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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, March 9, 1966

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1966 the stars and stripes Page 3 millionaire gets death in Saigon corruption trial welcoming Bow vietnamese peasant bows deeply before an american paratrooper searching a usually Viet con controlled area near Tny in Miles from the embarrassed trooper asked the Man not to just to show him his id a photo March 7 up soil la Viet name new court for economic crimes save the clench i sentence Monduy to a millionaire Saigon businessman charged with Price hoarding and i tata a chinese merchant who directed the Sui Hing import Export was found guilty on the three charges after in Allday trial be fore special three Mil itary officers served As the court was created after prime minister Nguyen Cao by promised to huge War on the hoarders and profiteers who have been blamed for Many of South Viet name economic by reportedly promised president Johnson at last months Hono Lulu conference that he would Speed efforts to clean up Corky personally presided Over the courts opening ceremonies at the yellow stucco Saigon court building near the presidential properly confiscated the condemned businessman was told his properly would be confiscated by the he was Given 24 hours in which to request amnesty from the chief of Nguyen Van the bespectacled Busi Nessman was found guilty of at tempting to bribe a sergeant in the National Security service when he became suspicious that Security officers were on his he also was charged with forc ing buyers to pay More than official prices for a Eccl and tin roofing materials and other he was said to have hoarded various goods in order to sell them later it higher to Vinh was acquitted on a ourth charge of illegally trans erring Money out of the coun to Vinh showed no sign of except to pass his hand arvo ugly Over his face for an hut his and eight in age from 1 o were present in the mahogany panelled court iroc into cries of anguish and to Vinh was marched it of the room by soldiers with fixed was figure in Profumo scandal lord wealthy Dies at 58 March 8 lord member of the millionaire Anglo american Waldorf Astor family and a Central Fig ure in the 1963 Profumo died in the Bahamas monday night from a heart the third was he had flown to Cap ital of the Bahamas at the week around the world abortion Bill passes March 8 House of lords monday night pasted a Bill relaxing some restrictions on abortion in h would allow women to terminate pregnancies if two doctors certified their mental or physical or that of an unborn wag at abortion also would be possible for mental de girls under ii and in some other the lords Bill will die automatically when parliament adjourns thursday for the general but its lord said he would introduce it again in the new Facelift for Airport puerto March 7 mexican government plans to spend million improving the Airport in this popular Pacific resort says Juan Torres the governments director of for Arab Institute March 8 up kuwaiti foreign minister Sabah a Ahmad Aljaner monday announced the Amir of Kuwait will contribute dinars for the Arab Institute project in Jerusalem for Arab refugees and the adopted by several Arab businessmen in alms at construction of an Institute to take care of the Arab end for a months vacation As guest of sir Harold and lady a prominent conserva Tive politician until he succeeded to his fathers title in be came a key figure in the sex an Security scandal brought on by an affair Between John pro then Britain War minis and Christine an attractive Call Profumo and Keeler first met at actors stately Home West of she was there As the protege of actors Friend and Stephen socialite Osteopath who later killed himself after being convicted of Brothel denied he had mistress during wards trial miss keel or testified that lord Astor paid the rent of an apartment which she had shared with Mandy a blonde now Carv ing a new career As a cabaret miss Ric Davies testified that she had been lord actors mis this he had previously de the following year lord Astor suffered a heart attack and was ordered prolonged until the Profumo affair and subsequent lord Astor had a Long record of distinguished Public he was the eldest son of the second Viscount Aslor and the Virginia born Nancy lady the first woman to be elected to the British parliament and one of the great wits of or As William Waldorf Astor he was elected to the commons himself in 1935 As member for the West London District where Christine Keeler and Mandy race Davies later set up served with Navy during world War ii he served with the Royal he lost Ful Ham in the Laborte landslide of 1945 but returned to parliament in 1931 As conservative member for a year later he was obliged to give up the seat on succeeding to his fathers Astor was regarded As one of the richest men in Shur ing a Fortune founded by John Jacob a German Emigran who made Money in fur trapping and Early in the 19th centum turned it into vast investments in new York real his heir is 14ycarold Waldorf the son of his firs marriage to the former Tharah he leaves a daughter by his second marriage to Philippa and two daughters by his Elmodel Bronwen Navy will increase bureaus March 7 a the Navy announced monday a a organization which will give to top Admiral More rename four old and create two new Secretary or the Navy Paul Noltze told a news conference saving Money and manpower is not the purpose of the which becomes effective May Che Noltze is to a crease the effectiveness and efficiency of the navys management the changes bring the Navy organization Structure in line with reorganizations put into effect by the army and the air Force several years what the reorganization does s bring the Navy personnel and material organize ions directly under David chief of naval of report directly these organizations now re port directly to the Secretary of although As a matter of practice they coordinate closely with the four bureaus getting new names Are the Bureau of which becomes the ship sys lems command the Bureau of Yards and which be comes the facilities engineering command the Bureau of Wear which becomes ordnance systems command and the Bureau of supplies and a which becomes the sup ply systems chiefs of those organizations will not a new electronic systems command will be set up and an air systems command also joke the zoo feeding the always brought a big chunk of meal to the old but Only a Bunch of bananas for the Young finally the Young lion demanded to know Why he didst get the old Uon said in but this zoo has one lion you Are in a Monkey  and your kor la to i Sun and Apo Force  
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