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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Humphrey says War protest is escapism Washington president Hubert tuesday accuse Young people of up vice. Humphrey the nation engaging in escapism in their concentration on the Vietnam War. He also said Richard m. Nixon practice mighty Good demagoguery in his speech accept ing the Republican presidential nomination. Unaware that reporters had been invited Humphrey made his comments in a meeting in his office with 23 College students of unusual intelligence who Are participants in Ameri can University s Institute for creative studies. The students Are from All parts of the country. When the 45-minute session ended press Sherman told aide Norman Humphrey that reporters from United press International and the associated press had been invited and was a private Confer Humphrey exclaimed,present."thisence" and turned his Back on Sherman and the reporters. The press aide conferred with Humphrey and then asked the reporters to write nothing about air France plans to half Algeria fights Paris up the algerian government was told wednesday that at least 95 per cent of air traffic in and out of the country will be halted monday unless i releases the Crew and remaining passengers of a hijacked Israel jetliner. It marked the first major at tempt to crack Down on an inter National wave of airborne piracy climaxed by the dramatic Hijack ing of the e1-a1 Airliner july 23. 95% affected the Boycott organized by the International federation of air line pilots associations Ifal a wednesday received the All important backing of French pilots who Man 95 per cent of flights serving Algeria  would leave Algeria virtually without International air trans port. Air France even went so Faras to announce it would not accept any reservations for it flights to Algeria after monday. However a planned earlier Boycott of Algeria did not a  International pilots association had announced tues Day that operations of three major airlines would cease at mid night tuesday. But in Rome officials of a italia air franc and Swissair said wednesday they Are still flying to  said they had received no official communication regard ing a suspension of the flights. Airlines pilots differ in Rome later the italia airline a italia said it would not adhere to the International pilots Boycott. And in Geneva Swissair pilots backed the Boycott out the airline said the company was bound by Law to Fly All schedule flights in Algiers worried traveler were besieging airline offices for seats on outgoing planes eve though the algerian government and communications Media have maintained silence on the Ifal a Boycott All spaces on planes leaving the country through Friday have already been booked airline offices there said political observers said it was becoming More and More Evi Dent that the algerian govern ment was very embarrassed bythe Ifalia action and worried that it would lose face because of the pressure from the pilots.1 airborne belgian Driver Roland Vandeputte flies to a world record with a High jump of 62 meters at overmere Denk Lake near Ghent Belgium. Vandeputte s feat unfortunately ended in the Lake and be ended with a broken jaw. Two frogman fished him out. A photo Church seeks to halt masque clergy revolt Madrid up the Hier Archy of the Spanish Church wednesday reaffirmed its sup port for the Franco regime and sought to head off a revolt fro the pulpit by militant Young priests in Spain s Northern Bas que Region. Msgr. Lorenzo Burec Fartura Bishop of san Sebastian capital of the Basque province of Gui Puz Coa called on All priests in his diocese to abstain from delivering sermons at Midnight mass wednesday night and amasses on thursday a Catholic feast Day commemorating the ascension of the Virgin Mary and on sunday. The move unprecedented in Spain in recent memory was aimed at silencing Young priests who have threatened to Sermon ize against the government s Campaign to crush Basque nationalists seeking Independence from Spain. Police arrested 13 laymen an three priests in san Sebastian wednesday including a Benedic Tine bringing to eight the num Ber of priests imprisoned since state of Alert was declared in a Lipuzcoa aug. 5, following the assassination of the province s chief of secret police. Two priests were released tuesday. At least 200 persons have been detained in the past 11 Days since the government ordered local authorities to take what Ever measures necessary to crush the Basque nationalists. Manila quake toll 328 Manila up three More bodies have been uncovered in the wreckage of a demolished apartment House raising the Overall death toll attributed to the aug. 2 earthquake to 328. Most died when the building collapsed. . Saigon a the unite states is tentatively set to re lease 14 North vietnamese sea men thursday informed sources said wednesday. But final word on whether Hanoi will accept them is being awaited from North vietnamese representatives at the Paris peace talks the sources  . Embassy clamped a lid of secrecy around the impending release. Ambassador Averell Harriman . Negotiator at the Paris peace talks an free 14 n. Viets today bounced aug. 7 that the 14 sea men would be released but he set no time. The seamen captured off the coast of North Vietnam by . Navy ships in 19gg, Are being kept in Danang. Pending word from the North vietnamese representatives they were to be flown thursday to Vientiane Laos aboard a civilian aircraft. In Vientiane the seamen would be turned Over to the International hed  released prisoners would then Fly on the regular Friday International control commis Sion flight from Vientiane to Hanoi. The inc would refuse to take the men to Hanoi however unless North vietnamese officials said they would accept  such word did not come by thursday the release would be delayed. The seamen were the Las North vietnamese prisoners held by the United states. South Viet Nam has control Over some 3,000 other prisoners of War. Police quell violence in Chicago area Chicago Heights 111. A state county and local police restored order in chicag Heights Early wednesday after a night of sporadic Rock throwing and firebombing by roving bands of negro  youths were arrested in the East Side negro District and were charged with disorderly conduct. The arrests came after the group began throwing rocks at police searching for persons carrying firebombs. Police said All were Between theates of 19 and 22. One minor injury was reported in this fourth straight night of disturbances in chicag Heights. The latest trouble be Gan with Small bands of negro youths roaming the East Side streets taunting and cursing police. Later four firebombs were thrown but damage was minor. State and Cook county Sher Iff s police called in along with patrols from neighbouring sout Chicago suburbs left Early wednesday after police chief George Sprague declared the area very secure and  state which had Humphrey s Stew russian the Orbital Tern detected � n students soviet Union Tam thai recalled he said an emotional american reaction could have led War and would not have Savithes Pueblo or its 82 Surv Viu. Crewmen seized by the Nort koreans last Winter. We be got one War right a and Don t need another the vice president said. Paraphrasing Nixon he a fourth class Power makes us look like monkeys that just makes All red blooded americans want to get i up and fight without consider Ling the consequences he said the same charge of emotional list could be applied to those who want the United states Toad Czechoslovakia in its dispute with soviet leaders he said Czechoslovakia if you Wall to talk about walking Oil eggs he said shaking his head. I in the same vein he said too Many Youny people preoccupied by their opposition to the Vietnam War were overlooking America s extremely precarious position in its attempt of preserve world   people hav failed to take a Good look Al what s happening in the  later he returned to in subject. I think a lot of the talk we be had on Vietnam a escapism lie said engaged ii by people who Don t wan face harsh  on the Day he cast a o breaking vote in his role ail president of the Senate we Idle said preserved the heal Start program for Prescan Woslum children he had received no mail from College students denouncing the threat to a Start he said. But i got 5,000 letters twi me All about napalm he said they did t know How to set it most of them. But no letter on head  even More important , he said was the .-i russian confrontation in Iki Mideast. Last year s Cypre crisis he said was the Knofl serious since the cuban a mss crisis. 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