European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse Thl stars and Striks thousands on guard in flood area continued from Page i seawall but sandbagging and Earth moving operations continued in Moline. East Molenc. Rock Island iii., and More than 300 National guardsmen patrolled River Points in Western Illinois sundays the first of an expected 5.900 evacuees began leaving their Homes. In Minnesota the mississippian St. Crox Rivers in St. Paul and Stillwater levelled off after the communities had battled the overflow for a Strub River expert for the weather Bureau said the16-foot level of the recorded late Friday in St Pau appears to have been the Crest the River bad tacked off tojj.40 feet by sunday. Downstream Wabasha Community of 2.500, la surrounded by water. About one third of the population has been Evascu . A City of 25,000, is braced behind nine Miles dikes 15 feet High awaiting record 11.5-foot Crest tuesday if the dikes burst 80 per cent o the City jul be under . Karl Rolvaag s office estimated damage at to my Lloland the red Cross said 21,000 Individuate were homeless i Minnesota. In Chaska Only the roofs Osome of the 950 waterlogged houses were above the Wisconsin nov. Warren p Knowles said he was prepare to ask president Johnson to Federal disaster loss of property Bot i private and Public b just Supply tremendous Knowles said and i m satisfied the Dama More than Quad file us for As Knowles said preliminary estimates of Public property Ion to it is Crowe i City of 47,000, Cut in half by flood Low Dubuque expected record Crest of 24 to 28 feet othe Mississippi by Friday. Kosygin warns Gas warfare May invite retaliation in kind but 7 surviving children Motherless horrible easter9 spares dad t a coma Wash. A Louis Leet slatted his easter sunday morning by Rushing his 4-year-old daughter Debra critically 111with tubercular meningitis to a Tacoma Hospital. She was cradled in the arms of his wife in the family car. Only Leeth a returned alive to their suburban Puyallup Home and his seven surviving children. A horrible easter. I can t believe it the father said. In the speeding 10-mile dash to the Hospital Teeth s car collided with another at a Busy Tacoma intersection. His wife Anna 17, holding the daughter who was suffering from convulsions was thrown from the car and saw there was nothing 1 could do for Leeth said. I wanted to stay Wither but there was still Leeth balled a passing Motorist Erwel Kammeyer of Tacoma who completed the dash to the told him the child died shortly after she arrived at the Hospital. Moscow up soviet pre Mier Alexel Kosygin warned the jolted states monday that us of Gai and other modern weapons against North Viet am May invite retaliation in should be borne in mind he said that the United states not the Only country to possess modern types of weapons. These by aggressors of these or other Means of warfare May in Vite retaliation in Kosygin flanked by party chief Leonid Brezhnev and other Kremlin leaders declared thai by escalating the War against socialist Viet Nam the unite states is approaching a danger Ous deadline step by step. The storm Clouds of War Are Kosygin told a Friendship rallying Honor of the mongolian pre Mier and party chief that this is not the Way to Settle the vietnamese problem not the Way to end the disgraceful War. Vague Promise Sand contradictory pronounce ments will not Settle the Western observers said that despite Kosygin s Tough words the Kremlin appeared to be leaving the door open for peace said it was that Kosygin did not directly de mind the end at raids on North Viet Nam As a precondition for peace talks. But the Premier did Call for cessation of the raids . Withdrawal from South Viet Nam and reunification As objectives of a peace settlement. Kosygin did not allude volunteers for Viet nun which was hinted in a joint so Viet North vietnamese Comorau Elque made Public sunday. Tumany. April m. 1963 j 9 americans i billed in feet action continued from Page ii thou ii handicapped by heavy Odds 10 f10s fighter bombers j and an undisclosed number of i uproot aircraft bombed and unfed various targets without in Postolon. A spokesman said the results in not immediately available. Eight . Air Force Fum 1made leaflet drops on seven Forth vietnamese cities. The lanes dropped More than a Mil j Ion leaflets containing excerpts rom president Johnson s speech i n Viet Nam and the vietnamese Jovern mint s commentary on the k . Spokesman reported communist guerrillas launched j heir first direct attack on the Jis. Marines based in the a. Nang area. They threw two ire 1ades into a Marne artillery Gultery late sunday night wound no two marines. They Wen re sorted in Good condition. The guerrillas escaped univ. Viets reject Appeal of nonaligned nations from press Tokyo North Viet Nam rejected monday an Appeal by 17 Onul lined countries for negotiations without conditions on the Viet Nam also refused mediation by the United nations saying an approach lending to secure a . Intervention in the Vietnam situation is also inappropriate because such approach Saro basically at variance with the 1 54 Geneva agreements Oviet Nam. The rejection was announced by the official Viet Nam news Agency in a broadcast heard Here. The Agency claimed gov eminent statement reiterated a four Point demand. Including the withdrawal of american forces dispatches rom South Viet Nam As co Lions for a peaceful settlement the red news Agency also tainted the Viet Cong now con rots three fourths of South vie Sam and said it is Clear that any sol Tuloto the South Viet Nam Issue without the decisive voice of i South Viet Nam National fron or liberation Viet Cong is 1mradical." the Connll Gnad nations Appeal wus signed april 1 in be Rade by Afghanistan. Algeria Felon Cyprus Ethiopia gha a. Guinea. India Iraq. Kenyan pal. Syria Tunisia the unwed Arab Republic. Uganda Yosl Avla and Zambia. Meanwhile North Viet Naff was reportedly trying to ree a Blush inspection teams of control comm Solo n the Northern areas from Wilche teams were ordered wit drawn As a result of the Steppe up . Air War. Ionian Walker in far a Vientiane a pal rec ordon Walker former minister is in Vale Nolan Lor a Short visit. New commander Haj Gea Heary or. Arrives Al Bam Lela a to Lake command Al Ike 171k air Force Chute lamp a Jules. He b escorted by 1st� Michael via beast to told air police 84 co. Behind Are Orlf Gen Lena g. Mccollom left vice con Rooder of the 17lb of Aad col Freak x. Kiebs ram Stela a con Nader. Before using Ever Ike 171k of. Thorn was Dep Sty chief of staff for operations Al u8afb he we Badea. -fi8, Hunter in the South . Planes Ham mered red positions in the Mek Ong Delta area. An american allot was killed when a bomb be dropped Over a communist objective 120 Miles West of Saigon exploded prematurely Send inf his sky Noldor to Earth in americans were wounded in separate operations near do Nang. Government forces were reported locked in heavy Altic with the Viet Cong 50 Miles Southeast of Danang. Late sports the ird inf div Marieme Defeated the 241h inf div Boas monday night. Lot-71 Al Freak furl s Lorii Hall to capture the area command lava Una Al basketball Loara meat Mara Emea s Rob Lea Esko who scored u Points was chosen As tourney s most Var table player by the stars and and stripes la a Roasol Atlea game far third place the 4lh annd Der tankers routed Ike ird Ann Delv spearheads 10s-7i. Baseball a the Alici Lute prom National la sub Rirl null 030 000 000-1 t t no 000 Qoo-4j 1 Malundy t�1 e Law Urruti. Fast Clarh i Bluin Xam of Knuhl it a in Tarr. A m.i01.t not. La i a Nim Oll. Hum run Cincinnati. Jul Huml 9. Owl re a two tots lost by sick father loot Linued rom Page ii wooden Bench. The Handwritten note their father had left was Between m sorry sweetheart i love you both it said. Ill miss Youso. I love you Debbie and Chris. I m sorry daddy has to do this to you. Maybe someday we can be together again. Please god take care of my kids. I love them both. Their daddy is father Connolly called youngsters were taken to the precinct could anyone leave Chil Dren like this asked detective Frank Dillon. The officers sent out for a easter Bunny for Debbie and a Basket of Jelly Beans easter eggs and a chocolate Bunny for your daddy will be Bassoon Dillon told Debbie you re a big girl Don t m not a big girl Debby a said. I m a baby and my daddy lost but Debbie alternately smile Dat her Bunny and wiped tear from her eyes. Chris ran around the station House but every time Debbie wept he rushed to net Side and comforted her. After several hours when to became apparent their father would have no change of heartland return for them the Chu. Dren were taken to a Manhattan children s shelter. But police were Able to track Down then father Charles met Lor u. Be was held on abandon ment charges refusing to. Plain Why he did it
