European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes wednesday january 22, 1969 first full Day Nixon on the Job s staff Washington up res ident Nixon started his first full Day in office tuesday by getting to work before any of his staff and disclosing that he would do most of his work outside the White said he would use the famous Oval room the presidential office in the White House primarily for formal occasions. Most of the time he said he would work out of smaller room in the neighbouring executive office building. I like to work in a relatively Small room with papers All around and that sort of thing Nixon explained to reporters. I m a creature of habit he remarked. Working closely he said two other reasons he decided to do everyday work in a smaller office in the old state department building were that remembers wanted to feel his they staff were working closely with him an from his Point of View he Felt the need for a certain chemistry that comes when he knows his aides Are nearby. Nixon will be the firs president in recent memory to carry out the everyday chores of office outside the White , the vice pres ident has had an office in the massive elaborate Stone \ Struc Ture known in Washington but vice president Spiro t. Agnew will be working in the White House. Nixon announced shortly after the election that Agnew would have an office in the Whitehouse so that the vice president could become a closer member of the official family. The new president sworn int 12 16 p. M. Est monday started the first full Day of his presidency at 7 30 a. M. While most of his White House staff members were still sleeping. He had a Light breakfast of Orange juice Oatmeal and Coffee and walked to the ova office where he began going through briefing papers fro the National Security Council. He also met briefly tuesday with his chief National Security adviser or. Henry a. Kissin Ger in preparation for the first meeting of the Security mid morning he opened the East room of the White House to about 1,300 Campaign workers and members of his Campaign staff for a reception. Nixon s news Secretary Ron Ald Ziegler said the new Cabinet would be sworn i wednesday in an East room Council meeting at 2 ., Nixon had an appointment at 3 30 With the chairman of the join chiefs of staff Gen. Earle g. Wheeler. Two other Dachau guards will go on trial Ian. 28 by Glenn Mayss a Augsburg Bureau chief Dachau Germany is the trial of two army stockade guards has been scheduled for Jan. 28 at Mcgraw Cavern in Munich a com spokesman announced tuesday spec 4 Ricky Bodle and Rivera Are charged with Mal treating prisoners in connection with an aug. 12 incident at the stockade Here which resulted in three guards facing maltreat ment charges sgt. Wesley Wil Liams was acquitted by a Spe i Airlift ends Maneu vers next , Senate action on Nixon s Choice of Walter Nickelas Interior Secretary was delayed at least until the National Security continued from Page 1 past few Days have rapidly melted Snow in the Man Euver Are and army leaders Are afraid Carbide ice May turn into car bide a spokesman said a hard freeze is needed or the damage caused by heavy equipment mov ing through the area will be High. German landowners file claim against the . Government for damages sustained during a a never such As Carbide ice. But weather observers Anrhein main air base reported tuesday morning that the temperature in Grafe Woehr was 25 degrees. The Mercury will prob ably stay below freezing through wednesday air weather service said. A Tota l of 169 military Airlift omd emissions were flown for reformer. The weather which on two pre Vious occasions caused exercise aircraft to Hel de forced operations to Ruit behind at Nuernberg tuesday Early tuesday morning 15planes were reported delayed in Takeoff or rerouted nine aircraft were diverted to the azores when weather Over Germany became Uncertain and fog rolled in Over alternate air Fields. One plane had to land at an other German Field for refuelling before coming on to to Munich another aircraft was diverted to Munich because of a Low Ceil ing Here. It later landed Star lifter was rerouted to Rhein main air base because of gear trouble and the troops were transferred to another c141for the final leg to Nuernberg. Three planes were held up a their . Home bases because of needed maintenance but Gotoff after the troubles were Cor , everything was Back on schedule and running smoothly by noon tuesday the spokes Man arriving at the Nuernberg municipal Airport were trucked to the train station and three hours later they arrived ingrate Woehr. Carbide ice is scheduled to Las until feb. 4. Ninety six f4 Phan Toms will Fly air support for the ground troops during the exer phantoms came to Ger Many in crested Cap 1 we hended saturday after the jets and 3,500 airmen arrived in Europe from their of. Bases., Boutte Arm and air Force units flown from the states Are nato committed and Are under going the exercises in a test of the dual based army troops will begin re turning to the .feb. 8. All rescheduled to be gone by feb. 22. The phantoms will remain Over Here until april. They will continue training in German until their return. Czech students Prague up government and communist j party leaders Haye reached on students and workers demands growing out of the suicide by fire of Jan Palach student sources said tuesday. /. .,7tche sources said the tentative agreement worked out in a secret. � � a � it t meeting monday of Fugli provided for free parliamentary elections a Long demanded communist party Congress and. Establish ment of Cen Ophir. Fun by journalists labor Union Sand other group the sources said the agree ment Wasj reached at a meeting of s t u d e her representatives spokesmen of th0 politically Active Metal workers Union an members of the leadership m clouding party Secretary Alexan Der Dubcek Premier Oldrich Cernik president Ludvik Svoboda and parliament chairman Josef second youth who burned himself monday apparently Alsoto protest russian interference Josef Hlavaty 25, improve slightly but remained in critical condition in a Pilsen military Hospital. No More transplant Montreal a or. Paul David medical director of the Montreal heart Institute where nine of Canada s 14 heart trans Plant operations have been per formed said monday the Institute will not perform any More heart transplants until Post operative complications have been studied intensively. Viet reds step up terror Campaign Saigon a stepped up communist attacks and terror ism were reported tuesday across South Vietnam including a Daylight mortar attack within11 Miles of Saigon and two terrorist incidents inside the Capi Tal itself. Communist troops struck fro the Mekong Delta to inside the demilitarized the Delta 150 Viet Cong troops ambushed five . Nav boats late monday night 69 Miles West of Saigon sinking one of the 31-foot fibreglass patrol boats with machine gun fire and rocket propelled grenades. One Ameri can was killed and nine Navy helicopter gunship rein forcing the patrol boats was shutdown. Just before dark monday gun ners fired about 20 rounds of mortar shells into a Camp of . 199th Light infantry brigade and a South vietnamese military sub sector 11 Miles Southwest of Saigon. Several of the shells hit an air strip damaging two american helicopters. . Headquarter said no one was kilted but some americans were wounded. There were no South vietnamese casualties Saigon a terrorist tossed a grenade into a group of .servicemen at a bus Stop on the Western fringes of the City. Seven were wounded. Earlier a grenade was tossed at a american Billet about a mile from the . Military Comman Headquarters. The grenade dam aged a Wall outside wounding one american. State wins first Wrangle in Shaw trial new Orleans a Testate won the first Legal Wrangle tuesday after outlining its Casein the trial of Clay Shaw charged with conspiring to Mur Der president John f. Kennedy. Judge James a. Haggerty criminal District court cited confusion in the Law arid Rule that the state did not have to accept a juror before passing Himon to defense examination. Chief defense lawyer f. Irvin Dymond promptly filed an exception As grounds for possible Appeal. Rigid Security was imposed inthe courtroom and outside the massive courts. Building As Thelong delayed trial opened. A Shotgun toting Deputy roamed the roof of the building. Inside eight deputies ringed the crowded courtroom and a closed Cir Cuit television camera scanned the area. Shaw impassive Shaw 55, his craggy feature completely impassive Chain smoked and frequently Donne Horn rimmed spectacles in studying defense a court ruling principals in the Case Are allowed to smoke but it is banned else where in the darkly panel courtroom during a noon luncheon re Cess Shaw and his lawyers left the courtroom through a Rea Entrance and had Ham Sand Wiches and Coffee from the or leans Parish prison Kitchen. Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison was not on hand for the Start of the trial the first Legal showdown on his claim that the president was assassinated by a Crew of conspirators not killed by a Lone sniper. Asst. Dist. Atty. James l. Al cock designated by Garrison As prosecutor questioned prospective jurors at length. Estimates of How Long it would take to Seattle jury ranged up to two weeks. Gaza blast conies after shooting Tel Aviv up a charge planted near the Wall of the Mili tary governor s office in occupied Gaza exploded tuesday morning but caused no damage or casual ties it was announced. The blast came less than 24hours after a woman was fatally shot and another nine w o m a wounded when israeli troops opened fire to disperse a group of demonstrators in a Street of Rajah a Village on the Border of Israel and Gaza. Israeli troops fired Over the Heads of the demonstrators an official statement said but on burst went too Low. The Village straddles the Bor Der and the demonstration Fol Lowed a search for Arab guerrillas responsible for the death of an israeli Soldier and the wounding of another Jan. 8. Cal court martial in Munich Jan.10.-,-. All would have been tried to Gether but civilian defense coun Sel for Bodle and Rivera was not available that Day because of illness meanwhile the prisoner coun seling program at the . Stock Ade nere has been resumed wit modifications according to the spokesman. The counselling program was stopped following the August incident which resulted in a de Cline in prisoner discipline at the stockade according to testimony at Williams trial. Maj. William Moore stockade confinement officer said then that the program was stopped when prisoner discipline dropped to a Point where it was too much of a risk for the Counselor. The former program consisted of three parts weekly individual counselling by a prisoner s per Sonal Counselor weekly Counselor training by social workers of Munich s 225th station Hospital and group therapy conducted by social workers of the 225th. The group therapy is still spokesman said the guard Staft also is receiving additional training in confinement procedures and the Security facilities have been improved since the August guard staff was at 50 per cent of authorized strength Ina gust but has been increased since to 85 per cent. Several guards according to testimony at the Wuu Arns trial used welcoming party tactics As preventive measures against 10so-called troublemakers who were sent to the stockade fro Nuernberg where they allegedly caused a riot. Moore said Hore Quested that the prisoners not be sent because of the staff shortage but they were sent anyway. Bomber crash kill four two missing Minot . A fou men were killed and two were missing in the crash of an air Force b52 Jet bomber about noon tuesday a spokesman atthe Minot air Force base said. The plane crashed on Takeoff from the base and burst into base spokesman said the giant plane was assigned to the5th bomb Wing at the base. He added that the ship carried nonnuclear weapons. First re ports said the plane plus Dinto the ground at the end of a 15,000-foot runway and the burned. Another b52 crashed near lie base last oct. 4. Four men a re killed but two others Parachute safely. On Jan. 18. 1968, a kc135tanker crashed after taking off from a base runway. The crash was the worst in North Dakota s history. Among the 13 men who died was maj. Gen. Charles Eisenhart vice commander of the15th air Force at March Afu in California. Weather partly Cloudy and cooler. Luttle Cha thursday. Fri no Urt meld lbs High a. Low u8. Temperature recorded get i 4 4 a pm 60 60 Adan. R 4f 87 Tiu in t so 46 Valano p 87 86 Berlin Al 41 60 Rumult. P8 top no bit p 94 41 Frankfurt of Ruari a rain now. 4 4 Soi pm48 62 London. I 3d 69 Madrid c 90 38 Munich p 3� 48 Par p 60 60 or Tylek. R 43 64 Rome c 69 1 Wheelu c a this
