European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Beulah pounding Texas twisters floods precede storm 7 killed 17 Hurt Brownsville Tex. Up Hurricane Beulah roared Over the lower Texas coast wednesday preceded by a plague of death dealing tornadoes. Buildings Trees and Power and Telephone  damaged for 60 Miles Inland. Seven persons were dead in Texas. Beulah s top winds were 120 Miles an hour but the Hurri Cane was weakening fast. It also was tending Northwest Ward slightly away from a course directly up the coast. At least 12 tornadoes hit Points ahead and around the  worst at Palacios Al Campo and Louise killed five persons taking shelter refugees from Hurricane Beulah most of them youngsters crowd a Cor Ridor of Vernon Junior High school Harlingen,Tex., after leaving their Homes. A photo and injured eight. A 10-Inch rain washed an automobile from the Highway Between Edna and Vic Toria Tex., and drowned a Man. The death toll in Texas including a. Girl drowned tuesday at Freeport was seven. At least 17 others were injured. Damage tothe lower Rio Grande Valley s Citrus crop was estimated at $50 cont. On Page cot. A weather partly Cloudy to Cloudy with occasional showers. Little change Friday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 63, Low 50. Temperatures recorded wednesday get 4 4 am pm 64 81 Adana p " 70 77 Athens p 52 66 Aviano cd 55 63 Berlin p 52 59 Frankfurt p 50 61 London p 4 4 am pm 52 81 Madrid p 54 63 Munich p 52 63 Paris p 45 55 Prestwick p 59 73 Rome p 66 79 wheelus p the stars and stripes k4fehv/�r i sgt apr lbs asks funds for cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy. 2nd weather Wing unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 26, no. 156 if 21855 a daily 10 sunday thursday september 21, 1967 picket shot steel rigs fired on Pittsburgh a. A a month Long strike by steel truckers in seven states sent aware of guerrilla warfare sweep ing across highways in Pennsyl Vania and Ohio wednesday wounding a picket and splattering three rigs with  police said a Man leaned out of a truck passing a picket line at the Breezewood inter change of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and shot Dale , 37, of sommerset pa., in the  Feinstein of North Ridgeville Ohio ran into a vol Ley of five shots on . 224near Ashlan Ohio. Donald Shan non 41, of eau Claire mich., told police a pickup truck pulled up behind him on . 30 nearest Liverpool Ohio and shot out two of his  said Richard Buckman 30, of Pemberville Ohio reported a car full of men fired fou times into the front of his Rig on . 6 near Fremont  of the Ohio Drivers was  was hospitalized in cont. On Page % col. H israeli tanks Zero in 3 Egypt 1 Sou 1s sunk Tel Aviv a israeli tank i ire wednesday Sank three egyptian motor launches sailing in the Southern end of the Suez canal the israelis claimed. Each of the egyptian boats carried about 15 armed soldiers Clad in fatigues and steel Hel mets. They were seen struggling in the water after an israeli tank zeroed in on their Craft the sources  three boats were sunk about 2l/ hours apart in two separate incidents near por Taufiq at the Southern tip of the canal. The egyptians were believe to have suffered a number of casualties. The incidents occurred near the Southern end of the 103-mile-Long canal which has been close since the Middle East War in  israeli army said the late news new York up a Settle ment was reached wednesday in the eight Day strike by teachers that disrupted classes for 1.1 million new York City schoolchildren it was announced by mayor John v. Lindsay. Egyptians violated a United nations agreement not to use the canal by sending six Small boats loaded with soldiers South toward port Taufiq. Two boats were hit and seen sinking in this engage ment a spokesman said. Two and a half hours later Egypt tried boats Down to Send two More the canal. Israeli forces on the East Bank hit on of then the israelis said. In Cairo an egyptian spokes Man denied the claims and said reports of egyptian boats having been in the canal at the time Are absolutely  he said israelis fired across the 100-Yard-wide canal without provocation and the fire was returned. An official Arab communique accused the israelis of opening fire on Suez City at the Southern end of the canal and port Taufiq both on the Western Side of the canal As a result the communique said two houses and Power Sta Tion were damaged. None of the egyptian military positions in the area were damaged the communique said both Egypt and Israel have accepted an agreement sponsored by the United nations not to navigate along the 100-mile Long , whose forces reached the Eastern Bank of the canal in i cont on pane. Cot air safety Washington up president Johnson wednes Day ordered a Long Range multimillion Dollar program to make air travel safer. The Cost will be borne jointly bythe flying Public the aviation Industry and the government. In a letter to transportation Secretary Alan s. Boyd John son ordered development of a comprehensive air traffic control system. Johnson said improving the entire control system from related Story on Page 7 airports to airlines will require Large additional outlays of Federal  but he added the aviation Industry and the flying Public should  their fair share of the costs of the system needed to handle the increase in air traffic while maintaining a High level of  As a first step Johnson asked Congress for an additional $7 million this fiscal year for the Federal aviation administration Faa. Boyd told reporters that the Public would foot part of the Bill through so called user charges which were not spelled  would be additional charges assessed on people who use air facilities. Boyd who was present at the while House during the disclosure of the presidential letter said the $7 million additional for the Faa would finance hiring of about 900 More persons for air traffic operations. Name of ships Elizabeth ii launches hit liner Clydebank Scotland a Queen Elizabeth ii cracked a magnum of Champagne on the Graceful bows of Britain s great new Ocean liner wednesday and launched it into the River Clyde with the name which million were waiting to hear her own Queen Elizabeth ii. The name had been kept  Roar erupted from .10,000 throats As the 5h,000-ton Cunard or glided Down the Slipway Handset up a huge wave across the  god bless her and All who sail in her said the Queen. A massive Cloud of dust and a screech of drag anchors Rose Upas the liner ground smoothly into the water. Seven tugs bustled around to bring the ship under control. By naming the liner after her self Eli Beth maintained the tradition of Britain s Atlantic Coil. On / / to cot