European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Pm 2 Thi stars and St Pis monday july 8, marines kill 134 n. Diets near Doz Saigon up . Marines backed by tanks and fighter bombers killed 134 North vietnamese troops and captured six suspects in a two Day Campaign near the demilitarized zone military spokesmen said sunday. B52s, meanwhile resumed aids against North vietnamese artillery positions North of the Doz one of which fired upon but missed a . Destroyer patrolling in the Tonkin Gulf. B52s also pounded guerrilla base Camps and infiltration routes Only 13 Miles from Down town Saigon. North vietnamese gunners shutdown two . Jets on bombing missions saturday. Four airmen aboard the two f4 phantoms were so close b52 raids have become rather common around Saigon in recent weeks but the Strat forts have rarely made bombing runs As close As 13 Miles. Once however the High flying bombers dropped their bomb loads As close As eight Miles from the Center of the Cap agents set Viet Cong flags fluttering in Saigon or a second consecutive Day. In the Saigon area spokesmen disclosed that . And Vietnam Ese patrol boats have begun operations to curtail infiltration of Viet Cong troops and weapons along River routes leading to the said the Viet Cong fired four b40 rockets into the dispensary of a protestant hos Pital at Plesku Early sunday outdo one was injured. In air strikes against North Vietnam american fighter bombers flew 138 missions sat urday. Pilots said bombs destroyed or heavily damaged six anti aircraft Sites and numerous Supply targets setting off 67large fires and a Chain of 15 explosions. Of plane downed an air Force observation plane was shot Down by ground firkin South Vietnam Friday spokes men said. The plane crashed near qui Nhon. Allied troops patrolling the outskirts of Saigon reported Only scattered fights with guerrilla forces during the weekend. Att american infantry unit found a ache containing More than 6,000 rounds of automatic weapons ammunition. Blinding in a Nam new York a the new York Telephone co. Has announced a change in the name o its information service to directory assistance. It said tha on an average business Day la year 1.6-million requests were received for information such a baseball scores and not connected with finding phone numbers. A nth ctr forced ill we Rio Grande floods pa90, Jwj. Of rite tin Waves of fitter mod and debris surging into the lowlands of Elpaso and Ciudad Juarez Satur Day forcing hundreds of per sons from their Homes on both sides of the Rio Grande an collapsing scores of Small Adobe Rains which fell before Dawn saturday brought the 71-hour rainfall total in the Border area to More than half that usually re Tod to m m cwt a a Kadi a pfc a to abm Duhm. Del oven Seq nor to orb to evacuees in both cities anymore than 60 persons were sheltered at the armed forces Mca in downtown Elpaso. President Johnson declare parts of Texas to be a major disaster area and allocated a initial 1300,000 of Federal funds to help restore Public flowed Waist deep through Homes i Eastern Oupaso and Silt and mud Rose to paso Minarez one Hof a Street two and were ment i sandbag in. How of water into fire depart ran out of to Stop Trees. Water flowed into basements across the City. The rain slackened amid morning saturday and the Sun peeked out from behind Cne juju showers wer a phis7- to j8� Aid Juarez toc wednesday morning. The am Tual Avert be rainfall or 0 Fata w a Mere 7,89 inches Floon isl Ter the Rains began user began cascading Dow streets heading for the pm sections of Bast Elpaso trash garbage cans Tret Debs and whole Trees flowed Down the streets. Humdinger Hubert h. Humphrey look pleased with the Ham of the engine in his 1829 Model t Ford. The vice president demonstrated the Ante to 89 . Mayors who were invited to Waverly minn., after formation of the Mayers for Humphrey committee. Up photo Humphrey raps Mccarthy tactics Poplar Bluff to. Up vice president Hubert h. Humphrey saturday took a slap at the tactics of sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy s supporters during whirlwind tour of Missouri and collected the endorsement of gov. Warren b. Hearnes. Hearnes who previously had remained uncommitted to any candidate for the democratic presidential nomination praised Humphrey in introducing him to a Truman Day rally As a Man you can talk , in route by motor Cade to the Motel where headdresses an overflow audience of 2,500 persons from through out Missouri Humphrey stopped to Greet a group of Veteran sitting in front of the veterans administration Hospital i wheelchairs. The vice president Shook hands with each Man before returning to his car and continuing to the rally a slap at tactics of Mccarthy supporters Humphrey criticized those who rigidly enforce their will when in the majority but loudly cry foul and walk out when Humphrey did not mention Mccarthy or his backers hot it seemed apparent he had in min Mccarthy delegates who have walked out of several stat democratic conventions charging Mccarthy was denied a fair share of the states delegates to the democratic National convention. Related Story Page 4. Author says of to absorb Apollo Washington a Aero space author Erik Bergaust said saturday the air Force will absorb the Apollo manned space program of the National aeronautics and space administration Nasa within a year or two. In a news release about Bis Book murder on pad 34," Ber Gaust said the civilian Man in space program will be merged into the military venture whether the new administration is demo cratic or added that the change would produce savings of More than $1 billion a leaders in the Penta gon Are so concerned Over in creased soviet interest in space weapons that a merger of the civilian and air Force manned space efforts in this country i inevitable Bergaust said. This May Cut our costs of manned space exploration in norwegian born writer a naturalized . Citizen an author of More than 30 books on space and aviation said .military leaders Long have been aware of soviet experiments with Orbital bombardment sys tems and Are demanding Ade quate said that at a time when Nasa s main Effort is in the Apollo manned space flight project the air Force is spending close to $2 billion on a duplicate overlapping program for development of a manned orbiting Laboratory Mol. This duplication of Effort stems from our Hasty race to beat the russians to the Moon and we can t afford it Berg just said. Paterson has quiet night after violence Paterson . Up negro and puerto rican youths set fire to five automobiles an smashed bottles against Side walks saturday night. Police arrested 12 persons. Despite the fire bombings twas still the quietest night since last monday when disorders first broke out in the City s 20-Square Block puerto rican Section. Mayor Lawrence f. Kramer and Community leaders walked through the streets of the Vio Lence area saturday night talk ing with citizens who had grievances to Kramer said the Fri would Start an investigation monday into charges that Paterson police smashed the windows of the of fice of the Southern Christia leadership conference Sulc during the trouble earlier in the week. Edward tinker 86, historian Dies new York a Edward tinker 86, novelist biographer and historian died saturday night on Long Island after an extended was a specialist in French and latin american of Fain and an authority on the French period in Louisiana and old new Orleans. Cloy appeals conviction to supreme court Washington a former world heavyweight boxing Cham Pion Cassius Clay has asked the supreme court to overturn his conviction and $10,000 Fine and five year jail sentence for Refus ing to be drafted into the armed services. The Appeal was filed saturday the last Day permitted since his june 20, 1967, conviction in Hou Ston Federal court was up hem tast May by the circuit court of appeals in new Orleans. Free on Bondclay who prefers his Black Muslim name Muhammad Ali is free on 5,000 Bond. Clay seeks either a ministerial exemption or status As a conscientious objector on the basis of his beliefs As a member of the Muslim a 75-Page Brief filed with the court Nis attorneys argue that Clay s ordered induction violated his constitutional asked the court to find the systematic exclusion o negroes from Clay s local and appellate draft boards invalidated the draft order and requires reversal of his attorneys said no negroes served on either the Kentucky or Texas local draft boards or appeals boards that handled Clay s were on trial1 they also said Lar a number of letters and newspaper cup pings attacking Clay were included in his draft Case file and were read by the Board Mem Bers which must have made the Board members feel that they themselves were on trial. These tetters and Trucl estranged from racial attacks w religious slurs to a questioning of the honesty of tin Board Mem Bers they said. Teddy in Mallo Dipalma de a . Sen. 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