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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 24 the stars and stripes april 5, i960  Over 11111 and kill they came it s a Sweet sour world pickles find Washington up the republicans have the elephant and the democrats the. Donkey but now hear this a sculptured Golden Eagle with a 6-foot 3-Inch win Japan Topping a four foot Pedestal an clutching a very Green 2-foot 3 Inch Pickle in its  that s the Symbol of Pickle Power. And Pickle packers from Ull Over the world gathered her today to form the Pickle political party and to set up the Pickle platform. The Picklo platform Accord ing to Pickle spokesmen stands for hard work decency Good cheer and a fundamental belief that people should be Dillies.  while finding much to criticize party polemicist made passionate speeches praising the Flag Mother and the Pickle. One unnamed Pickle politician said in a prepared text Seldom have i been More flattered than i am at this moment for it s not every Day you can then go Home and brag to your neighbors Tho unveiling of the .1wiu.1power Eagle presided Overum of a Pickle was in conjunct Loal with a two Day meeting of pick packers International lie marines find 3o bodies Hill near Kho Sanh taken Saigon up a ., Dent Johnson said the bombing Marine battalion swept nearly a would be limited mile out of Khe Sanh thursday the Marine battalion up Toad  Hill 471 in the increasingly bloody Campaign to lift the North vietnamese siege of the isolated fortress while radio Hanoi said american planes bombed North Vietnam Northwest Corner an area far outside the area to which presi 1.500 men reported finding Uon Orth vietnamese bodies apparently killed by artillery in the push to Hill 471, overlooking Khe Sanh from the  of the  1st Cav div occupied another part of the High ground commanding fir of sgt. Reports Wile is missing Wiesbaden is an air Force sergeant on emergency leave from Vietnam has asked German and  Military authorities Here for assistance in the disappearance of his  airman was identified As s. Sgt. James m. Perry 28, on leave from the 37th transportation so in  Gregory american red Cross Field director in wies Baden said thursday that Perry arrived in Germany earlier this week to pick up his wife in route to the United states where his father is critically ill after suf Fering a stroke. The sergeant told air Force investigators that his German born wife Maria Elisabeth had disappeared from her parents Home in Cologne in  investigator said the Wom an reportedly withdrew Money from a savings account at a Mainz Bank on feb. 29 and has not been heard from since. German and air Force police said they Are continuing the investigation. 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M 31 41 i 3 4 43?, 63. 3944. 34 70 31j 34 623 4 4344 33 691,. 31 a 23 /4 2494 14 ing positions into Khe Sanh. Fog and a murderous North Viet namese artillery barrage inflicted casualties and stalled the big Allied push along Highway 9 to relieve the fort. The Allied infantry tank juggernaut pushing up Highway 9 was Only two Miles front Khe Sanh. The  Command said opera Tion Pegasus which began Mon Day had killed at least 57 North vietnamese at a Cost of nine americans killed and 78 wounded most of them by artillery. The Hanoi radio report on Theair raid said three Waves hit a populated area 30 Miles West of the North vietnamese provincial capital of Lai Chau. This is 10miles East of the laotian Border and about 30 Miles South of the communist chinese Frontier. 57 reds killed the  Command said no american planes have hit above the 20th parallel since monday morning when Johnson s bomb ing curtailment went into  radio did not mention the limitation in its report on Theolai Chau raid. Frontline dispatches about operation Pegasus said a com Pany about 200 men of the1st Cav div occupied the Ridge line overlooking Khe Sanh with out a fight wednesday in the leap Frog assault into the Hill ahead of the advancing columns on Highway 9.in Saigon a  Spokesman said More americans were killed or wounded during the week end ing last saturday than in another week of the War. There were 330 killed and 3,886wounded. The 4,216 casualties was nearly 1,000 More than the previous High in the War in the wee end ing March 9 when 3,275 Ameri cans were killed or  the second straight Day american planes struck a rail Road siding near Thanh Hoa bombing within a mile of the20th parallel. Deadly twisters strike six states f con tinned from Page 1 classrooms. It smashed win Dows in the band room an twisted Light poles on the Field but no one was  tornadoes were in Iowa near Hernando and Golden,miss., and Soco to. Damage was estimated in the millions. A Tornado howled through trailer Park near Millington a suburb of Memphis shooting television sets through Walls like Cannon balls and injuring 55persons. Hospital and police official said about 70 persons were injured in Tennessee none se-Riously-16 in the Arkansas tornadoes and about 16 More i Western Kentucky. Most of the tornadoes struck in Rural areas in the darkness. They ripped pavement of highways uprooted Trees in roofed buildings and sucked Ana Kansas Man out of his House killing  Ritcherson 28, and his wife Sherry 28, were driving Home after Ritcherson s dinner father with  the Tornado met them on the Road. It hurled their car 50 feet of the Road and slammed a s-by-10 foot slab of pavement on top of them killing both the adults and critically injuring a 7-year-old child. The Tornado continued up the Road and hit the House they had just left crushing mrs. Ritcher son s father under a Chimney. In addition to the tornadoes a Millington Atoka and gift others touched Down at Burlison an Rosemark in Tennessee destroy ing businesses and  resident of the Millington trailer Park Robert Mueller said a television set flew through the Wall of their trailer and landed in bed with one of his sons. The child was  with Montgomery were Dowland Robert Memphis fears Fiot next Weeh Memphis Tenn. A Federal judge was told thursday that the negro Community is so worked up that another mass demonstration Here next wee could be worse than Watts or worse than  director Frank Hollo Man said he had received re ports that negroes Are buying guns from wholesale houses incur neighbouring state of Arkan  he said also that negro youths have been supplied for several weeks with specific instructions on How to make Molo Tov cocktails and  am convinced that Martin Luther King his leaders or any others cannot control a March Holloman told  Dist. Judge Ailey drown. Hollomon  arguing in sup port of a temporary restraining order granted by Tho judge wednesday which forbids the March which King planned in support of striking sanitation workers Here. King seeking to have the order set aside has indicated he will not heed it in any Case. The March was scheduled for monday. Hollomon said to also had received information from a member of the Kun flux klan that a March by the White supremacy organization also willbe scheduled and carried out  seeking the injunction City officials said they feared a re Currence of the Brief spurt of rioting which was spawned by March led by King a week ago. Son counties in Tennessee inches or More of rain fell in the area but Clarksville May Rcharles Crow said if we do not have additional rain i think the worst is  the High Way patrol said there we flooding from Erin Tenn., to Hopkinsville  was 10 feet deep in parts of Erin knocking out the town s Supply of drinking water. We understand that one or two houses have been washed away the spokesman said. Humphrey hints he May be candidate Pittsburgh up Vic president Hubert h. Humphrey let a roaring Welcome from Pennsylvania Al Cio Conven Tion thursday carry him closet announcing his expected presidential candidacy i like your  he told some 2,500 enthuse Jisuck if to just Little longer Union  together a we re going to be together a  but the vice president put offa formal declaration of his candidacy at least until pres ident Johnson returns from his Honolulu peace Mission this weekend. He grinned informed that happily when labor Secretary Willard Wirtz had Given him his open support for the democratic presidential ," said the Sis year a old vice president. He s a Noodlman with Good Jud Gnu it. In appreciate  touched Only in directly on politics when lie told the Pittsburgh labor meeting that All americans should stand together in Unity behind president Johnson quest for peace in Vietnam he pledged himself to nothing that in any Way will impair Johnson s Mission to  won a four minute do standing ovation when As reentered the ballroom of Pittsburgh Hilton hotel. To officer then speaking said i yield to the next president Tho United  army oks promotion of 67,897 Ems Washington is army is authorizing Tho promo Tion of 67,897 enlisted imn w Tho top six grades this month according to an Daunou Scemeni wednesday. This is an average monthly authorization. The breakdown by Grade lows to e9, 15 158, it 157, 442 e6, 1,122 e5, 21,2fi9, add k4, 44,951  
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