LOW TIDE HIGH TIDE 8~22 ... 69 8-22-69 It 3 at 00C6 2 1 at 0730 3 3 at 1330 -.tOURGlASS 2 2 at 1854 VOL 9, No 8480 KWAJALEIN, MARSHALL ISLANDS ____________________________________________________________Thursday, August 21, 1969 _ Tanks Rumble into Central Prague TODA Y'S NEW) N.Viets Pin Down 200 US Infantrymen As 100,000 Jam Wenceslas Square SAIGON -- Amer&can troops p&nned down try&ng to get to downed hel&­ SAIGON (UPI) -- North Vietnamese reg­ PRAGUE (UPI) -- Thlrty Czechoslovak Army tanks rumbled ~nto central Prague af­ coptep ulars pinned down 200 U S Infantrymen ter more than 100,000 Czechoslovaks Jarrnned Wenceslas Square today on the f~rst trying to reach a downed Amerl.can hel­ anniversary of the Sov~et-led invas~on and, in an emotl.onal appeal, chanted SAN FRANCISCO -- South Korean Pres­ icopter today in the third day of major "Russl.ans, Go Home" 30 tanks stood oml.nously along the west bank of the Ml.ldau &dent meet&ng w&th Fpes&dent N&xon fightl.ng near Tarn Ky 340 miles north­ l,l.ver, two ml.les from the square for two days Stnct secun ty east of Sal.gon Two truckloads of coldl.ers on duty l.n the square took up the chant durl.ng the enfopced The U S Command reported 103 North noon demonstratl.on unt~l police, for the thl.rd day in a row used cluhs and tear Vl.etnamese killed in Tarn Ky combat a­ gas to clear the squdre of massive MIAMI -- BerrrruJ&ans warned oj "'Zup­ gal.nst American losses of el.ght killed crowds Two persons were kl.lled and r&cane tpavel&ng &n the&p d&pect&on and 39 wounded among men of the 196th 320 were arrested, accordl.ng to govern­ Rescue Workers Still Light Infantry Brigade ment fl.gures, in the clash yesterday SEA BEES -- Forces Just back from A battalion of the 196th was trying between police and 20,000 demonstrators Finding Camille's Dead V&et Nam a&d&ng &n Hupr&cane CannZle to push through heavy Jungle and re­ in the square clean-up cover the bodies of eight men kl.ll­ As in the previous two nights of bat­ PASS CHRISTIAN, MISS (UPI) -- Sea- pd when the hell.copter was shot down tles with police, the demonstrators to­ bees wearl.ng gas masks found bodl.es "up PRAGUE -- 1st ann&vepsa:ry of Red Tuesdav The victl.ms l.ncluded Lt Col day regrouped after the tear gas attack l.n the trees, under the roofs and out &nvas&on be&ng obsepved today Mobs Ell. Howard, 43, of Woodbridge, Va , and returned to the square in the open" in Ml.ssissl.ppi today and grow teap gas used by pol&ce Commander of the embattled unl.t, and In Brno, 110 ml.les from Prague, 10 the death toll of Hurrl.cane Caml.lle Oll.ver Noonan, 29, an American newsman Army tanks and 10 armored personnel neared 300 from the rUl.ned Gulf coast LAIRD -- Defense Secretary announces frOM Norwell, Mass carriers rolled into the mal.n Cl.ty to the flooded mountal.ns of Vl.rgl.nia cut &n armed forces and mhtary U S Headquarters reported today that square to control an angry crowd as 30, "They're fl.ndl.ng the young and the spend-wg the fl.rst week of the so-called autumn 000 workers and ~tudents lounged near­ old in here," said an Army sergeant campal.gn kl.lled 244 Americans, a sharp by, smoking and chattl.ng with demon­ helpl.ng to guard the town of Pass JERUSALEM -- One of Moslem world's l.ncrease over last week strators Chrl.stl.an, ravaged by Caml.lle's 190- most sacred shnnes severely damaged Spokesmen sal.d the Communists knew The soldiers fl.red their guns over mph wl.nds Sunday by f&"8 Israel&s blamed the l.nfantrymen's objective and pepper­ the heads of the demonstrators in an "The young sal.d they were too tough ed the Amerl.can ll.nes wl.th mortar fl.re attempt to disperse them and lobbed for l.t to get them, and the old ones and snl.ped away at the GIs from the tear gas l.nto the crowd Two persons, sal.d l.t never happened before and l.t shelter of a Jungled knoll The battle a young man and young woman, were shot wouldn't happen now " us Demands Return began yesterday By the end of the day and wounded--apparently by richocheting It appeared offl.cl.als l.n Missl.ssl.PPl. the Amerl.cans were still half a ml.le 'ul lets might never produce an accurate death Of Downed Cooter from thel.r obJectl.ve, unable to move Where they fell, other demonstrators count Gov John Bell Wl.lll.ams told a forward wrote on the street "Let us pray for news conference late today that "It is PANMUNJOM, KORFA (UPI) -- The Unl.ted U S F4 Phantom jets dumped tons of the victims of the occupation " l.mpossl.ble to gl.ve you a fl.gure on the States demanded today Cornmunl.st North explosives on the Red positions All Along the sidewalks of Brno stood dead It exceeds 200" r:arll.er he had Korea return a downed U S hell.copter aval.lable artillery and hell.copter gun­ shrines of candles and flowers -- mem­ put the fl.gure at 230 and l.ts three crewmen The North Kor­ shl.ps unleashed thel.r flrepower l.n BUP­ orials to cl.vl.lians killed since the Seabees, many of them Just back from eans refused even to say whether the ,P,ort of the invasion Aug 21, 1968 Viet Nam, went to work in Pass Chrl.st­ men were all.ve "Long live Dubcek," came the cry from ian clearl.ng the wreckage away North Korean MaJ Gen Rl. Choon-sun 100,000 throats in Wenceslas Square mo­ Medical authorltLPs said no danger demanded the Unl.ted States tell "the ments before the poll ce crackdown "We of an epl.demic remainea today and or­ real reason" why the hel~copter stray­ want Smarkovsky, we want Dubcek, away dered typhoid l.ncculatl.ons ceased ed over the border Pe sal.d it was an with Husak " Confusl.on stl.ll reigned, although a act of aggression In London, diplomatic sources said semblance of order was begl.nnl.ng to be U S Marl.ne MaJ Gen Arthur H Ad­ the Soviet Union can be expected to re­ felt ams sal.d there was no reason to shoot place the present Prague government Officials said water was now safe to down the unarmed Army OH23 hell.copter with a tougher regl.me They said the drl.nk ~n the 600-square-ml.le coastal The conference was held at the bleak Soviets probably would use the current area ravaged by Caml.lle and power was truce vl.llage l.n the 292nd meetl.n~ of incidents in Czechoslovakia as a pre­ restored to a few spots the Korean Ml.ll.tary Arml.stl.ce Com­ text for their action missl.on Sl.nce the end of the Korean Until noon, almost all of Prague's GA War l.n July, 1953 one million residents had observed the U S military off~cials said the urging of resistance leaders to show hell.copter became lost Sunday and ac­ their opposition to a year of Soviet cidentally flew over North Korean Ter­ occupation in a passive manner ritory The last message from the They walked to work--trudging miles craft said it was under fire and was to get there They dressed in black going down with the national tricolor emblem edged Ri refused to gl.ve any information If' \ in black, pinned to their clothes about the hell.copter or crew PRFPARING TO FIRE an 81mm mortar pound Movies, restaurants and even fruit The area where the hell.copter was at suspected enemy bunkers, members of stores with a rare shipment of bananas, last heard from was 25 miles northwest the 1st A&r ravalr~ D&v&s&on hold the~r were boycotted of Seoul and on the western tl.p of the ears The operat10n was nopth of Tay Laird Announces truce line N&nh C&ty &n South V&et Nam Military Cutback eu... • of "'EX'Co Nixon Welcomes So. Korean Pres. UPI -- Defense Secretary Melvin Laird announced today he ~as yielding to Con­ MIGHTIEST HURRICANE ON RECORD--the mQJ­ gressional pressure and reluctantly re­ or destruct&on area &s shown above &n To Two- Day Summit Meeting ducing the nation's armed forces by the shaded ~&rcle where Cam&lle devas­ SA~ FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Presl.dent Nl.xon welcomed South Korean President Park 100,000 men and spending by $3 billion tated the Gulf Coast resort towns Chung Hee, to a two-day sumrnl.t meetIng today wl.th assurances the U S wl.ll He warned "It is clear our defense stand by its comrnl.tment to defend the Asian nation against Communl.st threats readiness will be weakened " Hurricane Debby from the north Laird told a news conference he or­ The two chief executives met under tight security precautions at the hl.storic dered the cuts after being informed by Presidl.o Army Base in a colorful ceremony that included a 2l-gun salute for the Chairman of the House Appropria­ Heads For Bermuda the visiting head of state tions Corrnnittee that at least $5 bil- MIAMI (UPI)-- Resl.dents of Bermuda A crowd of 2,000 spectators, many of them Koreans in colorful costumes, lion would be cut fram appropriations vere warned today to prepare for heavy watched the welcoml.ng ceremony on a reqllests swells from Hurrl.cane Debb~e, whl.ch was Arabs Charge Israelis parade ground lined by 33 U Sand 33 "I wish it were possible for me to flailing the Atlantl.c Ocean wl.th 110 Korean flags state that these cuts could be made mph winds despite sCLentl.sts' Park's state visl.t will include a without impairing our defense readiness attempts to calm l.t With Mosque Fire formal state banquet and two days of but regretably I must say that these Hurrl.cane forecaster Arnold Sugg sal.d JERUSALEM (UPI)-- Fl.re severely dam­ talks aimed at allaying any fears the cuts will reduce our capability to meet Debbie should pass 130 ml.les southeast aged the El Aqsa Mosque in Israeli-oc­ United States won't stand firm in Korea current commitments " of the Brl.tl.sh resort lsland tonl.ght cupied Jordan today Arabs blamed Is­ after peace is reached in Viet Nam "The distl.ngul.shed Chal.rman of the At 6 pm EDT, Debbl.e was centered near rael for