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Kissinger, Tho
hold second meet
GIF-SUR-YVETTE, France
(UPI) —White House aide
Henry A. Kissinger and North
Vietnamese negotiators Le Due
Tho and Xuan Thuy met today
in this village outside Paris for
their second round of talks
aimed at ending the Vietnam
War. The Hanoi negotiators
drove up in two black Citroen
cars with a French plainclothed
police escort at 2.40 p.m. and
Kissinger arrived 15 minutes
later, leading a convoy of some
30 newsmen who followed him
15 miles from Paris.
The two sides entered a white
stucco red-roofed villa belong
ing to the French Communist
party to begin their negotia
tions.
Kissinger has said one more
round of negotiations would be
enough to wrap up the cease
fire agreement, but there were
mounting indications from Sai
gon of President Nguyen Van
Thieu’s dissatisfaction with the
course of events.
There were hints that he
might dispatch an envoy to
Paris to look in on the
negotiations and there were
hints that he might be sending
a personal letter to President
Nixon once more outlining his
opposition to certain terms of
the agreement.
Kissinger arrived in a black
Cadillac embassy car and
waved to some 50 newsmen
gathered by the wall around the
house, formerly owned by
French artist Fernand Leger.
The newsmen shouted ques-
Singapore
store bums
SINGAPORE (UPI) -A 114-
year-old department store in
central Singapore burned
today, trapping scores of
shoppers and and employes on
upper floors and in elevators.
One executive of Robinson’s
Department Store said 12
persons were missing and
presumed dead.
He said the victims included a
pregnant woman, four sales
clerks, two elevator operators
and six customers.
Newsmen said the building
was destroyed, the interior
gutted and the outer walls
crumbling and falling in the
street in showers of cinders and
flame.
Firemen cleared the neigh
borhood of some 10,000 onlook
ers and flooded the rooftops of
adjoining buildings in the
crowded shopping district as
flames and sparks shot more
than 100 feet into the air.
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LONDON—H.M. Queen Elizabeth n reaches out to touch the hilt of the ceremonial sword of the
City of London here, en route with Prince Philip to the city of Temple Bar, as sword is held for her
by Lord Mais (in white cape), the Lord Mayor of London. Seated with them are Prince Charles
and Princess Anne. Royal couple are celebrating 25th wedding anniversary. (UPI)
Many stores open all day tomorrow
tions but Kissinger only smiled
as he drove through nine-feet
high green metal gates.
Wearing a gray suit and
carring a white raincoat, he got
out of his auto to shake hands
with Vietnamese officials, then
turned, smiling brightly, and
pointed to the milling journa
lists.
Kissinger had a uniformed
police motor cycle escort of
four men, along with the
newsmen who tailed him from
the Paris embassy in a cortege
which broke through red traffic
lights on the way here.
In Saigon, Foreign Ministry
press spokesman Pham Dang
Sum said Kissinger is telling
the North Vietnamese peace
negotiators that South Vietnam
still opposes portions of the
Hanoi-Washington draft treaty,
the official Vietnam press
reported.
The Vietnam Press said Sum
“reiterated the Republic of
Vietnam stand that: all North
Vietnamese troops must be
withdrawn to the North; the
cease-fire must be realized for
the whole of Indochina; the
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
must be respected and the
roles, activities and composition
of the so-called Council of
Reconciliation and Concord
must be clearly defined.
“The Republic of Vietnam
will not carry out any
agreements which did not bear
the signature of the Republic of
Vietnam,” the official paper
said, Sum reported.
Kissinger and the North
Vietnamese met for 4% hours
Monday, and the Communists
said the Hanoi negotiators had
briefed Madame Nguyen Thi
Binh, the Viet Cong foreign
minister on progress of the
talks.
It was thought earlier the two
sides would meet again this
morning but instead they
decided to hold the second
meeting in the afternoon.
Veteran observers at the
peace talks said the pause until
after lunch would give the.
Americans time to consult with!
Washington and the South
Vietnamese while the North
Vietnamese could confer with
the Viet Cong as well as Hanoi.
Kissinger had promised ear
lier to maintain communication
with the South Vietnamese, who
object to the cease-fire accord
in its present form.
Final Series
The White House character
ized the resumed meetings as
the final series but conceded
that Washington and Hanoi
might need to meet again.
The first session of the
resumed secret talks took place
in Gif-Sur-Yvette, 15 miles
south of Paris, in a two-story
stucco and stone villa owned by
the French Communist party.
Both delegations refused to
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disclose the site of the meeting,
but a French automobile
carrying Tho skidded to a stop
outside the villa at mid-morning
and, after two blasts on the
horn, it lurched through the
iron gate as it swung open
while uniformed police stood
guard.
Kissinger, in a white Mer
cedes car, arrived an hour
later. The White House adviser
stared at his shoes as he strode
into the villa, briefcase in hand.
He was hatless and wore a
raincoat against the chilly
drizzle.
The Communist party villa
stands near an old windmill
owned by representatives of
wealthy British aristocracy.
The late Duke of Windsor and
his American-born duchess.
Otherwise Gif-Sur-Yvette, with
Cost of living
shows increase
WASHINGTON (UPI) -High
er prices for clothing, used cars
and health insurance pushed
the cost of living up 0.3 per
cent in October, the govern
ment reported today.
At the same time, the
purchasing power of the aver
age wage earner took its first
dip in five months.
However, the Labor Depart
ment’s Bureau of Labor Statis
tics said prices declined last
month for beef, some fresh
fruits and vegetables and
gasoline.
The Consumer Price Index
for October stood at 3.4 per
cent over October, 1971.
The 0.3 per cent increase in
the CPI last month was less
than a 0.4 per cent advance in
September and about average
over the past year.
Over-all food prices went up
Evidence nearly
broke up court
SANTACRUZ, Calif. (UPI) -
The judge and clerk did their
best to maintain courtroom
decorum, but it was a little hard
with a bag of evidence crawling
all over them.
After a paper bag of birdseed
was introduced at a theft trial, a
small army of weevils marched
out and headed directly for the
bench.
“I felt something crawling
over my arm and I looked down
at the table and there were all
these bugs,” said clerk Mrs. Pat
Fink. “I began brushing them
off on to the floor and stomping
on them as discreetly as I could.
“I looked up and saw Judge
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, November 21, 1972
a population of 5,000 has no
place in French history.
Cameraman Stopped
Police made no attempt to
prevent newsmen from gather
ing outside the green-shuttered
villa. However, cameraman
Patrick Forest of CBS tried to
follow Tho’s car and was
stopped by a motorcycle
policeman with a pistol.
“I have orders to shoot if you
continue to follow,” said the
policeman.
In Washington, State Depart
ment officials said Secretary of
State William P. Rogers met
with Canadian Foreign Minister
Mitchell Sharp to discuss the
international supervision of a
cease-fire. Canada, Hungary,
Indonesia and Poland have
agreed to police a truce.
only 0.l per cent, smallest
increase in that category since
May when a 0.1 per cent
decline was recorded.
Declines in beef and some
other food prices last month
were offset by sharp increases
for pork, coffee, dairy products,
eggs and sugar.
The rate for restaurant meals
rose 0.2 per cent, smallest
increase in eight months.
But the cost of services went
up 0.4 per cent, the biggest
advance since last January.
The report said more than
one-third of the increased cost
of living in October was due to
a 1.l per cent jump in the price
of clothing, including a 1.6 per
cent hike for women’s and
girls’ apparel.
Used car prices went up 1.4
per cent while new car prices
increased 0.5 per cent, less than
normal for October.
(Charles) Franich doing the
same thing. He told me later he
was sure they were crawling all
over him under his robe.”
Following a brief recess, the
package was patched with tape
and sealed in a heavy plastic
bag. But the weevils ate their
way out again in the clerk’s
evidence locker so the judge
ordered Mrs. Fink to find a
sealed metal can for the
birdseed.
The defendant was convicted
but the birdseed is still at the
Santa Cruz County Courthouse
today awaiting the outcome of
possible appeals.
Truman felt MacArthur ‘sort of panicked’
NEW YORK (UPI) -Pres
ident Harry S Truman fired
Gen. Douglas MacArthur as
U.S. commander in Korea in
1951 because he felt MacArthur
“sort of panicked,” Truman’s
daughter said today.
Margaret Truman Daniel said
her father concluded that
“things were too shaky” for
allied forces at the time he
decided to recall MacArthur.
This tod? place April 11, 1951,
and set off a storm of protest
among backers of the World
War II hero.
Mrs. Daniel said her father
foresaw that his decision would
be unpopular, and chose to say
little or nothing more about his
action in the days and weeks
that followed, not interfering in
a big welcome home for
Israel
downs
2 jets
By United Press International
Israel said today it shot down
two Syrian MIG2I interceptors
in the midst of a an hour long
battle between Israel and Syria
along the Golan Heights fron
tier.
The report came after the
Israeli military command said
its jets attacked three guerrilla
camps and one army post
inside Syria in reprisal for
guerrilla attacks along the
occupied heights. The attack
prompted heavy artillery bom
bardment from the Syrians.
A Syrian army spokesman
said two Israeli jets were shot
down during action over the
Heights but the report was not
confirmed by Israeli sources.
The Israeli military com
mand said its planes shot down
the Syrian MIGs in a dogfight
that swirled over southern
Syria. Following the dogfight,
the command said the planes
attacked two Syrian army
camps in the same sector.
The strike against the camps
was in response to a Syrian
artillery bombardment of three
Israeli settlements on the
occupied heights, including Ma
rom Golan where the command
said two civilians were wound
ed.
The Israel command said the
fighting erupted after attacks
were launched against three
guerrilla bases at Sahen El
Julan, Jilin and Jiser Ashari,
about Hi hours after other
Israeli jets hit a Syrian army
border post. A Syrian spokes
man said one soldier was
wounded in the attack on the
army position.
In today’s strikes, the Israeli
command said, “The targets
were hit, and good hits were
reported.” A military spokes
man said, “We don’t know
exactly as yet what the damage
was.” He said the raiding
aircraft, the number and type
of which are never divulged,
encountered no antiaircraft fire
and returned safely to their
bases.
In a report on Damascus
Radio, a Syrian military
spokesman said in a commu
nique, “At 10:30 (3:30 a.m.
EST), the enemy resumed its
air attacks and bombed areas
inhabited by civilians in the
area of Jinenn, in the southern
sector of the front.
“Our air defense and war
planes intercepted the enemy
and stopped it from continuing
its aggression.
“In retaliation to the Israeli
air aggression of this morning
our heavy artillery bombarded
enemy positions in Al Mansoura
and Jibbin in the northern and
southern sectors of the front.
Our fire inflicted direct hits on
enemy targets.”
MacArthur.
MacArthur was relieved as
U. S. commander after threa
tening both ground and air
attacks in mainland China, in
pursuit of Chinese forces who
aided North Korea.
MacArthur’s Threats
MacArthur made the threats
without clearing statements
with Washington, as Truman
had ordered.
Mrs. Daniel, who has written
a book about her father, was
interviewed on the NBC-TV
Today Show.
Mrs. Daniel said of her
father’s view of MacArthur’s
unauthorized statements: “His
reaction was that he (MacArth
ur) was a man who sort of
panicked. All of his predictions
about the Far East, and Korea,
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SAN FRANCISCO—A surprise brief strike by mechanics wiped out bus service from Marin
County for 7,000 riders to San Francisco causing a brief monstrous traffic jam. Loads of motorists
brought their cars into the Bay Area and the result is shown on the Golden Gate Bridge as they
tried to get to their homes. The right four lanes are heading for Marin County—the left two lanes
are heading for San Francisco. (UPI)
Labor office aiding
Griffin-Jaco workers
The labor office in Griffin
today set up special machinery
to help 290 employes at Griffin-
Jaco mill find other jobs or file
for unemployment pay.
Sid Dell, head of the Georgia
Firm here
announces
bonuses
United Cotton Goods Com
pany, Inc. announced that on
Nov. 22 a profit sharing bonus
will be paid to all hourly em
ployees, both in the Griffin, Ga.
and Seguin, Texas operations.
A total of 233 employees will
diare in this bonus. This is the
28th consecutive year that
employees have received a cash
bonus.
Al Blanton, president of the
Griffin based firm, announced
payment of the bonuses. The
firm did not announce how
much would be paid.
were simply wrong... He
(Truman) thought things were
too shaky.”
MacArthur’s threats about a
China invasion, which Truman
feared would greatly widen the
Korean war, came March 25,
1951, 17 days before his
removal and four months
before a cease-fire and a start
of negotiations to end the war.
FDR Applied Pressure
Mrs. Daniel also was asked if
Truman had any second
thoughts about ordering the
first use of an atomic bomb in
warfare —the Hiroshima bomb
ing in 1945.
“No,” she replied. “He had
no second thoughts because it
did save hundreds of thousands
of American lives.”
Mrs. Daniel has had access to
Labor office here, said he was
optimistic that most of the
people who will lose their jobs
can be absorbed in Griffin in
dustries and businesses.
Hanes which owns Jaco an
nounced yesterday it would
close the Griffin plant.
Dell met with Doug Jones,
plant manager, and other
Hanes officials this morning at
the mill to discuss the closing.
Dell said that the 290 em
ployes would be discharged in
phases beginning Dec. 16 and
aiding the first week in Febru
ary.
He said they would be paid
earned vacation and holiday
time. Hanes set up a retirement
plan about a year ago but it has
not been in effect long enough to
help the situation, Dell said.
He said some of the employes
would be able to salvage some
insurance benefits from the
Griffin firm.
Dell assigned one member of
his labor office staff this
morning to the job of updating
its job inventory for people in
the knitting and sewing trades.
Dell said his office was
preparing partial applications
for jobless pay for Jaco em
ployes so they can be processed
some hitherto unpublished
material, from Truman’s own
private records, in writing her
book, titled simply “Harry S
Truman.”
An excerpt was published
Sunday by Life Magazine in
which Mrs. Daniel said her
father agreed to become
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s running
mate in 1944 only after heavy
pressure from Roosevelt and
others.
She said Truman felt Roose
velt would die in office,
meaning he would succeed
Roosevelt —and that he did not
want to enter the White House
“through the back door.”
Truman Was Confident
Mrs. Daniel was asked today
of her father’s opinion of Adlai
E. Stevenson, who won the
without delay when a person
comes in to sign up.
He said in most cases, a
person can begin receiving
unemployment pay within a
week. He said they could
receive up to $54 per week for 26
weeks.
Dell said his office would
attempt to locate part time jobs
for those at Jaco who already
were drawing Social Security
and working part time there. He
said it might take a little longer
to place these people but his
office feels it can be done.
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“Empty pews in a church
mean nothing’s happening there
worth getting excited about.”
Democratic presidential nomin
ation in 1952, as well as in 1956,
after Truman declined to run
for re-election in 1952.
“We all liked him immense
ly,” Mrs. Daniel said, but
added: “Basically, he didn’t
like people... He didn’t under
stand the man in the street.”
On the other hand, she said
her father held a “real belief
from the very beginning” of the
1948 campaign that he could
upset favorite Thomas E.
Dewey “if he could be seen by
enough people and talk to
them.”
“It was kind of hard work,”
Mrs. Daniel said, and because
of short campaign funds, “we
barely got the (campaign) train
out of the station from time to
time.”