European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 24 the stars and stripes sunday juy k10 killed in Cleveland conspiracy alleged officers because have bothered us cause we according to Hicks. Asked him where his weapon was said sgt. Ronald Heinz he pointed to buses in rent of a House. We found loaded carbine five boxes of ammunition and a first Aid May 1967, Cleveland det. Sgt. John Ungvary said Blac nationalists under Evans direct continued from Page u we had a police task Force in the area last night and that i Why we were Able to respond so did not elaborate on the alleged intercity plot our police were unable to fully substantiate the warnings of planned disorders in the four cities he Pittsburgh Public safety Hector David Craig said we received similar information and we took precautionary step Early yesterday tuesday he declined to elaborate. In Detroit City officials discuss Stokes statement. Stokes admitted he had asked Ohio National guard authorities tuesday night that looters not be shot but he said this matter was the responsibility of the commander of the two mile area looting fire bombing and at tacks on civilians ranged Over a two mile area of Cleveland fro the East Side to the City limits. It was the nation s worst racial disorder since the destructive Washington rioting which Fol Lowed the assassination of or. Martin Luther King jr., in april. An assault Force of 2,00 National guardsmen using a Mored personnel carriers and trucks borrowed from brinks,inc., moved into the Battle area at Sunrise with orders to shoot to kill a heavy thundershowers Hithe City shortly before noon an City officials and newsmen athe scene described the area As killed by gunfire were three White police officers three alleged negro snipers and four negroes apparently caught in crossfire. Twenty nine others 16 of the policemen were wounded. Two of the wounded officers were uncritical condition. Police made 53 arrests Mostof them for looting. Conspiracy theory i believe this is a conspiracy by Black militant groups to cause disturbances not Only in Ohio but All across the unite states to prove they Are a Power to be reckoned with an that they can do anything they want at any time said state adj. Gen. S. T. Del Corso commander of the Ohio nation Al guard. Intelligence reports from the military and Fri indicated in Advance that trouble would Start sometime today in Cleve land other cities in Ohio an six or eight other cities elsewhere. This trouble i across the nation i think it is a plot to spread destruction disrupt the government and show their strength. That is the Lack militants and Black Power , stores and cars were set afire. For two Miles along both sides of Superior Avenue a major thoroughfare firemen braved sniper fire to Battle blazes ignited by Moloto cocktails. There is a definable group involved Stokes said. We be been running it Down since yesterday afternoon. We were trying to ascertain just what the fragments of information said the snipers were using automatic carbines Aleast one machine gun my rifles and Ahmed Evans a Black nationalist Leader arrested by three policemen before Dawn told officers he and 17 other instigated the shooting. If my carbine had jammed i would have killed you three police quoted him assaying. I had pc in my sights when my Rifle patrolman David Hick said Evans boasted that a Jura 17 other men began bring a police a v w pm a a when told that three snipers had been slain Evans said they died for a worthy you too Tio were plotting a Blac revolution in the City to coincide with a War Between red China and the Ungvary said that once the War started National guard an Reserve units would depart leaving Cleveland . James a. Rhodes mobilized the state s 15.wonational guardsmen and sent 4,000 of them to first requested the troops be kept from the area of violence to give the negroes a Chance to see if they can control their Momenta later Iff change mind and t,00ft troops took to , the nation s eighth largest City experienced Amajor riot in 198. The election of Stokes last year had give Rise to Hopes the Cit would be spared racial disturbances Dur ing his tenure. Police said nine snipers two believed wounded exchanged shots with police at the intersection of St. Clair and East 105th streets at 5 30 a. used tear Gas to empty the building. Police said the disturbances Carbondale Avenue witnesses said armed abandoned car. Within 30 minutes Olence flared in a area around the intent o Crady in nato Post Richardson to command 6th Washington is rear adm. David c. Richardson and rear adm. James w. O Grad have been nominated for appointment As vice admirals and new assignments with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean and with nato s Atlantic com Mand at Norfolk va., the. Whitehouse announced wednesday. Richardson now assistant Deputy chief of naval operations from Page ending june 30 of 1,218,838. The air Force will Lead the Way with 44,165 More followed by the Navy with 18,114, army with 10,510 and the Marine corps with 7,137.a comparison of projected and estimated promotions for the two by 1968 by 1969744,760 for air will relieve vice l Martin As 6th Fleet commander and o Grady director of political and military affairs in the office of the chief of naval operations will be come chief of staff to the supreme Allied commander at lactic. Martin will leave the 6th Fleet to relieve vice and pfc Frederickl. Ashworth As Deputy com Mander in chief and chief of staff of the . Atlantic Fleet nor Folk. Ashworth retires sept. 1after More than 35 years of Active service. O Grady in turn will relieve vice adm. William e. Ellis who is due to retire oct. 1 after More than 38 years of service. No dates were Given for the transfers. Inne heavy fire from Byre to apart houses ringing the Intersex witnesses said one of the five gunmen who retreated into apartment unit shouted a shoot anything that s moments later the sounds of gunfire rolled across the u sultry night and Large bands negroes gathered at Varooj intersections. Stores and looted. Police deployed their who were fired at As various fire Lis reported delaying Summit army 734,250navy 219,621 235,735 Marine corps 93,696 100,833air Force 171,271 215,436 Fitt said that the faster pro motion flow is being generated y Pentagon approval in the Grade Structure of the services jut added that a time Wip come when authorizations will equal requirements. For this reason he pointed out personnel planners Are now thinking ahead to the problem of maintaining an adequate promotion flow in the absence of Grade Structure in Pentagon official also re viewed recent policy change son enlisted promotions insignia titles pro pay variable reenlist ment Bonus verb and longevity and Severance pro pay and verb regulations Are being prepared fit said to make the programs More attractive. He did not go into details since they Are currently being staffed by the services. Fitt said the verb was Thebes Way of generating reenlist ments with the 3 and 4 multiples More useful than the 1 and 2. As for pro pay the p-3rate of $100 a month was the Best in this program while themore modest pm rate has no Impact on first term reenlist ments and the p-2 rate has been Prague up the Czecho slovak communist leaders were reported wednesday night to be delaying their Summit meeting with the soviet politburo by de manding new negotiations on the composition of the the session definitely will take place in a matter of Days and in Czechoslovakia czech communist party press spokes Man Josef Tichy said despite reports from Moscow that the 11 members of the so Viet politburo left there tues Day for Czechoslovakia Tichy said that in my opinion the had not yet arrived in this coun Many reenlist ments for one Dollar of Vrbas we do for anywhere from 120 to $50 of proficiency pay de pending upon the particular skill and service Fitt Winter the subcommittee recommended that defense improve pro pay possibly by go ing to the maximum of $150a month for some specialities. Late sport Porthcawl Wales a cuban Bora Jose Legra of Spain woo the world featherweight boxing title wednesday night stopping Howard we Tsume of Wales in the fifth round. Belgrade suggested the russians might Stop Over in East Germany on their Way Here Allied games shifted from czech Border from a and up dispatches Bonn the West Germa defense ministry announced wednesday that the site of it highly criticized Black lion War games has been changed Froman area near the czech Border to a location South of Ulm in South Ern Germany. The announcement came As the Cabinet opened a special session under the chairmanship of foreign minister Winiy Brandt. I follows urgent consultations by military leaders and an Exchange of messages Between chancello Kurt George Kiesinger and de sense minister Gerhard Schroeder who is in Washington. The change of plans was Force offices. " Tichy said the meeting Efflin solve not Only exchanges of views but negotiations. The offi Cial communist party Organ rude Provo declared that not Only political but also economic questions will be on the Agenda an indication that the czechs will make a fresh Effort to get he russians to pay up part of their vast trading debt to Prague in hard currency that could be spent to buy new technological equipment in the West. Until now the russians have refused this before they Start the meet " my of crouched behind cars and Usu it poles. Gunfire was so heavy a times police could not go to the Aid of wounded comrades. A up reporter was trapped for two hours Between police and snipers in an apartment budding few blocks away. He said a Young Man in his 20s was lying on the Street twitching As bullets whizzed Over him. A Young girl darted out an scurried Over to the Man and managed to drag him to safety the reporter said. Or and mrs. James Frye watched the shooting Start from their Home near Lakeview Anda Bondale. Mrs. Fryer said a policeman was lying on the sidewalk in front of her Home he was screaming. My leg been shot off for the longest time she said. Mrs. Frye said an ambulance inched Down Street amid the bullets and. Rescued the officer As she and her husband huddled in their darkened Home. In Hail of bullets another incident too ing proper Tichy indicated czech party first Secretary Alexander Dubcek and others of his presidium Are insisting on further negotiations about the composition of the two Dele a russians wanted the full czech presidium to meet wit the full soviet politburo. They apparently thought that in Sucha confrontation some of the czechs who think Dubcek is go ing too far but Are unwilling to say so would be encouraged to speak out in the presence of the russians. Policemen in a Cruiser encountered a Hail of bullets but Man aged to crawl from their Riddle car and lie beneath it. They were trapped there for 90 minutes be fore fellow officers managed to reach them. Stokes was under heavy police guard when he addressed a news conference at the Peak Olathe disturbance. I Don t intend to permit this kind of lawlessness and violence to go unchecked in tin Community he said. If Are going to bring this Tern night to an end it will depend on the kind of cooperation beget from the citizens. Police reported several cases of Large gangs of be Bijj stopping cars and beating. Drivers. In one Case in Woluc Young Man in his 20s was beaten in the Street at Lea policemen with drawn revoke plunged into the crowd anal rescued the youth. Police rioters la i 3rd night in new York a i i us it studer1 new York up hundreds of police clashed with bottle throwing youths tuesday in the third straight night of Dis orders punctuated for the firs time by gunfire. Seven policemen were slightly injured by thrown rocks and bottles and 10 people we rearrested. A few shots were fired at police but no one was night s disorders be Gan when what police describe Das a keep Calm candlelight procession Ledi by a go priests came to a Nan. Bottles were thrown linemen of the Force who Werea crowd of about 300 of a Down he Avenue began Kab overturning train rage of
