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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday August 22, Soldier scientist unit again in hot water for anti army party Edgewood my. A some of the army s Soldier scientists Are in hot water again because their parents did t teach them decent respect for their country. And neither did the schools and colleges they , in effect is How the commander of the strategic army Chemi Cal Center Here sizes up the latest flare up by the Young College Grad against army life. About 60 of the drafted specialists kicked Over the traces at tavern near this hush hush base. To put it mildly they let everyone Halsey Given hero s burial at Arlington Washington a Fleet adm William f. Halsey was Given a hero s burial in Arlington National cemetery. " old comrades from the Pacific campaigns of world War ii High government officials and hundreds of others attended the burial rites Anci be chesire to perform duties within Range of a howitzer know they were fed up with being dog  of the songs they Sang Down with the army was on of the More tepid tunes they rendered Between  along the line declared Brig Gen Harold Walmsley base commander american parents and educational system shave failed to instill in these men an appreciation for their heritage do it you lie if from d distance in Arlington after episcopal funeral services at Washington Cathedral. As the Admiral s casket was carried up a winding drive in the cemetery by a horse drawn gun Caisson a flight of Navy Jet fight ers thundered above the funeral party in Farewell Salute to the j formation Man whose Carrier planes beat the Best japanese sea and land base aviation. Secretary of the Treasury Rob Ert b. Anderson former Navy Secretary was in the funeral party together with Deputy Secre tary of defense Thomas Gates also a former civilian head of the  the graveside too was the last survivor of the group of four Leet admirals of five Star rank for their  went on to say the outburst has its origins in a Lack of proper Home training and Home discipline into the higher education  he had All 400 of the base s Well schooled  called enlisted scientific and professional personnel f Epps out in Parade appointed during the War. Adm Chester w. Nimitz the wartime Pacific commander in chief White haired but trim and erect was there to say Good by to Bull Halsey. Mrs. Halsey the son William , Iii and daughter mrs. Margaret spruance sat near the casket As Navy chaplain d. J. Zimmerman read prayers and committed Halsey to his grave. Church fire loss set at $500,000 Ticonderoga . Up1 a spectacular fire engulfed St. Mary s roman Catholic Church Here with loss estimated at $500,000.the roof and rear Wall of the massive Stone Structure collapsed and the Interior was ruined. The Church was built in 1945 to replace one which also had Bee destroyed by fire. It was about a third of a City Block in size an capable of seating 900 worshippers. Sex governor Knight gets to news spot los Angeles a sex gov. Goodwin j. Knight is becoming television news commentator. Cop Channel 13, announce Knight will go on the air nightly starting aug. 31 with a five minute commentary on political aspects of the news. The base s Legal officer soberly reviewed the army s code of Mili tary discipline. Then he asked those who took part in the fling to  stayed. The army did not say immediately what they said during the interrogation that came  general has no plan to con duct a police Type lineup a base spokesman said. His main con Cern is to investigate the com Plait and based on the facts of the investigation determine a fair course of  Epps Are a product of a special army program begun several years ago. The Young men Are drafted after completing their specialized training and Are employed in conducting chemical experiments figuring involved mat problems and the like in keeping with their  plan was adopted with the purpose of permitting the graduates to utilize their Scholastic training while serving out their military obligations and to save Money that otherwise would repaid to High salaried civilians. Many of the draftees in the pro Gram however Gripe about having to perform do face duties Suchasky while working on the Spe Cial assignments. And they say they Don t get any recognition for the work they  similar outbreak in discipline occurred Here 11 months ago when11 Epps were court Martiale on charges of being drunk and Dis orderly at an off base Beer party. They were Given fines and reductions in rank although the Case was taken to the inner chamber Sof the Pentagon. An Engineer at the Republic aviation Riant Long Island ., puts captive Jet powered Louette ii helicopter through its paces during first stages of testing. Aviation scientists Are working on a revolutionary Auto Pilot system for the Craft. Up photo wife s efforts fail to halt professor s leap to death Pittsburgh a a pro Fessor of philosophy dangled head Long for three minutes outside his13th floor office while his wife and a Friend tried in vain to save him from  said the professor John w. Mccarthy 47, had just jerked himself from his wife s restraining arms and dived through an Ope window at the University of Pitts Burgh. The wife Harriet grabbed his right leg just before he would have plunged into space from the build ing known As the Cathedral of  wife screamed for help and love knows no barriers Albany up Stewart bake must pay Harold Kniskern 5400 because Baker s Holstein Bull wandered onto Kniskern s Farmand impregnated his Guernsey cows Kniskern said he suffered that loss by mixed Breeding. Sex Bookie pleads innocent to killing wife s Grandfather los Angeles up former new York bookmaker Harry Gross has pleaded innocent to a murder charge in the death of his wife s 81-year-old , 46, who formerly headed a $20 million a year Bookie ringing new York was ordered held without bail until trial oct. 6.Gross is charged in the slaying of Harry Black who died july 28.black was hospitalized after a beating and shooting june 27 in his apartment. Black claimed Gross beat an kicked him when he tried to col Lect a $2,000 debt. But Gross indicated in a statement to police he was attempting to defend himself against advances by the elderly Man when the gun discharge during a struggle. Youth admits setting $500,000 fire Eureka Calif. Up a 17-year-old California youth said he set a Forest fire that Cost an estimated$500,000 so he could get a Job As a fire fighter. Ray Mcgain jr., 17, of Orleans son of a resort owner told authorities he set the fire in an abandoned mine on his father s property aug. 11. The fire spread Over 2,700 acres of Virgin Timber in these Rivers National Forest awl was not brought under control until wednesday night. Within an hour after the fire began spreading Young Mcgain was hired As a member of one of the fire fighting Crews. The men Are paid $1.77 an hour from the time they Start until they return Home. Authorities estimated that the Cost of putting out the fire was $330,000, and approximately $170,000 Worth of Timber was destroyed. Prof. Hubbard Kline ran in Froman adjoining room. He trapped Mccarthy s left leg and together they held the weight of the body. A Large group gathered below and after three minutes police said Mccarthy kicked his feet from the grasps of his wife an Friend. His body fell eight floors to a fifth floor parapet. Sobbing hysterically mrs. Mccarthy told police her husband was just released after treatment at the Western psychiatric Institute in Pittsburgh. He had been on sick leave fro the University of Pittsburgh. Mccarthy was a native of Pitts Burgh. He did undergraduate work at Harvard and his graduate work at Temple and Union universities. He served As instructor at the University of Louisville be fore coming to the University of Pittsburgh in 1947. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Moon believed curtailing life of explorer i Cambridge mass. A the Moon is meddling with the orbit of America s new paddle wheel satellite explorer i and is going to shorten its  what might otherwise have been More than 20 years Down to about two. Then Ethson Ian a fish so Observatory in reporting this said in a minor Way the Sun is also interfering with the satellite s or bit and thus also shortening it life. The cutting of the life Span of the Man made satellite will come from what Are known As perturbations of its orbit. Perturbations Are irregularities in the motion of a heavenly body caused by some Force other than that which determines its original or usual path. Long Oval orbit the paddle wheel satellite Hasa Long Oval sort of orbit around the Earth. At its height it is 25,000 Miles away the greatest distance from Earth Ever reached by any artificial Earth satellite. Based on his earlier investigation of irregularities in satellite orbits and perturbations caused bythe Moon Yoshihide Kozai Astron Omer at the Smith tonian has determined that explorer i will be affected by the gravitational pull of the Moon. This disturbance of the satellite s orbit will affect the closest approach of the satellite to the Earth gradually drawing it Down into the Earth s atmosphere. Therein will encounter increasing air resistance. New jetliners announced Seattle a two new ver Sions of the Boeing jetliners have been announced by Boeing air plane co. They Are the 707-120band the 720b, both of which will be powered by Turbofan  engines include a fan that acts like a Short headed pro peller to change the air velocity for greater thrust and fuel econ omy. The Turbofan will be the Only major change in the b Model of the intermediate Range 720, the company said. The longer Range 120 Model however will have other design improvements including Wing revisions for better maximum cruising Speed and runway require ments. Illy wheels endanger Little shot Drivers Boston up eighty two per cent of the nation s Drivers can t even see Over the steering wheel the automobile Legal Assn.  l. Dunn of the Ala safety department said a Survey showed these motorists have the steering wheel directly in the line of their vision or they must look under it to see through the Windshield. This Factor Dunn said could Well be one of the major contributing factors in the annual Highway Slaughter of some 40,000   
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