European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday october 17, 1967  cheers tears Hail returning Cruiser Boston i Boston up the Cruiser Boston arrived Home wednesday from six months duty off the North Vietnam coast with its Crew of 1,300greeted by a shouting waving often weeping mob of rela Tives and friends who jammed the pier As a Navy ban played everything s coming up  guided missile Cruiser had no sooner dropped its tines at the South Boston naval Annex when the crowd of More than 2,000 began pushing against rope  cried a Skinny blonde both arms waving atthe mass of sailors lining the ship s rail. The smiling Crew sought out familiar faces on the Dock followed by yelps of recognition. Thrown kisses rebel yells and just Plain Hullabaloo came from ship and Shore. On Seaman tossed his Cap to the pier and a Little girl ducked under a rope to grab it. Daddy she  in the crowd car ried placards most bearing names Phillips Cris Man Welcome Home  the impatient greeters had to wait while a delegation of state and local officials boarded the ship. Gov. John a. Volpe Shook hands with the skipper capt. Leon i. Smith of Jersey City . Smith gota Mammoth cake a plaque and Silver cups. Then the pandemonium began again. Among the official Welcom ing party was Jim Lonborg Boston red sox Pitcher. Few sailors knew him by sight. And it seemed nobody cared fall the botox were available the Vietnam veterans wanted their wives and parents. What a Crew said mar tin Welch of Medford. Last night they could t sleep. Twas like nursing 1,000 5 year Olds the night before  the Bostons log shows i took part in operation sea dragon against North Viet namese logistics lines in the Gulf of Tonkin. It also participated in gunfire support of . Marines in and around the demilitarized zone. When the Crew began Coin ing Down the gangplank. Sea Man Dennis Lafrenier of Mai Den asked where s the anti War demonstration .5 no Vietnam protesters were Ein evidence. S boy Lafrenier said a when we heard about that fiasco in Washington last week g the anti Vietnam Archit 5 really burned us. The officers e told us to Cool off. They said e we d pay the penalty if we got s in a scrape with those  within an hour after the 5 Boston dropped Anchor the Spier was almost deserted. A a discarded placard told the Estory. A Home it read. E   sidewinder stolen from German base Augsburg Germany a a sidewinder air to air missile was officially reported stole thursday from a West German air Force base near Here. A Mili tary spokesman said the theft seemed to be the work of an expert burglar. The office of the Federal prosecutor which usually handles espionage cases has joined in the probe the spokesman said. The 154-Pound missile has a explosive warhead but the spokesman said it was assume that the thief was familiar with it and therefore was not endanger. The sidewinder also has an infrared locator device that is electronically very interesting the spokesman explained. It is part of the armament of Ger Many s f104g Star fighters.  protest Cost $1 million Washington a the two Days of Antiwar protests in Washington forced governmental spending of More than $1 million the Pentagon said wednesday. Largest share of the Cost was borne by the defense depart ment which according to its Fig ures spent $641,000. That Money went for airlifting troops to protect the Pentagon National guard expenditures and opera Tion of trucks and buses among other things. The Pentagon placed the Over All Cost resulting from the demonstrations at $1,078,500,shared by the Federal District of Columbia state of Virginia and Arlington county va., governments. This did not include an Esti mated $353,600 in military pay for what the Pentagon describe Das 36,000 Man Days of military Effort which would have been expended  the Pentagon said it was making the estimate available in response to a number of in quiries. Idea kills 7 child Arcadia Fla. A seven children of an itinerant fruit picker s family died wednesday of what authorities said was poisoning caused by agricultural insecticides. Desoto county sheriff Frankline said the children became ill after eating a noon meal of Beans Rice and grits which their Mother had prepared the nigh before and left in a refrigerator for  said the dead children All members of the James Richardson family were Betty Bryant 8, Susie Bryant 6, Adalice 7, Doreen 5, Vanessa 4, Dianne 3, and James jr., 2, Al Richardson children. The sheriff said the Bryant girls were  a but not by her present  older children came Home from school to eat lunch Cli Esaid and the preschoolers ate with  said the father 32, and the Mother 29, were working Ata packing Plant. They left the younger children at Home alone when a baby Sitter failed to appear wednesday morning the sheriff said. The sheriff said pathology re ports from autopsies indicated the children died of poisoning by Parathion or malathion chemicals used to kill insects in agriculture. However he said neither of the chemicals was found in the Richardson  Don t know if they got Down and rolled in it or Swal Lowed it Cline said. We just Don t know what the Means of intake  Cline said authorities were alerted when two of the Chil Dren who had returned to school were reported seriously ill by their school principal Louis Anderson. He said the other children were found at or near their Home. James and Vanessa were reported dead on arrival at the Hospital. Arcadia a Small agricultural Community on the Edge of the Florida Everglades is about 60miles Southeast of Tampa. Navy planes hit red Power Plant Saigon up . Nav planes bombed Hanoi s main Power Plant thursday in the third consecutive Day of All out air War against the North vietnamese War potential. Gen. William Westmoreland said the raids had inflicted great damage on the North vietnamese air  raids tuesday and wednes Day against the Paul Doumer Bridge in Hanoi Haiphong s Power Plant and Mig airfields a Phuc yen and Hoa Lac both near Hanoi the american planes destroyed or damaged 23 Mig fighters at a Cost of seven plan Sand seven pilots. B52 bombers also joined the War against North Vietnam striking troop concentrations jus North of the demilitarized zone Doz air Force and Navy planes car ried the War to Hanoi and Hai Phong with devastating effect. Hanoi broadcasts reported greatly increased antiaircraft activities against the american raiders. The soviet news Agency Tass said five american plane were shot Down Over Hanoi thursday and several Pilot were captured. American spokesmen gave this account of recent raids thursday . Navy skyhawk shit Hanoi s main Power Plant about a mile from the Center of the City at mid afternoon the second raid on the Plant since aug. 21. One Mig 21 was shot Down 15 Miles South of  were no immediate re ports of . Plane  Navy planes the bends to Benefit Canada armed forces Ottawa a it s still Abig secret but the Canadian armed forces Are stamping out much of the Bull from the Parade  of the traditional foot stamping routines a new Mili tary Drill manual recommends relaxed benching of the knee  the old routine is considered cause of foot and leg ailments. The manual has been placed on the Canadian forces secret list because say army Headquarters it is still experimental. Bombed Haiphong s Uong b Power Plant air Force planes knocked out two spans of the mile Long Paul Doumer Bridge near the heart of Hanoi an bombed the airfields at Phuc yen and Hoa Lac near  destroyed 11 migs on the ground. Three american plane were lost to boost the total lost Over the North to 714  air Force Navy and Marine planes bombed Phucien air base for the first time in the War and destroyed nine migs on the ground shot Down one in a dogfight and probably shot Down another.  were four planes. Westmoreland commander . Forces in Vietnam spoke to reporters at Chu Lai at Cere monies formally reactivating the americal division which was formed from troops already in Vietnam and recent  took note of fears that air attacks against the big Phuc yen air base might be too costly and said our losses were very Small much smaller than anticipated. The american Pilot inflicted great damage on the North vietnamese air Force particularly on the mig17s and mig21s."in Saigon a spokesman issued figures for the week ending oct.21 which showed american casualties had climbed for the third straight week to 1,149 193 killed 7 missing and 949 wounded. This brought total casualties for the War to 14,100 killed,89,451 wounded and 791 missing Many of them pilots Over North Vietnam. South Vietnam losses Las week were 81. Other allies lost 7 dead and the enemy 1,227.only one major ground action was reported thursday. A spokes Man said korean and South vietnamese troops had trapped300 to 350 Viet Cong in t h e Ninh doa coastal area 200 mile North of Saigon and were systematically wiping them  Cong terrorism in the area had sent 3,841 civilians fleeing. Ial says reds did t trigger rioting Washington a . Evelle j. Younger of los Angeles says communist or extremist groups that take credit for recent City riots Are  All of the recent riots have started accidentally triggered by some explainable incident younger told the House com Mittee on in american activities wednesday adding it would be a mistake to assume communists instigated the 1965 Watts riots just because the passed out pamphlets there. It would be a Nice thing if we could blame All the riots on the communists or the Black pan thers and go put and round them up but it s just not that easy he testified. The committee s hearings on the role of subversive groups in planning instigating or taking advantage of City rioting loot ing and burning Are expected to continue two Days a week for the next three weeks. Vii corps Soldier Dies of Burns Frankfurt is a Vii corps Soldier died at the 97th general Hospital Here wednes Day the victim of electrical Burns covering More than 65 percent of his body an army spokesman said . James w. Wians received a charge of 15,000 volts on oct.18 when the tank in which he was Riding on a Flatcar came i Contact with a High voltage Power line in a Railroad switching Yard at Kassel. The 20-year-old trooper was accompanying his unit b Trp 1st recon so 2nd army Ca regt during a routine training  is survived by his parents or. And mrs. Warre wians who flew Here from Chi Cago when notified of the Acci Dent and were at their son s bed Side when he died. Younger said rumours spread ing from incidents which have usually involved a confrontation Between negro civilians and White police have proved More inflammatory than the actual incidents. The two key ways to prevent riots he suggested Are to insist that Laws be obeyed and to free the  we have been afraid to Lethe negro come All the Way up he said adding let spend Money on True Job skill training and placement and on projects like head Start and compensatory education pro Grams that help Speed the Day when the negro has equal educational opportunities instead of merely handing Money to negroes. Both younger and Clarenc Mitchell Washington director of the National association for the advancement of coloured peo ple criticized newspapers an television stations on grounds of overplaying comments of some extremists and failing to Check facts. Rioting criticized three negro witnesses Mitch Ell insurance executive Asa t. Spaulding and former Light heavy weight boxing Champion Archie Moore All criticized Law break ing and rioting. Committee chairman williamm. Tuck d-va., said the investigation will Center on subversive activities rather than social prob lems. Moore testified that a Lac of jobs housing and education Are behind much of the  has been so much by passing the negro that he has tory out Moore said adding that negroes Don t need subversives or communists to Tell them they need jobs housing or schools. The Light fantastic Iowa City up the urn varsity of Iowa s Homecoming dance saturday night will recalled the