European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 14, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 5destruction Only partially successful spook unit chief of Pueblo criticized on document chaos Coron do Calif. Uple destruction of secret documents aboard the Pueblo was chaotic without leadership and Only partially successful according to testimony disclosed wednesday from a court of  testimony was Given at a secret session tuesday by five Veteran Navy Petty officers but was not made Public until a news conference  testimony by four of the five cast doubt on the role Oft. Stephen Harris chief of the 20-Man spook unit in destruction of secret papers and equip ment to prevent them from fall ing into the hands of the intelligence ship s North korean Cap tors. The fifth Man who testified tuesday supported Harris. The hearing was devoted primarily to what material fell into North korean hands when the Pueblo was seized Jan. 23, 1968.communications technician . James d. Layton of Binghamton n.y., testified Harris walked into the research quarters shortly after the Pueblo was fired on by the communist gunboats but that he never saw Harris take part in destroying the  testified previously that he ordered destruction of classified material had a destruction Bill posted an participated in burning of  testimony was first challenged in a secret session stars ind is. Third underwater project slated Washington a an eight Man team of aquanauts is scheduled to enter a sea Labora tory submerged off the califor Nia coast monday to begin the Navy s third major underwater research project sea lab . William m. Nicholson head of the Navy s deep submergence systems project said the Experiment will Advance the Navy a major step toward pro Viding new diving and underwater operations gear that May be expected to be in use until the year 2000. Bobby Darin has acute pneumonia Hollywood up Singer Bobby Darin is recovering at Home from what a spokesman described As a Case of acute  Darin was flown Here wearing an oxygen mask from Mexic City were he had been appearing at a night club. The 32-year-old Singer is divorced from actress Sandra Dee. Ike s son May get diplomatic Post Washington a presi Dent Nixon is expected to  John Eisenhower son of former president Dwight d. Eisenhower ambassador to Belgium twas Learned wednesday. Eisenhower a in year old re tired army colonel is the author of a recent Book on world War n campaigns in Western Europe with considerable emphasis on action in Belgium. Sex Secretary of state in Hospital Columbia . Up former Secretary of state James Byrnes 89, known As the assistant president during the Franklin Roosevelt administration is reported in satisfactory conditional a local Hospital. Nature of his illness was not disclosed. A spokesman at Baptist Hospital said Byrnes had been placed in the intensive care Section but doctors Are not fearful for his life.1 actor s $32,000 Auto stolen Beverly Hills Calif a actor David Janssen who portrayed the fugitive on television has police looking for another fugitive the one who made off with his new Roll Royce convertible. The car valued at $32,000was taken from a garage where a Mechanic was working on it. Apollo 9 rehearsal under Way Cape Kennedy up a six Day countdown rehearsal forthe Apollo 9 Earth orbiting flight began wednesday. The procedure Marks the final major test in months of preparations for astronauts James a. Modl Vitt David r. Scott and Russel l. Schweikart to blast off for a 10-Day flight feb. 28.the test includes fuelling the giant Saturn s rocket and most other Steps Short of an actual launch. Nixon Marks Lincoln s birthday Washington a presi Dent Nixon placed a Wreath at the base of the statue in the Lin Coln memorial wednesday at ceremonies marking the 160thbirthday of the martyred civil War president. The chief executive approached the memorial through a double line of military Flag bearers and mounted the Steep Steps at a fast Pace set by the army band playing the Battle hymn of the Republic. Fourth a test of year reported Washington a the atomic Energy commission wednesday announced its fourth weapons related nuclear test explosion of the year at its under ground test site in  blast was of Low yield meaning it had a blast equivalent of less than 20,000 tons of int Ford Grants to be investigated Washington up the Ford foundation has made Grants Otaling $131,069 to eight former aides to the late senator Robert Kennedy for travel and study around the world a congressional panel reported wednesday. The House subcommittee on foundations headed by rep. Wright Gatiuan said Ford officials would be asked to explain these and other Grants during forthcoming tax Reform hearings by the House ways and Means committee Patman said the Grants to Kennedy s former assistants were for periods of Between three and seven months simulated attacks massive blasts to test new . Missile silo Washington a the United states plans to test the strength of a new underground missile silo by blasting it with massive int charges simulating soviet missiles. Defense officials say the tests Are intended to prove the Hardi Ness of the strongest subterranean offensive launch tubes this country can develop against future soviet missiles. Some experts have expressed concern that the detonation of nuclear warheads packing the equivalent of Many tons of dynamite could Render . Icbms useless in their fir ing stations including propose third generation multiple War head types. Pentagon spokesmen said Congress will be asked to appropriate $58 million in the de terrier heart  closeup of Glamour Good Helfet who won first place inthe Westminster Kennel club dog show at Madison Square Garden. Good news was the first Skye terrier Ever to Winthe prize. A photo sense budget for the fiscal Yea beginning july 1 to finance Mas Sive conventional explosions Over specially designed super hard silos to be built in the Southwest and far West. The air Force told a newsman two test Sites have been chosen near Estancia Valley n.m., an Cedar Utah and a contractor will soon be selected to arrange the silo test blasts. The experiments will Star with Small scale explosions and Lead up to a major blast involving More than one million pounds of int sometime next year. Asked what precautions willbe taken to warn nearby cities the air Force said the test Sites Are sufficiently Remote that populated areas will not be  sen. Henry m. Jackson d-wash., a member of Congress joint atomic Energy commit tee along with others has expressed concern the electro magnetic effect of an enemy warhead might foul the . Retaliatory system in a heavy atomic  first Steps of the test Pentagon officials say involve digging a minuteman launch silo with a Broad Mouth some200 feet wide 100 feet Long and four feet deep. Explosive dome Over this cavity will be Mold de an explosives filled dome which upon detonation will Cre ate the same powerful effects of a nuclear blast against a minuteman pad. Special instrumentation will record the effects to determine if the underground missiles could ride out an attack and Fly successfully toward enemy tar gets. In one of his last reports to Congress outgoing Secretary of defense Clark m. Clifford said strategic experts had concluded that any new . Land base missile systems should be deployed in hardened missile silos. Monday before a five Admira court of inquiry by chief communications technician James , who said he ordered Emer gency destruction in the absence of orders from Harris. Communications technician . Michael t. Barrett Testi fied tuesday he recommended on his own initiative that person Nel in the research space pre pare for emergency destruction. He made the decision he said when a North korean submarine Chaser signalled heave to or we will  Barrett suffered shrapnel wounds when he left the research area to go to the ship abridge. Communications . David Ritter supported the testimony by saying he saw Harris in the research space but no one was really supervising destruction. Bags for jettisoning the Pueblo was equipped with weighted bags for jettisoning classified material and fire were started in five wastebaskets to Aid in the  testified earlier that As far As he knows 11 of the 12bags filled with the documents were seized by the North koreans. The Pueblo s skipper  m. Bucher told the court last month he had seen secret documents fall into the hands of the communists. Testimony supporting Harris earlier statements came from communications technician . Donald Peppard who said he typed an emergency destruction Bill at Harris orders the morn ing of the Day the ship was at tacked and posted it in the re search space. Bill initiated he said All personnel were required to initial the Bill signifying they had read it. However communications technician . Donald Mcclar Ren said he did not recall seeing the emergency destruction Bill and in fact had drafted a rough Bill for Harris approval earlier. The proposed Bill never was posted to his knowledge. The court was to resume hear ing testimony thursday after spending a Day considering the direction of future sessions and the 11-month Captivity phase of the Pueblo s Crew. Optimistic on Auto sales Houston a a poll of american automobile dealers re leased Here predicts 1969 sales of Domestic and foreign vehicles will reach 9.62 million units slightly More than forecast by manufacturers. Gunman demands drugs kills teen Hollywood up a gun Man demanding heroin shot to death the teen aged son of film and television producer Stirling Silliphant wednesday in the youth s hippie style apartment decorated with a lifelike Ceramic death head. Guests said the gunman burst into the apartment of 18-year-old Loren Suu Pantand demanded heroin. The our guests at the apartment said the Man became violent when Silliphant said be did not have any the gunman slapped Suu Phant pushed him against a Wau and shot him in the Chest. The victim s father create the television series route 66" and the naked  his movie credits include in the heat of the night which won the Academy award As the Best picture of the year last april. Police said the gunman had been one of 25 persons at a hippie prayer meeting in a apartment Down the Hall. Be left the party and ran into one of Sui Phanos guests Richard Becker s3, to the Hall. The gunman told Becker he wanted to buy drugs and Beckerley him to Silliphant s door police said. After shooting Silliphant the gunman fled but returned a few seconds later. He told the four persons hovering around Siili Phant s body i told nobody  he then fled again from the apartment which police said had flashing Strobe and Blacklight As Well As a Ceramic death head wearing a Black Haton top of the refrigerator. Police said they confiscated a plastic sack filled with marijuana a pipe used to smoke the Weed and lewd pictures in Young Silliphant s apartment alter the flaying