European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 06, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse 1968 Wheeler th6 stars and stripes log 7 con Gen. In ton a Al testimony Byg Wheeler suggests states now definitely North korean pilots against . Planes of North korean but these were believed to advisers and instruct t0an indication the North koreans Alto have engaged in air combat came when Wheeler chairman of the joint chiefs of staff testified in february be rate the House defense appropriations subcommittee. The testimony was released Las week. The subject was North Viet Nam s air Force and rep. Dan Iel j. Flood d-pa., asked the general what is the Quality and nature of their fighter pilots w Wheeler some of them particularly the North korean con Tingent Are quite Good. Some of them Are Only fair but in All honesty you have to admit the Yare getting military sources agreed wit the conclusion that Wheeler meant the North koreans have come up to oppose air Force and Navy planes bombing the Hanoi Haiphong areas be fore the recent restriction placed the cities off limits. Wheeler went on to say the North Vietnam fliers Are being trained by both the soviet Union and red China but he said nothing further about the koreans. Sources said intelligence Esti mates Are that there Are from 30 to 50 North korean pilots i North Vietnam even though Hanoi has shifted most of it planes into China to avoid losing them to air last count there were about 15 migs in North Vietnam with40 to 50 others from the older Mig 15 and 17 versions to the newer Mig 21sbased on chinese territory.. Fliers have been distinctly Superior in do fighting with the communists. Since june 1965 american pilots have shot Down 110 North Vietnam North vietnamese have downed Only 40 . Plane since april 1965. Hand some smiles president Johnson i besieged by smiling undergraduates at Glass Boro state College at Glassboro ., scene of Bis historic Summit conference with soviet Premier Alexi Kosygin last year. Johnson spoke at the school s commencement exercises. A of awards contracts to commercial airlines by Marc Hiuet is Washington Bureau chief Washington is Theair Force has awarded contracts totalling $285.8 million to 20 com Mercial airlines to Fly service men their dependents and cargo Between the . And overseas bases for the next 12 month starting july 1. Eighteen of the 20 airlines Are operating flights Between the . And Southeast contracts for fiscal year 1969 will cover about half of the defense department s International Airlift a spokesman said monday. Commercial airlines Are no carrying about 93 per cent of the military Airlift command s Mili tary and dependent passengers and about 29 per cent of the Mac routine cargo worldwide including Southeast equipment supplies word has t gotten around tourist is to etoured9 on discounts new York up the .government is issuing cards to foreign tourists entitling them to reductions in the Price of air and rail fares and Lowe rates in shops and hotels while visiting in this it appears the word task t gotten around on this Side of the Atlantic. Or perhaps some american companies Naven t Given the word to their individual the Case of James Coltart chairman of Britain Independent television news in London. Last Friday he explained tuesday he took his red Whit and Blue hospitality card to a travel Agency in Greenwich comm. A Booklet Given to him in London and the card stamped by u. S. Immigration in new York stated he could Purchase an airline ticket for himself and his wife at half d better go to John f. Kennedy Airport Coltart was told when he requested two reduced rate tickets to washing ton aboard Braniff airlines. We Don t know anything what s this asked the Braniff clerk at the new York Airport. The president of the United states says this entitles me to a hospitality discount Coltart replied. Of no said the clerk who then checked with a Superior. Coltart said Braniff finally arranged for excursion tickets at half Price although express ing no knowledge of the Validity of the and his wife returned to new York monday aboard a Eastern air lines shuttle. Discount asked a stewardess when she was presented with the card never heard of la have to write the 250 gowned graduates walk out of Columbia commencement rites new York a about Dent. Ess and gowned Stu a Holdine up their fingers signs walked University sin the the cheered March to Church four l the school weeks of also seated am no and in had 2,000 which he said that Campus demonstrations had thrust at the vitals of University Leader Steve Halli Well 24, said the signal for the walkout was the playing of a song by Bob Dylan the time they Are a Changin on transistor radios carried by the graduating students under their would not say How the song was transmitted but stated you be just heard a broadcast on Columbia s first liberated the students who walked out said they expected to get their Blaiberg in Hospital Cape town a the world s longest surviving heart transplant patient or. Phili Blaiberg 59, is Back in his old Hospital for routine tests expected to last about three Days. Diplomas later either by Mailor by picking them up at the University offices. They said that is the usual procedure. There was no immediate com ment from the administration. Hofstadter had substituted for Columbia president Grayson Kirk who broke tradition an did not give the commencement address in Hopes of preventing disruption of the ceremony. Hofstadter a two time pulitzer prize Winner in history and literature blamed student unrest mainly on this cruel and misconceived venture in Viet nam.", l he said the War had done More than any other thing to in flame our students to under mine their belief in the legitimacy of our Normal political proc esses and to convince the that violence is the order of the president of the United states Aid Coltart paying two full $18 ares. The stewardess cards Bear the presiden tial Seal and read Welcome Tohe u. S. A. The president and he people of the United states of America extend you a most cordial Welcome and sincere wishes for a pleasurable and memorable Booklet provides a list of shops and hotels across the country where reductions May be obtained. It also promises Alf fare on internal airlines and said he and his wife strolled along fifth Avenue an Madison Avenue monday night but were unable to find an store a Hose window indicated the visit u. S. A. Hospitality card 1968" would be honoured. Tomorrow i shall try it Outon the Waldorf Astoria hotel Coltart vowed. They Are listed in the funds limited he said the situations in which he became involved could be disastrous for the average British tourist allowed to leave the country with Only 65 pounds $156 to finance a trip if Hewer counting on the reductions. I m Here on business Coltart explained and am allowed 20 pounds $48 a Washington spokesmen for the president s commission on travel which has distributed the cards said breakdowns in the35-Day-old program Are almost but the official said facilities have Bee i St up to help foreign visitors who Are refused the promised discounts. Since the program started May 1, the commission has sent More than 4 million of the card overseas for distribution to tourists coming to he United states. And combat forces Are carried by military aircraft. Pan american world airways of new York won the largest single contract amounting to$40.2 million. Other Large awards went to flying Tiger line los Angeles Calif., $27.2 million world air ways Oakland Calif., $27 Mil lion Continental air lines Losangeles $23.7 million Braniff International airways Dallas,tex., $22.9 million Seaboard world airlines Jamaica n.y.,$20.2 million trans world air lines new York $19.4 million and Northwest Orient airlines St. Paul minn., $17.9 airlines receiving con tracts were Airlift International Miami Fla. United airlines Chicago 111. Trans International airlines Oakland Calif. Trans Caribbean airways new York Capitol International airways Nashville Tenn. Saturn air ways Oakland Eastern airlines new York overseas National airways Jamaica Universal airlines Ypsilanti Mich. South Ern air transport Washington . American flyers Ard More okla., and Alaska air lines Seattle Wash. Telephone men end strike in new Jersey Newark Up about 8,300 Telephone linemen have accepted a three year con tract with the new Jersey Bell Telephone co., ending their 49-Day strike. The contract Calls for immedi ate wage increases ranging from $4 to $12.50 a week and increases one year and two years from now. Army audits its records of personnel Washington is the army is going through its first mass audit of personnel records of Ull the 1.5 million officers and enlisted men to find out if the Pentagon records match those of the unit personnel offices records Check called Pace for personnel Audi correction of error began june 1 and is clue to end june 15 for All the com mands i the army except Vietnam where the project will take about a officers Are paying particular attention to military occupational specialities rotation Dat Sand dates of return from Vietnam the army said. My 1
