European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 be Ore editor s note 0 it i Junior Walton is one of the 15 Coal miners rescued saturday after spending five Days in a flooded Southeastern w e s Virginia mine. He sat with his wife and five children and re counted the Days of terror to associated press newsman Holycr Jensen. A by Ottie Junior Walton Hominy Falls . A we prayed and Sang and talked about living a better life when we got out. We had a real religious Bunc Down there. We went into that mine . Monday. It was like any other Day. We d been working 15 miners the stars and stripes from a and up dispatches Hominy Falls . Rescuers used a conveyor Belt saturday to bring out 15 Miner who were trapped deep inside a partially flooded Coal mine since noon monday. Left behind deep in the Moun Tain were 10 others for whom All Hope has been was believed the 10 were swept to their deaths monday noon when a break in the Wall to an adjoining abandoned min shot millions of Gallons of water through the mine s passageway. The first Miner emerging from his underground prison saturday was near collapse and had Tobe helped from the conveyor Belt. The second Man bounded fro the Belt without assistance and walked to a waiting m Fine i m Fine Glen Amick told his reached the miners by crawling through a shallow Lake which officials had judged an hour earlier too High for Safe crossing. Pumps however lowered the water level sufficiently to allow breathing space in the 36-Inch-High Shaft. Redeploying is postponed Baum older Germany is departure from Rhein main air base for 600 office Sand enlisted men together with about 200 dependents of the 2ndsq, 3rd Armor Cav regt., re deploying to it. Lewis wash.,has been rescheduled for 9 . Monday regimental officials announced saturday. The Takeoff had been planned for sunday morning. The Squadron under the com Mand of it. Col Wendell l. Prince is in the Vanguard of redeployment operation which will be concluded july 16. Sunday Moy that shift before St we krt6w?- Midway around pretty wll we d been working 4 hour when we got the first Call this Supply Man Ernest Fitzwater who delivered supplies to the filters i inv a self spelled 6art.called us on the phone and said he had run into water. He said he was getting out. Frank Davis our superintendent said there were 10 other men Way Down the Side Shaft and he was going after them with Bozo Rudd. He told me Roget my Bunch but of there up to High ground. That water was coming in like a River. It was up to two feet in notice at All. The water was touching the ceiling in the swag a Long,8deepdip in the min floor just like that a 4? a the Jfe s riot Linch Tooni Tond Down there but the Sedge of to so a Ift Ifo men panicked. Everybody was real Cool. As soon As he Gotto a phone. Davis called the out Side and told them to ready the pumps knew we were going to get out because i had Faith inti Salvati one of the outside Rescue officials who also was. On of the first into the mine to Lead the men dutv1 we just talked some of us slept. For a while we just sat and had a i g Oldbull session a the tools had 0 Good sensed Flat Nakif Ici ire " air but we had pressure in there because of the rising water. Our ears nearly blew up when the punched that Hole through an air arid Supply Hole drilled from the top of the Mountain. That Hole meant life for is. R.= food blankets and drinking water. Wewere7 pretty disappointed when they did t get us but Wheir they said they would but it did dishearten is too much we knew there trere going to be and to Imide night we Twa Ter Start dropping. Pillon Bec ulcer attack the fronts Home of the men thought he 3 going. To die. It was real sit Here for a while. A the hardest thing to get unto Down there was sleeping that Coal Man. It sure was bar. My legs feel pretty weak fro being r All cramped up but otherwise i feel Fine. I Haven to decided yet the Uhitil go i Back Down that mine Guy. Has. Got to pay the rent arrests and rubble students wit hands clasped behind their Heads Are led into custody by Paris policemen after a night Longstreet Battle in the latin Quarter. A photo general strike called for monday to Back Paris students demands Paris a two big French labor unions have called a general strike for monday i support of students who have been on a week Long rampage for University Reform and re lease of arrested comrades. The students held a Square mile of Paris for several hours Early saturday in what police chief Maurice Grimaud called a veritable guerrilla he said 367 people had been injured and 468 , using tear Gas and nightsticks dislodged the Stu dents from their Street Barri Cades shortly before Dawn after about 11 hours of the worst Stu Dent rioting in memory. Later Large groups of students blocked traffic along Boulevard and police again used tear Gas to disperse them students marched again Satur Day night but heeded order from student leaders to exercise restraint. The leaders stood on the Shoul Ders of their classmates to urge the youths to return Home Andrest up for monday when a massive demonstration through out the capital is scheduled. The general strike Call was issued by the communist led general confederation of Lamorand the French confederation of democratic labor formerly the Christian Union. The socialist workers Force is expected to join the federation of National education also decided to strike on monday closing All schools. In the past general strikes i Paris have meant paralysis of subway bus and taxi service and Large scale shutdowns of the Gas and electricity systems plus factory and school closings. Paris scores move to upset talks from a and up dispatches Paris France accused ene Mies of peace saturday of try ing to upset american North vietnamese talks by exploiting student unrest in Paris. An official statement did no identify enemies of peace b u t Well placed government sources claimed privately that the charge was aimed at re China. The development came a american and North vietnamese envoys reached agreement on the management of their talk which on monday will get to the Basic question of How to end the War. . Troubleshooter Cyrus Vance met for the second time in two Days with North Viet Nam s no. 2 negotiator col. A Van Lau to thrash out the final details of ground rules for the main talks after two hours both emerged smiling and read to newsmen 3statement confirming that the full delegations will hold their opening session at 10 30 .monday, Vance looking relaxed drove at once to the . Embassy to report to amass actor at Large Vereil Hamman who like Hanoi s chief negotiator Xua Thuy did not attend Friday s and saturday s technical described the Atmos phere of the meeting As Good up to this Point it has been very Good he told newsmen atthe embassy it could also be described As Friendly monday is the Day full scale preliminary peace talks Are scheduled to Start Between . And North vietnamese students have been agitating for Reform of the outmoded and understaffed University system but their immediate demands were for release of col leagues threatened with disciplinary action withdrawal of police from student quarters and re opening of classes on the Nen Terre and Paris communist party and the federation of democratic an socialist left came out saturday for the students demands Gaston def Ferre socialist mayor of Marseille called for an immediate meeting of the National Assembly saturday morning for the first time the name of preside Tcharles de Gaulle was brought into the agitation. Student shouted de Gaulle murderer and Down with de student crisis was deemed grave enough for four of Degaulle s Cabinet members to hold an emergency session in the Middle of the night. They later informed de Gaulle himself. Suit filed in Bridge death Charleston . Up the attorney for a truck drive killed along with 45 other people when the Silver Bridge betwee Point pleasant ., and a nauga Ohio collapsed on Pec,15, 1967, has filed a 2 million damage suit against the designers of the Vendeni continue from Page 1 Dollar deficits. We re attempt ascertain the extent of balance of payment difficulties and explore All avenues for so til tin a defense official planned. Although the varies depending upon the ays Tern of bookkeeping employed experts estimate the unstated is running some $2 in the red annually in efforts to offset overseas expenditures Means of exports to donations. Clifford on his arrival insets from Washington late Day for the dec meeting the administration has no into Tion of cutting Back .buttons to nato s defense Ture As a consequence of economies in Federal spending. A . 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