European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 4, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 3 this is Why Cis die by Richard v. Olive Saigon up it has never Ben easy to define Why americans Are fighting and dying in Vietnam. It became just a Little bit easier sunday. The average american Soldier comes to Vietnam from los Angeles Pittsburgh or Sandusky. Or he May be from Buffalo Houston or  his Home town it is much the same Story. At lonely outpost with a strange sounding name a Young i shit in the Chest with a piece of Lead the size of a cigarette  could not know what had hit him for the sniper s Bull trips through his Chest cavity through sinew muscle and one and opens a Hole in his Back the size of a Man s  most i s Here he probably had been counting his Days and he knew he would be heading Home in a few months perhaps to go Back to school or to his Job or to get married and raise a family far far away from this Vietnam wit the strange sounding names. Most Likely he had been drafted and after learning How to kill and How Best to Sta alive he was sent Here a Little frightened at first but no More than the fellow in the Jungle boots next to  he wondered Why he was sent Here. The reason he was told was to help these people the South vietnamese stay free and Able to determine for themselves their own destinies. More than 12,000 american shave died in this War. And now it has become a Little Les difficult to say they died in vain. For sunday at 6 50 ., Dan Thuc Binh a 29-year-old clerk walked up to the City  him was a Young bar girl then an old Man and then a keeper loses  to Bear Milwaukee up a male grizzly Bear chewed off the  of a zoo keeper at the Milwaukee county  j. Schulze of West Al Lis wis., was hospitalized thurs Day after his  was torn off above the Elbow. A fellow employee said the Bea pinned Schulze against the out Side of a Cage. He said he gota six foot Iron Rod from a serv ice room nearby and poked the ear around the neck and face until it let go of Schulze. Zoo supervisor George Speid Elsaid the bears had been fed that morning. It was the first Majo Accident at the zoo in 20 years Speidel said. Matronly  by one they picked up ballots and walked into the Blu curtained Booths to vote for a president a vice president Anda slate of senators to represent them in the  was the first voter through the lines. After drop Ping a Manila envelope into the ballot Box he stopped to walkabout South Vietnam s National  said he had voted for chief of state Nguyen Van Thieu and Premier Nguyen Cao  do not know much about the other candidates he  two men Are not perfect but from their past record i think we can Trust  then he talked about the War and he said he hoped what was happening sunday All Over Saigon and All Over South Vietnam would bring  Hope there is peace he said. But i believe the Vietcong will have to be Defeated  this time the line of voters outside the ornate City Hall had grown. Men and women old and Young were waiting to cast their ballots. And All Over South Vietnam american servicemen were fighting and dying so that Dan Thuc Binh and the others would be permitted to vote. In the swim appreciative Musk vites get a Western eyeful a two models display the latest in bikinis during a British fashion show in the soviet capital. Associated press photo Legal Star Belli upstaged9 Liy bizarre Case by George Eberl staff writer Stuttgart Germany is when the murder trial court martial of s. Sgt. Charles  opened much of the spec Tator attention in the third floor courtroom at Vii corps Kelley Barracks was focused on defens attorney Melvin Belli the Law Whiz from san , in Subtle fashion the Case and its brooding problems has gradually shifted attention from the Silver haired barrister to the tragic circumstances resulting in the death of German Beer truck Driver Friedrich Karl Koch. The trial enters its fourth Day tuesday at 9 30  As expert medical witnesses Are expected to take the stand. In a paraphrase of the old who killed cock Robin theme the question threading persistently through the Maze of testimony at the court martial Strong favorite Ilar Melle Mari 19, is swept off her fee by strongman Jean Bonnet alter she was elected miss weight lifting at a contest in Nice France. Associated press photo is who or what killed Karl Koch Wood a 28-year-old no who was on temporary duty at Patch Barracks is charged wit the unpremeditated murder of Koch a charge arising out of Gasthaus fracas last dec. 23 in Vaihinger a suburb of  allegedly fired one shot into the body of Koch who die four Days later in a Stuttgart Hospital. Listed cause of death peritonitis the inflammation of the membrane peritoneum lining the abdominal cavity. The prosecution s position i that the Bullet fired into Koch led to the eventual peritonitis and death. The defense maintains that death by peritonitis was the result of incorrect diagnosis and nept treatment at the Stuttgart Ospital where Koch was a Parent Between the Early morning ours of dec. 24 until his death at 4 15  On dec. 27.but puzzles Legal and Circum Stantial have served to absorb a attentions of court and spec Tator alike during the initial three Days of testimony in the warm courtroom a chamber that a daily been crowded with press and with curiosity seek ers. Primary Issue the primary Legal Issue one which resulted in a lengthy out of court hearing on the trial s second Clay arose during bal i s Cross examination of or Konrad Mailaender the Surgeo who had attended Koch and of crated on him dec. 26 when had become apparent Accord ing to testimony that Koch condition had worsened. The question could it be argued that Hospital treatment o Koch if negligent constituted new and intervening cause o death thus lifting blame f