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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page the stars and stripes saturday september 73, 1967 troops Rescue victims of Hurricane Beulah continued from Page 1 Laredo tex., and Monterrey  monstrous problem left by the Hurricane came from Rains of almost 30 inches in one place and severe Rains every where in its path. All highways South of san an Tonio were impassable the state Highway department  police said the perimeter of the isolated area ran fro Matagorda 150 Miles Northeast of Corpus Christi and then in great arc to san Antonio and Laredo. De Shroeder assistant disaster director of nieces county s Corpus Christi red Cross said officials in Sinton and Vic Toria pleaded for food and for snakebite kits because so Many poisonous reptiles had fled thigh ground along with people. Capt. Marvin Francis operations officer for a National guard battalion said that Sright. Our Drivers Tell us snakes Are everywhere. But so far behave bad no reports of anyone being  said his sources in the National guard said three Riv ers was aiming at 100 per cent evacuation. Food and diapers along with snakebite kits Are being sent in a High wheeled military vehicle which might be Able to travel flooded  National guard sent two 5-ton trucks to Sinton to help i evacuation. The guardsmen worked All night and the Driver were relieved at Dawn and Francis said the evacuation situation appeared under control. Sinton officials called for enough food for 1,500 refugees for a Day and a half and Shroeder said this indicated the crisis would last at least that  Cross trucks got through to Robstown and its 1,200 evacuees thursday night with sugar and Cereal. A milk truck reached there Friday. Fifth National guard truck were sent from Gatesville to Victoria wednesday in route tothe lower Rio Grande Valley but Many stopped to help Victo Ria residents. At 8 ., the Guadalupe River at Victoria was at 30.02 feet and expected to go to 31 feet. Flood stage is 21 u Thant to meet with big 4 ministers United nations a the big four foreign ministers and United nations Secretary Gen eral u Thant will meet Here tuesday night the . Announced thursday. A . Spokesman said  ministers Andrei Gromyko of the soviet Union and Mauric Couve de Murville of France foreign Secretary Georg Ebrown of Britain and Secretary of state Dean Rusk of the United states had accepted Thant s invitation to a discus Sion dinner that night in his 38th-floor office. Their countries chief . Delegates also will at  meeting could produce talks on How to Settle the Post War Arab israeli dispute. The soviet Union rejected a French proposal last Spring for a big four meeting East. On the Middle the . Spokesman said Thant had indicated to the minis ters that he wanted to talk wit them about some suggestions he had made in his annual report including his Point that the Secu Rity Council should hold private government level meet ing on matters affecting peace. Another suggestion in the introduction to Thant s report which was issued tuesday was that he be authorized to Send a special representative to the Middle East As a Harmonizer of ideas in the  a third was that a blueprint for a solution be worked out on the basis of certain principles that he Laid  s report said the High level Security Council meeting should seek a consensus on mat ters relating to peace within the competence of the United  9aggression9 charged Egypt says Israel lost 23 in clash from a and up dispatches Cairo Twenty eight persons five egyptians and 23 israelis were killed thursday in the clash Between Israel and Egypt on the Suez canal Egypt reported Fri  said the israeli actions constituted aggression and asked United nations observers to come to Cairo to be briefed on the egyptian  Cairo newspaper Al ashram reported that although an Israel military spokesman reported five israeli soldiers were killed an six wounded in thursday s tank and artillery clash in the Cantara Bonn May curb trucks continued from Page i try s Economy that will enable West German businessmen to meet commitments in International Trade in the future Lebe said. Leber noted that the West German government in past years has done All in its Power to improve existing roads and to build new ones but that this has not proved sufficient to keep up with the growth in number of vehicles. Between 1950 and 1966, West Germany spent $22 billion on Road building he said. Despite this Effort Only about 40 per cent of the country s Road shave surfaces that Are considered adequate to handle pres ent Day traffic and Only 45 per cent of the country s roads havea Width considered Standard for Normal two Way traffic he added. Leber said studies show tha tall future efforts to build roads will not be Able to keep Pace with the growing number of be  were 4 million private promote continued from Page i promotion system individuals Are selected and aligned according to seniority for a 6 month Cycle each being As signed a line number. Each month air Force head quarters will announce the line numbers of those individuals Tobe promoted the following month. Baseball Friday s major league Lin scores by the associated press american league new York 000 000 0202 7 2 Minnesota 200 041 olx8 13 3stoulemyre, Verbonic 7 and Fernan Dez Kaat and Zimmerman. A Kaat 15-13. A Stottlemyre 14-14. Home runs Minnesota Tovar 2, 6 Versalles g. Cars in West Germany in 1960,he said. By 1966, the number Rose to 10.3 million and studies show that by 1975 there will be 17 million cars in the country and by 1980, 20 million. Additionally. West Germany special geographical position continued from Page third world War by our failure to stand in Vietnam now is a far heavier Price to  Johnson said i do not minimize the Price we Are paying today the loss of american lives has brought grief to Many Homes dismay to Many hearts. But he concluded their Sac Rifice i deeply believe will make a greater War and a far heavier Price less Likely in the years to  Many of his listeners were associated with fraternal organizations originally identified with immigrant nationality groups. It has never been easy or inexpensive to protect free Dom Johnson told them. Nei ther has it been easy to extend the Promise of America to Allier Peoples and races. Your forebears who came to America in the last Century knew that As Well As any child of the slums knows it  at the beginning of the 20thcentury, he said social observers talked about slums crimean the tragedy of Rural train ing for an Urban life. Attlee s condition grave London up Earl Attlee,84-year-old former labor prime minister remains gravely ill in Westminster Hospital London a Hospital spokesman said Fri Day morning. Must be taken into account Leber said. A United nations study showed that in 1965, 400,-000 cars travelled Over each kilo meter of West German  corresponding figures for other countries Are Britain 334,-000 cars Belgium 260,000, Italy 200,000, Denmark 187,000 an France 105,000, he said. As roads became More congested the unsatisfactory eco nomic development of the state railways has taken an increasing bite out of the country s  1966, the government had to Chip in $700,000,000 to keep the railways operating. In 1960, this figure was $90,000,000, he said. Region information received i Cairo said 23 israelis were killed. Five egyptians three Soldier Sand two civilians were killed and 19 egyptians seven Soldier Sand 12 civilians were wounded in the canal incident Al Ahra said. The newspaper reported . Foreign under Secretary Salah Gohar cabled col. Floyd Johnson acting chief of the . Truce supervision organization unto while Gen. Odd Bull is on vacation. Gohar asked Johnson a american to come to Cairo for a briefing on the recent  Al ashram said Gohar and  would also work out an effective Means to facilitate the observers Job in order that they inform the United nations Secre tary general on clashes and de Clare who fired the first , a . Military spokesman said the thursday morning incident began when israeli forces opened up with artillery and tank fire on egyptian troops in the area of want Arafat 9 05  Feet but levees protect much of the City. The san Antonio fire depart ment estimated 10,000 refugees there mostly those forced fro their Homes by roaring creeks. Refugees from the lower Valley swelled the total. Valley Resi dents cannot return Home be cause of flooded highways. National guard and Navy vehicles pushed through seas of Muddy water during the night and this morning for rescues at scenes of major  weather Bureau in Cor pus Christi said flooding along the nieces River was the worst in history. Ringo rescued Cand Torno carries her dog Ringo to safety As floodwaters flow into Sinton tex., after the heavy Rains of Hurricane Beulah. A photo Gromyko warns War May spread United nations up the soviet Union warned Friday that the Vietnam War May spill into new areas and draw new nations into the conflict despite tranquil izing statements by Washington. The . Ambassador Arthu Goldberg immediately denounced Russia s Vietnam observations As ritualistic name calling and told the . General Assembly he hoped that some Day sooner or later the soviet Union will outgrow this cold War habit and contribute constructively to  the soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko put two new items before the general Assem Bly calling for a treaty outlaw ing the use or threat of nuclear and thermonuclear weapons and urging action to define aggression. He said the first item forpeace1 must be the withdrawal of Israel s armed forces to the Borders they held before the Middle East War against Theara countries erupted june 5. Gromyko rejected the . A peal before the Assembly thurs Day for cooperation in ending the Vietnam War. Yesterday he said the Gen eral Assembly once again heard an expose of the . Position on the Vietnam question and once again it became obvious that it contains nothing new those whose armed forces have invaded Vietnam have no intention of getting out and even Amend to the bombing of the Terri tory of the democratic Republic of North Vietnam they Are As hitherto making contingent  demands. Every state which really seeks to promote an end to the War against the vietnamese peo ple should be clearly aware that peace May be brought about i Vietnam solely As a result of the withdrawal of the  War in Vietnam is the most Large scale War since1945," he said. Its danger lies not Only in the scale and intensity of hostilities but also in that at any Mongeni the fighting can overrun new areas and draw new states into its orbit. To act in this Way Means Tell ing an untruth and turning a Blind Eye to the real danger lying in wait for the world at Large in connection with the Warin  Gromyko who suffered crushing defeat this summer As he Quarter backed soviet Ara diplomacy against Israel in the emergency session of the Assem Bly said the danger of renewed warfare remains in the Middle East. Weather partly Cloudy with Early morning Haze becoming increasingly Cloudy in after noon with Light rain. Partly Cloudy and warmer sunday. Frankfurt Heideb i a High 65, Low 44. Temperatures recorded Friday  i get am pm 64 83 Adana c 58 81 Athens p 61 70 Aviano cd 59 57 Berlin r 50 61  43 63 London 4 4 am i i 69 73 Madrid p 4 3 59 Munich p 46 64 Paris p 43 59 Prestwick p 73 75 Rome p 70 84 wheelus c a Clear  a partly Cloudy r rain. 2nd weather Wing  
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