European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes sunday March 17d inc 3imk3 inv Jim rec. I i mail of a lbs forecasts Victory in Battle or talks. _ ,.j.,.,, o v a Mir in the world non areal inmost a Washington a presi Dent Johnson predicted saturday we Are going to win the War in Vietnam and said we will do whatever is required to meet the needs of . Fighting men there. An authoritative source said there will be a mod Erate increase in . Troop strength in source did t define mod Erate but did Rule out any thing along the lines of a build up of 200,000 or More me which has been mentioned As the goal of military leaders on the War told businessmen the United states is going to Winthe War hopefully at the negotiating table but on the Battlefield if we Johnson s speech made no mention of what troop level he thought might be also disclosed that talks Are under Way with con Gressional leaders on cutting the budget a move designed to break the legislative blockade against the administration s Bill to apply a 10 per cent income chief executive spoke to corporation executives meeting under the Wing of the National Alliance of businessmen which is working with the government to put 500,000 hard Core unemployed into jobs by 1971.on Vietnam Johnson was Tak ing one of his strongest firmest stands. As your president he said i Tell you today we must meet our commitment Sand in Vietnam. And we shall. We Are going to and our allies seek Only a just and honorable seek nothing else. The communists have made it Clear that they Are unwilling thus far to negotiate or work outa settlement except on the Battlefield. If that is what the choose then we shall win a settlement on the their position changes As we fervently Hope then we Are stud Battle Rome up new violence broke out saturday at Rome University As rival student groups fought with rocks clubs fists and Flagstaff bearing the italian Tricolour. More than 200 persons were Hurt and nearly 50 of them were hospitalized. Police who have stayed away from the University since tues Day rushed to the scene an quickly restored order. Nearly 200 arrests were of students who took no part in the fighting applauded them As they arrived in con Trast to the scene three week Sago when students and police clashed in a riot that left 200 than a score of students were injured saturday and 13were treated at hospitals. After the Battle the University was closed with a triple Cor Don of police surrounding University and others in Italy have been in an uproar for weeks. Students demanding reforms in the educational sys tem launched demonstrations and sit ins that have mushroomed in to repeated acts of violence. The saturday violence occur red in and around the University Law school where before Dawn firemen fought a basement fire which they said was Law school has been occupied several Days by Stu dents belonging to a Neo fascist political the fire students poured out of the Law school carrying italian flags and began swing ing the Flagstaff at other Stu dents assembling for a protest March through Rome students in the Square fought off the group from the Law school and the latter re treated inside the building. Child born after shot woman Dies Chicago up a Youn mexican Mother of four children gave birth Here saturday to girl by caesarean Section one minute after she died from gunshot wound allegedly fired by her husband police said Olivia Mendola 24, was shot once in the head witha .32 Caliper pistol during an argument Over Money with he husband Robert also 24. Mendola who said the shoot ing was an a c c i d e n to was charged with neighbor who heard a scuffle screams and a gunshot telephoned the fire department which in turn alerted police who rushed an ambulance to live apartment. Mrs. Mendola was taken to is. Anthony de Patina Hospital where she died and s born All within a spokesman said the child was Boris about a month pre maturely. Roman Holiday leftist and rightist students of Rome uni verily Battle with clubs As the latter try to break up a protest demonstration. Associated press photo 2-Price Gold system discussed by Bankers Washington up the Central Bankers of the United states and six european coun tries met Here saturday to draft plans for beating Back world wide speculation against the Dollar. Federal Reserve Board spokes Man Clark k. Fauver said the meeting began at the Federal Reserve building shortly after 10 . Est. Feeling was growing that the Bankers will decide in favor of a two Price system for Gold. This would set up an official Price of $35 an ounce at which level the Bankers would agree to buy and sell to one another and a free private Market for Gold which would establish its own Price on a daily basis. The plan is known to have a least some official Blessing not Only o n g officials in the United Stales but also on the part of West Germany. Hampering the plan s opera Tion however is the absence of influential France at the Confer ence table. Ant i-. March in Munich Munich a about 2,000demonstrators marched through downtown Munich Friday Nightie leftist inspired protect against Llu . Engagement in Vietnam. France and its possible courses of action cannot be ignored some observers said the fact that the Paris Gold Market functioned Friday when All other european markets closed was a French attempt to Embarrass it erstwhile partners in the London Gold Pool. Some officials have grave mis Givings that with some 100 Cen trial Banks in the world Many of them in poor countries the temptation among Central Bankston buy Gold from the . Treas Ury at $35 and sell it on the free Market would be too great to resist. Reagan signs self off vice president ballot Sacramento Calif. A gov. Ronald Reagan signed an affidavit thursday that he snot a candidate for the Republican nomination for vice president and asked that his name be re moved from the vice presiden tial portion of the Oregon Pri Mary ballot. At the same time Reagan re iterated he will permit his mum to remain on the president ia1ballot. To do otherwise lie said would contradict his intention Obe Jig a favorite Sun candidate in California. Israeli guns silence arabs in River Duel Tel Aviv a Israel troops fought a Sharp mortar and machine gun Duel wit Harab forces on the East Bank of the Jordan River again lat Friday night the army said Here israeli was reported wounded in the clash touched off when positions on the Jor Danian Bank of the River open Dup to cover the Retreat of saboteurs being pursued by israeli troops a communique said. It reported the Arab position nine Miles North of the Tamiya Bridge began firing with machine gun and 81 my mortars in the forces returned the fire and silenced the positions the communique patrol which intercepted the infiltrators later found two mines a Bazooka and rockets and automatic weapons abandoned by the raiders. Sixth clash it was the sixth Cross River clash in the last eight Days most of them apparently touched offal Arab raiders and followed a Day of widespread raids i Israel Friday which left several israelis civilians were seriously wounded and one lightly wounded late Friday night when a taxi hit a mine near Beer Ora,10 Miles North of the red sea port of Eilat an army spokes Man said. Crash kills 3rd army i Friedberg Germany is a 3rd army div Soldier spec. 4 Francisco gourdin., was killed thursday night on the Frankfurt Kassel autobahn when two military vehicles overturned while returning from a training Mission according to an army spokesman. Three other passengers spec. 4thomas Sohacki 18 pfc. George a. Sci hugh., 20, and spec. 4randy j. Mclntosh 21, were injured in the Accident which occurred about 7 . All were attached to cob 2ndbn, of the 32nd army stationed in Kirch Goens. The three injure men were listed in fair condition at Frankfurt s 97th Genera Hospital. The Accident occurred As anm88 tank recovery vehicle Tow ing an m60 tank Jackknife off abridge4, both vehicles overturning and pinning is survived by his wife mrs. Hose Estrella Gourdin Hoisun i a in Kuenle Cali. Prepared to meet anywhere anytime in a spirit of flex Bil v and generosity. A but make no mistake about it. We Are going to win in Viet l at the same time Johnson said we have other Hiuer Nathim. Al commitments and very National needs at Home All of them representing a great Drain on the Treasury. We must tighten our belts and adopt an austere program he said. We must adopt a pro Gram of fiscal soundness. We have already begun by passing a Law removing the useless and burdensome Gold cover. The Federal Reserve Board has increased the Redis count rate to 5 per cent. We Are meeting at this moment with leaders of the Central Banks. We Are meeting with Lead ers of the Congress to discuss reductions in the National budget that might be made. Johnson said a tax boost Isth key to fiscal responsibility or. Blaiberg from Hospital Cape town South Africa a Philip Blaiberg the Only person in the world to survive Aheart transplant operation strode confidently out into the Bright Sunshine saturday from groote Schuur Hospital and told a wait ing crowd i am delighted to be going shortly before he had under gone a thorough medical examination by the transplant Lear which gave him a new heart 74 Days before and was declare fit to leave the Hospital his discharge came two Days after his surgeon or. Christian Barnard returned from a month Long tour of South and North Blaiberg left he Shook hands with Barnard and said to him several times in a moved voice thank you very Raun thank you very spent the 74 Das since the operation in a sterilized suite in the Hospital s outpatient Block. With his body natural immunity to of econ lowered extreme precautions had to be taken to prevent any risk of disease. 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