European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes knows Why negro reenlistment in army drop Sharpl Washington a negro re enlistments in the army have dropped dramatically Accord ing to a Pentagon report cover ins 1967.the development which officials say is puzzling has Trig gered a study to find out Why. Officials Are reluctant to link racial unrest with the slide of negro first term re enlistment rates. They dropped from 86.5 per cent in 1968 to Only 31.7 percent last year. One senior official said no body knows Why negro sol Diers showed such an abrupt change of attitude toward sign ing up for another hitch after they had satisfactorily completed a first enlistment or a draft m just As puzzled As you Are the official told a reporter. He said his experts Are Ana lying the army said it must be noted there is a corresponding drop in re enlistment Rales for caucasians As report does reflect a de Cline in White first term re enlistment rates from 20 per cent in 1966 to 12.8 per cent in 1067.but this decline was not nearly As severe As among negro sol Diers. Asked for its explanation of the drop off the army said it believes that risk of death or injury and possible repeat Tours info begin manpower Cut Washington is Theair Force will begin taking action this month gradually to re Duce its manpower by More than 16,000 in the next year to Mee defense department ceilings. In the Case of airmen this willbe handled through the recently announced Early release plan so that fiscal year 1969 will end with 743,930 on Active duty in Stead of 757,600, a drop of 13,670. For officers the air Force re leased tuesday the contents of a letter from maj. Gen. John , Deputy chief of staff for personnel to All major com mands. In this letter Bell said the continuation program for Lin of the air Force captains will end this year. This is the. First move to bring officer totals in line with Pentagon and warrant officer strength is being reduced from139,743 to 136,574 in the next year a Cut of 3,169. The status of those who preserving As a result of other pro Grams begun since the Vietnam War started is also under study Bell said. Reserve officers who Are no selected for temporary promo Tion will be released from Active duty with at least six months notice with readjustment pay i otherwise eligible unless such officers have obtained 18 or More years of Active military service on that Date. In that event qualifying officers will be re Spock Ford told the room where continued from Page i fined $1,000. Mitchell Goodman,44, an author from Temple Maine fined $5,000. Lawyers for the four immediately announced intentions to a peal the sentences. In a Brief statement before passing sentence the 85-year-old crowded court Law and order stops obviously anarchy almost every week in this court Ford said Young men Are sentenced to three years imprison for evading the draft. It is reasonable to conclude that these defendants were instrumental in inciting some of these mento flout the Law. Be they High or Low intellectuals As Well As others must be deterred from violating the defendants should notes Cape the Guise of free trained without Board action until they attain 20 years Active Mili tary service and retirement eligibility Bell s letter stated. A Board is meeting at the military personnel Center ran Dolph fab tex., to consider 9,433 captains for 3,645 temporary promotions this fiscal year. Besides renewing the up Trout system once More the air Force also Hopes to meet the reduction goal through Normal retirements. Demand summer jobs teenagers riot in new York a a crowd of 1,500 teen agers demonstrating at City Hall for More sum Mer jobs were dispersed by police wednesday after the Young sters had pelted the officers with missiles then looted Frank Furter and soft drink stands and trampled on the roofs of parked cars. Three policemen were injured by flying objects authorities the demonstration had awol Marine kills himself Marysville Calif. A an awol Marine sought in monday s kidnapping of 2-year-old Vicky West shot himself to death wednesday at his Mother shome Yuba county sheriff Gary Miller Scholfield 22, had been the object of a manhunt i seven Western states after took the girl from her was returned unharmed by schol Finkl s wife Loretta 20,12 hours later. Scholfield had threatened to take his own life rather than be capt de. Sheriff s sgt. Dennis Moore said Scholfield made his Way to the Home of his Mother Scholfield in nearby Linda tuesday , his brother Wayne 30, attempted to persuade him to turn himself in Moore said. But while Wayne was away Scholfield apparently shot him self in the left breast with a .22-caliber pistol had carried since sunday night sheriff s officers said. He apparently died s Mother Helen West 24, said Scholfield briefly Hel her her brother in Law and her daughter hostage sunday night said feared arrest for a stabbing said committed in Sun Francisco. Officers there had no report of any such Stab Bing. Gone on for two hours police men carrying nightsticks chased the youngsters mostly negroes and puerto Picans from the Plaza in front of City Hall. At least two were taken to a nearby police station. About 50 police recruits with out nightsticks remained be Hind in a line across the City Hall Steps. Mayor John v. Lind say returned tothe City fro Washington during the Demon stration but went to his residence. The youngsters were demand ing 20,000 additional summer jobs in the City s poverty areas. During the demonstration a12-Man delegation entered City Hall to meet with Deputy mayor Timothy costello. The others continued to picket and Mill about outside. Some signs bore these leg ends a cooler new York is up to you earn or Burn no Money no peace raise our funds or we raise hell and give us something to do this summer besides youngsters chanted we promotion quotas Down Washington is army enlisted promotions this month will drop to their lowest Point Indore than two years according to the july quota announce monday by the army. A Small increase in authorizations to Grade e4 will be allowed but promotions to the other to six grades will be less. The july total comes to 31,719,broken Down As follows to e9, 65 e8, 295 e7, 732 e6, 921e5, 7,102 and e4, .22,604. Late sports Baltimore up the Baltimore orioles fired Man Ager Hank Bauer wednesday and called a press conference for thursday morning to announce his successor possibly coach Earl Weaver. Fire bombs tossed at Reagan s Home Sacramento Calif. Up two de Gray Reagan s assistant press Sec Molotov cocktails were thrown at gov. Rotary said a secret service Man fired Ronald Reagan s Home late tuesday one warning shot at the youths both be neither of the fire bombs ignited fled no. One wac _ meanwhile gangs of youths roamed the governor his wife Nancy and the predominantly negro Oak Park Are their two children Patti and skipper of the capital City throwing rocks an were in the House when two youths bottles police arrested 10 juveniles for buried the Gaso Llue i used bottles. Failure to disperse. Want Money and sock it Tomy at one Point about 15 boys an girls converged on a portable Frankfurter stand set up at Roadway and Murray Street across from the heavily guarded City Hall and took bottles of cold soda Vendor told newsmen that some of the youngsters reached into the pockets of his apron and filched about $20 in coins. Re fusing to give his name wheeled his cart away from the area. Big top. Continued from Page f other 1,400 were trapped under Neath the Canvas but most Man aged to scramble Sponable said. To safety everyone was freed within 90minutes, said. The tent wavering in a vicious electric storm fluttered to the ground just after the elephant act and right before the acrobats were to perform. There were about 10 minutes left in the Pugh circus manager said that when Learned of the thunderstorm forecast in the afternoon arranged for the big top to be triple staked in Stead of using the usual two rows of Short heavy stakes used to fasten the heavy tent to the ground. The wind still whipped the tent off its aluminium pol Sand free of its heavy steel cables. No one left the Arena before the tent collapsed so heavy was the rain Sponable would have been foolish to come out the Way twas raining said. Two elephants bolted after they were led outside when a Flash of lightning frightened them. It took the elephant keeper More than one hour to round them up in the storm. An unidentified circus worker was hospitalized after was severely shocked when retouched a fire department fierce electrical storm knocked out Power to about 800families in this Central new York state Community of 35,000. Weather partly Cloudy and cooler with intermit tent Howe of. Pere amino Cloud Nom Fri Day. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 80, Low 00, temperature recorded wednesday get 4 am i a 82 1 h.,Adana. P88 09 Athena p 72 90 Valano p m 86 Berlin p 57 88 Frankfurt p 91 is London cd 4 4 am pm 72 7� Madrid p 51 82 Munich p68 70 pro of 48 61 Prei Tolck p 70 93 Home p 72 82 whee in 9 6-c a c a Gudy a partly Cloudy. Vietnam Are major dec smiling Mia the report on negro parti spation in the armed forces j Gas lured first term re for All the other but by Only a few Points in each Case. The single exception was slight uptrend in re Kiili Sineni by White airmen from if cent in 1966 to 17.3 per cent 1987. At the same Limp Neci airmen re enlistments Wen from 30.1 per cent to 2f 9 cent. La the rate of while sailors a enlisting in the Navy decline from 17.6 per cent in 1906 to 1per cent in 1967 the rate negroes from 24.7 to 225cent. In the marines White re enlistments totalled 10.5 per cent i 1966 and 9.7 per cent last Yea the negro re enlistment rate the corps went from 19.5 cent to 15.9 per cent. If As the army suggests drop off in re enlistments Istria table to the risk of death wounds the same Factor Appal entry does not apply in the Cajon the Marine corps to judge the relatively slight re in lament decline among the Marine Between them the army a marines have absorbed about per cent of the . Casualties the Vietnam War. Possible explanation one possible explanation cd the contrasting re in Istref situation Between the army an the other services May because the army draws Heavin on two year draftees while Slother services Are staffed mail by by volunteers. Draftees Many of them probably reluctant to go Inlo unify in the first place might be expected to shun a military Caref in the face of rising danger. The new report shows to negro deaths in action throw last year ran somewhat Ahei of the proportion of negro serving in Vietnam Thaila Jand aboard naval vessels Vietnam Waters. A total of 2,252 no i of servicemen were listed As killed in won through the end of 19 1this was 14.1 per cent of to Overall 16,022 american by the enemy. At the same time n throes counted for 55,904, or 9.8 cent of the 568,132 . Servicemen involved in the War. . Tatj advertising Washington troops in Vietnam arc in for some strange splits but cavalrymen of i1 troop. I7lh armoured cavalry saw one of the strangest of its kind in an offensive operation near Tarn by lie soldiers cum upon a Bell with a sign Ameri cans. Ring this Boll and the Viet Cong will com out and Slit your throats army really could t be Lieve our eyes said 1stlt. Angus Macaulay unit s commander. The first time i be known the , to checking the Beu for Booby traps the Ravia ramen accepted the my s Challenge and Rangit several times. No vow Cong bowed up
