European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 24 the stars and stripes monday March 11, Oregon cons riot hold hostages overnight pm pan it i Nimes there would be no because of ill health. Gladden Randall made four conces reinstated immediately " i Al. So Jie n in a upon under doctors Sions. And promised to negotiate agreed to look into in of convict leaders told the rioters we be gotten everything we be gone after and we can Only go Down now. We must release the Randall assured the inmates e d e reprisals of any kind within the prison the hostages were released. Randall told newsmen that Gladden s resignation had been in the works for some time because. Who has Bee r care for the past month visited the prison Only briefly Warden s resignation was one of the chief convict demands. Randall e four conces Sions Promise with the convicts on eight other said the boxing and wrestling program eliminated10 years ago would be . Times reports Westy asks 206,000 More troops new York a Gen. Wil Liam c. Westmoreland has asked for 206.000 More american troop for Vietnam and this has touched off a hot internal debate in High Levels of the Johnson administration the new York times re ported sunday from Washington. The times said a number of sub Cabinet civilian officials in the defense department sup ported by some senior officials in the state department argued against Westmoreland s plea for a 40 per cent increase in his forces to regain the initiative from the communist enemy. Those opposing the american increase contend it would provoke a Matching increase by North Vietnam thereby raising the level of violence without giving the allies the upper Westmoreland now has a Force of 510,000 and the times said senior Pentagon civilians had put Forward a written counter proposal to president Johnson calling for a shift in american strategy reds barrage . Outposts continued from Page u sunday night. Reports said clusters of High explosive shells hurtled into Khe Sanh at intervals of from one to 15 minutes. Tiie bombardment at Cua vie destroyed huge quantities of bulk fuel. Westmoreland had said in the speech at Phu Bai that he Antici pates More very heavy fight ing in the Northern two provinces of South four Star commander of 510.000 american troops in Viet Nam told a news conference the communist leadership considers thua Thien and Quang Tri provinces a part of he said these two province below the demilitarized zone Doz have in effect become War i anticipate More very heavy fighting Westmoreland said. The enemy s objective is to conquer . And South Viet namese forces in these province Sand establish political As Well As military Westmoreland s remarks came after a Brief announcement for Mai Aid denied boy Dies new York up eight year old John Berthelon ran frantically from House to needed a Telephone to Call police because his Friend had been buried nearby in the collapse of a beachfront Sand pile. But no one in the far Rockaway Queens neighbor Hood would listen to John Story saturday. They would t believe me he said. John was forced to run All the Way Home about a half mile to get to a Telephone. Police rushed to the scene and dug Alan Weinstein out of the Sand but by that time he had been buried for Al jut an hour in the20-foot san pile and it was too late. Alan 13, was no longer breathing and Mouth to Mouth resuscitation failed to revive him. A doctor pronounced him dead. Police refused to speculate sunday on the possibility that the boy might have lived i residents of nearby houses had listened to his Friend s pleas. Mally activating the new .command at Phu Bai near Hue called provisional corps Viet Nam for the two provinces under the command of . Armolt. Gen. William b. Rosson. Westmoreland said the new command in the works for a month was necessary to control the major buildup of . Army troops that have reinforced .marines to meet the enemy s enemy has built up his strength to about five main Force divisions Westmoreland said. These forces Are formidable and we intend to confront them he added.. Forces in the two provinces now amount to nearly five Divi Sions plus one vietnamese army division. Six months ago the entire area was the responsibility of Only elements of one . Marine division and vietnamese forces. Westmoreland opened the Gath ering by saying Only we hereby activate the provisional corps of flanking the general were Rosson and Marine it. Gen. Rob Ert e. Cushman jr., the top .marine commander in Vietnam. Until sunday Cushman alone commanded the five province 1st corps area below the Doz. West Moreland said Rosson s Phu Bai command is directly responsible to Cushman s Headquarters in Danang. French general in air crash continued from Page 1 French Somaliland after a one Day inspection tour of reunion Island a French territory. He had just completed an official visit to the malagasy re Public 420 Miles East of stewardess was identified As Michelle Renard 26, of Mont Rouge a Paris suburb. The aides killed were . Henri Carles 56, Villeret s chief of staff a colonel a major and a Captain. Twelve crewmen also Debre French finance minister who Island s 302,000 represent people in the the French parliament was Here fora visit. Debre went to a hastily set up Chapel where the bodies were taken. Witnesses said the plane heavily weighed Down with fuel appeared to fight for Altitude an instead of heading out to sea As it was supposed to veered towards Range of Low Hills. Airport officials said the plane hit a Hill three Miles from the Airfield and exploded. Wreckage was strewn for some 300 Yards. Villeret died 16 Days before his61st birthday the retirement age for his de Gaulle who regarded weather partly to Judy to Cloudy with isolated i Ain How res. Little change tuesday. Frankfurt Heidelberg 4 4 am pin 50 6 i Adana p 48 61 Athena p 34 b2 Aviano p 36 32 a Elm 37 41 Frankfurt r 33 45 London cd c Clear rain now. High 42, Low 34. 4 4 am pin 36 52 Madrid c 32 39 Munich p 39 60 Paris p 45 48 Prestwick p so 57 Rome p 6s 77 wheelus o p partly Cloudy r 2nd weather Wing Villeret As the most Loyal disciple of his Long term military strategy had signed a Cabine order wednesday keeping Villeret a., chief of staff until March 261969. It was Villeret a five Star general who formalized the Toui azimuth policy revealed Las fall. He described it As a plan to defend France from possible attacks from any direction. The o a concept of close in defens of populated areas with More limited offensive thrusts than a present. Most of the military hierarch is reported to oppose this approach the times added while Westmoreland was trying to per Suade the president to approve bolder strategy. To poll shows 49% believe War mistake Princeton . A recent Gallup poll conducted throughout the country indicate that More americans now than at any previous time feel the United states was wrong to get involved militarily in , Only 33 per cent of those interviewed thought the United states and its allies were making Progress in the figure compares to 50 per cent in a november poll. Hawks surprising the Survey showed that seven out of 10 doves those who favor reducing our military efforts believed we were wrong to have become involved in Vietnam but perhaps More sur prising four in 10 Hawks also Felt we were wrong. A Hawk was defined As a person who wants to step up our military question has been asked in several surveys in the Las two and one half years in View of the developments sincere entered the fighting in Viet Nam do you think the unite states made a mistake sending troops to fight in Vietnam the latest poll showed that 49 per cent of those questioned an swered yes 41 per cent an complaints about the Lack of resident doctor and Psychia i at the institution Ami T would propose that a full Tim parole Board be established Randall also said the red lines which the ners presently must follow when i walking to and from buildings would be eliminated. Convicts cheered when he Well Knock these red the institution a Titch houses1,156 inmates was still in great state of confusion Dawn broke sunday after thaw 16 hours of rioting prison furniture and paint continued to Burn and oth fires set by the convicts left thick pall of smoke Over prison. The 700 rioters who spent night in the main Yard did immediately return to to cells after the four Host were released. Randall said attempt would be made to for Ithem pack to their cells. At least a dozen persons employees of the prison � injured in the riot. Several Wen badly beaten. The riot broke out late saturday afternoon when the inmates were being returned to their cells for the night at one Point 55 employees including a woman French language instructor were trapped inside the prison. All of the employees with the exception of the four hostages were released during the night the riot quickly spread to the dining room four Cellblock an the commissary. I firemen from Salem and nearby communities were forced to fight the fires inside the prison by arching streams of water Over the Walls. Ithe riot followed on the Hee a of reports of unrest Amon inmates guards and Otheir employees because of a Lac leadership institution. At the there Loo year old have been three suicides at the prison this convict said the reas for the riot was problems and an proved parole system also mentioned. Some of the inmate seemed hazy. One said i inference drawn was hat this swered no and 10 per cent had inference Draun s mat apparently included the unite states. And it was Villeret As the policy developed who was the Only Man Able to arbitrate be tween France s Navy and air Force both of whom wanted Totake responsibility for nuclear armament with intercontinental ballistic missiles. Villeret. Known As the father of the French atomic bomb directed France s first two nuclear tests at its former Sahara test ing Center in 1960.ailleret is survived by a son. No opinion in february 1967, re plies to the same question were 32 per cent yes 52 per cent no and 16 per cent no opinion. Two years ago in March 1966,25 per cent of those questioned thought we were wrong in Send ing troops 59 per cent said no and 16 per cent had no Survey also showed that 23 per cent of those polled Felt the United states and its allies in Vietnam were losing ground,38 per cent believed we were standing still 33 per cent judged we were making Progress and 6 per cent had no opinion. Walkout Pittsburgh a a teachers Union voted unania Mously sunday to end a Strini which had disrupted a Burgh s Public schools so the vote was at a Spe Cial meeting by about 500 Mem Bers of the Pittsburgh Toderi Tion of teachers Afi Aio Union president Albert hid said the agreement 1 c1k"5 Early sunday with the he p o Cal judges and granted the teachers the bar gaining election they had u resum Warsaw University and Tut Tec Lilc
