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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, May 23, 1968

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes fag 3 More time needed . March set for june 19 fis3. Sun cd plans for a mass sch i Washington june 19.the Rev. Ralph David Aber Nathy who succeeded the lat Martin Luther King As chair so of the Southern Christia leadership conference said the March would draw  March was originally scheduled for May 30, memorial Day. The Date was changed because leaders said they needed More time to prepare and because of an expected shortage of transportation Dur ing the memorial Day Holiday. During a Long Day of peaceful protest and emotional demands for More jobs housing an welfare assistance delegations from the prefabricated resurrection City attended poverty hearings in the House and Senate and returned to sit in the House visitors  As speaker John Mccormack called for an adjournment vote at the end of the Day a Young White Man seated on the fringe of the predominantly negro group of 40 marchers inthe gallery Rose and shouted not till june 27"police arrested on a disorderly conduct charge a Man who identified himself As Peter j. Colino 24, of Valhalla . The meaning of the reference to june 27 was not known. Hanoi infiltration at record rate Bangkok Thailand a despite the current Paris peace talks on Vietnam North vietnamese infiltration of South Vietnam is running at a record rate Gen. William c. West Moreland said , commander of . Forces in Vietnam said that in april about 15,000 North vietnamese infiltrators crossed into the South. He said he expected the total for May would also be High. Westmoreland told reporter the new troops were being brought in by the communists to make up for the heavy Battle losses since the beginning of the year. They Are even Kidnap Inyoung men As replacements to flesh out their units he  Are very Young and some Are Over 45."westmoreland said that since the beginning of 1968 Allied forces had killed More communists than in All 1967 and twi Ceas Many As in 1966. He said the communists since the beginning of the year have changed their tactics and at tempted to launch Large scale sustained  Large scale attacks made the communists extremely vulnerable to Allied Power he  is on a three Day Farewell visit to Thailand before relinquishing his com Mand in june to become army chief of staff. Fire at sea smoke Bilges Forth fro the 4,766-ton norwegian liner Blenheim after it burst into flames Early tuesday in the North sea. In what was describe Das the perfect Rescue operation All 89 passengers and 78 Crew members were plucked from lifeboats without serious casualty. The ship was to be towed to Kristiansand Norway a photo Goddard resigning As food drug chief Washington a the res ignation of or. James l. God Dard commissioner of food an drugs was announced tuesday by welfare Secretary Wilbur . Goddard is leaving july 1 to become vice president of exp i technology a data processing1 and information systems firm an Fra spokesman said. He isto direct the opening of a Branch office in Atlanta whereas wife has family ties. The spokesman said Goddard also Hopes to develop computerized health information systems. Goddard 45, a career Public health service officer was one of the most outspoken and often controversial officials in the top circulation office phone numbers T 5 in Civ 420779, Mil 118388greece Athens Civ 985189 to a shorn Civ 83001,ext Sou subscribe now Sov mint homing Only Levels of  caused a juror within the past year when he said rethought alcohol was More dangerous than the drug marijuana. But he later pointed out that alcohol is extremely dangerous. And on the hallucinogenic drug Ltd Goddard differed with the administration Over proposed new curbs. Goddard held that Possession of Ltd should not be made illegal a proposed in an administration Bill. Goddard also came under fre quent criticism from drug Man firm asks of on 3-month shot for birth control Kalamazoo Mich. Up a new birth control injection that works like the Pill outlasts for three months May be marketed next year the Upjohn co. Announced tuesday. R. T. Parfet jr., president an general manager of Upjohn told the firm s annual meeting that the company has asked the . Food and drug administration for approval of the product. Up John May Market it next year i that approval is Given. The injection would have to be administered by a doctor a spokesman for the firm  said the end result and method of the injection was Simi Lar to the widely used Oral contraceptive Pill but because the fluid is suspended in the blood Stream it would retain longer de Gree of activity. Fact users for his tightening of Federal control Over All kinds of drugs and foods from Vitamin pills to antibiotics. Under his leadership Thesda recently initiated a sweep ing review of numerous commonly used drugs approved since 1962 to see if they do what they Are supposed to. New Pilot for la j Jet Washington a air Force one president Johnson s big Jet air plane will have a new Pilot next month but the White House has yet to announce who it will be. Col. James u. Cross 43, who has flown the president safely on trips around the world since1964, was rewarded tuesday when Johnson nominated him for the rank of brigadier Gener Al. He is to be reassigned in Juneas special assistant to the com Mander of the 12th air Force tactical air come. Negroes break demo Barrier in Mississippi Jackson miss. A the traditional All White makeup of the Mississippi democratic party s state convention crumbled tuesday As the first negro Dele Gates in modern history were named at county meetings. A week ago negroes participated in record numbers in the precinct conventions which elected delegates to the county meetings. Charles Evers state Field Secretary for the National association for the advancement of col ored people was elected a Dele Gate from Jefferson county an was named chairman of the county s powerful democratic executive committee. I would t Call this a mile Stone Evers said because it seems that Only those counties where negroes Are in the majority elected biracial delegations. This is no More than Nat  state convention will be held in Jackson july 2 and  Bell Williams will be in charge. Reds step up air defences around Yinh Saigon a the communist command was reported wednesday building up its air de lenses around the North Viet namese City of Vinh where Mostof the . Bombing missions have been concentrated since president Johnson s curtailment order last March 31. Fresh evidence of this was report from the . Command that Waves of Navy fighter bombers from the Carrier Kitty Hawk mounted a coordinated at tack tuesday on a newly uncovered sprawl no radar Complex 16miles Northwest of Vinh. Below Boundary Vinh is 145 Miles North of the demilitarized zone and 25 Miles below the 19th parallel the Northern bombing Boundary set by Johnson s de escalation  tuesday s raid a . Spokesman said heavy damage was inflicted at an Early warning radar com plex 16 Miles Northwest of Vinh. Vans damaged several fires were  vans were damaged. Two reverted trucks were engulfed inflames and a Generator and adjacent buildings were de  . Sources said the Rada Complex indicates an intensification of the defences of  also cited increased anti aircraft fire and surface to air missiles in the Vinh area. Model9 teacher upheld Flint Mich a the school Board i Burton township a suburb of Flint has ruled against dismissing a 24-year-old sex education teacher who stripped before her All girl class to emphasize a Point. The action six weeks ago by the unidentified teacher raised the ire of Many parents who demanded her dismissal along with that of Junior High school principal c. F. Heidtke. The Bentley school District Board meeting i special session monday night concluded there was insufficient evidence to justify dismissal of either  find she had intentions in the Best interests of her students said Gerald Felger school Board president. She erred in judg ment by using herself As a Model thus he methods and words were misinterpreted  
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