European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 28, 1959 the stars and stripes b47 under Mackinac Bridge Sac fined for stunt flying Columbus Ohio a the strategic air come Sac has Dis closed that one of its aircraft com Manders flew a $2.5 million Jet bomber under the Straits of Mackinac Bridge connecting Michi Gan s upper and lower Peninsulas. It col Bill g. Fendall information services officer at Sac s lock Bourne air Force base Here said capt John s. Lappo 39, of Muske gon mich., piloted a six Jet b47medium bomber through the 150 foot clearance Between the Bridgeland the water april 24. A decision on his penalty was reached last week Fendall said adding that the officer pleaded guilty at his court martial. Besides a reprimand Lappo will be fined$50 a month for six months Fen Dall said. A Captain on flying status with dependents Lappo has four Chil Dren and 12 years service receives about $860 a month. How marines urged to patrol . Washington a a Texas congressman has called for a few Hundred marines to patrol the streets of Washington plagued recently by hoodlum ism. Rep. Omar. Burleson a Tex spelled out his proposal in the con Gressional record urging enact ment of a Bill he introduced. It would authorize assignment of two companies of marines As a temporary auxiliary to the police Force. Let me make it perfectly Clear that the proposal is not intended in any sense As a. Declaration of martial Law Burleson said. He said he thinks policemen redoing their Best but crime in Washington has risen steadily Fornix months. A proposal is pending to add 500. Men to the 2,500-Manpolice Force but congressional action is unlikely until next year. Dynamite blast kills 2 in Illinois Bigneck 111. A three cases of dynamite in the rear of a car exploded on a farm killing two women and scattering wreckage for 15 acres. The women we re putting fuse Sand Detonator Caps on the Dyna mite to help a Farmer Clear a Drain age ditch near Here. The blast Tore a Hole in the ground four feet deep and 15 fee tin diameter and broke windows in a farm a Quarter mile away. The dead were identified As mrs. Lucille Krueger 49, and her Daugh Ter in Law mrs. Wanda Krueger 25. They lived on a farm in West Central Illinois. The younger woman s husband Rollin who was setting a charge in the drainage ditch 40 feet from the car was not injured. Boy 13, fatally stabbed by youngster 11 Cleveland a a 13-year old boy was stabbed to death on the Street Here following an argument Over Money owed him from a checker game police  victim was George Williams. Police said the boy was stabbed Byan 11-year-old boy mrs. Norman Rockwell Dies Stockbridge. Mass. Up mrs. Mary Barstow Rockwell 51, wife of artist Norman Rock Well died of a he it ailment at her Home. She and her husband were married for 23 years. I Ever Fendall said that Lappo has been removed from flying duty until he meets a flying evaluation Board. The sentence goes to 8th air Force he at Westover fab mass., for review. The other two Crew members Copilot and navigator were not court Martiale Fendall said. Lappo who lives at canal win Chester Ohio with his wife and children was not available for comment. He is assigned to the 352d bomb so of the1 301st bombing. Lawmakers say Navy of spent $240 million on outdated fuels Washington up a member of the House science and space committee says it was almost inconceivable to him that the Navy and air Force spent $240 million in developing exotic fuels be fore finding out the program was All  keep. Olin league a Tex said somebody should answer for this  he made his remarks As the House committee opened hearings into the recent Navy and air Force announcements that they had abandoned research and production of Boron compound fuels for High Speed Jet aircraft. Two plants to produce the fuel were completed this month but were closed before they could get into operation it is almost inconceivable to me Teague said that we d go this far build two plants pour Mil police think us prowler killed coed los Angeles a police investigating the slaying of a Brunet coed said she May have been killed by a Campus prowler known to have stalked women inthe past. Linda Martin 21-year-old graduate music student at the University of Southern California was stabbed to death sunday night in her Fiance s apartment near the Campus. Her nude body was found at the foot of 13  sergeant Gordon Swatsworth discounted an earlier theory that the victim knew her  this time he said we Are inclined to believe the Man we want was not one of miss Martin s  deny seeking beatnik Swatsworth and his partner sergeant Joe Thedens denied thata male beatnik Type was sought. We have not connected miss Martin or Robert Kinzie. Her Fiance with the beatnik crowd in any manner. As far As we know they never went to any parties and never gave any Thedens said. Kinzie 27, a bearded instructor in ceramics at us told police he was having Coffee and a Sandwich with friends at a Hollywood lunch stand at the time miss Martin was killed. Account confirmed detectives said a lie Detector test taken voluntarily confirmed Kinzie s  said miss Martin stayed overnight at his apartment Satur Day adding that although she lived with two roommates 10 blocks away she frequently spent time in his  believe that an intruder killed her just after she had Takena Bath. Neighbors heard her frantic screams preceded by a loud vocal Exchange Between the victim anther Slayer. Alibi confirmed Robert Kinzie ?5# election of Ali Ord sets House unit of Washington a the House elections subcommittee has found that rep. Dale Alfordd Ark won last november s election contest from rep. Brooks Hays d Ark by a margin of 1,498  Robert t. Ashmore . Announced that the sub committee found Alford received 30,247 votes to 28,749 for. Hays. Lions of dollars Down the Drain before anybody found out the program was All  one of the plants was a Navy financed facility a Muskogee okla., constructed at a Cost of about $38 million. The other was an air Force Plant at Model City n.y., near Niagara Falls which Cost about $53 million. Rear adm Robert e. Dixon chief of the Navy s Bureau of aeronautics told the committee that research on the new aircraft fuels had been can celeb because emphasis had shifted to missile production. Under questioning he conceded the Muskogee Plant which was to employ about 450 men would be a total loss if we can t find a use for  the Admiral conceded it would be difficult to read atthe Plant for other uses. Dixon said a contract with gallery chemical co. For production of fuel from its Lawrence kan., Plant also has been cancelled. Joseph v. Charyk an assistant Secretary of the air Force told the committee the air Force be Gan its exotic fuels program in mid 1956 to produce the High Energy compounds for the b70 bomber under development at that time. He said the air Force abandoned the program because Long Range requirements for the b70 became less  chairman Overton Brooks a la asked Dixon Why the Navy took seven years to find out tha fuels weren t of any use rep. Joseph e. Karth a min the official canvass was 30,739for Alford and 29.483 for Hays. The committee threw out some ballots after examination. Asked if the subcommittee would recommend to the Parent House administration committee that Al Ford be declared the elected win Ner Ashmore said that s about the Only conclusion that can be  Alford Little Rock segregationist ran As a write in candidate. Mine inherited by airman valued at $40 million Merced Calif. Up an air Force sergeant Tail gunner on a b52 Jet bomber said Here he had inherited a multimillion Dollar Mercury mine in Alaska and hoped to have it producing by next Spring. T sgt Thomas l. Hewlett 28, stationed at Castle air Force base near Here disclosed ownership of the mine but said he planned to keep his $480 a month Job in the air Force despite appraisals that indicated his mine might be Worth $40 million. Hewlett was Given the mine Byers. Cora Dinsmore of Livingston Calif., widow of a prospector. Hewlett and his wife Nova 18,befriended mrs. Dinsmore and listened to her stories of Prospect ing trips throughout the world. Her favorite was about a Mercury mine in Alaska. In the Spring of 1958 mrs. Dins More showed the couple a Metal Box containing a map to the mine. Five weeks before she died injure 1958 she said they were to have the map and the mine on he death. Last May Hewlett said he went to Alaska and restated the mine finding it even larger than the original  safety Council Driver Hurt Minneapolis up Dan Burkhardt 43, of Baltimore a Mem Ber of the safety Council in Mary land broke his shoulder when the miniature fire truck he was driving went out of control and crashed. Asserted that the Navy spent from$1 million to $2 million this year after it knew it was going to can cel the program. I Don t think the taxpayers Wirstad still for this he said. Jet scrambles Canada traffic Toronto a the . Air Force s supersonic f104 Star fighter created a traffic Jam in its Cana Dian debut. The Sun nosed Jet was flow from Dayton Ohio for display at the Canadian National  the trouble began. To escape traffic the plane Wasto be towed from Malton Airport to the fail grounds a 2-mile run. First the police escort arrived late. Then it was discovered the million Dollar Jet was too big Roget through the Airport Gate. A major ordered the Wing tanks removed and sent a sergeant for tool kit. He returned with a locked kit but without the key. A police Man came to the Aid of the Mili tary producing an a to break open the Box. The delayed Start sent the Jet into heavy traffic and a real Jam developed. Hundreds of motorists tagged behind. Then an overturned truck blocked the Highway forcing the caravan to  Pride of the air Force Finau by made it to the exhibition late but undamaged. Instructors told to be funny jokes play part in army s infantry training Atlanta up Why does a second lieutenant Roll with laughter when told he s a miserable round tent Peg in a Square Hole because a first lieutenant told him so in a merrily mischievous manner. That s Why. The order has gone out to instructors at the army s infantry school at it. Benning a be funny this no classified military in formation came to Light in the form of n report from the Public information division of the in Fantry Center. It was a six Page study of the Way soldiers Are made at it  the document speak for it self the students were getting rest less. A few sleepy Heads were nodding. Others whispered to each other. The instructor saw he was no getting through to the students. He deftly reached under the podium Drew out two huge cymbals and slammed then together wit the enthusiasm of a High school musician. Drowsiness vanished Inan instant. Students roared with laughter. This is a Sample of humor that infantry school instructors at it. Benning inject into their classes the army Points out that no longer do soldiers hear an unrelated joke before the instructor gets Clown to the subject. Now the joke Story must tie in with the subject  example in one sketch that  favorite with Advance and associate officers classes a student who has been let in on the secret ahead of time doubtless wit much conspiratorial giggling rises to ask what lights a tracer Bullet the instructor acts startled the army chuckles and out comes a Swami in full regalia including turban and Crystal Ball. The Swami an assistant instructor gives a nonsensical answer As a puff of smoke emerges from behind the Crystal  the creaking old world War i veterans of it. Benning s Harmony Church area doubtless will recall that the humor of those bygone Days was somewhat More Broad. Chiefly it concerned Points of in Terest now Only of historical value in nearby Phenix City Ala. A Board reviews the sketches and prospective instructors must convulse the director with "10 practice sessions including at Lea Stone humorous  through it All laughs the army the students learn whatnot to do which is a valuable help in their training. It makes the students  who laughs last will scrub pots