European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday 1961 the stars and stripes Page 3 won t leave Viet vacuum Clifford tells Senate panel milk Appeal or. And mrs. Lawrence e. Mason of Spokane,wash., hold their 3-month-old child Richard who is the object of an Appeal for human milk. Mrs. Mason is unable to produce the milk needed to keep the baby alive. A photo Washington a the eventual . Withdrawal from South Vietnam will not be car ried out in such a Way to leave a vacuum Secretary of de sense Clark m. Clifford said Fri Day. He commented under questioning of the Senate foreign relations committee on what this country plans to do to protect its mull billion Dollar in vestment in military installations port facilities and Public works in that country. Clifford also said that West Ern Europe must face the realities that the time will come when we would begin w i t h drawl of . Troops there. Heave no timetable however. The defense Secretary in his first appearance before the committee said any . Recall of its forces from Vietnam would take place Over a period of  but he did not Esti mate How Long that period might be. He told the committee the number of North vietnamese troops in South Vietnam has in creased from 54,000 in january to 74,000 in mid March with More recent figures  Secretary said North Viet namese forces had been used to replenish Viet Cong units that Clark Cliffor leads marines in sweep  v oof in baptism of fire by Nick Wheeler a Nang Vietnam up Marine capt. Charles s. Rob whipped a 45-caliber pistol from his Holster Friday and fired into clump of elephant grass where communist fire was heard. Robb son in Law of president Johnson was under fire in Vietnam for the first time.,a Hail of automatic weapons fire had just come from the Rice Paddy area and Robb two of Nis lieutenants and his radio Tor dropped to the ground. Kobe was leading a company of about 210 marines on a sweep of a Viet Cong controlled Are South of the . Marine base at Danang. Although there were sporadic exchanges of gunfire in the five s pation. The leather necks suffered no casualties and there were no confirmed reports of communists killed. A voter wheless Robb whose Linda is expecting a baby i no Bei was in the midst faction throughout. By before noon he led hism Pany southward into an Here. Several Marine earlier reported heavy North vietnamese circulation office one numbers Surmany � 0v j3004.y. A in p33w, ext scribe now h9u