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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, June 8, 1963

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 08, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 8, 1963 the stars and stripes Pogo 3 i got to see the president can he see me?9 did he wave?9 asks Blind boy Admiral says if a Carrier wants to hide russians won t find it ban Diego Calif. A boy uld Joey renal 11, who Blind. I got to a the presi Dent Joey had written to president by dial toboer8on Kennedy in braille laying wanted to meet him  lilt to san Diego. Someone translated the braille for or. Kennedy and he decided he wanted to meet , on the Parade Field at the Marine corps recruit depot Here Joey took the measure of the president of the United states with his  s kinds tall said Joey after their meeting. He s Reul neat look ing. Yes i know he s real neat  has kind of like in English no i guess it s a new English  he has a Strong grip a real Strong grip for a big important Man like the president Joey has been Blind since soon after his premature birth. Doc tort say too much oxygen in a incubator caused Haemorrhages trials delayed on Thresher s sister a sub Washington api the build a trial and commissioning of the Ejub. Atomic submarine to Lanosa a sister ship of  been suspended without the Ettling of any new schedule it was Learned Here. Although the us. Navy con firmed that the postponement Wasin effect it declined to give a Ria on. The test by the Yard which built the submarine together with the trials preliminary to formal accept Ance of the submarine by the Navy Wen supposed to have been under Way by now to make pos sible the scheduled commissioning on june in. It u possible a routine slippage in finishing work on the Alnos caused the suspension of trials to Ltd commissioning. Equally foam Lyle but it is equally possible the to Lanosa program has been suspended until the findings of the court of inquiry that has been invest Kolni the loss of the Thresher a emptied and reviewed by the kavy., court completed ii work thursday. A review of the find we by High Navy officials May take  Titan a. Been building to tha Portsmouth Tju Nav Yard where the Thresher was built Tea overhaul before in  lot deep diving taste it la 1. With a men on the the scheduled deep dim Aai Antil 10.twt. Oth  sub Marine tha plunger and permit a in operation in the Padillo which destroyed his eyesight. But his Busy hands and his con Stant curious questioning of by standers show Joey Many things other boys his age might , son of a Navy enlisted Man Shook hands with the presi Dent just before or. Kennedy left the Marine corps base for an air Craft Carrier o Shore. The president gave Joey a it boat lie clasp As a souvenir and Joey gave him a statement retyped himself in braille which read dear president Kennedy. Thank you very much for letting me see you at the Marine corps recruit depot. It was great Honor and i appreciate it very much. I will treasure this experience All my  Friend Joey  Joey met All the visiting do Gnu tables in the president s party and told them it was a Gre Ahonor to meet them Loo. The preside no also Shook hindi with Joey s Brothers Jimmy sunny told him he s the Charma of the joint chiefs of staff. Tha Means he owns All the Navy Onishe army and the  Joey impressed this so impressed Joey that of or the general had walked aware asked if someone could bran him so he could ask him a que  Berl honed general will uni by returned and Joey asked How High did you get in the boy scouts Taylor laughed and Aid t afraid i Only got to first ," said Joey reassuring a "that1 Good. That s half Way  asked Joey after Wai what conversation he had a with the president. Coma to White House he said he enjoyed seeing me said Joey. And i told him Whan Honor it we to see him and he Gas to the tie clasp and i gave him my letter. And a said hop you can com to the White Rase and visit me some time " editor s note russian i bomber flight of Over u.8, of Cra to i carriers Spe Vinoly at will have rated some questions As to the Ivilue of he la Flop As a Wearon. Actually them ill Ghat Are a orm of Etc chronic War Are lit which i Fie United slates is  to give Ouay to cart. Here is a report by a  fret military at aim writer. By Bem Trice Washington a the avy s top airman said russian lanes and any first rate sear out could pretty Well locate any a. Aircraft Carrier in peace timed the Navy could t care less. But there wan one Point in the enter View vice adm William a. Schoech Deputy chief of naval of talons for air wanted to make Ute Clear anytime the . Navy does t and one of its carriers found no Tody finds  said he was fed up with people who have concluded that because russian bombers have town Over . Carriers six times n the last year the Carrier is now worthless As a  the latest incident six twin it medium Range russian bombers Lew Over the Carrier Ranger 330 Miles East o Japan last tuesday. Vlee adm William Schoech we make no attempt to classify the going and coming of our ships Schoech said. We do this deliberately because if we practice Security movements we would be giving the russians the Best pos sible exercise in coping with us in wartime. We do our Best he continued not to give away our wartime patterns. There is a real danger in going into War when your opponent has All the dope on  i the Admiral pointed out that the Ranger was travelling nonstop rom Japan to the United state via the Northern great Circle route that thousands of people in Japan and the United states knew when1 it was leaving and when it we i arriving and that it was making no Effort to maintain radio silence. Any Good sea scout with a plot Ling Board and a radio sitting at Home could have located her tha Admiral said. But he added when we keep our electronic Mouth shut they can t find  business of russians flying Over carriers is All very Friendly an the surface with both Side waggling wings and waving he . It is one of the dead to est species of Konsho Olling War that exists in which billions of Dot Lars have been , it is a form at electronic two Light planes make flight to North pole Washington up two Cessna 180 single engine air planes flew to the North pole and landed May 24 in the deepen known penetration of the Arctic Ocean Basin yet made by Light aircraft the Navy  of the planes were Rob Cliff Alderfer to the Navy Sert Fischer and civilians attached Arctic research Laboratory at bar Row Alaska. Scientists who accompanied the to the North pole to make Gravity measurements were not identified in the Navy announcement. The Light planes did some ice Island hopping from Barrow to the ice Inland called arils-2 and from Mere Lew the 170 Miles o the  one occasion during their scientific work the scientists and pilots were forced by bad we theron pack he North pole. They were grounded there or 24 hours. To land the two Cessna ice about 480 Miles rom Hou Joey waved and cried Woodby or. Kennedy As the helicopter a Thunder ugly in the air. Can a a he asked anxiously. Did he wave Back Yeha was told. Or. Kennedy had. Indeed waved Back. Emborg see a too Pantton Washington up chair Man Glenn t. 8atomic Energy c from 11 Day in Russia predicted an Era of Good feeling Between us. And soviet peacetime nuclear scientists. 9ee.borg of tha commission Back California action kills suspension of death penalty Sacramento Calif. A gov. Edmund q. Brown s plea for a trial suspension of the death penalty in California went Down to defeat just Asha had been told it would. The state Senate governmental efficiency committee rejecting a last minute message from the governor tabled the Bill calling for limited four year moratorium. No dissent waa heard on the Vole  commute also rejected two measures to put abolition of the death penalty to a vote of tha people in 1964. Brown immediately issued statement expressing disappoint ment and predicting an end so onto capital punishment which he called a Barbaric  airlines receive . Of to resume flights Over Cuba Washington a the state department announced that  commercial airliners will be allowed to Fly Over Cuba for the first time since the october mis Sale  United states had imposed restrictions on flights by is. Air lines at that time. Cuba Neve formally acted to bar the  department noted that air lines of other countries have Beel flying across Cuba for sever months without incident. Our judgment is that the risks to safety of such overflights to . Carriers a minimum a department announcement said. Moreover such overflights we enable our us. Carriers to Resu servicing their latin Americus routes on a More direct  warfare in which each Side Torlea to determine the efficiency and Range of the other s detection de vices the characteristics of the electronic countermeasures and even the counter countermeasure. Declined to Flay Schoech characterized it As a cat and mouse game one Inch cd the United slates has declined to  so. He hinted that it is a game in which the United state is learning for More about the efficiency of soviet devices than vice  goes on in this Field of electronic warfare is so sensitive to the nation s Security that som of the very top people in govern enl have asked that they be kept ignorance of advances lest they t something slip  any event there Are certain porters in this town who know roughly at what Range the Navy an detect track and destroy hos be Al Crau and it is nether than he 100 Miles Al which rangers air Al began escorting the rus an  reporters know too of avy orders that hostile action on part of approaching soviet ambers evasive action act Lva on of radar blinding gear open in of bomb doors is to be met Ullh hostile  flyovers of the sort practice y the soviets a Good part of the inc tronic gear aboard a Carrier shut Down. No Point in giving Way secrets for free. Known to intrude from Tom to Lam. For example soviet and . Fighters have been own to intrude into hostile Ter new . Building has a big door shortage Washington  
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