European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 8, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 5 prices going up on a wide Range of products by Jack Lefler new York a prices Are headed up on a wide variety of products. The increases mean that the consumer will have to reach deeper into his pocket for transportation a Home and furnish ing and Leisure time activities. Manufacturers contend that higher prices Are necessary to meet rising costs of materials labor freight and taxes. The Price of steel bars which Are used for such things As Industrial fasteners and Railroad axles just has gone up 1.8 per cent. Earlier the steel companies had raised prices on hot rolled Carbon and High strength plates tinplate and tubular products. So far this year the increase shave covered More than 40 per cent of Industry shipments. Auto prices hiked Chrysler corp. And Ford motor co. Tentatively raised the wholesale prices of their 1968model cars $100, which would mean an extra $125 at  motors corp. Did t Dis close its intentions but it was considered Likely that pm would take similar  and Ford said their raises were due not Only to higher material and labor costs but to the anti smog and safety de vices required on 1968 models. Radio corp. Of America boosted prices of 46 of its 1968 Model color television sets 2 to 3 percent $10 to $55 on sets costing $479.95 to $1,650.rca said the raises were to offset steadily rising labor an material costs which have spi rated far beyond our expectations in the past 90 Days since we priced our 1968  Tennis player is going to have to pay 10 cents More for acan of three balls manufactured by general tire & rubber  increases have been widespread recently in the rub Ber Industry and cover tires and tubes automotive belts convey or belts Hose and other Indus trial products shoe soles and heels Vinyl flooring and coun Ter Topping and some plastic film and sheeting. The spurt in the Price of Silver has caused such companies As Eastman Kodak co., general aniline & film corp. And Dupont co. To raise the Cost of photographic film. Picture takers will be paying 5 to 10 cents More for a Roll of Black and White  corp. Announced this week it will raise the prices of selected 1968 Model refrigerators freezers and room air conditioners 1.5 to 3 per cent. General motors Mack truck Sand Ford boosted prices of their trucks by varying  aluminium & chemical corp., aluminium corp. Of America and Reynolds metals co. Hiked the Price of can  big companies advanced prices of  of liquid chemicals have also gone up. A prolonged drought and Arash of major Forest fires in the Pacific Northwest have resulted in Price boosts for lumber and plywood. . Newsman surrenders not military $ i came to write by Dang Van Phuocnam by Vietnam a the Pencil and paper War of Saviet Cong newsman ended in a Rice Paddy wednesday after South vietnamese soldiers and . Gunships smashed the guerrilla Jailbreak he planned to cover. Muddy frightened and Wear ing Black shorts a Gray shirt and a rag Scarf fashioned Froman american Parachute Nguyen Dinh Khoi stood up and just surrendered. I told them i was not a combatant that i was a journalist and carried no weapon Khoi 27,said. Khoi had been attached to Saviet Cong Force that tried to raid this provincial City s jail and free 800 prisoners in a five pronged attack. It ran int South vietnamese soldiers and . Flying gunships and re treated after 219 Viet Cong were i 1 i 4 1c 20 v 4-1 47 49 Al v n n s b 4 50 19 14 in 51 44 10 45 31 4fe horizontal1. So be it 9. Mire8. Rant 12. Resettle14. Lake 15. Lively16. Chop 17. Monkey 18. Perfect models 20. Dwelling 23. Deface 24. Choke26. Stoical 28. Cloth measure29. Salt water fish80. Large tub32. Intend 34. Swinging stride 85. Plays on words86. Covered the inside87. Send Back 40. Perched41. Wing like 42. Evaluate 47. Kitchen need 48. Gour mets 49. Cooking utensils 50. Common value 51. Observes vertical 1. Macaw2. Males 3. Hebrew priest 4. Wanderers5. Spouse 6. Shosho Nean indian7. Devote 8. Return9. Region 10. Small bottle 11. Lampreys answer to yesterday s Puzzle. 33 34 average time of solution 84 minute. � 1907, King feature syact., inc 9-a 13. Cod 19. Ventura20. Period 21. Hairless22. Leer 23. Bridges25. Superficial 26. English River 27. Backof neck 29. Stupey 31. Spread Hay kindle into activity dyestuff36. Secular 37. Grate38. Charles lamb39. German author 40. Mix43. Health resort44. Exist 45. Golf Mound 46. 3-Shapedworm killed and 16  s Job he said was part reporting part  he would go into Viet Cong controlled villages and write pamphlets calling forthe communist liberation of South Vietnam. Generally whence reported on the fighting he said it was when the engage ments were Over and he could do stories on the  the planned Jailbreak though was a special Mission and called for on the spot coverage. It was a furious fight Khoi said his hands bound be Hind him in an interrogation room. He brightened when introduced to a South vietnamese newsman. Of you Are in the Sam profession i am he said. I can talk to you. I am not Mili tary. Do not fight. I came to write a Story As an  Khoi talked it. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam commander of the northernmost 1st corps area entered the room. Are you willing to help us to work with us As you worked with the communists before he asked. Maybe i could do it Kho replied. But i know Only marxist doctrine and it is anti american. It is to liberate my country. It would be difficult Tobe so contrary  writer not fighter a South Vietnam guard takes Nguyenminh Khoi to a compound at Tarn by after the Viet Cong observer and reporter was captured in a thwarted . Raid. A language Barrier thwarts gunmen Chicago a a language Barrier proved too much for three bandits tuesday. Police said the gunmen tried to Force three cleaning men to let them into a North Side restaurant. But the workers who were cleaning outside the restaurant were unable to under stand because they had arrive recently from Brazil and spoke Only portuguese. After a Brief struggle the gunmen fled empty handed. Police were vague about de tails of the encounter because they too were having trouble with the portuguese language. Kiesinger asks legislators to Spur Economy Bonn up the West Ger Man Economy seems to have ended its downswing but More priming by the state is needed to Start it Back on an upswing Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger told parliament  asked the bundestag lower House to approve a package of Bills including a four year budget outline and an Emer gency Public investment pro Gram the second this year designed to Spur the  Bills would reduce subsidies while increasing revenues by exacting a 3 per cent Levy on High incomes. The bundesrat upper House approved Kiesinger s proposals last week. Confirmation by the lower House in which the Christian democrats and social democrats who form the government control More than 85per cent of the seats was assured. Low priced luxury car Mercury has unveiled its new Montero my two door Hardtop described As the lowest priced ear in Mercury s 1968 line. The six passenger Montero has a Overall length of 20 i inches and a wheelbase of Loti inches. Up photo