European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes juy j7l Pentagon vows to conquer go housing discrimination Washington up Secretary of defense Clark Mclifford reported to president Johnson Friday that the Penta gon is determined to eliminate racial discrimination in housing for servicemen. The occasion of Clifford statement was the 20th anniversary of a 1948 order by president Harry s Truman to desegregate the armed forces. Clifford said there had been extraordinary Progress since the order. But he pointed out that As recently As last year military effectiveness was impaired because housing discrimination in some communities near military installations Conti Nues to have a corrosive an damaging Impact on Black americans wearing this coun try s  in 1967, commanders of Al services were told to seek out landlords urging them to Rentto All servicemen without regard to color. Progress has been  said Only 35 per cent of landlords nationally were on the nondiscriminatory housing list of the defense department . Airmen fired on at Thailand base Bangkok up an unidentified Force fired on . Air men and planes at the Ameri can air base at adorn Thailand . Embassy spokesmen said saturday. The attack Friday night was the first of its Kin against land. A . Base in thai the embassy spokesmen said details of the attack were still sketchy and incomplete but that four americans possibly had been wounded. Adorn is one of the american bases in Thailand where . Bombers flying missions against North Vietnam Are based and is also an area in which Pathe lao guerrillas have been Active in recent months. The spokesmen said one of the attackers had been killed in an ensuing fight. The Early reports also indicated one american plane was damaged and on thai Soldier was injured. The spokesmen identified at tackers Only As a group of in truders. Between 5,000 and 6,000american personnel Are based at adorn in the Northeast Sec Tion of Thailand. It is an air Force Headquarters and is abase for . Reconnaissance transport and Rescue  to americ a sources the attack was by Small arms fire and lasted about a half an hour. Year ago compared with 84 percent today. We Are determined to push Forward with our Campaign to per cent hous Ingall servicemen achieve 100justice for Clifford  have stated that no other goal is acceptable. I announce Din june that beginning in Algeria line May be faced with Boycott Algiers up Algeri faces a possible Boycott against its National airline and stiff diplomatic pressure from its major Western Benefactor France if it does not release quickly an israeli jetliner and24 israelis held since tuesday. Two senior officials of the International airline pilots federation flew to Algiers Friday tory to convince the algerians to release the pilots of the Al a hijacked tuesday exclude the fact Boeing 707morning. We Don that our association is thinking in terms of a Boycott against the algerian line if we Don t obtain satisfaction said the federation s Deputy president Ola Forsberg during a Stop i Paris. Just before leaving however Forsberg modified his position. At the moment we Don t envision t any measure against Ai Algeria. It s up to the federa Tion to define its position he said. French foreign minister Michel Debre asked his algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Boute Flika twice on thursday to re solve the problem within the framework of International Cus Tom French sources said. Bou Telika is on an official visit to  raised the question at the request of the israeli embassy in Paris. Algeria has maintained that the hijacking of the Airliner and was Engineer Darab Comman its passenger by palestinian does and thus the Algiers government was not mixed up in it either from near or  girl kills brother after Bike argument Richmond a. A a13-year-old Richmond boy was shot to death thursday night bylis 9-year-old sister after a argument Over a bicycle police said. Police said Andrew Lee Mason and his sister Rita had been arguing Over the Bike  said the Young girl went nto the House returned with a410-caliber Shotgun and fatally bounded her brother in the neck. August the sanctions which behave imposed in certain areas on discriminatory landlords willbe extended throughout the country wherever we have military  Clifford cited personnel Fig ures to show negro Progress in the armed services since Truman s order of july 28, 1948. In 1948 the Navy had Only four negro officers now it has 330 the Marine corps now has180 negro officers compared with one in 1948. Twenty year Sago the air Force had 310 negro officers one a colonel the figure today is 2,417 including 19 colonels and on lieutenant general. There Are 116 negroes in the service academies today com pared with 14 in 1948. Twenty years ago the army had 1,306 negro officers including on colonel and today there Are 5, 637 officers including 27 colonel Sand one nominated to brigadier general. Award ceremonies Gen. Lyman l. Lemnitzer right it. Gen. John w. Bowen Salute during thursday s Ceredo at Stuttgart. A. Photo by Schueli departing from e1jcom Gen. Bowen receives decoration Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial Gen. Lyman l. Lemnitzer commander in chief unite states european command eur co presented the distinguished service medal second Oak Leaf Cluster to it. Gen. Johnw. Bowen departing eur com chief of staff on  presentation occurred at the command s Stuttgart head quarters and was followed by a military ceremony marking Bow in s departure from the com Mand meanwhile it was announced by the White House that Bowenill retire sept. 30 after More than 36 years of Active  it had been said that he would become commanding general of the 5th army in Chi Cago the 1932 . Military acad Emy graduate was dec9rated for his dynamic leadership expert guidance and unique executive ability while assigned in a Suc cession of key command and staff positions from May 1956 to july 1968. The citation accompanying then a t i o n s highest non combat award noted Bowen s outstand ing professionalism integrity and  is also credited while serv ing As Neucom chief of staff with significantly enhancing the rapport Between the Headquarters and German and French citizens through his knowledge of their customs and languages and his Courtesy and diplomacy in relations with them. In presenting the medal Lem five . Blast newspaper office Saigon up five Viet Ong two of them women chased 20 workers out of the of fice of a chinese language news paper in Saigon Friday and blowup the building with a 60-Pound charge. The newspaper had waged an editorial Campaign against terrorism. About 20 employees were in the offices of a Chau the Asia daily news at noon when the Viet Cong burst in held them at Bay with pistols and planted the transplant patient drives his car Houston Tex. A Everett c. Thomas 47, the Man with a new heart and a new Job disclosed thursday that he has been driving his , i drive All Over Thom As said after he drove from his apartment to the Texas medical Center about six Miles. He the walked across the Street to the medical Center National ban where he will become a Trust. Consultant next  received the heart of a 15-year-old girl May 3 in the first of seven human heart transplant operations perform Dat St. Luke s episcopal Hospital by a group headed by or. Denton. Cooley. The former Phoenix ariz.,accountant lives with his wife Helen and their two sons Paul,18, and Carl 12. Although he has been Dis charged from the Hospital Thomas reports Back twice week for checkups. Asked if he was tired by the walk across the Street Thomas told a newsman i can out walk you any  Thomas said he has "10,000 per cent More use of All my faculties As a result of the new heart. Plastic charge under the print ing press. Then racing out the terrorists screamed get out get out there s going to be an expo  the employees fled. Minute later the bomb exploded and the three Story stucco building collapsed. A woman Riding past on a Motorbike was hit by debris the Only casualty of the bombing. Twas the second terror incident of its kind against chinese language newspapers since june 6 and the second against a Chau since october when a Viet Cong explosion killed its staunchly anti communist editor. The incident came in the midst of reports the Viet Cong had infiltrated 1,000 terrorists into Saigon for a bombing and harassment Campaign to pre cede an offensive into the City. Waves of b52 bombers we tout Friday to attack infiltration routes into the City concentrating on Viet Cong hideouts three Miles from Cambodia and. 75miles North of Saigon. Nitzer remarked that the army chief of staff Gen. Dpi d. Eisenhower had present Bowen with his first dam. Nitzer also expressed his persian gratification for the except a ally dedicated and profess manner in which Bowen formed his duties As Euco chief of staff. The departure honors which followed the presentation eluded a joint service co guard an Honor guard compose of 15 persons symbolizing15-gun Salute authorized Bowel and martial music furnished the Vii . Army corps band the ceremony ended with an inspection of the Honor guard Bowen. Guests at both events include Gen. David a. Burchinal Al com Deputy commander chief key Neucom headquarter staff officers and person1friends of Bowen and his Wiff the former countess Renee de Marguenit. Bowen will be succeeded vice adm. John a. Tyree j who received his third Star a promotion from rear Admiral i thursday. Tyree present e1com Deputy chief of staff my be replaced by army a. De Edward l. Rowny Deputy of staff for logistics unit estates army in Europe an seventh army Headquarters weather . 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