European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse 24 the stars and stripes Pence talk Progress reported by Cliff continued from Page 1 1, said casualties on both sides have gone up As a result of the enemy s determination to in crease the level of May he said the United states was losing from 400 to 500men a week while the enemy was losing 5,000 a is a very real question As to How Long they would choose to submit their military Force to such a degree of Attri Tion Clifford said. On the question of negotiations the defense Secretary indicates he expects some progression working out a solution when the negotiators get into private talks. He appeared to discount the value of the formal sessions in which both sides have exchanged charges and demands and appeared to be giving virtually no ground. On other matters Clifford said i m not persuaded that there were any North Viet namese helicopters in the de militarized zone area of Vietnam and that he has sent questions to commanders there in an at tempt to Clear this up. Said that despite intensified enemy offensive activity in South Vietnam he does not be Lieve his commanders there will ask for More . Troops beyond the presently planned 550,000. Indicated that As Long a there is any Hope that the North vietnamese will eventually reciprocate he believes president Johnson will not restore full scale bombing of North Viet that we have not gotten anywhere yet in 17meetings with North korean representatives on the question of regaining the captured Intelli gence ship Pueblo and freeing its Crew of 82 men. But i continue to have hope.". Confirmed reports that the defense budget May have to absorb Between $2 billion and $3billion of the total government wide spending reductions of $6billion which Congress has demanded. Said that despite its troubles he thinks the f111a, the air Yachtsman found on raft in Atlantic London a French Yachtsman Joan de Kat missing for two Days after his three hulled Sloop Sank in the Atlantic was sighted by a Royal air Force Shackleton aircraft thurs Raf spokesman said de Kat had been spotted in his life raft and had waved to the air Kat 27, radioed tuesday that he was abandoning his 50-foot trimaran Yaksha stricken in heavy seas about 600 mile West of Ireland in the trans Atlantic Solo yacht bearded Frenchman took to an inflatable rubber life , american and French aircraft joined ships in a full scale search for de Kat that was kept up for two Raf Shackleton reported it had dropped a Large Dinghy Tode Kat and he had been seen climbing into aircraft reported that two ships within 30 Miles of the spot were heading for the scene to pick up the Frenchman. Baseball scores thursday s major league lines Coret by the associated press National league Chi no 0000000000 50 St. Louis 001 000 oox1 4 0 Jenkins and Hundley Gibson and Mcc Iirvin. A Gibson 8-5. A Jenkins 6-8. Houston 000 001 0023 7 2 new York 001 031 005 5 1 Dio Luu Dukes 7 and artless Seaver Short i and Martin. A Seaver 5-5. L Dierker j-10. Hrs new York Jones 71. Shaun my 4. Weather mostly Cloudy with occasional showers. Cooler saturday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 66, Low 50. Temperatures recorded thurs Day tet 4 4 am pen 61 82 Madrid p 59 63 Munich r 65 Paris p 52 59 Prestwick p 63 75 Rome p 72 84 wheel us p 4 4 am pm 66 Adana 70 81 Athens p 61 73 Aviano p 64 73 Berlin cd 63 69 Frankfurt p 64 61 London p cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy a rain. 2nd weather Wing Johnson signs crime control continued from Page a particularly controversial Sec Tion seeks to undercut supreme court restrictions on the admission of confessions in criminal trials. The Bill was rushed to Pas Sage by an aroused House with in hours after the assassination of sen. Robert f. Kennedy. Johnson waited until Littlemore than four hours before the Midnight deadline to act on the crime control package. Some congressmen had asked him to House panel oks mail ban on Long guns Washington up the House judiciary committee thursday approved 29 to 6,president Johnson s Bill to ban mail order sales of All firearms including rifles and shotguns. The action was in line with plea for stronger gun controls made by Johnson wednesday when he signed into Law the omnibus crime control Bill contain ing a provision outlawing mail order sales of handguns. All firearms the new Bill would ban mail order sales of All firearms. It also would limit Over the counter sales of firearms to Resi dents of the state where the stores located set 21 As the mini mum age for purchasing hand guns and ammunition for them and set 18 As the minimum age for buying rifles and shotguns and ammunition for measure also would outlaw the Sale of such weapons Tookas. As grenades and a require dealers to keep rec ords of sales of firearms and am munition. Forbid Possession of fire arms by a list of individuals including felons mental defectives narcotics addicts and vet Erans who do not receive a honorable discharge. Reject it but Senate majority Leader Mike Mansfield d mont., warned that Congress would override any veto. Johnson said he approved the package because it takes action against crime on the streets and ends three decades of inaction on the problem of gun new Law will make confessions admissible As evidence in court if the trial judge decides they were Given voluntarily. Recent supreme court rulings have tossed out confessions Given by suspects who were not advised of their rights to have an attorney and the right to remain silent. Permit police wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping after obtaining a court the mail order Sale 3 but not rifles and up to $100 Millionth first year As the Start of a five year program of Federal Pidto improve training and equip Ping of state and local police. Of pistols shotguns. Provide Allied sources report mistaken . Attacks Saigon up Allied Mili tary sources said thursday . Planes Sank a . Navy patrol boat last weekend and carried out accidental missile attack against the Cruiser Boston and the australian guided missile de Stroyer Hobart. These sources which cannot be further identified said the weekend foul up was so Complete that at one Point american marines in bases South of the de militarized zone Doz were firing at their own planes until requested to Stop. The confusion arose through reports that North vietnamese helicopters had been sighted onor just below the Doz for the first time in the War. Frontline dispatches said the choppers were sighted thursday for the fifth consecutive Day. The . Military command has not con firmed the presence of communist helicopters and says Only it is investigating. Correspondents along the do reported sightings by . Marines and tracking by Small radar stations. But the military sources said the primary air de sense network along South Viet Nam s Northern Border failed Topick up signals of approaching , reports of sightings of North vietnamese helicopters led . Defense forces be Low the zone to respond to the reports and take off in Pursuit of 711 aboard 4 dominicans Hijack Jet Caracas up four heavily armed dominicans hijacked a venezuelan dc9 jetliner with 78persons aboard Over the carib bean and forced it to Fly to Cuba government sources said thurs aircraft was on a scheduled flight Between Miami an Caracas sources said. Cuban authorities in Havana confirmed the hijacked plane landed safely at Santiago on the Eastern end of the Island. The plane s Pilot Captain Harry Gib son notified the control Tower at Caracas 15 minutes after the plane took off from Santo Domin go for Curacao that several Pas sengers were forcing him to change his route for Cuba. Faustino Pulgar Gruber venezuelan government spokes Man said the Hijack band com prised four dominicans one of whom armed with a grenade told Gibson he would blow up the plane if he did not follow the hijackers orders. The spokesman said Gibson told the hijackers he would have to land in Santiago instead of Havana because he lacked the fuel to reach the capital. Spokesman for visa the venezuelan airline said they expected the cubans to release thedc9 and us passengers minus the hijackers within 24 dc9 was being operated jointly by visa and Dominica airlines. The daily flight operates As dominican Between Miami san Juan and Santo Domingo and As visa Between Santo Domingo Curacao and Caracas. It was the third latin Ameri can Airliner to be hijacked and flown to Cuba this year. Two of the three seized have been venezuelan and the third colombian. The supposedly enemy military sources said a . Jet believed to be anf4 phantom Sank the . Navy patrol boat pcf19 Early crewmen Are still missing. One of the two survivors said his Craft was sunk by an american Jet. Up correspondent Raymond Wilkinson said transcripts of broadcasts Between naval ship described the Downing of a Heli copier by a . Jet and told How one of the survivors of the pcf19 reported his Craft was hit by the same plane. The Boston and the Hobart were hit by missiles fired by american planes in two separate incidents. There were no Fatali ties ab9ard the Boston but two australians were killed. A . Military spokesman Spidall the incidents were being investigated. Official spokesmen have said it was possible that . Missiles hit the Boston an Hobart. Clifford said. 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