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'Home' Daily To Thousands In West State FINAL 40 Pages 119th Year, No. 265 Associated Press JACKSON, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1967 AP Wirephoto Price: TEN CENTS einiaffe Commiffffee kcays da3 Secyiriiihf Dimcirease U.S. Infantry Battles Back Near Dak To and would be reflected in checks sent out April 1. The committee's Democrats voted solidly for the bill and the Republicans against it. Sen.

John J. Williams of Dela does ware, the senior GOP member, CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP) America's Saturn SAIGON (AP) U.S. infantrymen battled back today against new attacks from tough North Vietnamese regulars entrenched in the central highlands near Dak To. Gen.

William C. Westmoreland said seven days of fighting in the area near Dak To has resulted in a "severe setback" for the Com said they flet the measure was irresponsibly financed. He said the increased benefits 5 super-rocket scored a resounding success on its ''PJK'4 WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Finance Committee approved today, by a straight party-line vote of 11 to 6, a bill to increase Social Security benefits by 15 per cent. Sen. Russell B.

Long, the chairman, said it would increase cash benefits paid out under the Social Security program by $3.6 billion next year. For 1968, the payroll tax rate of 4.4 per cent on employe and employer would remain unchanged, but the taxable wage base would be raised from $6,600 to $8,000 effective Jan. 1. The higher benefit payments would be effective next March maiden test flight today, orbiting a record 140-ton would be put into effect next space vehicle and shooting the unmanned Apollo 4 moonship deep into space. The historic flight gave this nation's man-in- munists.

Initial field reports American soldiers killed more Communist trooDs said three 4 year before the election but an increase in the payroll tax would not take effect until about 60 days after the November election. Williams said that when the bill is brought up in the Senate, probably next week, the Republicans will offer as a substitute space program a much-needed shot in the arm and revived hopes that U.S. astronauts can still land on the moon in this decade. in a a measure substantially like a bill previously passed by the House. The House bill provides for a 12 per cent increase in Social Security benefits.

Besides a 15 per cent increase in benefit levels, the bill would raise the minimum payment to $70 a month, a 59 per cent increase over the present $44. The House bill would increase the minimum to $50. Long said that in 1968 cash payments to beneficiaries would be $700 million more under the Senate bill than under the House bill. And he said that in 1969, the year in which the legislation would be fully effective, 25 million Americans would receive $6 billion in new or added benefits under the Senate bill. While the 4.4 per cent payroll tax rate would remain unchanged next year, the increase in the taxable wage base to would mean a minimum tax payment by an employe in 1968 of $352, with a like amount paid by his employer.

This would mean an increase of over the present maximum With a thundering burst of! two and a half hour skirmish to 4 power, the most powerful rocket ever assembled blasted away from its launch pad at ex actly 7 a.m. EST today after a perfect countdown something that few people believed pos Johnson Is Planning Tour WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson will leave Washington Friday on a two-day tour of five military bases from coast to coast and a night at sea aboard the nation's largest aircraft carrier. sible for such a complex ma chine. how well the heat shield survives scorching re-entry heat of about 4,500 degrees. Apollo 4 was to parachute to a landing in a rough Pacific Ocean, 622 miles northwest of Hawaii, at 3:41 p.m.

Of today's rocket, only the Apollo spacecraft was to come home to earth. The mammoth first stage fell apart, plunging into the Atlantic, although a chunk eight feet long was sighted in the sea. The second and third stages and the Apollo service module were consigned to destruction in fiery re-en- The three stages of the mon The White House announced ster Saturn 5 ignited with drilllike precision during an 11- fsf minute boost phase and shoved the massive payload, including of $290.40. the still-attached third stage. into orbit 115 miles high.

i tries. Three hours later, after two Va. Johnson's tour will be keyed to Saturday's observance of Veterans Day. Ft. Benning will be the first stop Friday morning and there Johnson will witness ranger and paratroop training operations.

He will then fly to El Toro for an appearance at about noon Pacific time. At El Toro he is expected to greet some Marines (Continued on Page 20) today that Johnson will board the nuclear-powered carrier Enterprise at San Diego, late Friday and spend the night aboard after watching flight deck operations. Johnson also will be visiting Ft. Benning, the Marine Air Station at El Toro, the Marine base at Camp Pendleton, McConnell Air Force Base, and the U.S. Coast Guard Base at Yorktown, orbits of the globe, the hydro day, while one more U.S.

soldier was killed. This raised total casualties for the week in the area to 209 Communists and 45 Americans killed and 130 Americans wounded, the U.S. Command said. Westmoreland flew to Dak To for a first-hand survey and on his return told newsmen in Saigon: "I believe the Communist forces have suffered a severe setback in their plans for operating in the Dak To area. The recent contact is a North Vietnamese attempt to recoup valuable propaganda lost during the recent Republic of Vietnam elections and National Day." Other officers believed the upsurge of activity and the determined Communist resistance in the central highlands could be the prelude to a new Communist offensive there now that the monsoons have moved north.

The air war against North Vietnam cost the United States three Air Force planes and two fliers Wednesday, the U.S. Command announced, including an F4 Phantom downed by a Communist MIG21's air-to-air missile in a dogfight west of Hanoi. This brought total losses in the North Tuesday and Wednesday to five planes and five fliers and raised to 732 the total number of American combat planes officially reported lost in the northern aerial war. "It's been a flight almost incredibly free of any problems," commented a spokes- re- gen powered Uurd stage The House, in passing the Social Security Bill in August, voted to leave the rate at 4.4 per cent in 1968 and to boost the wage base to $7,600. Under the Senate bill, the tax rate would go up to 4.8 per cent in 1969 and the wage base to $8,800.

There would be further increases in future years. started its engine on ground; man at NASA's Manned Space craft Center in Houston, command and propelled the 000-pound Apollo 4 vehicle outward toward a high point of miles. where the mission was being controlled. An hour after the world's most powerful rocket blazed away from Cape Kennedy, the Apollo program manager, Air Force Mai. Gen.

Samuel Phil The reignition of the third 1968 Start Seen For Mississippi Span stage gave flight controllers an anxious moment. A vent valve refused to respond to com lips told newsmen: "This mission will do a lot to get the whole Apollo team mov mands to close, until the last moment when it finally closed. ing again on a positive course. state highway connection between U. S.

51 and 1-40 near Jackson. Cost of the Dyersburg-to-Hayti project is expected to be "between 15 and 20 million dol-ars," Forcum noted. Ninety per The spacecraft separated It will do a lot for the progress SATURN 5 IN GOOD FLIGHT The Saturn 5 rocket blazes away from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy, in its first test firing carrying an Apollo spacecraft on a test ride. The spacecraft was to be driven back toward earth and splash down in the Pacific Ocean. (AP Wirephoto By JOHNNY MALONE DYERSBURG, Tenn.

Construction is expected to begin late next year on a long-awaited Mississippi River bridge near here linking Tennessee and Missouri. The Missouri Highway Commissioner, liaison with the federal government on the project, said this morning his office had received documents approving application for the bridge and four-lane approaches. in coming months of the Apollo from the stage and a motor on board fired for 15 seconds to pro vide final power to react the planned altitude. Had it burned program. "Yesterday," Phillips said, "I would have said that I think we have a reasonably good chance of accomplishing a manned lunar landing by the end of 1969.

Today, I think that reasonably a few seconds longer, Apollo 4 could have gone to the moon, that bids would be advertised but that was not planned for to Vera Forcum of Dyersburg, member of the Missouri-Tennessee Bridge Commission, relayed the announcement from the Missouri highway official and said that a meeting "is day's flight because of the need to test the heat shield on good chance is maybe a notch within a year on the footings for the bridge. i Jackson State Will Get Building, Bigger Budget A new classroom building and a $250,000 increase in operating expenses for 1968-69 at Jackson State Community College were approved Wednesday by the State Board of Education. After reaching its high point 'cent of the cost will be borne by the federal government under the interstate program and the remaining 10 per cent will be shared by Tennessee and Missouri. Forcum, who has worked in behalf of the project for many years, cautioned against expecting early completion of the two-state highway link. "We will be real lucky if we can be able to cross the bridge in 1972," he said.

"It will prob- Continued on Page 20) above reasonably good." The Apollo moon program has been lagging since three astronauts died in a spacecraft fire scheduled within the next few at 12:49 p.m., tne spacecraft The U.S. Command reported an increase in U.S. and enemy troops killed in Vietnam last week while South Vietnamese casualties were less than the week before. It said 178 Americans were killed and 793 wounded in the seven day period ending Saturday, while 1,894 enemy were killed. South Vietnamese casualties last week were 160 killed, 533 wounded and 60 missing, the (Continued on Page 12) pitched backtoward earth and days" with a St.

Louis engineering firm designing the He said the bridge and approaches will provide a four-lane link between 1-55 at Hayti, and U. S. 51 "somewhere north of Dyersburg." State and local officials have last January, on a pad not far from where the Saturn 5 started bridge. "There are no reasons for de- started a downward plunge in which it to accelerate to nearly 25,000 miles an hour, the speed at which astronauts will return home from the moon. The fiery dive will determine lays," Forcum said, predicting! been working for sometime to secure federal approval on a proposal to construct an inter its historic flight.

Emblazoned on the brilliant white sides were the American flag and the letters USA. Tens of thousands of observers throughout tfce Cape area watched awestruck, almost with Dr. F. E. Wright, president of Jackson State, said the boost in operating funds and additional facilities resulted from enrollment exceeding expectations at the new junior college.

It is anticipated that the enrollment next fall will be in excess of 1,000. The State Board authorized! Veterans To Honor Comrades Saturday Miami Has Its Vultures disbelief, as the massive 36- construction of the classroom building estimated to cost $900,000 subject to "avail story-tall rocket rode a pillar Jackson and Madison County residents will observe Veteran's of fire more than 500 feet long across the sky and sent an Day Saturday with special services at the First Presbyterian unearthly howl rolling across to acquire residences for pres idents of the state's five com munity colleges. Only Jackson and Cleveland have presidents at the present time. Columbia State Community College has an acting president and the chief executive post has not been filled for junior colleges authorized at Tullaho-ma and Dyersburg. Church and Memorial Carillon the land.

Many held their breath; others prayed. on North Highland. Also all veterans groups will The rocket more tnan one observe the day dedicated to million parts meshed, pulsed and interacted flawlessly, and i If 'ft-" veterans of all wars with lndi vidual gatherings. all three stages two of them William D. York, Veteran's PS ill i 1 rnj Day chairman for American MIAMI, Fla.

(AP) Miami's 20th century vultures something like the swallows of Capis-trano but more like the messy, starlings of northern city halls are back in town, once more forsaking the wilderness of the Everglades for gracious urban living. Again they're soaring over bustling, neon-lit downtown Miami as though it were a game preserve. The city-slicker vultures with wing spreads up to six feet decided 10 or 12 years ago that the Dade County court never frown before ignited ike clockwork during the 11-minute boost phase to push the record ability of funds." It is expected that the new structure will be built either adjoining or adjacent to the present education building. Dr. Wright said both federal and state funds are involved in the construction program.

Jackson State, operating on a budget of approximately $580,000 for its first year, will jump to an estimated $1,400,000 operating budget next year, Dr. Wright explained. The general education bill had allocated $750,000 in state funds for the 1968-69 school year, but yesterday's action by the State Board of Education increased next year's budget to $1 million. Federal funds and student fees would swell the Legion Post No. 12, extended an invitation to members of all veterans organizations to join satellite into orbit 115 miles 11 71 li i i above the earth.

tn trt tir Included in the weight of the orbiting craft are the Apollo 4 moon ship; a large metal dum 15 $vf, i miPM my representing tne Investigation Is Asked Into Auto Insurance WASHINGTON (AP) A House Judiciary subcommittee called today for a full investigation of the automobile insurance industry by the Federal Trade Commission. The recommendation, which will be presented to the full Judiciary Committee, endorsed the findings of a committee staff study that such an investigation was in order. Module tnat two astronauts one Legionaires in their observance of Veteran's Day on Saturday. York stated in a letter to Eighth District Commander Marvin Pyles: With very few exceptions, has our country experienced such outrageous insinuations, open criticisms and overt acts of disrespect for our flag and (Continued on Page 13) day will ride to the surface of house, despite crowded condi the moon, and tne stm-attacned third stage of the Saturn 5. tions and the noise that goes COURTHOUSE WITH BUILT-IN VULTURES The Dade County courthouse in Miami, left, is a haven for vultures, who roost on the pyramid-shaped top Total weight of the orbiting (right) and soar around the downtown area.

Biologists and politicians differ in opinions as to why the birds like the seat of county government. (AP Wirephoto) with urban apartments, would vehicle was 280,036 pounds. make a good homestead. total budget to approximately $1.4 million The State Board also approved spending up to $60,000 each Their less enlightened country The previous record-holder (Continued on Page 8) cousins continued the tired, old migration to the Everglades. oth Parties Claim Comfort in Vote Results "It unique.

I don know of any other city where vultures roost on a building," said Dr. dence of growing support for his Oscar Owre, ornithologist at the University of Miami. "They policy. The first launching of America's new space giant, the Saturn duplicates the first steps of a manned flight to the moon It is the first rest not only of Saturn's twa stages, but of the Apollo capsule heat shield at the 4,500 degree re-entry temperature returning moon pilots will encounter. usually don't favor civilization." SATURN GIANT STEP TOWARD THE MOON scored big victories.

Republican Sens. Thruston B. Morton and John Sherman Cooper said opposition to Johnson's stand contributed to the Republicans, on the other election oi Liouie ts. junn as Kentucky's first GOP governor in two decades. New Jersey Republicans, who won control of the state legislature, said the And the courthouse, one of the tallest buildings in downtown hand, raised the war issue in Kentucky and New Jersey and Miami, is the only building fa vored by the vultures, km to the same thing.

Negro Democrat Carl For Your Information soaring condors of Peru and California. Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland with 129,829 votes to 127,328 for his white, Republican Some are year-round tenants on top of the 28-story building, 1 Bfostmg off from Cope Kennedy, Saturn lifts the unmanned opponent, Seth C. Taft. Cleveland's voter registration A recovery fores standing by 622 miles northwest of Hawaii retrieves the capsule, lowered to the Pacific by tiaos parachutes. is Democratic by a 10 to 1 mar It started four wars ago, but Mrs.

H. is still writing the soldiers each Sunday. Page 2. Civil rights leaders claim it would be a national disaster to discontinue the federal antipoverty program. Page 10.

A major revolt reportedly has broken out in the upper ranks of the British Labor Party. Page 15. gin. Stokes got virtually all the Cleveland Negro vote and about Apollo capsule, a record payload, csbit U7 miles high. 20 per cent of the white ballots Ray C.

Bliss, Republican na but conditions aren really crowded until the snow flies in the north. Sometimes more than 50 are visible on top of the building. "They're like the tourists," said J. Norman Peters, building superintendent, "some are here all year but the big flock comes to Florida in the winter." Politicians have corny jokes to explain why the vultures chose the courthouse and the biologists have theories. But nobody knows for sure.

tional chairman, boasted of WASHINGTON (AP) Democrats and Republicans both claim comfort in the outcome of Tuesday's off-year elections-balloting which provided answers but also posed new questions about the mood of the electorate one year before the contest for the White House. Chief among the questions was the 1968 potency of the so-called white backlash vote, defeatedbut by tiny margins with the election of Negro mayors in Cleveland and in Gary, Ind. Democratic National Chairman John M. Bailey said those victories for Negro Democrats, coupled with Boston's rejection of the controversial Louise Day Hicks, "put the so-called white backlash in its place." That place did not appear an insignificant one particularly with the approach of statewide elections in which big-city pluralities often are the decisive factor. Another item for the political strategists: The potential impact next year of the war in Vietnam.

San Francisco voters rejected a proposal urging a cease-fire and U.S. withdrawal and President Johnson's Democratic supporters called it evi sharp reductions in Democratic majorities in some big cities, TEMPERATURES Ttt 3 At 11,400 miles noting that the last GOP nominee in Cleveland got only 17 per cent of the vote. But that party-line analysis ignored the WEATHER WEST TENNESSEE: Partly cloudy and a little warmer tonight. Increasing cloudiness and mild Friday with chance of light rain. Lows tonight 38-44.

racial factor. Stokes could become a fea tured Democratic performer, particularly in Negro areas, Yesterday Today 1 p.m. 58 1 a.m. 37 2 p.m. 60 2 a.m.

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38 10 a.m. 57 11 p.m. 35 11 a.m. 61 Midnite 36 Noon 63 during the 1968 election cam 4m After two earth orbits, the Saturn's thrust third-stage engine restarts to push the capsule deeper into space. out, farther than any other capsule has gone, the Apollo turns around and, firing its own en gifts, plunges back toward earth at 25,000 m.p.h., the speed of a vehicle returning from do moon Precipitation Prec.

last 24 hours .00 Prec. this month .41 Prec. this year 39.10 Normal to date 44.14 Sun rises 6:24 Sets 4:53 Train Strikes Buffalo, 14 Passengers Killed SALERNO, Italy (AP) The Milan-to-Palermo express tore through a wandering herd of buffalo and then into a derailed commuter train today and at least 14 passengers were killed and about 70 injured. paign. And Cleveland could be crucial in determining which party wins Ohio's electoral votes.

In Gary, Negro 4 Richard G. Hatcher won by 1,389 votes, but (Continued on Page 8).