European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes of seeking parachutist personnel Washington special witha closer working arrangement be tween army and air Force in air borne operations such As the strike command air Force officials Are on the look out for Quali fied personnel to Jill the rosters of the combat control teams. Bach team which consists of 14 men locates identifies landmark drop and Landing zones for operations t now the air Force is comics Rasters for qualified air men to fill vacancies in the acts in Etui we and the Par East like the scuba diver program the up meat control teams Are a very in Ait element in the air Force picture. A however the standards lire i it Ien according to it col Jlawrence m. Meier directing the to a it Tang requirements for the teams rust be not Only goo radio and expert Hoe but must also possess Good common even before the paratroopers to Iok the act men must lie 9vt 3&v&n8 to guide them. Maintaining radio con the Al Creft pilots As Well lit the paratroopers under Battle condition. Bogged physical tests have Al was t Een a Barrier to the Man who five sought this Type of duty. Previously most of those who volunteered have been drawn from the classes of the afr traffic control school at Keesler fab miss. Now according to Meier the air Force it looking beyond the con fines of the school for Good radioman who can also pass the train ing at the it Benning parachutists school a. Further in formation can be obtained from Afpmp-3e, boiling air Force base. Wash., do. Ambassador Bruce Toudt 3 of bases in England South Ruislip England the Navy s european headquarter reported Here. The announcement a id the russian vessel steamed with the Currier for six hour near the danish upon departure the Navy added the russian mine creeper signalled i wish you � pleas ant voyage. The Wasp answered with it like to Christen Polaris sub of Toton Conn. By the Navy will Pitt a off Frontier when Morfi Jacqueline a Ftp i Tel fun the Fluder i powered pc Ila u fab Flarine Lafayette Here tuesday Lei Lelyette Nat Ned Tor the French Nobleman Lor the american cause during War is the biggest sub be built. She is the first of Al rate with the capability of firing att to in m 3�do to 3,000 mile. Two i killer types of Polaris submarines try the George Washington and Ethan Allen have 4 missile tinge of 1,200 to 1,800 new dimension to the undersea flesh be dded when mob Kennedy intones the traditional 1ux of of thee Lafayette us a bottle of Domestic Champagn prow a the 425-Fmt 7,000-ton ship the ways into the thames the ceremony will take place at the Yards of the electric boat division of general dynamics corp. Where eight years ago the wife of another president of the United states mrs. Mamie Eisenhower sponsored the world first nuclear submarine Liau Tilus and ushered in a new Era of ship . Kennedy and her party will Fly Here from Washington in the plane of Navy Secretary . During the half hour ceremony which begins at noon Korth will Bethe principal speaker others on the Christ ening platform will include French ambassador Herve at hand whose initials Are burned in the steel plates of the submarine gov. John a. Dempsey and general dynamics corp. President Roger Lewis. In contrast to the nearly 20,000 w to jammed the Yards when mrs Eisenhower Christene Nautilus Only about 2,500 have been invited to the Lafayette launching. Poised on the launching ways Lafayette of flanked by three other submarines of the same class Alexander Hamilton Nathan Hal and Daniel Webster. They Are in various stages of after Lafayette hits the water she will be taken in Tow by tugs and hauled to we Dock where she will be fitted Outwith the most advanced Type of electronic gear and nuclear Power Plant. By the endow this year Lafayette should be ready to Load her 16 perpendicular firing tubes with mis Siles and go on Active patrol. Because Polaris submarines spend Man months at sea each has a Gold Crew and a Blue Crew of 100 each to relieve each Lando w. Zech jr., a former skipper of Nautilus commands the Lafayette Gold Crew. The Blue Crew commander is cmdr Patrick j. Hannifin former executive officer of the Polaris George Washington. Marine warfare group visiting West German Baltic ports adm Paul d. Buie said the Baltic sea is an International water. It belongs to the americans As Well As to the rus sians he added that the . Detach ment had been shadowed by a soviet mine sweeper from close distance near the danish Straits. In Sharp contrast to an East German mine sweeper however the soviet ship dipped its Flag exchanging International courtesies on the High of the . Sailors will spend their 10-Day stay in the Baltic travelling. About 500 men will Fly to Berlin in chartered aircraft to see the communist Wall and others will tour the North German Border Navy detachment consists of the Wasp flagship of the 14th . Carrier div and the firs american Carrier to enter the Baltic sea eight destroyers the attack submarine trumpet fish and the 25,000-ton Tanker Sato Monie. Sailors write Washington specialduring1961, 11,476 Nav men wrote Lett Eif to members of Congress asking about leave future assignment promotion and humanitarian Shor duty As Well As other personal matters. C k to f c c f \ i
