European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Pixie Model Yoko Sunami 19, demonstrates in Tokyo what a21st-Century photographer will look like in a helmet with a two Way built in radio a Ray proof suit and an instant camera. A log 3 Mcgovern asks probe of general s Pentagon policy affecting the m16 Washington up Mcgovern d-s.d., has called for a detailed Examina Tion of Pentagon Small arms policies established by a Genera who later went to work for Colt industries inc. In a Senate speech monday Mcgovern said Congress ought to know More about which maj. policies Nelson helped establish before he quit As chief of the army weapons come in 1964 and went to work As executive consultant Tosolt. While emphasizing he was not charging Gen. Lynde with wrong doing Mcgovern said there was cause for a detailed Examina Tion of his position along with the other troublesome aspects of the army s Rifle procurement pro Gram that i have been Mcgovern said he was particularly concerned about the Penta gon s highly mysterious deem Phasis of a Radical new Auto Matic weapon that reportedly fires darts the size of a pin at the rate of 1,200 rounds per min Ute. The gun called the special students balk panel probing Columbia riots new York a a Blue ribbon panel headed by former . Solicitor general Archibald Cox opened hearings monday into the Why of the turmoil Stcolumbia University but rebel students refused to testify. Cox said the fact finders Plana Broad and far reaching in Quiry into the Columbia demonstrations. He also announced the appointment of John s. Mar tin jr., his former special assistant As counsel to the com Mission to hearings. Help shape the the hearing opened with the refusal of two student groups to testify. Spokesmen for a group called Black students from Hamilton Hall said the absence of representatives of the negro Community indicated the in impartiality of the commis Sion. The student strike coordinating committee claimed the panel has Little relation to the broader body of University faculty and no relation to the Stu new potential voters could hold balance of Power in a close race Washington a Cen sus Bureau figures indicate about 11.4 million americans will be old enough to vote for president for the first time in us year s election enough to now the balance of Power in a close race. The newest potential voters comprise nearly 10 per cent of the1 Sta me circulation office phone numbers Germany Berlin Civ 739368 As Sara i. Josh is Vij T two Athens Civ 885189 _ Civ 83001spain Civ l 7230 cx130u a subscribe now government homing Only the total civilian population of118.5 million the census Bureau says will be of voting age this coming november. Of these however about 8.5million will be ineligible to cast ballots because they Are aliens Are in mental or correctional institutions or fail to meet state registration requirements. The Bureau did t attempt to spell out How Many persons of voting age actually will be Eligi ble to vote in november. But it said 63 per cent of the total civilian resident population of voting age cast ballots in the last presidential number of persons of Vot ing age anticipated in novem Ber would be about 6 million More than november 1964 when president Johnson Defeated then sen. Barry Goldwater r-ariz., by landslide proportions. The 1960 presidential election Between the late president John f. Kennedy and then vice pres ident Richard m. Nixon was decided by a margin of about168,000 votes out of More than 68 million voters 24 years old or younger had the lowest votingpercentage51 per cent Yak f any age in the 1964 presidential elec Bureau did t extract the number of collegians among this year s crop of those old enough to cast presidential ballots for the first time. Generally a person must be21 to vote in any election but the minimum age is 19 in Alaska 18in Georgia and Kentucky and 20 in Hawaii. New York is expected to Havethe largest resident population of voting age in the novemberelection11.7 million followed by California with 11.6 million. Miscarriage suffered by Anna Moffo Rome a american Soprano Anna Moffo has suffered miscarriage her husband said monday. The Singer collapsed at the Deutsche oper Berlin sunday during a performance of Verdi s la Traviata. She arrived income where she lives by plane tuesday looking Pale and husband italian stage director Mario Lanfranchi said Ina statement to the italian news Agency Ansa that the West Ber Lin incident was due to a mis Carriage. He said miss Moffo had Bee three months pregnant and had Felt signs of trouble in her maternity for several weeks. Dents of the the student strikers said in statement that the panel s function was to divert attention from the issues and to Channel Energy into Safe the said the administration would rather obscure the issues than confront them the five Man panel was named May 5 by the executive committee of the Columbia faculty. The committee asked the panel to establish the chronology of events that led to the disturbances and to look into the underlying causes of the prob lems. Other member sin addition to Cox 55, now a member of the faculty of har Vard Law school the panel includes or. Dana l. Farnsworth,63, director of University health services at Harvard prof. An Thony Amsterdam of the univer sity of Pennsylvania la school Hylan g. Lewis 56, Brooklyn College sociology pro Fessor and Simon h. Rifkind 64, a former Federal judge Nowin private Law practice. Cox said he would take Testi Mony from All those involved administration officials and Stu dents including leaders of the students for a democratic society which started the protest. Cheyney College accepts president s resignation West Chester a. Up the Board of directors of Chey state College scene of two student demonstrations in recent months tuesday accepted wit deep regret the resignation of or. Leroy b. Allen As president. The 50-year-old Allen presi Dent of the predominantly negro school since aug. 16, 1965, announced his resignation last Fri Day in the interest of or. Wade r. Wilson a Long time Cheyney faculty member and school official was Namehas acting president of the College according to the announcement by Hobson r. Reynolds newly elected chairman of the school aboard of directors. Wilson served As president of the Pennsylvania state education association in 1967 during year s leave of absence and re turned to Cheyney in january of this year As director of develop ment Grants and awards. Some 300 students who marched on the administration building March 22 had Demande Dallen s resignation. The College was shut Dow again for three Days last week after some 200 students barricaded themselves in the administration building demanding an investigation by the state. Purpose individual weapon spin was originally to Nave replaced the m16 Rifle which Colt produces by .1966, Mcgovern told the Senate. But the Pentagon he said has not Given the inventor of the device the weapons system ordnance develop ment Center of try co., a Cen for its development in the last two years. Mcgovern noted that the de emphasis of the spin resulted in an expansion of business forholt which has been the sole producer of the m16 up to now. Mcgovern said Lynde had inquired about the legality of his employment with Colt before Betook the Job and was told there would be no conflict of interest. Crucial two years but the period of his term Ashead of the army weapons come was obviously a crucial two years with respect to How subsequent policies affected both thespis and the m16," Mcgovern said. In View of the subsequent practical de emphasis on the spin and the resulting expansion of business for Colt i think we ought to know More about the possibility of a relationship be tween the policies Gen. Lynd helped establish and the Posi Tion he later assumed in the employ of Colt Ned Leader faces charge Hannover Germany a Adolf von Thadden chairman of the rightist National democratic party Ned faced a police accusation tuesday that he operated his automobile while under the influence of alcohol during traffic incident in March. The lower Saxony state Justice ministry said that this was the sole charge now pending against on Thadden and that his state parliamentary immunity had been lifted to Clear the Way for formal a minor automobile Accident on March 3, police con tended that a blood alcohol test revealed that von Thadden had been driving under the influence of an intoxicating also said he was suspected of leaving the scene of an Acci Dent and of damaging a subway construction the Justice ministry Dis closed that these latter allegations had been dropped by police and that von Thadden now faced Only the Drunken driving charge. I la go if they aim me9 now 4f mount Vernon . Up Harold Krents 23-year-old Blind Harvard University Law student escaped the draft monday on the verge of undergoing his pre induction physical. Krents Blind since he was 9,was reclassified 1a in april by a local Board that claimed it had no proof he was Blind. On learn ing that he was scheduled for Are induction physical Krents commented we must be losing the ill go if somebody Aims me he quipped. I want to be a bom Board said it had since received information verifying rents claim to physical disability. It reclassified him 4f
