European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes Tut Kloy april 27, 1961. India and Pakistan Battle on Border from res . Pakistan Indian and pakistani troop battled monday in inc of the most Dan reruns front ice this lift since partition 18 years ago. Cease fire Effort were now Delhi. India put ii armed forms on an As fit Hittne continued in ii Rann of Kutch on the sind Kutch Border. Hoth sides were reported using tanks and artillery. Fight Ink had Iwon sporadic for several werks hut Intens fit d the past few Days As the two Eov Ernie its failed to Auree on even what part of the Square mile a nth area is disputed. A Pakistan foreign office fish it Tii Iii said Luu brigades of Indian infantrymen and Para troops totalling about 1 . Were deployed inside the 3.500 squat c Miles of Kutch which Pakistan claims. Indian defense minister y. told parliament that the a Ikis Jinis in brigade san nut hand with the support of a is ate Forre of Rinor. Monday attacked the Indian Post of Uia ret. Said to be six Miles within Indian Terri tory in the disputed area. An of it dal Indian spokesman monday of kit said finh Tiftik Watt Ronti ulna around Duaret. Three pakistanis have so far been kitted and one Indian Soldier wounded lie said. Monday s attack which i Ganin the Early hours was virtually of the same strength is sunday pakistani attack which brought Indian charges that Pakistan had ordered a general mobilization. Insook Neal Stlltz inn troop Dian area Marc t Eiceman North Viet traffic hit Iii 5 raids Saigon a . Navy and air Force and vietnamese air Force planes struck at roads an Waterways in North Viet num in five raids monday. All the planes returned safely despite heavy ground fire in some areas. Air activity in South Vietnam was unusually heavy As . Air Force jets new 08 sorties most of them in mountainous Cen trial Viet Nam. Large concentrations of Vietcong troops in several Central vietnamese provinces have prompted recent heavy raids. There was one . Fatality inthe Day. The . Army Pilot of an i Light spotting plane die when his Craft collided with a vietnamese air Force spotting planes had been providing cover for a militia operation in the Jungle some 20 Miles Northeast of the collision uie Ameri can plane crashed into Trees an burst into flames killing the vietnamese spoiling plane returned to nearby bin Hoa airbase with one of its wheels torn off. And made a Safe heaviest of the raids on North Viet Nam involved 43 .air Force jets in strikes on Road traffic and Bridges along houtes7, 8 and 12. The jets attacked the bal duet Hon Highway Bridge 160 Miles South of Hanoi on Toute 12, and severely damaged it . Spokesmen two Navy raids six jets from the Fleet Carrier Hancock attacked a camouflaged patrol boat of the p4 class about 00feet Long and reportedly Sank it. Two propeller driven Nav planes from the Carrier Midway spotted a new Highway bridge100 Miles South of Itu Noi on route 1 while returning from alarmed coastal reconnaissance Mission. The two fighters cratered the approach to the Bridge with 500 Pound bombs but did not dam age the Bridge itself. In the fifth raid of the Day four vietnamese air Force pro peller driven fighters flew recon Naissance sorties Over routes 1 and 15, but fulled to find an target Road convoys. Millionaire widow Weil to sex Pouch inuit new York a former showgirl Gregg Sherwood who As the widow of Horace Dodgeii inherited $9 Mil lion of the Dodge Auto Fortune was mar ried in St. Patrick s Cathedral sunday to her former tall dark and handsome bridegroom Daniel Moran is former new York City police Man. When the pair got their marriage License last week to gave his ago As 2 and miss Sherwood said she was 41, chinese weapon defense Secretary Roberts. Mcnamara displays on National television a Light machine gun which he sold was of com. A unlit chinese manufacture. He said the weapon was captured in South Viet Nam from Viet Cong guerrillas. Associated press photo North Viet unit in South Mcnamara says Contin Nett it on Page to press conference at the Pentagon in which he also said there was no requirement and no useful purpose in la employment of nuclear weapons in the Vietnam War. In a prepared statement. Me nun re said the Clandestine in filtration of personnel and Materiel from North Viet num into South Viet Nam continues to play a vital role in providing the Viet Cong with the Leader 1,983 airmen in Safe to be promoted Wiesbaden special a quake personnel officials have announced that 1,983 airmen inthe command will be promoted june 1. During this Cycle the quarterly airmen second class through staff scr Cunt promotion coincide with the Semi annual promotions to Muster and technical sergeant. The quota breakdown shows 198to to promoted to Muster ser Geant 220 to technical sergeant,359 to staff sergeant. 321 to air Man first class and 885 to airman second class. From this quota 43 stripes have been retained by command head quarters for consideration of personnel in extremely limited Ca reer Fields. These include 18musters, 11 Teclu 7 staffs and 8 alas. All airmen will be considered on a Best qualified basis by promotion boards convened a local Levels. Ship technical competence an munitions required to carry on the insurgency hip government of Viet the latest step is the cover infiltration of a regular combat unit of the North vietnamese army into South Viet num he slated. He identified the unit Ashe 2nd Itali lion of the 101st Ito Gimel. Smih us vision of Ihen Orth vietnamese urmy. He said it was Spern Liivik near Plesku incest Koi Ilum province. He added however that cur rent South vietnamese and . Air strikes against the North have been carefully designed to impede infiltration of the Menand Materiel which make the Dif Ference Between a situation which is manageable and one which is not manageable intern ally by the government of South Viet said that with the intensification of infiltration both of arms and of personnel the course of aggression pursued by the government of North Viet Nam has grown progressively More flagrant and Union Mcnamara also said since 19o9 39.000 men Hud infiltrated from the North to join Viet Cong units. Reports con firm Between 9.000 and 8.000 in 1064 alone and May be As highs 10.000. Some 75 per cent of the1964 infiltrators were la in in North Viet Nam. Indicating a drying up of the Supply of southerners ordered n North in1934 by the Viet Minh at the filtration units and Marche South through f. in groups of 300 to 600. The great bulk of weapon for the Viet Cong come from external sources. Only 10 to 15per cent were captured from South Viet Nam troops. Viet Cong main Force unit apparently arc being entirely re equipped and retrained wit the newest communist bloc weapons. Some 90 per cent of the Small arms and All of the larger pieces come from re bloc mainly chinese origin. Mcnamara displayed a Chi nest communist gun which he i1avnevili.e. Ala. A three Kun flux klansmen pleaded innocent in state court monday to the slaying of a civil rights worker. Tic trial of the first defendant was set for next by one the three Collie Leroy walk los jr., 21. Of fair Field Ala. And William Orrville Eaton 41, and Eugene thomas.42, both of Bessemer Ala. Pleaded innocent to first degree murder solicitor Arthur e. Ramble or. Said walk los would be called to trial first on the charge which under state Law could bring the death penalty or life three will be tried separately for the laying March 25of Viola Gregg Luzzo. 39. Of no Date was set immediately for trial of Thomas or Eaton. Karachi a Forcin office spokesman renewed official de null that there has a in tiny to Holli Kilton of pakistani forces say g Only a minimum number of troops was holding Back two in Diu brigade groups in the Kutch l. All our divisional commander attending an annual Confer c in Rawalpindi the spokes contract extended Byuse continued no puff i Active to May 1when old expire. At a hurriedly called Newi con Ference Mcdonald also said f Union s la Man wage i commit ice the final Auto on contract Mailer would iat 2 . Wednesday. He _ the meeting would follow a . Session of the Dow s executive if anything had Derel oped in his discussion with Sim Kin Mcdonald would say Only that to had a lot of discussion today with or. in Black and White Manila api Cesar Climaco. Who Heads a philippine govern ment ant graft communion \ makes his Lank Clear to All con scorned. Emblazoned across his stationery is thou Shih not said was captured in South Vietnam and pointed out whet be called n chinese Arsenal Mark on the licht machine gun. . And vietnamese airstrikes have Neon carefully limited to military targets Suchias Barracks Supply and am munition dumps radar and communication facilities and More recently Bridges railroads and highways which serve As Anfu Rution objective if roads to trucks and from truck Mcnamara also told newsmen that . Participation in Viet num was costing 11.5 billion year. He said support of . Forces. Including those in naval units runs about 1800 million and that the military assistance program totals about $930 Mil lion a year. Other Money Goe into economic and agricultural Aid he reported. Asked How much longer the War in Viet num might continue he said he could Only redial a Long difficult he added that he was not an noyed by references to the conflict As Mcnamara s 3 plead innocent in Liuzzo slaying attorney malt ii. Murphy or. E Birmingham told judge to Werth Thagard that a motion will defiled later this week questioning the constitutionality of the trials. The judge said that motion and any others would argued and decided monday. Each indictment charged the defendant unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Viola Gregg Liuzzo by shooting her with a
