European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Unofficial new Pap a of . Forcett in Europe North Africa and Iho Middle East vol. 26, no. 188 if 21855 a monday october 23, 1967 is Dally 10 sunday 9 new russian missiles used to sink warship Don t go off Side Phoenix High school football players practice on the world s biggest collapsible fuel tank to 100 by 48 feet. It s for the army but help the manufacturer dramatize its size not for the West Point team. Up about 450 remain Pentagon protesters March away Washington a Small band of demonstrators set out sunday to revive a sputtering Antiwar protest that sent thousands of youths marching to the Pentagon saturday an brought bloody clashes with troops and estimated 300 demonstrators gathered about noon sunday on the Steps of the Lin Coln memorial then marched across a Potomac River Bridgeland joined a group of 150 hard Core demonstrators who spent the Chilly night huddled on parking lot outside the defense department s huge Headquarters building in Virginia. Based on studies of Aeria photographs the army estimated that at the Peak of sat urday s activity there were some 30,000 to 35,000 demonstrators. But sponsors of the protest stuck to their claim thai there were 200,000. The demonstration had the official Blessing of the North Viet namese the Peak of saturday s Vio Lence a handful of youth slipped through a secondary Pentagon Entrance but were beaten Back by Federal marshals before entering the building s corridors. An estimated 3,500 troops de cont. On Page 2%, col. 5 casualties heavy in . Attack from a and up dispatches Tel Aviv the most modern soviet sea to sea Type missiles fired for the first time in Battle anywhere in the world were used bythe egyptian Navy in Satur Day s sinking of the Israel destroyer Elath 14 Miles North of port said it was disclosed sunday. Three Comar missiles hit the israeli vessel causing heavy casualties. Fifteen crewmen were killed another 48 wounded eight seriously while 151 were rescued. A massive air and sea search was meanwhile still under Way sunday for another 36 crewmen still missing. The missiles were believed Mohave been launched from an egyptian missile carrying War ship from inside or near port said at the Elath which was on patrol in israeli Waters about 14 Miles Distant and opposite Romani in Sinai. Comar missiles had previously been tested Only on Maneu vers. The first two missile slammed into the destroyer amidships and in the Engin room setting it ablaze. The third attack came one and a Hal hours later. A single missile ripped into the ship and it Cap sized and Sank within a few min utes. A fourth missile exploded in the water nearby causing casualties among struggling crewmen in the water. Officials said naval air Rescue units were sent to the scene to pick up survivors and the United cont. On Page 2jfj vol. 2 weather fair to partly Cloudy skies. Morning Haze and Patchy ground fog. Outlook Little change. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 65, Low 36. Temperatures recorded Sun Day get 4 4 am pm 55 72 Madrid p 45 70 Munich p 55 59 Paris p 4 4 am pm 61 77 Adana c 63 72 Athens p 41 63 Aviano c 48 64 Berlin p 48 66 Frankfurt p 48 57 London p 46 52 Prestwick p 48 73 Rome p 61 75 wheel a p a Clear a partly Cloudy. 2nd weather Wing a minimum wage asked for gis downed a demonstrator sprawls on the Steps of the Pentagon after he was prevented by military police from entering the soldiers repelled Many attempts. Up Washington a military pay scale beginning at the minimum wage level was suggested by 19 House republicans sunday As the first step in Aplan they claim would help re Duce draft Calls right Down to Long As beginning service men get paid less than the mini mum wage required by Law they reason there is no hop of Ever getting rid of the the congressmen assert the difference Between what a Young Man earns in the civilian Economy and what he is paid in the Early years of the military amounts to a tax which should be shared by society generally and not imposed solely on the Young men in the statement came in announcing plans for Publica Tion soon of a Book on How to end the the chief authors Are reps. Robert t. Staf Ford of Vermont Frank Horton of new York Richard s. Schweiker of Pennsylvania Garner e. Shriver of Kansas and Charles w. Whalen or. Of Ohio. They base their premise on the estimate that a person drawing the $1.40 hourly minimum wage for a 40-hour work cont. Of Page 2k, col. A
