European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Nenni gains support for Italy president Rome and socialists held fast Sun Day behind Pietro keeping him in first place in the italian presidential but parliament remained dead locked through a 19th a socialist who once won a Stalin peace prize und then became Deputy Premier in Italy present Catholic socialist ran ahead despite growing support for foreign min ister Giuseppe lbs presses Pentagon to do away with Bias Christian Defeated in their efforts to elect their own official and Sar agats own democratic socialists backed directors of the Christian Democrat party swung behind Sara Gat saturday night in a move that was the first sign of a break in the 12day but a Large bloc of Christian Democrat dissidents refused to go along with and Nen Nis socialists put off an expected Salni to the foreign the court on sundays 19th ballot indicated that the parties and factions within them were holding rigidly to their positions despite Al night negotiations that left Manv of the lawmakers bleary eyed at the joint parliamentary session sunday results of the 19lh with 136 voting required majority Liberal de ital Ian social ballots other ballots were scattered or the next ballot had been expected sunday but the decision to put it off until monday indicated party leaders planned an fallout behind Hestenes Effort to break the perhaps the most significant element in the 19th ballot was a gain of 31 votes for Sara Gat and a drop in the Blank ballot from 106 to this indicated Christian demo crat rebels were being whipped into support for former Premier Amintore a favorite of the Christian Democrat Diss also dropped from 13 saturday night to 10 but the question remained How successful the Christian demo crat leaders would be in bringing All the rebels around to Nennis socialists said they were quite prepared to Back Saraum if he appeared Likely in but the socialists angrily denounced the divisions in the Christian Democrat party and made it cd car they would not Back Sara Gal As Long As a size Able null ice of Christian democrats refused to follow their party if 21855 a army Navy air Force pull Collin t my amid in Nirich an and my dolt tit number 253 3 anti 10 anti 1964 where theres life in William commander in South Viet joins Bob Hope onstage daring a show at Saigon military the comedian holds a commemorative plaque which was presented by the the girls in the troupe from Janis Anna Maria Alberg Hiltl and Jill photo and ii Ell editors King was a professional Soldier who Rose from private to in three Short months in South Viet his letters Home gave a diary of All the Lone hell of by Charles Stafford a Cap John Kings War was Long periods of boredom interrupted by Short periods of intense ills War was workout Wear an enemy that melted leaders who he said sought advice but didst heed a Superior who he said refused to Forward his critical Cap John King died 12 Wrather captains criticism of Viet unit not spokesman says Saigon a military Valano cd 34 38 Parla bar Len Al u i London Al Frankot p 25 2l cd Cloudy p partly by d Frank officials said there had been no suppression of critical reports i written by an american army of m am finer before he was killed in us u lion against the communist Viet i the capt John of said in a i letter made Public by his parents Lua p that his immediate Superior re fused to Forward Kings evaluation of the vietnamese battalion to which he was the report said the vietnamese battalion commander and his unit were the unit was the 3rd battalion of the 31s regiment of the 21st of in Iii cat it flood death toll 26 thousands still homeless a the threat of More flooding Here has eased As the Crest rolled Down the Columbia River toward the Northern California began to make an estimate of the Stag Gering a area till was but Waters Rescue workers in Idaho were mending washed out roads to reach 300 stranded and Washington Highway traffic began 40 return to cooler weather added to the misery of thousands who were Twenty six deaths were attributed to the Oregon listed including three who died when the new million Bridge across the John Day River in the Eastern part n Day of the e state col seven died in Idaho listed two and Nevada the floods began tuesday after an unusually heavy and wot snowfall covered much of Ore gon and the weather then warmed rapidly and heavy Rains up to three inches in 24 hours in some the rain and melted Snow sent tributaries Over their the situation was made worse for coastal communities by the High on Page 21 in South a Bullet through his he was a Bradenton the son of Thomas Brooks and John he enlisted at fought in Rose from private to Captain in 15 lie had a wife und five children in King is expecting a sixth child next at John King was a career his War Samc to life in the letters that arrived at the Home if his Mother and Stepfather Fol lowing his arrival in Saigon in late september indications Are that we Are going to win but not Over it will take some if we lost this which is the entry into Southeast there will be no telling what else will go to the on your question of Christ there is nothing i can think of that i i would appreciate your just adding whatever you planned spending on me to the childrens it certainly is lonesome Here for some 1 guess its be cause everybody is so intense and continually looking Over their 28 the area that i am in is Way Down in the because of the size of our we Are fairly secure inside the Bounds of the on Paija it complaints on housing abroad cited Johnson up president Johnson has prodded the defense department to wipe out racial discrimination in National guard units at Home and in housing and recreational facilities near military bases he acted on the basis of a re port from his committee on equal Opportunity in the armed forces which said that encouraging strides had been made but that Many problems exist in both it was the final report by the which in 1963 issued one calling for base commanders to declare Oft limits any res bars or other facilities in their areas which discriminated against it also pro if the Elf link of bases if there was too much irremediable segregation in their off limits approach sundays document also called for the off limits approach in dealing with Public facilities that refuse service to negroes Over it said nothing about Clos ing noting that in most cases the discrimination resulted trom pressures from a Small minority of while and from fear of with respect to National guard units at the com Mittee recommended that the existing program for voluntary de segregation be continued even though it is Only on a Token basis in most Southern but the report said that if reasonable efforts to achieve full racial Equality Tail the United states would use a provision of the 1h4 civil rights Law to withhold fed eral funds from guard units in states that refuse to committee members the six member committee i headed by Gerhard a Washington other Mem Bers Are Abe Louis Benjamin John and Whitney Young their report was transmitted to defense Secretary Robert Mcnamara with a covering letter in which Johnson said the defense department 1 done an excellent Job in resolving Many aspects of the general problem of Dos criminal Ory treatment of those who leave in the nations armed 1 would Hope that the already achieved in moving toward the nations of cd tit of Equality of treatment and Opportunity for All service men would continue until every Vestic of the problem has been Johnson said recent Prog Ress in securing integration at Natrona guard units is enc our and 1 he that Toni of col to stateside Static Denver up an unidentified Exa Irman sent a Bill to the air Reserve Center i think i owe the air Force some the unsigned covering letter Lam without