European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday january 24, 1969 the stars and stripes old Pompidou explains candidacy Paris up former Premier Georges Pompidou returned to Paris from Rome monday night and said his statement in the italian capital that he would run for the presidency if preside Tcharles de Gaulle stepped Down had been misconstrued. I said i think it is probable i would be a candidate Pompidou old newsmen. The capital buzzed with speculation that de Gaulle May resign and seek election of Pompidou As president if the planned constitutional referendum this Spring fails to give him a solid largely a vote of Confidence in de Gaulle the referendum will enable the French electorate to adopt or reject his plans to Divide France into new regional administrative units and overhaul the functions of the Senate. Irish disrupt bail Jubilee Dublin up Ireland parliament celebrated its Gol Den Jubilee tuesday behind massive Security cordon to prevent hostile demonstrator from disrupting the historic ceremonies a special joint session of the Dail and the Senate met to pay tribute to the men who established Ireland s first Parlia ment 50 years ago in Defiance of the British and senators Gath ered in the round room i the mansion House official residence of Dublin a lorded Niyor where the 5 first tense parliament met Jan. 21, 1919.outside, tuesday police battled with an estimated 1,000demonstrators who attempted to enter the historic 1,500 on the other Side of mansion House occupied University science building and defied police attempts to Force them out. Move against sky jacking Montreal up official representing More than 100 air lines have made their first direct and personal approach to Cuba to discourage hijackings and Roget Tough with hijackers it was Learned informed source said Knul Hammarskjold director general of the 103-member International air transport association iat flew to Havana with two aides via Nassau Bahamas sat urday they stayed 24 hours. Hammarskjold s trip officially was billed by the Montreal based Agency As a familiarization visit to Cubana airlines an Iata member. Yul Brynner visits Tito Belgrade up Yul Brynner Sylva Voscina and other cast and production members of the film the Battle of Nereiva visited president Tito on the yugoslav Leader s Adriatic Island Retreat of brioni. The film being shot on location near the City of Mostar depicts a phase of the yugoslav partisan Campaign against the nazis. Alpinist Puzzle in Paris Paris a French police said tuesday they were looking among expert alpinist wit known leftist sympathies for the daring climber who fixed a Vietcong Flag to the 300-foot-High Central spire of notre dam Early sunday. The 15-foot-Long Flag defied Al police attempts to pull it Down All sunday morning and finally was torn off the spire by a fire Man lowered from a helicopter. Police investigating the exploit said the unknown Viet Cong sympathizer almost certainly a Frenchman used highly perfected Mountain climbing equip ment and techniques to scale the outside of the Cathedral Nave and the Needle like Central spire the highest Point of the 12th-Century building. Some of the climbing ropes were found lateral the foot of the Tower. Nigeria Relief drive flagging London up prime minister Harold Wilson said tuesday the Relief situation in War racked Nigeria has deteriorated in the past month and there seems to be no Hope of ending arms sup plies to both sides. Wilson told parliament both Day and night flights into the War Region now have been added i know of no mediation in present circumstances that will be successful in ending this tragic fighting. There i general recognition that it will need an african Israel army trains near Border Jerusalem a the howl prowess of the 3,000 men in nigh of jets the Thunder of artillery and eruption of napalm Shook the volatile Jordan cease fire line tuesday As the tanks and guns of Israel s crack Coluni brigade ended Winter operation dubbed the mighty brought to a flamin Crescendo weeks of intensive training six Miles from the River Jordan designed to test the defense and attack. For the first time in Many months the israelis invited news men and military attaches of for eign embassies to Maneu vers to dispel once and for All Arab stories that we Are massing troops on the cease fire line for an attack said a senior army officer. Coup averted Bolivia says la Paz Bolivia up the government has cracked Dowson the political opposition in the Wake of a decree suspending constitutional guarantees because of an alleged revolutionary Coupin the Moking. At least 20 members of the opposition National revolutionary movement bolivian socialist falange and communist parties were reported under arrest in la Paz alone. Other detention were reported in the tin mining Center of Oruro and in Zarija. Interior minister David Fernandez said the opposition Leader were involved with formation of a new guerrilla group in Bolivia aimed Al the overthrow of the government. Keeping the barrels Clear men of the 9th inf div based in the Mekong Delta struggle through hip deep mud As they Cross what is termed a Creek while on a oust israelis by Force Nasser urges egyptians Cairo up president Gamal Abdel Nasser told an applauding National Assembly monday that Egypt must drive Israel out of occupied territory by Force of arms. He rejected direct Arab israeli talks under any Nasser s major policy address also pledged support for All the principal anti israeli terrorist organizations and praised the soviet Union and France As True allies of the Arab world. Before Nasser spoke angry reaction poured from Arab capitals to the United states reported response to the soviet Union s Middle East peace was condemned As heavily pro israeli. I want you to know that the military front should be our first preoccupation Nasser told the Assembly. " we must realize that the enemy will not Retreat unless we Force them to by is in fact no Hope of any political solution unless the enemy realize that we Are Able to Force them to Retreat Nasser did not mention an specific military buildup plans for his Suez canal front with Israel which already bristles with troops and extensive artillery emplacements. But he said he was making Ever Effort to strengthen and in crease the effectiveness of the Eastern front the front shared by the forces of Iraq Syria i Arab world newspapers published broadsides against the United Stales and former president Lyndon b. Johnson in particular for the reported to the soviet peace insolent american re ply Baghdad radio ends his term with a big insult to arabs the Beirut newspaper Al Anwar said. Egypt officially damned it As much worse than we expect soviet peace plan report edly Calls for big Power enforcement of the 1967 United nations Security Council Resolution rejected by Israel. The american response published i Cairo and not confirmed by Washington questioned a num Ber of Points in the soviet plan stressing the need for an end to Arab commando raids against Israel and guarantee of israeli navigation rights in International Waterways. Sweet smell of Success i soured by state order Trenton. . Up Testate health department has ordered International flavor Sand fragrances inc. Of Union Beach to Stop polluting Raritan Bay. According to Richard , head of the health department s division of clean air and water the Plant had Bee i discharging Industrial wastes into the Bay. Trudeau trip to London Rome rapped Ottawa up opposition party leaders United monday in a scathing attack on prime min ister Pierre Elliott Trudeau claiming that his participation inthe British Commonwealth con Ference last week amounted to one big Zero and that his trip to the Vatican was a Blunder which could split Canada Down the in the history of the Commonwealth has Canada Madea contribution less important and less useful conservative Leader Robert Stanfield said. David Lewis the new democratic Boss denounced trud eau s trip to the Vatican to Dis cuss establishing diplomatic relations. Trudeau quoted he said the prime minister was reported to have said. We Are interested in relations with the Vatican because behave a Large number of Cath said if the Vatican could serve As a Good listening Rostand promote Good International associations diplomatic relations could be established for those reasons but not on the basis of cannot think of a More irrelevant reason for taking an important International step Lewis also called Trudeau s participation in the London Confer ence one big Trudeau sat quietly throughout the attack. Compulsion blamed she steals when pregnant Hebburn on Tyne England up a 36-year-old housewife charged with stealing five spoon Sand three quarters of a Pound of sausages told a court monday she has a compulsion to steal when she is pregnant. Defense lawyer Graham an Drews read the court a medical report on mrs. Norma Doyle hich said she developed a compulsive urge to steal during her first pregnancy 11 y ears three years ago during preg Nancy she again had an urge to steal but was Able to restraint the lawyer said. The third time it happened mrs. Doyle was unaware she was the court put her on probation
