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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, April 14, 1968

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Sunday Aprim vat  Thi stars and stripes in provinces Tokyo a the lifts announced a three Day Pease it to four provinces the cambodian Border effective .8$ by Hanoi s Vietnam ,8agency Vna said. Vifa in a broadcast  said the cease fire was or Derek on the occasion of the cambodian new year festival. The order was issued by the committee of the South Vietnam National front for liberation the Viet Cong s political Arm. In the provinces that Are inhabited by the majority of Khmer people in South Vietnam. For festival it said a communique ordered the people s liberation formed forces to cease military attack son the occasion of the new year festival so that the Khmer born troops and personnel in the Sai gon army and administration May return to their families and enjoy the festival of the cot Fri Tion that they do not go by groups and do not carry weapons Orleans of  the four provinces Are Angang Chau Doc Kien Pong and a Xuyen. Lbs signs Bill extending excises Washington a Presl Dent Johnson Friday signed the excuse tax Extension Bill keeping the rates at 7 per cent on Auto mobiles and 10 per cent on local Telephone service. The Bill gives Congress More time to work on a spending Cut and tax increase package. Johnson also signed a Bill appropriating $28 million for unemployment compensation for Federal employees and returning Vietnam veterans. Old Friend returns alter a year s absence the Eiffel Tower s old companion the statue of Liberty a Minia Ture of the one in new York Sha Boris Back at her old stand in Paris. She was re moved during construction of Crenelle Bridge. A photo lived by killed rap Brown or me new York a Blac Power advocate Stokely Carmi Chael said Friday it would have been better if the Assassin of or. Martin Luther King or had killed him or i rap Brown. They clearly made a mis take when they killed or. King Carmichael told a new  would have been far better if they killed rap Brown or myself. Then they could have said that they lived by the sword and they died by the sword there is no possible Way for them to make an excuse for or. King s killing he said. He preached love forgiveness and mercy Carmichael said the assassination would be a powerful unifying Force for Black peo  he said the ranks of Mili Tant negroes would begin to grow. Carmichael said the slaying of or. King Means a lot of people who were afraid to pick up guns will now pick up  Black Power advocate said he was totally convinced that the assassination was the result of a conspiracy. Where Gates of Paradise restored in Florence Florence Italy a the five panels of the priceless Gates of Paradise damage Din the flood of november 1966, were returned to their place Over the weekend fully cleaned and  panels part of the doors of the baptistry of the Florenc Cathedral were torn away by the Waters of the Arno River. They were nicked and dented. The doors were done by Lor Enzo Ghiberti in 14 25-52. They Are regarded As one of the outstand ing marvels of the Renaissance. Michelangelo said they were worthy to be the Gates of Para  were the Fri agents he asked. Carmichael former head of the student nonviolent coordinating committee spoke at news conference open Only to negro reporters. Brown succeeded Carmichael As head of the militant group. Carmichael also told a convention of the National Black Antiwar ant draft movement that negro and White ant draft organizations must be  youths he said View draft opposition As an intellectual exercise while for negro youths avoiding the draft is matter of life and death. The White left i talking about reforming and saving America Carmichael said but America must be burned Down in order for us to  about 300 youths from several major cities attended the conference held to discus methods of avoiding military service. The group with aboriginal membership of 60, was formed last january after a Dis Pute Between negro and White representatives at a conference of the National mobilization committee to end the War i Vietnam. Helps psychological War sgt. Snatches payroll enemy s Dong Tam Vietnam a snatching an army payroll is hardly the Way for a sergeant Towin a medal unless the payroll belongs to the  platoon sgt. Law rence nine was t thinking about anything of the sort when he Cut Down a Viet Cong with a burs from his m16. It was near the end of a hard Day s slogging beneath a swelter riots Hurt easter shopping business by United press International the nation s racial disorders sliced sharply into the lucrative easter shopping business in Many violence wracked cities United press International sur vey showed Friday. Department stores in som cities recouped in the latter Days of the pre easter week after suffering jolting losses of sales volume at the Peak of Las weekend s riots. While figures were hard to come by it appeared that business losses were substantial and in some instances enor Mous. Department stores with major suburban outlets fared better than those who relied principally upon sales at downtown  train and bus lines generally confirmed the fact of life reported by Many downtown store executives suburbanite refrained from venturing into the inner cities and turned instead to outlying Branch stores to buy Spring  is off More than 50 per cent downtown said an official of a Nashville tenn., department  was t ruined but it would have been a much bigger season had it not been for the racial rioting a Pittsburgh store spokesman said. In Washington business was off considerably but came Back strongly thursday and Friday and was expected to Peak saturday. A spokesman for a larg Echain of department stores in Baltimore said downtown store obviously suffered a considerable drop off in business for there easter season but that suburban stores did better than average Trade. Ing Mekong Delta Sun. The 33-year-old Marksman from Colum Bia s.c., was Content with bag Ging one of the elusive Viet Cong and capturing his  went up to make sure he was dead and pick up his weapon nine says. Then All this Money fell out and i yelled. We got paymaster we bundled it Back up and got  when nine brought the Mone Yback to battalion Headquarters the staff in the squad tent erupted like College boys after win Ning the big game. There were shouts and corny jokes and everybody gathered around the battered Olive drab Field table where the Money was dumped neat bundles of notes adding up to 358,000 plasters equivalent Tomore than ?3,000. It. Col. William t. Leggett Rocky mount n.c., commander of the 2nd battalion 39th infantry 9th division happily jumped the radio network to brigade with the Good news. The Money would beheading Back along with the prisoner and a stack of documents As soon As a helicopter arrived. By Nightfall the prisoner was being questioned and the brigade commander col. Henry Emer son of Milford pa., who won the name the gunfighter during previous tour in Vietnam was cooking up an evening s skullduggery. Get pm where it hurts chortled the lanky sex airborne Soldier who takes As much pleas ure in outsmarting the Viet Cong As he does in out fighting  Midnight Emerson had a psychological warfare plan lazily circling above the Viet Cong s marshy  re not going to get your  this month a vietnamese voice boomed from the plane s powerful loud speaker. We killed your paymaster this after  s commander put him in for a medal. Lone chaplain out of funds strip s gamblers Are left without a prayer. _  
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