European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday september 8, 1967 marines Battle 4,000 reds casualties heavy from a and up dispatches Saigon . Marines battling one of the biggest Force they have Ever encountered in Vietnam beat Back a series of human wave assaults thursday in the fourth Day of a Battle that reportedly has killed 375 North vietnamese and Viet Cong an Cost the americans 114 dead and 283 wounded. Each Side was us ing tear Gas. The marines said 375 guerrilla were killed. Brig. Gen. Foster la Hue assistant commander of the 1stmarine regt said the fighting which first erupted monday inthe coastal areas below Danang probably headed off Amajor Viet Cong offensive in South  Battlefield is tree bordered Rice Paddy land 13 Miles North of the provincial capital of Tarn by 40 Miles below a Mangand 360 Miles Northeast of Sai gon. The guerrillas poured More than 4,000 men into the Battle the americans said. The toll this week could be on of the heaviest of the War. La Hue said the mixed Force of North vietnamese and Viet Cong troops was fighting fro prepared positions and was Able to fall Back into previously pre pared fortifications. The fighting at times was at such close quarters it was often hand to hand he  fierce was the fighting that medical evacuation helicopters could not get for several hours to lift out the wounded. At least one helicopter was shot Down but there was no word on the Fate of the occupants. More than two battalions of marines sweeping through the paddies and Bamboo stands of the embattled Valley hit the communist Force late wednes Day. The Battle raged through the night with marines and North vietnamese alternately charging one  Battles erupted less than a mile from the scarred Field of sparing some targets As a reminder san Antonio Tex. A air Force chief of staff Gen. John p. Mcconnell says Valu Able bombing targets in North Vietnam Are being spared to remind the enemy that additional pressure could be brought to Bear on  the general speaking at dinner wednesday night said those spared targets which have obvious vulnerability to destruction by air Power also provide persuasive evidence that our air weapons Are being used with great  we nevertheless Are clearly in a position to increase the weight of our air attacks to an level that May be required to help achieve our National objectives he said. Hurt severely Mcconnell said evidence from reconnaissance and prisoner interrogations indicates the ene my has been Hurt far More severely than his actions an words indicate we have destroyed a Large percentage of his Oil storage capacity Over half of his electric Power output most of his facilities for ammunition storage an production and his major Mili tary Supply depots the Genera said. Effective use of air Power he said has kept the ground War in South Vietnam from an expansion that would have meant a vast increase in our ground Force commitments and far greater Battlefield  heavy air attacks on the North vietnamese Overland logistic systems have forced the enemy to deploy More than250,000 of his population to re pair work and another 300,000 to air defense Mcconnell said. Bonn defense minister recovering rapidly Bonn up defense minis Ter Gerhard Schroeder has re covered so Well from his recent heart attack that he will soon be Able to leave his Hamburg Hospital bed for convalescence it was announced  bulletin issued by the de sense ministry said the group of specialists treating Schroeder said he could assume addition Al  greeks accuse Junta Kyriakos Diakogiannis foreground and Andreas Vahliotis described As the greek Junta s secret wit Nesses against Andreas Papandreou Tell news men in Washington they were forced to give perjured testimony hostile to Papandreou facing trial for treason. They were brought tothe . By Rampart s Magazine. A photo Pope spends restful night fever Over Vatican City up Pope Paul i spent a restful night in his quarters and awoke without the slight fever that Cut Short his summer Holiday at caste Gandolfo the Vatican said  communique said the 69 year old pontiff slept in Tran quil repose and that his temperature has returned to  it said that prof. Mario Fontana Pope Paul s physician was at the pontiff s bedside and Felt it opportune to prolong the period of  Pope Paul suffered what the Vatican called a mild recur rence of his feverish indisposition wednesday at his summer Palace at Castel Gandolfo. Auto show opens sept. 14 Frankfurt is the 43rdinternational automobile show opens a 10-Day run next thurs Day at 2 . At the Frankfurt Fairgrounds. Other than thurs Day the show will be open daily from 9 . To 7 . Israel and Jordan Breah cease wire Jerusalem up Israel and jordanian artillery tanks and machine guns Exchange fire across the Jordan River in three breaches of the cease fir thursday. Each Side accused the other of starting the shooting for the second straight Day across the River. Israeli and egyptian forces had fired at each other across the Suez canal for two hours near Ismail a wednesday night. An official israeli announce ment said jordanian forces started thursday s shooting by open ing Light arms fire from the Eastern Bank of the Jordan on Aroutine israeli patrol moving on the West Bank of the River about three Miles South of Allenby Bridge. Israeli troops returned the fir and suffered no casualties. A jordanian communique broadcast by Amman radio said at 9 20 . Local Tim today enemy forces opened Light arms fire on our forces inthe area of Al mag Tass. Our forces returned the  another israeli statement said the Suez shooting started at 10 55 . And ended about two hours later with a cease fire arranged by . Observers. It said the egyptians opened machine gun fire and then Artil Lery shelling from the West Bank. Our forces returned the fir and the Exchange continued intermittently for about two hour until the . Observers asked both sides to abide by a cease fire at about 1 . When the firing subsided. Quiet now pre vails in the canal. There were no israeli  this is the second time in fou Days that the cease fire has been  monday there was a Day Long artillery Duel at the South Ern Entrance to the canal at Suez where residential area were damaged extensively. Sex suitor Auburn Alabama a three Young girls were slain thursday and a former suitor of a girl who escaped was charged with three counts of murder. Police chief Fred Hammock said three warrants were issued for Edward Albert Seibold 21,a former Auburn University Stu in slaying of 3 Ala. Girls Dent who once dated an elder sister of two of the slain girls. The victims were identified Asmara Sinclair 9 her sister Sarah 18 and Mary Durant 8,who was visiting in the Sinclair  said mrs. Juanita sin Clair about 40, a widow and the Mother of two of the victims was  said two other Sinclair Sisters Kathy 20, and Faye teen Ager were in the House but escaped Kathy by diving through a window and Faye by hiding under a  said Kathy had once dated Seibold. They also said that Seibold was once put under a peace Bond to stay away fro the Sinclair Home. The younger girls were killed with a Shotgun and the 18-year old was . Sinclair was wounded with the Shotgun. Police said Sheds under treatment at a Hospi Tal. She and her daughters were put under police guard. Where 150 North vietnamese sol Diers were Cut Down two Days  other ground action six members of a . Army recon Naissance patrol were killed in an ambush on a rubber Plantation and the other two men of the patrol apparently were murdered after they were captured the . Command announced thurs the squad from the 9th in div was on patrol in the bin son rubber Plantation 26 Miles East of the South vietnamese capital. The eight bodies were found wednesday by search patrols. A . Spokesman said enemy casualties were not known but bloody sandals and blood Spotson the Trail indicated there had been  was estimated that 50 Viet Cong took part in the ambush atthe intersection of two Jungle  air action raiding . Jets dodged gathering Monsoon Thun de Clouds and ranged to within 25 Miles of red China blowing hunks out of rail lines that sup ply North  125 Miles South of where the marines were fighting Vietcong machine gun fire hit the . Air base flight line at Quyhoa and fighting erupted around the $50-million  Hoa on the South China sea coast about 225 Miles North East of Saigon is one of the major american air bases in the country. It was the first time the base had encountered More than sniper fire. One american was reported killed in the action wednesday night. Officials said there Wasno damage to aircraft. Headquarters reported 157americans died in action last week and 1,588 were wounded the . Command also re ported that the number of Ameri can military personnel in South Vietnam increased by 3,000 mento 464,000 last week. The strength of other foreign Allied forces remained the same at 57,000.the estimate of enemy in the country again was 297,000, the same As a week earlier. Sam Sites doubled not quadrupled Washington a the Pentagon said wednesday it erred in saying North Vietnam has quadrupled the number of surface to air missile Sites in thelast year. Actually the size of the communists network of missile fir ing Sites has Only doubled spokesman said. Figures provided tuesday showed Hanoi now has More than 200 Sam Sites compare with an indicated 50 in mid-1966. The Pentagon said wednesday the figure 50, which it provided upon request was  number of Sam Sites in mid-1968 actually was More than 100, it was explained. Weather h l 80 54 85 59 68 67 78 61 78 62 81 65 78 68 90 43 84 69 80 51 81 42 81 63 82 50 77 63 83 68 59 37 71 68 80 70 88 66 85 70 83 60 95 74 . 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