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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday april 5, kills second Melva Inara project Senate Washington up the Senate armed serviced commit tee wednesday approved a $22-billion defense authorization Bill after rejecting the second Mcnamara project in six  committee deleted $28 million that was to pay Tor Start on air Force modification of the f106 Jet fighter which former defense Secretary Robert s. Mcnamara had planned to Bethe nation s main air plane for Continental air  last thursday the committee or wed an end to development m the War i version of the controversial tfx fighter bomber the f1ub, another project promoted by Mcnamara who left the defense department March 1 to become president of the world ? under the committee also api Force Levels for the selected reserves of the army Navy air Force and  would be the army 2 plane Crew bodies found in thai Gulf from a and up dispatches Saigon searchers have recovered the bodies of two of the 12 crewmen who were aboard a . Navy patrol plane which was shot Down off South Vietnam. A massive search continue for the other 10 men aboard the p3 i Orion which fell into the Gulf of Thailand. The plane was loaded with electronic  reports said the plane carried 10 men. They also said the patrol Craft was shot Down by a cambodian naval vessel.. Sources were unable to con firm that the plane was downed by a cambodian boat. There were conflicting reports on whether the fire came from a ship or from the  Washington meanwhile rep. L. Mendel Rivers called for retaliation for the Downing of the , chairman of the House armed services committee said wednesday he had information that a cambodian it boat had shot Down the aircraft monday. We should Send ships int cambodian Waters and sink every cambodian naval vessel and let the chips fall where they May Rivers said. We ought to order the Navy in there and Clear up this  Rivers declined to say where he received his information on the Fate of the plane and i screw of 12. Abm. Continued from Pugo 1 and special penetration  Challenge therefore is to develop a system which would destroy hostile missiles As soon As possible after launch that is before their warheads separated from the boosters Mcconnell said. He said a greater Advance would be a capability of fending off enemy icbms without using antimissile. For instance scientists have talked about an electronic Fence which might use an advanced form of laser or similar beam to destroy any object that would penetrate this invisible radar Fence and that would have been established As hostile by our detection systems he explained. London air Spanish Singer Massiel Dawdle among the daffodils in a London Park before heading to a rehearsal for saturday s song con test sponsored by the european television net work eur vision. She will represent her country with a ditty called la la  a 2 More gis quit Sweden in custody Heidelberg special two soldiers voluntarily returned from Sweden to their 3rd inf div unit at Kitzinger wednesday night after an absence of More than a month Usa eur he re ported thursday. The soldiers Are pfc. James  jr., 22, of Tuscaloosa ala., and pvt. Donald d. Lloyd also 22, of Fawn Grove a. Both had been absent since March 1. They were taken into custody at Frankfurt International air port and returned to their unit where they Are under restriction Usa eur said. 900 opponents of Mao executed soviets say Tokyo a Moscow radio reported wednesday about 900 opponents of communist chinese party chairman Mao tse Tung were executed recently in the Southern chinese City of Canton. It said there have been reports of clashes Between the military and guerrillas in the Canton area. Trigger9 decision soon Washington a presi Dent Johnson will soon have to decide what to do about a 2v&-mile-Deop Hole just North of Denver which some people say has caused earthquakes. Four scientists have predicted a 10 to 20 per cent Chance of a major earthquake in the area this year. The army drilled the Hole six years ago to serve As a dump for waste from its Rocky Moun Tain Arsenal which manufactures nerve Gas and other chemical warfare weapons. The waste in liquid form was injected into the Hole at High  the Hole was dug the area was free of measurable earthquakes but since then there have been 1,500  the army stopped dumping waste into the Hole i february 1968 the three worst quakes occurred last  dilemma facing Johnson is should he order the 160 Mil lion Gallons of waste in the Hole to be pumped out or should he Kosperko s Bill was $28,845.83 Stanford Calif. Up the Hospital Bill of Mike Kasperak America s first adult heart trans Plant patient totalled $28,845.83. It was revealed for the first Tim wednesday. This amounted to about $1,600a Day for his 2hrweek stay at a Hospital Here. The retire Cleveland Steelworker died 14 clays after receiving a smaller heart from a housewife on Jan. 6. A hospitalization insurance plan taken through the United steelworkers of America while Kasperak worked for a steel firm in Ohio paid $21,580 of the Bill. Mrs. Kasperak was liable forthe balance consisting mainly of the Cost of 288 pints of blood used for transfusions. Kasprak s coworkers at a electronics firm plan to make up this balance by donating 288 pints of blood to the Hospital. Kasperak 54, was in the in Tensive care Ward of the Hospital most of Tho time and require constant supervision of nurses. Or. Norman e. Shumway Andall other members of the medical team who performed the trans Plant donated their services. They Are All members of the Stanford University faculty. Order it to be left there. Scientists Are divided. H. K. Van pollen a consult ing Engineer brought in by the army has warned that pumping out the waste might trigger More and bigger quakes. Or. Donald Hornig the present s chief scientific adviser is drafting the report of an investigating team. One of the scientists in  s team of earthquake experts admits they Are  eleven geophysicists reported after a year of study that while there was a Strong Corre lation Between the earthquake Sand the disposal of waste there was no cause and effect relationship. Overseas tax filers May Wai until june 15by the stars and stripes wondering How you re going to get that 1967 laconic tax return Lut de hands of Uncle Sam by april 15? Well american taxpayer stationed abroad i Galiy can lag 60 Days behind form w2fliers in the United states Wuo must meet the april 15 dead line for reporting last year s  internal Revenue code provides a 60-Duy Grace period for taxpayers overseas who May wait until june 15 to  Law stipulates however thai those taking advantage of this Grace period must include with their return interest at the rate of one Hulf per cent a month on tax due for 1967. ,., , is Mot Marine a Reserve 47,204 air National guard 77,871 air Force Reserve. 45,526 and coastguard Reserve 17,700. In withholding funds for Flo modification the committee vetoed Mcnamara s plans to convert the 10-year-old f106 into the f106x by giving it a new electronics system and the ability to fire air to air missile. Thus the committee action left open the question of what aircraft will be adopted As Continental defense interceptor and raised the possibility that the air Force might get Thi plane it wanted in the firs place the 2,000-mile-pcr-hour yf12.Mcnamara ruled out the yf12 in favor of converting the1,400-mile-an-hour f108s for Economy reasons a decision Theair Force opposed. President Johnson announce development of the yf12 four years ago disclosing it had been developed in secrecy. Three prototypes were built and according to the air Force successfully tested at Edwards air Force base Calif. The committee also added $139 million to buy eight ae6b electronic counter measures planes in the fiscal year beginning july 1. Stipulated that $52 million Worth of Long Lead time components for nuclear powered escort ships be suitable for either the current design or the projected design. Congressional leaders have pushed for nuclear escorts but Pentagon plans were to wait with one of two vessels for the still on paper de  a 3 per cent across the Board Cut in research an development authorizations. Added $33.9 million to Speed development of fast nuclear "killer1 submarines As urged by adm. Hyman g. Rickover. Of the total 113.5 million would buy Long Lead time items for one of the Antisubmarine Subito be purchased next year. Some 14 million would be earmarked for research on that vessel and another $18.4 million would Speed development on a new nuclear submarine Type for later years. Belgian f104 crashes Brussels up an f104 Star fighter of the belgian air Force crashed thursday after taking off on a Low flying recon Naissance Mission from its base of Teine Brogel in Northeast Belgium the defense ministry announced. The Pilot was killed. Weather h u 70 30 66 404 42 51 4ft 37 74 67 30 n64 31 m 44 60 3769 46 61 60 it 47 6 6131 23 79 4 t 43 3 89m 47 m 8ft78 ft6 60 49 81 6673 66 69 4ft 70 61 . Temperatures Albany Albuquerque Amarillo Atlanta Atlantic City Birmingham Lamarck vol Manaton Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbu Denver Dee Molum Detroit Duluth Al Pat Fargo fort Worth India Naolta Jacksonville Kamai City lat via Toi pity Ella h m 60 to Ulivella til 60 Memphis 7 71 Miami 60 44 Milwaukee 47 41 melt is f us 78 69 new  61 81 North plate n u Oklahoma Oil n 4f Omaha 66 40 Philadelphia 7ft 49 Phoenix 66 43 Pittsburgh 60 34 Portland me. 69 44 Portland of 21 17 rapid City 69 30 Reno 67 60 m. A full 46 s3 Talt Lake Cit is 6ft or. 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