European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 24 the stars and stripes wednesday May 3, . Tanks fight reds in Saigon Saigon a american tanks and armoured personnel carriers moved into the South Western Edge of Saigon tuesday in efforts to crush several Hun dred Viet Cong. American troops had been use Din Saigon Jan. 31 against a Viet Cong offensive but this was the first time they were committed to the City to counter the latest enemy assaults which began  was heavy sniping All along the Edge of a River Banka the southwestern tip of the Juhe Andrews gets Santa Monica Calif a screen Queen Julie Andrews won a divorce tuesday from he childhood sweetheart British de signer Tony Walton testifying that their careers came Between  has been in this country starring in a string of movie hits while he has stayed in their native  uncontested decree ending the nine year Union was granted on grounds of cruelty. They had been officially separated since october 1966. Miss Andrews Star of mar Poppins and the sound of music won custody of their Walton won full visiting rights she waived Alimony and the court held that Walton is undergo present obligation to pay child support. Miss Andrews was awarded the family Home and All other property in her  she filed the divorce action last november miss an-5-year-old daughter e m m a. I Drews said the varying de mails of our careers have Tony and me apart for Long cd thus placing obvious a Peri. Strains upon our marriage. It la becomes cear that a Rte Ewill be in the Best All  were married at in thames England,195", Rte l  of refugees were top Hanoi Delegate optimistic streaming from their Homes into the More secure heart of the  said Street fighting in Saigon has resulted in at least 37civilian deaths. They said an other 886 civilians had been hospitalized. The figures were Only for deaths which occurred in hospi1 tals and do not include other persons killed or injured and not taken to  tanks and armoured personnel carriers were from . 9th inf div. The pcs heavily Laden with ,50-Calibermachine guns poured streams of fire into snipers  vietnamese dive bomb ers strafed and Nap Almed the area. Copters  area . Helicopter gun ships also rocketed the Shantytown area. On the t h i r d Day of fighting the Viet Cong forces committed to Saigon appeared centralized on the City s southwestern fringes where towering smoke plumes marked the helicopter  . Spokesman said the fighting was touched off when reinforced company of Viet Cong perhaps 150 men trying to push into Saigon attacked a South vietnamese outpost near the Kinh Doi canal. Heaviest fighting the heaviest fighting tuesday was reported just below the Ca Nal which forms the Southern limit of Saigon. A Day Long Battler aged around a factory Complex where an estimated 170 Vietcong and North vietnamese sol Diers  . Spokesman said tues Day american and South Viet namese troops blocking enemy reinforcement routes into the capital from the South West and Northeast killed 445 enemy troops Over the last 24 hours. Another 242 enemy were reported. Killed inside the City. Against this . Casualties were reported As six killed and 61 wounded. Since last saturday the spokes Man said Allied troops have killed 1,279 Viet Cong and North vietnamese threatening Saigon. Allied casualties were reported to be Light. Paris a North Vietnam delegation for preliminary peace talks with the United states be Gan arriving in the French Capi Tal tuesday and a top member of the group sounded a positive note for outcome of the conversations. A Van lao who will act a adviser to chief negotiator Xuan Thuy arrived at the head of group of 23 delegation members who flew in from Hanoi by Way of peking and Moscow. He told j norvant As that of Thuy in the newsmen i am optimistic when asked about prospects for the talks. The North vietnamese officials an army colonel and was with  country s delegation to the1954 Geneva talks which ended the French Indochina War. West Ern sources Here believe lao is one of the top policy makers inthe Hanoi government and prob ably will play a role Asim Paris talks. Thuy is expected thursday morning. Meanwhile French official said they were proceeding on the Assumption that the former hotel Majestic near the Arch of Triumph will be the conference site. The sources said that they were still awaiting technical approval from Washington and Hanoi but predicted no difficulties. Now 6.75 per cent Flea. Vet loan ceiling raised from a and up dispatches Washington presi Dent Johnson signed into Law tuesday a Bill lifting the 6 percent interest rate ceiling on vet Erans and Cha Home loan Sand a new ceiling of 6.75 per cent was announced immediately by administration officials. Secretary Robert c. Weaver of the housing and Urban development Hud depart ment and administrator Wil Liam j. Driver of the Veteran administration jointly set the new rate ceiling for loan guaranteed by the Federal housing administration Cha and the a. Banks and other lending institutions make the actual Loans. Under the Cha program the Home buyer pays an extra one half of one per cent that goes into an insurance program that guarantees the Bank that the Mcfan will be repaid. Under the a housing pro Gram the government provides a direct guarantee that the loan will be repaid by the Veteran up to a new maximum of$12,500. The old maximum was $7,500.while Only veterans Are eligible for a Loans almost anyone May apply for an Cha , in the rising inter est rate Market and tight Money situation Loans for housing under these program shave been scarce since lending institutions would rather Len their Money under conventional mortgages where they can get bigger interest rate rather than the mandatory old 6 percent ceiling. Johnson predicted the higher rates would make it easier for Hopes High for miners water recedes continued from a Kje t with the remaining group of la about two Miles from the mine Entrance since the in americans to Purchase  he also warned a 10 per cent mortgage interest is a possibility if Congress fails to pass the 10 per cent income tax sur charge he seeks. Cha commissioner p.  said in a statement the action should bring Down the discount Points or charges made by lenders when Homes Are sol through Cha or a financing. An Cha spokesman said these charges have added up to 1 per cent to the interest on the Home mortgage. The increase in the rate Ceil ing is expected to Speed the Pace of the Home real estate Industry. Easier financing officials said it should make it easier for builders to get Money to construct Homes and easier for people to get Home financing especially people in the lower Levels of  said this is a competitive rate. I am not a supporter of High interest rates. But we must have an interest rate which competes with other investments and the rate behave set today does  the president voiced congratulations to the House ways and Means committee for its Deci Sion to endorse a 10 per cent tax increase coupled with a $4billion cutback in Federal spend ing in the bookkeeping year that begins july 1. Short thrusts Marion 111. Up John Hale told police sunday somebody stole  Samurai swords. Carter Ville hi., police found them be ing carried by a 17-year-old mid get. Voters. Continued from Page republicans from crossing Overto cast ballots in the heated democratic race appeared to repaying off in some gop districts but not in  voting in Indianapolis and Gary where negroes and Union members cast a significant portion of the ballots was being interpreted in Advance of the actual vote tabulation As indicating substantial support for Kennedy. At the same time voters i South Bend and other University centers from which Mccarthy was calculated to draw strength were turning out enlarge numbers. Farm areas which Branigin hoped to carry registered heavier voting later in the Day a Farmers completed their work in the Fields at stake in the democratic contest was the prestige of Vic tory in a Pivotal midwestern state and a claim on the 63 Indi Ana votes toward the 1,312 needed to win that party s presiden tial nomination. Nixon had the 26 Republican votes toward the 667 needed to top the gop ticket. How the state s democratic votes will be cast at the party s Chicago convention remained Tobe decided later. The democratic state committee has the Power to determine whether the delegates shall be lined up be Hind candidates on the basis of the top vote getter in districts Oron a state wide basis. It would be possible but no Likely for Kennedy Mccarthy and Branigin to share the vote on the first ballot at the Conven Tion. The governor armed wit state patronage Powers tools the state committee. Jackie Robinson s son ruled addict de ground Workings flooded monday. A Call went out tuesday Forskin divers from Philadelphia to Aid in the Rescue with underwater breathing apparatus which it was hoped could be used in reaching the trapped men. Meanwhile emergency air shafts were being drilled from surface locations above the two groups which rescuers were in radiotelephone Contact with. This meant drilling Down 400 feet in one instance and 140 feet in the Iother. Water had Short circuited Partnof the mine s regular ventilation system and had flooded some air ducts. Emergency supplies lashed to ithe conveyor Belt and headed for the 13 men trapped nearest the mine Mouth left the surface at 4 44 . Thirteen minutes late word came by radiotelephone i from underground we got  said Rescue official Tim Sal-1vati those Are real Happy boys Down there. They know ill we can get food Clown to them Well probably get them  morale is  High and dry an official of the Coal company said the 13 men waiting res Cue a mile from the Entrance Are unharmed High and Dryad  he said the two men a half mile farther inside also were Safe. As for the 10 men farther Flora the Entrance president c. A Richardson of the Maust Copland Coke corp. Parent company of the Gauley firm said Well we just Haven t heard anything from them. And Don t know How much water is Down  con Stamford Conn. A Jackie Robinson jr., accused of narcotics and gun carrying Vio lations was found to be a Nar comics dependent person tues Day and was ordered to undergo treatment and rehabilitation for 21-year-old son of two ,the first negro to play major league baseball was placed inthe custody of the commission on adult probation for treat ment under the supervision of the state mental health depart  judge George Dicenzo ordered that prosecution Oyoung Robinson on the charges against  be delayed for two years. A psychiatrist or. Herber Kleber said in court tuesday that Robinson had been depend ent on heroin for a six month period prior to   was arrested in the Early morning hours of March 4on a Stamford Street. Police said they found in  Possession heroin marijuana and an ital Ian made .22 Caliper revolver. Shortly after the youth s arrest  father a former Brook Lyn dodgers great and a Mem Ber of the baseball Hall of Fame said Young Jackie had told  he had been introduced to marijuana while serving wit the army in Vietnam. Young Jackie returned from Vietnam last summer after suffering shrapnel wounds. father Mother and sister were in the courtroom. Gun explosion kills two German soldiers Bonn a two West Ger Man bundles Chr soldiers were killed and four injured tuesday when a tank gun exploded Dur ing training at Grafe Woehr North Bavaria the defense ministry reported the training exercise was sus Pended immediately and an investigation was started. Weather partly Cloudy to Cloudy with occasion Al rain. Little change thursday. Frank Furt Hel Dullberg High a Low 60. Tern Pesature recorded tuesday get heart. Continued from Pine " said he was out of danbcr1 everything except the rejection problem. I the first initial rejection was May be at its greatest my a week after the transplant i Cooley said. Heart Thomas received  new be from a 15-year-old go l last r Dac Ooley said Cobb had go kidney and liver complication if anything were to 4 4am pm 70 76 Adana p68 79 Atheni p 55 66 Valano p 48 67 Berlin p46 62 Frankfurt p 43 44 London up partly Cloudy a rain. 4 4am pm 39 69 Madrid p46 62 Munich p 47 60 Paris r37 46 pm twice r 69 66 Rome p77 72 wheel i p 2nd weather wino would expect them to i prime concern Cooley a d. Said Cobb s heart and of physical condition was worse than that of Thinas. Another candidate new York a Calist labor party Tate helming Blomen 57 assembler As its can " president of the in d � a the party has run  presidential Beleiu 1892, it said