European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 19, 1959 stars and stripes steel grow i for the Capitol dome " " to to a i f if 1  army combat Power. Said unhurt by plans for fewer divisions Washington special Charles Finucane assistant Secretary of defense for manpower and personnel explained the defense depart ment s stand on manpower and personnel in an appearance before the House s special subcommittee on utilization of  comment has been made in the past  reduction in army military manpower from 900,000 in 1958 to 870,000 a huge ring of steel scaffolding resembling linked antennas the being erected around the Capitol dome for an inspection project. When completed workmen will use the catwalks to Check the dome which is. Made of cast Iron for damage caused by time and Wei there a photo Navy admits bad Job in contract negotiation Washington up a Navy official has admitted to congressional investigators that the Navy did a bad Job negotiating 14 de sense contracts on which the government was overcharged More than $12  was bad a we admit it assistant Navy Secretary Cecil p. Milne told a House armed services subcommittee. Milne said the Navy Haasken Steps to prevent such a Hing from happening again but we could not guarantee that it cop Teller out $41,000 Niles Ohio a a neatly dressed robber left a policeman handcuffed in his patrol car handmade off with s41.000 which he took from a woman Bank Teller the policeman was escorting. Patrolman Anthony Marsico 33, told Fri agents she wast backing Aphis car in front of a Niles Bank when the Man jumped in the right rear door behind him and miss Judy Whitney. 21, the Teller. Miss Whitney had just left theban with b Canvas Pouch of Cash. The Money was for the Mckinley Federal savings and loan co., where she works. Marsico was with her As a guard. The robber ordered miss Whit  to lie Down on the front seat and made Marsico drive about two Miles to Stevens Park the patrolman said when the car reached Stevens Park the robber took Marsico s gun and carried it away with  threw the car s ignition keys in some Bushes where they were found later. The patrolman s hand cuffs were used to link him an miss Whitney together and to the car s steering wheel. Their Eye Sand Mouths were covered with adhesive tape Marsico  the couple in the oar the robber warned them not. To move for 15 minutes but after hearing a car Start away behind them Marsico brought out his key to unlock the Handcuffs. Inflation note t Huron.  up. Huron merchants were warned to be Monthe Lookout for $1 Bills with the figure "20"v, pasted carefully in the Corners. Would t. Milne took Issue however with a charge voiced in hearings last week that Navy negotiators were incompetent or deliberately care less. Navy negotiators Are an Abler up dedicated to the Best inter ests of the government he  few exceptions i feel reasonably certain that they measure up Well with  even so Milne said it is inevitable that occasional mistakes and oversights will  the subcommittee was unable Roget the Navy to turn Over certain records and reports to the Genera accounting office Gao. The Gao acts As the congressional watch dog on government spending. Navy counsel f. Trowbridge Vombaur called it a cardboard Issue because he said the Navy mad most of its records available to the Gao. The Only exceptions he said were where the information was considered part of the decision making process and thus should kept from Public View. Our life is pretty much an open Book except for these very Verj rare cases Vombaur said. House unit studies effect of a attack on transportation Washington up a fed ral defense mobilization official Las stated that his Agency did Tenor what the. Army forces Domestic transportation needs would be if a nuclear attack should our. Owen Jones transportation Dir Rector of the office of civil an defense mobilization ocum acknowledged this was the Case be fore a House armed services sub committee inquiring into the ques Tion of whether the nation s transportation setup would be adequate event of mobilization. But he said his Agency had asked the defense department for the information and we know it i being developed. It should be available  also admitted that ocum s executive Reserve program for transportation was not ready to operate in the event of a nuclear attack. Under the plan experts from Industry would be brought in to help run the nation s Emer ency transportation setup. Hitching posts for dogs next us development Leicester England up an american pet food company i Pennsburg pa., has ordered 250,000 hitching posts for dogs from a Leicester  to a spokesman Here the food outfit Wall give the posts to stores Selling its products so that customers can tie their do sup outside while shopping. For 1959 and 1960," Finucane said. Associated with these comment son personnel reductions have been comments on reduction from 15divisions to 14 divisions. I feel it Only fair to specifically Point out that under the 870,000-Man-Force plan at end of 1960, the 14 Divi Sions will be manned at 95.8 per cent of wartime strength and will have 181,669 military personnel As signed. Under the. 900,000 Force in 1958,the 15 divisions were Only manned at 89.5 per cent and contained Only 180,795. Hence although the number of divisions is less and the army personnel strength is less the total number of people in combat Divi Sions is planned to increase. I would like to say. That give every Praise to general Max Well a Taylor retired army chief of staff and his staff for having accomplished this rather magnificent reorganization of our army in the last four years. I would also like to Point out that several generalities have been made in the past concerning the fact that with so Many military personnel available we have Only so manuf divisions. In addition to the 14 divisions in the 870,000 plan there Are Many other combat units such As separate Battle groups armoured cavalry regi ments surface to surface missile commands air defense battalions and armoured combat commands. Under the 900,000-Man Force these non divisional combat units total some 170,000. Under the 870,-000 plan for 1960, it is planned to increase this by 7,000."from the above you can see that although the army s total military strength has been reduced by 30,000, they in fact will have some 8,000more people in the combat units. I personally think the army has done a commendable Job in increasing their strength in the combat area even though total personnel strength has decreased. A breakdown of the supporting forces which totals 141,600 and 16.3 per cent of the total forces show that 21,900 or 2.5 per cent of the total strength Are involved in communications transportation depot and personnel activities 19,000 or2.2 per cent in medical activities 40,000 or 4.6 per cent in Headquarters and in installation support 25,900 or 3.0 per cent in joint staffs diplomatic assignments and inter National missions and 34,800 or 4.0per cent in special activities including research procurement an those contributing to the morale and welfare of the armed forces Asa whole. I think that you will agree Withus that these figures show that the army is doing a Good Job in so utilizing its personnel As to get an Ever increasing amount of effective Ness in its fighting forces. -. Gen Walker assigned to Usa eur Washington special maj Gen Echtin a. Walker has been As signed to Usa eur reporting in october 1959.maj Gen Edwin c. Bullock com manding general . Army train maj Gen Edwin a. Walker ing Center it. Chaffee ark., will take Over Walker s present position As chief of the Arkansas military District with Headquarters at Little Rock. Col Hallett d. Edson Deputy chief of staff for military operations at the Pentagon has Bee assigned to the . Army advisory up Korea effective i october. Beer powder May be solution to Home brew Wellington new zealand up new zealand  considering marketing dehydrated Beer to combat Home Brewers president John Harley of the new zealand Brewers Assn. Said  sealanders have been experimenting at Home since the 1958 budget increased bottled Beer prices by 20 per cent and bar prices by 10 per Cen consumer resistance to today s Price of Beer is encouraging Home brewing Harley said. To discourage this he said the Brewers Are considering marketing a Home mix Beer powder. I it appears that the brewing business would be More attractive from the Sale of brewing material than from the Sale of Beer Harley said. After expressing concern Over the ease with which Home brewing ingredients Are available Harley said there can be no control Over the strength or Sale unless sales Are made through hotel keep ers. We will surely find that Many people including teen agers will be Able to brew Beer of fantastic strength Hurley said the answer to the problem was for the government to give taxation Relief to breweries As an incentive not to Market ready mix  Reading walked Atlas Washington up the air Force said its latest attempt to launch an Atlas intercontinental missile failed because an instrument gave a false Reading and not because of trouble with the missile itself. An attempt to Send the 100-ton Atlas on a 5,000-mile flight Dow the Atlantic firing Range was made at Cape canaveral Fla in explaining the failure an air Force spokesman said the trouble was not in the missile and that a new launching attempt might be made within a few  said the Atlas was function ing properly anr1 generating the right amount of Hydraulic pressure just before the expected , an instrument falsely recorded a Lack of pressure audits mistaken Reading was flashed to another instrument which automatically Cut off the firing at tempt. Syracuse appoints Dean Syracuse . Up Syra Cuse University announced the appointment of James w. Harrison,41, of Lansing mich., As Dean of it. I Utica College division