European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 6 the stars and stripes big red one strips Jungle roots oat Charlie Lai Khe Vietnam up the knee High wooden sign pounded into Barren Earth out Side an army tent seemed like a misplaced touch of  off the grass its Stencil painted letters  keep Vietnam  a paradoxical message , because grass is a scarce product of this Idle rubber Planta Tion where the . 1st inf div is headquartered. And second the19,000-Man division has no intention of keeping Vietnam  patches of Jungle have been torn up and destroyed with in the division s 50,000-Square mile area of tactical  have been Cut along the Borders of Highway 13 which stretches from Cambodia to Sai gon. Dozens of bulldozers have eaten through the Jungle Leav Eagle eyes look for illegal arms by Bob Horeb is . Bureau Chie Newbury England is it does t take an army of me with Clumsy equipment to police a disarmament  that s needed is a squad of Eagle eyes with cameras binoculars tape recorders and Infra red detectors and analysts to break Down their data. This is a primary conclusion of operation first look the world s first major arms control exercise now being staged by Britain and the United states Ina 2,000-Square-mile area in the South of  s based on seven weeks of testing which is scheduled to continue through sept. 20. More detailed conclusions can be drawn later but at this stage we be Learned it s possible Tocheck on a test ban treaty with out a great number of men Anda lot of men and a lot of obtrusive equipment an exercise representative said. 30,000 troop Sas he spoke two Man test Crews americans equipped wit cameras records etc., and Brit ish Drivers continued to Check the movements of 30,000 British troops on summer  military and Politi Cal representatives from 12nato nations completed a three Day visit with test teams thurs Day. Members of he 18-nation Geneva disarmament conference have been invited to Send observers to the exercise aug. 14-15. Of the five East bloc members of the conference Only Czecho Slovakia has formally accepted the invitation. Foster visit among those visiting exercise Headquarters at Greenham com Mon air station near Here has been ambassador William , head of the . Delegation to the Geneva  of the exercise is Brit ish brigadier Paul s. Ward who views operation first look As a necessary step on the Road Tony disarmament agreement. From he beginning Ward has allowed an open policy on press coverage. Frankfurt recital Frankfurt special no Frankfurt Central Chapel is sponsoring a piano recital aug.11 at 7.30 . There is no charge for admission. The re Cital will be Given by concert pianist Klaus Zull. Ing Only splintered Trees an chewed up foliage in their Wake. The results Are told in Statis tics. Since january 7,823 communists have been killed com pared with 453 . Deaths. More than 1,000 enemy base Cam Snow lie in irreparable ruin. In Short the Viet Cong Are having difficulty sustaining their Strong est ally Freedom of , no Aura of cockiness per Vades this barbed wire fortress,30 Miles North of Saigon. The buildings Are surrounded by sandbags the base by gun tur rets the perimeter by  a month infantry troops crawl out of their earthen  As Brown As the soil they live in they trek into Lai Kiefor two Days of rest and recuperation. Then they trek Back to their Distant posts for another 28 Days and flight. You May not see Charlie Cheviet con but you know he is out there one Soldier  can feel it like cats eyes staring at you in the  but the darkness like the Jungle foliage no longer offer the Viet Cong an undisturbed Sanctuary. Since the Tel offensive in february the division has doubled its average number of night operations to 1,350, increased its unit strength in night ambushes from squads to platoons and companies and sent its night patrols probing More deeply in to enemy territory. We be turned the nigh against the pc said an array officer in an underground operations Center. His Pointer tapped on a Chart with Black . The number til wag written under a column designating enemy deaths due to night am Bushes in May june and july. The big red one division los six men during the same period. We like to think Charlie i scared of us the officer said. When he wants to come outland fight we have no trouble killing him. But right now he regrouping for another attack on Saigon probably this  Nogence per it s read documents we have indicate his need for a p of Ganda Victory to influence Paris peace talks an november  4 International Congress in Oslo air Rescue team shows off skill by Amis Nixon staff writer Oslo is aviation an space Medicine experts from 40 countries watched an exhibition of surface to air recovery Star by an air Force hc130hhercules aircraft at Forn Ebu air port  67th aerospace Rescue and recovery so Hercules from Moron air base Spain snatched a Dummy off the ground so fast that some 600 observers could hardly believe it. They requested that the plane Fly Over the air port again so they could see the Dummy dangling from the open end of the  Atlantic aerospace Rescue and recovery Center at ram Stein a Germany sponsored the demonstration for the 17thinternational Congress on Avia Tion and space  the delegates wer or. Charles a. Berry chief of medi Cal programs at the manned space Center Houston and  v. Parin soviet physiologist of the Central postgraduate medical Institute Moscow. Parinis closely associated with the russian space  Dummy was reeled into the specially equipped Hercules the ramp closed and Cabin pres sure built up to allow the air Craft to Chase a balloon released when the Skyhook a 24 i foot a shaped Yoke on the plane s nose broke the 500-foot-Nylonline attached to the Dummy on the  parachuted in an actual Rescue two pack Ages Are parachuted to the downed Pilot or person on the ground needing to be picked up from the plane. One package contains helium to inflate the bal Loon. The other package contain the balloon a 500-foot Nylon Cable and a body harness on a Bright Orange flight suit. The Man on the ground gets into the suit inflates the balloon which rises to a height of 500feet. The ends of the Nylon line Are attached to the balloon an the suit harness. The plane circles after dropping All aboard Hercules crewmen for the 67th aerospace res Ewe and recovery so Moron air base Spain reach out to Start dragging in line connected to Jiff sized Dummy during demonstration in Norway. Is Hoto by Nixon the packages until the balloon rises into the air makes one pass to determine wind direction Altitude and attitude of the balloon and circles around forthe actual pickup. Travelling about 140 Miles per hour the plane flys directly at the 500-foot-line, hitting it about30 feet below the balloon and the line Breaks at a previously weakened spot permitting the balloon to soar free into the atmosphere. Upon engaging the line Between the Yoke arms catch mechanism at the joint of the Yoke spins shut and lock sit securely. Once caught the rescued manat the other end of the line trails below and behind the Hercules aircraft. Crewmen standing on the open ramp at the rear of the plane lower a weighted Hook Snag the line pull it up an fasten it to a Winch. The Winch lifts the rescued Man into the plane. The average time for the operation takes about 15 minutes from the time the two packages Are dropped onto the ground until the plane makes Contact with the extended line and then 3-5 min utes for the Man to be reeled into the plane. After determining that the bal Loon had risen his enough to burst As a result of lowered air pressure on its surface the air Craft landed. M. Sets. Billy c. Wilborn an Eugene j. Lubinski loud Mas ters worked at the end of 12 to15-foot safety straps on the Edge of the ramp at us rear of the plane to catch the line and bring the Dummy into the . Sgt. Charles w. Short flight Engineer operated the Winch while sgt. Ronald b. Stewart flight Engineer worked As safety Man. All these men wore the safety  ground Crow used Only in demonstrations included maj David e. Allen a helicopter Pilot who explained the procedure to the assembled delegates. T. Sgt. Charles a. Holmes flight Engineer and s. St. Hanon Combs and sgt. Robert b. Williamson parades Uemon. Set up the Dummy and equipment forthe recovery. Other members of the Crew were maj. Ray e. Duwell and Dale e. Matucheck Pilot and co Pilot capt. Ronald i Simcox navigator s. Sgt. Phillip of Knapp radio operator t. Sgt Otis c. Robertson instrument flight Engineer and airman . Robert Tudor Crew chief. 40 nations take part in space Medicine meet Oslo is King Olaf v of Norway added a Royal touch to the 17th International co Gresson aviation and space Medicine when he attended the opening session Here. Scientists from 40 countries including a Large russian delegation gathered for four Days to discuss aviation and space Medicine and its  prime minister per Borten said in his Welcome in a world where so Man people and nations Are con fronted with problems which Divide them it should be greeted with satisfaction that scientist from Many countries represent ing different political views can get together in free and open Dis  therefore wish you every Success in your deliberations. Itis my Hope that they will prove of value for an increasing under standing and cooperation Between the countries which you Are rep resenting and that your Congress May contribute to further pro Gress in he important Field of science to which it is  the 84 reports on research presented at the Congress included the entire area of flight and it effects on humans. The reports were grouped under topics that included clinical aerospace Medicine oxygen aircraft accidents space sensory physiology Acci Dent and survival oxygen an biochemistry aerospace Nie la association lectures psychology and psychiatry acceleration Ana radiation and space a Huron ments. Or Charles a. Berry. Manned space Center Houston tex., dec tured on Man in space a e or Vasily v. Parin. Soviet pcs Logist and his russian leagues presented papers jumbo jets supersonic Mmson space and undersea Nicel icim or. Do Xuan