European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Extends test ban until end of year Washington a jpresiaeriteisiiili6vrhasorderedthat America s suspension of nuclear weapons tests be extended beyond oct. 31 to the end of this year. Or. Eisenhower acted in View of the six week recess announced earlier in the Day by the big three at Ontic Powers negotiating at the Geneva conference Oil a nuclear test ban.1 there has been Strong support in some . Government quarters to get going again on the tests. I in announcing or. Eisei Hower s order the state department did not say whether it now expects a speedy agreement on an International test ban or whether the . Intends to resume tests after Jan. A Airlift to Rush Aid to laotians Washington a Tan Airlift of emergency military supplies to Laos will get under Way within the next few Days the defense depart ment said. The responsibility for ferry ing Small arms ammunition tents and jeep Type vehicles into the communist threat ened kingdom of Southeast Asia has been entrusted to . Pacific commander in chief adm Harry d. Felt who commands All american military forces in the Pacific from Headquarters in Honolulu. The Pentagon said the Airlift will include supplies and equip font on Page 24, col 8 1, i960. Halt was for year the self imposed halt in .tests was announced aug. 22, 1958. It was to last one year from the time the Geneva talks Between the us., Britain and the soviet Union got going. The talks began oct. 31 the russians have1 not fired off any atomic shots that Washington has detected since nov. 3, 1958.shortly after the Geneva Parley got under Way. In the lengthy conference at Geneva. East West negotiators have reached agreement on several pro visions for a proposed International agreement to halt atomic test ing. 3ut there Are still important Points of  main stumbling blocks Are Moscow s refusal to agree to scientific Means for policing the test ban As the West wishes and its demand for veto Powers at important Points in the policing machinery. First Polaris launching at sea called Success Cape canaveral Fla. Upp a converted merchant ship Fireda Polaris test rocket successfully thursday near the Banks of the mis Sile test Center Here in the first launching of the submarine missile at sea. The 28-foot rocket was shot about 70 feet above the ship s dec from a compressed air tube. Then at the crucial instant its first stage engine ignited and the rocket streaked Down the Atlantic missile Range. Shortly after the launching the Navy said in Washington that performance was satisfactory and All Jupiter fired in Short test Cape canaveral Fla up an army Jupiter missile roared off at a Steep Angle Here in a rare Short Range flight designed to show the Jupiter s versatility in tactical use. The air Force which operate the Atlantic missile test Range said the Jupiter s nose Cone might be visible when i t re entered t h e Earth s atmosphere. Observers Sawa red Streak of ight in the sky at approximately re entry time but could not be so p it was the mis Sile. Nike zeus explodes no recovery of the Jupiter s wedge shape planned. Meanwhile nose Cone was at White Sands . Missile Range an experimental Nike zeus anti missile mis Sile blew apart on its first flight. Test objectives appeared to have been  it was a major step Forward i development of the Polaris which is scheduled to become operationally next fall. The first submarine launching is planned for Early 1960. The two stage solid fuel rocket was fired from a tube below the deck of the observation Island former merchant Marine vessel specially modified for Polaris test firing. Cruising East at about five knots the observation Island was about seven Miles from the Southeast Bank of Cape canaveral when the Polaris was launched. Only one telemetry ship and two air Force picket ships were in the area when the rocket vaulted fro the pop gun launcher near the Stern. The european edition army Navy air Force unofficial publication of the . Armed forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East volume 18, number 132 d 5 cents daily 10 cents sunday Friday August 28, 1959 Ike arrives in London 2d leg of journey president Eisenhower with prime minister Harold Macmillan Waves to welcoming throng on arrival in London. Up telephoto Argentine swimmer wins English Channel race Dover England a Argen Tine swimmer Alfredo Camarero thursday won the mass englis Channel race with More than an hour to spare. Thousands of Holiday maker welcomed the 28-year-old Argen Tine As he stepped ashore on the crowded Beach at Folkestone after swimming from France to eng land in 11 hours 48 minutes 26seconds. Camarero conquered 20 other swimmers Strong winds in mid Channel and nine feet High wave sin winning the first prize $1,400. Greta Anderson of Long Beach Calif Winner of the race for the last two years was the first woman across in 15 hours 25 minutes. She also won $1,400. After Only a few minutes on the each the 30-year-old american housewife turned around and be of Thor makes 54th successful test Cape canaveral Fla. A an intermediate Range Thor mis Sile the air Force s double bar Reed War rocket and satellite Booster shot skyward thursday Ona 1.500-mile reliability test. The 65-foot Thor the most fire ballistic missile in the . Arsenal blasted off on what appeared to Bea perfect launching. The shot was another in a series to improve the rocket s accuracy As it  Ajr Force now considers the Thor between65 and 70 per cent reliable. The goal is 80 to 90 per cent by the end of the year. This Means the missile would hit a target eight or nine shots out of 10.this was the 59th Thor launch ing Only five of the previous shots were failures. Capsule recovered earlier this month Thors Servidas first stage boosters for three satellites now orbiting the  Are explorer i and discoverers v an i. Iii id. Boston Chicago Huim Tuuu or Lull s. L it a 7 lat Iii w Juji nmn 75. Luis Tun Wilheim 000 002 000 001 weather forecast fair becoming partly Cloudy in the afternoon. Slightly cooler High 32, Low 63. Air weather service copter crash kills 7 aboard Washington a livings Ston lord Satterthwaite a senior . Foreign service officer was among seven persons killed in a helicopter crash near Thule air base Greenland. Satterthwaite 50, was Deputy chief of missions at the . Embassy in Copenhagen. Six of those who died in the Accident were americans and one was a Dane. The air Force identified the other americans in the helicopter As capt James h. Ozier of Alber que que . Capt Dale w. Robertson of Rhinelander wis. Col Kenneth it. Kenerick of Chevy Chase my. Col James f. Hogan of Ashland wis. Maj Frank w. Chandler of Kingstree . The Dane aboard was Knud Alexander Edvards of the . Embassy air attache office. Closing stocks new York a the Stock Market made its Best Advance in a week thursday. It was the Market s third Rise in n Row. Trading also increased moderate. \ Ihbe