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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, October 6, 1967

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 06, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Log 2 the stars and stripes oct emf Viet parts shortage brings limited Detroit up a part shortage which threatened to interfere with the War i Vietnam forced the United Auto workers wednesday to Call limited armistice in its nation wide strike against Ford motor co. Law president Walter , after receiving an urgent wire from the Penta gon agreed to Send several workers into two Detroit area parts depots to Check on the situation. Ford vice president Malcolm Denise said a wide variety of parts were involved in the War Effort. The parts were produced before the strike began a month ago but have been piled up in strike bound  indicated he had previously told defense Secretary Robert Mcnamara his Union was willing to reopen any Plant needed for defense purposes. He said the parts would be put into production if there is not sufficient Supply already Stock  parts were believed to be mainly for trucks and othe defense vehicles. The wire from the general services administration defense Supply Center said there was an urgent Nee for Ford parts for the . Army in the  Reuther met briefly with for negotiators wednesday and issued the accustomed no Progress remarks. He said there was some movement on a minor Issue involving apprenticeship programs but the movement did not hint at any Progress on the main problem Money. It appeared that parts pres sure from another segment of the Industry american  also Force the Law to resume limited part production at three Ford plants. Reuther said am had told Ford it was running out of carburettors starters horns and valve and duct assemblies normally supplied by Ford. Denise said Ford told am to take the matter up with the Union. V . Casualties pass 100,000 Saigon up american casualties in the Vietnam War have soared past 100,000, a .spokesman said thursday. More than half have been killed wounded or captured in the first nine months of this  report came As fresh fighting broke out in South Viet  and As . Planes intensified the air War in the  planes hit targets in Hanoi and Haiphong and for the Sec Ond consecutive Day struck with in seconds flying time of the Chi Nese Border. The spokesman said one plane a . Air Force f4d phantom was shot Down wednesday Over North Vietnam. Both pilots Are missing. It was the 689th plan lost Over the North. B52 Strat fortresses raided the demilitarized zone Doz twice Early thursday. North Vietnam Ese troops there were reported reeling Back in Retreat to North Vietnam. Intelligence sources said the North vietnamese Lostan estimated 3,500 men killed in september during massive .aerial bombardments. Mig base attacked air Force and Navy fighter bombers flying through clusters of Mig interceptors and heavy antiaircraft ground fire bombed two Bridges 10 Miles from the chinese Border another inside the City limits of Haiphong an antiaircraft defences on the out skirts of  also attacked the Hoa Lac Mig base and another smaller Airfield five Miles from Hai Phong the spokesman  while the . Military High command was claiming Vic tory a Dien Bien Phu in re verse in the 10-week Battleford con Thien North Vietnam four legged dear permit Santa be . Arthenew Mexico game depart ment s permit tags for the Bow and Arrow Deer Hunting season issued last week say that each Hunter is permitted to capture one  Ese gunners bombarded the .marine Frontier fort with 29 artillery shells killing four Ameri cans and wounding seven More. Con Thien is two Miles Southof the Doz. Although the North vietnamese Are pulling out of the area and taking their guns with them they have artillery capable of firing and hitting con Thien from 15 Miles inside North Vietnam. In Saigon a . Spokesman said the fighting around the Doz was responsible for a Large Parton the american casualties last  said 141 americans were killed during the week 1,758 were wounded and another 21 listed As missing or captured. It sent the casualty totals for the War using january 1961 As the Start ing Point to 101,034. This includes 13,643 killed 86,635 wounded and 756 missing or captured. The spokesman also said that228,000 North vietnamese and Viet Cong had been killed in the War and 50,000 South Vietnam Ese had died in combat. Lucky Chutis mrs. Joseph e. Thrift visits her Navy Hus band in the Hospital at san Diego where he is recuperating from a too fast Skydive. He survived a 12,500-foot fall with Parachute tangled and Only partially open. The Hospital says he has very minor fractures of the vertebrae and is in Good  record breaking flight Burns Hole in xi5 Tail Edwards fab Calif. Up a jagged Hole the size of a Small shoe was burned into the vertical Tail of the x15 rocket ship when it streaked to record 4,534 Miles an hour engineers  spokesman for the National aeronautics and space administration said it s a Good sized Hole about six or seven  looks like the Metal i Conel x rusted away but it was actually burned  he also said a study of computerized data of tuesday s flight indicated the 400-Poundramjet Dummy engine mounted on the vertical Tail came off somewhere during the eight minute flight before it was to be  Ramjet is somewhere out in the desert and we re studying the data to figure out where it landed he  information indicated air friction and Shock Waves from the Ramjet configuration caused temperatures to reach 3,000 degress fahren Heit on the leading edges double the anticipated  Hole and unscheduled loss of the Ramjet were detected after the rocket ship was de pressurized following the High Speed flight. Just what in Sam Hill goes on Detroit up it was Hill is. Hill is. Hill. And Hill naturally lost. Ray l. Hill 22, was arrested wednesday by patrolman Gilbert Hill on a charge of trying to hold up James Hill at the first fed eral savings & loan association sept. 22. Hill we re talking about James said Hill that would be Ray came into the office an handed him a Holdup note. Hill James again said he pushed an alarm Button and Hill the alleged stick up Man fled. Hill that s the policeman said Hill Back to Ray offered no resistance when apprehended. General urges Europe fluoridation by James Gunter staff writer Garmisch Germany is the chief of the  dental corps asked the wives of usar eur dentists thursday to work for the fluoridation of water i their european communities. Brig. Gen. Robert b. Shira who also is acting assistant  surgeon general opened three Day training conference for More than 300 Susareu dentists at the Alpine theater in the morning with a technical slide lecture on the use of drugs in , he went to the general Pat Tori hotel to address More than 200 dentists wives Here. When i came to usar Eurin 1964, there were Only three fluoridated a Ter systems in Al Europe the general said. Now there Are about 40, but All communities should have fluoridation for the dental health of  Shira urged the wives to spread the message of fluoridation and to talk of the importance and modern painless Ness of dental care across the bridgeable and Over the Back  the general told the wives that their husbands Are making a vast contribution to total health be cause of a change in the concept of dentistry in the last 10  has been keeping Pace with Progress he  be Learned that things which affect the Oral cavity affect the entire body. Dentists Are now More than technicians who fill  he cited cases of Mouth sur Gery to improve the health and appearance of patients. He said dentists spot most of the Mouth cancer , at the opening Gener Al session Shira encouraged us a eur dentists to use penicillin in treatment of Mouth infection rather than More commonly used dental  Are Here to learn things to take Back that will help you patients he said. You be got to know your drugs. Never under estimate the danger of bacteria in the  general who will make professional lectures in Heidel Berg Stuttgart and Frankfurt be fore returning to the ., Sale he is extremely interested in dependents getting As much Den Tal care As possible while Thev Are in Europe. We can t do Italy but we certainly do All we  on dental technique will continue through saturday morning. A Golf tournament is scheduled saturday afternoon the officers and their wives will attend the Casa Carioca ice revue Friday evening. Do fonts hit by $1.5 million Coin robbery Miami up five hooded gunmen broke into the Bayside mansion of millionaire Willis Dupont Early thursday forced him � open his safes and led with his grand Duke Mikhailovich Coin collection valued at $1.5million. Police said the robbers prom sed to get in touch with Dupont s lawyer and give him a Hance to buy Back the coins for $200,000.the gunmen apparently disgruntled because the 31-year-Oldmillionaire was t working to earn a living like everybody else were careful to get his lawyer s name before  Pont said the russian Coin collection was the finest outside Russia. Dupont at first estimated his loss at $500,000 but increased this by a million after he discovered that the missing coins were the Mikhailovich  said the collection was put together Over a 50-year period by a museum curator in Moscow and acquired by his father. He said he had planned to give the collection to the smithsonian institution. The bandits broke into the 42-room mansion about 2 a.m., told Dupont they would blow you brains out unless he opened two safes and then bound and gagged the millionaire his wife their 4-year-old son and their Maidan Butler. Baby sleep during the ransacking of the mansion which took two hours they kept the do fonts informed about their one year old child who was sleeping. As robbers go they were pretty courteous observed Dupont the son of mrs. Lamont do Pont of Wilmington Del. Police lieutenant v. Kenned said the five bandits wore White hoods and gloves spoke  accents and used bad  he said they dropped $10,000 Bill in their haste to leave the estate on Biscayne ayin Miami s Coconut Grove Sec Tion. In addition to the Coin collection Dupont said the men too about $5,000 in Cash and at least $50,000 in personal  drove away in a Dupont automobile but abandoned it afew blocks away. . 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