European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Offers Mcca Thynne Ati ii j Washington a president Johnson took bantering note of sen. Rob f Kennedy s plunge into the presidential race. These arc Days when if behave take chances i Johnson said. Everybody is speculating. Some spec ulate i Gold a primary ii Metal and others just it speculate in 5 Johnson spoke at a Busi-11 no semen s conference headed by Henry Ford ii who was replaced by h Kennedy As he scheduled1 guest on the Abc Televik \ vision radio i n t e r v i e w meet the press sunday. 11 i Don t want to Tell you l All my reactions this i morning Johnson i quipped. But when i saw t he pushed Henry Ford off i meet the press tomorrow i thought that was going i too far too Johnson said he was Happy to attend the businessmen s conference when i think of the Al i Ler natives i to the negotiators Are meeting on the Copper i strike he said. The j hankers from All Over the world Are trying to Deal it with the Gold Drain. And Here s a group at Bobby i Kennedy s press Confer enee. But Henry i la take i the businessmen s lunch another Story Page 2. Istanbul Dpt the Pilot a turkish Airliner was sucked 11 Eiane at 12 000 fee til y when an emergency7t f shortly after take-01 f of Istanbul Airport. Trl in Pil 1 tabbed the con in a k d the four engine Borop Viscount carrying 49 Gers to a crash Landing at Militar Airport near Izmir. Of scarch through Aik a to fill the body of on Fumal a pars 48.saw Passon ers reported 0 Wing and one div the aircraft was trav a oui 250 Miles an hour. Weather a a it 45 a / in fusty wind and i in Kinda. Frankfurt 1 " Luw to. Temperatures a i get 4 4 " i pin to 55 Madrid p of a Munich p i7 50 Paris p m 50 Prestwick r m 5s Rome p Udy a rain. 2iiu Wouther win the stirs unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East. 26, no. 332 if 21855 a 5t daily 10l sunday sunday March 17, 1968 delighted to go Home a smiling or. Philip Blaiberg the Only person to survive Aheart transplant operation chats with his sur Geon or. Christian Barnard after being Dis charged saturday from groote Schuur Hospital in Cape town. Story on Page 2 a photo Minnesota senator is Cool Washington a sen. Robert f. Kennedy d n.y., jumped into the democratic presidential contest saturday with an offer to cooperate with sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy d-minn., to wrest the nomination from president Johnson. After listening to Kennedy statement at a televised news conference that i believe i can win Mccarthy said in a wis Consin broadcast i m the bes potential president in the Kennedy said he will run not to oppose any Man but to propose new charged into Competition for convention votes wit the assertion that the country is on a perilous he said he is willing to work with Mccarthy another War critic to Spur a National debate on Viet Nam policies. But Mccarthy was Chilly tothe kind of cooperative Effort he seemed to suspect was primarily designed on Kennedy s part to take Over for himself the anti Johnson delegates to the , speaking at a news conference immediately after Kennedy s announcement that he too would seek the Nomina Tion said the entry of the new York senator May clutter up the track a bit but two can run against the Johnson policies in m still the Best potential con. On Page 2h col. 1 Pointe a la Haiie la a the cargo ship african Star was engulfed by flames that killed 11 crewmen and injured at least 36 others Early sat urday after a thunderous Colli Sion with two Oil barges on the lower Mississippi River. We re going to need some help Here with the bodies coast guard official radioed from the beached and burning ship. There Are quite a few he gave the figure of dead As eleven. A witness said some of the 59 persons on Board the ship leaped into the River As the Blaz ing vessel ground ashore on the West Bank. They made then Way to the safety of the levee. Flames shot up 100 feet As the burning barges drifted Down Stream. Blazing Oil spread across the Chester Wooten of plaque mines Parish who directed Rescue operations said the most seriously injured we retaken to new Orleans by Heli copter. There Are five or six we got off that we re pretty sure won t make it he african Star a i Arrell Viet map tomorrow follow developments in Viet up to Date double Page map of Vietnam will appearing tomorrow s stars and stripes. 15e sure to get you copy and save the map to keep up with fast breaking events in Southeast Asia. Line ship carried 45 crewmen,11 passengers and three Cadet trainees. It was outward bound for Sydney Australia when the collision occurred at 3 50 a.m.,about 35 Miles downstream from new Orleans. The crude Oil barges were coming upstream pushed by the tug Midwest noise of the Impact and fire brought a crowd of people to the levees. One w i t 11 e s smack Mcginty said five people leaped from the crippled ship which slowed up a huge Furrow of mud As it came to rest Bow first in tiie Bank. One woman said she opened the door to her Cabin and a Hull of fire engulfed her Mcginty said. She breathed it and her oesophagus was All Mays assails Robinson on Phoenix Ariz. Up Willie Mays who used to Battle Jackie Robinson tooth and Nail while they were rival ballplayers took the former dodger Star to task Friday for his remarks concerning Mays and other negro stars. Robinson in a television talk show thursday said Mays Willie Mccovey and Jim Hart All negroes and members of the san Francisco giants should devote More time to civil rights negroes owe Robinson a i Reut Deal of credit for breaking Down barriers in baseball but that does t give him the right to speak for said Mas. "1 Don t think i could have done Whai Jackie did. Different people do things in different ways 1 can to fur instance go out and picket. I can t stand of cont. On up
