European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday August 13 i storm halts . Boy s attempt to strut Channel Dover England a sudden storm blew up and forced Jon Erikson 13-year-Oldamerican Schoolboy to give up his bid to become the youngest Ever to swim the English Chan  and his father Ted Erik son who holds the record for swimming the Channel in both directions without stopping re turned to Dover monday morn ing. Young Erikson was in mid Channel about 10 Miles out from Dover after five hours of swimming. Strong winds kicked up Stormy seas and forced him to quit just before Midnight. We shall try again this week said the elder Erikson. After All i did t succeed in my  the older Erikson a scientist from Chicago swam the 21-mile Channel both ways in 1965 in 30 hours and three  paced Jon when his son set out sunday and swam wit him for a Short distance along a course the father had charted by computer. Jon has become a favorite of the holidaymakers in this famous resort port. He stands 5 feet 9 in Ches tall and weighs 160 pounds. Upon returning to Dover in a escort boat he immediately was put to bed. Anti maoists hunted Down in South China Hong Kong up the chinese army has launched a full scale Campaign against rebellious anti Mao red guards in Canton South China s larges City anti communist newspapers in Hong Kong reported monday. Main target of the people liberation army Plathe re port said is the red Flag ared guard faction once supported by Chiang Ching wife of Chi Nese communist party chair Man Mao tse Tung but now regarded As conservative and anti maoist. Their reports were attribute to arrivals from China. The tin tin Yat Pao said i addition to the army patrol units red guards of the East win faction now considered As genuine maoists Are patrolling the streets of Canton. They have arrested a Large number of red daggers their  the Hong Kong times said red Flag red guards who risked their lives for Chingching Are now underdogs in can ton and other parts of Kwan Tung province. More than 7,000 of them Are reported to have been arrested by the army assisted by the East  the Fai to said the Doc Trine guards belonging to the red Flag who Are classified a conservative Are now a main anti maoist Force. They put Upwall posters saying Down with the revolutionary committee Down with the military control commission " the Hong Kong Standard said the chinese army is waging a ruthless Hunt for Anit maoists Wincanton. The target is the red Flag faction of red guards Long considered to be staunch maoists. Scores of red Fla members have been liquidated since the army took Over Cantono july 3." the Ming Pao said the sol Diers Are taking merciless action against defiant red guards. Many red guards have been sentenced to  court hears physician denounce thalidomide Good thieves Fine themselves Rocky Hill conn., a thieves who broke into two trucks of a plumbing company and stole some tools apparently had a change of  have returned the tools along with a $10 Fine the levied on themselves. They also reinstalled a radio they had taken. The Money was enclosed in a envelope with a note which read this is our first offence. We feel guilty and Are sorry for what happened. The $10 is to cover any  the note was unsigned. Alsdorf Germany a a German paediatrician who sounded the alarm against thalidomide nearly seven years ago launched a scathing attack on the drug monday saying it was the sole cause of a wave of Mal formations in babies. Prof. Wid kind Lenz testify ing at the opening of the key second phase of the Mammoth thalidomide trial told the Aachen state court Here thalidomide alone must be held responsible for the rapid Rise infrequency of epidemic Al m a 1 formations in 1961-62.seven past and present officials and scientists of the thalidomide producer Cherie Grue Renthal of Stolberg Are charge with negligent manslaughter inflicting injury and violating the Federal drug Laws through the development of the drug and it Sale from 1957 to 1961. First phase the first phase of the trial dealt with nerve disorders poly neuritis allegedly suffered by some adult users of the , whose report on thalidomide to a doctors Congress in1961 acted like a Bombshell in the medical world gave the court a catalogue of statistical comparisons on the Sale and con sumption of the drug and the parallel frequency of congenital defects in children born to women who said they had taken the sleep inducing drug in Early preg Nancy. Lenz said one of the earliest warnings came from a or. Mcbride of the women s Hospital in Sydney Australia in Early 1961, or. Mcbride observed the birth of three babies with con genital defects. Their mothers had taken the tranquil Izer dista Val in Early  Dis Taval was one of the Trad names Given to the German drug. Mcbride had decided to Stop prescribing the drug. Reading from a thick wad of documents Lenz listed statistics prepared at his request in Var ious regions of West Germany. Figures covering the years1958 to 1961, showing a Sharp Rise in births of congenitally de formed infants completely Rule out any possibility of coincidence he declared. How to keep Cool in Norway Day after Day this summer Oslo has been the hottest capital in Europe. Aina Laring brings an ice Cream Cone to Eivind Karlsrud who really does t need it. He soon went Back to what Mast be the coolest place in town the subzero cold storage Plant where he works. A photo coup conscious the guerrillas Battle israelis and worry their own regimes Beirut Lebanon a Ara partisan fighters were reported monday to be causing As much concern to the governments of Jordan and Syria As to the israelis against whom they Are waging guerrilla War. Probe of prof. Marcuse urged by 32 legion posts san Diego up thirty two american legion posts in san Diego county called Sunda for an investigation of Herbert Marcuse the controversial philosophy professor at the univer sity of California at san Diego and renewed an offer to buy up his contract. The legion posts approved Aletter to the us regents also urging that Marcuse s contract note renewed next year. Marcuse 70, a marxist know Nas the philosopher of the new left is on a lecture tour in Europe. He and his wife left their Home Here july 4 after Marcus received a note threatening his  academic Senate of us so voted overwhelmingly Satur Day to support the University s defense of Marcuse. Tho body voted 109 to 3 to adopt a state ment backing the stand of Chan cellar William Mcgill. Mcgill last month rejected an offer by legion Post 6 to buy the contract running through the 1968-69 school year. The University says Marcuse does no attempt to indoctrinate students but exposes them to divers Points of View. George Fischer commander of Post 6, repeated the offer again sunday. He waved a Check for$20,000 in front of an audience of 200 legion representatives As proof that our offer is not just a publicity  following the israeli air raid last week on guerrilla bases around the Jordan town of Salt the guerrillas complained that Jordan Syria and Iraq were re fusing them antiaircraft and other heavy weapons. According to reports reaching Beirut the Arab governments fear the mounting popularity an influence of the three major commando organizations Al Fatah the popular front for the liberation of Palestine and the Palestine liberation army. In the coup conscious Arab kids hurl rocks kill Man in boat London up the serpentine a Man made Lake in the Middle of London s Central Hyde Park is a favorite spot for a sunday afternoon Row. But Sun Day it turned into a death spot. Three boys throwing rocks an bricks off a Bridge hit a 35-year old Man who was rowing  Man fell out of the boat and drowned before rescuers could get him out of the water. Police who did not identify the dead Man arc looking for the youths. Two survive 69 nays adrift Sydney Australia a two nationalist chinese Fisher men were rescued sunday froma tiny raft on which they drifted 800 Miles in 69  Crew mates died on the raft made of Metal Oil Drums and Glass fishing buoys wit Bamboo decking. The two picked up by the inter Island freighter Vula off san Cris Tobal in the Solomons were thelast survivors of the trawler Hsum Schin which was destroyed by fire 400 Miles North of Fiji june 5. The Vula reported the survivors of the third raft had had five pounds of biscuits which lasted three clays then lived on what fish they could catch. World they appear unwilling to hand out weapons that May one Day be used against themselves. Certain Arab governments particularly Jordan and Syria have recently been taking Mea sures to contain and confine com Mando activity so As to control i better reported Beirut s Ai Hur Riya newspaper. It said that bedouin Warrior from Eastern Jordan traditionally King Hussein s staunchest sup porters have Boon armed and brought to Amman the capital where they Are Manning Road blocks to Check and search com Mando vehicles entering the City. Jordanian intelligence also has planted agents in commando bases to keep the government in formed of their activities. 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