European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday a Girth 6, Congress probe of training costs ordered at service academies Washington up a con Gressional investigation has been ordered into the Cost of training cadets at the army Navy and air Force academies. Chairman George h. Mahon d Texo said wednesday the hous defense appropriations subcommittee has directed its staff Mem Bers and investigators to delve into the reasons behind the High costs. Statistics supplied to Congress by the armed forces show that in the last government bookkeeping year the average costs per Man per year at the three serv ices schools were As follows air Force Academy near Colo Rado Springs colo.-$28,600.military Academy at West Point n,y.--$13 078. Naval Academy at Annapolis,md.$7,115. Mahon said his subcommittee wanted a study made to determine the explanation for the great Dis parity Between the services in and Vance of its hearings on the nex defense budget in january. The air Force has Given As the reason for the High Cost last year the fact that it incurred nonrecurring expenses in setting tip its new Academy. It estimated that the out Lay per Cadet would drop to $22,400 in the current year. " rep. William a Minshall r. Ohio member of the Mahon subcommittee said the expense of training the cadets at All three a adenies is astounding when com pared with costs at non Federal technological institutions. Minshall said it costs an average of $1,988 per  year at a privately endowed school and$1,394 at publicly supported institutions. Nato Council Rule soul Heads of state talks Paris a the is nation nato Council wednesday ruled out a formal meeting of chiefs of state in favor of less formal work ing level contacts with president Eisenhower when he comes  late this month before rus Sian Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev visits the . Diplomatic informants said the Council took no formal action but the feeling at the meeting was against the circus atmosphere thata gathering of chiefs of govern ment would entail. The american View is to in Forest fires rage on in calif., Idaho by United press International firefighters battled major Blazin dangerously dry forests of Call forma and Idaho. To the san Bernardino nation Forest of Southern California 1.5ck Fen battled a Blaze that a burned More than 8,200 acres a new Blaze in Southern Idaho was burning close to Sheds where dynamite and dynamite Caps wer stored. The outbreak was i Miles South of Boise along the Boise Mountain Home Highway. Jumper killed a . Forest service smoke jumper was killed and another critically injured when a Ford Tri motor plane crashed in a Remote Section of the Nez Perce National Forest in Idaho. They were Mohave aided in clean up work on several Forest fires which Trewn Der control there. Dispatchers said 25-Mph winds pushed the san Bernardino fire eastward on a 20-mile front. The Only uncontrolled Blaze in Northern California was North o Harris in Humboldt county. 11 had destroyed 1.500 acres of grass and  controlled the Nelson Cove fire near Mariposa  burned through 12,000 acres and spread to within 3% Miles Olyo semite National Park. Four big fires blazed in Idaho forests. One near Boise blackened an estimated 10,000 acres. Several ranches and summer Homes were threatened As flames reached with in a few Hundred feet of them be fore the Blaze was checked. Hurricane Dot grazes Hawaii Honolulu base a. A a giant air Force Tanker plane in route from the azores to Bermuda ditched in mid Atlantic. One airman was reported missing. Seven other Crew members of the six engined aircraft were rescued by the Tanker Imperial St. Law rence air Force authorities said Here. The plane went Down near the ship 200 Miles East of Bermuda. The plane a kb50, was attache to the 427th air refuelling so Here. Brig Gen Perry d. Griffith com Mander of the 836th air div at Langley said an air sea search was mounted by air Force an coast guard units. The missing Man was identified As a/2c Thomas m. Payton of nearby Hampton va., a refuelling operator. Courage some personal Contact be tween or. Eisenhower and Amerl Ca s 14 nato allies durig his trip Here White leaving the main diplomatic negotiations to Secre tary of state Christian a. Herter. Or. Eisenhower is expected in Europe late this month to Confer with French president Charles de Gaulle British prime Mirti Stei Harold Macmillan and West Ger Man Chancellor Konra d Adenauer the nato discussion of the Els-1 Benhower trip came after the Council formally backed the West Ern position at the just recessed East West talks in Geneva. Khrushchev urges peace talk with Ike continued from Page i tries in the socialist bloc would approve what Russia was doing just As we would approve the. Activities of the others in the cause of peace. In turn he said he thought twas quite proper that or. Eisen. Hower should talk to his Western allies As the president plans to do later this month in a trip . If lie needs to meet with his allies before meeting with   he agreed at once that the Ger Jan question was the overriding question to be discussed and gave Assurance that while talks were in Progress the status in Berlin arid Hast Germany would not be hanged. To West German Chancellor Konad Adenauer s comments that the visits would show Khrushchev How Strong the . Is Khrushchev re plied one need not go anywhere Tofias postponed his visit to the Scad Tanvir an countries because of unhappy Ness about it. He was asked at he would do the same if opposition arose in the . Against his com Irig. " " the invitation by  came under conditions it Terly different Khrushchev re plied. He said the agreement to Exchange visits was. Approved by leaders both of the Republican an democratic parties although some opposition voices have been raised.". There s no family without misfit he added. Anti communists vow visit a protest continued from Page t Host to Frol r. Kozlov first Deputy russian Premier who visited three farms in this  s Midwest visit also could include a Stop at Detroit where mayor Louis c. Miriani said he would be glad to Greet the rus Sian Premier. Miriani refused to meet Kozlov on his visit to the motor City last month. The1 Detroit mayor said hide vision a not a turnabout since coming to the Cial invitation of the president. Khrushchev has been invited Toto fairs in the Midwest the Michigan state. Fair at Detroit and the Clay county fair in Iowa in Russia the press let up on its attacks on the us. In Wake of the impending visits. In Washington two Senate Lead ers voiced opposite views on the visit. Democratic Leader Lyndon a Johnson of Texas saw the sex. Change would be valuable chair styles Bridges a . Of the Senate gop policy committee said it would serve no beneficial purpose. Sen. Hubert. H. Humphrey or Minn said Khrushchev s visit May further the cause of world peace by dispelling illusions re Garding . Strength. In new York former president Hoover said that he believed presi Dent Eisenhower was doing Wise thing in agreeing to change. A it