birthday and his Jackson Sen Henry M parents and Mrs Jackson were paying a soeial call Gets the Word In the cabinet room two doors away Sen :lobed F Kennedy of New York oaited to talk with Mr Johnson about the Democratic presidential nomination t - At 9:55 am press secretary George Christian stepped quickly aid carefully past the playthings and handed his boss a news item from Singapore It was North Vietnam's reply to Mr Johnson's Sunday night proffer of a peace conference The President studial the piece of paper briefly and then told Christian to get in touch with Secretary of Defense Clark M Clifford and Undersecretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach to give them the word Mr Johnson resumed his chat Nv it h the Jackson He told them the big news Two arms of the government already had picked up the message but hadn't yet got it to the commander in chief Tune In hanoi The Central Intelligence Agency's 1 ': ' '' ' "')1 Is I scribed the US bombing curtailment as an apparent "first step in the direction of peace" It was an unusually positive approach Ik view of De Gaulle's close ties with Hanoi and constituted his first gesture in months favorable to the United States :'''::'::: iiii4?:?: re- ported advance consultation with North Vietnam on its intention to move toward Vietnam peace talks Wednesday de- t 't 4 (0:v77777 ':' - In - liti'le'i:':i::447i tt 1 E4' 4:::::'::::'::::::::' Z::''! 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'''9'' 7':"" : i " :': :ri::::: :::isl' In a statement released before North Vietnam's offer to meet US negotiators for talks on total bombing suspension prior to peace negotiations De Gaulle called the partial bombing halt "an act of reason and political courage" He noted however that there was neither a "general nor unconditional" halt to air attack over North Vietnam Learn Probable Reply Infermants said De Gaulle learned of North Vietnam's probable reply to President Johnson's peace initiative Tuesday after his director of Asian affairs Etienne Manac'h met with Mal Van Bo chief of Hanol's delegation in Paris At the United Nations in New York a U spokesman for Secretary-GenerThant said Thant welcomed North Vietnam's readiness to meet with the United States and offered the UN headquarters In Geneva — the Palace of Nations — for al —AP Wirephoto Secretary U Thant Welcomes Hanoi Readiness House Approves Code of Ethics negotiations An East European Communist diplomat said Hanol's reaction means North Vietnam is "responding to the offer of LBJ and isinterested in talks" Another Communist diplomat commented that he was "surprised but very pleasantly prised" by North Vietnam's attitude sur- :' (I ' "1' 1 ' : t-- 'L' : -) ' s': N ''"-- I' ll)14ti' i '1 ' :s : 'I'se 4 otw r ' 7"- viii ( 77- - )ore tNelt': A:i-- : up::::ii 41 AP Wirephoto Pres Charles De Gaulle Anti-U- S Attitude Allies Close Gaii In Drive to Welcome Hanoi Decision New York Times Service wAsamaroN — The House adopted Its first code of ethics Wednesday amid charges that a gambling ring is quietly flourishing on Capitol Hill The code approved CC to 1 would require all members and chief employes of the House to publicly disclose their principal sources of income But even as framers of the code sought to assure members that critics of the House might now be silenced Rep John Kyl disclosed publicly for the first time that a gambling ring is operating "in every building on Capitol (R-Iow- The British Foreign Office in London In a statement made public after a meeting between Foreign Minister Michael Stewart and South Vietnamese ambassador Le Ngoc Chan said: "We welcome this decision by Hanoi which encourages our hopes of progress toward a just and lasting settlement" Prime Minister Harold Wilson referring to Hanol's announcement said: ''We believe that it may advance the prospect See Page 4 Column 2 On the Inside Hill" Rep Kyl said that he was "personally sailsified" that no member of Congress nor any Senate or House official is Involved in the gambling rig The new House code of ethics makes no mention of gambling However one provision does require that members of ficers and employes of the House should conduct themselves at all times "in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House" (Copyright) Page Page Business Classified Comics Editorials Foreign Sot Ity Sports It-I-- 3 D-1- -3 F4 Star Gazer Television 8 A-- 1 16-1- 7 National A-- Obituarks C--3 8 Theaters Valentine 6--7 E-1- 6 8 F4 F-- 7 monitoring service picked dp the Hanoi broadcast in Vietnamese at 9:33 am By 9:47 the text of the English trans lation began to roll into key offices in the White House State Department Defelise Department and the National Security Council over the closed-circugovernment teletype service At one point the transmission was broken off for a bulletin announcing: "DRV (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) proposal — for your information" it Ready to Ta111 Then followed a quotatioa plucked from the body of the long Dra statement but giving its most significant message — lianors declaration of readiness to pen initial contacts with Amen can redresentatives At the Voice of America another mord Free Khe Sanh By Edwin Q White Associated Press Writer SAIGON — US and South Vietnamese troops have reached within three miles of the Khe Sanh in a push to shatter the enemy siege of the fortress and open an overland supply route to the 6000 surrounded US Marines military spokesmen said Thursday So far the allied column has run into only one significant contact since jumping off Monday from Ca Lu an outpost base 12 miles east of Khe Sanh the spokesmen said Objective of the drive involving 20009 allied troops is to sweep the area leading to Khe Sanh and open National Highd overland supply way 9 the long-close- 8 1 Washington Section G 16 tabloid AND MORE pages of Grand Central Bargains plus a Scot Super Stores tabloid pecial section Peace Ripple Meets Festive Tide in LB01- Office Walt Humphrey Word Citizen-Journa- Mr Johnson met urgently with his top advisers after US monitors picked up the North Vietnamese broadcast Wednesday morning Late in the afternoon the President went before radio and television ana announced his plans to fly to the Pacific He said: "Today the government of North Vietnam made a statement which included the following paragraph: " 'However for its part the government of the Democratic Republic of Viet ii ::: :::::-'- By Stephens Broeinig Associated Press Writer 1 '::: ::::::::: ::: ast But the Himol broadcast nonetheless declared North Vietnam's :"readiness to appoint its representative to contact the US representative with a view to determirdng with the American side the unconditional cessation of the United States bombing raids and all other acts of war against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam so that talks may start" The North Vietnamese statement dropped none of the Communist demands for a US pullout which have been unacceptable to Washington in the past Nonetheless administration officials apparently decide it would be a step forward to at least get into discussions with the Reds even if the fighting goes on The Pentagon said Defense Secretary Clark M Gifford and Gen Earle G Wheeler chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will accompany the President to Hawaii Met with Top Advisers ' 'N::"::"':":: :: - silent Humphrey: There was some specula lion that the vice president would use his scheduled address before a Pennsylvania AFL-CIconvertion in Pittsburgh Thursday as the time and place to announce his presidential candidacy The Columsaid Sen Fred l bus (Ohio) and Tcxas Gov John Harris Connally were Humphrey's preferences as run::Ing mate -- -: A:- akn:WTn117:'':': ' ':''-'1- !::?:::1 :::::: :::(iz!'' :e'1 " t11 ' 0'!: US Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and the envoys of five other allied nations with troops in Vietnam met Thursday morning with President Nguyen Van Thiel' to discuss North Vietnam's offer The session began amid hints of South Vietnamese dissatisfaction at the turn of events Some members of Parliament were opposed to President Johnson's curtailment of air raids over North Vietnam A spokesman for Thieu said ambassadors from the United States South the Philippines ThaiKorea Aust-al- ia land and New Zealand met with him-i- n the presidential palace The dramatic new turn of events In the Southeast Asia war began with a surfrom Hanoi Indicating a prise bro-dcshift away from North Vietnam's previously tough stand against negotiations while undergoing bombardment by US planes In a radioed statement responding to Mr Johnson's latest offer for talks last Sunday night the North Vietnamese denotmced the United States for not having fully and unconditionally ended the bombing even though President Johnson had scaled back the air attacks liana Declared Readiness opinion" The President did not specify how contact would be set up with North Vietnamese representatives but on Sunday he had named senior diplomats W Averell Harriman and Llewellyn E Thompson for such a mission In informal remarks earlier Mr John-Se- e Page 4 Column 3 De Gaulle Backs Deescalation Meet With Allies :::: - :5i1 ::::::-: ) Omitted Opening Paragraph "So that you may have as much notice as I am able to give you on another matter I will be leaving tomorrow evening late fcr Honolulu I will meet with certain of our representatives — American representatives — from South Vietnam for a series of meetings over the weekend in Hawaii" Mr Johnson omitted an opening paragraph of the Hanoi broadcast which said: "It is clear that the US government has not correctly and fully responded to the just demand of the DRV North Vietnamese government of US and of world progressive opinion 'Step Toward Viet Peace' face-to-fac- '''A:::7:::':: cuss the means of bringing this war to an end' we will establish con"Accordingly tact with the representatives of North Vietnam Consultations with the government of SYlth Vietnam and our other allies are now taking place 'United States Ready' " "Now as in the past the United States is ready to send its representatives to any forum at any time to dis The Hanoi offer signified a potential breakthrough in the long impasse over getting talks going between the opposing sides in the Vietnam war Mr Johnson announced that "consultations with the goverrunent of South Vietnam and our other allies are now taking place" The weekend conference in Hawaii seems certain to delve into the new situation stemming from the prospect of e meetings between US and Communist North Vietnamese representatives A headquarters source reported Gen William C Westmoreland is expected to fly to Honolulu on Thursday or Friday to meet with President Johnson an other American officials ":::::::ilq::: :1:: :!)'144 - nam declares its readiness to appoint its representative to contact the United States representative with a view to determining with the American side the unconditional cessation of the United States bombing raids and all other acts of war against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam so that talks may start' "Last Sunday I expressed the position of the United States with respect to peace in Vietnam and Southeast Asia In that statement I said: tor at 9:43 am alerted the White House and key agencies that Hanoi Radio had said North Vietnam was prepared to send representatives Finally White Rouse reporters were admitted to Christian's °face One newsman asked whether Johnson had seen the broadcast from Tianol before he saw Kennedy Christian said he had But the press secretary said there would be no comment "until we have time to read and consider the text" That was about all By then the kiddies had picked up their toys and gone hurtle Kennedy had gene too And three secret meetings were shnultaneousiv in progress — at the White House the State Department and the officials met l'entagon — as to consider the implications of lianoi's answer and to foimulate an American response artery Supplied Only by Air For more than three months the Marbles and a battalion of South Vietnamese rangers ir Khe Sanh have been supplied by helicopters and cargo planes The first major brush of the operation was reported Wednesday when units of the helicopter-born- e US 1st Airmobile Cavalry Division spotted a North Vietnamese unit estimated at 200 men two miles from Khe Sant' US helicopter gunships took the North Vietnamese under fire and killed 20 of them the US Command reported The command said less than 160 rounds of enemy artillery and mortar hit the Khe Sanh area Wedaesday Headquarters said American casualties Pt Klie Sanh and to the relief operation were light Air Raids on North In air raids against North under Vietnam Johnson's curtailed Navy bombers Wednesday Page 1 Column S President operations e Toda v's Chuckle high-rankin- g Sleep Is what you think you need when the alarm goes off on weekdays and Ithat you don't need on a holiday V |