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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes saturday july 11, 1959 a main Titan Booster will form 2d stage of rocket to Moon Washington up the defense department has announced to will use the main Booster from one of the nation s biggest intercontinental missiles As the Middle stage of a Gigantic new space  rocket to be called the Saturn will use a modified first stage from the Titan intercontinental ballistic missile for the second of its three stages. It is expected to be capable of carrying a ton of instruments to a soft Landing on _ Atlas tests May resume next week the Moon. The total rocket Assembly will stand 200 feet High and weigh More than 580 tons. The first firing of the Saturn is scheduled for late 1960. The first stage is to consist of a Cluster of rockets with a total of nearly 1.5 million pounds thrust. In other space developments at Cape canaveral fla., a Jupiter rocket thundered skyward in preview of an upcoming satellite shot. The army s intermediate Range missile shot from the Cape on a 1,500-mile reliability and accuracy test. Its goal was to drop a Dum my warhead on a water target off the Island of Antigua. The Jupiter s next assignment will be As the first stage Booster for a Juno ii satellite rocket de sighed to perform at least six scientific experiments. Among them Are a study of the High Energy radiation Belt surrounding the Earth probes. And several weather cuts detailed in missile Cash r Washington a the i Pentagon s new cutback on army i and air Force antiaircraft missiles will Cut $1,438,000,000 from planned missile spending Over a period of years Congress has been told. Budget director Maurice h. Stan said that reduction would be offset partly by a $137 million increase for the army s Nike zeus an anti i missile missile still being devel oped. " figures stans gave to the sen ate s defense preparedness sub committee last month showed a $108 million saving for the fiscal1 year which ended june 30, and another $81 million in the current i fiscal year. The remainder of the Cut will be spread Over a period of four or five years in the future. A the., cutback will reduce the army s Nike Hercules program by. " 15% battalions and air Force to Marc forces by 16 squadrons from the numbers originally planned spending changes both Are antiaircraft  members had protested the duplication involved in continuing two sets of such weapons. Stans testimony just made pub Lic listed these spending changes under the master plan y Nike Hercules in the , a reduction of $469 million Jih the program. Bomarc the reduction was million Over the life of . " an increase of $1370x15, in the army missile de h to Knock Down enemy in rental ballistic missiles. Direction and combat the reduction was $49sage is a major defense network. Ii of i Vit ?t11. Jira falling motor fatal to Driver Roscoe . A a Large motor fell from a truck Here lit was hit by a car and a Diece of it flew through the air a shed through the Windshield of another car killing the Driver a of red Hauber 62, of new Canaan Conn. Continued from Page 1 technical difficulties Are eliminated before the missiles Are put in the hands of troops. Mcelroy suspended the tests be cause five attempted Atlas launch Ings in a Row failed. He said the test setback would delay by at least two months the defense department s program for delivering the missiles to operational units. September Date the Prospect is that the first operational atlases will reach War Ren air Force base outside Chey Enne wyo., in Early september. Planning earlier this year was to have a few icbms operational by july 1. The air Force did not disclose the nature of the technical trouble except to say that it stemmed from a mechanical defect which was not of an electronic or guidance nature. Mcelroy said intelligence reports indicate that the soviets will have10 icbms operational by the end of the year. He said that would not be enough to tempt the russians to launch an attack on the . Forest creature watches Home Burn a Doe runs along the Edge of a raging Forest fire in hidden Valley Calif. The Blaze which devastated 10,800 acres in Tahoe National Forest was brought under control after six Days. Up Long to sue magazines for $2 million Winnfield la. Up Goy. Earl k. Long retreated to his farmhouse in the North Louisiana Hills Friday and announced he will file a libel suit for More than $2 million against National news magazines. -."., in a Telephone interview wit i i s. Margaret Dixon managing editor of the Baton Rouge morning advocate Long said his lawyer o will file suit in excess of $2 Mil lion against time inc., publishers of time and life magazines. He said he was slandered by articles and pictures appearing in recent Issue of both magazines. Among other things the magazines reported he received a visit from strip teaser during his stay in new Orleans last week. Long said he will leave the farm temperature tops 100 in Germany continued from Page 1 Dortmund alone collapsed be cause of the heat. River traffic in the North of Germany was practically at a standstill with River Levels too Lowlor shipping. Water shortages were so acute that Many cities fined persons for washing automobiles and watering gardens. In Frankfurt water was rationed. The cleaning of cars Yards and a German traffic policeman in Bonn defeats the oppressive heat by Cooling his feet in buckets of water. Up photo streets and the refilling of swim Ming pools was forbidden. Fires in lower Saxony continued to tax the strength of fire Crews and emergency fire fighting teams drawn from local civilians. In the South of lower Saxony a violent thunderstorm with Hail stones As Large As grapes destroyed what was left of parched  storm lasted half an hour. Temperatures remained at 96 de Grees. Meteorologists predicted thunderstorms for the entire nation Over the weekend but continued he twas forecast. Ice Cream and soft drink firms reported Al time record  Lauer Iburg a Complex of farm buildings burned to the ground with firemen looking help Lessly on there was no Waterford their hoses. Log offices reported trouble with parcels melted chocolate soaked through the wrappings. One Frankfurt citizen found a Way to beat the heat but ended his Experiment in jail. He walked naked through a Busy City Street until screaming women brought police to haul him away. In England. Relief came in the form of showers that dropped the temperatures into the 60s Friday morning but in London Friday afternoon it was hot and humid. Madrid cooled off awhile Vienna reported 110 degrees Paris 104,and Brussels 97. Rain brought Northern Sweden temperatures Down to the 50s and 60s. Temperatures in Denmark ranged through the 80s and 90s in the hottest weather Danes have known this year. The Mercury still ranged be tween 65 and 80 degrees in Fin land where severe Timber and Brush fires ravaged Forest areas. Cautioned not to waste water Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial All americans in area where water shortages Are proving a problem were urged Friday by Gen a d. Eddleman Usa eur commander in chief to cooperate with local authorities by  general also rioted that the current hot dry spell is turning Many european. Woodlands into dangerous., tinder boxes and. Advised. Usa eur troops to grind out your clarets in the Ash trays of your automobile when  he said most american motorists make a practice of using their Ash trays., but at the moment we be got to guarantee that without exception no one flips a lighted cig Aret out of a car window. One such careless act can Cost hundreds of. Thousands of dollars in firedamage.1as far As water conservation i concerned t he general advises local,.army commanders to adopts much As possible any Conser vation measures being imposed on their German neighbors by local officials. / Early saturday for Shreveport where he will Board a commercial Airliner for a vacation in fort Worth. Long said his attorney Joe Arthur Sims will probably file the libel suit in Baton Rouge monday. Long also struck out at South Eastern Louisiana mental hos Pital where he was committed by his estranged wife. He said the attendants there Are schooled inbrutality.1 satellite use urged in ban f continued from Page 1 according to Western sources is that it is impossible to Tell who May. Have exploded a bomb in outer space and just where the explosion took place. Chief recommendation for what was described As the Ideal solution involved five to six satellites orbit ing at More than 15,000 Miles to ensure Complete  if this method proved impossible because of present limitations of rocketry to orbit the satellites the report suggested two  part called for six to ten satellites to orbit at 300 to 400 Miles to Check on Low level explosions below 1,250 Miles. The second alternative involve two to four satellites orbiting be tween 300 to 400 Miles to Check on blasts below 6,000 Miles other suggestions specified us of artificial satellites to cover blasts behind the Sun and Moon. These satellites would carry equipment capable of detecting heating through shielding or concealing these blasts. All satellites would carry instruments capable of transmitting in formation Back to control posts Panthe ground Friday s Accord marked an important step in the negotiations of the nuclear conference now units ninth month but it left still a major Gap it. We Ster n demands for a fool proof control system. The soviet has thus far. Opposed a similar expert study for underground explosions  
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