European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday september 10, 1967 marines kill 108 North Viet troops from a and Saigon . Marines supported by tanks and firing Point Blank into North Vietnam Ese troops turned the tables in an ambush near the Doz an killed 108 of the enemy Friday Twenty marines were killed tithe close fighting. In lesser action North vietnamese forces made rocket at tacks on the . Air Force basest Danang and a Marine out Post at con Thieu Friday night killing one american and wound ing 51. About six powerful 140mmrockets were used in the Danang attack which was described As relatively minor the Only american fatality was recorded there. One . Ancone South vietnamese plane were slightly damaged. In the rocket Ancl mortar attack on con Thieu near the Doz about 40 men of the Marine 4th regt. Were wounded. Eight engine b52 strategic 15 killed by Hurricane in Caribbean St. Vincent West indies a Hurricane Beulah hit St. Vincent Martinique and  Early saturday and first reports indicated 15 dead an widespread property damage. In St. Vincent where Torren tial Rains fell for several hours landslides were touched off Leav ing Many roads blocked. Outside St. Vincent a Boulde dislodged by the storm rolled downhill crashing into a House and killing two children. Eight other occupants  Island s upper House of parliament was inundated by mud sludge brought Down by the Rains. Shipping tied Pat Kingston the storm tied up All shipping. One inter Island boat was washed ashore badly  Martinique 13 persons died As a direct result of the storm according to radio re ports. In St. Lucia no loss of life was reported but severe floods hit Low lying areas. After passing St. Lucia the storm headed toward Haiti and the dominican pop Ellie Jorfi d Nur Rita it warnings were posted in the Virgin islands where the storm was expected saturday afternoon. Up dispatches bombers slammed twice at repositions around the Doz area saturday. Communist ground gunner brought Down a Marine f4 Phan Tom Jet on a raid Over South Vietnam near the Doz Friday. The two crewmen bailed out an were picked up unharmed. . Army units sweeping guerrilla hideouts 25 Miles South East of Saigon found an unoccupied communist base Camp Friday and seized eight machine guns 162 grenades 23,500 rounds of Small arms ammunition mor tars and explosives. The deepest air blow int North Vietnam hit the Lang Dang rail Yard 20 Miles below the chinese Frontier on the Northeast rail line which is Hanoi s main artery to China. Migs turn away High above the raiding planes pilots flying cover missions re ported at least eight swept-wingmig17s banking in wide arcs and looking for an opening to get at the fighter bombers. The Mig turned away when air Force jets Cut in their after burners an attempted to close the Range. The air Force reported three raids on the heavily guarded rail line which is flanked at Vita Points with nests of Sam mis Siles and radar directed antiaircraft guns. Altogether air Force Navy and Marine flier flew 146 missions Over North Vietnam. Hip hip Hooray a London meter Mai keeps up with the Beautiful people by mod what sad3iess what disgust 3ling the latest in Blue Serge next to a hippie couple showing off new non uniforms. Up King Hussein ailing Istanbul up _ visiting King Hussein of Jordan cancelled All his official engagements Fri Day after becoming ill. A spokes Man said it was nothing serious Oswie Cim Poland a president Charles de Gaulle of France saturday visited Auschwitz the grave of four Mil lion victims of the nazis i world War ii. The general made no speeches during the hour Long tour and asked almost no questions of dolish guides who described the horrors of this former germans termination Camp. At the end de Gaulle wrote Inge visitors Book what sad Ness what disgust in spite of3verything, what Hope for Man  so that is How it was Degaulle murmured As he peered across Row after Row of ghostly chimneys and Barracks the Uzuh of the Auschwitz Birken Aucamp fading away into the Haze shrouded horizon. After laying a Wreath of roses at the new Auschwitz International Monument. De Gaulle told his principal guide Kazimierz Smolen it is Good that you have built this Monument but because of the memories attached to this place it should now be left just As it  Gaulle visits Auschwitz Camp Al Al a to \ to _ 1 _ _ 1 i  i a Smolen director of Poland s Auschwitz state museum is survivor of the death Camp with a prisoner s number 1327,tattooed on his forearm to prove it. The Monument dedicated i april has tablets in 18 Ian gauges dedicating it to the memory of four million people who suffered and died Here at the hands of the nazi murderers be panel formed to protect free american pos Washington a Secre tary of defense Robert s. Mcnamara formed Friday a top level prisoner of War policy committee to help find ways to safeguard and possibly free americans held prisoner in Vietnam. According to the latest official report 203 air Force Navy. Marine and army men Are he Din either South to North Viet Nam. Another 535 listed As miss ing Are believed prisoners. The Pentagon announcement said the new committee will Deal with All matters within the cognizance of the depart ment of defense concerning . Military personnel repo Tedas being missing or held Cap  the group headed by  of defense Paul Warnke is made up of representatives of the individual service secretaries the chairman of the joint chiefs of Staft. The defense intelligence Agency. The Pentagon general coun Sel and both manpower an Public affairs chiefs. Its Mission is to work with the state department and All Agen cies within the defense depart ment which have dealt with the prisoner of War  last traffic violation killed 10 Springfield 111. Up the Driver of one of the cars involved in an Accident that lulled 10 persons thursday night had a ecord of 10 traffic violations and had had his Driver s License suspended twice it was Learned Friday. Ralph Kusnierz 43, of Lisle,111., was one of the victims of the two car crash in Downers Rove a suburb of Chicago. A Woodridge 111., family of nine also was wiped , the Secretary of state s office said had his License suspended As late As june 21. He was driving on a valid License however at the time of a Accident. It had been reinstated july 26. Since 1965, the Secretary of state s office said Kusnierz had been convicted four times for speeding and once for making an improper turn and failing Toise turn signals. The crash occurred on a four Lane Highway. Witnesses said that kusnierz1 convertible sped out of control and appeared to be going Over the 40-mile-an-Bour Speed limit. It went past a Stop sign and struck the other car head in. The other nine dead wer Earthur Hoffmeister 27, of Woodridge his wife Paula 26 their five children Beth Ann 6jean, 5 Amy 4 Peggy 2 and David 1 and mrs. Hoffmeister s parents John Brubaker 61, and Esther 56, of Virden the Secretary of state office which issues Driver s licenses and records violations also said that Kusnierz had his License revoked in 1963 for having three moving violations and for driving while intoxicated. Tween the years 1940-1945." mos victims were jews. De Gaulle was shown the notorious selection Point where German is guards unloaded the freight trains of their human cargo and chose some for immediate death in Gas Chambers and others for slow death Athard labor. On reaching the Camp Degaulle was driven through the Camp s Gate bearing an inscription Arbeit Macht Frei work is liberating and then headed for Birkenas part of the Ausch Witz Camp along the Road  the route of wartime prisoners. De Gaulle s and other cars stopped near the railway ramp the site of selection of prisoners for the Gas Chambers where Camp Barracks still stand. From there de Gaulle and his party toured the Camp and the museum on foot. 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