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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, April 8, 1968

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 2 the stars and stripes lands across wire at garbage pump first reinforcing gis March into monday Phi 8, 1968 Sanh from a and Dpi dispatches Saigon . Marines at Khz Sanh made their first link up with reinforcing american troops sunday. The Long awaited meeting took place without resistance at the base garbage dump. With hands stretched across the barbed wire a 1st air Cav div trooper pfc. Juan Fornoni of puerto Rico said hello to Marine Lance Cpl. James Hellebuyck of  to see you said for Nondi. United press International Cor respondent Perry Young who accompanied the air cavalrymen to the perimeter of the base said the army troops were forced to skirt mine Fields in order to get to the  air cavalry troops walked up the niacin Road into Khe san without resistance Young re ported tightening the Allied Griph the once4hreatened base. American forces engaged Only scattered bands of North Viet namese troops As fresh allies moved into the Post that had been besieged for 77 Days. . Military spokesmen re ported 160 enemy bodies were found around the fortress,b52s struck two Sites in the area late saturday fahd  troop concentrations bunkers and storage areas fourth six Miles to the Southwest helicopters hovered overhead where Only a few weeks ago they would have come under heavy to fulfil her  dream mrs. King pleads for nonviolence Atlanta up the widow of Martin Luther King or. Says her husband died in Pursuit of nonviolence and begged those who loved and admired him to join us in fulfilling his  a Clear soft voice Coretta King said her husband knew this was a sick society totally infested with racism and Vio Lence. Nothing Hurt him More than  in King s Southern Christian leadership conference said the White House asked mrs. King to make a plea for an end to the violence that has wracked the country following her Hus band s killing in Memphis. But she did not specifically ask for an end to the rioting in her Brief statement saturday made in the Sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church where her Hus ban often preached. "1 have consented to appear publicly because thousands of people have asked now they could carry on my husband s work she  husband gave his life for the poor of the world the Gar Bage workers of Memphis and the peasants of Vietnam. Nothing Hurt him More than that men could attempt no Way to solve problems except through Vio Lence she went  gave his life in search of a More excellent Way a More effective Way a creative rather than a destructive  intend to go on in search of that  Day that the negro people and others in bondage Are truly free i know my husband will 75 pakistanis drown in mishap Dubai up at least 75 per sons drowned when a motor launch jammed with 444 Paki Stanis capsized off this trucial state persian Gulf port thursday night in was announced Here Sun  25 passengers aboard the launch were missing and presumed drowned. The launch filled Well beyond capacity was returning from Kubair in saudi  least 320 survivors of whom 60 were treated at hospitals were picked up by Rescue teams. Rest in a Long deserved  knew that at any moment his physical life c o u id be Cut Short and we faced this possibility squarely and  husband faced the possibility of death not with bitter Ness or hatred. He knew that this was a sick society totally infested with racism and violence that questioned his integrity maligned his motives and distorted his views which would ultimately Lead to his death and he struggled with every ounce of his Energy to save that society of itself 1dressed in Black seated on a worn wooden chair before thick wooden Cross with a Flicker ing Orange Light bulb Over it mrs. King gazed at the Tele vision cameras and said our children say calmly baddy is not dead. He May be physically dead but his spirit will never die she praised the Rev. Ralph search spreads for King s Slayer continued from Page 1 where or. King was slain. But Clark interviewed on Tele vision said it was not appropriate to disclose where the search has led. Clark said the evidence collected still Points to the Assumption that one Man killed King. There is no evidence that More were involved he  have a substantial amount of evidence and i Hope we can have an Early and successful conclusion he , in Atlanta thou Sands of anguished negroes file past King s body saturday night to say Goodby to the Man who died for them his head rested on White Satin in an african mahogany coffin under huge electric candelabra High in the vaulted ceiling of sister s Chapel at Spelman col lege. " some of the mourners sob Bedas they filed past the casket. He died for Freedom that what he died for one woman said to the next person in  died for  four blocks from the Chapel police reported n negroes looted stores. Beside the casket negro students handed out pamphlets charging that Black people Are killing his  Black people Are using the death of our great Black Leader for an excuse to Rob and steal and destroy it said. We Are asking you in the King s name to respect his  on sunday americans of Al races creeds and colors joined together for memorial Marchesand services in cities across the country to show their grief Over the murder. Other observances around the nation were planned for monday and tuesday the Day of King funeral. While plans were set for the memorials the Southern Chris Tian leadership conference called for other solemn processions in tribute to its slain  March on monday which King had planned to Lead has now become a memorial to him. Leaders expect anywhere from5,000 to 40.000" to join in the Memphis  Atlanta the Rev. Ralph d. Abernathy. King s successor Ashead of the Southern Christian leadership conference said a Many As 100,000 Are expected for the funeral tuesday meanwhile the Memphis medi Cal examiner said or. King die within seconds of being hit by a single Bullet. Or. Jerry fran Cisco made Public the result of the  the path of the Bullet leads me to believe or. Kin was dead before he arrived at the Hospital Francisco  might have been some sign of life from a medical standpoint and this prompted the at tending physician to make Ever Effort to save  Kiesinger turns 64bonn a West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger marked his 64th birthday Satur Day. Abernathy who succeeded Kingas. Leader of the Sulc. My husband always said that if anything Ever happened to him he would like for Ralp Abernathy to take his  when it was his time to speak Abernathy sitting beside mrs. King looked into the camera Sand said even though you May have been Able to Stop the heart beat of Martin Luther King you cannot Stop the movement  14 arrested in rioting on Gibraltar Gibraltar a fourteen persons were under arrest Satur Day and about 12 policemen were being treated for injuries follow ing a Day of violent Demontra stations on Gibraltar. The demonstrations were apparently the outcome of a recent visit to Spain by two Gibraltar lawyers and two businessmen. Their visit was reported to be for unofficial talks with Spanish officials about Spain s relation with Gibraltar. Spain wants the Rock returned to Spanish  demonstrators shouted we want to stay British an gathered outside the governor s Palace demanding to see him. Small delegation was allowed in Side. Sex Titues Man joining new Day Garden City Navy. Up Sydney Gruson former editor and chief executive officer of the new York times International edition in Paris will become assistant publisher of new Day on Long Island May 1.gruson, 51, worked for the times As a correspondent i Europe Israel Mexico and Cen trial America. He was name foreign editor in 1985 and was named editor and chief executive officer of the International edition in 1968.gruson helped negotiate the merger of the times inter National edition with the Paris edition of the new York Herald Tribune and the Washington Post. P o g 0 fire. Allied forces roamed the surrounding Ridgel neg where North vietnamese had dug their%tt�8uand  j of p ten ouch Down beside the burned out hulks of Fate draft wrecked a wed ago by Ahil Liry and  v the sweep of the surrounding Countryside continued Marine battled a North vietnamese com Pany about two Miles Northwest of Khe Sanh saturday killing a least 48 As four marines died. South vietnamese rangers re ported discovering 70 bodies above a half mile East of Khe Sanh. They said most had been killed by air strikes or artillery fire. . Bombers also flew eight missions to ind the a Shau is Ley known to Bei the leading flip j a Point for communist troops operating round  the air War Over North Viet Narn american pilots pounded targets in the area of Vinh for the second Day in a Row. A strikes were reported North of the 0th  air Force also said two new fill fighter bombers had arrived in Thailand replacing those that went Down. Taking Over fort Brig. Gen. Oscar e. Davis assistant commander of the 1st air Cav div said a brigade of the i Vislen with its huge Fleet of troop carrying and rocket firing helicopters is taking Over the Khe Sanh fortress from the marines. The brigade numbers about 4,000. There have been8,000 Marine defenders inside the base and on Hills flanking  1st air Cav div is the most Mobile in South Vietnam Able to leapfrog troops to Virtu ally any trouble  told associated press correspondent Robert ohm Anthan the 28lh Marine regt which has been at Khe Sanh since Las Spring will move into the Field and operate in its tactical Are of  the area was not defined for Security  Marine commander col. David Lownds 47, said the marines will be very Happy to get out of Here. They Are aggressive. They want to get out and go. Few regrets if i have any regrets i la thing of one of the Days whence had 1,100 incoming rounds and that should make me  Lownds said that when his marines mover out of the base to will feel that my kids have won this Battle. My mls Sron he added Wasto hold. W have held with a minimum of casualties. No we be got another Mission and that s our new  former . Envoy Dies new York up ecly s. Crocker 72, former . Ambassador to Iraq and the Man who received the formal Japa Nese declaration of War on we United states on dec. 8, died Here saturday. To retired from the diplomatic service w1855. _ weather Miami 1 3, temperature i. 41 u Beaton m 44 88 b thl9 70 u m Chicago 6 62 94 Cincinnati 69 44 81 cd a land 78 68 07 so a nor 4t 2� 47 28 a to it 47 28 70 42 port Worth 68 60 69 61 Houston 63 60 m Kansas City 6ft 70 63 Loang a i 64 37 mj2 new Vork w66 Pho Nix  43 by jello 2 by Louit  
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