European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Of to promote 3,631 captains names on pages 5, 6, 7 muscle is running mat Humphrey is Winner weather Cloudy with of cml no mom rain Uttel. Chr of turd a. A Eulbert Whf 7�, Low thur by a pm m it Madrid cd 1 73 Munich cd 61 w Pri cd 60 w Premtwick cd m 71 rom r75 m we la 0 up rely Cloudy 2nd with a Wlna 4 4 in p"i75 81 Adana cd 70 78 Athen. E w a Ano p s 72 Berlin cd 11 72 fran Mart cd a m London ele Elean cd Chou Dpi a Rtin. The stars a tripes unofficial new Mpr . Forces in Ewren a rth afr a end he Middi. Emt vol. A no. 134 if 21855 a 5 daily 10 sunday Friday August 30, 1968 . Envoy slain in Guatemala Guatemala City up Guatemala declared a 30-Day state of siege thursday suspending constitutional limits on search and seizure to Hunt the assassins of . Ambassador John Gordon mein. Mein 54, was shot wednesdays he attempted to flee a band of men who forced his limousine off the Street three blocks from the . Embassy and ordered him into one of their two chauffeur said mein stepped out of the limousine then ran. A burst of machine gun fire felled him. To was lying on the ground and still moving so they shot him some More times with cont. On Page to col. So victim a police sergeant checks the cloth lag of . Ambassador John Gordon mein for possible clues to the identity of the men who killed him wednesday in Guatemala p waiting lists stabilized ii icy on a liberalized b n Washington is the defense department is liberalizing policies dealing with the occupancy of family Quarter around the world and is making u easier for servicemen to buy Homes near military installations in the United states according to Pentagon officials. The new changes Are contained in defens instructions 4185.44, dated aug. W and released wednesday. The policy guidance for the military departments for the Tost time will stabilize the top per cent waiting lists for government quarters and provide priority system for servicemen who arc transferred with Theira milies from one overseas Post w another and for those who Are Short Tours and expect to join to families in Long tour areas. Except for cases of military Essky quarters assignments be made from the top of the waiting lists and revisions add ing names to the stabilized list will be published and posted at least once a an individual makes the top 10, he will stand a Good Hance of remaining there until he obtains quarters. In the past those on the list were often dropped because of the arrival of newcomers who Forone reason or another rated a higher priority. All these details were not Given in previous instructions and Asa result housing policies varied from one service to another and even varied among commands defense officials said. Families transferred from one overseas area to another Suchias from Japan to Okinawa will be Given priority on quarters for example if their conus de parture Date is earlier than that of sponsors already on waiting lists. Priority also will go to servicemen in Short tour areas like Vietnam who expect to join Liei families in follow on duty in Long tour areas like West Germany or Japan. Housing priorities overseas will depend on Grade Date of conus departure and bedroom require , with respect to three bedroom and larger quarters designated for occupancy by personnel in pay grades m major and below in conus and overseas family size and com position will be the primary assignment Factor within each Grade in lieu of the Date of application or other assignment fac tors except military necessity the instructions the defense depart ment continues to be interest Din the maximum occupancy of cont. On j us to col u proposed ban on foreign cars rejected by Marc vets a Washington Bureau chief Washington is to ease . Gold flow problems by Banning military registration of foreign cars owned b american servicemen overseas and refusing them Exchange service station gasoline is a dead Issue the defense department declared wednes proposal would have pre vented . Forces owners of foreign automobiles in from driving with Usa Kuh License plates and would have lifted their eligibility to burkes Gas coupons. With this idea now killed Dod officials said they still Are sifting other suggestions on ways to Cut the . Dollar Drain with a minimum of inconvenience to servicemen and their dependents stationed abroad. A suggestion however to Ope some form of command sponsored used car Mart for serv of Page $1 col. M nominated easily on 1st ballot Chicago up Hubert h. Humphrey captured the democratic presidential nomination in a smashing first ballot Triumph wednesday night in a convention divided to an unprecedented degree Over Vietnam and deeply troubled by violence in the nation s streets. The vice president swept Pas the magic number of 1,312 votes with five to spare when Pennsyl Vania handed him 10334 of 130 votes and a Roar Shook the International Amphitheater. Humphrey announced thurs Day afternoon that he has picked sen. Edmund of Maine to be his run a i n g mate. The presidential nominee delayed the announcement until Only 24 hour before the open ing of the final convention ses Sion where hews to make his acceptance speech pitted president Johnson s right hand Man for the past four year against Republican nominee Richard m. Nixon in a Campaign certain to be pitched to the same emotional issues which Rocic Edthe 35th democratic National convention. The vote was announced as1 7614 for Humphrey 601 for sen Eugene j. Mccarthy 146ufor sen. George s. Mcgovern 671-. For the Rev. Charming Phil lips a negro of Washington . And 12 for sen. Edward m. receiving votes in the tally we re gov. Dan k. Moore North Carona favorite son 174, i Alabama football coach Paul boar Bryant i1- Georgia democratic chairman James h. Icon on i c col " Muskie the Victory % 1 . Chicago a Kelly Furness president John son s adviser on consume affairs had a big laugh line in her Brief speech tothe democratic National can Promise you one thing said miss Furness former movie and Tele vision Star. When the re publicans eat Crow in no vember it will be federally inspected
