European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes psychedelic trip the . Pas Senger ship Independence sails beneath the verrazano Narrows Bridge As it enters new York Harbor with an Orange yellow and Raspberry Sunburst proclaim ing its image As a psychedelic liner. A it9 8 Cool sailing on this ship. Dad new York a the pervasive influence of psychedelia has made itself Felt on the waterfront and the result is a pop Art Ocean liner. The american Export Isbrandtsen lines passenger ship Independence sailed into new York Harbor this week and raised a few Eye brows with her psychedelic paint Job. Her tradition shattering appearance featured a 500-foot exterior mural resembling an enormous Orange yellow and Raspberry Sun burst radiating from a pair of feminine eyes. The 23,754-ton liner which served her first 17 years As a conservatively painted cruise ship was restyled inside and out at a Cost of $3 million to become a european plan hotel ship. One executive said the transformed Independence represents one of the most exciting ships with a different a Veteran pier worker offered a different View it stinks. She does t look like a ship anymore. She looks like a Mississippi River trial basis notre dome will get $260,000 face lift Paris a the 800-year-oldcathedral of notre Dame de Paris will soon begin to undergo scrubbing to make it gleem like the other monuments of the French capital. The work which has been in the planning stage for several years must be done with a Deli Cate touch to prevent the old Stone and delicate carvings from crumbling into dust. Water will be gently sprayed on the facades and vegetable fiber brushes will scrub away s. Viet turnover planned Washington up .plans to gradually shift the Burden of the War to South vietnamese forces will begin with some South vietnamese military units taking Over from american troops on a trial basis it was Learned wednes they do As Well As administration officials thin they will then More South vietnamese troops will takeover important combat positions from officials fore see a lengthy period of testing of South Vietnam s military capabilities before Sai gon can take Over the bulk of the War. During this trial period american forces scheduled soon to number 549,500, will not leave the country but will remain in Reserve. The decision just when to Start the trial process Lias been left up to commanders i Vietnam. When american troops might begin coming Home is a Matte administration officials Are reluctant to predict since the Yare mindful of past ill fated promises in this and other wars to bring the boys Home by strategy of gradual turnover of military responsibility to South Vietnam s armed forces is one half of what the administration is portraying As a double barrelled Effort to end the War. The other half is the quest for a new York speech monday defense Secretary Lark m. Clifford said the recent administration Vietnam review reached the main conclusion that. Americans will not need always to do More and More but rather that the increased effectiveness of the South vietnamese government and its fighting forces will now permit us to level off our Effort and in due time to begin the gradual process of conclusion it has been Learned was based principal Lyon these factors . Military officials be Lieve the South vietnamese armed forces did Well during the communist tet . Creighton w. Abrams no. 2 . Commander in Vietnam soon to be no. 1, told the administration that of 139 South vietnamese army battalions approximately 8 did badly about 24 performed exceptionally Well and the rest performed satisfactorily. This was despite the fact that most of the battalions were at reduced strength because of the tet Holiday. The administration believes South Vietnam s forces have improved As the result of modern . Equipment they have already received and will improve much More As their firepower is further increased by More equipment. South Vietnam s mobilization programs including in creasing armed forces by135,000 men drafting 19-year Olds and. Plans to draft 18-year-Olds, Are going Forward along with other reforms the grime of centuries. The jobs to begin in Early june and probably will continue through the summer of 1969. The face lifting task will Blunder the direction of chief architect Bernard Vitry who has been restoring another famed French Cathedral at Hundred and sixty thousand dollars has been set aside by the government to do the work. While workmen for the Pas five years have been sandblast ing and scraping More robust monuments and buildings in Paris under the gaullist government cleanup program there has been Long Hesi action Abou notre Dame. Fears were expressed that the ancient Stone and particularly the valuable carvings of religious figures would not stand the cleaning testing of various methods was made and the go ahead forthe water and Brush treatment was finally Given. Authorities said they hoped and towers of the Cathe dral would be clean by the end of this year. Measures will be taken to per Mit tourists to continue their visits during the cleaning. 48 states to move clocks up by William j. Conway associated press writer 508tates but an associated press Survey also shows some minor Monkey wrenches have been tossed into the clockwork in a few areas. The uniform time act adopted by Congress in 1966, provided that starting in 1967 Allstate will observe St from 2 . On the last sunday in Anri until 2 . On the last sunday in october except that an state May exempt itself by adopting a state and Arizona have exempted themselves. In the other states clock generally will lie pushed ahead an hour. The . Department of transportation which oversees the act gave Indiana Permis Sion to bring its timepieces into Harmony in this Way. All Testate s counties with the exception of six around Chicago an six around Evansville ind., on the Western Side of Indiana can remain on Eastern Standard time. The 12 exempted counties can move their clocks up from Central Standard to Centra Daylight time. This will place them on the same time As Theresa of the state. The . Department of transportation placed All a Michigan s upper Peninsula inthe Central time zone. But four counties in the Eastern half of the Peninsula Luce Macki nac Chippewa and Alger have remained on Eastern time. They will go on not other counties Are on Cost. Eastern counties on the Penin Sula feel they have closer ties with the lower Peninsula of Michigan while the Western most feel they Are tied Geo graphically to Wisconsin. The chamber of Commerce in Marquette in the Middle of the upper Peninsula and in mar Quette county has requested the department of transportation to permit it to go on East Ern time but it says the petition has been ignored thus far. The lower Peninsula of Mien Igan is in the Eastern /.one. Bui the Board of supervisors of her Rien county Benton Harbor w the southwestern Corner of to Peninsula has voted to slay on est. European edition Cou. James w. Campbell Usa Edir la it. Col. F. Is. Michael jr., u8af Deputy editor in Mert Proctor mana9lnl,m0efelmer d. 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