European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday february 10, 1969 naval aquanauts to probe Ocean floor for 60 Days St. John Virgin islands Spe Cial a detachment of 60 . Navy Seabee from Little Creek,va., is in the final stages Here at lamps her Bay of erecting on the Ocean floor the underwater construction and support facilities for project tektite i which begins feb. 15.this program will place four . Aquanaut scientists on the Ocean floor at a depth of 50 feet where they will live and work for 60 continuous Days in two capsules. Longest stay cmdr. Walter j. Eager a Cit engineering corps specialist from the naval facilities Engi Neering come in Washington program manager and officer i charge of the underwater construction said this will be the longest underwater stay Ever at tempted by a diving tektite is a joint Endeavor by the . Navy National aeronautics and space Agency department of Interior and general electric co., the first undersea program under taken by a group of Federal agencies in cooperation with Pri vate Industry. The project is designed to Sec How Well a Small group of men can perform scientific reseal while living on the Ocean floor under saturated diving conditions. It will afford biomedical and behavioural teams on the sur face an Opportunity to study through closed circuit television Man s psychological and physio logical reactions to a Long Ter Mission performed in an isolated hostile environment common to underwater and space missions. An earlier detachment of Seabee from amphibious construction in 2 built a temporary Kasecamp at greater la Meshur Bay where approximately 100 scientists and other support personnel will live and work during the construction and experimental phases of the divers have installed five underwater safety stations each equipped with air pockets at varying distances an locations from the tektite capsule. Should an aquanaut encounter any difficulties or have a malfunction of his equipment he will be Able to enter any of these stations. They All have Telephone communications to the surface. Racing on a Bubble this artist s illustration shows a 100-ton surface effect ship ses which measures 72 feet Long by 33 feet wide and is being designed by the Bell Aero systems company for speeds in excess of 80 knots about 92 Miles per boor. Of a design similar to the10-ton air Cushion vehicles being used by the army and Navy in Vietnam the ses literally rides on a Bubble of air. This one May be the forerunner of a High Speed ses transport. Hope grows for victims of palsy editor s note this i another in a series of articles outlining the purposes and pro Grams of those associations 22 in All which have combined this year in an America wide Appeal for Public support of the common welfare. The combined Federal Campaign will be conducted overseas from feb. 15 through march.31. Cerebral pals association cerebral palsy is a condition brought about by damage to the human brain usually at birth i which the victims suffer from Lack of control Over their Muscles. Some 600,000 persons in eluding 250,000 children suffer from the disease in America. Silver Sta Wethersfield England _ 8. Olin 79th tactical fighter so. Mildenhall England capt. Meredith j. Ganger 613th tactical Airlift Wing also two distinguished flying crosses and 15 air medals. Legion of Merit Stuttgart Germany it. Col. Raymond c. Mullen jr., Vii corps. Augsburg Germany _ it. 8. Rutgers jr., 24th inf div Forward. Wuer28urg, Germany maj. Jamesw. Mois 3rd in Oil. Washington col. William g. Dunnington army surgeon general s office 1st Oak Leat Cluster. Vicenza Italy _ it. Gen. Aldo Magrl got italian ill corps. Heidelberg Germany _ col. Rus Ell h. Self . Army Reserve school. Distinguished flying Cross wether3field, England maj. Joseph h. Slider cats. Gerald h. Felix James t. France Paul m. Dick ens 65th tactical fighter 6q, cats. Emmett l. Harris Donald a Kaufman 79th tactical fighter so. London Marine it. Col. John w. Irion jr., he . Naval forces Europe. Rhein main a Germany . William h. Beecher jr., 6916th secur Ity so. Bronze Star Butzbach Germany . Jack j. Flrsch 32nd army air defense come. Upper Heyford England 8. Sgt. Robert l. Zura 66th tactical reconnaissance Wing. Gie88en, Germany 6
