European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse March 22, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 3 to i quiet to stay at Khe Sanh Khe Sanh Vietnam up a s marines at the heavily bombarded Khe Sanh fortress keep quiet about minor ends avoiding medical Atten Tion and the purple heart that does with of the non reported sounds arc minor known As some Are More serious one Marine for instance used his own Penknife to carve a hunk of Uspel from his leg it was the Marine s third wound since arriving in South Vietnam and he wanted to stay sometimes fforget9 minor wounds with his buddies at the surrounded outpost. This feeling coupled with a desire not to worry families Back Home seem to be the main motivating factors behind the marines reluctance to report Marine regulations a Man s family is informed each time he is Hurt. After three Battle injuries he is automatically rotated Back to the Stales. Khe Sanh s commander Lownds 47, of Plantation fla., said he has heard reports of his men resorting to self treatment but believes the practice was not in the line Tell a different have heard a lot of Guys Are doing it said s. Sgt Brys Nallen 26, of Wichita Kan. If they have a major wound they go to the medics but not for any of these Petty should know. Since the siege began on Jan. 21, he has been hit by shrapnel three times but reported none of his injuries to the medics. They were nothing but scratches and i do not want a purple heart he said. They can give me any medal the want but i can do without a purple sergeant said the criteria for purple hearts should braised. Presenting them to men with minor wounds diminished their significance he said. Another Marine who decline to be identified because his parents think he is stationed Inda Nang said he did not report his wound because he wanted to stay in Khe Sanh and feared the medics would want to evacuate him. I have a lot of Good friends Here he said. I want to see i through to the end with some marines will go a Longway to remain. One noncom with shrapnel wounds in his face arms and legs even tried to sneak away from the medic last week. They caught him crawling out of the Bunke where two of his buddies had carried pleaded with the medics to let him take care of his own wounds so he could stay with his men. The corpsmen refuse to listen. He was evacuated to a Hospital in Dong a. Foreigners Only want a Villa in Italy land is free Rome a Italy is giving away free to foreigners Only plots of land where they can build Villas of their own on one of the world s most historic battlefields. To get the land free an applicant must agree to put up the Villa within two years. To meet specifications the Villa will Cost 4.5 to 8.5 million lire $7,200 to $13,600. Thirty three have already Bee built 50 More Are started 250 Are expected to be completed by1969 and there Are 20,000 letters of application for plots from the United Sites Germany Austria England Switzerland France Belgium Holland and the scandinavian plots ranging from 600 to 2,400 Square Yards each Are on the wooded slopes around Lake tra Firneno 16 Miles West of Perugia and about 100 Miles North of was the punic War Battlefield where Hannibal after marching his elephants across the Alps Defeated the armies of Rome in 217 . The land is being Given away by the tourist Board of the prov Ince of Perugia with a twofold aim to bring More Good spend ing foreigners there and to build up the Region by enhancing property values Are Frozen out of the is specified that the for Eigner who gets the land an builds the Villa cannot give it rent it or sell it to anyone of italian nationality. He is allowed however to Transfer the property to another foreigner who lives Giveaway plots of Wood land or Scenic Hillside Sites rein areas around the North and West sides of Central Italy largest Lake. The area never has been greatly new Villa owners would have to pay their share of put Ting in the necessary utilities. But As the Perugia tourist Board sees it it would be like it makes a break need u conversational subject there Are Many i strings. A Complete Roundup of world events is professionally capsules within its 24 rages. Have Stripe delivered to your Home it certainly makes u Coffee break m5 a it Lauti Rii Civ 67617, Mil Vulf Rowh 7i 0 in Liu i in 87140 a Mil Kli cilium olb Civ slip Ftp Mil 73, no in. Imp 7vw47, Mil ua1s to Civ Haftl j Jyh Mil 7 j k 11, Civ 4 .w7imil s8is5 Greece Athena Civ w 5l8d Italy leghorn Civ 83001 Spain , Civ 22821 0, out 3011 United kingdom London. Civ Kuis Iii s226t, vat 1-7 subscribe now government housing Only owning an Eisenhower farm a Gettysburg on a much smaller scale of course or having country place along the pass of thermopylae in Greece. Mexico judge faces arrest in death trial Acapulco Mexico a arrest orders have been issued for a judge dismissed while pre siding Over the trial of mrs. Sofia Celorio de Bassi and fora weapons expert who tested the gun with which she killed Herson in Law count Cesare d Acquarone of Verona informed of the arrest order the judge Artemio Arel Lano Cruz was quoted As reply ing i have the cleanest con science of All the Many officials in the government of Raimundo Abarca Alarcon governor of the state of Guerrero in which this resort City is located. The weapons expert is Marti Larranga an army Captain in charge of the mexican olympic shooting team. State atty. Horacio Hernandez Alcaraz say she wants both men to Appeal before him for experts ordered to examine for a third time the Walthur .32-caliber semiautomatic pistol with which mrs Bassi says she accidentally killed the count said the gun had been tampered with since the shooting. Alcaraz said Arel Lano Cruz was wanted for questioning about this alleged Tam Pering. Basis of defense mrs. Bassi s defense is base Don her Contention that when she accidentally pulled the trigger the gun fired fully automatically sending five bullets into the count s body. In an earlier test of the gun ordered by Arellano Cruz and conducted by Larranga the undid fire in a fully automatic manner. However according to defense attorneys it was not re turned to the Safe Deposit Box where As evidence in a criminal trial it should have been said he wants to de Termine whether the gun was tampered said Arellano Cruz was last seen in Acapulco three weeks ago but is now in nearby Arcelia. L Evi Vali to Fuller Dies Pasadena Calif. Up or Charles k. Fuller Whoso old fashioned revival hour radio broadcast was heard for nearly 43 years died tuesday of con Kestne heart failure. He was 80. S. Viet girl will attend Mich. College traverse City Mich up the grand traverse area Council of churches is Rais ing Money to allow a 19-year-old South vietnamese girl to attend Northern Michigan College Here. The girl Phuon Tran Thi has risked her life acting As an interpreter for . And Korea troops in combat areas around qui Thi is already enrolled to attend Jmc for four years and has the offer of free room and Board for two years Wither. And mrs. Frank Wysun. But the Church group is seek ing another $1,600 to finance the girl s transportation and a 10-week English course at Michigan state University a prerequisite for attending Jmc. Project s beginning the project began when capt. Richard de Fer formerly of traverse City and now a Forward air controller at qui Nhon wrote to his aunt mrs. Walt Kwasky who contacted the Church . Do Fer said " we encountered miss Thi since we Al ways had a need for an inter Preter for both prisoners an civil affairs. In Many cases miss Thi was called upon at the risk of her own life and without hesitation she always went when asked. Through her efforts Many Amer ican lives were he said the air controllers detachment and the korean Tiger div decided the College Educa Tion would repay miss Thi for her courage. Miss Thi. Whose father works for the . Army has five Brothers and Sisters including a brother who is a Pilot for the vietnamese air Force. Salli Forth Hollywood Sisalli Sachse has practically built a career out of appearing in the wave of Beach pictures and from the looks of it she Sready to plunge into a new one at a moment s notice. Crippled plane lands safely Evansville. Ind. Up a twin engine Delta airlines con Vair 440 with 39 passenger Sand a Crew of three made a wheels tip Landing Here wednes Day night after encountering mechanical trouble. All aboard escaped injury state police said. On legged vet joins . P new York a a paratrooper sergeant who lost a leg in the Vietnam War will be appointed a probationary patrol Man in the new York City police h e p a r t m e n to it was announced Lias Given too much to his country for us to turn our Backson him said commissioner Howard 1\. Leary announcing the appointment of sgt. Gerard 1. Simpsonjr. As a Rookie , 21, who lost his left leg above the knee from Shrap Nel wounds had been a police trainee when he left to join the army on oct. 1. 19o". He will be assigned initially to Telephone switchboard duty in a station House . Said then to other appropriate Law enforcement spokesman sail a one leu de Man has Mer before been appointed to the Cit s 28,000 mail p us Force the world s Iai
