European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pooe 1 the stars and stripes wednesday May 1, 1968 s. Viets Cut found in Washington human . I 11.000 years old Saigon up about 2,000south vietnamese troops tues Day seized the strategic inter Section of the two main communist Supply roads in the Lashau Valley. Up correspondent Nat Gib son reported from the strategic Valley that the capture of the intersection of routes 547a and 548 effectively severed the Mai enemy Supply route from Laos into the heart of South Vietnam. The capture climaxed a two Day assault by hand picked units of South Vietnam s 1st div rated the Best of the govern ment troops by Many . Mili tary commanders. Partnership action their action came in partner ship with the . Army Force sweeping the Valley for 11 Day sin an attempt to wipe out the North vietnamese Supply Lin feeding enemy forces in South Vietnam s Northern provinces. Allied intelligence had reported up to 10,000 North Vietnam Ese in the misty Jungle  communists building their a Shau bastion for two year without Challenge used radar directed antiaircraft fire against the first american assault. But Gibson said the South vietnamese capturing the inter Section met Little resistance. Route 547a is a two Lane All weather Road bulldozed by the communists. It runs up an Down the 25-mile-Long Valley. Route 548 bisects the Valley crossing 547a just North of the few strands of barbed wire thatis All that remains of the to Bat Airstrip. From the Crossroads South vietnamese troops began mov ing Down 548, heavily rutted by communist truck traffic. American and South Vietnam Ese troops killed at least 559, communists in Battles throughout South Vietnam monday military spokesmen said. Most of the enemy fell to Allied guns in the Northern provinces where the j guerrillas depended on the a Shau Valley Supply base for their arms and reinforcements.153 reported killed according to South vietnamese spokesmen government Black Panther troops caught and killed at least 153 guerillas monday just Northeast of Hue the for Mer Imperial capital 400 Miles North of Saigon. Hue lies 15miles East of a Shau Valley. The panthers reported Light losses themselves. . Marines and South Viet namese troops battled 1,200 North vietnamese spotted mov ing monday on a Highway two Washington up scientists said monday they had found the oldest human remains Ever discovered in the Western hemisphere Between 11,000and 13.000 years old at a site in Southeastern Washington stat that is soon to be flooded by a huge new Federal  state University Proi. Richard d. Daugherty an asst. Prof. Ronald Fryxell who directed the archaeological excavations told reporters the charred and shattered remains of a human Skull Between 11,000 and 13,000 years old were found in 1965. But they said the Bones displayed in the office of sen. Warren g. Magnuson d-waah.,could not be accurately dated until two weeks ago when Abone Spear Point and other objects were uncovered at the same site. The scientific treasures dugout of a 13-foot pit about 1 1-2 Miles from the Confluence of the Snake and pal Otise Rivers climaxed nearly 10 years of work. The area will be flooded by the $181 million lower monumental dam being built by the corps of engineers. The excavation site is in Anarea known to have been inhabited by Man thousands of years ago and Daugherty said that although the engineers had been extremely cooperative Many other important site would be flooded before scientists can explore . Gen Frederick a Clarke chief of engineers was also present in Magnuson s office he indicated there would be no delays in filling the Reservoir behind the new flood control and Power dam under construction. We re running on a real Light schedule he said. The charred human Bones were discovered with the Bones of other mammals possibly Elk or Deer said the professors. The animal Bones were cracked in a manner indicating men had broken them to extract the marrow. The scientists added that the human Bones were also cracked in the same Way suggesting the body had also been eaten by other  literally had him for dinner said Fryxell. On elem ants Abernathy Campaign goes to Capitol Hill Miles from Dong a. The Marine base of Tito returns from Moscow Belgrade up Yugo slav president Tito arrived Horne tuesday from a three week asian tour capped by two Days of talks with soviet leaders Moscow. Star in cast Veteran movie Star Joan Crawford is helped from an Airport cart at los Angeles Airport. She told newsmen that she slipped and broke one ankle and slightly injured theother in a fall at Cincinnati Airport several Days ago. She is on a visit to los Angeles. Associated press photo Washington up there. Ralph Abernathy led in and Vance contingent of the poor peo ple s Crusado to Capitol Hill tuesday demanding positive an Swers and creative approaches to the problem of poverty i America. We certainly Hope this con Gress will realize the negro the Black Man has been wait ing 350 years and i Don t think we can be expected to wait for Ever for something that was guaranteed us by the Constitution Abernathy , who took Over leadership of the Campaign conceived by the late or. Martin Luther King said before testify ing before the Senate Antipoverty subcommittee that he did not expect anything to happen that would delay the  we do expect these peo ple to have positive answers an creative approaches to this prob Lem of poverty. When we re turn to Washington in 10  Abernathy said unless a series of demands presented to the gov Connie it is met within the 10-Dayperiod, he would return As the head of the most militant non violent direct action in this coun try s  american artist Dies Paris a the death of american artist and author Lau rence Vall 77, was announced Here monday by members of his family. Vail died april 18near Cannes buried. Where he was police eject Columbia protesters from a and up dispatches e w y 0 r k nearly 1,000 p o 1 i c e m e n moved onto the Columbia University Campus Early tuesday and ejected hundreds of students from five buildings they had seized week ago in a protest against University  reported that 638 per sons including 100 girls had been arrested most of them on trespassing  at nearby St. Luke s Hospital reported 70 people we retreated for injuries. About 40 others received treatment at Campus first Aid station. Of those treated at the Hospi Tal 60 were students four were faculty members and 12 were policemen. Classes at Columbia College were ordered cancelled tuesday but other divisions of the University scheduled sessions for the  Pellegrin president of rated most popular Washington up state i win a presidential election Over among democratic voters nning Rhein  a Ross the Richard m. Nixon gov. Nelso democratic leaders across e nation say vice president Hubert h. Humphrey is More popular among the voters than either of his current opponents Sens. Robert f. Kennedy and Eugene j. Mccarthy. They also believe he could a. Rockefeller or gov. Ronald Reagan according to a weekend Survey by United press internal  leaders in 14 of the 32 states and the District of Columbia responding to the poll Kenned popular in was new ranked mos York Oregon and Kansas. Mccarthy failed to Lead in any of the states. Humphrey and Kennedy were More popular than Mccarthy in Maine an Kennedy and Vermont Mccarthy an were a a Quaal As Foj a ��%., a a a a it a said Humphrey was favored ahead of Humphrey in California. The student Council announce to a crowd near the Library that he was calling a student strike starting immediately. During the ejections a crowd of nearly 2,000 gathered on the Campus overlooking Harlem. The bystanders clashed with police after the last of the demonstrators had been taken away. University president Grayso Kirk said the University had ordered the police action wit the utmost  Kirk declared that granting the protesters key demand of immunity from punishment Wouldhave dealt a near fatal blow not Only to this institution but to the whole of american higher Educa  sit in by 500 to 600 demonstrators began in protest Over construction of a gymnasium which they said would take up play space in a nearby Harlem Park and Over the University a ties with the government related Institute for defense analysis. Abernathy was interviewed Onnic to s today show. Unlike the March of 1963, Weill not be Here for just a Day we will be Here until these de mands Are acted on by the con Gress of the United states be cause we be been poor too Long in this country he said. We re sick and tired of living in rundown shacks and rat and Roach infested areas he  of the poverty crusaders mrs. Martha grass an India woman from Ponca City okla., broke into sobs As she told the Senate panel too Many of our people Are out of  is just a Miracle we keep alive she said. Mrs. Grass Mother of 11, said our men break their health pitching Hayfor 2 cents a Bale because they can t even get  we re starving we shared our country with you but you took All of it and we re starving she added. It Svery hard when your child asks for something to Cut and you begot nothing to Lve him when All around you you see How Rich everybody else is in this coun  asked senators How a nation which can spend huge sums of Money on the space pro Gram and give tax advantages Torich corporations cannot pro vide a Job. A living wage. And a decent Home for millions of  said poor people either get no jobs or menial jobs where we Exchange our manhood for jobs which pay a boy s  be received a warm greeting from the senators he said prior to testifying that he did not expect anything to Hap pen that would delay the March. Weather . Temperatures h us � Albany 78 88 albuquerque8 40 Amarillo 69 it Birmingham 78 98 Bismarck w 47 Bola 84 4 boat on 66 99 buffalo71 89 Casper 70 v Chicago 71 48 cincinnati68 48 Cleveland 07 41 columbus71 � Denver 78 41 Das Molnes m 48 Detroit Eft 48 duluut78 40 by paso 40 � Fairbanks 78 94 far-go79 48 fort Worth 8ft 78 Honolulu 77 84 houston88 46 Indianapolis a 88 Jackw Nellle 78 4ft Kansas City w m Las vegas h l76 m us Angeles 71 81 Louisville 78 87 Memphis 82 78 Miami Beach 08 41 milwaukee78 48 Mpl-8t Paul 76 87 new Orleans 79 43 Oklahoma city77 41 Omaha �4 41 Philadelphia 53 Phoenix 66 40 pittsburgh88 40 Portland me. Tit 46 Portland Ora. 70 39 rapid City 80 88 Reno 86 44 Richmond 73 47 to. 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