European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 24 the stars and storms Tiff Tafoy Apollo pisses tin electrical test Cape Kennedy Fla. Cap three astronauts scheduled to rocket into orbit next Mont completed a countdown rehearsal  to theone which led to fiery death for the apollo1 pilots last year a successful mock liftoff of the Apollo 7 spacecraft Anh its Saturn in rocket occurred after delays of nearly 2h hours because of problems with test procedures ground equip it feeding electricity to the Pace ship and astronaut to Blockhouse  is going Well aboard the Apollo 7 spacecraft reported the astronaut Crew commander Navy capt. Walter m. Schirrajr., As the ship sped into a Snake believe orbit after the simulated  the plugs out test transformer overheated on a Cable Tower about 60 feet below the level of the. Spacecraft. Officials said we did gel a Little smoke but no  the trans former was turned off and it had no effect on the countdown. The test ended in a simulate liftoff when umbilical wires carrying electricity from the launch area to the rocket unplugged and fell away leaving the space Craft and its Saturn in Booster operating under their own electrical Power. It marked the first time the launch pad electrical test was attempted since air Force . Virgil l. Grissom and Edward h. White n and Navy Indr. Roger b Chaffee were trapped in their naming cabin19 months ago. With the spacecraft door open wide this time and Rescue Crews standing by Navy capt. Walterm. Schirra jr., air Force maj. Donaa f Eisele and civilian Walter Cunningham entered their Apollo 7 spacecraft at 12 50p.m. T for the final segment of a simulated countdown and several hours of in flight rehearsal. The Trio is scheduled to rocket into Earth orbit oct. Ii for an 11-Day, flight needed to show that Apollo spaceships can safely carry men to the  a result of the Apollo 1 tragedy which set Back Ameri. Ca s than to the Moon program More than a year ground Rule for the test were changed. The Apollo 7 Hatch was kept open the Schirra Crew was dressed in White coveralls instead of bulk space suits which could impede an emergency exit and trained Crews with proper fire fighting equipment stood by. A. To Between Many and Bourges indeed when the airline erase tuesday night the official Bill Garlan news Agency Bra my  published the official bul Garian announcement Oft the crash. It said on september 3 at  id Eal time hours in bad weather conditions an Airliner of the Bui Garian civil aviation Blair Ona flight on the broaden Bourg line crashed shortly before tend ing at by Mirgai Al tort t fifty of the 69 passengers and Crew of Board  special government comp it k8 been appointed look into the  a a w. Opened Whu Are operated Bykari la National airline called tabs lbs panel to probe disorders weather partly Cloudy with occasional  cloudiness Friday. Frankfurt held Elbert High 68. Low 67. Temperature recorded wednesday get 44 44 am pm 64 82 Adana cd 63 82 Athens p 66 66 Al no it 63 76 Berlin p 57 61 Frankfurt i 60 63 London Csc Clari Al Cloudy am pm 62 76 Madrid c 57 62 Munich p 66 6 Parli p m 63 per Tolck p 64 74 Home a 70 91 wheelus c a partly Cloudy.2nd weather Wing from a and Cpl dispatches Washington Security arrangements at the democratic National convention in Chicago and network coverage of Battles Between police and demonstrators touched off a hot debate in Congress wednesday and the president s anti violence com Mission said it would investigate the rioting. N sen Russell b. Long d-la.,began the debate in we Senate by questioning whether there was a deliberate conspiracy among major  to distort Chicago police tactics and the character of mayor Richard j. Daley. I find it hard to believe that such completely bad coverage could be an Accident Long told the Senate. Sen. Stephen Young a Chio replied. By terming Daley s Security arrangements a Dis Aster and a disgrace.". It was reminiscent of the Gestapo and a kid russian secret police Young   i o 1 e n c 6 commission chairman m i 11 a a  the Chicago developments amounted to violence of very Large proportions and fell with in v the jurisdiction of the com Mission.? to the panel officially titled the National commission on the causes and prevention of Vio Lence was established by John son after the fatal shooting often. Robert f. Kennedy. Eisenhower said that from his own television viewing of the developments it Vas a Case of serious and mass violence in r. Number of  declined however to spec ulate on the causes of the out Breaks or the manner in which police handled them asserting not ape Over Gem Kansas City a a thumb socking baby go Rilla watched passively tuesday As she was named Tiffany by mrs. Ilus , wife of the Kansas City mayor."1 name you Tiffany be cause you Are such a Lew Al said the mayor s wife at a christening ceremony at the Kansas City zoo. Tiffany however apparently was not impressed. The 7-week-old Gorilla fell asleep before he program was Over. That would amount to prejudging the investigation. Asked whether he had an concern about Jot Fiatito pbuticft.1 implications of the Chicago invest ration Eisenhower r re plied we re hoi  from Public of Battles by United press International Rescue workers a puked More of pm tie rubble of of sap of earthquake-devasted�6bnes in t North East wednesday. The Earth continued to a _ hard hit bythe Ouake Wlinich devastated. The area. Saturday and  Mohammed Rezi and pm press Farah accompanied Bymel Bers of the Cabinet began a two Day inspection tour of the Region wednesday. About 1,000 Miles to the East Light earthquakes rocked Kabul and Northern Highfi Nissan. Off vials said they caused to dam age -,."." in Turkey Rescue workers rushed tents medical supplies and food into a 300-mile stretch of Northwestern Anatolia near the Black sea where an Earth quake killed 16 and injured 200tuesday. 50,00 injured in Iran the official toll from five Days of earthquakes was putt 12,000 killed and some 50,000 injured in a 1,300 Square mile area inhabited by More than 1.8 million  reports from Rescue units put the figure at 20,000 or More making this Iran s worst Earth quake and one of the world most deadly since 1939.local officials told the Shah who toured the area by hell copter that housing was now becoming critical. The Shah who has taken per Sonal charge of Rescue and Sal Vage operations ordered the erection of emergency housing. Reveal or fun Story of the. Provocations 16 the Houle Ater. M " " i a Long assistant Democrat us deader in the Senate called Daley one of the nation s finest mayors Ana said Daley was entitled to his demand of one hour broadcast Tittle to defend Chicago and to Toile. Long named Watte Cronk Teof lbs and Chet Huntley of Abc in charging that the convention coverage by television was distorted one sided completely biased with people trying to put words i everybody s  or. Cronkite and  Hada whole week to present a distorted picture Long said. The least they can do is give mayor Daley anhour.". Both Long and Young attended the convention. Young accused Daley of creating a police  it was difficult to imagine that this Beautiful City was not East Berlin Prague or Athen where dictators Rule Young said. I he said thousands of Young sters had come to Chicago to conduct peaceful Dex Bonstra Tiosh but were prevented from doing so by combat ready police and troops and barbed wire. Brazzaville coup ousts Kinshasa a the nation Al Council of the revolution car in Congo Brazzaville accepted the resignation of presi Dent Alphonse Massamba Deba wednesday and named prime minister capt. Alfred Raoul ashis successor. A communique signed by in president capt. Marien Ngou Abi and read Over radio Brazzaville charged that the president had failed in his essential Mission and condemned his methods for National  former schoolteacher held office for five  communique also condemned Massamba Debat for addressing his letter of resignation to defense minister it. Augustan Soignet and asking him to take Over As chief of  car said it would accept the resignation but Raoul would be chief of state until National elections could be held Soignet was named temporary chief of state last month when coup led by Ngou Abi unseated Massamba Debat for Rne Day Massamba Debat survived two earlier coup attempts but thelast one has apparently been successful although taking month to work. Abducted. V continued from Page t daughter was abducted a gunpoint shortly before mid night monday. Police issued anal Points bulletin for Peterson mrs. Bley said her daughter told her she was All right but was a Long Way from . Bley said the girl told her she hoped someone would finder. I heard him Peterson Sayin the background she s All right mrs. Bley the Mother said. Sheriff Charles Mclntyre Oburke county said that Peter son and miss Bley had dated fora couple of months but the girl was breaking up with him when the abduction occurred. Mclntyre said Peterson has been charged with abduction with intent to compel  Peterson originally from the Portal area was thought to have been employed at Harvey,. Warsaw pact to put troops near Germany Moscow a the  newspaper in Gesull said tuesday that occupation troops in Czechoslovakia Hani been Jered into cities nearest Germany because of Dij. Order 7� recent Days Ria Cloonan forces have succeeded in stirring up disorder in some areas on the c2ech0slovak Border with West Germany the newspaper said the article linked the  with the anti soviet hubbub now taking place on thebans of the  it did not describe the disorder that prompted the troop movements. West Germany the newspaper charged Hopes to catch a fish in the turbulent Waters o Czechoslovakia. As a result of the Bonier Situa Tion it has been decided to move Allied troops into the Citi of Cheh which is at the Border about 10 Miles from Hof in West Germany and Karloy vary Karlsbad Izvestia  was no mention of what troops would move in deployment Lei Freak Snow chills Swiss Geneva a Switzerland shivered in Freak Winter weather wednesday As heavy snowfall closed popular tourist passes. Snow lows were out in East Ern Switzerland and motorists struggled to dig their cars out of drifts. The St. Gotthard pass was closed and the Swiss tour ing club warned Drivers not to attempt Tho san Bernadino fur a and Obe Ralp passes without chains or Snow , wet weather spread throughout Lowland areas and i Zurich the temperature plunged to 52 degrees at noon. Continued from Page / balanced in scope and  committee deplores the fact that Hope of negotiating such reductions with the rus sians has suffered a  the defense planning commit tee said the russian invasion would have to be taken into account by nato member nations in planning the strength of in warmed forces. This probably Means members will be asked to increase defense spending and Force commitments to  United states has for months been urging its european allies to shoulder More of the de sense  committee also said nato forces including their Structure and level will be constantly re viewed As political and military circumstances change. The new plans will to put. Be fore a full scale nato ministerial meeting currently Sulu Duit to be held in Brussels in Decem Ber. It May be moved Forwar if the situation warrants it. The nato Council and the de sense planning group have been meeting almost Dally sure me invasion of Czechoslovakia we this is the first official comment made by the Alliance. Earlier in Washington dmm is ration sources said that be United states is willing to pledge along with its nato allies o maintain current troop Levels meet the now soviet threat the sources said this was among the alternatives the National Security Council j to Chart policy toward presence in Czechoslovakia