European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Ift y. Ill Bonn Thi Tam and Stolki troop costs Washington up West German negotiators choir Reav were preparing for an a Rand of talk after failing to achieve any Progress during too Davs of discussions on the Section of How to neutralize the Dollar Drain caused by the an Nual expenditure of about $8753lion by , troops stationed in Germany officials of the two govern intents said the next round would probably take place before the m of this1 month either into Fly or again in Washington. They said when the discussion adjourned the United states was Gilill insisting that West Germany hould offset All of the . Mil itary expenditures in . Government securities and military equip ment . According to officials the West German delegation did not Budge from its proposal to buy $500 Mil lion Worth of . Bonds and be tween 100 and $150 million of military goods. This would leave the United states with a net Dollar Drain off highly $250 million. Risks associated press photographer Dan Van Phuoc been wounded three times while filming Viet sniper fire near Saigon to Aid two wound one to safety on his Back. A photo guardsmen drilled reservists to get Washington up about211,000 army and Marine reservists Are being trained forgot control duty by Early summer it was announce Friday. More than 300,000 National guardsmen already Are trained to Cope with possible violence in the cities. The army said 200,000 of its260,000 organized reservists will undergo five weeks of instruction and Field training exercises on the use of tear Gas and other riot control agents and munitions for dealing with Crow Sand the course will be completed june 17. In addition 11,000 Marine reservists Are receiving similar training to be completed july 1.an unspecified number of air Force Reserve Security police Are being trained and a riot control program for Navy reservists is under study. There was no explanation Why the paid civilian reservists which until How. Had not Bee considered available for riot control duty were being readied for a possible Call to Active duty to move into trouble areas. Lectures and simulated Rio situations in the Field have been used to prepare the 300,000guardsmen for use if needed and the army has stockpile chemicals communications gear shotguns and barricade wire i depots strategically situated around the country. Army Reserve units already alerted for possible mobilization including 6,401 who we reordered to Active duty april 11 to fill Vietnam caused vacancies in regular army ranks Are among those excused from Rio control training. Others exempted Are Hospital and medical corpsmen and reservists in Legal postal a e 1 e c t i v e service Reserve ii b of travel censorship strategic military intelligence or the army Reserve personnel will to available however for duty inane rioting the air Force Reserve will be on Call for airlifts of men and supplies into trouble spots. Is found Parris Island . Up staff sgt. Joseph Johnson a wiry Plond Marine Drill instructor with thick glasses was found inno w Friday on charges of mis treating recruits. A court martial panel took 45minutes to return the verdict in we Case of the 28-year-old Viet Nam Veteran a native of Golc Itoro no. Johnson who had been accused " no a of fruits hands with his supporters packed military court worn. There was Light applause s verdict was pro trial eight Marine fed they h and Bee nor saw him conscious 1"" Lul King him refis a acquittal on the Mal Aseff a is elation office phone. Ibe now h.n8o"/ w t f r court martial panel the prosecution failed to show the Drill instructor was Given an order against mistreating recruits. The five officer Board agree with Harrelson that the charge of disobeying an order against maltreatment should be dropped. 15 witnesses during a afternoon session most of them Marine recruits under instruction from Johnson last december and of the former recruits offered testimony that they never were struck by Johnson and could not recall any other recruits being struck by the Drill . Mark Mcduffy of new York City who served wit Johnson in Vietnam told the panel he was the most out standing no to work for me prosecution witness pvt. Robert a Neff 18, of Thornwood,n.y., said he heard Johnson Tell the platoon to run Over and Stepon a trainee who fell during a running Drill. My. Votes pledged to huh Baltimore my. A the Maryland democratic delegation of the National convention vote Friday to cast All its 49 votes in support of vice president Huberth. Humphrey for the presidential nomination. Since latest red began food prices skyrocket in Saigon Saigon up the Cost of living in Saigon has risen an average of 20 per cent since the communist offensive began last sunday the government said sat urday. Some prices have shot up As much As 300 per government immediately froze the Price of milk sugar and Rice at pre offensive Levels but vegetables egg and meat prices skyrocketed. Rents have not been affected and prices at american mess Halls and exchanges have not in creased. Nor have restaurants upped their prices As Middle class family of six now spends a daily average of$8.50 on food compared to $5.10 traffic deaths Down in Sweden for 1967 Stockholm up the number of traffic deaths in swe Den fell last year for the firs time and was the lowest since 1960, the National traffic safety association nth has an s switchover from left to right hand driving last sep tember was believed to have played a major role in reducing traffic deaths. The nth said 1,077 people died and 21,001 were injured in 1967. The figures for 1966 were 1,313 killed and 24,930injured, before the dozen Duck eggs priced at 83 cents a week ago now sell for$1.32. The government said there Wasno food shortage in fact there was enough food in warehouses to feed the City s 2.5 million for at least five months. More than 50 truckloads vegetables stalled near Saigon s Northern outskirts have spoiled and police have turned Back Many food Laden trucks coming from the Mekong Delta for fear they conceal communist weapon Sand explosives for Viet Cong in Side the City. University expels 16, triggers new sit in Chicago up Roosevelt University expelled. 16 students Friday for their part i turbulent protest demonstrations. The expulsions triggered new sit in in which police hauled 11 protesters out of the University president s office. A crowd of More than 100persons, including some univer sity of Chicago students who acted in sympathy with Roose velt demonstrators marched on the office of Roosevelt pres ident Rolf a. Weil after the 16students were expelled for barricading themselves in univer sity offices thursday night. The demonstrations which were in their fifth Day were Over Weil s decision not to hire controversial part time prof. Staughton Lynd on a full Tim basis. Eleven protesters adamantly squatted in Weil s office when University authorities ordered them to leave at the 5 . Closing time. An estimated 100others milled in the corridor outside the eighth floor office of the Michigan Avenue administration building. Police arrested the 11 on charges of trespassing and carted them away to jail. The went without resistance amid their supporters remonstrances to arresting officers. Max Nichols Plant superintendent of Roosevelt University told newsmen that the students face the same Type of disciplinary action As the other students who trespassed in the president s office earlier in the week. They face suspension or gwtw9 opens Cannes film festival Cannes France up the Cannes International film Festi Val entered its third decade Fri Day with a great throb of nostalgia the screening of a 70.mil-Imeter, stereophonic version of 2&u american classic gone with the a distinguished collection of
