European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes soviet Jet fighter gains monday july 23 Washington a Senate testimony has disclosed serious concern about whether . Air Craft could match the soviet Union s Swift new jets in a Battleford control of the skies. Gen. John p. Mcconnell air Force chief of staff called it imperative that the United states move As fast As possible to develop a new the soviet Union now has a new Fox Bat Jet which maybe the fastest plane in the world Mcconnell said the main . Some pilots finish training in combat Washington Tjw som Navy pilots finish combat training on missions in Vietnam Senate testimony released Sun Day showed. Adm. Thomas , chief of naval operations admitted that som Carrier based pilots got their final seasoning Over Les vulnerable areas of Vietnam in testimony before the Senate armed services preparedness investigating sub committee May 17, Moorer said age and heavy combat damage Are keeping. Navy planes in the overhaul pipelines for longer periods of time. This to turn slows the delivery of the planes to squadrons undergoing combat qualified Moorer said that no Squadron commander would Send a Pilot on a Mission into a High risk area if he were not fully qualified. But he pilots who still said those had not fighter remains the f4 which willbe 1& years old in the mid-1970s. Mcconnell and other military Uperta testified at hearings be fore the Senate preparedness subcommittee it May and Early june the Cen ored testimony made Public sunday showed continuing disagreement betwee military and civilian leaders in the . Stuart Symington d-mp., a former Secretary of the aft Force told a top ranking civilian official All the. Experts i know feel we have lost our desire to control the air and that t fore if a had a fight unless went to nuclear we Wonov word lose Tow air Contr assistant Secretary of Alain c Enthoven said not tote Ottily Factor it a combat he also listed missiles Long Range radar and the ability to destroy ground argued Huu the Una Fri states remains St perfect m Airpower although the Onmi bib of communist and Allied aircraft Are now about extra i. Symington drop out testimony r that the soviet Union has devoted 11 new fighter models last decade compared tothe fax at a called. Combat ability Concan to us. Mcconnell Hills the absolutely proceed As fast we purely a fighter Tan 9f 8e approach utterly in the a of the pin i considerable Lon. Mccount so to Over Low risk Vietnam Moorer was completed their training by the time they arrived for duty on a Carrier were sent on Mission areas of North asked by the subcommittee s director of investigations Ben j. Gilleas whether the Navy was qualify ing some pilots by sending the mover North Vietnam. Moorer said Well 1 would say seasoning them in less vulnerable matter of areas. And As practice we would normally do that with a Youn Pilot on his first Moorer also said that employ a Pilot who was not fully Quali fied required other members of the Squadron to take up the Slack. Parity in numbers Moorer also told the com Mittee that the United states and its allies have a numerical parity with the communist bloc nations in the tactical aircraft. Number of committee chairman John , d-miss., said the testimony showed that Russia introduce at least twice As Many new types of tactical aircraft As the United states. Adm. Montgomery Ala. Cap the Navy s ranking Admiral Callec on the nation s Veteran saturday to join with America a servicemen in a Strong and United front against Antiwar extremists he accused of giving com fort to the enemy an longing the Nam . Thomas h. Moorer chief Moore Rof naval operations attacked people he described As extremists who Deal in violence who thrive on agitation and and he said they receive attention far out of pro portion to their numbers and reason for a speech prepared for the 49th annual Alabama state convention of the american legion Moorer said their antics statements and daily criticism of our coun try our government our men i uniform and our foreign policy gives Comfort to the enemy an prolongs the longest War of our history. To combat their efforts Call on each of you to join More actively with those of us in the service to pull together and in so far As possible present Strong and United Moorer said the veterans an those in service must exercise the right of free speech for the things that we know to be he urged that supporters of the country s armed services become More Active four Star Admiral said Driver flunks test but gets lesson in Law Tulare Calif. Up Marvel during her test for a Driver s License pulled away from a Stop sign too quickly. An oncoming car knocked her Auto into a parked car. Instead of a License police sve mrs. Marcel a ticket for lure to yield the right of Way. That the Serviceman s Joty today is tougher because our of Joec elves Are not As easily Defi Nedas was the unconditional surren Der of world trash the problem now Moore said is that it is More difficult for Many americans to see clearly Why the military Man is where he is and consequently there is less appreciation of the contribution which he ironically Moorer said it Isth servicemen who make it possible for the hippies the Flower children the draft card burners and the demonstrators to enjoy their Freedom their in responsibility and their agita Tion i Stah Nixon Cincinnati a the regard ported plan for coalition of Republican now behind a Date collapsed to Milee tial Candy when Ohio gov. James a. Rhodes said be would not commit his delegation to anyone. Rhodes made the state Menton the opening Day of the National governors conference to Cincinnati. The plan ostensibly was de signed to keep the gop Al convention pm ill tical observers believe o Brien offers idea huh aide suggests Viet test cease fire Washington Fuji anew member of vice president Hubert h. Humphrey s political inner Circle has offered a proposal for a test cease fire in Viet Nam in Hopes of ending the fight ing and speeding up peace n that the the United Stales and South Viet Nam announce that they would cease All offensive military action for a stated period of time came from Lawrence Brien the former postmaster general who recently joined the Humphrey Campaign. The vice president asked about the proposal recalled that he had urged a cease fir himself and said the o Brien idea was added however that he would want to weigh All the consequences whether it would leave our men open to merciless attack while we were in a defensive reply to a question that was aimed at the political implications of the dispute Over Vietnam within the democratic party o Brien played Down the seriousness of the split and then went on to read from memorandum written in Pencil it seems to me this is personal Point of View that if the United states and shut Vietnam could consider bouncing that on a certain Dat a certain time for example at noon on aug. 1 we will cease All offensive military acts including bombing for say 36hours, and if during that period the North vietnamese and Cheviet Cong cease All military acts we will continue toe cease fire indefinitely. This of course will be a True test and can be Atrue test. Obviously if the enemy join sin a cease fire the talk a to Paris could move ahead rapidly and if the enemy does not loin we would resume the limited bombing we Are currently engaged in and our offensive action while at the same time continuing to move for Resolution of this matter in Paris o Brien said. Russ claimed ringing med with bomber bases Washington a Russia has some 8,000 army Navy and air Force personnel to Egypt Syria and Algeria and is letting up bomber bases in these countries a . Claimed sunday rep. Bob Wilson,Congressmanr-Calif., made Biff claim in a letter to Secretary of state Dean Rusk asking him to spell out details of the soviet buildup in toe Mediterranean fils letter made Public sunday said i am considerably Dis Turbed by reports that the soviet Union is establishing a ring of naval air bases on rim of be used a Gantt the u45. Ith Fleetin that he said soviet air fore unit were reportedly making familiarization fizz Etc in Ana out at thew in my i Fife of of i of of i re w a Coutt ifs. Too that 4k Geru in proceeding we tamale available to the russians the former French naval base and air station at mers a mute which in Only 260 Miles from the Strait of Gibraltar he , while. In at the same time agent with Moscow the Mediterranean it be info Rarned into ared a with Tat vent definite possibility that our or Fleet nato outflanked went on. If Attr because of the seriousness of this go Patton. I better to to important that the administration make Public at once the information it has on soviet this area Nixon already Hanough Delegate votes to win the presidential nomination on the first ballot. Gov. Spiro t. Agnew of saturday night he planned to explore with Bho Desand Michigan gov. George Romney the possibility of form ing the coalition. Their three states have a total of 132 convention delegates. Rhodes heading a delegation of 58, would be the key to any such about the plan on a television program Rhodes re plied i cannot commit myself or anyone in the Ohio delegation in m coalition with any other will be no action before we said the caucus would be held in Miami Beach on aug. A when the Republican nominating convention governors 23 from each major party were expected to attend the conference. Hotel corridors buzzed wit talk about presidential vice presidential two political politics personalities who were not present overshadowed the convention Nixon and sen. Edward m. Kennedy of Massachusetts who is increasing ly1 discussed As a possible demo cratic candidate for vice presi Dent. Seven of Nixon s top Lieuten ants opened a hospitality suite in one of the main hotels. They express quiet Confidence that Newill be nominated but like in on himself they Are no say ing he will be a first ballot win in a year like this one you have to be a Little worried one of them said. But we think behave the votes to win. Gov. Nelson a. Rockefeler of new York attended a fund Ujj ing dinner saturday night flew Back to new York and a scheduled to return to Cincin Nati monday. Ner. Soft touch on age Linton Iowa a Fiji j enraged customer asked prove his age Drew a gun Aja robbed the King s Taverno few strike wished 71 it Ancl or a it m Atlanta it Cal 9 77 m s owbv4v w .1 m Kama c to m v 7 Ings
