European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 4, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 3 353 russian submarines reported in european Waters aboard the Carrier intrepid with 6th Fleet in Mediterranean a . Sources report that Russia has 90 submarines in its Black sea Fleet 150 in the Baltic and 100 in its Northern Fleet. In addition there Are 13 soviet built submarines in the Mediterranean. The soviets also May have equipped their Jet aircraft with Comet guided missiles an air to ground weapon with a Range of about 50 Miles. Details of soviet air and naval strength were Given newsmen aboard the intrepid by the Fleet commander vice adm Clarence e. Ekstrom and his intelligence and operations officers cmdr John Marocchi and capt Dexter c. Rum sey. They flew aboard from the flagship the Cruiser Des Moines. The intrepid is one of two carriers in the Fleet. In addition to 90 submarines at least half of them Long Range the soviet Black sea Fleet includes one world War ii battleship seven cruisers and 25 destroyers. Of the 13 soviet built submarines in the Mediterranean nine were either sold or Given to Egypt and Are based at Alexandria. All 13 Are snorkel equipped and conventionally powered. They Are the size of . World War ii submarines except for one of the egyptian subs a smaller coastal Type. Four albanian submarines base Dat Valone arrived from Russia a year ago on what Marocchi de scribed As either a buildup enforce or a very Long social  Ekstrom said that because of the need for any enemy submarine either to surface or to move slowly in order to identify military targets among the 750 to 1,000 merchant ships in the Mediterranean ships of the 6th Fleet and Allied fleets May operate in a considerable density of  said the . Has lost ground in recent years in the flee modernization program. Most destroyers Are of world War ii. Vin Tage he said. We have never failed to meet a commitment from the stand Point of Overall equipment so we arc in Good shape and ready for our  Ekstrom next october will be come commander of naval air forces in the Pacific. Pilot headed Jet Seaward before Okinawa tragedy Naha Okinawa a capt John g. Schmitt says he headed his smoking explosion wracked Jet fighter plane away from the crowded City of Ishikawa before abandoning it last. Tuesday. But the f100 super Sabre swerved and plunged into the residential Section of the okinawan City of 30,000, killing 16 persons and injuring 121. The . Air Force officer described How moments before the . Requests foreign data on air travel Washington up . Officials said the state department wants to know How Many Pas sengers from other countries Are carried by some european trans Atlantic airlines. They said the department has requested the foreign ministries of Norway Sweden Denmark Bel Gium and the Netherlands to fur Nish this information As regards the scandinavian air services Sas belgian Sabena and dutch Kim airlines. The officials said the department wants on behalf of the civil aeronautics Board origin and destination statistics of passengers Raveling on these airlines. 5th Freedom civil aviation officials Here want to get a better idea of what i known As fifth Freedom Passen Ger traffic on these airlines be cause the Bermuda agreements stress that passenger capacity should be filled More by third an fourth Freedom passengers than by fifth Freedom passengers. According to american interpretation fifth Freedom passengers Are those who do not reside in the country of origin of the airline in which they travel or do not come from the country to which the air line  to european interpretation fifth Freedom passengers Are Only those who Are taken on at any Stop in route. Thus for the Sabena flight from Brussels to new York those taken on at Man Chester England Are fifth Freedom passengers. Other freedoms the european governments do not consider passengers of other countries who Are embarked at the terminal Airport to be fifth free Dom passengers. Third Freedom passengers Are those who Are nationals of the country to which the airline be Longs. Fourth Freedom passengers Are those who Are nationals of the country to which the airline goes. What s on in London just dial ask 9211 London is want to know what s going on in London the easy Way just dial ask 9211 on a Tele phone Here and recorded information on important events of the Day is provided Day or night. Since Tele tourist service was started in May 1058, More than 980,000 Calls have been made tothe English language service 81,000 to the French and 39,000 to the German. Crash he had prevented the Crip pled plane from plummeting into More thickly settled Koza the is land s second largest City. Schmitt a 34-year-old Pilot from Chalmers ind., has been criticized in the japanese press for not re meaning with the plane a few seconds Inger to insure that it would not crash into a populate area. In a statement issued through the air Force Schmitt said that after a violent explosion i levelled the aircraft and headed it to the West away from Ishikawa toward the sea. By this time the cockpit was full of smoke and fire. All the controls became completely use less. Since i could no longer control tie plane i bailed out. After i bailed out the plane veered to from the course i had and crashed into Ishi two More subjects for Queena v Pwu i \ to -. In.  mrs. Daniel j. Ixo a former Beauty Queen shows off her now born twins at it. Sinai Hospital Hartford Conn. The former Rose Mary Gail was miss Connecticut in the 1957 miss universe con test. The twins Judith Frances left and Joy Marie weighed a Little under 5 pounds each. Daddy is a Bridgeport policeman. A photo the lightheaded it  Brig Gen Dale of s m i t a Schmitt s commanding officer ear Lier said that the Pilot did every thing possible to avoid crashing into Ishikawa and would not have been Able to control the million Dollar supersonic fighter if he had remained with it. Personal tragedy Schmitt who said he had Many okinawan friends declared my personal feelings because of these friendships make this an evermore personal tragedy to me. This is the first time in my 10 years of flying that i have been involved Inan Accident. I will never cease to be sorry that this Accident happened and that the outcome was beyond my  the Pilot said that a fire warn ing Light flashed on at 1,200 feet while he was taking off from near by Waclena air base. I jettisoned my fuel tanks and pylons to lighten the aircraft an started a turn to come Back and land into the wind at Waclena he said. The fire warning lights went out when i reduced the Power. Diving turn As i turned onto a final approach to a Landing the plan started a diving turn. On. This heading and Altitude i realized that it would crash into the Koza area. I added Power and retracted the Landing gear feeling at any second the aircraft might explode. By exercising All the controls i was Able to turn the aircraft slowly away from the Koza area. I continued my turn hoping i could make the runway and not crash. At this Point the fire warning lights came on again followed by a violent explosion. Schmitt said he headed the plane towards the sea away from Ishikawa then  and left Wing people s party members seized on the crash for new attacks on . Administration of the big Island which was a japanese stronghold in world War ii. They argue that if the . Air Force was not Here there Wouldhave been no disaster. Russ ban . Samples of Beauty aids at fair new York up russian officials have turned thumbs Down on giveaways of american cosmetics at the Moscow fair because they fear that russian women would Stampede for Glamor. The decision caught Coty inc., a major american cosmetics firm with $150,000 Worth of powder an lipstick which had been specially packaged in Small souvenir containers for distribution in Moscow when the fair opens july 25. Cot also had trained nine russian speaking american girls to be distributors. We thought we had the Green Light until russian officials told us they feared there might be a Stampede on the Coty Pavilion that would be dangerous to life and limb said Philip Cortney presi Dent of Coty. Cortney said negotiations were in Progress Between the . Information Agency Usi which makes All arrangements for american exhibitors and russian officials to allow Coty to sell its souvenirs in Moscow stores at prices equivalent to what is charged for Russia cosmetics. But Corley said no decision has been made. Sources in Moscow indicate that the russians do not want russian women to have the Chance to compare russian cos Metic products with american cosmetics. Russian cosmetics Are expensive and the Choice is extremely limited Coty was not the Only company stuck with unwanted giveaways. General motors ordered an Undis closed number of miniature plastic cars for distribution at its Pavilion but the russians decided pm would have to be satisfied with its ex-hibitio7i of full sized models be cause the miniatures might creat Competition for russian toys.  training pact Washington a the  has agreed to train civil aviation technicians of the United Arab re Public in America and to finance the sending of american Highway consultants to Egypt the state department reports work halted on outmoded a reactor Washington up the atomic Energy commission is halt no a 2-year-old research program on a Type of nuclear Power reactor once regarded As promising. At the same time the commis Sion announced the award of two contracts totalling $4.3 million for research work designed to Cut atomic Power costs. The contracts went to combus Tion engineering general nuclear engineering corp. Windsor Conn., and the general electric co., Sanjose Calif. The cancelled project involved reactor Type in which the nuclear reaction was moderated by heavy water and the Core cooled by liquid sodium. Work on the reactor was begun in april 1957.the commission s decision to abandon the research was prompted by a report of an advisory group of Engineer s and  group said that the tech Nical feasibility of the concept is currently in doubt due to May unresolved  it also said the Cost of Power from such a reactor would be no lower in any even than that produced by other Natur Al uranium  experimental 10,000-kilowatt reactor originally was to have Bee built at Anchorage Alaska to sup ply Power to the Churach electric Assn. The Anchorage project was cancelled last february. French curb 4lethap autos Paris a French police men Are politely warning motorists to get rid of those lethal Oina ments jutting from their Auto  government recently ordered that All such projections be Takeoff cars july 1, but the police Are enforcing the policy , the regulation concerns Only new cars and extra ornament added on old cars by owners. Tourist cars Are  thursday began telling car owners to do away with those fender mirrors and Sharp Hood or  cars coming out of show rooms in France must comply by july 1961 with the regulation. Anything goes in Bleriot memorial race roller skate helicopters is ,. Bicycles is London a is Jet planes. Horse and Carriage biplanes. Anything that moves on wheels wings or water is eligible for the craziest race of the year. The course is Between Marble Arch. London and the arc Detriomphe Paris. Either direction will do. The Winner will be the one who does the fastest time Between the two Points without getting booked for breaking any traffic  the idea was started by the Lon Don daily mail to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Frenchman Louis Loriot s Pioneer Cross Chan Nel flight from France to England. The mail sponsored b 1 e r i o t s flight on july 25, 1909, and presented him with a prize of 1,000 pounds then Worth about $5,000.this time the prize Money totals $28,000, with ,1114,000 going to the  closed with 163 competitors 25 from France three fro Holland one from Belgium one from the . And the rest from Britain. There Are 15 women in the race three from France the rest  race is open from 8 am to 9 pm daily for 11 Days starting july 13.announcing the race the1 mail said. Since the Days of Bleriot the Speed and Range of aircraft have grown in a Way that bewilder the imagination. But by compari son the Speed of travel Between the Center of London and the enter of Paris has not increased to anything like the same  competitors plan to use All types of aircraft from a homemade Job to Britain s latest Comet 4b Jet liner and from French military jets to a replica of Bleriot s Craft. In the traffic congested cities they plan to use helicopters cycles scooters racing cars motorcycles and even roller skates. Several competitors even plan to walk or run part of the Way