European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Grieving skydiver follows wife in death Rockledge Fla. A skydiver who said it s the Best Way to die after his pretty wife plunged 3,200 feet in a Para Chuting Accident five weeks ago jumped to his death from the same plane sunday clasping his hands in prayer instead of yank ing the ripcord. John Wasik 27, an aerospace reporter who covered activities at nearby Cape Kennedy carried in his Wallet a signed contract for his own funeral including a$1,700 Silver casket. He asked to be buried beside his letters were in his pocket but police withheld the death was listed As a suicide. Monday the couple would have celebrated the first anniversary of their wife Rickie 22, bailed out of the plane at the same Altit Deover the same Airport at the same hour on sunday aug. 20,and Wasik watched her fall. It was mrs. Wasik s second Parachute jump. Her chutes snarled hopelessly during the descent and she died on Impact. She took up skydiving just to please me Wasik told a report John and Rickie Wasik Toast each other just Days before mrs. Wasik plunged to death. Apr after her the funeral Wasik told the pastor the lord had comedown to Earth to pick a Flower and he picked the prettiest of the Lyle Goodin safety officer forthe falling stars jump club watched from the ground through binoculars As Wasik hurtled to held his hands in a Pray ing position Goodin yelled and screamed at him to hit his Chute said Terry Alford Jan master for the club. Both parachutes were intact i their carefully packed containers when Wasik s body was found Ina wooded area about a mile from Green air Leech editor of the Melbourne Fla., daily times where Wasik was based As Aero space writer for the All Florid news service of the Perry news papers said she talked with him after mrs. Wasik s death. He told me it is the Best Wayto die the Way Rickie would want to die said mrs. would want to die having cont. On Page self col. I the unofficial newspaper of . Forces in europ North Africa and the Middle East vol. 26, no. 161 if 21 855 a tuesday september 26, 1967 5 daily 10 sunday d new air defense net is considered by Oas votes to condemn isolate Cuba from a and up dispatches Washington in an unusual show of Solidarity the 21 nation organization o f american states Oas voted late sunday night to condemn and isolate Cuba for interventionist and aggressive acts against Hemi sphere nations. Twenty nations voted for Resolution which included a re quest that other nations refrain from trading with Cuba and a recommendation that Oas nations impose sanctions against ships engaging in cuban abstained on the Reso Lution but joined in a unanimous vote to carry the Oas Case against Cuba to the United nations. . Secretary of state Dean Rusk said the Oas foreign minis ters had demonstrated at their three Day meeting that the Hemi sphere was More unified than Ever against Fidel Castro s re s Vole was one of the few times when the Oas has no split on a motion to condemn a hemisphere proposal stopped Short of a use of 21 countries generally a g r e e d to condemn forcefully cont. On Page it col. White House wedding Europe fair to partly Cloudy with Ornim Hare and ground fog. Increasing cloudiness wednesday. Frankfurt Heidelburg High 72, Low 54. Temperatures record monday get 4 4 m pin 61 84 Adana c 73 82 Athens c 57 77 Aviano c 55 73 Berlin p 52 77 Frankfurt p 55 84 London 4 4 an pin 55 so Madrid p 54 79 Munich p .59 77 Paris p 55 61 Prestwick p 59 82 Rome p 75 81 wheelus c a Ceai p partly Cloudy i rain. 2nd weather win Lynda s rites slated Dee. 9 Washington a the White House wedding of Lynda Bird Johnson and Marine Robb with 14 bridal attendants will be held in theist room dec. 9, a Satur White House made the announcement , 23, older daughter of he president and mrs. John son will have her younger sister mrs. Patrick j. Nugent As her Matron of Honor. Close friends relatives and friends of the bridegroom including one on duty now in Vietnam will be in the bridal is expected to be a military flavor to the wedding but details Are yet to be an is the eighth daughter of a president to be married in Washington while her father held office the seventh to remarried in the White House. It is the first time since the cont. On Page 2. Col. 2 ties sexy or knot London a the tie manufacturers association said monday that a Survey it carried out shows the simple old Necktie is the sexiest item in a Man s a tie he can express his personality As Pecan with no other piece of clothing said chairman Sidney Davis. A tie is to a Man what a miniskirt isto a at the same time French ready to Wear Fash Ion show for girls open Din London. What was Fea tured sweaters. Proposal in Congress Viet policy review urged Washington a a Call for Congress to decide whether it needs to take a new look at . Policy in the vietnamese War was sounded monday by 52 House members. This is neither a Dove nor Hawk move but one for constitutional process rep. Paul find Ley r-i11., said in announcing the proposal at a news Confer ence. Filley Morse rep. F. Bradford Morse a Mas s., said an entirely Dif Ferent set of circumstances prevails now than did in 1964 when Congress adopted the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. He said there Are 123 members of con Gress now who were not hero at that there were 50 Back ers46 republicans and 4 democrats of a new Resolution ask ing Congress to decide whether further congressional action is desirable in respect to policies in Southeast but two More republicans were added just prior to the news Confer they introduced their proposal Arthur j. Goldberg . Ambassador to the United nations said sunday he does not believe soviet rejection of his bid for help in getting North Vietnam to the conference table has wrecked peace Hopes. Sen. Karl Mundt r-s.d., said saturday night the United states indirectly told red Chin several years ago it would face massive retaliation including nuclear firepower if it entered the War in Vietnam. The stat department said no one has been threatened and the White cont. On a col. Al race tied again Minneapolis a them i n n e s o t a twins w e r e trounced 9-2, by the Californi Angels monday and fell into a first place tie with the Idle its ton red sox for the american league Lead. The Chicago White us also Idle Trail by a half game while the Detroit tigers Ere on game behind before their night game in new Yolk. Of develops Detector Jet super radar Washington a the air Force is spending $30 million this year to develop align Speed aircraft with advanced radar to detect bomb ers attacking the United states. The plane would pick up approaching enemy aircraft track them and Send out supersonic fighters to destroy them Penta gon officials said. Defense planners believe the development Effort will Lead to a revamping of the continent Lair defense composed of ground radar and older Cost would Range up to $4 billion if a decision we remade to proceed with production and deployment of the system still in the research stage. Protection against the bomber threat is vital in the missile men say an enemy probably would hit the unite states first with ballistic mis Siles then Send in manned bomb ers to Complete the destruction. The airborne warning aircraft will it is hoped carry what the Pentagon Calls Overland radar computers information display systems and far reaching communications to command squadrons of Jet interceptors with speeds up to 2,500 . The Overland radar being evaluated this year is designed to detect and track flying tar gels Over areas of land de spite severe ground clutter. Another key element in the. Development of a new air de sense system is an supersonic interceptor. One itus f1l1, is being designed fur c ont. On Puj 4
