European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse 1962 the stars and St types fog. .3 of 17.s. Copter on Viet Mission Page 1 so far and Ion against Lias in the Central Viet i have been hands of the Force estimated it unions totalling and ran at first them May have Jungle before the Down on them most of them Elmate one Corn end possibly an Jhones Robertson Beach Fla. And of the 2nd urged Aid the com i killed 17 wounded there were no a manned by . Wave after wave vietnamese the Moke of Burn outposts to scattered the communist item so to of the Mouth of a com i Valley but most off were dropped on Dun ledges High up called off Alert indicating the bulk of the Viet Cong May have escaped. The Viet Cong have managed to escape practically every trap set for them since these helicopter supported missions started less than two months ago. The operations Are part of a major . Military buildup ordered after president Kennedy committed the United states to the defense of South vet Nam last december. Failure of previous missions has been blamed on faulty communications and Liaison and insufficient troops and helicopters. Weather delayed this Mission 24 hours. The vet Cong May have got wind of it said it col Millard o. Engen of Newhall. Calif., senior adviser to the 2nd div. Our intelligence definitely sighted one Viet Cong battalion and elements of another in the area wednesday and Friday the helicopters took off from america9 begins 2-week european tour by Makov Gershen staff writer to bottle up and \ Viet Cong Force in had been har sing and the Rii Juhl be raided a nearby outpost leaving x casualties. Intent threw 1.500 men Era t Ion. Seven com i flown in by helicopter. Late saturday to Block break to the South. Airborne companies to Touraine were if r Kluht Sas miss America of 1962 has arrived Here to begin a two week visit with . Troops stationed at army and air Force installations in Germany France and England. Maria Beale Fletcher 19-year old Beauty from Asheville n.c., is on her first overseas visit. She said she will be meeting soldiers and airmen for the first time when she begins her personal appear ances at army and air Force exchanges troop mess Halls and special services clubs. Among those on hand to meet tin1us-Pound Beauty Queen with the i5-24-,15 figure was army capt Leo Pia Sickl. 34, of Massey. Md., a combat Para Roopi Law Cal Veteran now with the Hend quarters of eks. Piaseski has been assigned in envy ibo Mission to escort miss Fletcher Ai Kunii military tons in Germany for the next 10 Days. The army Captain carefully explained to newsmen that he has three children and 13 years of happily married life. I explained to my wife that duty called and drop no Mart the Slock Ned again monday but relatively slow. Fairly Broad Market with crossing the to a of declined. 4. 19 advanced 24-hour basis according to a Public affairs division spokesman Here an Ber Lin s now schedule is designed to provide continual troop information and entertainment broadcast in for . Personnel in the divided City particularly those whose duties re quire null Nierth work. . Stock Exchange prices Rte �. Pm in. No. I 47m m4 m24�i Ems m 4 n in of 1,1 a tin b pm w m Bull of u Cut ism Vioal Tia t4t in c Kkt or Al Ltd Lott lilt 14 37 41 81 in 14 i cd Oad put fat. Chi. M. Cal Al ichor shr said the korean War Ria i Ltd Ltd Wick mum or mum 04id 14n of gut Nam at it Oil had 0t�r us melt to l out set hash lad Uncur us air us in h bust a Uhron a in ill,3�% m i Vatu it i si5, m 14 in47s is a is s3s mss 113 Man on hand to hit eyed Beauty was Kp-1 Paul Fel Kamii. 20, of the 519th to Insco. The Kiama wis., army Driver was picked for this assignment several Days Hoo but Learned that his Iol was not to chauffeur miss America around but rather to r Riti Fiir d sister mrtrgart-1 i 18 years old. Said Thi Bro in haired miss Fletcher. She Iles nol Liko to be of ill Crl i to most Beautiful girl in Hie . I m Al Tel an average american Kirl snid miss Fletcher adding that Tho purpose of the miss Amerl ii contest was to find girl who Lind a fit lie of everything thnh would Inanc her the typical Amer ican in l whom the typical amort can l of would like to bring Home to Mother. She was to Hegen her personal a tuesday with a visit to the Haine Berg shopping outer in Wiesbaden at noon and at the Frankfurt shopping cent i at 50 . From Merrill Lynchc Tene Fenner Job Smith Frankfurt. Airline executive Dies san Diego. Clif. I ufos Ken Neth g. Friedkin 47, president of Pacific Southwest airlines died it Sharp memorial Hospital after suf Fering a cerebral Haemorrhage. Tourone soon after Tayl Erht. After dropping the first company around the Ohi Tive they shuttled five More Waves in rapid succession from Quang Nagiu 20 Miles South East. To maintain he element of sur prise the first wave flew out Over the South Chin sea before swing ing in at Treetop level Over Lush Green terraced Rice paddies and up the Valley. We May not know the outcome of this operation Lor Days maybe weeks a senior american adviser said. No helicopter was hit. One had been burned another shot Down and at least 11 others hit in operations in the Southern Delta area the last six weeks. A. Were real said it Robert of thins of Belle Vernon pa., one of the pilots on the Mission most military men Here feel the helicopter supported missions can play a major role in turning the communist tide in South Viet a once the kinks Are worked out of the complicated split second operations involved. I think our work is terribly important said capt Geoffrey m. Daniels of Berkeley Heights . Co a Mander of the 2nd flight Pla Toon of the 93rd helicopter co which arrived from fort Devens mass., less than three months ago. We can deliver fresh troops in 45 minutes to a combat area which would take 21 Days to reach by foot Heller sees gains for 62 new York a a White House economic official predicted continued expansion and improve ment in business activity during Walter w. Heller chairman of tin presidential Council of eco nomic advisers said in a talk tothe harmonic club in the lost two upswing the first full year of recovery 1955 and 1i53 yielded increases in the value of the nation s output of 8h to 9h per tent. In spite of n slow Start this . We foresee a equivalent gain in 1002 and anticipate a Continua Tion of the upswing Well into 1963." Heller said the current recovery rests on a solid foundation of fac tors favourable to growing demand. He said these factors fall into three classes those forces in the private Economy which Supply the thrust and he incentive to spend. Those which serve As Permis Sive factors helping to translate willingness to buy into actual expenditures on the Market the measures of government policy which support the upward path of the plate Economy in looking at the factors that Supply to lust u private to said we see conservative in it Rory positions Fuller use of Industrial -ipacit.v. And improved household incomes is three win Ning tricks Gold Pool studied As Price Check London up British Finan Cial authorities have confirmed that they Are studying a Plant form a Gold Pool through inter National cooperation. It is designed to avoid fluctuations in the fre Market Price of Gold and u aimed at keeping foreign Exchange markets steady they said. The sources added that explore tory talks have been going on for some time now about the forma Tion of such a Pool which would limit Price movements in the Mone tary Metal. They declined to give any details or ideas of any Post ble future Price ranges. They stressed the proposal Abib was in the talking stage. Increased financial Unity the sources said the plan is part of greatly increased financial cooperation in the Western world now being developed. This Type of cooperation atm seen last March in the so called base agreement Between Central government Banks when they jointly stockpiled Sterling to was growing pressures on the Pound which followed the revaluation it the German Mark and Rumor of further revaluations to come. An other example was the International monetary fund if Parl club borrowing arrangement under which Industrial countries can provide some $6 billion for standby credits to help countries whose currencies come unders rain. Paper pit Mohed report the London times published the report that the proposal for Gold Pool first can from the United states. Financial quarters Here said if Central Banks in the West can form a Gold poo which would top prices from soaring it would help prevent any runaway hat seen in the sold Rush of october 1960. At that time speculators poured vast sums into buying the Metal n a Gamble Ngn inst the Dollar. Phe Price rocketed to better thai an ounce against the official Price of $35. This Gold fever later brought a other from then president Dwight 5. Eisenhower requiring All Amer can citizen.1 hoarding Gold abroad o divest themselves of their ho4 nos. Gas death probed to Augsburg Augsburg. Germany tween a building and the cab of a military Coal truck he had Bem iriving. He was attached to the army Garrison Here. Larit me strike spreads starts rationing san Francisco a affects of the Pacific m i r i t m strike spread in West Oast norts and in Hawaii with no new bargaining talks m View to seeking Settle ment men is Wei Berget suitors Union Otth Pacific Sene iry said Uli picketing Nad Timon resumed in san Francisco l lie picketing was lifted saturday under a court order directing thai perishable cargoes and mail be unloaded Honolulu grocers started rat Loor ing such Staple foods As Rice an4 canned and powdered milk major food stores reported there Al been a definite run on tool stocks since the strike started but Friday Hawaii s gov William f qui iut called on president Kennedy to exert his influence to end the strike and restore shipping. I Uinn said the Island state Only a three to four week of Rice bakery supplies butter meat
