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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes a in Day january 15, 1969 services tighten film codes a Washington Bureau Washington is in a Effort to reduce the exposure of youngsters to the sex and Vio Lence that Are included in today s movie fare the army Navy and air Force have adopted stricter controls on admission to military Heaters. This is being done under a new film rating system adopted recently by the army and air Force motion picture service and the Navy and Marine corp motion picture service. They recently adopted the standards Setin november by the motion Pic Ture association of America for use by civilian theater managers in the United  then films submitted for the Paa production Seal an for All military Heaters will Bear the following ratings and controls a suitable for general audiences. A for mature audiences parental discretion advised. A restricted children under16 will not be admitted unless accompanied by a Parent or an other responsible adult. A no one under 16 will be admitted. In the past the army and air Force motion picture serv ice had Only three general classifications mature for those 17 or Over mature Young people for those 12 and Over and family for All the others. Films were generally divided about equally among the  motion picture service used these classifications Only to guide parents in the Choice of films their children should see. Icy Rescue rescuers de Mcbell wit Cap and Earl Fenner Inch their boat to Ward Dennis r. Basney trapped on tree ice of the Black River at port Huron Mich. Basney 24, awaited Rescue for an hour after the snowmobile on which he was Riding with Duane e. Barnes 37,broke through the ice drowning Barnes. Basney s cries alerted police. A photo before entering army 90% of court Martiale gis used pot the idea is Good but will it travel Anamosa Iowa a governmental affairs notebook prepared by an Anamosa Jay Cee chapter was judged first in Iowa but the group May not Beable to attend National Competition in Washington d. A this March. Said chapter president Ron Mavrias there s some ques Tion As to whether our group can Send a representative. Due to our present  240 members of the Jay Cee chapter Are inmates at the Iowa men s reformatory Here. New York up nearly90 per cent of the army s court Martiale soldiers aged 18to 24 smoked marijuana before they entered the service defense department spokesman disclosed in a letter made Public tuesday. Frank a. Bartimo chairman of the defense department s drug abuse control committee said in a letter to Mccall s Magazine that marijuana smok ing by service personnel is a matter of serious  18-24 age group statistics pertaining to servicemen in the 18-24 age group court Martiale for m i 1 i t a r a offences and undergoing correctional training by the army reveal that 85-90 per cent had smoked marijuana prior to their entry into the armed forces Bartimo ," he added like the vast majority of unite states High school and College students the vast majority of american service personnel in Vietnam or elsewhere do Notus  nonetheless the use of marijuana by however few service personnel is a matter of serious concern to the depart ment of defense Bartimo said for no military establish ment where Security is always 5-disease vaccine Likely in Canada Toronto a a single vaccine for five common child Hood diseases similar to the vaccine developed by dutch scientists May be available through Toronto s Connaught laboratories sometime this year or. R. To. Wilson assistant director of the Laboratory said. The vaccine guards against diphtheria whooping cough Teta Nus polio and measles. Wilson said a vaccine for Al the diseases except measles has been available in Canada since1959. A vaccine against five childhood diseases has been developed in the dutch government Institute for Public health Inbi Lehoven. Vitally critical and relying As i does on the team concept can Chance having one team Mem Ber even momentarily mentally unbalanced through the us of any dangerous  Bartimo also pointed out in his Tetter that the Root of the problem is a reflection of National social ill and not just one affecting members of the armed forces. He cited a number of Steps the military has taken to combat the problem including pamphlets service films and a Basic reference handbook entitled drug abuse game without winners for commanders Anda pamphlet drug and you distributed on a one per Man basis. Bartimo said the defense department is preparing wide spread service publicity concerning drug  he wrote the letter in response to request by Mccall a which intends to publish an article on the problems of veterans returning Home from the War in Vietnam foreign wife travel snarl is cleared up s&8 Washington Burea Washington is the de sense department has reworded directive on overseas duty Tours that makes it official for the army Navy and air Force to pay for the stateside travel of foreign born military dependents on a permanent station change just like american born wives. A defense official said monday that the latest change does t materially alter the system of paying servicemen for their travel and that of their foreign born wives. The complicated wording of the directive however legally did not authorize payment though virtually All finance officers paid the travel claims. One Navy finance officer recently refused to pay a Sailor for his wife s state Side travel and the comptroller general backed up the finance officer because of the wording. Through insertion of the words to transoceanic or overseas land transportation in the Fine print of the still complicated directive it is All quite Legal now. And ail of a sudden the plane was sinking los Angeles up we were going to land at the air port. But we crashed into these said Sven g. Scott still hardly believing in his escape from death. His feeling of Shock and disbelief was shared by Many of the survivors of the scandinavian airlines system pcs that pan caked into the Pacific during a approach to los Angeles International Airport monday night. Scott 48, of vast eras Sweden who was coming to los Angeles on business said there was no warning and ail of a sudden the plane was sinking. We left by a emergency door and went out onto the wings. Then we jumped into rubber boats. It seemed like forever before they came to res Cue  other passengers recounted their harrowing escape As they clambered or were carried Shore from Rescue boats at Marina Del key u Seaside suburb. Olaf Anderson 38, an Sas Pilot from Stockholm who was a Pas Senger on his Way Here for his honeymoon with his Bride Mari Anne 23, a stewardess said rethought the initial Impact was just a hard  i did t understand what had happened at first he said. Everything was Calm find easy and i think i was dozing. I first thought we had just had a hard Landing. Then i saw the water coming into the plane. My wife and i waited for the plane to Stop and then we searched forthe rubber rafts. Some of the women were screaming and i looked around and saw some bloody faces. I took a Long time for the plane to sink. We climbed onto the Wing Sand got into a life raft but it had it Hole in it and Sank. We Al jumped into the water and swam to a second raft. I to track of my wife for a moment or. Iliad mrs. Olaf Anderw. ,. Bad Start for honeymoon in the  and i thought i had lost  when i reached the second raft there she  David Howcraft 43, of Ingle Wood. Calif., skipper of a los Angeles county Harbor patrol boat one of the first Rescue Craft to reach the foundering Jet said the conditions were terrible. There was a three to four foot swell. The visibility was almost  he said his Crew rescued women and a woman All badly injured from the Wing of the plane and headed Back to port. Another passenger agreed that the Landing approach seemed to be Normal and that there was no indication of the disaster to come. To said his first Indica Tion erf trouble was a bumpy  baggage began moving to the front of the plane he re counted there wat the smell of kerosene and we knew we were  
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