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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Thursday october 12, 1967 the stars and stripes Ai Page h Val Legrande Bolivia up the bolivian army said tuesday it has positively identified the body of a guerrilla As that of Ernesto Che Guevara the cuban revolutionary through fingerprints taken from the Corpse and compared with those on file at military Headquarters. Guevara sent by cuban pre Mier Fidel Castro to foment re Bellion in South America two years ago is reported to have said i am Che Guevara and have failed As he fell mortally wounded by  Bolivia rangers sunday. The partially embalmed body Lay on a makeshift table in the laundry of the Senor de Malta Hospital in this provincial capital. The bolivian military com Mand said the death of Guevara had broken the Back of the anti government guerrilla movement in Bolivia. This is the end of this blood adventure Gen. Alfredo Ovando Candia the army commander told newsmen who assembled around the body of the slain guerrilla Leader. Speaking in the Hospital Laun dry room in front of the body Ovando said the guerrilla identified himself As Guevara to troops who fired the fatal  other guerrillas Lay in a separate part of the improvise morgue. Failed then he died this end guerrilla Leader Che Guevara lies dead on a slab in Bolivia. A photo crusoe9 and his girl Friday to Hough it  an tit to to tit t �. T�_1-j_ n i. Los Angeles up Bruce Johnson and Shari quam Are planning to revert Back to nature on a Remote Pacific Island in a modern version of the adventures of Robinson Crusoe Anda shapely Friday. Johnson in his 40s, and miss quam 22, a former nurse will carry no provisions except Cam Era and film and a bathing suit apiece in the Man versus nature Experiment. According to the health club physical director the bathing suits Are a Compromise with Robinson Crusoe because of the camera. Otherwise they plan to live off the Island and the  re trying to prove that Man can survive if tossed into situation like this lie said Mon Day. We want to revert Backoo  they plan to Fly to american Samoa and then proceed by boat to a deserted Island about 80miles from Pago Pago. The tiny Coral Island part of the Coo Chain will be Home for about two  first week is actually go ing to be the ordeal he  la have to make tools right away Stone axes and  Johnson said he Hopes to Beable to devise shelter from Palm fronds and make fire by scraping pieces of Coral together. Their food will consist of Mil from coconuts Rainwater and whatever fruit fish and Birds Are available. Once the Basic necessities Are met Johnson said the couple will attempt to build a raft from Driftwood and fallen Trees. They plan to ride the raft using Ocean currents Back to Pago Pago. Johnson and miss quam Brown haired Brown eyed and single plan to be stranded a least two months spending most of their time building the  Experiment is being financed by Pete James a restaurateur from nearby Ingle  said the two will prob ably find it difficult to adjust Back to their Normal lives on their return City life is the ultimate in  pm recalls 17,799 trucks for repair Detroit up general motors corp. Issued a Call Back order tuesday for 17,799 Chev Rolet and Gumc trucks because of a Brake deficiency. Included in the callback were16,599 medium duty 1967 and 1968 Gumc trucks and 1,200 chevrolet1968 Model trucks. The company said it Wouldhave to replace a Brake Booster diaphragm plate because of improper spot welding on the plates which were furnished Bya supplier. In another automotive development Auto safety critic Ralph Nader speaking in los Angeles said a practical electric car could be marketed within five years but that the Auto Industry was conspiring to slow develop ment of such a vehicle. Nader told a news conference that although the Auto Industry insists a practical electric car cannot be produced before 1980 or 1990, general electric  has a prototype Model that could be in use within five years. Electric cars Are being urged by Many air pollution experts to Cut Down on smog in the cities. Wore paint artist Derek Taylor Kneel ing touches up the costume of a girl modelling the no clothes look of the future at a los Angeles press club demonstration. The girls Are wearing from left a sporting outfit a hippie garb and an evening  a the guerrillas were flown hereby helicopter from the Battle ground at Higueras in the foot Hills of the Coch Ambara Moun Tain Range. Both Ovanda and eighth army commander Gen. Joaquin zen Teno reaffirmed the identification. The body was lying rigid with eyes open. The head was propped up and the Chest  Green pants covered the lower part of the body. There were no shoes and the feet looked in surprisingly Good shape for those of a guerrilla. The army said wednesday that Guevara already had been buried in Val Legrande. Military sources said the exact location should not be revealed in order not to create something like a  Zenteno said there were nine Bullet holes in the body Many in the legs and one in the left wrist. One Bullet Hole was near the heart and another near the neck. Officials pointed out a scar on the left hand that they said Guevara suffered in fighting i Cuba s Sierra Maestre mountains during the revolution there. The said it was an important Factor in establishing Guevara s Iden Tity. Guevara was found alive but seriously wounded Zenteno said. Diary found As supporting evidence for the claim Guevara had finally been brought Down the bolivian army announced it found a diary and documents on the body which made identification  Ovando said the fingerprint matched those taken from gue Vara when he obtained an Argen Tine passport. Argentine foreign minister Nicanor Costa Mendez said tues Day that fingerprint sets of Argentine born Guevara had been handed Over to the bolivian government in Washington last month. Costa Mendez said he delivered a copy to a top official in the bolivian embassy in Washington. Other sets he added had been Given to other american governments. Ovando said the first entry inthe diary is dated nov. 7, 1966, and that it scoffs at the possibility the bolivian army would Ever be Able to Cope with guerrilla insurgency in this country. Soldiers praised a later entry according Toovanda praises the bolivian army and declares Federal troops Aye Hurt guerrilla forces badly. This entry describes the Bolivia Soldier As sturdy in  Ovando said the guerrilla Force was trapped in a Canyon by an army patrol last sunday an that both sides opened fire at close  said Guevara was hit in the first Exchange of bullets but that he died a slow death. Soldiers surrounded the wounded Man not realizing who the guerrilla was then dragged him away to a Point where an army helicopter was ordered Toland and pick up the casualties. It was at this Point according to Ovando that maj. Nino de Guzman an officer with the tracking Force Knelt Down and heard the last words of the dying guerrilla i am Che Guevara and i have failed Ovando said Guevara told his captors when he was wounded in the clash about 30 Miles North of this Southeastern bolivian town  
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