European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1965 the stars and stripes Page 3 a woman intuition screw Loose in fuel cell kibitzing reaches new Heights Houston a Why dont those Ashihi Tauts just climb out of the Sini cocroft and clean out those fuel lines asked h mix ions voice Over the Tweedie bird9 Conrad on lofty Perch a Navy Charles Conrad Riding High in the sky in gemini probably believes nobody re members he once was known As two Idle that information Elmul con Rad Wax disclosed Hyrc by her Man who look flight training with Conrad from 1954 to 1956 no the naval air training Sta he probably will drop Thler from space on my House for that Fichtner pole current Nick name lugged with die Bird because of his nasal wiry build and receding hair line rut he was a Good sport and went along with the Fichtner now a truck sales Engineer in said he and Conrad were in fighter squad Ron flying the then relatively new f9f8 Cougar by a we both did our first qualifying landings on the Carrier Lake Cham Fichtner the Lake Champlain is the main recovery ship in the Atlantic Ocean for gemini 5 and Astro naut Conrad and Gordon Cooper a far As i Pete Hasnal been aboard the Cham Plain since we did our Quall of Yang landings on Fichtner he remembers Conrad As a serious aviator not much Given to High but he could relax and he a Good sense of he everybody respected twee die excuse petes flying Fichtner he used to lecture the squad Ron on aerodynamics and Engi Neering when the weather kept us Fichtner said Conrad didst join in of duty fun Loo much because he was married Anc most of the rest of us were Bob manned spare Ernst Center information Spe listened then Ric to explain Why in Don Cooper and Charles Conrad  fix gemini 5s propulsion problem As easy As they cant open the space Craft they dont have an umbilical Cord to pipe oxygen to them even if they could open Trio and heir spec suits cant protect hem from the dangers in he not the Man asked Why dont they build rap doors into the equipment Section then Button  think of an ill pass along your he whenever problems pop up in he gemini 5 and there Lave been plenty so but tons phone starts ringing with callers offering the most about came last first Day of the when the fuel cell started acting a professor at Mit Massachusetts Institute of tech Ivilo by called from and if we would spin the spacecraft like a Centrifuge it would shake the oxygen away from the Side of the Hollie and also give it the heat needed to turn ii into Button the suggestion sounded except the caller didst know the oxygen in the fuel cell was a Slushy Snow and want clicking to the Calls have come from As far away As with advice on he fuel one woman called from los Button reported baying that her woman Intel Tor told her that a screw was Loose in the fuel if you could just find that screw and put it Back in place the trouble would be she some of the Calls Are from Engineer who identify them selves As having worked for one of the aerospace they Start off by it me speak to Chris i Tell them that Kraft is Mission director and is in another build ing and cant be they pass along the advice and say to be sure to see thai Chris gets Button other suggestions ranged from taking the switch off and repairing it to turning the spacecrafts where the fuel cell is toward the Button and Zell skill can oper ate the question desk in the gemini 5 press Center 24 hours a they take questions from newsmen and get the one caller from is Angeles sold the fuel cell trouble was said he called Back five finally he said he was going higher he didst think i was doing when the astronauts reported they were Button one caller wanted to know Why they didst put a Blanket around their Many of the culls come from people claiming to have seen the spacecraft at said i try to explain that the spacecraft Hast passed Over the United states at night they dont believe but the funniest cull of them All came said but the Guy just i love i love you All for doing such a Good chinning the president assume a typical listening Pes Luei As he converses with reporters at the while photo  official soy president for medicare Washington up Presl Johnson asked Congress for million to implement the newly enacted housing and medi care Laws the largest amount sought in a supplemental appropriations request was 1197 million to carry out the housing and Urban development Sparks in space Cabin Are a constant danger Houston Apai space men Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad wheel around the they breathe a highly explosive atmosphere foreign to per cent should the least Little Park or should either astronaut strike a the Cabin Proba Bly would with this and several other things in the air which now has a godhead to launch a woman orbiting Labo has done experimenting with other possible spacecraft but the National and space administration plan to Iteck with pure oxygen on All manned shots now sched russian cosmonaut breathe a More Earth like mixture of Nitro Gen and oxygen on their space Normal Earth air aver Ages about 21 per cent oxygen and 79 per cent Why then docs Nasa use pure oxygen the primary reason is that a single Gas atmosphere requires a less sophisticated plumbing which Cut Down on the critical and Man cant survive without tests with Volunteer in pres sure chamber have confirmed that Man can exist on pure oxygen wit lout serious Sid effects Tor 30 a Gai Bette known for making balloons has attention from searcher it the aerospace Medicine two extensive test with vol an tears in pressure Chambers using a mixture of helium and at simulated altitudes of feet produced favourable of denies reports Viet Cong went on leave in planes Saigon up the air Force saturday denied Sci arts that vacationing Viet Cong troops hitched rides on american planes from an isolated Airstrip into the air base at a in the defense department said hint the re ports were not Well informed air Force sources said the incident occurred some months ago but wus Only recently brought to the attention of air Force authorities in Sai they said Security regulations have been improved since military Headquarters in Saigon issued a statement which said the procedure to Airlift vietnamese personnel precludes any possibility of such an of it said requests for transportation must go through a Chain of command before they Are it said a Check of manifests during the period showed that no Large scale troop movements were reported at the the air Force sources said the 180 Viet dressed in Fiel Type uniforms Simi Lar to those worn by the Viet namese boarded air Force c121 transports shuttling Between Tarn the capital of Quang Tanh and Danang air 385 Miles North East of because air Force Crews were accustomed at the time to giving lifts to hitchhikers throughout Viet no one among the planes crewmen of inc cd when the uni formed troops asked for rides to a the troops were ferried to Danang aboard at least five Dif Ferent cams that took off from Tarn by that the sources they were discovered to be Viet Cong Only after an air Force Man checked with Viet namese military authorities about the troop vietnamese military officials in the Region informed the air Force that no vietnamese Mili tary or paramilitary personnel were transported from Tom by to a a distance of Pioneer stewardess Terre a Ellen Church who became the worlds first airline hostess in was injured fatally Here in a fall from a about 40 the sources a vietnamese inquiry into the incident concluded that the troops were uniformed Viet Cong soldiers who were taking leave and wanted to see the Bright log hit of a the air Force source after being informed of the incident air Force authorities issued orders to plane c r e w that no passengers should be Given air Force flight without the approval of american advisory or without ticket forms issued by detachment of air men charged with booking Passen clarification asked of lodges remark Saigon Ambas Sador Henry Cabot Lodge did was to say something in Public about hoping the South Viet namese carry out a True Revo but a lot of people thought to was urging new the military leaders want him clarify his remarks since so Man vietnamese have mis interpreted and there has been no end of problems for government since Lodge pledged his energies to aiding the vietnamese in bringing about a True Revo Lution a week informed sources said vietnamese Secu Rity officials have been swamped with reports of plot against the in i arrival statement last Lodge said the fight which our military american and allies alike Are waging gives us All an Opportunity to help the vietnamese bring about a True revolution which will make Possi ble a new and better lift for the vietnamese we must take advantage of this Opportunity and to All of this i pledge my beit with i arrival Lodge apparently was seeking favor with the masses of Viet namese who actively participated in movement that brought Dawn a Hal dozen government in the past two charging they were not sufficiently Revo but both the students and the politically minded Buddhist leadership have levelled charges of not sufficiently revolutionary against the regimes that fell before their Lodge pledge to Aid the vietnamese people bring about a True revolution Wai widely interpreted As meaning he was not pleased with on present