European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hort r pm to get earlier out he in to cell i . Form in eur pm North Africa and to Modle to vol. 27, no. 79 if218ma 51 doily. 10 sunday saturday july 6,1968 200 drop into Lake As Bridge Falls Long View Wash. A wooden footbridge jammed with people watching fireworks col lapsed thursday night plunging scores of people into a Lake near the Center of Longview. All apparently survived. Police chief. Ralph Benefiel said As Many As 200 persons May have been on the Bridge. Ski divers scoured Lake a Ca Jesca Friday but said they found no bodies. Ambulances hearses and even station wagons were pressed into service hurrying 89 persons to two hospitals. Seven were admitted Tost. John s Hospital for further treatment two with brokenness. The footbridge was 15 fee thigh. Five feet wide and about 100 foot Long. Water underneath was up to eight feet deep. There was no current. Fireworks display the fireworks display sponsored As in years past by the Jaycees had just ended and fourth of july celebratory we repaving the Park that runs Siroush the Center of this planned former company town when witnesses heard a Lou snap. The Bridge bowed then col pad said John Martin. I hero were a lot of  did t know where to in babies were. I heard peo ple Yelling then it wont Down the footbridge was closed at Oast once during recent years of Rotten timbers of the Bridge pulled to five months before discharge is due Washington a Many enlisted soldiers returning from South Vietnam will be discharged from service As much As five months earlier than their draft or enlistment our Calls for the army announced Friday. The Early release regulation also applies to soldiers in j South Korea and other Short tour areas. In Vietnam and Korea the duty tour is 12 months because of Hazard and hardship. Present policy provides for Early release of up to 90 Days. The change goes into effect a gust 1. As the army explained it the new policy is intended to reduce the rate of turnover of Soldier assigned to units in the United states and to improve the com Bat readiness of some units. In the past the army said the majority of individuals As signed to units in the unite states after their return from Short tour areas have been wit their units for too Short a time cent on pages. Col. I Laiberg has i pm a afternoon Philip Maiberg. The world s patient has developed Lungi Ompie unions which Ore giving so to  Suauu Brief bulletin said Only although or. Flatberg s Uver condition is Btu improving Bebus developed pulmonary Rompell. Rations which Are giving Rise to " run for cover crouching police hasten for protective cover during steady gunfire when five inmates attempted to break out of jail in Chicago. The area outside the Wall . No prisoner escaped and one of them was shot. A photo go twins held chicag shoot out in Karlsruhe triple slaying Karlsruhe German y is Soldier twin Brothers Are being held in connection with the stabbing deaths of three soldiers thursday night in sub Urban Knie Lingen a Usa eur spokesman reported  third Soldier was released after questioning. Names of the victims were not released pending notification of next of Kin. All the men involved Are from the 249th engr in at Gerzowski Barracks. The249th is part of the us Arbur engr  for investigation in the stabbings Are spec. 5 Marion  and his twin brother. Spec. 4 Marlon g. Cook of Attilla Ala. German police who investigated Tho stabbings believed that a fight Hud taken place but la Ter said that injuries to t h e Cook Brothers were Tho result Ofa bad Accident the night before. German police said their investigation of the stabbings which occurred about 11  the fourth of july Holiday Foont. On Page 8$, col. 5 inmates fail in Jailbreak try Chicago a authorities wounded one inmate and rounded up four others Early Friday Ina bold escape attempt at the Cook county  prisoners disguised As jail guards and carrying on Shotgun All were recaptured be fore they could scale two Fence which surround the jail Yard. Tho area around the jail on Chicago s West Side resembled a Battlefield in the predawn darkness As jail guards Sher Iff s deputies and Chicago police railway strike ends in Britain Penzance England a the British National Union of Hail Waymen Friday called off its12-Duy-old go slow strike that has caused chaos on the nation state run railways. The Union members meeting in conference Here accepted a peace formula put Forward bythe British railways Board. Terms of the formula were no immediately known. Kept up a steady  the confusion authorities thought a Large scale escape at tempt was in Progress police said later. Many shots were fired at the jail Walls after the five prisoners had been Cap tured. One prisoner overpowered guard and took his Shotgun prior to the escape attempt. The prisoner fired the Shotgun at a guard from the Wall before the prisoner was Cut Down. Police said nervous guard Sand policemen fired at what they thought were escaping prisoners running in the Moon Light. Police said that at on Point policemen were shooting at each other but none was , sheriff Joseph i. Woods ordered All shooting stopped. A headcount was then made of he tiers and Ull prisoners were accounted for. Authorities identified the in mates As John Holmes 29, who was shot in the Chest and seriously wounded Charles Dennis 30 ooh. Of Pui cot. 9 Federal hospitals up rates Washington is in patient charges have been in creased from $45 to $49 a Dayan All . Forces hospitals for civilians other than members of military families authorized treatment in government medi Cal institutions Pentagon officials said the in crease in the daily rate which applies to Usa eur and us ape hospitals results from the annual review of operating Cost sin Federal institutions. Annual adjustment adjustment of these daily charges is made annually on july 1. The single rate covers All in patient care for . Civil Ian employees of appropriated and non appropriated fund Naf agencies of the defense department As Well As other Federal workers. There is no change in the deductible portion of Naf and civil service hospitalization insurance the Pentagon said because Basic benefits have Bee raised from $40 to $44 a Day. Weather partly Cloudy with io.urt1 Jite noon and evening to Thunder Hort Little Chi Ontje Sunda Funk Furt Heidi Tii a huh Low the " get am in 79 Lacurta. 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