European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The spam and skins sunday Scptt Mytr 1,1968 army doubts Washington a Aramy spokesman snid saturday Deal Denis in in California a tonal guard unit were detected during a routine Check of re cords shortly after the unit was mobilized last May. It is not True that deficiencies in the 1st Squadron 18th a Mored cavalry regiment we rediscovered As the outfit pre pared to leave for Vietnam the spokesman said. He said he doubted there was falsification of the unit s re cords which carried som members of the 1,000-Mnn unit As qualified in their military occupational speciality mos when in fact a regular army team found that one officer and 84 enlisted men were not Quali fied. Matter of judgment the army spokesman said in apparently was a matter of judgment on the part of the guard unit commander rather than falsification of records. He said the commander was using National guard stand Ards but that stiffer regular army standards applied when the unit came on Active duty inlay. The spokesman indicated deficiencies often show up in mobilized guard question arose after rep. De Reinecke r-calif., charge that the Squadron s records were falsified to show it had been adequately prepared for Vietnam said the Squadron was scheduled to go to Vietnam sept. 25 but was ordered to it. Lewis wash., after officers of the army inspector general found discrepancies in person Nel records. Training questioned the men were credited with training they did not receive Zeinecke said. He claimed the alleged record fixing was discovered As the Squadron prepared to leave for Vietnam. Asked about the situation Thenny spokesman said we started investigating their records Early in the nor Mal course when they came on Artive duty. We found deficiencies Early and Are taking corrective action. We do this with All unit called to Active he said the situation is no uncommon and that he is sure there Are other mobilized unit with similar problems but that he could not name spokesman said that shortly after the Squadron Cameon Federal duty May 13, a regu Lar army team was sent Tocheck its records. He called this a routine action in All mobilize units. It was found the spokesman said that Between january 1968 and mobilization the one officer lots of labor litter new York a Kilter bugs will dump nearly i Mil lion cubic feet of trash acro Samerica during the labor Day weekend and the nation s tax payers will have to pay 19 Mil lion to clean it up keep Ameri Ca Beautiful inc., said Here. And 84 enlist an i tipi the me qualified by regular army standards and Are being Givon additional training the spokes Man unit when activated was Man Nau. Armlet v ived War the spokesman sold. It wan found in the army training tests hat they needed additional training in operating their new equipment spokesman thing that training now he sold the unit Hama satisfactory rating in this test but that the army Felt cd Dillon of training wag needed to bring he Squadron up to the thigh standards new rambler american motors 1969rambler rogue has a new accelerator Cable linkage a suspended accelerator and parking tights thai remain on with the headlights. Aim get riot flans cop infiltrated hippies paper says Chicago a a police Man who infiltrated the youth International party has Dis closed How hippies planned in Advance to riot and provoke at tacks on them by police during the democratic National convention the Chicago Tribune said Tribune said in a copy right Story that the policeman Robert l. Pierson told the newspaper he was Given a leave to serve As an investigator for the state s attorney s office won the yuppies Confidence and be came bodyguard for their Leader Jerry Rubin. Pierson 35, said he guarded Rubin from monday afternoon until wednesday afternoon when his identity was discovered in a Chance meeting with a member of the Blacks tone rangers a South Side Street gang who re cognized him. Demonstrations by Antiwar groups including the hippies. During last week s democratic convention resulted in violent exchanges Between protesters and police. The outbreaks brought Swift action by police and charges that they attacked demonstrators without provocation often clubbing them into a result of person s undercover work the Tribune said police officials knew in and Vance what the hippies were planning. Pierson said that he grew aboard for six Days rented a motorcycle and Rode into theyippies1 gathering place Lincoln Par monday the undercover officer he identified himself Rubin entrusted him with his diary of Yippie plans and told him toehold onto it at ail costs. Pierson said be later excuse himself by telling Rubin he had to go to a washroom in the , he said he picked a fight with a policeman an was arrested. While in detention said turned Over the diary and gave police details of Yippie plans for jurors find no death plot Chicago Topi a said Friday a Federal grand jury summoned last wee to investigate rumoured plots to assassinate prominent democrats during the democratic National convention found no substantive evidence supporting the rumours. . Attorney Thomas said the grand jury said to have investigated Rumore assassination plots against vice president Hubert h. Humphrey Arkansas sen. John Mcclellan and other political figures would be discharged tuesday 12 Days after it was said the grand jury could find nothing of an substantive evidence support ing the rumours. Lawyer to head demos after voting Clinton to. A Delton. Houtchens said saturday that vice president Hubert ii. Humphrey had offered him the chairmanship of the democratic National committee effective after the nov. 6 election an that he would be very Happy to accept. Houtchens so chairman of the Missouri demo Ruic com Mittee said Humphrey talked to him Friday in Chicago after the vice president had been nominated for president at the democratic National convention. A former member of the mis House and a Clinton Law yer he Utchenik will formally be named to the National Post after the election. Lawrene o Brien former postmaster general will fill the office of National com Mittee chairman until that Brien also will be Humphrey s Campaign manager. Monday night in the Park area. The Tribune said one Page inthe diary contained a detailed hand drawn map of the Are outside the Hilton. It reportedly listed nearby streets where riot ers could run from police and dead end alleys to avoid. On another Page this note reportedly appeared we really should attend Mccarthy rallies and recruit pro Mccarthy for our marches. This lends a the respectability of a pro establish ment with information from the diary police arrested Rubin wednesday night in the Down town area and charged him with solicitation to commit mob action disorderly conduct and re sisting arrest. He was release Don 125,000 Bond thursday night. When arrested and confronted by Pierson Rubin said. Well at least he was a Good body guard Pierson related. Ingo Rynd Gaby Tod a fired stroked three business Paju ment buildings in the City s pre dominantly negro Mick own set. Lion saturday killing at least six persons and leaving More Lam twice As Many missing authorities said the death Tonii seemed certain to go higher there is no doubt in my mind said or. Alexander , like county Coroner that there Art other bodies Hithe or. William said also a persons whose names wort on the list of the unaccounted fur May have taken Refuge in the Homos of neighbors and but three names of the n names on the list were those often agers or younger children. Not identified no identification of the re v. Ered bodies was made Imam ii ally and it who believed in so victims names also might Ionthe missing list. The were described As those of adults and three children firemen and City Crews of Tia lofty Crane to sift pie com a the ruins of the three buildups All of which Hud businesses on the ground floor and apartment sin their two upper floors. Police immediately an investigation of the which reportedly started about 4a.m. In the in crowd la , which shared the ground floor Ozone Structure with a Barb a wer smoke 20-year-old Burma an Davis miss Georgia commented. We were not alarmed How Ever because pageant official told us the Hole was not is
