European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Rae Lis raid in Jordan the stars ripes unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle eat ,1.26" no. 337 if 21855 a 5 daily 10 sunday Friday March 22, 1968 says he won t run new York a a. Rockefeller said hurs Dav that he is not a Candi Jat and will not Campaign directly or indirectly for the of Fie United states. I the 59-year-old three Ter governor said he had concluded Elhat most of the gop s leaders unt Richard m. Nixon. Rockefeller who conceded the nomination to Nixon in 1960 and lost it to sen. Barry Goldwater in 1964, said he had decided he could not truthfully claim a Republican following big enough to win. By the very nature of our political system we must operate through and not outside one of the major political parties Rockefeller said. Rockefeller said he will with draw his name from the Oregon primary. I shall abide by precisely what i say said Rockefeller who said repeatedly that he was not a candidate until the withdrawal of gov. George Romney from the race. Rockefeller said however he still would accept any True and meaningful draft from the re publican party. I am not and will not be candidate he said he told Ore gon officials. The governor said he would speak out on the issues of the Day but i shall not be speaking As a he said he had signed the appropriate affidavit asking the withdrawal of his name fro the Oregon primary. Soy 150 terrorists wiped out from a and up dispatches Jerusalem israeli jets tanks and troops smashed into Jordan thurs Day to wipe out three Arab guerrilla bases in the longest and bloodiest Battle fought since the War last june. By late afternoon a spokes Man said forces had hit All tar gets and were returning to their bases. He said that in the action 15israelis were killed and 70 wounded most of them fighting raged most of the Day and continued As Israel rear guards on the East Bank of the Jordan River fought their Way Back to the Tamiya and Allenby Bridges reportedly under heavy fire. Unopposed f i g h t e a bombers and artillery on the West Bank filet away fifty feet above a Phila Delphia Street fireman George Hahn climbs from a window and wrestles a defiant 17-year-old boy to safety. Hahn said that the ledge climber yelled get away from me or i la kill a related Story Page 4 gave the retreating troops cover ing fire sources darkness began to fall most of the israeli Force was under stood to be Back on its own Side of the troubled cease fire line. The fighting stopped at 8 30 p.m., 15 hours after it broke out. Six army vehicles and one air Craft were damaged. The spokes Man did not give details other than to say the aircraft crashed in israeli territory and the Pilot was rescued. The spokesman said that 150 Al Fatah saboteurs were killed and their installations destroyed. At least 15 jordanian tanks were Mil and two were captured the spokesman said in Amman. Jordanian officials claimed 25 israeli tanks destroyed three israeli jets shutdown and about 200 israeli troops killed or wounded Amman radio in its ninth military communique said Jorj Danian forces had intercepted an i israeli message admitting 73 cont. On punt. Col. 1 k warns of anti-. Prot John Reese staff writer la Al bkg is Gen s ii. Polk warned wednes that 1968 May Well be of numerous anti american Ili Ilion Stalions. He also said that Many i Maheur men and their families can expect to move toothed Juliis of the command. I l e Usa eur i id seventh Iii Ini Tandi a in chief in an Ives to the Heidelberg Chap i thu association of the . Y Ausa at the Patrick Village officers club said demonstrations will be Fri quent and More sophist than in the. objective of some of i in s demonstrations Hean , win to to Embarrass la i United counselling los listeners to stay away lie Louii Ineil if you become in of i out n a in or scuffle,h"1 contribute to the pub Ter a � Ali t mor licit the demonstrations will receive and that s exactly what the demonstrators military police Are work ing closely with German Agen cies to insure that our rights under International status of Force agreements Are not violated. I am quite confident the German police will protect our rights. So leave it to them and avoid such Polk also warned that As a re sult of shifting of . Troops from Europe Many usage Rumen and their families can look Forward to a period of although Security restrictions prevented Polk from specifying which units would move where he told an audience of about 400 that a number of units ranging in size from Small detachments rep. Gross chides humphrey9 Fly ing tux9 shot Down Washington than they deserve Are in no Way an example of what the army in Europe is or ought to l e. No matter what their propagandists said there Are is known a Sahkul destries in seder
