European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 6 b the stars and stripes gaiety is draining out of american life by Dick West Washington up it is difficult to conduct a column in a Light vein at a time when gaiety is draining out of Ameri can life. I am not referring Only to Peri ods of intensive sadness such As occasioned by the death of Rob Ert Kennedy. The sour mood that is enveloping this country began developing Long before Long has it been since you heard anyone described As Happy go Lucky i have known peo ple who were Happy go Lucky even when they were unlucky enough to justify unhappiness. Today hardly anyone has a sunny disposition. The United states has attained a level of Prosperity never be fore achieved by Man. And nearly everyone is miserable about figures deplore violence with utterances that have under tones of violence themselves. Stop being violent or i la kill you seems to be the remedy most often proposed. Humor still exists of course but it is largely of a sardonic nature the so called Blac humor popularized by off Broadway shows arty movie Sand numerous books. The jokes Are bitter and carry social message. Wise men have ceased to relish the Little nonsense now and then that makes knowledge was an exception to the trend being one of the few men in Public life capable of engendering a Blithe is not to say he did t feel deeply about the issues that concerned him. But like his late brother John he managed Mohave a Little fun along the Way. And some of it rubbed off on others. The loss of this lilting element makes his death All the More m not certain the College Stu dents who flocked around his Banner fully understood or appreciated that Quality. Youn people these Days suffer from be ment As the human tradition of not Takin too seriously. This is Michigan research Mace reported Safe As anti riot weapon Ann Arbor Mich. A although there Hazard in its is potential misuse the degree of courage Kathleen Titus 22,has been graduated from Beaver College in Glenside a Philadelphia suburb. The Swarth More pa., girl shown Here with her guide clog Kitty has been sightless since a near fatal car Accident in 1966. Up photo one emergency system faulty defect in scorpion revealed Norfolk a. Up Anavy Captain testified saturday that the lost submarine scor Pion was considered Safe although its system for Emer gency surfacing did not work. Capt. J. E. Clarke Comman Der of submarine Squadron 6, said the Lack of a system for emergency emptying of the nuclear Craft s ballast tank was not a serious Hazard. However any submarine Isa safer ship if it has an operable blow system the Captain told a seven Man Navy court of inquiry looking into the loss of the $40 million sub and its Crew of 99. Clarke testified As belief Gre among Navy authorities that the scorpion met disaster when it ran into an underwater Mountain in the Atlantic court of inquiry has heard statements thus far which discount the possibilities that the atomic Craft May have encountered difficulty because of Crew inexperience or Mecha Nical problems. The scorpion was last hear from May 21 when it reported it was South of the azores on a underwater crossing of the Atlantic after Maneu vers in the Mediterranean. Columbia suspends g6 new York up Colum Bia University has suspended g6students for a year for their part in the seizure of Hamilton Hal during a Campus insurrection two weeks ago. Under University regulations the students May re apply for admission in septem Ber 1969. Despite his testimony that the scorpion was unable to use its emergency system for lighten ing the submarine for an emergency ascent Clarke said he knew of nothing in the vessel s condition that would make it unsafe. Clarke said that because its main ballast tank blow system was inoperative the scorpion had been restricted As to How deep it could dive. He did not go into details of the restriction during Public sessions of the court of inquiry. Clarke testified that a restriction against use of the blow system was the reason the scorpion did not meet require ments of the Navy s so called sub Safe program of changes initiated after loss of the submarine Thresher in 1963. The Navy has not revealed Why the emergency system was unusable and All detailed discussion of the problem has been limited to closed sessions of the Navy court presided Over by vice Calm. Bernard . Clarke s testimony followed that of chief warrant officer Bernard w. Wild who super Vised repair work done on the scorpion by the submarine tender Orion prior to the submarine s departure for the Mediterranean in february. Wild who was aboard the scorpion on sea trials also testified that he knew of no structural or mechanical defect to explain its loss. If there were any doubt indy mind about the condition of that ship or any other i would t go out on her wild told the court. Earlier saturday it. m. Hopper in charge of assigning enlisted personnel to Atlantic Fleet submarine said the scorpion was Well manned by highly qualified personnel. Chemical Mace can be used wit safety As a riot control weapon a University of Michigan re search team has temporarily i Capaci tates the team reported but added it contained no toxic ingredient other than tear Gas and that the risk with Mace was negligible when compared wit conventional weapons. The report by the University was awaited by Many police departments throughout the United states which had temporarily suspended use of Mace after complaints by some civil right groups that the chemical endangered the physical Well being of those subjected to the Spray. Or. Maurice h. Seevers chairman of the University of Michigan medical school s pharmacology department said Mace does not contain potentially troublesome dim Ethyl sul oxide do Sand does not attack a person s nervous system leaving him stunned. Contains tear Gas Mace contains Alpha Choto Aceto Henone tear Gas As its Active component but its method of delivery As an aerosol Type Spray does not pose the dangers inherent in traditional tear Gas delivery involving explosives and other propellant materials the team s report . Seevers said the formula for Mace was disclosed to Himon a confidential basis but added the manufacturer is with holding Public disclosure of the formula while awaiting Patent issuance. This is unfortunate he added since it has engendered Arash of rumours concerning pos sible other toxic ingredients i addition to tear should be limited Seevers said use of Mac should be limited to the mini mum required to effect incapacity that the recipient should be Alert and in Possession of nor Mal protective reflexes such As blinking Eye closure breath holding and turning away from the Spray also should be directed at a recipient from a Dis Tance that permits his reflexes to be brought into play Seever said. Or. Seevers said that severe Long term and possibly Perma nent ocular Eye d a m a g e May occur if the Cornea of the Eye is exposed directly to chemical Mace in liquid then he added that such exposure resulting from discharge of the cannister would in our opinion constitute misuse of the weapon and he said the manufacturer should prepare a Bro Chure describing proper meth ods of use and the potential Haz Ards of damage could occur the re port continued if the Spray were discharged directly into the Eye or face at very Clos Range if there is prolonged Dis charge into the face of an Al ready incapacitated person or if Large quantities Are Dis charged in a confined space such As a Small room or close automobile. Town wins keeps old Post office Jamestown Colo. A the has big Federal yielded to government tiny Colo Rado Mountain town and can celeb a contract for a new$14,000 Post office that residents claimed would be a waste of taxpayer s Money. A citizens group said the town 1960 population 109-is perfectly Happy with the present Post office in the Corner of the general store. They threatened to go to court to Block the pro petrel. Don Brotzman r-Colo., asked the postmaster general to investigate Why the town located North of Boulder was be Ting a Post office it didst want. David a. Bunn who is 1gional director for the Post of fice department said he 1"convinced that it is Oil i aking another look at 1 he sit Ion and cancelled the con tract. To g o
