European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Khe Sanh marines monday april 1, from a and Saigon outnumbered Amer ican marines killed 115 North vietnamese saturday in n Savage Jungle Battle around their encircled fortress at Khe forces killed another 147 communists in clashes else where along the demilitarized Oik meanwhile America s newest Jet the $6 million kill a. Was reported grounded pending an investigation of the loss last wee of two of the swing win fighter . Officials in Saigon said 30 allies were killed and 181wounded in the Daylong heavy fighting along the biggest Battle erupted sat urday morning when More than200 marines pushed out of Khe Sanh and assaulted 400 North vietnamese regulars entrenched in heavily fortified position about a mile South of the beleaguered company from the 26lh Marine regt pushed out shortly after Daybreak and contacted the North vietnamese an hour poured in heavy Rifle and machine gun fire and had Artil Lery Pound the communist Posi Saigon spokesman said the fight lasted one hour and the marines counted 115 communist marines were reported killed and 42 after noon another Marine probe out of Khe Sanh up1 dispatches struck Westward and reported killing 15 reds. However on sunday Viet con troops stormed Marine and South vietnamese positions an blew up two Bridges the allies wore protecting on the Mai Supply line to the Frontier posts. . Headquarters said 150i enemy troops moving under the i cover of darkness attacked the Allied Security elements along National Highway 1 near Hue overran one Bridge and destroyed it with Center Span of the second Bridge a mile away also was wrecked with Satchel charges. Nine Viet Cong troops and 14marines were reported killed and 30 marines wounded in the 40-minute Exchange of machine guns mortars and grenades atthe two Bridges. Home is where the ii Ajit in t Yankee outfielder Bui Robinson seems to have quit running in the face of a. Hard fag by met Catcher Jerry Grote on an attempted double steal in a game at St. Petersburg Fin. Or throw to second has was swiftly returned the out was Rattler forcibly made As Zlobl slog face a Pha by. Continued fro n Tim 1 him about Iio Chi Minh was not the North vietnamese Leader s communist ideas about distribution of the wealth but that he belonged to another generation. Rejecting the idea that How Ould ask the chinese to Semi in troops to fight by said to Chi Minh is a Vietnam Ese and hates the chinese like i do. He knows very Well that he would make the biggest mis take of his life if he would Cal them. To Chase out the chinese we would All also attacked american military tactics in Vietnam say ing the War will be decided i Saigon not at Khe Sanh. The americans Are the ones who at tribute importance to Khe Sanh not the North the reporter s implication that by did not like White men he said their time is ended. And for that reason i am not interested in their criticism either. Of this or. Kennedy who spits at us because we Are corrupt and hates me when i reply yes we Are. The corruption Sticks Inus like lust. Hut you or. Ken Nedy Are very Rich and i would very much like to know if your father perchance became Richby extending his hand to Cor s concept of democracy by said is simply laugh Able As is his concept of free Bobby urges support for Mccarth continued from a i cd t Waukee interview said if republicans help him defeat Johnson tuesday it will be because gop liberals support him As an alter native to the administration s rigid Vietnam with a vote for peace slogan Mccarthy said that the Days Are Over when re publicans would choose a demo cratic ballot merely to aim a blow against a candidate they expect to their nominee to oppose in old pattern of party Loy Alty is breaking up he said. I republicans Cross Over in the primary to vote for me it willbe because they have no alter native in their own party and be cause they want to Register their protest against the prevailing War policies. "1 am the Only alternative the have in that to Cross Over in a primary election is for a person enrolled in one party to Murk a ballot of the other party a primary is an expression of voter sentiment on Choice of a candidate at the party National Cross Over device frequently has been used to nominate a weak candidate in one party thu giving an advantage to the opposing party in the general elec Tion. Wisconsin voters can choose either party s ballot. The fear among supporters of president Johnson and Richard m. Nixon is that a great Many republicans without a significant con test in their primary will vote the democratic line. Nixon will have slight opposition on tues Day. Fighting against this tendency truss fare is $2.25 Taipei Formosa Frankfurt London p 4 am 52 48 48 41 45 65 c dear p partly Cloudy m Maud p re Munich t Fri p 46 i it twin r 64 Home. I to whee iut c r a no Hanoi stops but plans to from a and t i dispatches Tokyo North Vietnam Sun Day ruled out the release of Cap tured american fliers As a reciprocal gesture or the freeing of three captured North Vietnam Ese limit radio Hanoi said two captured american women would be released by the Viet foreign ministry statement broadcast by radio Hanoi i captured american airmen were criminals and not in the Sam category As the three North Viet namese returned to three vietnamese were captured during the Gulf of ton Kin incident and were released As a after North Vietnam re leased three captured fliers. But Hanoi said there would be Nomore reciprocity. The statement said the women identified As Sandra Johnson a teacher in Vietnam with the International volunteers g r o u a and or. Marjorie Nelson Cap tured in the Tel offensive against releasing fliers free 2 . Women Sandra Johns of Hue would be released before april 1." the announcement of the impending release of or. Nelson came too late for her . Karl Nelson died wednes Day in a Kokino. Jnd., Hospital and was buried saturday in bad axe i.iich., a few hours after the Hanoi announcement. Or. Nelson s father said the quakers had been negotiating in Cambodia for the release of the two captives and that to had Learned Friday night that the talks had been successful. To said his daughter would probably return to the United states for a few weeks before returning to Vietnam where she is a Quaker missionary in Clio mich., miss Johnson s father Paul Johnson said the news was wonderful if it s True hut you can t to sure until it to Suid he had received no word from her since her capture Asia but has advocated Grea military and peace negotiate efforts. Mccarthy has called de escalation of the War and gotta tons toward a Chalit government in Saigon. Mccarthy said Johns scheduling of a National Bra cast 36 hours before the Cousin primary voting a to be about As coincidental the milk support Price incr a tiie administration put int feet last Wisconsin i a Dairy will broadcast the or monday after the 7 , and again at 6 35 . Mccarthy announced he Wou Ianswer the president on a tonal broadcast monday nig Secretary of agriculture Ville l. Freeman campaigns related Story Page g for Johnson like other cab members has emphasized administration s interest informers. In his final round Howo Freeman sounded a theme administration supporters against Mccarthy in the n Hampshire primary. He said vote for the Minnesota scan i would be a vote for a Pement chaos and a deeper evolvement in Vietnam t would lend Down the Road to other world continued his Nign in and around ill Wauie has been concentrating h on the civil rights accused Johnson in a s inlay night speech of note standing the problems of cities and not trying to Sal them. He said the admin is Tion was avoiding taking to prevent riots. Mccarthy walked the sired of Milwaukee s business san and of smiling greeting Angood wishes from most of Thos he approached. Flaw in Saturn Kocky delays Apollo again Cape Kennedy us d electronic flaw in the first s of the second Saturn 5 no rocket saturday forced Antom Day s do Lay in the Pinill launching attempt. The ear flight Date is now thursday it was the fifth delay weeks for the unmanned so i signed to qualify the rouf tanned operations
