European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday augu28, 1968 the stars and stripes was Hight in the i div of note Michael a. Menlowe of Philadelphia was Vear student at Oxford to Klinl a his doctoral in philosophy was touring i Xci a Slovakia when the Oro Patlon place. Menlowe had his car from Frankfurt a pics in and Here records his impressions of the takeover. 01, a. Menlowe Germany Spe to i arrived in Pilsen around dinnertime having toured Wuerz i.-, Ferniany earlier in the Day i checked in at a Small hotel on the outskirts of the City had dinner there then took a walk around the area. I got Back to the hotel around 9, and talked with another american and the owner until Alquit 11. The owner was very interested in what the United states thought of the czech government and enthusiastically endorsed the Liberal Dubcek regime throughout the evening. I had just gone to sleep when i was awakened by a hanging on the door. The owner burst in he was hysterical and shout a loudly forgetting for the minute that i could t speak ins Ian Guage. Finally he dragged inc tothe window and   and 1 could Sec the lights of a column headlights taped  slits of Light showed  Reali de that 1 was probably right in the Middle of an invasion  i grabbed my suitcase stuffed my clothes in it and ran Down to the foyer of the hotel. The credible column with no begin i or end kept moving by. And my far was on the other Side Oft " Merei. I could Only Stan there my watch. It was pitch dark and tin Rol urn was unbelievably silent twas made up mostly of open trucks and there was an unlit Searchlight on every third vehicle. People were hanging out of their window. And fad if Cue feel of the presence of nop a without really Leann it  w o 111 i Sci fall Llull. Jimm weep and the sound of  opened to. Bill on a scale to at but Only up and the column stopped.  came walking from that direction directing the trucks to alternate sides of the Road to Clear n path Down the  loud noise Signaller the arrival of a tank Corning Down the Cen Ter of the Road. It passed me and stopped. Searchlight on. Us and blew away on the Comer Baiey More to the Olnee sin \ hoi be intact Goldie Appe i id. Rora i Irr i o blon people out of us in lab a. Then h cd. To ome tin them in a Tail j Don t know if they were dead or alive. The Cannon on the tank thence an a sweep of the a a and. I ran Back to the Farih to cur Ivr of the hotel kicked o1. Or two tank aimed t of a  one round left an on Stoof tables and dived behind them. The other american in the hotel a quite different. I was fran tic he was quite Cool. When the Turret Turner and i ran. He positioned himself m the door in his t pyjamas and watched the goings on. He spoke fluent Rcch and Looker like an end for Ole Dame. I t i 1 a went minute to j Cheri cd a id the column was gone the radio and Telephone Rhren t Wor. I decide to and a for i lie Border. Vohen i i of it the door Ai Ain. I her w i loot older Oli old the de it to. Or a Iii King and up and j Down the  be people be throw bark. Rocks and Bot. Ties a h in. The of ers were fun Tiv ii a Apons in the direction from huh he n  i weft skidded to a Stop Roday seb world 8235.0 in Diani oils Missino Heiju t. Lebanon a More than a Quarter of a million dollars Worth of diamonds was reported missing tuesday from British Airliner in route from London to Hong Kong. Poli c i1  a four by two int h opening was Diso of Ere packet containing the diamonds Worth la you. All the had disappeared. The diamonds 1894 gems weighing 84. " " were on their Way to the Bunque beige pour i stranger Ink oink. They reported. The theft was discovered when Airport workers Wen Empi Iii the hold of the plane whose previous Stop was in Frankfurt. Monkcus on monkeys Hacks it Nukk. Scotland a monkeys which were put on drugs for experiments go hooked on cocaine a scientist  Here. Prof. William Palon  the monkeys were Able to inject themselves with cocaine by pressing a lever. They got  addicted to it i hit they repeated the doses until they passed out. He . Then when they recovered. They started All Over again. Paton conceded in a lecture to the British association for the advancement of science that the experiments were rather  son of Litvin Ivov arrested Moscow inti or. Pavel , grandson of Josef Stal in late foreign minister. Maxim lit Vimit was under arrest tues Day and will he tried for breach of the peace shortly. The 28-year-old unemployed chemist was arrested sunday to Gether with at least four other persons after an abortive Effort to organi a a Small Parade on Square to protest the military inter Enuco Mecho Slovakia. The demonstration did not take place but those who sought to Start it were dispersed and their leaders arrested by the  those detained was i Rissa Daniel wife of Yuli Daniel who together with writer Andrei Smya sky is serving a five year labor Camp sentence for having published anti soviet satirical writings abroad. Spain suffers from drought Spain Ai a severe drought believed in in the fastens Ai a Ryons up the ort1hi" f Europe in South drinking a Ter is restrict no in Murcia. Alicante and Artas Elia. A a month there has Only been a trickle for irrigation. Crop losses have been estimated in millions of pesetas. In Many the in k has when impossible because of water  Mbura River was reported totally dry. Soviet ensemble visit called off View Nin a i impresario Hoyal Albert Hall in september to Causer announced after talks with British foreign a Scott actress c Andice Bergen has a police escort to a store in Home As she picks up $300.000 Worth if jewel she is to Wear in the adventurers being filmed in Italy. A photo thousands of biafran flee beleaguered City sox let a week in  ilk1 l soviet Thorit ios in , ily a soil it. Which Felli visits next week by individual liter criticism following soviet artists will take place As arranged. These include pianist Sviatoslav Richter. Violinist inv followings i or l a Slovakia by u troops i sail la off i Vid and cellist Mineni. Set Fui London slav Hostrop Chiuch. I Nurss Marina die in London Asih. I Jih Ess Marina who As the Duchess of Ken Hoim. In Yam a Sirl of Royalty in the its. Died Lues a at her is. Al la sell in i Ulace. Brail. He is killed on Actie dui a world War 11 in 1942. Fur. To hey a him  asked " is. 1 Fei . A pump had the sea eyed Nie while i just fihs there  it Felt almost like us in in Naith Cus Toms. They receive a reply on tie radio Kaiui i  released. Iwai ked Back o my car. Feeling relieved pulled o i and buried the accelerator. Lights on i approached the Border a Dawn driving Down t in Middle of the Highway with my lights on. I n either Side i t l end before the Border i saw another tank planted squad i in the Middle Omaha. Biafra Ltd thousands he told a British broadcasting i h Road. I a Ain claimed Onuf refugees stampeded out of this corp. Interviewer that he fail Ofa . Fell on the floor. Beleaguered City tuesday Asni Aba was imminent. Opened the door and rolled out. Gerian Federal troops pushing Aba Bei ame the admin rank the men who searched me their offensive against break Center for Biafra shortly after j in t hostile just very Effi Awa Biafra. Be an  shells the fall of the former Eastern Hunt. Thu Wiluin t  the outskirts. Region capital of in Usu soon me. 1 did lose my film and tape Aba population of . After the War u an. Recorder there i Hoith. They also swollen to Al amt l  As ret it k the Hub of Biafra s  a Dud for instructions on what gees flooded in during the 11 and television services and its u do with me and finally re month old civil War. Was reduced telex communications. Leased me. The t Ink did t move. By at least three fifths by the sex once Aba Falls onh two major and 1 had to in around it Odus which began late sunday towns. Zwern and i Mahia. Will throw h the Fielland reached us Peak tuesday remain in Biafra i hands. Kach there was no formality at thu morn i. When the villagers of is jammed with tens of thou murder a i \ d Oss a to free Ngwe. 12 Miles South of Here Sands of starving refugees in n fled through the town reporting that their Village was under head y by nil Art Meiu. It was tie second mass Depar Ture from Aba. Kleven Days ago there was a Stampede to leave when news reached the City that Federal troops Hail crossed the Lino Hiver the last natural do Tensive line. Fri4a famine Vio vol Cir eat 4 Jil Isle 0�li4k Vas him to u cml a liar  Ilai Ana a Rebahl  Tsiu Al Sulu nil i uses or he  Fannu   ai1"  in i Munda that the world Elwa Mea i. If Umhau d some of those Wlsh fled then in v by on Llu threshold of Oil returned Only to flee again a thu greatest Calas top Hes of by official she  he figures the a on or. John mar declared that state department figures on the starvation deaths m Nigeria Eastern Region Are i Dicuio or s., the is Matioli m i  .  to  t  the reaches of the rebel oils a  of tic i Oun Rinto the Macro oils a id i  was a i Irli Cippant in a the department has Esliman cd in Litara ruler. Maj Lien Akupu that from Lehi to 40u people Stai v news Coli div be called alter co Wiki  the latest Stilt ii ail in Nigeria meeting of Ihei leaders Ai on  be. Saluda. A v or .d t he to l w a e.,s. 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