European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes wednesday May 15, 1968 garbage men on strike in St. Petersburg continued from Page fifty relations commission in St. Petersburg has urged the City to resume talks with strikers Here. Andrews replied this is Nota racial matter. It s a labor problem and the Community relations commission has no business getting  Andrews also said i Don t think Money is really  the City manager out lined what he called a conspiracy of some sort by Young Mili Tants among the predominantly negro garbage men. He said some of the people he terme agitators were of the Beard variety or linked with the Stu Dent nonviolent coordinating committee."1 do not think it was any particular group although there appears to be some outside agita Tion from somewhere although we Haven t located it Andrews said in an  think part of it is the Over All picture nationwide to hit the utilities the City manager said. The City police Are investigating it  James Sanderlin 39, a negro attorney representing the strik ers who organized As the Youngmen s progressive club said absolutely no one in Chis groups a member or has anything to do with any groups whatsoever which Are identified with the so called Black Power movement. No outsiders it is highly irregular for the City administration and even the City Council for it to say the situation has anything to do with any outside movements or forces Sanderlin  first asked raises from $1.875 hourly to $2.50.drivers and Crew chiefs wanted $3.25 instead of their $2.275. But the demands were Cut to 25 cents an hour More for All by the end of last week and to 20 cents an hour More  said the City won t add to the five cent hourly raise recently Given All City  backing the citizenry seemed to be100 per cent behind meeting this head on Andrews said. I told the Public there has to come a time to meet the problem and unfortunately this is the  in Memphis the strike began feb. 12 and two weeks later it became a Boycott. The Homes of some no strikers in Memphis were struck with fire bombs an the same thing happened Here twice last . Martin Luther King or. Was assassinated april 4 i Memphis when he went there to Aid the cause of the  strike was subsequently settled. A Midouin visits Ireland Dublin up King Baudouin and Queen f a b i o 1 a of Belgium arrived in Dublin by air tuesday to begin a four Day state visit to Ireland. Too million Dollar Drain Quarter Washington a the International d o 11 a r Drain slowed to about $600 million Dur ing the first Quarter of this year a three fold improvement from the previous three months despite a deteriorating Trad picture. This was reported tuesday bythe Commerce department. The department said a strike at the new York port the cop per strike and increased imports of steel in anticipation of a possible steel strike this Yea May have reduced the Trade surplus by As much As $500 Mil lion in the first Quarter. Despite the improvement the deficit in the . Balance of payments is still running at a unacceptable Pace for the administration which Hopes to Cut$3 billion this year from last nato exercise planned in june shape Belgium special a nato Field exercise designed to train the Ace Mobile Force am in deployment to vital flanks of Allied command Europe Ace will be conducted in the Bardu Foss area of norther Norway june 3 to 22. In exercise Polar express elements of the am will be transported to Northern no Wayand will Man Euver with norwegian and British forces under the Overall direction of Gen. Sir Kenneth  role of the am is to deter aggression by demonstrating nato Solidarity by its timely deployment Gen. Lyman , supreme Allied com Mander Europe said in an House oks Extension for Wheeler Washington a after Brief debate Over military policy in South Vietnam and Europe the House voted tuesday to extend for one year  g. Wheeler s term As chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The voice vote came after rep. Paul Findley r-i11., who last week blocked a move to approve the Extension swiftly said the Congress should learn More of Wheeler s views and attitudes toward military policy in Viet Nam. I m not saying Gen. Wheelers to blame for the fix we re in Findley said but perhaps Pecan shed some Light on How we got  the Senate also must act on the Resolution to extend Wheeler s term. Beatles. Continued from Page i to him than there was. He s human. We thought at first Hewan  Lennon said the beatles had taken up meditation because it seemed to be Nice like cleaning your  Mccartney said his and Len non s feelings about the guru were shared by Harrison an Starr. We tend to go in and out of things together said Mccartney. The maharishi also has other critics. See Page 5. Bouncing the  the exercise in Norway will be maj. Gen.  Gundersen commander in chief Allied task Force North Norway. Units taking part will include the Ace Mobile land component which consists of a multinational Headquarters battalions from Canada the United kingdom an Italy and ., British and italian support units. These forces will be under the com Mand of maj. Gen. G. A. Turcot commander of the Ace Mobile land  of the Ace Mobile Force air component participating inthe exercise will include squad Rons from the dutch ., Brit ish and belgian air forces. A British Marine command group operating from a com Mando ship with troop carrying naval helicopters will also participate. Peace talks. Continued from Page 1 we do not recognize  Washington authorities have put the total at scores of thousands including entire  talks will be resumed at 10 30 .  on the talks included the following in Washington president Johnson acknowledged that har Riman s team faces very  in Moscow the state radio claimed red China s Mao tse Tung told Xuan Thuy he considered it was erroneous that Hanoi agreed to meet the americans. The radio reported peking s main information organs have blacked out news of the talks. Japan honors . Sharp Tokyo up . U. S. , american commander in chief in the Pacific has received the grand cordon of the order of the rising Sun Japan second highest decoration. Weather partly Cloudy. Little change thursday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 68, Low 49. Temperatures recorded tuesday get 4 4 am pm 63 79 Adana p 68 72 Athens p 67 72 Valano p so 55 Berlin p 60 61 Frankfurt p 46 69 London cd 4 4 am pm 48 68 Madrid c 41 66 Munich r 64 63 Paris p 41 48 Prestwick r 62 73 Rome p 63 77 wheelus p a Clear Al Cloudy a partly Cloudy r rain. 2nd weather Wing c130 downed six yanks 150 s. Viets killed continued from Page t tured 409 powerful 122mm Rock ets within the last two months. They said 253 were taken jus before the enemy s Spring Offen Sive against Saigon began an reported that prisoners admitted some were to be fired into the capital. Battles still flared All around Saigon. Two australian regiment were attacked 25 Miles Northeast of Saigon. The aussies called . Artillery and aircraft and reported killing 54 enemy troop while sustaining Light casualties. . Spokesmen said 95 More guerrillas were killed in six scattered actions monday to the West South and East of  fighting also raged for 10 hours monday just below the order Between North and South Vietnam. Military spokesmen said two South vietnamese battalions aided by . Artillery and aircraft battled about 600 North vietnamese killing 119.South vietnamese losses were described As  troops killed 7,934 guerrillas in smashing a nationwide red offensive military spokes men said  of the enemy troops killed in the drive that opened May 5 fell in and around Saigon. South vietnamese spokesmen said their forces suffered 918 men killed and 2,563 wounded plus 140 men missing in the fight  casualties were not yet totalled for the 10 Days fight ing but in the Saigon area 76 americans have been reported killed. On the political front government sources told up that South vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu recently asked former Premier Tan Van Huong to re place Nguyen Van Loc As pre  sources said the offer was made May 5 at the time of the Start of the second red offensive. It was Uncertain if Huon would accept. The sources also said Thieu faced opposition in his regime against the move. Selassie visits Australia Canberra up Ethiopia emperor Haile Selassie arrived Here from Indonesia monday fora five Day state visit. Two killed in Panama voting riots Panama City up sub machine gun fire drove Back bands of opposition supporters attacking t h e pro government Peoples Alliance headquarter monday. Two persons were known killed and 10 injured in Panama s Post election  counting of sunday s ballots probably will not Start be fore saturday reliable sources said. Supporters of the two Lead ing candidates continued to claim Victory. A spokesman for the electoral tribunal said it refused to meet monday because it feared mob would storm its buildings. The attack on the headquarter Sof government presidential candidate David Samudio was staged by some 600 supporters of opposition presidential hopeful Arnulfo Arias. It came after Rigoberto pare Des a candidate for National assemblyman and three Friend machine gunned the radio station radio Soberana. Police said Oneman was killed and two persons wounded one a  station which is Independent but had been broadcasting pro opposition material called upon people to witness the at tack. Several Hundred Arias follow ers gathered there in minutes and chased Paredes into a  smashed its windows while Paredes and three accomplices fired at them. At least one person was killed and two wounded before National guardsmen arrested pared Esthe crowd hurled rocks at Samudio s Campaign posters broke windows in a one Block area and overturned and burned five buses and four cars. A sniper inside the Headquarters fire sporadically from a window in Juring two youths crouching behind a truck. The firs of it. Spends More v other strips than foreigners attend i the United states. Land m the United states has run deficit in 17 of the last 18 y the Drain Rose to i.85 during the fourth Quarter of s year As a result of British  of the Pound.  offi. Vials had earlier projected substantial improvement for the first Quarter. The projection was based on preliminary data from the nation s Banks which Onerato internationally. The first Quarter deficit is the lowest since the $553 million related Story on Page 4 Drain during the second Quarter of last year. Because of tie poor showing of the balance of payments in late 1967, president Johnson on new year s Day announced his program to Cut the deficit by $3billion this year through controls on investment abroad expanded exports less spending by american tourists visiting other countries and cutbacks i government spending overseas outside of the Vietnam War. Thus far in 1968, however the . Trade picture has been Dis appointing because of a Sharp Rise in  department said that merchandise exports increased by about $460 million during the first Quarter of this year but imports jumped by $680 million. The Trade balance is but on part of the Over All balance of payments picture and had Bee none of the most encouraging part for .  Favorale Trade balance during the first Quarter the department said declined to Only $100 million compared with the average balance of about $1 Bil lion during the first three quarters of last year. 15 priests injured As stand Falls Harrisburg a. Up fifteen priests in a group about 200 were injured tuesday when 15 foot High temporary bleachers collapsed at to Catholic youth Center Here during a picture taking Ceredo  George l. Leech head of the Harrisburg Roma Catholic diocese escaped Possi ble injury by a matter minutes. He was at the Center preparing to enter the gymnasium to join the group when in stand collapsed. Some of the priests suffered possible fractures but All reported in satisfactory conf i the priests were celebrating the 100th anniversary o i diocese and were gatheied1 in the gymnasium for Comien or Active photographs. Llly had attended a it Tell Jyh Finlin St. Patrick s Cathou celebrated by Bishop u cd ambulances took six p k to holy spirit la Espial nearby Camp Hill 1suffered possible k s. My or Back  priests were Tam Harrisburg Hospital i Fering leg injuries us trained