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rtVUUAUY KALIAL IriLIUtN I LUKCKAbC Mitt? isflortions 95 Pads oflG-opolta Mouspapoirs QjOfg'ocj OTb Galidoo Orangeburg Editor-Publisher Tells National Association In Riot Nov tinued, "didn't have enough knowledge of and experience in reporting to know how to distinguish fact from fiction. 1 young man, a native of South Carolina, evidently found the story too big to handle so rather than bother with the facts he decided to write his own version. He took the easy way out Fiction is always easier to write than truth." Livingston appealed to the editors and publishers attending the convention to use their more Orangeburg during the crisis" was because many of the newspapers sent inexperienced reporters into the city who were "more interested in seeing the glorification of their bylines than they were in writing about what actually happened." He accused the Los Angeles Times of "falling back into the throes of "yellow Journalism" which prevailed in New York City near the turn of the century. "Looking over this great city of Los Angles," Livingston said, "it's hard for me to believe that the Los Angeles Times is so hard up for money that it has to print Intentional lies in order to 5 fiction who came to the city under the guise of reporting. Livingston was one of the newsmen who eyewitnessed the shooting.

He said "apparently the truth no longer counts with the larger newspapers. They're looking for sensationalism with a total disregard for facts." The South Carolina editor amid one of the primary reasons for the unactual reporting out ox Someday, Livingston added, "the FBI will reveal exactly what happened in Orangeburg on the night of the shooting and upon learning the truth the editors in Atlanta and Los Angeles will hold their heads down in shame." The Washington Post came under fire from the South Carolina newsman for printing what he charged was "two bit Journalism." The Post, he said, was the victim of "inferior newspaper-ing" on the part of one of its reporters. Livingston said the reporter dispatched to cover the story for the Post "simply had a great Imagination." The reporter, Livingston con 10 CENTS mo sell newspapers. SOUTH CAROLINA 'S CROSSROADS OF AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROSPERITY City 'Defamed1 some 15,000 persons, in which three Negro students were killed in a confrontation with state troopers on the college campus. "The facts on what happened in Orangeburg were so twisted by much of the nation's press," Livingston declared, that the newsmen who were eyewitnesses to the shooting were em-, barrassed to be identified in the same ranks with the writers of SATURDAY.

"i AT MAY 18. ORANGEBURG, SC. 29115 able and experienced reporters in the coverage of racial incidents. There is a great difference between writing the details of a crisis than that of writing up a Little League baseball game, he added. THE WEATHER SOUTH CAROLINA: Variable cloudiness through Sunday with scattered showers or thunder-showers mainly in afternoons and evenings.

DAILY, 15 CENTS SUNDAY sions, ruling out any gesture to Hanoi without assurance of reciprocity. The first step might, as Ambassador W. Averell Harriman, the chief UJ5. negotiator, has suggested. Involve the demilitarized zone created at Geneva in 1954 when Vietnam was divided.

If the North Vietnamese were willing to re-establish the T)M7. thA United States rata bly would be willing on its part to take a definite step toward de-escalation of the war, mproinniDSooug 1 yp I 1 -mfe; LOS ANGELES A scorching erltlclnB of some of the nation' i larger newspapers was deliver ed here Friday by a South Carolina newsman who charged his dty was "detained" by news coverage of a race riot that oo-cured there, peaking before the annual convection of the National Newspaper Association, Dean B. Livingston, publisher and editor of the Orangeburg, S. Tiroes and Democrat aimed charges of "malicious distortion of facts" at metropolitan newspapers such as the Atlanta Journal, Washington Post and Los- Angeles Times. Livingston spoke on the February racial incident in Orange- burg, a South Carolina city of TODAY'S THOUGHT When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one to a fellow-creature.

--Sydney Smith, English clergyman. VOL 111-NO. 139 Crctal Murder Plot Alleged NEW YORK (AP) Six young Negroes were held Friday in an alleged plot to kill one policeman every wee, in orucu fashion, to spark violent reao tions from the police and the Negro community. "They were all involved in a conspiracy to kill police officers indiscriminately, for the effect' it would have," Asst. Dist.

Any. Lawrence Goldman told a Crlnw lnal Court Judge at the youths' arraignment. "But for the quick work of the police," he added, "these de. fendants would have been here on homicide charges." Judge Sherwln held the six youths in bail ranging from $22,000. mis) operate would bring an end to the bombing.

"I would say that the condition for the cessation of the bombing would have to be based on the total situation prevailing at the time," Jorden said, adding that such a decision would have to be made personally by the President of the United States. The aim of the American effort seems to be to seek a step, by-step matchJ of conces- 5 BAREFOOT GIRLS WITH CIIEEU3 OF TAN Three pretty msiix strolled by the lovely Edisto jnindiaj their own business and enjoyfcij the Until demon photographer hove on the- tej It wauli betoc iiaan'. Cs- maid squealed, "Are you crazy? It's cold down there!" But her two took the hint, and she went! Left to right, Judy Hancock, Linda Campbell (the duckee) and Brenda Marcus, who offers Linda a helping hand. Oh, well, it was a lovely day for a swim, it? (Photos by David Decker) DaNang "It seems to me that there should be enough to write truth about here rather than send a reporter some 3,000 miles away to write fiction." Livingston's criticism of the Atlanta Journal linked to. the Los Angeles Times also.

"The Atlanta paper," he said, "based its editorial comments on what It called 'an exhaustive study of what happened In Orangeburg1 by Jack Nelson of Los Angeles." Nelson's report on Orangeburg, Livingston continued was so "ridiculous and so false that I'm sure even many of the students who were Involved In the riot had a ball laughing over it." mm mi PARE (AP) North Vietnam refused any compromise Friday on the issue of a complete halt to U.S. bombing of that country. The stand posed a prospect of deep stalemate in the preliminary peace talks. With the talks resuming Saturday after a two4ay recess, a North Vietnamese delegation spokesman said Ambassador i Xuan Thuy would again demand that the Americans stop the bombing and other acts of war against the North. Hanoi has repeatedly said it is unwilling to offer any concession in return.

The United States insists that an end to the bombing must be matched by some form of de-escalation of North Vietnam's contribution to the Viet Cong war in South Vietnam. The U. delegation declined to be pinned down to any specif- lc formula for a total end to the bombing, but it has tied such action closely to a demand for a significant letup in North Vietnam's Infiltration of men and supplies to the South. Hanoi, the delegation spokes-man said, intends to hold out for a bombing halt Indefinitely. "We will ask it again and again until it comes to pass," said the spokesman, Nguyen Van Sao.

Asked if North Viet. nam would offer anything in return, he replied: "There is not a single Vietnamese plane flying over the United States. The United States must stop the bombing. There is no compromise possible on this issue." William J. Jorden, spokesman for the U.S.

delegation, told correspondents a North Vietnamese agreement on any one specific point for example on restoration of the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam would not be enough to Justify an end to all military action against the North. This gives the Americans some elbow room to maneuver. Jorden emphasized this by disagreeing with a questioner that restoration of the buffer zone-where heavy concentrations of North Vietnamese troops now Plane Crash Kills Man WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) A Columbia man was killed and another man seriously Injured Friday when a single-engine plane crashed off Highway 21 in Lexington County. Lexington County Coroner Carroll Day said the pilot and owner of the plane, Glenn A.

Selbert, was killed, the Injured passenger was listed as H. D. Williams, about 50, of near West Columbia. Day said the crash occurred during a light rain near rural homes in the Silver Lake recreation area, about 12 miles south of here. Mrs.

Elaine Helms, whose home is about 30 yards from where the plane crashed, said she "beard the plane go over our house two times. "On the third trip over, the motor sounded like It was sputtering. Just before the crash, It sounded like the motor, cut off." Fight Continue, 'spending not answe' SAIGON (AP) U.S. Marines and warplanes hammered Friday at an elite North Vietnamese force fighting with its back to a river 18 miles south of Da Nang, Leatherneck headquarters in the North. It was the second straight day of furious fighting there and field reports said casualties numbered 130 enemy and 25 Marine dead.

This put the toll for. two days at 261 North Viet, namese and 51 Marines killed. The battle is part of a mission named Operation Allen Brook launched May 4 aimed at crushing strong North Vietnamese forces threatening Da Nang and Top U.S. Educator Warns Academic Freedom On Line DENVER, Colo. (AP) The ultimate victim of campus disturbances may well be the academic freedom rebellious students profess to cherish, a leading American educator has warned.

Dr. Logan Wilson, president of the American Council on Education, said in an Interview that students' "rebellion against 'the establishment' Is misplaced when It is directed at the university." "It's easy to oversimplify. We all know the cliches multiversity, neglect of students, faculty Lung Transplantee Cheerful Hoi An, provincial capital to the south. The strength of the North Vietnamese was shown Sunday when about 5,000 of them overran the fortified outpost of Kham Due, about a dozen miles southwest of the present battle. Associated Press correspondent John T.

Wheeler reported from Da Nang that the Marines had Identified the enemy south of Da Nang as elements of the 308th North Vietnamese Division, crack outfit that took part in the final assault on Dien Bien Phu in the closing stage of the (Set hit 12J aloofness. I maintain that In the quite contrasting schools where these disturbances have occurred that dissatisfied youth have merely focused on the university some of the frustrations they see In the contemporary environment," Wilson said. By taking over buildings and forcing concessions from university administrations, students undermine the integrity and the free existence the unl versity has come to stand for, he said. "B's entirely possible that (Sc. PkM i J) THE RAIN continued to hamper the fishermen of the area gardeners were looking with disfavor upon the water in their rows for which they had been hoping fervently only a few days Decreasing chance of showers and thundersnowers, said the weatherman in his forecast for Saturday 50 per cent chance Saturday, 40 per cent Saturday night.

A degree or two cooler expected today Edisto River level: 156.6 feet and rising. THE PRESIDENT puts op a good talk about practicing economy, but us po' folks work at It Budget Cut, Milifcry Cut Holly Debuted WASHINGTON (AP) Pentagon planners and Army leaders are locked In behind-the-scenes debate over a civilian proposal to scrap a partially formed new infantry division. The move, if approved, would save an estimated $300 million a year and help President Johnson meet congressional demands for $6 billion in budget cuts in return for a tax increase. The issue is still very much in doubt. No final decisions have been made.

There was one report that Gen. Harold K. Johnson, Army chief of staff, is prepared to carry the fight to the President. However, the general is to retire in about six weeks. Top civilian analysts contend that dropping the 6th Infantry Division would leave the United States with a large enough homeased force to meet any foreseeable crisis overseas.

They also argue that, as one (SeAPgtl2) Blamed the result of carelessness and negligence in the driving of the car by Martin Patrick MacKlnnis and we find no fault of Raymond Ulmer driver of the other vehicle involved," one verdict read. The second verdict found "that Martin Patrick MacKlnnis came to his death as the result of an auto-truck collision on Calhoun Drive due to his own careless ness and negligence. We find no fault on the part of Mr. Raymond Ulmer Jr." Legislation Court Rapped Agreeing, Sen. John Stennis, said he has been surprised "by the vehemence of the assaults" on a section of the bill he described as merely seeking to restore the rules of evidence in effect prior to decisions of the court in recent years.

This part of the bill has been described by opponents as unconstitutional, as an attack the Supreme Court, and as an invitation to third-degree tactics by police in questioning criminal suspects. The Senate is to vote Tuesday on an amendment by Sen. Joseph D. Tydings, to strike it from the bill. Under this section, a confession would be admissible In evidence in federal criminal prosecutions if the trial Judge decided it was voluntarily given.

It could not be ruled out Just because of delay in arraignment after a suspect's arrest or because a suspect had not been advised by police of his right to remain silent or to get a lawyer before being questioned. Sgt. Ernest Stabler of the Orangeburg Police Department, Willis Harris, Charlte Gleaton, Dr. W. O.

Whetsell and Dr. R. C. Campbell, the latter two testifying as to the causes of the two deaths. Although there was only one inquest, the coroner's Jury returned separate verdicts.

As to Ferris, it found "that Mark Anton Ferris came to his death while a passenger la the car driven by Martin Patrick MacKlnnis on Calhoun Drive as Crime Control Sees Supreme WASHINGTON (AP) Southern senators said Friday that in the battle against crime train, ing and equipping law-enforcement officers won't help if they are handicapped by Supreme Court decisions. "Spending money Is not a substitute ior correcting the grievous errors of the Supreme Court that favor the criminal," said Sen. John L. McCilelan, EUArk. He added that this is the real crux of the controversy over the crime-control bill that has been under debate in the Senate since May 1.

fourth such operation. The infirmary said his condition was satisfactory. His father. Finley Smith, looked in on him twice, but was not allowed Into the sterilized room. One of Alex's lungs was destroyed by a poisonous weedkiller he mistook for soda pop and swallowed at his home in the Outer Hebrides, off Scotland's northwest coast.

pened, Solicitor Julian S. Wolfe, who represented the state, said. Testimony at the inquest showed that during a heavy ralnsUl, MacKlnnis, going north on John Calhoun Drive, veered to his right in order to avoid hitting a car which had stopped in front of Plggie Park. MacKlnnis lost control of his vehicle which later swerved left and across the median into the path of a pickup truck driven by Raymond Ulmer Jr. Testifying at the inquest were EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) Alex Smith, 15, breathing In part with a lung from the body of a teen-age girl, winked cheerfully at his father Friday from behind a glass partition at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary.

The Scottish schoolboy was convalescing in an Intensive care unjt after' receiving the lung Wednesday night in what was believed to be the world's r-i b4CWJiiJLS lliJLJ I 2 FATAUTIES APRIL 29 eg I igence.Cco relessness GOOD MORNING! Today is Saturday, May 18, 1968 Armed Forces Day. Here's a salute to the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines! May the negotiators in Paris smile upon you. STREET SCENE: Policeman raring back in laughter over speeder's remarks at service station on Calhoun Drive, then sternly turning to the task at hand writing the man's ticket. HAIL WAS reported In scattered areas of the state last night Orangeburg County is believed to gone hail-less, indicating in a way die extent of the lack of happenings 'round town. Carelessness and negligence on the part of the driver of a car which went out of control on John C.

Calhoun Drive near the Thompson Funeral Home the afternoon of April 29 was blamed by an Orangeburg County coroner's Jury after a double Inquest late Thursday. Killed were Mark Anton Fer-ris, passenger, and Martin Patrick MacKumis, the driver. The inquest, conducted by Coroner Jo A. Dicker, was held at the request of Interested parties so as to have a record of what hap.