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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 27, 1968

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes democratic keynote speech Inouye Calls on nation to reject Violen Chicago a sen. Dan Iel k. Inouye key noting the democratic National Conven Tion described the nation Mon Day night As torn by Dissen Sion and disrespect. He called upon americans to reject Vio Lence and Anar Chy and work instead to continue and expand programs started during Inouye the Johnson administration. In a speech prepared for the opening session of the Conven Tion Inouye described presi Dent Johnson s programs for feign and Domestic As Vita it s another Surprise in kill plot Case Hayward Calif. Up unattractive 20-year-old cocktail waitress told police earlier this month that her new husband lured her to a Lover s Lane an promised her a Surprise be fore he and another Man Beather set fire to their car and pushed the vehicle Over a Cliffith her inside. But two weeks later Barbar Carmack held hands with her bartender husband Billy Ray,26, in municipal court As he and Thomas Santon 25, pleaded in Nocent to charges of attempted murder and arson in a plot to collect a $25,000 insurance policy made out in her  John b. Fairwell scheduled a preliminary hearing for sept. 23. Went into seclusion mrs. Carmack crawled from the burning wreckage of the car near san Leandro aug. 10 and was hospitalized for a Short time. It was reported that she then went into seclusion away from her husband. The appearance of the couple holding hands touched off a flurry of excitement among court officials newsmen and spectators. However mrs. Carmac declined comment on her appear Ance with her accused  s attorney Paul Foley said he thought the Cou ple appeared  but he said he could not elaborate on their relationship at this  bus Drivers ordered Back Chicago a circuit court judge Donald m. O Brien issued preliminary injunction monday ordering bus Drivers to end their two Day Wildcat strike which Cut service by 50 per cent on the opening Day of the democratic National convention. The Chicago transit authority had filed suit against the strikers a predominantly negro group. The dissidents mostly negroes who Call themselves concerned transit workers left their Job sat Midnight saturday. The cow which claims to represent 80 per cent of the 5,500 Drivers employed by the cat demands greater negro representation in the amalgamated Tran sit Union of Chicago. Foundations upon which Ameri cans must build. Some conveniently blame Allour ills and agonies on a difficult and unpopular commitment overseas. The Vietnam War must end they say because itis an immoral War the hawaiian senator told the Dele Gates. Inouye who is of japanese ancestry said of course the War in Vietnam must be ended but he said the end must come through patient political negotiation. Of course the Vietnam Waris immoral Inouye continued. But All wars Are immoral headed. Would it not be More Immor Al he asked to fracture our solemn commitments and then see our word doubted not Only by our friends abroad but by our enemies knowing that this could Lead to tragic miscalculations is witless immoral now to take the easier course and Gamble the lives of our sons and grandsons on the outcome Inouye said today s youth and negroes have reason to , he added poverty discrimination and deprivation Sevil As they Are do not justify anarchy or violence looting or burning murder or Assassin  and order must be respected and maintained to protect the rights of All citizens he said. Inouye defended the Johnson administration record against much of the criticism voice both inside and outside the democratic  recited administration efforts to halt the spread of nuclear weapons As Well sits Domestic efforts to provide bet Ter medical care. Since Johnson took office in1963, Inouye said the Federal government has tripled its in vestment in education and in the past four years alone invested twice what was spent in the previous one Hundred. These Are foundations from which the towers of human achievement can  turning to civil rights Legisla Tion Inouye described Johnson As the author chief architect or primary sponsor of each of the five civil rights Bills passed by be Straw vote front runner Hubert Humphrey whose hat has been in the ring for some time autographs others As the democratic National convention gets under Way. Up upswing in violent crimes continuing Hoover says Washington a the Fri reported monday a continued upswing in serious crime inthe United states accounted for largely by an increase in crimes of violence. No City state or geographic Region appeared immune from part of the hefty 16 per cent boost in serious crime said Fri director j. Edgar  figures were from the Fri s 1967 uniform crime re ports a Bulky volume of police statistics gathered across the nation each year. Startling Rise in decade even More startling than the comparative figures for 1967and 1966, however were those for the current decade. These showed an increase in serious crime since 1960 of 89 per cent with a Rise in crimes of violence of 73 per  said he is most concerned with a pattern that has emerged linking youth with Vio Lence particularly in the Large metropolitan areas. And the Long time Fri head made what has become almost an annual Appeal for greater social action to prevent and abort More careers in  than 3.8 million serious crimes were reported during1967, 494,000 of them crimes of a violent nature Hoover said. A summary of the statistic for 1967 compared with 1966 Broadway actor Dies of Burns new York up Lamont Washington 24, a featured player in the Broadway musical hair died in a Hospital Sun Day of injuries he suffered More than two weeks ago in a fire in his apartment. Washington who had under studied Sammy Davis or. In Golden boy had been in critical condition since the fire aug. 10 in his apartment in manhat Tan s Chelsea neighbourhood. The actor was burned Over 80per cent of his body and suffered broken Bones and internal in juries when he jumped two floors from his window to escape the fire which broke out Early in the morning As he slept. Showed these trends crimes of violence in creased 16 per cent the same Ashe incidence of All serious  were used in 9& per cent of All homicides a 17per cent increase Over 1966. There were 11 per cent More murders in 1967 than in the pre Vious  crime trends were consistent to All areas16 percent higher in the suburbs 17 per cent higher in the Large Cit ies and 12 per cent up in the  arrests up 60 per cent attributed largely to an in crease in marijuana cases police solutions of serious crimes Down 8 per cent. Forcible rape up 7 per , up 27 per cent with an increase in the Bank robbery rate of 45 per cent. Crimes against property up17 per cent. The report concluded that Al most two people in every 100 ran the risk of becoming a Vic Tim of serious crime last year an increase since 1960 of 71 percent. Congress in the last 11 year America is troubled by of Faith in the poses said. Purely destructive purples which they will violate. A Short step Buch a situation is anarchy he said and from there it i Short step to the assume y each individual of  decide which of i neighbors shall live and Wiloh a ii not. So accelerates Ging spiral of violent .1 has already Cost us Johnf. Kennedy Martin Luther King or. And Robert f. Is if established institutions Are attacked and torn Down Inove asked who will feed the hungry jobs unskillec1 Supply the and borrowing a proposal of ten voiced by vice president Hubert h. Humphrey whom in Ouye supports for the presiden tial nomination the senator asked who will launch the Marshall plan needed to rebuild our cities and open Opportunity for All americans great undertakings these undertakings Are too great for individuals going their own ways he added. So let us reject violence As Means of protest. And let us reject those who preach  us not tempt those who would hide the evil face of Rac ism behind the mask of Law and  the senator who lost his right Arm in world War ii said thou Sands of negroes serve in Viet Nam. Many return As heroes he said. Some return As  too often they return to economic and social Circum stances that Are barely if at All improved Over those they left he said. Is it any wonder Inouye added that negroes find it hard to wait another Hundred years before they Are accepted As full citizens in our free society turning to Youthful protes ters Inouye said America s eco nomic Progress has freed it youth from the tragedies of premature mortality and Earl labor. And this Progress has Bee achieved in a political system which not Only admits but Safe guards the right of dissent. So it should hardly surprises when the children of such Progress demand to be hear when they become aware of in equities still to be  should we fear their  the contrary whether we know it or not the marching feet of youth have led us into a new Era of politics and we can never turn  a. Judge eaps Schejenko Pittsburgh up stat supreme court Justice Michaei Musmanno who served As judge at the Nuernberg War crimes trials has called on the United nations to prosecute scheme no supreme co Marg of the Warsaw pact forces Tea Down at Nuernberg  
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