Dorothy Catherine (Didi) Anstctt of Kirkland, Wash., carriesher victory bouquet and wears her crown as she walks the foot-lights at Miami Beach after being selected Miss USA 1968.

(AP Iladiophoto)

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) —Miss Washington, DorothyCatherine Anstett of Kirkland,one of nine children of an air-craft plant worker, Saturdaynight was chosen Miss USA1968,

The 20-year-old English majorfrom the University of Washing-ton will carry her nation's colorsto the Miss Universe contesthere in July.

First -runner-up in the contestwas Miss Maryland, PauletteReck of Baltimore, who cele-brated her 20th birthday Satur-day night by winning the chancelo serve as Miss USA if thefirst-place finisher cannot com-plete her term.

Other finalists,their finish, wereKathy Landry of

in order ofNevada,

Las Vegas;

Miss Louisiana, Kathy Hebert ofFranklin; and Miss New Mexi-co, Bonnie Lynn Tafoya of LasCruces.

The winner, known to herfriends as Didi, was the bustiestgirl in the contest with measure-ments of 40-25-36.

The walnut-eyed brunette'sother statistics were equallyhealthy, 127 pounds and 5-feet-9.

"I was too skinny for the boysin the eighth grade," Didi saidafter winning the crown.

The statuesque beauty saidshe never felt too tall for theboys, just too skinny.

She said she received a tele-gram from her 23-year-oldbrother Terry after she won(Continued on Back Page, Col. 2)

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PARIS (UPI)-—Almost fofal economic paralysis gripped France Sun-day. President De Gaulle and Premier Pompidou met with key cabinetministers to find ways to halt the fast-spreading, Communist-led socialunrest which is aimed at toppling the 10-year-old Gaul 11st regime.

Massive police and gendarmerie forces were mobilized to avertviolence. None was re- ——: — -ported, but dozens of policebuses were parked atstrategic points.

Unions claimed 2 millionworkers were on strike.

If coal miners and others walkout us expected Monday, thefigure could double.

More than 100 factories, rang-ing in size from small 100-ein-ploye plants to the giant Re-nault auto works and Sud Avia-tion aircraft plants were occu-pied by striking workers. Non-strikers were barred from en-tering at closed steel gates. Inmany cases, executive person-nel were locked in their offices.

Public transportation was ata standstill. No trains, subwaysor buses were running. BusyOrly Ail-port in Paris was oc-cupied by striking techniciansand other workers and hundredsof tourists and businessmenwere stranded. Air France, thenation's foreign air carrier, saidit was taking passengers loBrussels by bus to make up atleast three outgoing flightsdaily.

The famous Opera House inParis was occupied and closedby striking workers, along withthe Light Opera House. Tele-phone operators refused to han-dle long distance calls and onlydirect-dialing links were avail-able with foreign countries.

The government's CRS riotpolice .'moved into the Paris in-ternational communications cen-ter and the telex center but tele-type operators still refused tohandle ordinary messages, send-ing a printed signal to callers,"Occupied . . . by the CRS."

All national electric plantsand substations were occupied,but unions said they had no im-mediate plans to cut power.

The full brunt of the strike(Continued on Back Page, Col. 1)

SAIGON (UPI) — U.S. Ma-rines battled large-si/ed NorthVietnamese f o r c e s menacing

, their base at Da Nang for thefourth day Sunday.

They.ran into stiff oppositionfrom communists in concrete-lined bunkers equipped withperiscopes and firing holes.

4'Every time you move theNVA shoot at you," reportedUPI photographer Kent Potterfrom the Song Thu Don Valleyabout 20 miles southwest of DaNang.

Oregon FrogHurdles Nev.ANGELS CAMP, Calif. (AP)

— Oregon Gov. Tom McCall'sentry, Big Tom, won the gover-nor's cup Saturday at the 40thannual Angels Camp frog jumpcompetition.

Nevada State Senator JimSlattery, who handled .his stale'sfrog, agreed to jockey Oregon'sBig Torn, Slattery's amiablehelping out cost Nevada i'ir.stplace by two inches.

Big Tom cohered 13 feet inthree leaps and beat out NevadaGov. Paul Laxalt's Slattery'sPeople No. 1 at 12 feet 10 inches.

California Gov. Ronald Rea-gan's sluggish contender, calledJumping Jellybean III, wasdead last. It covered only 7inches.

U.S. Military spokesmen saidat least 224 Communists werekilled Saturday and Sunday inat least three fights swirlingaround the jungle-covered val-ley. About half were killed byartillerymen following the in-structions of spotters who re-ported large-scale movements

•along coastal lowlands a fewmiles to the northeast.

American casualties were putat 19 killed and 117 wounded.

Heaviest of the fighting cen-tered around Marine efforts tocapture a North VietnameseRegimental command post andrest and recuperation area.

Potter reported U.S. jets laidnapalm and 500 pound bombswithin 50 yards of Americantroops.

"If you move a foot you aregoing to get shot," he reported.Potter watched a machine gun-ner, shot in the head, whohelped four other wounded ma-rines move back for evacua-tion.

"He disobeyed orders andwent back to the front," Pottersaid.

"At the front he helped threeother wounded marines and thenwent back to his machine-gunpost which was still pinned downand stayed there until dark.

"At many times the enemywas within 50 feet."

South Vietnamese and Koreantroops joined the bat t le Friday(Continued on Back Page, Col. 3)

Army Calls, Bride GoesCRAWFORDSVILLE, I n. t l .

(AP)—Lester Engle Jr. sayseight hours after he was mar-ried, he told his bride he hadreceived his Army induction no-tice. He told the. judge that theformer Darlene Brady of In-dianapolis promptly left forhome. And, he says, he hasn'tseen her since. The court ruling:divorce granted.

LONDON (AP) — John Hatch,39-year-old veterinary surgeon,was granted a divorce from hiswife Jean, described by a judgeas "excessively houseproud,"

Hatch complained:—When he watched television

he sat on the floor because shedidn't like her chair cushionscrumpled.

—When he undressed at nighthe used the bathroom as thebedroom curtains were nearlyalways kept, open to preservethe folds.

—He was not allowed to takeoff his jacket in the livingroom . . , "because it wouldcause dust."

—He wasn't even allowed to

take his suit out of the wardrobebecause it would "disturb" hisother clothes. She did it and setthe key of. the wardrobe at acertain angle so she eould knowif he was cheating.

—She insisted on washing hishair — in ease he splashed soapon the bathroom floor and walls.

—At home he sat in the kitch-

en most of the l ime.—He normally handed a pay

envelope unopened and slio. al-lowed him only 5 pounds !'.?12)a week. If he wanted moremoney he had to ask her for itand give an accounting of hisspending.

—Hatch, under pressure of(Continued on Back Pago, Col. 1)

Communist Attack Lights Up NightFlames light up the sky in Saigon early Sunday after Communist the rockets destroyed about 150 homes. The heaviest attack

forces fired mortar and rocket rounds into tlie city. U.S. spokesmen occurred about 1 a.m. Sunday but six hours later at least three otherreported 11 Vietnamese killed and 51 wounded. Fire touched off by rocket rounds hit the downtown area. (UPI Radiophoto)

5th Assault in Saigon Channel

SAIGON (AP) — The Brit-ish tanker Anco Queen was at-tacked by Viet Cong Sundaynear Saigon and authorities re-ported the vessel took at leasttwo rockets on her superstruc-ture.

' U.S. Navy officers said theReds fired rockets, automaticweapons and small arms againstthe tanker while she was pro-ceeding in the Long Tau ship-ping channel, 17 miles south-oast of Saigon.

Spokesmen said there were nocasualties and termed damagelight.

The attack was the fifth in thelast five days against merchantships in the Saigon shippingchannel.

Last Wednesday, the Japanesemerchant ship Niekei Maru andtlie U.S. merchant ships Trans-globe and Fail-land came underrocket attack in separate inci-dents. On Friday, the Fairlanclhit a mine in the channel 14miles southeast of Saigon. Noneof the ships was disabled.

The Anco Queen came underenemy attack at 9:30 a.m. Sun-day.

U.S.- Army gunship- helicop-ters, flying escort, spotted theattack and within 45 secondsbegan raking the ambush areawith rockets and machine guns,Navy spokesmen reported. U.S.Navy river patrol craft alsojoined the attack and 20 min-utes later U.S. Air Force planesbombed the enemy positions.

The Navy said at least fiveViet Cong were killed by thecopter fire.

The attack occurred while theAnco Queen was headed forNha Be, the biggest oil tankfarm in South Vietnam aboutsix miles south of the capital.The installation, used by theESKO and Shell oil, companies,has itself boon a frequent tar-get of Viet Cong atacks.

While the Anco attack wasunder way, other allied riverpatrol boats sped into anothersection of the channel to forma blocking force. Navy spokes-men said these craft came un-der heavy automatic weaponsfire from both banks,

U.S. Navy copter gunships at-tacked the enemy with rockets

and machine guns and an AirForce bomber f l e w strikesagainst the Red emplacements.

Navy spokesmen said severalAmerican Navy personnel werewounded, but were treated atNha Be and returned to duty.

South Vietnamese RegionalForce troops made sweeps ofthe two Viet Cong positions, butresults were not announced.

UnwelcomeGift far HoCU CHI (10)—Ho Chi Minh go

an unexpected birthday presentSaturday night. The 25th Inf.Div. gave him some of his ownmedicine.

Division artillerymen fired cap-tured 122mm rockets at VietCong positions located sevenmiles north of Cu Chi. Therockets had been captured ear-lier by the division's 2nd Bri-gade and turned over to Col.Gordon Sumner Jr., divisionartillery commander for specialdelivery Saturday night, Ho'sbirthday.

NEW YOHK (AP)—Onthe basis of new and morefavorable r epo r t s , theUnited States has agreedwith Thailand to completeengineering studies by 1969— two y e a r s ahead ofschedule — on a huge damat Pa Mong to tame theMekong River.

It could conceivably providepower from Bangkok to Hanoi,once peace is restored, accord-ing to U.S. authorities. And itwas cited as dramatic evidenceof U.S. intent to stay in South-east Asia in a peaceful role afterhostilities end in Vietnam.

The vast project, estimated tocost $800 million in i t s firststage, would erect a 325-foothigh concrete dam at Pa Mongin Communist-troubled north-east Thailand by 1980. It wouldhave a power capacity -of 20billion kilowatt hours per year-—more than 2% times the out-put of the Russian-built AswanHigh Dam in Egypt and l1^times the present capacity ofGrand Coulee Dam, the biggestU.S. hydro-electric plant.

The recent meetings betweenPresident Johnson and Thai-land's Prime Minister ThanomKittikachorn, ended with a re-ference in a communique to the"favorable outlook" for the PaMong Dam and agreement onits importance.

>At a weekend meeting of theSoutheast A s i a DevelopmentAdvisory Group (SEADAG)—acollection of experts from gov-ernment, universities and foun-dations interested in develop-ment problems of the region—-further steps were called for instudying specific problems toavoid possibly massive mistakesin a project of this magnitude.

AF FJOO Explodes;2-Man Navy Jet Lost

S&S Vietnam Bureau

SAIGON — Two more U.S.jets were destroyed Saturdaymaking a total of six lost duringthe week of May 11-18.

U.S. officials said that an AirForce F100 striking a targetnear Due Hoa in South Vietnamexploded in midair, apparent-ly victim of enemy ground fire.The pilot was killed and theplane destroyed.

A Navy RA5C Vigilante jetwas later downed by unknowncauses northwest of Vinh. The

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two-man crew is listed as miss-ing. The RA5C is a reconnais-sance aircraft that carries com-plex electronics and costs $6million,

The downings brought totalsof aircraft lost to 838 in thenorth and 2(53 in the south.

U.S. aviators flew 120 mis-sions over North Vietnam Sat-urday. The day's largest tar-gets were seven bridges, 23trucks and 18 barges.

Air Force B52 bombers fleweight missions Saturday nightand Sunday morning, .strikingtargets near Kontum City, DakTo, Da Naug, Saigon, and KheSanh.

WASHINGTON (S&S) — TheDefense Department has an-nounced the following casualtiesin connection with the conflictin Vietnam.

KILLED IN ACTIONArmy

SSg, Michael C. McCain, BirminqhamiAla,

SP4 Robert Alexander, Tuskegee, Ala.SP4 Robert H. Mundy, Annlston, Ala,SP4 Craig C. Walters, Tucson, Ariz.SP5 John L. Varies, Boonevllle, Ark.Cpi Earl Woods, Osceola, Ark.ILt. Kenji J. Yamashitu, Sanger, Calif.2Lt, Roger L. Duce, Granada Hills, Calif.Sgt. Albert F. O'Bannon Jr., Redlands,"Calif.

Cpl. Patrick A. Higgins, Portervilie, Calif,SP4 Winford R. Crabb, Shatter, Calit.SP4 Lelund P. Finley, Long Beach, Calif.Pfc, Thomas W. Cranford, Redding, Calif.Pfc. Steven A. Sornmers, Boena Park,

CalifPfc. Lee R. Wright, La Veto, Colo.SP4 Timothy W. Keller, Wallingford,

Conn.SP4 Perry L. Whitlinglon, Washington,

D.CSot. Leroy Cone, Jacksonville, Fla.Sgt. Richard C. Jackson, West Palm

Beach, Fla.Sgt. Robert E. Whitten, Fort Myers, Fla,Cpl. Dwight E. Bozeman, Cochran, Ga.Cpl. James D. Roy, Morris City, III.Ptc. Brian J, Cannada, Des Plaines, III.Cpl. William D. Nixon, Hopkinsville, Ky.SP5 Michael L. Brewer, Fredrick, Md.SP4 Fredrick A. Barclay, Silver Spring,

Md,Sgt. John F. Moran, Dorchester, Mass.SP4 Normand E. Fontaine, Westport,

Mass.SSg. Rick H. Fosburg, Grand Rapids,

Mich:Sett. Donald E. Honeycutt, Utica, Mich.Ptc. Ronnie L. Obney, East Detroit, Mich.Sgt. Sydney W. Klemmer, Owatonna,

Minn.Ptc. James C. Bang. Minneapolis, Minn,Pic Fred K. Fish, Warroad, Minn.Cpl. Larry G. Caldweil, Omaha, Neb.Sfc. George L. Dale, Berlin, N.H.Pfc. Wayne T. Provencher, Concord, N.H.SSg. Armstead Johnson, Willingboro, N.J.SP4 Gerald W. McConnell Jr., Albuquer-

que, N.M,Sgt. Michael D. Connolly, Woadside, N.Y.Sgt. Daniel G. Gladding, Babylon, N.Y,Sgt. Joseph Greene, New York City,Cpl. Donald A. Testa, East Northport,

N.Y.Pfc. David B. Knapp, Rochester, N.Y.Pfc. Steven J. Prescort, Brigijtwaterjf

N.Y.Sgt. Theodore R. Bonham Jr., Wilmington,

N.C.Pfc. Ronald L. Hurst, Lake Lure, N.C.SPA Mitchell McGuire, Hanoverton, Ohio,Cpl Keith D. Vincent, Bokoshe, Okla.SSg. Albert E. Smith, Elizabeth, Pel.p,'c, Morris L. Fleming, l.atta, S.C.SP4 William E. Pasch, Groton, S.D.ILt. John C, Dougherty, Houston, Tex.Sgt, Warren Gray, Cuship.g, Tex.SFM Richard E, Noble, Smithfield, Utah.ILt. Steven A. Jarrett, Newport News, Va,WO James L. Dayton, Colonial Heights,

Va.SP4 Jim S. Traw, Lake Stevens, Wash.SP4 Allen R. Gibney, Kenosha, Wis.

NavyHM3 Winston G. Parker, Philadelphia,

Pa.Marine Corps

LCpl. Homer Mitchell Jr., Montgomery,Ala,

LCpl. Donaid G Jackson, La Mesa, Calif.Pfc. Edward A. Gillaspy, La Habra, Calif.Pic. Pedro Romero Jr., La Mirada,'Calif,Pfc. Ralph C. Stewart, Hayward, Calif.Pfc. Daniel W. Keo, Honolulu, Hawaii.LCpl. Verle J. Skiclmore, Terreton, Ida,LCpl. Kurtis N. Chapman, Belleville, III,Pfc. Edgar C, Laye Jr., Chicago, III,LCpl. Stephen D, McGee, Ellchart, Ind,Sgt, Joseph A. Zutterman Jr., Murysville,

Kan,Cpl. Paul L. Frederickson, Battle Creek,

Mich.Pfc. Gerald S. Williams, Greenville, Mich.Capt. Robert C. Onslow, Minneapolis,

Minn.Cpl. Robert N. Mineito, Reno, Nev,Pfc. James P. Nicholson, Manchester,

N.H.Capt. Edward J. Hughes Jr., Maplewood,

N.J.LCpi. Jackie E. Marshall, New York City.LCpl. Robert P. Sickles, Avon, N.Y.Pfc. Billy G. Stewart, Swannanoa, N.C.Pvt. Eugenia E, Fernandez Jr., Wilming-

ton, N.C.LCpl. Jack E. Porter, Dayton, Ohio.LCpl. Lonnie R. Youny, Cincinnati, Ohio.Pfc, Charles T. Boyer, Toledo, Ohio.SSgt. Thomas C. Schriver, Eddyvilie, Ore.Syi. Robert R. Beamier, Greensburg, Pa.Cpl, James A. Dougherty, York, Pa.Pfc. Raymond M. Dasilva Jr., Swoyers-

ville, Pa.LCpl. James R. Gverson, Helper, Utah.Cpl. Sidney B, Macleod Jr., McLean, Va.Cpl. Thomas J. Richards Jr., Staunton,

Va.LCpl. Robert J. Diedrich, Random Lake,

Wis.Air Force

Major Bernard L. Bucher, Eureka, Hi.A1C George W. Long, Medicine Lsuge,

rCan.

Major John L. McElroy, Frankfort, Ky.Captain Griffin E. Scarborough, Wendell,

N.C.SSgt. Frank M. Hepler, Oliver Springs,

tenn.DIED OF WOUNDS

Marine CorpsCpl. Fernando J. Hughes, Detroit, Mich.Cpl. Ralph J. Lydon Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa.

MISSING TO DEAD—HOSTILEArmy

ILt. Donald D, Randall Jr., Flint, Mich.Cpl, Jack C, Carclay}) Detroit, Mich.2Lt. Ronald T. Stetter, Buffalo, N.Y.

Marine CorpsPfc. William W. Wymer, Ravenna, Ohio.

MISSING IN ACTIONArmy

2Lt. Gary A. Guasp.SSg. Thomas F. Crews,SP5 Ernest Payne.SP4 Barry T. Reinhardt.

MISSING TO CAPTUREDArmy

WO David W. Sooter.Pic. Joe L. Delong.

DIED NOT AS A RESULT OFHOSTILE ACTION

ArmySPS William J. Molkan, Colorado Springs,

Colo.Pfc, Joy T. French, Virginia, III.Sgl. Philip L. Culver, South Ashfield,

Mass.Pfc. Ronald D. Richardson, Portageville,

Mo.Navy

BM1 Walter G. Pope, Chula Vista, Calif.RMSN Michael J. Balitchik, New York

City.Marine Corps

Sgt. Samuel D, Smith, Cordova, Ala.Air Force

A1C Hershall Talient, Greenville, S.C.MISSING TO DEAD—NON HOSTILE

NavyBM3 Charles L. Perry, Columbus, Ohio.

CORRECTIONSMa]. Adrian L. Dei Camp, USA, Change

Status from missing to dead—non hostileto missing to dead—hostile.

Capt. James P. Cawley, USMC, ChangeStatus from died not as a result ofhostile action to killed in action.

ILt. Robert C. Ktmmei, USMC, ChangeStatus from died not as a result of hostileaction to killed in action.

Pfc. Brook R. Schramm, USMC, ChangeStatus from died not as a result ofhostile action to killed in action.

LCpl. Melvln J. Decker, USMC, ChangeStatus from killed in action to died notas a result of hostile action.

Pfc. Fred A. Miller, USA, Chang*Status from missing to dead—hostils tumissing to dead—non hostile.

A B O A R D T U f i U S S BONHOMME RICHARD (PAO)-Onthe after deck of the destroyerFloyd B. Parks a signalmancrosses two red hand flags and80. feet above the pitching deckthe twin jet H2ES 'helicopter

•slows to a hover.• A . small knot of men gather

under the hteld as a cable dropsto within a few feet of the deck.

Dangling from the end of thecable is the Protestant chaplain,Cdr. James Reid* of San Diego.Calif. He is assigned to thisattack aircraft carrier.

It's Sunday in the Tonkin Gulfand, like the old, time circuitrider, the chaplain is going fromone place to another holdingservices. Bringing nien to Godand God to men is part of thechaplain's job in the T o n k i nGulf.

As the helo makes a tight archin the sky and heads back tothe carrier, Reid heads for thesmall drone hangar on the fan-tail of the destroyer. Here bewill conduct Protestant servicesfor the destroyennen.

"The job of a Navy chaplain

at sea:'' said Reid; 'Ms .not toodifferent from that of the aver*age pastor, priest or rabbi ina small town in the States. Wetravel a lot more though, andour church is wherever we canfind the room.*'

•Reid is the1 senior chaplain onthe Boh Homme Richard, Hisassistant is a Catholic chaplain.They hold services for the 3,000-man crew, plus the men on thesmaller support ships.

The chaplain's day starts ear-ly and ends late. In the morninghe handles all the mail requiringaction by a chaplain.

A part of each morning is setaside to hold religious instruc-tion for the men and to talk withthem,about personal problems.

Much of his time is spent re-sponding to R e d C r o s s mes-sages * Some bring good newsmore often than bad. One chap-Iain's job is to inform the menof his ship of these messages.Then he helps arrange emer-gency leaves if warranted.

In the afternoon one can findthe chaplain touring the shipseeing and being seen. Like asmall town minister he visits

people where they work. Hetalks with men on the hangardeck of the aircraft carrier,,pilots in their ready rooms orpatients in sick bay.

"The multi'faceted conflict inVietnam,1' Reid said, "Confrontsmen with many problems they,don't normally have to contendwith/'

He said it is very satisfyingto counsel these men, many ofwhom were only boys a shorttime ago, in their moments ofsorrow or anxiety.

"Real counseling requirescompassion and sharing the bur-dens of these young warriors,"Reid said. ,

The evenings are devoted topersonal appointments with themen to either talk over'theirpersonal problems or hold reli-gious training.

At ten o'clock every night oneof the two chaplains aboard BonHomme Richard holds eveningprayer.

"The day of a chaplain at seais busy and varied," says Reid."We don't object to 16-hourdays. Men at war need their Godas much as their weapons,"

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Marine

Chaplain (Cmdr.) James I). Reid, senior chaplain on the aircraftcarrier Bon Homme Richard, is lowered from a helicopter to thedeck of the destroyer Floyd B. Parks. (LSN)

PHU BAT, Vietnam (ISO) —Cpl. Allen G. Arbogast, 19, ofMedford, Minn., knocked out twoenemy machine gun nests hid-den in haystacks during a pla-toon sweep north of Pnu Bai.

As the platoon from A Co.,1st Bn., 27th Marine Regt, 1stMarine Div,, swept toward a vil-lage, six Viet Cong soldiersopened up from two enemy ma-chine guns hidden in two hay-stacks 30 meters away.

The Leathernecks set down abase of f i r e as Arbogastgrabbed three grenades andstarted crawling toward one ofthe haystacks.

Arbogast hurled all three gre-nades and silenced the position.He crawled back to the platoonand obtained three more gre-nades.

As enemy fire splattered theground around him, Arbogastcrawled to the second haystackand hurled the grenades. Think-ing he had knocked om the gun,Arbogast returned to his men.

Just then t h e second gunopened up again. Arbogast col-lected two more grenades andcrawled toward the enemy athird time.

As soon as he was closeenough, Arbogast threw thegrenades and killed all threeof the VC manning the gun.

DA NANG, Vietnam (ISO) —Nghi An is a hamlet in the DaNang area comprised of womenand children. Their men servein the armed forces of the Re-public of Vietnam.

Most of the thatched roof hutsare run down, even by Vietnam-ese standards, and it's not un-common to see the outside wallsreinforced with flattened card-board boxes. The hamlet has noelectricity.

Mrs. Nguyen Thi De, 39, isone of the residents of Nghi An.Her husband, a staff sergeantin the Vietnamese Army, waskilled by the Viet Cong in 1964.She lived in a one-room hutwith her five daughters, aged12, 11, 8, 6 and 4. The househad only two beds.

Mrs. De works as a house-maid in the Force Logistic Com-mand's Maintenance Bn. com-pound near Nghi An. One of heremployers is WO Jack D. Cosp-er, battalion industrial relationsand civil affairs officer.

He is in charge of the 90Vietnamese employes who workin the compound and is con-cerned with relations betweenihe hamlet of Nghi An and thebattalion.

In one of his frequent visitsto the hamlet he noticed thedilapidated shape of Mrs. De'shouse and decided she and herfamily deserved something bet-ter.

He put Cpls. Jude J. Androsand Ronald A. Dahl and other

Chaplain Reid discusses a sermon with one of his assistants,Pcrsonnclman 3.C. Charles F, Thompson, of Calumet Park, 111.

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Marines to work building a newhouse for the family. In threeweeks the two Leathernecksbuilt the new dwelling.

"It's no mansion," Cospersaid, "but it's a lot better thanthe thatched hut."

Andros and Dahl are wellknown to Nghi An residents.They have repaired and painud.the village sehoolhouse andhave hauled several truckloadsof lumber to the village chief,who distributed it to the peopleso they could make repairs totheir homes.

The Marines have also helpedinstall several water pumps inthe village and distributedbooks and school materials tothe children.

CAMP ENARI, Vietnam (10)—A 4th Inf. Div. helicoptercrew chief recently jumpedfrom his ship, overcame theenemy's fire superiority and be-gan an action which cost theenemy 12 dead and an arsenal.

The arsenal included 20122mm rockets, seven AK47sand three 75mm rocoilless riflesin addition to assorted automat-ic and small arms ammunition.

On a reconnaissance mission10 miles west of Camp Enari. ahelicopter from Troop D, 1stFq., 10th Cavalry, spotted n

TakesLucky Fall

CHU LAI, Vietnam (10)—Anot so surefooted member of theA m e r i c a ] , Div.'s 19(>th Inf .Brigade fell into something re-warding recently while dodgingCharlie.

Spec. 4 George Queen, of Con-tralia, 111., and his squad werewalking behind another s q u a dwhen they came under enemyfire . Queen's squad then movedup a ridge line to help out.

"I was almost at the lop whenthe rocks gave way and I wentsmashing to the ground," saidQueen. "When I looked around,1 could hardly believe my eyes.There was au enemy machinegun on wheels."

Fortunately, there was no onebehind the partially camou-flaged 7.ii2mm heavy machinegun. "I signaled my platoonleader and we began combingthe rocky area," Queen said.

The squad fanned out andfound over 10,000 rounds of am-muni t ion for the gun, th'r e emore heavy machine guns, 221.22rnm rockets, 123 82mm mor-tar rounds and four 4.2-inchmortar rounds.

large thicket and descended-.toinvestigate.

As the helicopter toucheddown, Spec. 5 Thomas J. Ewingof Nashville, Tenn., the ship'screw chief, his door gunner anda Chicu Hoi interpreter dis-mounted from the aircraft andsul out to catch what theythought, was a single, foe.

Moments later the three menlocated and took under fire amuch larger number of enemysoldiers than they had expect-ed.

The three men wore allwounded by the ini t ia l barrage.But it didn't stop Ewing.

He let loose with a steadystream of M16 fire, and, afterexpending his last shell, re-turned to the ship to get more.

The crew chief then made hisway toward the wounded ChieuHoi. Ignoring his own woundsand safety, he carried thewounded Vietnamese back tothe helicopter,' dodging heavyenemy fire.

Ewing then grabbed an MOOmachine gun from the helicop-ter and went back to rescue thewounded door g u n ri e r. "Hisfriend, however, had died fromhis wounds.

Soon thereafter the cavalry'sAero-Rifle Platoon, led by 1stLt. Robert J. Young, of Breek-inridge, Mich., made contactand completed the rout of thee tie my.

When the platoon later sweptthrough the area, it uncoveredthe arsenal of rockets.

Knowifon Gets PostW A S H I N G T O N (S&S) —Brig .

Gen. W i l l i a m A, Knowl ton , as-s is tant d iv i s ion commander ofthe 91,n i n f . Div. in Vietnam, isbeing t ransferred to the ArrayGeneral Staff in mid-July, theArmy announced.

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(Continued Ffoift Page 1)action would be felt Monday, Al*ready taxi drivers were be-sieged by long lines of custom*ers at every cab rank Whocould get no public* transport.The cab drivers themselvesthreatened to strike.

National radio and televisionnetwork employes served noticethey were ready to strike, butset no deadline and all programswere being broadcast as sched-uled Sunday evening.

De Gaulle indicated that heplanned some dramatic move toend the confrontation betweenhis regime and the unions, buthe gave no indication what Orwhen it Would be.

"Various arrangements con-cerning the public order havebeen examined," said Informa-tion Minister Georges Gorse af-ter Sunday's cabinet session. "Ican tell you that General DeGaulle concluded this meetingwith these words: 'Reform, yes,chaos, no,'"

Later De Gaulle saw Pompi-dou for a second meeting.

The president returned some10 hours early from a trip toKomania to take charge of thesituation which stemmed fromtwo weeks of student unrest

Student PilotIn Suicide Dive

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.(UPI) — An aviation studentcommitted suicide Sunday bydiving a stolen light plane intothe ground from an altitude ofl,bOO feet, authorities said.

Justice of the Peace CharlesLuke, acting as coroner, listedthe death of John EdwardBoyer, 26, as suicide afterlistening to a tape recordedradio conversation b e t w e e nBoyer and the control toweroperator at Daytona Airport.

Luke said Boyer stole aCessna 100 plane and flew to analtitude of about 1,000 foot. Thenhe notified the tower he plannedto dive the plane into the Day-tona Speedway.

However, Luke said Boyerapparently lost his bearings andclove the plane into a woodedtract. Police searched for near-ly an hour before finding theaircraft with Boyer's body.

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nagging, eventually had a nerv-ous breakdown.

Mrs. Hatch, 37, denied the al-legations.

But Justice Sir Alan Or,while explaining he felt somesympathy for her as she was inmany respects a good wife,found for the husband.

"Her conduct," the judgecommented, "certainly amount-ed to cruelty. It went far be-yond the ordinary wear and tearof married life."

earlier this mbrtth and blbodystudent-police battles in the=Latin Quarter,- Though the undergraduate stu»dents still occupy their univer*sities — and have now beenjoined by medical students •?*the Unions have taken the initia-tive and their actions now callthe tune for the Unrest.

Former Premier Pierre Men-des^France, a bitter foe of De.Gaulle, said the crisis wasbrought on by "10 years of con-stant refusal to talk with theworkers, students and farmersand with the people." He saidDe Gaulle "could render onlyone more service to the country— to retire so that the neces-sary changes can be started.*'

The Pompidou governmentfaces a censure vote in parlia-ment Wednesday. Already someleftwing Gauliists have saidthey would vote against the gov-ernment, joining Communists,leftists and other opposition de-puties.

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Wednesday night's bathing suitcompetition. It said, "Don't gettoo- cocky."

Miss Anstett said, after she•was crowned, "If I believed it Iwould cry but I don't believeit."

Asked if she thought shescored highly in the swim suitcompetition b e c a u s e of hermeasurements, she said, "Ithink it's silly to go by numbers.It really doesn't say anything."

Miss Anstett said she didn'tknow vif she would have ninechildren as her parents did."I'm not as organized as myparents and it takes a lot of or-ganization for a family thatsize," she said.

She offered a partial explana-tion for her robust appearancewhen master of ceremonies BobBarker asked about dinner tableconversation at her home withtwo parents and nine youngstersat the meal.

"We don't talk much," she re-plied with a twinkle. "You justeat as fast and as much as youcan."

Didi said in her contest entryform she thought Bob Hope wasthe greatest man in the worldtoday.

Miss Anstett was crowned bythe current Miss USA, CherylPatton of Miami.

The crown carries a $10,000first prize and a-wardrobe filledwith fringe benefits to wear on ayear-long personal appearancetour.

The 51 contestants voted MissKentucky, Julia Pinkley of Mur-ray, Miss Amity, a covetedaward among the beauties. Ju-lia, a :l 9-year-old college stu-dent, accepted the honor bywinking at her audience.

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Vietnamese search through the debris of houses mortar rounds hit the town, setting off a firedestroyed Sunday when Communist rocket and which destroyed about 150 homes.

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and formed a blocking force atone end of the valley.

In Saigon Communists markedHo Chi Minh's 78th birthdaySunday by slamming more than20 mortar and rocket roundsinto the heart of the capital.The attack started at 1 a.m. andcontinued sporadically until 9a.m.

U.S. spokesmen reported 11persons killed and 51 wounded,all but eight of them civilians.A huge fire touched off by rock-ets destroyed about 150 Viet-namese homes two blocks fromthe central market.

Some rounds hit in the down-town district. One slammed intothe old American Embassy,now used as a U.S. office build-ing, but did little damage.

With the step-up in harass-ment of the capital, the topAmerican and Vietnamese mili-tary commanders announced anew project to help Saigon's180,000 homeless clear the rub-ble from their neighborhoodsand rebuild.

Brig. Gen. A P. Rollins Jr.,director of construction for theU.S. Military Assistance Com-mand, and Col. Nguyen Chan,chief of the South VietnameseEngineer Corps, will head thetask force.

PARIS (UPI) — The UnitedStates attitude Sunday appearedto have stiffened in the slow-moving Paris Vietnam talks asa result of Hanoi's continued re-fusal to admit the presence ofNorth Vietnamese troops in thesouth.

U.S. officials said there stillwas no thought of cutting shortthe discussions.

But they said there was grow-ing American irritation over the

Moro Win LikelyIn Italian Voting

ROME (UPI) — Italy's once-feared Communist Party, thelargest in the west, appeared tobe in trouble Sunday as about36 million Italians went to thepolls to choose their governmentfor the next five years. Indica-tions are they will return Pre-mier Aldo Moro's center-leftcoalition to power.

The Communists captured oneout of four votes in- the 1963elections.

bland insistence by Hanoi's en-voy Xuan Thuy that there are

"no North Vietnamese troops inthe south despite evidence pro-duced by U.S. Ambassador-at-large W. Averell Harriman thatthere are at least 85,000 there.

U.S. sources said Hanoi's con-tinued denials in the face of de-tailed American evidence hadnot increased confidence in thepossibility of reaching a work-able peace agreement.

The talks are marking timeuntil Wednesday after the firstthree sessions which showed lit-tle or no prospect of comprom-ise.

Harriman and his deputyCyrus Vance spent S u n d a ymorning working in their U.S.Embassy o f f i c e s . Harrimanlunched with U.S. AmbassadorSargent Shriver at the embas-sy residence.

Thuy and the Hanoi delegationspent the day quietly at the villaat suburban Choisy-le-Roi be-longing to the French Commu-nist Party into which theymoved Saturday.

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Their Orders of the Day: Don't TouchMIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) —

Five Vietnam veterans, chosenby computers, sat out four daysof hardship duty last week-ogling beauties competing in theMiss USA Pageant,

The five men, one from eachbranch of the service, escortedthe five loveliest—Miss USA andher court—to the after-the-showcoronation ball.

24 Pacific Stars & StripesTuesday, May 21, 1968

Capt. Gary W. Lawhead, anArmy man based at Ft. Gordon,Ga., won the right to escort thequeen by a flip of a coin.

"A debriefing squad will bewaiting for me when 1 get backto base," said Lawhead, a 30-year-old, cigar-smoking bache-lor.

Lawhead and the representa-tive from the Coast Guard, Ken-neth Borchers, a 21-year-old en-gineman third class, had to dosome explaining to their steadygirl friends,

"I told her the governmentcalled me and it was all in theline of duty," said Borcliers,who is based in Miami,

"Things were very criticalwhen I left," said Lawhead, theoldest of the men who werematched in a computer withCheryl Patton, Miss USA of1967, who turned over her crownto the new queen on the nation-ally televised (CBS) show.

"I feel like I'm becoming anexpert in escort service," said

Marine Capt. Blanton S. BarnettIII, based at Pensacola NavalAir Station. In 1965 he was se-lected as an official escort forthe Miss Universe pageant andtook Miss Korea to the ball.

Navy Lt. John Kuhlen ofJacksonville Naval Air Station,and Capt. Robert W. Kitchin ofHomestead Air Force Base saidthey found all the girls easy totalk to and hoped they mighthave a chance to date some ofthem after the pageant.

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