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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday Voguit is the stars and stripes Page f taking dog on vacation can also pose problems Survey reveals restrictions on hauling extra Gas Heidelberg Germany is six european nations won t let you carry your own gasoline with you and seven have rules that make taking your dog on Vaca Tion difficult and expensive according Toa poll of 16 consulates taken by the army military customs unit Here. England the Netherlands Italy Spain Sweden and Yugoslavia won t let you take along any extra gasoline but All other countries except Greece will subject to duty and certain other limitations. Greece will allow you to carry extra gasoline but the amount is based on your car s consumption and the distance you plan to drive. Transporting your dog will be a real problem if you re going to the seven nations three of which require quaran tines ranging from six weeks to six months. Dogs won t pose any difficulty if you plan to take them to nine of the 16 nations  austrian gasoline import rules allow you to bring any reasonable amount subject to duty while Belgium will approve up to 50 liners 13 gallon but subject to customs duty. Denmark permits a Small but unspecified Quantity of gasoline to be carried across the Border. The French will permit extra Gas but it s subjects to-60 cents a gallon tax. X Norway s regulations Tonga import Sweren t reported in the pol.vottufel/hi-. Ibis 2.6 Gallons. Switzerland1 allow ofte Container up to 6.6 Gallons duty free. You Niay take your dog into Austria without any formalities but parrots an parakeets Are turned Down at the Border. Belgium requires a veterinary certificate showing either that the Var a from which the dog is Bertg  Jyh As been free of rabies for six months or that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies. The certificate must be is sue d at least 30 Days prior to entry and not More than one year before entry. Denmark requires a six week quarantine for dogs and cats in a veterinary institution at Copenhagen. England s Laws Call for six months of quarantine for dogs and cats in approved kernels before they la be free to enter the country. France requires a certificate of origin and health made by an official veterinarian within three Days of the animal s departure for France. It must certify that the pet comes from a country in which no rabies has occurred in three years and has lived in that country at least six months or since Bart la so acceptable is a certificate of rabies vaccination executed by an official veterinarian at least one month but not More than six months prior to entry. France further requires that vaccination against rabies be made with an officially sanctioned vaccine but waives All rules for dogs  under  old. Germany d u Laws parrots and parakeets but you in bring your dog across the Borderi if both you and the dog Are tourists and if you have permission from veterinary authorities of the particular German state you re entering. F addresses of these authorities Are Avail Able through the Heidelberg my customs unit Here on request. Greece requires a veterinary certificate for your dog and the Netherlands requires a certificate attesting that the dog has been vaccinated it must specify the kind of vaccine. This certificate must be verified by the official veterinary service of the country where the vaccination was per formed. Italy requires that dogs have a Veteri nary certificate attested to by an italian consulate. Luxembourg s Laws Call for or Tif Cate of origin and health executed -6y official veterinarians not More than three Days before entry. The certificate must specify that the area from which the dog is coming has been free of rabies for six months and that there has been no Case of rabies within10 Miles of the Border Between Luxem Bourg and the country from which the dog is entering. The dog also must pass an examination by authorized veterinarians not More than six Days prior to import. Norway requires applications in Advance to Del Kogl , Veteri  Victoria Terrasse 1-3, Oslo and a six month quarantine. Portugal reports that pets Are subject to examination in Portugal and Spain re quires a veterinary certificate attested to by a Spanish consulate. Sweden demands a four month quaran Tine while Switzerland permits dogs and eats for Short visits without any certificates or other formalities. Yugoslavia requires a veterinary certificate not More than 15 Days old at the time of entry. Miniaturized space Laboratory a 0tlir counters out to the radioed to copters to enter search in Seseri wheelus Libya special helicopters will begin a new phase in the search for remains of nine crewmen of the . B24 bomber lady be Good a Center of mys Tery since Early summer when it. Was found at a Remote Point in the libyan desert where it crashed on april 4, 1943. With the . Air Force and . Army joining forces two h23 army helicopters will be airlifted into the desert for what May Bethe final intensified Effort in the search now in its third month. Other counters. Screen to a Jet fent from rest of satellite the University of Minnesota Lias developed this two Pound package of instruments to be hurled into orbit at gape canaveral fla., As payload in the second paddle wheel satellite. The instruments fitted in a 0-Inch Box will count rays and particles in outer space. Up photo new fingerprinting process devised to identify War dead by Thomas r. Henry., american newspaper Alliance Washington the army quartermaster corps has developed technique for taking fingerprints almost instantaneously. Intended primarily for immedi ate identification of War dead under fire it is expected to have wide use for police departments and other Law enforcement Agen. Cies. ,. The process produces instantaneously and almost indestructible plaster cast of either direct or latent prints which can be used for positive identification. It produces moreover a markedly clearer fingerprint than those made by the conventional rolled Ink  fingerprint casts Are obtained by spraying a plastic liquid compound directly onto a Finger or into the surface of a latent print. Hardening immediately the plastic is peeled readily from the area and the resultant replica provides an easily handled smudge proof fingerprint permanently imbedded in the plastic material. The same result can be obtained in direct fingerprinting by dipping a Finger into the liquid plastic. Prints of All War dead would be taken by burial teams for All Battle Field interments. Recovery teams reaching the spot months or even years afterwards would find at each grave site not Only the Standar Means of identification such As dog tags but also would have the advantage of this additional Factor in positively identifying the victim Safe honors capt for Landing crippled bomber Sculthorpe England Spe Cial capt Elwyn Barnes 85th bomb so has received a Well done award from Safe he for bringing his crippled b66 bomber to a Safe Landing. While on a tactical training mis Sion Barnes saw smoke from the cockpit and turned Buck to the base. Shortly afterwards there was an explosion and elevator control was lost. At this Point he ordered his navigator and gunner to bail out. Turning his plane away from heavily populated area Barnes had decided on ditching it when he discovered he could maintain a minimum amount of elevator control. At personal risk he stayed with the crippled plane and brought it to a successful Landing. Of to renew balloon tests Washington is the air Force will conduct a second series of radar photographic mis Sions with unmanned free balloons at 100,000-foot altitudes it was announced  air research and develop ment come Ardc at nearby Andrews air Force base has awarded a contract for the project to the Goodyear aircraft corp. To launch six flights under the pro Gram from either Akron Ohio or Minneapolis Minn. The 2-million-cubic-foot balloons made of polyethylene Al carry pressure sealed Gondola contain ing instruments and a radar indicator camera. The original series of Ardc flights were completed in february the air Force declared. Continuation of the test under the sponsorship of. Ardc s Wrigh Tair development Center at Day ton Ohio will enable the ail Force to further its study of Aerial radar photographs of the Earth s surface officials said. 6-Natioii scout rally slated at to Eslingen Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial Stuttgart area boy scouts will Host the 1959 International Campo Rall which will draw scouts from six countries and Fea Ture troop scout Craft demonstrations and inter patrol contests. Set for aug. 28-30 at the Amer ican youth activities campsite in nearby to Eslingen the Outing will give scouts an Opportunity to enjoy camping out and demonstrate their scouting skills. Boy scouts will represent the ., Canada great Britain France German and Switzerland. Either a c130 Hercules or a c119flying Boxcar will be used to carry the two dismantled copters to a Point 440 Miles Southeast of Benghazi Libya where the Aeria search will be organized. This is at the site of the wrecked b24, now known As the desert  with the copters Accord ing to plans being completed will go enough fuel and supplies to support an extensive search of two week s duration. Two trips each airlifting one copter and a Maxi mum Load of supplies will be made by the transport from the Beniti Airport Benghazi where Permis Sion to use the runway has Bee Given by the libyan government. Supplying the transport will Bethe 322d troop Carrier Wing based at by Rex France. The helicopters will be provided by the 329th army Engineer Del mapping service which is now in the final phase of a special mapping project for Libya. Plans for the joint operation Are being coordinated.-by.,17th air Force he Here. Two Way search in the planning stage also is a photo reconnaissance operation to coincide with the helicopter search. Tentatively approved this will be conducted As a training Mission by the 10th tactical recon Wing Span Dahlem air base Germany with b66 Jet reconnaissance air Craft. It will be concentrated on the great area of dunes and shift ing Sand known As the Sand sea of Cala Scio. Which lies North of the previous search area Here evidence will be sought of the presence of human remains variously reported from unconfirmed desert sources. At the same time the two Way Aerial search will sift Down All other clues Gath ered to Date in laborious ground search efforts conducted by Juhe . Army pm mortuary service. Among these Are indications of several possible routes which May have been followed by the. Craw men after they bailed out of their failing Liberator. Meanwhile another freakish twist had been added to the Foldi ties reported since discovery of he derelict bomber. A c47 fro wheelus which carried supplies to the ground party used the Wing tanks of the wrecked b24 for fuel storage. The fuel was pumped out of the c47 into the still intact b24 tanks for future use by ground party motor vehicles. Earlier in the summer a still operative radio from the b24 helped a wheelus aircraft return to base after its own communications set had failed  
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