European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Suicide barrage saves Viet army unit a South Vietnam up american military advisers told How a vietnamese battalion commander called Down Friendly artillery on his positions to Bent off a Large scale communist when the reds launched their they were smashed with a loss o at least an estimated 5 Charlie look a Licking last Cap Cole a army officer from beamed As he recounted the Charlie is current army Slang for the Viet Cong Whaley and four other american army advisers were with the government unit which came under communist attack Miles Southwest of Saigon in the predawn hours capt Harry of had the highest Praise for the government battalion Spaulding Irod that after calling for the artillery to fire on his own positions to drive off the the vietnamese battalion commander stood in the open through of to encourage his men and to reel the government artillerymen at the nearby District capital of Gallay said they fired 716 rounds from the 105mm and 155mm howitzers at the positions containing the Headquarters of the Spaulding said As near As we can the whole thing started around Twenty minutes to two this a 57mm round my the rear of the command killing the vietnamese radio was about this time the team decided to net out of Spaulding he and newly arrived sri John of were sleeping in the next room when the recon flesh Rifle round smashed through the command posts Concrete describing the Small Cluster of hitched huts surrounding the towns open air Spaulding said this is the town we took away from Charlie on the nineteenth of at that it had been under Viet Cong control for More than a Spaulding recalled the bitter fight with the communists elite Cush battalion which left 1m dead guerrillas on the Battle fort three also were after the november in the commander of the communist battalion broadcast a warning Over a captured govern ment radio that his unit would have its revenge within 48 hours throughout the time weve been weve had Small at lacks and the Viet Cong told the villagers they were going to at Lack Spaulding earlier this we picked up a couple of women spies who had been working on the troops trying to get them to desert and trying to find out information about the we dont know what they were using As joked 1st l Robert o referring to the two aged 11 and Johnston and 13yearold sgt Dilbert of Chambers were in the front Par red shells Saigon up Viet cons guerrillas came within shrapnel Range of killing South Vietnam military strongman and a Lead log Cabinet member it was Hie office of armed Force commander in chief it Gen Ngu yen Khanh said the attack took Dace As Khanh and Deputy prime minister Nguyen Luu the command Post when the Coll less Rifle shot signalled the beginning of the communist the Viet Cong struck Smulan Cousley All around our pinning Down All four Spaulding they set up their weapons on the North and made their main thrust at the command Post and Market place in the that assault started at and by the pc Hud penetrated within 10 Yards of the up command but we drove pm artillery on our own position King it variable time or prox Reily fuses for air at we started a counter Lack of our own with the first the reconnaissance and a platoon from Tho third Spaulding at the same a armoured personnel carriers rom the District capital began o close on Chr rear to Ian of Iho estimated at nun than a bul Lalieu Anil possibly the first drove hem said whose Clint of Cut to Lurona edition r in 21855 a the owl Las army Navy air Force unit film to pm Neil in mirth he Mimi Var Winum number 231 0 december May not run on Christmas Chicago up ederal mediator resumed efforts to Avert a strike that could bog Down the nations railroads on Christmas eve and said he saw no Light that would Point to a Francis a member of the Nuti Onzil mediation asked with negotiators for the and for three shop Craft unions which threatened a strike to enforce demands or wage increases greater than those recommended by a pros dental emergency 1 see no Oneill More than electricians and Sheet Motril workers threatened to go on strike tuesday against 187 of the in major railroads and terminal companies in the District court judge Joseph Sam Perry said he will Issue a 10day temporary restraining order monday to give him Lime to study thoroughly the carriers request for a permanent injunction barring the Eipl res Christmas eve a 10day restraining order would expire on Christmas eve unless the judge extended it or replaced it with a permanent involved in the dispute Are the International association of the International brotherhood of electrical workers and the Sheet Metal workers International they have refused to accept a can Danhour wage spread Over three As recommended by the emergency three other shop Craft five other of train unions and five brotherhoods of Antral employees accepted the wage Pat the electricians and Sheet Metal workers Contoni they Are skilled craftsmen so demanded More assails africans for distortions at shakes As cuban makes speech from press dispatches United nations a lome Nde mortar with a timing device fired a Shell into the East River a Sld Iho United nations Lon quarters Friday while Cubas Ernesto Che Guevara was police the Shell exploded about 100 feel from the Manhattan Shore where the United nation is shooting a Geyser 19 foot into the the blast rallied windows in the building but did not damage police searched the grounds at the Lime for a Homb an Anonymous Culler with u accent said he left police detective William Riley said the mortar was found on the grounds of an Industrial plunk in Long Island the River is about 000 Yards wide Riley said an employee of the the Adams Metal noticed ii and called police about two hours after the which came shortly after noon while cuban minister of was denouncing the United police said the weapon was made of 4lnrh steel about three feet and was on pane col Gowke Enlar Lalier killed during Allah los a Rock Roll Singer Sam Cooke was shot and killed Fred by by a woman Motel manager after he kicked in the door of her police was struck in the Chest by a Bullet from the pistol fired by Bertha Lee manager of the South flu Ito Street police said who was wearing Only a sport Coul when Fie was accused Lin of hiding his female who he said had flock Ihor Motel room with most of his clothing moments officers identified the found in a Telephone Booth Hall a Black away shortly alter Lite As Lisa a eurasian of Hochl nest background who lives in they quoted her As saying she had met Cooke it a Hollywood gone with him to another night spot and then accepted the offer of a ride instead police said she told Cooke drove to the Motel and resist rec despite her in the police quoted the Kirl us Cooke disrobed forced her to undress and then went into the officer Suid Nho told them she scooped up All the clothes and ran of of the Franklin told pol co to nuke on Piuac says Ibenye is contemptible United a belgian foreign minister Paulhenri Spaak in cleared Friday a Rescue Ion was sent to Stanleyville after rebel Leader Christophe Ibenye threatened White i o s t a g c a would be he replied in the Security Council to charges from some if can Stales that the United Stales and Belgium showed Bias Story on Page 4 Blacks in carrying out he Mission in which whiles were at least 80 perished it the hands of their he accused the africans of try no to split Africa from Europe and even to pit the Black Man Gnu list the he read a message he said was a celled from Ibenye that said we will make fetishes of the hearts of the american and Bell Lun hostages we will Parade n their he denounced Ibenye As a contemptible Man from whom he sought in vain for some understanding and 1 am at the end of my he 1 have suffered the most evil Days of my 1 have listened to is urls and 1 have seen a display of mistrust and hatred that painfully clone to that Type no fill Iii that has been Xuy much Stiim Crri and fought item Ernnt in charges from the Tonga that the United Stales and Belgium had plotted to evacuate Whites from Stanleyville so they could massacre he said i Challenge the representative of Congo to submit the slightest vestige of of to support such an infamous Spaak said that despite the trouble in the the White belgians teachers and businessmen never wanted to leave the he said Belgium tried to persuade them Thul the unstable actions of rebel leaders endangered them but the belgians was loved the country did not want to they wanted to Spaak said algerian on Paic v Hue morning Light run frankly Tow recorded Friday in butt 44 44 pm in pm pm a Una Al 54 m Madrid p u a Thant cd m it Munich cd is Flaviano p to f4tu Al 47 Torilyn Al u 11 cd 4 17 Frinkel cd 12 Al u London it u 37 u cd Cleudy partly and a Jihor near were ending an overnight inspection trip of Phu Quoc a coastal Island in Miles Southwest of the two leaders were about to Board their aircraft for Saigon when communist mortars began to bombard the Island Airstrip at the same they poured fire into two nearby shrapnel from the Khanh rounds damaged two transport aircraft on the but the it hackers were driven off by Loca troops supported by a Nava vietnamese fighter bombers it tacked the rebel band and u Pur suit operation was launched As paratroopers were Khanh and Vlcan returned to
