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Vol. 24, No. 168 Tuesday, June 18, 1968

Abrams Vows RocketSAIGON (AP)—Gen.

Creighton W. Abrams,new U.S. commanderin Vietnam, said Sun-day "we are going toput a stoo" to the VietCong rocket attacics onSaigon "because wehave to stop them,and we h a v e themeans to sfop them."

Abrnms did not elabor-ate, but it was reportedthat electronic devices havebeen insialled within tbepnst. wrnk that provide(mirk detc'.'tion of enemyfiring positions and giverndnr-rnntt oiled 5; u i d a n ceof rountcrfirc.

Abrams talked briefly \\ Hhnewsmen nt a mili tary cere-mony installing Vietnamese Maj.(Sen. Nguyen Van Minh as com-mander of the Saixon militarydistrict.

Abrams took over the U.S.command a few days :i','o fromCen. William C. Westmoreland,now en route to the United Statesto become Army chief of staff .

Abrams said there were "o,uiton few troops" deployed aroundSaigon. He said the Allied com-mand was determined to stopthe rocket attacks and groundthreat to the capital.

Maj. Gen. John J. Hay, \vliowas named last week to headthe American effort in defenseof Saigon, told a newsman "wehave enough human and elec-(Continued on Rack I'asc, Col. 5)

Neighborly CriticLONDON (UPI)—A lii^h court

judne granted an injunction re-straining music teacher Daphne,lira^'-jins from siuxinx or play-ing instruments on weekends athome and limiting her practiceto three hours a week after aneighbor complained that shecould not stand Miss Braynins'"baying, wailing, warbling andhooting."

CiA'arcl-smnkin;; I'aris policeman tries to cluba Moman on the pavement as an unidentified

newsman Intervenes to protect her during clash miHouleiard St. Michel. (AT Hadioplioto)

Cops Force Way in Sorbonne,Toss Out Hundreds of Students

PARIS (UPI) — Police forcib-ly entered the student-occupiedSorbonne Sunday, breaking openits bolted doors and evictingseveral hundred students.

Red and biack ieniiuii«'iii.'ii>"flogs that flew from the famousfaculty's dome for more than amonth were lowered and theFrench tricolor raised in theirplace.

The g o v e r n m e n t said Itplanned to reopen t!ic l.mililin;;

in a few days and permit stu-dents and instructors to continuediscussions on the future of theuniversity, but not to resume around-the-clock ta lkathon.

A handful nf holdouts, whomanaged to elude the heavysearch force, controlled theb u i l d i n g ' s switchboard andcalled outside for student rein-forcements.

At 7::tu p.m., an hour and ahalf after the evacuating began,

police radios were summoningmore forces to ferret out resisl-crs.

Police reported they found thelast of the occupiers at S p.m.They were; a young couple asleepin each others arms in a smallamphitheater, totally unawaieof what was happening.

Simultaneously with the begin-ning of the evacuation, other3>!>!u-e forces began Using 1e;ir-(Continued on Mack 1'acc, Col. I )

WASHINGTON (AP)— Former PresidentDwight D. Eisenhowersuffered another heartattack Saturday nightand his condition wasdescribed as s t a b l eSunday by authoritiesat Walter Reed ArmyHospital.

The 77-year-old five-stargeneral was stricken anewwhile recuperating in thehospital from a mild heartseizure which hit himApril 29 at his winter homein Palm Desert, Calif.

"The general spent a com-fortable i\itiln and his presentcondition is stable," said theImvji i la l announcement of Kiscn-hower's fourth heart attacksince the first, a major one, in-capacitated him for sevenweeks in 1955 during his f i rs tterm as president.

The hospital disclosed Sundaymorning lhat Kisenhower "suf-fered another coronary hc:irt at-tack last evening at apprnsi-matcly U p.m."

Although officials ri fused Ingive any clinical details, thcieuere indications lhat liis physi-cians mat not ir;;ard his condi-lion as urave at this lime.

One evidence of this was Iheword that no fur ther announce-tin ill was planned i in l i l 10 a.m.Monday. In some of his past ill-nesses bulletins have been is-

(Conliiuicd on Hack Page. ('"I- 2)

Dean RuskIn Hospffa!For Tests

WASHINGTON* (tlPl)—Secrc-tary of State Dean Husk enteredWal te r Heed Hospital Sunday fortx \ i i or three days of tests inconnection with what appears tobe "a low-grade infection in theur inary tract." the State De-partment disclosed.

Husk, 59. was in Walter HeedHospital in early Apri l tor acheckup aft t ' r his tr ip to New/calami for ;-. meeting of SKATOfnicign ministers. U.S. sourceshave said that on that occasion.Husk complained of a stomacl'iailment, but after several daysof tests he was pronounced fit.

Stale Department spokesmanHobcrt .1. McCloskey indicatedthat Husk's most recent ailmentwas not regarded with greatconcern. Older men are occa-sionally subject to low grade in-fections in Ihe urinary tract. In-said, and Husk's ailment couldhe cleared up wi th drills if thisis what lit! is suffering from.

Norman Thomas 111HUNTINCTON, N.Y. (AP) —

Socialist Leader Norman lAio-lila-;, ftf, was hospitali /rd Sundayat Hunlington Hospital, where uspokesman said he was in faircondition. The spokesman saidT!i.'>:r.a:; t'.r.s! suffered ":•.!! i!j»vr^lint did not elaborate.

Marine GeneralPlans ChangesIn War Tactics

: DA NANG, Vietnam (AP)—Lt. Gen. Henry W.Buse Jr., commander of the Pacific Marine Force, con-cluding an inspection trip of Marine positions in Vietnam,told a news conference Sunday, "We are going to trysome new tactics . .... and make recommendations on someother types of. helicopters."

Buse declined to elaborate. He said changes con-

MIGs, F4sDogfightNear Vinh

S!<S Vietnam Bureau

SAIGON — American andNorth Vietnamese pilots foughta seven-minute dogfight nearVinh Friday, marking the firsttime Communist j e t s havecrossed the 19th parallel in overa month.

Two F4 Phantoms from theUSS America battled two MIG-17s during the incident, exchang-ing air-to-air missiles and can-non fire. The fight ended whenthe MIGs, outclassed by thegreater speed and heavier ar-mament of the U.S. jets, flednorth.

The American planes, boundby the bombing curtailment,stopped at the 20th parallel anddid not pursue further.

Last May 12 a Communist jetcrossed the 19th parallel-to shootdown an F4 Phantom on a re-connaissance mission.

Saturday, Navy pilots from theUSS Enterprise drew 27 sec-ondary explosions and 10 oilfires from a convoy in a truckpark three miles east of Vinh.Naval aviators returned twicemore to blast the convoy andreap more results.

"I've never seen anything likeIt," .said Lt. (j.g.) Worth A.Kramer. "After the bombs wentoff, large flames flared up and'then settled down into fiercelyburning fires. We could still seethe fires 89 miles at sea."

'Explosions were still going off30 minutes after the first strikeand an hour later when the sec-ond wave arriyed the petroleumtrucks of the.convoy'outlined thehighway with their fires.

Air Force pilots Saturday re-ported destroying or damagingseven trucks, five antiaircraftsites including an lOfimm .anti-aircraft gun, three bridges, twohighway fords and a radiotower.

U.S. .pilots flew 130 missionsover North Vietnam Saturday.

templalcd do not reflect on pastMarine performance, which hesaid .he considers excellent.

The corps has been criticizedfor its lack of U.S. Army-typehelicopter mobility in Vietnam.The CII46 helicopter of the Ma-rines is said by many officersto be unsuitable for hot andsmall landing zones.

Buse said he intended to re-commend the purchase of othertypes of helicopter already inuse in addition to the CII46.

Helicopter gunships to datehave been used only sparinglyby the Marines compared to theArmy.

As for tactics, there is spe-culation that the Army's heli-copter-borne c o m b a t cordonmay be more broadly used bythe Marines. The 3rd MarineDiv. along the DemilitarizedZone has already employed thecordon technique- at least twiceafter observing the tactic usedso well since May by the Srd'ssouthern neighbors, the Army's101st Airborne Div.

Buse, who succeeded Lt. Gen.Victor Krulak at the corps'Honolulu headquarters, said therenewed fighting south of theKhe Sanh combat base has dis-rupted a'ny new designs the ene-my may have had in the north-west sector of Vietnam.

Buse said he had a sense ofpride and progress In the corps'performance in V i e t n a m ."There is a general feeling theenemy is being beaten," he said.

'Sinful' PostmenFind a Supporter

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) —When Neal Mindel, 21, was fired-from his postal clerk job by theCivil Service Commission for"immoral conduct" in livingwith a young woman o u t ofwedlock, an organization calledPELVIS came to life.

And what is PELVIS?A founder said it stands for

"Postal Employes- Living Volun-tarily In Sin." He said it wouldinform the commission that "acouple of hundred" postal work-ers are doing .the same thing asMindel.

A Pacific Stars & StripesTuesday, June 18,1968

Rocket Found During Search of VillageEmerging from an enemy bunker with a rocket

round found during the search of a captured vil-lage Is Sgt. Larry Pelster, .•( Scotts Buff, Neb., a

member of A Co., 1st Bn. (Airborne), 501st Inf.,101st Airborne Div. The action took place nearHue. (USA)

Casualties in VietnamWASHINGTON (S&S) — The

Defense Department has an-nounced the following casualtiesin connection with the conflictin Vietnam.

KILLED IN ACTIONArmy

SP4 Steven F. Dolim Jr., Long Beach,CalH.

SP4 Arturo S. Rodriguez, La Jollo, Cnllf.Pic. Gary G. Stevenson, La Miroda, CalH.Sgt. Manuel F. Martinez, Denver, Colo.Pfc. Robert L. Smith, Smlthland, Ky.SP4 Charlei W. Hammond, Fennvllle,

Mich.Pfc. Robert J. Kucway, Hamtramck,

Mich.Pfc. Brian C. Winner, Detroit, Mich.Cpl. Bernard T. Hqnsefi, St. Paul, Minn.Sgt. Douglas M. Mallett, Kosclvskq, Miss.ILt. Joseph CMeson Jr., Bloomfield, N.J.Sgt. Donato J. Simlelei Amsterdam, N.Y.Cpt. Joseph C. King, New York City.ILt. Lawrence F. Bond, South Ogden,

Utah.SP4 Lewis R. Lovell Jr., Martlnsvlile, Va.Pfc. Charles E. Mickles, Norton, Va.Cpl. Louis G. Rhoades, Fond Du Lac, WIs.Cpl. Angel L. M. Gonialei, Hormlgueros,

P.R.

Departing Palmer Calls'68 Decisive Viet Year

SAIGON (UPI) — Lt. Gen.Bruce Palmer Jr. said goottbyto Vietnam Sunday with "regret"because "I think we are ap-proaching the'climax of the de-cisive year, 1%8," in the war.

Palmer, deputy commander ofthe U.S. Army in Vietnam forthe past 13 months, left BienHoa AB at midafternoon en routeto the United States for a newjob and a new star.

On July 18, he will becomeacting Army vice chief of staff,assisting his old friend andformer boss, Gen. William C.Westmoreland, who is to becomeArmy chief of staff.

Palmer, born in Austin, Tex.,will get his fourth star Aug. 1.

"Like anyone saying goodbyto troops who have fought well,"Palmer said Sunday, "it is verydifficult to say goodby. That'sthe case with me.

"I regret leaving at this cri-tical time because I think weare approaching the climax ofthe decisive year, 1968."

The general said allied forcesare "keeping the pressure on"Communist troops "day andnight, seven days a week, nolet-up.

"Sooner or later," he said,"something must give. Thereisn't the slightest doubt in mymind of the ultimate outcome.

"It will be a successful one."But before there is victory, in

Vietnam, Palmer w a r n e d ,

"there are more sacrificesahead, more casualties ahead."

He described American troopsin Vietnam as "the f inest . . .our country has ever fielded."

Bidding him farewell was Gen.Creighton Abrams, Westmore-land's successor as commanderin Vietnam, who 'describedPalmer as "a friend to me formany years."

"The whole Army will benefitfrom this new assignment,"Abrams added.

U.S. RevisesMIG Tallies

SAIGON, <AP) — The U.S.Military Command reduced byfive Sunday the number of Com-munist MIGs claimed shot downby American pilots . over NorthVietnam and increased by seventhe number of U.S. planesdowned by MIG interceptors.

The command said that thenumber of MIGs claimed shotdown by U.S. pilots over NorthVietnam is 105 instead of a pre-viously announced total of 110,

The number of Americanpianes downed by MIGs, head-quarters said, is 47 instead ofthe last announced total of 40.

Headquarters said the changeresulted from a review of off i -cial records at the Defense De-partment,

HM3 Earl R. Lerch, San Francisco, Calif.HN Crotg S. Pettlt, Martinez, Calif.LT. (|.g.) William T. Morris III, New

Canaan, Coim.RD2 Anthony B. Brown, Nunei, Ga.BM3 Gerald L. Miller, Bloomlngton, Ind.ETR2 Norman L. McKenney, Thorndlke,

Maine.HM3 John J. Donahue, Taunton, Mass.RM2 Thomas J. Meenan, North Olmsted,

OWo.HN Rodney E. Klnyotl, Rateburg, Ore.HM3 Jerry L. Miller, Eden, Utah.

Marine CerptPfc. Franchot T. Calhoun, Annlslon, Alo.Cpl. Joseph W. Lyons, Ptioenlx, Aril.Pfc. Jerry N. Chrlstman, Williams, Ariz.ILt. Samuel J. Hannah, Lincoln, Ark'.LCpl. Andy Knevelbaard, Lakeweod, Calif.LCpl. John A. Scarpinato, La Puente;

Calif.'Pfc. Joseph M. Kamlnskl Jr., Wilmington,

Del.LCpl. David E. Dixon, Miami, Fia.LCpl. James H. Presley, Ashburn, Ga.Pvt. Josepli L. «rown Jr., Albany, Ga.LCpl. Thomas L. McBrlde, Evonsvllle,

Ind.Pfc. Randall M. Davis, New Albany, Ind.Pfc. William E. Hale, Columbus, Ind.Pfc. Michael e. Rains, Vincennes, Ind.LCpl. Herve J. Guay, Blddeford, Maine.We. Bkme M. Ruby, Baltimore, Md.LCpl. Michael P. Minehan, Marlboro,

Mass.LCpl. Terrance A. Picclano, Baraga,

AAich.LCpl. William H. Wilson Jr., Kalamaioo,

Mich.We. Dennis L. Lobbezoo, Grand Rapids,

Mich.LQil. James M. Hoffman, Rolling Fork,Miss.Cpl. Kenneth W. Schauble, Closter, N.J.Pfc. Charles L. Danberry, Lambertvllle,

N.J.ILt. John A. Keepnews, Elmoni, N.Y.Pvt. Ardrey W. Barringer Jr., Statesville,

N.C.Cpl. Emory D. Voorhies, Cambridge, Ohio.LCpl. David R. Keller, Bellefontoine, Ohio.Pfc. Billy J. Lackey, Dayton, Ohio.LCpl. Michael B. Fuller, Slillwnter, Okla.LCpl. Jack L. Woolsey, Oklahoma City,

Okla.Cpl. Terry L. Allen, North Bend, Ore.Pfc. Rlckie Luker, Portland, Ore.LCpl.. David O. Auen, Blairsvlllc, Pa.LCpl. Harry J. Beadle Jr., Philadelphia,

Saigon Hung UpSAIGON (AP) — A technical

malfunction threw about half ofSaigon's 4,500 c i v i l i a n tele-phones out of order Sunday, of-ficials said. Some phones wereput back into service Sundayafter being out for six hours,but more than 1,000 remainedon the blink, the officials said.

Pa.LCpl. Frank E. Gregory, Sugargrove; Pa,LCpt. Richard J. lanlerl, Bryn Mawr, P«.Pic. James J. Allen, Philadelphia, Pa.Pfc. William R. Campbell, Butler, Pa.Pfc. David A. Wenger, West Lawn, Po.SSgt. Allen J. Baker, Houston, Tex.Pfc. Horry P. Martin, Martinsvllle, Vo.Pvt. Richard L. VInge, Seattle, Wash.Pfc. James R. Corder, Wolf Summit,

W.Va.SSgt. German A. Santiago, Cayey, P.R.

Air Fore*Ma). Robert Ball, Loveland, Ohio.

DIED OF WOUNDSMarine C*ros

LCpl. Charles E. Draemer, Burlington,N.C.

Pfc. Squire M. Mayberry Jr., Dayton,Ohio.

Pic. Luther Burns, Mount Pleasant, S.C.Pfc. William Simmons, Fairfax, S.C.Pfc. Lonnle M. Wedrlck, White Salmon,

Wash.MISSING TO DEAD—HOSTILE .

ArmyPfc. Billle C. Loomis, Palermo, Calif.Cpl. Andrew Perry Jr., Centervllle, HI.SSg. Dennis M. Poteat, Natick, Mass.SP4 Frank E. Belcher, Osseo, Mich.SP4 Gerald F. Brown, Newark, N.J.ILt. Kevin J. Dugan, New York Cily.WO Ricardo R. Te|ano, Spokane, Wash,

Marftw Corps •LCpl. WHIIam J. McNamara, Philadelphia,

Pa.MISSING IN ACTION

ArmySgt. Eddie T. Terry.SP4 Wynne L. Burllngame.SP4 Dean C. Spencer ill.SP4 Reynaida L. Torres Jr.Pfc. Samuel Boyd Jr.Pfc. Norman W. Hassell.Pfc. Phllt G-. McDonald.

Marine CarpiILt. Horace H. Flemina III.

DIED NOT AS A RESULT OPHOSTILE ACTION

Marine CorptCpl. Philip P. Reed, Elmwood, III.Pfc. Marry Thomas Jr., New York City.Pfc. Christopher R. Hartley, Newport, R.I.

MISSINC TO DEAD—NON HOSTILEArmy

Cpf. Ev/ald Zlrfas, Los Angeles, Calif.ILt. Allan J. Bardach, NoblesvJIle, Ind1.

Marine CorpsCapt. Patrick L. Otl, Sinlon, Tex.

MISSINO NOT At A RESULT OfHOSTILE ACTION

NavyFN (Fireman) James E.'Bell.

CORRECTIONSPfc. James W. Holbrook, USMC, Changa

Status from killed in action to died not .as a result of hostile action.

Pfc. Robert M. Sopko, USA, ChangeStatus from killed in action to died notas a result of hostile action.

Cpl. Robert J. Plourde, USA, ChangeStatus from killed In action to died notas a result of hostile action.

Pfc. Paul A. Ganzales, USA, ChangaSlalus from killed in action to died notos a result ol hostile action.- Sgt. James M. Levlngs, USA, ChangsStatus from killed in action to died notas a result of hoslile action.

Cpt. Claude D. Protz, USA, Changastotus from died not as o result ofhostile action to killed In action.

Sgt. James V. Antollnl, USA, Changsstatus from died not as a result ofhostile action to killed in action.

Cpl. Samuel S. Llnvllle, USA, Chang*status from died not as o result ofhostile action to killed In action.

ABOARD MB OSS(̂ eciM)*"!̂ jEniefpffee aviattffo flewtheii* fiercely btirning 18 Intruder.over.100-miles to safety; fecentl^ after beingfill by antiaircraft fife' on a minimi trtrtt

•flfftfth Vietnam;- ,Th& two Attack SqV" 05 aviators, Lt

Bruce B; Breftthcr, 28, Iowa Falls, lovwuthe pilot, and Lt. John TV Fardy» 2d,Melro&e, Mass.; a bombardier/navigator,stayed with their burning airplane almost30 minutes but the spreading flamesforced I hem to bail out only 1V& milesfrom the Enterprise. Both men wereplucked from the Tonkin Gulf uninjuredand in good spirits.

The two .aviators were flying a nightmission agaiiist a heavily defended targetand were' hit , just aftef bomb release."We took a direct hit by some kind ofdetonating shell and 'part of the instru-ment panel exploded in the cockpit with

aloud thud/* BrefflHier said. "1to foreak towfrrd the sea and- started ft*climb, About this .time 1 Mew & brightlight in-- the m'ifror'and t itirnwf to seeWhat it was, The .left wing had burst

"We were about ten miles inland s«f first dbjecflve was to cross the beach

and get back out over water. I alsowanted to get as high as possible andperhaps starve the fire of okygen and putit out

"We got over the water okay andpassed over a search and rescue tie*sti'oyer all right So we decided to keepgoing. About this time we had anotherA6 join up vHth us and confirm that thewing was burning pretty badly.1,

"We kept climbing and leveled off at35,000 feet but the fire kept burning. Atthat altitude it burned With a blue glow

and smaller flattie, but it. kept'.burning,,•vWe-.. Vert 120 to 110 miles J«Hn the

ship when we Were hit afld the^ {theship) told «s they had a teatjy deek atiticfotfld take its aboaM as sbpn as wt» gotthere. ,

"As we came down near the ship theflatties got bigger. The i<ower 1 went thebigger the flanies got. We passed overthe ship about 8,000 feet and they verifiedthat we were still burning badly."

Observers aboard the ship reportedthe plane as just one large ball of flames.

"We went ahead trying to get in posi-tion to landj hoping to get the planeaboard and sax'e it,** Bremner saict."At 2,000 feet we slowed up and put theflaps down.- By this time the wingWas really burning with a big blaze, Icoultuft see very well and it was be«ginning to look hopeless. It was so darkoutside and so bright around the airplane

tttftt ft ftfijied thy night vision. 1 c<nildn'.tsee the ship,or mttth oi anything, bill 6£tflS cockpit*

"About 'this time the LSd (landing*ssafety officer), wJw was watchiftg us frortithe ship, advised us to eject and-so didour wfagflifttii. Asr it, began to get warinei*in the. cockpit 1 assumed th\* flame wasgetting too close to the fuselage and sincean A-6 carries ,fucl in the fuselage wedecided to eject.

"Lt, Fardy went out first. 1 had alittle trouble getting the plane trimmed(stabilized) for me to eject and 1 finallywound Up holding the stick between myknees and pulling the ejection handle.

"We were hardly in the water anytime at all. 1 was only a niile and a halffront the, ship when I ejected and thehelo came right over, picked me up andthen Fardy. As far as the rescue goes,everything worked perfectly,"

Opens atChu Lai

By BOB CUTTSS&S Correspondent

SAIGON — The second* ofthree multi-purpose emergencyhospitals built through Army,Navy and civilian efforts hasbeen opened in Chu Lai.

The 300-becl surgical hospitalhas six operating rooms, anX-ray lab, seven wards, twohelipads, its own power and wa-ter plants and support facilitiesfor all patients and staff. It willnot only handle U.S. and Viet-namese wounded military menon a regular basis, but civilian\var casualties as well.

The medical compound, to betaken over by the Army's 27thSurgical Hospital and opened forbusiness as soon as remainingequipment shipments arrive andare installed, was dedicatedJune 11.

Brig. Gen. G.L, Collins, U.S.Army Vietnam surgeon general,said the new hospital compareswith a modern station hospitalin the U.S.

"The hospital will take itsplace in the development, of amedical treatment system de-signed to provide the best pos-sible care for combat soldiersand civilian war casualties inthe Republic of Vietnam," Col-lins said.

The facility was built fromscratch in 137 days by the RMK-BRJ construction c o m p a n y ,Frank S. McGarvey, the firm'sgeneral manager, was on handfor the opening. Rear Adm. S.R.Smith, the Navy's officer incharge of construction in Viet-nam, lauded RMK-BRJ.

With their helicopter still in mid-air, troops of the 4th Inf. Div.'s1st Bn., 22nd Inf., leap off and scramble up a hill as they make an

Copter Troops Go fnfo Actionassault during aji operation near Dak To in the central highlands.

(USA)

Orphans GetClothes From U.S.

DA NANG, Vietnam (Special)— More than 100 pounds ofclothing were presented to thechildren of St. Joseph's Orphan-age, west of Da Nang, by theCh'il Action section of 1st ShoreParty Bn., 1st Marine Div,

Three p a r c e l s , containingshirts, diapers, dresses, quilts,kimonos and caps were given tothe orphanage, which cares for50 Vietnamese orphans. It is un-der the direction of four Catholicnuns.

The clothing was sent by Mrs.Norbert F. Jei sen. of Lakeville,Minn.

House Honors U.S. VeteransOf Once-Besieaed

WASHINGTON (UPI) — TheHouse paid tribute to veteransof the once-threatened SouthVietnam outpost of Khu Sanhin a Flag Day ceremony of songs,march music and speeches.

Combat Marines were specialguests of the House, along withmembers of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff, in the annual Houseobservance salut ing the flag.

The Marine Band and the Air

Force's ''Singing Sergeants"provided the music.

In the main address, Rep.Jack Brooks, D-Tex., namedby Speaker John W. Me-Cormack to lead the ceremony,told the Khe Sanh veterans thatthe outpost, besieged by Com-munist, troops earlier this year,has "taken its place in thehistory and traditions of ournation."

liy ANDREW HEADLAND JR.S&S Staff Correspondent

DA NANG, Vietnam — Oneday early in 1954 a white-hairedAir Force sergeant talked intothe press center in Seoul, Korea,on a routine writing assignmentthat, changed the Ui'e of a 13-year-old Korean youngster.

The chance meeting resultedin the youth, known as "ChisFby his American friends, beingadopted by Sgt. Albert T. Whi l eJr. and hi.s wife. "Chisi," nowArmy 1st Lt. Link White, wastaken by his new parents toParamus, N . J . , where he com-pleted high .school. He is as-signed as in fo rmat ion off icer .Army Support Command, DaNang.

Since e n l i s t i n g in t l i e Armyin 19U2, White has completedtours of duty as an enlisted inauin We^t Germany and Korea,graduated f rom Off ice rs Candi-

date School at Fort Benning,Ga., and served a year as Armyinformation o f f i c e r a t FortBuckner, Okinawa.

He has also picked up ayear's college credits by attend-ing night classes offered by theUniversity of Maryland, Heplans to obtain a degree, vuthmajors in history and politicalscience, from Muhlenberg Col-lege, A l l c u l o w n , Pa.

He enrolled as a seventh grad-er a week after a r r i v i n g inParainus in 1955 and becauseof language d i f f i cu l t i e s had thelowest grades in his class. Buthe w a s among the top fou rhonor students svhen lie graduat-ed in I960.

Singling out a few highl ightsfrom his experiences in Eastand We.st he recalled his f a the rt e l l i ng him he had ou tg rown thei i a f n c "dnsi" and to select an tu name lit l iked . One day he

ran across a copy of "Link,"the Protestant religious publica-tion.

""The meaning of the word'Link' overwhelmed me," Whitesaid. "I took it as a name be-cause T thought of it as a bondfor something previously miss-ing, of something that is a ne-cessity and must exist amongmank ind . "

He proudly displayed a wr i s t -watcl ' i presented to him in Ko-rea. It. is inscr ibed, "To Chis i .f rom Big X Club, U.S. A r m yKorea. liijU-iyS-i."

A n o t h e r memento f rom ihUperiod is a ce r t i f i ca te signed byGen. Bruce C. Clarke, whocommanded X Corps, whichcommends "Chisi" for perform-ing his duties in a superiormama-:, for w o r k i n g long arid

us hours and for h e l p i n gthe i iKTaiu of X Corps.

He added, "It has done sobecause of the magnificentcourage of (i.OOO heroic men whowithstood savage attacks, dailybombardment and faced seem-ingly impossible odds."

In his speech. Brooks alsotook issue with critics of Amer-ica as a whole following theassassination of Sen, Robert F.Kennedy. While not mentioningthe slaying, Brooks said,"There are those who say weare a sick country, a landwhere violence and hairedflourish,"

He said those people "arewrong." He called the UnitedStates "a growing country, achanging country, a dynamiccountry."

1ST LT. LINK WH11L

Australian WivesSent From Saigon

SAIGON i.S&S)—The wives ofA u s t r a l i a n Kmbassx personnelme being v\ i t h d n s u n f rom Sai-gon bccau.se of t h e c u r r e n t ser-ies of Communi s t she l l i ng androcket a t t a c k s .

An rmbas\\ spokesman M.tidsix vmba.ssy wi\ 'cs were l eav ingfor Pcmmg and Malays ia . NoA u s t r a l i a n ch i ldren of embassyf a m i l i e s arc in Sai.'Jon.

All members of the embassy.•staff are M H \ ! I C ; on Hu job i ) Jt h e South V i t - l n a m e s e c a p i t a l .

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Reds Sink Navy Gunboat off VietCompiled From AP and UPI

SAIGON — Communist .shorebatteries believed entrenched intin; Demilitarized Zone sank aU.S. Navy gunboat and fired (inan American cruiser in the Gulfof Tonkin Sunday, militaryspokesmen said.

Two wounded crewmen, in-cluding the officer in charge,were rescued after the 50-footSwift boat went down less thanone mile offshore and four milessouth of the DMZ.

ISut five other crewmen werestill missing late Sunday, morethan 12 hours after the predawnattack, officials said.

Military spokesmen said theNavy boat, identified as PCF 19was battered by a volley ofshore batlery fire that eruptedabout 1:30 a.m. Saigon time.

The shorcguniiers also hurledthree rounds at the cruiser USSBoston in the Gulf of Tonkin,about five miles from the DMZ,but missed.

The crew of PCF 19 radioedfor help. Two other boats, theU.S. Coast Guard Cutter PointDumc and the PCF 12 rushedtoward the scene — and they,too, came under heavy enemyfire, spokesmen said.

But neither was hit. and min-

utes later Ihe Point Dume re-ported spotting a red distressflare in the dark skies abovethe PCF 19's position. Within 10minutes, officials said the twowounded men were hauledaboard the Point Dumc.

U.S. jet f i g h t e r - b o m b -ers streaked into the skies butwere unable to pinpoint theCommunist battery. It couldhave been firing from either thenorthern or the southern halfof the DMZ, officials conceded.

At the time, the PCF 19. PCF12 and the Point Dume werepatrolling the northern coast ofSouth Vietnam to check possible

infiltration of Communist troopsand supplies by sea, spokesmensaid.

The ships are based at DaNang.

The sunken aluminum Swiftboat was 50 feet long, weighed22 tons and could clip along atabout 27 m.p.h. Three 50-cal.machine guns were mounted onits deck.

Meanwhile, sporadic fightingcontinued north and west of Sai-gon but the Viet Cong's threatof major new ground attackson the city did not materialize.

In Gia Dinh Province severalmiles north of Saigon U.S. heli-

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A MAN TRIES TO PROTECT GIRL STUDENT AS PARIS POLICEMAN SWINGS CLUB DURING CLASH NEAR THE SORBONNE.

CODS Toss Oi/f Paris Students(Continued From Page 1)

gns and concussion g.vn.ule.s;i;.;;iinst .some .1.000 denumslra-TOI-S in neighboring BuulcvanlSt. Michel.

Heavy fighting erupted im-mediately and spread through-out the student <|iiarlcr.

Police said an inspector wasstabbed in the thigh by a knife.Several demonstrators injuredin the f ight ing were rushed toa makeshift first-aid center setup in the nearby Faculty ofMedicine building.

However, the demonstratorswere unable to hold it long un-der the heavy tear-gas fire.

At one point police chasedthe demonstrators directly intomoving traffic and then beganfiring tear gas among the cars.

The fighting caused heavydamage and one cafe front wastotally shattered. Several youngg'ti!.-> were injured and takenfrom Ihe cafe on stretchers.

Prime Minister Georges Pom-pidou, who was campaigning incentral France, kept up u i th theParis events by telephone.

"It was necessary that it bedone," he told journalists. "Ina few days, when it has- beencleaned, the Sorbonnc will be

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reopened to students and in-structors."

Till* Kiliic.-iliim MJ!>iv.(ry «:>>slit h:ul asked academic authori-ties to begin consultations Mon-day to allow practical terms andconditions for use of the Sor-bonne.

"Then the work of reflectionundertaken by the instructorsand students can he cnntinucd !otheir end," it said in a com-nitinii|ue.

The ministry said the re-sumed discussions, both at theSorbonne and in the provinces,would be asked to choose quali-fied representatives to take part

in a nationwide reform of uni-versity structures.

Meanwhile, a! (he Universityof Orleans, police authoritieswere investigating a brutal at-tack on students early thismorning by an invasion forcearmed with guns and clubs.

Some 150 persons, apparentlyfrom the extreme right, invad-ed dormitories about .1 a.m.. andfrisked students at gun-point fortheir student union cards. Many,including two Negro studentsand two Japanese trainees, werebeaten up.

Police encircled the universitySunday night to prevent any re-petition of the incident.

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sued at much more frequent in-tervals.

The announcement was terse:"Authorities at Waller Heed

General Hospital announced thismorning that former PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower sufferedanother coronary heart attacklast evening at approximate^ 9p.m.

"The general spent a com-fortable night and his presentcondition is stable.

"In view of this developmentthe previous tentative plan for

Gen. Eisenhower's return to hishome about June 'H must be de-layed."

At inidaflernoon Sunday asource familiar with the casesaid doctors in attendance stillwere speaking of Eisenhower'scondition as stable and reportedhe was resting comfortably.

This source «aid that so far ashe knew the doctors had not yetcharacterized the degree of ihenew attack—whether it wasmild or something more serious.He said it is his understandingthis might not be done for a dayor so.

Ships CollideOff California

SANTA CRUZ. Calif. |AP)-Atanker carrying 127,000 barrelsof jet fuel collided with a freight-er early Sunday and lost mostof its bow .section, the CoastGuard reported.

The Cossatot, a Military SeaTniitepurtutinn tanker, coiliiic-iiwith Ihe 132-foot freighter Cop-per State about five miles southof Santa Cm/ Island, CoastGuard spokesmen said.

The 523-foot tanker lost a 20-foot section of the bow and sus-tained a large gash below thewaterline. No injuries to itscrewmen were reported.

The l a n k e r, destined forHaines, Alaska, departed fromLong Beach and was making itsway up She California uiasl.I!c;ivy early iiu»iiihi£ fu^ set innear Sanla Cruz.

Coast Guard spokesmen saidthe Copper Slate, owned by theState Marine Line, was headedfor Long Rvacli.

Watertight compartments inthe Cossatot were sealed off andthe ship waited a tug to assisther to port. All the crew re-mained aboard.

The Copper State continued onto Long Beach, with damage re-portal only above the walerline.

copters were called in Sundayto drop tear gas on more than100 guerrillas who seized a ham-let and burrowed into deepbunkers.

Associated Press photograph-er Dang Van Phuoc said gov-ernment troops have pressed soclose to the enemy force thatair strikes could not be usedand a half dozen tanks werecalled in.

Two tanks moved forward andfired pointblank at the bunkersbut had to make a hasty retreatwhen a flurry of antitank BIOrockets came zipping back,Phuoc said. A prisoner takenSunday said the enemy unit hadreceived s o m e replacementsSaturday night.

A Vietnamese spokesman said10 government t r o o p s werewounded Sunday.

In another Sunday battle, anestimated 400 enemy soldierssuffered a bloody defeat whenthey attacked U.S. infantrymenpatrolling Saigon's outskirts.

r.n -A U.S. «nnVtimated battalion of Viet Congand North Vietnamese attackedtroops of the U.S. 25th Inf. Div.:il 3 a.m. Sunday only sevenmiles from Ihe heart of Saigonami li-ss lh;in three miles froma densely populated urban area.

The Americans repelled theattack and Ihe enemy brokernnlact seven hours later afterlosing 52 killed. U.S. losses werethree killed and 32 wounded.

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trouic talent now" for a suc-cessful defence.

Hay said "we had Ihe firsttan:;il)le result" of the newf<juipineiil in countering tin;rocket attack early Sunday. Inthis shelling tin; Viet Cong onlyfired four rockets against Ihecapita!.

Without giving specific de-tails, Hay said the time betweendetection of enemy firing posi-tions and counter-battery firehad been cut down considerably.The counter-fire early Sunday.he said, resulted in a secondary••vj>!?iiyr. ::::: ir.iJcs f.-.-.m i !. <:point where an incoming rockeilanded. Such secondary explo-sions normally indicate a suc-cessful hit on ainni i ini l inn orfuel.

Hay said the biggest VietCong threat to Saigon remainingat present was in the Gia Oinhsuburb on the northern side; ofthe city.

He said Allied forces wouldtry to avoid using air andartillery strike:; against homesin combatting the enemy threat,this would mean house-to-housefighting by ground troops.

Also attending tin- ceremonywas South Vittnanie.se PremierTran Van Huong, who said ano-ther attack on Saigon was ex-pected before the end of thismonth.

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