European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 06, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday october 6, 1967 Pentagon to train returning gis in civilian Job skills by Fred s. Washington a com Bat men will be first in line for special training in civilian Job skills under the Pentagon s new project transition. The aim of the program willbe to impart to the returning Serviceman marketable skill which will essentially enhance his chances of Good employ ment the defense department said. In response to questions the Pentagon enlarged on Secretary of defense Robert s. Mcnamara s Brief reference to project transition in a talk tuesday to a business oriented group. Mcnamara said some 750,000servicemen go Back into civilian life each recent Survey Mcnamara said indicated 60 per cent of those being discharged Are anxious for some kind of Job preparation. An experimental program already is under Way Mcna Mara said and the Pentagon Hopes to have from 60 to 80 bases involved a year from Pilot study was undertaken at it. Knox k in june an others have been organized since at the san Francisco naval base Randolph air Force base tex., and Camp Lejeune,. Project transition also con templates giving some Elemen tary and High school education to those who May need it in or Der to improve their chances for jobs after service. Beyond the training the Pentagon said will be Job place ment opportunities. Project transition will bring in services of the labor depart ment the department of health education and welfare the Post office department and various state and local agencies including police departments for men anxious to go into Law in Hoffman for Cement who May have served almost exclusively in the com Bat Type military specialities. Will be Given priority preference the Pentagon said. Also High in the priority Scales will be enlisted men who entered the service without an civilian Job experience and did not pick up a civilian relate skill while on Active duty. Following these groups the Pentagon said will be other servicemen who developed marketable skill before or Dur ing military service but need upgrading of that skill to meet hiring standards. Project transition is Volunteer program. Men chosen for the initial phases will have from one to six months service time left an will have expressed their intention not to remain in will undergo the training after Normal duty hours or during duty time if they can be entire project is expected to be in full operation by Jan. 1. Protest junk mail Michigan House wives carry their Campaign against third class or junk mail to Capitol Hill. They contend proposed Penny increase in first class mail is unwarranted since the proposed increase for third class mail would still not pay its out a Load of unopened junk mail Are left to right rep. Martha Griffiths . Marian Tymkow Rochester and mrs. Patti Knox Detroit. Up photo cards govern the Campaign the name of the game is election by Sally Rya new York a from the democrats you can choose Lyndon Johnson pointing a six shooter Hubert Humphrey serving As a waiter George and Lurleen Wallace snuggling a n d i n a a n a and Robert Kennedy an natural clutching a the republicans you can pick Barry Goldwater As relay runner George Romney driving a tiny car Nelson Rockefeller holding out a pile of coins or Richard Nixon doing nothing at All. Which one wins depends on How the Dice fall and How you play your cards in a new Gam for parlor politicians election 68." it sounds great said Anaide to former vice president Richard m. Nixon a leading contender for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination. The game with a throw of the Dice pits 12 republicans against a dozen choose their own Candi dates for president and Vic president in a smoke filled room bypassing primaries an National conventions. For the democrats there Are caricatures of Johnson Humphrey the wallaces and Kennedy along with j. William Ful Bright with an Asia file tucked under his left Arm Arthur Gold Berg holding the world in his goes by Robert c. Miller Vientiane Laos up the War in Laos is the forgot ten War forgotten by every one except the laotians. The on again off again fight ing of the past two decades has virtually bankrupted the coun try s Economy siphoned Oft most of the Young manpower and killed or maimed thousands of laotians in this mountainous kingdom adjoining North and South Vietnam. Its soil has absorbed More bombs than any one target in Vietnam and each month scores of communist Patchet lao and Royal laotian army troops die in the almost daily skirmishes that Are fought in the deep mountainous Jungles of Eastern Laos. Through Laos Eastern High lands runs the to Chi Minh Trail along which the North vietnamese ferry their men and supplies to the South Viet namese battlefields. To protect it the reds sliced off a Buffer zone which they Garrison with Patchet lao and North Viet namese troops. In the North the reds control most of Bouaphan and Phong Saly prov inces bordering on North Viet Nam. Their most recent Campaign was a drive against the royalists in the Bol ovens Pla teau area of Southern Laos near the cambodian Border. Royal army spokesman col. Khamthene Chinyavong says an average of 300 Pathe lao troops Are being killed each month in the countrywide fighting. He places the govern ment losses at about 20 month. Western military at taches Here in the capital scythe communist losses could easily be As High As the figure Given. But also they say the government soldiers killed Are at least five times the official figures. Americans also have died bythe score in this Shadow War trying to interdict the to chiming Trail but no official acknowledgement of these casual ties is Ever made either Here or in Washington. One of the Best kept secrets is the number of bombers lost Over Laos and the number of airmen and special forces troops lost while fighting inlays. One High ranking . Air Force officer described the tche Pone Road Junction in East Central Laos As the most bombed target r All it is the most important Junction Point on the to chiming Highway and has been hit repeatedly by b52 Jet bombers and the t28 prop planes of the Royal laotian air Force. Hands Robert Mcnamara aim ing a bomb Mike Mansfield Mouth open and arms folded Wayne Morse carrying a Case labelled Law Adam Clayto Powell in dark glasses flowered shirt and striped shorts Harry Truman walking with a Cane and Jackie Kennedy in a bouffant Hairdo. For the republicans you can choose Margaret Chase Smith Ina strapless dress and two strands of pearls Dwight Eisenhower in combat boots with a pop gun Over his Shoul Der Jacob javits with his hands in his pockets John Lind say with his hands thrown up in the air Charles Percy in a Light suit Ronald Reagan in Robes and William Scranton posing As the thinker Everett Dirksen clinging to a microphone along with Goldwater Romney Rockefeller and the tickets Are selected the leftovers become big guns to be rushed into a state when a contest develops. The game sends the Candi dates romping around the coun try picking up Green chips and Orange ones in a Battle for elec toral votes. They have to take stands on such issues As escalate the War in Vietnam extend the War on poverty and liberalize abortion Laws. You can win Maryland but lose Connecticut if you Are for escalation and win Colorado but lose Alaska if you favor liberalizing abortion you can compound it All by drawing a crisis card you were photographed picking up a dog by his ears. Go to game is manufactured by a California firm called Cre ate. European edition col. James w. Campbell Usa editor in Chlof it col. F. S. Michael jr., Usan Deputy editor in chef Arnold Burnett managing editor Elmer d. Frank production manager Henry s. Epstein circulation manager an unofficial newspaper of and for the . Armed forces printed Dally at Darmstadt Germany under the auspices of the office of the chief of Public affair he Usa eur. Military address the stars and stripes Apo 09175. International mail the stars and stripes Postrach 1034, 61-Darmstadt, Germany. 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