European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday March 17 reaction plants9 operate on in. Current by Dick West Washington up a event of some importance Tran Spires in some Remote Corner of the world. Say for example re Mote Corner . The next time you pick up your newspaper or turn on your Tele vision you Are immediately con fronted with the Washington re action to that event. Quite often the Washington re action outweighs the event it self. And sometimes even pre cedes the event. It is not at Al uncommon to find Washington reaction to something that has t happened yet. Everyone is familiar with the Miracle of modern communications that permits instant trans Mission of news from Remot Corners. But did you Ever wonder How instant reaction is produced i did and after making a few inquiries i Learned that a goodly percentage of it is produced by the Washington reaction co., which operates a modern one Story stainless steel reaction factory near the Capitol. On the morning after the new Hampshire primary when the place was really humming i stopped by and made a tour of the Plant. My guide was Sam a backlash vice president in charge of Public relations. He directed me to a Large room lined with boxes bearing such labels As favourable unfavourable quibbles and sour  in the Center was a huge bowl and what appeared to be a giant blending machine. This is our mixing room a backlash said. This is where we turn out the mixed reaction which is so popular in  have you had any trouble meeting the demand for new Hampshire primary reaction i asked. We had to put on a couple of overtime shifts a backlash said but we have been Able Tofill All the orders. It was a Tricky Job because of the great variety of reaction needed. The primary requires reaction that made everybody look like a Winner including som who weren t even  have you had any other major problems lately i asked. Romney gave us trouble be cause we were completely out of withdrawal reaction at we had t had any , i since Stassen withdrew Sta it f1lenge to Nixon at the ifs Hal  at b what other types o Are in demand right now ". A backlash led me into an joining room which had a i ing staircase. A my this is our advanced is caution machine he Sai manufactures reaction to a can troop buildups in a Sunn even before they Are announce it has Bee operating full Kamfor the past week or so " time so now you know. Senate unit May of funds to develop f111b cold line Paul Conti of Avon Lake Ohio has second thoughts about whether his Call is really necessary after discovering the condition of the emergency phone on a Cleveland freeway. Gusty winds and Snow were responsible. Associated press photo by Fred s. Hoffman Washington a Pentagon sources predict the Senate armed services committee will refuse to authorize Money to produce trouble plagued f111b warplanes for the Navy. Instead the sources said the anticipate the powerful commit tee will substitute funds to develop an alternative to the Navy s f111b, currently Over weight and  a move would not Grieve senior Navy admirals whose feelings on the f111b Range from misgivings to opposition. May Force Issue the sources familiar with the course of closed hearings said sen. John Stennis d-miss., another committee members appear to be trying to Force the is sue. The committee May act it was said even before Navy engineers report Early next month on four contractor proposals of new planes to replace the f111b Navy version of the Long controversial tfx. There Are indications these engineering studies will be vitally important in any Navy recommendation to top defense officials. What will happen when the Navy recommendation reach top civilian Levels in the defense department is an Ope question. Robert s. Mcnamara who As defense Secretary forced the fills on both the Navy and air Force no longer is running the defense department. His Suc Cessor Clark m. Clifford has not yet indicated publicly How he stands on the question of pushing ahead with the Navy Model. But Deputy Secretary of de sense Paul h. Nitze a former Navy Secretary and Strong sup Porter of the f111b, still is in of fice and Navy admirals fear he May put up a fight to pre serve the plane. It is reported that adm. Thomas h. Moorer chief of naval operations and vice adm. Thomas f. Connolly Navy air chief told the committee March 4 they would rather not express an opinion until they see the engineering studies. But it was said when Stennis told the admirals the committee wanted their opinions on the tfx now they expressed preference for another plane. The air Force s f111a, Al though escalating in Cost has gained general acceptance six fellas Are clue in Thailand within several Days before being sent on their first combat mis Sions. The revolutionary feature of the fill in All its variations is Wing that can be retracted close to the fuselage for speeds up to1,650 Miles per hour or extended full length for takeoffs and land Ings on Short fit ids and carriers. The Navy studies aim at pos Lsible development of lighter fuselages into which would be installed the Al lab s engines its special electronic gear and the Phoenix air to air missile especially designed for the i Navy tfx. The sources said they be-1lieved the armed services com Mittee will deny authorization for $350 million being sought by the Johnson administration Toj build 30 Al lbs toward an even Tual Navy Fleet of 270. Kentucky for open Las vegas nov. Up a powerful nuclear test designed to develop techniques for digging an Intel oceanic canal will he conducted at the Nevada Tost silo instead of in Southwest Ern Idaho As originally consid ered the a 1 o m i c Energy commission has  Nevada test site was selected in order to save Money. The dec said that project Schooner a 100 Kiloton device would he detonated at the Nevada test site in hard dry Rock. A 111 1 Kiloton device would live a Force five limes larger -.11 lie atomic lambs which re a  in world a. Vermin i  ii a i l i i i i. I 1 i1 u lie i 111 / 1 in. .1 d i m i to i he  air   Lin Ary i i a i u in i a the in tiie Ihram Budge. The. Dec said that John s. Kelp director of the division of peaceful nuclear explosives inthe . Atomic Energy com Mission s nuclear excavation program said in Early March that the Nevada test site had been selected for the Tost because of the significant reduction in costs. Permanent facilities Are already in place at the Southern Nevada test site. Schooner will provide Neces sary cratering experience at an intermediate yield and a basis for extrapolating to higher yields needed for practical Large scale nuclear excavation Kelly told the subcommittee on the Panama canal of the House committee on merchant Marin and fisheries. Schooner is part of the dec Solo share program designed to develop peaceful uses of atomic Energy. The test will have a Force comparable to a Jumil cent i Mig Pei Iii it in Nevada called Sedan i lieu a a Psi Iii a list vide Nevada test site up a nuclear device possibly a weapon with a yield of up to 20 Kilotons or about equal to the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in world War ii was detonated thursday in a 700-foot vertical Shaft Here. The Sedan test was conduct Din Loose soil at the Nevada test site. It was fired at a depth of j35 feet and produced a Cone shaped Crater 320 feet deep bv1,200 feet across. Frankfort by. Up the state House Friday passed an open housing Bill moving Kentucky closer to becoming the first Southern state to enact such legislation. The 53-to-17 vote came after Only 20 minutes of debate. Approved 27-to-3 by the state sen ate earlier in the week the Bill now goes to gov. Louis b. Nunn for his expected  Bill bans discrimination in the Sale or rental of housing by real estate agents or brokers but exempts private transactions under its provisions the state human rights commission has the Power to Issue a cease and desist order to any agent practice ing discrimination. Rep. Hughes Mcgill of Louis Ville one of the two negroes in the lower chamber made the motion for passage. The Bill is us Frost identical to open housing ordinances adopted previously by four Kentucky communities including l0111 Ville and Lexington the state s largest cities. Manhattan Kan. Up a 71-year-old widow vowed tear fully f r i d a y to Light for the Home she lost when it was sol for 5 in a delinquent tax Sale. Mrs. Elvera Nelson said that if site loses the hive Roum House that has been her Home i or \ years i suppose will  Lego on welfare but i la never Doit. If 1 have to leave Here 1 want to go where Rny  her husband Larlan a track labourer for the Union Pacific Railroad died about a year ago. Two months later mrs. Nelson became ill. She underwent two operations in april and spent most of the summer in the hos Pital. While she was hospitalized her House was sold to Richard Mitchell of Glasco the Only bid Der in Riley county s first tax Sale in 2f years. For some reason that mrs. Nel son does not know her husband failed to pay f?5.75 properly tax son their Home for 1947. Al l other taxes through 196 5 had been paid. Mrs. Nelson was unaware that tier House had been sold until recently when she called the Riley county registrar of deeds a longtime Friend to inquire Why she had received a personal tax notice but no real estate tax no Tice. A clerk checked and found the House had been sold. The Linley county comm1 admitted an error As guide dim look up mrs. Nelson s Liht. It has filed a  � county District url a i e lie Side. Commission look Zijic Jujj Ter to court after Altru la Faiko answer a letter outlining a mistake and asking him to a a quit claim deed which was e closed. The commissioner feed to refund his Money