European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday january 22, 1969 soviet naval threat grows Moorer says Washington up re cent soviet operations in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean show that the russian threat to american naval supremacy is real and growing . Thomas h. Moorer said tuesday. Moorer chief of naval operations told a House armed services subcommittee "the1 h r e a t to the United states supremacy at sea is real. 1expect it to  he said the recent Russia ship deployments in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean and submarine operations in the South Atlantic give proof of the expansionist nature of the soviet naval  coming need cited testifying in support of unexpanded ship replacement plan Moorer said that during the next decade there is. A need to be capable of respond ing to crisis situations in the Atlantic and Pacific at the level of our Vietnam  he expressed concern Over the fact that 58 percent of the approximately 900 Navy ships Are now More than 20 years old. By comparison Moorer said Only 1 percent of the soviets estimated "300 submarines an several Hundred surface ships Are More than two decades old. Slaying of negro faulty missile is destroyed Cape Kennedy Fla. A a Poseidon missile developed trouble 17 seconds after blasting off on its third test flight tuesday and was destroyed by the rang safety officer in a spectacular  Multi warhead submarine weapon darted away from Aland launching pad right on schedule at 11 . Est an vanished in heavy Clouds. Almost immediately observers heard a loud explosion and saw pieces of the rocket fall into the Atlantic Ocean. Two More explosions occurred As the Poseidon parts hit the water Send ing smoke and water several Hundred feet into the air. Air Force and Navy official confirmed 25 minutes later that the rocket had been blown  said trouble developed in the first stage and the rang safety officer sent a radio signal to detonate explosive package sin the projectile. No injuries were  first two Poseidon launch Ings in August and november were called successful by the  another launch pad a space Agency Crew prepared adelta rocket. It is scheduled to lift off at 11 48 . Est wednesday to place a solar Observatory into orbit 350 mile High. The satellite carries eight scientific experiments to stud solar radiation and its effect on the Earth s atmosphere. Trial of Hattiesburg Bliss. A Sam h Bowers 3r. Identified by the Fri As former Imperial wizard of the. White knights of the Kun flux flan went on trial tuesday on a murder charge in connection with the 1066 fire bomb death of a negro Leader. Bowers 44, is charged wit murder in the Nightrider attack on the store and Home of Verno Dahmer which left Dahmer dead and destroyed two build Ings. Bowers and 12 other men originally were charged with arson but Bowers won a mistrial on the Irson charge and was indicted in november on a murder charge. There have been three convictions and three other mistrial in the dahme Case. Billy Roy Pitts the state Star witness at the Dahmer trials testified at Bowers arson trial that the former Kkt chief gave the orders to Burn Dah Mer s Home and store and kill him if possible. Pitts pleaded guilty to murder and arson an faces a life sentence for his part in the  has testified that several carloads of Klansman participated in the raid some of the klansmen he said were As signed to destroy the store and others were sent to Dahmer shome. Dahmer then president of the Forest county a act was in bed when his Home was at tacked. His wife and three Chil Dren fled through the rear of the blazing House while he exchanged v shots with the me front the front. Of cheer died several hours later of , operator of an amusement company in Laurel,miss., previously was convicted of violating the civil rights of three persons killed near Phila Delphia miss., in 1964. He appealed his 10-year sentence to the 5th . Circuit court of appeals. The trial is being held in lie Forest county circuit court. Lindsay visits teacher set afire by 3 youths who told Ingrid Bergman appears surprised As she is met at los Angeles International Airport by a photographer during what she thought was an unannounced arrival. Producer Stirling Silliphant is taken Aback also. Miss Bergman reportedly will make two pictures in Hollywood. Up photo new York up mayor John v. Lindsay tuesday visited the Brooklyn High school science i teacher who was attacked Andi set afire monday by three teen agers. The mayor visited with Frank Siracusa 30, at Laguardia hos Pital after returning from Washington tuesday morning where he participated in inaugural fes  has asked for a per Sonal report on the incident which he called incredible and outrageous from police commissioner Howard r. Leary Siracusa a Short slender Whiteman who teaches chemistry was beaten in a basement Vestibule of Franklin k. Lane High school by the three negro youths Mon Day morning before classes. Siracusa said he was not going to run away from problems at the troubled High school an would not seek a Transfer. I m going to keep teaching at the school said Siracusa a science teacher. I have great rapport with All my students Black and  was reported in satisfactory condition tuesday with minor Burns. He said he was attacked in stairwell of the building shortly after school opened monday when he ran out of his Kosher Power too ram s Horning in on fad by Dan cuff new York a jewish Power Irish Power italia Power that s what a rabbi Calls for in a Tongue in Che Kletter to the president of Adelphi University where Black Stu dents have been seeking More . Karl Applbaum rabbi at a jewish Center in Brooklyn foresees classes in Irish jigs lunch hours with serenades i yiddish and special Days of Hon or of such italian heroes As Garibaldi. I really Felt i wanted to speak out on this subject rabbi Applbaum explained. In the letter he asked for textbooks that read fro right to left and Kosher cafeterias Observance of Murphy Day Obrien Day and several other holidays for the Irish italia dancing classes and music. Rabbi Applbaum 59, presi Dent of the Long Island chapter of the association of the unite states army said his letter to or. Robert Olmsted of the Longisland University was sent to demonstrate the deterioration of american universities. He said there ought to be a White curriculum with courses in political science history sociology education hebrew language yiddish ital Ian including All the variations Irish Brogue English philosophy Art israeli dances Irish jigs and italian , Irish and italian instructors ought to be hired to teach the curriculum rabbi Applbaum wrote with hiring not on the basis of qualifications but purely on the basis of religion and National  the rabbi said that unless his requests were honoured within 10 Days jewish students would join with Blacks italians Irish French russians German austrian and polish to March seven times around the build Ings of the University blowing the ram s  Walls of Adelphi will col lapse As did the Walls of Jeri Cho he said. The students advise me that they have a commitment from israeli Gen. Moshe Dayan that he will  the  worst Albi failure War poll says new York up Lyndon Johnson s biggest failure As president was not ending the vietnamese War and his greatest Success was getting the Paris peace talks started a poll of adult americans showed Mon Day. Sindlinger & co., inc., Market research firm made a nationwide Survey. Result showed 60.7 per cent thought the failure to end the War was John son s greatest disappointment while 19.3 listed the Start of the peace talks As his major a com  total of 14.1 per cent thought the president did everything Well and 13.7 listed his failure to run again As the greatest disappointment. Among the other Johnson accomplishments cited by those surveyed were medicare 10.9 per cent. Antipoverty programs 8.7per cent. Civil rights 8 per cent. Social Security increases,11.6 per cent. Among the major disappoint ments failure to get the gun control Bill he wanted 12.1 per cent. Congress failure to Pas everything he wanted passed 7.5 per cent. Classroom to find out who had thrown a Pebble through a window. Police have patrolled the troubled school for the past 10 Days. Siracusa said he was kicked punched and knocked to the floor by the three teen age assailants who t he n sprayed him with lighter fluid from Awater pistol. Before fleeing one of the youths set Siracusa s clothes afire with a cigarette  said he smothered the flames by rolling on the floor then quickly peeled off his soldering  spokesman for mayor John v. Lindsay said monday nig h a the mayor has asked police commissioner Howard a Leary to give him a personal report on this incredibly outrageous  the attack on Siracusa waste 14th incident at the High school according to Harol Saltzman chairman of the school chapter of the unite federation of teachers. The school has an enrolment of 5,600 pupils. About 66 per cent of them Are negroes. 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Crash victims los Angeles up Ali coast guard suspended tuesday a sea search for More bodies an debris from a United air lines Boeing 727 jetliner which crashed into the Pacific Sulur Day night killing All 38 person aboard. A spokesman said helicopters would Fly along the coastline tuesday to see if any wreckage had been washed Shore but that the surface search had ended. Only one body and pieces office others were recovered