European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 1 some reds leaving Khe Sanh from a and up dispatches Saigon . Air Force officers said wednesday that there were indications the North Viet namese had withdrawn at Leas two regiments from the siege of Khe intelligence officials said fantastically High communist casualties and the end of the Monsoon had Cost them their ability to capture the base. An air Force observer who has been directing air strikes in the area for weeks said there were indications about 2,400 men of North vietnamese had moved away from Khe Sanh. Up correspondents Richard. Oliver in a dispatch from Phu Bai on the coast below Hue quoted an intelligence officer As saying the communists at their present strength Lack the ability to overrun Khe Sanh and hold i for any length of time. Command Center Phu Bai is the . Command Center for counteracting the North vietnamese buildup along the demilitarized said military experts at Phu Bai believe the enemy might continue to harass Khe Sanh with shelling and occasional probes but most of the experts said they believed their ability to overrun the entrenched base Camp in the Northwestern Cornero South Vietnam was lost with the shift of the wind and the end of the Monsoon. In another development troops of the americal div reported kill ing 111 North vietnamese regu Lars in fighting wednesday. In sketchy accounts from Thefield the . Command said the division had reported Only . Soldiers wounded in the clash 16 Miles Northwest of Chulai about 330 Miles North of five hard Core Viet Cong regiments with some 13,000men have faded into their Jungle hideaways near the cambodian order easing the immediate threat of a second invasion of Saigon senior american officials said vietnamese and Ameri can commanders had expressed fears earlier that the communist troops were regrouping for an other assault on the capital. Tuesday two former Viet con officers claimed that the reds in South Vietnam get up to 24hours notice of the big bombers raids. Given time the officers both defectors told a news conference that i addition to the times of the raids the enemy were told where they would be giving them time to move out of the target areas or dig protective . Gen. Winant sidle the . Command information offi cer termed the claim Many of our raids Are not even planned that far in and Vance he said. Thursday March i _ re the Imi i i _ the stars and stripes Chipper flippers Fly into Kui Ope they swung All the Way to. I., to m f suddenly bolted Harbor of Sadm a George Eberl staff writer Frankfurt is thereof the most improbable Stretcher cases Ever to hit Europe flew into Frankfurt s International Airport in Canvas carriers fitted to heavy Metal frames sinbad skipper and Flash bottle nose porpoises of surprisingly amiable disposition considering their Long plane ride found them selves receiving fishy stares from inquisitive school of journal ism twin engined prop plane on which they arrived smelled like the world s largest fish Market As the Interior of the Craft was loaded with Bushel baskets of sea rations tiny fish that constitute the Trio s daily of the German interest in these novel visitors which will be on display at the Mann Heim May fair from april 27 Tomay-7, was possibly prompted by Flipper the popular tvs How imported from the United Jim Tiebor former air Force Captain who now makes his living As a Marine specialist at capturing and training Marin animals his father and grand father were trainers of sea Lions let out a Trade secret de signed to disillusion Little Chil Dren to s Flipper has been played by several bottle nose porpoises the hardiest of the Dolphin , assisted by his pretty blonde Fiancee Jeanne Haigh Yorkshire girl who trained whales in England until a Tele Gram brought her to Daytona Beach fla., gets excited when talking about dolphins mammals not fish which rank next Toman on the animal world s intelligence of cutting through the water at speeds up to 40 Miles per hour these shiny gun Metal Gray creatures Are currently being closely studied by Marine centers universities and the . They May be trained to carry magnetized charge through the water fasten it to a ship pull Alever swim safely away after which the ship goes trained to kill the Dolphin is unbeatable in the sea As it knifes through the water at High Speed ramming its victim with hard nosed lethal Ness. One blow would easily wipe out a Frog Man and even crotchety Sharks Don t stand much of a Chance with its swifter Ocean Dolphin has been known to annihilate the much larger whale with a rib busting assault. Tiebor said that he suffered three cracked ribs during a Cap Ture when a Dolphin apparently believing it had spotted an open ing in the net suddenly Bol Teand dealt Tiebor a glancing Bio. However the Dolphin Bijj bottle nose porpoises Are simply of the Many Kinda or Dione Hins is generally a genial fellow with whom Many of those studying his ways have devel and responsive frolicsome ways Tiebor tells of the porpoise oped a War Friendship. For All of his which delighted out and guiding in swimming ships into the fair attractions Trainer Jeanne Halgh alights from plane at Frankfurt Airport along with one of three porpoises who made the flight from the United states in a specially designed Canvas Sling. The animals will appear at Mannheim s May fair. Is photo by Schuettler archaeological site mayan is Hurt in Cave in Tel Aviv a israeli de sense minister Moshe Dayan was seriously injured wednesday when he was buried by a Cave in while excavating for religious relics near Here. Doctors at Tel has Homer hos Pital said the 52-year-old War hero a keen Amateur archaeologist suffered two broken ribs a broken Vertebra Chest injuries and possible internal damage. But or. Haim Shieler director general of the Hospital said Dayan was in no danger now and his condition is Satis however reliable sources atthe Hospital said doctors found that Dayan s Aorta was damaged and were not certain they could avoid an operation. A defense ministry spokesman said the government would de cide thursday morning who will take Over Dayan s duties. Prime minister Levi Eshkol who was defense minister until self in War protest Syracuse . Up a High school student who doused his clothing with gasoline and set himself afire in front of human Catholic Church to protest the War in Vietnam was in critical condition wednesday with Burns Over 90 per cent of his body. Donald Bra be 16, attempted the immolation tuesday. He Bor rowed u match from an a Ler Tymcin Loulu dil to his petrol soaked clothing and fell to the Street a human Torch. Police said a note left by the youth indicated his act was a War m giving my life not in War but to help end it investigators quoted the note. If giving my life will shorten the Warby even one Day it will not have been in Kev. Charles Falisey director of the Catholic charities of fice next door to the Cathedra Lof the immaculate inception saw writhing in flame Sand attempted to smother the fire with a s Mother mrs. Hugh Brazee said she was unaware of his feelings about the War and said he was not a member of any protest group. His brother James 17, said he did t like the War. He did t want to Dayan was appointed Only a few Days before the War of last june is expected to take Over. It is not known How Long Dayan will be in the Hospital. Dayan was digging at an excavation pit about 10 feet deep at Azor on the southwestern outskirts of Tel Aviv when the Walls collapsed burying him. It is believed the Cave in was caused by vibrations of Earth moving equipment at a nearby construction site. Workers from the site Dayan Young assistant and several women pass shy jumped into the pit und dug Dayan out. Of Sydney Australia s life in t totally a b of oysters. � in female for example a one baby Dolphin at a tin which she must carry for 12months and nurse for another 12 months then accompany for roughly one More year. Luckily she is larger than the male a i raging about 9 feet and 400-Nius pounds while the male is abort7 feet Long and anywhere from 250 to 400 pounds. Of average life Span for a Dolphin in its natural habitat Tiebor said is believed to be about 35years. In Captivity the life expectancy is anywhere from 10 to15 years and on such travelling. Show schedules where pressures Are greater about it years during the flight from Dayton Labeach to new York o Vienna and finally to Frankfurt mis Haigh accompanied the Ham mocked animals periodically pouring water Over their Slick hides. Built in sonar two of the Dolphin esque Fea Tures that fascinate scholars Are the creatures built in sonar an what Tiebor Calls a built in ism a Dolphin has two sonar like transmitters in its forehead. Ii you were to throw a camera for instance into Black water a Dolphin could swim unerringly to it make the recovery and return with the camera. As Faras May be determined some kind of Waves arc transmitted from its forehead which Bounce off an object and arc picked up apparently in the j a w of the Dolphin crisis decisions As for the Dolphin s internal data processing mechanism the mystery is somewhat said Many studies Are currently being made on the Dolphin s remarkable ability to make what he Calls crisis decisions in literally split seconds. He cited As an example the problems encountered when a Dolphin leaps from the water and plucks a cigarette from a Man s Mouth the need to ejaculate Angle trajectory height. Superficially this May seem matter purely of reflex but w fact there Are judgment is what is Beiqiu closely scrutinized by a discussion of me Dolphin s family life to smoking Tiebor smiled planned that for on dolphins we use the keep them from in Eiting nant.". Asked whet h e r in is produce Cross that he had t one complaint yet. Chain and sex i to reports i5ig Rise in company mergers Washington a the Federal Trade commission re ported the sharpest increase incorporate mergers in modern Industrial history during 1967. Mergers in manufacturing and mining led the Advance up 50 per cent to 1.4u6. Pu0 weather . Tem h u u j7 Albany 28 Albuquerque 67 s6 Amarillo 79 45 Atlanta m 46 Atlantic City 81 44 26 1 turn arts m m dolt 46 40 Cotton m 30 Buffalo a 17 up i 0 46 Chicago 77 91 Cincinnati 8 26 Cleveland 44 17 Denver 63 40 to Mollei u so delimit 48 m Duluth to 3 Al m -18 Fairbanks m k2 Farao m m port Worth to it Honolulu 76 m Houston 71 49 India i Polik 83 47 60 4b kait4� cily 62 46 pm Vega 73 4ti let Angel m Faturos h l74 is i. Oiin i 7l 5t wit ii r a mi.mi60 4 b l or 44 of 6ij .10 of to 16 he/2 4 i 00 5. St. Antonid of " North Pla c v j
