European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 9, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 3 to deprive infiltrators of cover soil killers will be used at Doz Barrier by Bob Horton Washington a soil killing chemicals will be used under the Pentagon s plan to build a Barrier to curb infiltration of North vietnamese troops into South Vietnam. The Pentagon said the Earth poisons will be sprayed Over the cleared Barrier zone atop South Vietnam to prevent Jungle growth from returning and pro Viding cover for infiltrating communists. The Steri lants will add a new dimension and most Likely a controversial one to an already wide ranging chemical program aimed at wiping out vegetation including crops in certain areas of South Vietnam. Air Force planes have Bee dropping thousands of Gallons of defoliants and herbicides in parts of South Vietnam in what has grown into a $100 million pro Gram. Secretary of defense Robert announced plans thursday for the barbed wire Barrier actually an Early warn ing zone sown with mines and studded with electronic eyes Andears. Mcnamara said the anti infiltration system should be in operation by Early next year. The idea is not to Stop the flow of enemy troops Mcnamara said that can t be done but to slow up the infiltrators while electronic alarms Alert . Command ers. American units then could be rushed by helicopter and tank to the Point of extended completely across South Vietnam below the demilitarized zone the trip wire zone would be More than 40 Miles Long. Mcnamara refused to say whether it would Cut across Laos through the Jungle network of roads that make up the to Chi Minh Trail used by Hanoi to Getmen into South Vietnam. Opponents of the Barrier concept have said that if the strip lies Only in South Vietnam the North vietnamese will be Able to go around it to infiltrate into the South. Work already is under Way to Clear a stretch of Jungle approximately 15 Miles Long and 600yards wide below the demilitarized soil poisons Are to be used because military commanders have found that vegetation starts growing Back almost As Quick Lyas bulldozers Clear a strip. In response to questions the Pentagon said commercial farm chemicals used for Clearing rail Road right of ways will be used. The Pentagon said the chemicals won t harm animals or peo ple but will prevent Plant life for about a year. Panel urges Federal loan Bank to finance College educations Washington a a select White House panel thurs Day recommended establish ment of a new Federal Bank to finance Complete College Educa Tion costs for any qualified Stu Dent regardless of his own financial on the proposed education Loans would be stretched Over 30 or 40 years with borrowers paying off indebtedness in conjunction with annual Federal income tax pay ments. To be considered for a loan student would pledge a Small percentage of his anticipated in come for a 30-or 40-year period after panel suggested a repay ment schedule of 1 per cent of Gross income Over 30 years for each $3,000 recommendation was submitted to government education officials for study by the panel on educational innovation a group of prominent american educators conducting research under the auspices of president Johnson s science advisory proposal does not carry White House endorsement an appears certain to stir new controversy on the subject of How to pay for a higher education. The recommendation Drew immediate criticism from the National association of stat universities and land Grant colleges and from some inde pendent education experts who charged it would create inflationary College pricing and life Long indebtedness for borrow ers. On the other hand the propos Al is expected to find favor in Many private colleges and universities where the search is on for ways to flatten big Cost hurdles. Massachusetts Institute of technology physicist Jerrold makes a break yep you can t beat a subscription take a break and you can always kill a minute or two with stripes. News sports comics. And plenty of interesting Reading. 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We re submitting this recommendation As an idea which needs to be shaped by Public discussion Zacharias said. I believe it would afford a mean for colleges and universities to avoid a hand to Mouth exist ence while permitting qualified students to go to whatever col Leges or universities they borrow fund Money for funding the pro posed Bank should be borrowed at going government rates the panel students pose a Spe Cial problem for the panel which acknowledges that a Hus band May be less Likely to taken a wife who is in debt. Moreover Many women upon marriage drop out of the labor Market either temporarily or permanently thereby ending their earning believe that if women can repay according to the pro posed schedule Fine said one member of the panel. If not then the repayment on her educational loan could be from he husband s income and the re payment schedule adjusted outbreak of asian flu predicted for . Atlanta up a nation wide outbreak of asian flu this Winter was predicted thursday by the National communicable disease Center a cd the Center a Branch of the . Public health service warned that substantial num Bers of cases of a-2 asian influenza can be expected to occur during the 1967-68 season especially in the Eastern part of the courting Janet sue Crosby courtroom where she won crooner Bing Crosby s youngest fiery crash kills 10 in Illinois Downers Grove 111. A five children were among 10persons killed in the fiery Colli Sion of two cars Here thursday night. Arthur Hoffmeister 28, his wife and five children and mrs. Hoff Meister s parents or. And Brubaker were killed in a station Wagon that collided witha car driven by Ralph Kush Mierz who also was said the gasoline tank of one of the vehicles burst int flames. Repatriated Joliet 111. Up the mid night caller at the Home of Vernon Davis assistant Warden of the Illinois state Penitentiary Stateville. Was Donald Davy 31, an escaped convict who wanted to be let Back in. Confused girl Teller confuses Kanh thief new York a the girl at the Chase Manhattan Bank Teller s window had Only been working there two weeks so it was understandable that she should get confused when a Man walked up and handed her a Holdup you Don t want to be Hurt put $5s, $10s, and $20s into the bag the note read. Don t trip girl not identified by police tried to trip the alarm Bell but could t find got confused she said later. And so she just walked away. The would be Holdup Man fled. Is about to enter a los Angele divorce from Lindsay Crosby son a photo second wife Sheds King s son los Angeles up crooner Bing Crosby s son Lindsay 29, was divorced thursday by his second wife after she gave Evi Dence that he told her he no longer loved her. Mrs. Janet sue Crosby 24, a Secretary told Superior court judge a. B. Scott that Crosby left the family Home in Encino,calif., nov. 15. She said he did not visit Herand their infant son Sean on Christmas which made her nervous and under terms of a properly settlement Crosby will pay $200 monthly child support and tuition at a school As Well As medical and dental expenses for Sean now 13 months. A $20,000 Trust fund was set up for the boy s education. The rest of the terms of the settlement were not made pub Lic. Mrs. Crosby waived two were married feb. 12, 1966.Crosby is the youngest of the crooner s four sons by his first wife. Italy s population rises Rome a Italy s Popula Tion was 53,447,000 at the end of june government figures showed thursday. The population in creased by 206,488 in the first half of the year
