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** 0 Saturday on 7,800-foot- ^^jtUjUfa, ^^^^M* ^^^^ ,^^jtt^ .^j-jg.^. _^^j^^^ I& i1^ high Eaton Pass and 3 3K plunged to a rocky hillside below* One person was killed and several others injured. More than a scdre of others were stranded on the lift but firemen using long ladders rescued all but a group of teen- SALAN age girls stuck about 80 feet off PARIS (AW —^ Presi- t the ground. dent Charles de Gaulle A helicopter was reported en route to pick up the stranded moved Saturday to girlsj who were not believed in any danger. heal some of the Names of the victims arid the wounds that have injured were not immediately known, pending notification of AN AUTHORIZED PUBLICATION OF THE weakened French unity next of kin. However, the, U.S. ARMED FORCES IN THE PAR EAST injured were believed to have by releasing former included at least one child. Gen. Raoul Solan and (Continued on Back Page, Col. 4) Vol. 24, No. 167 Monday, June 17, 1968 former Col. Antoine Argoud from prison. Salan and Argoud were once among the brightest names in the French Army. Then they turned against Thank Nation De Gaulle by opposing Algerian independence. They were leaders of the secret army organization which sowed terror in Al- geria and France to back- their, dreams of keeping Algeria under French con- trol. Both were serving life sentences. The Elysee Palace announced that no one now remains in prison for events concerned with the Algerian war. De Gaulle ordered the release of the last 11 prisoners just 8 days before the elections for a new National Assembly. Officially, the presidential par- dons were taken to commemo- rate De Gaulle's radio appeal of June 18, 1940, for Frenchmen (Continued on Back Page, Col. 2) Lightning Kills AF Cadet, 18 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, (UPI)—An Air Force Academy cadet was struck and killed by lightning and two others were injured Friday night while on a training exercise in the moun- tains above the academy. Killed was William McCoy AP Radiophoto Goss, 18, of Newport, Ark. Goss SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY EXPRESSES FAMILY'S THANKS TO NATION AS HIS MOTHER ROSE AND FATHER JOSEPH LISTEN. was a sophomore. Injured by the lightning were Mark W, Steinbruch, 18, of HYANNIS PORT, Mass. Scotch Plains, N.J. and Gre- (AP) — Sen. Edward M. gory L. Harper, 19, of Round Kennedy said Saturday New Red Force Nears Saigon; Lake, 111. They were taken to that Americans will decide the Air Force Academy Hospital where they were listed in good this summer how best to condition Saturday. fulfill the goals of his late All three cadets were partici- brother, Sen. Robert Ken- Communist Shelling Goes On pating in night exercises as nedy. part of the regular summer Compiled From AP and S&S The heavy thunder of explod- mixed Viet Cong-North Viet- "And eaeh of us will have to Vietnam Bureau training program. They were hit decide in a private way, in our ing artillery shells could be namese unit. SAIGON— Fresh elements of heard clearly in the downtown Some enemy sniper fire also by lightning in Savior Park, five own hearts, and in our own con- a Communist regiment were center e.i the capital. miles northwest of the academy. sciences, what we shall do in was reported Saturday night in reported moving on the northern The area of the Communist the Phu Tho Race Track region. the course of this summer, and edge of Saigon Saturday night, movement was pinpointed as the Knemy gunners shelled a dock Does Bang-Up Job in future summers," the Massa- and South Vietnamese troops Go Vap District, where several chusetts Democrat said. area on the Saigon River front CATTKIUCK CAMP, England backed by artillery swept into clashes occurred earlier this early Sunday. (UPI)—Army bandsman David He spoke along with his moth- the area to give battle. week, it is about four miles er at a television taping session The U.S. command said four Murgatroyd, aware that, six gen- Vietnamese military sources from central S a i g o n. Tilt- rounds of 107mm rocket fire had erals were watching the parade.. in which he thanked the nation said there had been "some con- sources said the enemy force hit in tin- river front port facili- for the "strength and hope" re- put extra gusto in his swings tact," but they had no other had been identified as elements ty. Its report listed one Viet- and banged a hole in his big (Continued on Back Page, Col. 1) details. of the Dong Nai Regt., now a (Continued on Back Page, Col. 3) bass drum. them Ivfiile the fi a 'ftft tte .gebpta of Saigttr it ;lt ..bdongs- to tiler has jbM.&rfestlfega sleep ttf later , , . ; l- 4& eyettittg approsdifg .trie; !- }'• : night - w h '5.6 e streets are., flowed b$ gfeat are ttayes of ,two>jj ihf ee* and fotif • I^f fern" In Saigdtt thif wftfeel v€hietes~1mrr^in&h0ffletQr ~ to [-'hoftte airttl Mk their - beat; -this.', tmrfewv TM f raffle, U ' '.." . terfible §t its best hete, be> * !- Only the -polica ami the- mill- Comes almost impossible. iaiy move at night. The taxis and ,pedi£abs are Always, the night noises out- filled. Shop3 and businesses are side Saigon are magnified by empty and locked, And in the; the silenee of the city, Saigon bars the hostesses make hasty tumbles, quivering and shaking plays for one more Saigon tea, from the distant explosions. And It's closing time for the capital. sometimes the explosions are The two faces of Saigon are not distant at all; as different as * . , well, night Firelights in the Suburbs light and day. At ftight it's a ghost up the sky like blocks of mar- town. But it*s far from dead, quees advertizing the Only despite jts many would-be as* action left in the capital. Para^ sas'sins* chute flares burst into flame At dawn, as if a starter's gun like fireworks, and helicopters was fired to signal the start of draw broken red lines to earth a new day, Saigon springs to with' their tracers. Only the life. thunderous explosions and the And the newsboys hawk pa- rising debris ruin the carnival pers that usually tell about atmosphere, another mortar barrage or Air Force jets scream over- rocket attack on the city, the head, returning to Tan Son Nhtit air base or a suburb. Construc- after bombing or strafing runs tion crews go to work to repair at nearby enemy positions. the damage. Hospitals care for Theirs is one of the friendly wounded, and sometimes fami* .^.-...... »-...... ^.....^.^;-...-....^..-T^J:;.....;... •-••-•-;;--'"^«npiaci;ni»iinn«inmnmiiimnfiiniiiiiiiiuj.iiun.i nui.i . '"™" •••• —~— • . _ . sounds— a signal to the people lies set about making funeral AH members of a Chinese family turn out in closed their lauitdry shop for the day to devote that something is being done to arrangements* downtown Saigon to construct a bunker. They all efforts to the task. (AP Radiophoto) Oil Storage Areas in N. Viet North Viet Gunners Miss Allied Ships Blasted by AF and Navy Jets S&S Vietnam Bureau The U.S. Navy said some SAIGON — North Vietnamese rounds landed within 20 yards S&S Vietnam Bureau area 21 miles south of Vinh. miles southeast of Dong Hoi. shore batteries Friday fired of the Australian destroyer. The SAIGON — Air Force fighter- Pilots said their 500-pound The pilots used air-to-ground more than 20 rounds of artillery Hobart returned the fire with bombers touched off nine sec- bombs set off a blast that sent missiles to blast the site. at two destroyers in the Gulf its five-inch guns and silenced ondary explosions and four sus- up a 3,000-foot pillar of smoke. B52 bombers flew five strikes of Tonkin, U.S. spokesmen said the shore sites within minutes. tained fires Friday at a petrole- Air Force Phantom crews re- Friday night and Saturday Saturday. Neither ship was hit. um, oil and lubricant storage ported similar results at anoth- morning against enemy base The report said the destroy- In South Vietnam, gun crews area 25 miles northeast of Mu er POL storage area 38 miles camps and supply areas in Binh ers Chandler and Hobart, an on board the cutter Minona Gia pass in North Vietnam. northwest of Dong Hoi. They Duong province northwest of Australian ship, were shelling a blasted 60 structures and 15 Crews of the F105 Thunder- said smoke from one large fire Saigon. They also hit three highway bridge 11 miles south- sampans as Navy and Coast chiefs and F4 Phantoms also re- rose to more than 2,400 feet. times at North Vietnamese con- east of Dong Hoi in North Viet- Guard units reported blasting ported destroying 315 POL Antiaircraft fire was described centrations near Dak To and nam's panhandle when six guns the highest single-day total of drums, each containing 55 gal- as moderate, with no surface- Kontum City, along the coast southeast of the destruction in more than six lons of the flammable liquids. to-air missiles fired. Air Force Army helicopter crews killed city opened fire. The enemy weeks. The total for all units Thunderchief pilots destroyed an 40 enemy Friday in scattered rounds were identified as 85mm was 75 fortifications and 15 sam- missions flown over the panhan- SA2 missile and transporter 25 action in the republic. artillery shells. pans. dle by U.S. pilots. The total was about 50 missions below the re- cent average, with 7th Fleet pilots flying only 12 times. The Navy said the reason for Casualties in Vietnam the sharp decline was a regular Flo. 5P4 Robert E. Barnes, Casper, Wyo. Forest, III, WASHINGTON (S&S) — The Pfc, Franklin W. Hoops Jr., Ft. Lauder- Navy Pfc. Delbert R. Brockmeyer, Murphys- maintenance stand-down on its Defense Department has an- dale, Fla, Lt. Eric P. Brice, Birmingham, Ala. boro, III. carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin. nounced the following casualties ILt. Richard A. Holt, Atlanta, Ga. HM2 Richard A. Roesler, Rhlnelander, Pfc. Brian J. Clark, Carlyle, III. A spokesman said normal opera- ILt. Richard J. Rudolph, Atlanta, Ga. Wis. SP4 Robert G. Marvin, Gary, Ind. in connection with the conflict 2Lt. Harris A, Folmar, Albany, Ga. Marine Corps SP4 Robert G. Galloway, Berea, Ky, tions probably would resume in Vietnam. Sfc. Frank A. Condon, Augusta, Ga. Pfc. Johnny M. Scott Jr., Mobile, Ala. Pfc, Joseph R. Valentine, Prairieville, within 24 hours. KILLED IN ACTION SP4 David W. Brantley, Brunswick, Ga. Cpl. Earl W. Cobbley, Pacific Grove, La. Army SP4 Dennis C. Melton, Rossvllle, Ga. Calif. Pfc. Ronald A. Coleman, Baltimore, Md. Aircraft carrier America- Sgt. Michael J. Donovan, Berwyn, III. LCpl, Felix R. Bocanegra, Venice, Calif. SSg. Charles D. Farrell, Boston, Mass. based A7 Corsairs caused a big SP4 Andrew J. Thomas, Birmingham, Ala. SP4 Dennis Archibald, Chicago, III. LCpl. Daniel L. Prock, Gridley, Calif. ILt. Robert L. Jones, Chula, Mo. explosion at a supply storage Pfc, Coney Ellis, Willisville, Ark. SP4 Dennis W. Mourgelas, Chicago, III. Pfc. David E. Barber, Hay ward, Calif. SP4 Norman L. Keller, North Tonawanda, SSg. Albert Ishman Jr., San Pedro, Calif, SP4 George R. Packard, Fort Wayne, Ind. Pfc. Peter J. Weldemler, Alanwda, Calif. N.Y. Sgt. James O. Ellsworth, Sacramento, Pfc. William L. Jarboe, Indianapolis, Ind, Pfc. Joseph J, Grillo Jr., Norwich, Conn. Pfc. Michael F, Chubbuck, Depew, N.Y, Calif. PSg. Gaylord B. Hendrickson, Shawnee, Pfc. Johnny L. Proctor, Melrose, Fla. Pfc. Gary L. Russell, Rome, N.Y. Indian Riot Damage Sgt. Rudy M. Ollveras, Colton, Calif. Kan. Pfc. Kurt E. Hacker, Cicero, III. Sgt. John D. Crews Jr., Rocky Point, BOMBAY (UPI) — Hindu- SP5 Harry L. Theurkauf, Grass Valley, PSg. Alfred McCullough, Salina, Kan, Pfc. William A. Hayes, Chicago, III, N.C. Moslem riots in the city of Nag- Calif, Sgt, Douglas M. Washington, Waterproof, Pfc. Claude M. George, Hammond, Ind. Pfc. Samuel f. Hill, Gastonia, N.C. Pfc, James May Jr., Oakland, Calif. La. Cpl. David A, Stokes, Council Bluffs, Iowa. SP4 Terry L. Fyock, Indiana, Pa. put since Monday have caused Pfc. John P. Thompson, Baltimore, Md, Pfc. Michael W. Simon, Owensboro, Ky. Pfc. Joseph P. Misiaszek, Central Falls, Pfc. Robert N. Moore, Anaheim, Calif. SP6 James K. Wheeler, South Boston, one million rupees ($200,000) Pfc. Loy N. Whaley, Sacramento, Calif. Pfc. Raymond A, Borduas, Biddeford, R.I. Mass. Maine. SP4 Conley" A. Bradshaw, Church Hill, worth of damage, the Finance Cpl. Peter C. Ferguson, Portland, Conn. SP4 Richard S. Davis Jr., Quincy, Mass. Cpl. Norman E, Hicks Jr., Baltimore, Sgt. Jacob R. Weldin, Wilmington, Del. Tenn. Ministry of Maharashtra State SP4 Paul J. Pelletier, Wilbroham, Mass, Md. Sgt. Billy R Brown, Belton, Tex. Sgt. Ernest G. Winston, Miami, Flo. Sgt Robert J. Westrate, Holland, Mich. Pfc. Darrell E. Campanello, Hyattsville, Pfc. Edward H. Higglns, Tarpon Springs, ILt. Steven M. Gillmer, Tacomo, Wash. said Saturday. Cpl. Alan R. Otl, Au Gres, Mich. Md. Sgt. Michael W. Braun, Milwaukee, Wis. Pfc. John H Ulbrich, Rochester, Mich. LCpl. Rodney R. Bernard, Pontiac, Mich. PSg. Jose Q. Aguon, Umatac, Guam, SP4 Douglas R. Oft, St. Cloud, Minn. Pfc. Victor J, Canales, Fennville, Mich. Air Force Pfc, Leland D. Welch, Belview, Minn. Pfc. Thomas W. Kemp, Rockford, Mich. Maj, Eugene P. Beresik, Webster, Mass. Pfc. Larry E. Smith, Lincoln, Neb. Pvt. John C. Harrington, Traverse City, Maj. David J Gunster, Ridgewo^d, N.J. Vief Assembly Passes Pfc, David A. Ackerman, Derry, N.H. A'iich MISSING IN ACTION Pfc. Leonard E. Cruce, Hobbs, N-M. Pfc. Gerold J. McAdams, Lincoln, Neb. Army ILt. David A. Paddock, Cortland, N.Y. Cpl. Lonnie Sheppard Jr., Newark, N.J. ILt, Kevin J. Dugan. SSg. William M. Draper, Rochester, N.Y. Pfc. Jeffery S. Patterson, Dover, N.J. Sgt. August Gonsalves Jr. Cpl. Gerald Mattera, Central (slip, N.Y. LCpl. Raymond T. Steele, Flushing, N.Y. SPS Richard L. Vines. Bill to BeefJJp Forces Cpl Gerald D. Sorrentino, Rockville Pvi. Richard A. Policy, Nelsonville, Ohio. Pfc. Lee R. Bush. Cenfre, N.Y. Cpl. Forrest J Flyte, Pen Argyl, Pa. Pfc. Charles W. Smith, SAIGON (UPI) — South Viet- both the Vietnamese Senate and Cpl. Francis V. Todarello, Oakdale, N.Y. Pvt. Eliezer Ortiz, Bethlehem, Pa. Pfc. Loren D. White. nam's National Assembly Satur- Lower House debated each of MSgl. Clarence E. Hornbuckle Jr., Pfc. Thomas E. Walker, Charleston, S.C. Marine Corps Fayelteville, N.C. ILt. John H. Carson, .San Antcnio, Tex. Sgt. Larry D. Pliler day passed amendments to the five amendments proposed by Sgt. John A, Combs, Akron, Ohio. Cpl. Amelia Nino, Dimmitt, Tex. LCpl. Harry T. Moore. general mobilization bill sub- Thieu, They ejected none of the SP5 Zack W. Napier, Franklin, Ohio. Cpl. Dar! K. McDormon, Lnydhurst, Va. Coast Guard amendments. No final vote was Cpl, Dale E. Badgley, Covington, Ohio. LCpl. Robert V. Holland, Danville, Va. Lt. Jack C. Rittichier, mitted by President Nguyen Cpl. Roger L. Inboden, Creola, Ohio. LCpl. Jeffery E. Feser, Seattle, Wash. DIED NOT AS A RESULT OF Van Thieu. The bill automatical- required to make the bill law. Pfc. Louis A. Snakovsky Jr., Maple LCpl. Mikal J. Sullivan, West De Pere, HOSTILE ACTION The bill will make all males Heights, Ohio, Wis. Army ly became law. ILL James S. Wood, Oklahoma Ciiy, Air Force Pfc. James A. King, East Palmdale, Calif. The Assembly's action cleared 18 to 38 years old eligible for Okla. Sqt. Anthony Carra, Des Mo'mes, Iowa Pfc. Mitchell P. Conelly, Trenton, Fla. the draft. ILt. James W. Cox, Prineville, Ore. DIED OF WOUNDS Pvt. Ronnie L Jones, New York City. the final hurdle in passage of Sgt Roger W. Shipley, McMinnville, Ore. Army Sgt. Edgar D. Joy, Wellsville, Ohio. the bill, which is supposed to Males aged l(i to 17 and 39 to Sgt. Angela C. Santiago, Philadelphia, Pa. SPS Wayne S. Proctor, Saluda, S.C. Cpi Alva D. Henthorn, Columbus, Ohio put 200,000 more men in the 50 will be required to serve in Sgt. Dayton J. Hooks, Mullins, S,D. Marine Corps SP4 Milton D. Gruber, Columbus, Ohio. civil self-defense units except Pfc. Jimmy O. Croft, Columbia, S.D. Pvt. David Knox, Dolton, III. SP4 Benjamin J. Williamson, Mullins. Vietnamese Army by ihe end of SP4 Elijio R. Goruales Jr., Mario, Tex. LCpl. Francisco Ortiz, New York City. O .V., the year. for those who volunteer for the ILi. Richard C. Knock, Virginia Beach, Pfc. Renaio M. Bevilacqua, Cleveland, SP4 William G. Poole III, Kingsport, Tenn. Army. Va. Ohio. SP4 Lnrry H. AAo.rgan, Grand Marsh, This will raise the size of the Sgt. Frank W, Campbell Jr., Glacle Spring, Pfc. Colie Etheridge Jr., Columbia, S C Wis. Thieu had asked the National Va. MISSING TO DEAD—HOSTILE Marine Corps armed forces to 870.000. A s s e m b 1 y more than two Sgt. MacArthur G. Gee, Charlotte Court Army Ptc. John A. Gcldsberry II, Danville, In a joint session, members of months ago to empower him to House, Va. SP4 Gregory R._ Johnson, Pueblo, Colo. III. Cpl. Robert W. Cupp, Alexandria, Vo. Sgt. Walter F, E. Mails Jr., Bridgepori, MISSING NOT AS A RESULT OF declare general mobilization of Cpl. Cecil T. Oscar, Grottoes, Va. Conn. HOSTILE ACTION the country's manpower and re- Cpl. Jason A. Holes, Moses Luke. Wash. Ptc. Ptiiiip F. Nesiico, Bristol, Conn. Army £ Pacific Stars & Stripes Sut. Thomas L. Dunilhan. Elk Guni^n, Sqt Harry W. Butler, Columbus^ Ga. SP-i Roger D. Weber. Monday, June 17, sources. VV Vo Cpl. Joseph J. POs-icivunii II:, Park Pic. Scort D. Correilo LAI .KHJB; Vietnam- af)~Ffc*t Int Div. s operating about 40 miles north of Saigoli i'e- cently seized a cache of Communist communica- tions equipment termed "the largest and most signi- ficant I have heard of" by Lt, Col. Claude S. Simp* son