European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Pogo 24 the stars and stripes wednesday smaller tax on travel Washington up the Johnson administration proposed tuesday that american tourists be taxed 30 per cent on Allex Pendi Tures above $15 per Day outside the Western hemisphere. Treasury Secretary Henry h. Fowler presented the Compro Mise proposal to help reduce the . Balance of payments deficit to the Senate finance commit tee. Previously the House rejected a proposal that . Tourists pay a graduated tax ranging from 15 per cent to 30 per cent on All spending above $7 a Day outside the Western hemisphere. Fowler s proposal came As Surprise to the finance com Mittee which had made it Clear it would go along with the House s rejection of president Johnson s initial proposal. But there were some indications the committee might accept the Fowler Compromise which he said would reduce the outflow of . Dollars by $162million a year compared to $261 million under the pres ident s plan. The estimates took int consideration a 5 per cent tax on International air and ship tickets approved by the House which would Cut the deficit by $5" million a year. Mansfield warns lbs on troop Cut Washington up Senate democratic Leader Mike mans Field tuesday urged the administration to bring american troops Home from Europe. He indicated Congress would act before too confirmed that the Senate leadership persuaded sen. Stuart Symington last april to withdraw his amendment tothe military procurement Bill which would have limited Amer ican troops in Europe to 50,000 by the end of the said the Symington amendment would have added i Don t think there would have been 10 votes against the administration does t take the hint and bring about lessening of troops the Congress will face up to its responsibilities and do it before too copters. Continued from pays i infantrymen were killed. A fourth helicopter was showdown by communist ground fire 19 Miles Southwest of Saigon monday while on a reconnaissance Mission looking for Vietcong troop positions. Both Crew men were fifth helicopter went Down monday afternoon in the Nha be River nine Miles Southeast of Saigon. Five army men were killed including the Pilot and a battalion commander and his executive officer directing ground troops sweeping the another development Al lied generals imposed the High est priority red Alert on More than 25,000 american and South vietnamese troops around Sai gon monday and . B52s Ham mered communist staging areas in a massive Effort to forestall a new Viet Cong invasion of the capital. You i Loire have to return it either june v unordered mail pay if you Washington up next time you get a parcel of unordered unwanted merchandise in the mail forget it. The Federal Trade commis Sion Etc says you Are under no obligation either to return Tor to pay for it unless you actually use the merchandise or want to buy Only exception would be in the Case of membership in a Book or record club for example where members some times get unordered item because they had failed to advise the club what they did not want. Such clubs usually have a written agreement wit members either to return or pay for S.C. Etc monday outlined the rights and duties of consume Sand the obligations of business men acting primarily on the basis of consumer noted the practice of sending unordered merchandise is wide spread and increasing. Merchants sending unordered merchandise without prior con sent were warned that the commission recently issued complaints and cease and desist orders in two S.C. cases. Acting on the principles w represented by to ordered Jim a or agree Enof unordered no any communicate obtain payment for S.C. merchandise accompanied by a 5? conspicuous Dis Losure recipient is under in either to return unless he wants to lot a Italy Cabinet is sworn in to end crisis Rome a president Giu Seppe Sara Gat tuesday swore in Taly s 28th Post War government Tiea ded by Premier Giovanni Leone a 60-year-old Christia Democrat senator. The ceremony came in the Wake of a pledge by the huge communist party to inspire anew wave of labor unrest and wage a Strong Battle in Parlia ment against the All Christian Democrat Cabinet. The Short ceremony in Rome Squi Rinal Palace put the 23 Ca Binet ministers through a Short oath of allegiance to the Republic arid to the , who agreed to form a government to end a 20-Day-oldgovernment crisis made no statement. He was expected to outline his program to parliament next week and ask for its Confidence. As the ministers took their oath a communist launched Gen eral strike paralysed the port Cit of Trieste. Last week police and workers had fought in blood clashes. Influence claims upheld army cuts gis Sentoku Washington. A the army has set about reducing court martial sentences levied against dozens of soldiers who claim a two-stes1 general used his influence to stiffen their Pun ishment., Pentagon spokesmen reported tuesday lessened sentences involving 53 soldiers tried at Wood mo., when maj Gen. Thomas h. Lipscomb was commander of the other cases Are expected to be affected by an army Board of soldiers convicted on charges ranging from awol to disobeying a noncommissioned officer accused Lipscomb of urging military tribunals to hand out harsh sentences to improve base discipline. After a special hearing this month on a test Case involving pfc. Paul e. Berry the Boardo review stated we find As matters of fact that the appear Ance of command influence exists in this Case and provides a presumption of Prem which the prosecution rebut. The decision in effect j ruled findings of a Law Oll Swift. Sheridan 111. Who i year that Lipscomb violated the soldiers Rigli Lipscomb has since Chis tour of duty As coi of the training base been reassigned to Wai As director of internal Gist is in the army command. Red ships crash 6th Fleet s party military construction nato. Continued from Page 1. Tachell to the communique with France standing aloof the allies called on Russia another communist states of East Europe to join in this search for Progress toward peace meaning a program for cutting Back arms and armies in Bot parts of the continent. This declaration urged Mem Ber countries not to withdraw forces from Europe without Matching cuts by the communist said any new arrange ment regarding forces should be consistent with the vital Security interests of All parties and Ca Pable of being carried out of statement added a note of caution in the Light of sustained communist pressure by russian particular around Europe the Mideast and Southeast Asia opportunities for rapid Prog Ress toward a general Detent should not be the ministers ordered their deputies to intensify studies of practical arms cutting measure Sand urged communist lands to do the same. Aboard the Independence off Sicily a the sixth Fleet celebrated its 20thbirthday tuesday with wide ranging sea and air exercises at tended by High . Officers and two curious soviet tankers the Grozny from Odessa and the Lyu Bertsy mean dered among the sixth Fleet s 30 combat ships and came within few Hundred Yards of this 80, 000-ton attack tankers also approached the Fleet s other Carrier the Shangrila and its cruisers and Admiral l. R. Geis com Mander of the two Carrier task Force said that at Best the tank ers were guilty of poor sea Grozny disappeared before the Fleet s supersonic jets began live ammunition exercise. But the Lyu Bertsy apparently witha full cargo of Oil Clung to the common Market Trade rises 12 per cent Brussels up Trade be tween the common Market coun tries increased by 12 per cent in the first Quarter of 1968 com pared with the same period last year the statistics office re ported Here. Exchanges Between the Community members totalled $6.7 Bil lion which represents 45 per Centof their total Trade. Gun Law. Continued from Page 1 Senate floor for a his message to Congress monday Johnson said the nation needed Laws to Tell us How Many guns there Are where they Are and in whose hands they Are the president s message got me to thinking i ought to look into this thing further Colmer said. I think we ought to see How far the judiciary commit tee May want to go the mail order ban legislation now in Colmer s rules commit tee was approved by the House judiciary committee which could decide to reconsider it in View of the president s later , Johnson s Call for registration and licensing continued to draw mixed reaction in Congress. Rep. Jack Edwards r-ala., said the president s proposal would destroy More constitutional rights than it would reps. Richard Mccarthy d-n.y., and Ken Hechler d-w.va., urged Quick enactment of Johnson s proposal. Independence even when bombs rockets and sidewinder missiles were fired from about 95 plane sin the Vicinity of the Tanker. However russian Navy ships which have been regularly Shad owing sixth Fleet units for the past year were not in evidence during the exercises which had been announced weeks in and Vance As a warning to shipping off the two bold soviet tank ers ignored the warning. Among the High officers to Payan anniversary visit to the Fleet was Gen. Lyman l. Lemnitzer supreme nato commander. In a talk to the 25,000 men woman the Fleet s 50 ships he called it one of the world s most formidable forces representing a powerful instrument of Nat and the United states in the said the sixth Fleet should take credit for promoting United states interests in this unsettled area where we Are wit Nessing increased soviet naval Harrell gets nato Post promotion Mons Belgium up l. Lemnitzer supreme Allied commander Europe announced the appointment of army it. Gen. Ben Harrell As commander of Allied land forces Southeastern Europe effective july 1.the announcement said har Rell will assume his new pos with the Grade of general be cause of the recent decisions re lated to increased awareness othe importance to defense of nato s Southeastern will succeed it. Gen William w. Dick or. Who hashed the Job at Izmir Turkey since april 1966 and is retiring from Active military service july 1. J Lemnitzer also announced the promotion of maj. Gen. Bertram Harrison commander of the 6th Allied tactical air Force based at Izmir to lieutenant Gen eral. Washington a uffing All efforts to trim it Senate tuesday passed a a billion military construction i Thori nation Bill. The vote 78 to 3.the Bill is about �. Less than was approved by the House. Unless the i accepts the lower figure i1will go to a conference b House and funds for items i Bill Are subject to later Aplin the military construction i proper nations Senate rejected a of cutting attempts by r Seph s. Clark a a he lost 60-16 on an ment proposing to Deete Cenr-$42.6 million Frosli Powals for construction ious Navy and air Force i 16aiso turned Down was amendment offered to ni-1 authorization level be Thurmond r-s.c., Asmil Dit ional $280.000 for ton air Force base hut items. Jet set. Continued irom Earth As Well As by Bell demonstrated is strap his ones in new Fec the Interi Stei. Instead of tvo out German West Belit police i p �1
