European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes a toy wins distinguished service medal if i in Iff a Stewart ends 27"year career with by Bob Thomas Hollywood a Jimmy Stewart recently ended a 27-year career with a rare distinction the air Force s distinguished service medal. It was Only the second Tim that the Honor had been be stowed on a Reserve citation said that the singularly distinctive accomplish ments of Gen. Stewart culminate a Long and distinguished career in the service of his country and reflect the highest credit upon himself and the . Air retired from the service at 60, Stewart re turned from the Washington ceremonies and indulged income rare reflection on his years with the air Force. Actually it was the army air corps when he was drafted Nomarch 22, 194l Stewart took his training at Moffett Field calif.,was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1942, went to eng land in 1943, flew 20 combat missions Over Germany and left Active duty As a colonel in 1945. He has never talked much about his wartime years and he said that he does t think much about them. But i m reminded of the War every now and then when i run into men who were in my out fit he said. Like maj. Gen. Jimmy Stewart Andrew Lowe who was at my retirement in Washington. I was operations officer and he Washy assistant. Now he s in the plans explained Why he chose to remain in the air Force Reserve i got a lot out of my experience in the service during the War i think that experience helped make me a bet Ter civilian. I was greatly impressed with the Caliper of Meni met and worked with and i wanted to continue that for the next 23 years the actor spent two or three weeks a year on Active duty including two visits to Vietnam. His most memorable experience he said was working with Gen. Curtis e. Lemay during the formative period of the strategic air com Mand. In addition to his Active duty Stewart made numerous appearances for the air Force in person and on film and Televik conceded that some highly vocal segments of today s society Are ant military but he said that such expressions Are com Mon in peacetime. Inquiry Board on scorpion hears oceanographers in secret session Norfolk a. Up a Boardo inquiry in the disappearance of the scorpion went into close session tuesday to hear Testi Mony from oceanographers adding to speculation the nuclear sub might have collide with an undersea Mountain in the vessel and her 99-Man Crew were last heard from may21, about 360 Miles South of the azores along the mid atlant Cridge a line of peaks that reach close to the Ocean has been officially declared lost by the Navy but eight ships Are continuing to search for some clue to her Fate. After hearing testimony froma former executive officer of the scorpion who said the Crew was excellent and the vessel itself had no defects the boar went into closed session to question two officers from the naval oceanographic office in Board was told last week that search vessels in the azores area reported that their soundings disclosed that Man of the sea mountains were not where they were marked on their charts. One prominent Peak cruisers amount could not be located at All the Board was testimony revealed that the scorpion was 27 Miles off course when it last radioed its position on May 21. But the Navy did not consider this amiss since it had earlier authorized the submarine to deviate from its prescribe course in a secret undersea voyage from the Mediterranean to Norfolk. The former executive officer it. Cmdr. R. R. Fountain who was second in command of the scorpion for 26 months and served aboard her for fou years testified that the skipper cmdr. Francis a. Slattery was highly competent and the Crew As a whole was he said he knew of no defect human or mechanical that could have led to the disappearance. The presiding officer vice Adua. Bernard l. Austin recalled testimony that the scor Pion was restricted to shallow Depths because she lacked cer Tain features including an Emer gency system for bringing he quickly to the surface. Did these facts cause you Mohave any qualms about the safety of operation of scorpion Austin asked. None whatever Fountain re plied. Fine Art actress Helen Hayes is presented an honorary doctor of Fine arts degree by brother Gregory Nugent president of Manhattan College in new York. She was cited for giving the deepest authentic pleasure to theatregoers. A photo when i was a kid military people were tucked away on a base somewhere they never took part in any of the civic functions he remarked. If a boy ran off and joined the army he was considered to be a failure. Now the military is very much a part of our society and i think that s a Good thing. Find the Caliper of military personnel is very High. You Fin among them a Tough minded Ness and spirit to do the Job correctly. The service academies i has & figs yes 1 know a lot of i say the military s a pose is to make w ar4don t believe that. I be the military almost a reve for. Humanity. When of with the kind of person i countered in the service Otis makes i felony charge filed on Brown Hollywood a a Fel ony complaint charging Battery of a peace officer was issued tuesday against Jimmy Brown actor and former pro football Star arrested after a fashion Model was found injured in a Patio below his second floor apartment. Another charge assault with intent to commit murder involving injuries sustained by Eva Maria Bohn Chin 22, is being held in abeyance because there was not sufficient Evi Dence to convict said Deputy dist. Atty. Phillips Mueller. The sheriff s office said it instill seeking to determine How miss Bohn Chin was Hurt sunday night and if additional evidence is uncovered the second charge May be filed when Brown appears on the Battery charge thursday before municipal court judge Andrew Weisz i nearby Beverly Hills. He is free on Bond. Dislocated shoulder the girl suffered a dislocated shoulder and bruises on the head Cheeks and Mouth. Shews transferred tuesday from county us medical Center to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital where her condition was termed satisfactory. Deputies would not discus their investigation of what happened except to say they found blood in Brown s apartment. The Model s International background was provided by Pat Shay director of the Caro line Leonetti Agency where Heyoung woman registered some time ago. Miss Shay said the Ger Man born Model was Well known in London Paris an elsewhere and had been in the United states four or five months. The Battery charge against Brown stems from an attack upon Deputy John Texeira on of two officers who went to Brown s apartment after com plaints of a fight there. Brown spent nine years in National football league heft retiring in 1966 to become screen actor. He has been tured in half a dozen films. Law forbids Job Bias based on age Washington up Asol wednesday jobs begin at 40. A new Federal Law went i effect at Midnight tuesday which prohibits denying men and Wom Len in the 40-to-65 age group Al Chance to work solely because Oil their age. I in recent years civil right legislation has struck Down Job barriers based on race Creed color sex and National origin. Now with a few exceptions it is similarly illegal for an employer employment Agency or labor Union to turn Down a Job applicant automatically on grounds he is too old. I the problem of unemployment among older workers has become critical in the past few years according to the labor depart ment which will administer tin the Over-45 age group com Prises 27 per cent of All the i unemployed and 40 per cent of the Long term unemployed a spokes i Man said. Basically the new Law makes it illegal for an employer to
