European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 " or Era i i air a m embassy for the stars and stripes continued from pane l wounded 34 the past 24 hours and heavily raked the fortress of con thin which is the main . Outpost the embattled Frontier. one barrage con Thien caught More than 200shells. A wave of conflicting report circulated Saigon following the attack the nationalist chinese embassy. U.s., chinese and South vietnamese Security services expressed various the ories and conflicting casualty re ports. The South vietnamese police said the bomb blast and a simultaneous Exchange of gunfire with terrorists killed one per son and wounded 27. Within two hours the embassy intelligence officer who escaped injury the blast was gunned Down by a woman agent at his Home Cholon the capital chinese Quarter. He was hit by two bullets from a .45 Calibe pistol and seriously wounded. The night before the bomb blast another gunman shot and killed a Well known teacher a private chinese school. The two Story embassy build ing was blasted mid morning with explosion heard through out the Center of Saigon. One Wall was blown out the ceiling collapsed and the ground floor totally demolished. At the same time gunfire broke out Between police and one or More terrorists. Within minutes police rounded up two men and a woman the Man carrying a pistol and hand Gren Ades. Police sources said the two men were vietnamese nationals of chinese extraction and confessed they were members of the Viet Cong which is believed to maintain separate net works Saigon and Cholon senator charges Bias a Satchel charge placed Side the embassy with a time fuse caused the one person who died the attack was a pedestrian passing by the embassy. The blast took place about two blocks from the . Embassy which was the scene of Saigon s worst attack a diplomatic building March 1965, when a bomb killed 17 americans South vietnamese and wounded 151. Military buying hit again to tit to. _ .,.,Washingto up the Pentagon s buying practices Al ready under fire the House were challenged the Senate tuesday by a Republican who saw a real cause for concern Over the equity inefficiency and perhaps the honesty of military procurement. Sen. Peter Dominick Colo.,accused the army of showing favouritism to radio corporation of America and discrimination against a Small company which developed a new Flamethrower submitted a Low bid and still did not win the production contract. I suggest that Congress maybe Well advised at this time to begin depth investigation into j or military procurement procedures Dominick said. His speech echoed the criticism from across the Capitol by rep. Otis Pike d.y., who Las week accused the defense department of paying exorbitant sums for equipment which could be bought for a fraction of the Cost. Dominick traced the army dealings with Ria one radio receiver Back to 1954. He said the army gave Ria contracts for the receiver despite Lowe bids from other firms. another example Dominic said the army electronics com Mand recently awarded Ria contract for $10,087,431 despite kidnapped Man flown to Moscow surtax called inflation curb san Francisco up president Johnson s top eco nomic adviser said tuesday that americans would be giving up very Little with the administration s proposed 10 per cent surtax. Gardner Ackley chairman of the Council of economic advisers said that failure to raise taxes would Lead to a new round of inflationary pressure the Money the average american would save if his taxes weren t raised would be lost higher prices Ackle said a speech prepared for delivery to the United pres International editors and pub Lishers conference Here this is one of the most Vaw w4 Lilc Ollil of elementary and fundamental lessons of economics i urge you to help the american people to understand it he told the editors. Ackley rebutted prediction that a tax hike would throw the Economy into a recession or even a slowdown. Red to head Assembly continued from Page a could breathe More easily Pas sengers said. The 25-year-old scientist who was taken from a similar scheduled Aeroflot flight saturday by British authorities was accompanied by his wife Galina. Kachenko whose face was Pale sat with his head Down and his eyes shut the Back fan embassy car with his wife until the Security men took him aboard the plane London. His wife charged shortly be fore they left for the Airport that the Young physicist a Post graduate student Low tempera Ture physics at Birmingham University been forcibly re moved from the plane and interrogated instead of being Given the urgent medical care he needed. Mrs. Kachenko also supported the charge made by soviet officials that the couple Bee invited to defect to the West i also must express my dig nation at the suggestion offered by officials this country to stay this country the country where such inhuman actions and events could take place she said. I could not leave without expressing the indignation boiling up inside me a physician from the soviet embassy. The diplomatic repercussions of the affair seem far from Over. A foreign office spokesman said shortly before Kachenko s de parture that it must be apparent to everyone that various accusations made the soviet statement last night Are totallyunfounded.". The British charge d affaires Moscow was to make Oral statement tuesday to the soviet foreign ministry the foreign office said. The fact that the army file a bid by a Small business con Cern which was $884,856 Lowe than Ria s award. The factors this Case see to raise very serious questions As to the relationship betwee the department of the army procurement officials and Ria Dominick said. I think we should ask the question As to whether any specific benefits five been derived by anyone inthe army or elsewhere As a con sequence of this Peculiar the Flamethrower incident he said arose a Case involving custom packaging co., a Small firm Aurora Colo. Custom packaging its own initiative and expense Over a Long period developed the concept of a Light weight shoulder borne flame weapon with a 2 000 to 3,000-Yard Range Dominic said. The weapon was demonstrate for the army at Edgewood a nations a Theun general Assembly tuesday elected romanian foreign min ister Cornelius Manescu As presi Dent for its 22nd regular Sessi Onue is the first communist Ever chosen for the Post. Manesco received 112 vote ambassador John w. S. Male Cela of Tanzania received vote there were five abstentions two invalid ballots and two delegations absent. Baseball National league san hmm of i i 11 1 i i a l of 001 inn my .n,, my. ha.,.,. ,.-,. I a i , Gardner. mrs. Kachenko looked very worried As she put her Arm around her husband s shoulder while the Security men helped him aboard. Kachenko looked ill and gave the impression he did not know what was going or where hews being taken. Customs formalities took place Board the aircraft which left without incident 15 minutes be Hind schedule. Kachenko also was accompanied the a hour flight to Moscow by or. Victor skim nov blast rips synagogue Jackson miss up three men two of them identified As Active Kun flux klansmen were arrested Early tuesday following a to violent bomb blast that buckled " Walls and ripped part of the Ceil ing Loose Jackson s Only Syna Gogue. No one was injured the blast and rabbi Perry Nussbaum 59 could offer no definite motive for the bombing although Nuss Baum spoken out against racial violence the state and negroes have attended service sat his Beth Israel Temple. Taken into custody were Joe Denver Hawkins 49, a painting contractor his son Joe Daniel Hawkins 23, a warehouse worker and j. L. Harper 23 Painter. Fri spokesman said Hawkins and his son have been publicly identified As Active Kun flux klan members for a num Ber of the three were arrested about2% hours after the explosion which occurred about 10 30 pm monday. Senal md., Dominick said the army ordered and then de Nied ordering a proposal setting Forth the firm s production capability estimates of time and cos factors and statistics How much been spent develop ment of the weapon. The marines became interest Din the Flamethrower and Edge Wood Arsenal circulated invitations for bids to produce 20 of the weapons with 2,000 units of am munition Dominick said. The Arsenal s description of the weapon and requirements were virtually word for word identical with the proposal previously made by custom packaging Dominick said. When the bids were opened custom packaging offered to Ful fill the contract for $167,608dominick said but the army agreed instead to a Cost plus of Fer from Northrop North sonics Anaheim Calif., which Cost the taxpayers $387,000. It appears that this is not a isolated Case Dominick said. Other Small business firms Are having the same kind of difficulty attempting to compete wit the big business manufacturers doing business with the various military Elvis. Continued from Page 1 him and then took a swing at him. Presley told officers he knocked Ivy Down with one blow and then the former employee got into station Wagon drove about 100 feet Down the Highway stopped daring Elvis to fight. Ivy who denied the statement the report said he did not threaten anyone. He said he merely gone to the elder pres Ley s Home to see about getting his Job Back. Wednesday september 20, 1967 . Urges arms limit Parley Washington a a stat department spokesman issued a new Appeal tuesday for .-soviet talks curtailing the nuclear missile arms race he suggested that the new . Decision to build a limited missile defens system might stimulate the rus sians to hold the spokesman press officer Robert j. Mccloskey also said that . Government experts be Lieve communist China could other stories Page 4 have initial intercontinental ballistic missile operational capability the Early 1970s." " but he said the initial Chines system will be crude and by vulnerable and will not be Able to penetrate even the limited defense system the United states is contemplating. Mccloskey was questioned a length at a news conference about apparent shift John son administration policy defensive missile deployment but declined to be drawn into discus Sion and said there were some questions he could not answer. I incidents bring join City patrols Amberg Germany a a series of clashes Between j soldiers and germans brought j 01 t German american police patrols to the streets of this North bavarian City. Reinforcement of German police with american soldiers was decided monday a conference Between local military command ers and the German police officials starting immediately two soldiers Are to be assigned teach German patrol car the step was taken after five German police and three citizens were injured recently by Amer ican soldiers. Four of the police were involved a fracas that developed when a policeman tried to detain a Soldier who apparently damaged a parked car. The fight occurred when his buddies came to his Aid and the policemen called for reinforce ments. Another policeman was injured trying to arrest a Rowdy Soldier. A plumber and a Young girl were attacked by another Soldier for no apparent reason and two soldiers beat up electrician to Rob him police commanders and police officials hoped the join patrols would ease the strained atmosphere. Weather Cloudy with occasional Light Showen. Little change thursday. Frankfurt Heidel Berg High 65, Low 50. Temperatures re corded tuesday get 4 4 am pm 68 72 Adana p 68 79 Athens cd 55 70 Aviano cd 55 64 Berlin p 54 63 Frankfurt r 54 61 London p 4 4 am pm 50 75 Madrid cd 50 66 Munich p 54 63 a Rig p 50 54 Prestwick p 55 75 Rome p 70 77 wheelus a few ii club cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy a rain. 2nd weather Wing Lincoln City Ore. Apine Bride and Groom walked Down a Sandy aisle and the bridesmaid was knocked Flat by a wave. Two University of Oregon Stu dents were married sunday Oregon Beach while the surf win upset at wedding Sand set ,. Roared ant the a T.i, roared and the sea gulls cried. The Ocean always meant great Deal to both of us said the Bride Catherine Elizabeth Andersen 22, Berkeley Calif. She was a semiformal dress and the Groom Franklin Levin 22, Birmingham mich., was his Good the wedding they splashed into the before the ceremony aisle was scratched the Sand and Flowers were strewn. The bridesmaid Catherine Freeling Eugene lost her bal Ance As the ceremony began when she was hit by a wave. Her husband Michael the Bestman got wet picking her up. But Herbert Deselms the Justice of the peace who married them said it was much More formal than most
