European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Fog 2 the stars and stripes on offence Felt says Saigon South Viet Nam Cap adm Harry d. Felt said , South Viet Nam troop Are on the offensive against communist Jun Gle fighters who have been at Nek ing in rising Force in recent supreme commander of . Forces in the Pacific Here for Atwo Day tour of military insinuations made his remarks after South vietnamese forces reported two major victories in two days..-Suppllcd aircraft and . Army helicopter teams played keyholes in the military successes believed to be Uia biggest of the year after three major setbacks for president Ngo dunh diem forces. Felt appeared undisturbed by the previous communist successes in South Viet Nam. He told reporter reports of communist infiltration of South Viet Nam from the North or red China should not be exaggerated. They communists Are not 50 feet tall he said. A Are taller than they Are. And i think they have reason to be a two Day period South Viet namese troops killed More than100 re guerrillas Ati wounded or captured hundreds More. Government forces in Phuo Thanh province about 35 Miles from Here found 60 communist Viet Cong bodies after a South vietnamese air strike. Authorities believed the communists May have carried Many More into the to tur. 100 Miles Northwest of Saigon 73 vietnamese civil guards and militiamen stood off about 1.000 charging red guerrillas in a 10 . To Dawn Battle. The communists retreated . Helicopters carried a battalion of South vietnamese troops into he area. Government officials said 56 communists were killed and Large numbers wounded or Cap tured. Government authorities at to Tuc said the defenders lost six killed seven wounded and six miss sir of the attacking forces led to Tuc defenders to believe the communist Viet Cong plan mass infiltration and More Large assaults. Argues with trooper Dies grand rapids Mich. Up Jerome Cisco 70, suffered a fatal heart attack while angrily berating the state trooper who arrested him in a minor traffic charge. 20 die As continued from Page 1 Ghia in 20 years. Streets in nor Folk Portsmouth arid South nor Folk were flooded. New York City s Rockaway y pen insulin was Given n pounding forc ing evacuation of countless rest dents. An tween Manhattan and Staten is land across the Harbor to the South. Tho Long Island Railroad had new troubles and delays on its South Shore Lino and had to handle some passengers by bus. Flooding of tracks and stalled trains also snarled commuter rail roads in Northern new Jersey. A hotel in the Rockaway Queens new York City was declared unsafe because of storm damage and occupants were or dered out. Similar Steps were taken at two apartment buildings. Onti not cold q to Wini j he is mop of Wuth of 0�o Outlook Fok 1 i a. Today occluded front causing Cloudy Kien and rain Over France and the United kingdom. Benelux and Germany fair to partly Cloudy. Spain mid the Mediterranean area in Tho want will be partly Cloudy to Cloudy while the Eastern part will ims full to partly Cloudy. . Temperatures by United precut International Halih Alhatt la Rill 82 Atlanta Bill Lahiri Bolt Boiton out Lulo cd Tyrnn wild to can clan to la Triune m ,17 41 3� 33 it 33 31 u Low 35 25 32 ii 32 30 m i 24 21 Dinver out huh Fri it. Worth hurl or u Housun Halih Law 01 17m n � Ait so i 27 m 3.1 2 3.1 Indian Viollt 3h 24 Kin Iii City 38 pm vim 31 41 Motte it toot i in u.9.h2 at Yoni. Aril will Low Loulli Vullo 37 28 lot an Kiln 59 46 Momolu 4 2 mum i m 11 my Loukoo s3 23 Noih Vullo is 25 now Orlund 97 34 Norfolk 39 32 Oil City 52 22 Coli til Mot in Lulow it Hloch Low Poi Tinnil to 37 in Ftp. It ii 36 i is Otoel m 8mi for Neu of 83 4a 98 34 by tilt blot malty 52 As 19 ii 43 a Ali Noton 31 34 for of. . Veterans of Remagen crossing reunited Coitt nth
