European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes monday june 10 hard to resist a Good fight tree Lance gis join in by Horst Faa Saigon a for some american Iris it s hard to resist Good fight even if it Means risking their lives on a Day american free Lance fighters participated in the re cent Saigon Street Battles. The government troops did t seem to mind and did nothing to Dis courage american recoilless Rifle team and . Army helicopters were the Only official commit ment the . Command made and the rest of the fighting was left to South vietnamese troop Sand their american advisers. But there were several other americans Phu Lam on the Western Edge of Saigon two american Green berets in camouflage uni forms without insignia joined South vietnamese marines an rangers trying to Root out Viet Cong guerrillas. One of them re covered the body of an army photographer who was killed during an assault. No special forces troops were officially involved in the Street fighting . Rockets Pound Saigon for 9th Day Saigon up Viet Cong guerrillas slammed mortar an rocket fire into a Saigon police precinct building sunday morn ing Only hours after a gun Battle broke out at the Seaside resort of Vung Tau Between South Viet namese army troops and nation Al police forces. The fight allegedly broke out Over political changes announced a Short time before but no further details were immediately before the Battle the South vietnamese government announced a shakeup in its High command with the ouster of National police chief maj. Nguc loan and the mayor of Saigon col. Van Vancura. Both were Strong support ers of vice president Nguy Encao by. Eight rounds military spokesmen said about eight rounds of rocket and mor tar fire slammed into the 8th precinct police Headquarters on the Southwest Edge of the Capi Tal injuring two policemen. Twas the ninth straight Day of harassing mortar and rocket at tacks on the capital. An earlier pre Dawn mortar attack against the Newport Bridge linking Saigon with the . Bases at Long Binh Andrien Hoa caused no damage officials reported. Other shellings other shellings were report dearly sunday at Chu Lai about 200 Miles Northeast of Saigon i Quang tin province causing minor damage to aircraft at the Airfield there and at song be about 75 Miles North of Saigon where two vietnamese civilian were killed and six others wounded when five rounds of mortar fire struck a Hospital. . B52 bombers flew five missions against enemy positions about 15 Miles West of Dak to saturday night and sunday morning spokesmen reported. Pilots reported destroying at least 16 antiaircraft Sites in the bombing runs. By United press International the dying remnants of Tropi Cal storm Abby first of the sea son spread torrential rain through the Carolinas saturday causing flooding in Northwestern South menaced the lower Mississippi Valley and upper Midwest. Heavy rain and Hail Al so hit sections of the Northern red guards Happy Over Frk killing Hong Kong up re guards in the South China City of Canton rejoiced at the death of sen. Robert f. Kennedy and held a rally hailing his killers a hero an anti communist newspaper reported right Wing tabloid s t a i quoted a traveler As saying thousands of Young red guards gathered in the City an burned in Efi Ign both the new York senator and president Johnson. The paper said the Celebration was held soon after the Newi reached China of Kennedy s assassination. Official organs monitored from outside communist China reported Kennedy s death for the first time saturday. Rain twisters follow Abby great Plains and Pacific North skidded into the 30s Early in the Day in the West Ern and Spartanburg s.c., collected More than 4inches of rain in nine hours flooding basements. A Flash flood washed out a Bridge on a secon Dary Road. Floodwaters left a booked Gary Deonell stopped by new York police As he tried to attend the funeral of sen Robert f. Kennedy is booked at a station. He said he had forgotten he was carrying the unloaded revolver which authorities found in his attache Case. Hewill have a hearing monday on gun charges. A photo wrong girl says polka Dot witness los Angeles a ayoung woman who told police a girl in a polka Dot dress ran from sen. Robert f. Kennedy s slaying and cried we shot him said saturday the wrong person had been questioned. Sandy Serrano 20, said a 19-year-old dancer did t even fit the description of the girl she said she a run from the hotel in which Kennedy was slain Early wednesday. The dancer k a t h y Fulmer told sheriff s officers Friday she might have been the person believed seen by miss Serrano. She was questioned about three hours and released. Two other Young women also have been questioned briefly. The other two girls were no identified. Miss Fulmer who spoke to re porters before a news blackout went into effect said she had at tended the Kennedy Victory Celebration at the ambassador hotel after California s demo cratic presidential primary tuesday. She said she ran out after the shooting saying he had been shot. She had been wearing a Green dress polka Dot Scarf and a bouffant blonde wig she seeing miss Fulmer miss Serrano said you be go to be color Blind to think that s the miss Serrano a youth for Kennedy Campaign worker de scribed the girl she saw As dark haired and wearing White dress with Small polka dots. Her testimony caused police to Issue an All Points bulletin forthe girl for information Only. Sheriff Peter j. Pitchess who spoke with miss Fulmer said she seemed sincere in wanting to eliminate herself As someone who was Hick layer of Silt on interstate85 and Road graders were pressed into service to scrape themed from the highways. Streams were rising toward flood stage in Central South Carolina. Abby also spawned a Tornado which overturned a Louse trailer and damaged other trailers near Spartanburg in Georgia the 3-Inch Rains from Abby eased the drought i parched farm areas. Asheville . Collected 1.20inches of rain. Charlotte ., had 1.59 inches. Atlanta ga.,had 1.21 iches. Charleston s.c., had 4.02 inches nearly inches of rain fell at Miami Fla. Other tornadoes were see near Sartell Minn., Fergus Falls Minn., and West Fargo,. Tornadoes were also spotted near Texarkana Ark., and Tex homa Tex. Funnel Clouds were seen near Shreveport la., an Jacksonville Ark. A windstorm damaged planes at the Monroe la. Airport. Pierre s.d., measured More than 3 inches of rain in 24 hours. Lows of 35 were reported at Flagstaff ariz., Klamath Falls,Ore., and Redmond Ore. Reno nev., Montague calif., an Stampede pass wash., All had lows of 38. Mother Minnesota Honor Grad Minneapolis Minn. A mrs. Frankie Mae Paulson,42-year-old Mother of three graduated saturday Burnma cum aude from the University of gain her degree in psychology she had travelled an estimated 100,000 Miles to and from her Home in Aitkin 124 mile from the Campus. Mrs. Paulson began her col lege career nine years ago with correspondence work in English and then began working through the Extension division toward degree. Husband goes along her husband or. Clifto Paulson a veterinarian has accompanied his wife on he hour round trips Over the years. Those trips were the Only time he really had to relax said mrs. Paulson. It was really the Only Opportunity we got to talk things those trips were really a measure of his True Devotion she added. . Finn to Survey pipeline acro a Egypt Cairo up the egyptian government sunday signed a contract with the British in eco. To Survey a projected pipeline to connect the red sea with the Mediterranean. The pipeline will run from Suez at the Southern end of the Suez canal to either Alexandria or Damietta on the Mediterranean. H5l Leasame generate army me Foi lighting two afternoon a they explained to Ahat they had time heir regular duties and o see some action since were due to return to the states soon. Two other americans out in civilian clothes Pooh T were civilian. Employ,. Government took to graphs and fired Wea alongside the Vietn aril troops. They were travelling an official . Mission Ca came from billets in Cholon the Chines of Saigon a group of Ait wearing army insignia T combat police and Ranger sing machine guns and most of them came from can billets in the Are fighting. That was on a sunday a when Many gis in the Salarea have some time off. On another instance american wearing a a. Flage uniform and carrying carbine joined Vietnam strangers fighting from Behri tanks in Cholon. He told Neu men he was a working As an adviser vietnamese police. He Sai however that he was figh on his own to see this Diffin unkind of he declined give his name. Own backyard . Military police say to patrols try to intervene to Stop the so called free Lance fighting. But often the clashes Are isolated and patrols cannot approach the area. Since ameril can personnel live in scattered billets and apartments through out the City particularly Cho Lon they suddenly May find a Battle in their own backyard or nearby. Asked about the free Lance Street fighters a . Spokes Man said he would withhold comment until the situation could be looked spokesman said soldiers do not have regular Days off but can be Given time off by their local commander or Section supervisor. Free time gis in Saigon processing to return to the United states often have free time. American military men worn ing in offices pm s and handling administrative duties general also have time off w j they finish their daily work less assigned to guard dirty some other task. Unless Ottier Wise assigned they Are 01 y restricted by the local curfew which runs from 7 . Until . Williams sworn in As envoy Washington up form gov. G. Mermen Wlliams Nib As . Ambassador opines. Williams once was Distant Secretary of state african affairs. N i weather . Temperatures h l90 58 58 46 84 66 64 59 91 61 83 74 89 65 85 61 so 51 90 68 89 72 90 75 90 72 Alban Anchorage Atlanta Boston Buffalo chicag Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Detroit fort Worth Houston Kansas City h 66 6091 68 83 74 89 72 91 68 82 65 88 64 85 59 61 49 58 52 60 52 8 i 64 a i 69 los Angel Memphis Miami new new Phoenix Seattle St. 0"
