European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes August 1945 two year soviet Edge overcome in five months May have Lead in Moo race an a news analysis by Howard Benedict Ai the record smashing flight of gemini 5 May give the United states the lend in the Moon race for the first Only five months con space officials estimated the soviet Union had about a two year that was after cosmonaut a excl Leonov took his historic walk in since then the United states has launched three gemini teams into while the so Viet manned space rockets have been the three gemini missions have Given the United states the Lead in total Man hours in and when gemini 5 swept into its sixth Day it eclipsed the soviet single Craft endurance there Are five major things a nation must perfect before it can commit men to a Moon Hess a Bonscore on How us United slates and the soviet Union stand Lon duration gemini to full eight Days gave America w total Man hours of sex compared to 507 for the in he americans had Only 265 the eight Days is comparable to the time planned for the first manned lunar rocket Power the last soviet defense outlays studied Oslo Cost of world armaments has soared to 1180 billion according to a new Survey issued the Survey was prepared for a three Day conference of 40 experts from 13 nations on the eco nomic aspects of the new estimate was 50 per cent More than the count of j1jo billion made in the figure covers weapons procure military research and development and other military the report noted that the United states and soviet Union Between them account for More than four fifths of the worlds development and procurement of it was also noted that Defue spending of less devel oped nations exceeds what they gel Tram developed nations for economic the re port commented that International guarantees of their seen or could free substantial funds for their development from their apart from an opening address by norwegian foreign minister Ballard the conference will be behind closed the conference is organized by program of re search on the International economics of disarmament and arms directed by Emile Brno it of Columbia uni new York the peace research Institute in delegates include Arthur bar Deputy assistant Secre tary of Alva Myr swedish ambassador to the Geneva disarmament Confer As Well As soviet and czech manned Booster had million pounds compared to 000 for the gemini the larger Booster is capable of placing a Trail in orbit compared to for walk in space on the gemini 4 astronaut Edward White ii matched Leonovs the strolls demonstrated Man can survive outside the which he must do on the spacecraft Man Euver the gemini Craft have been highly shifting orbits with the soviet Union has not flown a Mancu Veroble rendezvous and Docking on gemini the astronauts missed a Chance to conduct the first rendezvous with another Satel Lite because of a Power prob they ran an exercise in which they can cd and caught a Thor Chical this opened the Way for the gemini i spacecraft to try Dock ing with another the soviet Union has done nothing in this National aeronautics and space administration officials an Milious in predicting who now is Liend in the Moon race asked if to thought gemini s would close the George associate adminis said were pursuing a course that we Hope will provide the United states with leadership in manned space this is n i dont think any one flight or achievement is going to de Termine leadership in the flights Over the Long term will provide us with a sound basis for Christopher Kraft arms and the woman with a Bayonet pointed Al her a woman suspected of being a Viet Cong aide is questioned after her capture in the Mekong Delta she was captured with a Viet Cong woman carrying n Russia made press photo Viet Nam women join mans game of War Saigon a women Are caught up in the War in Viet Nam some As Active combat others As spies or Sabo and others As innocent both the vietnamese army and the Viet Cong Deal harshly with hostile women they some Are others Tor tured in an Effort to extract in the Viet Cong relies the most heavily on although South Viet Nam recently announced plans to induct those Between 2025 into a Reserve army to help defend the communist party pravda in Moscow says the d Uty commander of the Viet Cong guerrillas is a Nguyen Thi the army 173rd air borne brigade reported that women in a 200member Viet Cong Force threw grenades at them in an operation 25 Miles North of these combat women when caught cannot expect gentle treatment at the hands of the vietnamese a vietnamese regiment sweeping a mangrove swamp on the South China sea flushed two one armed with n rus Sian made a Soldier held his knife at the breast of one other sol Diers wrestled the second Wom an to the at the women re fused to say How they came by the Rifle and documents found on they said they were lust they were blindfolded and taken away As Many vietnamese women Are enlisted As spies or saboteurs by the Viet some ply the women to try to get information from infantrymen interrupted a Viet Cong torture session in a montagnard Village East of the Viet Cong had carved flesh from the body of the Vil Lage chiefs but she was still the wives of two montagnard soldiers had been shot repeatedly in their legs in an Effort to Force them to Tell who in the Village supported the noncombat and women Are frequently killed or wounded by fire from either Side in warfare around gemini flight my lid we dont know Whit the russians arc capable of a have they got computer for figuring Maneu vers can they Man Euver what Are lie capabilities of their mind controllers Well have to wait and Sec what they do till top soviet scientific and  indicated hat r0jt Sla could he hedging in the Mstislav Kendysh deplored the Cragg rated interest in toe world in lilting a Man on on lie said it is too Early far the soviet Union to set a Realis tic the United slates has set a 1969 target for its tint Apollo manned lunar Kendysh said much must by Learned about the Moons face before Man can exp loft lie indicated the soviets plan soon to land the Flatt of a series of instrument pack Ages on the Moon to help locate possible manned Landing soviet Rock then apparently failed twice earlier tills year to conduct a soft the United Stales plans to soft land its first Surveyor vehicle on the Moon in the soviet Lead has been based primarily on rocket pow a Field in which the United slates is rapidly gaining America has fired More Power fill Nickels than the l4 million Pound thrust soviet hut Lluy have not been tented thoroughly enough to Trust mans life in Chr nov slim Praml thrust Saturn in is Sulu Illuri to Slart lifting three Man Apollo teams into Earth urbi to Pra Elicitor Moon the recent soviet launch of 1 satellite indicates the russians Are working on new Booster in the 3mlulon Pound thrust american experts feel the so Viets do not have anything in the works As Mammoth Artie Saturn 5 Helm groomed for Apollo Moon it win produce million pounds try thrust and men directly to the first tests arc Scheja Euleil for the Iii urn 5 has had a Serow of successful ground to dial inc the United states is ilm Sim in on Russia in the Only area of the space race in Whlon the russians hold n substantial the russians have indicated they will use several smaller rockets to assemble a Moon Lautif Liloni pad in Orelt about us the United Stales plans to spend More than 120 billion to achieve the first Moon some officials feel therus fans run not commit that Modi Noncy to a single Effort without harming other areas of Lief Kurop ban edition bars of hoping to prey on last month a laundress tried to smuggle explosives in her Girdle into a helicopter base at soc vietnamese Security police caught questioned then took her out y uno1 into a nearby Rice Field and shot Usham on the other the Viet v Arnold Durnett Usan Elmer Frank Hui Sli Henry Clr Cullion Cong been known to tort Nve a Apo Forcett Willach to of Iii we 41 Smon diam numb under ail of mirth