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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes f j Iff of ii vietnamese army to get More american advisers by Marc Huet sets Washington Bureau chief Washington Sas although americans have been advising the South vietnamese armed forces since 1954, this activity will get increased emphasis with the 150,000-Man vietnamese military buildup now going on. The generally creditable performance of that army during and since the communist tet offensive is an encouraging Indica Tion that we Are achieving som Success in this Effort army Secretary Stanley r. Resor told the House armed services commit tee. Muddy going resurrection find the going rough As heavy City residents Rains left the or poor people s Campaign Shantytown in Washington a mass of mud and water. A photo win the War in 3 months order denied Saigon a Gen. Williamc. Westmoreland s Headquarters denied sunday that a directive had been sent to Field command ers telling them to will the War within the next three months. Brig. Gen. Winat sidle chief of information for the military command declared there is no Mac military assistance command Vietnam directive classified or unclassified which 1 ties the prose cution of the War in Vietnam with the Paris peace talks 2 states that the War must be won within the next three months or within any specified period of time and 3 talks about a change in mental  sidle issued the statement i commenting on a Story in the Chicago daily news that said atop secret directive has been sent to . Field commanders telling them to win the War in the next three  Story from the news paper s Saigon correspondent,.keyes Beech who has been Cov ering Asia news since world War n Days said the directive indicated the . Objective Wasto break the stalemate and give the . A decisive voice in thebans peace  to intensify activities misses go Miles Washington is Debra Dene Barnes miss America of 1968, will head group of american beauties on a 22-Day tour of military installations in Vietnam due to begin  miss America will be accompanied by miss Wyo Ming of 1967, Patricia a Nmartinez miss Georgia of j967, Sandra Mcree former miss Minnesota Rosemary Brown and miss fort Worth of 1966, Betty Lynn Buckley. Poor marchers claim significant Victory Washington a the Leader of the poor people s Campaign said saturday his plywood dry begins its third week in High spirits with one significant Victory already won. Next week we mean real business the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy told a news conference at a campsite still waterlogged from the almost daily showers of the past week. We will intensify our nonviolent  Abernathy said Secretary of agriculture Orville l. Freeman would not have ordered Federal Ood programs in 256 More counties by july 1 had it not been for his Campaign s de mands that the government put an end to poverty and hunger. Freeman announced the in arged surplus food distribution program thursday at the Sameline that he rejected Campaign demands to expand it into coun ties that now have food stamp  plans to add 3,000 to police Force new York a plans cosign on 3,000 More policemen the biggest single expansion of the nation s largest police Force were announced saturday by mayor John v. Lindsay. The additions will swell the Force to a record 31,938 men and provide 4.6 policemen for each1,000 people the highest ratio in the nation Lindsay said. He said he had reached the decision after careful study of re cent crime problems especially the problem of Street crimes o personal violence such As muggings assaults and purse snatch Ings which generally take place after  silk purse Campaign Philadelphia a hog Farmers Are tired of the bad image their animals have so the National pork producers Council has shelled out $76,000 to help improve the image the Magazine farm journal reports. Also Parton the Campaign is an Effort to get people to buy More pork. I believe we have every Rea son to expect that the effective Ness of the South vietnamese army will continue to increase in the months  Clifford testifies too defense Secretary Clark , on the same Day told a Senate subcommittee to h South vietnamese Are ready to Bear an increasing share of the military Burden and thereby enable us to level off and in due time to reduce our  As a result Resor said . Army is increasing the num Ber of advisers to All Levels of the vietnamese army with a substantial number going to regional and popular forces directly involved in the Pacifica Tion program. Best men picked the army official also pointed out that top priority is going tothe assignment of highly Quali fied senior officers preferably volunteers to key advisory positions such As the senior and Deputy advisers at the province level. These hand picked men Are be ing Given 49 weeks of specialized training including language instruction for an 18-month Viet and popular forces will also receive m16 rifles Over 100,000 this year and other modern equipment he explained. These forces Are already fulfilling an increasingly effective and important role and wit More and better equipment will contribute significantly to  Effort to build self sufficiency and Independence into the vietnamese armed  the vietnamese Are Raisin their military strength from about 750,000 at the end of 1967to More than 900,000 by the end of this year or Early 1969. Programs. Abernathy said he under Nam tour. The Only 12 months. Normal tour is stands $227 million is available or distributing the surplus food. His Campaign he said will do everything in our Power to see that the entire amount is spent to feed the poor. We re not through at All with Secretary Freeman and his department of  Blue Overall Clad president of the Southern Christian Leader ship conference refused to say exactly How his Campaign would be escalated in the coming week. One of his aides said plan were still being formulated As the Camp took the weekend off to scrub off the effects of several inches of thick red mud. The mud is Only one of a series of woes to plague the estimated 2,300 people who poured into resurrection City .a. To in their Leader s words plague this con Gress " a series of weekend marches aimed at keeping the plight of the poor High in the nation headlines was scrapped after the week of Rains made a swamp of their 15-acre Campground. Resor also said that by the endow july All the South vietnamese combat battalions will be equipped with the lightweight fast firing m16 Rifle. During the next few months they will also be receiving substantial Quanti ties of new m60 machine guns m79 grenade launchers and81mm mortars along with new radios trucks artillery an engineering equipment. In addition to the regular vietnamese forces the regional Rocky Reagan drive charged by Nixon aide new York a an aide to Richard m. Nixon said Satur Day that Nelson a. Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan have mounted a Stop Nixon driven Oregon with massive deployment of men and  the aide former Kansas con Gressman Robert Ellsworth said Nixon Hopes to win tues Day s Republican presidential primary in Oregon with More than 33 per cent of the vote and that 40 per cent would Stop the Stop Nixon drive in its  in a statement Ellsworth said that new York gov. Rockefeller can be expected to poll 25 per cent and that California  will get at least 35 per cent. Ellsworth said the Rockefeller forces Are spending Over $100,000 in a last minute Campaign for write ins and that if the new yorker does not get a least 25 per cent of the vote it will be a body blow to his Candi  Nixon aide said there were reliable reports that Rea Gan people Are spending $300,000 in  Rockefeller and Reagan campaigns taken together constitute what is unmistakably a Sam m m Stop said. Nixon drive Ellsworth continued from Page t,1 where a showdown appeared imminent. A third focal Point of the intensified fighting was Saigon where South vietnamese Marine sought to dig Viet Cong guerrillas out of the capital s Northern suburbs. The allies also hit a Viet con Force sneaking into the suburbs. They reported killing at least 24guerrillas while suffering three killed and 12  a Road to Bien Hoa an important american base 12 mile North of the capital they battled an enemy Force trying to hold Crossroads and killed 12, spokes men reported. Car crash kills munitions so i Span Dahlem Germany is sgt. Charles d. Black 24, assigned to the 349th munitions maintenance so. Here was killed when his car went out of control and struck a Telephone pole near the town of Dahlem saturday night Span Dahlem air base officials  passengers suffered minor injuries and were released fro the Span Dahlem Hospital after  Black Are his wife Erika living in Span Dahlem and his parents or. And mrs. Charles a. Black of Detroit. Icelandic motorists change Over Reykjavik Iceland up Iceland changed Over to right hand traffic sunday with Only Small incidents. Justice minister Johann Haf Stein observed the changeover from a helicopter above Reykjavik and reported Over radio i am very pleased How Well the change to right hand traffic has  the first collision was reported in Reykjavik during the first hour but police said the damage Wasso insignificant that both Drivers settled the matter and left the scene before a patrol car arrived. Traffic was heavy As expected but no snarls were reported. Police who will maintain round the clock surveillance of the change for at least three Days reported Drivers were for the most part obeying the Speed limits lowered for the change  and Ireland Are now the Only european countries with motorists driving in the left  
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