European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 24 the stars and stripes december 1964 Polaris missiles have half of China in their sights inn Pic ii of missiles wild which the it non is armed brings More than Hull at China within the Lunone will be or titled Tor the a3 Wlllie n Range of about the Boone was commissioned last Spring at the Mare Navy after Tea trials and Shakedown in the Paci the submarine went to the Atlantic for firing tests Ami train then returned Laic in the summer to the West it the of the Polaris submarines deployed in the at lactic is the Boone will cruise in r secret area outside the 100falhom 100 feet curve on the Continental shelf of Asia for about two by that the second is expected to be ready for Fol Lowed at increasing frequency by others of the a Polaris submarine returns to the tender at a Forward Anchor age at the end of each 10day patrol to Exchange its take on supplies and replace the use of Forward based ten Der the elder wild float Long dry locks for routine inspection and reduces to a fraction the time which would be needed for a submarine to journey thou Sands of Miles Back to Home ports in the United states and return to the Navy emphasizes two Points about its Polaris system the submarines arc virtually in vulnerable to discovery As they Lurk deep Down on station be cause or the floating Forward base they dont need land bases in a foreign the latter is significant in the Case of the Pacific Polaris with the turmoil throughout much of the continued availability of any land Bale can be blizzard lashes Northern California flood areas Rucoi Ilmira from puff to grounded by iced Rotor  and mudslides washed out roads and brought surface travel into the Region to a communications by radio were spotty and phones were civil defense officials reported that one Man in the isolated area suffered a Hurt but that Rhey were unable to reach hat it Rivers washed out the Side of a Mountain in nearby Del n r t e toppling huge Chunky no Earlh into the Smith Olivir i 15 Iii ills from the coast the office of Emer gence planning feared the rapid lev flowing Waters might undercut the army Engi neers were dispatched to Survey the thousands of weary and mud splattered refugees began the Long task of mop Ping the red Cross office in Wash said More than families suffered flood losses in their farms or Busi the breakdown was in in 3115 in Idaho and 140 in Robert american red Cross disaster de scribed the floods is the worst disaster in the Northwest in 10 damages in the flooded areas was expected to reach at least 1200 according to sep director Edward he estimated that families May be rear adm Robert Mcpherson said the crash of a Marine corps Heli copter saturday took the lives of four the nine passenger copter plunged into the swirling eel River near Weott after an apparent Power Down River the capt Richard Glea of floated downriver several Miles before he was picked up and hospitalized with a possible broken the victims were identified As William of the Copilot Cpl Joseph of Crew chief Navy Phi Al onto of Long and director of the civil air patrol in Arbogast was the son of Edward Arbogast of Hampton and Mary Reed of Dade Bank Levi next of Kin was listed As Sandra Rae Slaughter was husband of Lucille the crash was the second involving a Rescue helicopter in Humboldt seven persons died in the crash of a coast guard helicopter last tuesday on a Hood Mission North of they were a Crew of and four flood one four killed in Spain a train hits bus Spain up a train smashed into a bus carry ing 38 persons Here killing four and injuring police said the bus skidded off a Highway onto a track into the path of the six of the injured arc i serious of them a 20monlhold the bodies were recovered the Marine copter was assigned to the Carrier which arrived in Humboldt Bay Christ Mas Day with a cargo of blankets and food for evacuees and a task Force of 20 hundreds of local Law enforce ment officials together with representatives of the red Cross and Federal disaster agencies and civilian volunteers pressed their efforts to help the thousands of Man decl and homeless flood Vic every fall to get for help seems to be an said one weary civil defense More than 30 helicopters were pressed Inlo service in Humboldt county and flew mercy missions As the weather the Federal aviation Agency Faa ordered nil private aircraft to stay out of the flood stricken the worst appeared Over in Oregon and floods washed Uway 28 Bridges in dam aged or destroyed w in California and wiped out a dozen spans in Shoshone county alone in scores of communities in the flood areas boiled drinking water to avoid typhoid in Ore state officials warned several communities along the lower Columbia River to watch for pos sible tidal effects when he Crest of the mighty River reaches the in which was threat ened for two Days by the turbulent Williamette one res ident said the drinking water tasted like a mixture of chlorine and at Rio doll in a cafe kept its Gas camping stove going 24 hours a with a pot of Stew simmering for refugees who walked As much As 50 Miles from their wrecked driving snows and Strong winds in Nevada also grounded a mercy Mission of 27 helicopters which had been scheduled to Fly from Stead air Force base near Reno to Klamath at Crescent a Community of about hard hit by tidal Waves following the alaskan earthquake last the har Bor was jammed with debris washed Down from the Hills by the parti of butane Trees and dead live Stock tabbed in the Choppy the Awn also suffered a Short age if drinking water because the Flontis inundated the 300foot elsewhere in the rough Winter weather hit Many Snow and fog spread in new York bringing hazardous rain fell along the Atlantic coat t from Fluridis to new eng brisk southerly winds up to 40 Miles per hour caused consider Able Drifting of Snow covering the Northern winds of 50 blew a dust storm into vegas and a two Inch snowfall whitened Reno in rain moved out of the Pacific Northwest Inlo the los Angeles Clear weather covered much of the midday temperatures Rose to around Zero in Northern where the Mercury had dropped to 25 below Zero Early after the fall an Inch of Snow fell on heightening he Glare of the lights along he Paris sunday giving a picturesque Winter Champie Tysee when his was taken 2s cold Snow plague Europe Viets claim big Victory Over reds  Paoo to in their chair lifts during a Power the Massif the Alps and Jura mountains of France also were amply it was ruining and Stormy in he saudi Ern part of the country but Snow was expected on Cole eighteen trains from Southwest France to Paris were slowed or blocked by Snow and ice and arrived in the City from to o five hours Paris had four inches of Snow and anti Snow squads were out in Force dumping More than 600 tons of sail on City Hollands temperatures ranged from 33 to the cold was expected to continue for the next few ice and Snow covered highways in where 10 Uccio Enlal deaths marred the Road and sea traffic were hindered in Rome was one of the few big centers to escape although six Inch Falls blanketed nearby Hill the Hills backing the italian Riviera around Genoa toward the South had As much Asib Ven ice traffic was impeded because of cold and freezing Evert normally sunny Spain and Portugal were ruin swept the South of Spain and Snow Tell in the with predictions of More of the temperatures were Down to d com pan to was that of Viet Cong Gen Don Van the red general was conv Munder of n Viet Minn Slon at the Lime of the in partition of and chose evacuation to communist North Vietnam up seventeen americans live bean wounded in the Mekong Delta South of a military spokesman said eight army helicopter crewmen were wounded by communist ground fire while flying a Bat Talion of vietnamese rangers to the Aid of a government unit pinned Down by the Viet the two helicopters were that Down near the Village of dal m Miles Southwest of Sai two More helicopter Crew my were wounded in the Rescue of a wounded american officer who was advising vietnamese ground forces 90 Miles South of All three were an air Force sergeant was injured when his jeep hit a mine about 60 Miles Southwest of Sai four soldiers and a College Stu Dent on a working were earlier reported wounded by a grenade tossed by a terrorist into a restaurant in to 50 Miles South of a a Carold girl was nine of the wounded were re moved to the military hos Pital in Chloel of state Phan Khac Suu and prime minister Tran Van Huong issued a state ment cautiously objecting to the partial coup de Tat in which tin High National Council was tie they said Thea made the government no Longar fully and urged settlement which would restore wholly civilian commander in chief it Gen Nguyen snubbed american officials for the second week in a Row by slaying away from a regular weekly american vietnamese View of the military ammo hunted near Karlsruhe Germany West German police and army engineers monday intensified their search for some of ammunition found by German teenagers in an abandoned depot last German police a German police spokesman said a group of aged Between 13 and found Sev eral cases of ammunition but Friday in a depot recently abandoned by the 555th army Engineer a army spokesman said that most of the cases have been but some Are still he said he had no information Koumany roues were still miss