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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes Page 5 stars my strip s of Iny times endorses Rockefeller in pm up the new executive  ukr  thursday in endorsing Rockefeller rat times �. A v jul Ronnii Lliran nominee. Times thursday Psar Isican presidential Nomina times described Rocke Jim a Man with Bradof foreign item popular Apas Well As White with valuable executive i As the Republican nominee the times said ". We specifically refrain from a commitment to his support in the election. While we believe he is the strongest Republican candidate we do not yet know whether he will be preferable to the democratic  Nancy Wilson seeks divorce i a Angeles up Singer Nancy Wilson charged her hush i of nearly eight years with extreme cruelty in a divorce 7filed in Superior court  Wilson 31, and music publisher Kenneth c. Dennis 38, Ere married dec. 21, 1960. They separated last january. They me a son aged 5. Lbs signs sonic Boom Law Washington up presi ent Johnson wednesday signed Bill requiring the Federal Avi Ion administration to set and Ards for Jet plane noise and sonic booms. Spors of the noise control legislation said it was broaden ugh to let the Agency ban supersonic flights unless the Boom problem is licked or brought under control. Currently Only military planes reach speeds faster than , with government help the aviation Industry is planning supersonic transport for com Mercial use. 1 Rockefeller ordered to court York up gov. Nelson Rockefeller and his Secretary state have been ordered by a Federal judge Here to appear in court monday to show cause Why a successor to the late  f. Kennedy should not be elected in november. Under state Law Rockefeller could name a successor to fill Theresa of Kennedy s unexpired term until dec. 31,1970. But or. Joseph a. Valenti of Pittsford brought the suit main Taining the . Constitution says a senator must be elected by Ite people. He claims that a temporary successor can legally serve Only until dec. 31 of this year. Navy orders four attack subs Washington a the Pentagon disclosed wednesday it Kas authorized general dynamics corp. To build four nuclear attack submarines instead of their tree agreed upon a month ago increasing the contract by  million. There was no explanation Why contract was upgraded at a when the Pentagon is hav ing to pare As much As $3 billion from its budget. Some congressmen after hearing testimony by vice adm. Hyman g. Rickover have been prodding the Pentagon to do More in its submarine construction program to meet what has been portrayed As a serious evolving soviet submarine threat. 1 poll shows fear of Mideast War a in i no a six in even y 10 americans Beli Eveen 1 e War Between the israelis and arabs is Likely to t during the next five years the Gallup poll reported wednes and others conducted at the time of the june 197  new the sympathies of most americans on themm the poll said. Wants after-60 schooling Washington up _ labor i w Willard Wirtz ested wednesday that eve i to go should be to for two Pirn o it a. V f v or �. � l Teve them make re me Iii Ofui. 1 o is Are extending w 15 years we re still sitting around mouthing euphemisms about the older worker Wirtz told a Senate subcommittee on the aging. Wirtz 56, said he figured thata 60-year-old person has a higher ignorance quotient than he had had when he was 18 because so much More know ledge becomes available every conf Deriee build Iii projects pack trip into Rockies helps gis return into mainstream of living Dillon Colo. A Viet Nam combat Veteran Robert Williams jr., swung his one leg off a horse after three Days High in the Colorado  d like to Challenge any per son with two legs to try it said sgt. 1. C. Williams 31, of Salina Kan., giving further credence to an army doctor s unusual meth ods of getting War amputees Back into the mainstream of Liv ing. Six patients at the army s Fitzsimons general Hospital i Denver four with leg amputations and two with crippling leg nerve damage made the horse Back pack trip into the rugged 8,500-foot-High wilderness Are Over the weekend. When they returned they were unanimous that the undertaking was a Success no trouble whatsoever said Williams. It was a Confidence builder he said. We enjoyed it. For not of us it was just like being Back in the Field again. If we can make it up thereon one leg we can make it any where he added. Most wore artificial limbs on the trip. Others making the trip were amputees spec. 4 Gerald , 24, Portland ind. Spec. 4 Billy Lee 21, Kansas Ity Kan. And spec. 4 Wayn Bryars 20, Norman okla. And spec. 4 Nick Simonic 19, Cleve and Ohio and spec. 4 Richard Luceke 19, Chicago 111., both of whom suffered nerve damage from gunshot wounds in the  pack trip and other Confidence building projects Are the idea of col. Paul w. Brown chief of the Hospital s orthopaedic service. These men Are doing some thing unusual and Are Demon fat the. Ary next  to so ms1 Pace it Center said Collins 37, would fee prime s a recuperate and would not be Able tothe r Al 0llan, Pilot for the . I a replacement would be announced in a Tew f Perfer Falls 65 feet i 65 feet from v ? f,e11 Mcle act is 1? min is try and off Law Ltd her � "011 the so � of tie Anne circus mrs Jseph s Hospital where her Condi was listed As fair. A Hosp Al spokesman said she a possible internal injuries. The Winn troupe is from Dusseldorf West Germany. Strating that although the May have lost something they re not crippled Brown said. I think other patients at the Hospi Tal knowing amputees can do that will also  it was this same theory that prompted Brown to Start asking program for amputees last Winter. About 20 Fitzsimons patients took to the Colorado slopes and amazed even their instructors by negotiating Sla Lom courses after a few lessons. Saddling up army sgt. . Robert Williams looks Over the horses before he leaves on a three Day pack trip into the Colorado Rockies. Williams who lost a leg in Vietnam enjoyed his Outing and said he had no trouble  a photo wife of Pueblo s skipper opposes military action Washington a the wife of the Pueblo s skip per conferred with Secretary of state Dean Rusk wednesday then announced she would oppose military action to free the ship and its Crew seized last january by North Korea. A spokesman for mrs. Lloyd m. Buchner said she took this position in concern for her Hus band s safety and that she disa vowed any connection with a remember the Pueblo com Mittee which earlier this month had urged Rusk to Issue an ultimatum threatening Mili tary action unless the Pueblo is returned. Rusk had rejected that re . Bucher s spokesman also said Rusk had assured her unequivocally that neither the Pueblo nor the two civilian aboard her were connected with the Central intelligence Agency As North Korea has charged. North Korea said the ship Wason a spy Mission in North korean Waters when it was seize last Jan. 23. The United states said it Wasa Navy ship engaged in Legal electronic intelligence gathering in International Waters. North Korea has been de manding an apology refused so far by Washington As a Price for the return of the ship and its men. Attorney Miles Harvey of san Diego calif., speaking for  As she stood by de scribed the session with Rusk As very  he said Rusk detailed .diplomatic efforts toward re lease of the 82 surviving Pueblo crewmen in Captivity but that no time schedule has been Esti mated for freeing the . Bucher s sister mrs. Leon Smedegard of ,111., had joined with the Rev. Paul d. Lindstrom of Prospect Heights 111., head of the re member the Pueblo commit tee in seeking the ultimatum earlier this month. Northwestern u. Revises housing arrangements Evanston 111. A North Western University has re Vised its plan to provide sep Arate housing for negro Stu dents to avoid possible violations of the 1964 civil right act Roland j. Hinz Dean of Stu dents announced wednesday. The original plan agreed to inlay by University officials after a 38-hour takeover of a Campus building by negro students was the first Case in which the civil rights act applied to discrimination against White per sons a Federal spokesman said. The new plan worked out i talks with Federal officials and Northwestern negro students will give negro upperclassmen their Choice of living units but these units will not ban White students Hinz said. The living together of Black students does not constitute a violation of the civil rights act said Joshua Zatman a spokes Man for the department of health education and  an official University ban on the basis of race would Vio late the Law he added. The hew office of civil right notified the University in May its proposed plan was in Viola i Tion of the act. Hinz said about two thirds of the 90 to 100 negro upperclassmen expected to enrol for sep tember classes have requested housing with other negroes. He said the other one third selected living quarters scattered through the Campus  
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