European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fay 8. Of the stars and stripes monday new officer report introduced by Navy Washington Bureau Washington is a new Navy officers fitness report will become effective throughout the Navy on april 30, according to vice  William r. Smedberg Jil chief of naval  changes in format com position and Content will be incorporated in the new report. Under Normal circumstances the report will be submitted Only once each year with the exception of lieutenants Junior Grade ensigns and warrant officers. These grades will be reported twice each year As is the present procedure. Other exceptions to the once a year Rule include cases where an officer or his reporting senior i detached Flag officers who Are re ported Only under those Circum stances and where an officer re ports to or is detached from a com Mand within 60 Days of the Normal submission Date. Annual submissions according to the Navy annual submissions Are expected to pro vide officers a More adequate Opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and allow reporting offi cers a greater period of time to observe juniors before formally evaluating their performance. To prevent an overload of administrative duties the submission dates have been staggered Accord ing to grades. The reporting dates Are Flag officers Date that officer or report ing senior is detached captains april 30 commanders. May 31lieutenant commanders june 30 lieutenants july 31 lieutenants Junior Grade ensigns and warrant officers feb. 28 or 29 arid aug. 31. New catapult system under test by Navy Washington special a nose Tow method of aircraft catapult launching has been tested on the w2f-1, Hawkeye Early warning aircraft at the a Tuxen River naval air station  new Navy launching system was designed and built for two tasty an army sergeant pre punks a Boa Constrictor for look tag a the jangle warfare train lag Center in Panama. Soldiers400 Iweis instruction in survival Toemon Lanai to prepare of Fem for eventuality. Army photo new aircraft the Hawkeye and the a2f intruder. In the method now used to catapult aircraft from Navy carriers a heavy steel launching Cable or Bridge is attached to a Hook on the underside of the aircraft. Thesis done by flight deck crewmen and is difficult time consuming and sometimes dangerous. The nose Tow method uses a Tow bar catapult Hook embodied in the aircraft s nose wheel installation. A steel Cylinder replaces the heavy bridle used in current launching and the aircraft s Hook engages with it automatically. The deck Crew needs Only to guide the plane into position. Not yet operational with the Fleet the new Hawkeye will be the first catapult launched Turboprop aircraft it Carrier a Crew of five and Wil provide Early warning of attack and an air control system Independent of surface radars. Twill automatically track and control a number of fighters. The other nose Tow equipped plane the intruder is the Navy s first Low level attack bomber hav ing the ability to deliver accurately nuclear or conventional weapons on targets obscured by weather or darkness. Although intended for Carrier operations it has land based Short Field capabilities. F 8wooshtoday s modern army has the capability of laying Down a withering fire from distances not dreamed of during world War ii or Korea. The Davy Crockett either a hand or vehicle portable weapons system can fire a nuclear or conventional War head. It la one of the newest additions to the fire Power of ground troops. Army photo atom preserved diet free of cancer army food study clarified Washington Tupi the army s research director told con Gress that feeding of irradiated foods to Laboratory animals to Date has produced no signs of cancer. Maj Gen William j. Ely who Heads the army research office said in prepared testimony for the joint atomic committee that earlier signs of physical deterioration from test feeding have been somewhat clarified. The experiments Are being con ducted to determine whether Low dosage atomic radiation is a prac tical method of preserving food forearmed forces consumption. Ely noted that a Johns Hopkins University study made for the government concluded lust year that irradiated foods offer certain advantages to the military service. He said evidence of lowered Fertility or sterility in dogs fed irradiated food now appears to because by a reduction of Vitamin e. But he said no abnormalities have appeared when adequate supplements Are  results will not be Complete until 1963 when mix Well serve it. Dix no. Special Here is a recommended recipe for Home made baking soda biscuits 24 pounds of flour. 24 ounces of Bak ing soda 66 ounces of Salt 7 pounds or shortening and one Gal Lon of milk. After mixing bake and serve to 200 hungry american soldiers. Another generation of dogs can be included he said. Evidence that the irradiated food caused dilatation and rupture of the left Auricle in mice he said. Mock Battle held in desert it. Irw1n, Calif. Up a mock Battle Between 7,500 army and air Force troops is underway Here with the exercise scheduled to last a  exercise is the first major Man Euver at this sprawling us. Armor and desert training Center this year. Forty mile an hour winds ripped through the Man Euver area of operation bristle Cone on the Sec Ond Day. No planes were Able to leave the ground helicopters were anchored Down to prevent destruction and tanks could barely Pusha path through desert ands. Officials said troops were learn ing lessons on How to adapt to survive desert warfare conditions. The Man Euver was aimed at train ing the participating units in the tactics and techniques of desert operations Long Range Aerial reconnaissance Airlift capabilities and close air  Man Euver was being staged in a 1,000-Square-mile area at this base located Between Las vegas Nev and los Angeles is a dramatic complication requiring  in 1958, Ely said a group of mice were so afflicted while on a diet including irradiated  in rats considered Seri Ous when the joint committee Las held & hearing on the subject is now regarded As a congenital defect of the particular rats use not related to the feeding of irradiated foods he said. Ely s statement said about 90 per cent of the experimental work has been completed and no cancer has been found due to the feeding of 20 irradiated food  growth has been found to be Normal in All animals fed 24 Dif Ferent items of irradiated foods when the diet has been balanced he said. But Long term studies Are continuing. Chess Congress set at Garmisch March 23 garm1sch, Germany is americans and germans have been invited to participate in a chess Congress Here March 23-25. Sponsored by the United states chess federation the Congress will in clude three events a three Day open tournament a five minute Speed tournament and an exhibition by an expert. Registration will be held at the sports Center Steak House be ginning at 9 . March 23, entry fee will be $4. Of experiments aimed at trapping lightning Washington Nana air Force research Laboratory technicians have projected a series of experiments 1o draw lightning strokes to the ground at will reminiscent of Ben Franklin and his Kite. The experiments will consist of firing rockets into thunderhead. Attached to each rocket fired will Bea Fine steel wire of High tensile strength. It is believed that the main discharge of the lightning stroke will follow this wire to the ground vapor izing the wire in the process and creating an ionized Channel Down which subsequent lightning strokes can be channelled. From these experiments it is hoped to learn More about lightning characteristics the radio frequencies generated the currents and Energy of the stroke and the possibility of coupling Energy to the Channel created by the vaporized wire. Such a Channel May possibly be used As an Antenna forgery Low frequency transmissions. This changeling of lightning strokes however is Only one phase of an Overall program concerned with the transmission of very Low frequency signals. It is hoped that wires can be carried to altitudes of More than 30,000 feet by Means of rockets. First experiments will be made with Small rockets to test techniques for properly unfeeling the wire As the rocket is fired. When such techniques reworked out High Altitude shots with larger rockets Wilt be made. The work is being carried out by the air Force s propagation sciences Laboratory at the Cambridge research laboratories. Boosts 16 it 42 Paris special air Force lieutenant signed to Allied Cor and . Neucom for promotion to Temi effective March 15, is Dendo Luni. Pm Jan o. Patten Garden a. Det 3 a North Airn Chart c. Cookjr. Lawn Pio det 4 a South air soot Fie one l. Jeep Alvon e. Det � Sixa Taf hands out Byron h. Llnore. It 7 use com join c. Buil. William p. L. Manieh Clariee 0. Fisher. Wll Tiani cart r. Tankesley. Cart the following majors Allied command Europe Neucom units were Selc promotion to temporary colonel. Officers will be in increments with Sequen Bers 1 through 3993 effective?15, 1%2, effective dates Fot quent increments have announced det i shape. Part Warren f. Austin. John p. Darr Stastny. Del 2 of cent air emt. Be Marino f. Ferrari. Torie Fanok Jthn it., Jihn f. Kit armr. Ort 3 of month air Northi William k. Bowmanjr. Rebert life Harry l. Slur. Det 4 a South . Troy a Hansen. Woodrow Ward c. Jonutz. Chart i. Taw go w. Mar. Tutaan at. Par Riib. Det 5 Sixa Taf land Southeast Haven 8. Burnini Bam. Wet Lam " " wet Paul a Haruji. Robert l. Romuli p. Mathew Willlim h. A.  or. Harry b. Morale. Del c Foura Taf eee. 31, 1962 management Farley. Offutt air Force neb. Special informal maj ment analysis service to Sti Tair com of commanders the Manders plans for the successful techniques at Basof were discussed at Thor first wide management analysis ence held Here. One Henrj conferees attended