European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Pago 2 the stars and stripes a in Day april 17. Gait s landlord describes mystery Man As pleasant Birmingham Ala. Up Eric Larvo gait object of an intensive Fri manhunt received a letter from Chicago a few weeks before the slaying of or. Martin Luther King jr., his landlord said  a copyrighted interview in the Birmingham news Rooming House manager Peter Nicholas Cherpes said the sketch of Heman wanted in King s slaying looked exactly like  was above the average Roomer in dress talk an appearance Cherpes said. He always wore sporty clothes Anda tie. He was always pleasant and i never knew of  Cherpes said gait did t say much about his family affairs Only that he was divorced. He Only talked about the weather never about politics or  he said gait stayed at his Rooming House from aug. 26 to oct. 7 last  said that during septem Ber gait received a prepaid package in the mail from Chicago. He said it weighed 20to 25 pounds was about two feet Long and one foot wide. The next Day Cherpes said gait told him it was the wrong merchandise and he planned to Send it  half an hour later i saw him carrying the Box to Hiscar Cherpes said. In october Cherpes said gait told him he was leaving for Mobile aa., to seek a Job. Gainsaid he expected a letter from Chicago and asked Cherpes toehold it for him. In february or March Cherpes said the letter came from Chicago. He said the envelope was thin and Green with a Chicago Post  was puzzled for a while where to mail it Cherpes  did t have an address for gait. So i held the letter for week and returned  when he received the letter Cherpes said he went to his file German 4th army i n e u ii a  e a Germany is a 29-year-old 4th army div Soldier died in this Stutt Gart suburb Early saturday of a Bullet wound suffered in an argument with a German the army said . 5 Freddie Dawson jr., of he and he co 2nd in 51stinf, at Hillesheim was visiting at the Home of a Friend in the company of staff sgt. Clarence e. Thomas of the same uni when an argument broke Oul with a German guest identified by army sources As Franz  is alleged to have picked up a .22 Caliper Rifle and shot Dawson through the neck. He was pronounced Deacon the scene by a German  is survived by his wife Christine of san Bernar Dino Calif. Fras is being held in custody by German police pending investigation by Ger Man and military police. 35 Oil tipped boat rescued Manila up the esp Eros a greek vessel rescued 35 Fili pinos from a boat which capsized350 Miles South of Manila Satur Day the philippine news serv ice said sunday. The philippine vessel overturned off Negros is land in the Central Philippines. Three infants drowned. To look for gait s registration card and found it. But when Fri agents came to him Las week Cherpes said it was  earlier denied know ing gait. He said this was because the Fri has asked him not to say anything about theman. Gait told Cherpes he was taking a Long vacation and expected to stay at the Rooming House three or four months. But he Only stayed six weeks Cherpes said. The Fri refuses to comment on the investigation even to confirm that it is searching the nation for gait. But there is no question that the Man known As Eric starve gait has become the object of widening search by Fri agents. 5 fliers saved 4 . Planet lost in North Saigon a two . Air Force f105 fighter bombers were shot Down Over the Southern pan handle of North Vietnam and two Navy f4 phantoms were los when they collided in the air monday military sources said tuesday. One of the f105 pilots  w. Wynn 44, mane Vered his crippled thunderchief 100miles South Over the South China quilts born in Remote Iran Village Tehran a a 35-year-oldiranian housewife identified As Zahra gave birth saturday to quintuplets three boys and two girls Tehran evening papers it Delaat and Kayhan reported tues Day. According to the papers motherland children Are doing Fine. The babies were reported Mohave been delivered by a Village midwife. No doctors were Avail Able. The births took place in Lalan a Village near Kalber in a mountainous Region. Health condition sin the Village Are said to be primitive. Lalan is Only accessible by mule and Donkey along a mule track in the Foothills of the15,000 feet High Gharechedagh Mountain South of the soviet order. Two other children the Mother married a 45-year-old Farmer identified As Moham med four years ago. They have two other children a boy and a girl. If we go on at this rate Weill soon have our race All Over the world commented the excited Mohammed. Villagers of Lalan Are visiting the quintuplets and taking gifts of clothing reports said. Four years ago a Tehran House wife had five babies who All died soon. Kali bar health officials accompanied by newsmen Are reported on their Way to Lalan by mule. Two greek sex premiers put under House arrest Athens a Greece s Mil itary backed regime said tues Day that two former Premier were placed under House arrest monday following recent excessive political activity forbidden by existing  two politicians George Papandreou 80, Leader of the enter Union party and Panay Iotis Canellopulos 87-year-Oldhead of the National Radical Union were placed under House restriction late monday night. Can t stand Napoleon settles for Plain Joe Welwyn Garden City England up for most of his 44 years Napoleon Potter name has been Good for a laugh on him. He s grinned and endured it As Long As he can re member. No More. I jus can t take u any longer be said monday. I m changing my name to Joe. I be always envied people named  so  c Chimp Chapeau Marie a Chimpanzee who works at a animal show in West Palm Beach fla., goes along with a gag by wearing this outlandish creation but can t manage anything better than a scowl when she looks into a Mirror. A photo Telephone strike termed Likely Washington a a nationwide Telephone strike of some 200,000 workers on thurs Day appears inevitable presi Dent Joseph a Beirne of thearl Cio communication work ers said  would take a Miracle at this Point to reach agreement without a strike against the Bell Telephone system Beirne said after a seven hour meeting of the Union s executive  Board is in full agree ment that the strike appears inevitable at this Point and that our position must be to press hard and unceasingly for the substantial general increase that our members both need and deserve Beirne said in statement. Wages for 23,000 Telephone installers now average $3.27 an hour and for All Telephone work ers $2.79. The Union is using the install ers in attempts to set a new wage  Union has turned Down wage offers which management officials estimate Are Worth More than 7 per cent for an 18-month contract. The strike deadline postpone for a week because of riots around the nation is 3 . Beirne said that because of the steady Rise in living costs As measured by the Federal government Union members have the strongest Case in years for catch up wage  in addition to the 23,000 Tele phone installers who work for Western electric co., a subsidiary of the american Telephone and Telegraph co., the strike would involve operators and other workers of the Bell sys tem in Ohio Illinois North and South Dakota Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin new Jersey Michigan Idaho Indiana Northern California Nevada the state of Washington and Washington d.c., a Union spokesman said. Because of the highly Auto mated Telephone system the strike initially would have Little effect on most Telephone users except for some Long distance Calls and Calls for which the services of an operator Are Nec Essary Beirne said. Sea until he was forced out at 18,000 feet. He was a by a helicopter within minutes after he radioed a Del Tress signal. The Pilot of the second Fifo Jet was listed As missing in an Tion. Sources said the two Navy Iet from carriers based in the ton Kin Gulf collided Southeast of Vinh a North vietnamese City about 145 Miles North of the a militarized zone Doz. All four crewmen parachuted into the water out of reach of enemy ground troops and were rescued quickly by Navy hell copters. Sources said the collision was not due to enemy action and that the f4s Yould not be carried a combat losses . Headquarters said the Thunder chiefs were downed by enemy antiaircraft fire while on strike missions in the Dong hoi area about 40 Miles North of the Doz. They were the first . Warplanes lost in combat Over the North in two week the last reported loss was an air Force f4 downed april 2three Days after president John son announced he was . Air strikes below the 20th parallel as1 a first step in de escalating title War. A Small patrol of american Jungle fighters was attacked tuesday by a freshly equipped North vietnamese platoon 23 Miles from Saigon reinforcing intelligence reports that Hanoi is infiltrating regulars into the me Kong Delta in some Force. The platoon attacked the patrol of Jungle reconnaissance specialists and pinned them Down forbore than an hour before Heli copters could Pluck them  Khe Sanh. Two brigades of the 1st Cav div airmobile have been pulled out of the area and tactical control of the Mili tary operation there has been put Back in the hands of the 3rdmarine div. Blaiberg celebrates month at Home Capetown South Africa up South african dentist Philip Blaxberg 58, tuesday celebrated his first full month at Home following his release fro Hospital As the world s Only surviving heart transplant  medical bulletin released by Capetown s groote Shuur hos Pital where the historic opera Tion was performed Jan. 2, said he is maintaining excellent Prog Ress and leading a near Normal life. _ weather h l. 60 41 77 42 84 44 67 64 68 43 7x 4 69 36 03 48 48 43 61 40 8841 60 39 68 m 60 37 66 38 71 36 60 31 68 38 63 28 84 40 36 14 74 32 76 42 80 61 88 71 69 38 87 66 76 42 . 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