European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 4 . Holidays moved to Monda the stars Ano stripes walking cats saturday june 29, 1968 these wish go for dogs a i mmmmmakfrokks"limmmah9kssl?r y3l West Palm  Washington a presi Dent Johnson signed Friday a Bill making four National holi Days fall on mondays to provide Long weekends. The new dates won t go into effect until 1971,  new Law will change the dates for Washington s birth Day memorial Day and vet Erans Day and give Columbus Day status As a National holi Day. Saigon troops alerted for red offensive Saigon a a captured High level Viet Cong official has turned Over to South vietnamese officials information about a planned third offensive against Saigon it was Learned Friday night. He has been important to us tactically for military information one source  official was said to hold the rank of lieutenant colonel orc9lonel in the capital military  government put its forces in and around Saigon on a 100per cent Alert Friday amid re ports from intelligence agent that Viet Cong infiltrators were \ / moving toward Saigon. The re ports indicated the possibility of a full scale attack on the capita within three or four Days. The colonel was captured week ago. . Sources have said their anticipation of a third offensive against the capital is based on prisoner interrogations and captured , military spokesmen reported two clashes on the East Ern Anchor of the demilitarized zone in which Allied forces killed153 North vietnamese troops. The two engagements erupted at Points 35 to 45 Miles directly East of the almost abandoned . Marine base at Khe san Hon the Western Anchor of the  the larger action South vietnamese infantrymen reported killing 148 North vietnamese and capturing 10 More in heavy fight ing thursday near the South Chi a coast six Miles South of the Doz. While t h e ground fighting picked up on the Northern front . B52 bombers mounted six raids close to Saigon in the continuing saturation Campaign to wipe out enemy forces an base Camps menacing the South vietnamese capital. Washington s birthday will fall on the third monday in february memorial Day on the Las monday in May Columbus Day on the second monday in octo Ber and veterans Day on the fourth monday in october. The Bill applies Only to Federal employees and the District of co Lumbia. But by Jan. 1, 1971,when the Law takes effect most states Are expected to have decided to go along with the new Holiday lineup which with la Bor Day will produce five three Day weekends a year. This is the greatest thin that has happened to the travel Industry since the invention of the automobile said Clarence a. Arata president of the National association of travel or  of Bill travel agencies and the Busi Ness Community were the main champions of the legislation which was first introduced i Congress More than 10 years ago. The key to its Success this year was the inclusion of co Lumbus Day a Holiday Lon sought by italian americans. A major argument used by it sponsors was that monday holi West Beach Fla a Albino walking Catfish that can climb out of the water1 and attack a dog or Amble away from a. Poisoned Pond have been discovered in Florida. A biologist Calls them monsters. It s wild fishery biologist in Salt on Ltd urn � Days would stimulate greater Industrial and commercial production by reducing employee absenteeism and avoiding the in Hoover rebuts Mccarthy charge . Of midweek holi patriotic and veterans organizations provided some opposition particularly to the change in Observance of Washington s birth Day and veterans Day but the Bill passed easily in both the House and Senate. Opponents also argued that creation of a new National holi Day Columbus Day will cos the Federal government about million in lost Man hours and Premium pay. Washington a Fri director j. Edgar Hoover accused sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy Fri Day of trying to mislead the Public or having a woeful Lac of knowledge of How the Fri  s comments were contained in an introduction to the july Issue of the Fri s monthly Law enforcement bulletin. He did not mention Mccarthy s name but said it has been alleged by a prominent candidate for the presidency of the United states that the of Binder my leadership operates autonomously and without proper  feat in Mouth called a record by Jerry Drane Slaff writer Mccarthy has said several times that if elected he would remove  said in an april 21 television interview that any police Agency in a democracy ought not to be kept under the control largely of one Man to a Point where it develops into a kind of fief really which is somewhat beyond criticism and  although Mccarthy said head no specific objections to Hoover he advocated a fixed term of office for the Fri director and questioned the policy of permitting any director to re main so Long where you could have a great concentration of , 73, has been Fri director since 1924. Extremely frightening thing to me. 1 think it s one of the very worst things that has Ever happened to South Florida As far a fish is concerned. I think this thing is Goin eventually to spread All Over tin Southeastern United states Sai Ogilvie exotic fish research project Leader for the Florida game and fish commission we Don t even know what species of fish it is. It s possible it won t get Over 16 or 18 inches Long but then there Are members of the Clari idae that get five feet Long and weigh 50 or 60  said the walking cat fish Are Odd looking  have two Side fins with spines in them and a real Long dorsal Fin. They re very Strong and they taper Down to where there s nothing to hold  the fish Are not poisonous headed but they Are very pugnacious and very  Canada Chile grafts made baseball Friday s Malor league Lin scores by the associated press National league St Louis 201 041 0209 a 0 Cli Truyn 1001003006 � 1 . F i Wiiki i 7 and Mccarver Mikius. .s nil Lum uhe 8regan i and a Jimlu a. W , a a. A Jenkins a. He St. I.oui.-. Urock 5. C Opheila 111. Shannon i lib. Chicago   league  it Liu Tun. Ppd rain Stuttgart Germany is spitting out a softball sized wad of gum spec. 4 Joffre Coe said i would t do it again for All the Money in the  the Stra com Europe Soldier reflected on his claimed record chewing 150 Sticks of gum in 86 minutes it was Evi Dent that he had a bad Case of the  weather portly Cloudy and continued warm. Little  sunday. Frankfurt Heidelberg Al High 84, Low 64. Temperatures recorded Fri Day get 4 4 a it porn 72 99 Madrid p 64 84 Munich p 4 4 am pm 77 84 Adana. P 75 90 Athens p 64 82 Aviano p 59 73 Berlin p 66 82 Frankfurt p 59 68 London cd 81 Paris p Prestwick 66 82 Rome p 66 84 wheelus p cd Cloudy  Cloudy. 2nd weather win Joffre Coe. Mandible of the Hou Coe of support co signal sup port group 106, said he was inspired to perform his feat of Masticatory magnificence after Reading in stars and Stripe about spec. 5 Manuel Martinez at Baum older whacking 135sticks in an hour. If he can do it so can i of vowed. Undaunted by the risks of choking to death or dumping massive quantities of sugar into the bloodstream Coe attributes his Success to taking it easy and a measured intake of gum one stick at a time. Coe admits his record is quantitative Only. If figured in Sticks per minute Martinez wins with his Mouth closed 2.25 Sticks to Coe s 1.744. Coe believes some grind Rule should be set for attempts at his record and that perhaps Ausa eur gum chewing Coin Mission should be set up. After disposing of the King sized cud Coe who says he prefers smoking slowly Atea hamburger favouring his sore jaws. Attesting to the prowess Oscoe s mandibles were several members of the company including the co capt. Shelby Fow  Fowler he looked like he had the  no favorite Hoover said the Fri has Al ways met its responsibilities and discharged its duties without fear or favor regardless of criticism and attacks whatever the  said this must continue to be the policy and consequently All americans should View with serious concern the announced intentions and threats by a political candidate if elected to take Over and revamp the Fri to suit his own personal whims and  said Mccarthy s charge that the Fri under Hoover oper ates without proper control is not True and it denotes either contrived Effort to mislead the Public or a woeful Lack of knowl Edge of our governmental sys tem of checks and  no free hand Hoover said that As most in formed citizens know there Are definite limitations upon the Fri its authority and its operations All of which i consider most essential and which the Fri has meticulously honoured Over the  noted that the Bureau As part of the Justice department answers directly to the attorney general and is subject to his from a and up dispatches surgeons in Montreal and Val Paraiso Chile Friday performed heart transplant operations and both recipients were reported unsatisfactory condition. Canada s second such operation both at Montreal heart Institute was headed by  Grondin. The recipient in the 4 hour operation was gae Tan Paris 49. An electrical de signer and father of five. The donor was Yvon Bastien 23, who died from injuries received Ina thursday night motorcycle a . Jorge Kaplan was in charge of latin America s third heart transplant operation and the second performed on a Wom an Maria Elena Penaloza a 24-year-old dressmaker receive the heart of an Anonymous Don. Or who underwent brain suite in thursday afternoon. The operation at Admiral Neff naval Hospital lasted three horns and 10 minutes. Tax increase Washington up w ident Johnson. 1 riday s a legislation imposing higher last. On 82 million americans the 10 per cent Pelson Lvi business tax surcharge Ca Ujj with it a mandatory out in Federal spending. The puts a spending Cei billion for Fiscaro budget had called 101 i $186.1 billion. Bilin signing a Ulin Sjohnson said he was. Its order to Cut j6 Whis spending plans to year beginning Momi cause the 10 per Sci t Bill imposed is so � Fly Ull. To the eco Nonik. I  control. Further he said feb operations Are scrutinized by the Bureau of the budget the general accounting office and the appropriations committees of the House and  said also that Fri operations Are under constant scrutiny of the news Media Ana the  championships Page 20.