European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Ra53a 4 a a " of for Zmij 1 in. Fight relocate Totton . Runway a tractor sit in by John Krueger staff writer Griesi Zeim Germany. Fractor sit in was staged in this Darmstadt suburb by asparagus who Are As hot As the they re burned up about the  of an Airfield runway hed by . Army planes  from the 31st medical group and v corps arty. The facility is leased from the West Ler imm government. The so ruffling of the Sandy soil so Ideal for the tender tasty of Hite asparagus for which this Irea is famed will wipe out the lots of j 4 Farmers who have been operating on government land with longtime leases. It also Means the closing of the most convenient Road to All of the remaining Fields just As Harvest approaches in what lookalike a Vintage year. The irate Farmers from the  Section Here settled in 1848 by germans from easter Europe showed they meant Busi Ness monday when they stage their tractor sit in. Thirty six tractors Chugg Donto the scene Bright and Early and surrounded the German Road grader working the $580,000 state supervised project necessitated by a new autobahn stretch cutting into the Darmstadt army Airfield at the other end of the runway. With the work stopped German official compromised. They agreed to restore the Road a least for the Harvest period. They also assured the affected Farmer that new land would be -. Found for them. But this has failed to quiet the cont. On Page 23, col. 1 unofficial newspaper of . Forcett in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 27, no. 7 if 21855 a wednesday april 24, 1968 5 Dally 10 sunday p asparagus action angry asparagus growers staged a tractor sit in monday and blocked this Bulldozer near their Fields a Griesheim Germany. The Bulldozer was tearing up soil for relocation of a . Army Airfield runway. The runway change is necessitated by a new stretch of autobahn cutting into the air Field. Photo Courtesy Darmstaedter tag Blatt bludgeon killer dependent wife murdered outside Grafe Woehr Home Grafe Woehr German yup _ the wife of a . Air orce sergeant was bludgeoned to death Early tuesday in the darkness of the couple s Back Yard. Donna Harriman 44, wife of. Sgt. James f. Harriman of Akron Ohio was found at 1 20a.m. By police who were alerted by a German taxi  authorities Here have taken pfc Tommy Loyd Kelly into custody in connection with mrs. Harriman s  is a member of he Btry,5th in 77th arty. I. German and military author  Are continuing the investigation surrounding the Circum stances of her death. A police spokesman said , a native of Fairmont inn i led of Nead injuries inflicted by a wooden club. He Lorn undergarments scattered pm the body indicated a sex assault he said. In arinian a weather forecaster mat Hud to the 7th weath weather Howert c re with oct Light rain hell i .�0lei wednesday. Frankfurt p Lei Der hi0h 72, Low 50. Temperature. Luusua get 4 4 am pm 46 68 Madrid p 57 81 Munich p 59 59 Paris p 64 Prestwick p 4m a n 72 Adana p it Athens c75 Aviano p86 it clan 86 82 Frankfurt. P 59 London p is-1-le.u- 48 59 72 Rome c70 wheelus c partly Cloudy. 2nd weather Winger det was on duty at the Gra Fen Woehr Airfield at the time a . Army spokesman  to German police mrs. Harriman was attacked on the Street in front of her Home while returning from a party Given by  taxi Driver saw an unidentified Man strike her and dragger toward the backyard police said. The taxi Driver rushed Toa Telephone and called Ponce but cont. On Page 84, col 1 rank system changed for army specialists Washington is the army announced tuesday a change in rank and precedence of  enlisted men and women that has an important bearing on the position of 490,000 specialists. Specialists will now rank immediately below noncommissioned officers of identical pay Grade and above cos of the next lower pay Grade the army said. Prior to the change cont. On Page 23, col. 2j guerrillas threaten new Saigon invasion Saigon up a handful of . Soldiers fought off about 500 guerrillas for eight hours until . Armor and air Power rescued them during battling monday to save Saigon from a new guerrilla invasion military spokesmen said. The trapped platoon caught half a mile from 9th inf div Headquarters left 49 enemy dead behind when they Man aged to scramble into Heli a copters and get away. Spokesmen said . And South vietnamese government forces killed 164 Viet Cong in the battling on the capital s outskirts. F111a is Lostin the air a third f111a swing Wing Jet was lost monday nights . Pilots flew 155 missions against the Supply lines running through North Vietnam s South Ern Panhandle. American spokes men said they believe the Jet s fall in Thailand was due to unknown  Hanoi radio claimed . Planes none of them fellas were shot Down in the cont. On Page 23, col. 5 czech Riff with Russia is reported Prague Vak soviet a czech Oslo relations tuesday were reported to be severely trained As a result of Kremlin pressure on the regime of communist party chief Alexander Dubcek and support for hard line opponents of his Liberal course. Reliable sources said the czechoslovak party delegation to the International communist conference opening in Budapest wednesday left with orders tomake Strong representations to the russians and demand that interference in czechoslovak internal affairs be stopped. According to the sources the delegation headed by Central commile Secretary Jozef Len Art was authorized to walk put of the conference if it should Fin itself the target of attacks. Lenart also was said to have prepared a statement to be delivered to the conference de manding recognition of the principles of Independence