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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)—-Dancer's Image, thesore-legged c o l t thatfinished first in the94th Kentucky Derbylast Saturday, was dis-qualified as the win-ner Tuesday becauseof the presence of apain killer in his sys-tem.

S t e w a r d s at ChurchillDowns, home of the Derby,said Calumet Farm's For-ward Pass would be rec-

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ognized as the winner andwould be awarded the$122,600 prize, second rich-est in Derby history.

Francie's Hat was moved tosecond and T.V. Commercialwas moved to third. Dancer'sImage was placed last.

It was the first time any Ken-tucky Derby entry had everbeen disqualified. Under Ken-tucky racing regulations, wa-( Continued on Back Page, Col. 3)

Bets StandOn Image1

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPI)-Tothe $2 bettor, the disqualifica-tion of Dancer's Image in theKentucky Derby doesn't mean athing.

Wathen Knebelkamp, pres-ident of Churchill Downs,pointed out in announcing thedisqualification Tuesday thatRule 14.06 of the Rules ofRacing provide that when drugsare found in a horse's urinesample "such horse shall notparticipate in the purse distribu-tion, and under the rules ofracing the wagering on saidrace is in no way affected."

That means:For bettors, the finish of the

race was: 1. Dancer's Image; 2.Forward Pass; 3. Francie'sHat.

For purse distribution, it's:1. Forward Pass; 2. Frande'sHat; 3. T.V. Commercial,

George Wallace and his wife, Alabama Gov. where Mrs. Wallace recently underwent treatmentLurlecn Wallace, arc shown at a Houston hospital for a recurrence of cauci'i*. (tTl)

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPI)—Gov. Lurleen Wallace, aformer dimestore clerk whorode her husband's popularityinto the Alabama governor'soffice as his successor, diedTuesday after a long fightagainst cancer.

The blonde, 41-year-old moth-er of four, Alabama's firstwoman governor, died in thegovernor's mansion at 1:34 a.m.EDT, Her husband, George

Wallace, whom she succeeded asgovernor to further his third-party presidential aspirations,was at her side.

Her body lay in state for pri-

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vate viewing by officials at themansion Tuesday from 2 until6 p.m., and will He in state atthe capitol rotunda from Wed-nesday morning until the Thurs-

day afternoon funeral.Lt. Gov. Albert Brewer, 39,

was sworn in as governor.Before dawn porters began

moving boxes of files andpictures out of Gov. Wallace'soffice at the capitol. Flags wereraised to half staff at dawn andradio stations broadcast fune-ral arrangements of "Dixie."

Her body will be moved to thecapitol in a funeral procession(Continued on Back Page, Col. 1)

INDIANAPOLIS, Intl.(AP) — Sen. Robert F.K e n n e d y , D-N.Y,,swept to solid victoryin Tuesday's Indianapresidential preferenceprimary that projectedhim to the top level ofDemocratic presiden-tial nomination con-tenders.

In his first test at thepolls since his entry intothe race, Kennedy toppedSen. Eugene J. McCarthy,D-Minn., the strong man oftwo previous primaries, andGov. Roger D. Branigin, anuncommitted favorite sonleaning toward Vice Presi-dent Hubert H. Humphrey.

Alone on the Republican ballot,former Vice President RichardM. Nixon rolled up an impressivetotal likely to exceed the 408,000he received in the state's 1900primary, when he had onlytoken opposition.

The count from 1,679 of thestate's 4,461 precincts gave Ken-nedy 135,374, or 41 per cent ofthe total vote; McCarthy 100,073,or 30 per cent; Branigin 96,263,or 29 per cent.

Nixon's total from 1,677 pre-cincts was 205,841.

Primary elections also were(Continued on Back Page, Col. 1)

HOMINY FALLS, W.Va. (AP)—Surface teams punched an airvent 140 feet through the roofof a mountain Tuesday to two ofthe 25 men trapped in a coalmine and brightened chances fortheir rescue. Another shaft wasbeing drilled to 13 others but ashale layer prevented its pro-gress.

The vent provides air for mineforeman Frank Davis arid minorEdward Rucld, isolated sincenoon Monday about one milefrom the mine's entrance, it "also enables rescue teams todrop food and water.

Contact was maintained wi thall J f > but there still was no word'from another 10 men trappedtwo miles from the entrance andhope for them was slight.

Thousands of gallons of watercascaded into the Gauley Coaland Coke Co. mine about noonMonday when a crew cu t t ingcoal broke through to a nearbyabandoned mine which N V U J - :flooded.

'Golden State* It IsSACRAMENTO, Calif . (AP)

— California's widely-acceptednickname "The Golden State"is now official . Gov. RonaldReagan has signed into law abill making it the .state's nick--

20,000.in Area

Reds Still Want Hue, Rosson SaysVief PoliceColonel Slain

PHU BAI, Vietnam (AP) —North Vietnamese troops con-tinue to threaten the city of Hueeven though allied forces havecaptured huge supplies in theA Shau Valley and stand astridethe main infiltration route tothe city, Lt. Gen. William B.Rosson said Tuesday.

"There is no doubt, the ene-my's strength in the Hue areaindicates his continuing inter:est," Rosson said. "He con-tinues to pose a threat."

However, Rosson told a newsconference, "We are prepared

•to meet this threat. We havebeen in continuous contact withenemy elements for six weeks."

. Rosson, commander of Pro-visional Corps, Vietnam, is in

charge of all U.S. forces in thearea immediately south of theDemilitarized Zone.

The commander of the 101stAirborne Div., Maj. Gen. OlintoM. Barsanli, whose troops areoperating between A Shau andHue, said recently there are an•estimated 20,000 North Vietnam^ese soldiers in the area of theold imperial capital.

Rosson said North Vietnameseresistance to allied penetrationof the giant logistics base in theA Shau Valley ""has been some-what lighter than w'e expected."

The operation, dubbed Dela^,ware-Lam Son 216, has beenkept under tight security wraps.

Rosson stressed that the op-'eration was " a high risk un-.

dertaking" and said the secu-rity precautions were an effortto hold back information fromthe Communist command and toprotect allied lives.

U.S. losses in the operation,•from April IS through May 6,•were 121 killed and 610 wound-ed, he said.

Casualties among the NorthVietnamese for the same periodwere 654 killed, Rosson said.

He added that' there has beensharper fighting between alliedand North Vietnamese .forcesalong Route 547, the major in-filtration route from Laos toHue, than in the valley itself.

"In the valley they seem con-tent, to harass us and to try to

Action in CholonVietnamese Army troops take cover behind a concrete pipe as

fighting flares in Cholon, the . Chinese quarter of Saigon. VietCong first moved into the area Sunday and fighting has gone onsporadically since then. (AP Radiophoto)

*$" Pacific Stars & StripesThursday, May 9,1968

15,000LeaveCholon

SAIGON (AP) — Refugeesstreamed out of the Cholon bat-tle zone on the southern fringeof Saigon Tuesday. Vietnamesepolice estimated 15,000 had fledtheir homes shortly beforenightfall.

This estimate was in additionto the 5,000 persons reportedMonday to have been madehomeless in the opening phasesof the enemy weekend offensivein Saigon.

The brunt of the city fightinghad shifted by Tuesday after-noon .to an area generally alongthe south edge of the capitaland it .was from this region thatthe .stream of men, women andchildren poured throughout theday. They loaded what personalpossessions they could on bicy-cles, motorbikes and carts andpushed toward safer areas.

Vietnamese police and gov-ernment troops helped to movesome of the people while firc-fights flashed through nearby-areas.

Fighting , intensified . in thesouthern area during the. after-noon, 'and many flimsy, shanty-type homes were destroyed byfire. . .

Thai* LeaderShuns Industry

NEW YORK (AP) - PrimeMinister Thariom Kittikachornof Thailand told a meeting ofAmerican and Thai businessleaders Tuesday that Thailandhas "no desire" to transformitself into an industrial nation.

Giving the major address ata fhree-day seminar of Thailand.trade and development, he not-ed that his country had con-centrated heavily on industryover the past five years.

F o l l o w i n g Kittikachorn'stalks, the U.S. ambassador inThailand, Leonard Unger, in-troduced the national develop-ment and economic affairs min-ister, Pote Sarasin. Sarasin leda discussion on Thailand as thebusiness key in Southeast Asia,

At a news confei-ence after-ward, Sarasin answered ques-tions on internal developmentplans, on Japanese business ac-tivity in Thailand, on the Itfe-kong River development proj-ect, and other matters.

defend their cache areas," hesaid.

He described the contact aslight and scattered and said the

.. defenders were mostly engi-.neers, supply and logistics ele-ments, and light security forces.

"Along the road, though,"Rosson said, "there has beensome sharp.fighting. We've runinto some regular North Viet-namese infantry units there."

The U.S. forces in the valleyare elements of the 1st Air Cav.Div. They are operating along-side South Vietnamese units. Atask force of South Vietnameseparatroopers is working with thetroops of the 101st Airborne Div.along Route 547.

Although he would not discloseexact troop locations, Rossonsaid that as of Monday, "a sub-stantial portion of the valley hascome under search." The troopsmoving along Route 547 haveprogressed to "several kilome-ters west of Delta Junction."

Delta Junction is the pointwhere Routes 547 and 547Amerge and continue on towardHue. It is about 10 miles fromA Shau Valley.

Rosson disclosed an extensivelist of North Vietnamese weap-ons, ammunition and equip-ment captured in the continuingoperation;

The list included 1,929 rifles,4,000 pounds of explosives, adozen 37mm automatic antiair-craft guns, 46 trucks, including15 of .Russian make and oneAmerican vehicle, hundreds ofthousands of rounds of ammu-nition of all types, as .well astons of communications and en-gineering equipment.

AH this booty, R o s s o nsaid, justified Operation Dela-ware even if nothing more wereto be accomplished.

He said an air strip has beenestablished in the valley andthat U.S. supply craft, includingbig C130s, were making regularruns in and out of A Shau.

-SAIGON (AP) —Van Quy, secondof the South Vietnamese Na-tional Police, was killed earlyTuesday by a sniper in theCholon Chinese quarter of Sai-gon.

He was the second high-rank-ing officti to be killed in thelast two days.

Col. Luu Kim Cuong, Viet-namese commander oT the TanSon Nhut Air Base, was killedMonday by a rocket outside thebase perimeter.. Quy was special assistant to

Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan,head of the South VietnameseNational Police. Loan himselfwas wounded in street fightingSunday and is recovering in ahospital.

U.S. ShipHit byN. Viets

SAIGON (UPI) — North Viet-namese shore gunners scored adirect hit on the U.S. destroyerTheodore E. C h a n d l e r andwounded one sailor, the Navyreported Tuesday.

The announcement said t h odestroyer was firing on Com-munist positions in North Viet-nam's southern panhandle Mon-day when 87mm shore batteriesopened up;

Sixty-five rounds splashed inaround the ship, and one hitthe bulkhead, leaving a four-inch hole above the main deckand wounding the sailor.

The' Chandler was accom-panied on the. mission by thedestroyer Turner Joy, whichwas involved in the incident inthe Tonkin Gulf which leci toescalation of . the Vietnam war.The Turner Joy escaped unhit,the Navy said.

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

KILLED IN ACTIONArmy

SP4 Michael R. Lucas, Glendale, Ariz.P:C. Lester L. Moore, Bell, Calif.Pfc. Dennis E.' Purcell, TuSare, Calif.P!c. Terry L. Tebbetts, Huntinglon Beach,

Calif.Pfc. Michael J. Sounders, Clearwafer, Fla.Pfc/ Howard W. Snitchler, Largo, Fla.ILt. William E. Zimmerman Jr., Atlanta,

Ga.SP4 Mtllard L. Palmer, Clorksville, Ga.Sfc. Wayne H. Hoffner, Clarence, Iowa.SP6 Edgar D. Page, Augusta, Kan.SP4 Sleven C. Heffner, WInfleld, Kan.ILt. David K. Feller, Maplewood, La.SP4 Anthony L. Moore, Pride, La.Pfc. Robert L. McDuffy, Coushatta, La.Cpl. Lyle E. Allen Jr., Allegan, Mich.Pfc. Michael F. Smith, Omaha, Neb.Pfc. John Duffy, Bayonne, N.J.Cpl. Richard A. Cassano, New York City.Cpl. Anibal Ortiz-Rivera, New York City.P3g. Rcbert E. Holeyfiekl, Cleveland,

Ohio.SP4 David A. Brown, West Manchester,

Ohio.Pfc. Jackie L. Elston, Cordell, Okla.2Lt. John T. Dunlap III, Feasterville, Pa.CPL Roger D. Zelgler, Yeagertown, Pa.Pfc. Charles J. Bongartz, Pittsburgh, Pa.SP4 Arthur F. McQuade Jr., Barrington,

R.I.Sgt. Arthur L. Jordon, Greenville, S.C.Pic. Sidney A. Howe, Springfield, Va.Cpl. David F. Strfckler, Falls Church, Vn.

NovyHM3 Jomes E. Gustofson, OrtonviKe,

Minn.Marine Corps

LCpl. Ronald D. Cobb, Little Rock, Ark.Sgt. Robert J. Enedy, Citrus Heights,

LCpl. David L. Harty, Sacramento, Calif.Pfc. Roberl L. Worrell, Littleton, Colo.Pfc. Jimmy L. Curry, Macon, Ga.LCpl. Thomas S. Cote, Ook Lawn, 111.Pfc. Scott A. Wright, Downers Grove, III.LCpl. John W. Parcel, Winamac, Ind.LCpl. Edward L. Mann Jr., Bangor,

Maine.Pfc. More J. Kuzma, South Madley Falls,

Mass.LCpl. Rickey L. Chran, Port Huron, Mich.Cpt. Roberl E. Fuss, Lincoln, Neb.Cpl. Carmine Novembre, Passalc, N J.Pfc. Calvin I. Nesbitt, Buffalo, N.Y.Pfc. Jomes E. Sand, Flushing, N.Y.

Sgt. Arthur L. Dovls, Charlotte, N.C.LCpl. Roberl A. McPherson, Canonsburg, •

Pa.LCpl. James O. Jaynes, Chuckey, Tenn.2Lt. Carl R. Gibson, Charlottesville, Va.Pfc. Norman I. Phlpps, Haysl, Vo.

MISSING TO DEAD—HOSTILEArmy

Pfc. Thomas E. Tongret, Barstow, Calif.SP4 Fred Sena Jr., Pueblo, Colo.Cpl. Jomes L. Wallace, Martinsville, III.LTC Roberl Loper, Olympic, Wash.

NavyUN Charles B. Boynlon Jr., Baltimore,

Md.Marine Carpi

Pfc. Michael J. Laderoute, Boston, Mass.P.'c. Henry McDonald III, Philadelphia,

Pa. •MISSING IN ACTION

Army2Lt. Ronald T, Stetter.SP-i William H. Harff Jr.'SP4 Lewis C. Nelson.Pfc. Albert Burclaga.Pfc. John A. Glorloso.P;c. Howard H. Hominick.Pfc. Roger W. Morgan.

Marine CorpsCpl. Nathaniel E. L. Jackson.LCpl. Hugh E. Schavelln.p:c. David Haberman.Pfc. David R. Kerchmar.

Air ForceCapt. Louis F. Guillermin.Capt. Robert E. Pietsch.

MISSING TO CAPTUREDArmy

WO Michael F. O'Connor.Sic. Donat J. Goin.

DIED NOT AS A RESULT OFHOSTILE ACTION

ArrcySP4 James E. Roinbolt, San Diego, Calif.SP4 William F. Vandervorl Jr., San Jose,

Calif.SP5 Roy D. Humphrey, Covington, Va.

Marine CorpsPfc. John L. Vincent, Liberty, Mo.Pic. George C. Olson, New York City.

MISSING TO DEAD—NON HOSTILEArmy

Sfc. Larry A. Winchester, Pensacola, Flo,Sfc. Eddie L. Miller, Conroe, Tex.

MISSING NOT AS A RESULT OFHOSTILE ACTION

ArmySP4 Joseph Burke. . .SP4 Jess W. Creason Jr.Pfc. Ronald J. Campbell.

CORRECTIONSgt. John W. Tracy, USMC, Change

Status from dted not as a result ofhostile action to killed in action.

'Perfect Navy Coordi nation'Iff*

HUE, Vietnam (10) —Some very bi'ave Vietnam-ese in the small village ofSia north of here recentlyopenly defied their Redoppressors and rallied insupport of the South Viet-namese government.

More than 2,000 from sevenneighboring hamlets of QuangDion district marched into thevillage's public market carryingantUViet Cong banners andchanted protests of VC terror-ism and murder.

A color guard of popular re-gional forces began the 45-min-ute ceremony by snapping foattention and presenting armsin honor of South Vietnamesesoldiers who have died fightingthe NVA and the Viet Conginsurgents.

Guest of honor was districtchief, Capt. Dao, who receiveda thundering applause andshouts of "South VietnameseGovernment Forever, D o w nWith the Viet Cong!"

Following a talk by Dao, aHoi Chanh- —- a Viet Cong whovoluntarily turns himself in tothe South Vietnamese govern-ment — told the villagers whyhe left the enemy forces.

"The Viet Cong wanted me tocome back and kill my fellowvillagers," he told them. "Imanaged to escape from them,for I could no longer put upwith their terrorism. I now wishto join the South VietnameseArmy and fight our country'senemy — the Viet Cong."

Senior MACV advisor to thedistrict chief, Capt. Gerald A.Hazelton, Ottawa, Ohio, andCapt. Szaboles DeGyurky, civilaffairs officer for the 101st Air-borne Div.'s 1st Bn., 501st Inf.,were invited.

Former AF ChiefReceives Award

AIR F O R C E ACADEMY,Colo. (UPI)—Gen. Carl Spaatz,retired Air Force combat lead-er of World War II and formerAir Force chief of staff, re-ceived ihe Air Force Academy'sThomas D. White National De-fense Award.

Spaatz was appointed com-manding general of the ArmyAir Forces in February, 1947and was named chief ofthe Air Force1947, He retired

The award islate Gen. White,1961 as Air Force chief of staff.

staff ofin September,

in 1948.named for thewho retired in

DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) —The Marine effort in Vietnamhas been under fire -— not onlyfrom the Viet Cong and NorthVietnamese — but also verbalfire from critics.

Some .say the marines wereill-fi t ted for fighting in the.streets of Hue or the fortressat Khe Sanh. They say marinesshould be fighting in the .soggyMekong Delta, rather than thehills near the DemilitarizedZone.

But the Marine commanderin Vietnam, Lt. Gen. RobertCushman, answers these com-ments with an emphatic "no."

He said that although his unitis primarily an amphibious force,the Marines are fully trainedand prepared for ground war-fare.

In fact, Cushman said, they

WITH fHE 7TH FLEET INTHE TONKIN GULF (PAO) -A rescue helicopter front a 7thFleet guided missile frigate wasairborne in three minutes afterreceiving a distress call froma Navy jet. in a "classic rescue"of the plane's pilot and bom-bardier-navigator in the Gulf ofTonkin.

Lt. Cmdr. Duke Hernandez ofSan Diego, Calif,, and Lt» (j.g.)D. J. Lortscher of Rhinelander,Wis.» were .flying a Navy F4

phantom jet in a bombing mis*sion over N o r t h Vietnam'ssouthern Panhandle when theirpkrne was hit by antiaircraft fireand burst into flames.

They turned seaward and pre-pared to ditch as they sent outa distress call to Navy shipsoperating in the area.

Radarman Glenn R. Newsonof Chula Vista, Calif., picked upthe "Mayday" signal aboard thefrigate. As the helicopter took offfrom her deck three minutes lat*

e.r, the ship increased speed andchanged course in the directionof the falling aircraft.

Planes from 7th Fleet aircraftcarriers circled the area tomark the spot for the rescueteam.

The helicopter, piloted by Lt.(j.g.) Skip Yates and copilotedby Lt. (j.g.) Lennie Devries,skimmed over wave tops atm a x i m u m speed. When itneared the downed pilots, Yatesradioed, "Both men are okay

and in their life rafts.'*They were hoisted into the

hovering helicopter and taken tothe frigate where a Navy doctor1

said, "Both men are in goodshape, considering their expo-sure."

"The hdo was on the scenebefore I had time to completemy 'ditch' routine," Hernandezsaid. "It was terrific."

The entire rescue operationtook less than 30 minutes.

A Navy A7A Corsair rests In the soft sand at the end of the Quang Tri runway after the. pilot had to make an emergency land-ing when he lost oil prcsdre while on a mission. (USMC)

DA NANG, Vietnam (ISO) —The helicopter mechanics andcrews watched curiously as thesleek Navy A-7A Corsair II jetapproached Quang Tri air stripfor a landing.

Quang Tri is a 3,800-footaluminum strip utilized only byhelicopters and assault trans-ports. This would be the lirstjet to try a landing at QuangTri.

The unexpected visitor wasNavy Cmdr. J.C. Hill, 37, ofLemore, Calif., the commanderof Attack Sq. 147, stationedaboard the aircraft carrierRanger off Vietnam.

The Navy jet had attackedtargets in the northern sectorof the I Corps tactical zonenortheast of Quang Tri when thepilot discovered he had lost en-gine oil pressure. An immediatelanding was the only alternativeto certain engine failure, whichwould mean ejection and theloss of the multi-million dollaraircraft.

Spotting Quang Tri, Hill knewit wasn't a jet airfield, and thatit was too short to properly ac-commodate the A-7, But he hadno alternative but a landingif he was to save the aircraft.

The right main landing gear

tire blew at touchdown, but hekept the aircraft going straightdown the narrow strip, with theMarine crash crew in hot pur-suit.

The Corsair II went off theend of the runway through acouple of hundred feet of softsand. But the damage was mi-nor, and with an engine changethe plane will be flown back tothe carrier.

However, the Marine helicop-ter crews had a major problemon their hands, trying to get the20,000-plus pound jet out of thesoft sand and back on the run-way.

Ankle SprainLucky Turn

TAY NIMH, Vietnam (10) —Pfc. Kevin Sullivan fell and.sprained his ankle on patrol theother day.

He was .lucky.Spec. 4 Tom McDermolt, ,a

squad leader with Sullivan'soutfit , the 4th Bn. of the 25thJnf. Div.'s 9th Inf., tells thestory of his buddy's painfulgood fortune. It happened aboutthree miles west of

fight out of the same book asthe Army when it comes to laudwarfare. They differ only whenit comes lo the Marines' pri-mary mission, the amphibiousoperation.

"At Khe Sanh," said the gen-eral, "we started out with asmall force and used the areaas a base for mobile operations.Later, when the pressure built,there was no opportunity for aMaginot Line-type of defense lobe built ." The Maginot Line wasa French system of elaboratebunkers.

But he denied his men werenot well dug-in at Khe Sanh.

"It is our basic doctrine thatwhen you stop moving, you digin. And the longer you slayput," he said, "the deeper you

Cushman said he issued threeorders to the 5,000 men guard-ing the embattled outpost at KheSanh: "Dig faster, deeper andbetter."

Proof, he said, that the Ma-rines did dig in at Khe Sanhlies in the casualty figures. Twohundred and four marines werekilled during the 77-day ,»iege;845 were wounded seriouslyenough to be evacuated, and 777suffered minor wounds. NorthVietnamese confirmed k i l l e daround Khe Sanh topped 1,500.

As for the charge the Marinesweren't prepared for the streetfighting at Hue, Cushman saysthe facts show otherwise. Cush-man said he was at Camp Pen-dleton, Calif., in charge of train-ing troops for Vietnam. And hecontends they go through sim-

ulated city combat among otherpreparations for battle.

In fact, he said, they were sowell trained that they were ableto clear the Reds out of a hos-pital during the fight for thecitadel without harming any ofthe patients.

And for the charge ihe ma-rines would be better off in thedelta, which is laced with riv-ers, Cushman said that is a mis-conception. He said the deltafighting is not an amphibiousoperation. It is nothing but agreat big swamp. "Riverinewarfare," he called it.

He said a new kind of war-fare had to be invented, withthe Marines no more qualifiedby previous training that theArmy and Navy units now do-ing the job.

TrangBang:

"Four of us were going tocheck out a hedgerow about 75meters to the front of my pla-toon.

"I looked back and I sawSullivan was behind, so 1 wait-ed - i'or him. The other two men\vent on. When Sullivan wasparallel- to me, we moved on.

"We were in front of an oper\-ing in the hedgerow. A VietCong opened up on the two ofus with an AK50, f i r ing all trac-er rounds.

"Both of us hit the dirt. ThenSullivan crouched low andstarted to run for cover. Hetripped and fell lo the soundsof a second enemy burst. I sawThe bullets miss his head byinches as he went down."

McDermott a n d S u l l i v a ncrawled to safety as the othertwo men ahead of them, rakedthe VC position with bullets.

"If I hadn't f a l l e n andsprained my ankle those bul-lets would have hit me rightin the head," Sullivan chimedin.

Pacific Stars & Stripes JThursday, May 9, 1968

Reds Hit SaigonStations,owntown

SAIGON (UPI) — Communistforces attacked three police sta-tions in Saigon and shelled thecenter of the city early Wednes--day. Allies killed 213 Viet Congin street fighting.

The Communists distributedpamphlets and broadcast ap-peals over clandestine radio urg-ing a general uprising andboasting they would keep the

(Continued From Page 1)In progress in the District ofColumbia, Alabama, Florida andOhio.

McCarthy said the count wasnet distressing to him, adding,"I think we're doing all right."He said he intends to go on toother primaries. The next testbetween him and Kennedy willcome in the May 14 Nebraskaprimary.

A spokesman for Kennedysaid the New York senator "ap-pears to be headed for an im-pressive victory in Indiana, de-feating an entrenched Democra-tic machine and reversing infour weeks the predictions thathe would lose here."

There was no clear indicationof the extent of any Republicancross-over into the Democraticprimary. But it seemed likelythat cross-over votes were beingdivided by McCarthy and thegovernor, with few of them go-ing to Kennedy.

Despite this, Nixon seemedlikely to substantially top his1960 Indiana primary total.

Kennedy's supporters s a idtheir spot checks indicated theNew York senator ran stronglyin Negro districts in Indiana-polis and Fort Wayne, slightlyin front in similar areas inEvansville on the southern bor-der of the state and well aheadamong Polish voters in SouthBend.

McCarthy led Kennedy widelyin the area around Purdue Uni-versity at Lafayette and amongupper-middle class white votersin Evansyille.

The Minnesota senator alsoled in the Indiana Universityarea at Bloomington, but Ken-nedy was ahead in South Bend,home of the University of NotreDame.

McCarthy forged to a sur-prising lead in Lake Countyprecincts, both in the industrialstrip cast of Chicago and insouthern rural areas of thecounty.

cily in turmoil (Hiring the Parispeace talks.

the shelling d!d little damageto the city but added to growingapprehension among its two mil-lion residents. One rocket landedlittle more than half-a-mile fromIndependence Palace.

Tan Son Nhut, the allied airbase on Saigon's northwesternedge, also was hit. At least 14rockets slammed into it and an-other exploded in a heavily pop-ulated residential section nearby.

Heavy fighting was under wayWednesday on the southern andwestern edges of the city. Alliedpatrols sweeping Communistsanctuaries and staging areasfurther out from the city un-covered 89 more bodies killed inearlier air>strikes and fightingabout 22 miles northwest ofSaigon along the route the Com-munists use to enter the city.

The new flurry of battling sentCommunist casualties to morethan 2,000 since they launchedthe offensive Sunday. Most havebeen in the Saigon area.

It also caused thousands of re-fugees to pour into the citycenters. .Government r e f u g e ecenters, already jammed with100,000 homeless from the Tetoffensive, filled to overflowing.

A 24-hour curfew was orderedfor most of Cholon, the Chinesedistrict where the fighting washeaviest, and the rest of thecity was.under tight dusk-to-dawn curfew.

The heaviest fighting was inthe Eighth District along thesouthern edges of town near theTau Ho and-Doi Canals. Itstarted Tuesday and was stillunder way Wednesday withallied warplanes bombing andstrafing in the area, two milesf r o m Saigon's IndependencePalace.

U.S. military spokesmen saidelements of the American 9thInf. Div. intercepted the Com-munists' elite Phu Loi Bn. try-ing to enter the city.

They trapped them in a fac-tory and residential area andkilled 213 Tuesday, the spokes-men said.

Mishap Kills 2 SoldiersBONN (UPI) — Two West

German soldiers were killedand four others injured whenthe breech of an M109 self-propelled howitzer explodedduring practice firing at theGrafunwoehr maneuver area inBavaria, the Defense Ministryannounced.

This was the scene Saturday at ChurchillDowns In Louisville, Ky., with Dancer's Image Inthe winner's circle after finishing first in the

Kentucky Derby. Owner Peter Fuller (left) andtrainer Louis C. Cavalarls Jr. hold the reins.

(AP Radlophoto)

Derby Winner Disqualified(Continued From Page 1)

gering on the Derby is not af-fected. ,

A chemist for the KentuckyState Racing Commission saidphenylbutazone, an analgesic,showed up in a routine urinalys-taken after the race.

"Ira tremendously shockedand grieved. What else can Isay?" said Peter Fuller, theBoston automobile dealer whoowns Dancer's Image.

Fuller said trainer Lou Cava-laris Jr. had told him Mondaynight that something was wrong

with the urinalysis. Cavalariswas at the stewards' hearingTuesday.

Downs President Wathen Kne-belkamp told Fuller about thedisqualification by telephoneafter Fuller called him during anews conference.

As usual after a Derby, thewinner and one^other horse cho-sen by lot are tested. The test ofthe other horse, Kentucky Sher-ry, showed negative results,Kncbelkamp said.

Fuller said he isn't sure nowwhether Dancer's Image will go

3rd Heart TransplantIn 5 Days in Houston

HOUSTON (UPI)-A surgicalteam led by Dr. Denton A.Cooley Tuesday performed theworld's 12th heart transplantand the third in Houston in fivedays.

A St. Luke's Hospital spokes-man said the heart of the 22-year-old victim of a beating wastransferred to the body of a62-year-old hospital administra-tor in a 2^-hour operation whichended shortly before 4:30 p.m.

Houston's two previous hearttransplant recipients were re-ported in "satisfactory" condi-tion.

A spokesman said the opera-tion began about an hour and ahalf after the donor, ClarenceNicks, of Houston, died at thehospital.

The recipient was John M.S t u c k w i s h , administrator ofBrester Memorial Hospital inAlpine, Tex.

in the Preakness at Pimlico, thesecond jewel in racing's TripleCrown, which is to be racedMay 18.

Knebelkamp said there wasnothing unusual about the delayin making the announcement.The Derby was the seventh racelast Saturday and the results ofthe test did not become avail-able to the track until Mondayafternoon.

A Lexington, Ky., veterina-rian who deals exclusively withhorses said: "This particulardrug does not affect a horse'sperformance other than to makehim perhaps a little sounder. Itis an anti-inflammation drugand hot.anything like heroin orsomething like that."

Knebelkamp said phenylbuta-zone had been outlawed at prac-tically all race tracks, althoughit was legal at Churchill Downsuntil a few years ago.

"I have no idea who the guiltyparty is," Knebelkamp said."Those connected with thehorse will be given a hearingbefore the commissioners laterthis week."

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Alabama's Gov. Lurleen Wallace Dies

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It was to be removedThursday afternoon for 2 p.m.services at St. James MethodistChurch, with burial at Green-wood Cemetery in Montgomery.

Brewer, a dapper NorthAlabama attorney and closepersonal friend of the Wallaces,said "the people of Americahave suffered a great loss" withthe death of Gov. Wallace.

Mrs. Wallace died on the dayof the Alabama Democraticprimary, when voters were tonominate candidates for U. S.

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Senate and a slate of electorspledged to George Wallace, athird party presidential candi-date. Brewer was on theWallace slate, which was almostcertain of victory. The nextgovernor's election is in twoyears.

Wallace had to postpone hiscampaign fur president attimes because of his wife'sillness, but he was not expectedto drop out of the race. He oncesaid he had pledged to his wifeto seek the presidency despiteany adversity.

Mrs. Wallace first contractedcancer in 1965, before shecampaigned for governor be-cause her husband was prohibit-ed by the Alabama Constitution

from succeeding himself. Butshe said an operation apparent-ly had cleared up the uterinecancer.

Mrs. Wallace, inauguratedJan. 16,1967 on the capitol stepswhere Jefferson Davis wassworn in as president of theConfederacy, had been in officeless than six months when shereceived the news she hadcancer for the second time.

While she had maintained abusy schedule of appointmentsand sometimes had two or threespeaking engagements a dayduring her first half year, shewas seldom in the office afterthe cancer recurred.

Mrs. Wallace, a 17-year-old

dimestore clerk in Tuscaloosawhen she married Wallaceduring World War II, waselected to succeed her husbandas governor with the largestvote ever given a gubernatorialcandidate in Alabama.

Mrs. Wallace was born Sept.19, 1926, the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Henry M. Burns. Shegrew up in Tuscaloosa, graduat-ing from high school at the ageof 15, then went on toTuscaloosa Business College.

She had planned to takenurse's training when shebecame 18, but at 17 she metand married Wallace, who hadgraduated from the Universityof Alabama law school

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