European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                24 the stars and stripes january 1965 cold in deeds the weather to no Tat us mra of the 41k army or pay do Flig Aga list simulated Roe i Field training exer eke atone in Iho German Countryside North of at frit Andrew Rholl with pick and Huley Light Frozen Earth near schlots Erteld while an Mih self pro pulled howitzer nestles outside Ernei men Are from ind 14th Page new flood threat eases in hardhat California the flood flow of Northern californian eel River started receding and the threat of new damage appeared ended in the Region hardest hit by the Christma Sweek flood the flood Rise was halted by Cooling temperatures and a night Long break in heavy Rains which pour Dover much of Northern California the eel crested four feet below predicted Peak of 23 feet at near its the Christma Sweek Crest was 21 feet army helicopters evacuated 200 persons tuesday from the Fern Bridge and starvation Flat another 300 moved to higher ground by Road after an urgent warning to in the eel River repair forces Are Many weeks away from restoring highways Cut by washed out but rising Waters were reported in the Scott and Klamath riven in Slik Lyou county and on the russian River in Sonoma two bodies recovered a my army spokesman Laid from presi dispatches two i bodies have been re More tax covered from the lives lost in the California flood now total at lean half a Nilon dollars Pepper Wood and were wiped out in the eel River Del washed out Bridges have so snarled Highway travel that Heli copters have been the main source of Relief and at Edmund Brown declared four califor Nia Lake and Sacramento major flood disaster areas and asked presi Dent Johnson for the stricken areas Are among the 2s flood racked Northern califor Nia counties under new flood More Snow and gales As sailed the storm weary far West and temperatures remained be Low Zero in part of the Gale warnings were posted from Point to travellers warn ing were in effect for the Cali fornia heavy rain Wai forecast for Southwest Oregon and four inches of mow for the Eastern there Wai a nine Inch cover at on third of which fell in ill it was ii below at Cut Early degree colder than at to property damage Bai been Highway Crew have been work ing to repair the Dike washouts caused by the Christmas week flooding which closed the South Ern Padhy nil line and inter Highway f South of red the eel River country still Wai reeling ram the devastation wrought by earlier which spread h billion in property damage and caused More than death in five Western entire such As Marine exercise set in Philippines Manila a about marines will be flown from Okinawa to the Philippines this month in a training exercise called reflex the Navy said the 3rd Marine div and elements of the air Force 919th air div will Lake pan in the fou Day air Force the i the o will be will land m Island in they by antitank weapon sweep wings of fill pass flight test fort a the world most controversial the supersonic Bel Ter known As the soared off without incident wednesday on Iii second test the multipurpose the subject of a congressional in look off into virtually Clear at the controls of the revolutionary aircraft were Pilot Johnson and Copilot vol who flew he abbreviated Maiden flight the second flight was to test particularly the variable sweep alter Iho plane Gen eral dynamics the reported the full sweeping and retracting of the wings had been completely 24 Days ahead of the aircraft and its unique Wing grew from an air Force and Navy requirement for a Jet capable of Quick Takeoff in a Short fast rate of climb and efficient flying Over Long the first Pill flight was Cut Short because the Wing Flap would not blocks to Johnsons Bills it Page t tee Alio fixed for Many Wai to give the Democrat m member and the Republican Only All House committee but rules were Ai in Cus Tomary in every to reflect the party breakdown in the House a a the rules committee already Wai divided 10 to to no change was made on the opening Day of con House rules were changed to make sure the rules committee a sort of traffic controlling the flow of legis lation from other committee to the House floor could Liot Lalih a permanent red Light on legis lation it Ai Hai some limes been the elected gop Leader in a parly upset immediately called a party conference for thursday to get the commit tee assignments machinery work Mccormack planned Early action to get the demo cratic assignment it appeared the committee spots would be filled in time to gel House machinery started up next by the time the month i Congress will have some idea of Johnson specific legislative he outlined his great society proposals in Broad terms in Hli state of the Union message monday and now will lend up separate messages on his re four presidential message1 will go la Congress at inc rate of one a Day starting the while House said press Secretary George Reedy announced this schedule John is proposing an expanded program that will Aid both Public and private schools and involve spending in extra the administration wants to wipe out the old system of quotas based on National origin and emphasize skills and foreign Johnson dirt not touch on this in his state of inc Union message to Congress and he i under pressure from some key men on Capitol Hilt to split the program Inlo several the space program is being trimmed without dropping the aim of Helling a Man on the Moon by the first of a series of special messages spelling out program mentioned in the slate of the Union address will be placed be fore Congress the while House Sayi it will be a strategy Laid to Vietnam reds cont mud Iron Page i admitted to the military spokesman said the blah Gla conflict Wai the fourth prolonged tending to confirm information in Cap tured documents that expressed communist Hopes for stepping up the War beyond the i Landrun guerrilla we Are not yet sure if they Are the spokesman Treyve won a few and Treyve lost a the Success of the new communist strategy would he on whether the Viet Cong could continue to take the heavy losses each Battle so he blah Gla was a successful test of the new with government losses of 200 wounded and u against a reported 140 communist he said the Viet Cong obviously have moved a regimental head quarters into Phuoc Tuy pro surrounding Binh no communist troops were there be fore he said the communist had marched Down from one or both of their two major bases North of they probably intend to stay and contest the he at the lame Lime it was Dis closed that a army enlisted Man was wounded by ground fire in Phuoc Tuy province tuesday he was flying in one of 30 Heli copters search files for red troops that had withdrawn after the blah Gia 40 Miles South East of Nineteen other americans were wounded or missing in the Binh tila in other developments sources said communist North Vietnam is info rating political commissars into South Vietnam to ensure its Domi nation of the so called National liberation front Deputy ambassador Alexis Johnson met twice wednesday with South Vietnam Deputy prime Nguyen Xuan it Wai Bee Vetrey disc used the political Crisli last month of the High Nasonal the interim comprehensive message deign ii with and among other bid for health Aid for under social George l chairman of the House Public works introduced m Appunn Chuh Bill William introduced a measure on presidential disability which Johnson said he wanted Mccu Lochs Hal would provide for a Constitution Al amendment under which toe vice president acting with the approval of the majority of the declare the pres ident disabled if the chief Exour it Lac could not carry but he Mccormack and Ford told newsmen Niter a negotiating ses Sion that the new come ratios had been worked amicably and in Inch a no Republican who was will be deprived of any of present committee 33 pos i for top Ai a result of these am republicans will hate i vacant committee posts to i sign to Democrat Fri there Are 20 new rep Bhea member of Congress and final will be made on the with some Membel moving from their present sign meals to others they Prefi and the freshmen ing last democratic strength in Rouse now amount to cent and this figure Wai in a guideline in calculating new the House Lei although in some some deviation Wai allowed special among major commit changes went this Way formerly 211 now 2411 armed now Smi Baa now 2211 education and formerly now if Elan formerly 201 2412 assuming the agrees to an increase in government by now weather choir by with Impi bin it 4 4 pm am Alana p w m Abom s7 44 Alana p m s7 Earllyn a u r m m Linin Al m m Calamari  Popai rant