European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Devices beam data to Earth Russ land Venus probe Moscow up an unmanned soviet spacecraft landed on the planet Venus wednes Day and found its Landing area too hot for human life the soviet news Agency Tass reported. Venus 4, the first spaceship to land softly on any other planet radioed Back to ground stations that the mysterious planet s atmosphere resembles that of a superheated Hothouse. Tass said Venus 4 s instrument capsule found temperatures ranging from 104 to 504 degrees fahrenheit during its 15-mile implied that the temperatures did not necessarily get hotter As the capsule got nearer the surface. The Agency reported that the probe found the planet s atmosphere More than 98 per cent Carbon dioxide a no poisonous Gas perfect for growing Green plants but unable to sustain human found Little inert nitrogen which makes up most of the Earth s atmosphere and not enough oxygen to keep a Man alive according to the said the instruments ejected by the spaceship made continuous measurements of the loud shrouded planet s dense atmosphere As it took an hour and a half to float Down 15 ejection Point to the surface. Such measurements have been sought for centuries by philosophers and then by scientists who wondered if life could exist beneath the Milky White Clouds which have always shielded Earth s sister planet from the eyes of astronomers and the instruments of Earth bound physicists. Tass said the 2,433-Pound Venus 4 ejected its front. On Page 2fy, col. V Venus test before sending their Venus 4 space probe to a soft Landing on the Hothouse planet the soviets held Parachute Landing tests of the instrument package in Russia. A ammo blamed m16 probes rap army unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol.26, no. 184 if21855 a thursday october 19, 1967 5 daily 10 sunday q 2 americans share in Nobel Medicine prize Stockholm up the 1967 Nobel prize in medi Cine was awarded jointly wednesday to two american professors and a swede for their work in studying and improving were prof. Haldan Hartline 63, of Rockefeller University in new York City prof. George Wald 60, of har Vard University and finnish born prof. Ragnar Granit 67, of Stockholm now attached to Oxford awarding body the faculty of Medicine of the Royal Carolin Institute said the $61,992 prize was Given to them for their Washington a House investigators singled out ammunition deficiencies wednesdays the major contributor to Mal functions of the troubled m16 Rifle. They declared army handling of the problem Borders on criminal As initially developed the Light weight rapid firing Rifle being used in Vietnam was a excellent and reliable weapon the report said. But the investigators contended the manner in which the army Rifle program has been mismanaged is Unbe weather partly Cloudy and Cool. Increasing cloudiness and lightly warmer Friday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 61, Low 35. Temperatures recorded wednesday get 4 4 am pm 70 72 Adana r 64 75 Athens c 63 66 Valano p 46 43 Berlin p 48 45 Frankfurt p 41 50 London p 4 4 am pm 67 75 Madrid p 46 43 Munich p 45 62 Paris p 39 45 Prestwick p 63 72 Rome p 61 75 wheelus o a Clear a partly Cloudy a rain. The House subcommittee armed headed service by rep. Richard Ichord d-mo., in Ahard hitting report after lengthy hearings and a Field trip to South Vietnam also called for government audits of both the Colt firearms co., maker of the Rifle and Oli Mathieson producer of the pow Der used in ammunition for the m16. The report charged col made excessive profits Over what was originally it was at least unethical for maj. Gen. Nelson jr., who was command ing general of the army weapons command at the time of the initial procurement to accept employment with the producer cont. On Page 2$, col. 2 discoveries concerning the Pri Mary chemical and physiological visual processes in the prize was won last year by two americans prof. Peyton Rouse of Rockefeller University and Charles Huggins of the be May Laboratory in Chicago for their work in cancer informed that he had been awarded the prize Wal shouted of no of no Ruth the Nobel prize. Of for head cont. On Page 23, col. 3 Oakland draft protest 3o pickets arrested Oakland Calif. A i three Swift moves Oakland police arrested More than 30 anti draft sit Down demonstrators at the army induction Cente wednesday so that nine bus loads of inductees could be groups of police cleared the Way through nearly 3,000marching pickets who Sang and shouted hell no we won t Early morning sit Down be fore the inductees arrive brought 10 arrests including David Han is former student president at Stanford University. Some of the demonstrators had to be dragged to the Paddy As eight bus loads of inductees pulled up police arrested a dozen More door blocking demonstrators who held yellow daisies in their hands. At 9 45 . A ninth bus pulled up. Police backed a Paddy Wagon in front of the bus and hauled another 10 sit Down Denv cont. On Page col. 3 . Launches fourth Oso to study Sun Cape Kennedy Fla. A the fourth in a series of or biting solar observatories Rock eted into space wednesday to study the Sun and How it affect conditions on Earth and other planets. It also could help perfect a radiation warning system for astronauts and supersonic planes. The satellite Oso 4, Rode aloft in the nose of a three stage Delta rocket at 11 58 . Not aiming for an orbit 350miles above the Earth where its sensors can peer at the blazing hot Sun from above the distort ing Blanket of the Earth s Atmos phere. A spokesman for the National aeronautics and space administration reported Early phases of the flight appeared very Good after the fiery Delta burst away cont. On Page 8$, col. A
