European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday february 3, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 5 fail sat a destruction devices heavier guns Navy actions prevent More Pueblo incidents Admiral feels Washington a a key Admiral said saturday future Pueblo Type incidents should be prevented by a variety of Meas ures the Navy has taken including increased Protection for its intelligence ships More potent weapons and fail Safe destruction adm. Leslie j. O Brien who has spent All his time on this problem for the past year said i would like to think that the Many Steps taken so far and under Way will assure against repetition. Secretary of defense Melvin. Laird has ordered a special Pentagon study of the whole the chief of naval operations for Pueblo matter and o Brien a Pueblo matters listed in an in knowledge that this could come up with some new Wrin Brien special assistant to watery grave the defense department has released this photo of the Hull of the sub Marine scorpion which Sank in 10,000 feet 400 Miles Southwest of the azores. A Board of inquiry did not find what caused the disaster but did Rule out foul play and a number of other reasons which had been advanced for the loss of the atomic sub. Up sink Side Lii this Man held in synagogue bombing upper Marlboro my. Up Prince Georges count police saturday arrested a Man in connection with the recent bombing of a synagogue which caused More than $200,000 suspect was identified As David v. Maness of Cheverly my. Police said he was being held on a Long list of charges a House of worship burglary and illegal Possession of weapons. Saturn stage on Way to Cape Cape Kennedy up the Middle stage of the Saturn 5rocket scheduled to launch America s first Moon Landing Astro nauts this summer was loaded aboard a ship Friday in new Orleans for shipment to the space Center. It will be followed by the delivery of the Saturn s massive first stage in mid february on another ship. The rocket s third stage arrived at the Moon port Jan. 19 in cargo plane from the rocket s test Center at Sacramento. Parents 5 children die in fire Attica Mich. Up five children and their parents burned to death in their trailer Home saturday near this Southeastern Michigan children escaped one of them carrying his baby sister. The victims were Raymond w. King 41 his wife Alice 32george, 6 Diane 7 Charles 8 Mildred 10, and Allan 15. Deaths of four blamed on Gas Garwin Iowa up the deaths of a Farmer and his thre Young sons were tentatively blamed on Carbon monoxide poisoning athe bodies of Howard Peterson 35, and his sons Howard 12, Robert it Liml Jeffrey 3, were found Friday night in the family shome about five Miles South of Here. Hospitalized in critical condition in nearby Marshalltown were Peterson s wife Leta 38, and two daughters Linda 15, and Lora 8. Three killed by runaway tractor Fairbanks Alaska up a drive less tractor killed Threepersons saturday when it somehow started moving crossed a Highway careened across a Ravine ran through a private Homeland passed Over a 10-Man tent in an army Campground. State troopers who manned snowmobiles to track the vehicle said it travelled several Miles after rolling Over tree army tent and finally stopped against a Road Bank. The three dead men were sleeping in the tent their identities wore not immediately disclosed Public funds to pave route to Frk grave Washington a presi Dent Nixon has approved plans for use of Public funds to pro vide Access routes to the grave of the late sen. Robert f. Ken Nedy in Arlington National cemetery the White House said sat urday. The army engineers already have approved a $431,000 plan for Access routes and Public facilities at the graveside which the Kennedy family will construct at a reported Cost of about 1585,000. At present the assassinated senator rests under a simple White Cross a few Yards fro the grave of his brother the late president John f. Kennedy. The government provided $1.77million for Access routes and Public facilities for the presiden tial graveside. Ronald l. Ziegler the Whitehouse press Secretary said sat urday Nixon is aware of the combined Public private project for Robert Kennedy and is favourably disposed to the Shaw trial jury seated after 11 Days new Orleans up wit Chain smoking Clay l. Shaw sitting hunched Over a Glass top some of the the Pueblo waste View the Many changes put into effect shortly after seized by the North Korea Navy on Jan. 23. 1968. They included rapid fail Safe destruct and scuttling systems. The two Star Admiral said these devices designed to selectively destroy intelligence equipment and materials or to sink the ship can be set of More rapidly than any equip ment previously available andean be triggered by very few cmdr. Lloyd m. Bucher skip per of the Pueblo has told a Navy court of inquiry in califor Nia that his ship had Only axes and sledgehammers to destroy the sensitive intelligence gather Able and staring into their yes 12 men were seated saturday to try him on Charlesie plotted to murder president John f. Kennedy. I ing equipment and that their took 11 Days and 807 Navy times had turned prospective jurors a record for Down his request for improved his Mississippi River City to gear. It the swearing in of Peter m. Tatum 45, a Mechanic As the12th juror cleared the Way for testimony to begin Early in the two alternate jurors to week serve Navy officials have said the Pueblo was so built that she could not be scuttled quickly by flood ing her with sea water. Some of the . Intelligence ships now afloat could be Cut in Case one of the tied in a matter of minutes with regulars gets sick have yet to be , wearing a Brown suit with a Green tie stared straight and hard at the 12 men chosen to judge him. He has been awaiting trial since March 1967 on a charge of conspiring with Lee Harvey Oswald and one time airline Pilot David to kill Kennedy. Asst. Dist. Atty. Jame Alcock jr., standing in for dist. Atty. Jim Garrison told Poten tial jurors started Jan. Since the21 that the not have to prove that Kennedy was killed As a result of the alleged plot. Kennedy was assassinated i Dallas nov. 22, 1963. The Warren commission report said Oswald alone murdered Kennedy and said there was no evidence of a conspiracy. Garrison a tall Tough an intense Man called the Warren report a fairy of the 807 prospective jurors were sent Home because they said they had an opinion in the Case because they be paid for juror duty or because they could not leave their families. Fifteen questioned of the saturday first were 19dis missed because they said the were prejudiced in Garrison s Case against Shaw. Door prize Winner is the ticket picker Houston up City coun Cilman Johnny Goyen withdrew a door prize ticket Good for week trip to Lima Peru at the International heart gala an handed it to actor Peter Brown. The Winner is Johnn Goyen Brown said. The red faced Goyen decline the prize and donated it instead to a raffle in behalf of the Texas heart Institute. The new equipment o brie said. No details he did not go into detail butt was reported that explosives Are involved along with other Means. The Navy will not Dis cuss the number of ships which serve a primary intelligence gathering Mission but it i known there Are about a dozen. All have been re equipped handsome other actions will also be taken affecting sensitive Intelli gence Type devices aboard com Bat ships. In describing the fail Safe features o Brien said the destruct devices cannot be activated also he said there Are specific plans known by the Crews in Advance As to what the office Sand men should do and where they should go to avoid injury or death when explosive or scuttling systems Are touched off. Safety Factor he emphasized that the safety of the Crew is a primary consideration. The new armament provide for the intelligence ships includes rapid fire weapons wit longer Range than the 50-caliber machine guns that represented All of the firepower aboard the Pueblo. O Brien who declined to go into Many specifics for Security reasons said the new weapons Are greater than 50-caliber," but would go no further. Knowledgeable sources indicated the weapon include 20mm cannons. King features Kelly Dies new York a Bradley Kelly former vice president and assistant general manager offing features Syndicate died at doctors Hospital where he had gone for a checkup. He was 74. Erlenborn says Kennedy cult extreme Washington a the nation May have gone to extremes in its desire to Honor assassinated sen. Robert f. Ken Nedy and president John f. Ken Nedy an Illinois Republican said saturday there is a body of opinion in the United states which holds tothe belief that for a while at least we already had enough things named Kennedy " said rep. John n. Erlenborn. We intend no disrespect for martyred president in saying this he said in a would not suggest that nothing should be named for president who was shot Down by a subnormal Point is that there is a place where these things ought to level off and we believe that the United states has reached that place and perhaps gone Little past it he added. Erlenborn made the observation in connection with the action of former Interior Secre tary Stewart l. Udall in Renam ing the District of Columbia stadium the Robert f. Kennedy memorial stadium
