European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 11, ,1967 the stars and stripes tog 3 Vietnam Barrier idea was probably civilian Washington up the idea for an Electron a and barbed wire Barrier across the Northern Border of South Viet Nam is believed to have been product of civilian technical brains rather than military plan Ning. According to Pentagon sources there have been Many proposals for the Barrier. They have come both from military commanders and civilians inside and outside of the defense department. The Pentagon s statement How Ever appeared to refer to individual members of the military services rather than to their command and planning staff. Sen. Stuart Symington d-mo.,said last july 11 that the idea was first suggested to him i december 1965 by a member of the state department. "1 thereupon checked the thought out with members of the various military services an found them unanimous in the be Lief that such a scheme would be costly impractical and inne Fec Tive Symington said. Sophisticated equipment Robert Mcnamara the defens Secretary announced thursday that equipment ranging from barbed wire to highly sophisticated electronic devices is being installed and the Early warning system will go into operation late this year or Early in 1968. Mcnamara declined to say whether the Barrier would extend across the full 44-Milelength of the Border separating North and South Vietnam or whether it would extend across the to Chi Minh Trail in  have for two years or More been examining the possibilities of using ground obstacle s and other devices to help impede the flow of men and supplies into South Vietnam Mcnamara id. He added Many persons some inside the department of defense and some in research organizations outside the depart ment have recommended proposals. Some of these proposals have been examined in detail and Dis carded. Others appear to have More  Mcnamara emphasized that the idea is to impede the in filtration and said we know of course that no obstacle sys tem can Stop  he underline Stop. As described the system would be a combination of warn ing devices and the usual Barrier equipment including land mines buried on both sides of the  highly sensitive detection devices developed in . Laboratories May have germinated the  commanders including Gen. William c. Westmore land commander in chief in Vietnam have usually favored War of movement Over Static de lenses. Side winding Sylvie French Singer Sylvi Vartan wheels and peals during her spot As guest of Honor at a festival for new singing Talent held in riccia Italy. Up photo . Develops mine bomb Washington a a new bomb which some military and civilian officials see As a tool to Ward isolating the North Viet Nam port of Haiphong has Bee developed by the United states according to the Washington Post. The bomb nicknamed Destructor carries a conventional warhead and would be dropped it s always Handy like to read stripes in the train bus offices a delivery service gets the paper to your Home Early so that you read it in the train bus office stripes circulation office phone numbers Germany Berlin Civ a h Unis arc Merhavi a c in -15. 11. Mil 70g4 Frankfurt c in Chili s-2 m7, Mil Offenbach 755  a Civ 5117, Mil Vor Elgeti 7050 Mannheim c in s71i02, Mil Rhelna 618 Munich Civ Filiti iir.1, Mil 7 150 Quern bit Civ i Letl Mil 5513 , Civ san j5. Mil 72uo Wiesbaden Civ Lott Smil 28595 Greece Athens Civ 9s51sh Italy leghorn Mil Camp Darby 1-1g Spain Madrid Civ 222s290, ext 3011 United kingdom London Civ Ruislip 32261, ext 127 subscribe now government housing Only on roads to Block the transport of cargo from Haiphong and other North vietnamese ports the newspaper said. It would blow up Only when a object of a specified weight such As a truck passes Over it or would be jarred into action by the vibration of vehicles passing  mine like bomb is de signed the article relates tomake multiple cuts in roads. A department of defens spokesman asked about the Story said we Don t comment on possible future military operations or  Pope s ailment declared inflammation of Vatican City a break ing a tense five Day silence sat urday night the personal physician of Pope Paul i declared that the pontiff was suffering from an inflammation of the bladder and a portion of the kid Neys. But the Pope following by a few hours the report of or. Mari Fontana made his first Public appearance in a week when he showed up at the window of his Vatican apartment sunday topless a crowd in St. Peter s Square. A statement by Fontana named for the first time the ailment that forced the Pope monday to abruptly cancel All his audiences while he was at his summer residence in Castel Gan Colfo out Side Rome. Fontana said the Pope s feverish illness. Is to be identified with a Case of acute cyst  this is an inflammation of the bladder and the Pelvis of one or both , who has been attend ing the Pope night and Day since monday also said in his two sentence statement the course of the illness and the data of clinical investigations repeatedly and systematically made allow Hope that the holy father can resume his Norma activity As soon As  official Vatican announcements have described his condition Sim ply As an indisposition with occasional  saturday the Vati can s midday bulletin had said that his condition was stationary that his temperature remained Normal that he spent a slightly less comfortable night than the previous one and that for the second Day he had been Able Todo some work on important Church business. Ohio couple die As Home overheats Columbus Ohio a a suburban Columbus couple apparently baked to death in their Home saturday when a Gas fur Nace malfunctioned and raised the Interior temperature to More than 125 degrees police said. The victims were John Jones 66, and his wife neome 68. Patrolman Ross radar said the Walls and objects in the House were too hot to touch. Act ing Coroner or. Carl Terick said Jones died in his sleep but mrs. Jones might have Bee overcome while trying to escape. Jones had been under treatment for a heart condition. Skipper sails again with All girl Crew Honolulu a skipper Lee Quinn and his All girl Crew aboard the 48-foot Cutter neophyte too have begun their trip to Papeete Tahiti but will re main in hawaiian Waters for about a  Quinn it is his second world cruise using Only female Crew members. He said he plans to make stops on the is lands of Maui and Hawaii before striking out for Tahiti on sept. 17.seven girls made up the Crew of the yacht when it left Honolulu Friday but Only five will be hungarian couple swim to Italy Trieste Italy a a Young hungarian couple Satur Day swam their Way out of the communist world to Italy on an air mattress to ask for political  identities of the husband and wife both 25, were withheld by italian authorities who said the couple swam about seven Miles during the night across an Inlet in the Gulf of Trieste. Staying aboard for the trip into the South  said he plans to return to Hawaii from the Marquesas islands in january next year. Most of Quinn s Crew assigned on in Honolulu. 2 might Stone Day credited to Pilot Saigon up the . Air Force announced Friday that capt. Max c. Brestel of Chappell neb., belatedly has been credited As the first flier to shoot Down two communist migs Over North Vietnam Inone Day. One other air Force Pilot 1st it. David b. Waldrop of Nashville tcnn., has accomplished the  bagged his two migs aug. 23. At the time he was believed to have been the Only american Pilot to do so. But the air Force said it enemy aircraft claims evaluation Board after studying film Sand other evidence decided that Brestel had done the same tiling March 10