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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Friday March 8, 1968 the stars and stripes b Page 3 penalties for abusing cops firemen voted by Senate life lines a Load of supplies is parachuted into the beleaguered . Marine outpost at Khe Sanh. Up photo Washington up the Senate voted wednesday to crack Down on ghetto riots by prohibiting abuse of policemen and firemen and restricting the transportation and use of weapons. But it refused to make it a Federal crime to incite a  a series of votes the Senate adopted and rejected Amend ments to the civil rights Bill offered by sen. Russell b. Long,d-la., the assistant democratic  a 72-23 vote the Senate approved an amendment Mak ing it a Federal crime to transport or manufacture for transport in Commerce firearms explosives and incendiary de vices intended for use in a riot. The same amendment would make it a Federal offence to teach the. Use of weapons Molotov cocktails Claymore mines and other devices for Usein civil disorder. By voice vote the Senate agreed to make it a Federal crime to interfere with or obstruct policemen or firemen performing their duties during an act. Before Long s amendment would apply a riot would have to affect the Normal flow of Commerce but the Louisiana senator said this would applying virtually All civil disorders. Penalties would be five Yearsin prison or a Fine of $10,000. Barely Defeated was Long proposal to make it a Federal crime to incite a riot which he said was needed if you want to do something about Stokel Carmichael and rap  that amendment was first Defeated 48 to 47, then beaten again 47 to 44 on a motion to recon Sider. Also rejected 64 to 27, was Long s proposal that would have made it a Federal offence to com Mit or threaten to commit a unlawful act of violence in sup port of a riot. This was supported by sen. Robert Kennedy d . But opposed by his Bro ther sen. Edward Kennedy d  s Defeated proposal to make rioting a Federal Offens would also have required the disorder to affect the flow of Commerce before an indictment could be obtained. But opponent said it would create a National police Force in contrast to Ameri can tradition. I says swedes use Many lures War it Sisters step up opposition plot to harass boards revealed Washington a the selective service system con firmed wednesday night the existence of a plan circulated nationwide among anti War organizations to harass draft Board members. A spokesman responded after the new York daily news said in a copyrighted Story that groups opposed to the Vietnam War had received a blueprint for sabotage and destruction of draft offices and personal har Pershing grandson s will probated in . I new York up an Esti mated ?100,000-$250,000 estate was left by the late it. Richard Warren Pershing grandson of Gen. John Pershing it was revealed when his will was filed for probate in Manhattan sur i Rogate court. I Pei Shing an army second lieu i tenant died feb. 17 in Vietnam i of wounds suffered in combat. Hei was 24 years old. Circulation office phone numbers Germany Berlin Civ 7 a i i fim vhf in ii Civ 45 141, Mil 7604civ or it047, Mil Offenbach 755 nil in Civ 5117, Mil to Gelwich 7050 Fly s7140-j, Mil Uiol Myu 018 Civ f.lii5c. I Mil 7i50 l in 77iiol7, Mil 0513 i t in  j5, Mil t2 m ii  ii Civ vj077i, Mil 2s59s Greece Italy . Civ i Oak Spain Iii i Civ Ujj is Juo it Ioil United Kinod Niit Iii Uii Civ Iii Iii. Truoi i it 127 subscribe now government housing Only ass nent of Board  has come to our Atten Tion the spokesman said that there is a concerted plan afoot for the harassment of local Board  Yale Survey 38% reject draft new Haven Conn. A results of a questionnaire received from 1,242 Yale univer sity students shows that 38.4 per cent of those responding would either reject an induction notice from the armed forces or would emigrate to avoid being  were sent recently to Yale s undergraduates numbering about 4,000and twosome graduate students. Responses were received from1,091 undergraduate and 151 graduate students according Toa spokesman for the y ale political Union which conducted the Survey and released the re sults  the questions related to the possible drafting of Colleg students was the following once red ossified if you received an induction notice which would you do a comply an be inducted b refuse induction and face the consequences c  showed that 61.6 per cent would comply 20.4 per Cen would refuse and 18.0 per cent would leave the , do you feel that yom views would be significantly altered if the Vietnam conflict were to be resolved tomorrow 3h.3 per cent answered "yes,1 47.7 per cent said no ami14.0 were  Nyu students protest new Yolk a some 1,00 new York University student Sand faculty members demonstrated wednesday against l of chemical recruit ii on Campus. He also confirmed the discovery of instructions on the Manu allure of firebombs and other destructive devices but he pro idea no further  spokesman said he knew of no acts of harassment upon boards or individuals Tother than few incidents previously re  said he did not know who was behind the plan. A 12-Page mimeographed pamphlet containing instructions or making time bombs Moloto cocktails and sabotage devices has been distributed to 327 anti War groups across the country the newspaper account said. The document has fallen into the hands of Law enforcement authorities and the news said As a result Federal state and local police units throughout the country have been  the Story said the sabotage tract was written in English prepared in Toronto and smuggled into this country. The news said obviously disillusioned by All the demonstrations of the last few years the blueprint judged them use Ful Only As organizing and Radical izing tools but not successful in drastically impeding the War  Schweinfurt Germany up a 23-year-old 3rd inf i Soldier stationed Here was offered employment and an apart ment by swedish students who wanted him to desert it was reported wednesday. The Soldier pvt. Gary Gar Rison of the 7th Cav s c. Troop 3rd so said the offers were made to him during a recent 10-Day trip to Sweden. He told the overseas weekly i wanted to see what this desertion scene was All  he headed for l u n a jus across from Copenhagen on the swedish Mainland. I have som friends among the left Wing Stu dents at the University of Lund he told the weekly. Garrison said that when he reached Lund students immediately tried to talk him into stay ing for Good. Bad Deal they offered to get me jobs lend me an apartment really take care of me he said but the main thing i was interested in was explaining to them jus Why All the stuff they offer is really a bad  said it apparently never had occurred to the Stu dents what an american serv iceman was giving up when he asked for Asylum in Sweden. I really made them think when i pointed out How those Guys whore already Over the Hill up there can simply never go Home again he told the newspaper. I think some of them finally saw my Side of the thing Gar Rison said. I think they trusted me because i m As Liberal hell As left Wing As any of them but i have a great desire to go Back Home to the states and deserting just guarantees you never can French defense chief schedules Russia visit Paris up defense mister Pierre Messmer will visit Moscow officially next month to emphasize the growing cooperation Between France and Russia officials said wednesday. Messmer s april 18-27 visit athe invitation of marshal a. A Grechko the soviet defense minister will be a part of High level exchanges of visits launched by president Charles de Gaulle s state visit in Russia in 1966. Rodgers files injury suit against la. Los Angeles a Singer Jimmie Rodgers filed a claim against the City of los Angele for More than $11 million wednesday contending a City police officer caused a head injury which nearly claimed Rodgers  claim states that Rodgers was thrown or caused to fall to the pavement by a police officer or  stopped on freeway the incident occurred Early last dec. 1 when the police department announced that Rod Gers had been stopped near Thesan Diego freeway by an off duty police  questioning police said Rodgers fell. When Rodgers complained the next Day of Black outs and headaches it was Dis covered he had a fractured Skull. In three brain operations about one third of the Singer s Skull was removed to ease pressure on his brain. Pinball flips the French Paris a French youths Are on a pinball Binge they spend three times As much trying to win free games As their elders do trying to win Money in the casinos. What s worse say tax authorities after a thorough study where you find lots of pin Ball machines you also find lots of juvenile  everyone plays Les flippers As the Tamly games Are known Here. Only la Mil lion out of France s tj.3 million youths age 14 to 21 Are  lint they spend $90million a year an average of $70 apiece Hani Core adult addicts spend another million on the machines. The country s 152 Legal casinos where players must be adults take in Only to million a year the report  pinball population has shot from 43,000 machines in 1956 to 200,000 now. Their density is 33 per 10,000 population in Urban areas and Only 17 in the country. The incidence of juvenile delinquency is 4.12 per million youth in Urban areas and 1.59 in the  officials deny that one causes the other. They say Only that they Are both phenom not the same cause which is simple population  officials Are in no position to com Plain. The machines give them $3.8 million a year in Revenue  
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