European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse Post 24 the stars and stripes thurr Doy april 22, 196s planes smash two Viet Cong arms routes Fco Annir of from Pate to of the strikes could not be in no Ili utly Asiewicz. Since april a american an vietnamese planes have in in to lying sorties Over North Vietnam every few hours around the clock and indications were this pattern will be continued. In addition to slowing ship ments of armaments to guerrillas in Softli Viet Nam. The raids re aimed at Makins North vietnamese roads As danger uses roads in South Viet Nam which arc constantly subject to guerrilla ambushes and attacks. Two Navy planes were downed in Hie raids. Spokesmen sail the Pilot of one wus killed. The other Viet Load Calls for Mere carriers Navy adds strength to its Pacific Fleet Washington a . Navy is add Nir Carrier strength to the Pacific flee because of he heavy Load placed on that Force by the Viet Nam War. This came to Light tuesday i connection with an announce ment by Atlantic Fleet headquarter at Norfolk that the Bon homme Richard will be kept inthe Pacific instead of going to . To hike Aid to Viets continued from pane t of communist bloc origin Al most 100 per cent of the Large items. Asked whether there wag an assessment from military consultants on what would happen if the chinese communists come unto the War Mcnamara replied in the negative. And he repealed that it Mustbe assumed that surface to air missiles will be provided the North vietnamese. We have ways and Means Lake care of them u they Are he indicated the United states will provide South Viet Nam Navy with More Small Craft for this addition he said Iris the intention of the United states to assist the South vietnamese government in training the 100.-000 to 150,000 men who Are to be drafted into the South s ant guerrilla forces. He said the Quantity of equip ment needed by the South Viet namese will be Large indeed but the number of add Tlona servicemen will not be in the talks besides Mcnamara were . Ambassador to South Viet Nam Gen Maxwelld. Taylor Gen Earle o Wheeler chairman of the join chiefs of staff Gen William c Westmoreland vj3. Command Erin South Viet Nam and Adra u.8. Grant Sharp top . Mil Llory commander in the Pacific he Fllch Fleet in the . The Carrier Franklin d. Roosvelt will be sent in the 6th Fleet i it Carrier Independence also will be deployed to the Pacific or a sex or eight month assign ment the atomic powered enter prise will be transferred from he Atlantic to the Pacific in october with the Cruiser Long Leach and later the frigate Bain three ships will operate together As an atomic task Forcen the Pacific. The present attack Carrie strength in the Pacific is nine ships in the Atlantic 7th Fleet which Ste Anu constantly off the shores of Vietnam is composed of three car a Lars and other ships deployed on rotational duty from the a cd Fly , it is explained in Navy quarters has meant that to Pacific Fleet has had to cover with fewer ships the who Pacific Ocean from the Equator to the Arctic. Thus the time Asea has been increased and the time in port reduced for to carriers. The Navy also has Short Eleithe time in which overhaul an other work must be done carriers returning from sea an has prolonged the far East assignment of pilots and Malstr Nance Crew responsible to launching air strikes agans North Viet Nam and flying surveillance missions. The recently completed Carrl America now finishing its shake Down run originally was declined for Pacific Fleet assign ment. However the decision blend the Enterprise and her two escorts to the Pacific Means that he America will operate Wotli the Atlantic Fleet two flee to went Berlin a police he wednesday reported that two Young East germans Clea Erows of communist barbed wire in separate successful bids to Freedom. The second Lime the 4lx-Jel monster had a Gross Tak Exiaa 5m,�m pounds Ibe heaviest for any air xb70a sets record in 500,000-lb lift Edwards fab Calif. Up the xb7ia of supersonic airliners made in 1mb inc Ceuta Les night travel of More than let Milt an boor and reaching Peak Alt tide of 11 Millet tastes and highest to Dale for the up weigh of More than plane in lop Speed wan Mach 3.31 2.31 limes the Speed of sound and Peak Altitude was 5t, the control. Tuesday were Al White chief Lesl Pilot f North american a Lailon inc., builder of the plane and a Force col Joe Cotton. The xb70a hew one boar and 14 minutes Al supersonic speeds50 minute of that Lime Al twice the Speed of sound or Belle a North american spokesman said. I was airborne for one hand 42 minutes. Lale this year the xb70a which has been Brough along progressive slept a to Speed and Altitude will probably Rea in design specification of 2.mc Miles an hour and an Alt Luff More than 70,09 feel he spokesman said. Listed As Viet Nam which Orgl Liy claimed its gunners shown eight planes tuesday said Cash reports showed the total the Day was 10. Two a4 sky Hawks from the Leet Mono visit president and mrs. Johnson stand with italia Premier Aldo Moro who wound up a two Day visit to washing Ion wednesday Moro poured american shrines the Tomb of the unknowns John f. Kennedy s grave and George washing ton s Home prior to talks with the president defense Secretary Robert 8. Mcnamara and Secretary of slate Dean Husk. Moro expressed backing for the . Position in Viet Nam. A photo flooding Mississippi hits Peak As dikes hold Loon Alnutt from pan ii a 75-foot Section of a Diko col lapsed without warning tues Day. Injuring 15 Young Volunteer Hood fighters. At Marquette Iowa the River reached 23 feel tuesday on the Way to a Crest of 24.5 feet expected Hood Waters Are Only 50 feet away and the Crest is still to than 10.000 volunteers. National guardsmen and Redcross workers have been work ing around the clock in Illinois baseball o bolster flood defences be tween Rock Island and Quincy with 090.000 weather Bureau revised flood Crest forecast Tor Quincy. Saying the River will hit 23.5 feet saturday. Twenty Flo Miles Purl Var rom la Crosse at Wynona minn., the River began to Pinchback. After hitting a Peak of 10.75 feet it slipped slightly to20.17 feet. Wabasha. To the North of Wynona still was surrounded by water but Levels were Goin Down slowly. 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In South Viet Nam two battalions of fresh vietnamese sol Diers were thrown into a major Battle with 3,000 communist guerrillas less than 30 mile from the . Air base at Danang. Vietnamese military authorities said that All of the first army corps Reserve striking Force has now been thrown into the clash with in estimated3,000-Man communist regiment entrenched along a five Mil front some 37 Miles South of Danang. An american military spokes Man Hen said government units engaged have reported 17 troop killed 45 wounded and 32 min ing and inc Sumcad captured. Rights fight to Center on Bogalusa rom a 7 ii 55-Mlnute March through the downtown area to the City Hall there were no incident Only taunts by White hecklers. An official estimated the number of marchers at 000. Singing songs the negroes gathered around the City a four member delegation went inside to hear Cut Cri answer to grievances they filed monday the crowd listened to Farmer. I be never Benn More proud of my people than today a told them. You have shown by your deportment by your Cour Tesy by your spirit that you can not be daunted by tear Gas by dogs by Billy the negroes in their grievances demanded that three policemen be fired or suspended for profanity and that the Laws be enforced equally against whiles and negroes. Or. King to Lead March of 1 Roycht in Boston Boston up civil right leaders mapped plans wednes Day for the Rev. Or. Martin Luther King or. To Lead a Mas Sive March on Boston of up to25.000 persons to protest slum housing and alleged racial imbalance in schools. Organizers of the protest said that up to 50,000 persons were expected to attend a rally on Boston common after the March next Friday. Boston police assigned 350 patrolmen and detectives to guard King and oversee Friday Smarch. Britain to debate plan for nationalizing steel London a Britain slab or government wednesday put the finishing touches to it plans for nationalizing the steel Industry and set the scene for lit toughest political Battle since it attained Power lost october. A White paper outlining the takeover proposals is expected to be published monday. Ii will name the steel firms to be taken into state ownership and indicate How they will be minister Harold Wilson thus has showed he is deter mined whatever the Oddi to press ahead with this most controversial of All his planned re forms despite bitter opposition from the conservatives and the liberals and the reservation of a Small group of right Wing la Boulto legislators. Wilson can command Only slender voting margin of three against the combined opposition lineup but apparent Thanki the margin is wide enough to get the legislation through. The White paper will be debated i commons and the re action of legislators tested. Next Stop will be to introduce n Bill formally proposing the National izing of the Industry
