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Shepherd eattritg flies oft cow* t$ helppay his way through college.

Every Stmday this summer, the ruralSpringfield college sophomore neads to aneighbor's farm between 10 a-m* and 4p,m, to count the flies.

Shepherd notes the time, temperatureand weather conditions and then begins

en 20 cattle/CountMf the flies is only half the Job,

Shepherd also must categorize the peskyinsects,

After Several weeks of study, he dameto a preliminary conclusion that the aver-age cow is plagued by 71 to 72 horn flies,10 to 11 stable flies and 2 to 3 face flies*

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AN AUTHORED PUBLICATION OF tiffU.S. ARMED FORCES IN THE FAR EAST

Vol. 24,. No. 177 Thursday, June 27, ,1968

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RESURRECTION CITY RAPIDLY DISAPPEARS AS WORKMEN CLEAN UP THE WEST POTOMAC PARK AREA.

Draft BoardFlunks OutALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) ~

The Northern Lehigh SchoolDistrict has been worried aboutsome young male teachers losingtheir draft deferments andbeing reclassified 1-A.

On Monday 55-year-old Her-man P. Snyder, a supervisingprincipal, also was classified 1-A.

Snyder, married with twochildren, is a World War II ve-teran with three Bronze Stars.

He said he is not worried,adding, "It has to be a mis-take."

Aberncsthy Jailed forResurrection City Torn Down

WASHINGTON (UPI) —TheRev. Ralph David Abernathywas sentenced to 20 days in jailTuesday but his Poor Peoples'Campaign went marching onwhen a 12-wagon mule trainfinally arrived on the heavilypoliced streets of Washington.

The mules, six days late,plodded into downtown Washing-ton and drew crowds of touristsand civil servants on theirlunch hour, then trudged throughthe slums where 20 hours earlierpolice tear gas had emptied thestreets.

Finally the mules reachedCapitol Hill and circled it butthe muleskinners decided toabandon their plan of courtingarrest and stayed off thefederal land.

Resurrection City, the march-ers' encampment of 836 plywoodshacks, was ripped apart andauthorities took care to packagethe personal belongings of itsjailed residents so they could beclaimed later.

Clad in hisand looking

usual blue denimstired, Abernathy

pleaded "no contest" and drewa 20-day sentence from ChiefJudge Harold H. Greene ofGeneral Sessions Court.

Charged with unlawful assem-bly, he could have drawn up toi>0 days' imprisonment.

In the slums, the tensionsaroused by the voluntaryarrests of 375 demonstratorsMonday and the police seizureof Resurrection City appeared tohave diminished. But policestrength was kept at 50 per centabove normal and 400 National(Continued on Back Page, Col. 2)

By SPEC. 4RANDY WOODS

S&S Staff Correspondent

SAIGON —A seriesof five h e l i c o p t e rcrashes killed 36 alliedsoldiers in the Saigonarea Monday andTuesday.

Two UH1D helicopterscarrying U.S. and Thaitroops on an assault land-ing 16 miles northeast ofSaigon collided T u e s d a ymorning and exploded. Theblast downed a third heli-copter.

Twelve U.S., one Vietnamese,and 16 Thai soldiers were killed.

"The visibility was poor," aU.S. spokesman said. "The ceil-ing was 200 to 300 feet with haJf-a-mile visibility."

The operation was suspendedand investigation of the crashordered.

Monday morning, an OH6 re-connaissance helicopter was hitby enemy ground fire and(Continued on Back Page, Col. 3)

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SEOUL (AP)—Cracks of smallweapons fire and explosions ofgrenades echoed along the east-ern front on the 18th anniversaryof the Korean War Tuesday intwo brief engagements in whichdefending sentinels killed fourNorth Korean intruders, theSouth Korean Army reported.

South Koreans suffered nocasualties in the fire f ights 4miles south of the DemilitarizedZone separating South fromNorth Korea under the 1953A-mistice, the report said.

Two Russian-made l ight ma-chine guns, a boxfu! of arnrnuni-\ ion, two hand grenades, a(Continued on Back Page, Col. 1)

Prison Full of LiarsWis-

consin's official slogan. "WeLike It: Here," now appears onal l s ta te mai l—including t h a tfrom the state piisoa ai Wau-pun,

WAUPUN, Wis. (AP)slot

; '&?„ -CAP) , -vEarife »,-.Whiter* chair-matt of the Joint dfiiels of Staff,calls Viet Cortg 'toctet altaekfagainst Saigon "random mur*deris and says they represent anenemy effort to avoid majorbattlefield fighting.

Wheeler made the commentMonday night while speaking toa meeting of the New YorkState Society of Newspaper Edi»tors.

The general said the Saigonrocket attacks have had no mill*tary significance but "one can*not discount the effect, overtime, on the targeted civilianpopulation/'

Gen, Wheeler said rocket as*saults on South Vietnam's capi-tal city have killed 515 civilians,wounded 4,416 and left 176,000homeless,

"Clearly, the- enemy's pur-poses are to sustain pressure onthe capital* to raise tension, ere*ate havoc and to induce a senseOf hopelessness and despair/'Wheeler said.

He did not speculate in his?rather optimistic appraisal ofthe Vietnam war as to what

Thai SeesJuly as'Decisive'

BANGKOK (AP) — The Viet-nam War has entered a deci-sive stage and the comingmonth will decide whether it willlead to peace or a wider war,Thai Foreign Minister ThanatKhoman said Tuesday.

Thanat, speaking at the open-ing of an Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN)conference on aviation, said thatif the Communists wanted peacenow was the time to do some-thing about it.

"But if the enemy intensifiesits attacks on children, womenand old people without regardto civilian lives, then the warwill continue more violently,"he said.

VC Toss TNTWith Catapults

DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) —The Viet Cong dipped into thehomemade section of their ar-senal Monday night and usedbamboo catapults to hurl TNTcharges at militamen guardinga bridge 20 miles southeast ofDa Nang, a government spokes-man reported.

The bridge wasn't damaged,but s e v e n militiamen werewounded. The spokesman saidthe enemy had used such cata-pults previously with little .suc-cess.

Mg*raftg§ effect* if any* theSaigon altaeMs might have, , ,

He d&f&ibfed; Ui& .forces M"unbeaten and unbeatable , f >

And although mtieh hard fight-ing is ahead, he said, mucH of itwill represent the enemy's at-tempts to capture headlinesrather than military objectives,

Wheeler linked enemy actionsthis year, beginning with theTet "truce4' offensive in Febru-4 try, to Hanoi's "growing aware-ness that they were losing themilitary conflict," The Tet of-fensive included a direct assaulton major South Vietnamese cit-ies, among them Saigon where

ROKs Kill 23 RedsSAIGON (S&S)— Twenty-three

enemy soldiers were killed Mon-day by South Korean troops inSouth Vietnam. The ROK ma-rines and infantrymen killed allthe enemy in two ambushes andother light contacts near HoiAn, Tuy Hoa and Qui Nhou,South Korean military headquar-ters here said.

. battling raged"As then* still may Im

residual dtmbuas td who wonthat fight,"1 Wheeler, said, "Ishould like to make a brief fac»tual announcement: while theTet offensive did produce, Wides*pread disruption, and time wasneeded to verify and appraisethe results, the enemy offensivefailed...

"I suggest that the bloodylosses suffered by the enemyduring Tet, at Khe Sanh, in theA Shau Valley, and in many oth?er lesser known actions, were intotal a major defeat which willaffect the course of the

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tLS, spbke\smen said the. N&vyplane was downed by unknowncauses .Monday night southwestof Vinh, the coastal city in th@Panhandle that has been a ma«jor target of carrier4>ased jets,The two-mart crew is reportedas missing in action.

f he Air Force and Navy haveeach lost- five planes over tliePanhandle in June, bringing th<*unofficial toll fdr the war to859, An Air Force F105 Thunder-chief was shot down Saturday

Law to Add72,000 toVief Forces

Vietnam Bureau

SAIGON — - South VietnameseDefense Minister Nguyen VanVy said Monday his country'snow "general mobilization law"would add 72,000 men to theVietnamese government armedforces' this year,

The. new law, approved lastWednesday by President Ngu-yen Van Thieu, makes all Viet-namese civilians between theages of 16 and 50 eligible forservice with either the regulararmed forces or local defenseunits.

Vy said it will bring the totalstrength of RVNAF to morethan 800,000 men. Aside fromthe 72,000 men to be inducted,the defense minister said anoth-er 65,000 have already receivedinduction notices this year andmany of them are already inlate stages of training.

At a press conference calledto explain the mobilization pro-gram, Vy denied that the mainpurpose of the call-up was toreinforce the defense of rocketand infiltrator-plagued Saigon.

"It is for the defense of thewhole country," he said, ''notonly the capital."

lie said induction to the regu-lar services would be limitedat present to men between 18and 38. Older draftees will servein popular force units in theirhome areas.

The law allows for defermentson religious, educational or hard-ship grounds. Vy indicated ageneral tightening of regulationson all draft exemptions is inthe offing, but did not go intodetails.

A Cache of TerrorSpec, 4 Robert Brayson, of Webb, Miss., holds a warhead from

a 122mm rocket of the type the Communists have used to shellSaigon. Troops of the 25th Inf. Div. found 19 warheads in threesampans sunk in a canal on the outskirts of Saigon, (AP)

GAO Supply Probe

Army 'Rush' Orders Criticized

Pacific Stars & StripesThursday, June 27,

WASHINGTON (UPI)-Whatpuzzled auditors was whj' thehousing authorities at "'' U.S.Army headquarters in SouthVietnam needed 720 crystalliquor glasses in such a hurry.

Or, for that matter, why therush fur an organ for the 34thGeneral Support Group.

And then there were thesaltshakers and staples, paperclips and pencils, dictionariesand davenports.

These and other items, theGeneral Accounting Office(GAO) reported Tuesday, wererequisitioned by the Army inVietnam on a costly top prioritybasis that required specialshipping, sometimes by air.

In 70 per cent of the caseswhere supplies were requisi-tioned on a rush basis, toppriority handling was "notjustified" by the importance ofthe item, the jAO said.

The auditing group, whichkeeps tabs on governmentspending for Congress, said thiswas one factor contributing to atotal Army supply system forVietnam thai is still "costly andinefficient/ ' although somewhatimproved since the last GAOreport in November.

So far as combat supplies go,the Army's fighting force hasbeen "adequately supported"despite shortcomings, the GAOsaid.

Shortcomings like still order-

ing parts from the UnitedStates for the HU1A helicopter,phased out several yearsearlier.

But if there is anotherVietnam, the Army may be in aposition to do better.

It is working on creation of aQuick Reaction Inventory Con-trol Center (QRICC) that getshigh marks from GAO auditors.

They said the system "withits own computer, equipment,pretested programs, and trainedmilitary personnel, will beavailable to move quickly intofuture combat situations—suchas those in Vietnam—and toestablish supply managementcapabilities within a shorttime."

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Antialfeftft fire Monday wasdescribed as light to modemsby U.S, pilots! who ftew ilg mis.sions aver the Panhandle, Thir*teen sites were hit.

Air Force crews continued toWast supply areas a r o u n dJDong Hoi, including a largecomplex 3? miles northwest ofthe city where they causedmore than 200 secondary explo-sions Saturday and Sunday.Thufiderchlefs and Phantomsreported destroying four trucks,silencing two automatic weap-ons positions, touching off eightsecondary blasts and five petro-leum, oil and lubricants fires,

Jets from 7th Fleet carriersin the Gulf of Tonkin blastedtargets near Vinh in most of:their 52 missions. Phantoms andA7 Corsairs from the carrierAmerica bombed a storage area21 miles southeast of the cityand returned to strafe the siteWith 20mm cannons, setting offnumerous fires and explosions.

B53 bombers flew nine strikesin South Vietnam Monday andTuesday morning. The big AirForce jets bombed enemy troopconcentrations and infiltrationroute,'.' in Phuoc Long, BinhDuong and .Long Khanh Prov-inces around Saigon and in Kon-turn Province west of KontumCity.

CasualtiesWASHINGTON (S&S) — The

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

KILLED IN ACTIONArmy

Cpl. Eddie L. Mauldin, Los Angeles, Calif,Pic. Robert D. Brockman, Hlaleah, Flo.SP4 Robert W. Hughes, Marietta, Ga.Pfc James T. Gibson, Vlcco, Ky.Sgt. Arthur J. Hoyt, Mars Hill, Maine.Sgt. Richard R. Antonovlch, Calumet,

Minn.SP4 Peter F. Fonda, Saratoga Springs,

N.Y.SSg. Donald R, Hoffman, Akron, Ohio.Cpl. Nyles B. Skyles, Chilllcothe, Ohio.SP4 John J. Cimorelll, Philadelphia, Pa.SP4 Robert M. Woods. Philadelphia, Pa.Pfc. Jack W. Oakes, Kennerdell, Pa.SSq, Joseph W. Rich, West Columbia, S.C.Sgt. Charles E. Goodman, Ft. Worth, Tex.Sfc. Leroy C. Geyer, Tacoma, Wash.Pfc. Ralph H. Franck Jr., Spokane, Wash.

NavyHM3 James D, Raab, Bayvllle, N.J.

Marine CorpsPfc. Robert F. Lopez, Avondale, Ariz.GYSgt. William F. Gunset, Torrance,

Calif.LCpl. Arnold L. Leonard Jr., Morgan Hill,

Calif.Pfc. Stephen M. Grant, Miami, Fla.Pfc. Jackie E, Wallace, Apopka, Fla,Pfc. David M. Bertham, Campbellsvllle,

Ky.Pfc. Richard L. Fitts Jr., Louisville, Ky.LCpl. Richard B, Murphy, Norwood, Mass.Pfc. Theodore S. Griffin, Springfield, Mass.LCpl, Donald R. Hawver, Detroit, Mlcri.Pfc. Gary C. Seymour, Hazel Park, Mich.Sgt. Clark L. Henson Jr., Joplin, Mo.Pfc. Jeffery A. Thibault, Pitman, N.J.Ptc. Wayne W. Bernhardt, Cambria

Heights, N,Y,Pfc, Robert E, Sanders, Raleigh, N.C.Pfc. Larry D. Humphreys, Bixby, Okia,LCpl. Paul V. McHenry, Carnp Hill, Pa.LCpi. Gerald H. Lavoie, Woonsocket, R.I,P!c. Roger D. Hebert, Port Arthur, Tex.

DIED OF WOUNDSMarine Corps

Pfc. Tyrone E. Carney, Oakland, Calif.Sgt. David M. Hollingsworth, Ouray, Colo.

MISSING TO DEAD— HOSTILEArmy

Pfc. Michael H. Bia, Window Rock, Ariz.Cpl. Coy E. Stroble, North Little Rock/

Ark.WO Dayton W. Lunier, Wilmington, N.C.Sgt. Philip G. Colonna, Howard Beach,

N.Y.SP4 Michael J. Kaolafka, Mahanoy City,

Pa.Ptc. Daniel L. Stacker, Umbarqer, Tex.

MISSING IN ACTIONArmy

r^4 Marvin L. Wyalt.Pic. Jan A. Carmody.P.c. Paul L. Joyner.Pic. Freddie L. McNeil.Pic. Charles A, Rygg.Pic. Charges V. Vasquei Jr.

DIED NOT AS A RESULT OFHOSTILE ACTION

ArmySP-i Arnold A. Chap De-Laine Jr., Arroyo,

Calit.Pfc. Charles F. Landers, De Kalb, 111.

Marine CorpsLCpl. Robert C. Ewald, Costa Mesa, Calif.Pfc. Doyle W. Overton, Chicago, III.Pvt. Ronald J. Lockhart, Bowling Green,

Ky.Air Force

Sgt. Michael V. Sorter, Columbus, G<J.

Teen Saboteurs; Guides

QtJANG Tit..Vtetotfm'(Special) *-*-A. sea Knighth & l i e o p t e i 4 bobbed ktiddipped around a hot hillnear Khe $mh to fescuetiirte wounded Marines tin*fler intense enemy fire*

The Marine Medium Helicop-ter Sq.»262 transport- helicopterpiloted by Majk Herman R.Boiett, of Oafc Ridge, Tenn.,braved three precarious landingzones in the rough terrain threemiles southeast of Khe Sanh be-fore successfully extracting the1st Marine Regt. Leathernecks,

According to Bolen, "My wing-man and I were diverted fromour scheduled logistics hopsaround the Khe Sanh hills .forthis emergency,

"Attack jets were poundingthe area surrounding one smallknoll. One hundred meters sep-arated Ihe North Vietnamesetroops from our Marines."!

Bolen instructed his wingmanto maintain an orbit nearby incase his aircraft was downedduring the extraction.

Bolen's fii\st landing was fu-tile. The Marines were pinnedto the ground further up. thesteep incline.

"Our second approach wasalso unsuccessful. We spottedthe Marines this time, but they•were pinned down and we didn'thave any room to land.

"I finally moved toward theside of the hill, backed the heloin and set its rear on theground."

It was in this position the air-craft was held while the wound-ed were loaded.

"Two mortars hit 15 metersaway while the men were beinghelped aboard. During lift-offtwo more hit right behind us,damaging our aft rotor bladesand oil line. We lost all oil pres-sure immediately."

In spite of this, Bolen man-aged to fly the crippled aircraftand wounded Marines to theKhe Sanh medical facilities.

'"-Smith '.Vietnam ,Viet Coftg have

lgh school boysarid girls in this Mekong Deltaprovince capital to serve assaboteurs, terrorists and guidesfor what South Vietnameseofficials describe as a "secondwave" Uprising,

the disclosure, came with thearrest of seven boys and fivegirls all between the ages of 16and 19» who were linked to amovement known as the StudentLiberation Organization,

Some details were given in arecent interview by Tom That

0am, the province jfoliefe.and Vah Phung Vo, theof intelligence operation^

"They show exceptional intel-ligence," Dam said Of thearrested youths. "It's too badthese young people aren't work-ing on our side.'*

Authorities said the youthswere carrying hand grenades,mines, , automatic pistols andlarge quantities of Viet Congpropaganda. One boy had apenlike device loaded with teargas and pellets and capable offiring bullets.

ThV gfdtip leader mm MeMi*lied as -Bfiy*Yert, a ^yeii^ldwoman, and a man nanictl Bay*Khanh, Both are still at large.The woman was reported tohave been educated at theUniversity of Haiioi.

Vo said the students were tohave been alerted by a liaisonteam for such missions asguiding Viet Cong forces tostrategic areas of Can Tho andsupporting, invasions with demo*lition strikes,

The scheme was uncoveredafter a five-month investigation

fft whichpolice Installed a .young agettt:ina boys* high school, Me made.his way into one of the yotithcells and provided informationthat cracked the plot.

One of the arrested youthshas been charged in connectionwith a hand grenade attack onthe Can Tho police station.

The extent of the movementhas not been determined butOfficials did not discount thepossibility that it might havespread to other parts of thecountryside. .

A Flying Crane hooks on to a 155mm howitzer during the ex-traction of a platoon from A Btry., 2nd Bn., llth Arty. The 23rd

Arty. Group cannoneers supported alHrd operations 23 miles westof Saigon near the Tra Cu Special Forces Camp. (USA Photos)

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f» fire another round at Viet Cong forces near Saigon.

THE 23RD ARTY. GROUP,Vietnam (Special) — A platoonof mud and sweat caked can-noneers dumped more than 2,400rounds 'o f 155mm artillery fireon Communist troops during arecent operation designed tostrike hard at the i n v a s i o nroutes used by the Viet Cong intheir second unsuccessful at-tempt to knock out Saigon.

The 23rd Arty. Group gunnersof the 2nd Bn,, l l th Arty., firedthoir 155mm howit/ers day andnight while two arti l lery observ-er teams waded through swampsto call in deadly fire on the ene-my in the delta country.

The howitzer platoon from ABattery had been airl if ted byArmy Flying Crane and Chi-nook helicopters in to a remote,t r i a n g u l a r plot of ground a! themee t ing of the Or ien ta l l inerand a small canal. Minutes al'icrthe second 155mm howi tzertouched down at a barren spot,a b u t t i n g the Tra Cu SpecialForces Camp, 23 miles west ofSaigon and 10 miles from theCambodian border, the a r t i l l e ry -men were ready 10 begin f ir ing,

During daily recon-in-force op-erations in the delta. 23rd CroupFO teams — wi th elements ofthe 5Ui Special Forces Mobi leStr ike. Forces and Camp Strike

Forces — moved through water-logged elephant grass. Knee-deep in muddy water and pin-ned down by cnomy fire, theseartillery FO's gave fire requeststo the A Battery fire directioncenter. Moments later at TraCu, the 100 pound 155mm pro-jectiles were on the way towardcommunist troops.

In one instance during the op-eration, A Battery gunners sankthree sampans — two with thefirst volley — af ter a MobileSti ' ike Force Company had comeunder small arms fire from VietCong in the sampans.

Behind A Battery's t imely,h a r d - h i l i i n g shells were 30 a r t i l -l e r j m c n wringing wet withsweat. In the f i r s t seven days atTra Cu. the cannoneers f i red atm a x i m u m ra te wTiile bui lding af i r e s u p p o r t base f rom t h eground up. A s trong defens ivep o s i t i o n des igned to w i t h s t a n di n i f nse enemy mortal' and re-e n j j i e s s r i f l e a t tacks was soon inplace,

"This t ime we had to f i l l , hauland pile nearly 20,000 sand-bii ' js!" es t imated S. Sgl. Aur-

January that platoons of A Bat-tery had .set up fire-supportbases in isolated areas to sup-port Special Forces.

Long man-hours of labor wererequired at Tra Cu because thewater table, two feet below theground, forced the artillerymento build bunkers on lop of theground.

During the i r sixth night at TraCu, men hauled ammunition forseven hours during a resupplyby helicopter a i r l i f t called be-cause of the rapid f i r ing onprevious days. But S. Sgt. Fre-derick M. Nay lor, platoon chief,recalled that they were notalone, "The S p e c i a 1 ForcesTeam members v. ere there theminute the ammo hi; down andwe worked side by side u n t i lmorning ." Nay lo r said.

The a r t i l l e r y m e n had hauled,l i f t e d and chambered nea r ly .100tons of ISonmi rounds , I'u/.cs andpowder churgo-. i n to howit /ertubes by the s e v e n t h day. Andas Battery Commander, Capt.• fames S. Har r ing ton of SiouxCi ty . la. said, "The weight was

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BEYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP)—The 15 North'AtlanticTreaty Oftgfiization (NATO) allies Tuesday night warn-ed the Russians and East Germans.they stand ready tokeep open Berlin's lifelines to the West.

In a comtntirtknie winding tip their two-day springsession, they condemned new Communist curbs on trafficto the divided city as "a deliberate attempt to jeopardise

, - •.--'. . ' u^-. detente'* (meaning fiast-Westaccommodation).

With France standing aloof,the allies nevertheless offeredCommunist Europe a chance tojoin in a program of balancedtroop cuts in the Eastern andWestern parts of the continent.

To reinforce their negotiatingposition in case that offer ispicked up, the ministers ruledout any One sided troop orarmament withdrawals fromallied Europe unless the Redsdo the same.

This move will enable Presi-dent Johnson's Administration toargue more effectively againstcongressional pressure for a but-back in America's more than200,000-strong force in Europe.

In another significant devel-opment, the ministers alertedtheir staffs to prepare for actioncountering the buildup of Sovietnaval power in the Mediter-ranean.

American sources said thiscould involve a transfer ofNATO's Mediterranean head-quarters from Malta which isunder pressure to accept Sovietfavors. And it also could in-volve calling forward a NATOnaval task force under theAmerican 6th Fleet if any emer-gency arises.

In proposing a program ofEast-West troop cuts Europe,the allies—minus France—ad-dressed a stern reminder toMoscow and other Communistcapitals:

". . . Longer-term prospectsfor further improvements (inEast-West relations) could befavorable (but) opportunities forrapid progress towards generaldetente should not be over-rated."

(Continued From Page 1)camera and two rolls of film, awrist watch and a canteen wereamong Communist equipmentfound after the exchanges, ac-cording to the report.

The bodies of the North Ko*reans, disguised in South KoreanArmy summer fatigues withoutinsignia, were in the hands ofmilitary authorities, an Armyspokesman said.

The incident brings to 20,thenumber of North Korean infiltra-.tors killed in four major clashesin nine days, he said. Therehave been no South Koreancasualties in the clashes, headded.

The South Korean military saidthe battle Tuesday began at 10:15a.m. when a reconnaissance pat-rol, led by 2nd Lt. Choong GilSon, sighted the four Commu-nists after a tip-off from twowoodcutters.

Three of the Communist in-truders were killed at 12:45 p.m.in a sweep of the area, it said.

The intruders fired light ma-, chine guns and hurled grenadesat South Koreans in the two en-counters, it said.

The incident Tuesday came asSouth Korea was observing thewar anniversary with cere-monies and memorial activities.President Chung Hee Parkwarned the people against pos-sible renewal of aggression byNorth Korea.

Tourist He/icopferPlunges in River

NEW YpRK (AP) — A sight-seeing helicopter nicked a con-crete abutment on takeoff Tues-day and plunged upside downinto the Hudson River, about 100feet offshore,

The pilot and his five passen-gers, including a child, wererescued by six policemen whoplunged into the river to savethem. Injuries to those aboardthe aircraft were only minor,

The helicopter rigged withpontoons took off from the PortAuthority heliport on West 30thStreet.

It had soared only a few feetwhen it hit the abutment at theend of the heliport.

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G u a r d s m e n patrolled thestreets.

Mayor Walter E. Washingtonconferred with aides aboutwhether to impose his 9 p.m. to5:30 a.m. curfew for a secondnight.

Police reported that 286persons were arrested forcurfew violations and otheroffenses Monday night after afew shop windows were shat-tered by stones in the slumwhere the disorders of earlyApril erupted.

Harriman Reports to JohnsonAmbassador Averell Harriman and President Paris peace talks with \the President. Harriman Is

Johnson chat on the White House lawn Tuesday chief U.S. negotiator at the talks and is expectedduring Harriman's visit to the capital to discuss to return to Paris shortly* (AP Ratliophoto)

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crashed 19 miles southwest ofSaigon.

Elements of the 9th Inf. Div.en route to the downed helicop-ter encountered an unknown-size enemy force dug into bun-kers. Artillery and gunshipspounded the enemy.

A sweep of the area Tuesdaymorning disclosed 46 enemy

Light PlaneCrash Kills 4

BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP)—Police say a private plane ap-parently lost power after takeoffTuesday and crashed into a resi-dential backyard and burned,killing all four aboard.

Witnesses said the craft justmissed a house, but harmed noone on the ground.

The twin-engine Beechcrafttook off from nearby Fullertonairport and crashed about amile and a half away.

Reginald Jones of Anaheimsaid he saw it try to bank and"it looked as though its controlswere frozen because it loopedright over."

"It came down on its rightwing tip and nose," Jones said,"almost in a vertical position—right in somebody's backyard,without even touching thehouse.

"It smoked for brief secondsthen burst into flame. Therewasn't much left ... just the tail,close to the patio of the house,and the two wingtips."

bodies. Five U.S. infantrymenwere killed in the battle. Thetwo helicopter crew memberswere found dead.

The fifth helicopter to crashin 24 hours dropped into theNha Be River nine miles south-east of Saigon Monday after-noon. Five U.S. Army personnelwere killed and three soldiersand one U.S. civilian injured.Cause of the crash is unknown.

In other action, 9th Div. forcesengaged an estimated enemybattalion 16 miles southwest ofSaigon Sunday. The infantry-men, supported by Army heli-copter gunships, artillery fire

; and U.S. Air Force planes, con-. tinued to fight until the enemywithdrew just before midnight.

Enemy losses were 41 killedand two captured. Four U.S. in-fantrymen were killed and 16wounded.

Vietnamese Army spokesmenreported 40 Communist troopskilled 70 miles southwest of Sai-gon Monday. Vietnamese casu-alties were light. Three prison-ers were captured.

Vietnamese forces also re-ported killing 10 enemy nearSaigon and three in Phong DinhProvince 100 miles southwest ofthe capital.

(Continued From Page 1)The job is not the whimsy of

some e c c e n t r i c benefactor.Shepherd, an agricultural econo-mics major at Western IllinoisUniversity, Macomb, is one offour youths employed in a re-search project by the Universityof Illinois Extension Service.

The project seeks to deter-mine the habits of flies buggingherds with no fly controlmeasures.

How do the cows accept thestudy? Shepherd thought atfirst he would need binocularsto get his counts. But he foundthe cows are nosey and willwalk right up to him to seewhat the researcher is doing.

Shepherd said modern time-saving methods don't seem toapply to his task. He was toldwhen he started his job that hecould count the flies on one sideof the animal and multiply bytwo for an average.

But the flies seemed to havetoo much sense for such simplestatistics. Shepherd said healways found more flies on thecooler, shady side of theanimals.

$335,000 Is a Big Pizza DoughMINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - A

pizza baker who claimed hecouldn't toss dough for the Ital-ian cheese pies any more be-cause his neck was broken in anauto accident has been awardeddamages of $335,000.

A jury in State Supreme Courthere issued the decision Satur-day in favor of Camillo Caloge-ro, 33, of Lynbrook.

_. .... _ rt « .24 Pacific "Stars & Stripes Garage Inc. of Valley Stream

Thursday, June 27, 1968 for $500,000.

The accident that led to theaward occurred Sept. 30 in Lyn-brook, A tow truck driven by a17-year-old boy allegedly ranthrough a stop sign and hit aear containing Mr. and Mrs. Je-rome Flechner of Queens. TheFlechner car hit Calogero's car.

The baker suffered a brokenneck and internal injuries. Hesue<J the Flechners and Bill's

Attorneys for the defendantstold the jury that pizza doughcould be kneaded on a table in-stead of tossed into the air.

Calogero's employer and law-yer, however, said he was un-able to make the body move-ments needed for the twirl andtoss of the dough.

Calogero earned more than$100 a week as a pizza baker atGino's pizzeria in Lynbrook,where he had worked for threeyears.

LBJ to ExtendM'Connell's Term

WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi-dent Johnson announced Tues-day he plans to appoint Gen.John P, McConnell for an extrayear's service as Air Forcechief of staff, effective Aug. 1.

This will make it possible forMcConnell to end his tour ofduty as chief of staff at a timewhen other changes in varioushigh military positions will betaking effect.

McConnell, 60, a native ofBooneville, Ark. has had twoprevious two-year appointmentsas chief of staff.

Proud Day for NasserCAIRO (AP)—President Nas-

ser's second daughter, Mona, 22,has been awarded a bachelor ofarts degree in political sciencefrom the American University ofCairo.

World Weather

162-Carat DiamondEAST LONDON, South Africa

(AP) — A 162-carat diamondworth an estimated $120,000 hasbeen found at Bellsbank, nearBarkly in West Cape Province,by Peter de Bruyn, a miner.

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