European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              December 1964 the stars and stripes 3 around the world euro Mart chiefs suggest duty free personal goods Brussels up the common Market executive commis Sion has recommended that All duty on personal goods not exceeding w in value moving Between nations be abolished on the exemption will apply to goods either carried by individuals or addressed to must not be dispatched in commercial qualities or form one of a series of regular consign present duty on such goods is a Flat 4 per cent of it was coming Down to 1 per cent severe drought in Portugal ended Lisbon up a blessed steady rain started to poor Down an end to the worst drought la 42 it had the weathermen forecast it is going to at least for the next few last week Portugal was forced to Start importing electric Power from Sukarno admits guerrillas raiding Jakarta up president Sukarno has admitted publicly for the first time that indonesian guerrillas were entering malaysian Sukarno said indonesian guerrillas were entering malaysian sol because Indonesia did not recognize the sovereignty of Sukarno said that it was a matter of principle for Indonesia to Aid and support people fighting for their National Independence re said that the people of North Borneo had requested indonesian Aid against British Bonn lists billion in Aid Bonn a from 1ih to West Germany gave develop ing Conn Lutei a totalling the government said in us of of million was Given As technical Aid and billion in the form of West Germany now takes fourth place among the nations of the world in matters of development the report Manila orders incidents Check Canada will modernize is armed forces by 70 Manila Drosdado Macapagal ordered jus Tice Secretary Salvador Marino to make an on thespot inquiry into three recent incidents at military bases which have touched off ant american senti Macapagal conferred with his Cabinet and with ambassador William Mccormick the incidents include the fatal shooting of two filipinos by american guards and a reported attempt to bomb an american elementary school at Clark air opposition congressmen have demanded action by Macapagal and called for a Congress Lona some demand tha the waive jurisdiction so the guard can be tried in philippine nobody Safe in Russia anymore Moscow a the soviet government Nyrean crafts heavy steel safety costing the country Loo it newspaper in Vestal the soviet government Organ said More than x factories no Over the country Are going fall blast taming oat More than Metal safes a sight of n sled Cabinet in an institution inspires res pee undoubtedly Ike owner a entrusted with weighty i sarcastically no self respecting bureaucrat will order n wooden filing Caine these Irve Slu and the constant proliferation of new offices in the bureaucracy has kept the Rale builders Bonn says no atom mines on Borde Bonn a Caluwe von West Germany defens says no atomic minefield has been Laid along the Iro curtain Border and none is there Are neither single atomic mines nor an atomic mine be on the tonal he wrote in a letter published the proposal for such a minefield came to Light during last weeks Atlantic Alliance meeting in and brought Man protests von Hassel Laid in order to counter further the Consuilo that has i would like to state just As clearly that no one is planning to Plant even individual or conventional mine in the zonal Border area during his letter was a reply to one from Wilhelm Wolfgang head of the organization indivisible who had inquire atone the Bast Tot talk with von parliaments defense committee said atomic mines Are held in Europe under America lock and and decision on their use would be made on in an when von Rassel returned from Paris hut he to reporters that they would remain under american cambodian Council head quits Cambodia up ruling Prince Norodom Sihanouk has accepted the resignation of Prince Norodom Kano Ai president of the Council of but directed him to form new Elf like a Pioneer on test flight Pilot Calls fill most versatile air plane world has seen yet editors note Richard Dick Johnson piloted the 111 fighter on its first test Light in an a icle written exclusively for the Lasso coated he sets Down his impressions of the controversial variable sweeping a Veteran test Johnson is director of night and Quality Assurance at Gen eral dynamics fort Worth where the i service fighter is being devel by Richard Johnson general dynamics test Pilot fort As been said and i feel is still very appropriate to that the principal object of the first flight of any air plane is to make a successful first land the new widely known As the has made a Success Ful first the As almost everyone is an air plane that will be the most versatile lying machine Ever it has wings that sweep from almost straight out to straight it can Fly extremely Low and As Well As Long distances and Long a feature common to most of our modern aircraft is their Abil Ity to Fly fast quite common also is their inability to Fly not so with the fill it will do because we have actually flown slow and demonstrated Ottawa up defense minister Paul Hellyer has taken he wraps off a billion mod Rel Patlon program for the Ca Adlan armed designed o re equip Ell three services rom top to Bottom by the five year program is de Ned to enhance appreciably an Adas ability to serve the North Atlantic treaty Organiza on United nations operations and Ca Adlan defense there Are four major areas where the modernization pro Gram will be most extensive increase the mobility of the provide adequate sea and air lift for immediate deploy ment of Canadian forces in an acquire a new tactical Jet maintain constant improvement in Antisubmarine War Are ask the most expensive program detailed in the announcement was for the Royal Canadian the run will get four new helicopter destroyers at an estimated wos5 million and two operation support ships estimated to Cost million Hellyer also announced that Janadas seven  destroyer will undergo a conversion expected o Cost w8 to increase heir Antisubmarine tie Canadas Only aircraft will also under go an extensive additional Al weather Hunt an kill sea King helicopters will be purchased for the new hell copter destroyers and for the to no announcement was include on a decision on a new tact Ca let aircraft for the Royal Cana Dlan air Hellyer Laid studies Are con tinning and a decision will be made within a few months on the selection of the the defense made it Clear that Canada had rejected the High Cost me Donnell phantom in stating this aircraft does not need to be Ai complicated As an All purpose aircraft would be and therefore not As when a decision is announce the aircraft contract is expected to top the equipment list Wotli an estimated 1225250 Maluo reserved in the five year budget for the new according to the new equip ment the army wet the broadest Range of new from aircraft for transport purposes to a Complete new communications an initial order has been laced for 15 de Havilland but Alo medium Range this for the 100 per cent canadians e 11 g n e d and manufactured Short Takeoff and a n d i n g Stol aircraft is valued at to four More c110 Lockheed her Oules heavy duty transports have been boosting the Canadian a i r truck Fleet to both orders will mean greater flexibility and mobility for the army in nato and in peacekeeping opera swedes will f drive night9 Stockholm a the government has set the Date Foi one of the most controversial reforms Here this Century the Witch from lefthand right land the awaited with fear am Iro teits by Many i the Date was be unanimously by the right hand traffic and the mid night switch will be preceded by an intense safety Campaign b All Media and in Malta and Celand Are the Only european countries Drivers keep to lie the swedish Reform has been under debate for More than a and in 1194 it Becam the object for the second swedish referendum this an overwhelming n u m b e voted against a but do lies entered the ruling social Democrat a urged thousands of oldsters t vote against the proposal up Forth by motor almost All motor or Ganz talons and professional Drivers kept pushing for the change and some years ago the legs lat Lve committee started it the total Coits Are esl mated at some n who a switch 20 years ago would hav Cost Only several fatal Accident hav occurred annually Here the tourist from abroad have Kep to their customary an this has been the heavy arg ment for the rightwards the debate co to Lues to rage in Roade at part of the new i Ould like to discuss it a we have already demonstrated or Short run Takeoff and Landing first indications Are at we May be a bit better than e we have landed at a lower peed than predicted and have Ken Oft in a Shorter distance an predicted at predicted the ability to Fly slow in High performance combat air Lane is indeed lets review some of the important factors relative to the it files slow enough and candles so Well that the Young hots who would Fly it under combat conditions would be Able o easily get in and out of Small Low Cost they also will have to their Dvan Toge a slow Speed to work Ith and manage during in lances of nervous Strain Al Jdant to Many combat or Mill Ary other benefits Iii be the ease and safety with Holch approach and Landing can be a Safe air plane these factors All have Many elated obvious fills will be Safe air planes for our Soni to and they wont be lard on our pocketbooks from Anding As Many hard fus Landing aircraft have i think i would be leu than air if i didst Tell you some of he personal Delight that Val Prakhi and i enjoyed on our fill Maiden can you imagine How John Jotter Felt when he first explored what is now Yellowstone Park and i am sure we enjoyed Tome of his experience n tile a driving bit of reverent Joy and Happl Eis that Well be Able to share with other John Colter didst see All of Park on his first and we Haven by any Means explored the but we have seen enough to have a tin gling of at its solid feel As we approached and landed and s stirring of our curiosity to find Sut in later test Well weep Back the wings of the and Fly at supersonic t ii designed for ipe Edi of two and a half times the Speed of and were confident that t will go this fast or extensive tests after the air plane has Al ready undergone one of the most extensive wind Tunnel testing programs in history about pm hours of wind Tunnel the first night of the fill coming As it does slightly ahead of schedule u a significant Milestone in the we Are looking Forward with Antici pation to Many other milestones in the weeks and month and Yean we will find out More in the very near and we Hope that general dynamics and the air Force and the Navy will be Able to Tell you at least part we Are thankful to be Ameri cans with this delightful Opportunity to explore and Well surely see Many facet of the versatile fill in our of the red Cross Leader Palm a Karl von member of the Board of director of the american red died he also was a member of the Crox Rouge