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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, August 23, 1968

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes August 23, Ito Aily for trouble in defense dept. Civil disorder he stands by by Marc 1iuet of action this month during the potential trouble on a round the Sivility of disorders. That wracked the iat on Wash ton Bureau chief i democratic National Conven-1 clock basis in a command Cen headed by army u. Gen.  Emu big 11 � _ a at. Left. A.   i Mei tent vhf. I. I by Marc 1iuetbureau chief Washington is a new Pentagon Agency called the directorate for civil disturbance planning and operations or a Capo May get its first taste of action this g a democratic l Conven Tion in Chicago if trouble there gets out of hand. Right now the directorate staffs quietly going about its Busi Ness of collecting information on Potentia clock Cen Ter at the Pentagon. Meanwhile in Illinois some 5,600 National guardsmen have been called to duty in Chicago this weekend because of the pos Sib lit f Heade. George r. Mather former corps cd in Germany the new Agency became fully operational Only weeks ago. It is an out growth of the civil disturbances look out Beac goers flee from an eight foot wave breaking at Newport each Calif. Outrunning the Waves was a common sport during two Days of big Breakers and Strong riptide. In som areas it was reported that Waves crested at 20 feet. The cause of the unusual Beach conditions was a Long Long Way fro California storms in Antarctica. A recruit plan succeeds Pentagon says Wallace scores left Wing Don t be misled vow told Washington is Pentagon officials working with civilian police on a relatively new recruiting program report an estimated 1,000 to 1,500 servicemen mostly soldiers and marines have gone into the enforcement Field and another 771 have taken Early discharge for the same purpose so far this year. In addition to the 771 who have taken advantage of the 90 Day Early out to become police men there is an equal number on waiting lists to become policemen when their enlistments expire they explain. Although overseas servicemen Are not eligible for Early Dis charge some Are also applying directly to local police authorities and join either on their own or with service help when the return Home officials said. Many vacancies the program got under Way last Winter after police authorities reported an estimated 15,000or More vacancies in state county and City departments. Test was made with the District i of Columbia police department j then Short some 380 men. He a cruising efforts were successful and since then 274 sex service men have been accepted and 244 of these Are on duty in the nation s capital. The new York City police department with an authorized strength of 25,000, is normally Short Between 1,000 and 2,000 men but since january 700 recruits have joined the Force and army officials say Many of these Are sex ser iceman who have been attracted to this Fieldy the Xiluo i reuniting j Rof ram. Detroit a George , american Independent party candidate for president thursday urged veterans of for eign wars not to be misled by what he called Liberal left Wing ers guideline writers and news paper  Wallace devoted much of his speech before some 8,000 per Law sons at the vow s convention to attacks on communists. He was interrupted 23 times by applause Given a standing ovation As he finished and i took him some 10 minutes to work his Way through glad handing Well wishers As he left Detroit s Cobo Arena. Russia has not kept a single Promise from Yalta on Down he said in reference to the so Viet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The former Alabama Gover nor said communists and anarchists imperil this country internally and externally and said Fidel Castro at one Tim had been referred to by an american newspaper As the Robin Hood of the  he said guideline writers in Washington Are trying to write guidelines to cover every aspect j of life even to the Point of Tell ing a person when he should get up and when he should go to bed. If elected president on his third party ticket Wallace said he would Call All briefcase bureaucrats to Washington and throw their briefcases into thei Potomac River. The biggest problem facing cities of this country Wallace said is order. He Drew his loud est cheers when he said that if he were president and protest ers Lav Down in front of his Auto Mobile As they did once with president Johnson "1 will guar Antee on it will be the last car they la Ever Lay in front  he added it is those who want to lose the War in Vietnam who recreating catastrophic conditions in our country  some 20 pickets representing opposing viewpoints on the Viet Nam War demonstrated outside the convention Arena during Wallace s speech. Police separated the groups after a member of an anticommunist organization grabbed a sign from mrs. Joanne Jordan of Dearborn and hurled the sign to the ground. The sign said up with peo ple and mrs. Jordan had been carrying it with a half dozen Antiwar pickets who walked through the line of anticommunist demonstrators. Wallace said that communists called for bombing of cities i world War ii and they Are not interested now in civilians except those in communist Capi  said he differed with the Kerner report on civil disturbances that american society is sick and in his opinion politicians from the supreme court on Down Are pretty  said government officials had Kow towed to every anarchist in the country. That Spring. Mather commanded Federal forces sent earlier this Vear to Chicago to help restore Faw Anri order. Of maj. Joseph a Cunningham former commander of the military Airlift com Mand s 22nd air Force was named his depot to sure i a coordination for the a \ m of troops in emergencies 20,000 Ali ii is about 2 i l in ular troop some Airlift Agency to coordinate thu use of Federal forces when the situation goes beyond the control of civilian  Secretary Clark m. Clifford in aim ounce plans to create the new Agency last Spring said. While the Basic responsibility for preventing Vio Lence and disorders belongs to state and local civilian Law enforcement officials prudence dictates that the defense department take appropriate Meas ures to assure that prompt and effective supplementary Law enforcement assistance will be available if  report to West command of any regular troops sent to Chicago or to another trouble spot will remain with the task Force s commander reporting directly to army chief of staff . William a Westmoreland while the directorate will handle the coordination and Overall supervision of All Federal military activities related to the dial though the have a natural Tsume a new role More than 72. Oho now received Spe Turl Ianco. Armed forces due tango to As in civil strife regulars have Ial riot control training and More than half million National guardsmen am reserves have taken a special 33-hour anti riot course. I t transplant eats Houston ten the world s youngest living Hart transplant patient Maria numans a gulped Down scrambled i a. A con and Toast wednesday on her third Day with her new  received the heart of an 11-year-old boy sunday and is expected to walk a oui  spoke Lien Luro the latest of the world s .11transplant recipient. Lau Bates 59, of am Anllo. And the other four  Ila Plant patients still m the Hosp Nai continue to time. Her Tooni sail witness in King s murder is free Din Memphis term. Up Charles Quitman Stephens Alle Gedly the Only witness to certain aspects of the slaying Ondr. Martin Luther King jr., has been freed from protective custody. Stephens 57, credited by the prosecution with observing King s killer leave the rundown apartment House on South main Street was freed from Shelby county jail on a writ of Hareas  court Lude wanted him in prote Stephens. $10,000 Bon witness Only James Karl King s Murd from la Aulon  Preston Haiti Over Hay s t ordered Steph Basi a of i by the state no k it leave ii e n  j Nuitai 1 1 7o.aiaysf2v. Urus d 0 1 i \ a 1u sri turn a. W As where he  Lyle w Dili 1 .hill.-,1. I. .,11 Giro sell i in w i ii ,. -. Inure v n 12 l adm n j on the i i l. A. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii my iii1 1,1.,. Iii. Ii  
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