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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes 0 against r London up prime minis Ter Harold Wilson rejected Mon Day economic or cultural sanctions against the soviet Union to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia. He said the first lesson of the invasion is the need to maintain the North Atlantic Alliance Buthe said also that the West must continue to work for relaxation of East West tension. This is not a c9nfrontationbetween the communist and non communist worlds Wilson told parliament. It is an argument about the right of one communist country to decide its own internal system on the basis which reflects clearly the expressed de sire of the czechoslovak people for greater  Wilson addressed a packed emergency session of the House of commons called Back from its summer recess for the first time since the 1956 Suez  before parliament re assembled foreign Secretary Michael Stewart called in soviet ambassador Mikhail n. Smyr Nevsky for a 20-minute meeting. Its purpose was not disclose. Twas the second time Smirno sky had been summoned since the invasion. In an unexpectedly mildly worded speech Wilson warned against Hasty and  he rejected economic Sanction against the soviet uni9n and said individual British citizens mus decide whether they want to sup port soviet cultural perform ances in this country. He said Britain does not see to dictate to the soviet Union or its allies any change in exist ing relationships. This whole affair is about the right of a communist country to decide How it should govern itself under communism he said. Conservative Leader Edward Heath branded the invasion As naked aggression of the most flagrant kind constituting a threat to the peace of Europe with Yugoslavia and even aus shia a fax Skirk , concert tour in to use brute Force to a their Empire but that the we stat Msj prepared to use it hard facts onto be faced " be Soldier pleads innocent in slaying of air Force wife at Grafe Woehr Frankfurt is  l. Kelly 20, of he and he Btry 5th in 77th arty a Babenhausen Germany pleaded innocent of unpremeditated Mur Der before a general court mar tial Here  charge arose from the bludgeon slaying of Donna har Riman 44, wife of air Force m. Sgt. James f. Harriman ingrate Woehr Germany april 23.police said the woman had also been raped but no such charge was placed against Kel  hearing the plea the court was recessed until tues Day and most of monday was it. Col. Arthur Jones is appointed an chief devoted to the out of court hear ing of three defense motions. The col. Madison a motion by Law officer is . Wright it Wright allowed Frankfurt special . Arthur Jones a former officer in charge of the american forces network Vietnam has been named officer Iri charge Offan Europe it was announced at network Headquarters  succeeds it. Col. Ger Ald h. Buchanan who had Servidas an s Pic since february. Buchanan has been reassigned to Usa eur and seventh army he in Heidelberg As a Genera staff officer in the office of pubic  new an chief is a signal corps officer with 26 years of combined enlisted and commissioned service and is a graduate of the . Army command and general staff  started his army career As a signal corps pm in 1942.he received his commission after completing oct at the army signal school the following year. He served in a variety of signal tended High school in Boston and Jis currently a resident of Alex Andria a. A recipient of the army legion of Merit he lists sailing As his favorite sport an photography As his most enjoy Able avocation. The colonel is fully qualified army motion Pic Ture and to director and has worked As a commercial photographer in civilian  and his wife Mary Ellen reside near the an head quarters building in Frankfurt. I on guard found dead Worms Germany is a19-year-old Soldier apparently committed suicide while on guard duty saturday night a com z spokesman said monday. The name of the Man is being defense counsel capt. John , v corps to suppress Evi Dence collected in a search of Kelly s quarters by investigators. The Law officer found that there was insufficient probable cause for authorization of the search. Then Wright denied a defens emotion to withdraw a statement taken from Kelly by investigators. The defense failed to show that the statement had Bee based on evidence obtained in the illegal search. In a third move defense coun Sel put the accused Soldier on the stand and Cross examined series of witnesses including Kelly s former commanding officer it. Donald Hoover of he Btry 36th arty group and two Crimi Nal investigation agents. The agents Are two Willi mrussell of the 13th i det Graf a Woehr and Warren s. Halvor sen of the air Force office of special  defense was attempting to prove that Kelly had not Bee granted the right to counsel Dur ing his interrogation. No final action was taken on this move  was attached to the 36th group at the time of the crime t l withheld pending notification of battalion staff positions in eur j the next of rope during world War ii. Jones was born in Canada at jordanian israeli firing Amman a the Northern Jordan Valley was the scene of heavy firing Between jordanians and israelis sunday a jordanian spokesman said. Weather . 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Marie. 69 54 Seattle 95 71 Shreveport 76 50 Spokane 95 68 Tucson 97 76 Washington the body was found at 9 40p.m. In the rear of an open trailer truck. The cause of death Wasa Bullet fired through the Man s right Eye with his ,45-caliber Pis Tol which was found in the truck the spokesman  authorities Are investigating. Jane Reeds actress Jane Russell and actor Roger bar rett beam after their wedding sunday to Community Presby Terlan Church in Beverly Hills Calif. Both Are 47. M is Russel was divorced july m from former football Star Bob Waterfield. She met Barrett in june. A photo body on Zug Spitze believed go s by de Freakley staff writer Garmisch Germany is a body found on Germany s highest Mountain the Zug Spitze saturday is believed to be that of an american Soldier who had been missing for almost nine months. An identification card belong ing to an 8th inf div Soldier was found on the body a spokesman for the division said in bad Kreuz Nach. The Man s name is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next of Kin. Yearling film site Cave in treasure Hunter kitted Ocala Fla. A the body of a Man was dug out Sun Day from a caved in Well at a abandoned Homestead used 5 years ago As the Leafy movie Setfor the  after a night of frantic dig Ging with hand tools and machines rescuers brought up the body of Bill Moulton 27, of nearby Astor from Sand an gravel 42 feet below the surface. Moulton was searching the Well Bottom for old bottles coins and China when he was buried in the Cave in. His body crushed by dirt an the crumbled Well casing was still upright in the Canvas Sling he and his brother in Law Ted Loucakis of Pierson were using in the treasure hunt."1 started a Winch we were using to pull the Sling up by Cable Loucakis said. I heard him banging on the Wall casing with a Hammer and i told him to quit  yelled Back at me get me out of Here Quick he must have seen the Well casing giving  Well dug nearly a Cen Tury ago to serve the old Home Stead now in Ocala National Forest 32 Miles East of Ocala was about three feet in Diame Ter and was lined with plaster one half Inch thick. Two dragline one owned bythe victim s father and the other by the Marion county Road department were sent to the scene after new Cave ins threat ened diggers. The machines widened an deepened the Shaft to 75 feet across at the top and permitted recovery of the body at about 8 . Sunday. Authorities said the Well was dug in the 1870s and the Home Stead had been abandoned Formant years. The Homestead served As the setting for the film version of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Story of a boy and his pet Deer. Mrs. Rawlings who lived i nearby Cross Creek wrote her pulitzer prize winning novel the yearling in 1938. The criminal division Here said investigation no foul play was involved. It was an accidental  the Soldier was last seen on dec. 7, 1967, by another Soldier at the recreation Center  Man had gone on leave dec. 1 .3 and was scheduled to return to duty on dec. 17. His baggage and of effects were found in his room at the Green Arrow hotel after he was reported missing. Fruitless search two weeks of mass searches Bart Gss Aid of helicopters but fruitless. He was known to be an g hiker and Mountain enthusiast and had exc desire to scale one of the in the area. The body was found a. Geman he. On Blu up the Mountain the scene were d jeans Canvas shoes Parka and glasses. Soldier had been seen Wea flex the this apparel on Wallet contained about  
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