European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 10, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 5 Hole could be kicked in lunar spacecraft Houston a the space Craft which will carry american astronauts to the surface of the Moon is so very very Flimsy that a Man could easily push his foot through its Wall the com Mander of the Apollo 9 Crew said saturday. Air Force col. James me Divitt said the lunar module Walls in Many areas could be pierced by a dropped screwdriver before it s  launch however he said it becomes very rigid when pressurized by oxygen in space. Mcdivitt made the comments saturday after a news Confer ence. It was the last Public appearance for him and the other Apollo 9 crewmen Russell l. Schweikart and air Force it. Col. David r. Scott before they Are launched into Earth orbit feb. 28.mcdivitt said some surfaces of the spider like lunar module Are protected against the hot gases of thruster rockets but that other areas Are made Only of Many layers of thin material stars a stale Side Lii this red ships too close Portsmouth a. Up the coast guard reported a soviet bloc fishing Fleet violated the 12-mile fishing limit off the Virginia coast saturday. The coast guard Cutter Point Arena threaded its Way through approximately 20 ships and came alongside a russian support ship. A written message was handed to a crewman on the soviet vessel informing the Fleet Commodore of the violations and the possible consequences. The soviet ship also was contacted by radio from coast guar Headquarters in Portsmouth and Given the same message. There was no reply from the soviets either to the radio message or the note. I used to work Here Lansing Mich. Up a Man who used to work in the Michigan Capito tried to see gov. William g. Milliken without an appointment. To happens to be in a meeting right now said appointments Secretary Mary Calhoun to the Man pointing out How Busy Milliken was. The Man was More than understanding and told mis Calhoun i used to work Here before you were  when were you Here said miss Calhoun raising he eyebrows. From 1941 to the first Parton 1943," answered the Man. I m former gov. Murray   Milliken interrupted h i meeting to see Van Wagoner. Two student priests die in fall Castile . A two Young men who were training forthe brotherhood of a roman Catholic order slipped on an icy precipice saturday and plummeted 150 feet to their death in the Gorge at Letchworth state Park. The victims were identified As Martin a. Hanak of Nyack .,and Merlin Nosbisch of new Hampton Iowa both 19. Park officials said they were part of a group of 25 students fro the society of the divine word Seminary in Conesus who were visiting the Park. Crime in new York up 35 per cent new York up violent crime increased by 35 per Centin new York City last year the police department reported. According to the department s figures five persons were Mur dered every 48 hours during 1968 and 149 persons were robbed five raped and 78 assaulted every Day of the year. The winds were right Columbus Ohio a Columbus millionaire Ben Blinn was Happy Man sunday but not because of his wealth. It s because the 70-year-old outdoor advertising sign executive believes he has reached the Pinacle of another career Kite flying. He said he received confirmation Over the weekend that a plastic bottle attached to a Kite he and a partner put in the air at Nan Tucket Island off Massachusetts in june of 1967 has been found at mistral Beach Newquay Cornwall on the South coast of England. Blinn and his partner Walter e. Scott 71, a wealthy  had launched a total of 18 kites each 4 or 5 feet tall with a 2,000-foot string from Nantucket. They had studied tides and currents Between Nantucket an Southampton England and to each Kite was attached a plastic bottle. In the bottle was Blinn s address and a message asking that he be notified where it was found. Of say did you see Philadelphia a it was a rebellious wind not a student protest that Bas made old glory Fly upside Down since wednes Day aver the Droxel Institute men s  officials have been unable to get someone to climb the 85-foot pole on the 11-Story building Aud untangle the Flag. Peter Tork leaves monkeys los Angeles a one of the four monkeys Peter Tork Haslet the Rock n Roll singing group to become s record producer. The group will not engage a replacement their manager  split was very amicable he added. That could be pierced  this reason the com Mander said Schweikart will have to be very careful during a two hour space walk schedule Midway in the 10-Day Apollo 9  said Apollo 9, which will be the first manned flight of Al the hardware needed to go to the Moon will be the most com plex space flight Ever attempt  flight plan includes an Orbital linkup of the command module and the lunar module. With spacecraft joined me Divitt and Schweikart will Transfer to the lunar module leaving Scott alone in the com Mand module. The two spacecraft will sep Arate the lunar module will Fly More than 100 Miles away and then they will rendezvous a a never essential to a successful lunar Mission. Schweikart also will Demon Strate How astronauts in the lunar module will be Able to re turn to the command module by walking in  Norma Transfer is through a Tunnel linking the  said his space walk will be no More risky than other american space walks. He said there is More risk of my causing damage to the pm lunar module than to me. I for some reason i lose control and bang into the pm i could make a pretty big Hole. My suit is so thick 1 Don t fear any dam age to  i All three said they Are confident of their safety. Canada deports Berkley s grandson to face . Charges of hijacking Champlain . A Alben w. Truitt 85, indicted by a Federal grand jury on charges of air piracy and kidnapping in a 1968 hijacking of a private plane was arrested saturday when he crossed the .-Cana-Dian Border Here. Truitt was deported and re leased to the Fri by Canadian immigration authorities and Royal Canadian mounted police the grandson of the late vice president Alben Barkley is accused of forcing the Pilot of a chartered Cessna 177 to take him to Cuba from key West j fla., after displaying a Pencil Type tear Gas Container to the i  Pilot and plane subs i Quentlyn were returned to the1united states. \ Truitt was held pending  before . Commissioner Joseph w. Keiley in near by Pittsburgh. J Truitt was ushered to this order crossing Point 50 Miles South of Montreal after he decided not to Appeal a Deporta j Tion ruling by the Canadian immigration department last Jan. 29.he had been ordered deported witness takes jury to where Shaw lived new Orleans up the Clay l. Shaw conspiracy trial j jury went into the French Quarter saturday to see whether a Star state witness who complains of being hypnotized by his enemies could find a apartment where he said he heard Shaw plot to kill president John f. Kennedy. After a false foray into a pin Brick apartment House at 1323 Dauphine Street the witness Charles 1. Spiesel 50led the jury into a drab balconies House at 906 Esplanade Avenue where Shaw lived in 1963. Spiesel a new York Public j accountant testified Friday that in june 1963, he heard Shaw and nine or 10 other men in a apartment House at Dauphine and Esplanade discuss ways of killing Kennedy and getting away Shaw 55, a retired new Orleans businessman is charged with plotting in 1963 with Lee Harvey Oswald an flier David w. Ferrie both now dead to assassinate  denies even knowing Oswald and Ferrie but is on trial on criminal conspiracy . Spiesel tells me he does not wish to pursue the Matte further said criminal dist. Judge Edward a. Haggerty jr.,wearing a red sports jacket and the trial is called on account of rain St. Louis to. Up Johng. Roach an attorney saw a woman standing in the ruin an gave her a ride Home. Mrs Bernadette Campbel thanked him. It turned out How Ever she was a juror in a weapons Case in which Roach currently is the defense  judge Michael j. Scott declared a mistrial. Mopping his brow with his handkerchief. J Haggerty said he would Orde Spiesel Back on the witness stand to Tell what Success he had finding the apartment. But it seas understood tha Spiesel led the jury into one apartment in which two girls had Given a party Friday night j one was still in bed when Spiesel led the jury in about noon. Spiesel a Natty Little Baldman testified Friday that he introduced himself to Ferrie Ina new Orleans Saloon one june night in 1963. He said Ferrie took him to a Brownish Stone building where he introduced him to Shaw. Discussion at party he said Shaw Ferrie another guests at a party talked about killing Kennedy with a High powered Rifle and flying j out the killer in an air plane. Spiesel said a Young bearded Blond Man sitting next to him he declined to identify the Young Man As Oswald said he was ready willing and a Leto do the  the defense insisted on having Spiesel Lead the jurors to the scene saturday to determine whether this Man knows what he is talking  attorney f. Irwin Dymond Cross examined Spiese extensively saturday in an Effort to break Down his reliability Asa witness. He concentrated heavily on Spiesel s hypnotic experiences and a $16 million suit he filed against the Pinkerton detective Agency in new York. Spiesel said he bad been hypnotized against his will possibly 50 or to times in a period of 15 years. He said some people in new Orleans had tried to Force him int hypnosis from time to Lime since 1961. For overstaying a Shore leave pass issued Jan. 3. He had been detained in immigration department quarters in Quebec City pending his a peal on the deportation ruling. He also had entered an Appeal against being detained while awaiting , a journalist who said he wanted to go to Cuba to write Book recently admitted that anybody who would make a unauthorized trip to Cuba is out of his mind he May Windup  the alleged Hijacker has stated that he was guilty Only of foolish conduct in hiring plane to take him into the communist country. He said he paid the Pilot to change his course to  said he was unhappy about the cuban Story As it was being told to the american peo  could not believe All i was hearing from the american press. 1 can Only say 1 picked a foolish Way to  he  asked How the cuban government treats such unauthorized immigration. Truitt said since i m not a Hijacker it is difficult for me to say. But. I heard that hijackers were Given very rough treatment in deed. Some. I was told by peo ple of the department of state Security. Were imprisoned immediately 1truitt was put under House arrest after his flight to  on nov. 30 he was placed in solitary confinement in prison until his release in january. First Money Bill sent to Nixon Washington Ltd the Senate has passed and sent to president Nixon the first Money Bill of the 91st Congress a $36 million appropriation for unemployment compensation fed eral employees and veterans benefits. The measure provides funds to meet deficiencies in the pro Grams during the rest of this fiscal year that ends june 30. Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said some states were strapped for Money to meet unemployment compensation  supporters of the appropriation passed earlier by the House said the funds were also needed to meet larger than expected obligations to returning Vietnam veterans. Dodge recalls trucks Detroit a the Dodge division of Chrysler corp. Is re calling More than 20,000 truck for replacement of front wheel parts and inspection for possible Brake defects the firm announced