European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lay Lone 141962,. Of " " i s 4 the stars and stripes Page 7 medical 33x n a program of research. Possible development of increase a front-line1 sol Flance to radioactive the High priority list of is a study of Jiow. Torcom gangrene a disease read cited with crude weapon East a Sian   Thailand y. Surgeon general s of the1 anti radiation Pill still is in the stud stage but a via a i e to of coat pounds appeared promising this in creased research pro Gram spokesman said would increase the army medical re search budget now $25 million annually by about $5 million until it was Doub e the present outlay in five years. An increase to $30million already has 4 been aked forthe Riet fiscal year beginning july x in the budget now before Congress. A pressing need for protecting troops in Remote areas was cited As the main reason for the accelerated program. The need was emphasized the spokesman said by president Kennedy s recent order stationing 5,000 soldiers an marines in Thailand. According to unofficial estimates 5,000 other troops Are assisting the government of South Viet Nam units Battle against communist guerrillas. The guerrillas have Bee using a variety of Bamboo weapons including Spears and Shorter sharpened Bamboo Sticks that can be deadly As  gangrene the spokesman said comes from water Buffal waste and is Nown chiefly in countries where water buffaloes reused As work animals. Weapons May be infected intentionally or unintentionally with the disease he said. It is also common among civilians. Among goals set for the five year program were to equip each Soldier in re Mote combat areas insofar As pos sible with his own built in Protection against a wide variety of infectious diseases by the use of new and improved drugs and vaccines. To improve combat surgery and internal Medicine and to gain knowledge 01 a solder s mental processes in order to improve his adjustment and performance in a combat environments. To improve the combat sol Diers adaptability by pre con  this might involve i being exposed to heat or cold in artificial Chambers before being sent to a tropical or Artic Region. I. Picket of undamaged Stock cars Roar t a four car wreck on the Birmingham kids track in which three Drivers were injured. One of the injured Drivers Larry Shafer arrow21, of Tuscaloosa ala., emerges from his car just As race car i Juht rear begins to flip Over the two other smashed cars. The fourth car is hid Den by the others. A photo Kennedy Laws drive starting Humphrey Washington a the White House and democratic con Gressional leaders a p.  v e d a stepped up drive to Complete action on president Kennedy a legislative program before Congress adjourns. Announcing this. Sen. Hubert h. Humphrey minn., said there will be no summer recess in August a last until a f t e r the november elections. A i we still stay Here until we get ,1. The work done no matter How Long this will take he said Humphrey the assistant major Ity Leader said the general legislative picture was reviewed at or. Kennedy s weekly meeting with Senate and House democratic i blast like a huge Rose test Spectator says \. / i l i j Raster a. Map Jos Ion was like a. Huge Rose beginning As a delicate Pink Fand turning a Darker Aridj Jav red until it was a truly breathing thing of ind Escrib by ,. H rfcs did Charles Ernst of Lan a set Lorth his traction to an pc blast on Christmas Island Fie Pacific where he has been april 3 1st is employed Joy the con for the Island base. Letter written to friends published by the Lan ser new Era Ernst said 33te Day of. A ,St, 3 11 hands Are on Liand for the firing.". Vision builds up and the silence. The final countdowns Jawes Jome to the 3 000 gathered a Fanesi the explosion he said list related " -. All Tooki chairs and waited ast 30 minutes. It was dark the Moon was a bit and now and then there was be drizzle. There were a few tit use few people talking thew i were Cumming the surf Imago a elders be. Former wife Imago dpi4a".a Erickson Fiers inc., Chick Golf building sectors filed suit Aga Irist  t Stevenson divorced 5of u.n., ambassador Allais \ , a i suit charged hat mrs. Ste owed the film .$36,436on a i contract for remodelling her Orth Side Home. The firm in Superior court that the Ai asks Freedom ". Chores podium was pounding on the Beach and  then came the screech of at one end of the area he con tinue3, there was a Tower with Agreen  this was tie go Light and when it was. Lit it meant that the detonation would go  the Only other Light in the area was a blinking red Light at theother end of a radar lower. The countdown continues until woman Motorist Dies in crash at train derailment Orlando Fla Cap twelve cars of an Atlantic coast line freight Trail were derailed and one a tank car loaded with gasoline burst into flame when a woman Motorist speeding alongside the train turned onto a crossing an was struck  the woman Joa Mosier 28, wife of s sgt Richard l. Mosher of nearby Mccoy air Force base and Mother of three children was killed. Her body was pulled. From the wreckage a mile Down the track from the Point of Impact the Accident happened at a Cross ing near the station in Pinecastle a suburb of our Miles South of or m land. L i to Engineer ,-58, of san Ford a fla1 said his northbound car Freigh trivas travelling t55 to 60 Miles an hour at the time of the  ,-.�, rep i a Ipbac society president a pm Viceps to a  " / tesr.,.i. V i. .-,.&. R a.,�j.,. Of contrib a i act " t to i f " f 1 1 is Job geography through his f arranging tra Els " Andl untiring efforts to bring the Peoples of the world closer  three minutes before detonation. At that time we were ordered to adjust High density glasses to pre pare for the blast. With glasses i became even More eerie for now no Light was visible and we sat Al Tensed in waiting for the explosion. It was suddenly d minus five seconds then four three two one and the blinding Flash what looked like a half grape fruit in Brilliant Orange and Green appeared. The fireball was hidden behind a Cloud Bank and we did t see it for the mushroom Cloud that forms following the blast. For a split second we were hit with the heat of the midday Sun Shock rippled and danced from the Cen Ter of Light. Then it was completely quiet. We waited and just As we thought we could take our glasses off and relax the sound shocks began to hit like Cannon sex rep. Schaffer Dies in Wisconsin Pewaukee. Wis. Up for Mer . Rep. John a Schaffer 69, died of a heart attack at his brother s Home Here. Schaffer s political career Span Ned 37 years and included six terms in Congress the last one running from 1938 to 1940. He had lived Here since his retirement a few years ago. " in Congress he repres9nted wis Consin s 4th District or part of Milwaukee county. He began his political career As a la Follette progressive and wound up As a conservative Republican. Next to your ear. The ground vibrated and heaved. The chairs Shook and for a split second i thought it was the end. It is this blast that causes he damage aside from the direct hit. Everything passes through you in a second before the quiet comes again and you re ready to go Back to work. I must admit that it was abit Awe inspiring it look inc a Little while to get used to the fact that it was Over. President offers to Compromise on medicare plan Washington up the administration has offered to Compromise on other features of president Kennedy s program of medical care for the aged if con Gress agrees to finance it through higher social Security taxes. The offer to Compromise was presented to the House ways and Means committee by Secretary of health education and welfare Abraham Ribicoff. He did not spec Ify exactly what portions of the Bill were open to Compromise. But he called social Security financing of the program sine qua non a phrase literally mean ing without which nothing and generally meaning the most Essen tial element. Committee members interpreted this to mean the administration was willing to talk Compromise about All provisions except the financing. Leaders and it was the consensus of opinion we Are going to Speed up the legislative process and stay in session As Long As  Senate Calend Rhumphrey said sen. Mike mans Field a Mont the Senate major Ity Leader will Start conferences this week with White House spokesmen looking to a drive to get pending legislation to the sen ate Calendar. Then he said mans Field will seek the cooperation tall committee chair Rufen with a View to speeding up action on major Bills. The program Humphrey said will include night sessions and May very Well include a number of meetings on  have no p r Lor i to list Humphrey said agreeing with it statement made earlier at the White House by  did say. However that the program includes action be fore adjournment on a tax revision Bill now pending in the Senate finance committee and on the controversial medical care plan for the aged. In his earlier report on the White House session mans Field had Laid the major stress on the tax Bill. Renegotiation Law Extension okd by unit Washington up the House ways and Means commit tee has approved a Bill that would extent for two years the govern ment s Power to renegotiate de sense and certain other big government contracts when the Core tractor makes profits deemed to be  the present Law is scheduled to expire on june 30. The administration had requested a four year Extension. Blind italian boy Given new Hope new York Uhd a Blind 5 new York Eye specialist believed them Friday there was nothing year old italian boy Learned he could stay in America to seek fur ther medical help because of the generosity of italian americans Many originally from his own Hometown s. Before the italian welfare league donated $1,000, Little nun zio1 Dambrosio and his Cobbler father who brought him Here last week after Reading of a renowned they would have to go Back Mon . Antionetta Canzano of Brooklyn who led the drive to raise the Money for further Eye examinations said that Many for Mer residents of Dambrosio s Home town Momigliano Darco near Naples contributed after learning of the boy s plight when the Eye specialist told that could be done for the boy the father planned to return Home. They had come Here with High Hopes. Their fare was paid by Char Ity and police donations. Before that Nunzio had five unsuccessful operations in  s eyes were injured thre years ago in a fall while playing at his Home. The condition a worsened by disease