European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Westmoreland says s. Viet troops improved by Lewis m. Simon Saigon a Gen. Wil Liam c. Westmoreland com Mander of . Troops in Viet Nam says the South vietnamese army is not fully effective the Way i want it to be but they Rebetter than they were a year  of the South Viet namese army has mounted indecent weeks in View of the deepening american commit ment of troops. Westmoreland gave his View sin an exclusive interview with an associated press newsman who spent a Day with him last week Louring . Military installations. Westmoreland said that among the major problems fac ing the South vietnamese army Are corruption their fear of night fighting and  heavy casualties suffered bits officer corps have contributed to the leadership weakness in cont. On parse of col. Hurt a player writhes after a foul blow Ina Field handball championship match at Offen Bach Germany. But he recovered to join his team in winning the game 19-16. A photo yanks Pound deadly Doz gun positions from a and up dispatches Saigon an intense american bombardment knocked out a North vietnamese gun emplacement and heavily damaged two others in the demilitarized zone Friday Field reports said saturday. Communist guns in the Doz have been pounding the battered Marine Garrison at con Thien since sept. 1. More than 700 leathernecks have been killed or wounded by the shelling. The report on the three North vietnamese g i n positions came from . Marine pilots Manning supersonic f4 Phan Tom jets which bombed the Doz in Low level runs Friday. The Marine airmen said their bombs and rockets destroyed one Dis tripes unofficial newspaper of . Fortes in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 26, no. 159 if 21855 a 5 daily 10 sunday sunday september 24, 1967 emplacement namese half in the North Viet of the Doz and related Story on Page 4 touched off huge secondary explosions at the other two positions. This indicated direct hits on ammunition stores. Air Force b52 Saratof or tresses came in before Dawn to drop tons of High explosives on the demilitarized zone from which the North vietnamese have been cont. On Paye 2. H col 2 network s eject to bid seven drown in Squall on Lake Michigan Mich. A were reported new York up Michigan gov. George Romney has asked the three major television networks to Clear 30 minutes of prime evening time to broadcast a report to the  two networks turned him  was speculation Romney might use part of any time cleared for him to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential , contacted in san Francisco Friday where he was continuing his 19-City tour of Urban slums said reports that his aides Are seeking to buy the prime time for an announcement of his candidacy were not a  Romney said he wants tomake a report to the people about his tour of poverty areas hut did not deny a report height use the occasion to announce his  american broadcasting co. And the Columbia Broad casting system have rejected informal feelers by Romney Saides to Purchase the prime television  National broadcasting co. Said it was looking for prime time half hour within the next two weeks to make available to the gop presiden tial hopeful but a spokesman said he doubted a time segment Between 7 to and 11 . Would be available. Joint action on Cuba asked Washington a Argentina called on the Hemi sphere republics saturday to be ready for collective military action against Cuba should Meas ures Short of Force not prove sufficient against Castro communist subversion. Argentina has decided to support the maximum the use of armed forces against the government of Cuba when a sufficient number of the american states feel the time has come foreign minister Nicanur Costa Mendez told the organization of american Stales Oas Confer ence on the cuban threat. He was the Only speaker at the three Clay meeting to cull publicly thus far for mounting Cunt on i i inc col. Frankfort seven person drowned and at least eight injured when a sudden Squall lashed through a flotilla of Small fishing boats that dared Lake Michigan despite Small Craft warnings saturday. K. E. Hull of the Frankfort police department said five bodies have been brought in and we May find  the coast guard reported two confirmed  Benzie county Senft s Deputy Louis minor said there were seven dead that we know  150 boats swamped hours after the Squall struck,1 a coast guard plane flew Over the area and reported at least Iso boats wallowing Bottom up in diminishing seas that had been 10 to 15 feet at the Eye of the storm. Toward dusk the coast guard plane cutters a helicopter and several big private yachts continued to search for survivors. A blinding rain swept Over the area with the Squall making res Cue efforts All but impossible for five  scores of boats most of them in the 15-Fooler Range were a Quarter mile off Shore when the 1 Squall began to blow about noon whipping up Waves More than 10 feet High and capsizing Many  boats dashed for the Shore at Point Betzie which juts into the Lake about seven Miles North of this coast town of 1.700. The coast guard reported that cont. 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