European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1961 the stars and stripes affairs xj5 Rose 46.7 Miles Tahr resigned army Post for Altitude record Ary of the army �1 j. Stahi dined last a Sttne 39 to become of Indiana University. Kennedy accepted the Watfa regret and a resignation a the Sec from the Pentagon s top within recent months. Joh Connally Navy Secretary re butt december to seek the gubernatorial nomination. 46-year-old Stahr is a a Kentucky and served to a Provost and Law Dean University of Kentucky be was a 1936 graduate served at president of West University to 1959-61 be he became Secretary of the recalled in a letter to president that he left the Acy of West Virginia uni. To become army Secretary because i shared your Eon Abonit the need for our. A develop a much Strong army a a time of prolonged " Erious external threat to Basic values of peace free Aad human  added fhe Opportunity to Lead one to Mones elections in Oklahoma and Alabama High Ted the Ops. Political scene week. Oklahoma former governor Gary and w. N. Bill were chosen to go into of on May 22 for the demo governor in Alabama former James e. Kisslan Jim finished Ost of the run state sen. Ryan Dewitt Fen nipped Folsom by 713 votes the governor s race and will George c. Waste to a May democratic Runoff. Little Rock Arll gov or Faubus who said earlier Thisbe was retiring announced a cad changed hit to and and will Tat a fifth Terni. New Yort mayor Robert  he had decided not run for governor of new Yor year. Wagner said he would allow How Elf to be drafted. Jubilant republicans said thexor City mayor final de not to run indicated gov a. Rockefeller would win in his reelection bid in no Ber and become the top can Tor the 196 gop Presl Ial Noel Nawuoh Eller winds rna does and Faor Elcane Foroe winds raked nine states \ Weie of culling eight persons injuring More than Iso. Dam combed into the millions of worst hit by the there were five persons die storms and there fatality in Michigan. Winds also caused damage in Ohio Kentuck Missouri Texas and e National guard was called Nat card a t three Rivers a town of about 7,000 per we a House out of two was damaged. Disaster a Forest an destroyed 81 Homes 20 persons in Ben West Glens Falte of persons were of America s great universities comes to few men even once in a lifetime. Yet. Even now that have been invited to Lead one of the greatest i would be reluctant to ask you to release me after a year and a half As your Secretary were it not that the army has moved during that period to a distinctly higher plateau and our Basic objectives for it have now been clearly mapped and moved far along the Road to accomplishment pest Pilot Joe Walker x soared the x15 to a height of 46.7 Miles last week highest Ever flown in a Pilot controlled aircraft the National aeronautics and Astro space administration Nasa Nautis tude As 346,000feet for the flight from Edwards air Force base Calif. The highest the Needle nose ship had previously flown was 41 Miles the previous Altit Demark for manned planes. Elated Nasa officials later  plans for the rocket ship to Fly to an Altitude of 57 Miles in about a  the x15 eventually May climb to 100 Miles above the Earth. In Moscow the soviet Union announced that a soviet space ship had completed three Days or biting around the Earth and was brought Down safely on order from the ground. The United state hoi developed the ability to recover satellites from orbit this was demonstrated in to three orbit flight of John r Dan or. Last feb. 20. In its discover Bert the United states hoc also repeatedly recovered capsule ejected from orbiting satellites. Glenn meanwhile met soviet cosmonaut Gherman Tutov. The russian who had circled the Globe 17 times arrived in the United states to attend a space con Ference. Both Tlatov and Glenn caned on president Kennedy la the White House. The air Force Al of announce the first successful transmission of a television signal coat to coast by bouncing it off the Echo i balloon satellite. Shortly afterwards the House of representatives passed a by to establish a private Corpora Tion to run a worldwide communications network using space satellites a relay stations. . Tests went on Capitol event Jacqueline Kennedy was accompanied by lad Bird Johnson. Wife of the vice president a she arrived at tire  Capitol to attend the annual luncheon of the Senate ladle bed Cross unit. Mrs. Kennedy was the Honor guest. Dpi photo pole vault Mark set to Ilee their Howes. That ignited Marine it Dave Tork broke the world s pole v a u 11record last week by Clearing 16 feel 2 inches. The 27-year-old Tork made  at the mount san an Tonio Belaya in California to be come the second Man in history to Clear 16 feet. World another a Rte Rene John us or ses became the sports just person pass the Barrier when he did i feb. 2. Both Tork and Uelses use fibreglass vaulting  another event at the re lays former University of Oregon Star Jim Urelle ran the mile in 339,9 to become the fourth american and the 23th athlete to crack the once formidable four minute Mark. In Golf. Arnold Palmer came from behind to win the $30,000 Texas open for the third tune in a Row. Tying for second place in the san Antonio event were Joe Campbell. Doug Sanders Gene Littler and Mason Rudolph defending Champion Mickey right shot a three Onder Par 69 to defeat Ruth Jessen in a play off for the women s titleholder tournament in Augusta a. Veteran uj3, olympic weight lifter Norbert Schemansky made a two hand snatch of 362 Pound sin Detroit bettering the existing world record held by Russia world Champion Yuri Vlasov by 214 pounds. Schemansky made the lift in the Michigan stat championships. Willie Mays hit the sixth grand Alam Home run of his career to help the san Francisco giants beat the Chicago cubs 11-& Mays Dout went Over the left Field Fence of the san fran Cisco Park. Italy walked off with top honors in the 15th Consel inter National do sport a Felt ire cism boxing championships in Luxembourg the italian grabbed seven of the Champion ships the . Took two titles in the featherweight and Middle weight classes Tunisia won the Light heavyweight division. In Tokyo japanese lightweight Champion Teruo Kosaka scored an upset split 12-round decision Over world Junior lightweight Cham Pion Gabriel Flash Elorde to win the Orient lightweight Crown. Of the United states last Al week exploded its third an fourth nuclear devices in the planned series of tests in the atmosphere. The shots were in the Vicinity of Christmas Island in the Pacific As were the two earlier ones. The atomic Energy commis Sion announced that the third explosion was in the Low Onega ton yield Range meaning the blast equivalent of More than 1 million tons of  series is expected to last two or three months and in clude about three dozen different shots among them full nuclear weapons. Rep. Craig Hosmer r-Calif., who witnessed the second blasting the new series said nothing went wrong with the first two shots. They went off perfect  these tests Are so designed Asto create the smallest amount of radiation fallout Hosmer  will cause n o danger to anyplace or anyone in the  in Washington . Scientists reported that monitors were be ginning to so Tow the expected Rise in radioactive fallout from last year s russian nuclear tests. The scientists said however the Levels were far below the danger Point the air Force announced meanwhile that it had begun a worldwide psychological screen ing to Weed out any mentally Dis Turbed men who might trigger i nuclear weapon without orders a new air Force regulation listed 31 categories of officers and airmen who must receive a clean Bill of health on their mental Outlook to keep their jobs. Spacemen meet a historic meeting too place in Washington hut week a american Trona it John h. Glenn or. Left Shook hands with Busaba cosmonaut Sherman tit Fri. Mrs John Glenn also we present at the first it tee to face Meetins of the spacemen. Dpi met