European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday october 23, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 5 Faa charged with delay in safety plan Washington up anew York congressman questioned Friday the Federal aviation administration s willing Ness and ability to set up safety program aimed at reducing accidents in Airliner land Ings. Rep. Richard l. Ottinger d-n.y., made the charges in a letter to transportation Secre tary Alan s. Boyd. Ottinger Long a critic of Thefan entered his attack on the need for arresting gear on com Mercial airliners. These devices Are designed to bring a plane Toa Safe Stop if it overshoots the most common system is a Hook and Cable device Long Inuse on aircraft carriers. Ottinger said he was dismayed to find that the Faa will not Back the move for a standardized arresting gear. A spokesman for the Faa admitted that tests showed arrest ing gear for commercial air liners is feasible. But he said the Faa Felt that safety funds could be better spent in improving the braking of aircraft an development of so called grooved runways a system of cutting Cross channels in runway con Crete to Drain away water to prevent skidding. Says military Victory is impossible Symington urges War halt Kansas City to. Up sen. Stuart Symington d-mo., said saturday the United state should try to end the War in Vietnam not Only by stopping the bombing in the North but All military read to the annual meeting of the Missouri pres association a memorandum on Why he changed his position on Vietnam. He said it was not a reversal but an evolution of his views. Symington said he no longer believes the United states can win a military Victory and Doe believe that continuation or escalation of the War threaten inflation and society at Home. He said he believes the unite states and the world faces greater danger in the Mideast than it does in Southeast Asia. He said his conclusions came from another visit to Vietnam this fall and some of the military considerations would be confirmed in military men s testimony before a Senate committee to be released in Washington said the Middle East Oil Fields were the greatest prize in the world except for Industrial Western Europe. As for South Vietnam itself he said there is a growing unfavourable political aspect an difficulties in the pacification program. Militarily he said is against military theory even in a limited War there Are still too Many restrictions and these can Only affect military morale if continued. Train shears off Back of school bus ulmers . A freight train clipped the Back of a school bus As it crossed track son a dirt Road near ulmers Fri Day but the dozen children inthe bus escaped injury. Sheriff a. L. Strickland said about a foot of the rear of the bus was sheared off. He said the children were sitting toward the front. I 3ft is 39 16 43 44 40 41 50 14 45 10 29 horizontal 1. 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Money of. Account 45. Golf mound46. Girl s name47.japanese Coin girl paratroopers the Shah of Iran pins decorations on the helmets of women Para troopers at a ceremony in Tehran marking iranian air Force Day. A photo Pope won9t rest doctors worried Vatican City up Pope Paul i who has worried his doctors by refusing to rest be fore surgery to be performed soon gave his regular sunday Lessing to pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter s 70-year-old pontiff who horses taxable even if edible Vancouver . A Al Davis Purchase was suitable for stakes not steaks the Britis Columbia supreme court ruled Friday. The court dismissed an Appelby Davis against a Levy of $1,521 for sales tax and interest on three race horses bought in Kentucky for $28,378. Davis claimed the thoroughbreds were food products for human consumption thu exempt from the sales tax. Said chief Justice . Wil son i cannot deny that racehorses Are fit for human consumption and indeed some disillusioned addicts for the sport May Well think certain race horses Are ill fitted for any other but. Prices of $6,000 to $8,000 per horse do not suggest these horses were intended to be put on the Market As Vatican sources said will be operated on after the oct. 29 Clos ing of the Synod of Bishops appeared briefly at the window of his apartment. He smiled frequently and spoken a firm voice As he invited All to celebrate world missionary Vatican sources said he was not running a fevers he has at times in the past week. The sources reported saturday that the Pope again was running a fever As he did during his recent urinary tract infection of up to 102 or 103 degrees a times. His doctors Are very angry with him one source said. He undid sunday All his doctors had done in a month getting him ready for sunday the pontiff pre sided Over a Long mass in s Basilica for laymen at tending a world Congress. He administered holy communion to 100 persons and delivered half hour address. Truck makes beeline lock Haven a. A Bumble Bee caused a tractor trailer to run off a Highway near this Central Pennsylvania Community and dump a Bulldozer twas carrying Down a 125-foot embankment. Police said the Driver escaped injury except for the Bee sting. Let them eat cake9 in Paris Paris a the Paris area May have a bread Short age in the next few Days. Government controlled bread prices have been kept the same despite increases in the Price of wheat and flour. Bakers Al ready complain they make no Money on bread which serves Only to draw customers past the cake Candy and ice Cream coun ters. The Bakers refuse to absorb the added Cost and so do the wholesalers who Supply the flour. Bakers Are free to set their own prices however on cake Sweet Rolls Toast Barley loaves Raisin bread butter croissants Strawberry tarts chocolate eclairs or Petite fours. Philippines invites Jackie for visit Manila up president Ferdinand Marcos said Satur Day he will invite Jacquelin Kennedy to visit Manila As a guest of the state. Foreign minister Narcis Ramos later said the Philippines envoy to the United nations was ordered to convey the invitation to mrs. Kennedy. The widow of the late president was asked to visit the Philip Pines before or after her Jour N.Y.to Cambodia next month
