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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes May 1977 Carter relieves Singlaub f Page i meeting that lasted about 30 after which the Pentagon announced that the president accepted defense Secretary Harold Browns recommendation that Singlaub be reassigned to another com the White House declined comment on what went on during the sing attired in his two Star generals uni also declined to comment As he left the White House in a statement issued by the pen Public statements by general Singlaub inconsistent with announced National Security policy have made it very difficult for him to carry out the duties of his present assignment in 1 have therefore recommended to the president that general Singlaub be reas signed and with the presidents concur rence i have directed the Secretary of the army to take action to that Brown also attended the cart Ersing Laub third ranking officer in the army korean told a newspaper reporter a few Days ago that he opposes Carters stated policy of with drawing the ground troops from South Korea Over a four to five year if we withdraw our ground troops on the schedule it will Lead to he defense department officials said so far As they it was the first time a president had personally recalled and Dis missed a commander since Harry Truman dismissed Douglas Macar thur us supreme commander of korean War troops in although that was a much More Momen Tous clash Between a commander chief and an immensely popular National the carte Singlaub confrontation revolved around a similar question who is Boss and How fur May a military Leader go in publicly opposing presidential policy Mac Arthur wanted to bomb China and ignored Truman orders to state his views privately through defense department Carter was obviously offended by sing Laubs which he read in the Washington and immediately directed the 55yearold general to Fly to Washington and to report to him personal White House aides said Singlaub com ments came at a particularly inappropriate time because officials plan to discuss the withdrawal plans with the Seoul government this Sirhan faces queries in Frk assassination los Angeles a county supervisors Kenneth Vlahn and Baxter Ward will meet convicted Assassin Sirhan Sirhan on june 2 to talk about the killing of Robert according to Hahn announced the Date for the meet ing in the interests of history and truth at a news 1 believe it is Wise to ask Sirhan Sirhan Why he shot Robert Kennedy at the ambassador hotel in los Angeles in he there is still much speculation with the assassinations of president John Kenne Martin Luther King and Robert for nearly nine Sirhan has maintained his silence on Kennedy his Godfrey says Sirhan does not remember shooting Kenne although a smoking pistol was taken from sir Hans hand in the ambassador hotel alter Kennedy was shot june the supervisors will visit Sirhan at the correctional training facility at originally Sirhan was sentenced to but when californian death penalty Law was ruled unconstitutional the sen tence was commuted to life he becomes eligible for parole March in preparation or that Carter held a on hour session saturday with the two men who will make the trip to South Korea under Secretary of state Philip Habib and George chairman of the joint chiefs of the two travel to South Korea tuesday for Serl pus consultations with the Seoul they had routine discussions which normally precede such a said Waller Deputy White House press Secre they Are about to participate in serious consultations with the South korean a Veteran of world War Korea and the general told the Washington Post if we withdraw our ground troops on the schedule it will Lead to the comments were to a state ment made to up by Singlaub com John Vessey last Vessey said the withdrawal of All the american ground troops would raise the possibility of War in the administrations idea is to phase out troops during a four to five year while having air support ready to react to any attack from North Avondale says will se11 reactor to Belgrade i continued from Page 1 As Well As those individuals and groups which have been resorting even to acts of terrorism for this president Josip Broz Tito told Mondale he was concerned about the Carter administrations human rights Campaign and no reproach can be made to Yugo Slavia in this we will never accept the idea that democracy is in danger because of measures being taken against some Tito said at a joint meeting with the he said that during their one hour and 45 minutes of 1 expressed concern about the Campaign in some countries about democracy and human who sat with Mondale on a Gilt trimmed settee in the foyer of the White also added that he expressed pessimism about a peaceful solution Between the israelis and the Arab no Progress has been achieved at the 84yearold yugoslav Leader who has been recovering from a stomach remained expressionless As Tito made his oblique attack on the Carter administrations Campaign on human in his own opening the vice president sought to strike an upbeat note in describing relations which have recently been under he asserted Mutual relations were now on the finest possible to underline this Mondale Fortune in Art stolen by window cleaner Paris up a Man posing As a window cleaner walked off with three paintings Worth million francs from the Paris apartment of a 92yearold police reported Satur police said the thief was disturbed Friday by a maid As he was stacking the canvases two by the 16thcentury dutch Painter Jan broughel and one by the Flem ish master Peter Rubens into a beige coloured american car outside the Home of Elisabeth who is related to the owners of a leading French sugar told police us Man introduced himself As an employee of a window cleaning firm she uses regu while she withdrew to her bedroom to the Man set about taking Down the she the who arrived to feed batches said she saw the thief driving off in his but was unable to give an accurate description of bus crash kills 10 Manila i up a bus went out of control and slammed into a brass band and a crowd of spectators celebrating a fiesta in a town 50 Miles South of killing 10 persons and injuring 13 police said announced that the Carter administration has invited Edvard generally regarded As the no 2 political figure in Yugo to visit the United states in the near future for talks on despite the obvious differences Over human both Tito and Mondale Radi ated a positive on bilateral rela Tito i am very the yugoslav government obviously went to considerable trouble to make Mon Dales visit Tito personally inspected the old Palace officials to set that bouquets of Flowers were lavished about the and that everything was Mondale himself quipped at the meeting with the press As a Symbol of very Fine let me say i took on a Bug but within just a few hours of arriving in Yugo i returned to Complete Mondale has confided to his aides he Felt so badly on arriving Friday from Vienna that he was Uncertain he would make it through the arrival ceremonies at Bel Grade his Brief ailment spurred a Rumor his ill Ness was diplomatic and that he was secretly meeting with a visiting chinese parliamentary officials denied and Mondale himself expressed thanks to yugoslav officials for sending a team of doctors to treat arms talk establishes guidelines continued from Page 1 the two sides included a a three year and a statement of con duct that would pave the Way for negotiations on a third weapons in our the talks have been both useful and also construct Vance Progress has been we have reached general agree ment on a common framework for the Salt ii on the Middle the other topic of Vance said both sides agreed the Geneva peace conference should be re convened in the fall and would work to that end he said american and soviet diplomats would hold monthly meetings to keep track of developments As we continue our discussions with the but the communique noted the importance of careful preparation before the conference the statement was seen As a soviet Concession to the Carter which has stressed the need for Advance planning to insure the Success of the Carter said last month it would be better to delay the conference if prospects for an agreement seemed the soviets have pressed for an immediate resumption of the on arms the communique did not spell out what form the two sides expected the new treaty to a official described it As a blending of the two proposals rejected by Moscow last March and a soviet sports in Brief Baltimore api Seattle slew sizzled to Victory in the Preakness saturday ahead of Iron run Dusty run was third and Cormorant was saturdays baseball National league St ii no 10 o cum Harnitt i Sideh Carroll 161 and l i wont Tuscq tilt Lold Lufthansa sets record on new run los Angeles up the second commercial aviation world record in two Days was broken by Lufthansa German airlines when the nonstop flight went from Here to in 10 hours and 25 the 747 Long Range Jet took off from los Angeles and touched Down at Frankfurt Airport is minutes ahead of its a Lufthansa spokesman the airline also broke a world record earlier on the air Miles route in the opposite direction with a flight of 11 hours and 1 slide in Italy injures 3 Italy a a landslide crashed on a bus carrying German tourists near this North italian causing slight injuries to three White House too Damn big continued from Page 1 Billy he also said the first Baptist Church of the Carter family borne is still riddled with dissension Over frictions caused by attempts to integrate the he said one of the deacons recently pushed a tourist Down the Steps of the his wife and Liz children recently moved to a Home about u Miles out of i love by the occasion for first overnight stay in the executive mansion was thursday nights White House photog Raphers association where be was the guest of a he said be slept in the Lincoln arose at 5 and went Down and had a cup of Coffee with the secret service i got lost in the while be said with a its Loo Damn a reporter chatting with Carter la the press room noted be looked Slimmer and asked whether he had quit drinking a notorious Beer looked Ive Cut out he Billy now spends two or three Days a week on the Road making Public a mainly at Charity Lun Drais it really is a pain signing Auto be and added with a almost As much a pain As talking with  
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