European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                We butt asteroid has come and gone go Home hippies the world is Here to stay new York a the world did t is of hippies seeking Refuge at to if colo., now have the word sync ican a has come and gone Ood or bad is Here to  asteroid that does t and it came its closest 19 years Friday. The hippies who gathered in Colorado Jet there because they thought icarus a Koine to crash into the Earth sat Day and they believed the mountains i do Home world is offered their Best Refuge. But the renegade asteroid made it closest pass to the Earth at 4 48 . Friday when it was a Mere 3.95 Mil lion Miles away. And nobody really noticed except scientists peering out into space through their big telescopes. Not even the residents of the Orkney islands of Scotland could see icarus pass. The asteroid is named for the figure in greek mythology who flew so close to the Sun that his wings of Wax and feathers melted. It is the smallest of the asteroids in the solar system. The size of in icarus is about 10 Cit blocks. Its diameter is about a half mile. Getting Back to those hippies left waiting for judgment Day High up in Colorado one of them John the Freak stirred his Pancake Batter preparing an out door meal surrounded by the magnificent scenery of the Colorado Rockies while the hippies awaited the disaster that Houku follow the asteroid s crash. He was philosophical. He said let Spray to god that California does t slide into the sea. I Don t know if twill hit or not but it could. If it docs i m doing the right  he continued stirring the Batter add ing water powdered milk and some molasses. John a Young Man with Long neat hair and a Beard was one of the Man hippies with estimates ranging from icon. On Page � col. 5 Star and wipes unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol.27, no. 59 if 21855 a saturday june 15, 1968 5ry sed from a and Dpi dispatches Paris president Charles de Gaulle May be forced to Cut Back on his nuclear striking Force and foreign Aid programs and borrow another $140 million from the inter National monetary fund if to Shore up the shaky franc the French government said Friday. Foreign minister Michel Debre said in a radio interview the nuclear program basis of de Gaulle s Strong Man foreign policy May be set Back one or two years As a result of the crisis currently racking this country. Debre said the government also will have to reexamine related Story on Page 4 closely its foreign Aid  said there also May be difficulties in going through with France s pledge to Knock Downall Tariff barriers with other eur con. On a i j a i  kills 13 in Minnesota atty. General Era Leader debate guns Washington us i ally. Gen. Ramsey Chirk said Friday that the administration s new related stories on Page 7. Gun control proposal would save thousands of lives immediately. The president of the National Flifle association in a debate Cunt on i Uduc a am up dispatches Tai Minn a Tornado be l to tar ush this town of h ii Hiu Sclay Niento and left at to will l ath of death destruction said at least 13 were Killel and 72 �11 critically. Tai2n,, of rubble an