European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 2 the stars and stripes 6 in plane die in crash into Bronx new York up six per sons including a prominent Oklahoma physician and big game Hunter were reported killed saturday when their private plane went out of control Over the Bronx an crashed and burned in a Park narrowly missing a residential area. Witnesses said the Blu Cessna 320, bound from la guar Dia Airport in Queens to White Plains in suburban Westchester county in route to Montreal s expo 67, wobbled put of control before it crashed into St. Mary s Park. Police said the five Passen Gers aboard the plane had been tentatively identified but the name of the Pilot was nol immediately known. The Pas sengers were identified As or. E. E. Chambers a surgeon and member of the Oklahoma wildlife commission his , and his nurse Darlene Alexander All of Enid . Leonard Capshaw of Oklahoma City identified As  Mother and mrs. Paul Murphy the wife of Wichita kan., physician. Monday september 18, 1967 Gen. Wessel to head Bonn Bonn up chancello Kurt Georg Kiesinger has named it. Gen. Gerhard Wessel to succeed Reinhard Gehlen As head of West Germany s Federal intelligence Agency government sources said sunday. Wessel is Germany s charged affaires at the standing nato military committee in washing ton. His nomination by Kiesinger has yet to be approved by the Cabinet. Wessel worked during world War ii with Gehlen the former wehrmacht lieutenant Genera who built up the West German spy network often known Simp Lyas the Gehlen  Wessel also played a leading role in the formation of West Germany service. Counter intelligence Gehlen 65, is due to retire atthe end of March. Sources said Kiesinger was very taken with Wessel when they met during the Chancellor Slatest visit to Washington. Refugees return postponed Jerusalem up the return of Arab refugees scheduled to resume at the Allenby Ridge sunday was postponed after a request was receive from Jordan through the red Cross. The jordanians asked for further discussions before Cross Ings resumed but gave no Rea sons. . Awards Shi  London a the United slates has agreed to award Brit ish shipyards contracts worth$16,730,000 for two Ocean going naval tugs and has invited bid son building nine minesweepers the ministry of defense said saturday night. The announcement came amid rising anti american feelings in Britain Over the . Congressional ban voted last wednesday on foreign warship  minister Denis Healey had warned Washington against reneging on a Deal under which part of Britain s Cost in buying 50 fill american supersonic fighter bombers would be offset by . Purchases of military equipment from Britain. Healey told . Defense Secre tary Robert s. Mcnamara that failure to fulfil the agreement could undermine the whole relationship Between Britain an the United  he sought assurances that the agreement stood. Healey said saturday night the Speed with which  has reacted to my request is most Welcome and Isth Best possible evidence that the . Administration remain firmly determined to fulfil its obligations under the  funds for the two naval tugs and for the minesweepers had Al ready been voted by Congress forthe year 1966-67 and therefore were not affected by wednes Day s veto it was explained Here. The contracts for the tugs now brings the total of . Award Sas part of the fill agreement to 433,510,000 about two thirds of the total of $725 million Cov ered by the offset Deal. Britain had hoped to bid on16 minesweepers required by the . Navy but the Washington offer to invite bids for nine was generally accepted  minister Harold Wilson was under Strong pressure to scrap the fill Deal unless the United states made us position Clear. Pope blesses throng Pope Paul Vir Aises his arms at the window of his Vatican apartment sunday to bless a crowd of 30,000 gathered in St. Peter s Square in concern Fortis health. It was his second appearance since being stricken with prostate trouble. A two communist leaders Call for Summit meeting Moscow up two influential communist leaders called during the weekend for a sum Mit meeting of world communist parties to create a United front. Hungarian party chief Jano Kadar wrote in sunday s pravda that the time has come for communist Summit and Wladi Slaw Gomulka first Secretary of the polish party called for a world communist conference Ina speech saturday. Kadar also criticized communist China for defecting from the world movement and Romani for taking advantage of the split. The Kremlin has been trying for two years to organize a communist Summit that would try to repair the damage done by the ideological split betwee Moscow and peking. Soviet leaders also were know nth be concerned by the Way to mania has taken advantage of the split to formulate Independent policies toward Israel an West Germany. But the idea of a communist Summit has until now met with Only a lukewarm reception fro Mother communist party leaders. The chinese have warned mos cow that if you Call a Confer ence you will be digging your own  Kadar a faithful adherent of the Kremlin position wrote in pravda that strengthening of the Unity of the International communist movement Calls for consultations and International , in a speech at Sosnowiec Poland said we Are coming out for the convocation of a new International Confer ence of the fraternal parties for Broad Exchange of opinions an to draw up a common position on major  London crime rate reported on decline London is for the first time in years London s crime rate is on the  the first seven months of 1967 the decline was 4.4 percent a reduction of 7,382 Over the same period of 1966. Crime solved amounted to 24.5 per cent compared with the 1966 figure of21.7 per cent. Muslim gagged cuffed in court new York up Ablack Muslim bodyguard of the late Malcolm x was gagged an handcuffed to his chair in Brooklyn supreme court Friday after he persisted in making comments during his trial on charges of shooting three Detec Tives. Robert 35x Smith 37, defied an order from Justice Hyman Barshay to remain silent Anklet his attorneys speak for him. Smith kept telling the court i m not getting a fair  the judge threatened to put the gag on then ordered the action. The defendant s Mouth was covered with a Khaki Towel held in place by adhesive ban Dages. Smith is accused of 16 counts of attempted murder assault second degree robbery grand larceny and violation of the concealed weapons Law. He allegedly shot three detectives when they approached his car in Brooklyn on March 31. Smith escaped and was arrested in Toledo Ohio More than a month after the incident. Reagan denies aide resigned after dispute Sacramento Calif. Up disagreement about How to elect gov. Ronald Reagan president led to the resignation of his executive Secretary Philip m Bat Taglia the san Francisco examiner said Friday. But Reagan told a new Manas he boarded a plane for a weekend trip to los Angeles there s nothing to  he said the report was a Complete  the examiner in a dispatch by political writer Jack s. Mcdowell said Battaglia wanted the Republican governor to stick close to his desk in sacrament and avoid out of state speaking  newspaper relying on unimpeachable sources within the Reagan administration said Battaglia Felt Reagan s Best route to the White House was via a solid record of achievements i Sacramento. But the report said communications director Lyn Nofziger and Reagan s Southern California financial backers wanted the governor to speak out on National is sues and make More out of state  Battaglia resigned t w o weeks ago Reagan has kept Upan almost daily drum fire of criticism of president Johnson Vietnam War policy. The governor called for a Sharp Escala Tion in the conflict to win As quickly As  will leave sept. 28 on a four Day speaking tour that will take him to Illinois South Caro i Lina and Wisconsin. Mig Downs unarmed Jet Over North Saigon a an . Rf101 Jet photo reconnaissance plane was shot Down sat urday by a Mig fighter Over North Vietnam and the Pilot dismissing a . Military spokes Man announced sunday. . Fighter bombers struck Ata Highway Bridge and a rail transshipment Point about 20miles North of Hanoi and raided other sectors of North Vietnam saturday. . B52 Strat forts made two bombing raids about 25 Miles North of Saigon before Dawn Suri Day and then flew a third raid after Daybreak on the Southern end of North Vietnam. The area North of Saigon is along time Viet Cong stronghold and the b52 raids were accompanied by a massive search and Clear operation bythe . 25th infantry s 1st Bri Gade. About 100 helicopters carried some 2,000 troops into the heart of the Hobo Woods about 30miles North of the capital. South of Saigon a . Army and Navy River Force routed a hard Core Viet con battalion from entrenched positions in the Mekong Delta sat urday after a four Day attack designed to loosen the communist grip on that Rich Rice bowl area. The guerrillas faded into adjoining marshes and Bamboo for ests after losing 204 dead kill ing 15 americans and wounding 125 others. Army truck kills German hurts 6 Baum older Ger Many special one German Soldier was killed and six other hospitalized Early saturday when a . Army truck we tout of control and struck two German army trucks. The Accident occurred at1 . Saturday outside Offen Bach am Glan near the Baum Holder training area. One German truck was Over turned by the Impact of the 2mr ton american truck and the second was driven into a Wall. The Driver of the . Truck spec. 4 Thomas a. Oakes 20, of c co 56th is in suffered Only minor injuries to his legs. Weather . Temperatures he 82 67 Albany 82 62 Atlanta 63 58 Boston 79 60 Buffalo 74 66 Chicago 89 62 Cincinnati 77 61 Cleveland 63 44 Denver 83 48 Detroit �9 73 Houston 83 63 Kansas City 83 66 los Angeles 84 74 Miami Beach 79 65 Minneapolis 85 68 new Orleans 99 65 Phoenix 76 68 St. Louis 79 47 Salt Lake city91 67 Seattle 79 67 Washington