European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              1968 the stars and stripes Page 5 5tbi letter sold for $250 of a inv a Cut it h\7 1 new York a a presi letter Only three for 00.Hamilton, the Auto. It who auctioned their brought More than signed 100 years ago by president Andrew  Lyndon Johnson letter was written april 4, 1968, and apparently comments on his decision not to seek reelection Hamilton said. It is hand signed Hamilton added. Labor dept. Backs Job Bill Washington up the labor department thursday backed 1 a a a a of 14-n 4-rt he i 4r an it a station to extend Job reemployment benefits to reserves Andrita Resmen called to Active duty. To ssh director of the office of veterans re employ is the Senate armed services committee the Job a reserves has become in Frias Inpil Iliff increasingly diff Aht could enable reservists and guardsmen  and to enjoy All employment opportunities fuss acconled8 their cow kers Sta v not have military of Keady passed the House. Rangers kill second Bear West Yellowstone up Yellowstone a Park rangers killed their second Gri Zly in three Day Satter the Bear attacked a Man Lishing near Yellowstone Lake Park officials said. ,. I the Man not identified tried to run when the big adult grizzly charged. But he slipped and the Bear fell on him. The animal then ambled into the Woods. The Man suffered Only minor scratches. Park rangers went after the Bear with a tranquil Izer gun. But when the animal charge them they shot and killed it. Gain Selling drug store raided new York a a radon a Brooklyn drug store where handguns were sold Over the counter As easily As one would Bay a bottle of aspirin was announced by Brooklyn dist. Atty. Aaron  said four men were arrested and 25 guns seized. The Wea Pons were either stolen from overseas shipments or illegally Pentagon limits Viet trips Worth two tax exemptions to officers Washington up the defense department has taken Steps to limit Short trips to South East Asia by military officers that Are Good for two $500 in come tax exemptions because they Start at the  of one month and end in the beginning of the next. Officers making such trips willbe required to file statements to the effect that the purpose was such that it could not be accomplished within a single month. The move was reported by Theair Force times an Independent service journal after numerous charges in and out of Congress that the Short trips in some cases were being used As a tax Dodge. Officers Are entitled to a $500tax exclusion for each month or part of a month they Are in the combat zone. A memorandum sent to the services by Gen. Earle g. Wheeler chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said to prevent Adverse criticism of military personnel visiting South Vietnam and Thailand each proposed trip will be care fully screened to insure that those visits which overlap two consecutive months Are justified and cannot be accomplished within a Calendar month. A statement to this effect will be included in the initial trip request submitted to the joint chiefs of  Wheeler acted after being in formed by assistant defense Secretary Solis Horwitz that con Gressional inquiries had been received the times said. The defense department said it could not estimate How Many such overlapping trips had Bee made. Wallace Issue Ford raps stalemate plan Washington up House Republican Leader Ger Ald r. Ford said thursday a bipartisan plan to prevent George Wallace from stalemate ing the presidential election could backfire and get addition Al votes for the third part candidate. Wallace has said much the same thing about the plan. He called it a conspiracy be tween democrats and republicans to destroy the rights of the people. Ford said at a news conference he has reservations about the purchased from underworld plan it Calls for an agreement figures Koota  up a .22 Caliper Pis Tol from a desk in front of him Koota told a news conference this is the same Type of unused to kill Robert f.  student group gets Ford Grant York a the a student association once got Money from the Central intelligence Agency has been granted $315,000 by the " foundation to launch Stu Dent initiated educational re movements the foundation announced thursday. The object is to generate quiet revolutions instead of ugly ones on campuses the foundation said in a statement. There Are 326 College student governments in the association. Safe City not so Safe san Francisco a Maha mad Jalal who told police he i president of a Swiss financial firm reported that his apartment was burglarized and the following stolen nearly $17,000 in $100 Bills 40 men s suits each Worth at least a a Piggie Bank containing $300, two transistor radios a record player eight dress shirts a Blank Check Book and two suitcases apparently used to carry away the  told police he has been in san Francisco for eight months and had been keeping the Money in his apartment because i trusted san Francisco. 1 thought it was a Safe  1 pm reports $960 million income new York a general motors reported income for the is la months of the year to in to million compared i thu million in the same period a year ago. Sales were $11.7 billion a 12 per cent increase Over those of $10.4 billion in the year ago per Iod. Earnings per share equated $3.34 dollars in the first half of1968 compared with $3.17 in the six month period a year ago. 1 Maddox urges shoot to kill Nta up Lester Georgia s outspoken Lovinn Uhas urged to in which said every police car should be equipped with a machine gun so officers can protect themselves and citizens. He said when police Are Deal ing with snipers and fire bombers officers should Tell them to halt and if they Don t halt kill  passport returned a the Stok v sad the return of passport so he could honeymoon at an undisclosed location abroad an that he had promised not to Visi any forbidden , Black Power advocate and former head of the student nonviolent coordinating committee recently married Miriam Makeba african Folk Singer. Y democrats and republicans o vote for the candidate who the biggest popular vote if he election should be thrown to the House. The plan is sponsored Byres. Morris k. Udall ariz., and Charles e. Goodell r-n.y., claimed wednesday it has he backing of All announce presidential contenders except Vallace and sen. Eugene Mccarthy a Minn. Ford did not discount the possibility that Wallace s Candida y might deadlock the Electora College and said in fact he was one of the first to forecast that he House might have to decide he  i have some reservations about the Goodell Udall plan he said. First it is questionable in my min whether a House member or candidate should sign in and Vance a pledge giving up his constitutional responsibility inthe election of a president. Also such a plan if carried put could give Wallace ammunition in his attempt to prove that the democrats and republicans Are rep. Gerald Ford Era denies spending a Nickel on lobbying new York up Classen president National Rifle association de Nied thursday that the organization has spent even Nickel on lobbying against Federal gun legislation. Glassen in an interview with United press International said reports that the Era spends As much As $500,000 a year on lobbying against such legislation were completely erroneous. He said the organization puts its views across through education of its membership statements and  of weapons has never prevented a crime an solved precious few Glassen said. It will not prevent gun from getting into the hands of Harold i period before the use off the Gunpowder was the greatest period of assassination i history. As for the observation that the Rifle has become the weapon of snipers in ghetto racial disorders Glassen said sniping actually played a very Small part in the largest of the disorders in Detroit. He said he had been too Busy to look into the role of the Rifle in the disorders in Cleveland this week. People them. Who should t have Glassen said the registration of 100 million to 200 million guns in the United states would Cost As much As $5 million Money he said could be Well spent on other problems. He noted that political assassinations can be carried out without guns and the roman dope Case goes to pot Palo Alto Calif. A police Are fuming Over a narcotics Case gone to  30 marijuana plants confiscated in a raid last month were being kept alive As evidence in a courtyard outside police Headquarters. They had grown to three feet in height unti thursday. They were harvested by a night time  re investigating said police chief William Hydie. N a conspiracy to keep out third party  huh evading purpose of debate foe claims Washington up troop Campaign aides to sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy said thursday that vice president Hubert h. Humphrey has refused to debate with me Arthy until a week before the democratic convention. Blair Clark and Richard Goodwin said in a statement that they met with Humphrey s representatives wednesday to discuss Mccarthy s suggestion of a series of debates starting next week. The vice president has rejected these suggestions an has said he will Only debate in the week immediately before the democratic convention the statement  is an evasion of the purpose of such a debate i said. It reflects the same disregard for the popular judgment which lays behind the vice president s decision not to enter a single  no criticism Humphrey s office said it does not intend to Issue any pres release criticizing senator Mccarthy or members of his staff concerning the proposed to discussion. Our meeting was held in Good Faith and we thought in a a operative spirit a spokesman  s office added that there Are some factual errors the statement released by Var. Clark and or. Goodwin Butare not going to be contentious. We still want to work this out and we think we  vice president s office said Humphrey prefers one discussion the week preceding he democratic convention. We think this is a Good time for  Clark and Goodwin said that by postponing the debate until just before the convention the vice president seeks to make it impossible for the Public to evaluate the candidates to make its evaluation Felt in  fact we suggest that it would be More effective to debate in front of the assembled delegates at the convention itself than to hold a debate Atso late a  fighting in Yemen Beirut up Yemen royalist a n d Republican forces Are engaged in heavy fighting around the Republican capital of san a royalist information min ister ii a s h e m Ben Hashein claimed Here wednesday