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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of april 2�, 1962 the stars and stripes log 7 subduing gunman averting Roll tragedy Riest train crewman win Carnegie hero awards  ,. Roman priest who risked a Hall it who pushed an elderly Man i path of a insight train t among & persons honoured by Carnegie hero fund St us Spring lao approved pensions in att granted monetary Otaling j135clto bed educational and Offler worthy ii Mou presentations were in three cum where the medal winners died trying to save others. All were drowning victims. On april is of last year. Father Gerard Griffith waa credited with preventing what could have been tragedy when a former men Talpa went went berserk in Union City  35-year-old priest was sum Mohed by neighbors when the Man climbed to a rain swept rooftop and threatened to shoot anyone who came near. He was armed with a automatic Rifle loaded with 14  Griffith and a police officer scaled the rooftop and at tempted to talk the gunman into surrendering peacefully. But the Man leaped three feet to an adjoining rooftop. When the priest and the officer followed the crazed Man struck father Griffiths with the Rifle and then began fir ing. Six bullets were discharged but All missed their Mark. Two of the bullets passed through the policeman s Raincoat a slug from the officer s service revolver struck the gunman in the thigh and he was  last year on May 28, a Nell fear re 42, of Nashville Tenn.,was working at a fireman on a freight train near Huntingdon Tenn. The Engineer spotted a Man walking in the Center of the tracks and sounded a warning. The Man did not step Clear of the right of Way and the train continued to Bear Down despite application of the brakes. Pearre left the cab of the engine and climbed to a footboard atthe front of the train. From his precarious Perch he reached outland pushed the track Walker Clear just As the train passed. The Man was not Hurt awarded medals posthumously were Donald i tace 37, of Nort Tonawanda . William e. John son 52, of House Springs to end Noreen Ann Harvey 38, of Pem broke ont Canada they drowned in separate accidents while at tempting to save others from Simi Lar fates. The 26 medals awarded by the commission brought to 4�27 tha number presented to persons for heroic acts since shortly after the turn of the Century. In that period the fund also has granted Mone tary awards amounting to of Simillion. Head led s speech a Presidente Redyth Wilson of tote univer of Minnesota has refitted Toi scheduled speech by Ben i j. Davis leading us. Com i " University is the product free  said Wilson. It neither afraid of Freedom Noria serve society Well if it casts of the ability of our for editions to meet the Challenge foreign to our  new York was invited the Ual to sly socks Flat club Toat Coffman memorial Union during a freed o to Observance. An unnamed tree formed last monday protested it would be a of free speech to allow Davis or any other communist speak on out University cams the group asked Wilson to Davis. University policy rejecting the pleas Wilson the University had a policy approved student organize can sponsor speakers before members and friends. Such he said include the our and the More in of supported Republican and  it Soti said it should be Clear Davis appearance or the a human Broadb Ock mothers and evil Drea Nordi in m human barricade at Colum Bia Point Boston to successfully Damp tracks bound for a Block the mothers organized after � tit a car old girl we killed by m Damp truck. I Phoutt asks which units will be dropped once of other persons  would not University endorsement of ther views army pushes guard reorganization Washington up the army has asked each state to Des Ignate which of their National guard units would be disbanded under proposed guard reorganization. The action was announced by we Cju -,.,.,.-., up of la swim Stead. Flambe a. The army after Iowa gov. Normana. Erbe bluntly refused to go along with the plan which requires the approval of governor before it can be put into effect under the reorganization preliminary details of which were announced recently 475 company size guard outfits averaging about 150men each would be dropped maj Gen Donald w. Mcgowan chief of the army National guard Bureau said his message to adjutant general of each state was sent wednesday night. He said the purpose was to obtain information for planning purposes. By May 3 Mcgowan s message said the pro posed guard reorganization would result in the deletion of certain Type units in each state s troop allotment and then listed  asked that the adjutant Gen eral designate by May 3 the specific units to be eliminated fro die types specified. The administration has requested a reduction from 40f ,000 to 367,000 in the Drill pay strength of the guard. The reorganization goes further to eliminate Many out dated units Mcgowan said the army fully popularity we can do without i Fri Nult apparently have taken a liking to a Branch Bank in a Louisville reel Dent a commercial neighbourhood it has been robbed for the seventh tune in four years a gunman Gat away we several hours later the Fri announced the arrest of Herbert Staedtler 61 of Loung Volle and laid116,746 waa recovered. Realized that approval of the governors was required by Law to put the reorganization into effect Buthe said the army must Complete a plan for approval of defens Secretary Roberts Mcnamara and consideration by  is one of several states which stands to lose a 1,500-Manbattle group and the 34th inf in town and Nebraska is one of fou National guard divisions scheduled to be Cut Down to brigade size. Firm discloses huge rocket Dover Del Tzoc of the Guad your state May be n e x the he warned fellow governors. " Elfae it Republican urged  to present a unite front in Cut Tail ing the Banff sub Eaon a Democrat joined orb in oppo Neltson after Tecen a Simi Lar directive be Sidhu would not aay  
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