European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday october 26, 1967 a Jim it pot smoking gis a problem in War continued from Page Surprise men the the marijuana problem Vietnam Moore continued India not appear to be More serious than in the United states among men of the same he said the implications of the brain dulling effects of smoking marijuana in a combat zone were quite serious. He said it was suspected that several accidental shootings were the direct results of marijuana smoking Plant from which Mari Juana is taken grows readily i almost All of Vietnam and much is shipped in from areas con trolled by the Viet Cong. Mari Juana is one of the biggest Cash crops in Vietnam and it is assumed that the Viet Cong reselling it indirectly to the americans they must fight it is also suspected that some of the Money is going to finance terrorist and intelligence gather ing activities inside areas held by Allied troops. So far this year 524 army me have been arrested on marijuana charges. For All of last Yea the figure was 239. The increase is probably due to the increase in . Troops. Marijuana parties have be come such a problem that whenever you see a lot of Guy sitting around and smoking at night it is cause for suspicion Moore said. He said most of the smoking is done by the younger enlisted men although two lieutenants have been arrested. He reported one warrant officer who had set himself up in business As a sell ethics probes Clear Long of helping Hoffa Washington up the Senate ethics committee wednesday cleared sen. Edward , d-mo., of charges that he used a congressional investigation to help teamsters Boss Jimmy a unanimous report the committee said there was no connection Between Long s role As chairman of the Senate administration practices and procedures subcommittee an payments from a lawyer for an article published May 26, life Magazine charged that Long used an investigation of wiretapping to help Hoffa an received $48,000 in payments from Morris a. Shenker a attorney. Stennis reads report chairman John c. Stennis d miss., read the report to the Senate. From the information the been Able to evidence committee develop an has the committee has found no facts which show that either the payments to or. Shenker. Or the payments by or. Shenker Tosen. Long had any connection with sen. Long s duties or activities As chairman of the subcommittee on administrative practices and procedure the subcommittee hearings or s duties or activities As a the Senate the member of report said. Under this state of facts the committee finds no basis for Public hearings Stennis added this takes a great Burden off my shoulders Long said this is a matter of my integrity and Honor and the firs time in my career it has been committee said tha Shenker testified in close session that the payments he made to Long represented the senator s share of Legal fee earned from five five clients or their representatives testified that he payments they made t Shenker were for Legal service rendered Over several the report said. Years senators reject manges committee Oki from a and up dispatches Washington the Senate judiciary committee formally approved wednesday an administration backed civil rights Bill after rejecting a series of Amend ments that could have both broadened and weakened the measure. The final vote on sending the Bill to the Senate was an 1 n a. Renounced As 7 to 5. It followed a series of 8-to-7votes by which the committee rebuffed attempts to alter Dill. The Scales were tipped in the administration s favor with arrival of sen. Hugh Scott r-pa.,on a flight from England arranged by the White House. Sen. Sam j. Ervin jr., d-n.c.,sponsor of a substitute measure said after his defeat that he will fight the administration Bill in the administration measure is designed basically to protect negroes in the exercise of federally guaranteed right against violence or intimidation. Similar Federal Protection would be provided for civil rights s substitute would have made it a Federal crime to inter Fere by Force or threats with Nixon Reagan ticket urged Claremont Calif. A Barry Goldwater has suggested a Nixon Reagan ticket for 1968. The onetime Republican presidential candidate said tuesday he feels former vice president Richard m. Nixon is the leading candidate for the gop Nomina Tion next year and that California gov. Ronald Reagan is moving up fast in popular Appeal. Goldwater noted however that Reagan has said he does not want to be vice president. Goldwater spoke to More than2,600 students at a Public affairs forum at Claremont College. He said the idea of a Nixon Reagan combination has been banging around in my head Only Little anyone s exercise of his rights regardless of h religion or National orig to " j the said he was oppose Federal government Pone segment of the p and not All other action the Senate turned Backway two moves by a Blo o Force president John Federal spending. First it voted Down 4proposal for a 5 billio Tion in spending in the fiscal year. Then it rejected 46proposal that would 1 quire a 2 billion Cut i privations. House and Senate 54 Sei . Washington thirty six senators he democratic Leader Mil Field endorsed a i wednesday pressing Johnson to take the View Issue to the unite Security Council. A Thorf Warp 19 to a Liv a c w jul a and 24 democrats on t sponsors of the urging the president Sider taking the a initiative in obtain announced he had obtained 18 add sponsors of the Resolute ing a total of 54, or than half the up Nap s in i 11 ii pm. Nic Kyj Visic lit o Vav to hearings Are sche 1_ Al 1begin this week on Resolution offered Easen. Wayne Morse d the Mansfield Resol that More than til. To members through copter draft kills 2 Saigon a the the Rotor Blades of i loaded . Army blew Down a Rural build Day on a group of children killing two of injuring nine a .spokesman reported. Rights Bill his race protecting have re conferees handed the president a big set Back on two of his High priority slum programs cutting his Money request for Model cities in half and for rent supplement by three quarters. The conferees agreed to give Johnson $312 million for Model cities compared with the $661million he asked. They voted Only $10 million for rent sup ple intents compared with the $40 million he Model cities program is designed to help certain select cities rebuild their deteriorated interiors. Urban renewal healthcare and welfare services would be brought together in a coordinated attack on slum prob lems. Headed by Mike maps Resolution president team carnations republicans he list of Resolution to con . Led Toa similar earlier by 100 .various a heavily military spokesmen have expressed their deep concern with the continued hostilities in Viet Nam. Administration spokesmen have argued there is Little Hance for any . Action on a Vietnam Resolution because of the threat of a soviet veto. Poll shows Antiwar shift Princeton . Up Gallup poll wednesday reports there now Are nearly twice a Many americans opposed to the Vietnam War As there were two years ago. In August 1965, a poll indicated 24 per cent of the Popula Tion opposed . Involvement inthe War. The new poll indicates there Are 46 per cent massive shift of senti ment the poll said has been notably Sharp in recent months. It said the shift represented an Esti mated 25 million persons. The poll by the american Institute of Public opinion further showed 70 per cent think the Johnson administration has not told the Public All it should know about Vietnam policies. Or was court Martiale and setback to the United states to serve a two year jail offenders normally Are Given four months in the 01elbj" As the Long Binh military jail is there found tha t trus ties were smuggling in marijuana in their shorts and have Cut off that source of Supply. Some one attempting to get rid of it packet of cigarettes dropped them near the desk of the jail commander who opened the pack and lighted one. When someone raced into the room and said i smell pot the red faced commander realize the jail was far from pot proof. The cigarettes Are fairly Well camouflaged. Vietnamese with vast stocks of Black Market american cigarettes carefully remove the cellophane open the pack Roll their own mixture and put the product on the filter pack is then refilled the cellophane wrapped around stand sealed with a hot Iron. The Only real Giveaway aside from the heavy Sweet smell of the smoke is that the ends of the cigarettes Ard they Ever get a Roll your own machine we re i trouble Moore said wryly. The full extent of marijuana use among gis in Vietnam probably will never be one thing commanders Are slow to charge combat Veteran for fear of losing them and get Ting a Green replacement. An other is the wide open booming Market for marijuana around big bases. Available at stands Bien Hoa near Gen. Moore s office at the army Comman Headquarters at Long bin is considered the biggest marijuana Market in the country. It is available in brothels bars Anat curbside cigarette stands. Moore said As far As is known heroin has not been coming into the country although some is has been reported. He said he expects Ltd to become an in creasing problem. An easy Way to get it into the country i through the military postal sys have been seven Mili tary cases involving opium but because the equipment is so elaborate Moore does t thin kit has much Chance of catching convicted of smoking or possessing marijuana normally lose their Security clearance and always Are added to the Rolls of known users maintained by the Fri and the . Narcotics Bureau in Washington. A Man s Hope of future employ ment in any Job involving even. Kirk comes to Ade of Hoy continued from Page 11tape" ribbon As the Small Busi Nessman opened his stand forthe first time in five weeks. The 11-year-old s problem i symbolic of one faced by Mil Lions of americans today individual initiative stifled by governmental red tape Kirk said. This is 180 degrees opposed 11 oni the Johnson administration which seems to be opposed to free Only thing i Hope is that Billy s prices stay competitive he quipped. More than 300 neighbors and school chums overflowed the Churchill front Yard at what May be the most publicized ice pop stand in history. It s wonderful that the governor would do this for me said red haired s real Fine. I Hope to make lots of s father William f. Churchill said the whole thing started of As ridiculous and ended up ridiculous. When it takes an act from the governor to keep a kid s sidewalk stand in business what else can you Call a Kirk got into the act Las week when it was Learned that health regulations were forc ing 11-year-old Billy to liquid two years Billy had been Selling Frozen pop for three cents a cube to his neighbourhood chums. With the profit he had bought a dog named Heidi and had stashed some away for col a neighbor complained. The governor sent an aide to Brevard county to find out Why Billy and his Mother went to the health department in Melbourne monday and got typhoid shots and tuberculosis tests. A health department official inspected the premises. In due course they will be is sued health cards. We be even been offered portable rest rooms said Billy s dad. But who want those things sitting in their front Yard one of the com plaints had been that the stand did not provide toilet facilities. A Low level Security clearance i virtually nil. Mig base. Continued from Page the ground. Announced american losses were an air Force f105 thunderchief a Navy a4 sky Hawk and two Navy f4 Phan Toms. Pilots of the thunderchief and the skyhawk were rescued. The four crewmen aboard the two phantoms were said to be missing. The losses increase the listed total of . Planes downed Over the North to 711.meanwhile, an f105 Thunder chief fighter bomber coming info a Landing in a heavy Down pour at Saigon s Tan son Nhu Airport crashed wednesday night into a c123 transport plane taxi ing along the runway. The planes exploded into an Orange fireball that lit up the sky. A spokesman said the Pilot of the thunderchief was killed and the four crewmen aboard thec123 were injured
