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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes sunday March 10,s Washington up those free drinks and movies Are going to Start costing airline passengers Money. The civil aeronautics Board cab Friday ordered . Airlines to put a Price tag on drinks and movies by april 6 to make sure that Only passengers who want them have to pay for  Board said it Felt the Cost of these extras should be paid by passengers who use them not shared by those who Don t. In other words the non drinking non movie watching passenger should not have these services included in the Price of his  cab did not say whet hoi it expected a reduction in fare with the abolition of the free drinks and  its ruling the Board said passengers could still consume free Beer or wine on planes along As it was with meals. It placed the Price for movies at minimum of $2. The restriction on drink would have its greatest effect on first class ticket holders who until now got drinks free. Coach class passengers usually pay $1a drink but they get to see the movies  airlines opposed the cab move arguing that the Cost of the drinks and movies is not great enough to warrant an restrictions and that the free items Benefit them in Competition for passengers. The cab said it would no insist that the airlines charge for meals or recorded music on planes. It s&u1 the airlines As a practical mutter must provide food at meal time and the Cost of providing recorded music was so nominal that it did not fall into the same category As movies. Of takes Over air control in Marine zone continued from Parie i sector and put army it co William b. Rosson in Charny of Khe Sanh and the area North of Hue. Inquiry opens in drowning of 9 men Quantico va., a Amarine Board of inquiry opened saturday its investigation of the apparent drowning of nine servicemen whose training Cano capsized wednesday in the frigid Potomac  helicopters and several military and Maryland stat police boats continued the search for the seven Marin Sand one Sailor still missing a Quantico Marine base spokes Man  spokesman added the ground search was discontinue Friday night after the Banks on both sides of the River had been combed three times for Dis Tances 25 Miles South of the base. Body recovered an autopsy revealed Friday the death of Marine s. Sgt. Ken Neth n. Andrews was due to drowning and the effects of reduced temperature. His Bod the Only one recovered was found thursday about eight Miles below the base. Dragging operations continued saturday by five boats two from the Marine corps two from the Maryland state police and a coast guard Cutter. The search was entered in the area where Andrews body was located. Members of the Board of inquiry included col. William f Doehler a 24-year Veteran an executive officer of the quantic Basic school it. Col. Carroll drove a 25-year Veteran and assistant chief of staff operation Sand training and col. Clarence g. Moody jr., a 23-year Veteran and chief instructor of the com Mand and staff College at Quan Tico. 477 reds killed along Doz continued from Page v ear Gas Supply at Khe Sanh was one of 300 mortar and rocket rounds that slammed into the Marine outpost eight Miles Southof the Doz. It was the heaviest Helling since feb. 25.upi correspondent Nat Gibson reported from Khe Sanh that the marines in bunkers near the exploding tear Gas canisters had to Don Gas masks but there were no serious injuries. Casualties throughout the base from the at tack were described by the .spokesmen As Light. Khe Sanh with a Garrison of6,000 . Marines and a few army and South vietnamese troops is surrounded by an estimated 16,000 North Vietnam Ese. The weather appeared to be Clearing Gibson reported and . Fighter bombers were a Leto provide closer support for the Khe Sanh troops with strikes inthe surrounding Hills where the communists have dug extensive bunkers tunnels and Trench  said some of the casual ties were caused when an air Force c130 transport plane drop Ping supplies missed the runway target area and unloaded its cargo on marines in one of the bunkers. In the air Friday the .command reported 57 missions against North Vietnam with overcast weather preventing More. Carrier based . Nav pilots hit the Airfield at Vinh in the Southern Panhandle an bombed a storage depot 21 Miles South of Haiphong they  most fierce fighting along the Doz thursday and Friday was North of the Leatherneck out Post at Dong a where 164 communists died in  developments the . Mission in Saigon said it had evidence the communists executed at least 485 people Dur ing their invasion of Hue last month. Fin. Continued from Page 1. Automatically to Duck in and out of High and Low places making it tougher for the ground offences to Knock it Down. The fill with a two Man Crew has automated precision navigation and bombing mechanisms and is intended to operate in bad weather and  plane also carries advanced electronic gear to Jamand distract enemy radar equip  air Force has been train ing its first fill unit at Nelli since last summer. Weather partly Cloudy to mostly Cloudy. Little  y. Frankfurt Heidelberg Tempe Turca ii  c h a i High 43,  14.  ice o 4 4 urn fat 64 Aduna 50 e 5 Athens p ,i2 &4 Aviano p 39 43 Berlin p 34 41 Frankfurt p 41 60 London p 4 4 Art pin 34 43 Madrid p 30 36 39 41 &0 37 Munich 45 pars p 46 pick Witk p 65 Rome p 64 wheelus p cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy. 2nd weather win car suit. Continued from pave visor in the United  eight Man four woman jury ruled that design of the Automo bile s rear Axle suspension sys Tern was defective. Wilcox s car overturned dec18, 1961, while he was making a turn near Lucerne Valley Cali now a paraplegic he has been confined to a wheelchair As the result of a neck injury suffered in the Accident. Powell plans to run again for House seat new York up ousted Harlem congressman Adam Clay ton Powell has decided to see again election to the House seat he held for 22 years before being excluded by his colleagues last year it was disclosed  advised Harlem demo cratic leaders by Telephone Las week from his Bimini Bahamas Retreat that he would run again in november in the 18th con Gressional District. There was no question Amon the leaders As to whether he d run and we re committed to sup porting him said mrs. Lillian upshur District democratic co  cannot return to new York unless he decides to face arrest warrants growing out of contempt of court citations i connection with an unpaid libel  Friday he lost his Plush office suite in the Rayburn build ing in Washington and his office effects were moved to a cubicle in the Lon Worth building across the  a special election to fill Tho vacant seat last april Powell ran and Defeated his two opponents by a 7 to 1 margin attracting 80per cent of the vote. The . Court of appeals wee before last refused to Rule on Congress action in o  t i n Powell on misconduct charges. His lawyers have indicated the flamboyant Powell will take the Case to the supreme  claims the House had no authority to exclude him and acted out of racism. The Mission  new re ports came from the combined interrogation Center in Hue where hundreds of Viet Cong prisoners and suspects were questioned in the past three week the Mission said that 139 Viet namese civilians were killed Las week in Viet Cong terror Inci dents to bring the total since the first of the year to 5,831. The Mission also reported 395civilians were wounded and 401 were kidnapped by the Viet Cong week before  those killed wounded or abducted were nine Village officials six Hamlet chiefs 11 revolutionary development work ers and 72 National policemen. Allied authorities in Dong harriday completed the evacuation of 10,000 vietnamese civilian from the embattled area adjoin ing the demilitarized zone. Connecticut fire kills 5, injures 19 Meriden Conn. Up Smoky Early morning fire Tore through a Plush four Story apartment building saturday killing at least five persons an injuring 19 o t h e r a including three  responding to the first alarm found elderly residents of the building called heritage House trying frantically to lower knotted bedsheets from their apartment windows in an at tempt to escape the flames. The apartment House is one of two adjacent buildings for elderly persons. There wore reportedly 50 residents living in the i building. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. The victims were identified astr. And mrs. Peter Howard both 24 Howard s parents or. An mrs. Ralph Howard of Methuen mass., and miss Florence Fagin i ski f 2. The Ralph howards apparently were guests for the we vend in the son s  persons were Hospital i de and several others released after treatment. The newest move angered Many marines from generals to men in the  last week the is Marine air Wing controlled the scheduling and directing of air strikes in support of Marin Sand army troops in the five Northern provinces. If Marine Wing needed help from the air Force a request was made through channels. Now in the name of close coordination for More effective use of resources the air Force has taken Over. Many marines complained Friday the move Hurt the corps team Effort at a in "1period in the War. Why of Why did they have to do this to us at this time one Marine air commander asked. We Are nose deep in problems of fighting the re Sand now we have to take on the air Force too. This is  air Force officers in the Northern provinces welcomed the  marines have different ways of doing things than Wedo a senior air Force officer said. Some May be Bette ways others worse but now All Are under one system with in creased efficiency and effect  marines contend their air Wing is an integrated part of the Marine air ground team that has of Cen developed Over the years into the most effective combat group overproduced by americans. There is also the great fear that the move is simply an air Force Power play designed to break up the Marine corps and relegate it to embassy guard duty assignments. Every Marino is trained from the Clay he is issued his Rifle to depend upon the Marine air Wing a mud splattered battalion commander said. The close air support delivered by our pianos is an essential Parton our combat effectiveness. Now we Are faced with the tragic aspect of having a s Marine air ground train brow asunder simply because of me ambitions of the air Torci brass.". This is not the tune to attempt a Radical ,  a Squadron commander said. Everyone knows Hie a Inu nist push is about to i leg Jany Day Why pick this to try a new Experiment in the air War Warsaw youths riot for 2nd Warsaw up Warsaw students shouting Freedom and democracy clashed with police saturday for the second Succes Sive  clashes came first at War say s polytechnic University an later near Warsaw University. The demonstrations Are the out growth of the closing of the anti russian play  fore fathers Avo by Adam Mickie wic on Jan. 30.the students were protesting the arrest and expulsion fro the University of two students who were involved in demonstrations. The polytechnic students also protested against the Viola Tion by uniformed police of War saw University grounds which according to a number of polos had never been entered by police since the War. They also shouted Down wit the lying press and burned in front of the polytechnic copies of newspapers saying Friday s disturbances were provoked by undisciplined students with political  Warsaw University re search graduates who finished Aprison term in 1967 for publishing material judged harmful to Testate were arrested Friday night in connection with ump demonstration relatives confirmed Satur , the charges against Jacek Kuron and Karol Modzelewski who were arrested in 19 55 for a pamphlet critical of the government were not known. The most serious of saturday clashes occurred shortly after noon As students marched shout ing their cries of Freedom democracy and Warsaw sup ports  after being routed the students regrouped in the doorway of the electronic faculty and taunted police who encircled them about 100 Yards  shouted greetings to our czechoslovak Brothers an occasionally whistled and booed. Inside other students met u Leader of the faculty. Police made one charge and chased the stud e n t s into building but were c Uda gain. The faculty off t j Ethem to stay out and asked Pou to let the students leave. Police agreed to do so condition that the student. In Small groups and r riot helmet lost a police. The students  across town dents at Warsaw uni yer to beaten by civilian Aux ruin on the Steps of the Church o sacred Jesus of Alf lathe University where. Poles resisted it Man a the University  
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