European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday August 3, two cops Cut Down new York up two policemen were shot by a sniper on a roof of a tenement in the Brownsville Section in Brooklyn Early  said one patrolman was shot in the left Side and the Chest and the second was shot in the stomach. They were taken toking s county Hospital. The patrolmen lured to a Tene ment by a false report of a Dis order were Cut Down As the approached a Man standing in the doorway waiting for them according to another policeman who came to the Aid of the wounded officers. The gunman  patrolmen were struck by i blasts from a 12-gauge Shotgun police said. We did t have a Chance one of the wounded patrolmen told a fellow officer referring tothe manner in which he and his partner apparently were lured into an ambush.  overrun 40 marines in 2 attacks Saigon a hurling explosive charges and Bangalore torpedoes in front of them charging North vietnamese troops overran two . Marine unit sin the Northern provinces and killed or wounded virtually every one of the 40 or so americans military spokesmen re ported Friday. The two attacks within 35miles of each other South of Danang left 14 marines dead and22 wounded. Communist losses were put at 19 killed. One of the North vietnamese ground attacks was launched Early Friday morning against about 15 to 20 marines part of a combined action platoon that also included some vietnamese militiamen about 60 Miles from a Nang. The combined troops about 60 men in All were insight sensing positions around a Small Village they were protect communists at said a Marine perimeter was penetrated by two or three communist soldiers us ing explosives but they were quickly repulsed. Nine Marine were killed and High. Wounded. The combined Allied platoon reported killing 12 of the attack ers and capturing 20 North Viet namese weapons. The combined platoons Are de signed to offer some measure of Protection to villages in the Countryside. The americans and South vietnamese militiamen live with the villagers and  Ting when the tacked. Headquarters personnel provide medical treatment. Them with swinging in the rain although torrential rain flooded cellars and disrupted communication lines in the Darm Stadt Germany area it also added a new dimension for these youngsters inthe american housing area. Ten year old Richard Quick left photo foreground makes a splash to the admiration of Phyllis Hardin 6, and her brother Carl,4, who then got into the sloshing act for themselves. Mothers washing machines will clean up. Is photos Grandy 6-nation Summit saturday czechs await new talks Bratislava Czechoslovakia up the czechoslovak Lead ers flew Here Friday from Prague for their Summit talks saturday with the soviet Union and four East european allies Over the country s Reform pro Gram. Party Secretary Alexande Dubcek and his delegation arrived first followed by representatives from Poland East Ger Many the soviet Union Bulgari and Hungary. The talks were expected to be Gin officially saturday although there were reports in Prague preliminary sessions might be held earlier. The one Day sum Mit will be held in the slovak Trade Union recreation Center Agra Kovske Udolie a suburb Over looking the Danube River slovak sources said. The meeting follows a tens four Day Summit Between czechoslovak and soviets ear Lier this week to discuss the for Mer s Independent Brand of communism. Dubcek flew to Bratislava after assuring the 14 million czechoslovak in a noon Broad cast that he had preserved their sovereignty at the Summit an opened new dimensions for the liberalization  he pleaded with the czechoslovak people to avoid anti soviet outbursts. I have been asked whether our sovereignty was jeopardized Dubcek said. I May say frankly that it is  but it must be pointed out that the people in this country should keep their prudence an statesman like Wisdom so that various spontaneous actions an meetings be not misused for various anti socialist and anti soviet  this warning followed a demonstration in the old town Square late thursday by about 15,000persons. They wildly applauded every mention of yugoslav pres ident Tito who favors Czecho Slovakia s Reform program an demanded assurances that Czechoslovakia remained an in dependent nation. The scene was reminiscent of some of the spontaneous rallies in Budapest that preceded the1956 revolt against soviet Domi nation a revolt crushed by russian tanks. Dubcek apparently had that in mind when he cautioned against the misuse of spontaneous meetings. Postal workers to get exemption from cutback Washington a con Gress voted thursday to exempt postal workers and several other categories from the employment cutback it imposed on the fed eral government. The action headed off a shut Down of smaller Post offices and cuts in other postal services which had been due to Start this weekend. If elected huh will fire Hershey Detroit a vice presi Humour pm in a of atom of Cor   or ,.dent Hubert Humphrey said thursday that if he is elected president he will fire draft director Lewis b.  took note of news reports that Hershey had said that former Alabama gov. George c. Wallace would be the Best candidate for my office to work  Humphrey n statement noted Hershey s remarks made at Cheyenne wyo., thursday and added i have further noted Gen. Hershey s criticism of the selective service. Gen. Hershey understandably has his own preference for presi Dent i have Rny own preference for the director of the selective service system. The Humphrey administration will make the needed  Hershey has been the target of Many of those objecting to the present draft system. Humphrey s opponent for the demo cratic nomination sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy also has urged her Shey s resignation. In addition to saving the jobs of an estimated 83,000 postal workers the exemptions voted by the House would spare some Fri employees and add 2,399 new jobs in the Federal air traffic control system. The House walked however Ata Senate move to exempt employees in the offices of . Attorneys. Beat dead line the Post office exemption was sped to president Johnson by the House just one Day in and Vance of the aug. 2 Date Post master general w. Marvin wat son had set to Start closing nearly 350 fourth class Post offices. Watson also had ordered Al local Post offices closed on Satur Days starting this week endless frequent mail collections. With the passage of the exemption Bill however he called off the shutdown orders. I found dead i All blamed Mannheim Germany is the body of a 19-year-old come Soldier was found outside a troop Billet at Funari Barracks Here Early thursday. Pvt. Michael d. Shelnut Hodet Usa eur augmentation readiness group was pronounced dead at 1 45 . At the 546th general dispensary. The cause of death has no been determined but a report showed that Shelmit apparently fell from the roof sustaining extensive injuries a Coin z spokes Man said. Shelnut and two companion reportedly had gone to the pm club at Funari Barracks wednes Day evening and had returned to the Billet about 10 h p.m., when his two companions went to bed the report said that Shelnu Thad been seen repeatedly on the roof but that nobody had seen him there wednesday night 3 questioned in yes theft Frankfurt is tar germans Are being held Tor questioning in Hamburg in connection with the july 26 Bug Lary of the Kes Shorette in up shopping Center Here. The men All residents Frankfurt were picked up i Day by Hamburg police who been alerted by authorities 3 More than $1,280 in Ngare 13 cases it to taken a weekend from the store. Meta by police discovered the trip Lary when they found the backdoor of the Shorette open s 3 10 . 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