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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Log 24 d the Stam and St Jiki sunday adv 24,French police told to crush demonstrations continued from Page death by a mob in the latin Quarter. Unofficial estimates put the toll of injured at More than 1,000 after a night of violence that ended Only after fierce police charges against mobs of students workers and agitators. In Paris alone 176 were hospitalized and nearly 300 others were treated by the red  Aid stations helped Sev eral Hundred More but did no report figures to the police. Authorities had no clues in the slashing of Philippe Mather Ion a Young worker who watched the demonstrations with his father and was stabbed twice inthe Throat when he got swept away in a  Lyon police inspector Rene Lacroix. 52, was killed when Adri Verless truck was sent at him As he and other officers charged mob waving red flags. More than 200 were injured in Street fighting there More than 50 in Strasbourg and scores of other sin provincial centers including Bordeaux Nantes Nice be Luyand Agen. Parts of Paris were  first floor of the Stock Exchange was gutted by fire tree were Down in the latin Quarter roads were ripped up and store windows smashed. Strollers still wept from lingering tear Gas a they walked through the area saturday  French army moved More than 100 engineers into the latin Quarter saturday night to Clear barricades set up by  unarmed soldiers met no resistance from  Gaulle is preparing a pro posed Law detailing sweeping re forms to modernize the educational and economic systems. He announced Friday night that the Reform program will be submit Ted to the people probably june 16, in a National  the vote is no de Gaulle said he will  French communist party which controls 4.5 million votes called on the nation to reject de Gaulle s Effort to gain a new mandate. Government informants said the proposed Bill will be submitted to Pompidou s Cabinet monday for  Union leaders opposition politicians and some of the coun try s top editorialists complained bitterly that the referendum Willin effect be a plebiscite for or against do  betide Mery director of the authoritative be Monde said everybody would applaud de Gaulle s objectives of Reform and modernization but added the incredulity the conflict the refusal comes Over the meth ods Over that procedure of referendum which the general through a false Conception of direct democracy insists on Mak ing a  said de Gaulle was offering the people the Choice Between me or  but he said if the people choose chaos France will Rise above it. After the new night of violence Pompidou met with his key ministers and issued a 1,500-word statement ordering All gather Ings to be dispersed with the greatest Energy and  he did so in the presence fan evident attempt to unleash the Start of civil  attempt was evident the Premier said in Paris and i major cities such As Lyon where police were forced to de stroy barricades disperse the demonstrators and to occupy the principal arteries taken by the  ordered the crack Down on demonstrators under constitutional provision giving him control Over police in doing his duty to protect Udam Neal  the embattled Premier me with de Gaulle after issuing the tins sum bomber crashes continued from pay i five Miles appeared to suddenly lose Power drop the right Wing and plunge into the water in a burst of flame at 6 52  the soviet bomber had no passed dangerously close to any . Aircraft in the air prior tothe crash the Pentagon said. . Navy Rescue helicopters already hovering in the air i connection with the launch of . Patrol planes were at the crash scene within eight minutes after the bomber  Pentagon said the chop pers were followed by a Lifeboat which recovered the portions of the three bodies.. Naval vessels and aircraft in no Way interfered with Hani fighting flares in Saigon areas Saigon up fighting flared saturday on three sides of Saigon. One Battle broke outwear a suburban military offi cers club where a company Oviet Cong was holed up in a Row of burning houses .spokesmen said. An estimated 60 to 70 guerrillas occupied the houses in Gia Dinh Saigon s Northern suburb Early in the Day and three companies of South vietnamese troops with american advisers moved in to drive them out. A senior adviser said .helicopter gunships hammered the Viet Cong during the Day Rose Kennedy. Continued from Page 1 of the shoulder she complained that once a report starts it s very difficult to Stop it because to deny it gives it More pub ," she added it appears in every Story and Ever Book about  when mrs. Kennedy started she was a Mother defending her son. But As she continued pro testing about the stories she was defending her whole  can we do she asked. There Are other reports about Jackie and about All members of the  voice almost broke at one Point where she talked about How kind or. Kennedy was. No father she said would Ever pass that on to a child As a belief or a Tenet i m sure to hate As i do. It s . Kennedy also said she rather resented the fact that people Call her son ruthless. She said it originated with the time he was counsel for the Senate labor management rack ets investigation and attorney  was dealing with difficult people she  said the senator is kind generous considerate but most of the fighting was House to House. Elsewhere guerrilla gunners hot Down four . Aircraft in South Vietnam but North Viet namese failed in a rare attempt at hitting b52s with a guide missile . Officials said. The radar guided rocket streaked aloft from a site in the demilitarized zone but it missed the planes flying bomb runs against North vietnamese positions. Other fighting near Gia bin was in suburban to Gap near Tan son Nhut Airport an South vietnamese authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew to keep civilians off the streets. Some however were caught in the Cross fire. Earlier in the Day american and government troops fought communists in scattered clashes on the Southern and Northwest Ern outskirts of the  the Northwest nine Miles from the City . 25th inf div troops killed 12 guerrillas in a clash with a Force of unknown size. On the Southern outskirts Saviet Cong squad struck a Small Bridge guarded by americans of the 9th inf div. The defenders drove the attackers Back and in to an ambush set up by Viet namese National  spokesman said at least 14 guerrillas died. President warns of extremists continued from Page 1 of Humphrey who will appear before the same audience next tuesday. Johnson related his remark son extremists directly to the his tory of the in Gnu in a context that made it Clear he was talk ing about the communists who once sought control of the Union. However aides said the presi Dent was not suggesting that communists were behind cur rent Domestic unrest. But they did say he meant that unrest erupting in the cities and on University campuses plays into the hands of the communists. Besides striking this theme Johnson made a Broad Sugges Tion that those who want to succeed him As president should say exactly How they re going Todo a better Job. After noting that this is an election year Johnson said when men come to you an give you their prescriptions for America listen to what the think is the matter. But demand from them an answer to the Cru Cial question How Are they going to do anything about  said that upon de parting the presidency in seven months he would like to leave behind one message carved Instone ask the right question poor March campsite swamped by rain Washington up night Long rain left resurrection City a swamp of mud an confusion Friday. Several Hundred poor people sought Refuge elsewhere while others marched on the agriculture department demanding More  busloads of poverty marchers mostly women Chil Dren and elderly men fled their campsite Homes near the Lincoln memorial at midday to find warmth in churches an settlement houses in washing ton and the suburbs of these All  returned by late afternoon to their soaked and mud splattered pre fabricated shelters according tothe office of Eric Blanchard chief press officer for the poo people s March. Perez or threatened the soviet aircraft at any time or in any Way prior to the crash the Pentagon said. The plane went into the sea about 200 Miles off the West coast of  the time of the crash the Pentagon said the sea was Fra with very Light winds visibility was 10 Miles and the base of the Clouds at 2,000 feet. The Pentagon said the other russian Badger departed the  it had no other information about the second plane. The United states has complained on a number of occasions dating Back at least five year that soviet reconnaissance bom Bers including badgers have flown Over . Naval units in International  Pentagon said to h e state department has Given the soviet embassy in Washington information about the  Antisubmarine planes from the Essex were in the Airt the time the soviet bomber made its last pass. The . De Stroyer Warrington was in t h e Vicinity of a russian destroyer about 100 Miles away and sent messages by flashing Light tothe soviet ship which proceeded to the  recovered remains of the three bodies were taken inboard the other russian ship the Pentagon  Badger is a medium twin Jet bomber capable of carrying nearly 20,000 pounds of bombs and armed with two 23-mm can non. Its maximum Speed is about 600 Miles per hour. Bobby tops Iowa voting Des Moines Iowa a new York sen. Robert f. Ken Nedy scored a major Victor saturday in congressional District voting for delegates to the National democratic convention from Iowa. The seven districts gave Ken Nedy 18 National convention votes vice president Hubert h. Humphrey five votes and Minnesota sen. Eugene Mccarthy 2h  Delegate was uncommitted. The congressional District Vot in preceded the selection of 22 at Large delegates at the state democratic presidential Conven Tion. Iowa will have 52 Delegate with 46 votes at the National convention in Chicago. Shriver presents credentials Paris up Sargent Shrive presented his credentials Satur Day to French president Charleszo Gaulle As the new . Ambassador to France statement then  from the Trade unions and is. First among the for Union delegates and "sr2ipation in decisions of the e a panics they work for. Pompidou said the govern meat would propose a new 2 giving broader pallid sin factory decisions to Wos t he labor Niana gement Gove sment talks first such i i Sions in France in 32 year continued into the night. Must Settle problem de Gaulle in his Short speech Friday night also mentioned the possibility of a revolution am said the nation must Settle Ait essential problem posed by Omspoch unless we Are to Tumble Down through civil War into the most odious and ruinous adventures and  the background of violence the government mad moves to return some services the air Force was ordered to Start a daily Jet link with new York using a French air Force cargo plane. Military Aicra were ordered to Fly civilian from air Force bases in be French cities charging Norm commercial fares. Goldwater. Continued from Page v Federal jury deliberated ncarlj14 hours before awarding the former Arizona senator just in compensatory damages a ? 75,000 in punitive damage Goldwater had sued he Maga Zine Lor $2  trial lasted three weeks Goldwater who is expected seek the . Senate seat o retiring sen. Carl Hayden dariz., said he filed the suit t set a Legal precedent for future political candidates. He Calto the fact article which claimed he was unfit to be president a a pile of  judge Harold b Tyler or. Submitted the ease the jury which had to unanimous in order to convict after a 48-minute charge Frida night. He noted that an Arti published in fact in 196 a labelled Goldwater Immor paranoid and Hitler like. The Gist of the article was to Goldwater had suffered nerve breakdowns in 1937 and 1939 an was unfit for the White House the Arizona Republican was running for the  i w had breakdowns or had consulted a psychiatrist. Baseball saturday. 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