European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday january 13, the stars and stripes Page 3 czech workers publication 1%ague a Czechoslovakia s press workers have stopped the production of the new wetly of the czech Branch of the communist party because i contained material contrary to the Post january reforms it was disclosed saturday night. The action against a party or Gan in defense of Reform was considered an unprecedented Dis play of worker support for the path of Reform in this soviet occupied country. Prague television reporting on the Congress of press work ers said delegates rejected participation in the production of such publications and printed matter the total Content of which or some articles would be contrary to the principles of Post january policy. The Way it Wasin the Case of some materials in the first number of the Magazin Tribuna the publication of which had to be the Magazine was to have come out a week ago but it has been announced that it would no appear through no fault of the editorial the editor of the new Maga Zine is to be Oldric Svestka a conservative former editor of rude Provo who was dismissed from his Post on the Central com Mittee newspaper during the height of the reforms prior tothe soviet invasion. Prague television and the printers did not report what they objected to in the Magazine. Romy sch world pamphleteer Busy As Pope Speaks Vatican City a handbills urging divorce in Italy were scattered at the Entrance to Vatican City sunday As Pope Paul i gave his Blessing to All Good and honest the Pope spoke briefly during his usual sunday noon appear Ance in his windows overlooking St. Peter s Square. He reminded the crowd in the Square that this was the Roma Catholic feast Day of the holy family. There was no sign that the Pope was aware of the passing out of the leaflets asking parliament to pass a Law permitting divorce. Police apparently did not intervene. Hong Kong tourism sets record Hong Kong a a record total of 618,410 tourists visited Hong Kong in 1968. Americans were the most numerous and spent $160 million. Tourism is the Colony s second biggest Industry after textiles. Letter to lbs brings results Perth Australia a ayoung wife who wrote to presi Dent Johnson pleading for he husband s return from the United states has received word that he will return soon to Perth. Mrs. Irene Arnold 24, whose husband Darryl 24, has been stranded in Fortuna Calif penniless and without a Job Learned Friday that the . Army will Fly him Home. She received the message in a Telegram from . Consulate in Perth. The last message mrs. Arnold had fro her husband was on dec. 31. She then wrote to the president inthe Hope that you can use your sounding off a South vietnamese Soldier tries to blow a Viet Cong trumpet found during a sweep of the u Minn Forest at the Southern tip of Vietnam. Associated press photo Success inevitable in Vietnam says touring Marine commandant Danang Vietnam a Gen. Leonard f. Chapman jr., i commandant of the . Marine corps said sunday that if the american War Effort continues the defeat of the enemy and our Success Are , on a four Day inspection tour of Marine areas added at a news conference authority to have him returned to Arnold was flown to Newyork from Perth in August for military service in the . Army. He was discharged As medi Cally unfit in november an flown to his Home of registration Fortuna. The army had re fused to pay his fare Back to Perth. The couple had been married Only 10 Days when Arnold received his orders. Mrs Arnold said her letter would have reached Washington last wednesday. Greece to get colettes Athens a time was when a female had to be one of the goddesses on my. Olympus to have any Sway Over the males in the hellenic society. But soon All that s going to the modern ladles of Greece Are about to receive a govern ment sanctioned suy so backed by a policeman s Athens police department has begun taking applications for the first women s police corps in the nation s chosen will be put through a rigorous six month train ing course at the police Academy which will include work in judo and karate. I m just convinced that time is on our j the general said Progress in ii the South vietnamese armed i forces and the pacification pro j Gram has been a source of con \ i Side Rabic encouragement to but asked whether he saw any i possibility of an Early withdraw Jal of american troops in the \ the life in Spain quite Plain Madrid up life i Spain in t a bed of roses according to the National Institute of statistics. Cramped living Turk students stage protest Ankara up about 300students, shouting anti american slogans demonstrated outside the Middle East technical University saturday in protest against the closure of the univer sity for an indefinite period. The University was closed on the orders of the Rector professor Kemal Kurdas after student set fire to the car of . Ambassador Robert Komer former chief of the . Mission in Viet More students were arrested Friday and charged wit the destruction of Komer s Lim brought to 13 the number of students held in connection with the incident. The students protesting the closure of the University said they were supporting those whose fire to Komer s car. They accused Kurdas of collaborating with foreign Powers in exploit ing Turkey. Quarters Lack of running water and heat and few material pos \ sessions Are the Norm. And the seemingly unlimited numbers of j new cars Are really owned by Avery few. Some of the Institute s find Ings More than half of Spain families live in Homes of less than 78 Square Yards and Only 10per cent of families live in Homes with More than 132 Square Yards. Only 66 per cent of Spanish Homes have running water 92 per cent of City Folk have heat ing in their Homes but 99 per cent of country dwellers do not have heating. Thirty nine per cent of Spain s households have washing machines 35 per cent have refrigerators 5 per cent have vacuum cleaners 8 per cent have record players and 20 per cent have telephones. But part of the reason for these figures May be that 68 per cent of the agricultural Homes Don t have electricity to plug in appliances even if they could afford Driver in Madrid or Barce Lona would swear that each Citi zen owns at least three cars but the Institute reports that Only 13per cent of the natives drive. Northern provinces below t h Edmez the commandant said of course we could withdraw Early if the North vietnamese and Viet Cong would cease an desist particularly if the North vietnamese would pull out and go Home where they belong. I doubt if they Are going Todo that however. Short of that i Don t think there is a possibility of an Early . asked if a True military Victor is possible in Vietnam Chapman said i think we be already scored a military Victory Over the main Force units in 1968 through out the year with the result they were Defeated and is very Little Contact now with the enemy main Force units. The main problem now is to go after the guerrillas an their infrastructure and that s just what we Are crowd finds play All wet Berlin a fiddler on the roof played while it poured saturday its third performance in West Berlin the musical that was a Long run hit in its Broad Way version got at the West end Thea Ter gave this account a pipe in the upper reaches of the newly renovated theater burst. That soaked the balconies. The water then made its Way through the Balcony floor to drip drip drip onto and under the lower floor seals. As Schmuel Rodensky continued playing on stage in the starring role the crowd began stamping its wet feet and booing. About that time the firemen arrived to Stop the water and wipe up the theater announced that the same audience will get another Hance to see a dry fiddler later. Tie wants to Mahe own Marl in parliament London a those Gaud tattoos indelibly recording a youngster s first love will be banned in Britain if conservative member of parliament Marti Maddan has is Wuy. Too Many youths Are marking themselves with the name of their first love or loves and late having second thoughts about it Maddan intends to introduce legis lation in parliament later till month making it an offence for Young people under the age fib to be tattooed. Dermatologists increasingly experience a regretful Young Man or tearful Young woman coming to them with True love tattooed across their fingers a Daisy none ear and a Buttercup on the other Maddan of tattoos is difficult and expensive and Mast of the Cost is eventually borne by the government s National health service he added. Youngsters who rashly Cove themselves with names symbols and animals find this Embarrass ing when they grow up especially after they marry the legis Lator said. Or. Patrick Hall Smith a dermatologist in the Southern coastal resort of Brighton said a Large number of 12 and 13-year-Olds la 1 been tattooed in recent had snakes All Over their necks. These boys acid girls Are finding it very difficult to find i employment later on Hall Smith said. Under the proposed Bill tattooists who perform their Art on youngsters would be liable to a j$120 Fine for a first offence and fines up to $240 for subsequent violations. And what about sailors traditionally a tattooist s dream on a Rowdy saturday night according to a Survey by the naval Dennart logical clinic in Portsmouth Throe quarters of married sailors who were tattooed in their Outh regret their Folly. The Survey showed 46 per Centof the Royal Navy s seamen were tattooed the majority before theage of 18. More than half wished they Hud never done average number of tattoos was about fue. The Survey re ported. One enthusiastic and patently impressionable Salt boasted 54
