European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 15, 1969 the stars and stripes Paga 3 Vatican is negotiating with Czechoslovakia Vatican City a Pope Paul i disclosed Friday that negotiations have started be tween the Vatican and the communist regime in Prague on Church state relations in Czecho the pontiff made the disclosure during an audience for More than 1,000 roman catholics who came Here on a religious Pil Grimage from  a speech to the pilgrims the pontiff voiced Hopes for the achievement of religious and civil peace in Czechoslovakia an for solution to outstanding questions regarding the Church there. Then he added the first Steps undertaken reinforce our Faith and the Goodwill displayed so far is a Good  this was the Pope s first pub Lic word that formal talks had started Between the Vatican an the Prague regime on Church state issues. Efforts to Start them silence at last leathernecks seem to have won 3-week artillery fight near Laos firebase Cunningham Vietnam a for the Grimy weather beaten . Marines on this Jungle Hilltop the diet was simple artillery for breakfast artillery for lunch and artillery for  least three times a Day and sometimes oftener North vietnamese shells screamed through the fog and Mist to slam into the scarred Ridge and Send marines diving for bunk ers. And periodically the Ameri cans guns roared Back at the enemy batteries hidden beyond hazy Ridge along the laotian Frontier five Miles to the  Long Range Duel had been going on for three weeks since the 9th Marine regiment moved in to slash out a series of fire bases on High ground in this re Mote Jungle Region Long used bythe North vietnamese As a Sanctuary. They re aiming at our Bat teries said 2nd it. Dougla Danzing 21, Schenectady n.y., a Forward artillery observer. Retold How one enemy Shell had today orld divorce granted to Alain demons Paris a film Star Alain Delon and his actress wife Nath Alie two of the main figures in the investigation of the murder of Delon s bodyguard were divorced Friday. The divorce was granted on the basis of Mutual mental  of the couple s son Anthony was Given to the actress. Delon is to provide $2,000 a month for the boy s Upkeep. The Actoris allowed to visit him when he wants and travel with the child. Delon was questioned thursday again on the murder of Stefa Markovic last september. Police expect to interrogate Nathalie Delon at a later Date. The actress who to now making a film in Rome has acknowledged that she was a Good Friend of Markovic. Ayub lifts emergency Laws Karachi a Pakistan s former foreign minister Zulfikar Al Bhutto was released from House arrest Friday night As president Ayub Khan announced that the state of emergency would be lifted in the country. The announcement came As Pakistan ground to a halt in nationwide general strike against the 10-year-old regime of Ayub. Bhutto was to begin a hunger strike to death against the Emer gency Laws Only one hour after the government made the  raising of the emergency rules and the release of detainees were conditions set Down by an eight party opposition group for accepting an invitation to meet with Ayub at Rawalpindi monday to discuss proposals for ending the current political crisis. German heart recipient Dies Munich a Josef Zehner West Germany s first hear transplant patient died Friday despite desperate efforts by Doc tors to maintain his vital bodily . Rufolf Zenker 65, surgeon who headed the transplant team told newsmen that his 36-year-old patient bad died at 418 p.m.,one Day after be received be heart of a 3�-year-old housewife. A heart  and artificial kidney had been attached to Zehne when his vital functions began to fall. Italian women of married clergy another 14.2 per cent said the were indifferent 9.7 were not familiar with the Issue and 1,0 did not answer. Proposals for a married clergy have been rejected by Pope Paull Genoa Italy up italia women Are strongly in favor of a married clergy a Public Opin Ion poll showed Friday. The poll made by Milan s International Market research Center showed 42.1 per cent i favor and 32.4 per cent against. Nap would have wed this Paris a the liner France to going on a special Napoleon s200th birthday cruise this april that will make stops at Ajaccio to Corsica and the islands of Elba Aid & � pc an auction of Napoleonic a emote it Jiding of is hats will take place on we ship. Landlubbers will be Able to Telephone their bids to the ship april k while it is about 506 Miles off the african coast near the Equator. Had been going on for  was known last summer that Progress was being mad toward starting negotiations but then came the soviet led inva Sion in August that caused a setback but the Vatican and the Prague government let it be known that the efforts would continue  the Vatican Hopes to broaden i freedoms accorded to the Church in Czechoslovakia including the right to fill diocesan posts. As in Hungary such posts Are no held by apostolic administrators. J considered by the Vatican Asi temporary administrators Only. Scored a direct hit on a Marin gun pit destroying the Field piece and killing its four Man Crew. The marines took other casualties too but most of the ene my s Flat trajectory 122mm shells fell Short or skimmed Over the narrow Ridge to explode harm Lessly in the Valley beyond. The marines had been unable to pinpoint the enemy s guns but believed that their 105mm coun Ier fire must be taking a toll. J on tuesday shortly after two rounds of enemy fire zipped past this firebase and explode near firebase Erskine about four Miles from Cunningham Jair observers got a probable fix. Major comments they think they be found the guns announced maj. Warrens. Wiedhahn Arlington va., executive officer of the 9th marines 3rd battalion Manning this outpost. Number one exulted an other officer striding to the bitmap. Right Here Zero four Zero nine. The aircraft reworking it Over  a few hours later a Forward air observer said the suspected gun position had been blasted part exposing a ruined bunk or. He reported 18 bodies on the ground. The marines weren t sure they d won the Long Range Duel. But tuesday night for the first time in nearly three weeks no enemy shells fell on firebase Cunningham. The Marine forces came hereto Challenge any North Viet namese plans to launch another tet offensive from this area a Point for  push Las year against Hue 70 Miles to the East. Saturation patrols to accomplish this they have sent saturation patrols mostly of platoon size from the fire bases into the surrounding  Leys. They nearly always have made Contact with enemy forces usually of Small size. Movement is often hard an Aerial resupply and medical evacuation almost always Are difficult As Well As dangerous. Three Marine helicopters including one medical evacuation ship were hit in the past week. I advertising a Saigon showgirl flashes a Model smile a prospective customers from behind her open air counter. Plastic bags on the counter contain everything from toothpaste to Moth balls. The girl s aiming at pre tet customers. Holiday begins feb. 17. Associated press photo band plays on in old Vienna Vienna up Cris Stremble in Berlin and the mid dle East but in Vienna the opera Ball played on through the Early morning hours fridays it has for nearly 100 years. In this baroque City now Many Young people Wear mini skirts make love not War buttons or scraggly beards. But what do teen agers do in quiet old fashioned Vienna they go to balls said on girl in a piled up coiffure and glittering White  can go to a Ball of one sort or another during the Fasching season from the Butcher s Union Ball to the arabs say Israel seeks . Arms London up Arab diplomatic sources Here claimed Friday that Israel is seeking anew arms Deal with Britain including  said this was the object of the unpublicized visit to Lon Don last week of Gen. Zvi tour chief of Israel s military Pur chasing for talks with British defense minister Denis Heale Yand other officials the British defense ministry and the israeli embassy declined comment on the  officials would s a y Only that tour met Healey feb.7 during a London Stopover. The Arab sources said Tsui came in quest of tanks naval equipment and radar. They said the visit was part of a euro Pean arms shopping tour which included Brussels. They said Israel appears Tobe trying to find arms Supply alternatives following France recent arms embargo against it. Philharmonic Ball. But the Cli Max is the opera Ball an an Nual institution except for wartime interruptions since 1877.As is the tradition the Ball opened with a slow promenade of 200 couples Between the Ages of 17 and 24, screened last de Cember by a countess who interviews girls aspiring to make their debuts. The girls arranged Accord ing to height in Long White gowns and rhinestone tiaras and their escorts in White tie and tails broke into a Waltz to wine women and song written of course by Johann Strauss in the Days when opera balls first became the most exciting event on the Blue Danube. After a Waltz by the opera Ballet corps the 6,000 guests settled Down at tables in both ornate ancient rooms and new Crea Vand Gold salons replacing the bombed out sections. Until Dawn they dined an danced to five bands from Rock to breathlessly fast Waltzes that in most lands were drowned out decades ago by the Jitterbug. 19 killed in plane crash Manila up All 19 persons aboard a philippine air forcec47 transport plane were killed when it crashed into a Mountain Side in the Southern Philippines Rescue workers reported fro the site