European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday february 15, 1969 . Forces role for 70s studied Washington up the Nixon administration has begun a study of what the role an size of u. S. Military forces should be in the 1970s.the study is being conducted by a steering group headed by David Packard. Deputy Secretary of defense. The group includes representatives from the state department. Centra intelligence Agency Cia and the staff of the National Security Council. One part is devoted to strategy in the nuclear arms race with  part looks into the question of what Genera purpose military forces the United states will need under Arange of possible foreign policy alternatives. Wide Range the alternatives Range from the United states being a world policeman for practically every dispute to Complete fortress America isolation  involved do not expect either of these extremes and so the study centers on a Large number of choices i Between. For example after the Vietnam War the study wants to know How Many troop the United states should keep in Asia and How close to possible trouble spots they should be. The United states now has More than 500,000 troops in Vietnam 55,000 in South Korea,40,000 in Okinawa 40,000 in Japan and 30,000 in the Philippines. There Are 300,000 u. S. Forces in Europe. The number of forces overseas affects the size of the total military establishment needed. Another Issue is How much mobility those forces must have. The air Force has plans to ferry troops and heavy equipment overseas in huge c5acargo planes. The Navy plans to do the same with fast deploy ment logistic ships. But the question of How much Money should be put into this Airlift and sea lift capacity International dance tonight in Stuttgart Stuttgart is Agerman american International dance for Young people will be staged beginning at 8 . Sat urday at Killenberg Hall  dance a part of Stutt Gart s Fasching Celebration will provide continuous entertainment for four hours. More than 2,000persons Are expected to attend. Archie Bell of the . Army a Star soul Singer will sing with the six degrees while Ray Lynch another soul Singer will he backed by the rubber Duck a band composed of de pendent students who feature psychedelic music. Brazil to buy 2 vessels Rio de Janeiro a the brazilian Navy plans to order two minesweepers from German shipbuilders. Depends partly on How u.  Are to be used As an instrument of foreign an defense policies. The tentative target Date for completion of the study is june 30. It could have an Impact on the fiscal year 1971 defense budget which the Nixon administration will Send to Congress next january and which will Bethe first budget the republicans can Call their own. Packard also is in charge of Shorter Range defense depart ment study of the fiscal 1970defense budget prepared by the last administration. The new administration must decide what changes it wants to recommend in that budget by about March 15. Dallas movie shown 2 witnesses Back Garrison on his Cross fire theory new Orleans a . Jim Garrison s Cross fire theory of president Kennedy assassination was Laid out vividly thursday in motion picture Sand testimony at the Clay Shaw conspiracy  witnesses said they thought shots came from the Grassy Knoll or triple underpass area of Dallas Dealey Plaza and not the Texas school Book  Spectator s movie film of the assassination showed Ken Nedy leaning Forward alter the first shot. Seconds later h i ahead appeared to snap Back Ward simultaneously with the virtual explosion of the right Side of his  had said at the Start of the trial he would show that Kennedy was hit by bullets Flora from different locations and not one spot As the Warren commission concluded. The commission decided one gunman Lee har vey Oswald shot Kennedy from , 55, is charged with conspiring with Oswald and Davidw. Ferrie both now dead to kill Kennedy in 1963. Shaw says whenever knew the two men. Thursday s last witness was Buell Wesley Frazier of Irvin Tex., a Dallas suburb. Frazier a prominent figure in the War Ren report told of giving Oswald weekly rides to his Job at the Texas school Book depository. On the morning of nov. 22,196s, Frazier said Oswald car ried a Brown paper package Britain european allies defy French by holding talks on Mideast crisis London up Britain and five of her West european part ners Friday defied an angry French Boycott and held a two hour discussion of the Middle East crisis without France. Brit ish sources said further such meetings Are Likely despite French  meeting took place at Lon Don Headquarters of the seven nation Western european Union we whose members Are Britain and the six common Market countries of France West Germany Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxem Bourg. We was set up in 1954 to control West German rearmament. Its main functions still Are related to european arms control. But Britain has sought to use it As a Means of regular political consultations with the six of the common Market. The French have resisted this strongly fearing the British were try ing to circumvent French presi Dent Charles de Gaulle s ban on Britain s joining the common Market. Friday s meeting was pro posed by British foreign Secre tary Michael Stewart at a meet ing of we foreign ministers at Luxembourg feb. 6-7. The Brit ish claim it was agreed unanimously then to meet Here. But the French quickly denounced the London meeting As serv ing no useful  when the session convened there was no French represent  sent a top flight Dele gation consisting of Stewart minister of state lord Chalfont Britain s permanent we Dele Gate lord Hood and several senior foreign office  and the Netherlands sent High ranking officials in addition to their ambassadors in London. The other nations were represented by their ambassadors or charges d  an opening statement Stew Art noted that the United states has followed Britain franc and the soviet Union in agree ing to big four talks at the United nations on a possible Middle East  said that As the mid dle East question is thus about to enter a new phase the British government Felt it was its duty to consult its we partners  Council then went into restricted session meaning it agreed not to make Public any of the actual discussion Olathe Middle East crisis. Jet set a Playboy Bonny shows a Model of a special dc9 be ing built for Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner. The 5render. Said Ritter had been taken int custody after they saw scratches on his face during a routine traffic Check. Upon closer inspection fritter s car the German spokes Man said police found pieces of clothing belonging to the strangled girl Helga Harttung of Ansbach. The army said the girl s Bod was found near a Highway tues Day afternoon and an Auto determined that she had  army said Ritter is a wheeled vehicle Mechanic wit the 4th in 35th Armor at nearby Hillesheim a spokesman said be a married has a daughter an lives in nearby Rothenburg. The spokesman said charge against Ritter Are pending a decision by the army and the German police Over jurisdiction which the Warren commission concluded was the murder Rifle later found in the  said he was standing on the Steps in front of the build ing As die presidential motor Cade passed. Afterwards he said he heard what sounded like a motorcycle  after there were two More in rapid succession he said. People were running and screaming and falling  second two shots were Back to Back he . Could you determine the direction a. They appeared to me to come from Down toward the Tri ple underpass. Another witness gave similar testimony. "1 saw people running toward the Grassy Knoll testified Rob Ert h. West land Surveyor for Dallas county Tex. West said he heard four re ports the first similar to a motorcycle backfire and the other three like Rifle  q. Were you Able to determine the location or direction from which these sounds were com ing a. The sounds came from the Northwest quadrant of Dealey Plaza. Garrison appears As the prosecution turned it attention to the actual assassination in Dallas rather than the alleged conspiracy in new or leans Garrison made a 20-min-Ute appearance in court Only the third time he has been in the courtroom since the trial started 21 Days  Edward a. Hagerty jr., in a Victory for the defense Rule thursday morning that the state could not take testimony Fromor. Edmond a. Fatter the physician who hypnotized prosecution witness Perry Raymond Russo. The state s conspiracy Case rests primarily on Russo s , a Book Salesman Testi fied earlier this week that behead Shaw Oswald and Ferric plotting to assassinate Kenned Yat a mid september 1963 new Orleans party. He said the talked of Cross fire diversionary shooting and  agent another witness new Orleans travel agent Lewis Hopkins testified he arranged a Shaw trip from new Orleans to san fran Cisco Portland ore., and Backoo new Orleans in mid novem Ber 1963.the state charges that Shaw As an Alibi took a trip to the West coast and was there when Kennedy was killed. Russo Testi fied he heard Shaw say at the alleged september 1963 party height go to the West coast As an Alibi. Weather temperatures h l 17 Albany 98 album Guerque 99 Atlanta 89 bar Miniham m Boston 14 Buffalo 17 Chicago it Cincinnati in Cleveland m Denver 07 do Monea 19 Detroit .18 Duluth 47 Al Pato 1 parse 44 Frt Worth a Honolulu 4�h 4m 4 6 44 m 817 i Cou Uville Memphra Miami Beach Milwaukee  Paul new Orleans new York c. 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