European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday january 19, 1969 . Must help allies after War Washington a out j a willingness to place our ener. Responsibility in coming 1o Hettner Qon raft int Dafana crime or Tai rat in.   h at _ it a. Going Secretary of defens Clark m. Clifford cautioned the new Nixon administration sat urday against retreating to isolationism when the Vietnam War is Over. In his lengthy final written departmental report before leaving office monday Cliffor contends some degree of United states presence and commit ment will be required As a counterweight to red China in East Asia in the years immediately  on involvement Clifford who was instrumental in putting a lid on . Troop involvements in Vietnam says the overriding goal of our collective defense efforts in Asi must be to assist our allies in building a capability to defend themselves with Strong ground , he adds these allies except for Japan will be to weak economically for the foreseeable future to become self sufficient in air and naval Power or in the Means of supplying equipping and supporting their  should remain prepared to provide such support where needed the retiring Pentagon chief  at the Over All . Role in the world Clifford asserts Broad approach we must make it Clear that although a new administration will bring with it new people and new ways of conducting our nation s affairs the Broad thrust of our approach to thereat problems of our time will remain what it has been Over the past two decades timely assistance to our Gies and our resources behind Peoples who Are willing to de vote their own blood and treas ure to the preservation of their own Freedom and National  president elect Nixon during his Campaign and since his elec Tion has seemed Bent on shift ing this country s role. Last month he called for anew Type of collective Security arrangement in which the nations in a particular area of the world would assume primary Aid of a neighbouring nation rather than. Have the United states called upon to give direct unilateral assistance every time such an emergency , Nixon proposed that the free nations of Aisha be brought to accept the need for their own Mutual Security  Clifford s report does riot re Fer directly to Nixon s positions on this question but it is Clear the Man who helped draft the Truman policy of containing friends prudent use of the great military Power at our disposal Steinbeck estate exceeds $1 million new York up author John Steinbeck left an estate of More than $1 million most of itto his wife Elaine Manhattan surrogate court . Steinbeck the writer s third wife was formerly married to actor Zachary Scott. She and Steinbeck were married in 1950.their two sons John and Tom received $50,000 each. The inventory of the estate is still being taken court officials said and it exact amount has not been de , who won the Nobel and pulitzer prizes died of Aheart attack dec 28 at the age of 66. It was a bitter Pill for birth controllers Nashville Tenn. A the City s program to curb overpopulation through birth control has been Cut Back the Board of health was told Here because three employees of the family planning clinic have resigned. They were pregnant. Ted ignores threat joins tribute to Frk Washington up  m. Kennedy d-mass., ignored a telephoned death threat saturday to attend a Justice department ceremony in Honor of his assassinated brother Robert f.  drove from his nearby Virginia Home where police maintained a 24-hour Vigil to see the unveiling of the bust inthe courtyard of the department where his brother had served a attorney general. A spokesman for Kenned said the police action was a precaution taken in an incidents of the kind. However police sources said the Fri viewed the threat As serious and at Fri request Fairfax county police directed a patrol car to remain in the immediate area of the senator s Home until further notice. The threat an aide said was made in a Telephone Call to Kennedy s office Friday after noon. He was at Home at the  senator in a tightly buckled Trench coat dedicate the bust of his Jaje brother which was presented by the Kennedy family. The rain soaked ceremony was attended by chief Justice Earl Warren. Attorney general Ramsey Clark attorney Gener Al designate John Mitchell undersecretary of state Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach world ban president Robert s. Mcnamara and Ethel Kennedy widow of Robert Kennedy. Kennedy told a crowd of several Hundred huddled be Neath umbrellas in the court Yard that under his brother the employees of the Justice depart ment All worked As a team in the Best interests of  i think this is what mean the most to us Kennedy said. Kennedy also praised Katzen Bach who succeeded his brother As attorney general and Clarkford having carried on Robert communism feels that the unite states cannot pull Back from foreign  departing defense Secre tary acknowledges that this country faces a reappraisal of its Security policies in the Wake of tiie Vietnam War which has become widely unpopular in the United states. The circumstances under which u. S. Forces would be used to meet a future major asian contingency Are consider ably More conjectural than i True for Europe Clifford finds. Even assuming a  negotiated settlement Milf. Ford says there remain broadband fundamental policy issues which must be resolved on Howbeit to fulfil our Security commitments to Mainland asian  Clifford s discussion of future asian policy wraps into a 165 Page document amplifying on the Johnson administration s 179-Bmlion defense budget forthe coming fiscal year and de sense planning Tor the next five years. Clifford s thrust on Vietnam isto emphasize negotiations rather than the fighting. I think that we have now Seta True course toward peace in Vietnam he writes he claims that North Viet Nam s presence at the Paris conference table is solid Evi-4enceof a Llred military in  1% parts company with  multary men who believe that North Vietnam is being forced to negotiate pm of weak Ness. Despite severe losses Clif Ford says the enemy still retains the capability to launch further offensives and his infiltration potential remain great. In Short while we now can not lose militarily neither is to Tal military Victory within our grasp. That is Why we Are in Paris. That is also Why the ene my is in Paris. Each Side Hopes to pursue its objectives at  to Appeal suit holding son Marty the child she did not planto have mrs. Dorothy Tropple 40, smilingly tells newsmen that she and her husband John intend to Appeal the dismissal of Asuit against a druggist who allegedly gave her a sedative instead twas f01101 p8-,11"5 Tropple. Of Plymouth Mich had asked�258,000 in damages from the druggist and mrs. Troops s doctor. Toe suit claim that the birth of Marty their eighth cold upset the family s planned parenthood. Up photo Kennedy s efforts to improve the administration of american Justice. Seaman Susie likes the duty Elizabeth City . A Susie Ward is a Seaman in the spars the woman Branch of the . Coast guard. She is tall blonde attractive and the Only woman among 500 men stationed at the Elizabet City coast guard base. Does she like the duty i Veblen treated very Well Here. Really better than any place i be controversial facility nursing Home fire kills 7 Greenville miss. Up seven elderly people died and five others were injured Satur Day in a predawn fire that swept a nursing Home previously reported As unsafe. Fire officials said the Blaz Ewas at the came Weaver Nurs ing Home a Frame House locate Din a Low income area in the Northern part of the City. The cause of the fire was not known the Home had been the subject of controversy following re cent articles in a newspaper the Delta Democrat times de scribing allegedly unsafe and unsanitary conditions at the Facil Ity. The newspaper reported that some of the patients were kept in wire cages. Twelve patients were staying at the Home. Ever been said Susie. The daughter of a Navy  and a native of Norfolk va., Seaman Susie said the Only problem she has faced came on her first Day at the base. She reported Early one Satur Day morning and the sentry at the main Gate did t know where to Send her nor to what is pm quarters to assign  officer of the Day was summoned and he too was stumped for an answer. M Elizabeth City with the wife of a Yeoman who was on duty and the next Day the coast guard found living quarters former in the City a few Miles from the base. There s just one thing i february another spar is scheduled to arrive and then the male female ratio will then be Down to 250 to 1, lung graft is performed Jackson miss. Up Alung transplant was performed Early saturday at the University of Mississippi medical Center. The recipient is a Man suffering from emphysema. The recipient was identified a Frank Mccurley m. 4 spokes Man at the medical Center said his condition was Good. The Don or was not identified at the re quest of his family. A spokesman said the five hour operation was carried out by a group headed by or. Jamesd. Hardy head of the surgical department and a Pioneer i transplant surgery. It was essentially the same group which performed a heart transplant Here earlier this  directed the world s first lung transplant Here june11, 1963. The patient lived for 18 Days with the lung functioning perfectly but died of a pre exist ing kidney infection. Mugger assaults Mother of year Washington