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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Log 2 the stars and stripes allies kill 67 reds in 2 clashes Saigon a Sharp fight ing flared Friday in South Viet Nam s Northern provinces wit american and government troops reporting 67 communists killed in two separate clashes. . Head garters reported saturday that troopers of the 101st air cavalry division Vietnam Ese National police and american and vietnamese Navy men sealed off a coastal Village five Miles Northeast of Hue and killed 42communists in sporadic fighting. They also detained 98  said 96 were held As Viet Cong and two As North Viet namese army members. The Allied Force which swept into the area by helicopters patrol boats and air cushioned vehicles reported it suffered no casualties. The boats and hover Craft were used to Cut off at tempt to escape by sea the american command said. Heavy action farther North near the demilitarized zone South vietnamese troops reported they killed 25more communist soldiers Friday on the same Battleground where107 were reported killed a Day earlier. That action Between the outpost of Gio Linn and the South China sea was the heaviest reported in More than a month. Fighting also erupted near Sai gon where troops of the . 1st inf div and South vietnamese forces swept through a Village and ran into a communist Force in bunkers and tunnels dug throughout the populated area.. Spokesmen said 16 communists were killed and 47 suspect were detained in that clash about 30 Miles i Orth of the capital an sporadic fighting was reported continuing. Explosives seized the Allied search Force re ported it had seized 21 rocket rounds explosives medical sup plies and Large amounts of food stuffs in the Village about 12 Miles North of Saigon,. Army helicopter Crews re ported they spotted 30 to 40 communist troops on the move Fri predicts Hhii-1 ticket sunday au8g,Nixon pledges different Campaign Miami Beach up Rich Ard m. Nixon promised the nation Friday a different kind of Campaign this fall one which would engage him in with americans South Black and dialogue North and White. When i finish this Campaign negroes Are going to know that my heart is in the right place and they Are going to respect me he said. So Are  the Republican presidential nominee also said he was certain that vice president Hubert h. Humphrey would be his democratic opponent this fall and he predicted that sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy would end up As Humphrey s running mate. Nixon spoke at length about hit Campaign plans at a luncheon press reception on key Biscayne a resort Island South of Miami Beach where he spent the Day after his nomination resting from the Andors of Hegop National convention. He briefly played the piano while his guests gathered around and Sang let me Callou sweetheart and Home on the  one of Nixon s guests was evangelist Billy Graham dressed in Orange shirt an yellow Slacks. The two later walked to a putting Green for some practice shots. Nixon Sai Graham was with him when he made his decision dec. 91 to seek the nomination a second time Nixon ruled out a divisive hateful Campaign but added this does t mean Hubert and Nixon Are not going to slap each other hard. We re got to get this darn country together he said and emphasized that he did not wan the Campaign to Divide it further. It will not be one of run run with the same speeches Over and Over he said an there will be More television panel show interviews and hews conferences than in 1mo. Intact flight recorder recovered at site of plane near Munich a the Auto Matic flight recorder of a Brit ish Turboprop Airliner which crashed Friday killing All 48 per sons aboard has been recovered intact and May hold a clue to the cause of the disaster police reported saturday. The recorder was found As investigators began probing the widely scattered wreckage of British Eagle airways flight 802, which had been in route from London to Innsbruck aus Tria. The Vickers Viscount slammed Down just off the Munich Nuernberg autobahn 25 Miles North of Here. Meanwhile an Eagle airways commission led by capt. B. M. Williams arrived in Munich to participate in the investigation ordered by the West German transportation minister Geo Gleber. An investigation team of the Federal aviation Agency i Brunswick arrived at the scene Friday  told newsmen upon his arrival at Munich Riem air port that the cause of the crash was still a  Crews were Busy Clear ing the autobahn of debris strewn As the plane struck in a nearby  Highway closed for More than 24 hours was pitted by wreckage police in a press conference at the site of the Accident Dis counted speculation that the Pilot capt. John Dawdy 42, might have tried to make an Emer gency Landing on the  said the plane skimmed the autobahn at a Sharp Angle and was probably already ugh Maneu Merable having lost it rudder about 1,000 Yards before it  said Only 10 of the mangled bodies had been tentatively identified. All bodies were taken to an in Olstadt cemetery where police doctors dentists and a Ray specialists Are try into identify them. Police sat they had appealed to British authorities to Supply All known particulars on the 45 passenger Sand crewmen who had British Home  Only other passengers were Robert Stotter of Lien Austria and or. And mrs. A. Teichner of Haifa Israel. Day and swooped Dow killed 10. There were no casualties spokesmen said.  army pushes theft probe Mannheim Germany is military police and German authorities Are still searching for thieves who stole $21,000 Worth of radio equipment last Mont from the 97th signal in at Cole Man Barracks Here. The missing equipment 22 radios valued at $944 each disappeared from two storage shed the night of july 17, said a Hei Delberg spokesman for usar eur and seventh army troops he at Patton Barracks. Blaiberg due Home soon. Says Barnard Monte Carlo up Pioneer heart transplant surgeon or. Christian Barnard said Fri Day night that his celebrated patient or. Philip Blaiberg willbe going Back Home in a few  44-year-old South african told a crowded news conference he had just been speaking by Telephone with Blaiberg in Capetown South Africa. He is Back on his feet an slowly returning to a Normal life Barnard said of the Capetown dentist who received a new heart 228 Days ago. Blaiberg later suffered a relapse which sent him Back to  said he had Hopes that transplants of intestines would be soon performed now that grafts had been successfully made of hearts the liver kid Neys and pancreas. But he ruled out transplants of the human  will not be done for a Long time he said of brain trans plants. Rep. Roudebush wife Hurt in a. Plane crash Pine Mountain a. A Indiana rep. Richard l. Roude Bush and his wife were Amon six persons injured when a Small plane crashed while attempting to land at Pine Mountain air port. All six were in fair conditional hospitals at la Grange and Columbus. A spokesman for the Federal aviation administration in at Lanta said he had been advise that the congressman suffered a broken leg and a broken Arm. Spokesman at the la Grange Hospital where the Congress Man and his wife were taken declined to confirm the injuries saying Only that both were in fair condition. Roudebush and h i s companions had been to the Republican National convention at Miami Beach Fla. Also in fair condition at Thela Grange Hospital was mrs. Jeanne looks Down nose at ring san Francisco up inthe True american spirit of com Promise pretty actress Jeanne Collier agreed Friday to Weara ring in her nose. Things were going Fine be tween the 27-year-old actress and her producer Boss t. L. Rhodes Morehouse of Intermix a British him company specializing in documentaries. Then two weeks ago he insisted she have her nose pierced and a Silver ring in stalled for future filming. Miss Collier claiming that the idea was an insult to my dig nity As a woman stormed out of Rhodes Morehouse s office and straight into the Law offices of Melvin m. Belli famous san Francisco attorney. But reason and the Promise of permanent employment won the Day. Miss Collier agreed out of court Friday to Wear a clip on nose ring for the Sake of Art not to mention her career. The f738a-week actress was hired by Intermix in London costar in a documentary on new american music. Yolanda Bajo Darmanin of san tos Brazil and the Pilot Ken Neth Biddle of Sheridan  Columbus Hospital reported that the Pilot s wife and he daughter mrs. Mary Zellers 46, of Sheridan ind., were in fair condition. Mrs. Biddle was treated for lacerations and contusions while mrs. Zellers suffered a fractured  congressman who represents Indiana s 10th District and his party were aboard a twin engine Cessna 320 which Thefan said was owned by sky Harbor inc., at Indianapolis at Pine Mountain is the Calla Way gardens resort run by re publican Leader Howard h to Callaway the Souther Campaign manager for gop presidential nominee Richard. Nixon. Callaway gardens spokesmen said the crash occurred As the twin engined aircraft made a approach to land. The plane reportedly ran out of Gas crashed into Trees and burst into flame firemen were quoted As say ing five of the plane s occupants were thrown Clear on Impact and the sixth was pulled out be fore it caught fire. New German Navy baie Williel shaven. Germany up West Germany Frt Daj inaugurated a new 471 Muu naval Bas at Wilhel shaven the North sea. It took 11 Yean to build. He said one of the picked Maryland go us underrated one men in America,1m a running mate was Agnew was skillful i reporters questions. He said he did not fear ulu Noain Inge ghee Jar Campaign the White 1 Beral or us Liberal to vote for him but most negroes geological and Don the promises of the area Precaj an apparent ence to Humphrey. Nixon said he was sure the the Appeal of third a candidate George c Waw Ould diminish when realize the Choice i Between Nixon or Humphry a he said Agnew and he both Campaign in the South Well As the North Alt winning in the deep would be very  he fell he had a Good Chance to i such perimeter states Tassoul Carolina and Florida. The South wants to get Bainto the United states he sen. Yarborough backs Mccarthy Houston up sen. Ralp. Yarborough d-tex., endorse sen. Eugene Mccarthy for democratic presidential Nomi fiction Friday and called on Gor John Connally to release to Texas delegation to see if the Are a few free men in  Yarborough introducing Minnesota senator at a news conference said sen. Mccarthy is the be Man available to any political party to represent the America people As president Mccarthy appeared stunned i did not expect this endorsed ment but i would have come All the Way to Texas to get it he  and Yarborough have been bit Tor enemies years in the fierce internal struggles of the Texas  the 104-vote delegation 111 currently committed to Conn Allyl As a favorite son and is als pledged to cast its entire voted for the candidate favored by Thi majority. Kidney recipient Dies Livingston . Up Robert Hart Ian 40, who re i Cei cd a kidney Lime 11 in a first such transplantation a formed in a pressurized chamber died Friday apparently of heart attack in is. Barnaul medical Center. Weather . 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