European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday april 23 jute if ,. Of Katzenbach optimistic about peace talk site Wasoff Langton up undersecretary of state Nicholas Katzenbach has expressed Confidence that the impasse Over a site for preliminary Vietnam peace talks will be  but other state department official questioned Hanoi s sincerity. Speaking on the record Sunda but not for Public attribution responsible state department officials said the failure of Hanoi recently to use private Diplo Matic channels rather than Public broadcasts to communicate its responses to american proposals on a site for talks cast doubt on the communists claim that they Are willing to establish Contact. But Katzenbach in an inter View broadcast sunday by the student radio station at Harvard University said of the impasse i think it will be  can t predict on the time i suppose it really depends on How much one wants to talk As to How Many different places on can put  he also strongly hinted that More than a year ago the administration in secret Diplo Macy offered the partial bomb ing pause that president Johnson announced March 31. Proposals of this kind have been made by various third parties from time to time to Hanoi and there s never been a positive response on any of the until this last response which sounded positive and i Hope itis Katzenbach said. He referred to Johnson s announced halt of All bombing North of the 20th parallel. Since Johnson s announcement and Hanoi s response no . War planes have struck above the 19th parallel . Officials said. Defense Secretary Clark  shared Katzenbach s optimism that talks could begin once propaganda campaigns about selecting a site had run their course. Nobel peace prize Winner Les Ter Pearson who retired Satur Day As prime minister of Canada urged the United states and its allies to avoid putting obstacles in the path of peace talks but he blamed North vote test Broa test of editorial in the official government newspaper Nami Vietnam raised themis cd a Lack of seriousness in pressed willingness to Mest that us state department trials raised against it. North korean ambush kills go wounds 3 Seoul Korea a North koreans opened fire on an american patrol in the demilitarized zone sunday afternoon killing one . Soldier an wounding three others a . Military spokesman said Mon Day. The shooting occurred in the2nd . Inf div sector. It was the second major Border incident in the area involving communist North koreans in a week. On april 14, four United nations come soldiers two Ameri cans and two South koreans were killed when they were am i bushed by communist raiders near the Panmunjom conference site. Two other american soldiers were wounded. Three reds killed in the latest incident the spokesman said the communists opened fire first and sporadic shooting lasted for about two hours. He said the shooting began around 4 30 . The spokesman said three of the eight communist soldiers who crossed the military demarcation line were killed in the firing Exchange. But he said their bodies apparently were dragged Back to the North later during the dark hours. They could not be found monday morning. Patrol is reinforced the spokesman said the americans could not collect the bodies earlier because of heavy firing. He said the division immediately reinforced the american patrol following the initial con tact. F might Well be a draft9 Johnson could reconsider gov. Connolly says it a in Ovill Tot tit pm it Nataa As\�a4- so my. Few. Fyk Mal &. In Hal pc i. From a and up dispatches Washington gov. John  of Texas said sunday that president Johnson could re consider his decision not to run. Connally said in a television interview that the democratic convention might become dead locked and it might become apparent that Johnson could Bemore of a unifying Force than anyone else. Under those circumstances there might Well be a  the Texas governor refused Totake sides in the race for the democratic nomination but housed such words As compas Sion Energy maturity and intelligence to describe vice presi Dent Hubert h. Humphrey. Washington is expected to an candidacy Mathews conference Tony twosome Maurice Chevalier a Daudrey Hepburn hold special medallions they received at the Tony awards program at a theater in new York. See Story Page 3. A embezzling suspect aided candidate Palm Beach Fla. A a California fugitive hunted from coast to coast on charges of embezzling $510,000, worked the last week of his Freedom a Campaign manager for a Public defender candidate Here it was revealed sunday. Thomas Nelson Truax 28,was held in City jail under $100,000 bail awaiting a Friday hearing and was unavailable for comment. The candidate  Jones jr., also was Una  Mother told the associated press she met Truax then posing under an alias when Jones introduced the last week at a meeting of the Palm Beach Republican club inthe Swank Sailfish club. He introduced his Campaign manager As Bob Clark mrs. Jones said. He seemed to be Avery Good looking Young Man a very Nice  was seized Early Fri Day in a bar by local police and Fri agents. He report edly arrived Here March 8. Think i know what this is about Truax said when he was placed under arrest. Warrants issued in san fran Cisco feb. 8 charged Truax with embezzling the $510,000 from the association of Bay area governments where he worked a assistant executive director. He was jailed Here on the specific charge of cashing for his own use a . Government Check for $61,793 sent As Federal Aid from the department of hous ing and Urban development. Police said Truax lived Here under the Bob Clark alias. Puma snared in Germany Urb Erach Germany up a dangerous Puma that escaped from a private zoo earlier Mon Day morning was recaptured in a Forest after five hours of free Dom police reported. Police said the Puma described As a very dangerous Best was recaptured by its handlers near Berach South of Frankfurt. Loudspeaker trucks had rolled through Urb Erach and other villages around the forestalling on citizens to watch for this very dangerous beast an to keep your children at  the Puma about 18 months old escaped from its Cage at a zoo maintained by a restaurant on the Edge of the Forest. Urb Erach is six Miles East of Langen where there is a . Government housing area for personnel assigned to Rhein main air base Fred Fetterly a Public relations Man working on the Jones Campaign told How Truax got into the Campaign he was looking for something to do around Here. He walked up to Jones and said i want to work for you As Campaign manager he passed himself off As a Polit ical science major he was working for Jones about a week taking around Campaign posters vouchers an stuff Fetterly said. Bruce is very disturbed about the whole thing said his Mother. We suppose or. Trua was just trying to get connected  Jones father is chairman of the influential Palm Beach re publican club and is employ Edas county attorney Legal coun Sel to the Palm Beach count commission. The incumbent Public defender Walter Colbath jr., said i do not intend to make political Hay out of  next saturday. Possibly the vice president would run stronger than the other two but that is a matter of conjecture at this moment Connally said when asked How Humphrey would fare against the two announced democratic aspirants Sens. Eugene Jmccarthy of Minnesota and Robert f. Kennedy of Newyork. The governor said he has some Remote doubt that pres ident Johnson will hold to his declaration not to seek or accept the  he added that As of this moment i Don t think he is considering  might change mind Connally said the president might change his mind if peace comes to Vietnam before the August nominating convention and there is no Clear manifestation on the part of the people in behalf of one of the other  the Texas governor is a close longtime personal Friend and political ally of  another political develop ment a leading National poll shows former vice president Richard m. Nixon running ahead of All Comers for the presidency but some top republicans Are still not convinced of Nixon s popularity. Despite the poll Sonie top re publicans Are continuing to urge local party leaders to Sta Loose for new York gov. Nel son a. . Thruston b. Morton of Kentucky and William e. 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