Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1959, Tokyo, Japan The stars and stripes Friday february 20, 1959 Mother plane navigated helped in Takeoff by hound dog missile by Veun Haugland Downey cull. A a b52 borne missile that can help i smother air plane take off and then guide the bomber More accurately than the b52 can navigate itself is in production Here. This strange new weapon Shap ing up at North american Avia tons missile division is known officially As the gam77 air to surface missile. The missile is commonly referred to us the hound dog. Together with the b52g bomber that carries it the hound do makes up a strategic air come weapon system scheduled for deployment to Sac in i960. Flight tests will begin shortly at Eglin j air Force base Fla. J although much about the missile is still secret Here Are some fact that can be made Public nuclear warhead hound dog is 43 feet Long and about five feet thick with a nuclear warhead. Described As a super Elu Sive miniature supersonic air plane it has a stubby Wing and rudder. The missile is powered by a 7,-500-Pound thrust Pratt & Whitney j52 engine suspended in a pod be Low its rear. It has a Range Given us several Hundred Miles reportedly More than 500 Miles. It is guided to the target by a self contained inertial guidance missile is Hung beneath each Wing of the b52b Jet bomber. Lifts St Torti plane the missile engines can be tarred while the b52g is on the ground. Since each hound dog engine produces 7,500 pounds of thrust the two missiles can contrib Ute 15,000 pounds of thrust to the Takeoff run of the b52. The operating plan is for both missile engines to be running at partial Power at the Start so that in Case of an emergency the b52 Pilot can give them full throttle if need additional Power also May make it possible for b52s to Takeoff with full combat loads from airfields where it would otherwise be experts say the guidance system on the hound dog is Bette than the bombing and navigation systems on the b52.once the guidance system is aligned and the plane is level so that the bomber in effect can it is the Tell the missile where missile will navigate. The missile will have instruments in the bomber for the plane s navigator to read and twill be better More accurate than that of the bomber itself. The navigator therefore will have two sets of instruments to Fly by. 7th army s Accident rate Cut 23 pet. During 1958 deaths reduced 26 pet. Stuttgart Germany special seventh army slashed its Accident rate by 23 per cent during 1958and ended the year with the Low est mishap rate since 1950, 7th army he has announced. Second Chance for snagged jumpers army paratroops dropping from a c1so trans port in a joint army air Force exercise at Marietta Gic use the new Static line retriever sys tem developed by Lockheed engineers which per mits jumpers who become entangled in their Chute lines to be reeled Back into the photo tragedy averted at Nurnberg Nursery Nurnberg Germany special alertness of two room supervisors averted a possible tragedy in the american Nursery school it Fuerth Nurnberg Subarea officials reported a collapse of the Ceil f102a Delta daggers strut their stuff at Pitburg show by Robert m. Fleming staff writer Jujj Teburg Germany is Theair Force s f102a Delta daggers supersonic All weather interceptors roared Over Pitburg air base Here thursday in a test display to show visiting newsmen How the plane Trust its col Raymond s. Brown s pilots of the 525th fighter interceptor so the first unit in Europe to receive the new aircraft put the ., turks join to fight fires Adana Turkey special the fire departments of Adana and in Curlik air base have signed a Mutual support agreement. The agreement is expected to be especially beneficial to Aduna tur key s third largest City which has Only eight self contained pumpers one hand operated Aerial ladder and one Rescue truck to protect a population of 200,000.a crowd of 300 turkish spectators and Military personnel witnessed the signing ceremony atthe incur Elk firehouse. After the signing of the agree ment the visitors were treated Toa skilled demonstration by turkish american trained Rescue Crews who doused a simulated crush burning of a b45 agreement was signed by Bahattin Tuz Unalp chief of the Adana fire department and a. M. Grunwell the in Ciurlik fire chief. F102& through their paces in a Fly by witnessed by German French and american newsmen. Conval s Delta Dagger and it Falcon air to air guided missiles also were featured in a Static display. Officials of the con Vair division of the general dynamics corp. And the Hughes aircraft newsmen on their aircraft and weapons systems. The next Safe unit to receive the f102 will be the 496th fighter interceptor so it was 496th, commanded by it col Robert Dow is bused at Hahn. Naco chapels Drew 507,700 during 1958 Frankfurt special Over 42,000 worshippers attended 62chapels throughout Northern area come each month during 1958, according to chaplain it col c. A. Lehne chief of Naco chaplain year s total attendance of 507,717 was composed of 297,034at 3,780 Catholic services 193,195 at 1,914 protestant services and17,488 at 181 jewish rites. Sculthorpe safety award Sculthorpe England Spe Cial air policemen Here have received the Air Force Safe Driver award for their record of having driven government vehicles one year without an Accident. Ing in one of the three rooms of the building the Nursery has been closed while the Subarea Engineer Section conducts an investigation officials said. Hearing the ceiling crack the two supervisors mrs. Barbara Brister and mrs. Anneliese Reimer both of Fuerth told the 21 Chil Dren in the room aged 3 to 5, Rostand up and walk out quietly into the corridor. 5 years old three minutes later the Reed plaster ceiling crashed to the floor. Officials said that the one Story building was completed Only five years ago. It is part of the de pendent school Complex situated in the immediate Vicinity of Subarea Headquarters. The other two rooms were no affected according to officials who said that a total of 60 prekindergarten children were in the build ing at the time of the incident. Highway caution urged during 3-Day Holiday Check the Road and weather conditions before taking off on that vacation trip this coming three Day Holiday weekend Usa eur and Safe traffic safety officials warned. If the fog and icy conditions of the past week continue week end traffic accidents May in crease greatly an official said. Up to the minute information on visibility and Road sur faces can be obtained from Mili tary police stations and european travel clubs. Additionally american Force network broadcasts driving conditions for France and Germany daily. Take advantage of these safety services traffic safety officials urged. They can save your col Homer b. Chandler jr., sub area co commended the room supervisors for their alertness an presence of mind in handling a situation which could have resulted a Chandler also praised the Amer can supervisor of the Nursery Vir Ginia Smith for the training and discipline she instilled in each child and supervisor in emergency evacuation and according to Thomas f. Benson 7th army safety director the Accident cutback was accomplished in the face of a 13 per cent boost in traffic on German roads Over 1957 and an 8 per cent increase in the number of army privately owned autos. Accidental deaths dropped by26.4 per cent Over 1957 meaning that 81 fewer died last year than the year before and the injury rate was Cut by 23.4 per cent. Successful Campaign Benson attributed the lower Accident rate to 7th army s Safet Campaign to the fact that Many unit cos have served Tours i Europe before and Are Able to impress upon their commands the various hazards that tend to sen Accident rates zooming and to investigating causes of accidents an training the troops accordingly. Benson said that Many heedless and irresponsible Drivers have been removed from behind the wheels of both army and privately owned cars. Efforts of thousands the 1958 record reflects the efforts of thousands of commanders safety officers motor officers and other 7th army personnel including Many no longer in the com Mand Benson declared. They have All Laboured Long and hard to prevent accidents in their in a letter to unit cos it Genc. D. Eddleman 7th army cd wrote the majority of All injuries resulting from accidents Are preventable. It is incumbent upon al personnel in this command to pre serve available manpower and equipment. Greater combat Readi Ness and effectiveness Are the re wards for increased safety of operation. Much unnecessary suffering can be avoided if everyone re Mains aware of the Accident prob Lem and contributes to its new director at Metz club Metz France special Gloria Moran is the new director of the general depot service club Here replacing Janet Gerhard. Overweight Mannheim jockey Content with exercise boy Job Mannheim Germany is the difference Between being a jockey or just an exercise boy is18 pounds for a Mannheim Soldier. But these extra pounds did t prevent pfc Raymond Conover of the 520th pm co from Riding his mount to a fourth place finish atthe Meckenheim race track Here. Conover 24, of red Bank n.j., was an apprentice jockey before entering the army. He started As an exercise boy at 17 and Rode his first race at Charleston w.va., As an apprentice in november 1952. Learn with each ride i finished Way Back he said. In fact i finished nowhere. Buti Learned something from that race. You learn something Ever time you but a tendency toward gaining weight and the necessity of win Ning 40 races As an apprentice kept him from moving on to professional ranks. When he came overseas As Soldier however Conover was determined to ride at least once i Germany. Seeing an announcement of the Meckenheim race Conover visited Ludwig Lochboehler president of the Mannheim Meckenheim racing club to explore Lochboehler permitted him to ride Augsburg from his his stable. You ran a Good race. Loch Buehler told Conover has resigned him self to work As an exercise boy when he returns to the When you weigh Only 130, it s downright hard to shed 18 pounds he says. Pfc Raymond Conover.18 pounds too Man
