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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Guerrillas near heart of Saigon front med from Page " Post in Saigon sunday killing six High City and military officials and wounding four others including the Saigon mayor col. Van Van Cua. Some sources said that rocket was apparently fired from a Viet Cong b40 launcher while other said that the rocket was fired from a . Helicopter. . Mili tary spokesmen said that to the Best of our knowledge there we Reno helicopter gunships in the area at the  the rocket which killed the City s police chief hit a school House being used As the operations Center for South Vietnam Ese rangers fighting Viet con guerrillas in Cholon. Police official killed a National police spokesman said that among those killed in the blast was Nguyen Van Luan Luan chief of Saigon s metro Politan police and second in command to Gen. Nguyen Ngoc loan the controversial National police chief who was wounded by the Viet Cong last month. The others killed the spokes Man said were it. Col. Dao a Phuoc commander of South Vietnam s 5th Ranger group it. Col. Be Ngoc tru chief of the Cholon police it. Col. Pho Quoc tru director of Saigon Harbo patrol maj. Nguyen Ngoc Xinh chief administrator of Saigon police and maj. Nguyen Bao Thuy. Sporadic fighting also continued on the northeastern out skirts of the capital where other Viet Cong guerillas were reported breaking up into Small  paratroopers Pur sued them on the ground while South vietnamese air Force. Planes bombed and strafed their positions. The stars and stripes i vol i v \ Ufa it 1v i v via Kalert South Vietnam troops Crouch be Hind a tank in the Middle of a Street ruined during the Battle against the Viet Cong in Saigon s chinese Section Cholon. The defenders of the City Are carrying to vigorous fight to rout the enemy Alf Jav plans countdown 25 continued from Page 11 Section of an s military Audi ence will be guests of Honor for the july 3 taping. Show business celebrities from both sides of the Atlantic Are being lined up for the show explained anniversary project officer Tom Kuelbs at an Headquarters  scheduled to appear an s project partnership sweepstakes to enter the project partnership sweepstakes for a free ticket to an s 25th birthday party july 3, in Hoechst near Frankfurt starring Caterina Valente Chris Noel and the Reg Owen orchestra correctly answer the questions about the bund Estehr below. Complete and clip out this Coupon address and mail it to project partnership sweepstakes he an Apo 09757. Entries must be postmarked on or before june 15. 1. In the bund Estehr of the Federal Republic of Germany a Gefre iter is equivalent to a . Sergeant True false 2. All bund Estehr combat units Are committed to the North Atlantic treaty organization True false 3. The bund Estehr includes the West German air Force True false 4. The color of the West German army class a uniform is Brown Green True false 5. A bund Estehr sergeant never rates a Salute from men of lower rank True false 6. Men in All bund Estehr enlisted grades Wear their insignia of rank on their sleeves True false 7. . Soldiers take part in joint training and marches with bund Estehr soldiers True false Grade name last first i unit Apo your military phone number Are International songstress cat Erina Valente German jazz violinist Helmut hot Canary Zacharias arts sweetheart Chris Noel the bouncy blonde German Jacob Sisters the Ger Man pop group sound Constellation the 7th army soldiers chorus and Reg Owen with the radio Hesse orchestra. For his daily 7 05 to 8  series 26-year-old Kuelbs has culled year by year the great moments in history since 1943 As captured via radio and contained in the 500,000 selection an record Library. These Are mixed with generous portions of classic humor sports and music of the times. With Kuelbs narrating the countdown will kick off with general of the army Dwight , supreme Allied commander in Europe in world War ii reminiscing about the inaugural of an when he flipped the switch on july 4, 1943, to launch the London base broadcasts. The first program on june 9will also feature an excerpt from one of president Franklin  s fireside chats and original an recordings by  Miller and his orchestra. Other highlights from the Early years will include Arthur Godfrey describing president Roosevelt s funeral procession announcement of the Allied Victory in Europe and the reactions of world leaders announcement of the japanese sur Render and Hollywood stars join ing in a Victory Salute coverage of the Nuernberg War crime trials the voices of candidates Thomas e. Dewey president Harry Truman and Henry Wal lace during the 1948 presidential Campaign and a description of the end of the Berlin  voices of sir Winston Churchill and the . High commissioner for Germany John Mccloy the . Debate on communist China s intervention in roman Palace in Britain London is after seven years of excavation work by archaeologists and teams of Stu dents the restored remains of the largest roman Palace to rediscovered in Britain at fish Bourne England Are open to the Public. Af2v contest offer seats at gala show Frankfurt is there la be a hot time in the Frankfurt suburb of Hoechst on july 3 As the american forces network Europe celebrates its25th birthday with a pop Star packed party for which 1,000military personnel will be guests of Honor. The Choice seats in the cent Ryhall  will be allotted to winners of a project partnership sweepstakes based on seven True or false question about the bund Estehr. Entry Blanks for the contest can be found daily in the stars and stripes june 15. At left through if you re among those scoring100 per cent your entry goes into the final drawing. However it is pointed out that winners of the free tickets must make Al arrangements for leave transportation  emphasizes that the Pur pose of the promotion is to show its appreciation to its Loyal listen ers and boost understanding be tween servicemen and their Ger Man  two hour july 3 Century Hall show starting about 8 .,will be taped for playing july 4 an s official birthdayfrom7 05  To 8  To Climax the countdown 25" series. Korea excerpts from Gen Ilas Macarthur s old sold speech to Congress voices j1952 presidential Ca Dwight d. Eisenhower Lai Stevenson coverage Oil East Berlin uprising the portion of Queen Elizabeth the Carthy hearings comedy itunes by Bob Hope and Btij Crosby and Bobby Thorn playoff Home run against Brooklyn dodgers that Pul new York giants into world series. Baseball sunday s major league Len Eihorn by the associated presi american league first game Baltimore 300 my Bosto called after 5 innings because Phoebus and Eccli Barren sir Howard. We Phoebus 5-1. 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