European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Log 2 the stars and stripes april 26, Johnson has pledged Border defense army May use heavy Armor in Korea threat Washington up . Army is planning to make heavy use of armoured an mechanized troops to repulse communist North korean incur Sions into South Korea if the current series of Border raid develops into Large scale fight sources snid wednes Day that one of the iwo armore divisions at it. Hood tex., is Likely to Lead the Way if Large reinforcements become necessary to Back up president Johnson s pledge Ai Honolulu a week ago that the South korean order will be defended. Part of the 5th much div at . Colo., is already under orders for Vietnam but the remainder of tha outfit is said to have been earmarked for emergency duty in Korea if needed. Mobilization of at least 50,000national guardsmen probably including two full divisions i expected if the korean situation worsens to the Point of requiring the dispatch of major units of regular troops from the sorely depleted forces on hand in the Continental United than 50,000 . Troops including the 2nd and 7thinf dive Are already in Korea. Heavily armed combat patrol from the 2nd div have been As signed to prevent North Korea infiltration across the 38th Paral Lel truce total of 86 americans have been killed in Border clashes along the demilitarized zone since the korean War ended Inmid-1953. The rate of North Korea incursions has increased substantially since the seizure of the . Navy intelligence ship Pueblo in Intel National water three months ago. Five americans have Bee killed and 18 wounded fighting North korean infiltrators in the last three months. Need Timtim with the North koreans h Hus a failed to produce a indication As to when-2 whether the Pueblo Sandman Crew will be released the Johnson administration warned North Korea earlier h week against Wanton provocative attacks across demilitarized zone the latest which resulted in the death an american Soldier Las sunday. Psi mexican police free suspect in King killing Hermosillo Mexico up police said thursday they had re leased Daniel d. Kennedy bearded Hitchhiker from Balti More whom they had arrested in their Hunt for a suspect in the assassination of or. Martin Luther King or. Kennedy was arrested wednes Day in a cafe in cab orca 80 Miles Southwest of Nogales ariz., an brought in Handcuffs to this Sonora state capital 120 Miles tothe South after police questioned him for 12 hours in his hotel room. The police detained Kenned because the hotel owner said he thought Kennedy resembled published photographs of James Earl Ray. Ray is wanted for questioning about King s death. In Baltimore Kennedy s Mother called the arrest she said he s just a Skinny old thing and Only a Blind Man would say her son resembled pictures of Ray. Hotel manager Carlos be Trantold police his guest resembled pictures of police asked the . Fed eral Bureau of investigation to Send a Man to investigate. An Fri agent was sent an said he could see in Kennedy no resemblance to Ray the police reported later. Beltran quoted police As Sayin Kennedy identified himself As a walking tourist bound for son Ora s desolate altar Valley. Police found no weapons on him Orin his army Type Back pack. The Mother said her son was wounded and purple hear Germany during world War ii. He is a mixed up kid and has been Ever since they found him paralysed from the Waist Dowson that Battlefield in Germany. He would t harm a Flea he would t kill a Fly she said. Awarded Thein combat in new Post for Rias chief Berlin a Robert , 49, director of the american sponsored radio station Rias Here for the last seven years will be reassigned to the american embassy in Switzer land this summer an american spokesman announced. Gis9 civilians get trip bargains continued from pave but offer a new special family discount plan for air travel fro Western Europe and the Middle East to the .amounting to reduction of up to about 50 per cent for primarily aimed at the foreign tourist the fare bargains Are also available to the Serviceman and civilian and his family wanting to travel round trip stateside for an reason. The cards also serve As Valu Able identification for travel bar gains within the ., ranging from 10 per cent up to 50 per cent for airline bus and rail tickets car rentals sightseeing sports admissions hotels an tourist attractions from Maine to California and even Hawaii Adalaska. As an example this is the Waythe new family fare works a family head pays the Rull round trip fare and his wife an children aged 12 to 22 Only pay the one Way fare yet receive round trip tickets. The new Dis count approved april 1 by the International air transport association does not affect trans Pacific travel. To obtain a hospitality card and get the discounts a traveler must have a valid passport Orother proof of foreign residence and a round trip ticket to and go suspect in stockade i Grafe Woehr Germany is a 20-year-old Soldier arrested in the bludgeon slaying fan air Force wife Early tues Day is now in the custody of-. Military authorities and is being held in the Taurus District stockade in Frankfurt army sources said thursday. According to the american West German status of forces agreement a v corps spokes Man said the Federal Republic does not have jurisdiction encases where a member of the military is alleged to have committed a crime involving another american As in the Grafen Woehr instance. The homicide suspect is Loyd Kelly of he and he Btry 5th in 77th arty. The Babenhausen unit was in Grafen Woehr for training at the time of the slaying. Kelly of Purcell okla., is be ing held in connection with the death of Donna Harriman 44,wife of m. Sgt. James f. Harri Man of the 7th weather det atthe training Center. Mrs. Harri Mart was attacked outside her Home about 1 20 . Tuesday by a Man who apparently wielded wooden club then dragged her into the Back Yard. Powell is satisfactory after Miami operation Miami Fla. A Ada Clayton Powell was reported in satisfactory condition at a Miami Hospital wednesday after undergoing surgery. Jackson memorial Hospital officials declined to give details of the operation. Official warning Saigon people tense awaiting new attack Saigon a South v i e to Nam s National police director ate thursday warned the three million people of Saigon that the Viet Cong were planning another attack on tie communique from the directorate was the first official warning to the population Al though the army earlier put on full Alert All its forces in the 11 provinces surrounding Saigon. The Alert and newspaper re ports have caused a tenseness in the City not noticed since communist troops were pushed away from the City after coordinated attacks against South Vietnam s population centers the tet offensive almost three months ago. All Means the Viet Cong Are now employing All Means to transport arms ammunition and explosives into Saigon this with the goal of provoking troubles and outbursts of violence among the population and to assure to the North vietnamese communists a favourable position in forthcoming negotiations the communique said. In military action South vietnamese paratroopers have moved close to the a Shau Val Ley in a new operation to Cut off North vietnamese Supply and in filtration routes military spokes men in Saigon said move could be the Start of u major Allied push against the North vietnamese Valley Strong hold stretching 25 Miles along the Border of Laos in the North Western part of South Vietnam. 4 children Stone 8 6-year-old Man Milwaukee up hews 86 years old and he was sitting inside when the first Stone hit his House. The old Man rushed were four children. The youngest a 9-year-old boy threw a Stone. The old Man went Down. The others two 10-year-old boys and a 10-year-old girl cocked their old Man s leg was Hurt in the fall moving around at86 in t easy and he Lay there. The Yelling children stoned him again. Rudolph Bakos 48, happened by. He grabbed two of the Chil Dren. The other two ran away. The old Man was taken to Hospital. The two Othor children we rearrested later at their Homes. They told police yes they had banged one Stone off the House to get the old Man to come out Side. Then they stoned him. They did t say children will appear in children s court May 6. Police turned them Over to their Par officials said Theo Dore Werhun suffered facial Cut Sand a broken leg. Allied forces have not Ven tured into the Valley in Force in the two years since North Viet namese troops overran the . Special forces Green Beret Camp at a Shau and turned the Valley into their biggest suppl base in South Vietnam. Nearly 2,000 South vietnamese paratroopers launched the opera Tion last Friday but government Headquarters withheld announce ment until thursday for Secu Rity reasons. A government communique re reporting the latest significant action said the paratroopers destroyed 10 North Vietnam Zethree Quarter ton trucks an seized 330 pounds of dynamite thursday along Highway 547,Southwest of Hue. . Casualties . And communist casual ties in the War dropped Las week the . Command re ported thursday while the num Ber of South vietnamese govern ment troops killed increased. In its weekly summary . Command said 287 Ameri cans were killed in action Las week compared with 363 a week earlier. There were 1,458 . Soldier wounded last week Down More than 1,000 from the 2,694 of the previous week. Of the wounded in the reporting period 730 were hospitalized the command said. South vietnamese Headquarters said government forces lost 380 men killed last week a Sharp Rise from the 293 a week ear Lier. The number of wounded Las week was 980, a Small drop from the 985 of the previous government troops were reported missing or capture last week As compared with 32 the week before. Johnson picks Bureau chief Washington up presi Dent Johnson wednesday named Pardo Frederick Delliquadri Dean of the school of social work at the University of Hawaii Tobe chief of the children s Bureau. He is the first Man to head the Bureau since it was created in 1912. Froni the . The cards should be obtained from the Agency sell ing the ticket. In the travel i arrives inthe ., immigration officials will stamp the card and it the becomes valid for 90 Days. Most of the discounts Are Goin Cinto effect for the first time this year As a part of a major Effort to promote tourism and halt die . Gold flow. The Campaign i being directed by Robert Mckin Ney former . Ambassador to Switzerland now with the presidential travel of All the savings Are also being distributed to travel agents in Europe Japan and Latina Erica. Copies will also be available at International airline and steamship and . Travel service uses offices in Frank Furt Paris London. Amsterdam Stockholm Tokyo Sidney an throughout latin America. The uses advises that reservations should be made wherever possible in Advance of a holidaying the ., but in most cases the discounts can be obtained without prior arrangements. The . Travel service reports that More than 1.4 million for Eigners excluding mexicans an canadians came to the . In 1967 for an 188 per cent jump Over the total who came Here in 1961 when uses was set up while this shows Progress it is still far below the 3.3 million americans who went abroad the same officials Are optimistic this year however and the Commerce department reports that for the first three months of 1968 the number of visitors had gone up 13 per cent Over the same period last year. They Hope the trend will hospitality cards say in nine languages English Spanish French italian German japanese swedish dutch and Dan ish the president and people of the United states of americ extend to you a most cordial Wel come and sincere wish for pleasurable and memorable weather temperatures h u56 45 65 31 75 36 66 6258 50 69 49 51 81 60 30 59 4357 44 56 3641 36 52 4451 42 59 2948 31 50 4231 25 72 3348 28 48 2674 42 86 7474 64 47 4092 68 78 45 78 46 Albany Albuquerque Amarillo Atlanta Atlantic City Birmingham Bill Snarck Boise Boiton Buffalo Casper Chicago Cincinnat Cleveland Denver Das Monef Detroit Duluth Elpaso Fairbanks Faroo fort Worth Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las vegas h l. 78 56 54 43 66 46 82 75 39 35 44 30 68 58 55 46 65 23 72 3fi 53 31 64 45 85 48 59 46 47 40 56 35 60 28 60 34 56 34 60 42 72 53 63 50 53 43 74 45 53 27 81 49 58 los Angel Louisville Emia my Beach Milwaukee Mph. St pj"1new Orleans new York North plate okla. City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland h Portland Ore. Rapid City Reno St. Louil Salt Lake san Antonio s. Of Sci Seattle Shreveport Spokane Tucson w.t�hi"9wn
