European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Log 2 tin stars and stripes enemy probe turned Back near Saigon Mic downed Saigon a an enemy Force of about 200 men attempt ing to probe the outer defense Sof Saigon in pre Dawn darkness was stopped wednesday in Battle on the marshy Plains West of the  striking North Vietnam poured explosives on Road and water Supply routes and knocked a rarely sighted North Vietnam Ese Jet fighter from the skies. The mig17 was downed by crusader Jet Pilot from the Carrier  fighting West of Saigon Early wednesday was about five Miles outside the City limits of Cholon the chinese District that makes up most of Saigon s West Ern  reports indicated t h e Viet Cong Force numbered pos Sibly two companies of troops. They evidently were seeking to reach the City s Western fringes before Dawn and were turned Back by sweeping South Viet namese  the capital government spokesmen said two vietnamese civilians were shot to death apparently by Viet Cong in the Cholon District. Three other civilians were wounded when Amine exploded in a drainage sys tem on Minn tru , president Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam said american troops could be phased out of his country in 1969.he said the anticipated next offensive of the Viet Cong maybe the last All out Effort from 25-foot dive kills Soldier Karlsruhe Germany is a 20-year-old Soldier died two Days before his 21stbirthday after diving into 5 feet of water near Here sunday an army official said tuesday. Pvt. Larry p. Horn 809thengr co feb dived from a 25 foot Tower into an unauthorized water filled gravel pit and hit a Ridge of stones and Sand beneath the surface. Other swimmers jumped in to help the Soldier after he Rose to the surface and Sank  body was found almost 10 hours later in much deeper water having Slid Down a Steep incline from the underwater Ridge. Horn is survived by his parents or. And mrs. Paul w. Horn of Indianapolis ind. Too Long for blotter Uxbridge England up Donald dhana Pala admitted i court Here that he did not give his full name to the police when arrested because it is a bit Long. It is Donald dhana pal Anorman e m a n u e 1 Augustus Fernando. The  was reminded at a news conference aboard the aircraft Carrier Constellation off Vietnam that he had said in april that american forces could be reduced by the end of 1968.asked How he Felt about it now he replied i think we have moved very fast on our plan to develop our armed forces according to our 1968 and 1969 plans. The end of 1968 is too soon but i think from 1969 we could have a timetable for phasing out the major american units. But i repeat i never Hope that Al american forces have to with draw altogether at this time. East Europe s 1st czech widow 49, Dies after heart transplant Bratislava Czechoslovakia up this cot try a first heart transplant recipient died five hours after the operation it was announced wednesday morning. A communique broadcast by czech radio said mrs. Charlota Horvat Hova night 49, died tuesday recuperating entertainers Jack Bone 18, tary Hospital in Long club Vietnam. They Are of los Angeles and Paula Levine 20, of North the Only survivors of an ambush on the group Hollywood Chat As they recuperate at the Mill Brand Perry and the Bubble machine up . Mayor seeks to halt taxi War new York up mayor John Lindsay moved tuesday to halt an expanding taxicab War with racial overtones that has resulted in the burning of 10licensed cabs allegedly by unlicensed Gypsy cab Drivers. At the urging of taxi flee towners and the new York taxi Drivers Union representing 33,-000 Drivers of licensed cabs Lindsay ordered police com missioner upward Leary Toi investigate violence in racially troubled sections of Brooklyn. A similar investigation was ordered by Brooklyn District at Torney Aaron Koota who said the attempts of some Gypsy Drivers who number about 8,000 i various parts of the City to Force licensed cabs from ghetto areas were shocking acts of violence which will hot be  Korotu observed that the possibility always exists that such outbreaks of violence could touch off More civil disorders inthe Brooklyn ghetto areas. Koota said some Gypsy Driver apparently were incensed by a new Law proscribing their activities which went into effect july 1. There had been isolated incidents of friction Between licensed and unlicensed cabdriver since the City Council passed the Law last february but no open warfare unto Mon Day when 10 cabs bearing License medallions were set on fire. Gypsy cabs operate legally Butare limited to answering sum mouses by Telephone. In prac Tice however they cruise ghetto streets to pick up business which is generally ignored by licensed cab Drivers who prefer to oper ate in safer sections of the City. Bomb rocks cuban Mission to . New Ork up a bomb exploded near the cuban Mission to the United nations in Midtown Manhattan Early wednesday and shattered windows in six sur rounding buildings including the yugoslav  injuries were reported. The blast followed a recent series of explosions at diploma tic establishments or National tourist offices of nations trading with Cuba. Four such bombing were reported Here in the last 11 weeks and there also have been bombings in Miami also linked to anti Castro  bomb exploded on a fire escape of a building adjacent tothe cuban Mission on e. 67th Street and across a courtyard from the yugoslav Mission around the Corner on fifth venue. Following the recent series of bombings hero police launched a massive manhunt for the bomb terrorists. Operating on the theory they were anti Castro cubans scores of Spanish speaking detectives were employed in the investigation entered in the City s latin neighbourhoods. The previous bombings hit the japanese tourist office the mexican consulate and National tourist office two explosions at the Spanish consulate and Oneat a building containing the Canadian National tourist office and consulate. Pentagon halts work on f111b continued from Page 11 mentation of the Navy the Pentagon said. This order stops work on allf111b development production and support work with exceptions primarily associated with on going programs the Penta gon said. A few f111b prototypes have been undergoing tests in recent months. One was scheduled to undergo the first Carrier tests this summer off the Atlantic coast and it is understood those tests will be  july 3 the House armed services committee went along with Senate action in rejecting a Pentagon request for 1460 Mil lion for production of the f111b in the current fiscal  Pentagon had tried unsuccessfully to get a Compro Mise under which the Navy would continue building eight Lubs while trying to develop a  leaders had become increasingly apprehensive that the heavy f111b would Ever meet its originally sought com Bat specifications. The f111b was designed to defend aircraft carriers in the 1970s.problems plagued the project and the costs had soared to $8million or More per plane. The Navy s Hopes now Willrest with development of the vex which will use much of the technology acquired in the f111b work. U will use the same engines and will also have the variable sweep Wing. The woman East Urone first heart transplant pats receded the heart of old Man in a seven hour brutis Luv the first heart transplant inane communist country Abeen performed by a 40-Menb team under prof. Karol Sis Kasiska described the Conditi of his patient late tuesday nistas critical a he said the s heart was beating normally but there Are complications the recipient who had been patient at the Hospital for a Long time had no family an lived alone. Her condition had been gradually deteriorating for several years and reached a hopeless state recently the radio said. It was the 25th heart trans Plant and the second in which the recipient was a  officials said mrs. Horvat Hova suffered from a faulty heart valve and had waited several weeks for a donor. The did not identify the Man say ing Only he had a very strongheart that beat normally after it was transplanted. Soviets seize . Pair As smugglers Moscow up two Youn americans have been caught at the soviet polish Border attempt ing to smuggle valuable icons and anti soviet literature fro the chinese embassy out of the soviet Union the newspaper pravda said wednesday. It identified the americans a James Krater and Larry wat son and said they were Stu dents at the Extension depart ment of Stanford University i Vienna. The newspaper carried a Pic Ture of the two standing la shirts and jeans beside their Small French made car with three icons and a Large envelop of printed matter displayed be tween  newspaper did not say whether they would face trial. Plane crash kills 10beirut a a saudi arabian airlines plane crashed near Dhahran tuesday killing w of u people aboard airline sources reported. 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