European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday september 26, 1967 reds Batter marines third week Saigon a communist gunners heavily shelled con Thien again monday with More than 300 rounds As the Artil Lery siege of the . Marine combat base just South of North Vietnam s Frontier went into its third week. At the same time . Officials disclosed that in an unprecedented move 240,000 Leaf lets were dropped on a North vietnamese Village just North of the demilitarized zone warn ing residents of the terrible rain of death and destruction caused by american b52s and urging them to rally to the South vietnamese Side. The eight engine bombers have been pounding North Viet Nam s Frontier since mid Augustin an Effort to suppress the big communist guns Hammer ing con Thien and to take pressure off the outpost which is Only 2l/ 2 Miles South of the demilitarized zone. Vital position Marine commanders refuse to give it up saying its position enables them to Check infiltration routes along the Frontier where North Vietnam reportedly has perhaps 35,000 troops. Marine officers claim that theb52 strikes plus raids by Tacti Cal fighter bombers plus 6,000rounds of planned artillery strikes each Day and bombard ments by ships have inflicted heavy losses on the North vietnamese. The communists reportedly have about 100 Artil Lery pieces aimed at the Amer ican  leaflet drop was made Friday on the North vietnamese Village of Ben Quang. The b52 Strat forts returned monday to the con Thien sector to bomb North vietnamese Artil Lery positions. The bombers unloaded tons of explosives on enemy Trench net works and gun Sites on the North Ern Edge of the Doz. The target area was six Miles North North West of con Thien. While the action continued on South Vietnam s Northern fron tier . Headquarters report Econe Sharp ground engagement sunday elsewhere in the  that clash soldiers of the . Lith armoured cavalry regi ment reported killing 45 communist troops near the coastal provincial capital of Tarn by in Quang tin province about 350miles Northeast of Saigon. Two american cavalrymen were killed and eight were wounded . Headquarters  the air War Over North Viet Nam poor weather again limited american strikes. Gen. William c. Westmoreland the . Commander told a South korean troop ceremony that after two years of fighting the Al lies in Vietnam Are now in position from which the picture of ultimate military Success maybe viewed with increasing  Mommy and Paddy were fighting9 year old holds key to 3 deaths Azusa Calif. Up detectives sunday hoped an injured 3-year-old boy who sur Vived four Days in Mountain wilds without food and water would help solve the mysterious deaths of his parents an infant brother. When Rescue workers found Michael Berg or. Sunday one half mile from the wreckage of a Small car in which the bodies of his pregnant motherland 1-year-old brother were discovered saturday he was unable to talk because of de , after treatment at a Hospital he told detectives his Mommy and daddy were fighting before the car his Mother was driving plunged Over a 300-foot Cliff in the Sangabriel Canyon 18 Miles North of  said he was not Able to elaborate further. Saturday when officers went to the Pico Rivera,Calif., Home of Michael Berg 24, a los Angeles policeman to notify him of the deaths of his wife and son they found erg shot to death in a bed room of the Home. They said Berg s service revolver was found near the body and there was a Bullet wound in his head. Police sergeant j. G. Law ton said Berg s death looks like a suicide but. It was hard to Tell Lone survivor Michael Berg jr., 3, is wheeled into hos Pital in Aliisa Calif., after he was found near car wreckage which held the bodies of his Mother and infant brother. Up deputies said Little Michael had a broken left leg a Black Eye and was badly dehydrate from being without water. They said he apparently bad been without food or water in the Canyon since about wednesday. After finding the bodies of Elizabeth Berg about 25, and the year old son David in the wreckage sheriff s detectives said the woman s clothe were torn in a Way that did not jibe with a car  said that while they believed she died in the crash they were suspicious about the circumstances. When it was Learned Youn Michael was missing deputies saturday began search ing the area around the wreckage on the Assumption he had also been in the car when it went Over Hecliff. He was found sunday morning. Police said the bergs apparently had been dead three to four Days when their Bod ies were found. Berg was assigned to the Wilshire division of the los Angeles police , who joined the Force two years ago after serving four years in the Navy had an outstanding record wit the Force. Berg had been off duty since sept. 17 but was scheduled to work saturday night. Milwaukee marchers in hostile area Milwaukee up two groups of open housing demonstrators crossed into this City hostile South Side sunday with the larger group missing by minutes 100 White Power advocates who in turn marched tothe North Side. The first open housing group about 1,100 Strong included clergymen and laymen of various faiths from throughout the coun try in the 28th straight Day of protesting Milwaukee s Lack of an open housing Law. The second group about 50 negroes began following the White marchers on the North  Whites returned to the South Side and disbanded but Heyoung negroes continued to March after following the Whites Back Over the 16th Street viaduct which divides the City. There was some heckling Bueno major incidents occurred. The Rev. James Groppi the fiery White Catholic priest who began the demonstrations aug.28, led the main group of open housing marchers. He did no follow it across the viaduct but rejoined it later on the Southside. Reagan endorsed As favorite son Anaheim Calif. A the Republican state Central com Mittee unanimously backed gov. Ronald Reagan sunday a California s favorite son Candi Date for president. But before they acted a negro Delegate from the Watts area of South Central los Angeles sur prised the convention by asking will we have representation on the delegation William Gaither was joined in his plea for More negro representation by Benjamin Peery from the same area who said let us not have any More of this window dressing that you have to do something for minor  favorite son Resolution adopted by a shouting applaud ing voice vote gave a political boost to the first term governor who maintains he is not a Seri Ous presidential  the former actor changes his mind and becomes one Hewill be firmly in charge of Cali fornia s 86 votes at the gop National convention at Miami Beach next year a bloc seconding size Only to new York. New York republicans have decided at least tentatively that gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller should be designated As the state s favorite son candidate War s top Mig killer goes Home Saigon a col. Rob nolds the leading Mig killer of the Vietnam War has gone Home. The 45-year-old phantom Jet Pilot flew his 100th and final Mission Over North Vietnam saturday the air Force reported. He then departed for the United states where he will take some leave and then be come commandant of cadets atthe . Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs , a one time West Point football Star and a world War Isiace who bagged 24 German planes was credited with shoot ing Down four Mig interceptors in Vietnam. That s the highest Mig score of any . Pilot so far. It s one Short of the number needed to make  also is one of four air Force fliers credited with bag Ging two migs Over North Viet Nam in one Day. He shot Dow two mig17s May 20. During his Vietnam tour old commanded the 8th tactical fighter Wing based in Thailand. He is married to former movie actress Ella Raines. For the 1968 gop presidential nomination. Republican sources reported sunday that the gop leadership including Rockefeller had concluded that this would be the Best Way of holding Testate s 92-vote delegation together and insuring Rockefeller Amajor voice in selecting the party s  has been backing Michigan s gov. George rom Ney for the nomination while persistently maintaining that he has Given up All further presidential ambitions of his own. New shape Village open shape Belgium a the new shape Village was officially opened Here monday . Gen. Lyman l. Lemnitzer supreme commander Allied forces Europe Sac eur handed a symbolic cardboard key to the two first tenants it. Col. Hans Mueller of the West German air Force and maj. Roger  Village which has sprung up Here after shape left it previous Headquarters outside Paris eventually will consist of600 houses each prefabricated in plastic with four bedroom Sand standing in a setting of lawns and  was also opening Day for the shape International school which will take 1,000 boys and girls from All nato  new school built in three months will be divided in a american Section managed by Philip Young of Lincoln neb.,and British German Canadian and belgian sections. There is also a Section for All children not included in the other National sections. Wife Given 2-6 years i poisoning try Chicago up mrs. Mar Koshiol 39, was sentenced Here to two to six years in the stat women s reformatory after being convicted of trying to murder he husband by feeding him arsenic laced milkshakes while he Wasin a Hospital. Mrs. Koshiol cried when the sentence was pronounced by circuit court judge Irwin  husband John 40, showed no  testified during the trial that he had been admitted to several hospitals with undiagnosed recurring vomiting at tacks. A Chicago veterans administration Hospital Laboratory report on March 25, 1966, showed that milkshakes mrs. Koshio brought him at the Hospital contained arsenic doctors  Milkshake she brought contained 40 milligrams of the Poison they said. Weather h l 53 34 82 56 82 51 77 47 82 46 62 47 58 49 86 45 58 49 70 67 58 50 87 42 68 39 62 47 63 30 83 66 58 31 88 72 70 52 85 59 75 48 90 68 73 67 72 57 . 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