European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Poge 4 the stars and stripes saturday August 1? misleading says official of Story of Viet report Washington a re tired maj. Gen. Edward  said thursday night that news reports quoting frag ments from a classified Dis Patch he had made on Vietnam to High . Authorities place a Brave people the vietnamese in an unfavourable Light quite Dif Ferent from my own  he said that he had been Given . Government permission to quote from the report that had been made for the eyes of selected government officials a term frequently used for re ports to the president. Lansdale. Who served As senior Liaison officer with the rank of minister and was in close touch with senior vietnamese leaders both in and out of government made the following statement a news Story in new Day aug. 15, has just been brought to my attention. It quotes frag ments of a report i made with my staff to ambassador Ells Worth Bunker and the . Mission in Vietnam some weeks ago. I must comment since the fragments place a Brave people the vietnamese in an unfavourable Light quite Dif Ferent from my own belief an since the wire services have picked up the Story for wide readership i feel i must com ment. For example the new Day Story states my report said if the Fate of the nationalists is to be decided As a free Choice. The communists might win the sentence in my report it self followed a synthesis of Viet namese opinions and actually read thus if the Fate of the nationalists is to be decided Bya free Choice that turns out to be a plebiscite held under inter National auspices the nationalists foresee a scary Chance that the coercive tactics of the communists might succeed unperceived by foreign observers monitoring such a plebiscite and unstoppable by the fragmented j nationalist majority j elsewhere in the report it was noted that there was a so-1 a edifying of various nationalist political groups among the Viet namese. This joining together of vietnamese nationalists to sup port their constitutional form of government is an activity that has grown much stronger in the weeks since i made the  returned to the United states about june 30 to retire from the air Force. He submitted the report be fore leaving  continued in part i believe the vietnamese nationalists when staunchly United can solve their own future admirably and Are moving hard and fast to do so. They have come a Long Longway in recent weeks. I Don t want to see any american sell them Short at this Point. They Are winning the Battle for their beliefs and Are in the Home stretch just As we americans once were at the time of the Bat the of Yorktown. They deserve a comradery cheer not a slur from All of  loot Case Richard Clark Palmer 28. Of West Stockbridge mass., sits meekly in police Headquarters at san Antonio tex., after sur rendering and turning in $41,son. Which he said was part of $63,000 Embt  hum the Piu , mass., National Bank. A i y 0 Metal fatigue caused copter crash Washington a a Rotor Blade which separated in flight was blamed Friday for the crash of a passenger Heli copter in Compton calif., which claimed 21 lives wednesday. The National transportation safety Board said one of the chopper s five Blades separated from the Central spindle or Hub and the Board s investigation turned up evidence of Metal fatigue in the spindle Assembly. The Sikorsky s61, owned by los Angeles airways was carrying 18 passengers and a Crew of three from los Angeles to Disneyland when it fell near a playground in Compton. Witnesses said the ship seemed to come apart in flight. No one on the ground was Hurt. The Accident was the second involving a los Angeles air ways helicopter in three months. But the Board said the spindle of the aircraft that crashed May 22, killing 23, was examined and it had not  investigations Are continuing the Board said and in the meantime it is recommending that the Federal aviation administration require an immedi ate inspection of All Sikorsky s61 spindle units. In addition the Board said More frequent regular inspection of the units should be required to guard against failures and the need to establish a retirement life for the part should be studied. Parts from wednesday s crash have been forwarded to a metallurgical Laboratory for de tailed examination. Humphrey appoints science advisory panel Washington up vice president Hubert h. Humphrey thursday announced appoint ment of a task Force on science and technology to advise him during his bid for the presidency. Chairman of the panel is or. Jerome b. Wiesner professor of electrical engineering and pro Vost at the Massachusetts Institute of technology. 2 old people lie helpless nearly a week Des m01nes, Iowa a two elderly people unable to move Lay stranded in their House for nearly a week before police discovered their plight thursday night. One of them died a few hours later. Officers said Louis Johnson 70, was found unconscious on the Kitchen floor apparently suffer ing from extreme dehydration and malnutrition. He died at a Hospital Friday. Foot caught Lillie Becton also 70, was found on the floor of the Bath room where her foot apparently had become caught in some pipes. Miss Becton was hospitalized in serious condition also suffer ing from malnutrition and dehydration. A neighbor alerted police after neither of the two had been seen for nearly a week. Partial mail embargo on Canada ends Washington a the Post office department lifted Friday the partial embargo remaining on mail to Canada a spokesman  items for Canadian Points will now be handled again. Mail Between the United states and Canada was completely halted by a strike of Ca Nadian postal workers which be Gan last month but first class mail began going through last week when the strike ended. At that time however an embargo was continued on second and third class mail items which include newspapers and magazines. The Canadian postal administration said it is now in a Posi Tion to handle the Normal volume of mail from the United states. Negro role in Democrat Parley grows Chicago a the number of negro delegates to this year s democratic National convention is nearly triple the number who j attended the party s 1964 Conven i  Louis Martin Deputy chairman of the party s National commit tee said wednesday that 176 no Gro delegates and 125 negro alternates will be among the Dele Gate alternate total of 5,611. Negro delegates to the 1964 convention numbered 65. Edison s Home in the West Orange . The Home of Thomas dark a a. Edison inventor of the electric Light bulb will be closed to the Public for six months for electrical repairs. Jet engine Cowling fulls onto building Dallas up a Jet engine Cowling fell from a trans Texas airways dc9 Airliner Friday and crashed on the roof of a building Here. There were no injuries. The Airliner landed at Dallas love Field and mechanics repaired the plane before it took off again. Nagging itch brings demand for scratch Atlanta Iti Kidi Ard  has filed a $200,000 suit against two manufacturers and a department store claiming that some bedspreads and drap eries he bought caused a nag Ging itch Freeman said he was forced to dispose of to automobiles and much of his furniture an clothing because fiber Glass draperies and bedspreads he bought from Rich s department store shed bet in is.9 billion and 189 billion particles " o  particles Kaiim a him nid his family a Persi unit nag ing itch he said in a suit filed in Fulton Superior i Nurt is an Alderman. The suit ask Imi a eral damages Owens Cornie and Burlington and asks an and from the Iuo firms. The petition hed or break. The suit said the Fulton county health department determined the nature of the discomfort and an analyst from i Orgia Len made a further study. It was also alleged age to the  been caused by the  in sen from Mich a  a corp 1 Riidu tries. Inc. Special glasses give boy a special gift new York a that s marvelous. Marvelous. 1 can see your hand moving. I can see the print on that Page cried Billy Gibson. Billy 16, has been almost to tally Blind since birth. Until now his world has been an Elu Sive shadowy place. Then thursday Billy walked out of the office of or. William Feinbloom in Manhattan with a very special pair of glasses lit was Able to Sefo the first Lime. I could my my Mother. Then i could see that painting on the Wall and then 1 looked and 1 saw my father Billy said of the first time he tried the glasses on. Billy a dangling Friendly and articulate boy from Ogden Utah born with eyes too Small to see with had been told time and time again  was a Hope less Case. I got pretty discouraged " he said. Then his Mother read an Arti Cle about Foin Bloomin an ophthalmologist noted for his Woik with Tel microscopic glasses. She brought her Only child to him. Feinbloom developed the glasses which with their protruding lenses have increased Billy s vision from less than one per cent to 10 per cent. Feinbloom has helped other people with Micro Ophthalmia a condition in which the crucial components of the Eye Are too Small but never anyone Asse piously affected As  the end of two or three years lie will have 30 per Mil Normal distance vision he said. And he will be Able to read As Well and As Long As your  Feinbloom said Billy would be Uble to go to High school the year after next. Billy whose father William is a Telephone repairman said i m going to learn to read books newspapers and now t we re going to Connecticut Andi i la be Riding in a car and i m i going to see things i be never i Ever seen  dam 3 military resign in Ankara a Turkey s armed particles. Thief Turk All three of forces com Manders have  Clinejr resignations which will to accepted by the Over Meni an informed source said. Key posts and .11 Refik Yilma will a ? \  Job in one of l " it s s in owned economic Rui Pipii source said. ,., tothe change is not have substantial i  k u  n. � it was basically satisfactory to which will lion situation heavy military " m Krsini Pronto v s Tup