European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              March 23, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 5 billion hounds in 20 months .mmbr1u.s. Ships hit reds hard Washington v Navy and air Force last year but it still had a devastating effect on the sources said 1,100 Junks and banjos mostly off North Vietnam were sunk or dam aged during the 20-month period. The bulk of the firepower How Ever was in support of ground troops in the River laced sections of South Vietnam they said. They added that the expected addition of the recommissioned battleship new Jersey later this year possibly could double the firepower of Allied sea forces in  shells which were in addition to the machine gun fire of . River patrol boats ranged from three to eight inches in Dia meter with five Inch High explosive types weighing about 50pounds being used most. If the new Jersey being re fitted in Philadelphia reaches Vietnam As scheduled late this year 16-Inch shells weighing 1,900 pounds each will be adde to the naval Arsenal there. Its guns can fire 8.5 tons of shells an  warships including the .-built destroyers Perth and Hobart operated by the Australi ans were reported to have virtually ended Daylight coastal traffic Between Haiphong and the North vietnamese port of Vinh the demilitarized just above  is an important jumping off Point to the to Chi Minh Trail. Most of the communist logistic Craft sunk or damaged in the area have been motor i cd Supply barges ranging from 50 to 150 feet Long. Land targets for naval gunfire in the North have included radar and communication Sites and transshipment Railhead. In sup port of troops in the South Al most every Type of target has been hit. Chechen chasers help 9ets9 pilots Houston Tex. A the mating Call of the Prairie Chick in is rarely heard in the land around Ellington air Force base Here. A helicopter with a net has captured 68 of an estimated population of 80 Prairie chickens the Texas Parks and wildlife department said thursday. Even a Small Bird sucked into a Jet intake can ruin an engine Worth $100,000 and endanger the Pilot s life. Astronaut Theodore c. Freeman Landing at Elling ton was killed when his Jet Trainer collided with a Goose. The might and brains of Theair Force space administration the . Fish and wildlife service Texas am University and the state Parks and wildlife department Only tugged and Salmon 61. Luthr 62. Ripped 53. Monkey 54. Employer 55. Being 66. Affirmative 57. Remain 68. Search horizontal 46. Imi Utor 1. Fastener 60. Smoked 5. Happy 9. Swamp 12. Bathe 13. Hind title 14. Overwhelm 13. So be it 16. Among 17. Under standing 18. Existed in. Machine part 20. Yield 21. Cravat 23. Constellation 25. Trophies 28. Money 32. Melted Rock 33. Disastrous 34. Chattered 37. At ease 39. Hebrew priest 40. Attach 41. Fish 44. N vertical 1. Cabbage Naiad 2. Title 3. Affirm 4. Entered 8. Adorns 6. Tibetan Monk 7. Beast 8. Per formed p. Cook answer to yesterday s Puzzle. Average time of to Luton j4 my nuts. 10. Was in debt11. Biological Factor 20. List of 22. Est 24. Note in scale 28. Mountain 26. Conflict 2 i i a Gardner 29. Under world god 30. Before 31. Color 35. Elevated railway abbr 36. Summarize37. A dessert 38. Theoretical Force 41. Kill 42. Bob 43. Hatchets 45. Region47. Attitude Inize 48. Scottish gaelic 49. Fume 51. Vehicle hauled at the problem inching toward Victory until a biologist with the Federal wildlife serv ice thought of helicopters. The technique is As simple Asa Hawk chasing rabbits. The chopper searches until a Chick in is flushed. It chases the Bird until it tires flops to the ground and attempts to hide. This usually takes about eight min utes. The chopper settles Over the Bird with the net. A Crew Man jumps out and catches the  the Birds have been taken to Refugio county whose Prairie Chicken population was almost destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961. The other half Are at Texas am where studies Are being conducted on How to persuade the rare Bird technically known As attwater s Prairie Chicken to reproduce in Captivity. Other duties Pat Nugent escorts his wife the former Luci Johnson to a state dinner in the White House in Honor of president Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay. Earlier Nugent had reported to Andrews air Force base to begin the process of returning to Active duty. Associated press photo Senate votes on ethics fund rules to be revised Washington a the Senate voted thursday to re write two major rules of con duct proposed by its ethics com Mittee 1. It voted 41 to 40 against Al lowing senators to use private contributions for office sex penses.2. It decided 43 to 37 to exempt top senatorial assistants from a proposed Rule barring All Senate employees from handling Campaign  to accept donations toward the reasonable expenses of running senators offices had Boon proposed by the bipartisan ethics committee headed by sen. John Stennis  rejected Seimis argued in vain that it would be unreasonable and wrong to Cut a senator off from Hoin allowed to use funds that come into his hands m goo Faith for expenses of his office. Sen. Clifford p. Case.  sponsored the amendment knocking out the office expense privilege contended that if senators present expense allow ances Are inadequate they should be reexamined. He said Public offices should to supported by Public  office allowances vary according to the population of their states. They receive an average of about $130,000 a year to hire assistants and Secre . Howard w. Cannon d nev., protested that Case s amendment was a Rich mans amendment which would enable wealthy senators to do things for their constituents that other members could not afford. Left untouched by Case s amendment was a proposal that senators be permitted to use the proceeds of fund raising events for political Campaign expenses. Case noted that it is up to each senator to constitutes office decide what expense and what is Campaign expense. A Man can be raising Money for elections the Day after he is voted into office he  left untouched was a pro posed Rule forbidding senators from using any of the proceeds from fund raising events for personal pocket  recommendation stemmed from the Case of sen. Thomas j. Dodd a Conn. Who was censured last year for mis using political funds. W e e pals italian traffic toll Hoytt a the number of italian traffic deaths Rose to 9.17ii in h ti7. Compared with 8.904 in ill Iii. The italian him tute for Sla wrong Here s the Correct answer. Connie