European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Weather r. Impi Lotf Kiln Thotam. A. . A4ifli Lathin it 70 is Alfi r 51 a strip let i is for mkt f i Ltd Tai it m these european edition parti it i Prutte k of 31 it fat Fri to 61 m w tin lilt k to a text an object believed to be the Thresher a Hope flickers then fades by Bem Price a stall writer the storm Thibod Navy Hilpa had b Tho red on the Mist shrouded sur Ace like mourners at a funeral. And that b what they atomic lube Arlene Thresher with 129 men aboard had lost re ported from somewhere below the ill face of the 8,400 foot deep Rench 220 Miles East of Cape was no longer on the miss no list. The Thresher whose codename was War cub was last with All hands. A proud ship had become a 296-foot coffin made from the most carefully tested Metal Man can put the Bottom the Hull pressure was 3,696 pounds per Square Inch. Why had she gone Down even if she is found there will probably be no radar pocked Hunter killer Navy patrol bomber a Lallum swept Over the search area. Over the circuit labelled vhf 1came word from the attack sub Marine sea Wolf. Her sound Detic Ion gear wan echoing off a solid object she said she believed to Bethe Thresher. This information was relayed Tram a ship using the code name the sea Wolf was asking All sur face ships to Clear the area so the noise from their Echo rangers and screws would not clutter up the � Polaris in Mediterranean Paris up the first two Ofa planned Force of three american Polaris submarines now Are stationed in the Mediterranean supreme Allied Headquarters announced Friday. Ono of them the Sam Houston will pay a two Day Courtesy Call at the turkish Porto Izmir starting sunday. The Sec Ond submarine Wai not identified ten Long devices aboard the Sedolf. It was t a question of find uni anyone alive aboard the Thresher but of finding the ship itself. At the time the sea Wolf a running deep beneath the surf find the navigator aboard the All Lam. Navy it Floyd w. Holloman reported the position As 41.37 de Grees North 04.45 degrees West the last reported position on to Thresher was 4l44 North and 84.57 West thai would put the thresh slightly South and East of her la reported position. For a flickering moment the iwo Hope. It was of course a false Hope but the kind that quicken the sea Wolf reported that so was hearing strange noises an what appeared to to tapping o front. On Patuc 2$, col. To related Starlet on pages s. 7 ment of the Thresher bit Fork and plastic and Oil samples am from Tho lost submarine. Two admirals and three capital in Iode up the court investigating he disappearance of the with 129 men aboard in he Atlantic. The flotsam was picked up by Torch vessels in the Vicinity when he Thresher last a heard fro wednesday. Earlier the Board heard Testi Mony that the Thresher s skipper Oneld card i ship completely sea worthy before it left the naval Yard at Portsmouth n.h., for the diving trials that ended in disaster8.400 feet under the surface. Capt c. James Zurcher of theoffice of the Deputy commander of the Atlantic submarine come Testi fied that he asked the Thresher skipper it cmdr John w. Harvey about the condition of his ship be Ore to left seaworthy Zurcher mid Harvey indicated that he considered the Thresher completely sub had undergone Doc Kilde trials at Portsmouth before setting out for the North Atlantic wherein a lost wednesday 220 mile East of Boston. Zurcher testified. Among things the court will Welc to learn about the Thrsher Thefan Tweit and deepest diving help in the nuclear submarine Fleet Are the physical condition of the Crew the Type of overhaul made in the Thresher last visit to the repair Yards the plans for it experimental diving and the last word it radioed to the escort ship sky j. S. Schmidt commander cant on Page. Col. 4 millions flooding easter vacation spots in Europe by United Paras International millions of travellers crowded trains planes ships and Automo Biles Friday in an easter Rush to european vacation spots that broke records in several jams were a headache in almost every country. Most airlines added extra nights. Travellers stormed Railroad stations and bus exodus of germans from their country s chief cities called record shattering. Thousands went to West Berlin to visit families and friends in East and West Berlin. The four Day weekend was expected la bring More than 100,000 visitors to the berliners who Are not Al Lowed to go through the communist Wall stood in silent groups along its length hoping for a hand wave or a Glumpe of parents Brothers or Sisters behind the con Crete and barbed wire. More than 700 West German can moved slowly through the Heln Rich Heine Straus crossing Point into East Berlin during Good Fri Day morning and an equal number went through the born Holmer Stree checkpoint the other place where West germans Are allowed to Cross the Wall. Even a they entered East Ber Lin on 12-hour passes thousands of Tyer West germans were on their Way to West queue of can at hol Nustedt on the East West German Border was 14 Miles Long waiting to go through the East German controls. A hotel rooms and boarding House were full and homeowners offered spore rooms to the visitor u e r m a n who stayed Home planned a variety of easter observances. On sunday Many peas ants in the for Best clothes Wilt redo around their farms on. Horseback accompanied by priests Blessing the land. Saturday peasant women take baskets containing their easter dinner to the local Church to be than 8,000 gendarmes were on duty on the belgian Road to cont. On Page a cot. To
