European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 d worst sin of t 5 1llitirri aide the stars and stripes rainstorm floods Southern new England Boston a rain Swol Len Rivers flooded streets and Homes in Low lying sections of Southern new England tuesday As a two Day torrential rainstorm headed out to sea. Weather Bureau officials called the rainfall the worst since the 1955 Hurricane which wreaked havoc in most of new England. The heaviest rainfall7.72incheswas recorded at the weather b u r e a u Observatory top Blue Hills in Milton a bos ton suburb. Thousands of families i Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island were left without heat Power or Telephone service As the High Waters poured int cellars. More than 800 families i Southeastern Massachusetts were Given emergency shelter monday night. Main traffic arteries in the Boston urea were under As much As six feet of water. Deepwater also flowed in the main streets of Quincy Weymouth and brain True suburbs South of  worked through the night and into tuesday respond ing to Calls from homeowners whose cellars were  flooding resulted from Small streams Ana tributaries overflowing their Banks near residential  damage was expected to total in the millions. An insurance official in Boston estimated that less than 3 per cent of homeowners were covered by insurance against  totals since Sun Day were More than 6 inches a Falmouth on Capo cod 5.70 inches at South Weymouth,mass., and nearly 5 inches at Providence  Blackstone mass., Waters of the swollen Blackstone River washed away an abutment of a Railroad trestle collapsing the Structure. The trestle was used by the new Haven Railroad for freight  Allan r. Zenowitz of the Massachusetts civil def said at least 20,000 Homes damaged in the storm " in new Hampshire Damai was relatively minor. Is five inches of rain covered Southern Section of the state 2officials reported High were the most severely effect the new England Tel co reported that some 4 2 telephones were knocked out z the flood. A spokesman said r1pairmen were working an the clock to restore service Gomulka invites jews to get out of Poland from a and up dispatches Warsaw Poland s communist party Boss Wladyslaw gom Ulka tuesday night pledged his nation s close allegiance to the soviet Union and invited jews to leave the country. In a lengthy address to the nation on Poland s recent Polit ical unrest Gomulka rejected criticism of ties with the soviet Union saying there is no ques Tion of departing from close attachment to the  the end of his speech he mounted an attack on zionists which his party press and propaganda Campaign have acc Sedas having a chief role in the student demonstrations which have swept Poland. Noting a number of j e w wanted to help Israel fight the arabs in the june War Gomulka declared this category of jews sooner or later will leave our country. The frontiers of Poland Are Ope for  for those who think israelis their country we Are ready to Issue them emigre passports he said. Going into the anti czarist play Dziadyz the closure of which on Jan. 30 sparked off a series of protests Gomulka said it was closed because we could not Al Low it to become a springboard for anti russian  gave As an example the enthusiastic response from the audience to such phrases As All Moscow sends us Are spies jackasses and  he levelled scathing blame on writers and intellectuals for the demonstrations the worst Domestic crisis of his 11 years As party  the speech before 3,000 party activists his first Public comment since student unrest and Street rioting erupted i Warsaw on March 8 and spread to other polish cities Gomulka referred to a list of writers who have criticized the cultural policies of the party. Market trading slow new York a the Stock Market took a loss tuesday in one of the slowest sessions of the year. Extreme caution reigned Aswall Street anticipated deflation Ary action by the government to solve the Balanco of payment problem. At the f a in e time som of the recently battered Gold min ing issues perked up. Some of the Silver mining stocks also improved. Throughout the list loser far outnumbered gainers and the Dow Jones Industrial average was Down sharply. He referred to them not onlys enemies of the party but As enemies of the state. Gomulka said that 1,208 per sons had been arrested in the disturbances. Of them 367 were students. Gomulka said the courts have sentenced or fined 207 of them including 67 , he said were 43 demonstrators and 103 police an auxiliaries. House i nil revolts housing Bui hits Snag Washington up the House rules committee in a revolt against the leadership voted in effect tuesday to delay House action on Senate passed open housing legislation until after Congress s easter recess next  leaders plans had been to win Quick rules committee clearance and put the controversial Senate civil rights Bill to a vote next , in a closed session the committee rejected leadership motion to Clear the Bill for floor action within a week. It adopted instead a motion to wind up its hearings and act on the Bill not later than april 9. The committee chairman rep. William m. Colmer d miss., who opposes the Bill indicated he would then Avail himself of the right to delay the committee s formal report tothe House for three Days. Leaders already have scheduled an easter recess of the House from april 11 to april 22.that meant that the controversial rights measure including As its principal feature a ban on discrimination inor rental of most housing to reach the House floor at tin time of a scheduled people s March on washing set by the Rev. Martin la King to Start april 22.congressional leaders a wanted to avoid that kind confrontation and hoped to a the Bill enacted into Law then. The vote in the 15-Ncommittee was reported to Haj been 8 to 7 against leadership motion and in fave of delaying the Bill. Favors Frk Over lbs Mccarthy denies any Deal Washington up  j. Mccarthy still denying any deals said tuesday he would support sen. Robert f. Kennedy Over president John son for the democratic presidential nomination if he failed to win it himself. Mccarthy the peace Candi Date from Minnesota told students at predominantly negro Howard University he had no arrangement with Kennedy the new York senator who entered the race last , in reply to a student s question after his speech on the Howard Campus Mccarthy said he would have to support Kennedy if the first ballot at the democratic National convention at Chicago next August showed Mccarthy could no defeat Johnson. I think there is no question that i would have to support sen. Kennedy whose position has been the same As mine along the Way Mccarthy  stressed there was no arrangement and no conspiracy Between himself South Viets to add 125,000 troops Saigon a the South vietnamese government will in crease its armed forces by125,000 men this year and the United states has agreed to equip them informed sources said monday. The increase would bring the number of military and Semi military forces in South Viet Nam to almost 900,000 by the end of the year. Thus South Vietnam would have the largest number til men under arms in asm att a red China although its regulars would still lag to Hind the 540,000-Man armed forces of South Korea. The increase almost certainly will mean general  for this nation of 17.2 million people. And Kennedy who entered the nomination race Only after Mccarthy came within 230 votes of defeating the president write in candidate in the new Hampshire primary. Mccarthy reminded h i s audience that he had said previously that if his cause at Mother hides child 3 years Liverpool England a a 3-year-old girl spent All her life in a one room apartment. Shews allowed out Only six times. Her Mother kept her hidden Acourt heard because the Mother was leading a double life. By Day she looked after he husband and four other children every night she slept in a tin apartment with the girl who was t her husband s  does not know that she exists the Mother told liver Pool juvenile court. I hardly Ever see him. He is not there when i go Home to do the cooking and cleaning and i try to be away before he comes Home a night. We live separate lives. He has never asked where i go at  she also said my husband did t know about the child be cause it did not show when iwas having her. I always in tended to Tell him about Hersome  the court placed the child inthe care of City authorities and ordered the Mother to Tell he husband about the Case. No names were revealed to cause of British Laws protecting the identity of a juvenile. Danes drink less aquavit Copenhagen a Dane consumed 10.3 million bottles of aquavit in 1967 which is loss than the year before. High taxes Are blamed for the slump in sales of the National drink also referred to As Brue Devin fire wine. The convention were hopeless he would free delegates obligated to him to cast subsequent votes any Way they chose. In a Light vein Mccarthy remarked that his Appeal for free participation in politics May have been an Over response in View of Kennedy s Candy Acy. Mccarthy has scorned Kennedy s entry into the race and made Clear he considers himself to be the front runner among democratic contenders for the nomination. In another move a demo cratic official Lester s. Hyman chairman of the party s Massachusetts committee announced he would support Kennedy candidacy despite having Given All out support to Johnson three weeks ago. Hyman said i can no longer support Lyndon Jonhson for re nomination. I shall Suwim it the candidacy of sen. Robert f. Kennedy. Army issues 44,000 May draft Call Washington up defense department tuesday called for a draft of 44.000 m into the army during May. The quota was a drop f the 48,000-Man draft set april but was 3, above 41,000 scheduled to be induct this  of the May inductions be for the army with the n air Force and Marine corp relying on volunteers to Tain their strength. Peak was ,20fl the year started uth a dra of 34,000 in january. The for february Vas j l.3i 0. B Peak since the St it of Vietnam War  40,200 october 1966.the Marine corps will use in draft for the  time i years to obtain 4.iiin april but has  1request for Induc Ikimis no ii til fat i . Gets peacetime bus continued from Liiva to the traditional drink of working class britons. It also hiked the annual License fees for automobiles motor cycles and mini cars. Sales taxes on a huge list of consumer goods ranging from refrigerators and w a s h i n machines to perfume and lip Sticks also got Sharp boosts. In a soak Tho Rich measure Jenkins announced a now one year Levy on investment incomes. Although the. Basic income tax rate of h shillings 3 Ponce in the Pound 41.25 per cent was no touched Jenkins plugged just about every known existing Loop Hole in the income one of the Bike 50-per cent Inarrea selective employment tax is levied � service industries. Designed to  go into production the government time announced be held to a cent for the i i Jenkins said me plans legislation " extend the  announced of rents and dial Din a move to Hiil i Largo families i of noun cod an in my 1m i allowances to 1 uni 1 1 Alhi ill i and is. Zirker Nulu str t to 11iiit Lioi in a. Amen Nihof is