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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              March 7, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 23 47 killed As n. Viets Down cd 23 at Khe Sanh continued from Page 1 them wednesday through Roc swamps that make like the in finn Jolk 7, i world tie re was another the St to Sava cry a Farewell from hidden guns and Wenty five South vietnamese soldiers were killed and 67 v Uncle in the fighting most of which based around the rubbed Omta where the Viet Cong had murdered patients with Summa sine guns and which became the target of South vietnamese  correspondent Robert Kaylor reported from Quan Long that 20 civilians were killed and 50 wounded. The Viet Cong also disabled two Brand new hu1b cobra heh copter gunships and a conventional chopper and hit six  they knocked an f100 super Sabre Jet out of the sky outside of town. The Pilot suffered a broken leg when he bailed out. Up correspondent Nat Gib son reported a Lull in the enemy shelling of the Khe Sanh combat base itself and official . Mil itary spokesmen in Saigon hinted the enemy May now be turn ing their main thrust away from he Sanh and instead toward Hue. Two Sharp clashes erupted inthe Central Highlands wednesday at the same time that govern ment forces mopped up a enemy Force that penetrated the nation s southernmost prov Ince capital monday and burned Down a Hospital and 200 houses. Elements of the 45th South vietnamese regiment ran into i dug in Force near ban me Thuot 1 to Wail Arrow murder teen held in slaving n the Central Highlands and supported by Allied air strikes battled throughout the Day kill no 60 Viet Cong. Friendly casual ties were described by spokes men As Light to  . Army personnel were wounded eight Miles North of Plesku when the enemy sprang 10-minute ambush on an Amer ican truck , late tuesday and Early wednesday the enemy launched a minor wave of Haras sing bombardments against two airfields at Plesku and the Kasecamp of the . 2ith div North of Saigon at cd  pilots logged 79 mis Sions Over North Vietnam tues Day and concentrated their efforts in the South against the communist positions surrounding Khe Sanh. B52 bombers dropped their blockbusters in multiple runs around the . William c. Westmore land meanwhile Felt compelled to Issue a formal statement in Saigon aimed at dispelling re ports of a rift Between the . Army and the . Marine corps on the conduct of the War in the five Northern provinces held by the  reports arose when West Moreland sent Gen. Creighton w. Abrams jr., his Deputy com Mander to the Marine run North Ern i corps area to take Over management of the demilitarized zone and the Khe Sanh  said the change was Neces sary because the number of army units sent in to support the marines had made the Marine command  s statement re affirmed his Faith in the marines and particularly in it. Gen. Rob Ert e. Cushman jr., commander of the marines in South Vietnam. New York a a husky 16-year-old boy was arrested Here in the Bow and a r r o slaying of another teen Ager a bizarre Climax to a feud involving a suspected bicycle thief. The boy John j. Jimenez a 220-Pound, six footer was booked tuesday on a homicide charge in the death of John Gas Ca 15, of the Bronx who died monday with a steel tipped a Row in the heart. Two other boys aged 13 and 14, were questioned with Jime Nez but later released. Detective it. Cornelius j. A Honey said the slaying grew out of a quarrel a week ago involving one of the younger boys whose identity was not mad Public. The two younger boys live in Manhattan. The boy wandered up to 178th Street and was accused by neighbourhood youths of coming there to steal a bicycle. The boy returned monday with Jimenez and another chum and the argument was resumed by Gasca and two boys with whom he was playing basketball. The argument became a fight Mahoney said and Gasca was shot with an Arrow from a five foot Bow carried by  and his companions led by boarding a City bus a Honey said but one of the younger boys later came in Contact with a lower East Side Community organization in Manhattan which had Learned of the slaying through newspapers and radio accounts. The boy was turned Over to police and their questioning of him led them to Jimenez Maho Ney said. Czeceli Gener to 1 continued from parse 1 j by car. Officials decline to give his present whereabouts but the refugee general apparently came to this country by Raveling through Hungary Yugoslavia and  fled from Hungary last week with his 18-year-old Sonand the latter s 22-year-old  s disappearance was publicly disclosed in Prague Friday when Czechoslovakia s chief military prosecutor Jan Samek said he had crossed into Hun Gary and the search for him sofar has remained without re  Prague newspaper said there catholics Honor Bonnie clyde9 Mutual funds prices new York up Bonnie and Clyde panned by some religious leaders and sociologist for Glamor izing violence was named wednesday night the Best film for mature audiences by the National Catholic office for motion  annual roman Catholic awards Are Given to films whose artistic vision and expression Best embody authentic human Val ." other films cited were new York up National association ill securities dealers inc. 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The flight originated in Santi ago Chile and was scheduled to terminate in  from the crash were visible for Miles and authorities from several surrounding villages rushed to the crash site to look for survivors a control Tower employee at the Marquetia Airport which serves Caracas said the plane disappeared from radar screen  it made its approach into Guadeloupe. The venezuelan Airport official said 32 of the 49 passengers on Board the Pine were of venezuelan nationality. The whisperer s t a r r i n _ Dame Edith Evans for its educational value and Elvira Madi Gan As the Best foreign  honouring Bonnie and Clyde which Deply s a Midwest Ern crime spree of the 1930s i which 18 were murdered the Catholic office praised the film As a genuine Folk epic challenging the individual viewer to recognize within himself the seeds of meaningless violence which Are just below the surface of an easy  National Catholic office for motion pictures combined with the National Council of churches broadcasting and film commission to give two join Catholic protestant Best film awards to the Battle of Al Giers and in the heat of the night " the protestant Council also named the War game and up the Down staircase As Best films. Were rumours that Sejna carried important military documents. In the czech Hierarchy Sej Nawas a member of the presidium of the National Assembly and Secretary of the Central committee of the communist party in the czech defense  Day before he vanished the Central committee was accused of having isolated the party s military Wing in a party shakeup last january when Antonin Novotny was replaced by Alexander Dubcek As first Secretary of the  presumably left Antici Pating he would be purged for having backed Novotny s regime. The official version is that Sejna and another officer it.  Moravek were being investigated in connection with Large scale Black Market activities in the grass seed Industry. A Power fight is still being waged Between liberals and conservatives within Czechoslovakia with Dubcek on the Side of the liberals and Novotny who still holds the ceremonial Job of pres ident seeking conservative sup  a refugee Sejna would undoubtedly be kept in seclusion by . 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London a a coast guard helicopter battling Gale Force winds ran a life saving taxi serv ice wednesday plucking All 45 crewmen from a stricken Oil Rigin the North sea and whisking them to safety. The Rig the Ocean Prince was breaking up from severe weather so mile an hour winds and rough seas. It radioed a mayday Alert but the rough seas pre vented other ships from getting near it. The Rig s giant drilling Tower toppled into the pounding Waves and the platform listed Heavil Yas crewmen huddled in life Jack ets waiting for the flight to  first 36 crewmen from the Rig were taken to the safety of another Rig the Constellation 17 Miles away for Transfer to the coastal resort town 01 scar Borough. The helicopter flew the last nine crewmen directly to  injuries were reported. Washington Soldier son of an american officer with Ellal a charged wit illegal Possession of firearms shared an apartment with a err Friend it was disclosed in court  Duront Clad in Turtle n e c k sweater sideburns and moustache was on trial for the a Sec Stii n of a .4fi-cil. Modified Thompson sub machine la h. The weapon was found in the apart ment he shared with d o r e e n  stayed with me from the end of september until the end of january miss Gouveia told the  ont also f a c i n y army chaives of deserting his unit att Lee. Ya., is the m ii of Brig. Gen Hene Dupont. So ciliary to the staff of Ellal k in  youth was arrested Jan. In by Washington police for pos session of the  Petite dark haired in de Nied any knowledge of the gun. The trial continued Wou mesday  
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