European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes b Page 3 a Vietnam Isby the chair u comes in the Wake of group s Vietnam Aid critic i j and a verbal Battle be in in chairman rep. Johne Moss a Calif. And draft Dif we. Vietnam Aid. The sub committee is the chief House Monitor of the Freedom of in formation act which it helped years  is expected to ask the fill committee to Block Dawson s but rep. Ogden r. Reid in is the subcommittee s rank ing r e p u b 1 i c a a charge wednesday night that an at tempt to muzzle the foreign operations and government information subcommittee is a Dis service to the nation at a time the Congress bears a Especial responsibility to the american people to provide in dependent information and Eval  a critical juncture in our affairs when dissent is not Al ways encouraged the abolition of the watchdog subcommittee on foreign operations and government information in the con Gress should not be permitted Reid  himself declined com ment until i have had an Opportunity to discuss the matter fully with chairman  last fall the subcommittee my ,jfgt5etjt rep Ltd total what it termed slow Progress Inland Reform in. South Vietnam and failure of u. A officials to Force a faster Pace the report was delayed for months in the committee but was finally released Early this year after it had become partially out of Date in addition the subcommittee has recently launched the first full congressional study of the Alliance for Progress program in latin America. Under tfe4 proposed reorganization outlined by Daw fion last week in a letter to rep. Flor ence p. Dwyer. R-n.j., Moss would become head of a new subcommittee on conservation and Energy while foreign operations would be merged into Dawson s special studies sub committee. Two other subcommittees would also be eliminated. In addition to his committee chairmanship the 81-year-old Dawson is a vice chairman of the democratic National com Mittee. Editors criticize credibility Gap Washington up committee of newspaper editors x wednesday the credibility eap is wider under president Johnson than under previous presidents largely because jigs administration seems to practice official deceit even when there is no reason for it. All administrations manipulate the news to a greater or less extent. All have Bee known to conceal exaggerate belittle distort and even lie about important information when it served their interests Todo so said a report from the Freedom of information an press bar committee of the american society of newspaper editors Asne. Coping with this is the task of every Washington reporter and the ability to Cope with it i what separates the men from the boys. But under lbs the coping is immeasurably More difficult because official deceits practice both when there is a reason for it and when therein not. This administration follows a policy of obscurantism for its i own  the report was made Public at the opening session of the Asne s annual convention at tended by some 500 newspaper editors from across the nation. The committee headed by  Murray of the Arizona Republic also voiced concern about the National pastime of blaming the press for Badi news.". During the past year it said the press came under Sharp i criticism from Many sides an often for directly contradictory reasons. Alienated Young people accused the press of speaking for the establishment anxious parents accused it of promoting the hippie cult. Many concerned americans vented their frustrations on the press because it reflects accurately How con fused and troubled the world is instead of producing  the committee appealed to Edi tors to take special pains in the coming year to avoid giving the Public valid reasons for antagonism toward news Media. It behoves the press to Loo to its performance the report said. This does not mean eschew ing the unusual the offbeat even the negative since All of these tend to be More newsworthy than their oppo Sltes. But it does mean a renewed determination by Edi tors to be responsible fair accurate balanced and  the report also urged editors to continue waging vigorous Battle against the american bar association s proposals for new restrictions on coverage of crime and court news. It said the proposed rules ignore the rights of citizens and give police departments the Power to manage crime news at a time when Public concern i High Over rising crime rates. Khe Sanh reds allowed to flee nettled Jill wearing something which might be de scribed As a Tennis net that made Good actress Jill St. John looks pleased with her self. Others certainly should be pleased with her. Circulation office phone numbers wedding added to honeymoon b a pm new flan Civ 739368 Civ Rel Ern. Mil. Mil Ohe Nelch 705 7050 Malaga Spain up danish electrician and his swedish Fiancee missed their wedding in order to make the honeymoon. They were married while flying to Malaga. Poul Erick Christensen 37,and Helmy Olsen 46, were married in a civil ceremony aboard the aircraft taking 143 other passengers to this Seaside resort. B aulm Civ 885189 i i. Italy Weghorn ctr 8300x exl Sou. Subscribe now by rement mowing Only North koreans deny , truck ambush Panmunjom Korea a North Korea thursday flatly rejected the United nations com Mand s charges that communist raiders ambushed a truck near Panmunjom killing two Ameri can and two South korean sol Diers and wounding two others  korean maj. Gen. Park Choong Kook told the command we have nothing to do with the incident and we Are not responsible for it took place Well inside your  Christensen and miss Olsen were to have been married wednesday morning in Copen Hagen then Fly to Malaga in the afternoon. But the flight was put off until thursday morn ing. Rather than miss the plane they cancelled the ceremony. But they asked Erhard Jacob sen mayor of the Copenhagen suburb of Gla Saxe who was Mohave performed the ceremony to join them aboard the plane. Jacobsen did. The ceremony began above Paris and ended with Champagne toasts to the couple by other passengers. Jacobsen returned to Copen Hagen. And the Christensen went to their bridal suite Inone of Malaga s Best hotels. Saigon a a . Officer said thursday the american forces that lifted the siege of Khe Sanh made no Effort to Block the withdrawal of the North vietnamese because militarily it was impossible Anda waste of  blocking them was impractical said the officer. They were around Khe Sanh fro West Northwest and Southwest. They had dozens of escape routes. They could always go around you. Militarily it was impossible. We would have needed three divisions of  siege our objective was to lift the siege of Khe Sanh. If they stood and fought it did t Matte whether we blocked them or  . Officers have claimed that air strikes the most concentrated in any War were the main Factor in break ing the 77-Day siege of the com Bat base near the demilitarized one. The siege was declared lifted april 5 As a 20,000-Man re Lief Force Drew close to the base and its Marine defenders. 3,200 killed . Intelligence memorandum is being circulated Amongo officers of Gen. William c. Westmoreland s staff giving Brief summation of the siege. It says that by the end of March american ground forces had killed More than 2,000 of the enemy and an additional 1,300 were killed by air  intelligence summary said that by Jan. 15, the North vietnamese had deployed two divisions and supporting elements in the Khe Sanh area. "b52 and tactical air strike were massed against the ene my s combat forces and his fir support and logistical areas commencing on Jan. 15," the report continued. On Jan. 20, a sizeable enem Force attacked the Huong to sub sector Headquarters Southof the combat base. A defects 80 Hurt i Spain wreck Barcelona Spain up eighty passengers were injured wednesday when two subway trains collided at the Barrio de sans station. Most of the injure were treated on the scene., by three were reported in serious condition. Rated his battalion lost Over 50? cent of its men during this attack due to b52 strikes an intelligence disclosed that this concentrated firepower preempted a series of the enemy s planned  strikes alone accounted or 295 trucks 343 gun positions,990 bunkers 1,219 structures and 13 tanks either destroyed or damaged. By March 25, we saw that the enemy had significantly reduced his trenching activity an was not repairing destroyed positions. We now have Strong indications that the enemy had withdrawn major elements fro the immediate Vicinity of the combat  operation to lift the siege of Khe Sanh was begun april 1.military sources said that after the siege was lifted an ground troops began sweeping the area around the base the uncovered nearly 1,000 enemy bodies victims of air strike Sand artillery. The . Command announced thursday that . Marines and air cavalrymen killed1,044 North vietnamese troops in the first two weeks of april during the lifting of the siege and the succeeding sweep of the mountains and valleys around the base.. Losses were put at 92 killed and 667 wounded. Calif. Town imposes curfew after sniping Pittsburg Calif. A a7 . To 6 . Daily curfew has been imposed in this town,30 Miles Northeast of san fran Cisco after sniping wounded two Law enforcement officers. Neither Man was seriously Hurt. Contra Costa county Dep Uty sheriff Farrell Shotwell was wounded in the right shoulder and Reserve police officer Ches Ter Hensley was grazed on the leg. Burtons to adopt Viet refugee child London up Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Are planning to adopt a vietnamese child they have told friends. Burton said he wants a girl but miss Taylor wants a boy. He did not say whether the child would come from among South vietnamese or North Viet namese refugees. We Are deeply concerned about the Vietnam War Bur ton said on the set of a new film wednesday. There s very Little we can do about it but adopting a child might add one Little globule to the already vast Effort to relieve  the Burtons have been talk ing about adopting a child for some time but this is the first indication they vere thinking of a vietnamese  Taylor has an adopted daughter Maria 6, whose parents were German. Miss Tay Lor was married to Eddie Fishera the time. Also living with the Burton Sare miss Taylor s daughter by the late Mike Todd and her two sons by Michael Wilding