European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Me tiger2 pitches 2 swings 2 slams so sports Section he summand stripes 1 or m-9o%v-Vimvr unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East 7, no. 70 if 21855 a daily 10 sunday wednesday june 26, 1968 19 gis killed in 5 crashes of copters Saigon a Nineteen american and Nineteen thai soldiers were killed in a series of five helicopter crashes around Saigon As part of a drive to thwart a threatened communist attack on the capital the . Command announced tuesday. The american dead included an infantry battalion commander and his executive officer. All the crashes were accidental except for one that touched off a 12-hour Battle in which american infantry men claimed they killed 46 Viet Cong troops Only 19 Miles Southwest of Saigon. The worst copter Accident occurred at 7 55 . Tuesday while . Army helicopter were ferrying troops of the Royal thai army on a combat assault16 Miles East Southeast of Saigon. Speeding through marginal weather with Cloud Bottoms 200 gun drug break a weary firefighter his face Nick Ned by ashes stops his Bulldozer Longto eat a Sandwich before rejoining the fight against Brush blazes that have destroyed thousands of acres of Timberland in Northeast los Angeles county. Up photo to 300 feet above the ground an visibility Only a half mile two of the uh1 helicopters collided. The resulting explosion knocked Down a third one flying close by. There were no survivors. All 12 american crewmen aboard the three helicopters and the 19 thai cont. On Pujic i col. 1 group delay b Washington up warning against emotional leg lsl1""" chairman William m. House rules tuesday he Coiner of the committee said would delay until next week a ote on whether to Send Newgin control measures House if to the i Don t like the idea of the basis of legislating on hysteria and emotion said the Mississippi Democrat who had been urged by the House leadership to Clear president Johnson s Bill order sales ammunition. To ban allow guns mail and t y r san Antonio Tex. Up bow8 Aei space. Company Riu sea described a Jet Wullich if developed in might allow soldiers in to a Over Rivers an sail individually. R Ostrander a vice pre ule bel1 Aero system co. Of n.y., said the device t of a one Man Fly ing machine his company has worked on since 1953. The Early models he said were powered by rockets instead of jets. Ostrander told the 4th inter National symposium on Biastro Nautis and the exploration of space the flying Backpack might find use in space exploration and by civilians on cont. On Page 2. Col 5 one Factor in his decision he said was Johnson s plea late monday for even stricter controls registration of All guns licensing of All owners and confiscation with compensation of guns from persons considered unfit for ownership. Although Colmer has indicated he May vote for additional controls his delay was viewed As related Story on Page 4 helpful to opponents of More con concede privately that delays will undercut the momentum of gun control sentiment generated by the assassination of sen. Robert . Opponents privately express this Hope. Johnson s latest proposal for registration and licensing was still being drafted by the Justice department but was expected to be ready wednes Day when the Senate juvenile delinquency subcommittee opens a hearing on another licensing and registering Mea sure offered by sen. Joseph d Tydings s mail order ban Bil will be considered by the Senate judiciary committee thursday and Senate gop Leader Everetm. Dirksen said the commute would probably approve a Bill that time and Send it to the cont. On Paije ?.it, col. 3 Washington a a to Pentagon official claims Tough inspection measures have reduced to a trickle the flow of illegal souvenir guns and other weapons from Vietnam to the United Bartimo head of a Spe dial defense department com Mittee said in an interview that Only eight weapons were intercepted by customs authorities who went through mail pack Ages in san Francisco during the first two weeks of compared with 71 weapons seized in , the Pentagon s assistant general counsel said this drop is an indication of the effectiveness of inspections made of things servicemen mail and of their homeward bound february military authorities in Vietnam have used40 mine detectors among other cont. On Pajk a col. nato slams j Berlin pressure i Reykjavik Iceland a foreign ministers of nato tues Day condemned East German pressure on Berlin As a deliberate attempt to Challenge an movement toward East West co 15-nation Alliance endorsed the proclaimed resolve of the United states Britain arid France to keep routes open to Berlin. It also took note of the hit Throe resolve to Sian i ready to meet any emergency.. Secretary of state it a Rusk will visit Bonn wednesday to demonstrate american supp the Allied declaration was embodied in a communique wind ing up a two Day session. In a separate declaration at c 0 it. Vii Pujic %
