European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes monday july 29. Rakover backed in sub fight Washington a Ahouse Senate committee has sided with vice adm. Hyman  in his Battle with the Pentagon to build a new super quiet submarine. The joint committee anatomic Energy said saturday no valid reason has been offered for a Pentagon halt in spending for the sub two months ago an urged that All barriers to its construction be removed. Secretary of defense Clark  announced july 1 that the Pentagon would proceed with plans to build a new High Speed submarine. But he said the quiet sub still is under  rebuked Rickover without naming him for criticizing top civilian officials in the Pentagon in his testimony before congressional commit tees. Release transcript the atomic Energy  accompanied release of a censored transcript of Testi Mony at a closed session june 21 in which Rickover lashed out again at repeated Pentagon studies and said the depart ment of defense has become a huge Thicket which stops Deci House Senate panel , our department of de sense has grossly underestimated the rate at which the soviets Are improving their  it called for immediate development of the quiet sub As Well As the High Speed super  s quiet sub would be powered by electric Turbine engines. After four years of work the Pentagon stopped spending on it May 28. Question of Worther. John s. Foster the Penta gon s director of defense re search and engineering told the committee the quiet sub May not be Worth its cos because of new soviet  nature of the soviet sub across the table this picture re Dent Johnson briefing Richard m. Nixon nomination. Johnson also briefed Imi leased by the White House shows presi contender for the Republican presidential pendent candidate George Wallace a _ czechs leave for talks with soviets continued from Page 1 changes with military demonstrations along Czechoslovakia Borders and by leaving some of the troops it sent Here in june in the country beyond their nor Mal Date of  of the czech leaders parliamentary president Jose Smrkovsky and foreign minister Jiri Hajek drove into Ruzin air port shortly before 4  after that a half dozen More of the official car arrived. Their occupants could not be seen but indications were that the 11 members of the presidium were flying to the site of the meeting in separate planes. Foreign minister Hajek is Nota member of the presidium but presumably would accompany the party As an adviser and to handle protocol connected with receiving soviet president Niko Lai Podgorny who is one of the 11 members of the russian communist party politburo. Communist party first Secre tary Alexander Dubcek had again promised the czechoslovak people in a television appearance saturday night that he would Thieu predicts one . Division can leave s. Vietnam by mid-1969 improvements was censored i  troop from the transcript but Foster Washington a South Vietnam s president Nguyen Van Thieu said the War tide has turned and predicted one . Division can be withdrawn Bymid-1969 and one or two More in 1970. Asked in an interview whether he is absolutely confident such a schedule can be kept Thieu re plied yes i believe that the present evolution of the military situation will permit us to do  is Why i have not requested an increase in the . Troop sin Vietnam but i request in Stead sufficient and modern arms and equipment for the vietnamese armed forces so that the regional forces and pop ular forces can replace the Viet namese army regular units in their territorial missions an the regular army would be Able thereby to. Gradually replace did say the capabilities of the submarine May not justify the required investment in Light of the  Foster described the spending halt As a precautionary move to permit More  joint committee disa greed and said no valid basis for delaying this submarine was presented. Therefore. Al restraints on the design and construction of the submarine should be lifted and the work should be  committee is headed by sen. John o. Pastore d-r.i.,and rep. Chet Holifield a Calif. An american division num Bers about 15,000 men. The . Troop commitment in Vietnam now is about 550,000. Asked if he believes the War Side has turned Thieu said yes. We have the advantage in the Field. We have the Initia Tive and we continue to inflict severe casualties on the ene  the Saigon Leader conceded coals to Newcastle Salem Ore. A an Ore gon firm deluxe ice Cream co., is filling an order for 7,000 dozen ice Cream bars from Matakuska maid inc., Anchorage Alaska. However that there has been buildup of forces from North Vietnam and said he expects Amajor enemy offensive within the next few months adding but even if they launch an All out offensive they will not be Able to maintain it for More than two  Thieu was interviewed by the Magazine . News and world report aboard his plane while flying to Saigon after meeting president  Honolulu. Birth control ruling Bombshell expected in Pope s message continued from Page it Popes principally Pius i an Pius Xii. However they did not indicate whether the Pope had made some minor changes based on advances in medical knowledge on the subject. There has Bee frequent speculation that some such concessions would be made. The present Catholic position i that use of contraceptives is sin Ful but Catholic couples May Uncertain circumstances limit sex Ual Intercourse to the woman sterile period. Primarily this is allowed in cases where the Wom an s health makes Conception in  Pius Xii strongly condemned Catholic couples who limit Intercourse to the woman sterile period without any valid justification in the eyes of the Church for doing so. Pope John Xxiii appointed a u5 planes smash 200 red boats continued from Page 1 Only 25 Miles below the 19thparallel. Eight Jet b52 bombers mounted five missions saturday night and three More sunday morning against suspected enemy troop concentrations weapons position Sand storage areas along the Cam Bodian  ground action government forces killed 48 Viet Cong troop sin an eight hour Battle sunday just South of Danang . Intelligence sources believe enemy units Are preparing an other offensive against South Vietnam s second largest  fighting began in the an Hoa Valley when elements of the51st South vietnamese regt engaged More than 600 troops of the Viet Cong s 20th and 25th bus it was  forces swept the communist positions throughout the Day and killed at least 48, . Advisers at the scene  were no casualties among government forces they  communists were Cap tured including a Viet con company commander. The government troops also captured mortar and rocket rounds anm60 machine gun and 11 individual weapons. The an Hoa Valley has been a communist stronghold for 20years. The fighting there sunday was the heaviest since last month during operation Allenbrook. . Intelligence sources said As Many As 3,000 communist troops have infiltrated the Region since. They expect another push against Danang a City of 270,000which was bombarded three times in the past week with rocket and mortar barrages. Commission shortly before h i death in 1963 to look into the birth control question  Paul expanded the com Mission to 60 members including Lay experts in Medicine and population problems. The commission divided sharply and eventually submitted conflicting reports to the Pope majority calling for change and a minority urging that the traditional stand be maintained. The Pope repeatedly delayed his decision partly because of the complexity of the problem an partly because of illness last year which required him to have surgery for removal of an enlarged prostate gland. Permit nothing to drag him from the path of Reform. I a radio Prague commentator warned sunday that anyone tries to Block the new Reg reforms will be judged a Iraq Tor and described the counts a powder  Smrkovsky the most Reform minded of the communist party presidium installed at the begin neg of april added that soviet attempts to impose a Domestic policy on the country will be Rel ejected. Radio commentator Jirl Dienstbier said it seems Blas-1 Phemy to us that the leaders in Moscow do not realize what they want to kill off Here 1 years of democratic traditions the commentator made a rare allusion to soviet military threats and the continued pres Jence of an undisclosed number of red army troops in the Colin try. He said it would be a real tragedy if someone indulged in military adventures. I Don t want to stress military action too much but i Don t want to leave any possibility  we do not expect every prob elem to be solved at the first meeting the commentator said. But if the talks of fail the Public must know Allonce because nervousness might cause a provocation that would explode this powder  special word he had a special word for the conservatives remaining in the party  anyone should drive a knife into the Back of his colleagues said Dienstbier he shall be judged a  s uncensored re Marks came hard on similarly Tough statements by Smrkovsky Smrkovsky addressed a Large crowd of persons on the a Pri a Kope the City s main business thoroughfare built atop the med i Ieval Moat asking them to sign a petition calling on the presi i drum to defend the reforms at All costs. Baseball scores by the associated press american league first game new York 010 100 0002 5 0cleveland 010 101 oox3 6 2 Peterson Hamilton 7 and Gibbs Plant and Azcue. A Plant 17-6. Peterson 6-6. Hrs Cleveland. Johnson 5 Azcue 4harper 6. Boston 0401102021013 0washington Oil 411 000 8 12 2 Lonborg Waslewski 4moorehead 6bell 7 and Howard Pascual bos Man 3haywood 5ortega 6humphreys 7 and Casanova. A Bell 9-7. A Humphreys son 23. 2-4. Or Boston Harrel atlant Philadelphia Jarvis Stone National league000 000 0000 3 1 6002 010 Fox 3 6 1davidson 8 and Torre l. Jackson and Dalrymple. A Jackson 10-12. A Jarvis 10-8. Los Angeles 002 010 0003 11 1chicago 000 410 03x8 8 0 Drysdale and Haller Niekro Regan 8 and Hundley. A Niekro 10-6. A Drys Dale 12-8. Or Chicago Williams 12 St. Louis 010 000 0001 13 2 Pittsburgh 030 040 oox7 11 2 Jaster Hughes 6granger 8 an Mccarver Mcbean and May. A my bean 8-9. A Jaster 8-6.burgh, Clendenon 9mcbean Maloney Carroll Seaver Jackson Rote. A Salonoy 9-6. A Seaver or Cincinnati May 2 " Koonce 8 1 Calif. Drug users boost hepatitis incidence los Angeles up a Nia drug users have set off i epidemic of serum hepatitis sharing their co Tamma Edwi dermis Needles a Public researcher said Here. 3james Chin of the slate u Laboratory said Calico in s dieted 2,000 Senim hepatic 1 this year will be Moie Jan the number for the ensue by states. This can Almo called a California disease commented