European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes a a to cry Morch 20 ass mss a Sti Call for some reserves believed Likely by Darrell Garwoo Washington up the moderate troop buildup in Vietnam expected to be ordered soon by president Johnson has raised the Strong possibility that some Reserve forces will be called to Active duty. The anticipated troop buildup also could mean that some air National guard units will Besent to Vietnam or Thailand according to highly informed sources. Although the increase i manpower is now virtually certain it does not appear a least at present that Johnson will Call for a general mobilization of Reserve forces. The president is reliably re ported ready to order a mod Erate increase in the number of american troops in Vietnam but sources quoted him As de scribing some reports of a pos sible 200,000-Man increase As Dove scare the sources said the increase would be higher than the presently authorized 525,000man level which will be reached within a month. But other sources said Johnson May be thinking in terms of a increase of Only about 10,000 men. Speculation immediately pointed towards the 82nd airborne stationed at , n.c., which still has about that number of me available. About 4,500 airborne personnel were airlifted to Vietnam after the Start of the communists lunar new Yea offensive on Jan. 29. The reason the two remaining82nd brigades at it. Bragg seem most Likely to be sent Isth Gen. William c. Westmore land commander of american troops in Vietnam is known to want seasoned combat troop from major units. He is reported to have specifically mentioned the 82nd. But it is argued in som military quarters that sending the rest of the 82nd to Vietnam would leave the United states without a major paratrooper unit for use in possible emergencies at Home. The paratroopers were used Las summer to help quell the Detroit 101st airborne division the nation s Only other Para trooper outfit is already in Vietnam. Formation of a new airborne division would take several possible sources of manpower for any Vietnam buildup include the 1st and 2nd armoured divisions at it. Hood Tex. The 5th mechanized division at it. Carson 6th armoured brigade at it. Meade my. Or a brigade Fromet. Ord Calif. Whatever the president de refreshers for private fliers urged cide it appears Likely tha units of Vietnam duty. E it has Bee considered that the strategic Reserve of troops in the unite states should not be less than five divisions of about 15,000men each. The army already la Down to three and two third divisions a total of about 55 000 men to the United states to bring the Active duty forces at Home up to desire Levels it would be necessary to activate some reservists or to reduce the . Military Man. Power commitment in Europe. By Harry f. Washington a there Are 400,000 private pilots in this country and none of them hashed to prove his flying skill since the Day he got a License no matter How Long ago that was. Now the government is pro posing to require nonprofessional pilots to take periodic re fresher courses and proficiency tests and the proposal is Rais ing their tempers sky High. The 23.000 airline pilots an those of the 130,000 commercial pilots who Fly for hire already must pass regular proficiency tests. But there is no such Rule for student and private they with far less Opportunity to keep skills Sharp out number the professionals 3 to 1. In 1966, the last year for which there Are statistics there were 5,712 aircraft accidents involving 1,151 fatalities. Accord ing to the National transportation safety Board pleasure flying accounted for 2,469 of the accidents and 712 of the fatalities. There is no conclusive proofs to the percentage of general aviation accidents that might have Boon prevented by periodic instruction refresher training or proficiency checking said the Federal aviation administration in proposing the new Rule. However a review of the Accident records show that Many accidents can be ascribe to deterioration of Basic air Manship and skills and to pilots failure to keep abreast of new developments and operational the Faa proposes to required specific number of hours of instruction arid proficiency test ing within i fixed period. An Advance look at the communications shows that when con. William f. Mckee Thefan administrator reviews the comments after the april 1deadline, he will find most Pri vate pilots vehemently oppose to any new restrictions. Do doctors lawyers electricians or any of the professional people you who have the Rosenthal lives of people in their handshake to take examinations asked Jim Greenough Lake Crystal Minn. The proposal also has a few defenders among private pilots i did t think you people had the nerve to stand up to the general aviation lobbyists like this. I would like to see this Rule change wrote j. of Stanwood Wash. It certainly would make me feel better to know that i was qualified in the Eye of an instructor on a continuing basis rather than just once in a life time said Don c. Oden of Tulsa. Okla. I received a private License in 1945, did not Fly after that until 1965 and then to share the air with other pilots i needed Only to get a new phys ical examination take a couple of hours of refresher training Ina Little Trainer and i was Quali fied to go about my merry Way into the busiest airports in the United states. In my opinion this is absolutely Pilot certificates had to be renewed yearly until the Man Power crimp of world War i washed out the Rule. Bogus Diamond graduate student Patrick pay ton 26, adjusts a vacuum chamber at the Urcla space science Center where he is trying to grow a Diamond the size of a Grapefruit As part of his work for a doctor s i Roe la chemistry. He has taken a one Carat Cut Dia mond and placed it in the vacuum where he sprays layers of Carbon onto its surface. A extensive stocks Ivow Worth More Russia Winner in Gold decision Moscow Apas a major producer of Gold the soviet Union is a big Winner from the Western shift to a two Price sys tem that makes new soviet Goldworth More. The russians have Long Bee hoping for a Price Rise so that their expanding Gold production would be Worth More. The weekend change frees Newgold coming onto Western markets from the old $35-an-Ounceprice, with the Price now Likely to be Between $40 and $45,this Means that any future sales from soviet Gold production could bring More Industrial Eli rement wheat or other item that the soviet Union has bought with Gold in the officials asserted last year that their country will Pas South Africa As the world s largest Gold producer within 20years. Western estimates now put Russia second to South Africa with perhaps 40 per cent As much output. Traditional Gold areas of Siberia like Boda Ybo Aldan and the Magadan Region Are being worked More intensively with expensive equipment and the so Viet press reports new Gold discoveries almost report monday from Tass news Agency said Gold bearing ores with quite considerable reserves of Gold had also Bee found in the Ukraine. A new City Zarafshan has recently gone up in the desert of soviet Central Asia to mine Gold. Another new town geology is being built in the Tien Shan mountains near Tashkent to mine Gold above the snowline. In the Volcano studded Pacific Ocean Peninsula of Kamchatka More than 100 Gold deposits have been found in the last four years. What this All Means is obscure because of the russian secrecy about to l ji4, the inst Western Guc Sims put soviet Gold production it a t n Juo Mihi on and $700 million a year at the $35price. Then the . Central intelligence Agency said it was Only $150 million to $175 million. This was however angrily de of the soviet Union. A number of relative Western observers to cent the lower . They offer the Aitra to a How bounced in Russia As a cold War that production has m w i a to attempt to discredit the Economy some $250 million or european edition col. James w. Campbell Usa it. Col. F. S. Michael jr., Usan Mert Proctor Elmer d. Frank Henry 8. Epstein. To to edit or m hubs an unofficial new Pap of of and for the . Armed Fortt. Up i commander in chief . European command and printed daiy l Germany. Military add Rete the tar and stripes Apo 09175. Law Atho Stam and 8trlp, Pott Fach 1014, 81 Darmstadt Germany. Tel grf a nerf prefix 06165 s071 m Dar Nuutt Alt trip prefix 2376 741. Attic & York office 641 Washington st., new York 10014, Tel Larea cod 2 second data Pottage paid at new York . The appearance of j i
