European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Yes chief denies paper s charge on concessionaires by Homer a. Cable staff writer Nuernberg is the army and air Force times in a copyrighted article published this weekend charged the european Exchange system with mismanagement of its concessionaire operations and be promptly denied the allegations. According to the times unscrupulous firms and their sales men operating within the be system Are taking servicemen for some very expensive a statement issued Friday by air Force Brig. Gen. E. , yes commander Scott said that concessionaires Are Avital part of the system and that Many of the allegations Are. In Correct or Are not supported by information available to yes. In some cases Scott s state ment said they Are unfounded or concern themselves with situations which Long since have been to the times yes itself is being cheated by Sharp talking salesmen who use the Exchange to make contacts wit potential customers then close deals at the buyer s Home or another offices operated off Post by the answers that it has no control Over salesmen outside its installations and has consist cont. On Page 2, col. 1 replies to critics Johnson says War Worth the Price Washington a presi Dent Johnson taking note anew of critics of the Vietnam War said Friday the big question is whether the War is Worth the Price. I say it is he declared. Johnson s remarks were pre pared for an audience of the Heads of some 300 National fraternal organizations. In every War we have fought there have been passionate voices crying that the engagement was unwise that what we might accomplish was not Worth the Price we Wouldhave to pay he said. Johnson said this was True when the Axis Powers a Ere on the March in Europe in the1930s, when communism threat ened Greece and Turkey in 1947,the Berlin blockade of 1948, the invasion of South Korea in 1950and during the cuban missile crisis in 1962.these voices Are heard now he said As communist Power threatens the life of South Viet Johnson told his listeners he believes As deeply As i believe anything the stand we Are Mak ing in that country now is just As important to you As the Standee made in your parents Home lands in years his attitude the president said the question is always whether it is Worth paying the Price. I say it is. I say that the Price of communist Conquest i Southeast Asia of risking a cont. On Page 24, col. 2/ trunk trap two Bank robbery suspects Are flushed from the trunk of late sports Minneapolis St. Paul a the Minnesota twins broke their american league first place tie with the Boston red sox and moved ahead Byone half game Friday afternoon by defeating the new Yor Yankees 8-2. The red sox How Ever had a Chance to regain the Lead if they could sweep a Friday night doubleheader a Baltimore. 2,514 Safe cos to get promotions Wiesbaden special some 2,514 airmen stationed in Europe will be promoted to staff tech and master ser Geant Between december an May Safe he announced of those individuals selected will be announce about nov. 15. Command wide quotas received from air Force head quarters this week include hikes of 1,384 airmen to staff 700 to tech and 430 to master sergeant. The first increment will be come effective dec. 1. Under the air Force s new cont. On Page 2j Al col. 1 a car in Lynnfield mass., by police who train guns on the trunk. They were led to the scene by from hiding place Are Paul j. Whitney hands on head and Paul Dempsey. Up photos unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 26, no. 1 58 if 21 855 a saturday september 23, 1967 5 daily 10 sunday d . Proposal faces fight Bonn May curb truck travel to ease Highway congestion Bonn a transport min ister Georg Leber unveiled a two pronged plan Friday de signed to ease congestion on West German highways and to put the country s state owned railways on a sound business main features of the plan Are a temporary ban on trans port of heavy goods by truck with a reorganization of the railway designed to make them More economical and More attractive to shippers. Leber s plan places no Tim limit on the truck ban. Asked what he meant by temporary Leber said it could be lifted once conditions in the transportation Field returned to Normal. This would mean an end to the railway deficit and advances in Road building he , steel Rock and Coal Are among the goods affected by the truck ban which Leber wants to go into effect on july 1, 1970.other features of the plan would go into effect starting next year. The plan must still be approved by Chancellor Kurt Georg Kies Inger s Cabinet and by the bundestag. The Cabinet will Start discussing it on oct. 4.strong opposition is expected from West Germany s trucking Industry. The government Sheavy majority in the bundestag however makes it almost certain that the main features of the plan will be truckers will also be affected by the ban. Leber Tolda news conference he does not expect too much opposition tothe project from other members of the european common mar Ket. The French government he said is considering similar Meas ures. The plan s Overall aim is to establish an order within the transportation sector of the coun cont. On Page 2- h col. 1 Corpus Christi Tex. A the military struggled Friday to Rescue thousands of victims of Hurricane Beulah Supply food to refugees and carry rep tile serum. The weather Bureau Aid damage will approximate billion three Rivers a town of 2,000,was ordered completely evacuated. Main efforts entered Aroun Robstown Sinton Pettus and three Rivers North and West of Corpus Christ. The heavily populated Lowe Rio Grande Valley where Beu Lah first struck wednesday was Cut off from Telephone and High Way communications. The Hurricane isolated nearly one million persons in 40,000 Square Miles an area As largess Indiana. Torrential downpours pounded vast portions of Northern mexi co across the Rio Grande fro this devastated Section. Beulah s lingering terror moved into an area Between cont. On Page 2 Al col. 1
