European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 2 d the stars and stripes thur Fay March 14, 1968 b52s hit Highway to Khe Schnh Saigon up . B52swednesday bombed a High Speed communist Supply Road leading toward Khe Sanh. Reports from the Border area meanwhile said american and Allied forces there had killed 519 North vietnamese in heavy Battles that began last sunday. The b52 strikes were aimed teasing the threat to Khe Sanh the isolated . Fortress i South Vietnam s extreme North West Corner by knocking out the High Speed artery which was Dis covered by american patrols Only last week. The . Command said the bombers of the strategic air command unloaded hundreds of tons of blockbusters on truck Parks storage areas bunkers and weapon Sites massed at the Gateway of the newly built Extension of the to Chi Minh Trail from Laos. Eerie silence up correspondent Nat Gibson reporting from Khe Sanh wednesday on the 14th anniversary of the beginning of the siege of the ill fated French fort Ress Dieni Enshu said an eerie silence had fallen Over the .outpost. Heavy fighting flared around Khe Sanh tuesday. . Headquarters said Allied troops killed 288 North Vietnam Ese tuesday in fierce combat East of Khe Sanh near the Marine Supply command base at Dong a and the Supply Complex at Cua Viet. Allied losses were11 americans killed and 23 wounded and 39 South Vietnam Ese killed and 91 wounded. A damaging North vietnamese artillery attack on the Cua Viet base last sunday night touched off heavy fighting and the tues Day Battles were a continuation of it. Fresh Graves . Commanders said 102communists were killed in the first hours after the Cua vie barrage 78 More on monday and that the fresh Graves of 51additional North vietnamese were found tuesday. Some . Intelligence officer believed the 16,000-Man army massed around Khe Sanh might use the anniversary of the Start of the epic siege of  their Long awaited attack on Khe Sanh. The fall of the French fortress at Dieni Enshu in 1954 after a 55-Day siege ended the Volunteer group surprises . S. Vietnam forming invasion army re  / a to a n a to _ a. Re  my i. _ a it. F i _ y 11. Jul  Saigon a a South Viet namese Volunteer liberation army is being formed to invade North Vietnam the chief Saigon government spokesman said wednesday.. Officials expressed com plete Surprise that such a move was under Way. The spokesman Nguyen Ngocminh director general of information said the army would remade up of South vietnamese who Are sick and tired of those people who want to liberate South  was a reference to the Viet Cong who Call themselves the South vietnamese liberation army. Linh was commenting on a account of the proposed army in Vietnam press the government news Agency which quoted authoritative sources As saying a High ranking member of the vice president s office is forming first Indochina War. The b52 Mission North vietnamese against the lifeline wednesday was one of 10 flown in the past 24 hours by the big bombers the . Command said. Most were aimed at the lumbering up gov. Raymond Shafer of Pennsylvania stay son his toes or rather fingers As he limbers up for his weekly proclamation signing by doing a few push . Up photo freight hams into ship communists Sanh. Threatening Khe Harvard Library digging up space Cambridge mass. A the Harvard Library plans to dig up Harvard Yard to make Way for More books the University has  Levels of underground space to store 1,100,000 books willbe excavated on the East Side of the Yard by the Library already the largest University Library in the world and the third largest Library in the United states. President Nathan m. Pusey said a National committee will Keek $5 million for the construction and re landscaping of the Yard when the construction i completed. Wilmington . Up an Engineer jumped from his runaway switch engine tuesday. Id watched As the engine and several Box cars containing munitions slammed into a moored  number of cars crashed into the Cape fear River ripping Gapin holes in the Side of the  other cars containing ammunition were derailed alongside the track leading to the Dock in downtown Wilming ton. The engine and at least three cars were in the River. Whether any ammunition was in the submerged cars was not known. A Seaboard coast Lin Railroad employee said there was no immediate danger. He said the greatest danger had been at the Point of  the engine said it appeared was switching a strike deadline set Detroit up the unite Auto workers has set a strike deadline of noon March 20 against american motors corp., the Only major . Automaker yet cosign a master contract with the Union. Number of freight cars on tracks near the coastline Railroad old Atlantic Dock at the foot of red Cross Street in Down town Wilmington. The track led onto the Dock where two boxcars were parked. Moored across the end of the Dock like the Cross of a to was the Ocean going Tanker Gulf service. The train went out of  hurled onto the Dock with the engine ramming the two parked cars. The two cars shot Forward like Billard balls into the Side of the ship and then fell into the water. The engine also crashed into the ship teetered at the end of the Dock for about 15seconds according to eyewitnesses and then plunged out of sight in the water probably carrying one car behind  behind the engine other cars Jack knifed and Ranoff the rails. The army spokesman said the ammunition was from the Deerfield Arsenal at Deerfield mass. The sunny Point terminal South of Wilmington near where the Cape fear runs into the Atlantic Ocean is a major loading Point for ammunition bound for Vietnam. Gov. Wallace is operated on again Montgomery Ala. A gov. Lurleen b. Wallace who underwent surgery for the third time just three weeks ago was operated on again tuesday to Drain off a newly formed abdominal  said after the 30-min Ute operation that they Are satisfied with the results and tha her condition is serious but  however the Hospital bulletin said the 41-year-old governor will not be out of danger fro this complication for the next several  infection did not result directly from cancer the Hospital report said but rather from lowered resistance caused by various treatments she has undergone during her extended  doctors told newsmen they were hopeful there would be no recur rence of the malignancy which had sent mrs. Wallace to sur Gery for removal of a uterine tumor in january 1966 and again in july 1967 for removal of cancerous growth on the lower intestinal tract. On feb. 22, Small malignant growth was re moved from the Pelvic Wall. Court frees setae i in slaying Verona Italy is a 27 year old Southern european task Force Soldier sentenced to prison last november after being found guilty of slaying an italian peeping Tom has been freed by an appeals court setae announced wednesday. S. Sgt. Jack Reeves of the setae Avn co Here was ordered to serve 2 years 11 months and 20 Days in an italia prison after being adjudged guilty of involuntary homicide inthe fatal shooting of Vittorio Fraccaroli an electrician. Noise on Balcony pleading self defense during his trial Reeves told the italia court that he and his wife Sharon 23, heard a noise on the Balcony of their apartment near the army Airfield shortly after Midnight sept. 9. The Wichita Falls tex., Soldier picked up Small Caliper Rifle and went out Side. Reeves claimed the prowler lunged at him and he fired in self defense trying to hit Frac Caroli in the legs. However the Bullet inflicted a fatal wound near the heart. The appeals court in Venice that freed the setae Soldier decided that Reeves was not punishable for the offence attributed to him because he acted in legitimate  in american Law this would be an acquittal on grounds of self defense. In a March to the North the vice president is Cao by who served Asfor two years. The Vietnam prose Many military men i figures and wars states groups and religions have been contacted for support for the formation of the army. Moreover several retire general officers of High reputation and with Best military record Are actively participating i n the formation of the March to the North army s command  Linh told a reporter the army which would ask the government to provide arms and ammunition would be called the North vie Nam liberation army. Not political he said the army differed with other recently formed anti communist fronts which he called political. This is to solve the problem by Force Linh said he said the March to the North army would consist of guerrillas. And would not be part of the regular South vietnamese army. Many of the officers for the army would come from South Vietnam s to Hao and Cao Dai sects Linh said. Both Are Ultra nationalist religious sects which until recent years maintained their own armies. They Are strongly anti communist. Aside from expressing . Officials had no comment on the reported new army. But the americans Are not Likely to go along with it. The regular Viet namese army already is having difficulty increasing its strength by 65,000 men. The account in Vietnam pres apparently had government approval or it would not have Bee printed. President Nguyen Van Thieu is known to favor an in Vasion of the North. By was asked recently if the government planned an invasion of the North. Yes or no we Willet you know by said. Apparently referring to this re Mark Vietnam press said wednesday hints on the  of the March to the North army were made by vice presi Dent Nguyen Cao by several Days  Lack of funds stacks issues of ramparts Denver a about 130,000copies of the controversial ram parts Magazine Are stacked in storage room hero because a spokesman said the publication does t have the Money to Send the issues to  Sturmer the Maga Zine s Art director said in Sanfrancisco that Lack of support by advertisers is responsible for the dilemma. Weather . 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