European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Thursday april 25, 1968 designed illegal nuclear blasts Page 7 Washington a Spe Cial . Military satellites Are deemed capable of detecting sneak nuclear tests As far away As 200 million Miles More than twice the distance to the Sun an atomic Energy commission scientist said tuesday. Or. R. F. Taschek of dec Slos Alamos n.m., scientific Jab oratory reported this in giving some new details of the junctions and Tough technical assignments of the four pairs of Vela satellites launched by the United states since 1903. The spacecraft deployed in ites have 200-million-mile vision separated positions in an orbit about 70,000 Miles above the Earth Are designed to detect any nuclear test blasts that might be touched off in space i violation of the limited test ban treaty. The treaty outlaws Al nuclear weapons tests except those underground. The dec has said a fifth pair of Vela satellites is ticketed for launching sometime this year. And this newest pair like two launched in 1987, will have Spe Cial capabilities for keeping tests that might be con abducted in the atmosphere Well As in far Distant space. Taschek indicating that the Oviet Union May also have similar satellites aloft gave these details on the american Craft in a report to the Spring meeting of the american physical society 1. The satellites each contain ing about 20,000 electronic components must be capable of detecting Distant space tests solely by the radiations a weapons blast emits x rays Neu trons and Gamma  is because in the vacuum of space there is no blaster acoustic wave As there is in the atmosphere. Also there Isno radioactive fallout at least in the usual sense because radioactive debris from a space blast would move still farther away from the Point of Detona Tion and go into an orbit of it sown.2. The satellites  a least theoretically capable of detecting artificially produced radiations in space Over and above natural background radiation from the Sun cosmic rays and the trapped parti five for the show winners of 1968lony award medallions smile it up after the new York ceremony. From left Are Patricia Routledge tie for Best musical actress Robert Goulet Best musical actor Leslie Uggams tie for Best Musi Cal actress Martin Balsam Best dra Matic actor and Zoe Caldwell Best dra Matic actress. Up photo biggest . Merger United methodist Church formed t a the United methodist Church the result of the biggest merger in american protestant history was established tuesday.  a throng of claimed3-01 hands a apr fl9td. Of the Church we Are muted m thee in thy Church Church " Lac United methodist it includes the former 10.3-m lion member methodist Church and the 746,099-member , United Brethren Uch m a new denomination 5jjnore than 11 million con firmed members in this coun try. A fanfare of trumpets opened the two hours of prayer hymns and  stand Here on a thresh old the Rev. Or. Albert , a noted theologian told the Assembly which packed dal Las memorial auditorium. A new horizon looms  us. Be a Church United in order to be uniting Achurch repentant in order to be a Church redemptive a Church cruciform in order to Manifest god s triumphant agony  the key words of unification first were spoken by two Bish Ops of the merging churches . B. Bishop Reuben h. Mueller of Indianapolis and methodist Bishop Lloyd c. Wicke of new  clasped hands Over a table bearing Basic documents of the Church hymn books worship manuals and the Bible and in toned together ". We Are United. Many nations flags rimmed the floodlit platform surmounted by a tall  succession starting with a Small negro girl and White boy representatives of various Levels White March urged to Aid negroes a new to Refl Young jr., or of the up Whitney executive direct National Urban cd lauded proposed tuesday that fl8ures Lead a ma8 March on washing -symbo1 of the Wlliet concern Over injustice to negroes. Such prepared fore conventi a of then he said such a dramatic demonstration jus might save the nation and could spark congressional action on " a Domestic Marshall plan to help the poor and rebuild devastated Urban areas. He said he believed a major part of the Burden of leading the country out of the swam of bitterness and despair belonged to the  s address followed the annual report of Ana pres ident j. Howard Wood publisher of the Chicago Tribune who proposed that the Ana set Upland finance a journalism scholarship program for Ameri can negroes which will enable them to take their place in this most important of All Fields of  urged All the 1,000-plus newspaper membership to joining. We need your Complete moral and financial  of Church life two youths two adults two Church officials six clergymen moved Forward to join hands and speak the words of Union. Then in swelling volume the whole assemblage linked hands pledging their Solidarity. The also recited their covenant in prayer we Are no longer our own but thine. Put us to what thou Wilt rank us with whom thou Wilt. And the covenant which we have made on Earth let it beatified in  further mergers both merging churches have been involved in talks among 10 major denominations seeking United Church of More than 25 million members. The churches. Involved in the current merger share doctrinal and organizational traditions their roots going Back to the late 1700s.methodism sprang from a revivalist movement in the Church of England while the evangelical United Brethren group traces its origins to a similar movement in european protestantism with both move ments spreading to Colonia America. Cles in the Van Allen radiation belts. 3. While the primary Mission of the satellites is to provide Quick Alert on any Clandestine tests the spacecraft have been providing important Side Bene fits to science. For example said Taschek these spacecraft have provided the Best detail yet on the solar wind the wind like collection of particles from the Sun that extends at least As far As the Earth and is believed to play a role i influencing the Earth s weather. Spock trial ordered to Start May 20 Boston a . District judge Francis j. W. Ford tues Day set May 20 As the starting Date for the trial of paediatrician or. Benjamin Spock and four defendants charged with conspiracy to counsel Young men to evade the draft. In ordering the Case to trial . District court judge Ford denied All motions of the defend ants to dismiss the charges against them and All motion for a Bill of particulars. Others indicted indicted Jan. 5 with the 64 y e a r o 1 d paediatrician author were William Sloane coffin jr., 43, Yale University chaplain Mitchell Goodman 44, of new York City and Temple Maine Michael Ferber 23, of Boston a Harvard graduate school Stu Dent and Marcus Raskin 33, of Washington co director of the Institute for policy studies. Judge Ford denied All motion by Raskin s attorneys to have his trial separated from that of the others and to have it transferred to Washington  motions by coffin s attorneys for a separate trial also were denied. The judge did agree however to defense requests to be sup plied with material that the government has and plans to use in evidence. To View films he said that no later than 10days before the trial the de sense will be supplied with cop ies of recordings motion Pic Tures and television films of the defendants actions related to the charges in the  also said the defense will be entitled to inspect All books papers documents and tangible objects material to the  Ford acted after considering arguments presented Ata two Day pretrial hearing last week. At the hearing he denied de sense attempts to include the legality of the Vietnam War As a Issue in the trial. He agreed with the government Contention that the War is a matter of for eign policy for decision by the executive Branch and Congress and not subject to judicial  package plan for garbage Chicago a City officials have announced plans for a Pilot program to produce up to 500 tons of packaged Gar Bage daily this summer. The garbage which will be com pressed into compact 500-Poundbales, is expected to be coated with plastic Concrete or Asphalt for possible use As Landfill or Luke Fiu