European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 06, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 6, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 5 too Many documents to Burn. Pueblo it. Says Coronado Calif. A the officer in charge of Intelli gence on the  Pueblo said tuesday he was unable to de stroy All classified document when the ship was captured by North koreans because there were too Many to Burn in a Short time and gunfire kept his men from dumping much Over . Stephen Harris the Intelli gence officer also told a Nav court of inquiry that his men got off to a slow Start because the skipper it. Cmdr. Lloyd m. Bucher did not order general quarters immediately and the snip provided poor communications Between him and the Cap  problem he testified was that smoke from fires i wastebaskets became unbearable. We tried to keep it As orderly As possible but it actually resulted in a great Deal of confusion Harris said. You must realize we hereunder fire and one Man had been wounded severely an part of his body exploded into the area where the destruction of classified material was Tak ing place. There was flesh an blood All Over the place. Our efforts could be de scribed As feverish and it could be described As frustrating be cause it took such a Long time to Burn the materials so when i became obvious we weren t going to get it burned and we could t Jettison because of the gunfire we feverishly tried Toter up the publications. We reduced them to  was paper All Over the place. We were lust  said his written instructions on destroying secret material included specific assignments for men who would come to his area to help during general  said that when the skipper ordered destruction before modified general quarters he had to operate with men who had been assigned to this task Dur ing drills and then replace them with trained men once general quarters was called Short time later. Harris said it would have taken his men 10 to 12 hours to Burn All the classified Docu ments on Board the Pueblo. At one Point Harris seemed to differ on testimony by Bucher who had told the court iwas not cleared for some of the materials they the intelligence working areas  the commanding officer Andi held exactly the same Clear ances Harris said. I had no authority to deny him Entrance to any  Harris did say Bucher did not have intimate awareness fall the classified information Given to Harris intelligence detachment. Q. Capt. William Newsome counsel for the court if he wanted to know did he have the Opportunity sink Jcj stripes & actress Thelma hitter Dies new York up Thelma hitter gravel voiced housewife who became famous for her Sharp astringent roles in dozens of films plays and radio shows died Early wednesday from an apparent heart at tack. She would have been 64 on feb. 14.the Veteran character actress was admitted to Queens Hospital Jan. 27 after being stricken Ather Home. The onetime Broadway performer had kept her hand in the Trade after retiring to a Long Island Home with her advertising Agency husband an two children. Whenever or. District attorney needed psycho they put in a Call for me she said of her a jj0 career that followed  was a six time Academy award nominee a Holder of Broad Way s coveted Tony and the first woman to win the America Academy of dramatic arts achievement award. Victor mature sued for divorce san Diego Calif. A Adrienne Joy mature wife of actor Victor mature has file for divorce in san Diego Superior court. She said she married mature in Tijuana Mexico in 1959 and that there Are no  action filed monday charged extreme cruelty. Jewel thief has bad trip new York up an unidentified citizen stuck out his urn Brella and tripped a Man fleeing police with f400,000 in stolen jewels on a subway station  policeman and the proprietor of the victimized jewelry store pounced on the suspected thief and pinned him to the ground until two More policemen arrived. Held tuesday on charges of grand larceny burglary and pos session of burglar s tools was Arthur Croese 29. Eight rings valued at 1340,000 were recovered but four others Worth an estimated175,000, were missing. Flu deaths put at 5,270 Atlanta a. A the death toll from Hong Kong flu in122 . Cities took at least 5,270 lives says the National communicable disease Center  figures on the epidemic which is now dying out will not be known for another year. The deaths were in an eight wee period up to Jan. 25. Pow Job handed to Richardson is in excess of 1,200.defense department figures provided to the state depart ment list 328 americans Cap tured or interned and 928 miss ing in action with the implication that most or All of the could be held captive. Washington a Testate department said tuesday under Secretary Elliot l. Rich Ardson has been assigned responsibility for government efforts to obtain release of americans held prisoner in  number of americans believed held by enemy forces stiffer gun penalties sought Washington up Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield. Tuesday introduced a Bill requiring additional prison terms for persons convicted of using a firearm during commission of crime the measure would provide one to 10 years in prison for the first offender and 25 years for subsequent offences. These Manda tory terms would be in addition to punishment meted out for the crime itself. Despite French dip a orders transition study up a group to sent Nixon has ordered a study to " " Wilry and labor when the it it  policy to visitors from overseas to . Climbed 5.3% Washington a the number of visitors to the United states from overseas Rose 5.3per cent in 1968a notable Suc Cess the head of the . Tra Vel service uses said tues Day. Mexicans and canadians were not included in the count of nearly 1.6 million business and plea sure visitors from overseas since their totals would Dwarf those of other nations. Consumers Friend to personality Bess Myerson has Given up All her television another commitments to take the $25,000-a-year Job As commissioner of consumer affairs for new York City. Bess 44, won the miss America Beauty title in 1945 and had this picture taken in 1961. A photo disturbances such As France Scivil disorders and the riots in the United states in the Spring probably Cut into the volume of a. Harris yes . E. Miles Harvey counsel for Bucher did you Ever Tel the commander or Lead him to believe he was not privy to an of the information or lacked the need to know a. Harris i told him there were projects involved in the future that were not necessary for his knowledge in order for him to perform his  q. Harvey if he Felt the necessity to know could he find out a. Harris absolutely. I Felt there was nothing the com manding officer should not  Harris testified that he had direct Lino authority to the com Mander in chief of the Pacific Leet Over Bucher s head for technical parts of his  he said he was otherwise under Bucher s command in Al military matters concerning the  by counsel for the court whether the torn publications could have been considered offi Cial destroyed Harris replied no theoretically the enemy could have pasted them Back  earlier the Pueblo s navigator denied that the ship intruded in Side North korean territorial Waters but conceded that the tourism and business travel said snip s own log showed such in will Arey acting director of uses. But on balance Arey said the travel statistics look Good. Travel from Europe to the of Trusios. He blamed faulty equip ment for the log entries. Faulty Devi Celt. Edward r. Murphy or. Said that 11 of the intrusion United states was Down 1.2 per claimed by North koreans at a cent from the previous year news conference last september largely because of a 33 per cent were based on recordings made decrease in French visitors. The by the ship s main navigational French government currently Al lows its citizens to spend no More than $200 on pleasure trips out Side the country. Currency restrictions in Brit Ain Are even More severe$120 device called a Loran  Murphy the ship s executive officer said the device made consistent errors of As much As five Miles and that Pueblo navigators had to com Erp V"K--53st he pcs number of travellers to the United states showed a 6 per cent in crease to 245,000 More from Italy the ship s actual Loca i Tion. I unreservedly comment that at no time Between the Day we got under Way on 11 january Italy Spain and Sweden also 1968, to the Day of the capture increased their travel traffic to on 23 january 1968, did the us the United states by More than j Pueblo violate the 12-mile limit 10 per cent nearly 23 per cent j claimed by North Korea Mur in Italy s Case to offset reduce j Phy said. Tons by other european nations. The total number of visitors in 1968 from other countries included Britain 245,000 up 6 per cent France 77,000, Down 33 per cent Switzerland 28,000, Down 27.5 per cent Italy 58,000, up 22.7 per cent Sweden 30,000, up 12.5 Germany per cent 129,000, up west9.3 per cent Spain 16,000, up 11.3 per cent the Netherlands 36,000, up 6.8 per cent Denmark 15,000, Down 7.2 per cent Belgium 16,-000, Down 14.7 per cent austra Lia 41,000, up 7.8 per cent Japan 89,000, up 28.8 per cent. Cars kill million animals each Day Wasrington up the american automobile association said Here that .motorists kill one million animals a Day. We kill More game with our cars than our Hunters do with guns the a Asaid. The report said that in 1968 a least 365 million animals most of them wildlife were struck and killed by vehicles in the United  carnage on our highways comes As an appalling and almost unbelievable Shock to All of us the aaa  an example a spokesman cited statistics showing that during 1967 in Pennsylvania vehicles killed 22,610 Deer and37 Bear. During a single Day i Florida he added state authorities reported vehicles killed5,000 Quail 250 turkeys and 2,000 squirrels rabbits song Birds rodents and reptiles. Efforts to protect wildlife from motor vehicles he said include placing polished Meta plates along Highway shoulders in Hopes Light reflected from headlights would cause animals to freeze and not Dart across the Roadway. Backs up Buche Murphy supported Bucher s statement that the ship was heavily outgunned and backed up each of Bucher s decisions. Bucher also had denied intruding into North korean Waters. Boyish faced with thinning Lack hair streaked with Gray Murphy 31, spoke clearly an deliberately. Six intrusions claimed by the North koreans were based on erroneous entries in the Pueblo s position log by one of his sub ordinate navigators Murphy said. Others were based on markings that appeared As identified location fixes on charts the Pueblo was using at the time of her capture Murphy added. Forgot to Check he said one of the positions taken from the log would eve have been impossible for the ship to  Man navigator Mak ing this recording recorded Loran Reading without going through a Complete process of verification and evaluating it for its accuracy Murphy  would have been impossible to reach at its to Speed he added. A Loran system determine location by radio Waves from beacons in various  said part of the trouble with the Pueblo s system was due to storm and atmospheric conditions during late night an morning hours