European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Sunday october 10, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 7 hippie rites rites in san fran Cisco proclaim the death of the hip  Flower children Burn psychedelic Symbol left carry casket Cen Ter and hold three Day Wake right the Long haired ones say that from this death will come rebirth of a free style of life. Up a photos police Weed out Flower children s Garden san Francisco up police Are using a new tactic to Bend the stems of wayward Flower children and extract the roots of hippie  starts about 10 o clock each night two squads of Blue uniformed policemen a Paddy Wagon with flashing red Light a Black and White patrol car All inching through cluttered Haigh Street with the efficiency of a vacuum cleaner. They suck up their human cargo cutting a Swath of arrests through the Core of the Haight Ashbury District where the hippie Community has be come polluted by narcotics Vio Lence and  the cordon of officers wades through its eight Block objective the hippies move obediently aside. They Cluster in darkened doorways and noisy Coffee shops. Their glances follow the police men with dulled curiosity. The targets of the nightly sweeps Are the juvenile runaways the narcotics users an Sellers the drunks the trouble makers the disrespectful. Therein an abundance of each. Within 45 minutes the patrol car is filled with five suspected runaway girls. They sit quietly peering through the rolled up window not talking not smiling perhaps wondering. Near the barred Entrance to grocery store the six member police squad questions bearded beaded Barefoot youth whose Black stringy hair Springs away like Porcupine quills. He mumbles an incoherent answer is led to the Paddy Wagon frisked and shoved aboard. Policemen keep Pace the policemen stroll on keep ing Pace with the Wagon. Their cordon serves As a Sieve allow ing some hippies to filter through detaining others and ignoring still others. Much to the displeasure of Many hippies the nightly rituals reminiscent of police raids against North Beach beatniks inthe Early 60s, a tactic which hastened their flight and subsequent demise. It s just harassment said hippie with an Indian Feather in his shoulder length hair. They re just trying to get rid of ois. They do it every night sometimes two and three times. It s a  hippie George Dar Ling who helps operate a hippie locator service agreed. He said five University of California professors have followed the police sweep for the past several nightstand Are seeking an audience with police chief Thomas Cha into voice their dissatisfaction. Look this in t anything new said a police sergeant who probed ahead of his six Man detail like the Point Man on an infantry squad. It s for their own Protection. We re1 trying to clean this place up not harass them. We want to get rid of som of the bum characters who Are hanging around Here now. Like the motorcycle gangs. This in t such a Sweet place anymore you  the sergeant glanced ahead toward Golden Gate Park As he walked past the wide eyed sad faced boy strumming silent night on his guitar past shop Selling buttons which declared Apple pie makes you sterile past a blonde in an army jacket cradling her  the Park s Edge a Young Man stepped from a Telephone Booth handed the sergeant a photograph of a teen age girl an asked if he had seen her. I m trying to give her a note from her parents the youth said. She ran away a couple of weeks  if i see her i la Tell he about it. What s the note say that her parents Don t Panther to bother coming  la. Demos boost Wallace for 68 Baton Rouge la. A a drive to bestow the coveted rooster on Alabama s George  has been launched by leading democratic conserva Tives in the Hope of forcing president Johnson to run As third party candidate in Louisiana next  rooster not the Donkey is the Emblem that identifies democratic candidates on Louisiana s ballot. Available record show that it has been denied Only once to the National party presidential nominee. That was in 1948, when Testate democratic party endorsed j. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina the states rights party s , now a Republican . Senator got the  National democratic Candi Date president Harry s. Tru Man was listed under the Don key. Thurmond carried Louisiana 204,290 votes to 136,344. The Campaign by Wallace supporters has generated in tense Competition for the 117seats on the democratic state Central committee which will decide whether Johnson or Wal lace gets the state party s endorsement and the rooster. Democrats Loyal to the nation Al party and conservatives backing Wallace Are pitted i about 100 races for committee seats. There Are 350 hopefuls inthe primary nov. 4. A run off primary is scheduled for dec.16. If Wallace supporters gain majority on the committee and endorse the former Alabam governor Johnson would have to get on the ballot by  probably would run under the Donkey with no party name As Truman did. Leander Perez sr., segregationist Leader of plaque mines Parish and a member of the Central committee is the main Force behind the move to Force Johnson to run As a third party  attitude of gov. John j. Mckeithen a Democrat is expected to be crucial in the Battle for committee seals. So far Mckeithen has remained Neutral. Bridging the Gap when this or freighter on Lake Huron rammed the Bridge at Bay City mich., main sup porting pillar of the Span was  the ship cannot be pulled out be cause of the danger of the Bridge collapsing. The freighter has to serve As a emergency pillar until a real one can be built. Up photo