European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stapes monday Junso 17, 1963 a arts Mcnamara differ on sub Fleet posture Washington a Secre tary of defense Robert s. Mcna Mara wants to Cut Bach the rat of building atomic powered attack bub Marlin and fix up some older conventional or the defense system. But his proposal to Little favored by Navy official and by at Lea Stone member of the House Mili tary appropriations censored Tonuu clot of Testi Mony before the subcommittee just made Public discloses some Theta a of a conflicting View be tween the defense chief and the Navy Over future phases a the nuclear powered submarine pro . Melvln b. Laird. Ravis., who served aboard destroyer i world War it told the subcommittee that Mcnamara has come up with a new five year pro Arnm. In which he wants to take conventional submarines and con Vert them rather than build nuclear attack Type submarines no higher rate Lafont requested that the Navy submit a statement on its to Futoru unit we done but the statement was deleted by , transcript at earlier testimony showed that the de Tiu Secretary a disciple of Cost lit Cut near proposes tout Back the construction rate for Tai new High indeed the a div inc testimony deft use Secretary Robert 8. Mona mar teat the at Tomt Nett a to wring. At right u Gen Maxwet o. Taylor. Thru Rutn of Tow joint chiefs of staff. Chi photo atomic powered attack sub marines and instead convert an number of unconventional submarine for reasons of coct. Attack submarines Are designed for Hunting Down enemy sub marines although they also re Tain their traditional role of at lacking surface Sholpa. Serendipity has of at wit s end Washington a the air vote wonders it it would be a Good idea to include a wit in left Tafoi military groups in places us submarines or at the Bottorof missile silo. To find out u awarded a133,339 contract to a los Angeles outfit called serendipity associate. Sep. Daniel j. Flood d-pa., whimsical member of the housed Fana appropriations subcommittee explored the Mailer at a recent closed hearing. A Iran script a. Been released. Taat to to Creati your memory serendipity la the gift of finding valuable things quit by Accident when yen an not really looking Tor died Owse stun. Sir Alex Ander Fleming was looking to something else he said when fee Auoad that a certain kind of Mold we killing bacteria in a dish Ana la this Way penicillin was discovered the pm Sylvania congressman noted that the Odd word derives Iron a tale by Horace Walpole called til three princes of ser who found All kinds office things they weren t looking Tor. Flood Bald wit is the supreme not them All farms of humor. An authentic wit is a rare Bird he is not a storyteller or a humorist he is a wit. A very ancient and Noble calling of High wanted to know How the air Force would go about select ing a wit for military groups under Mcmillan assistant Secretary of the air Force i charge of research and develop ment said i do not know the selection procedures by which we will select the Gen James Ferguson Deputy chief of staff attempted a de sense of the contract for herein do play associates a you Well know he said the Navy has done considerable work la connection with Selec Tion and training of the Crew for the Polaris submarines. We have. A similar prob Lem relating to the selection of the right kind of people who would be compatible for Long periods of time in isolated As 900 feet Down in a hard ened missile relative or Small invest ment in these kinds of studies . Has no plans for orbiting woman Washington Cap the National aeronautic and space administration Nasa says the United states a no current plan Tor putting women in Pace Astow soviet Union did sunday. A spokesman Bald there la nothing in the criteria for selecting the next group of Sautro nuts that would include several prominent women Bill Ltd to which Mcnamara r�pue4. I Don t agree at Allen tfx can do to the to general tells House unit Washington a an air Force officer says the controversial tfx Fisher plan will Mable to do All the join Alae in world War u we did with b17�.bmi, b25s. B36s, pals maj Gen w. W. Momyer director of operational requirement told a hour appropriations Aub committee we think that thai aircraft will stand ,. A truly the Luper Lor tactical tighter of in in the flood of charge Over the award of the s&9 billion tfx lob what the aircraft la expected to do Baa been obscured. If Omyer Smay 14 testimony u t released Fulli in Tome of the details. Mounter will the plane de signed Tor both Navy and air Force would be Able to Fly extremely slow a Well a at extremely High speeds became fits variable swept Wing. By changing area of Wing exposure the plane would be Able to loiter Over a Battle area a carry a maximum bomb Load so would be Able to land oat very Short Airstrip made of rot Earth or pierced steel Plankl slav not to mention the deck of Ess aircraft Carrier. Momyer. Heavily censor testimony gave no indication of the plane s top Speed but the was a hint that it could land at a Speed of less than 115 mile Authour. It Gen James Ferguson a pot a i Ici Ullin ins. Oin cosy w Kiwi Sui Iaus my . 3333. 471, 47t, 0200-2s4.i 1c i cd 41mi.me, a of Ici 1447, hint 5400. A sum . My. Ici 1-17- a Mil my
