European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A the stars and stripes ,. _ from Are Iii Thailand along with Marin est oni i the us 7th if Cerf the remainder of the 27th probably willsail7by this weekend the army said.1 " -. A 1 in Washington the defense de pertinent disclaimed any present plan to increase 0, forces in Thailand beyond the a proud Malelya , now committed a spokesman was asked about reports that president Kennedy was ready to Send an additional Joy to positions near Laos Border Cagalj 3,000 or More military men into Viet Nam. In for Itier to in Haan a , i �.,,3,00 More Militar in Thailand. Two major possibilities must reconsidered in connection with the defense of Thailand the spokes Man pointed out first the possibility of a direct invasion attempt from communist controlled areas across the laotian Border. The. Deployment of Thailand . Forces a designed As a guard agans rothls. Second trouble could come infiltration tactics such As used by the communists against South Viet. So far there have been no such operations. But there exists n possibility that infiltration attempts might be Marie in areas where thousands of refugees have been living since 3954. Most of these fled North Viet Nam when communists took control there but there also Are some laotians among the  Bangkok Seato Secretary Genera Pote Sarasin said the Landing of the marines shows we Are determined to resist  a 1 to vital trip Eather. _. Cape canaveral cup to space officials and thurs Day that bad weather in the Al Larilis Ocean gave them Only j a 5030 Charice of blasting astronaut Scott Carpenter into orbit on sat it Carpenter and the project mor Cury. Launch team already were moving like clockwork through the final 48 hours of technical pre Paraf to tiie while scientists kept their lingers crossed and their eyes on an a antics storm the weather pattern was described As suit similar to the one which caused numerous delays in the flight of astronaut John h. A Jinn in feb. 25-30 Muo winds r. Weathermen Saia that winds of 25,? 30 Miles per hour and Waves. Seven to  were churn ing up the Atlantic Between berm Uda and the azores that Ewoud be the area where Carpenter s Atirora-7, spacecraft would be sex peeked to land if something went wrong with the f tight jut before he to diced into orbit ". ,. Mercury officiate said Itie churn though. Similar to that before the Enn Janight has a Little in tense there was no indication Lio Wayer. That it would let up in time Tor a Aho saturday of i a j i f an p official statement released by the space Agency also said that intermittent cloudiness in this launch. Area Here May be expected to cause temporary lays. A strike ends at Waldorf service employees returned to their Joba at = Waldorf Astoria s hotel  a one Day walkout ban t f waiters reported at 11  scheduled to Complete the com  service workers who  Park Avenue hotel. On visit maj Gen Charles g. Dodge right army chief of in formation is greeted on his arrival at Khi Iio Mirin air % Germany from Washington by col adv Van a Itu him Mon it Iblis affairs officer usage in. Dodge is to Inaki it talc visits to Usak Kuil Mills in connection u Nii army information . Is i Hoto Zeisloft he described the action As purely a defensive and precautionary measure. He std there was no necessity for calling a special meeting of the Seato Council ministers now. Meanwhile some 300 laotian government troops with several . Military advisers were re ported digging in along High ground outside the town of Houe Sal in Northwest Laos. Reports reaching Here from Xeleng Khong a town 50 mile Northeast of Cal Engram and just across the Mekong River Border from Buel Sal were the first solid indication that an Effort was being made to hold Houel Sai. Last stronghold the laotian Border town is the government s last stronghold inthe Northwestern Corner of the country. Muong sing and the Northwestern capital of Nam thar about 80 Miles to the North were overrun by communist forces inthe past two weeks. Kernel sni s Garrison swelled by retreating government units from the North abandoned the town and swarmed across the Mekong River into Thailand lost week to escape communist invasion that did no developing London prime minister har old it Mcmillan said Britain is pre pared to Back United states move sin Thailand and Send troops there if requested. He told the House of commons that the governments of Australia and new zealand also were ready to contribute to the defense of the area. In Paris it was reported thut France a is studying n request from the uni co states to Send a Token military Force to Thailand. Continued from pane it making diplomatic efforts a route to Bonn on what bras described As a cultural and Goodwill Mission to West Ger inane. T for the group princeiu.,. I.-��,. A Priam Preby bongs Mer. Foreign mini generalsaidrthe.? visit of his group if was planned Long a efpre"1 Thea rent cr1la-Laos. V a in -._. The two there Are no plans at Tiff for further meeting.1 Watson and Solovyev he As things stand now both Del barred from each other s Petite a so the Only Way they could1" not would be in a place outside Belfil the Western allies miss Oiw a the soviet Headquarters to so Germany Are stationed in pots Farai As Berlin common Thant wat Foft has no connection with the of military Liaison Mission there. 5u& i the Mission office or that of Thyl soviet Liaison officer would be a i convenient place for the two commandants to meet. An american letter went to. Losyev it his Heru quarters in Karl Short last Berlin on May $ its contents Hove not been a heated. It was the soviets who took us unusual step of disclosing that the letter had been received. Afterwards & . Spokesman con firmed .-soviet c on t a c to Tow been made. The dispute concerns the. Bait German demand t h a t american civilian officials show their Pap a to their police when entering efts Berlin on official business last december Watson Back from keeping an App with Solovyev rather than let civilian adv or submit to it German control. Watson fired Oft a protest but got no satisfy Clatk from the soviets. Foj four Days later it was ded pfc o bar Solovyev from the u.3.me or. In March the soviets barrel Watson from e not Berlin. British and French  he not impose similar ban Oft Solovyev he has made repeat visits since to the British a Frt Nch sectors. Lat october East German Der guards began . Officials out of uniform Lucy themselves when crossing Telfe Aat Berlin at Fried the Only entry Point for the . Army provided Arm l escorts to take the official the East German guards both the soviet and . A rolled out tanks which facet another at Short Range for is hours before withdrawing. A Brenner pass Rozel not Block Munich is travel Germany to Italy through Bruck Austria and the by pass has been described at Normal by a spokesman German automobile club h this information corrects earlier erroneous report snows which closed a numb passes Between Austria Ami and Between Switzerland and had blocked Brenner. The Auto club reported that struck Ion projects on both austrian and italian std a of pass Are causing alight traffic