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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Proposals would end confusion by Marc meets a Washington Bureau chief Washington is defense Secretary Clark Mclifford sent the defense department s first quadrennial review on Active duty military pay also known a the Hubbell report to con Gress on  report two years in the making recommends a major change in the complicated sys Tern of military pay and allow lances that is one of the most confusing aspects of military life. The report has 31 recommendations and covers every aspect of pay and  adopted by Congress the Hubbell recommendations would put servicemen on a salary sys tem that could easily be under stood by everyone in uniform. Clifford  defense department is going ahead with the second part of the study on re tired and survival benefits. This is due to be finished by the endow the year. Once completed he said it is our intention to de a e 1 o p military compensation legislative proposals for the consideration of the president and the  earliest the pay change could go into effect is july 1,1969, according to the assist ant defense Secretary for Man Power Alfred b. Fitt. At that time military and Federal Civili an salaries Are to be raised to full comparability with those ont h e civilian Economy. The amount of the raise is not know yet. Servicemen will receive a 8.9per cent pay raise on july 1 this year and Fitt told newsmen monday the logical time for the new salary system to begin i when the final round of adjust icon. On Page 2,t col. 3 these and stripes unofficial newspaper of . Force in Europe North Africa and he Middle Eal vol. 27, no. 13 if 21855 a 5 daily i0 sunday tuesday april 30, 1968 heart transplanted into French trucker Paris a the first human heart transplant in Europe was made Here Over the weekend twas announced monday but doctors  patient had no regained lucidity and that there was concern for his  was too Early to evaluate their patient s chances of sur Vival the doctors said. They did not seem   new heart was beating normally and there we Reno signs of rejection ? but the said they feared brain damage might limit the Success of the operation. Rocky will speak Albany . A gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller will make an announce ment concerning his political plans at 11 , Leslie Slote the governor s press Secretary said monday. S 1 o t e s announcement came As reports circulated in the Capitol that Rocke Feller would declare his candidacy for the Republican presidential Nomina Tion. Nasser Calls new War with Israel inevitable Cairo a Egypt s presi Dent Gamal Abdel Nasser told his military leaders monday nigh that . Efforts to reach a settlement of the Arab Israel conflict have come to nothing and tie sequence of events Indi Cates a new War with Israel is inevitable because when the israelis speak of peace they Are deceiving the  was addressing army Navy and air Force officers at a unnamed military base. His speech was broadcast by Cair radio. He said Israel s decision to godhead with its plan to stage a military Parade in Jerusalem May 2 on its 20th anniversary of Independence was an example fits Defiance of the United  As arabs say Israel will pay the Price of this Defiance very  the Battle said Nasser would cont. On Page 2col. 3 our main worry now is the patient s brain condition said or. Maurice Mercadier chief of surgery at la Pitie Hospital where the heart transplant was performed saturday night and Early  for or. Christian Cabrol 43, and nine aides who performed the seventh heart transplant or. Mercadier  patient Clovis Rob lain had suffered a cardiovascular col lapse a sudden fall in blood pressure one hour after the Start of the operation. This he said caused the cerebral difficulties which he described As not yet  otherwise or. Mercadier said Rob lain was doing As Well As  patient was identified As a 66-year-old truck Driver fro Lignieres in Central France. The heart was taken from 23-year-Oldmichel Gyp Paz who suffered fatal head injuries in an Auto Accident thursday. The transplant a nine hour operation featured a new tech Nique Mercadier  heart was no longer beat a Boito must it Flo Avoir All Wash. A oooo Ohl aah jump those Are the sounds a crowd and an up Tim piano make when a helicopter dumps if piano from a height of 200  than 3,000 people Many of them flow red. Boarded and longhaired hippies paid gathered in on isolated Grassy Ravine near Here underneath sunny and warm sunday skies to watch the piano  a musical underground group called Joe country and the fish provided music while the crowd waited for the  the time came spectators children and seven Dags were shooed Back from the coat on i Utju j?4, col. Liing when it was removed Mer Cadier said. The Organ was con served by keeping it under con Stant perfusion or injection of liquid he . Cabrol and , who included his wife Annick Anaesthesiologist had performed heart transplants 75 times on dogs. Or. Cabrol has been experimenting with heart operating techniques for five years. In Tensive preparations were begun about a month ago at la Pitie a Public Hospital. Friday night Gyp Paz a Hus cont. On Page Zyk col 4 Valley forge a. A four . Scientists will spend 60 Days on the Ocean floor Early next year in the longest continuous undersea study diving team has attempted. The Navy the National aeronautics and space administration and the Interior depart ment in announcing the pro Gram monday said twin chambered living quarters built by general electric will be sunk 50feet in greater la Meshur Bay Virgin islands National Park off St. John Island. Be is also handling the planning and train ing. Two purpose the agencies  study called operation tektite i has two purposes to conduct Exten Sive Marine science studies on the Ocean floor and to study the behaviour of men living in rela Tive isolation in a strange environment under stress. The data May be useful to help plan future space trips they  four Interior department scientists who will make Khedive will be named at a later Date. They la have voice com cont. On Page 84, col. 5 two . Jets lost in North Saigon up the unite states monday announced the loss of two Jet planes Over North Vietnam bringing to 830 the number of american aircraft owned Over the North thus far in the  . Navy f4 phantom was hit by ground fire near Vinh inthe North vietnamese Panhandle a military spokesman said. The two Crew members ejected and were later  Navy plane an a4 skyhawk was reported downed by unknown causes Southwest of Vinh. The Pilot was listed a missing in action. American planes flew 106 mis Sions Over North Vietnam on sunday All of them reportedly South of the 19th parallel. Florida parched Park rangers stand under a scorching Sun that is baking Everglades National Park and the rest of Florida As the state s drought continues. They Are looking Over what once was a Lake. A photo  
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