European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 02, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 2, 1964 1949 launching was circus affair the stars and stripes Page. 7 Cape Kennedy now 15, has changed rocketry Cape Kennedy Fla. A fifteen years ago this missile and space Center was officially activated. On oct. 1, 14�, the joint Long Range proving ground at it was called then came into being with Headquarters at banana River naval air station. The Cape 18 Miles to the North was elected As the launching site be cause of generally favourable year round weather and because rockets could Fly Over thousands of Miles of open water wit chains of Atlantic islands offer ing Ideal tracking  col h. R. Turner was original commander. But in 1 90,the air Force assumed operational control and renamed the station Patrick air Force base. Desolate area the Cape named canaveral yearly Spanish explorers was a wasteland of scrub Brush in habited by alligators snakes wildcats and  first launching on july 24, 1950, resembled a Small travel ing carnival. The missile was a makeshift vehicle called a bum per the result of mating a Cap tured German v-2 rocket wan army vac Corporal. The launching Gantry was a ring of a Lark  changes in is years have Wen astounding. Man has trans red this desolate real estate to a spectacular Complex. Scrub Brush still covers much the land. But beneath it tends a finely Woven network cables and wires to carry in Ulses of Energy vital message sind electronic signals that Send missile thundering into the  there were fewer Tan 100 persons employed  there Ore 18,000. Union City . A the intended i Calm of a Gangland style assassination attempt in a Barber shop was saved when be door shut on the gunman s hand. The intended target police said was Ohn Joseph Calarco 28, of Jersey City. Be was arraigned in municipal court us material witness in an attempted assault with a deadly weapon and was released $250 Bull. Calarco wus silting in a Barber s chair plumber s Nightmare a a foot labyrinth of Dine and scaffolding weighted at the base by Sand bags and festooned with assorted wires cables and other  were erected to Vord of the hot Sun and mosquitoes. Jeep raced Back and Forth on a Sandy Road leading to the launch Lite to frighten away poisonous  five Days of frustrate in Effort bumper finally blasted of on a successful flight of 90 Miles later tha year a tank Servetas a Blockhouse for the in Llu six killed in a. Crash Bloomsburg a. A six persons were killed and thre others injured in a splintering three car crash on a foggy rain slicked  of the victims wer numbers of the same  police said two Stalli wagons collided head on and Theono rammed a passing Auto in Jurling its  victims were mrs. Sadl Levan 48. And her son a daughter Howard. Is. And Lou Anna 14, and their two passengers James happen steel 14 and Starlene Harler. 17, All omit Ninville and the Driver of the other station Wagon f. Harol Fedder 57, of Bloomsburg. Taken to Bloomsburg Hosp Tain critical condition was another daughter. Sally Levan. 10, a another passenger in the leva station Wagon. Doyle Stout. 1also of . Mrs. Flor Lyons suffered a minor hip injury when her car was rammed by one of the wrecked Tatlo wagons cigarette sales Down for year after health report now rising Washington up cigarette consumption during 1964 the year the government linked smoking with lung cancer will drop by 4 per cent the agriculture department has predicted. Department spokesmen said cigarette sales dropped sharply after the surgeon general s re port on smoking and health was published in january. But the have recovered recently. For this year the department estimated consumption at 904 Bil lion cigarettes 4 per cent under the 1983 figure. Taking up the Slack Are Cigar Sand cd Garillos. Consumption for the two items during 1984 is estimated at a record High of 8.9 billion20 per cent Over 1983.smoking tobacco production at 83 million pounds will be up 10per cent. For the Long run the depart ment said it could not predict the effect on cigarette consumption of the government smoking health report. It said smoking in relation to health will continue to be a matter of concern. Consumer response can not be predicted Ullh any  department economists said cigarette smoking by americans Over 18 probably will average about 207 packs per person this year. This is Down about i percent from 1961 to what is prob ably the lowest figure since 1959.the report said taxable cigarette shipments from . Fac tories dropped almost 8 per cent below a year earlier in february april but were Only 2 per cent a ago from May below a yet through july. Man in Barber s chair Lias close shave in Capone s Barber shop when the gunman pushed open the door. Look out that Man s got a gun Barbe Frank Capone shouted. Just then the Spring operated door napped Back sharply and knocked the gun from the intruder s , his haircut barely finished leaped from the chair and jumped through plate Glass window. Lie boarded a passing bus and got off at him Street where he wus treated by a doctor who closed a Cut on his right  the meantime the gunman had picked up his weapon and  left the doctor s office and headed for a clothing shop to replace his torn an bloodied pants. He was picked up by police. Police said Calarco a Driller s Helper who has a police record identified his would be assailant but was unable to fur Nish a motive for the apparent attempt on his life. Police declined to reveal the gun Man s name. Avy awards contract for vew fighter Washington a the avy has awarded an additional 76.572.498 contract to a Texa sirm for development and production of a new Light attack air plane. The new contract to Ling Tomco void rat inc. Of Dallas Fot own an initial contract lust Larch of More Thun 124 million for three of the new planes. The plane Given the pcs Luna Jon a7a, is designed to replace the a4e skyhawk. The current attack aircraft used by the Fleet. There Are about 1,000 a4e mod Els. The a7a is intended to offer twice the Range and carry More weapons than the skyhawk. The new Light attack plane i described As a limited War air Craft which will Fly at less than the Speed of sound und cover ranges of about 3.000 Miles. The Mission of the Light attack plane will be Cloce support troops and surface Cruft an strikes against Short targets. Do signers say it is capable of Verlow level flight and in that Way is expected to elude defences. The first development Model of the a7a will be delivered to the Nuvy in about a year. Thulane is expected to join the flee us a fighting Craft in the full 01961. Is. Payroll in hiked Washington up a congressional watchdog group re ported thut almost 2.9  were on the govern Man payroll during August an increase of 3,94 from the priced ing month. America has muscle lbs assures vets Washington up Presl Lent Johnson told leaders of 18 cleans groups that americ must not be diverted by partisan hip from Pursuit of Pence. He suld a nuclear War would mean in one hour an american Deuth toll equal to 300 world Wari  we have  or. John son said. We must keep it. But it none misunderstand us or misrepresent us. The american Cople Ore in. This peace to Wini for Freedom for Justice und or the dignity of  or. Johnson said America has muscle but we Are not  no one doubt that we would use our full Force if Nec Essary. But let no one think thai his is All the Force we have and hat we arc Alrui jacketed in it nuclear arms alone Are not  most significant advances of our defense in the past fou years have been those made to give us selective Power to re Spond to different threats on land in the Jungles on the sea and in the air. Our preparedness Tias Only one purpose. That purpose it peace peace for ourselves peace for the world. For your children and min too much is at stake for the passions of partisanship to diver America from the Pursuit of  president spoke at an East room reception in Honor of officials of the american legion veterans of foreign wars and other major servicemen s organizations. Switches mates Jayne Mansfield chucks her new husband Matt climber under the Chin during new York press Confer ence in which miss Mansfield Lei it be known thai she had she Mickey Llor Altay in Mexico in april 1k3, had lust wed climber. It is her third marriage. United press Imera atonal Shiv outside theater rivals one on the stage sex sailors get hot Over warm food los Angeles a Al ways we gel promises fumed Lysse Tan Hozene. Surely one of the world s angriest Girt sailors. Nothing but promises and and 21 fellow Crew Mem Ben called a strike on Board the swedish motor ship oct Lohere and said neither they nor the otello would Budge until anew refrigerator was installed. Los Angeles longshoremen heard the Crew s Story with Lysse a Galley assistant explaining in English and the longshoremen walked off the Jobin sympathy. The refrigerator went out two months ago the Crew said. A spokesman for the shipping line said every Effort is being made to replace the 1300 refrigerator which is a 20-Volt, direct current Model hard to ind  the spokesman we want to get one As Badas the Crew docs. It s costing tl.800 a Day to tie up the ship later however the ship s officers discovered that a refrigerator in the officers quarters would operate properly in the Crew s quarters and it was trans  representatives sole they re now shopping for  for the officers  the dispute ended longshoremen resumed loading the ship. New York a the Thea or marquee said tills was Bur esque but did t make Clear whether it was advertising the How inside or the screwball Abor dispute outside. On the sidewalk striking stage hands picketed the show. One of hem in effect was  he had been hired. Inside chorus girls shifted scenery comics moved props into place and the husband of  handled the lights. Tic trouble was bared at the1.278lh performance of the 2a your old off Broadway hit play ing at the Casino East theater on 2nd Avenue and 12th  Mike lung Cal did t have time to explain it. He Westoo Imsu with the curtains. But Ann Corlo the Star an cosponsor of the show said in began last month when lung cd told local 1. Aki.-c1o theatrical protective Uhm. To replace Woof the five stagehands. She said the contract permit this but did t say Why the changes were  Union protested bul dropped its objections when she threatened to close this was  and thut she continued was the last she heart of the matter until the  Union assigned seven pick ets to a matinee including Bot men hired to replace the ousted  Corlo upstaged them with Ter strippers assigning the girls o a counter picket  the Union picket order was cancelled and the stagehands went Back to work. When the cast was pitching i backstage Peeler Marilyn mar shall got her Cue and stepped to the spotlight operated by her husband Martin Lucca owner of a television repair shop. I can t see what i m doing she complained. The audience could see Allright and it cheered. Question answered for Oregon rancher m Elia m a Ore. A eighty year old rancher Fred Voli often said of his old roadwork Mare i wonder who la outlive the other me or Ike old Mare.". Volz did. The Mare died Las week at the age of 40. Ii was said to be the older hone Laor Goa