European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Togo 24 the stars and stripes 2 a Minden la. A two persons were killed and eight others injured Early Friday when an explosion ripped a bomb loading Section of the Louisiana army ammunition Plant near Minden authorities  another explosion four per sons were reported injured Fri Day at the Crane naval ammunition depot at Bedford ind.,where heavy bombs Are produced for use in  two victims of the Loui Siana blast died in Shreveport hospitals. One of the victims Jesse Bush 43, of Bossier City suffered a fractured Skull according to spokesmen at physicians and surgeons  officials identified the second victim of the explosions mrs. Dorothy Montgomery 45, of  Louisiana Plant is Man aged by Remington Rand office systems of the Sperry Rand . Col. James w. Donald commanding officer at the Plant reported that second Ary explosions were occurring at the sprawling ordnance Plant and other buildings were threat ened by fire and explosions. The area around the Complex was sealed off. He said there was distinct possibility that other persons Are unaccounted  worker at the ordnance Plant said the building where the explosion occurred was lev eled by the  said there were 15 persons in the area of the expo kih2 Sion at the time of the  attendant at a service Sta Tion near Minden said the blast Felt like a sonic Boom Only worse. Several windows were broken  Plant spokesmen said the explosion occurred at 7 12 . In the melt pour operation on bomb loading line where explosives Are  was an undetermined amount of explosives involve Din the explosion the spokes Man said. There was no to Turnoy a flu t 17 injure e and the cause of the a was unknown. Piane e2jisealed off the area 0f Donald said7,500 contract army personnel the Plant is locate Miles West of Minklen in Northwestern louisian30 Miles South of thei a Border. Residents in the area reported the battered windows in their Horn . Rejects demand for bulldozers Washington United states multiple warheads . Launches 2 new missiles 2 Danes die,25 americans a the acknowledged Friday intruding into cambo Dian air space on june 29 but firmly declined to take responsibility for the death of 14 cambodians in an incident Prince no Rodom Sihanouk called murder. The . Position announced by state department press offi cer Carl Bartch in effect rejected a cambodian demand for 14 bulldozers in compensation forthe death of the villagers. In a note received thursday from the cambodian govern ment Sihanouk offered to free Landing Craft and release its Crew of 11 americans and on South vietnamese provided the . Government recognizes it full responsibility for the Mur Der of the 14 people in Svay an Gong and agrees to  Cam Bodia compensation in the for of one Bulldozer for each Vic  Landing Craft was Cap tured by cambodian forces july17 after it took what . Officials said was a wrong turn an strayed into cambodian Waters of the Mekong River. Cape Kennedy Fla a America registered an unprecedented double space Triumph Fri Day with the spectacular launch ing of two new missile system bearing multiple warheads that May give new perspective to the balance of nuclear forces. A Poseidon the United states newest and most destructive mis Sile carried a Dummy warhead1,000 Miles to a target in the at lactic. Hours later an air Force minuteman 3 leaped from an underground silo on a flight aimed Down a 5,000-mile Range to ascension  fully developed the Navy s Poseidon will be capable of carrying As Many As 10 nuclear bombs that could be aimed at targets hundreds of Miles stripes. Continued from Page 1 total of 83 first class bookstores and has made major improve ments in approximately 200 smaller outlets. At present it bookstores and Newsstands Are offering More than 400 Magazine titles and each year the organization offers approximately 10,-000 Book titles to its military  fiscal 1968, the Gross income of the stars and stripes was More than $13.2 million. Of this $9.8 million was from Sale of magazines and books. Income from the newspaper was approximately $2.5 million. Job printing and miscellaneous in apart. The minuteman a smaller but super powered missile can carry three warheads. Poseidon s first trial was a far greater penetration of ene my missile defences. Defense leaders believe they will give the United states a decisive Complete Success the Navy Edge Over the soviet Union in _ _. To Vricic it flute front irn Nuin announced a few minutes after the Dawn Blastoff. All test objectives were met and the mis Sile flew its programmed  this target was we Short of Poseidon s eventual planned Range of 2,500  new missile is twice As powerful and according to it manufacturer twice As accurate As the Polaris it will re place in 31 of the United states 41 nuclear powered submarines starting about 1970. The multiple warhead concept embodied in Poseidon and minuteman -3 is designed to allow army will shut Down 23 missile batteries come accounted finder. For the re continued from Page Down 2,000-mile-an-hour bombers. The first batteries became operational Only 10 years ago but the entire air defense system has been undergoing considerable streamlining. The announcement said these Sites would be closed Van Guys and Newhall , ind. Selfridge air Force base Mich. Irwin , a. Annapolis my. Old Bridge and Hazlet. , Conn. Marine Hecker Lemont an Grafton 111. Pacific Lawson and pleasant Hill to. Gardner and it. Leavenworth Kan. Den ton Terrell Alvarado and Cam Wolters Tex. The seven Headquarters to be closed Are at Saugus Calif. Tappan . Scott fab. I pleasant Hill to. Olathe Kan., and Duncanville Tex. The latter has two Headquarters in  Pentagon said National guard units at the air defens Sites in Missouri and Texas will be  at the Missouri and Texas Sites will be released and the military personnel will be transferred to other National guard units. Two Sites reduced two double Battery Sites Are being reduced to single Batter ies at Warington pa., and , . Affected personnel in Mary land Connecticut Pennsylvania and Illinois Are being transferred to other National guard  phase outs Are the second major Economy move taken bythe army. Earlier the Penta gon decided not to activate the6th inf div at it. Campbell ky., As planned. This will save $125million. Last week the Navy made it initial financial cuts by ordering 50 ships into Mothballs and Clos ing eight naval air squadrons. Terms of deterrent strength. Stocks score hefty gain new York a the Stock Market closed with a sub Stantial gain in quiet trading Friday. The averages were around their Best Levels of the Day at the final Bell. Advances of individual Stock exceeded decline by about 220 issues but this was Well below the margin of better than 2 to 1 that prevailed in Early  of most key issues were fractional but some ran Toa Point or two. Brokers said the Market was helped by the Federal Reserve Board s action in permitting the Minneapolis regional Bank to re Duce its discount rate to 5 /4 percent from 5 /6 per cent. They said this indicated the Board would act quickly to ease the Money situation if the predicted economic slowdown should become too  also said the report that Industrial production Rose Toa record in july for the third consecutive month was a beneficial Factor. The Dow Jones average of 30industrials advanced 6.38 to 885.89.volume fell to 9.94 million shares from 12.71 million thurs Day. Dollar Drain slows in Good Quarter Washington a . Balance of payments Posi Tion in the second Quarter of the year was the Best it has been in two years the government re ported Friday. Much of the gain shown by the figures was due to special fac tors however officials said indicating that the Bane situation was much the same As that forthe first Quarter. The Dollar Drain slowed to about $150 million during the april to june  was a Sharp reduction from the first Quarter when the figure was $660 million. The figures measure the adjusted difference Between what americans and their govern ment spent in dealings with other countries and the return flow to this country from other nations. While the total deficit for the two quarters $810 million gave Promise that 1968 will be a sub Stantial improvement Over 1967 $ Adverse balance of $3.57billion, government economists advised caution in interpreting the figures. Among special financial transactions they noted $800 million in investments by for eign official organizations including Purchase by Canada of$500 million of special . Government securities and special Sale of securities to Germany to offset . Military expenditures  from the special Finan Cial transactions by official agencies and various temporary developments a Commerce department spokesman said the second Quarter balance of payments measured on he liquidity basis on All other transactions was probably not much different from that of the first Quarter of 1968, but somewhat improved from that of a  the report noted that Al though the Canadian and Ger Man transactions improve . Balance of payments they occur infrequently and cannot be counted on for Long term help. Ike. Continued from Pago it serious by his doctors aug. 6.since then he has appeared to make a steady recovery an last saturday was reported to be sitting up doing some Light Reading. Eisenhower s wife Mamie was reported to be with the Gen  has been at the Hospital since May 14, when he was moved Here from his Winter Home at Palm desert near Palm Springs Calif. There he suffered the first in the current series of attacks a minor one on april 29.eisenhower s most recent Sei zures have been described As myocardial infarction a Type of heart attack in which the blood Supply to part of the heart muscle or myocardium is Cut off and the tissue is  recovered from the aug. 6 attack sufficiently by aug. 13for his physicians to Stop issuing regular bulletins on his Condi Tion but they said his convalescence is Apt to be prolonged because of his previous attacks. Hurt in crash Copenhagen a of Danes were killed and about 8 . Servicemen and dependents wore slightly injured Ina head on collision Between a West German bus and a danish pm Senger car South of Here Friday seven ambulances veer usher to the scene at Nome Kipp Inwon the Island of Falster a 65 Miles South of Here and took the injured to a Hospital in near of by by Korebin. I by Korebin police said All the injured were expected to be leased after treatment Probach within a few hours. Police said the bus belong to International tourist org Iza Tion Frankfurt owned Johann till of Hoechst. The bus was northbound31 passengers who planned Stop Over in Copenhagen on scandinavian tour police said. Car dragged in the crash the southbound a danish car was pinned under tie front part of the bus and carried about 50 Yards along the road.1the two people in the car ail elderly danish couple Wert killed instantly police said. I Roger Raybould 23, a Sluder vacationing with his father 11 . Air Force major at i Baden told the associated presi All passengers on the bus . Military men and their Del  from various  bases in West Germany Mowere on a two Day Tript Copen Hagen and Southern Sweden four Gorman English speak ing guide was the one  himself killed. He was hurls half Way through the front Rol Dow Raybould  said the guide was seriously Hurt and Only one Pahse Neor might be held at the my i Al who a possible concurs Impact terrific the Impact was terrific. Popie were hurled forwards most of the damage was ashtrays on the backs of seats Raybould said he said there were i e j military men among the Gers the rest Belfi Many of them children none below 12  German Driver very almost no screaming or a it was not known whether party would proceed to Hagen in another bus Back to Jim Ina weather partly Cloudy to afternoon Hower. I. 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