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The Weather Clear and cool tonight. Low In mld-50s. Sunny and pleasant tomorrow. High 75 to 80. Out.

look for Monday, continued sunny and pleasant. COURIER VOL.92 NO. 184 Published Dill Except Sunday CAMDEN, N. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1967 Phones-. 609 wTd 663-7100 MCT 663-6000 Horn RnC Per Delivered: uu Wee 10 CENTS POST HOME EDITION Auto Rates- 7 film Insurance Probers Quiz 20 Firms Viet Terror Toll Reaches 1,000 on Eve of Election SAIGON (UPI) Viet Cong terrorists rampaging on national election eve attacked slumbering U.S.

Marines and Da Nang airbase with rockets today. They stormed a provincial capital and blew up three packed buses to send Vietnamese civilian casualties in a week of fright-mongering well past 1,000. American GIs in South Vietnam were warned the Communist had supplied street vendors and shops with booby- New GOP Aide Courts Cops, Eyes City Post UPI-Couner-Post Telefax AT SAIGON reception in honor of American election observers, South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky meets Oregon's Gov. Thomas McCall (right) and unidentified American officer. McCall and 21 other Americans will monitor election.

By TOM FLYNN Courier-Post Staff 'Stability' Is Hope Of U.S. After Viet Vote Countdown Girl Killed In Fiery Auto Crash The Republican legislative campaign chairman has pledged his support to a police and firemen's pay raise referendum in exchange for a future appointment as director of public safety in Camden. Jack W. Yeager, an attorney and a former police officer, distributed 14-page memoranda to 500 police and fire department employes outlining his proposal. Written on the first page of the memorandum was a note, "It is sincerely requested that after reading the enclosed mate- By ROBERT W.

LUCAS Chief of Our Washington Bureau WASHINGTON The House Antitrust Subcommittee has mailed extensive questionnaires to 20 leading automobile insurance companies and their three national rating bureaus as the first step in a congressional investigation of the nation's auto insurance system. Rep. Emanuel Celler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, asked the insurance underwriters and bureaus to return the information by Sept. 20. The 23 questions asked of the companies and the 10 put to the rating bureaus indicate the sweeping scope of the inquiry.

Most of them bear upon complaints by policyholders which, in recent years, have resulted in a storm of controversy over alleged cancellations, discriminatory rates, arbitrary rejection, excessive premiums and mis-application of investment income. THE QUESTIONNAIRES sent to rating bureaus ask them, for example, if they "collect separate and identifiable data on automobile experience" of traveling salesmen, sailors and longshoremen, students, applicants residing in hotels and rooming houses, persons of "questionable character," the "cafe society set" or "women living alone or with other girl friends (Some critics assert that certain companies, although not all, are now excluding whole classes of insurance applicants such as these, thus "tightening the market" to protect themselves against mounting underwriting losses.) A question asked of the companies includes one on how risks are accepted or rejected involving "divorced women, classifications based on age or geographic location of insured, military service, moral character of insured and employment." (A charge is made that some of the estimted 3,000 companies writing auto insurance now arbitrarily force persons under 25 and those over 65 into higher-cost "assiped risk that they frown on accepting divorced women for insurance and that they blackout insurance protection in congested, poverty areas of certain cities.) trapped cigarette lighters, fountain pens, candy bars and clocks in another plot to disrupt and discourage tomorrow's presidential voting. U.S. spokesmen said the guerrillas invaded Tarn Ky, capital of Quang Tin province 360 miles northeast of Saigon, and battled government workers, Popular Force home guards and teen-aged youths in bitter combat. 119 Missions Flown The Viet Cong -killed four defenders, wounded six others and destroyed 14 homes before withdrawing, leaving five Communist dead behind.

In the air war, U.S. warplanes bombed communications links and antiaircraft sites in North Vietnam during 119 missions today. There were no reports of American planes lost. U.S. officials said the Communists launched a ground attack against a Marine position 15 miles west of Da Nang, getting close enough to use hand grenades.

Reports reaching Saigon said some guerrillas penetrated the outpost but losses were undetermined. 853 Casualties American officials released figures accounting for 853 Vietnamese civilians killed, wounded or kidnaped by the Viet Cong from last Sunday through Friday. The figures did not include today's casualties which logged 91 dead or wounded in the bus explosions. Military spokesmen updated American aircraft losses over North Vietnam to 670, giving no indication where, when or how the one plane not previously reported went down. One Marine was killed and 38 wounded when 140mm Communist rockets crashed into six billets at the Leathernecks' 4th Logistic Command post five miles from Da Nang.

Planes Damaged Rockets also hit the air freight section of the sprawling airfield, wounding four Americans and damaging seven cargo planes. U. S. officials said huge B52 bombers flew three raids today over the Demilitarized Zone (D Z), blasting suspected strongholds of an estimated 21,000 North Vietnamese soldiers menacing American Marines strung along South Vietnam's northern border. The raids, 13th of the week by the eight-engine jets on the no-man's land, were designed to discourage any i Continued on Page 2 Col.

1 Use Koch Hangs Self, Nazi Jailer The fiery pre-dawn death of a teenage girl in a Burlington County highway crash marked the start of South Jersey's Labor Day weekend traffic toll today. Dead on arrival at Burlington County Memorial Hospital, she was identified as 18-year-old Sandy Denton of Marshall Street, Philadelphia. Meanwhile, at least 27 persons have been killed on the nation's highways since the long holiday began at 6 o'clock last night, according to a tabulation by United Press International. Trapped in Car Miss Denton, passenger in a car with two girl friends, was burned to death when the vehicle exploded and burst into flames after crashing into a utility pole in Southampton Township, according to state police of the Red Lion barracks. The other two girls, both critically injured and burned, were thrown from the car but rescuers were driven back by scorching heat and unable to reach Miss Denton until the fire was extinguished, police said.

She was dead on arrival at Burlington County Memorial Continued on Page 2 Col. 4 WASHINGTON (UPI) Even if only half the South Vietnamese of voting age cast ballots in tomorrow's election, State Department officials are cautiously hopeful the election will yield meaningful results. The hope in ILS. official circles today was that the government that emerges from this first general election under the new South Vietnamese constitu-, tion Will have "a greater claim to legitimacy and can speak with greater authority for the people of South Vietnam than the present regime, which came into power in a coup. State Department officials keeping an eye on developments in South Vietnam are frank to concede that the elections can only be viewed as a forward step and by no means a final one in building democracy in the war-torn country.

They feel the elections will be a success if he If the South Vietnamese of voting age brave Viet Cong terrorism and go to the polls. About 5,853,000 South Vietnamese are registered to vote in Sunday's election an increase rial, the communication be immediately destroyed." Yeager admitted that he was responsible for the letters. Pledges GOP Support In the letter Yeager, who said he had accepted the Republican offer to manage Frank C. Itali-ano's campaign against Mayor Alferd R. Pierce for the Senate seat in the 3-D sub-district, pledged Republican support for a pay raise for police and firemen.

"The Republican party, in running a police and fire department public safety campaign platform, will be both directly and indirectly supporting your pay raise," Yeager wrote. He also told them that the "present Democratic administration could never afford to fight your request for a pay raise (to do so would be political suicide)." He said the Democrats "will be forced to indorse your efforts." Urges Ballot Question In his letter, Yeager urged that they put a question of a $1,750 pay increase on the ballot in November. Petitions are already being circulated in the city asking for a $1,489 pay raise. Yeager said his objective in supporting the pay referendum was twofold. "I intend to and sincerely ask no more than being appointed or competing for the position of director of public safety of the city of Camden," Yeager wrote.

The second objective, he said, is to "do everything within my power and influence to raise the police and fire departments of this city and state to a financial and social position in our society commensurate with the critically necessary roles and functions they exercise to preserve the society in which we all must exist." Yeager, who masterminded the policemen's strategy last spring that led to the defeat of an attempt to reorganize the department, said that "event was only a sampling of the political power which a unified department can wield." He claimed that for many Continued on Page 2 Col. 1 of 11 per cent over the 1966 figure of 5.3 million. This represents about 70 per cent of all South Vietnamese of voting age. In last September's elections 'for the Constituent Assembly, about 80 per cent of the eligible voters participated in the election. But the Viet Cong has been waging an all-out terrorist campaign in an effort to disrupt Sunday's election and State De-' partment officials feel less than 80 per cent of the registered voters will turn out.

If 70 per cent of the registered voters participate, this would mean that about half of the South Vietnamese of voting age have taken part. U.S. officials, however, see "major problems" in forming a new government because it is most unlikely that one of the 11 presidential slates will win a majority of the vote cast. Important Element Officials said an important element will be how many of the losers are brought into the government and how appealing this coalition is. State Department officials carefully declined to predict the outcome of the elections and stressed that they consider the elections a South Vietnamese affair not an exercise carefully prepared by United States as the Communists have charged.

AICHACH, Germany (UPI) -Use Koch, one of the dreaded figures of the Buchenwald concentration camp hanged herself in her prison cell here, officials said today. She was serving a life prison term for atrocities committed at the Nazi Buchenwald death camp, where she was married to the commandant. She became known to inmates and survivors as "The Bitch of Buchenwald." She was sentenced to life in prison by a West German court in 1951 for atrocities committed against camp inmates. One of the charges against her was that she made lampshades from the skin of her victims. Attempts by lawyers to obtain her release had failed Priest Urges King To Join 'March' U.S.

HOT AND COLD NEW YORK (UPI)-The highest temperature reported yesterday to the U.S. Weather Bureau, excluding Hawaii and Alaska, was 101 degrees at Fresno, Calif. Today's low was 31 at Watertown, N.Y. Cashwardft Puzzle, Pa 22 Quads Are Born In New Zealand AUCKLAND, New Zealand (UPI) A 37-year-old New Zealand mother of two gave birth today to quadruplet daughters through Caesarian section. Spokesmen at Auckland National Women's Hospital said Mrs.

Jean Alexander and her four babies were all "doing fine." Doctors described the birth as "rare," because Mrs. Alexander never had taken hormone fertility treatments. The girls weighed from three pounds, 10 ounces to four pounds, four ounces. They were placed in an incubator. The father, Ron Alexander, 36, is an Auckland carpenter.

They have two sons. 6 p.m. EDT if the Negro leaders invited from a convention in Chicago do not take part. The Friday night march again defied Maier's proclamation that banned marches, parades and demonstrations in the city between 4 p.m. and 9 a.m.

Maier cancelled the ban and appealed "to the conscience" of Father Groppi for "whatever responsibility he might feel for the common good." The priest said the proclamation was unconstitutional and never should have been issued. The ensuing march resulted in a confrontation at 12th and Center Streets in front of a high school. An elderly Negro watching the clash suffered an Continued on Page 2 Col. 5 THE ANTITRUST subcommittee staff, headed by Kenneth R. Harkins, general counsel, settled on 11 states for comparative studies.

The questionnaire asks the 20 leading companies if, since 1960, they had "intentionally reduced the scale of operations in any way" in those states, "either in the aggregate or on certain classes of insureds The inquiry asks for comment on whether the federal government "should undertake some direct form of automobile insurance regulation. Or should there be uniform automobile insurance rate regulation in every state?" The National Association of (State) Insurance Commissioners puts the number of commercial firms underwriting car insurance at 862. Only 20 of them, however, write well over half of the total business. THE LIST includes State Farm Mutual, Allstate, Travelers Indemnity, Aetna Casualty, Nationwide Mutual, Hartford Accident, Farmers Exchange, Continued on Page 3-Col. 1 Clementon Gets Approval For $3.5 Million Project cost about $1 million, involves property acquisition and demolition of the buildings, site clearance and necessary improvements, including drainage.

Brhind Current Buildings He said the proposed shopping center, which would include a bank and a supermarket, would be built on the rear of the site to permit parking in the front MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPI) -Police wielding nightsticks and tear gas canisters broke up an open housing march last night, but the zealous priest leading the cause scheduled another today with the stars of the civil rights movement. The Rev. James E. Groppi, whose owlish looks belie his dedication, dispersed some 400 followers Friday night after the police, who tossed at least one tear gas bomb into St.

Boniface Roman CatholicChurch, stopped another of the banned marches along predominantly Negro North Side streets. Father. Groppi for the second straight night was the first of his group jailed. He emerged from the police station after posting bond, gathered his "commandoes" in the church basement and said, "The tear gas did us good tonight." He told his followers to disperse and regroup today. "There would just be more tear gas, more bloodshed and it wouldn't do us that much good tonight." Regrouping Set There were at least two fires early today in the district, where last morh a riot killed four persons and shut down the city under a 24-hour curfew.

At least one of the fires was started by a firebomb, accorJ-ing to the fire department. Father Groppi' invited the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Dick Gregory, H. Rap Brown and Floyd McKissick to march beside him and his followers today to the home of Mayor Henry W.

Maier, who lifted a nighttime ban on demonstrations effective at 9 a.m. today. The march to'Maier's home was set for 4 p.m. EDT and for Easily-read, Easily-lound I INSIDE YOUR COURIER-POST 8 Pennsauken mystified over appearance of broken tombstones near ballfield Page 5. National Park, the borough of friendliness Page 11.

WBA commissioner defends the lowering of Frazier in rank -Page 24. Collingswood High School's head coach has a problem-Page 23. Suburban Road To Integration Clementon yesterday was given the green light to proceed with the first phase of its proposed $3.5 million urban renewal project. Rep. John E.

Hunt, R-lst announced approval by the Housing and Urban Development Department of a final plan for the 9.6-acre project. The department has reserved $686,000 for the project, which involves demolition of a block of outdated business area and its replacement by. a mall-type shopping center. Bond Issue Hearings The new shopping center be located in a triangular area bordered by the south side of Berlin Road, the Pennsylva--nia-Reading Seashore Line and Mill Dam Road. Clementon Mayor Ora L.

Wooster said the next step would be public hearings on a $155,000 bond issue needed for initial financing. He noted the borough of the cost probably would be reduced to about $60,000 upon receipt of state aid and "non-cash credits." The first phase, expected to on the area occupied by the present business establishments. The mayor said present business would be permitted to continue in operation while the new buildings are being constructed at the rear of the site. He said the overall plan is "preceeding right on schedule" and construction could begin in the spring, barring unforeseen complications. The mayor said the cost of the proposed 70,000 to 80,000 square foot shopping center, proximately $2.5 million, would be borne by private developers.

'Something to Stop Them' He said approximately 150,000 cars a week now pass through the business district but rarely stop. "But with the new shopping district, we'll have something to stop them with," he said. "It should bring a lot of new money into the borough." Mayor Wooster said the approval of the plans means the borough can "go ahead at full speed" and "get down to brass tacks" with prospective developers. ourier-Pot will not be published Labor Day Monday September 4, 1907 bulne eloed no want od tplpphoiM rvlrs The Negro comes to Willingboro or any predominantly white suburb. How will he and his children be Will the panic-selling and racial epithets that have haunted elsewhere follow him to suburbia? In a four-part series beginning Tuesday, the Courier-Post takes an in-depth look at racial relations in Willingboro which has travelled further down the road to open housing than most other communities in the country.

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