European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes monday january 27, 1969 faces of Bucher cmdr Lloyd Bucher is shown above in Anorth korean photo reportedly signing a confession and in a film which the communists released during his Captivity. Alright he sits with his civilian Counselor e. Miles Harvey and his military Counselor capt. James e. Keys. A photos it aware of continued from Page 1 Dwyer was the top intelligence officer at the command to which the Pueblo reported in for cmdr. Lloyd m. Bucher skipper of the Pueblo when she was captured used Cample Opportunity to question Dwyer in the closed session the spokesman Brief summary of his none Cret remarks said Dwyer said he had not seen the threat in two broadcasts intercepted two Days before and on the Day the Pueblo sailed on an intelligence Mission off the coast of North Korea. They Monitor that stuff fairly regularly out there the spokesman said but there s so much of it spewing out it s Tough to stay on top of broadcasts the Navy said declared that As Long Ashe . Imperialist. Aggressor troops conduct reconnaissance by sending spy boats our naval ships will continue to take deter mined the Pueblo was captured Bynorth korean gunboats 12 Days after it sailed from Navy s summary did not indicate whether Dwyer said what action he might have taken had he known of the Broad casts. Dwyer also was reported As saying he was not aware of any effective destruct devices at that time or now although he understood one was in the off Bucher the Pueblo s skipper told the court earlier that the against Pueblo Navy deferred his request for explosive devices to destroy secret items due to time an Money problems and his men had to use axes and sledgehammers. The North koreans got some secret things Buche said without being specific. Rear adm. Frank l. Johnson who commanded the Pueblo s Headquarters when the ship was captured will take the stand monday. He is now a District commandant in Seattle. Bucher testified last week thatlb9 Calls credibility Gap a myth new York a former president Lyndon b. Johnson says the so called credibility Gap during his administration was a myth but that his Succes sors must find new ways to sex slaying. Continued from Page guns and rifles in the House but they were not used in the slay Ings As far As police could deter mine. Neighbors said that Kenneth described As a lanky dark haired youth with freckles was taken away in Handcuffs a Short time after police went into the House. Police did not immediately fix the time of the deaths but neigh Bors generally did not recall seeing the family after thurs Day. Authorities referred the Juve Nile s Case to the Public defender s office and said he was to appear in Rockville people s court sunday. Plain foreign policy to the american people. The Gap Between the Intelli gence information that a presi Dent deals with daily and the Public s grasp of foreign events As reported by the Media must somehow be narrowed John son said in an article in the february Reader s digest. It is a condensation of an Arti Cle to appear in the encyclopedia Britannica s yearbook for1968. The Point has been mad that had i been More eloquent on the subject of foreign affairs an u shared More of Winston weather Outlook partly Cloudy with morning Haze and patches of ground fog. Frank Furt Heidelberg High 48, Low 39. Tempera Tures recorded sunday get 4 4 am pm 45 50 Adana. P 39 48 Athens p 2b 45 Aviano p 30 34 Berlin cd 46 60 Brussels c 32 34 cop no in f 41 43 Frankfurt p 4 4 am pm 50 60 London p 36 55 Madrid p 37 37 Munich f 46 45 Paris cd 47 48 Prestwick cd 41 55 Rome c 54 61 wheelus p a Clear cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy . 2nd weather Wing Churchill s qualities As a speaker i might have been More successful Johnson , Johnson said the English people did t even listen to Churchill until the nation was in mortal danger. Indeed had he been h , and had Britain made a stand when nazi troops move on the sudetenland he Wouk probably have been political roasted for involvement in a obscure faraway place and for putting credence in a ridiculous Domino theory that if the sudetenland went then Czechoslovakia Poland France All of Europe would not be far behind Johnson said that Vietnam was the most frustrating crisis that he faced but that he had Normal alternative in that awful the penalty i paid for facing duty in Vietnam was a High one but it was nothing compared to the penalties that would have been exacted had i not done so he said he regretted that Western Europe failed to California Rains subside 35 dead continued from Page i traffic deaths on rain Slick streets and highways continued to mount. The nine Day series of storm dumped As much As two dozen inches of rain on some communities and forced More than 6,000 persons to flee their Homes. The coastal link to the North,. 101, blocked saturday by rocks and mudslides was re opened sunday. Water was receding in san Luis Obispo county one of the hardest hit areas and Crews were cleaning up debris. Helicopters were used to evacuate about 250 persons Sun Day near Solvang 100 mile North of Here and about 50 per sons in a los Angeles area can Yon. Meanwhile in Northern Cali fornia Trees and Utility poles fell before 70-mile-an-hour gust during the night Utility company employees called it one of the most destructive wind storms in memory. The Pacific Gas electric co. Reported trouble in virtually All 48 counties in it service area. The 150 Miles from los an Geles North to san Luis Obispo took the Brunt of the latest storm. Officials called the flooding inthe los Angeles area the worst since 1938. Santa Barbara county to the North was isolated for hours saturday by its worst flooding in 55 years and nation Al guardsmen were sent to two cities there Carpentaria and Lompoc. County wide damage was estimated at $4.5 million achieve greater Unity during his term. He blamed the French government but said he expected France will one Day change its policy. He blamed soviet vetoes an the influx of new nations for the United nations failure to Bemore effective. The new nations Johnson wrote seem determined to make the . Into a forum for protest against the dead vice of Johnson acknowledged that preoccupation with Vietnam hampered the effectiveness of his Domestic program Bui called that one of the agonies and cruelties of the american presidency in the last half of the20th police in Atlanta guard Julian Bond Atlanta a. A controversial negro state legis Lator was placed under police Protection after an unidentified White Man was seen following him around the state Capitol authorities police spokesman plainclothes detective was As signed to temporary duty with rep. Julian Bond who gained National prominence both for his stand in opposition to the Viet Nam War and in leading a Chal Enge Georgia delegation to the democratic National Conven Ion in Chicago. At the same time another Georgia negro legislator state Johnson disclosed hat he had received a series of threatening phone Calls. Johnson said he began receiving the Calls after proposing a Jill which would have made Jan 5, the birthday of slain Ivil rights Leader or. Martin Luther King jr., a state Holiday Johnson said the ship s two .50caliber machine guns were to be used in the event that All else failed in extracting ourselves from a harassment situation Suchias had not been experienced be Johnson will begin his Testi Mony after the court hears his former chief of staff capt. For rest a. Pease. A Navy spokesman said Tele Grams very much in support and Praise of the Pueblo skipper have poured into the amphibious training base where the court hearings Are being held. There have been 160 to 170wires to the base or Bucher s Home the spokesman said an Many were like the one that said our hearts were very saddened by the headlines and articles. Covering your heat ing and perhaps your court Marshall sic by the Navy. You and your Crew should be shown a hero s Welcome. It assigned by nine couples in Aurora 111. The spokesman said the court received about 100 wires too and that they did not Praise the Navy. Many castigate the court for court Martialis cmdr. Bucher the spokesman said but this is not the after facts in Washington adm. Thomash. Moorer chief of naval operations commented the Nav is searching for facts not he appealed to americans Tobe patient not to prejudge and to have full Trust and Confidence that the inquiry is being carried out by experienced men of great integrity who have Only the welfare of the country at Moorer said he and the Nav were troubled that the inquiry has been widely misinterpreted. The court of inquiry is not atrial but a fact finding hearing conducted by five admirals with Power to recommend measures ranging from court martial to decorations. Bucher s closed door Testimo-1ny Friday the Navy said was almost entirely secret he did say however a spokesman re ported that his Crew made hundreds of tries to let americans know their confessions of spying were phony but most of he attempts in letters and Pho graphs were intercepted Byl North koreans and followed by severe beatings
