European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Tuesday february 24, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 9 army s Nike zeus called key to defense against icbms by Bem Price. Washington a army sources claim the . Is much closer to a workable defense against intercontinental ballistic missiles than testimony before con Gress would indicate. The sources for this Story three months in the gathering stretch from Redstone Arsenal at Hunts Ville ala., to it. Bliss. Tex., to Washington. None can be identified. Permission to use some of the information gleaned since Early rules changed on admission to West Point Heidelberg Germany is draftees now Are eligible to com Pete for appointments to the . Military Academy at West Point n.y., a Usa eur spokesman announced. A change in the army s selection procedure for enlisted men also makes reservists on inactive duty eligible to apply for nomination to West Point he said. A draftee who meets the require ments for nomination will be Given the Opportunity of transferring his enlistment to the army re serve and competing under that quota the spokesman explained. Preparatory school pm selected for nomination under the enlisted quota will be or dered to the . Military facade my preparatory school at it. Bel voir va., where they will undergo academic and military training de signed to help them prepare for the annual West Point Entrance examination. The examination is conducted in March each year. Candidates for the . Air Force Academy also Are trained at the preparatory school. Reservists will be selected for nomination on the basis of results of the Scholastic aptitude portion of the College Entrance Examina Tion Board test. An applicant who desires to take the test or to be retested must Complete the examination before the june 30 deadline the spokesman pointed out. The Only Scholastic aptitude test scheduled in Usa eur before the deadline will be conducted on May 16. Applications and other information about the examination May be obtained at Usa eur he the spokesman said. An applicant for West Point must be an american citizen a High school graduate or equivalent at least 17 but under 22 As of june1, i960, physically fit unmarried and never have been married. November was granted by these sources after testimony before con Gress by or. Herbert c. York director of research for the defense department s advanced research projects Agency. At the moment the nation s major defense problem is development of a missile which can intercept and destroy warheads loaded with Small Hydrogen bombs aimed at the . Over intercontinental ranges and travelling at speeds of More than 15.000 Mph. The army believes it has such a defense in the projected antimissile missile the Nike zeus. The zeus is a nuclear missile which is intended to destroy enemy icbms out in space. Secretary of defense Neil h. My Elroy rejected a request for $730 million to produce the zeus. On feb. 17 York testified before the House space committee that he believed Mcelroy was right in making the turndown that zeus had not reached the Point in development where Large scale production was warranted. Douglas aircraft corp. At Santa Monica calif., is now in limited production on components of the yet to be produced prototype of theseus. Western electric co. Is the prime contractor for the zeus and is engaged in research on a huge new radar system for picking up targets. The army sources claim that work on the zeus is so far advanced that they Are ready to build a prototype and haul it to a mid Pacific Island to test fire against the Nike zeus antimissile missile is now under development to provide the . With a defense against enemy intercontinental missiles carrying Hydrogen bombs. The sketch reported to be the first such drawing published depicts two of the missiles in flight after launching from 24-Uiiit pads at lower Center. Nearby radar and electronic centers control the course of the four stage weapons which would be capable of speeds in excess of 15,000 Mph. Associated press photo love finds Way As boat takes yank to Fiancee Aberdeen Scotland a a farnese fishing smack Bobbing Over the North sea has become cupid s Little Helper. It was taking Aii Man Walter Baldwin 28, of Cleveland Ohio to old dog can learn new tricks argues dog handler at Etain Etain France special train ing a dog is like training a child they both need patience affection and repetition according to m st Joseph h. Far to m sgt Joseph h. Farris of the7th tactical fighter so Here. Farris a professional do handler said the dog should be one year old when training starts. But he added the saying Youcan t teach an old dog new tricks is just so much bunk. Farris explained that he has successfully taught new tricks to Many old  he also slammed the belief that obedience training Breaks a dog spirit and destroys individuality. According to Farris training in creases affection Between dog an handler. It also makes the dog a willing worker and partner and a better canine citizen he stated. The sergeant is the present owner of two Doberman Pinchers which have earned companion dog degrees highest obedience degree. To qualify for the degree the dog must have qualified in three shows. The Remote Faroe islands. There if Chancy boat schedules can befitted together he will pick up Kristen ant Lions and take her off to Iceland where they plan to remarried. Baldwin on a Short leave has been under Way for a week and has covered 1,600 Miles by sea to Call for his Bride to be. He went from Iceland to. The Shetland islands North of Scotland from which normally Small ships ply to the fares. But not even for love not in the Winter time. Caught cattle boat so unable to go directly to the fares Baldwin caught a cattle boat for Aberdeen. Here he hoped to make Contact with a fishing boat headed for the fares. Tramping along the waterfront talking to seamen from whom he hoped to hitch a ride Baldwin encountered Hans Jenssen master of the farnese fishing smack Grun Nigen which was homeward bound. So when the smack Grunigen left Aberdeen Baldwin was aboard and it looks like a Happy ending. There is some urgency an Baldwin needs a Good combination of weather at sea and boat timing. Baldwin s tour of duty ends on april 2. To marry before then Kristen must be in Iceland by feb. 28 to comply with icelandic marriage Laws. Army shows off its newest Batch of Snow vehicles Houghton Mich. A the army demonstrated its latest Snow vehicles before scores of top offi cers and newsmen. The demonstration was staged barmy engineers at the Kew Enaw Field station Between Hancock and Calumet a heavy snowfall area. To help Landing the equipment is intended to permit army personnel to land in Greenland or on the Arctic ice Cap. Exhibited were the Leebird a vehicle which can travel Over ichor Snow at 60-70 Mph the Snow Packer a machine developed to build roads and runways Over Snow the polecat a vehicle which pulls its cargo by a traction device and the Marsh buggy which has Large inflated tires to Roll Over Snow and move across marshes. Duct cover designed by shipyard worker san Francisco a an idea for a Quick opening cover for ship ventilation ducts brought Frank Monsler a san Francisco naval shipyard worker a $1,620 award. A shipyard spokesman said twas the largest suggestion award in the. Yard s history and would save the Navy $600,000, a typical aircraft Carrier uses More than2,000 such covers. A nose Cone from Redstone missile. The Redstone is the army s 500 mile Range liquid propelled missile. On a Long shoot the nose Cone re enters the Earth s atmosphere Froman Altitude of about a Miles at a Speed of 15,000 Mph. The army is so confident that the zeus will work that the . Air defense school at it. Bliss Al ready has appointed a zeus projects officer to get training courses ready. The Overall configuration of theseus is essentially that of Len Nike Hercules a powerful antiaircraft missile which can Roach to the upper limits of the atmosphere. The Hercules is launched from Arail like track which can be in stalled above or below the ground. Kiu Lical departure the zeus launcher is a Radical departure from the Hercules concept. As now designed i lie zeus will he hurled upward from an underground Concrete Cylinder in much the same fashion As a Rifle Bullet is fired. At present the plans Are to mount 24 zeus missiles on a launching pad which will look from the air like a rectangular perforated Ceil ing tile. In each zeus defense Cimpl ethere will he three or More such launching pads capable of hurling Between 60 and 90 antimissile missiles into the air almost simultaneously. Each zeus would be propelled initially by engines remaining on the ground which generate 450.000pounds of thrust in less ban three seconds. Such an engine was test fired successfully at Redstone Arsenal aug. 26. As the zeus takes off an air borne Booster cuts in and sends the missile streaking upward at an even faster Speed. This Booster eventually will drop away and a sustainer engine will begin operating As a source of Power for space travel. At burnout of the third stage the second airborne stage the mis Sile is designed to travel at substantially the same Speed As the incoming missile on an intercept course. None of the zeus launching complexes would be located near popu lated areas As Are the antiaircraft Nike Hercules hut would be scattered on what one source called our far Flung Continental fron  the key to the Success of an antiaircraft or antimissile missile is radar. First minute vital t since a ballistic missile would require Only 30 minutes to reach from Moscow to new York the first 10 minutes of flight would be vital. In these 10 minutes the ballistic course of the enemy missile must be computed. At the end of an other six . The target track must be firmly established by radar. The army sources figure that As soon As the missile s track has been ascertained they have four minutes in which to aim. Fire and intercept. In Brief the missile s warhead containing nose Cone must be knocked Down 20 minutes after launching and 10 minutes Short of . Targets to protect against eve partial nuclear destruction. Under t h e contemplated zeus system the air Force s Long Range radar would be used to give Early warning of an enemy launch and the army s newly designed target tracking radar would Lake Over and fire the antimissile missile automatically. These army sources All of whom Are close to the zeus program or who have followed its Progress intimately believe that with the radar now available or in the advanced design stage a workable system could be obtained by mid 1930