European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Cards win series opener 2-1 Gibson fans ten Brock gets 4 hits from a and up dispatches Boston speedy Little Lou Brock scored twice tied a record with four straight hits and stole two bases wednesday to Lead the cardinals to a 2-1 Vic tory Over the Boston red toxin the opening game of the 1967 world series. Bob Gibson struck out 10and yielded six hits and Roger m a r i s drove in the cards two runs with infield cont. On Page 23, col. 3 weather partly Cloudy to Cloudy with isolated showers and Gutty winds. Little change Friday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 61, low44. Temperature recorded wednesday get 44 44 unofficial new paper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and la Middle East am pm63 76 Adana c m 76 Athens c57 62 Valano r 48 60 Berlin r54 56 Frankfurt p 48 56 London pc Clear cd Cloudy rain. Am pm 50 74 Madrid p54 60 Munich p 55 58 Paris p46 54 Prestwick p 61 72 Rome p66 80 wheelus cup partly Cloudy r-2nd weather Wing vol. 26, no. 170 if 21855 a 5f daily 10 sunday thursday october 5, 1967 stiff . Firepower cracks Viet reds7 siege of con Thien record flight air Force maj. Wil Liam j. Knight left walks away from the x15 at Edwards fab calif., after Pilot ing the rocket plane to a new Speed rec Ord for winged aircraft4,534 Miles per hour. The primary purpose of the flight was the testing of a Dummy Ramjet engine bolted beneath the Tail of the plane. For details see Story on p. 2 a foes quit gun Sites in Retreat from a and up dispatches Saigon massive Amer ican firepower has broken the Back of the communists month Long artillery siege of con Thien and sent groups of North vietnamese soldiers in to Retreat from abandoned gun pits . Military authorities said wednesday. We made it a Dien Bien Huin reverse Gen. William c. Westmoreland told a Washington Star reporter. The . Commander said the North vietnamese had suffered a severe setback with heavy casualties in their attempts to Knock out con Thien and other Marine outposts below the de militarized break in the allies favor cont. On Page col. 2 will Van Dye play flit role because we Don t even have screen we have developed no ideas cont. On Page 24, col. 3 by George Eberl staff writer Rothenburg Germany is american actor Comedi an Dick Van Dyke confirmed wednesday that he had agreed to play the role1 of the late presi Dent John f. Kennedy in the film version of Pierre Salinger Shook with earlier Story Page 7. But Salinger and two members of the Kennedy family denied that Van Dyke had been picked for the part. Van Dyke currently Here forthe filming of the $9 million chitty chitty bang bang based on Ian Fleming s children s fantasy about a marvelous Auto Mobile said that while he had not yet signed a contract for therole he had shaken hands to do the part. The lean handsome to stagehand movie Star said he was very excited about the Prospect. He bears a Strong physical likeness to reported that Salinger who was press Secretary to Chelate president said casting of the film now is out of the question in Ohio by Gate Dick Van Dyke general discloses role Rusk helps pick targets Washington a censored testimony by top . Mil itary leaders wednesday credited Secretary of state Dean Rusk with aiding president Johnson and Secretary of defense Robert s. Mcnamara on rejection or approval of bombing targets in North Vietnam. It came from Gen. John , air Force chief of staff in another delayed chapter in the investigation of the use of air Power in Vietnam by the Senate watchdog defense panel. Mcconnell and adm. T. , new chief of naval operations and also an aviator said that Many More lucrative targets had been authorized recently i Southeast Asia. They joined other military chiefs in urging More bombing of North vietnamese military transport and Supply centers and cautioning against any halt i these attacks. Both also told of Long lists of targets during the past two years not cleared by Washington civilian said the target lists originate with commanders in Vietnam and the Pacific Are and then must win approval from the joint chiefs of Are then submitted to the Secretary of defense an determination is then made be tween the Secretary of defense the Secretary of state the chair Man of the joint chiefs representing the joint chiefs of staff and the president As to whether the targets will be struck or whether they will be deferred Mcconnell testified at a closed hearings aug. 22."the Best Way to win the War in my opinion would be to negotiate with the soviets and the Chicots and other soviet bloc countries to Stop furnishing equipment and supplies to North Vietnam Mcconnell replied. Then it would be completely cont. On Page #4, col. 2 a. Teachers chief convicted new York a the United federation of teachers was fined $150,000 wednesday audits president Albert Shanker sentenced to 15 Days in jail and fined $250 for criminal contempt of court in conducting a strike against the City s Public school sentencing by Justice Emilio Nunez in state supreme court was viewed by the unions the first application of the punitive provisions of the state Snew Taylor Law which bars strikes by Public against two other Union officials were dismissed by Nunez. He granted a 10-Day stay of the penalties after counsel for cont. On Page 2, col. I
