European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday april 13, 1963 Thi stars and stripes Page 3 lost sub was pioneering new Era in drama of sea9 by Richard f. Newcomb new York a submariners Are a Breed apart. The perils of the sea to them arc special for they live in an environment unnatural to Man where breath itself it not possible without the Hull around them. They do it willingly for All sub mariners Are volunteers. They receive extra pay for it Hazard pay but that is not the reason they nerve. I did t like the idea of sub duty sold mrs. George Burnett of Hobbs n.m., but he she referred to her son. Clyde e. Day lion 19, lost with the Thresher. There is Little doubt that every Man in the Thresher s Crew every Man in nuclear Sumnr lips heed it they were in the wards of another Sailor. President Kennedy pioneering a now Era in the Eter Nal drama of the while the world s Eye it looked to the Moon and beyond another re Volution Wax Roloff on in inner Pace under the Seu. The nuclear submarine was not just another submarine. Nuclear Power made possible almost unlimited underwater operations. Other developments at the same time in Hull design and oxygen generation produced a truly new hip Type the True submarine. Up to this time a submarine was a surface ship Able to operate submerged for Short periods of time. The nuclear submarine is a submarine vessel Able also to operate on the surface but at Home Only beneath the water. How deep How deep will they go in excess of 400 feet is the official Navy admission. Enough has been written by others without Navy comment or contradiction to Indi Cate that today s nuclear submarine can go As deep As 1,000 feet per hopi a Little More. In world War ii. Anything Over 300 feet was generally fatal the Speed of nuclear submarines i also secret. In excess of 20 knots the Navy says. Enough has been written again not by the Navy to indicate that the in excess la considerable. It has been the Captain 15 other officers and the 96 on lated men of the Crew were at Battle stations. Seventeen civilian technicians were scattered throughout the ship watching equipment under test. The thresh or was an experimental vessel on its first run at sea after nine months in the Portsmouth n.h., Nuvil shipyard. During the Yard period cuts were made in the Hull some of them a Yard wide according to Admiral George w. Anderson chief liar roman As Hopes faded or. And mra. Manning j. Harvey parents of it cmdr John w. Harvey. A Kipper of the lot atomic nub Marine throb her Gate to it photo of their Aon and Hla wife taken on the couple wedding Day. United Frew International photo communists Laud Pope s message ., protestants Hail encyclical Egypt israeli missile race worrying Washington up ii under Secretary of slate w. Averell or roman sold the United sulcs was deeply concerned Over moves by the United arb Republic and is Rael to develop missiles that might be used against each other. He said the United states was giving a con slant priority emphasis on efforts to reduce tensions in that part of the world. Harriman sold in a letter to rep. Leonard Farbsten . A Mem Ber of the House foreign affairs committee that the arms race was a worrisome and complicated Forbstein and complained to her roman about the car s use of West German scientists in the development of military aircraft and missiles. In determining our course of Harriman said we cannot on Lder the . None. For is Al too has its own missile pro rams and there arc other aspects hat must be Given consideration. The German citizens working in the . Rochet program arc new in number. It is by no Menns Bertaln they would All obey a sum Mons from their government to turn Home. Likewise it is by no Means Clear that they would not be replaced by soviet bloc person Nel equally qualified in such work of naval operations. Taps were made in the Hull. For attachment of exterior fittings probably new types of Sonny or radio. Any open ing in a submersible Hull introduces danger. Water pressure building up at every foot of Des cent can turn a pinhole into . The Thresher its men quite aware of their dangers arrived in the tent area on tuesday. The area some 250 Miles East of Boston is beyond the Continental shelf and the sea is More than 8,400 fee deep. Shortly after noon on tuesday he order to submerge was Given and it 12 22 . The Thresher disappeared beneath the sea. From then until 0 17 . On wednesday it performed Normal underwater exercises. At that Lime the order for Maxl Vatican City a the communist Camp where atheism is a Basic belief has Given a rousing Welcome to Pope John xxi s new encyclical Pace in Terrols peace on Earth without waiting for the word from Moscow the major communist parties of Western Europe greeted the Pope s recommend Toni for peace and disarmament u a Welcome development. Both the encyclical and the re action Are symptomatic of the new spirit Between communism and roman catholicism. It has become increasingly Clear in the past six months that the Vatican is attempting an entirely new approach to communism Dis playing a willingness to talk with communist governments on non theological mentioning communism by Pope John s encyclical Bald that under certain conditions catholics could work with persons who reject Catholic Pope said political move ments change with time even though the Basic philosophies a main the month soviet Premier my Alta s Khrushchev s son in Law in Vestal editor Alexel Adl Hubel was received by the Pope in pro vat audience the first Ever Given to a top communist. Adl Hubel was Here for the bal in peace prize award to the Pope. Khrushchev himself Send congratulations warmly praising the roman Catholic ruler As " Man of peace. Britain will give Southern Rhodesia Freedom but London up the British government has agreed to South Ern Rhodesia s demand to the right of Independence. But the conditions it Laid Down were such that it left the South Ern rho Deslan government with the Choice of either unilaterally declaring its own Independence or of being eventually forced to Grant the country s 3 million african increased participation of the government. African nationalist quarters in both Northern and Southern rho Desia immediately hailed the word ing of the British reply As a master Washington up the state department. In a statement approved by president Kennedy called Pope John xxi s encyclical an historic document expressing the desire of Mankind the world department press officer Lincoln while who issued the statement said it was the first formal Govern ment comment he could recall on a papal message. The statement said Pope John i encyclical was worldwide in its he needed to be retired Spartanburg. . A thieves who raided the spartan Burg tire co. Took eight new tires Money from the cigarette machine and the company s watchdog. Sports and that no country could be More responsive than the United states to its Appeal for each human rights and dignity j. Irwin Miller of Columbus ind. President of the National Council 3f churches said he welcomed the Pope s historic we Are gratified at the growing areas of agreement among leaders and Peoples of the Jude curl Stan heritage and of other religious faiths on Basic Nln forcing the car into greater a Lance on the .s.r." gamblers9 trial delayed As court Busy at. Gambling Nenana Alaska a the trial of two resort owners accused of allowing gambling in Hel lodges has been postponed Here. The reason most everyone in Nenana is Busy compiling the Book on the annual Pool to pick the Tom the ice Wilt break up in the Tanam River. In fact they re compiling it i the building to be used for the courtroom. The trial will be reschedule after the ice Breaks. Expert says Russia May Lead in development of a rocket Washington up a nuclear expert for the National aeronautics and space administration Nasa has conceded that Russia May be ahead of the United states in development of a nuclear powered the expert Harold Finger emphasized to a House space us committee that indications to such a conclusion were sketchy. Finger director of Nasa nuclear research told the subcommittee a reports that Russia was Worklin on rocket propulsion through the development of thrust through rocket Power is i Leved practical Only it general by nuclear Energy. Mum dive wits riven. Thing of Awe if it was a full Power dive a Likely it was it was a thing of we. Every Man is tense at his Sta ton guarding a vital part of this Structure seemingly so solid yet no fragile in the terrible pressures of the deep sea. There is virtually no noise for an atomic submarine is the quiet est of vessels but red and Green Lichts Flash on boards dials re Ive and on the fathom Ter Ain for All to see. Is the record the increasing water above the in. At the order emergency Maxl us dive the planes Man presses a word on his Joystick which oks much like an air plane s con of stick. The Bow planes bite water and the vessel cants a word it a Steep Angle. Suddenly you discover the use the inn Drallie welded to the cell a. Und everyone holds on. There let to sensation of motion Butic mind knows that you Are Rush in Down Down Down. Cult off depth the diving officer braced be ind the planes Man Calls it off pausing two Hundred. Passing Hryce Hundred. Pausing four undred. He continues the Call As the Vesel goes in excess of 400." and the Monch compress even More the ens on rises with each Mark and very Man Wilts Waits for the or or level off there is no fear for sub Marln is have no fear. They respect the medium in which they live but hey Hove Confidence in their ves cd. They know the order level it will be Given and they know he ship will respond. U always us. I am deeply d 1st reused said he president of the United states thru the attack submarine thresh r u miming and possibly lost this Boot pioneered a new Era in he eternal drama of the Lea div no deeper and going faster than any submarine before special new cruet then to revealed the possible meaning of the Thresher s Rou Tine exercise. The courage and dedication of these men of the sea. Pushing ahead into Depths to Advance our know ledge and capabilities. Is no leu than that of their forefather who led the Advance on the frontiers four civilization. The future of our country will always be sure when there Are men such As these to give their lives to preserve a do Anderson no stranger to disaster at sea. Said this is part of the penalty we pay in develop ing the Fine submarine forces we have his voice was firm. In a Small White Home in new London conn., a woman knew again the age old Story of the sea. Shi was a widow and to a room above her slept two boys one 11, one 9
