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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, February 8, 1969

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes saturday february 8, 1969 curtain to Rise soon on new classification code for movies continued from Page i military circuit after feb. 16. Twill be about 18 months before All installations in German come under the code the a amps spokesman  present system of recommended audience suitability will remain in effect for movies on the circuit prior to the cutoff Date. The new system of ratings i assigned for some 200 million american movie goers by the film Industry s eight Man rating administration in four categories a for general audiences m for mature audiences parental discretion advised a restricted children under 16 will not be admitted unless accompanied Bya Parent or responsible adult and a those under 1? not admit Ted. The Only essential difference inthe code adopted by the film Industry and the military is that itis Only voluntarily enforced in civilian Heaters. It will be mandatory in military Heaters. According to the  enforcement of the rating system will be the responsibility of local command  spokesman said usar eur and Safe would Send out regulations covering the new sys tem to installation commander Friday. He said admission to the r and films probably would be regu lated through identification cards. The major problem will prob ably be with the r movies. It is up to the commander to decide who is a responsible adult and eligible to take someone under18 to an r film the spokesman  could be a 17-year-old or someone Over 21. The Rule May vary As dress regulations do now. It just depends on How the individual commander feels the spokesman  a amps official said there will be few if any x film shown on the  he said that in the first 72 pictures rated by the Industry Only two were classified As x. Seventeen received r ratings 24 were marked mature and 29  spokesman pointed out that it May now appear that films marked mature Are less severely rated than they hereunder the old system. This is not True he said. Parental discretion is urged even More than before for the mature marked films 1 information concerning the new system \8 now displayed at local Heaters and in trailers before each film. The first movie which Falls under the Lew code is with six you get egg  it is for general audiences. Doris Day is the  first r films Are scheduled to hit the circuit the week of april 13. They Are the Boston Strangler with Tony Curtis Rind Barbarella with Jane Fonda. No x films have been bought or booked As yet. Crewmen Back Bucher s surrender of Pueblo continued from Page 1 did a hell of a Good Job and would like to serve with him  when he finished his testimony Law went Over to the 41 y e a r old commander an clapped him on the Back. Bucher had disclosed shortly after the Crew returned on Christmas eve that the communist Cai prs had singled Law out for particularly brutal treatment but he appeared Hale and Hearty in  he was an enlisted Man Bucher had Given Law the designation of an officer of the deck. He was on the Bridge jan.23, 1968 and was the first Man to spot a North koreans Chaser bearing Down on the Pueblo. Law said at first he expected Only a Normal harassment such As the sister intelligence ship  Banner had encountered on previous  alerted the Captain and other officers and was still on the Bridge when the sub Chaser opened up with  was you impression then he was  impression was they meant business he said. I hit the deck. 1 was  despite the shelling an machine gun fire from four torpedo boats Law defied danger on the deck to Burn secret papers in an incinerator assisted by Seaman Clifford c. Nolty 23, Washington  killed a Shell exploded near him fatally wounding Seaman Duane Hodges Creswell Ore. The same hit wounded sgt. Robert j. Chicca 24 fort Meade md.,one of the two marines aboard the intelligence  adm. Edward e. Grimm asked what could you have done to keep the boarding party from coming aboard Law thought for a moment then said i guess we could have opened fire with machine guns but everyone would have been getting  Law revealed that the majority of the ship s company had no idea where they were going or what the ship s Mission was when they sailed from  said he knew because of his role As a navigational assistant and an officer of the deck. Did it Ever occur to you that you might have to defend the ship Grimm ,  was the possibility of capture Ever discussed it was never discussed bythe Crew Law said. Did you feel it was an Honor to serve As an officer of the deck when you were an enlisted Man yes sir said Law. I do too said adm. Grimm. Soviets threaten serious measures if Bonn holds Berlin vote paper says h from a and up dispatches Cologne Germany soviet ambassador Semyon Tsarapkin has warned that the soviet Union will react with serious measures if West Germany goes through with its plan to elect its new president in West Berlin it was reported  newspaper Koe Nische Mundschau said Tsarapkin made the threat after delivering a note to foreign minister Willy Brand demanding Bonn sign the nuclear nonproliferation  soviet Union will not accept that Tsarapkin was quoted As telling a newsman at the Stuttgart premiere thursday night of a Moscow state circus tour of West Germany when asked for the Kremlin s attitude toward the March 5 meeting of the electoral College in Westerlin. Does that mean sanctions the newsman asked. The soviet Union., will react with serious measures to Arap Kin replied according to the paper. The West German foreign ministry said Tsarapkin in addition to delivering the note discussed other matters with Brandt at the Black Forest resort where the foreign minister is recuperating from  is assumed the election in West Berlin against which mos cow has protested orally to West Germany and in notes to the gop rebels. Oil continued from. Page 1 Lack of sufficient knowledge of this particular geological area. This Lack leaves us no other reasonable course of action than to halt drilling until Union s rup tured Well can be sealed and until the required geological knowledge is  the order does not affect a re Lief Well Union is drilling As part of its Effort to Stop the  is the second time in less than a week that Hickel has called a halt to drilling. He permitted resumption thursday saying he had been assured by department engineers that continued drilling posed no threat of further  expressed willing Ness thursday to use Federal troops and equipment if Neces sary to help attack the giant Oil Slick. Nixon acted after a Persona Appeal at the White House by rep. Charles m. Teague. R-calif., whose District includes Santa Barbara county continued from Page v knowing he was under consideration. Sen. Roman Hruska of Nebraska was highly agitated that there were so Many democrats still holding h a office in the Republican administration. Hruska made the Point that these Holdover democrats could not be trusted they would note Loyal and that they were in positions to cause the new administration trouble. He was especially concerned Over cer Tain people who had difficulties during the Johnson administration who were still in office. The White House has certain obligations to the Senate. And we have obligations to the partying our states where republicans want help from the president another participant paraphrased the message to Harlow. We want in on the decision making. We Don t just want to be informed after it s made or announced. And wended More than one Day s notice on some of these appointments,too." United states Britain an France was one of the topics. Tsarapkin refused to confirm this. Also on Friday the East Ger Man Interior minister demanded that the West Berlin government see to it that the March 5 elec Tion of a new West German presi Dent in the communist encircled City be called off. It was the second such East German demand i two Days the first one directed to the West German government in Bonn by the East Berlin foreign ministry. West German government spokesman Guenter Diehl declared in Bonn meanwhile that the East German warning should not be minimized because it brings into the International situation a new and dangerous  Diehl added that the East Ger mans for their part should in clude the planned visit to Berlino . President Richard m. Nixon As an important argument in their  Nixon is due in West Berli feb. 27 As part of his european trip just a week before the fed eral presidential election is to take place. The second East German de Mand that the election be can celeb was directed to mayor Klaus Schuetz and his City administration by East German Interior minister col. Gen Fried Rich Dickel 6 dual based phantom jets visit Denmark continued from Pago 1 countries being flown by the49th Wing and the 417th tactical fighter so which is dual base Dat Hahn a Germany an Mountain Home fab Idaho. During the next several week the phantoms along with sup port Crews will Fly to eight other nato bases in Norway England West Germany the Netherlands Belgium Italy Greece and Turkey. The fighters which bridged the Atlantic in crested Cap arid flew air support for the army during Carbide ice Are scheduled to return to the unite states in March and april. Air Force spokesmen termed the visit Here and the trips to other countries As merely  the . Airmen received sup port from the Royal danish air Force while Here. A danish spokesman said . Planes both tactical and transport Typo Are in and out of Aalborg frequently. Bonn Navy officer apparent suicide Bonn up a 30-year-Oldwest German naval officer was found hanged in his room her Friday. The defense ministry said he presumably committed suicide for personal  a defense ministry spokesman identified the Man As 1st it. Erik Wulf a telecommunications an photography officer in the naval aviation Branch. He said that Wulf was married and had one child. His death was the latest in aware of suicides that has claimed 12 victims among Ger Man officers and civil servants in four months. Auto insurers say their rates Are too Low continued from Page u men. Who usually rotate else where after two or three years and therefore have no potentials future customers for other types of insurance such As life property and so  thus an unmarried Man under 21 whether he is an officer enlisted Man warrant officer or . Civilian May get the Shock of his life when an insurance Man quotes rates to  instance if the car is up to four years old the compulsory liability insurance comes to a whopping 9494 annually. I the car in from five to nine years old the rate is 9543, comprehensive insurance fire theft Etc is quoted at 968 annually on cars up to 9999 value. Add to this 1350 for collision insurance 9100 deductible and you la get an idea Why Many gis prefer cabs in commuting be tween the Barracks and Down town rather than invest in a Jalopy. Based on these rates a 20-year-old private who brings his new car to Europe and want full coverage has to cough up 9907plus 91 for the policy please. Married officers warrant officers Ems regardless of Grade and . Civilians below age 21, As Well As Els through e3s 21years or older have to pay 9398 for liability 953 for comprehensive and 9312 for collision. Those dashing types who can not do without a sports car will be charged approximately 50 percent on top of the usual rates. Moreover All automobile insurance rates for  Drivers As Well As germans Are approved by the German insurance commissioner i Berlin fantastic of course it is smiled the agent. But then re member it is these under age Drivers who have the worst Acci Dent records whether in Europe or the United states. That s Well documented by  statistics do show that of nearly 100 million licensed Automo bile Drivers in the United states about 20 per cent Are under 25 but they Are involved in one third of All the accidents. It s a fact today that Heyoung Driver is twice As Likely to have an Accident As an Over-35-year-old Driver said Norval Reamer underwriting manager of the insurance Exchange. To also has been quoted As saying Combine immaturity and in experience with alcohol and the unwise practice of loaning their cars to girl mends who often do not even have a Driver s License and the end result is obvious  
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