European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Threat of intervention fades but Russ czechs extend talks i triple take Munich triplets Gaby Dummy and Hella Kregel from left Are in Taormina Italy for a film festival. A period of Grace apparently Given Cierna Nad Tisou Czechoslovakia up a last minute disagreement Over the communique forced the czech presidium and soviet politburo wednesday night to agree to meet once More thursday morning it was Learned. The hitch developed after the czech news Agency ctr s office in nearby Kosice reported the meeting had president Josef Smrkovsky earlier full of Confidence was quoted Bycok As telling some villagers late wednesday night that we must meet again Tomor the communique difficulty an the unexpected Extension of the meeting into thursday were re ported by the same ctr office that earlier had said the con Ference was Over. A tip off that something was wrong came when the main czechoslovakian evening television news program began with an announcement that important news from Cierna Nad Tisou was the next item but followed that with 40 seconds of a Blank screen and finally a repeat of some film taken at noon. Despite the difficulty Over the communique the reformers sworn to humanize communism in Czechoslovakia apparently had cont. On Page 2, col. ? French govt. Tightens to radio control Paris up preside Tcharles de Gaulle wednesday crushed moves to free the state run radio and television networks and fired 40 per cent of the journalists. The government tightened it already firm control Over news and program Content and killed the single program which previously was Given Over to unfettered news staff expression. It also ordered the remaining news staff to give from now on Only informative and very cont. On Page 2k, col. " the unofficial newspaper of . Fore in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 27, no. 105 if 21855 a thursday August 1, 1968 5 daily 10 sunday huh says let reds run in Viet elections Craf to close we Bruecken air installation Ottawa a we Bruecken one of the three nato air bases operated by Canada in West Ger Many will close next summer we defense department announced wednesday the move follows a decision announced earlier this year to reduce the number of air Divi Sions in Europe. At nato meet Ings at Brussels last december Canada discussed with its allies euro the number of bases Tather bases Are at Lahr Baden Soellinger. There now Are 1,300 men Atje Bruecken Home of the air Livmon s 3 Wing since 1953. What sin open to the base and Nemen after the closure has not yet Man died a defense spokes Wallace would protect do. With b c Washington up George Wallace vowed wednesday that if he is elected president you will be Able to walk the streets of Washington if it takes 30,000policemen on permanent duty with bayonets standing 30 feet in t it a sad Day when in your nation s capital you cannot leave your hotel room after dark Wallace asked delegates to the National association of counties. He said negroes and Whites alike Are sick and tired of the breakdown in Law and order. The former Alabama Gover nor was frequently interrupted by applause As he attacked anarchists and criminality and the completely insane supreme fundamentals Are being attacked unwittingly by leaders of both parties and brought about the climate Thohas made it unsafe to walk in the streets Wallace was also loudly cont. On Page 24 ool v conventions on an Frankfurt
