European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 05, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes sunday May 5, 196$ allies halt big push kill 856 but sonic doubtful of Success news of talks pleases Mosi its from Page 1 dead and 18 wounded. Fighting was reported continuing late saturday. American and South Vietnam Ese troops reported killing a total of 263 enemy in two Battles Fri Day South and Northwest of Saigon. But the heaviest fighting rage near Dong a far to the North Headquarters for the . 3rdmarine div and Supply Point for All american defences along the Doz. Danang rocketed in another development communist forces rained about 25 rockets and mortars on the american military base at Danang Early sunday in an assault apparently aimed at the head quarters of the . Marine com Mander in South Vietnam. At least three exploded near the of fice of it. Gen. Robert Cushman. The shells touched off two fires but Marine Crews quickly extinguished both. Damage was apparently Light but base com Manders ordered a red Alert and warned that More attacks were expected. In another development in formed military sources in Sai gon said . Navy pilots who reported shooting Down a communist mig21 Over the Tonkin Gulf thursday actually downed a pilotless american sources said the drone an aircraft shaped missile guided by radar apparently wandered off course and strayed into a flight of Navy planes protecting Ameri can warships off the coast of North Vietnam. The drones Are equipped wit Complex photographic equipment and electronics gear for High Altitude reconnaissance and intelligence missions. Baseball scores american league american league new York. 0000000011 2 1 Chicago. 020 011 Fox 7 0talbot 0-3 and girls Carlos locker of and Josepha oru we Carlos or Ward 5th. Minnesota.0000000000 3 0cleveland000 002 00 a 2 4 1 Boswell Perranoski t8 and Zimmer Man look 7 Hargan 2-3 and Sims. Up Boswel 3-2. 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I Don t think anything will come of these talks but a least it s a Start. Maybe some thing can happen later if thing keep another army sergeant laughed and said that s the greatest thing since Peanut first it. George Hope of Parksley va., said it sounds great to me. I la be glad to seethes thing Over with but of course it is hard to say what will happen in Paris. The North Crank Call Law signed by Johnson Washington a presi Dent Johnson signed into Law Fri Day u Bill to provide Federal criminal penalties for obscene abusive or Telephone Calls across lines or within the District of would be punish Able by As much As six month imprisonment or fines of up to $500, or both. Big news a vietnamese Cycle Driver an pfc. Wililam Hamlin of the . 9th inf div look at a Saigon newspaper which gives the Story of agreement on a site for talks. A photo vietnamese probably Lav something up their i think it s a damned goo thing said a lieutenant who did not want his named used i ready to get out of this m. Sgt. Willie Brunson of Willingboro n.j., in charge of a truck company said i hear the president on the radio this morning but no one told me los top pushing this Load so i guess the War is still army Cpl. Earl Luce of Hazel ton pa., commented the Guys were talking about it at break fast but nobody got very exit m. Sgt. Wayne Sandez of Chandler okla i thought to myself Here we go again i was in Korea when they started talking that time and i know How Long it took. Maybe this time Well get the korean talks lasted roughly two years. Sgt. Arnold Phillips 29, of new Orleans la., who has been in Vietnam seven months an serves at . Command head quarters also said he Felt the beginning to talks was a Good Don t particularly want to stay Over Here and most people Are in the same boat he said i d like to get this Over wit hand get Well just have to wait an see said spec. 4 Bob Dutton 21, of Manchester . It too them Long enough just to decide to air Force to Speed e5 promotions continued from Page i Board action and regardless of selected in both zones will go on a world wide promotion list in order of seniority and will be promoted to sergeant As vacancies occur each month under the present policy. The new sys tem will take effect with the fiscal year 69-2 Cycle which runs from october 1968 through Jan uary 1969."the primary purpose of this action is to ensure that each air Man who is qualified As a Jour Neyman 5-skill level is provide maximum promotion Opportunity to make e4 prior to his career decision maj. Gen. John h. Bell director of personnel planning Deputy chief of staff for personnel said in a letter dated april 30 to major com mands. Under the new system we will be Able to use e4 grades to achieve a greatly improve retention motivation effect. Additionally this action will provide increased promotion visibility to first term will also. Be Able to return the promotion selection decision to unit commanders for those airmen who reach the fully qualified zone. This is yet another step to return More control and authority for Basic personnel actions to the unit com Mander. The recent action to eliminate selection boards for promotion to e3 is an example of one of these. This trend which we Hope to continue can be reinforced by the Quality of the actions taken at that level of command. It is therefore Para mount that commanders devote adequate time to review and in quire into these important mat ters so As to assure that their judgment is fully exercised an applied to these the general also cautioned that the new system should not be considered As providing for automatic promotion to e4. Emphasis must be placed atall Levels of command on careful evaluation of each airman potential for career status As Well As for further advancement ingrate he said. It would be inconsistent fora commander to promote an air Man whom he cannot recommend for reenlistment whom he would not want promoted. In the past Many airmen have not been promoted to e4 because of relatively Low Opportunity resulting from needed promotion control by specially. Under the fully qualified program specially re 3 heart patients doing Well continued from Page attacks since 1961 and had spent most of the past two years inbred. Shumway said that from medical Point of View it still must be termed a 3-Man Teamor. Denton Cooley a Pioneer in open heart surgery headed the three Man Houston team which implanted the heart of a15-year-old girl an apparent Sui cide into operation May be classified As a Success Cooley told newsmen 10 hours after the Fri Day received the heart of mrs. Charles Martin 15. The Harris county sheriff s office juvenile department said the girl apparently died by her own hand after an argument with her 18-year-old husband. Mrs. Martin s heart was re moved about nine hours after a ,22-caliber Bullet Tore through he brain doing what physicians agreed was irreparable damage. Donor mrs. Charles Iii 15-year-old Houston tex., Bride who died of a self inflicted gunshot wound waste donor in the heart trans Plant operation involving Everett c. Thomas or. A Cooley told a news conference that the heart was still beating when doctors switched off a Respirator and started to remove it. But he said that there was no electrical evidence of activity in the brain and this had been determined the criterion of life. In London Britain s first hear transplant patient gave doctors a thumbs up sign when asked How he Felt less than 24 hours after the heart of Patrick Ryan an Irish Workman was trans planted into his inserted the donor was rushed across London in an ambulance to King s Hospital where the transplant was performed by the team of British West 45, of Leigh on sea was speechless for time because of a tube inserted in his Windpipe to Aid tube was removed saturday and he spoke to his la be All right or. Donald Longmore one of the senior members of the operating team said str actions will no longer be a Barto otherwise qualified individuals who Complete 40 months service or More for this reason most of these airmen can expect to be promoted by their commanders to e4. However in the Case of air men who have enjoyed High pro motion Opportunity but have failed to successfully compete for promotion to e4, commander should promote Only those with unquestionable career the same Token selective re enlistment boards should not look upon promotion to e4 under this program As a guarantee to career status. These boards should use Independent judgment consider ing All factors before selecting an airman for career status with in the objectives of the selective reenlistment program. Our goals that this new program and other improvements in the airman promotion system will produce greater numbers of career candidates to make the career Selec lion process More meaningful. The new policy change will reflected in a forthcoming Revi Sion of afr 39-29. Detailed implementing instructions will sent to major commands Mon Day. Pm promotion quotas drop Washington is a enlisted promotion quotas a month will be the lowest m years with a total Guthuri Natiw of Only 35,381 for All Faiu s j � through e9. Quotas vary from month to month and we i Lis Low it is not As Small As i quotas for the period in Rumary through april Ujj they varied from 5,000 to a breakdown of them a
