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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, April 30, 1968

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 d the stars and stripes top czech Marienbad Czechoslovakia up the body of Prague s chief police investigator was found hanging in a wooded area saturday near this West Bohemian spa. The czech news Agency ctr quoting reports from the Interior ministry said monday thatt. Col. Jiri Pocepicky apparently committed  was the fourth death of a top czech official described a suicide since the downfall of the 15-year stalinist regime of an tonin Novotny in january. Novotny was replaced As first party Secretary by Alexander dub Cek. Stalinist ties All of the alleged suicide thus far have been committed by persons implicated in Man of the show trials and purges of past stalinist  Friday a former prison doctor was found hanged in his Prague apartment after having been accused in a newspaper of torturing inmates charged with political crimes and of signing false death certificates. The latest victim according to ctr had been undergoing treatment at a military Sanatorium in Marienbad. Reports said Pocepicky left private Farewell letters in his room. Ctr said an investigation had been started and the Public would be informed of the re sults. Judge found dead earlier this month Czechoslovakia s Deputy supreme court president 42-year-old or.  was found dead by hanging in a Forest outside the czech capital. A slovak news siding had accused him of pre siding Over a rigged purge trial in Bratislava 13 years  late March col. Gen. Vladimir Jacko a Deputy de sense minister shot himself to death while being driven to communist Central committee hearing in  was implicated in a plot to use the army to Preven Dubcek s accession to Power during a party Wrangle wit Novotny led stalinist. Piano. Continued from Page 1larea where the piano would drop. A clog halted the event As he romped in the piano s target area. Everybody whistle asked the master of ceremonies. Everybody d i d and the do pranced to the Edge of the crowd. The helicopter soared Over head. The piano dropped the crowd went of Pooh the piano went aah Hump and Shat the crowd Saidt ered and aah the whole thing was a Benefi for a listener sponsored pm radio station Krab in Seattle 40miles West of the piano drop area. Loo million film runs ova hours soviet 9war and peace9 a hit in by Fredrick w. Winshi new York up Russia s $100 million film production Oleo Tolstoy s War and peace had its premiere on Broadway sunday and fulfilled in every Way its Billing As the crowning achievement of International cinematic  of the american film Industry government leaders diplomats and society turned out for the 6%-hour Benefit screening at $125 a ticket. At the end they remained in their seats to applaud a Long list of film credits an unusual tribute to . Russian Deputy foreign min ister Yakob Malik and Ambas Sador Anatoly Dobrynin  most expensive film Ever made took five years to Complete and had its european debut last year. Seventy min utes of footage have been deleted for american audiences who will see it in two parts not necessarily on the same  premiere audience viewed the first part sunday afternoon returned for the second part in evening clothes and went on Toa Midnight supper dance at a new York hotel in Honor of the film s stars Serge Bondarchuk and his wife Irona so Batseva and an a 1 u r i n g new International Starlet Ludmilla . Bondarchuk the Genius of contemporary russian films was the producer director and co scenarist of War an peace and masterfully enacted the unifying role of Pierrene Luhov. Miss Savelyev a Youn Ballerina chosen Over 3,000 other audition ers for the role of Natasha received a standing ovation at the supper dance when she arrived in a White lace gown carrying an armful of american Beauty roses the film with a 100,000 including 30soviet film stars u the epic to end All film of minute evocation or Battle i Borodino is so that the viewer can a share the emotional agony War. 8 by in i Sov army was put atthe disposal of the producers j is Yew tent sponsored flt ofor part two and seven top 2 flyers including two of fit a Rosy acted Ashe Battle scenes. Brooke s daughter to wed a White new Milford . A the 19-year-old daughter of negro sen. Edward w. Brooke,r-mass., and a White Monmouth College student plan to marry injure the student s parents Dis closed monday. The Date of the marriage be tween Remi Brooke and Donald r. Hasler 18, son of or. An mrs. Eugene f. Hasler of new Milford has been schedule for june 22. It will take place in Martha s Vineyard mass., mrs Hasler said. Brooke is the first negro to reelected to the Senate since re construction. He is married to White woman. Mrs. Hasler asked How she Felt about her son marrying into a racially mixed family commented it makes no difference they re in  she said her son met Rem Iwho attends northeastern University in Boston at a party la year in new Milford. A Friend of Donald brought miss Brooke mrs. Hasler  is a first year Engi Neering student at Monmouth College in West Long Branch. The two plan to move to Boston after the wedding and he will Transfer to another school mrs. Hasler said. Mrs. Hasler said she and he husband have visited the Brooke family several times in Boston. We re looking Forward to the wedding she added. Mrs. Hasler a  in new Mil Ford works for a company in Englewood. Hasler is a machinist in Edgewater they have two married daughters and a younger so who is a new Milford High school student. Blue chips help stocks make a gain new York a the Stock Market closed higher monday As Blue Chip strength developed latin the Day. Gains outnumbered losses by around 200 issues and the Dow Jones Industrial average mad modest gain. Strength in Dupont Standar Doil new Jerse Eastman Kodak Montgomery Ward help Rescue the list from a hesitant Start and put it safely into plus territory. The Market was higher at the Start but it moved with uncertainty and the Dow Indus trials showed a Small loss at times in the morning. Stock firmed in the afternoon remain ing ahead but with no great buying enthusiasm behind them. Failure to make any apparent Progress in selection of a site for the vietnamese peace talks was having a dampening effect brokers  was 12.01 million shares compared with 13.48 Mil lion Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial aver age advanced 2.31 to 908,34. Ammo Rig explodes Burns in  Babenhausen Germany is a munitions trailer loaded with Small arms ammunition arid towed by a 2 ton truck belonging to the 59th arty s6th missile in caught fire and exploded in the army training area Here monday morning. A spokesman for the 32ndarmy air defense come said no one was injured by exploding ammunition but the area was roped off As a safety measure while the fire was being sex  trailer and truck belonged to the battalion s b Btry. The cause of the fire and extent of the damage Are being investigated the spokesman said. War Nasser declares continued from Page i. Be Long and  those who speak of a Politi Cal settlement we ask them to assess the position and attitude of Israel in regard to the crisis Over Jerusalem he said. The egyptian Leader said the efforts of . Envoy Gunnar jarring have achieved nothing when Israel Speaks of peace she is deceiving us. When she talks of negotiations she hides her Aims of aggrandizement he said. Nasser reported he had spoken to Arab commandos who fought against an israeli Force that crossed to the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River March 21. They told me there is nothing supernatural about the enemy. The enemy is not  read reports of the Battle and i reached the same conclusion. Nasser told the officers there was always the possibility that Egypt might have to face Isra Olin b a 11 be alone. But he appealed for a unified Gipsy continued from Page 1j ments takes  could not say when legislation could be sent to the White House for presentation to Congress. Although the h u a Bell findings have the approval of the defense department he said the timing of legislative proposals is set by the president. Although the report was pre pared in time for submission to Congress much earlier it was delayed for reasons of Economy according to Pentagon  Hubbell recommendations in their first year would raise the defense budget by $1.5 Bil lion at a time when the adminis ration and Congress Are More interested in spending cuts. Fitt called the report the most thorough study of Active duty compensation Ever  if adopted the report s 31 recommendations would do away with what he called a Umble of pay and  report is named for rear adm. Lester e. Hubbell who directed the study. I Arab Effort in the political Mili tary and economic Fields. There is no unified Arab military plan he said. The enemy is a b 1 e to fight on individual Arab fronts because we Are not militarily  should be a unified plan so that we can face Israel together As a single unit. All the potentialities of the Arab nation should be mobilized to face  Blaiberg s condition excellent Cape town South Africa a thursday will Mark four months since Philip Blaiberg received a transplanted heart. The condition of the 58-year-old retired dentist the Only survivor of the world s first six human heart transplants has been excellent since his Dis charge from the Hospital More than six weeks ago. He has reached the stage where he is driving his car in City  goes for daily walks and looks healthy and Sun tanned although he cannot As yet walk up or Down stairs unaided. Transplant. ,. R continued from Page t band of seven months was driving Home from work to his pregnant wife when his sports car collided with a Sedan at abuse intersection it was not known who pro posed the operation but the families agreed to , prepared for a week to undergo the transplant was informed of the operation an hour before it began weather partly Cloudy to Cloudy with isolated afternoon showers. Little change wednes Day. Frankfurt Heidelberg Loh 64, Low 46.temperatures recorded monday get am pm 67 79 Adana p61 73 Athens p 64 56 Valano cd 50 66 Berlin p48 52 Frankfurt r 48 50 London r 4 4 am pm45 57 Madrid p 48 69 Munich cl46 57 Paris p 49 54 Prestwick p54 68 Rome p 57 79 Wheelu pc Cloudy a partly Cloudy a rain. And weather wl"8 turks clash after protest against . Ankara Turkey up students fought with Iron bars clubs Sticks and stones monday after anti american demonstrations provoked right Wing attack Sand police intervention in Down town  reported 55 persons injured including 15  total of 70 students were re ported  trouble started when leftist students demonstrated i memory of student action in april 1960 which led to the may27 army coup under Gen. Cemal Gursel which overthrew the and Nan Menderes government. The leftist students gathered in zaker Square brandishing ban ners saying Down with imperialism Down with ." and socialist  students hurled rocks at the leftists. Then the two Side used Iron clubs Sticks and stones against each other As police moved in to separate them. Shop windows were shattered by flying rocks and the Ataturk statue commemorating the founder of modern Turkey in the Middle of t h e Square was damaged. Two detachments of police finally restored order. . Urge into isolate South Africa United nations up three african nations monday called on the . To impose uneconomic and diplomatic Isola Tion of South Africa in order to Force it out of South West Africa and save the territory s people from the  Uganda Somalia and Ethiopia joined the general Assembly debate on South West Africa and urged the 124-Mcmber body to recommend to the Security Council action that would bring about South Africa s effective isolation. Ocean floor. Continued from Paw " Mun Catlon with the surface and a special mix of oxygen and nitrogen will be pumped totem. Food will be stored in the living quarters tanks before the Yare sunk. The men will be Able to swim outside the living Quai a fat leg tektites Are Small Mineral objects which survived f mining passage through the earths atmosphere from space. H us the name tektite was chosen Woithe study because Boh space and Ocean problems will be Ami cd  
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