European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Army Navy air Force hit i North do in 2 yanks killed in Saigon blast Leone out As Italy candidate from press dispatches Rome Giovanni the official candidate of Italy ruling Christian democratic thursday with Drew from the Marathon presidential the decision by the 56year old neapolitan who has led on All 15 All but makes it a completely new his announcement was made Public after voting in the ninth Day of the Marathon election ended with parliament in com plete deadlock and the balloting continued Over to Christmas in thursdays 15th ballot Leone slumped Down to 388 votes from his High of 406 wednesday night tar Short of the required 482 a i orly the number of Blank ballots increased to 150 us perhaps 100 of leones own parly abandoned him he said he had placed his candidacy at the disposal of his party in Case they thought Best to line up behind another official thursday he sent a new letter the outcome of the 15th bal on which once More from a tense of i do not express any at least for the obliges me to insist firmly that the Christian Democrat parly immediately withdraws my i wish to express my sincere thanks to those who supported this Means an urgent series of meetings Christmas eve and Christmas Day prior to the Vot ing to that the Christian demo crat can put Forward another despite the fact Thul at various times during the 15 ballots 5 different persons have received one or More during the past two Days the Choice Nar rowed Down to Leone und Long time socialist Leader Pietro Nen who is vice Premier in the current but neither of them has Bocci near the required majority o both the liberals and the Neo fascists also supported Leone and if All the Christian democrats had followed the party Lin and Given him their ballots h would have Hud 498 votes enough to make him presiden for the next seven years to re place Antonio who re signed because of 50 americans injured As red bomb rips boy from press dispatches Christmas eve bomb blast ripped through in american officers Barracks thursday night in the big Gest explosion Ever to Rock downtown at least two americans were killed and 50 others the Pentagon announced in killed were in army officer and a neither of whom was the bomb presumably was Plant i fat fun i de by Thea Iet i x first reports from sul Jjon mild a shut to of the americans injured f tics by were hospitalized und 30 others j were riven treatment the Navy Hospital and the explosion came it the and of the Day us the 125 servicemen were returning to their the blast occurred in u ground floor garage of the Nix Story Brick Bachelor officers quarters Washington up aspects of the new defense budget have come to Light since de sense Secretary Robert Connmara and president met this the army will lose authorised on a temporary Basil in the Center of less two years ago for an exper men than 100 Yards from u hotel my air assault where comedian Hob Hunt was the air Force will begin due to Check in thursday eve the explosion smashed dims As fur As u Quarter of a mile und hurled debris manpower drop which will reach Slun firant proportions in several years und pro uhly will total inner than in the next u conference at t press conference with Levionul Secretary of defense Robert Mcnamara announced in thai president Johnson hid approved plans to develop the worlds largest it would he capable of carrying in troops As heavy As truck i ires fur 50 the Navy will rain somewhat Ards american authorized mainly said the bomb have fur Iol Uris but will aimed at least 100 pounds of i fare recruiting difficulties he cause of speculation that tha the bomb set nil subsidiary draft May fires Fumonti 20 cars Anil Marling fresh explosions As their pm tanks went the entire to any trouble press photo sergeants children ride off with colouring contest prizes the daughter of in air Force stuff sergeant and the son of an army staff sergeant took top donors in the 14th annual stars and stripes Santa Claus colouring and arc today happily peddling their Brand new Teresa whose dad is s sgt Sellon of the 603rd 85th air div at rust can air was so excited on hearing of her Victory in the 812 age group that she could hardly contain her of Goodie she now i can Slop Savins for her also delighted by her daughters Good told the stripes reporter and photographer who delivered the Bike she will really Brenk Loose after route firs place Winner in the 37 Veur category is John Cooper son of s ski und Lohn the father is with ill 1st 2nd arty at when Young John saw the Bright red to beamed its just like my fire can i Lake outside am ride it daddy lie did just with his proud father help on paint cot 51 train death toll rises Mexico City api the death toll in a train Accident near Villahermosa monday has risen to 45 with the deaths of four o the 75 persons the army will continue development of its Elk cd antimissile system but will not put it into ironed floor of the building Mcnamara will not quickly became a Sheet of approve deployment of a Lex and a Pilliar of smoke darkened the sky Over downtown soldiers braved the inferno of the buildings parking lot and pushed several Urs Anil trucks away to forestall further sex others ran from room 10 room to Check for while vietnamese firemen still Ball led the the in Illus report Suid the americans injured included 24 army 13 air 11 two and two american los and air Man gave u wildly enthusiastic Welcome to Hope thursday us he Nave u Surprise Christmas show on a baseball Field imly 400 Yards from where the Viet fan Congress simultaneously Voles a big fallout shelter pro the air Force will be re not of pane ii stateside Static api Santa had to watch where he put his Reindeer when he came to two ponies got parking tickets curl Dennis brought the ponies into town to show them to a possible he lied them to to parking und when he returned there was a ticket lucked neatly under each floods in West Maroon thousands for holidays san Francisco Lipil held Ronchini Rains in Northern cull worst floods in years Luici Idaho and Wash swam Imd the far leaving the spawned by thousands homeless or stranded a rare warm tropical air mass for the Christmas moving in from came debris filled flood Waters Reaedon the heels of u blizzard that de in other aureus braced raged across the Northern Prai for possible further pics last at least 28 persons died in the More than persons fled two Days of howling winds und their Homes in a score of Cali Oregon und Idaho com new weather bulletins predict ing less rain brought optimism to some hut especially in Oregon rising riven und streams caused increasing at this it appears that on Page ii