European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Log 2 the stars and stripes wednesday october 25, 1967 general discusses 24th div s future by James Gunter staff writer Augsburg Germany is the commanding general of the 24th inf div said monday that he expects a decision within the next few months on whether the unit will move to the United  the division does move it probably won t Start major ship ments until late Spring or Early summer said maj. Gen. Rod Erick Wetherill. What with various articles inthe army times Newsweek the stars and stripes and what not it occurred to me that you might be interested in my own bes estimate of the situation the general said in a recorded state ment on an s bavarian round up. Far reaching effects As i see it up to now som news Media have treated our possible departure As a know fact he said. However As you All should know troop deploy ments of this magnitude have far reaching effects on our National position in world affairs. Therefore in our particular Case All of our nato partners must be brought into the picture be fore a final decision can be made or officially  Best guess on when we can expect this go no go decision is within the next few months. If it s go i believe we can expect Public announce ment of our conus station another major details at the same time or very shortly  plan discussed a plan has been discussed since last Spring to Send most of the 24th inf div to the unite states retaining the men of one brigade in Germany on a rotational status without their fam Ilies now what might this time Frame mean to us asked Weth Erill. Basically it indicates that i we go we probably won t Start major shipments until late Springer Early summer. This should allow All school children to either Complete their school year or get full credit for , it should also allow us to finish our move before the be ginning of the next school year. The other thing this probable later shipment Means is that we can carry on full bore with our main Mission of staying combat ready so unless something unforeseen happens we will All go through the main training Are period in january and february of 68."finally, and in summary it Means we proceed As we have since the first news item last Uruguay restrictions lifted Montevideo a presi Dent Oscar Gestido restored constitutional guarantees monday i Uruguay. Gestido issued a de Cree two weeks ago suspending constitutional rights in an Effort to curb growing labor unrest. Spring. Namely continue Tomarch with emphasis on maintenance and training proving tothe commander in chief us a eur and our Vii corps com Mander that we always have been and will continue to be Thebes division in their respective  Iii Good condition Polar it scud Fairbanks Alaska up three scandinavian fliers whose Light aircraft crashed nine Day Sago on a trans Polar flight in alas a s northernmost Yukon Wilder Ness were picked up monday by a Rescue helicopter and flown to Inuvik in the Northwest Terri tories it was announced  three were in Good Condi Tion except for a few bruises de spite the below Zero temperature and driving Snow they had to endure. All had Black eyes and bruised faces. Immediate plans called for them to remain overnight in Inu Vik and return to  were picked up at 6 10 . And transferred to a Roya Canadian air Force plane and taken to  three men Are Einar Ped Ersen. 48, chief navigator of the scandinavian airlines system Thor Tjoe Tveit 39, former Sas navigator now working for Wien Alaska airways and Rolf Stor Haug 21, the son of an Sas Pilot. They were picked up from the credibility Gap this gentleman is no about to sneeze. It s Hans Martin Schleyer a Metal Industry Leader making an open state ment in Stuttgart. Germany on the Industry position in its dispute with a Union that is threatening a strike. A photo says Cia Active in India f ex-agent9 reports to Russ Moscow a a Soyie newspaper published an article tuesday by a Man identified Asa former agent of the . Cen trial intelligence Agency Cia who said the Cia had Many agents High in the Indian defens ministry and armed forces. The Man was identified Sjohn Smith of Quincy Massachusets who is now a soviet citizen and lives and works in  . Embassy said it had never heard of  news Agency summarized his article from the weekly newspaper Litera Turnay gazeta literary Gazette before the paper was distributed. In the summary Tass said Smith and his wife named As Mary London Smith both car ried out Cia operations in India at an unspecified time since1950. Smith writes Tass said that the Cia had its agents among High placed officers of the staff of the Indian army and in the Indian defense minis try. John Smith declared that his wife told him about Many secret agents of the Cia among High ranking Indian military  what has become of  was not mentioned in the article s  s full Page article de scribed As the first install Mentor his documentary Story denounced the  wrote that its work is Devilish extremely dangerous to  the . People do not need the Cia but they Are poisoned with propaganda and sometimes blinded from seeing the truth Smith said. In contrast according to Tass Smith praised the soviet Union Congress spilt Over space Washington up the House of representatives approved a $4.5 billion space appropriation Bill monday but the Senate turned it Down As not enough. The Senate insisted that More Money be provided for nuclear rocket development and exploration of the planets. Rep. James Fulton r-pa., told House col leagues that without such funds the United states was dropping out of the space  citing last week s soft Landing of a soviet spacecraft on Venus Fulton said that $36 million forthe voyager program to explore the planets which had been stricken from the House Bill was the absolute minimum to give to the program. The Senate originally appropriated $4,678,000,000 for the space program and the House $4,583, 000,000. A conference committee lowered the House figure by $10,000,000, to $4,573,000,000.the Senate had voted $36 Mil lion for the voyager program while the House allotted nothing. The Senate wanted $19.5 million for nuclear rocket development and the House struck this out too. And the Senate voted $335 million for the Apollo program while the House reduced it to $300 million. As a great and humanitarian country where he sought Refuge after being shadowed by Ameri can agents for becoming critical of .  article appeared As part of a series of memoirs of spies an defectors in both directions across the Iron  came shortly after the . State department said a lieu tenant colonel in the soviet secret police defected to the United states exposing two so Viet spy rings in West  soviet statement distributed abroad sunday denounced this Asa hoax. I Dies of injuries in Germany crash Wiesbaden is a us a eur and seventh army troops Soldier died Here late sat urday of injuries suffered in an Auto Accident at Wackenheim near Mainz an army spokesman said tuesday. The car driven by staff  j. Pryor 29, of c co 440th signal in reportedly Ranoff the Road hit a tree Over turned and crashed into a con Crete pole. He was taken to a German Hospital Here and was pronounced dead on arrival. Pryor is survived by his wife Faye and three children now re siding at the Vogel Weh depend ent housing area near Kaiserslautern. Blow River Valley in the foot Hills of the Richardson mountains in the extreme Yukon  fliers were spotted on the Tundra sunday by observer aboard a search plane after the Pilot Bob Shinn of Wien Alaska had diverted his aircraft from his search area due to bad  crashed plane a twin engine Piper Comanche aircraft Lay on the Tundra with its whig broken off. The downed fliers had built a lean to nearby to survive the below Zero temperatures an driving winds. The fliers later told their rescuers they crashed after the fuel pump on the left engine  plane s Generator also went  men who were equipped with Arctic survival gear when they crashed were dropped a radio and supplies from the search see photo on Page 17. Plane but two parachutists who were poised to jump to their Aid did not because of the  three men used the radio to report they were All Well except for a few bruises. Pedersen s wife Ingrid Andson Sven had participated in the search since last . Pedersen was among the 25 volunteers aboard the search plane which dropped the sup plies. The weather was a kind of break said Rescue Pilot Shinn because if it had t been so bad around Inuvik we would t have been searching the area where we found  Shinn said the three apparently had not heard the Rescue plane when it approached. They did no give any signal until the Craft was directly overhead. Bishop Cal about fads Berchtesgaden is today s crises and fads Are no worse than in other generations a Bishop told 215 methodist Chap Lains servicemen and their fam Ilies Here monday at the opening session of their seventh annual Retreat. Methodist Bishop w. Angi Esmith of Oklahoma City chair Man of the Church s commission on chaplains expressed Confidence in a leveling off of the excesses which he said have been experienced in every  recalled that in 53 years of the ministry i have never known a time without  in such times Man has Little control Over his own birth or death but considerable control Over the life in Between he said. It is there that Christi Anity shows life to be something that makes  in the five Day re treat include 40 chaplains 72 Lay men and 88 dependents from throughout Europe and from Asfar away As Turkey and Libya. They Are methodists and evangelical United Brethren connected with the . Armed forces. Weather . Temperatures h l 61 26 72 48 53 39 69 40 73 52 74 41 76 40 69 40 74 62 68 34 81 66 85 61 76 53 78 61 81 69 Albany Atlanta Boston Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Dei Molnes Detroit Elpaso Houston Indianapolis Kansan City los Angeles h l 79 66 .80 74 73 44 82 50 63 48 66 40 88 53 71 46 55 37 60 42 79 48 61 48 69 58 68 45 67 38 Memphis Miami Beach mils St. Paul new Orleans new York Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland a. Portland Ore. St. Loula Salt Lake s. Francisco Seattle Washington i