European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Iii Day Nursery blast kills 10 i Hapeville a. Up broken Gas main exploded outside a Nursery full of children wednesday spewing flames through the building and killing at least 10, and perhaps 12, is near Atlanta. At least eight a wines held were children. Several More were injured. Two children were s horrible it s horrible one officer just went poof a policeman reported. Just like that it was it. J. S. Clay of the Hapeville police department said 37 children and four adults were inthe Hapeville Day Nursery when a tractor ruptured a Gasman a foot from the front Wall of the explosion blew in the front part of the House an flames engulfed the remains. Clay said the children adjust finished lunch when the explosion came. Once the fed them lunch they moved them to the rear of the House and put most of them in cribs for their naps he said. It was really Lucky they two of the adults were killed in the blast he said. The others just started picking children up off the floor and throwing them out the Back cont on Page 2j h col. 1j devoted there Are 7,989 men buried the american military cemetery near Liege Belgium. A Friend or relative of one of the fallen heroes assures herself a quiet moment with her memories i Advance of memorial Day Portland Ore. A Eugene j. Mccarthy swept to an upset Victory Over Rob Ert f. Kennedy while Rich Ard m. Nixon thrashed Ron Ald Reagan and Nelson Rockefeller in the Oregon presidential primary election tuesday. Hubert Humphrey got a relatively Small write in vote. With 94 per cent of the vote tabulated these were the re sults democrats Mccarthy 147,55745 per cent Kennedy 127,83139 per cent president Johnson 40,83012 per cent Humphrey 10,2673 percent Wallace 454. Republicans Nixon 184,62973 per cent Reagan 57,46523 per cent Rockefeller 10,3104 per cent Wallace 73 Harold Stassen 5. With Only about half of the vote tabulated Kennedy conceded he had suffered the first elec Tion defeat of his political life at the hands of an opponent he had beaten in Indiana and Nebraska sent a Telegram to Mccarthy who had been Rega Dedas an underdog in this primary expressing my sincerest con related Story Page 4 grat lations to you and your dedicated supporters on your Victory Here in we can both take some Satis faction from the overwhelming support for a change in nation Al policies the voters have once again registered he said that while his defeat will not be helpful Hewill go on campaigning for the nomination. He will meet me cont. On Page col. 1 unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 27, no. 43 if 21855 a thursday May 30, 1968 is daily 10 sunday q Gaulle takes trip thousands March Paris a preside Tcharles de Gaulle paid a mysterious visit to his country Home wednesday As thousands of strik ing workers and students marched through the sunny streets of Paris chanting Degaulle the 77-year-old general arrive Dat Colombey Les Deus Eulises East of Paris about eight hours after aides announced that he was leaving the Elysee Palace in Paris. The distance to colom Bey is about 150 Miles. The length of time caused immediate speculation that he had stopped cont. On Page 8$, col 3 warning Paris special . Embassy Here has advised americans contemplating travel in France that gasoline and Oil Are generally not available Public transportation is severely limited and food and lodging probably willbe hard to find. The embassy said it i unable to provide any assistance in these matters
