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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                                I 9, 1962 the stars and stripes a military civilian skills posted b pug 7 finds Many reserves called to wrong jobs govern have found a "8lg-of army res a Active duty last fall jobs far remove had been trained Vallab military and civilian skills were wasted an Many men had to be retrained said probes from the Genera accounting office. Gao is an investigative Arm of  investigators cited examples such u these a heavy weapons infantryman with 26 months in the marines was mobilized As a medical specialist. Another reservist with More than four years military training As a construction craftsman Wasa signed to become a diver. A graduate chemical Engineer with two years Active duty As a chemical warfare unit commander was ordered up As a Petroleum depot platoon  report said a Survey made by the army adjutant general Las fall showed that of 5,011 mobilized reservists who were checked only47 per cent were scheduled for car Feo to read signs dealt. That s the Story in Ixo an Geles whore these Freaa Ablord stroller ignore the sign to enjoy � newly needed Lawn in front of the City Hall potential jailbird perhaps up photo ,. Law fight one seats up gov. John a signed into Law a Bill Massachusetts into 12districts seven its and five for re pub of f Lor approval thus put that congressional i would have to run state fall for Lack of agree Een Republican Yolk democratic legislature on  2 of itis 14 Congress this year be population growth has e with other states and California. The division u eight sir. . Jihad insisted that the two signed by vote Tehmi i seats now held by demo or Lane of Lawrence Blicas Laurence Curtis of a other incumbents that cat t f r Are baffled -_1 has of car fake of n the tet of a Mongoose Jwta of a net. Com up i Only a Wilfred should have t move Stoin the Fulton medical society fail a Fly two votes. Flaw snags communications orbit plan Washington up an army project to hurl three Satel Lites 23,000 Miles into space to serve As communications sentinels has hit a Snag. It has been Learned that project Advent designed to put the Satel Lites into a stationary orbit Over the Equator has been delayed be cause a missile intended to carry the satellites into orbit cannot do the  Gen Dwight e. Beach the army Deputy chief of research and development confirmed re mors of a lag in the project during testimony before the House de sense appropriations subcommittee he appeared before the com Mittee last month but his Testi Mony was not published until  testified that the program had been slowed by difficulties with the Atlas Centaur Booster be welfare Aid cigarettes net store suspensions Duluth Minn. A three grocery stores Here have been sus Pended As welfare vendors for three months for issuing cigarettes As part of orders to welfare recipients. The action was taken by the  county welfare Board director Miles wage Steen said after inspectors checking the stores were Able to buy cigarettes in Wel fare grocery orders. Ing developed by the National aeronautics and space administration Nasa. One of our big problems is the second stage which it now appears will be unable to boost into the desired orbit the weight for which it was originally intended he told the committee. The general expressed Confidence that the program would succeed but he made no prediction As towhee the first satellite might be launched. The army is setting up ground fallout shelter prices take a fall Oakland Calif. A fall out shelters sold for fal Down prices in East  seller Mario tie Gennaro of nearby Hayward glumly admitted that Public apathy and get Rich Quick operators led to the Down fall of his $54,000  of the nine shelters some incomplete weren t Al worried about a nuclear attack. It la make a darn Good Darkroom said teacher Robert Ham Bley of his $1050  Oliver de Silva bought a $650 demonstration Model with Clear plastic Side and furnishings now he has a potential Mountain Cabin. Stations at Camp Roberts Calif.,and at it Dix n.j., to handle communications traffic relayed bythe satellites which would pro vide Blanket coverage of about 90per cent of the Earth s surface from their equatorial orbits. Third station would be aboard a Navy vessel work on schedule the army said recently that construction and installation of equip ment at Camp Roberts was proceeding on schedule and that communications equipment at the base would be ready for checking out in  also testified that the Camp Roberts and it. Dix installations were intended Only for re search and development and were not expected to be part of an operational system later on. The officer told committee Mem Bers that difficulties with the Sec Ond stage Centaur Booster would result in a major revision in the Advent program for which $100 million is being asked during the fiscal year beginning july 1, he did not spell out what changes were contemplated. That s a Dilly Chicago up the National Pickle packers association mailed a proclamation to soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev asking him to declare May 24-june 2 Pickle week in the . The kind of military specially Job they had filled while on Active duty. The findings of Gao investigators Are contained in the draft of a secret report to be submitted tothe House armed services com Mittee which will open hearing son Reserve policy on april 16. The study covered certain selected army Reserve units on the West coast. No individual Soldier were identified. In View of the findings the Gao team said it has extended its prob of Reserve assignments to other army units and to the Navy air Force marines and National guard  limited review has shown that a serious problem exists lathe assignment of personnel in the ready Reserve of the army the report said. Many of these individuals have valuable skills acquired during their duty with the Active military forces which Are wasted. A potentially More serious mat Ter is the inability of Reserve units to promptly and effectively carryout their assigned missions. The Gao investigators blame the situation on an overriding emphasis on keeping units at their authorized strength regardless of the qualifications of the men Tofill unit  they said they found similar conditions in Reserve units still on inactive duty. Qualified for Job by contrast the investigators found that men taken from the army Reserve reinforcement Pool to fill vacancies in mobilized units were generally considered by the unit commanders to be qualified for the positions assigned and to require Little additional training in their  these fillers who did no Drill regularly with any unit be fore being called up were select Don the basis of previous experience and  army last year mustered nearly 120.000 men. Some 36.000 i Reserve units More than 39,000 from the Reserve reinforcement Pool and the rest from the National guard. The Gao study was conduct Dover the last three months of 1961 a period in which 156,000 guards men and reservists of All the serv ices were being mobilized to meet the Berlin crisis. A Rockefeller May run in Ark. Fayetteville Ark. Up Winthrop Rockefeller younger brother of new York s gov. Nelso Rockefeller said he will announce by the end of next week whether he will become a Republican Candi Date for governor of Arkansas.  Faubus announced several Days ago tie is retiring from poli tics. I have been travelling the Staten am Effort to evaluate this Rockefeller said. Sac end  Over area Iet age finds St Louis booming for quiet. _ a w St., Louis to. Polks around Here for whom the Price fiet be Progress was a Little High Are breathing .7,sigh of  May i they will not be hearing More sonic booms from air Force b58s. The strategic air come Sac said that supersonic flights of the big bombers will end on that Dat with the Mission accomplished. The announcement f x 11 o w e d a plea from officials at Scott air Force base,.a. Sort of Clearing House., for complaints across the Mississippi River for Here to a Fino to " Many tilings recently have been blamed on the booms caused by the bombers breaking the sound bar  last tuesday night almost 100 persons have filed complaint with Scott officials about the Dull explosions which have increased i number and severity in the past week. The booms were blamed for the deaths of two rare Gazelle Ante Lopes at the St Louis zoo. Zoo officials said the easily frightened animate went wild on hearing the  ran into the Walla of their Cage suffering fatal Skull fractures. The first Antelope wan found dead last september and the other last wednesday. They were valued at $1,500  a related incident the police department at nearby ,lit., sat their one dog canine corps was pus out of action by the  the Force s German Shep Herd Vas so unnerved by the noises that officers returned him to the  Wall eight feet High and two feet thick collapsed in is. Louis thursday. Again the booms were blamed. The Sac statement at Offutt air Force base near Omaha neb., said the service recognized such flights Are an imposition on residents of the areas Over which the corridors  the training flights Over the St Louis area have accomplished their purpose Sac officials said. An air corridor is no longer of much training value after Crews become familiar with land Marks target complexes and other identifying characteristics of the area the Sac announcement explained. Most Likely the matter won t be cleared up by Miry 1. A spokes nun for the St. Louis zoo a tit  
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