European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Omorrow at round table if if will begin Fital station is object Moscow up the so let Union took a major step thursday toward building an Orbital manned station and 3ded several first to its race laurels. In a Day of impressive achieve scents cosmonauts docked two Annex Craft in orbit took a Alk from one to the other and separated them after four Purs and 35 minutes to go their Barate  radio and television Allut suspended regular programs carry bulletins and live trans cent on Page 24, col so link 2 manned spaceships Trail blazers shown in Earth training Are left to right cosmonauts Alexei Elise yes and it. Cols. Vladimir Shatalow and Yevgenya Trunov who took part in the  photo standoff broken in Paris Paris a the United states and North Vietnam with the consent of their Al lies announced thursday a breakthrough that will per Mit the Long stalled peace talks to begin saturday morning with the first ses Sion at least to be private. The american North Vietnam Ese Saigon government and National liberation front Dele a cont. Of Page 3$, col. Ii  a Cal a unofficial new Poper of . Forcet in Europe North Africa and the Middle East Fol. 27, no. 272 Way january 17, 1969 if 21855 a St daily 10 sunday Johnson hails Parley expects More Battles starting sunday . Papers to be airlifted by Sid cans a new York Bureau chief new Yorks a news papers and weekly news Maga nes will be flown to military subscribers All Over the world starting sunday As the result of a Cislon this week by the Mill departments. Both Apo and Fpo have been lifting this second class mail material to some parts of the world including South Vietnam ind the Middle East but the new decision will expand the service worldwide to Japan in the far Sast and to Germany England prance Italy Belgium and the Netherlands in Europe. B american military personnel in these countries had been the Only Aries in All the areas served by overseas military Post offices who and not been receiving their stateside newspapers and subscriptions to weekly news Maga lines by air. The disparity in Lime 01 receipt of the same Issue of a Maga Iune by soldiers in Spain by a r and in Germany by Ordinary surface mail or in thai land by air and in Japan by sur face mail was the main Factor inthe decision by All three services to provide equal air service worldwide. It is known that Gen. Lyman l. Lemnitzer Euco commander in chief who was sensitive about the difference i service last week sent his representatives to a military postal conference in Washington wit instructions to press for the expanded air  army postal representative on wednesday confirmed to the stars and stripes that a teletype message had gone out that Dayto All overseas commands announcing the implementation of the service. However the expansion does not apply to puerto Rico canal zone Hawaii Alaska and Guam where the . Civil Post office provides mail service to the  new directive Means that All newspaper and weekly Maga Zine subscriptions received at the postal concentration centers inner York for the Atlantic area cent. Of pages coi. I Pentagon eases ban on mailing firearms by Marc sets a Washington Bureau chief Washington is the defense department has relaxed somewhat its ban of last Auguston the shipment of All firearms through the military postal sys tem to allow no concealable sporting weapons and Antiques Tobe sent by Apo and Fpo. Concealable firearms including s a wed off shotguns pistols and revolvers and War trophies remain on the banned list. The Pentagon has taken this action to bring military Regula Lions in line with the gun control act of 1968 and civil Post office requirements according to an army postal official at the pen  army message 40 major commands released tuesday also said hut military postal facilities May handle official mail Ings of weapons imported for sold to mailed by or issued forthe exclusive use of the United states or any department or Agency of the government. Firearms going through the mails must be accompanied by gout on Page of oof. 5f from a and up dispatches Washington presi Dent Johnson said thursday that substantive peace talks can now begin in Paris but warned of continued fighting on the vietnamese Battle Fields. Johnson read with evident deep emotion a statement on the procedural breakthrough that will permit talks on the substance of peace to open saturday. It was known that president elect Richard m. Nixon endorsed Johnson administration proposals that broke the impasse Over table  talks will Start just two Days before Nixon is inaugurated and his own team headed by Henry Cabot Lodge takeover the american negotiating. In a prepared statement Johnson said everyone is gratified by the Paris agree ment but stressed the hard fact that fighting is Likely to continue As the negotiations Are carried  president then added some extemporaneous com ments. Johnson urged the american people to be patient and sturdy with the new president As reworks and serves in the cause of  expressed Hope for peace at the earliest possible moment so . Cost of troops Cani