European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 26, no. 179 if 21855 a saturday october 14, 1967 5 daily 10 sunday wreck ingenuity an Argentine uses a empty barrel and a primitive paddle for makeshift transportation along a flooded Street in Buenos Aires. At least 54 people were killed in the flooding and thousand were homeless in the capital. Up photo truck Drivers Are harassed in 3 states Pittsburgh a a explosion and fire destroyed a terminal owned by the head of the National steel carriers association Friday and rocks bullets and fire bombs harassed truckers i three states. The renewed violence reinforced a View that Hopes for a Quick settlement of the two month old strike by thousands of steel haulers were fading. The trucking company executives have split into two groups. A spokesman for one said it was opposed to a peace plan drawn in Pittsburgh. The strikers Are voting on it anyway. Compromise offered spokesmen for the second group of companies said they also Are opposed to the original recommendations and have offered a Compromise. The striker said they would not even vote on the substitute. The explosion rocked a Small terminal of b and p motor express inc. At Fallston North of Pittsburgh just before Dawn. Firemen said the building Wasa total loss. B and p is headed by Howard Miller chief of the cont. On Page 24, col. 5 . Economy expands in 3rd Quarter Washington a the Economy surged ahead during the third Quarter of this year the Commerce department re ported Friday adding strength tothe Johnson administration s argument for higher taxes. In a quarterly report the department said the Gross National product the value of All goo Sand services produced in the Economy jumped $15 billion at cont on Page 24, col. Of i 10 up crashes Bonn up a West German air Force Star fighter fighter bomber crashed Friday bringing to 73 losses of the f104gsupersonic jets. The Pilot escaped with injuries. A defense spokesman said the Star fighter crashed As it came in fora Landing at Noe Venich air Force base near Bon during a rainstorm. The Pilot ejected safely but was injured when he was dragged across a Fieldy his Chute. A sex con guns Down 4 tax let refuse on Crosstown spree East St. Louis 111. Up a bantamweight sex convict who has served time for everything under the Sun shot two people to death and wounded two other sin a Crosstown shooting spree police said. He was captured by an Illinois state policeman after an All night search. The Man was identified Sjohn Gill 26, 5-foot-7 and 132 pounds. Gill police said fatally wounded two people in East St. Louis thursday night. Police identified the victims As Tho Mas Morrissey 21, and his brother Terry 14. The two were in an Automo bile repair shop operated by the older Morrissey brother. Police said Gill stole a car from the shop. Then police said Gill went tothe Hondo lounge where he was surprised by Hosea Gines an off duty Deputy sheriff. Gines was shot several times police said. He was reported in critical condition at St. Mary Hospital in East St. Louis. After the shooting at the bar police said the gunman drove to a filling station and shot a attendant. He forced the Atten cont. On Page $4, col. B i employs sole defense Chu Lai Vietnam up the Young paratrooper Felt a snap As his foot hit the soft dirt and he froze in his tracks. Mine Clear out he  left Muddy Boot of spec. 4 Theodore car Low of Ferris,calif., was holding Down a bouncing  the minute he moved his foot it would pop up Waist High and Spray the Are with deadly pellets. The mine was the same Typ that killed Bernard fall the american author and historian last Spring when he was accompanying marines in the Northern provinces. They Are american made. But the Viet Cong stole about 1,000 of them from a South vietnamese unit 18 months ago and now they Are All Over South Vietnam Northern Quarter. Ted Carlow found his Las week when his 101st airborne division company was sweeping coastal Region about 360 Miles Northeast of  told him to stay still and everything would be All right said spec. 4 James d. Sullins of Lawndale calif., an Engineer attached to Carlow s unit. I m going to Cut your Boot up the Middle he said. If i stick you with my knife Grin and Bear it. Don t jump  i had just dropped my Ruck sack and walked toward another position when i Felt the three Metal prongs sink beneath my foot Carlow  knew right away it was a . Sgt. Harvey c. Reynolds of Orlando fla., joined the two while the rest of the unit watched from a Safe  s either a Dud or a pres sure release mine. It won t sex cont. On Page 2 col. 4 seems dead for this year Washington up presi Dent Johnson s efforts to wheedle Congress into passing his pro posed tax increase this session appear to have failed. House Republican Leader Ger Ald r. Ford buried the administration s proposal Little deeper Friday indicating the gop might not support tax hike even if Federal spending is Cut. Ford has been in the forefront of those who have been insisting on spending reductions eve since Johnson first indicated he wanted to raise taxes Back i january. But in an interview Friday he refused to commit either himself or House Republican son the question of supporting the president s proposed 10 percent income tax surcharge even if spending is sharply reduced. His position would appear tout him at Odds with rep. John w. Byrnes wis., the senior Republican on the tax writing House ways & Means commit tee. Byrnes has said that a tax increase is necessary though he agrees spending must be Cut. The current dispute betwee Johnson and Congress Over spending reductions has stalled the Bill in the ways and Means committee where the chairman says it will stay unless cuts Are forthcoming