European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes we we Avo Hui to r pti&n8-iu�t Washington a sup porters of vice president Hubert h. Humphrey have decide against having a series of receptions for him at the democratic National convention. Instead they re going to have one Mara Thon six Day party. Spokesmen for United democrats for Humphrey announced at a news conference thursday that the Marathon affair dubbed the Humphrey Par will begin at noon sat aug. 14 and end when Theven Tion closes thursday june tary at of Tel will lie turned nation shopping Center television Center theater and meeting t Young a Nizlik 1 Humphrey plan a discotheque at one end of the room according to a us news release. Also in the room where the vice president porters Ca Hwy Taftt thu from Humphrey dresses to Humphrey hafe Humphrey scarves Humphrey jewelry Humphrey purses Humphrey umbrellas and something called the Humphrey party pack. Specifically for the women delegates and alternates and wives of delegates and alter wi1 aft Fott be Humphr 4m sir Jav w s u5pjk ambassador die Duke. ? Ned or the ran Ffrank Sinatra ass of ceremony few 4s . Duke. Mrs. Johnson already sends items to ranch Washington up for those who still suspect pres ident Johnson might run again forget it. Mrs. Johnson has already started to she is acting on the knowing advice of another first lady mrs. Harry s Truman. Shortly after Johnson announced March 31 he would not seek re election mrs. Truman sent this word to her Friend lady Bird Don t believe anything you hear. Plan ahead. Moving is not As easy As you think so Start planning to lbs ranch while no major evacuation of the White House is under Way mrs. Johnson has begun moving some of the family s personal belongings mostly books an decorative objects to the lbs ranch in Texas where she i spending August with the president. When a courier plane head for the Texas ranch these Days it carries a Box of Persona items at mrs. Johnson s re quest. Always one to think ahead she is organizing her life for the Johnsons final five months i Washington. She began her Christmas shopping in july. Items for Library the mass of gifts awards plaques and mementos that have piled up in the Whitehouse during the past five years of the Johnsons residency will be placed in the Multi million Dollar lbs Library now under construction at the University of Texas in elder daughter Lynda Bird Robb moved Back into the White House after her husband went to Vietnam. She also face the task of packing her wedding gifts and belongings for ship ment. What will they leave behind mrs. Johnson has had her portrait painted by Elizabet Shoumatoff famed for her works of Franklin d. Roosevelt and some Day after she departs it will hang in the White House gallery. Smile newlywed mrs. Billy Ray Carmack,19, manages a Anile Frem her Hospital bed at Oakland calif., but her has Baad be few i downcast. She accuses my of saying fee bad a Surprise then clubbing and choking her an sending her Over a 9�-Fodt Cliff in their naming car. Site survived. Her husband charged wit assault to commit murder and arson is out a bail. Police said that before her Cliff Pence Carmack 26, had taken out a 929.m0 life insurance policy on her. She says two Ether me helped la the plot. Associated press photo Thurmond says Nixon did t sell out to South Washington up . Strom Thurmond is. C., denied thursday that Richard , Republican presidential nominee sold out to the close Indianapolis a a class of new female clerks at an Indianapolis Hospital was taking a test on deciphering Handwritten instructions by physicians. One girl translated doctor s order As amputate Between the instructor informed her the scribbled message read ambulate walk be tween aerie math teacher is first Baytos Wimcie Provincetown mass up Russell Chafee chilled and tired but jubilant pulled himself out of the surf at Provincetown Beach wednesday evening to become the first per son to swim the breadth of Cap cod Bay a distance of about 18 41-year-old math teacher began the swim 14 hours earlier from Manomet Beach near ply was tiring badly at the end Chafee said. But when Isaw All the cars up on the Beach i was Given a great lift. There was wind continual Lyall Day and up to seven fool Waves. It was so cold at the begin Ning that it made my feet and Ankles pain. For the first Hun dred Yards my body was Burn ing up with the cold. I could have never continued if the cold had t let Chafee s wife who was on the each for her husband s arrival said she had no misgivings about the swim. The last attempt to swim the buy was made on aug. 23, 1915. South in his selection of Maryland gov. Spiro t. Agnew As his running is absolutely untrue to say Nixon sold out to anybody Thurmond said in an interview with a Scripps Howard reporter Richard Starnes. We did t even get what we wanted the South Carolina senator said. Thurmond listed As the South s leading choices for the vice presidency California Reagan sen. John Tower of Texas sen. Howar Baker of Tennessee and rep. Rogers Morton of Maryland. Thurmond who has Bee described As a key behind the scenes influence in holding several Southern states in line for Nixon s nomination said Nixon had made no deals and simply selected the running mate that would be acceptable to All factions of the gop. There were no promises made Thurmond said. There were no commitments asked and none ton other than Fite running mate would not be unduly offensive to any Section of the Thurmond said he told Nixon that such vice presidential possibilities As new York s Rockefeller sen. Charles Percy of Illinois mayor John v. Lindsay of new York City and sen. Mark 0. Hatfiel Dof Oregon would Hurt his chances with the South Carolina senator said he was really not so much surprised at the selection of Agnew for vice More or less boiled Down to Agnew and gov. John Volp of Massachusetts he said. Cambodians formally list Ransom Price Washington a department said thursday that Cambodia has sent a not through the australian govern ment demanding 14 bulldozers Ashe Price for returning a . Landing Craft and its Crew of 11americans and one South Viet namese to . were Strong indications that the United states would Nocturn Over the bulldozers in. A Deal for the ship and was the first time that Cam Bodia has formally requested bulldozers although Prince no Rodom Sihanouk the Cambodia chief of state has made the proposal informally at news conferences and in Magazine articles. Spain to a i a wages la Coruna Spain up the Franco government will de freeze workers wages on out 1and raise the minimum a Lily salary to fl.47 on Jan. 1, Fitl it was announced thursday gang Leader sent to prison in $6 murder Chicago a the Leader of the Blackstone rs2lre�t gang. Euene Hairston 24, has been sentenced to three concurrent terms of 5 to l years in prison for solicitation of murder. Judge Louis a. Wexler imposed the sentence wednesday in circuit court after hearing South Side businessman and � Clergyman Appeal that Hairsto remain free. Hairston was convicted may29 of paying six teen agers 1 each to shoot three men sitting in a parked car sept. 12, i Leo Mcclure 3 1, was killed an two companions wore wounded. The gang Leader was acquit Ted of one charge of murder and two charges of attempted Mur Der. He has been free on 20, Bond since the trial. The rangers were the target of a re cent investigation by a Senate subcommittee. The probe Gath ered testimony on the disposition of nearly $1 million granted by the office of economic Opportunity for use in the South Side neighbourhoods where the gang operates. Before his arrest last septem Ber Hairston was a $6,50fl-a year assistant fur a federally financed Job training program on the South Side. . In red with reds Washington inti the United states wound up the firs Quarter of 1968 with a $3.3million Trade deficit with communist Europe the govern ment reported thursday. The Commerce department said imports of communist made items to the United states forthe first Quarter erased a a million Trade plus from to fourth Quarter of 1967 j increasing $6 million faster . Exports to those same countries. The quarterly Trade deficit � the first Gap reported since ine1m5 Vearly Trade figures out of balance by $1.5 m 3the Commerce department said. Exports increase the report showed ex955.2 million to Kastern in the first Quarter of 1jj increase Over the fourth quark 1m7 total of $41 -6 million. Imports of Ood Eastern Europe during same first quart totalled a million com paid million from fourth despite the increase of i spurt and import v the o be Iun r but reported Trade a Jatib Well off the pm set do the am period
