European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse No sign of life in Salt mine Morgan City la. Up masked rescuer descended twice into the Smoky Depths of a Salt min thursday and discovered that the fire that trapped 21 me deep underground tuesday was still burning. There Wasno sign of the trapped men. A three Man Crew which entered the huge Belle Isle mine was driven Back by the flames and one was slightly burned. Women had made an earlier Des five men wearing oxygen masks said they found Only fire deadly Carbon monoxide Gas and the sound of a diesel engine. Relatives wait relatives on a Dock a few Miles away from the nearly inaccessible mine were reported near the breaking j a company spokesman said the three rescuers who made the second trip discovered that the fire was still burning 36 hours after it started. They fought it for a while the had to return. One of them went into Rescue Headquarters for conferences with a Bandage wrapped around a Burn on his forehead. They said the Concrete line Walls of the Shaft were in Good 1 shape but the elevator guide beams were burned out. The men were trapped when fire roared up the Shaft tuesday night burning Telephone lines an incinerating elevator cables. The Only Way out of the mines by elevator. The Blaze sent Clouds of smoke billowing through the Mouth of the Shaft through wednesday morning. The unofficial of . Fore., in Europe North Africa and the middy East Friday March 8, 1968vol. 26, no. 323 if 21855 a 8 marines Gold flow no that in t melted coins spouting from a parking meter in Virginia Minn. When an underground pipe broke the water found another pipe to pass through. A in Canoe Quantico a. Up eight marines and a Sailor thursday were believe drowned in the Potomac River. The body of one of themen was found several Miles downstream from this big Marine base. The men were dumped into the River when their 25-foot Canoe capsized a mile from Shore during a training exercise of the men were veterans of the Vietnam names were not immediately made Public pending notification of next of Kin. After Many hours of refusing to divulge the nature of the training exercise officials said the nine men had been undergoing training As physical cont. On Page 2 col 2 general s View deserters fled girls debt Law by Herb Scott staff writer Frankfurt is Ameri can servicemen seeking Asylum in Sweden Are away Fromson Morhim usually debts a girl or disciplinary a c t i o a Brig. \ \ a r e y k More Rusaki h Provost marshal declared Here thursday., Kyc by one of the 18 american i soldiers a vol from Susareu Rind known to have fled to Sweden a at least one Black Mark on the military police blotter he said. Related Story on Page i i Don t know How sincere the semen Are in their ideological beliefs said Moore but i do know that each of them either was in trouble in his outfit handsome sort of a family financial or a personal , previously usar Kur Provost marshal from 1904 Toi cont. On Luzv jew col. U coed victim Santa Monica Calif. A the body of a pretty coed a five Inch Kitchen knife still inner Throat was found in her garage apartment wednesday the victim of Savage repealed stabbings. She was Rita Louise Letsinger,24, a University of California at los Angeles Urcla graduate Boyfriend a student film maker was booked on suspicion of murder after police quoted him As saying he tried to Hack free the spirit of his Mother which he thought was in miss Letsinger s said Joseph gon Zales 34, a graduate student int Heater arts at Urcla led them to the Young woman s one bed room apartment and said the body was there. Police lieutenant c. R. Han sen said the body Clad in jeans jjrjr3i our Tom a the kids see it Andover mass. A ii there Ujj Esin waste dismal. Our town i like the water company because dig big Boles in the Street Giese Are a few of the quotes that made this year s town report an t Best seller tit this Community. Ren s swings a hundreds it with a youngster s v i v 1 a simple and unspoiled report As children see us is the idea of town manager Richard . In an introduction he says there is a simplicity of truth in the eyes of children although most of the report contains sober accounts by various town officials Here Are a few by the youngsters police the policeman helps me when i am kidnapped 1firemen the fireman helps us if our House a on fire. If your brother is Intlehouse the fireman goes in and gets the boy highways streets Are very important. We drive on streets to go the Park department Trees Hel keep the Sun away from hot but the Street lighting department gets dig we need a new Light on our Street one youngster dismissed memorial Hall Library in big letters libraries Are for bookworms parental conversation at the dinner table probably inspired this the town meeting is accepting our Road. We payed Hundred dollars for it. Others payed a and a Blue sweater was founding the apartment cluttered with a lot of books and russian officers said the Brown haired Blue eyed girl was mutilated with a pair of five Inch knives one left in the body after be ing driven through the Throat. She was stabbed repeatedly i both eyes the breasts Throat stomach and legs Hanson said and both wrists were slashed. Police said the Young woman apparently was not sexually molested. Miss Letsinger must have put up a terrific struggle said sergeant John Morgan. It is the most Savage murder 1 have Ever seen or heard of in my years of police gon ales who won Urcla still Dana award for prestigious filmmaking two years ago went voluntarily with ins psychiatrist or. J. Allen Marshall to the Hollywood police station. Hanson said Goniu ales talked about releasing his Mother s spirit which was captive with in miss lets Ger. No other motive was expressed Hansen . Colin Young of the Urcla cont. Of j Udo col. 1
