European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday May 2,stripes a vandalism leftist clashes with police Mark May Day Alan Van Norman. Tears in his eyes by toe associated press vandals desecrated Karl Marx s grave in London and demonstrators battled police in several West european countries As workers around the world marched an rallied monday in Observance of May Day the International labor Moscow s red Square. Soviet presi Dent Leonid if Brezhnev basked in acco Lades while Spain marked its biggest May 1 Ever and Britain its first officially recognized May Day Holiday. In Paris leftist demonstrators at the place de la Bastille Symbol of the French revolution stoned police before 1,500 of them Buke away through nearby streets on a rampage of car burning and window smashing. Police fired tear Gas Tore Down makeshift barricades and arrested Severa Young demonstrators. Six policemen and a dozen leftists were Milan Italy leftists at an outdoor rally hurled bricks at a bus filled with sym Pathi Zers of the ruling Christian demo cratic party injuring three dispersed the attackers. At Pamplona in Spain s troubled North police fired rubber bullets to scatter Young Basque separatists who stoned a Spanish in Copenhagen a bomb blast at a communist rally injured two Young men one of whom lost the fingers of one hand. Danish police were investigating whether a mad bomber who has plagued Copenhagen for months May have been responsible for the american Nixon believed tapes released in gave some Protection spy Trade v continued rom Page i will Lead to the russian release of Shucha Ransky the . Parole commission release Thompson sunday after Vogel flew to the United states for a final session with Van government officials and with congressman Benjamin Gilman . Gil Jan earlier had gone to Mozambique to take delivery of the israeli Pilot whose re lease began the exchanges. While Thompson Vogel and Shatay Kar Bun Nowitch an aide to Flatto Sharon were still in route to Berlin the East Ger a jeans woke Van Norman monday morning told him to dress in a Brown pinstriped suit. In had bought in London and turned him Over to a person driving a state depart ment the car took him to an East Berlin Park tag lot where he was told to get into another car driven by a woman who turned out to be lawyer Vogel s wife. She drove him go a communist checkpoint into West i and on out to the . Mission. Lat she drove her husband and Thompson Back to East Berlin.,� Van Norman a tall Young Man of frail appearance had tears in his eyes when he confronted reporters. He said he had been making a european a tour when i was contacted by someone in England who asked him to help a physician and his family leave East Germany. But it was not a question of Money Van Norman said. I never received a thing. There was Only one other person involved with me. We did it because of the danger this doctor was drove a vehicle from West Berlin on the transit routes across East Germany and was heading to Munich Van Norman said. At a Point along the Road. I picked up the doctor his wife and child and hid them in the trunk of my later we were arrested at the Bor Der. "1 Felt very sorry for them. They Arenow in prison and still Haven t been i continued rom Page i Given the appearance he was hiding some in his memoirs Nixon blamed his fears that others connected with his administration would turn on him to try to ameliorate their own watergate misdeeds."1 now believe Nixon writes that from the time of the disclosure of the exis tence of the tapes and my decision not to destroy them my presidency had lil Lechance of surviving to the end of its his fears proved Well founded. After the release of the so called smoking gun tape in which he discussed with Haldeman using the Cia to Cut off Fri investigations of. The watergate break in. Nixon s fatwas sealed. On thursday. Aug. 1. I told chief of staff Alexander Kaig that 1 had decided to resign Nixon writes. I took a yellow pad from the desk. At the top 1 wrote Resigna Tion speech working quickly i filled Sev eral pages with notes and Nixon said that As he was making note for the resignation speech he turned to Haig and his press Secretary Ron Ziegler and said Well i screwed it up for Good real Good did t i he does not record his aides reaction. This was Nixon s first indication he handmade his decision that soon. Several published accounts showed he did talk of re signing then but members of his family convinced him otherwise. Nixon did quit aug. 9.another nagging mystery is the erasure of i8vi minutes of a crucial watergate tape. Nixon writes "1 know that most people think that my inability to explain the 18 i minute Gap Isth most unbelievable and insulting part of the whole of watergate. I also know that the Only explanations that would readily be accepted Are that i erased the tape myself or that personal Secretary Rose Mary Woods deliberately did 1 know i did not do it. And 1 completely believe Rose when she says that she did not do Nixon was stunned by the ferocious in Tensity which the Public greeted the sat urday night massacre his firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox and the subsequent resignations of attorney Gen eral Elliot Richardson and his Deputy Wil Liam said alter Cox dismissal he intended not to replace him but to turn the investigation Over to the criminal division of the Justice department and added but twas evident that Congress was determined to have another special prosecutor. And twas equally evident that i was in no Politi Cal position to prevent Day pilgrims to the Northwest London graveside of Karl mane father of modern communism found the four fool High Bronze bust of the German Philow. Pher smeared with red White and hut unfortunately not All people in the country Are civilized said a trustee of tin Marx family graveside. There Are Tuffland blackguard Marx lived hit last 34 years in Moscow Brezhnev got top Billing among communist heroes As More than100,000 lightly organized marchers poured through red Square. Images and references to the 71-year-old Brezhnev Over shadowed the traditional portraits of Marx Engels and Lenin. It was the first time in More than four decades that Spanish workers could rally legally on May Day. An estimated 1 million marched through the rain in Central Madrid led by socialists and communists whose parties were outlawed under the longtime dictatorship of the late Gea Francisco Franco. Few britons did anything More wit their free monday the country s first official May Day Holiday than stayathome watching the rain fall. Daubed by vandals Hie sculptured fact of Karl Man founder of Modem communism bean a red White and Bine Hue after smearing by vandals la London s a gov gated artery. App a 2 Dodd eur aides discuss tests continued from Page i _ Al Chance for them to i i. V. hmm pm a 40. Pm so. Hostut tum4 j in. To a Murat Raunam Mouv cet1 4am 4pm 4wn 4pm it n n tit n a � � i atm cd � �9 a n a Revtt � 41 41 cd Claudy a rain. Continued from Middle of the Road test Holmes said there Are at least four schools of thought on what to test on group says test Basic academics Reading writing history government and Arith Metic. Another says to test use skills such As balancing a Check Book filling out Job applications and the like. 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