European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday october 12, 1967 younger bigger than predecessors modern oils better Gen Depuy says Washington a a for Mer . Commander in Viet Nam said wednesday the modern Soldier is younger bigger better educated and More Likely to sur Vive in combat than his . Gen. W. E. Depuy who headed the 1st infantry division in Vietnam until assuming a Pentagon assignment this year Drew a statistical picture of to Day s Serviceman for the association army. Of the United states i personally think it explains much of the excellence we have seen in Vietnam on the Field of Battle Depuy said. Depuy said the average . Draftee or enlisted serving in Vietnam is 20 years and four months old four to five years younger than those serving i previous wars. Men in Vietnam also have High school education and per haps College experience he said. In Korea the average .Serviceman was a High school graduate in world War n head one or More years High school in world War i he had finished the e eighth  most obvious advantage of this higher level of education Depuy said is that these sol Diers can absorb adequate train ing in less time or More importantly they can be give More training in the same time As was afforded to  from a physical standpoint the . Soldier in Vietnam is taller and heavier. Depuy provided these comparative height weight averages Viet Nam s Soldier is 5 feet 8.7 inches tall weighs 160.7 pounds korea5 feet 8.3 inches 152.1 pounds world War ii 5 feet 7.8 inches,145.1 pounds and world War i 5 feet 7.1 inches 127  number of . Soldiers who die of wounds has decline Dover the years the general added so that if you Are sent to the Hospital with wounds suffered in combat you have Over 07 chances out of 100 for sur Vival. In world War i 8.12 per Centof the wounded servicemen died. This dropped to 4.5 percent in world War ii 2.5 per cent in Korea a " to 2.3 in Vietnam now is Down this reduction has Bee achieved through better faster medical treatment attributable in part to the helicopter he said. Mansfield proposal Thieu urged to Start talks Washington a sen ate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana called on the government of South Viet Nam wednesday to take the initiative in seeking peace negotiations with Hanoi and the Vietcong. Mansfield commented to newsmen on a speech by presi Dent elect Nguyen Van Thieu i Saigon that his new government would accept peace moves fro Western neutralise or communist Counti ies provided those initiatives contribute to bring a just and lasting  does t he consider Tak ing the initiative toward negotiations with Hanoi and the National liberation front political Arm of the Viet Cong Mansfield asked. He said Thieu should act instead of awaiting con Thien. Continued from Page 1 country below the  have predicted a decisive Battle in the , american infantry men continued to bring up Mounds of weapons from a five level guerrilla Tunnel comple beneath the Jungle 30 Miles East of Saigon. Officers said 675weapons, 20,000 rounds of ammunition and stacks of medical another supplies have been found. Heavy Clouds and Rains kept american planes out of the Hanoi Haiphong area and limited strikes elsewhere in North Viet Nam to the lowest in a  Over North Vietnam limited american pilots to 93missions tuesday and about half of these were Marine and air Force strikes in the area immediately above the demilitarized zone. The deepest Mission of the Day was against a ground to air missile site West of Hanoi. The . Carrier Fleet in the ton Kin Gulf managed to launch Only seven strikes during the  the coastal Plains of Binh Dinh province about 250 mile above Saigon american War planes reported practically Wip ing out what was evidently a platoon of guerrillas. They were hit hard late tuesday and wednesday morning a ground sweep found 37 enemy dead and 34 shattered weapons on the  said the weapons Cache discovered two Days ago East of Saigon included old French american and British world War ii models and some new russian air1 chinese weapons. Included Are 200 new rus Sian sniper rifles which have never been fired and which army officers say Are deadly accurate when mounted with sniper Scopes. Intelligence officers Are Ana lying the evidence found in the Complex of caves and tunnels. Twas evidently a major head quarters area but was also lightly defended. Offers from  did not mention in his speech a Campaign Promise to offer North Vietnam a pause in american bombing if there were some sign the North Viet namese would respond Favora Bly. Mansfield who has been Crit ical of any expansion of the War said he is not sure that bombing pause is the  if it failed to bring negotiations he said the reaction might be More violent an open ended War. I believe we should confine the bombing tothe infiltration routes near the 17th parallel and to interdiction of the to Chi Minh infiltration  spoke out As Senate critics resumed their attack despite president Johnson s Clear indication in a saturday night speech that he has no intention of changing his. Course in the conflict. Botox Romp 8-4, even series 3-3 continued from Page 1 of the series and Reggie Smith had tagged one. Lou Brock pulled the car seven with a two run shot in the seventh but the Rel sox came right Back to put it away As they batted around for four tallies on five singles a double and a Sacri fice  thursday s decisive game the cards Bob Gibson will face Jim Lonborg each trying for his third Victory. The play by play St Louis first 0 Brock struck out flood grounded out Maria struck  runs no hits no errors none left. Boston first 0 Foy popped out Andrews filed out Yastrzemsky singled Harrelson struck  runs one hit no errors one left. St Louis second 0 Cepeda fouled out Mccarver grounded out Shannon grounded  hits no runs no errors none left. Boston second 1 Scott filed out Smith filed out Petro Celli homered Howard grounded  run one hit no errors none left. St Louis third 2 Javier doubled maxvill grounded out Hughes struck out Brock singled scor ing Javier Brock stole second flood singled scoring Brock Marls singled flood taking third Cepeda grounded out. Two runs four hits no errors two left. Boston third 0 Waslewski struck out Foy popped out Andrews popped  runs no hits no errors none left. St. Louis fourth 0 Mccarver grounded out Shannon was Safe on Petrocelli s error Javier fouled out maxvill filed out. No runs no hits one error one left. Boston fourth 3 Yastrzemski homered Harrelson filed out Scott grounded out Smith homered Petrocelly homered Willis now pitching Howard grounded  runs three hits no errors none  Louis fifth 0 Sperlo grounded out for Willis Brock grounded out flood struck  runs no hits no errors none left. Boston fifth 0 Briles now pitching Waslewski was hit by a pitch Foy sacrificed Waslewski to second Andrews grounded out Yastrzemsky was intentionally walked Harrelso popped out. No runs no hits no errors two . Louis sixth 0 Marls walked Cepeda filed out me late sports Boston a Gil Hodge signed a three year contract wednesday to manage the Newyork mets although he still had a year to go on his con tract As Washington manager. Earlier Story on Page 18. Carver walked Wyatt now pitching Shan non popped out Javier grounded out. No runs no hits no errors two left. Boston sixth 0 Scott grounded out Smith grounded out Petrocelly filed  runs no hits no errors none left. St. Louis seventh 2 Tartabull now playing right Field Max vill filed out Tolan walked for Briles Brock homered flood filed out Marls filed out. Two runs one hit no errors none left. Boston seventh 4 Lamabe now pitching Howard grounded out Jones singled for Wyatt Foy doubled scoring Jones and took third on the bad throw to the plate Hoerner now pitching Andrews singled scoring Foy Yastrzemsky singled Andrews taking third Jas Ternow pitching Adair filed out for Tarta Bull scoring Andrews Scott singled Yastrzemski taking second Smith singled scoring Yastrzemski and sending Scott to third Smith took second on the throw Washburn now pitching Petrocelly intentionally walked Howard grounded out. Four runs six hits no errors three . Louis eighth 0 Bell now pitching and Thomas playing right Field Cepeda got an infield hit Mccarver filed out Shannon doubled Cepeda taking third Javier lined out maxvill walked Ricketts filed out for  runs two hits no errors three left. Boston eighth 0 Woodeshick now pitching Thomas grounded out Foy grounded out Andrew got an infield hit Yastrzemsky forced  runs one hit no errors one left. St. Louis ninth 0 Brock filed out flood grounded out Marls singled Cepeda grounded  runs one hit no errors one left. Flashback Britain s lord Harlech rumoured As a serious suitor of mrs. John f. Kennedy appears with the late president in 1963 when he was ambassador to Washington. A British lord reported to be courting Jackie continued from page11jas i would my own Cabinet  not "members."ed. The Brilliant Diplomat is member through his Mother of the Cecil family which has played a dominant role in British politics since the elizabethan period. He currently is Britain s chief film censor and chairman of the new television consortium which is providing Independent network programs for Wales. Harlech s children Are Julian,26, a film company employee Jane 24, Victoria 20, Alice 15,and Francis 13. Jane is married to haberdasher Michae Rainey and has made Harlech a grandfather.9 68 tax increase doubted continued from Page t come tax surcharge Johnson has asked is needed to put brakes on the Economy. Ford said the president s suggestion that Highway construction might be curbed is an Effort to disguise the situation to mislead the american  Rhodes said the initial attack against inflation must be a reduction in spending with the executive department taking the initiative because it control spending. The second step he added would be a tax increase but Only if spending is Cut first. Heller said it would t be politically realistic to expect John son to Cut spending by More than $2 billion although technically up to $5 billion could beaut. Heller suggested cuts could be made in Public works or pork barrel projects High ways space and development of the supersonic transport plane a multimillion Dollar  Congress there was action tuesday emphasizing Bot spending and Economy. The House voted tentatively tout a surcharge on the postal rate for mass circulation Maga Zines but hardly mentioned in debate the other half of the Post Al Bill which would provide a six per cent pay raise for postal workers and a 4.5 pay raise for All other Federal workers. The postal workers raise would be beyond president Johnson s re commendation. The Senate passed a $4.7 Bil lion Public works appropriations Bill after adding $153 million More than was approved by the House. The House refused to agree tothe amount of spending the sen ate wanted for the agriculture department. The House Origi Nally approved $4.7 billion the Senate hiked it to $6.7 billion. The two houses finally agree Don $4.9 billion and sent the Bill to the White House. S some 80 House republicans have asked for a caucus of the 186 gop members to talk Over the tax hike proposal. Some members said they did t want to commit themselves to vote for a tax increase even if the budget reductions gop tax experts have demanded Are made