European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and strips monday september 4, 1967 gifts for the Long at heart Short at sole by Dick West Washington up Down through the years labor Day has taken on traditions and meanings that stray far afield from its original purpose. In presidential election years labor Day traditionally Marks 1he beginning of the National Campaign. And every year it traditionally Marks the begin Ning of the Christmas shopping practical purposes of course the Christmas shopping season begins on the fourth of july. But the Early Bir Christmas shopping service of which i am sole proprietor clings to tradition. And so with a Hearty hoho to we make our annual trek through the gift Cata logs that have been piling up All summer. In scanning the Cata logs looking for gift suggestions that might be helpful to my readers i have noticed that mail order houses tend to develop year they May feature gifts on a religious theme. The next year it May be a smoking theme. And the next a drinking theme. This year they Are featuring gifts on the theme of insecurity and frustration. Somewhere among them you Are almost certain to find the perfect gift for the neurotic who has you hide your phone Book when company comes ashamed of the frayed unsightly cover of course you among us has not cringed when friends dropped i unexpectedly and caught us with our Telephone directories exposed and who has not tossed and turned All night wondering what they must have thought of us when they Savour unkempt yellow pages to avoid such Embarrass ments you can glamorize the phone Book with a fabulous cover in washable Black leather texture and think of the Joy it will bring on Christmas morning surely there is someone on your gift list who is self conscious about being so Short. And who hesitates to Wear High heels because they Are so noticeable. Particularly on . Gift wrap a pair of be taller pads which add two full inches to your height but which do so discreetly because they fit inside the shoes. The Cata logs do not explain whether there will also be room inside the shoes for feet. But leave us not mar the Christma season by quibbling. This brings us to a companion gift set a sphygmomanometer and a Stethoscope. Ideal for the person who likes to take his own blood pressure and tune in on heart murmurs. Unfortunately this year s Cata logs Are not offering Electrocardiography suitable for hanging on a Christmas tree. But wait till next labor Day. Mothball tour Ferd Reinlieh left Andale Goodman new York City Council officials Chat with capt. Irving superfine Cente rcom Mander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard Moth Ball Fleet and cmdr. Joseph St. Marie during inspection tour of Tarawa. A photo West virginians doubtful students beg borrow to build a smasher Fairmont . A hidden in the West Virginia Hills is a partially completed atom smasher being built by seven determined College Stu dents. It s no Ordinary atom smasher and the Prospect of having it nearby has some local residents jittery. The seven students Are piecing the Cyclotron together from target Tunnel to atom counter through a staggeringly Complex International scavenger Hunt. Almost everything in their$100,000 Worth of tools and equip ment essential for assembling Anatomy smasher has been begged borrowed or found. People first thought we were nuts. I mean who wants to build an atom smasher these Days asked George messenger 20, one old Carrier inspected for school site Philadelphia up engineers and officials for the new York City and Philadelphia schools inspected the mothballed aircraft Carrier Tarawa thurs Day to see if it could be turned into a floating school. Each group spent one hour walking up and Dov a ladders and through compartments in the 22-year-old warship trying to Esti mate the Cost of converting the Tarawa s Interior into class rooms gymnasiums auditoriums and storage rooms. They withheld judgment on the project until they can study the problems involved in tearing Down the thick steel bulkheads to make classrooms that would comply with fire and safety Laws. The Navy said it would take until next Spring to strip the 888 foot vessel of gear the Fleet can Salvage and Only then would it be available for use. Atomic City Oak Ridge celebrates 25th year Oak Ridge Tenn. A the Stocky moustached general stood on the Barren Hillside sur rounded by More cows than people threw his swagger stick to the ground and declared that the spot would Mark the Centero a new town. The year was 1942 and in that tranquil scene Oak Ridge was born to produce the first atomic bomb the weapon that ultimately brought an abrupt end to world War ii. It. Gen. Leslie r. Groves waste officer named by president Franklin d. Roosevelt som months earlier to head the top secret Manhattan twas under his direction that Oak Ridge and the bomb we redeveloped. Now 70 and retired the army general was to return monday to take part in the City s 25thanniversary Celebration. Ironically the head of the wartime nuclear project will be Given a tour Only of unclassified sections of the plants which were built under his is so very Security conscious i m sure he understand the system so to speak said or. Clarence Larson president of the Union Carbide nuclear division which operates the facilities. The town nestled in the East Tennessee Hills is a Little differ ent than it was in september1942, when 58,000 Square acres were purchased for $2.6 millions the location for Clinton engineering the name was picked Groves has said because it was innocuous and would t attract bulldozers Tore into the peace Ful Valley Farmland and trans formed it into a City where70,000 people were employed and Only a handful knew what they were doing. Guarded by six foot tall fences and sentries surrounded by piles of dust and streets of mud scientists set about pro d u c i n g the enriched uranium which went into the 10-foot-Long bomb. Today Oak Ridge is a bustling Independent incorporated City of 30,000, the largest Citrin land area in Tennessee with 94 Square All the 30,000 residents Are turning out to celebrate the25th birthday of what they Call the youngest world Point of the Celebration is an outdoor pageant which re counts incidents in the City s history including the time Groves borrowed 15,000 tons of Silver from the Treasury department for use in conducting electricity because Copper was scarce. Even As it looks Over it shoulder however Oak Ridge is moving full Speed toward involvement in the age of the peaceful first indication of the new role came in 1953, when scientists Here first produced electricity from a homogeneous nuclear reactor. As research into atomic Power has grown More sophisticated Oak Ridge has maintain edits ranking As the world s larg est supplier of Racli isotopes for medical and Industrial use. To g o yet not Poray i i oaf1 oath i p \ Vou is Ain Thap of the Jos to Fain Levy Mafla Salon aka 0houup have a Couch in Hov cd to my Tyg of a cavity claims a courses. Of the Cyclotron have been at the project nearly four years now after starting in High school. What they have received sprawls on the Concrete floors inside a huge isolated warehouse hidden in a narrow Valley about 10 Miles North of Fairmont in Northern West Virginia. Items include Miles of electrical wire big Power transform ers a ton of Copper Cable a Oscilloscope and other sophisticated electronics Laboratory equipment. No we re not building an bomb said Albert criss 21, headmaster of the we can do is pure nuclear research. We could t make bomb or nuclear explosion if we wanted to he said. $34,500 loot from Bank Holdup found Las vegas up Detec Tives believe they have found the missing $34,500 stolen fro the Overton nev., Branch of the Bank of Las vegas where three employees were shot to death in a county sheriff s Detec Tives said the Money was found thursday hidden under heavy Brush on a ranch in Glendale about 15 Miles North of Overton. Still missing was the murder weapon believed to be a .45 Caliper Rural Bank located 70 Miles Northeast of Here was robbed of $34,500 tuesday by a gunman who herded the ban manager and two women clerks into the vault and shot them inthe Back of the head. Terry Lynn Conger 23, a construction worker from nearby Moapa was arraigned on three counts of murder wednesday. Deputies said his description matched those furnished by Sev eral has denied the killings claiming he was in North la vegas at the time of the slay Ings of Bank manager Larr Staley 28, and clerks Betty Heitmann 40, and Vera Walkington 30. Fifty deputies and federa Bureau of investigation agents continued to comb the area be tween Overton and Moapa a Dis Tance of 25 Miles for Money was found near the ranch of Robert Lewis 18, who said he was paid $60 by Conger to drive him Home the afternoon of the robbery
