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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, April 9, 1962

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Mondov ill . Study four fimple feb of Flat Ibn ton pm per mow myself tending  i made a j. Fun lit a tas or ?ti06d Law Stagon excess population a stated As follows drive Down to the a Nta i platoon of marines and buses and pick top character civilian w be and Tak them away and at hit family would War bum he waa gone for the next Letha Luthe reason i am beginning to regard Flo Pep As one of the eternal verities is because i am convinced that every fourth per son in the Pentagon is engaged in the manufacture of abbreviations. If my Assumption is Correct then their departure  Only would pass unnoticed but would be a Blessing As Well. The staggering rate at which abbreviations Are being fabricated in the a Ita Gosi was impressed up on me As i wan leafing through a volume of testimony released bythe House defense appropriations subcommittee has every witness that appeared be fore has spoke in Initialise which is one of the dialects of gobbledygook and involves the us of monograms As nouns and verbs. Part of their vocabulary Sac Mats icbms Are fairly familiar to the average English speak ing Layman. But How Many literate Ameri cans can Cope with this sentence nudes will detect locate Andreport nuclear detonations occur ring within Norad s geographical area of responsibility although it came from the hear ing transcript it sounds like some thing the March Hare might have remarked to Alice. The subcommittee has thoughtfully provided a glossary to help the transcript Reader distinguish Between Rusanda and by ewes Pamn and Purs and Dis and  but the list was distressingly incomplete. There was no mention for instance of  Marad Cut a Sadac strap on tos Assoc Coda Clarc Fram or  of those terms presumably mean something to ads Jug a ads Atic  to Overlook " Mir and Pertt at least i Hope to Cinac conus knows the difference i Icom and com Sig i or they a tied in what disturbs me 1all of these alphabet tons Cost Money. I Mif members of Congress provide the funds to decipher them. Of aide says if tit j i w us the Force which tangled with teens Secretary Robert s. Mcnamara on whether to push ahead an the rs70, is in a new struggle ver development of a truck launched medium Range missile. At of the nuclear i _ Safly designed to fir tse United states and its allies anew All Wather weapon to attack Battlefield targets. Sat ii now appears that some a defense department officials my had second thoughts about the new of  disagreement Over the Dee on it of the missile was Dos a tossed in testimony before a House appropriations subcommittee. A heavily censored transcript Olifee discussion has just been made up to i Motte lit is known that initial plan caned for a i,200-to-a200-m 1 1 e Range of Lea r armed weapon which Coald be launched from a track. Brockway Mcmillan assistant air Force Secretary for research and development said the original department order directed the aii1 Force to begin developing the to cum Range Balu Suc missile ism. ".,v two or three weeks later Hent the order was modified by the department s Deputy director of  engineering. We  la his words a Hue aed to develop but authorized to initiate a program leading to development Mcmillan Ai l of the change had forced to defy Imp Para Csc to the contractor. Wet a  Sucoe eged said there had Bee discussions about to  of the development we 2av  succeeded to accept our views he said the air still like to get this was  sure at this Money would be the now missile beginning. To him re definite changes Jln the feeling a about Tate pro shoun Calls halt to Marine drumming -. -. O Mabene drummed out a Marine head mocked eat 4 Marine corps request is escorted by an armed Chaser and drummers a he is drummed oat of the corps with a bad conduct discharge a the Marine Barracks at Norfolk naval station a. Marines at left have already turned their backs and m the prisoner approaches the next unit the others will execute an about face As part of the rare ceremony now banned on order of use Marbie corps commandant a photo expectancy 100 a years soon specialist says Pittsburgh a How old will you be when you die sixty seventy eighty nobody knows of course howling he will live but according to or. Edward l. Bortz the life expectancy in the United states May soon be 100 , a specialist in geriatrics study of the aging said that medical advances May soon five in a life expectancy of 100.he Bald that within the next 10 or 15 years medical science Ima bring under control the major ail ments affecting the aged such a heart and blood vessel disease Caw a arthritis and rheumatism end mental illness. Crash avoiding plane contract Given great neck . Up the Federal aviation Agency Faa has awarded a $300,000 contract tothe Sperry Gyroscope co. To study a system to avoid mid air Colli Sions. The Faa and Sperry also announced that successful tests had been held on one of the system main components a special ques Tion and answer Antenna. The system would warn a Pilot of an impending Coll Ion and then prescribe a proper escape Maneu ver. The information would be fed directly into the plane s Auto Matic Pilot which would make the necessary Man  viewed by go Vilart to 000 made a pass a Bare 300feet above Goulart it was proceeded b a b47frnd 6 b52 flying almost As Low. The three roared above tote president at 30-secondintervals. I with Gen Thomas s. Power  in chief Goulart then a helicopter end. The party was airlifted to 1 Valley Iowa 35 Miles to. View one of sacs  Ball Suc. Missile launching Sites. On the pad to Missouri Valley was a fully operational combat ready Atlas. From the missile site Landing strip Pine party went quickly to the Ladnow Cort Tol Center where  work of  launch and guidance crew1. Them Goulart insisted the Atlas  had been raised into erect firing Cpd Stolon for his Benefi tafts a his visit to the missile site Goulart returned to inspect on the ground the three bombers he d observed to the Fly by. 9-year-ow boy posts protest on a male Deposit Boston up the postal storage Box was plainly marked  for the Deposit of mail but police found a Little male deposited there  was 9-year-old Eric Bonspille who told police he found the door of the Box open stuck his head in Side to look around and was shove Dall the Way in by a playmate. The other boy then locked the  was discovered by 15 Yai old Jos pm set acc who Bear the youngster knocking inside the Box. Special glasses Aid Pari Sally Blind batav1a, . R funds for the glasses were provided by the Lions clubs of the Statcy the state commission Lor the Blind and eyes for the needy. J Norfolk a a Emony of drumming graced marines fron Vived by a Norfolk has been order Edrine corps commandant Gen David m. Shoup ordered an inspector vesti gation of the Cir the local command asked for nor was Given ton for the ceremony the local commander Ham c. Capehart 47-y Folk native. Re was a comment. A Marine drummed service officially already Cei Ved a bad conduct beat he is marched Guad before a formation to the accompaniment olt pts March a slow Roll of ruins. His bad conduct orders Are read aloud. Then _ Fleer of the guard command Cort this Man from the this United states Navy  the sex Marine is Down the Ime. Of troop Atu i reaches each unit the orders about face Ai ing Marine is presented a Lith of unyielding backs. This ceremony has been ducted at the Marine bar at least seven times since took command in August Capehart has said the is  intended a indict to humiliate or degrade  its purpose he is simply to impress of marines who might be Ward a bad conduct to seriousness and ultimate quenches of their  a Navy psychologist a agreed. He said. The the group As a social and logical phenomenon have been underestimated. This a considerable disciplinary especially in the Marine  later to amplify photog test said he had Navy authorities and would Able to comment further a Marine corps Washington said mos Manders handle bad charges simply by pub discharge order and the prisoner during formation. The hot Marine to bout before Shoup s charged wednesday year old native of in convicted of larceny att Izety leave i. The Marine s Nam closed Nail a thieves play cops firemen r a i i As t i Rte Hanl w. Grey theft of Bine Jupt Tiff flak a fiyut fluff Al Wajn Onaway fro a Beer ii a pc Oaie Stote their books of turf by to Terete Gulde and Erin nals  
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