European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Sweden s traffic switch All right so far w from a and up dispatches Stockholm Sweden s Long planned changeover to right hand traffic went As smoothly As expected sunday prompting authorities to express optimism about the new gathered by police indicate Only minor accidents Dur ing what turned out to be More of a Holiday than a Day of National confusion. The number of traffic Acci dents from 5 . Until 3 . Reported by a police Force in creased seven times was 47. Of these Only nine had caused in jury to persons the right Han Headquarters announced. Everything has gone Accord ing 1o plan so far declared Lars ski old who directed Hie giant switch. The inner City of this million see photos on Page 24 population capital was Cho Kedas the ban on motor traffic was lifted at 3 . Swedes went into the towns for a sunday picnic in City centers. The same picture of congested City centers and near empty country roads was reported Over the country. Sweden with two million cars for its eight million people Isth last country on the euro Pean Mainland to turn right in an unprecedented operation Cost ing $120 million. The shift was prepared like a military Campaign and everyone was mobilized. Stockholm became one big chaotic traffic mess As endless lines of motorists converged on the barred inlets to the City. The Coni. On Porr 2 co Thieu by apparent winners too much reverse a car hangs sus Pended seven floors up in a Philadelphia parking garage after the brakes failed Asan attendant was backing it into place. He jumped to safety As the car broke through a railing and almost fell. Up s. Vietnam vote heavy despite reds Saigon a chief of state Nguyen Van Thieu appeared Early monday to have gained Victory As president of South Vietnam. The 44-year-old general ran far ahead of his 10 civilian rivals in Early vote tabulations following sunday s National elections. Although Many votes remained to be counted the trend pointed to a landslide for Thieu and his running mate 36-year-old pre Mier Nguyen Cao votes from 10 of the nation s 44 provinces counted unofficial returns gave the Thieu by slate 335,938 votes against 184,348 for Tran Van announced that about 4.8 million cast their ballots roughly 83 per cent of the 5.85 million Road to the election was paved with terrorism that killed More than 200 persons in the last week but by official account four of every five voters cast ballots for president vice presi Dent and the Senate. An election for the House of representative Sis to be held next month completing the government which is to Rule for four elected sunday was a 60 Man Senate that will serve six years under the provisions of the Constitution. To be elected in october is a 137-Man House of cont. On Page 21. Col. T me seeks cleaner Washington up h. Clausen r-calif., said saturday that a Marine wrote his parents asking them to Pur Chase equipment to clean the controversial m16 Rifle because of a shortage of such tools i Vietnam. The defense department i response to Clausen s statement said there is no shortage of cleaning rods for Marine forces in Vietnam but added that twas checking into the com plaint. Clausen said the Marine whom he did not identify wrote to his father in California stat ing that due to the Marine corps Supply problem Here i Vietnam almost 90 per cent or More of our company does thave cleaning so i am sending you an m16rod in Hopes that you could get some made inexpensively Clau sen quoted from the letter. Ill Send you the Money you need if any. I need about 50 for my Pla Toon and some friends in other platoons. If you can t do any thing Send the Rod Back. . If cont. On Page 23, col. 1 stars and stripes unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle most vol. 26, no. 139 if 21855 a monday september 4, 1967 5t daily 10 sunday d reported Hong Kong a bitter fighting still rages in Canton an pro maoist claims of seizing control in that Southern China City Are false it was reported Here sunday night by travellers from Mainland travellers arriving on the first train to reach the Hong Kong Border in three clays said Canton was in chaos and no Force was in also reported anti maoist forces had captured a chinese Navy gunboat and Large Quanti ties of weapons and ammunition during a raid on the Khampoa Navy dockyard. The raid was part of a 10-Day running Battle Between anti Mao and pro Mao Khampoa a units along tributary to the the Pearl River which bisects can ton. The Battle started aug. 20 and lasted through aug. 29, the travellers reported. Elsewhere the Canton fight ing continued they said. Several reported heavy gunfire and Street fighting up to the time they boarded the train sunday noon. Loudspeaker trucks moved through the streets saturday and this sunday Forenoon claiming that units Loyal to chairman Mao tse using had captured control of All the City but twas just empty words. They do not have control. No one has control said a chinese Seaman returning to Hong Kong from a two week visit to Canton. 2 Sams miss jets in red Village Saigon a two missile fired at raiding . Jets Over North Vietnam on saturday fell Back and blew up in a Village 20miles from Hanoi the air Force reported air Force reported an f105 thunderchief was brought Clown by unknown causes sat urday and the Pilot is missing. Twas the 671st announced . Plane loss in North Vietnam an the Only one announced in sat urday s returning from a strike about 20 Miles Northeast of Hanoi said they evaded two so Viet made missiles fired at them from one site after they had at tacked said the 36-foot missiles fell into a populated area near Dong to Village and sent up a Largo the Only significant ground cont. 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