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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, May 26, 1968

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes in majority Page 23 Stock Market moved ahead slowly army doctors propose a few York up the Market marked time last of cock As investors remained of mistic in the face of discourage 11 economic and International profit taking was in evidence throughout the list but these Only news failed to trigger heavy Selling although in estors seemed to seize on the test excuse to buy  with encouraging Corporale news such As mergers acquisitions or Good earnings re ports were in  apparent stalemate in the Washington Hanoi talks in Paris seemingly had Little effect on trading. Brokers said investors had not anticipated a Quick agreement. Tight Money and fears of even tighter Money As an alternative to the Long delayed tax hike failed to discourage investors or is who fled War or inc in Sweden Stockholm up six self proclaim cd . Military desert ers arrived Here saturday from Moscow by air via  Are the first known to have fled from the War in Vietnam to protest . Involvement. The six earlier this month a eared on a Moscow television program and denounced the in Loral american War in Viet  70 gis have left their units mostly in West Ger Many _ and have come to Sweden. Almost All have been ranted Asylum on humanitarian  latest six were detained by swedish police and taken to bringing the message Home Indianapolis ind. A Indiana Secretary of state Edgar d. Whitcomb a Republican candidate for governor spoke about cutting crime in the streets Dur ing a talk to Indiana associated press managing editors. When he returned to his car he found a $125 camera had been stolen. The police station in the Vaerst suburb. They will before getting a Dence permit seek Asylum will be granted. Interrogated be temporary Resi later they mus which probably awol i reported in Switzerland Basel a Switzerland has joined the ranks of european countries giving Refuge to .army defectors who protest american involvement in Viet Nam. The mass circulation newspaper Blick reported saturday that an infantry private James Franks has arrived Here via France with his German Girlfriend and the Mascot dog of his battalion. He has received Swiss work permit. . Army Headquarters i Heidelberg listed a pfc. James r. Franks 21, of Asheville n.c.,As absent without leave from his unit since feb. 27. Mutual funds prices new York up National Asa ocl it Lon of securities dealers  bid asked Devegh do car Dela pc diver or 3.20 8.82 �.80 1.26 3.49 Ibert nov cd Tan fail am to bus div or think us Tao to Chorea me Houghton axe a 8.99 axe Bayeh St axe so Jabson Blue Ridste it cd Road St a Ullock Gen Dinc p life Lent bar 3. 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Of the 1,663 issues traded 850advanced and 681 declined Leav no 132 unchanged on the week. There were 235 highs for 1968 and Only 89 lows. Trading volume picked up to54,758,050 shares from t h e 53,061,940 shares that change hands the week before. It was a above the 46,510,658 share traded in the same week a year ago. Every one of the 10 most a Ive stocks for the week improved and 15 of the top 20 improved while four declined Andone was unchanged. Glen Alden was in first place climbing 2 Points to 15% on a volume of 1,234,700  moved into second place. It jumped 3% Toon 941,400 shares. New York a new Yor Stock Exchange closing Index Walls input  what he Vudor Winrig Driscon Worth 7.21 9.40 10.30 5.89 0.40 7.71 8.3 12.27 13.41 13.11 14.31 ? 14.2 9.09  15.53 16.79 19.45 31.1 14.64 16.00 8.05 8.79 6.13 6.68 a a do old and Market Index Industrial transportation Utility finance May 24 54.63 67.73 50.99 41.80 61.18 May 17 54.38 57.41 50.13 42.05 60.44 yes to halt cleaning of leather items Nuernberg special eur Opean Exchange system has announced that because of Man problems encountered with local contractors dry cleaners will no longer accept leather and suede  Exchange spokesman explained that yes itself is no equipped to provide the leather processing service. In the Pas local cleaners bid for and obtained contracts for the service but the number of complaint involving leather or suede treat ment we be been receiving from our customers has forced us to Stop the service. We be tried Many companies and just cannot find one to turn out acceptable work he  spokesman pointed out that similar experiences in the past had forced discontinuation of the cleaning and processing Alfurs lace curtains and several synthetic  in Europe we have been unable to locate the qualified people to process such items on any Large scale he added. Chaplain s son killed by truck in Munich Munich is the19-Monlh-old son of chaplain capt and mrs. Wendel Danielson was fatally injured b a . Army truck Friday morning in the Terlacher Forst Nous ing area  child Keith died in the 225th station Hospital two hour after the Accident a South a Varia District spokesman said investigation of the Accident is . Danielson is a pro Lestan chaplain. Plugs or muffs for ears to save gis hearing by James Gunter is Munich Bureau chief Garmisch Germany is soldiers suffer a steady loss of hearing because of weapons fir no and other army noises yet they have not been taught to us earplugs specialists said at the 1968 Usa eur medical surgical conference that closed Here Fri Day. A Man should not be expose to More than 90 decibels of noise without ear Protection Saidat. Noel b. Mcdewitt chief of otolaryngology service at the army Hospital in Neu Bruecke Germany. He receives about160 decibels on a Rifle fire Range from the weapon next to  Mcdevitt said he tested group of soldiers at Baum older with three years or less in the army and 15 of 46 registered a hearing loss since they entered the service. The officer said damage is done to the ears by sound pressure which is not necessarily accompanied by a loud noise. Particularly susceptible to hearing loss Are Jet plane and helicopter Crews he said. And dentists us ing High Speed drills should us earplugs he added. We first circulated earplugs to All members of the army in 1965," Mcdevitt said. Earplugs certainly do a Good Job in protecting a Man against noise. Model b51r earplugs will attenuate approximately 25 Deci Bles at 4,000 cycles. Commander scan get triple Flange plugs if they order them and these have Posi Tive Virtues because they require less Diligence in fitting and Are exposed so you can Tell when a Man is wearing  col. Harry Mccurdy assistant army attache in London said the problem is to get people to put plugs in their ears. It s an educational problem. The loss of hearing is such an easy loss and what we need to do is sell the idea that plugs Are  col. Roswell g. Daniels chief of the preventive Medicine Divi Sion for Usa eur and seventh army told the hearing experts he thinks earmuffs would be a improvement. I m trying to sell earmuffs because they Are More acceptable to the user he said. Plug shave got to be fitted and stuck in muffs Are not that much More expensive that we can t afford  Mccurdy countered i am no sure of the premise that a mar will Wear a big Muff before Hewill Wear  said Mcdevitt the problems that muffs Are a non expend Able item and it s the Devil to be biafran nigerians meet Kampala Uganda a delegates fro m Biafra and Nigeria met late saturday afternoon to talk for the first time about conditions for a cease fire the blood War of secession i which 100,000 has cause casualties. More thai hem issued to the  must have a better pro Gram of education to reach com Manders and men in the Field and to reach the men Early in asic training and to teach the value of using  Warsaw pact plans june Maneu vers Prague a Czechoslovakia announced Friday that armed forces of the Warsaw act will hold joint Maneu vers on czechoslovak and polish territory next month. The announcement carried bythe official news Agency ctr said the exercises will be held under the command of soviet marshal Ivan Yakubovsky com Mander in chief of Warsaw pact  staffs of All services of the Warsaw treaty armed forces will take part in the exercises whose aim is to test cooperation and command under conditions of modern warfare and to improve the combat readiness of troops and staffs the announce ment said. Dates not give nit did not say How Many troops will take part nor did it give the exact dates for the exercise. It said the Maneu vers will be held according to the plan of joint actions of staffs of the combined Warsaw treaty  czechoslovak defense minister Martin Dzur said on May 4 that Warsaw pact Maneu vers would be held on czechoslovak Terri tory this year and that the num Ber of troops taking part would not be As Large As in the  held in Czechoslovakia two years  week Dzur denied West Ern reports that the soviet Union wants to station 11,000 troops on Czechoslovakia s Border wit West Germany. Kosygin leaves Prague after round of talks Prague up soviet pre Mier Alexei Kosygin left Czecho Slovakia saturday for Moscow after a final round of talks with the country s Liberal  s departure which was not announced in Advance was preceded by an official luncheon Given in the soviet pre Mier s Honor by his czechoslovak counterpart Oldrich Cernik. First party Secretary Alexan Der Dubcek and most of the country s new leaders were atthe Prague Airport to see Kosy Gin off but no information was available on the outcome of the soviet czechoslovak talks Over the controversial liberalization process. . Cavalry s last horse Dies it. Riley Kan. A chief the last cavalry horse on the . Army Rolls died Friday night in his private stall at Tho age of 36, the equivalent of 108years for a human being. His life Span was extended bythe special care he received after he went into Semi retirement in 1950. A military funeral for chief was held saturday. The Bay gelding was born in 1932 and w a s bought for the cavalry for $163 eight years later at it. Robinson neb. He was transferred to it. Riley in 1940, where about 6,000 horses were being used. When the cavalry w a s Dis banded in 1949-50, chief was one of three mounts kept on the  recently As 35 years ago it. Riley had three cavalry regiments the 13th, the 2nd and the 9thand had horses As signed to the cavalry school. Many officers had their own Pri vate mounts  
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