European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday january 25, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 3 Mao dead Story creates fear of Power struggle starring Jimmy Steve Art actor Jam Sstewart turns director As he tells his wife Gloria How to set her camera for some still Pic Tures at Binh Tuy Vietnam. Stewart a retired brigadier general in the air Force Reserve is touring american bases in Vietnam. A Hong Kong a Rumor that chinese communist chair Man Mao tse Tung is critically ill or dead Are sweeping through China and creating grave fears of a new Power struggle it is reported by travellers reaching Hong Kong from the Mainland of China. No confirmation of the Rumor was possible Here and there was a general feeling that they were merely the usual mid Winter out break that has occurred almost every year for the past 10 years. Annual crop Mao 75, usually leaves peking during the coldest months to Rostand write in a Milder climate. Almost invariably this has produced an annual crop of reports that Mao was critically ill dying or already dead. Mao has a Villa in hang How one of China s More pleasant cities on a coastal Inlet in chek Iang province. It is in a famed Scenic area and Long has Bee none of Mao s favorite places. This say the latest rumours i where Mao now is lying near death. With China still feeling t h shattering chaos created by Mao s violence packed cultural revolution the threat of a new Power struggle has in the words of one traveler triggered a wave of fear in the cities cried Wolf too often this continual discounting of Mao death rumours however has created a problem Akin to that of the boy who cried Wolf too often. One of these Days says one i of Hong Kong s most respected students of China affairs Weare going to get another Rumor of Mao s death Aren t going to believe it and then find out Days or weeks later that it was today orld russian backs joint space denture Moscow a the head of the soviet Academy of sciences said Friday the soviet Union i general has no objections to a joint space kind of goal has some Merit. We participate in a num Ber of International programs. One would have to think and select in a program of this kind said Matislav Kendysh in answer to a question at a press Confer ence on the soyuz space Mission of last week. Kendysh said joint projects might include flights to the planets in the future maybe around the Earth would also be interesting. It is difficult to say which i would Betty Grable gets big London role London a Betty Grable the Hollywood Star who was the pinup of the forces in world War ii is coming to London to play the Lead in a stage 51-year-old Singer and dancer once known As the girl with the million Dollar legs will portray Belle Starr in a comedy Western show the piece full Palace due to open april 1. Sato intends to continue treaty Tokyo a prime minis Ter Eisaku Sato said thursday he intends to continue the Security treaty after 1970, when it comes up for review Sato called on the 2,000 Dele Gates to a convention of his lib eral democratic party to help him rally support for the treaty and Blunt the Campaign by the opposition socialist party to scrap it. The socialists contend that the . Presence opens Japan to attack by anti american Powers. The Liberal democrats say it protects Japan because the country s own defense forces Are not sufficient to do the Job. Authoress survives car plunge Nairobi Kenya a Joy Adamson authoress of born free Fame narrowly escaped serious injury when her land Rover plunged 40 feet Down a Steep escarpment As she drove to Ward Nairobi from Meru National Park 175 Miles North of Here. Thick Brush at the Side of the Cliff trapped and prevented he vehicle continuing Down into Ravine another 80 feet below. Mrs. Adamson was rescued by a bus Driver and driven to Nairobi Hospital. She is believed to have swerved to avoid a group of africans As she came around a Bend then skidded and went Over Unes Carment. Russians want More russian United nations a the soviet Union and seven other countries have asked the Security Council to make russian and Spanish working language of the Council in addition to English and Resolution which is also sponsored by Spain has been introduced in the Security Council asking for changes in the rules of procedure to Muke this possible. The Resolution further asks that russian and Spanish be made official languages of the Council i addition to chinese English and Security Council documents Are issued in the official languages. Danny sings red Anthem after court cuts his term Frankfurt a Daniel Danny the red Cohn Bendit broke into a Lusty version of the communist internationale an them Friday after an appeals court shaved two months off an eight month suspended sentence he received last september. A Rotten decision the fran co German student Leader complained to newsmen later. Cohn Bendit had appealed to have the verdict overturned on All charge stemming from the sept. 22 demonstration against Senegal Ese president Leopold Senghor. The appeals court which voiced qualified admiration for the protesting spirit shown by Cohn Bendit and his followers did quash two of four and his leftist sup porters Are actually extraordinarily intellectual Young people who Are voicing burning prob-1 lems chief judge hansens Grabert said in explaining the decision by the three member appeals panel. It is their right the judge continued to demonstrate As Long j As they Are Many of us actually had Simi Lar wishes when we were your Ages said the Middle aged Gra Bert to the 23-year-old Cohn Ben Dit. But for us to protest then a you do now could have Cost us our he referred to the Hitler Era. Cohn Bendit nevertheless was under Legal obligation to obey the Law and that is the purpose of police to see that Security and order be Guaran teed the judge added. Vatican radio had of for hailing martyrs Vatican City a the controversial broadcast Over vat ican radio praising the czech youths who set themselves on fire to protest soviet control was made at the direction of Pope Paul i s secretariat of was confirmed Friday by Well placed sources in the vat ican press office and in Vatican broadcast made thursday Over the radio s italian language news program caused Shock not Only in Vatican circles and in the italian press but at Vatican radio influential daily la slam a of Turin summed up the sense of Shock by calling the broadcast commentary in con Trast with the traditional Catholic doctrine that condemns suicide in All the broadcast compared the fire burnings including the Sui cide of czech student Jan Palace to the sacrifices of the Early Christian martyrs and said that the protest acts deserved the gratitude of the world. There was some foreign press speculation that the broadcast had not been cleared with higher Vatican authorities. But this was denied by sources in Vatican radio. From the moment the contents of the broadcast became generally known thursday afternoon there was confusion As Well As protest in Vatican circles Many priests and prelates expressed astonishment at such stand noting that during the wave of Buddhist priest fire suicides in Vietnam several years ago the Vatican press expressed disapproval. Some functionaries at Vatican radio took pains to say privately thai the commentary did not reflect any unified policy at the radio and that programs beamed to part of the world beyond Italy did not carry any such Praise forthe wave of suicide attempts in Czechoslovakia. He called on Cohn Bendit to Lead an orderly and Law Abid ing six month sentence is the minimum term for Cohn Bendit upheld convictions for taking part in an illegal demonstration and for violating the anti riot court decided to overturn his conviction on a charge of disturbing the peace because it said Cohn Bendit was not alone responsible for the mass protest staged outside the Church where Senghor was being awarded the peace prize of the West German Book Trade. The court also threw out conviction on a charge of assaulting a policeman. A film of the demonstration shown in the courtroom showed that a traffic sign that Cohn Bendit was alleged to have thrown at a police Man actually fell without his having touched had been arrested when he jumped Over a police Barrier and sprinted toward the is now enrolled As a student of sociology at Frank Furt University a native of Ger Many he is barred from return ing to his adopted French Home land because of his role in Las year s Paris student unrest. Canada to tighten rules on passports Ottawa up Canada isto Issue stringent regulations governing the issuance of pass ports. The move follows allegations that anyone can get Canadian James Earl Ray the alleged Assassin of or. Martin Luther King was holding a Canadia passport when arrested in Lon Don and Charles Wilson a Mem Ber of the British great train robbery gang also had one. 18 million die in heat wave Sydney a at Wanna ringing the far Northwest of new South Wales a heat wave of 120 de Grees in the Shade killed about 18 million bees in an Apiary
