19Marines Die in Nev, Plane CrashBATTLE MOUNTAIN,

Nev. (AP).'— NineteenMarines were killedW e d n e s d a y whentheir C54 t r a n s p o r tplane crashed into theside of a mountain.

Searchers, struggling upa snowblanketed mountaininto an almost-inaccessiblecanyon, Thursday f o u n dthe burned wreck of thetransport plane with allaboard dead.

The four-engine plane crashedin a blizzard Wednesday after-noon near the peak of 9.779-footMt. Tobin, the highest point inthe desolate area of northeas-tern Nevada 32 miles southwestof Battle Mountain.

Wally Swanson and Gene Cor-bridgc of the Bureau of LandManagement, who first spottedthe wreck shortly after dawn,reached the spot at 12:50 p.m.(PST) and radioed back thatthere were "no survivors. Ev-erything is burned to a crisp ex-cept the tail."

It took the two men six hourson foot to cover three miles upthe mountain and into the V-(Contimicd on Back Page, Col. 1)

As TrainsCollide

JERSEY CITY, N.J.(AP)—Two rapid transitcommuter t r a i n s collidedhere Thursday at the startof the evening rush hour.Police said more than 100persons-were injured.

There were no reports ofdeaths.

Police counted at least 25stretcher cases carried up fromthe snow-covered tracks indowntown Jersey City.

"We had at least 100 walkingwounded," one police officersaid.

There was no immediate re-port of what caused the ac-cident. One subway-style traincollided with the rear of an-other.

Both were eastbound for NewYork City from Newark, carry-ing hundreds of commuters toJersey City and New York. Theaccident halted all service onthe Port Authority Trans-Hud-son Lines, a major commuterline for New York.

Rescuers braved six-degreecold to carry stretchers 300yards along the track and up asteep metal stairway into adepartment store where a firsiaid headquarters was set up.

The first train moved into theJersey City station after theimpact. The other was strandedseveral hundred yards awav.

Chicken, No DressingLONDON (AP)-Brilish fash-

ion designer Mary Quant pre-dicts that w i t h i n 20 yearsclothes will be replaced bycosmetics. Instead of dressing,women will just paint theirbodies in different designs andcolors. Miss Quant doesn't saywhere this will leave the de-signer. But she indicates theymay be busy turning out sten-cils for women who can't draw.

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Brown, Rusk Confer, DisagreeSecretary of State Dean Rusk greets British

Foreign Secretary George Brown at the StateDepartment in Washington where they discussedworld problems Thursday. Brown said later thaihe thought Hanoi's latest peace feeler appearedsincere and significant. But Rusk apparently

disagreed. U.S. officials said the secretary ofstate made it clear he had found nothing tochange the administration impression that Hanoiwas only making a propaganda move. Hanoisaid Dec. 30 that the Reds "will hold talks" ifthe U.S. stops bombing and ends "all acts ofwar" against North Vietnam. (AP Radiophoto)

Snoks Shokss Of field!

And /'// Be Tied Up Next Year!ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -

Like a lot of people, Parks Com-missioner Victor Tedesco isn'tparticularly fond of snakest

especially big ones.Thursday was the day for the

annual ceremony to weigh theAsiatic-type python at St. Paul's

Como Park Zoo, an establish-ment in the commissioner's ter-ritory.

Tedesco. who likes his elec-tive post, attended the weigh-inand "volunteered" to take part.

This involved allowing thesnake to wrap itself around thecommissioner while standing on

a scale. Afterward the "volun-teer's" weight is deducted to getthe snake's poundage.

Tedesco boarded the scale.Zoo attendants produced the1652-foot python, a constrictortype snake that handles its prey(Continued on Back Page, Col. 5)

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AUSTIN, Tex.—Pres-ident Johnson Thurs-day ordered the Agen-cy for InternationalDevelopment (AID) tocut spending by one-third as part of hisplan to strengthen thedollar.

White,House Press Sec-retary George Christian .said the cuts would repre-sent a saving of $100 mil-lion and that William S.Gaud, administrator of theagency, had agreed to thecuts.

Christian said the agency hadbeen aiming in that direction.

Last year's spending l e v e lwas $290 million overseas. Allbut 10 per cent of goods andservices under the foreign aidprogram are purchased in theUnited Slates.

In his memorandum to thehead of the foreign aid agency,Johnson said Gaud should takesteps to achieve a $100 millioncut, including the reduction ofactual spending, and increasingthe foreign government contri-butions to cover the costs oftechnical assistance.

The Chief Executive's request

Year's Day announcement of hisintention to reduce by $3 bil-lion this year the balance ofpayments deficit.

Johnson swung back to con-sideration of budget problems *"(Continued on Back Page, Col. 2)

SubstitutesFor BrideSEOUL (S&S) — A 1.1-year-old

girl was married Wednesdaynear Taejon City to a 28-year-old man as a substitute for herolder sister who disappearedfive days before the weddingday, it was reported here Thurs-day.

The young girl volunteered tobe the bride because her par-ents worried and brooded overthe 19-year-old daughter who ap-parently ran away to avoid thewedding. The groom acccpttd.-the offer.

Kittikachorn Visits Thai Troops in VietnamBEARCAT, Vietnam (UPI) — Prime

Minister Thanom Kittikachorn of Thai-land visited his country's troops in thefield Thursday and presented a SilverStar to his eldest son, a major in theQueen's Cobras.

Kittikachorn, dressed in fatigues withthe insignia of a field marshal, visitedhis troops' headquarters, 20 miles north-east of Saigon, by American helicopterand dropped in on three forward firesupport bases. • .

Deputy defense minister, Air ChiefMarshal Dawe'e Chullasapya, traveling•with the prime minister, said the. mainpurpose of the three-day trip had beento .visit Thai troops.

Dawee also revealed that "before theend of the year there would be 12',000Thai troops in Vietnam, most of theminfantry."

"This decision was made some monthsago," Dawee said. He added that thenumber of troops Thailand could sent toVietnam was limited by "troubles athome."

"We have trouble in the northeast andnow in the north with guerrillas trainedby the North Vietnamese," he said.

The prime minister's day started witha presentation of medals to five Thaitroops and one American, at the ThaiQueen's Cobra Div. base camp.

Standing on an improvised dais, Kit-tikachorn, flanked by Gen. William C.Westmoreland, Vice President NguyenCao Ky of Vietnam and by the com-mander of the U.S. 9th Div., Maj. Gen.George G. O'Connor, reviewed a smallcontingent of iroops.

Presenting the Silver Star to his eld-est son, he smiled broadly as he shookhands, saying, "Well done."

The party boarded helicopters to visitthree Thai fire support bases where theprime minister, a spry 57, insisted onlooking around the base perimeters afterhearing military briefings in sandbaggedcommand posts.

With him were U.S. Gen. CreightonW. Abrams and the visiting chief of the'Thai forces.

He was given a rundown on the Thai'smajor battle since their arrival in Viet-nam in September, during which his son,Maj. Na Rong Kittikachorn, ran throughViet Cong fire armed only with a pistolto help an ambushed platoon.

An American sergeant became thefirst person .outside Thailand to receivethe Thai medal for bravery.

He was Sgt. Thomas O'Connell, of theBronx, N.Y., who called in air strikes onViet Cong positions during the Thaiforces' first major contact Dec. 20.

Sihanouk, Bowles U.S. JetsPlasterMIG BasePHNOM P,ENH,. C a m b o di a

'(UPI) — Presidential EmissaryChester Bowles and Prince .Norodom S i h a n o u k Thursday .wound up : formal talks',.on the ;

yietnam War" and' U.S: Cam-bodian relations, leaving -their "'surface appearance much the;same .as when they started. :

A c e o r.'d i ri g to • government

SihanoukPromisedUS. Data

WASHINGTON (AP)—A StateDepartment spokesman s a i dThursday the United States hasagreed to keep providing theCambodian government w i t hevidence that Cambodian tcr-rittiry is being used as a san-

'ctuary.by Viet Cong and NorthVietnamese army units.

Press Officer Robert J. Me-;Closkey said the United .Statesalready has provided the Cam-bodian government with an ex-tensive amount of evidence ofViet Cong violations of itsborders.

This evidence will be . addedto.. "as information becomesavailable,", he added.

This evidently was part of thebroad agreement Prince Siha-nouk announced in Phnom Penhthat he had reached in his talkswith special U.S. presidentialenvoy Chester Bowles.

The State Department spokes-man declined to confirm Siha-nouk's a n n o u n c e m e n t thatBowles had' promised the' U.S.would hot adopt a policy of hotpursuit into Cambodian territory.

However, State Departmentofficials reaffirmed that theUnited States has no wish towiden the Vietnam War nor seeU.S. forces enter the neutralkingdom from Vietnam.

Cambodia ProfesfTo U.N. Council' U N I T E D NATIONS, N.Y.(AP)—Cambodia complained ina letter to the Security CouncilThursday that one Cambodianwas killed and another seriouslywounded by rocket and machine-gun fire directed at a Cambodianvillage by an "aircraft of theUnited States-South Vietnamesearmed forces."

The incident occurred Dec. 11,Cambodian Charge d'AffairesOr Kosalak said. He asked thatthe letter be circulated as aCouncil document but did notrequest a Council meeting.

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spokesmen, the result of thethree days . o f talks betweenSihanouk, Bowles and other of-ficials was "completely satisfac-tory," but there was no im-mediate indication they wouldlead'to startling break-throughs.in-the' war or a-speedy r'esump-: tioh of diplomatic relations be-tween the two countries.

Sihanouk was host to Bowlesand_ the four other .members ofhis delegation at .a palace

' luncheon Thursday, following a.morning .which included three.meetings b e . t w e e n the .U.S..group and Cambodian officials.

Bowles was to depart Friday,leaving . time for last-minuteconsultations with officials anddiplomats. He was to fly toWashington to report to Presi-

. dent Johnson before returningto his regular ambassadorialpost in India.

SAIGON (UPI) — Americanfighter-bombers launched t h efourth attack of the year againsta MIG jet base in North Viet-nam Wednesday and.used.radarto bomb other targets in mon-soon rains, U.S. spokesmen saidThursday.

Clouds and rain dropped ceil-ings to. 3,500. feet or less overmost of the country; But pilotsstill managed to put in 75 raids.

Air Force Fi'05 Thunderchiefssent .750-pound bombs hurtling

• into the Hoa Lac MIG base-20miles west of Hanoi. Clouds

. prevented . a . damage asess-.' ment.

Other Fl05s streaked into acorner of North .Vietnam tobombard the Ky Dong rail spur,113 miles northwest of Hanoi.

Navy Afi Intruders slammed500-pound bombs into two smalltruck convoys.

Vietnam CasualtiesWASHINGTON (S&S) — The

Defense Department has an-nounced the following casualtiesin connection with the conflict inVietnam.

KILLED IN ACTIONArmy

Pfc. Thomas E. Cast, Birmingham, Ala.ILt. Raymond D. Bretches, Anaheim,

Calif. - - - • . • • •.Pfc. Guy D. Kistner, Burllngame, Calif.WO Howard D. Anderson, Marathon •

Shores/ Fla. . "Sgt. Louis Sulera Jr., Miami, Fla.Spec. 4 James E. Loudermilk, Vero Beach,

Fla.Pfc. Jerry J. Me Daniel, Winder, Ga.Pfc. Jotinson Minnitee Jr., Atlanta, Ga.Pfc. Michael E. Antlll, Huxley, Iowa.Sgt. Kenneth Allen, Conway, Ky.Sgt. Ronald M. Atoms, Cascade, Md.Sfc. Robert J. Hallett, Greenfield, Mass.Sgt. James L. Me llvoy, South Lyon,

Mich.. Pfc. William N. Lockett, Detroit, Mich.Spec. 5 Roger L. Henson, Kansas City,

Mo. .Pic. Scott H. Cook, Pacific, Mo.WO Mark V. Schmidt, Leeds, N.Y.Cpl. Moses J. Lewis, Mt. Vernon, N.Y.Spec. 4 Edward Rodriguez, New York,

N.Y.Pfc. Franklin Webster, New York, N.Y.Sgt. Paul R. Maddox, Mosslllon, Ohio.Pfc. Robert E. Murphy Jr., Euclid, Ohio.2Lt. Richard W. Brooks III, Philadelphia,

Pa.Spec. 4 Thomas W. Malloy, Dunmore, Pa.Pfc. Hopson Covington, Bristol, Po.Pfc. Wylie D. Phillips, Jefferson, S.C.Sgt. Donald W. Richard, Houston, Texas.Spec. 4 Dickey Chamblee, Quesn City,

Texas.Spec. 4 John W. Stilley, Houston, Texas.Cpl. Joe E. Kinsey, Salt Lake.City, Utoh.Spec. 4 Cecil B. Jones Jr., Triangle, Va.Pfc. Ernest D. Marcum, Crum, W. Va.

NavyLCdr. Wilmer P. Cook, Lemoore, Calif.

Marine CorpsLCpl. Thomas J. Tlngley, Falrfield, Conn.Pfc. David F. Fisher, Largo, Fla.LCpl Bruce J. Roth, Park Ridge, til.Pfc. Dave M. Bartholomew, Marrero, La.Cpl. tra H. Hullihen, Baltimore, Md.Pfc. David A. Blough, Worcester, Moss.Pfc. Kevin B. Hardlman, Brighton, Mass.Pfc. Steven D. Munden, Minneapolis,

Minn.Pfc. Gerald W. Ziy, St. Louis, Mo.LCpl. Frank Florlo, Queens, N.Y.Pfc. Robert H. Me Williams Jr., Conton,

Pa.Cpl. Henry L. Geddls Jr., Charleston, S.C.LCpl. Carl E. Chamberlain, Nashville,

T«nn.. Pfc. Wesley G. Tucker, San Antonio,

Texas.Pfc. Leo Menendez Jr., Spelter, W.Vo.

MISSINC TO DEAD-HOSTILEArmy

Spec. 4 James G. Whaley, Fair Oaks,

Calif.Pfc Francis D. Greenwood, Oxford, Ind.Spec. 4 Dannie L. Johnson, Ypsllanti,

Mich.Pfc. Charles D. Me Clurg, Benton Harbor,

Mich.Pfc. Dan T. Klindt, The Dalles, Ore.2Lt. Ronald J. Slengo, Cornwells Heights,

Pa.Air Force

1st Lt. Robert E. Bennett, Tucson, Ariz.MISSING IN ACTION

V ArmyWO Larry, R. Doyle

: Sgt. David L. DroughtSgt. Joseph L. FarmerSpec. 4 Richord G. GodtaoutSpec. 4 Jerome J. Mac DonaldPfc. James A. BEankenshlp -Pfc. Cliflon HensonPfc. Rogello M. MartinezPfc. James E. Thompson

NavyLCdr. John D. Peace IIILt. Gordon S. Perisho

Air ForceMajor Smith Swords IIICaptain Carios R. CruzCaptain William J. Potter1st Lieutenant Glenn A. Belcher1st Lieutenant Murray L. WorthamSgt. Paul L. Foster

' DIED NOT AS A RESULTOF HOSTILE ACTION

ArmySgt. Frank. H. Henderson, North Litlls

Rock, Ark.Pfc. Rollin E. Golightly, Pcnsacola, Fla.2Lt. Jon M. Cappaert, Columbus, Ga.Spec. 4 Daniel L. Havens, Winchester, III.Cpl. Gulllermo Estrada, Gary, Ind.PSgt. Joe L. Johnson, Hopkinsville, Ky.Cpl. Roberl O. Graham, Louisville, Ky.Spec. 4 Michael A. Stroshane, Soulh

Minneapolis, Minn.Sgt. Gregory E. Werner, Hancock, N.Y.WO Glenn C. Hopes, Waynesburg, Pa.

MISSING TO DEAD—NON HOSTILEArmy

ILt. Daryl L. LIgons, Berkeley, Calif.Spec. 4 Gerald L. Rowen II, Hermosa

Beach, Calif.WO Robert E. Woods, Treasure Island,

Fla.Pfc. David Antol, Dearborn, Midi.WO Jeramiah D. Me Garry, Stillwaler,

Minn.Pfc. Fathies Kelly Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y.Pvt. Jonathan Blue Jr., Jamaica, N.Y.Pfc. Charles Carpenter, Memphis, Tenn.Spec. 4 Raymond S. Adams, Delta, Utah.Ma|. Willie T. Brickhoose Jr., Eastville,

Va.WO Joseph T. Clark, Davenport, Wash.

MISSINC NOT AS A RESULTOF HOSTILE ACTION

ArmyCpt. Frank VelazquezWO William C. CheneyWO Milton W. Smith .Spec. 4 David L. FrenchSpec. Thomas B. Griffin, Jr.Pfc. William D. Holland

Time Ouf for Prayer in Battle: Robed in a camouflage parachute, Chaplain (Maj.) James A.

Peterman of Milford, Del., holds mass for men of the 1st Bu.(Mech.), 5th Inf., during the 1st Brigade's Operation Yellowstone,75 miles northwest of Saigon. (USA)

Viet Fighter CrashesInto Hamlet, Kills 11

SAIGON (UPI) — Vietnamesejet fighter-bomber crashed ontake-off from Bien Hoa ABnorth of Saigon late Thursdayand plowed into a hamlet, kill-ing "at least 11 persons, it wasreported.

The victims included the pilot

Wesf more/and,Tfiieu Brief TeoJ

SAIGON (UPI)—Sen. EdwardM. Kennedy on the last full dayof his fact-finding visit to Viet-nam Thursday paid a visit toPresident Nguyen Van Thieu.

The Massachusetts Democratthen called on Ambassador Ells-worth Bunker, Gen. William C.Westmoreland, commander ofU.S. forces in Vietnam, and at-tended a briefings at Westmore-land's headquarters.

and 10 Vietnamese civilians inthe hamlet about two miles eastof the sprawling airfield. Threeother civilians were injured,

The jet, one of the new F5"Freedom Fighters" the UnitedStates recently turned over tothe South Vietnamese Air Force,had lifted off the runway whenit faltered and plunged, accord-ing to reports.

No reason was given im?mediately for the accident. Theplane was destroyed.

Electricians StrikeSAIGON (AP)—Saigon's 3,500

electrical workers, u n h a p p yabout the prospect of wage cutsby the government, declared astrike Thursday. But labor lead-ers reported negotiations .withgovernment officials were un-derway. Most workers continuedon the job.

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DA NANG, Vietnam (ISO)—An idea bom in the 1st'Marine Div. psychological operations office (PsyOps) dur-ing the heat of summer is now a bouncing success duringthe monsoons of'winter. . _

''-_ - I^sypps melt knew that bad weather.would prevent^ {he dropping of leMets- during the, monsoons.. Even if

Vthe ,drop was,possible the rain „ would ruin«the writing- ..T.. .V ,,* ~~~ *~—Li—- before 'the leaflets could "be

found.So they started kicking the

ball around for a new idea thatwould survive the rainy season,and that, is just what they cametip with—a red plastic ball, justa 'little smaller Uian a tennis

Coeds Wrapped Up in WorkThese four pretty Virginia Polytechnic institute to be used ag the unit saw fit during the, holfitlay

coeds'hold a 60-foot l6ng list:of names of those season. The girls are (from left) Ann Pepmeier,at the school who contributed gifts and cash total- Nancy Abt, Karen Crouch and Sherri Baldwin,ing $1,300'that was sent to Vietnam. The gifts and , The gift and cash drive was to show support formoney were sent to the IV Corps Advisory Team U.S. servicemen.

Bad Roundi * * '

For EnemyBONG SON, .Vietnam (TO)—

Second Lt. Robert D. White,Livonia, Mich., has gotten asecond lease on lii'c and t h ebullet to prove it

White, mortal*1 platoon leaderfor A Co., 1st Bn.,' 50th Mecha-nized Inf., 1st Air Cav, Div.was -on a recent search anddestroy mission near the TigerMountains in the highlandswhen two North Vietnamese sol-diers were spotted.

Men of the 1st Platoon killedone, but the other ran into thethick underbrush.

White, searching through thebushes, ran smack into a rifle,\Uth the Red -soldier behind itlooking up at him.

White jumped back and fired,but missed. He saw the enemypull the trigger and heard aclick.

Another GI fired at the enemyand killed him.

When White cheeked theenemy's rifle, he found thebullet still in the chamber. Thefiring pin had hit the round, butit hud failed to fire,

"Someons up there wants meto get home," White said.

Bugs BlastSampans

BONG SON, Vietnam (10) —The s a m p a n moved swiftlythrough the water with its loadof ammunit ion and food for theNorth Vietnamese Army forceswaiting on the river bank, A.sthe boat hit midstream, a brightlight from a helicopter made theboat visible.

Immediately, fire from a gun-ship hit the f loai ing ammo dumpand the ship blew, costing theKVA a largo ammo supply.

The destruction of the enemysampan was possible because ofa lightning bug.

Not an insect, but an opera-tion. Lightning Bug, run only atnight by the 229th As>ault Heli-copter Bn, of the 1st Air Cav.D'v. Its mission is to f ind enemysampans moving supplies.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (PAO)—The San Diegp-based tank land-ing ship Jennings County, serv-ing in South Vietnam's MekongDelta, has received the Navy'sfirst "PER Support LST BattleEfficiency", award.

A "PBR Support LST" is atank landing ship which servesas "mother ship' to river pa-trol boat operations.

The LST earned the awardfor her performance as supportship for O p e r a t i o n GameWarden in the Mekong Deltafrom Nov. 11, 1966,, throughJune 30, 1967.

Notifying the Jennings Countyof her award, Vice Aclm. Fran-cis J. Blouin, commander, Pa-cific Fleet Amphibious Force,remarked, "the excellence dis-played by all of you is attainedonly through personal devotionand enthusiasm to all duties as-

Patrol FindsMedicines

DAU TIENG, Vietnam (IO)~While leading a patrol aroundthe edge of a large VC basecamp, Sgt. James Kaiser, Cam-bridge, Ohio, found what lookedto be a rice cache, but turnedout to be one of the largestmedical supply caches found bythe 3rd Brigade, 25th Inf. Div.

Kaiser, a squad leader in CCo., 2nd Bn., 12ih Inf. , wasproviding forward security asthe remainder of the companywas destroying the complexbunker system within the camp.

"We \\ere out about 150meters; from the main campwhen we came across the rice,"Kaiser said. "Knowing that iicould be booby-trapped, we tieda rope to it, backed of f , anddragged it back a few feet."

The five man patrol returnedto the rice and, instead, foundthe hole which led them to themedical supplies.

"It v, as barely large enoughfor me to gel into, and when ffound all those medical suppliesin the bunker," Kaiser said, "Iwas really surprised..''

signed/Since arriving in , Vietnam,

J emiings C o u n t y pioneeredtechniques of ship-board ' riverwater purification,' river navi-gation and "gunfire support, andmade- maximum use of hermobility and weapons in bom-bardment of enemy positions.

Back on station after a re-cent upkeep period at SubicBay, R.P., the LST quickly re-turned to action by attackingenemy positions on the BassacRiver in the Mekong Delta.

ABOARD. THE USS IWOJIMA (PAO)—What's-in a shoe?

" When it's size 15W—there's alot, as Fireman John- Rietzkeand the supply department dfrthe amphibious assault ship-TwoJima discovered.

i

Rietzkef a mess cook assignedto Iwo's storerooms and reefers,•worked his way through all hisshoes. He went to the ship'sclothing store but his size couldnot be found, so. he proceededto the supply office for a specialorder.

Since his need was , acute,Ship's Serviceman ].C. FreddieLong radioed messages to allships in the area asking for asize 15W shoe.

None of the ships CarriedRiclzke's size in stock, but theLanding Ship Dock Comstockwhen in Da Nang. picked up apair of the largest Marine com-bat boots available—size 14W.

Painted in yellow on one side -and molded'intd the other sidein, Vietnamese is the message:"The road to freedom ChieUHoi." Chieu Hoi is the, program.., ,by which a, Viet. Cong-can askfor asylum 'hV South 'Vietnam.

"At first' the.thought was iodrop thousands of the balls inthe head waters of streams andlet the monsoons work for usfor once;" said Maj. R. L*Payne, division PsyOps officer."Then to our surprise." he con-tinued, "we found that the child-ren in all the villages delightedin playing with the bajls." ~

Twenty-five thousand of theballs have been purchased, andv''ill be'distributed along withthe normal candy and chewinggum that is such a familiar partof a Marine in the field.

"They have already becomesa Christmas present," said themajor, "and at three cents apiece, the return they could beworth is unbelievable/' «

SailorAwarded

CAM RANH BAY, Vietnam(PAO) — Aviation StructuralMechanic 3.C. Albert R, Buenowas presented the Navy-MarineCorps medal for heroism in hiscourageous rescue of a drown-ing soldier May 28,

The incident occurred at theNavy beach near the .southerntip of the Cam Hanh Peninsula.

Bueno was on the beach sun-bathing. when he noted twoswimmers caught in a riptideabout 1 50 > ards o f f-s h o r e.Clutching an air mattress, hemade his way toward the twopanic stricken swimmers,

Reaching the first swimmer,he found him barely af loat . Heassisted him onto the air mat-tress.

•Swimming to the spot he hadlast seen the second swimmer,who was no longer afloat, Buenobegan to dive in search of himin the '10 foot water. Althoughnearly exhausted himself fromfight ing the r ipt ide, he con-tinued to dive for some lime be-fore being forced 10 give up.

Then, wi th the air mattressconta ining the f i rs t swimmer inlow, he swam to .shore.

C/ean-Up Time After BattleIt was a hard night's battle and when morning came Spec.

4 William Babbit gave his M-79 rocket launcher, which IH-. hadput to good use during the battle, a first-class -cleaning. (Ul'l)

VC Mine Kills 6DA NANG (UP!) — A Viet

Cong mine blew up a c iv i l i anbus Tuesday k i l l i n g at least sixVietnamese and \ soumi iug T2,military spokesmen said.

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GIs Kill 47 Viet CongIn Mekong Delta

SAIGON (AP)—Allied soldiersclashed with Viet Cong guer-rillas and North Vietnameseregulars in a chain of battlesWednesday from the northernprovinces io the Mekong Delta.

Three major engagementswere reported:

U.S. infantrymen, l a n d i n gfrom river assault boats on theslippery banks of a Delta canal,ran head-on into a veteran VietCong battalion and killed 47Reds in a fight that ended earlyThursday. American losses—18killed, 50 wounded.

Viet Cong i n f a n t r y m e nmortared and then charged thehilltop bivouac of a VietnameseArmy battalion Wednesday, kill-ing 14 soldiers and 10 ammuni-tion bearers and wounding 30soldiers. Twenty-three Redswere killed and two captured.

A unit of the Americal Div.,suffered 14 men wounded while

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shaped ravine near the topwhere the blackened hulk lay.

Forced down by heavy icingon its wings, the plane hadcrashed on its belly, then slid400 feet backward into thedepression and burst intoflames.

Swanson and Corbridge con-firmed earlier aerial observa-tion that the craft was virtuallyintact but burned out.

"Everything on the plane wascharred, and the black stood outagainst the white snow," saidMarilyn Newton, photographerof the Nevada State Journal aft-er Hying over the wreck whichwas at the 8.COO foot level.

"The nose, the wings and thetail section look like they arestill attached to the fuselage. Itwas burned completely."

The plane crashed within anhour after its pilot radioed at1:50 p.m. Wednesday that icingconditions were forcing himdown below the 10,000 foot level.

The C54 was enroute to Seat-tle, Wash., from Buckley AirField in Denver, Colo. It wason a 10-day Western tour fromQuantico Marine Base in Virgin-ia. Quantico said 19 Marines,including a seven man crew,were on the flight. Denver saidnone left there.

The wreckage was found atdawn Thursday, after the bliz-zard subsided.

The pilot was flying on instru-ments because of the blizzard.At 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, in hislast message, he told the Feder-al Aviation Agency in Salt LakeCity that "I am losing altitudeat 10.000 feet and at presenttime unable to maintain 12,000."

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killing 28 North Vietnamese ina four-hour fit-lit in the Que SonValley 370 miles northeast ofSaigon.

In the Mekong Delta action,a company of the U.S. 9th Inf.Div.'s Riverine Force dashedashore from their armored land-ing craft and found themselvesin the middle of the crack 261stViet Cong Bn.

While the 150 infantrymenbattled against 3-to-l odds, the9th Div. rushed reinforcementsin with a series of helicopterassaults.

Gunboats, helicopter gunships,fighter-bombers and artilleryhammered the guerrillas in thecanal-laced rice paddies 54 milessouthwest of Saigon. Shortlyafter midnight the Reds brokecontact and fled, leaving behind47 bodies.

The U.S. Command, mean-while, said 184 Americans werekilled and 1,132 wounded in ac-tion last week. The Communistdeath count was 2,868, thehighest single-week enemy tollof the war.

Brakeman's ShoveSaves Girl's life

CLINTON, Utah (AP) — Fourteen-year-old DixieSteed of Clinton, Utah was walking home from schoolbetween the railroad tracks. And Lowell Jenkins, a UnionPacific railroad brakeman from Newton, Utah, became ahero.

As engineer Robert Mudd of Salt Lake City tells it: He wasmoving along at 10 to 20 miles an hour when he saw Dixie betweenthe traeks about 600 yards ahead. He says he tooted the whistle andrang the bell, but she didn't look back. So he set his brakes andshouted at Jenkins.

But the brakeman was already in action. He swung onto a stepon the front of the locomotive and—leaning forward—pushed Dixieoff the tracks. Then the railroad men helped her into the engineand radioed for a doctor. She said she felt fine except for feelinga bit sore in spots from the rough handling .of her rescuer.

Dixie explained how it happened: She said she heard the whistlebut thought the train was on another track.

Anti-SubPlanesCollide

HONOLULU (UPI) — TwoNavy antisubmarine trackerplanes from the carrier York-town collided over the PacificThursday and crashed. Onecrewman was killed and sixothers injured, one critically.

One of the planes ditchedafter the collision about 25 milessouth of the island of Kauai.The other lirnncil back to theisland and crash-landed at amilitary installation.

A Navy spokesman said thetwo twin-engine planes w e r eparticipating in antisubmarinemaneuvers while the carriersteamed about 10 miles off-shore.

Three survivors were takenfrom each aircraft. The moreseriously hurt were from theplane that crashed at BarkingSands, an underwater trainingarea on the southwest corner ofKauai.

Identifications were withheldby the Navy uniil kin arenotified.

Poland OustsU.S. Attache

WARSAW (AP) — The PolishCommunist government an-nounced Thursday that the Armyattaches of the American andCanadian embassies were caught"carrying out intelligence activi-ties" and one of them, theAmerican, was ordered to leavePoland.

He is Lt. Col. Edward II.Metzer, 42, on assignment inWarsaw sir?-v.May, I960.

The Polish accusation saidMetzger and the Canadian at-tache, Lt. Col. Kenneth I. Jeffer-son, were "unmasked togetherby an army sentry as they at-tempted to photograph a mili-tary establishment on Jan. 4."

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after praising America's mili-tary men for their investmentin the savings bond program.

The President presented aMinuteman flag to the TacticalAir Command's 12th Air Forcein a ceremony at BergstromAFB in Austin. The award wasfor 90.2 per cent participation.

Before leaving the LBJ Ranchfor his Austin office, Mr. John-son talked on the telephonewith British Foreign SecretaryGeorge Brown, who was leav-ing Washington for London byway of New York.

Crash Traps Trucker . _ .Police work to free Paul Dornberg from Ills overturned truck

near Hillside, N.J. Dornberg (seen through truck window in center)suffered only minor cuts. His truck turned over after colliding withan auto. The wreckage blocked all four lanes of U.S. 22 causing amajor traffic jam on the big cast-west north Jersey highway. Pas-sengers in the car also escaped serious injury. (AP)

Israel and Egypt AgreeTo Exchange Prisoners

Compiled From AP and UPI

GENEVA — The governmentsof Israel and the United ArabRepublic have agreed to a gen-eral exchange of prisoners ofwar, the International Red Crosscommittee announced Thursday.

The exchange will take placeunder Red Cross auspices with-in the next few days, it wasannounced.

Red Cross delegates had beenmediating the p r i s o n e r ex-change ever since the end ofthe June war between Israeland the Arabs.

The number of prisoners wasnot revealed in the committeeannouncement. But sources saidthe exchange will involve about4,500 Egyptian soldiers held byIsrael for the nine Israeli pilotswho are held by Egypt.

The committee said the ex-change was to take place atIsmailiya on the Suez Canal.

This would be the first mutualrelease of war prisoners sincethe six-day Israeli-Arab war

last June. Israel has unilaterallyreleased about 500 Egyptianprisoners of war.

The move apparently repre-sented a concession on the partof Israel, which previously hadinsisted on the release of a num-ber of alleged Israeli spies im-prisoned in Egypt along withthe war prisoners.

Humphrey HomeFrom Africa Tour

WASHINGTON (UPI) — VicePresident Hubert H. Humphreysaid on his return Thursday froma nine-nation African goodwilltour that he was convinced thefuture of the continent dependedon the United States meeting itsworld responsibilities.

The vice president and hisparty flew to Andrews AFBfrom Tunis, the last stop on the26,500-mile trip. They made arefueling stop in the Azores.

6-CentMail GoingAirborne

WASHINGTON (AP) — ThePost Office Department plans toeliminate air mail as a separateservice and send all first classletters by air at the new six-centrate, Postmaster General Law-rence F. O'Brien announcedThursday.

O'Brien said that for all pur-poses the Post Office nlroady issending nearly all first classmail by air.

"Very, very little of this isbeing handled by the railroad.We have what closely approxi-mates a total airlift servicenow," he told a news confer-ence.

O'Brien emphasized, however,that under the present systemuse of a 10-cent airmail stampstill guarantees air transporta-tion until a new single classpriority mail service is formallyestablished.

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Sensing the commissionerwasn't enjoying his role, zoo at-tendants leaped in and tuggedthe 133-pound reptile Ioose.~Te-dcsco remembered he had acity council meeting and hur-ried away.

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