European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse Tum Doy april 20, 1965 the stars and stripes Page 23 heat ants sore. Feet gis air ancient gripes in Viet Nam by Peter Arnett Saigon a the . It howled overhead then Pun on to die target a densely Jungle canal in the lower Mek Ong Delta. Three pane then they Tor into the dusk like Silvery arrows. Down below sgt Robert Schmidt from Edwardsville m., muttered what a Ufa they Lead. Those Pilot will be Back in Saigon to night a couple of drinks a soft bed. Ranger lbs Loo what have we got Schmidt waved is Arm at theline of vietnamese rangers moving across Rock hard Fiel toward the bombed canal. They Wen to secure the objective before dark. Heat ant Tore feet what helluva Schmidt hoisted he carbine Lom shoulder and took a linger ing tip from bit nearly empty water bottle. Rlc6 Tot iupp0% doen Una Concrete Schmidt War expressing thew at of fount Rybut of Liq in began. Pm Nam 1 no Bette than any of those wan and probably i limb won than Ellow advisers hike across the unbaked terrain with hefty Racks sometimes hard put to keep up with the agile Vietnam the swamps of Viet Nam and there an plenty Modding to Knees and thigh. The going i painfully alow. Men Tike Schmidt an advise to the 42nd Ranger battalion and the front line vietnamese troop he advises see the War at its wont if a Tough miserable War. Lurk in Saigon some american do have it Good in Viet Nam particularly those in the luxurious Saigon them he tend to be a routine drive to and from to office lome paper shuffling and Elthe a might on the to nor me pleasure of any of the numerous officer and enlisted men class in the capital. But for Schmidt and the 5,000other american with the troop. Viet Nam i an Ever wavering alway. Shifting fron line. The Best they can Hope far in their year in Viet Nam i few Day at one of the Dusty prov indal capital sipping tart Vietnam Ese Beer or a few night Between operation in the Roug and ready but serviceable a Lvi Don Headquarters their life is stalking the helicopter i great for Mothe men to Point a. But then they Are on their Mekong Delta and the Mountain an hot and Bard Totime of year. Schmidt and 01 at this level the vietnamese War is no longer a Battle with the communists. It s a Man Tor Man thing. It is a w a r that seems to be getting More per Sonal and More cruel. Many vietnamese units shoo their prisoners. Face it the grievances i Nonni let s i arc mounting on each have been at each other s throats for 20 years a sold. Some americans have turned away in horror at the sights. Others have intervened to pre vent them. But . Advisers Are often hard put to explain the president appoints five ambassadors ends career marts Aad Enoa american Stager who Kas enter tatted music lever la Mikolat Ike world for three decade dog ave Maria oath stage of Carnegie Han i new term daring what was ded a her Farewell performance. She b year lag her my birthday. A photo from put of t came to the Treasury in 19 9 from the Federal Reserve ban of new York where he was assistant vice president of the for eign department or. Johnson also appointed five member commission headed by former Treasury Secretary Robert b. Anderson to study the feasibility of. And select the most suitable site for the construction of a sea level canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific 8. Eisenhower brother of the former president serve on the commission. Wilt Eisenhower president of John Hopkins University in Baltimore undertook various missions to latin America on behalf of pres ident Dwight Eisenhower. Bomb plot suspect found dead in cell Montreal a a uncharged in a plot to dynamite National monuments in Trie United state was found dead in his prison cell. A spokesman for the Quebe attorney general s department said monday that allies Legault,11, apparently took his own life during the was charged with conspiracy to provide dynamite to persons planning to blow up the statue of Liberty the Liberty Ell and the Washington Monu ment. Market advances in Active trading motor stocks up new York a big three motors were All ahead a the Stock Market closed higher monday in Active trading. General motor touching an other new High held a gain. . Stock Market prices my. Thum my. Thin. Ford a laggard mover finally advanced. Cigarette issues and Gold Mlong mock made gains. Selec Tive strength among oils Mal order retail and coppers helped boost the Market and indicate Ruth business economic news background was regarded a highly encouraging. Upward pressure on Coppe prices increase in cigarette Price and new records for personal income and Industrial pro pm a 7im mete Mot i40h sum to in 3mh Mtsat Flumm to in Mlac us cd i mum Pratt Siu a Smi i Muxo wet in Emu ii a Maui mm17h Price from Merrill by a. Pierce Feaver Smith Fraaza flirt. Barr in a former Indiana con Ressman who served 199840 on House banking and . He was assistant re Anury Secretary for Cong res Lonal relations from 1x1 until sum Long his Odic chairman hip Jan. A 1m4. Or. Johnson s diplomatic appointments helped Clear the decks in an area of Job assign ments in which there had been some time lags. But press teary George e. Reedy would not confirm or deny a published report that still further reshuffling of key state department posts was in sight. Each of his ambassadorial Lholmes except Mckinney is a career foreign service officer. Career banker Mckinney a was democratic Hall Man in 1851-57. He has been the banking business since 121, apart from army services world War ii and postwar ederal and political assign Nants. The Mckinney appointment Ike those of the other envoys ills an ambassadorial vacancy of Many months. Davis chosen As minister Tolu Garla would succeed mrs Sugene Anderson of Rev Long. Minn., who resigned last of. Mrs. Anderson is a former assistant democratic nation Al 40-year-old native of Boston avs has held diplomatic posts Prague Florence Rome mos cow and Caracas. A Vear old Veteran Tyler was selected to represent the United states at the Hague after three years As assistant Secretary of state for european affairs. A a year old Veteran of diplomatic service he has held posts in Paris and Bonnas Well As a number of administrative assignments in Washingion. Auction were part of the Wanstreet backed rape trading was fairly Active wit volume at in million share compared with �.i7 million. Issues traded 121 Rose fell. High for the Yea touted 148 and Tow. It. Lbs attend services for sen. Oun Johnston Johnson City Tex. Cap president Johnson flew to co Lumblad s.c., monday after onto attend memorial services i the stale capital for sen. Olin Johnston. Press Secretary George Reedy said the president who flew to Texas thursday for easter Holiday would return t the White Rouse after the service. Hoyt chosen for the Uruguay Post to succeed Wymberley Bel Coerr. U m year old and a been in the foreign service since 1m7.the White House said Hoyt is year of serv toe in the latin american held a longer than that of any other foreign service officer presently assigned eed for leniency when the body a Village chief disembowel a y the communists is found Oren women Are discovered beheaded and staked out Underle hot Sun victims of the Braun units. American have reason to Lucve that capture by the Viet Cong Means a slow horrible death for themselves. If i new i was going to be can ured i d pull the pin from a and grenade and let it go when they grabbed me Schmidt said. Many of the . Officers who come to Viet Nam have never seen War before. They recoil before its casual brutality. . Advisers feel fear in viet4am. When i get Home i will jump every time someone bursts a paper bag within a 20-mile Radi us of adviser said. There Are no fronts in Viet am. Often the first sign of a Onn Dahle Force of Viet Cong she crack of a Rifle Bullet. It could mean one sniper or to. Rome for goad at least the americans can go Home after one year if they sur Vive. The vietnamese Are Home already. It i a mathematical certainty that every vietnamese Soldier in the War Wol be killed or wounded. One officer Lay the vietnamese have taken Well Over 100.000 paratrooper battalion has Ost 22 officers i five commander of air borne and Ranger units Are often the first to Fao. Some battalions just bleed to death. The 52nd Ranger Battal Ion got 130 new recruits last de Cember. They an deserted after the first violent bloody engage ment. The battalion is Down to about half it size now but i Sun thrown into fight with the Viet Cong because it u mortality rate of Ameri cans with we elite Vietnam Ese battalion i High. Of the last eight . Advisers with the52nd Ranger battalion two were killed and five were wounded. Pkg of yank the Viet Cong tend to pick out the americans when they shoot and the advisers know it. Most adviser bed then us. Uni forms and Wear the camouflage blouses of the marines Ranger and airborne unit in the Field. Die supersonic jets that briefly appeared Over the head of sgt not really changed much in Viet Nam. On the ground the War go the Rainy season begins next month the Paddy Fields wine flooded and the swamps much deeper. The h de tanks Trou us hum ivmu4m wont be Able to move Owen and the helicopter May be con fined to then base Lor Day it a sgt Schmidt and the oth ers like Hia the going will be that much patients escape injury in Tacoma Hospital fire Tacoma Wash. A two tires broke out leu than an hour apart at Tacoma general Hospi Tal forcing evacuation of More than w patients from the fifth floor of the maternity Ward and were no injuries. Fire chief James Reiser said Only the fact the Hospital had a Well rehearsed evacuation plan pre vented panic and possible Seri Ous officials said they were ready to remove All of the170 patient u the fires had spread to Otter Hospital estimated damage at about Mem. Nearly an Otto Ina sixth floor Atonic tree where new and used equipment was he said the possibility of arson waa being infant i taken the Nursery to their Moth in in the maternity Ward of the floor below the major fire be fore it waa cleared. The evacuee Wen housed temporarily la a Church across the Street and nurses residence Hall
