European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 07, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes May 7, prisoners entitled to counsel Washington a prisoners like other people must be advised of their Constitution Al rights when questioned by officials the supreme court Rule monday. With that admonition the court by a 5-3 vote upset the conviction and 30-month sen tence of a Florida Man for filing false income tax claims against the government. Said Justice Hugo l. Black we reject the Contention that tax investigations Are immune from the Miranda requirements for warnings to be Given a per son in the supreme court s june1966 Miranda decision requires police or other government agents to warn individuals that they May remain silent during questioning and have the right to the presence of a lawyer an states that if they Are unable to afford a lawyer one will be provided. Justice Byron r. White said in his dissenting opinion that the original decision in Miranda was an extravagant and unwise interpretation of the fifth amendment and i would prefer that Miranda be the Case involved Robert or. Of Orlando who was visited by an internal Revenue service agent in the Florida state Penitentiary at Raiford in1964 and 1965, and identified his signature on income tax return Sand signed government forms that gave the government More time to investigate. Mathis 42, was then serving five year sentence on a bad checks conviction. In the secon Case he was convicted of claim ing a refund for taxes withheld by a fictitious construction com Pany. Appealing to the supreme court he claimed the agent s purpose in obtaining the consent was a trick to get a handwriting Sample for criminal prosecution. The agent the Appeal said did not advise Mathis that redid not have to answer any question or sign any document that could incriminate him. The Justice department on the other hand said the agent was not a criminal investigator that he told Mathis he did not have to sign the forms and that the government had enough Evi Dence to convict without math is s statements. Tax hike. Continued from Page f a revision in rates which Mills misreported to favor. The committee action sur prised Many observers who thought the Tongue lashing John son administered Friday to those in Congress holding up action on the tax Bill would have hardened opposition to it. Mills was understood to have voted for the plan. On the vote 13 democrats were joined by four republicans voting for the plan while two democrats Resolution was offered by rep. A. S. Herlong jr., usually votes with Mills in committee divisions. He Hassid he will not be a candidate for reelection this year. The committee action gives substantial boost to the chances of the conference agreeing on some tax Economy package which then would be presented to both House and Senate. A i 3mt. 1 v. V i a v 3&3. V it a Slaughter in Saigon four news men lie dead in and beside their vehicle after they were attacked by Viet con guerrillas in Saigon. A fifth australian Frank Palmos lower photo escaped after playing dead and fleeing while the reds reloaded their guns. The slain journalists were australians Bruce Pingolt Michael Birch and John cant Well briton Ronald Laramy. Five Viet foul had oat them Down with a 10-Sccond Bir Tolof gunfire. A and Dpi Phot i rockets slant into Saigon Saigon up communist rockets slammed into the heart of Saigon monday night and Vietcong forces renewed their As Sault on Tan son Nhut Airport. But Allied lines stood firm an the North vietnamese and Viet Cong failed to gain a foothold inthe City. Heavy fighting raged in the Cholon Chinatown Section but in general the communists two Day old nationwide Spring Offen Sive appeared to be faltering. Al ready they had lost More than 1,300 dead. Several . Military sources said several rocket rounds were fired into the City monday night the second night of such they apparently failed to strike any major targets. On missile hit an automobile Only two blocks from the joint affairs office in downtown Saigon. In the Western part of the City Viet Cong bands opened deadly antiaircraft fire on . Helicopters supporting South Vietnam Ese local defense units. Up photographer Charles Eggleston was killed by a sniper s Bullet in the head monday while covering fighting on the out skirts. Eggleston 23, was using his camera in an Alley near ton son Nhut when he was hit. The enemy fired at planes Tak ing off and Landing at the air 28 trapped. Continued from Page \ where the water Rose in the Accident occurred in the no. 8 mine of the Gaule operation which is in rugged mountainous terrain that is dotted with dozens of Small soft Coal mining Falls is a Community of about 450 persons about 50air Miles Southeast of Charleston and 45 Miles Northwest of the Virginia Border. The town lies about 12 mile Southeast of Summersville site of the largest earthen dam East of the Mississippi. President Johnson visited the Region in1966 to dedicate the dam. Base and civil flights were halted temporarily. Of the nationwide offensive . Government source said the strikes against 119 Allied positions had failed in every Way except psychologically. I get the feeling their real target is to get world headlines Only a few Day before Paris where .-North Vietnam preliminary talks Are due to open the source said. The main targets were Saigon Dong a the Marine base just below North Vietnam where 1,095of the reds have been killed in a week and 240 sunday. Enemy forces pushed toward Tan son Nhut and battled in the flaming streets of Saigon s Chinatown Section. They used machine gun Bat teries against . Helicopter gunships protecting Saigon. But Allied spokesmen reported every enemy thrust was being blocked and nowhere did the enemy have a foothold. . Officials said that about300 Viet Cong had managed to enter Saigon. They said Allied troops had blocked 1,200 to 1,500on the outskirts. In Cholon where fighting set off fires that gutted two blocks heavy Black smoke coiled up Over guerrilla bands fleeing White shirted National police units. Near Tan son Nhut a lied troops and gunships trapped the attackers Ina cemetery. For refusing induction Clay s conviction uphold new Orleans a Cas Sius Clay the deposed world s heavy weight boxing Champion who refused induction into the armed forces last year lost Ana peal of his conviction and five year prison sentence 5th . Circuit court of appeals affirmed a decision that Lay should have accepted serv Paris students assail police Paris a renewed student rioting broke out monday after noon in the left Bank student Quarter at the Start of a banned demonstration. More than 2,000 students tried to break through a police Cor Don Strung across Busy Boule Vard St. Michel barring their Way to the sealed off sorbonne faculty of letters. The students threw paving stones and anything they could Lay their hands on. Police me them with a barrage of tear Gas grenades and sent them running Down Side streets. The students regrouped on Boulevard St. Ger main and manhandled Small parked cars across the roadways a barricade. Ice As an army private despite his claims to be a Black Muslim minister and conscientious objector. A Federal court jury in hous ton tex., last june 20, 1967, convicted Clay on criminal charges. The judge sentenced him to the maximum prison term of five years and a $10,000fine. Being entirely satisfied that he has been accorded due proc Ess of Law and without discrimination we affirm this conviction wrote circuit judge Rob Ert a. Ainsworth or. Of new or leans. Clay who prefers his Muslim name Muhammad All is free on $5,000 Bond. His lawyer shave promised a fight to the supreme court. His draft Board ordered him praying brings police Denver Colo. Appo lice were called to investigate a suspicious person praying on the Steps of a Church 1 j n North East Denver. The Man told police he wanted to Pray found the Church locked and Knelt on the Steps. Police said a nervous neighbor probably culled. To report for duty on april1967, in h o f o n. Once j the induction Center How Cuttin n highly move would not take the tradition one step Forward signifying try into the armed . Boxing circa stripped Clay of his title induction he is still cognized As the Champion in sow countries. Belgian Premier asks King to replace him Brussels a designate Leo collard Al Al King Baudouin monday to be in lived of his task of trying form a new belgian govern the Royal Palace announced. The Long belgian a i Calnis like the forthcoming Ujj elections is Hani ering com Market farm talks on Wasj Cut milk production and do surplus. Completion of a Cong farm policy has As a con the dismantling of t Pistolis Niri ers for Industrial and T products Between us six tries july 1.King Baudouin had collard As Premier d s weeks ago
