European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday october 22, 1967 governors in smoke filled Cabins politics makes strange shipmates editor s note when the nation s governors decided to hold their conference this yearn Board a cruise ship they must have expected that i would be a lot different from meeting in a hotel in new yorker Chicago. It is. A by Hugh a. Mulligan aboard the Independence a where s my brother Winthrop yelled gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller of Newyork. He s in the wardroom play ing state and local relations quipped gov. Dan Evans of Washington. The governor of new York finally made connections with his brother the governor of Arkansas and started looking for a place for the Republican Gover nors to caucus. They tried the Sun deck but twas in use by seme of the governors at the National governors conference on a cruise to the Virgin  were taking lessons in Calypso music. Ship s Bridge in the first class lounge sever Al gubernatorial wives were a Gaggle Over games of Bridge. On to the solarium Only to find that the press1 corps had turned it into a communications Center. Of hell let s meet in theban said the governor of new York and he could have bitten his Tongue when he saw the frown on the face of George Romney the governor of Mich  is a mormon and he does not drink. He also is theman the new York Rockefeller is backing for the Republican presidential nomination. The Republican governors finally caucuses in the ship s Chapel which was still War from a spirited defense by Tex As gov. John Connally a Democrat of president Johnson s Vietnam policy. Leaving con Nally was trapped for 20 min utes in an elevator and had Tobe extracted through the liner s laundry room the gop delegation seeking still further seclusion later Cau used in the men s room aft of the Library. The ship s Public address sys tem in Between blurbs for the 4 30 helicopter pickup and the Captain s gala was calling at Tention to Liz Carpenter s20-minute pitch in the auditorium on behalf of ladybird s beautification program. Liz is lady Bird s press Secretary of course. Scuttlebutt the nautical Nam for Rumor swept the great liner fore and aft that lbs was about to land on the Quarterdeck in a  Polaris nuclear subs were cruising silently in the Wake ready to retrieve any jettisoned careers. T. H. White who writes books about How presidents Are elected was seen chatting with Happy Rockefeller wife of Nelson. There was talk of a shipboard Romance Between the forces of Ronald Reagan and Rhode is land gov. John Chafee who had More or less pledged his troth to George Romney. The Ca Cusing republicans were rumoured to be hammering out an open housing Resolution to counter any Vietnam Resolution by the democrats. The Public address system kept calling governors to the solarium for Marine phone  republicans by impartial count of the ship s radio opera Tor had a 3-1 Edge in Calls. The Independence saluted a passing freighter with three deep throated blasts on her foghorn. My god moaned Romney Man Lyndon s flown eve Dirksen Down to push his Viet  sen. Everett Dirksen is no Tedas a Backer of the president s Vietnam policy As Well As the possessor of a deep Majestic voice. Convicted in 64 killings Deputy Sherif Cecil r. Price left and Alton Wayne Roberts arrive at jail in Jackson miss., in photo a left while Sam h. Bowers Imperial wizard of the White knights of the Kun flux klan leaves court in Meridian miss., right following their conviction in the slayings of three civil rights workers. Four others also were convicted Fri Day of conspiracy in the 1964 slayings in Phila Delphia miss. A photos rail walkout called off in . New talks set London a Britain Railroad men saturday called off a stoppage that was rapidly growing into a nationwide rail tie up and agreed to resume talks under the threat of a government emergency proclamation. The 24-Man executive Board of the National Union of railway men voted to rescind its ban on duties for extra pay. The state railways Board had threatened to suspend any brakeman who refused and the Union ordered their fellow workers to walk out Satis restaan9jp 9.9 merits prosecution Washington a  s. Monagan d-conn., said Friday that gov. Ronald Rea  of California is subject to criminal prosecution for releasing a Telegram from the White House to Price Daniel the administration s Liaison Man with the governors conference Monagan told the House that Reagan s action Falls within provision of the . Code which sets Forth criminal penalties for the unauthorized divulge nce of a Telegraph message by person who is not the agent of the  Telegram was from White House aide Marvin Watson. I told Daniel to question two Republican governors Jamesa. Rhodes of Ohio and John ii. Chafee of Rhode Island about their views on president John son s Vietnam War policy. The Telegram went astray into the hands of Reagan who released it. Reagan said later he at first thought it was a copy not an original and assumed it was for general distribution. Monagan said that  Romney of Michigan the or. Clean of the Republican party has taken a characteristic attitude on the problem and has Given As his in fallible opinion that gov. Rea  in disclosing the Telegram was More moral than its sender. I am not going to delve into the competing morality of the two positions Monagan said adding that it seems to me that this is not a matter of assessing moral blame but it is a Legal matter since on the question of disclosure the con Gress has already  in sympathy with the  Compromise was worked out after talks with labor minister Ray Gunter. He agreed to pre Side at a meeting next week be tween the Union and the railway Board to discuss the brakeman extra pay. The Union Board made its decision by a vote of 17 to 7. Six of its members Are known to remembers of the communist party. Earlier in the week Gunter had accused communists of try ing to disrupt Britain s Economy with strikes. The walkout has already brought chaos to the railways with More than a thousand Pas Senger and freight runs can celeb. A rail spokesman said the Board Hopes to get services Back to Normal sunday. Ike leaves Hospital goes to Georgia Washington a for Mer president Dwight d. Eisenhower left Walter Reed army Hospital Friday and went to Augusta ga., for a Vaca Tion. Eisenhower had been hospitalized tuesday for what was later diagnosed As a non cancerous enlargement of the prostate  Hospital announced that the 77-year-old five Star Gen eral s condition had improved sufficiently for him to . Eisenhower accompanied her husband on the trip to Augusta. The Eisenhower customarily spend some time at the Augusta National Golf club in the autumn and Spring. Welsh pay respects to victims of slide Aberfan Wales up sobbing parents turned a Mountainside cemetery Here Whit with Flowers saturday on the first anniversary of the Coal tip Avalanche which wiped out a generation of children. Grenades kill 4 arabs Aden up four arabs were killed and four wounded during renewed anti British grenade attacks against scottish troops in the Crater District Faden Friday. No British casual ties were reported. A steady procession of parents relatives and children who sur Vived the disaster climbed up the Mountainside through the morning carrying bouquets an wreaths to the Graves of the 144 victims of the tragedy. Schoolchildren made up 116 of the dead. Mothers Laid wreaths an crosses of Flowers on the site of the Pantelas Junior school which was wiped out by the Avalanche. As they did so workmen level ing the mountainous Complex of Coal waste tips which rings this Village stood in a silent line. Yanks allies trap and kill 225 Viet Cong Saigon up South Viet namese troops and americans killed 225 trapped Viet Cong. The fight just below the demilitarized zone was one of three reported saturday in which 341 Viet Cong died. The Battle lasted nearly 12hours. Over North Vietnam two Nav pilots streaked through withering antiaircraft fire to bomb and sin four of six North vietnamese torpedo boats they found one mile off Shore. There was speculation that the patrol boats might have been part of a pack gathering to attack american . Elsewhere Over the North thick layer of Clouds from typhoon Carla blanketed much of the country and limited Ameri can bombing missions to 51 Fri Day the lowest number in six  saturday the winds appeared to be abating and .fighter-bombers were expected to resume raids on the two Vita North vietnamese target areas. Friday s raids Over the North were confined to the Southern half of the country below Thanhhoa. Air Force pilots from thai land bases and Navy fliers from carriers in the Tonkin Gulf struck at truck Parks fuel Stor age areas coastal defense Sites and artillery positions in the Southern Panhandle. American troops reported kill ing 151 guerrillas in scattered Battles Friday in the South including a series of 1st air Cav div encounters along the North Ern Border in which 31 Viet Cong were killed without the loss Ofa single american. Snow Job for them Lansing Mich. Up the Michigan House has passed a Bill to Start the Auto licensing year on nov. 13 and end it March 31,-so, according to sup porters Drivers won t have to squat in the nov to switch plates. Weather . Temperatures h u a 39 Ai any 75 41 Albuquerque by 4b am Anllo by 40 Atlanta 71 3b Birmingham by 42 Boston by 3/ Buffalo b j 23 Casper by 43 Chicago b b 33 Cincinnati by 33 Cleveland b j 29 Denver b j 4u Des Homes by 29 Detroit 44 39 Duluth a 40 to Haso u3 of fort Worth / / a Houston by 39 Indianapolis 7o 4b Jacksonville by 4b Kansas City bbl Las vegas /9 to los Angeles b j 3b Louisville h l 78 41 Xvi Emphia a by Miami Beachb 3b Milwaukee b2 39 mils St. Paul Fri 41 new Orleans a 41 new York b2 23 North plane 71 to Oklahoma Cit b j 3b Philadelphia 92 b4 Phoenix a m Pittsburgh b3 3b Portland me. A 3/ Portland Ore. By 27 rapid City a 2b Reno by 30 Richmond by 4b tit. Louis ii 4b san Antonio i d by san Diego bbb san Kran Cusco 53"w4q Seattle h4 42 Shreveport 90 by Tucson u2 3/ Washington