European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 04, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 4, 1963 Gen firm on Boeing tfx Choice the stars and stripes Page 3 of developing minuteman with More kill9 Washington Cap maj in r. G. Rug it testified he still be Cleves the rejected Boeing co. De sign for the tfx War Liine prom ised a cheaper better plane with More no curate firepower him the design the Pentagon Al rally chose. Ruegg he led n military source selection Hoard which tour limes recommended that die Buge con tract eventually to involve in estimated $ti.5 billion should go to the Boeing co. Of Seattle i Secretary of defense Robert s. Menam non tins testified it was he who overruled these findings and awarded the contract to the Gen eral Dynn Mecit corp. Of fort Worth Tex. Ruegg rave it i s views under questioning before the Senate in Vest Gallons Aub committee which i seeking to determine whether favouritism bad judgment or other \ factors influenced decisions on the contract the plane involved colled tfx for tactical fighter experimental. The subcommittee s chairman sen. John u Mcclellan dark. Asked Rogg you still think the Boeing plane i a better weapon yes  Ruegg replied. To change Mcclellan asked whether. In View of subsequent developments the general knew of anything to change is appraisal. No sir i Sec nothing that would cause me to change my mind Ruegg replied. Maj Gen Joseph g. Moore an other member of the source Board agreed about the appraisal of More accurate firepower for the Boeing design. Mcnamara has testified he considered general dynamics design Superior and that it could save the taxpayer 91 billion Overall. Ruegg and maj Gen t. Allan Bennett another member of the source Board disagreed. But they said they recognize that a matter of judgment was involved on the Issue. Washington a the air Force is developing an advanced minut email intercontinental bal Listic missile which would have four limes the kill ability of present models against below ground enemy missile bases. The air Force disclosed the new missile when it was asked Aboul testimony Given to congas concerning an improved minuteman projected future mainstay of this country s nuclear deterrent Power. The advanced version is expected to be ready for the sixth Wing of 6.too mile Range minuteman icbms to be placed around grand Forks . By ims. This Wing will mount 150 missiles. The accuracy against Burd ened target is such that two improved Man Tomen would insure a desired probability of a kill rather than eight of the other Type the air Force said. This improved accuracy would be highly significant a Russia pm places More and More of its mis Siles in hardened protected underground bases. The United states is Welt along on such a program. The first 60 minutemen of an Early Model already have been in stalled around Milim Srorn air Force base. Mont under present plans the Kennedy administration will deploy 800 of the Quick firing solid fuel icbms. All should be in firing Posi Tion by mid-1965. The air Force said work on the improved minuteman is Progress ing very well.". The advanced minuteman prob ably will be equipped with new penetration Olds that is decoys designed to enable it to penetrate and elude russian antimissile de lenses. It will a filled with an improved guidance system which the at Force said does not represent any breakthrough but is n refine ment of components to Cut Down errors and Sharpen the missile s accuracy. The rocket s second Stane will be longer and larger and pack added thrust Power the air Force said. It will fit into present launch ing silos thus avoiding any expensive new designs and construction of buses. Proud parents film Atar Nancy Kwan Ana tier husband Aua Trun ski instructor Peter pock  Over their Newborn son 8-Pound Bernhard Peter born in an Innsbruck Hospital. Vii photo Bing s son called stay out is divorced los Angeles. In Lou Angeles and separated last november. Mrs. Crosby claimed her husband was Worth More than $1 million i when they separated. New York a film Star Richard Burton and his wife Sybil have agreed to separate their at Torney announced. He said. Divorce has not been considered or Dis  he added. All financial and other arrangements have been con  the attorney Aaron r. Frosch said mrs. Burton is in new York with her children to visit her Hue band s father Philip for the easter holidays. Burton has been linked romantically with actress Elizabeth Taylor. . Skipper helped Supply Cuba rebels new York a a new yorker mild his a foot boat the vol Lynn Iii. Hid been used repeatedly in cuban exile operations often with the Advance knowledge of the . Government. Alexander i. Rorke or. 36, whose 36-foot boat and 17 anti Castro Caldera were seized in the Baha Mas said the Vlot Ynn if will a used in future cuban operations if the British release it. I think it is time that some of us did something about it said Rorke of the cuban situation. Rorke a free Lance television re Porter who said he had been a prisoner of cuban Premier Fidel Castro s regime on two occasions said the boat had made 11 cuban excursions since last october on eight of them he continued Stu dents from . Universities participated. He identified the schools As Harvard. Boston College. A fast University Fla Princeton and Indiana. But he declined to name the students because i Don t think it is fair to the  the . Government through the Central intelligence Agency Hod Advance knowledge of the trips Rorke said. He classified the operations As resupply missions or trips to land agent in Cuba and sold the Only shots fired from Tho Lolynn Iii had been defensive. Rorke also claimed that the Cia had financed trips of the Lolynn Iii. These were leaflet raids in october and december of 1961. However Rorke said that no Jub. Governmental Agency had backed any excursions of the boat in re cent months. Ext Lokke payload  Cheeka Interior of Faa explorer 11 satellite s stolen Tafla Pacl tace Wake to or Tuii the Earth Mthr fair Date on Tho atmosphere. The 410-Pound satellite was reported Back Clear radio signals from spa a Keystone Phot the Birds to open Cannes new York a Alfred hitch cock s the Birds has been selected to inaugurate the 19g3 Cannes film festival May 9, uni Versal International films. Inc. Announce1 Mew Beardsley checking Section Navy two Francu Beardsley Welcome Hla now Complete family10 beardless and eight children from Hla wife s former marriage be group took too Beardsley name in the Large formal adoption in California Totory. In Salinas mrs. Dear Daley hold oomph John. 1, who u the son of both Parente judge. 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