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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 23 students in Bratislava bravest the Ever seen9 s note Sui leyl 41. Is an associate of Bwy a is Utu Ursuy car Date in. He delivered air it a Prague slav sues Jess earlier this month3% touted by the slovak sell Cal Institute to visit Tiara afterwards. Kmball it of Czechoslovakia Bysie wednesday. Here is his Mcouat of what he a Perle Edthe soviets invaded by Stanley b. Kimball Vienna up the students of Bratislava Are the bravest people i be Ever seen. I watched them play tag with heavy russian tanks in a Hame where one false move would have Cost their lives. And when an angry Russia officer fired bullets they kept right on hurling  these events happened be fore my eyes As 1 walked through the slovak capital of Bratislava after the russian invaders rolled  did t learn of the occupation until i walked downtown wednes Day morning. I tossed off the rumbling Roar that woke me indy hotel bed during the night As probably a truck Driver losing Load of Coal. But when i walked Down Stur ova Boulevard i found myself right in the Middle of Russia tanks trucks armoured person Nel carriers and the like As Faras the Eye could see. But the russian tanks wore just Island. In a sea of milling humanity students chanting an waving signs saying slovaks be Brave and russians  across the Bridge in a Park russian artillery was massed barrels pointing at  helicopters kept Mak ing reconnaissance flights Over the City. Mig21 jets swooped Low every few minutes Streak ing in sometimes at less than 1,000 feet with a Roar that made my eardrums rattle. The mood of the thousands Oyoung people in the streets be came increasingly hostile. Suddenly the students in the University Square began mixing curses into their shouts of rus sians go  they hurled sandwiches and  s when the Young russian officer sitting in an armoured Cardrew his heavy automatic and fired three times above their Heads. The students scurried Back but kept throwing fruit. The russian suddenly Drova off. The expression on his face told you he would rather have shot to  the students zeroed in on the tanks. They threw chunks of Wood Asphalt and paving stones. The tanks slammed shut their hatches. Two of them charged the  tanks raced Forward twisted and turned. They use their Long cannons As flails swinging them in wide  the students were absolute Stock Market cuts Early Price slump by fearless. One misstep and student would have had his head crushed by those flailing  they dodged in and out and under the Cannon jumped on the tanks and off again stuffed rocks and bottles Down the tank ports scrawled nazi swastikas in White paint on them ripped rolled up camouflage net off one tank and played with it like matadors fighting a Bull. Suddenly flames billowed from one of the tanks. I think one of the students must have punched Hole in its Reserve Gas tank and struck a match to  machine gun fire spouted from the other tank. I saw ambulances take four injured Stu dents away. The students backed off. But they did t go away. There was an almost carnival like Atmos phere. Boys and girls strolled Arm in Arm. Students on motor scooters zigzagged through the crowds. Little by Little most of the soviet vehicles left the Down town area. There were almost none by late afternoon. Tanks re turnabout 5 p.m., just As i was about to enter my hotel i Hearda huge Roar coming from the Danube River. A column of a least 25 heavy tanks raced to Ward me and past me heading downtown. Most of them had their hatches Down and their cannons free for action. I managed to hitch a ride wit four yugoslavs heading for Vienna in a panel truck. I Rode squat Ting on the steel floor of the Back of the truck. It Hurt but crossed the Frontier with new York a the Stock Market closed lower thursday but Cut initial losses taken in it first reaction to the soviet bloc invasion of  was Active. Prices fell at the Start with users outnumbering gains by a 3to-l margin. This was Cut considerably by the close As Trad ers picked up  initial Selloff followed by i period of bargain Hunting was predicted generally on wednes Day when the Market was dosed and the crisis news was fresh. Brokers and analysts expressed themselves As Happy with the Market action which they said could have been much worse under the circumstances. Strength was shown by Ray Theon Swift Harvey aluminium United aircraft and do  data new and Xerox were among Sharp  was 15.15 million shares compared with 10.64 Mil lion on tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial average was Down .37 at 888.37. Of 1,552 issues traded 533 Roseand 796 fell. New highs for the year totalled 54 and new lows 21. . Stock Market prices Aii will Chi All am can i1" Cyan a m Fly photot4t Fob armoury co tit lib toeing 0. 22 aug. 2018� 1914 224 car 2sh 86v. 29 21h 3 i 61 ,. 33 444 48 28hboh 124304 Turrou Hripp 44 28t4 6477h 16 81 34 44h 44 my 717 43, Coco in  pal in Cher a Pont ill air i1 Slife on i ii up 4/468 64v.74 45 /. 17v l 39h 73a 64h 4s a on 4t 7t4 n 77h 6k4 17v4 40 741. 64 28 a 784 &650?4 49, 82 4 83h 67 61 48h 02"/4 Gen Mot Qew censure Russia . Is urged United nations a the United states Britain France and four other countries demanded thursday that the . Secur to Council condemn the soviet Nion and its Warsaw pact allies for armed intervention in Czechoslovakia. They asked for an immediate withdrawal without Vio Lence or reprisals. The seven submitted their de Mand in a Resolution to the coun cil As it resumed debate in czechoslovak people s  said that an inexcusable International crime had Bee committed in Czechoslovakia despite explicit and intensive opposition by the Czechoslovakia  world is disgusted he added by the soviet Contention that the intervention was Justi  said that the soviets had prescribed the men who Are to emergency session of the czech be placed in Power in Czechoslovakia and threatened As an alter native government by the soviet occupation Force. The kind of fraternal assist Ance that the soviet Union is according to Czechoslovakia i exactly the sarr.3 As Cain gave to Abel he  the soviet delegation he declared what shame the soviet Union must  ambassador Jacob Malik said that Ball s assertions were unfounded groundless and Slan  Malik quoted dispatches of Tass the official soviet news Agency saying that in Czechoslovakia hostile elements Are trying at any Cost to aggravate the situation committing grave  allies repel deep Furrow aggressors thessaly aka Greece Spe Cial nato troops in exer keep Europe gis Mansfield says 48 i 31 78 i 52" i 79 /a33. 7 16?, 37 44 37h 49 j 354 46 6v 4 56 37-4 46 59 i 38. 71 3? 87j 28v s4. 711 a 34 a 63 continued from Page i was in Russia and in  said he filed a written report with president Johnson monday and had discussed the situation with him  said he was making his statement on the need to maintain . Nato troop strength with the greatest reluctance and  it should be kept in min that if the Warsaw pact nations can do what they Are now doing regime banishes greek composer Athens a the greek regime has arrested Mikis Theodorakis the leftist composer of the film music for Zorba the greek and banished him to Remote Village a reliable source said wednesday night. Theodorakis was arrested once before in August 1967, and spent five months in jail. His music was banned by the regime while the composer was in jail. Emperor s daughter Cut Tokyo a mrs. Kun Yoko Nakatsukasa. 38, daughter of emperor Hirohito was stubbed thursday on the left hand by an intruder in her Home in Tokyo police said. A Man who had allegedly tried to Rob the Houseman arrested soon afterwards. Crisis. Joining the big three Western Powers were Canada Brazil Denmark and Paraguay. In its final form the Resolution was along lines advocated by . Ambassador George w. Ball who has led the fight in the coun cil for Strong action against the soviet Union. Maximum Impact the Western Powers recognize that the Resolution would be subject to the big Power veto of the soviet Union. But they hoped for As Many As 13 votes a majority that would have maximum Impact both on the soviet Union an world opinion. The czech delegation s actin chief Jan Muzak won Praise from diplomats for his appear Ance before the Council wednes Day night. He denied that his government asked the soviet Union and its Warsaw pact partners Poland Bulgaria Hungary and East Germany to Send troops into the country. Muzik was not pres ent thursday. There were persistent reports however that czech foreign min ister Jiri Hajek would arrive inner York thursday afternoon Cise deep Furrow-68" wednesday to take part in the . Debate. Turned Back aggressor invade Ball speaking in behalf of theders in the Trimon River area Resolution declared we must of Northern Greece. The Allied troops surprised the enemy in a Dawn attack across the River forcing the aggressors Back toward drama a War games spokesman said. Nato commanders and other observers headed by Gen. Lyman l. Lemnitzer supreme Al lied commander Europe and Gen. Odysseus Anggelis chief of the hellenic National defense general staff watched the Allied attack which began with com Mandos swimming the Strim onto prepare the Way for the Cross  platoons followed in boats and seized the opposite Bank. On signal the main Force then crossed in armoured person Nel carriers. Supported by fighter bombers the nato troops pushed on in the mock War which ends Satur Day while engineers Laid Bridges and floated tanks across the River on  nato attack is moving toward the drama Plain and Kavala to close the exercise the spokesman said. Reaffirm the rights to self determination of the people of the in Czechoslovakia the question will arise though it May be far fetched that other countries both bloc and non Moc will become nervous and worried about their status and their future. Therefore in my opinion the matter of . Troop withdrawal also should be held in abeyance because of the circumstances which confront us at this  there s lots in a name san Francisco up zoo officials found out Why Jacob a250-Pound Gorilla showed no romantic interest in a Case mat named Missy. Jacob has been re christened Jacquelyn. Sex Frk aide charges bribe in Loffa trial Nashville Tenn. A a former aide to the late sen. Robert f. Kennedy testified at hearing Here wednesday that he was offered $1 million to bribe witnesses in the 1964 jury tamp ering trial of teamsters presi Dent James r. Hoffa. Walter Sheridan who was special consultant to Kennedy when Kennedy was . Attorney general gave the testimony at a hearing on a motion to Havethe sentence of z. T. Osborn Toffa s Nashville attorney of  said the $1 million bribe offer was made beforehand during the trials of Loffa and Osborn both of whom were convicted of jury tampering. Sheridan did not say who made the offer. The testimony came on the final Day of a nearing on the Osborn motion to have his conviction and 31 -2-year sentence vacated  
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