European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Saigon mayor picked As prime minister Saigon up _ mayor Tran Van Huong of Saigon a former teacher was nominated monday As prime minister or South Vietnam even As Premier Njuyen Khanh quit an formally returned the country to civilian Rule Huong s name was placed before the High National Council by Phum Kunc newly elected chief of state. Suu whose Post is largely ceremonial said he wanted Huon to run the government and Huong said he would be glad to accept. Khanh is expected to retain control of the army in the War a g a i n s t the communist guerrillas. Huong had lest than it hours to form fill Cabinet and win Council approval if he was to meet the tuesday deadline for Transfer from military to civilian Rule. He studied for a teaching Ca reer before the successful rebel lion against France. For a time he was inspector of schools in the town of my the 35 mile Southwest of Saigon. He recently was reappointed tothe Post of mayor of Saigon which he had held in us4 and1�5j under the regime of the late president Ngo dunh diem. After serving to years under diem Huong became general Secretary of the Vietnam Redcross. He left that Job to be come a High school teacher. He was known for his opposition to the oppressive policies of the diem regime. Huong was suspected of complicity in the first military revolt against diem but was was one of the signers of the famous Carat cute Peti Tion which denounced diem and earned us name from the fact cont. On Tipp to col. 41 yank Pilot killed in Viet plane crash Saigon up an american was killed in South Vietnam Mon Day when his fighter bomber crashed during a strike Mission against communist Viet con guerrillas 30 Miles Northeast of Saigon. He was the 217th Amer ican to die in combat in the . Supported anti communist american was flying a sky Raider fighter bomber. Ill vietnamese Copilot also perished. The cause of the crash was no determined. The bodies were re covered by a team which landed at the crash site under the Protection of two . Army hell copters. Three other americans were wounded monday in separate engagements against the Viet special forces Soldier was wounded 55 Miles Northwest of Saigon and two marines an officer and an enlisted Man were injured when their helicopter was hit by communist fire 340 mile North of Saigon. Three americans including an army Captain in serious Condi Tion were Hurt sunday when Tran Van Huong. New Premier if 21855 a army Navy air Force a bloc Llo .1 in. . torn in furan Africa end a Mimi loll volume 23, number 192 i will or tar 14 Honfi Junior tuesday october 27, 1964 copter collision kills nine marines in Spain Law Calls off strike some locals still out foam Khac Suu ,. New chief of stale their jeep struck u mine Miles Northeast of Saigon 229 in Washington the Pentagon announced that pfc Charles p. Sparks son of mrs. William of Shelby mont., died saturday of injuries suffered when he was assisting the Crew of a plane shot Down in Vietnam a Pentagon spokesman said s sgt Ralph Mitchell husband of mrs. Ode t. Mitchell of co Lumbus ga., died Friday of in juries suffered n week earlier when his vehicle struck a mine s sgt Lawrence Woods Hus band of mrs. Frances l. Woods of Clarks Lluc tenn., was reported missing Detroit a the unite Auto workers has voted to Call off its month old National strike against general motors and the Union Headquarters said Man plants will be Back at work to not All of pm s striking workers will be going Back an when pm can resume Automo bile production is Law announced sunday that a majority of its 360,000members in pm plants had approved a new three year National contract. However some local Union voted to stay out until they reach at the Plant working agreement which supplement the National pm s 130 bargaining units. 102 have reached local level agreements. Among 28 which have not reached Accord arc 15of 23 Assembly plants and the Hydraulic transmission Divi Sion at Willow run which sup plies automatic transmissions Fornall pm cars. The company said maintenance and make ready Crews were re called immediately in the Pon Lluc division it pin tic mich.,Bulck division at Flint. Mich., and the Buick Pon Tluck Plant in Kansas City Kan. No production workers How Ever were summoned right Wuy. Although one company source said cars might Sturt Roll ing in u couple of . Will tax imports to Cut Sterling Drain London Britain s new labor government announced Mon Day a temporary 19 per cent sur charge on All imports with the exception of foodstuffs unman fractured tobacco and Basic raw materials. It was one of a series of eight Steps announced by prime min Uter Harold Wilson to Assis Britain s Economy and especially reduce us troublesome Trade . The government statement Dis closed that there May be a Cut Buck in the joint Anglo French project to build the supersonic concorde Jet Airliner the statement said the government have already communicated to the French government their wish to re examine urgently the concorde the announcement outlined Aplan for relieving exporters of part of the indirect taxation entering into the Cost of production of also culled for Early consultation with both sides of Industry to plan increased productivity and an incomes policy related to productivity. This would cover Oil forms of income. From press dispatches the statement in its mildness a reflection of the slim 4-Scal majority by which labor came to Power in the oct. Is election said the government had take Stock of the situation and Satis fied themselves that with the facilities available the strength icon. On pane. Col. Ii body and Assembly units i these three locations plus a Cor Muir Plant at Willow run have resolved local disputes. Spokesmen for both the com Pany and Union said they had no idea How Long stockpiled trans missions would last. Neither would spokesmen guess when unresolved local de mands might be settled but Bot expressed Hope that agreement would come within a week. Barry aids drive for lbs Phoenix Ariz. Up group of Hollywood stars campaigning for president Johnson and sen. Hubert Humphrey used novel containers to collect 690for the democratic Campaign from 9,000 persons at a municipal stadium during a Johnson Humphrey night. Henry Fonda Eddie Fisher,.lacklc Cooper. Barbara Rush and others in a Star cuu Lude the stands collecting Money in ill boxes from the Gold ruler department store u democratic spokesman said. The store is owned by the fam ily of Republican Preni denial nominee Barry m. Goldwater. Writer Dies of cancer Stamford Conn. Up Edward m. Eager 93, stage and television writer and author of children s books died Here of cancer. Weather Cloar la partly Cloudy with and Haw. Lettla Chango a in Dar. ,,8 High h. Low 10. Import Lurl recorded monday in tilt Dana e u 39lhn� cd 74 Plano p in John cd 4t m Frank p u Tendon p � 4 pm am Madrid p 01 to Munich cd 41 to Paris p to 4ft pro aur k cd or fat Homo r 87 u whoa a s to partly Cloudy . And Wrather win olympic supplement the stars and is Ripe will pub Lish a 16-Page pictorial supple ment with the highlights of the 1964 olympiad at Tokyo sum Maries of the games and a com plete list of Gold medal winners. It will be issued in two eight Page sections. Part i will be published Joto 1964 wednesday and part ii thursday. Participating in operation steel Pike i by Wallace beene88 staff writer Huelva Spain nine american marines were killed and 13 others injure monday when two helicopters collided during amphibious Landing Maneu vers involving 50,000 american and Spanish marines and sailors. A . Navy spokesman sardine collision occurred about two hours after the Landing phase of operation steel Pike i got under Way at Dawn. The helicopter which crushed were . Navy 1134s, he said. The Landing on beaches near this port City of southwestern Spain was billed As the biggest amphibious operation Ever staged Navy withheld identification of the dead and injured an also refused to say to what ship or unit the men were bodies of the marines were flown to one of the . Ships taking Purl in the exercise. The crash started a tire in Woods where the aircraft fell but the Navy said the ire was immediately brought under control. Earlier in the Day another Accident threatened to mar the Mas Sive Man Euver when an observers grandstand with about s3 per sons in it collapsed just As b. Russell d-ga., was climbing the Steps. Neither the senator nor anyone else was injured. Perfect weather the first phase of the operation was accomplished in perfect weather conditions with Clear skies and Calm was observed by Navy under Secretary Paul b. Fay bus sell and a Host o other High rank ing american and Spanish Mili tary officials. The assault supported by american and u Spanish War ships was aimed at three beaches and a number of Strong Points in Spanish took the left Hank of the attack while the marines Landing by water hit the Center of the three beaches. The hell copter assault was used to secure com. On Pagi a col ii stateside Static Chicago up work men were supposed to be of a construction project ill Chica go s o flare Airport but turned up their noses at Ihei Dea. A Skunk lust passing through fell into a Concrete pit of a cargo hangar under construction. The Natl cruelly society promised to Send a nun to the Airport to catch the Skunk an solve the labor problem
