European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday March 18, funds slashed for Hico Home building Washington March 17 up the state department bowing  congressional criticism has agreed to take a s2.500.000 tuck in its plan to build luxurious Homes for . Diplomats in Germany. " but a House government opera Lions subcommittee investigating the housing program is Noi entirely satisfied with the cutback Donold b. Lourie newly a Point brought the official party within jeep distance i the tall Hill topped by observation  and the others quickly put on armoured vests Over their Green fatigues adjusted their Hel met straps and climbed into open jeeps for the drive to the base of the Forward outpost the party climbed the Hill on foot. Soldiers in their bunkers looked ii to smile at Stevenson As he passed. Visits trenches for most of the 40-minute visit to the outpost Stevenson shuffled through trenches shouldered through bunkers and was reason ably Safe from any stray red  while heading Back Down the Hill the party took a Side trip out onto a shoulder where an Allied tank was perched. Stevenson Tay Lor 1st corps commander it Gen Paul a Kendall and 2d div com Mander maj Gen James c. Fry were standing near the tank when the mortar Shell exploded it locks like that one was going the wrong Way Stevenson said. Let s get the party moving Taylor said. " another mortar round struck the Hiu As the party was finishing its descent to the waiting jeeps. Hen salutes St. Patrick Forn Pelt mo., March 17 a Herbert Pickett in t sure whether his Hen has in mind St Patrick s Day or easter but she has been in diag eggs with a pastel Green colouring the Heri Laid the Firstone yesterday. She. Produced two wore today Pickett reported the appeared1 to be Normal exar the. Color. Riff a with Churchill Eden a marshal Tito is greeted on Bis arrival in London by of time minister Winston Churchill us foreign Muster Anthony Eden. " United press Phot big chinese attack shattered Soldier saves Louii red cd Tokyo March 17 up us. 2d div infantrymen ripped to pieces today a l,6op-Man chinese attack in an eight hour Battle front reports indicated the enemy assault was intended to establish astr Bigpoint for a much larger attack. The Battle started with artillery exchanges. As the chinese reds closed and even fought their Way into the american trenches machine guns rifles pistols and then fists served As  saves officer an american officer who fought until he collapsed from four wounds and a negro Soldier who saved his life emerged As the heroes of the Battle for Little  col Richard Steinbach commander of the 9th-inf regt credited a lieutenant colonel with saving Little Gibraltar from capture by1,000 chinese communists. Steinbach said the chinese swarmed into american positions West of Yon con Early today and pushed As far As the company Kitchen behind the company com Mand Post. But the americans never budged he said. Many chinese got so far Back they never bad a Chance to get  the main attack Force was driven from United nations positions. Early in the morning he said but the soldiers continued to  up on stragglers four hours later awarded medal Steinbach said. The lieutenant colonel personally led reinforce ments through a devastating communist mortar and artillery bar rage. He was wounded four times but kept fighting until he collapsed. The wounded colonel was placed in a Trench with several other wounded. Soldiers. A negro Soldier assigned to guard them straddled the Trench. He the Soldier stood Over them and calmly fired his weapon at every chinese he saw. He continued firing although he was showered by. Rifle fire and grenades. I am making every Effort. Possible to identify this Man. And he will be  -.-. The wounded lieutenant colonel s name was withheld until his next of Kin were notified. Troops untouched by a beast continued from Page 1 sparked atop the detonation Tower. It disappeared quickly As a weird ice topped Cloud formed its Char i act Ristic mushroom top. ". I at the base turbulence whipped up a dust Cloud that for Many min utes obscured the desert where the troops were entrenched and where typical american Homes and Auto Shad been subjected to the nuclear blast. The Roost pronounced sensation was the terrific tremors of the Earth former gov. Val Peterson of Nebraska said. The governor who is civil defens administrator for the nation was in a Forward  was the first Man to be brought Back by helicopter. Ferry service. To  of correspondents waiting on news Nob.". I would t want to be much closer 16 a detonation Point because of the risk of Trench Cave in Peterson added. There was no heat wave noticeable to us in the trenches. Rocks were blown around us but we kept Down below ground level and no one was Hurt. Cold out there it was colder than the Devil out there. My two principal sensations were of the great burst of Light and of the tremendous tremors of the  Gen John Hodge army ground forces commander who stepped out of the next helicopter commented upon the extraordinary brilliance of the Flash. Otherwise it was like the other atomic  hod2e said. Cpl Joseph p. Corriveau of East Hartford Conn and sgt Charles c. Vaughn of Tulsa ofcla., were two of the first soldiers to return from the ground Zero trenches to news Nob in a helicopter. By Corriveau and Vii gun looked tired after t k e i a Long Vigil in the trenches Only two Miles Fram the blast Tower. They were covered with dust. Vaughn and Corriveau said the men around them were Calm Andt Pok the blast in stride. Big noise and Flash we heard a big noise and saw a Flash overhead Corriveau said. The Trench quivered like Jelly. A Little dust came Down on us but it was t  Vaughn was even less impressed. I hardly Felt a thing when the blast went off he told reporters. My Trench Shook a Little. Not enough stuff fell in on us to do anything but cover us with  a tremendous crash followed the Brilliant Light by 15 seconds and reverberated around the Foothills for Many seconds thereafter. The continuing Echo and reverberations were new to the observers. Great fireball itself was pre dominantly purple in color. The fiery activity soon ceased and the great Cloud leaning toward the East became mauve coloured. Us fat still burning at 5 25 am the dust had settled sufficiently on the desert floor to show an electric Light still burning in the approximate location of the father of two typically american Homes constructed on the desert. Then came an official announce ment Over the Public address system at news Nob seven Miles from the blast Center that All 1,600 troops 20 newsmen and a handful of civilian observers in trenches Only two Miles from the detonation Tower were Safe. Yugo chief lunches with Queen at Buckingham London. March 17 up Yugo. Slavia s marshal Tito sat Down to top level diplomatic talks Here to Day after a Busy round of go ghz. Seeing lunch with Queen Elizabeth ii at Buckingham Palace and three Quick changes of clothes. In the late afternoon tie was whisked to no. 10 Downing is  Bullet proof Sedan for a with prime minister Churchill. Later he was to Dine with eign Secretary Anthony Eden at is official residence outside Buckingham Palace were a few Boos from the Tito drove up and one Man a later detained for using in Shin language. Tight Security measure Fie strictest seen Here since the wet. Kept the limited band of repartee at Arm s length during the Day. But the ban on publication of Tito s temporary residence in the White Lodge in Richmond Park or lifted after the " communist to shr worker disclosed How one of Iti reporters scuffled there with poke with rent 14 Gene Rak " cant nerf from Page Jonathan l. Holman George & a. Ear text Woi fam Mitchell. James a George c. Stewart Charles Dasher or. John a Dabney s. Meloy or. " and Robert of. So nth among the new brigadier reals were David it. Huuey former Sarteur chief Engineer  in the office of the assistant of staff in Washington waited Jet Johnson Lormer g3 of v corp and Earl c. Bergquist former i army g3. Others promoted to one Star were Keener p. Hertford we Tiffin e. Carraway Patrick j. Ryan Pete c. Hains Iii Richard w. Ralph w. Zwicker Walter k. Son. Jr., William c. Btl Loeft Thomas w. Dunn. Carf l Hutta. John p. Daley. Sam a vat a Dwight e. Beach Louis w. Tru Raat and William w. Quinn. The special order also listed fee promotion of maj Gen Ralph canine to temporary general with appointment Tor of the National Agency. East refugees 749,000 since Bonn March 17 is Fectea authorities reported today off total of 749.000 refugees Haw to West Berlin and Western Many since 1945.of the 79,000. Some 335,00 he fled to West Berlin British zone Camp of Hanover and 150,000 have logged at  figures include refugees arriving up to mid March. Less than Hall of the total Ugee flood has received r As Bona fide political re Cige i to Ever. Cut Birchill terms Russ attack on plane continued from Page i fired on the Lincoln and mercilessly destroyed it when it was actually West of and within the Allied zonal Frontier. Thus it was  our zone when first and mortally fired on and the lives of. Seven British airmen were callously taken for a navigational mistake in process of correction which could have been dealt with by the usual method of protest and  then Churchill said British aircraft in the Western Allied zones of Germany will continue to carry out their Normal exercises taking All possible pre cautions. A.  4i warning ordered should soviet aircraft stray in to our zone every Effort will he made to a in them and by follow ing the procedure normally used by nations at peace to avoid loss of life Churchill was asked w could confirm or deny to it � least one member of the Crew a fired upon by the Rosshart Flam after he had Pracht Ledr prime minister replied i have no proof thai Ivance at the present time that. I have seen reports t effect. But the air plane we heatedly and mercilessly a Funta it was destroyed. 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