European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday August 23 b52s strike Back As . Rockets slam into Saigon Saigon a the unite states used its heaviest bombers thursday night in strikes against suspected Viet Cong positions around Saigon in the aftermath of renewed rocket attacks on the b52 bombers unleashed tons of explosives on targets ringing the City which was hit in the pre Dawn hour by the first shellings in two months. Other . Aircraft dropped flares on the City s out least 18 persons were killed and 72 wounded when 20 122mmrockets slammed into Saigon sniper fire Breaks out in Wichita Wichita Kan. Up spor adic sniper fire broke out for the second Day Early thursday in ? 0blocks of Wichita s troubled Northeast District after a negro teen Ager was shot and seriously wounded As he stood on a Stree Corner. Calm was restored by Dawn. Violence also broke out wednesday after the wounding of a negro. Some firebombing and loot ing were reported and police made five arrests thursday including an alleged arsonist. Mayor William d. Anderso issued a proclamation closing All liquor stores taverns private clubs and gun shops an Banning the Sale of gasoline in said the Wichita police Force was being aided by sheriff s officers and Kansas state troopers to assure safety to the citizens of the scattered violence Start dearly thursday after Lawrence Hytche 19, was shot by a unidentified White Man on a Street Corner in the Northeast slum District. Hytche was in serious Condi Tion after three hours of surgery. A 30 Block area near the Wichita state University Cam pus where numerous firebomb Ings have occurred in recent weeks was quickly sealed of by police. Early thursday. Other rocket and mortar attacks were carried out simultaneously against .military bases and other targets outside Saigon the toll was23 dead and 71 wounded Allied spokesmen other targets was the . Airbase at Bien Hoa 25miles North of Saigon and the newest Allied Airfield in South Vietnam. At least 50 122mm rockets landed at Bien Hoa.. Airmen at Bien Hoa said an ammunition dump was hit by the shells and the Airstrip temporarily closed. . Mili tary spokesmen declined to divulge the extent of damage and Only said casualties were "light."however, at an installation the size of Bien Hoa with its thou Sands of troops scores could he killed or wounded and fall with in the military definition of Light radio Hanoi and the Clandestine National liberation front Elf radio broadcast accounts of the Shelli trs an praised the accuracy of their of the rockets struck the National Assembly building i downtown Saigon narrowly missing the fashionable Cara Valle and Continental Palace hotels. Other rockets landed i civilian residential centers. . Military spokesmen meanwhile reported that 159 americans were killed in action and 1,184 wounded last week. The number of Battlefield death was the second lowest of the year to Date two More than the number of . Servicemen killed in the week ended july 20.it brought the number of . Combat deaths in Vietnam since Jan. 1, 1961, to 20,793. The num Ber of americans wounded stands at 168,152 and 1,193 Are listed As missing captured or in turned. . State dept. Decries new attack Washington a Testate department thursday condemned the resumption of communist rocket attacks on Saigon As an act of terrorism directed against the civilian population and serves no military addition it was viewed by authorities As a deliberate rejection of president Johnson s Call for de escalation and restraint on the part of the North Vietnam and Viet Cong forces. F the czechs were stunned and confused Fly Nick Stavriotis staff writer Weidhaus Germany is Many never found out what had happened until they woke up inthe morning and saw the tanks. The czechs were stunned an confused they were too shocked to do Otto Dittrich had just walked Croas Liis czech la rdc Cross ing 15 Miles East of Nuernberg. He had come in from czech guards Don t seem to know what s happening Dit Trich a former sudeten Lander now living in Germany i told the czech guard the whole country was occupied i he dropped his eyes and looked fun run vice president Hubert Humphrey takes time out from his run for the democratic presidential nomination to jog with his physician or. Edgar Herman in new photo democrats begin platform writing Washington a democratic policymakers moved to Chicago wednesday to begin writing the party s 1968 plat form after hearing that grass roots sentiment favors an immediate bombing halt in All of North rep. Hugh l. Carey of Newyork speaking for 73 Congress Pope flies to Bogota flays Russ Bogota up Pope Paul a thursday flew to Bogota colom Bia on a historic three Day trip after expressing Sharp bitter Ness and great anxiety Over the soviet occupation of czech Oslo s Tranqu Ivity is shaken that of the world compromised and peace. Is savagely wounded the Pope said Ina Farewell speech at Rome s Leonado a Vinci Airport. The Pope s jetliner left nearly morning darkness thurs Day and arrived in Bogota 12hours later after a 5,840-mile flight the longest of his six trip abroad As Pope. President Carlos Lleras Restrepo Ami More than 50,000 oth ers chanting papa papa the Spanish word for Pope greeted the 70-year-old pontiff when he stepped from the White jetliner of Colombia s Avian airlines. Police estimated additional crowds in excess of 500,000 one Quarter of this City s population lined the seven mile Highway to the City its principal Plaza and the other routes the Pope will follow in his open More the Force of arms seems to want to decide the fat of a people of its Independence of its dignity the Pope said income. The Pope flew to Bogota to speak at u world eucharistic Congress and a general Confer ence of latin american 70-year-old pontiff said he would willingly have cancelled his trip the first by any Pope to latin America if he thought his presence in Europe could Hin Der the worsening of the ills that Are now oppressing that nation always dear to us and to avoid disastrous consequences which alas one can with reason to described the soviet occupation As a disaster and said he was deeply grieved by cannot leave you. Without confiding to you the Sharp bitterness and great anxiety that weigh upon our mind because of the events Tak ing place in Czechoslovakia men who held hearings in eight cities said the 300 witnesses overwhelmingly favored Cessa Tion of bombing to further the chances for Success in the cur rent not one witness advocated either a continuation of our present policy or an escalation of our present military Effort Carey reported. The 110 platform committee members along with Bales and bundles of testimony taken Here plus 90 pounds of hearing Tran scripts brought by Carey headed for Chicago by chartered plane. In that strike plagued City where Tho democratic National convention opens monday the platform writers planned a pub Lic session thursday then Pri vate drafting sessions until they resolve their divisions Over Viet Nam and other key issues. Supporters of sen. Eugene predicted he would precipitate a floor fight that night in behalf of a Plank halt and a temporary coalition government in Saigon including the National liberation front Tho political Arm of Tho Viet Cong. Tou its ent,., Thoy will a dieted -aft,., a has czech " any line ant. Pons they were painting soviet slogans c n cars and windows in Prague when ii he russian troops Are tired. They sleep g atop their tanks a on the Roa must he Wal the said me Road they must have travelled a Long czech soldiers he said Are sure of their Rule. They a walking a r o u n d the City Prague unarmed or Are looking from windows at the soviet tanks. Can we do they said Dittrich said radio stations continued to broadcast even after they were surrounded by russian troops. The broadcasts he said denied the soviet allegations that czechoslovak leaders had invite assistance to keep the nation communist. One broadcast told the peo pie remain Calm. There u nothing to be done right now do not resist As the reality of the soviet presence grew so did the aggressiveness in the czechs he said. Something will said Many czechs lined the roads to the Border asking motorists headed to the West to take them with was sad. What could be done. , he said after having heard Over the radio that the end is Here muttered that it was not had a taste of what it was like. It will not be Given up without some fish. I know these people Dittrich said. I was born a few hours before the inva Sion Dittrich was drinking in Prague with Sony czech a Calm. No body could have predicted this would will win a czech Stu Dent told no he was one of the 2,000 Stu dents. He said who joined tothe demonstration the following morning spitting it and curs ing the truck ers reported mobs that ass outside the Dittrich stood dictation of to perhaps this is what the hundreds who gathered out Side this Border the Calm. 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