European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Lbs offers peace talks three pair these three pair lookalike a full House at the Ford Plant in Mil pitas calif., As their owners try a Dif Ferent approach to picketing. The National strike has been in Progress for almost month. Up would Stop bombing of n. Vietnam san Antonio Tex a president Johnson offered Friday night to Stop bombing North Vietnam and open peace talks when this will Lead promptly to productive we would assume that while discussions proceed North Viet Nam would not take advantage of the bombing cessation or limitation Johnson said in a major review of Vietnam policy. The president said he is ready to talk tomorrow with to Chi Minn or to Send a representative to any spot on Earth to meet secretly with a spokesman for the North vietnamese president. President Johnson told report ers saturday there had been no reply from North sources said Johnson s speech followed Basi Cally the same . Policy on a bombing halt As before but used terms deliberately intend front. On Page col. S lbs May seek War Cash hike newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 26, no. 1 66 if 21 855 a sunday october 1, 5 daily 10 sunday q 1967 Johnson City Tex. A president Johnson assigned into Law the $70 billion defense appropriation Bill an said that congressional cuts plus the uncertainty of Vietnam spending might Force him to seek More Money in january. The Texas White House said saturday Johnson signed the legislation to h e year s biggest Money Bill by far late Friday night. He noted that Congress Cut some $1.6 billion from his de sense appropriation request which he said was an austerity total to Start with. I must emphasize too Johnson added that the costs of conflict can never be precisely estimated nor fully foreseen. This fact coupled with the congressional Cut of $1.6 billion might Well create an unavoidable requirement for additional defense the Money is for the 1968 Fis Cal year that began july 1. Johnson emphasized that the Pentagon would take every action to hold defense expenditures As near As possible to the font. On Page col. 1 late sports Detroit a Detroit won the first game of us double header with California 5-0,saturday and took first place in the american league by on Point Over Boston and Minne Sota As the red sox Defeated the twins 6-4. . Students aboard Yugo bus crash kills 15 Zagreb Yugoslavia up a bus carrying 32 British Stu dents Home from India apparently sideswiped a Crane truck on the Belgrade Zagreb Highway saturday shearing the bus apart and strewing bodies along the Highway. Police said 15 persons including the bus Driver were killed and the others students were reported to have been in India on a three month Goodwill expedition called come 67, and were returning to Britain. Two of the injured were identified As indians and the others were believed to be. Accident occurred about 36 Miles East of Zagreb near the Village of Popovach. Nato defense College officers visit . Washington is sixty four senior officers of the nato defense College in Rome arrive Dat Andrews air. Force base md., Friday to begin a two wee tour of . Military install group is headed by norwegian it. Gen. Einar Tufte Johnsen commandant of the school. Witnesses told Palice the bus headed toward Zagreb was travelling at unusually High Speed and was overtaking cars All along the route. A police investigating commis Sion theorized that the bus Side swiped the truck travelling in the opposite direction while the bus was passing a car. The left Side of the bus was sheared off and All those killed were sitting on that Side police said. The truck Driver Pero Culjak of Zagreb was unhurt. Police said an attempt to identify the bodies of those killed would be made sunday morning. The injured were taken to Hospital at Sisak near the scene. The Hospital said six person were in serious condition but none was on the danger were in Hospital at Sisak and four other injured were transported to hospitals Here. Of these four one was detained. The ceiling is no limit Star big hit Austin Tex. Upis Gloria de Haven followed the old show business tradition Friday night and the show went on miss de Haven was sing ing you re nobody till somebody loves you s when a 15-foot Globe fell from Hie ceiling striking s the 1,000 guests at the Texas mental health association s Galaxy Ball including gov. John cons Nally gasped miss de s Haven finished her so Gand her act amid wire Metal bracing stars and Amock Moon. She received a standing ovation. Before Ping into films,., she was a Singer with the Bob Crosby and Jan Savit bands. I Kirk scorns Mcna Maginot line urges defense chiefs resignation Little Rock Ark. A Florida gov. Claude Kirk called saturday for the resignation of defense Secretary Robert s. Mcnamara whom he termed the International Symbol of the half , a Republican cited the Secretary s plan to halt the Flo of troops and supplies from North to South Vietnam by building some kind of electronic Wall at the Border As the reason Mcnamara should step Down. Recalled the Wall a Mcna Maginot made his comment s in a speech prepared for the 15th an Nual Republican women s con Ference in Little would be constructing the biggest most expensive Sieve inthe history of the world said Kirk a make work project that would be the object of scorn of every North vietnamese Soldier who easily passed said Mcnamara is clearly Secretary of de Fence Kirk mentioned As a possible gop candidate for the Vic presidential nomination in 196s, appeared Here during a week end tour of Arkansas Louisiana Georgia and Mcna Maginot his Mcnamara s Way Isof mending fences with both doves c ont. On col. 2j
