European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Poc 24 the stars and stripes april 24, 194, Britain still will Back Cento by Bob hovers a . Bureau chief London is prime min ister Harold Wilson tuesday pledged continued British support of the Central treaty Organiza Tion Cento despite recent cuts Jin the United kingdom s defense budget. Speaking at the opening session of the Cento foreign ministers meeting Wilson urged delegates of the five nation defense pact to take up the whole spectrum of International affairs in their two Days of discussions. As an associate member of Cento the United states was to take part with the four Signa tory members Britain Iran Pakistan and Turkey in the closed door sessions. In View of this year s budget cuts Britain s role East of Suez was expected to come under Dis Cussion. In his opening remarks Wilson praised the three other members of Cento for the economic Prog Ress they have made during the 13 years of the  this world of rapidly Chang ing circumstances it is often for gotten that stability and Cento cooperation Are the Best precondition for genuine economic Prog Ress the prime minister  the . Delegation to the conference was under Secre tary of state Nicholas Katzen  his advisers were David k. E. Bruce . Ambassador to Britain Dixon Donnelly assist ant Secretary of state for Public affairs Lucius d. Battle assist ant Secretary of state for near Eastern and South asian affairs it. Gen. Stanley j. Donovan,. Permanent military Deputy. Turkish foreign minister Ihsan Sabri Caglayan Gil iranian for eign minister Ardeshir Zahed and Pakistan s High commissioner to Britain s. K. Dehla1/,led their delegations. My my. L ssi i pc ass Sfeir wife continued from Page 11 mrs. Harriman was dead when officers arrived. . Army and air Force investigators joined German Detec Tives in the Hunt for the  has been stationed at Grafe Woehr almost three years. He and his wife lived in Economy housing off  couple parents of a teen age son were to return to the United states next month. Baseball tuesday s major league  scores by the associated press National league Houston xxx 100 0001 4 4 new York 001 002 Oox-3 4 0 Ler Naster Buz Lindt 8 and Bateman to Ornan arid Grote. A Koosman 3-0. L Lemaster 1-2. Forest in flames smoke Billows near the Ernst Ludwig Cavern in Darm Stadt tuesday threatening the . Com plex. More than 150 German and Ameri can fighters battled flames in four sep Arate stands of Forest before bringing the fire under control late in the  fire department officials said a firebreak provided by an autobahn under construction is All that saved the Cavern from flames. Police arson investigator arrested a German. Is photo Grandy army issues new policy on leaves continued from Page 1 station orders. At the present time 15 Days is normally authorized. In exceptional cases leave will still be granted by the losing unit commander. Up to 30 Days of leave willbe approved in the future for those going on pcs Between conus and overseas commands and on Inte theater Transfer from Europe the canal zone and Alaska to Short tour areas like Vietnam and South Korea and from Short tour areas to other assignments. Under present policy up to 60 Days of leaves authorized but an army sur vey found that soldiers As a Rule Only take 29 Days. 30 emergency Days maximum of 30 Days continues for emergency special leave from Vietnam and Ordinary leave for compassionate reasons. No changes have been made in the present trainee leave  attending Vietnam oriented Basic combat training advanced individual training but Ait courses will be authorized up to 15 Days of embarkation for leave and graduates whore assigned to a stateside unit and alerted for overseas will Gelan additional 15 Days of for leave. Soldiers stationed in Vietnam and South Korea who Are transferred to other Pacific sub com mands will be authorized 30 Day leave in pcs  or exceptions May be authorized by the losing com Mander in individual cases based on justified circumstances army pointed out. The cold air on Way Germany hottest in West Europe Frankfurt is Centra Germany was the hottest spot in Western Europe tuesday wit afternoon temperatures ranging from 80 to 85  registered 82 and Heidelberg 85 while to the South Athens Madrid and Rome had much cooler readings. Paris Hada High of 59 while Brussels had a High of 55. Cold air was reported moving into Central Germany. Weathermen of det 25, 31stweather so at Rhein main air base predicted scattered Thunder showers followed by cooler temperatures in Central Germany Over the next few Days. By the end of the week they said the weather picture will be Normal for the season. Berlin which often does no share heat Waves with Central Germany has been having it share of sizzling weather. The Mercury soared to 90 degree sunday the highest april read ing since 1830. By tuesday after noon the High readings had dropped off to 86. In Darmstadt four separate fires burned Over 70 acres of Pine Woods near the Ernst Ludwig Cavern tuesday and fire depart ment officials said a firebreak provided by an autobahn under construction is All that save the american Cavern from the wind whipped flames. German criminal police Are holding a German on suspicion of arson. The blazes in the tinder dry forests were reported under control late in the  than 150 German and american fire fighters battled the flames. The first drowning of an Amer ican Serviceman in the 1968 swimming season in German was recorded sunday by com z authorities followed by a second monday. The first victim spec. 5 Leander Gilbert 25, of the 510th Ord co at Genzburg had been swim Ming late sunday afternoon in a Pond at Ebersbach when he Dis appeared. Two divers from Neu Ulm brought the body to the sur face monday morning. The second victim was  Davis 20, of the 8th med in. Davis was swimming wit two companions in Lake Uhler born monday afternoon when he went Down. . Really rattles los Angeles a Cit officials report that about 40 rattlesnakes Are caught in los an Geles each year. Was aim forget it9 f Washington Iti the defense depart ment has rules for nearly everything including he circumstances under which . Force sin Vietnam May attack elephants. In military jargon regulations As to when forces May or May not attack Are called rules of  rules of engagement for elephants a Pentagon official said the other Day Are that an elephant May be attacked when he is carry ing a Burden it May not be attacked whence is not carrying a  the rules permit attack Only when the unlucky elephant is clearly carrying supplies for the enemy. They Are designed to prevent in discriminate killing of elephants the official said both the Viet Cong and the South vietnamese use elephants As beasts of Burden and some elephants have been killed in the War. As with the vietnamese people involved in the conflict a Viet Cong elephant and an Allied elephant look very much alike. Stock Market closes higher trading Active new York a the Slock Market closed higher tuesday. Trading was Active. The Dow Jones Industrial  was up from the Start and retained its Advance to the close. Gains outnumbered losses by nearly 3 to 1. Strength was shown by Man key stocks electronics tobaccos. Among the motors railroads oils and broker said the Market got Early impetus from rumours that a site for Vietnam peace talk Shad been agreed on. The rumours were denied by the state department. The brokers said it then got a push from a state ment by . Secretary Gen eral u Thant that to hoped peace talks will begin soon perhaps even this  was 14 million shares compared with 11.7 million Mon Day. The Dow Jones Industrial average Rose 5.49 Points to 897.48. Closing . 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