European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . To step up Aid to Viets these european edition if 21855 a army Navy air Force Nib Kotlen of he . And Ferrei in Lima  Alryd Ond the Middle foil Velum 24, number 5 Cen i Dally 10  twi Day d Thun Day april 22, 1965 air sea assaults will be stronger Washington a defense Secretary Robert s. Mcnamara flew to Washington after signalling stepped up . Air and sea activity against communist North Viet , in a planes de interview in Honolulu following a two Day conference of top . Military and civilian strategists said he expected . Aid to South Viet Nam to in crease above originally planned  indicating the direct motive behind the . Support step up the defense strengthening Dike a helicopter car rates wrecked automobile to the lop of the Dike holding Back lie flooding Mississippi River at Quincy i. Wrecked autos discarded refrigerators and other heavy objects Are being used to raise and strengthen the Dike. Dpi photo rights fight Mississippi reaches to Center on Bogalusa Bogalusa la. Up director James Farmer of the Congress of racial equal Ity Core said Bogalusa Unow the prime target of the civil rights movement in the South and threatened More demonstrations. At a news conference tuesday id this racially troubled South Eastern Louisiana town. Farmer said there will be More demonstrations until negro demands related picture Page 17 Are met the civil rights Leader led a March on City Hall tues Day. Fanner accused mayor Jesse Cutrer of acting in bad Faith or not meeting negro demands. Criticizing Cutrer s refusal to meet with outsiders Farmer said the situation in Bogalusa had not changed from when he was hero 11 Days  led a line of negroes Moil of them teen agers on a foot. On Faa 4, col ii Peak in Wisconsin la Crosse was. A the Mississippi River s Spring onslaught against la Crosse hit its Peak a few inches below the predicted level wednesday but weary residents still faced three Days of siege by the mightiest torrent in memory. That s As High As it s going to go weather Bureau River specialist Joseph Strub said at Minneapolis after the River had Hung for 10 hours at the 17.7 fool level. Just Short of the predicted 18-foot Crest but there were few cheers along the five mile perimeter of dikes where hundreds of Resi dents National guardsmen and volunteers from As far away As Milwaukee had lust gone through 48 frenzied hours to raise one last Row of sandbags. Walt until  one said grimly of the announced Crest which is h.7 feet above Hood stage and 14 feet above the High water Mark of 1 9. Lacrosse Weatherman Carl Peter son has said the water will not begin to recede until  workers had been Given a Brief respite shortly before mid night then went Back to their Secretary said tuesday we must seek to overcome lie strategic disadvantage the Outh vietnamese have versus he Viet Cong in terms of troll Lonal guerrilla to guerrilla ratios by adding to the mobility and firepower of these forces Mcnamara specifically men loved that More helicopters and close air support were required by government troops. He declined to speculate whether More american ground combat orces would be sent into the Southeast asian country. Later. Mcnamara announced hat military Aid for South Vietnam will be increased from $207 million to 8330 million in the present fiscal year. He made the announcements he left a White House meet no at which he reported to president Johnson on his trip to Honolulu and conferences there with top strategists on the Viet Nam situation. Mcnamara said that . At tacks on North Viet Nam have slowed but not slopped Viet song infiltration into South Viet Nam. He also said they have Jean damaging morale of t h e Viet Cong farces. Infiltration increases enlarging on his Call for More . Air and sea support in the undeclared War Mcnamara told newsmen we Are All aware the North vietnamese have increase their infiltration in recent months of both men and mate riels using both Overland routes through Laos and also sea routes and Over the beaches into South Viet Nam you will recall several weeks ago we captured a targe coastal vessel delivering severe jobs on the dikes wednesday morning. The River already hoi claimed some victories. Wale ringed the City s North Side Ahmad swept Over two of three runways at the municipal air port on French Island. Phone service was Cut to both locations. A guard remained posted at is million gallon gasoline tank farm where one tank holding 107.000 Gallons was tipped at a 10-degree Angle when a do crumbled monday. Downstream at Clinton Iowa Otril on Pao Hool .c. Governo Columbia . Kama s4 Ludm 47 at wheelie m Al Cloudy a partly a Lewry Rahym a Auger Wolni Senate seat of economic stabilization. In1945 he was appointed Deputy director of War mobilization and reconversion. He was sen ing As president of the University of South Caro Lina when he made his first bid Tor governor in 195s. He was unsuccessful in that race but Init was elected governor Over three opponents. Key North Viet roads Saigon a us. Air Force Navy and vietnamese planes  least four aids Over North Viet Nam wednesday smashing Attucks trains boats Barracks and roads. All the attacks were relatively Small fast moving jabs at communist communications lines. Spokesmen said All the planes returned safely. Light antiaircraft fire was encountered in a few places. No enemy plane were sighted. The largest of the operations vol Vang 39 air Force jets was directed against routes 8 and 11. Route 8 runs from the coast Al City of Vinh to the laotian rentier. Route u runs from Vonh South toward the South vietnamese Border. Briefing officers reported these details the air Force f109 jets Cut route 8 at one Point destroyed two Railroad boxcars and a bar Racks at Mulla pass near Laos and shot up other installations. Four vietnamese fighter bombers escorted by . Air Force planes strafed an bombed along route ii up to w Miles North of the 17th parallel destroying or damaging 10 buildings and four 79-foot-longboats. Earlier two flights of four