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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 Ike critical after new setbacks Washington up for Mer president Dwight d. Eison Hower suffered further setback during the night with increasing heart irritability and rapid heartbeats his doctors said sunday. They added that he remained uncritical condition. However Eisenhower s doctor reported later sunday that there had been no further episodes of the rapid heart action. The earlier bulletin from Walter Reed army medical Cen Ter said evidence of increase heart irritability extra beats which began saturday morning has persisted through the Day and  it also said that the five Sta general experienced several episodes of rapid heart action requiring further  the bulletin did not elaboration what sort of treatment Eisen Hower received. Eisenhower suffered his seventh heart attack aug. 16. Flajs and Striks baseball sunday1 major league line score american Leaour of Lect game Detroit 202 100mccool 9 and Bench. Up Culver 10-13. Hrs Kranepool 3rd so Miky 8th. Chicago 010 001 000 260 Houston 000 000 000 040 Jenkins 15-12 and Hundley Dierker Shea 0 and bait Man. Up Dierker 12-11. Late sports new York up out fielder Rocky colavito pitched 2 2-3 innings of scoreless Relief sunday to gain his first major league pitching Victory As the new York Yankees rallied to defeat the Detroit tigers 6-5 inthe first game of a double header. For colavito it waste second Mound appearance in 14 years. 7 teens Leader die fighting la. Fire Glendora. Calif. A Yards past them toward a Ridge by helicopter from terrain one tool. Non in �., seven teen aged fire fighters and their adult Foreman died battling a wind whipped Brush fire saturday in the los Angele Foothills. Three others were  youngsters were trying to stretch a Hose from a fire truck Over a blackened Hilltop when a gust of wind blew flames up funnel like Canyon and Over them. The fire rushed 400 Yard none of the dead was immediately  los Angeles county fire department said they were be tween 15 and 17 years old and wards of juvenile  department spokesman said the boys fight fires under a agreement Between the county probation Camp and the forestry department. The injured were evacuated fire dispatcher described As Billy boat  lot angelas county fire department said it was having trouble making Contact with its men scattered in the Angele National Forest Foothills about 30 Miles Northeast of los an Geles. Fire chief Keith Klinger said the fire which began Friday continued sweeping out of con c it had saturday no structures Vve Roth ugh the f inc or 3cres fire deaths by California at and dubeek9 presence confirmed 4 russian allies joining talks continued from Page of Slovakia Svoboda said his de parture from the soviet capital had been  reason for the delay Svob Oda said was that the negotiations had been joined by czech party chief Alexander dub Cek National Assembly pres ident Josef Smrkovsky an Premier Oldrich Cernok. It was the first official word of the whereabouts of Dubcek and the other Liberal czech Lead ers although earlier unconfirmed reports had placed Dubcek a least in the russian capital. The Trio along with other us eral czech leaders had been taken into custody by soviet troops in the first hours of the invasion tuesday night and re ports had swept through the country that Dubcek and perhaps some of the others had been executed by the russians. In his radio broadcast from Moscow Svoboda told his people we Are making Progress an urged that nothing be done that would make our negotiations Here More difficult he has reportedly refused to accept a soviet puppet regime and insisted on retaining the country s Legal government. The soviet leadership apparently made a major Concession Humphrey says Hanoi dashed recent Hopes Washington Apt Vic president Hubert h. Humphrey said sunday that recent Hope she had for Progress in the Viet Nam peace talks at Paris have been dashed not by the United states but by North  or three weeks ago he had Hopes that the Lull in the fighting in Vietnam was a political signal indicating the North vietnamese were willing to make some response that would permit the United states to end its bombing of North Vietnam Humphrey said. Willingness probed i can say to this audience he went on that we did during that period of time go to he North vietnamese and say would you be willing now to talk about reconstituting the demilitarized zone As a Doz area would you be willing to do Shatas a Way. Of demonstrating some restraint and reasonable response that could let us proceed toward a stopping of the remaining bombing they said no. Would you be willing to talk about the Stop Ping of the use of artillery Over the Doz they said  every single proposal that we made and the american people must know this Ever single proposal made by or. Harriman and or. Vance was summarily rejected said Humphrey. Ambassador Averell Harri Man and Cyrus r. Vance represent the United states in the talks. Humphrey told of the event son Abc s meet the press prior to flying to Chicago to setup Headquarters for the demo cratic presidential nominating convention. The vice president was asked whether maybe there was a greater risk in continuing the bombing than in stopping it As the North vietnamese had demanded. Proposed lankan end to the bombing is one of the planks proposed by convention forces supporting two of Humphrey s opponents  j. Mccarthy and George  Humphrey said that he knows that patriotic men Osgood will feel that Way and he realizes there is room for Hon est differences of  but he said the american peo ple have a right to expect from Vietnam some Little sign that if the bombing were stopped the North vietnamese would a least seriously discuss with us some of the problems which exist like the demilitarized  in even agreeing to talk with Dubcek Cernik and Smrkovsky who were the leading figures inthe liberalization drive that the red army was sent in to  mass resistance of the czechoslovak people to the soviet invasion seemingly has forced the Kremlin to give up its Origi Nal plans and try to find some face saving Way  from Prague have said thai Many soviet soldiers were puzzled and unhappy because of their hostile reception. Soviet propaganda has insisted that they got a warm Welcome because the people in the country knew they had come to save communism. A Clandestine czech radio re ported saturday night firing was still going on in the Center of Prague. Free Prague radio reported russian and East German troops were being withdrawn from Czechoslovakia and replaced by fresh  troops Are being with drawn because they Are disillusioned. They Are being replaced by fresh troops from the soviet Union and Eastern Germany the radio said. Meanwhile at the United nations it was reported that czech foreign minister Jiri Hajek had received instructions from Svoboda to withdraw his proposal that the United nations Security Council discuss the czech prob Lem. Svoboda reportedly told  question will be discussed and settled among the  earlier Rajek speaking at a emergency session of the secur Ity Council had declared that the soviet Union and its Warsaw pact allies had invaded Czecho Slovakia without invitation or  another development the yugoslav news Agency Tanju reported thai yugoslav president Tito and Romania presiden Nicolae Ceausescu met saturday in a Small town on the Yugo Slavia Side of the Border Between the two countries. Film producer Bogedam Dies Hollywood a produce Benedict Bogeaus 64, Whoso films included the Bridge of Sanluis Rey was found dead Here from an apparent heart attack. Menial  a Allied unit lift siege of Beret Camp continue from Page of Joe Holloway a ported from byte Thuot Headquarters of a a special forces croup that Kjof the defenders were Able Retreat from their bunkers athe Northern third of the Cam into the main compound Abathe Southern Knoll of a my sloping mile Ion Hill. Vietnamese military sour Assaid two special forces a i wore killed and four Otyce wounded in tie fighting. Normally 15-Man americ teams staff such Camps. Heavy reel fir heavy communist fire Sefl was hitting the Camp at nit fall but a l a. Commander a pressed Confidence that it cacti be held. Vietnamese and montagnard casualties were Jeiven As Golf Law and 26 wounded an unusual High pro a ration. The vietnamese command sail More than 100 North vietnamese were  other actions. American and vietnamese troops killed Morei than 300 soldiers in a string d j Sharp clashes in the five nor Ern most provinces in South Viet Nam saturday. 655 slain in addition 655 other Coffi nist soldiers Reix Ledly have Tea slain in i thin that began in a Day around the Village of a Vang two Miles South of it Nuzik and near Quang ?85 Miles South of Danang in the bluest Battle fou saturday soldiers of the u America division reported ins Iso North vietnamese a Diers and Viet cons m a Long Battle along the coast Miles Southwest of Tarn a weather fair with Lite intr noon to need  duct Ilia. High 77. Low 5. T sunday Yeti 4 4 m pm 81 81 . C 70 81 a Thant p 69 61 69 69 , c 75 Derlin. P 70 Frankfurt. P 72 London p 4 ant70 55 68 my 11 p Pope returns Home front Bogota Rome up Pope Paul i flew Home from latin Ameri Ca sunday to a Joyful triumphant Welcome from thousands and said he was confident his historic three Day pilgrimage to the world s most Catholic Conti nent had brought Mankind closer together. The Pope obviously exultant Over his trip was greeted by 10,000 handkerchief waving shouting italians and foreign tourists at the Rome Airport an again by a crowd of 3,000 when he drove into the papal summer residence at nearby Castel can  up his trip in a Brief Airport speech the Pope said this new solemn and y e t simple confirmation of the pres ence of the Church in the world cannot help but bring the most desirable results for the Good of souls for Mutual Understandin Between peonies for International  Pope flew from Bogota Colombia with a Brief refuelling Stop at Bermuda after speaking at a world eucharistic Congress a conference of latin american Bishops and a vast gathering of latin american peasants. He called repeatedly in h i speeches for social Reform in latin America without recourse to violent revolution or atheistic  Premier Giovanni Leone welcomed the Pope Back officially saying Italy appreciates his enlightened message of peaceful social  to the soviet occupation of Rumcho Slovakia Leone said in a tragic hour in our life in Europe and of grave apprehension for All the  message represents t h o strongest Comfort for our individual conscience and for the Hopes of  Pope Rode 27 Miles to his summer residence in the Alba Hills Southeast of Rome where another Large crowd filled t h Village Square to Welcome him  entering the residence the Pope appeared at a Balcony overlooking the town Square and thanked the crowd of Abouo persons for their Tunn lie said that Many come to hociota not but to Honor holy through tin i lh1"1" l Buchan to Dik lint note unites men a Ovin or Oacle d without oui  a reference to Ca s poor in s "0., ,. Of id hot Ota 1u", a aus. 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