European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday july 29, 1963 the stars and stripes Peg 7 boy fights huge fish 33 hours deep diving Salvage Fleet by 1970s Cocoa Beach. Fla. A a 15-year-old 110-Pound boy hooked 300pound jewfish and fought it for 33 hours straight before losing it. He the whole sgt Jack Al toy who we on duty at the Patrick air Force base pier where the Battle too place. Almost 10.000 people walked out to see him and give him Michael Douglas who gained Tome Fame when he landed a 160 Pound great White shark four Day Sago. Hooked into the giant jewfish at 3 . Wednesday. For the next Day and a half he fought the Fichtl Frost constantly Nark ing and catching an occasional Nap when the Battle reached a standstill. But i la Tell you that boy had a taut line almost All the time Klimsey said. Keenly la appointed Mike reported he was keenly Dis appointed at lot no the Ash after such a Long Battle. Jewfish weighed 300 pounds. Three skin divers went Down to see of there was any Way to help land it Sharks prevented them from getting a close look. Klimsey said they weren t Abl to find out Why the line could have been a material defect rubbing against a Rock any he said. But you can Beton one thing everybody in this town it sick about it after he lost the fish Mike did t say a word. He just walked Navy planning super Trieste Washington a deep diving Salvage vehicles capable at exploring the Ocean Bottom a nearly four Miles depth for As Long Ai a Day at a time appear in Prospect by the Ibuos the Navy Craft would have endurance capabilities for undersea Hunti far beyond those of the Baths Cape Trieste the Navy s Only Craft Ca Pable of even limited probing at Depths to and beyond the in mlle depth where the sunken nuclear submarine Thresher now rests. The Trieste can dive at least six Miles but can remain on the Bot Tom Only four hours and explore Only a Square mile in any one dive. It has Mode four unsuccessful attempts to find the Navy s expectations of hav ing some super trl Esles came to Light in a report released by the White House s office of science and report outlines n Long Range National Oceano graphic plan pro posing Federal expenditures of $2.33 billion during the next 10 years to step up oceanic research in military and peaceful Fields. The report prepared by the in Ter Agency committee on Oceano eclipse Eye damage hard to learn i wanted to catch much he said. I be never fish go before and i waa scared his one might be a but As the fight wore on it be came More than just catching a record fish. The world record jew fish catch is about 550 pounds. Fishing experts described a jew fish As a member of the grouper family. It became a personal thing Mike said. This was something i wanted very badly but i wanted to play fair to get slender boy refused several offers of help became he Felt a real sportsman has to land the catch completely on Hla did accept a harness to strap the Rod to Hla body and a pair of gloves to protect his blistered refused a swivel chair be cause he thought it would be Handicap. He also turned Down of ten to go out in a boat and rejected a suggestion that the fish be soothe said the closest he came to hauling in the fish was at Daw when he Drew his 350-foot line to within about so feet of the pier Burthen he just turned around and tailed out Mike said hews very tired after the struggle and wasted Little time going to sleep after he lost the fish. A atom Uta Media his father it col William k. Douglas is stationed with the Blos dec ton at fore base near Here. For three rears he was personal physician to the seven Mercury s father tried to persuade him to pass the line to someone else but he steadfastly refused. Ifa my fish Mike Sale. I m go ing to land parents brought snacks at first but As word of his Marathon spread hundreds of people came by to watch. Soon air police had to protect him from the crowds. Experts tested the tension on theline and estimated the new York a the full extent of damage to the eyes of americans who peeked at the july 30 eclipse of the Sun without pro per safeguards against its rays May not be known for two decades. Even said a spokesman for the National association for to re i the prevention of blindness it s very double fun that we will have e Lei a. . Nah really True figure on the num Ber of eyes said Many Eye doctors in the last five years have treated patients for burned re tones and determined the damage was suffered watching an eclipse 20 years Many cases the spokesman said the physician would note the retinal Burn damage and then ask the patient to try and remember if he had Ever watched an eclipse with his naked Many times the patient woul recall having done so 20. And even heiress marries son of italian car racing Driver new York
