European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 15, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 5 Bircher admits diff fences with Pueblo exec Coronado Calif. A the skipper of the Pueblo said thursday he had differences with his second in com Mand Over organization of the intelligence ship but there was no personality clash. As cmdr. Lloyd m. Buche testified anew before a court of inquiry it became known that the five admirals investigating the Case were to move to nor Folk va., Friday to inspect a Pueblo sister ship the Palm each. The Navy said the five Admi rals on the court their counsel and Bucher s counsel were to travel to Norfolk by air Friday and return late saturday. Buche was not scheduled to accompany admirals want to get a Good working knowledge of what an intelligence ship looks like in general a Navy spokes Man said. He gave no specifics but said newsmen were not Tobe allowed to interview the court nor go aboard the Palm , looking tanned and rested was recalled thursday to clarify certain Points and to comment on testimony of other witnesses since he opened the testimony three weeks adm. Alan Bergner court member asked if there was any personality clash be tween Bucher and his executive officer it. Edward Murphy or. Bucher said there was Noth ing that was not resolved readily by my just making a Deci Sion. If you put it in terms of a personality clash that s being just a Little bit too harsh. A difference of opinion but never at any time was there a personality clash per was the first indication of any differences Between the two. Bucher and several crewmen were recalled because the court famed new York restaurant sold new York a la chows the 87-year-old German restaurant on Manhattan s 14thstreet, has been sold to Long champs. Inc. The Sale was announced by Jan Mitchell owner of the dining spot since 1950, an Larry Ellman president of the Longchamps restaurant was opened in 1882 by a 26-year-old German immigrant August Luchow and became the center$lh1� City theatrical and political life Back when 14th Street was the Hub of new York. Two Mars probes to be launched Cape Kennedy a a pair of Mariner spacecraft will relaunched toward Mars on feb. 24 and March 24 to take pictures and gather scientific data that might establish whether life could exist on the red planet. The twin 900-Pound probes Are to investigate the physical chem ical and Thermal properties of the Martian surface and atmosphere As they Fly within 2,000 Miles. New study of space program slated Washington a presi Tion will be undertaken by the Dent Nixon s science adviser White House science office to or. Lee a. Dubridge announced thursday a new study of the nation s space program to try to evolve a whole new space program proposal for the next 10 years. The study at Nixon s Sugges Whit Gether with the defense depart ment and the space Agency Dubridge said the three Agen cies involved in the study should have a proposal for the presi Dent s consideration by sept. 1. Oil heir to marry Baroness few York a an april wedding was announced thursday for Peter Salm heir to a Standard Oil Fortune and. Baroness Wii tra Willie von Furstenberg daughter of Baron and Baroness at ton of Tratenberg of Angermund near in Essendorf Germany Saint is the son of the late Millicent Rogers Salm Balcom an the late count Ludwig Constantin Salm von boo Straeten of Vienna. He is also a grandson of the late col. Henry in Woleston Rogers a partner of John d. Rockefeller in Standard Oil who left a Multi million Dollar Trust. Rogers Russ envoy Confer so Dobrynin said after his f. Meeting with Rogers that it was Washington up Viet ambassador Anatoly conferred for an hour thursday with Secretary of state William p. Rogers on a variety of it was the first High level Contact in Washington Between the russians an the Nixon administration. Essentially a Courtesy Call since it was Bis first conference with the new Secretary of state. But he added that he and Rog ers touched briefly on virtual Lyall matters of Mutual interest. Hungarians free american girl new York up a Young Seneca Indian woman held for six months by hungarians who caught her trying to smuggle an East German youth into the West arrived Home thursday night vowing never to go Back behind the Iron curtain i believe in what i did miss Henrietta Blueye said. I still believe in it but i could never go Back because i m on a list. I m so glad to be out of that Board urges Railroad raises Washington up presidential emergency Board thursday recommended a series of retroactive and future wage increases foe Railroad conductors and engineers. Board recommendations As outlined in a White House announcement included a Gener Al increase of 5 per cent retroactive to july 1, 1968 f per cent raise retroactive Toast Jan. 1, and an additional 3 per cent effective july 1, if . Votes to Kaffl Aati tramp Concord , a lamps Bare s a0ti-tramp Law Housa thursday. Kwa fast freight through the Bounty Hunting for tramps will officially end if As anticipated gov. Walter Peterson signs the measure although it Baj Bee it Long time since a county paid the a Bounty to Someon apr be paid under the obsolete measure if the tramp is convicted of being a tramp. And the conviction rate has fallen off in recent year. Deep interest Nixon vows to rebuild . Merchant Marine Miami Beach a pres ident Nixon promised labor leaders thursday to help re build the nation s Long declining merchant Fleet into a major tool of . Economic policy a pledge the democratic oriented unions were never Able to get from former president Lyndon. Johnson. A Strong and viable Mer Man released after double admits crime Philadelphia a Aman imprisoned three years ago on a charge of rape was free thursday after his double allegedly admitted the resemblance was so strik ing that relatives of Gordon , 22, who had been serving a 7j/2-20 year term were unable to Tell the men apart. Now charged with the crime is Fred a. Conyers 22, who has been serving two to 10 years for another rape. Chance encounter Ragan s lawyer Bernard l. Lemisch told judge Alexanderf. Barbieri thursday that a Chance encounter Between som of Ragan s relatives and con yers at a Philadelphia police Sta Tion in december 1967, led to the reopening of the said Conyers was there for a hearing in his own Case and Ragan already was in relatives mistook Conyers for Ragan and asked him what he was doing out out of jail. When Conyers disavowed knowledge of who they were or what they were talking about they told Lemisch of the incident and he presented a new Case tothe District attorney s office two weeks rape victim wife of a University of Pennsylvania professor now in California was flown Back to Philadelphia last Friday and confronted Ragan and con yers at City Hall. She was unable to Tell them apart. Chant Marine is essential in this quest for economic vitality Nixon said in a Telegram to Paul Hall president of the Al Cio maritime trades department. I want each of you and the seven million men and women you represent to know of my deep interest in seeing our Mer chant Marine play a More important role in world com Merce Nixon said. The Tele Gram was read to leaders of the labor group s 39 unions. First message it was Nixon s first message to a major meeting of organize labor which campaigned strongly against him in the presidential race last fall. The maritime unions contend that if . Flag vessels carried 40 per cent of american Export Sand imports instead of the present 7 per cent the nation s deficit in International balance of payments could returned into a surplus and pro vide a major spurt to the Economy. Independent pane the unions want an Independent . Maritime administration not a Branch of the com Merce department to better promote shipping policies legis lation to discourage american ship owners from registering their vessels in foreign coun tries to avoid . Taxes and la Bor costs and Federal subsidies to encourage shipbuilding at Home rather than in cheaper foreign Yards. In carrying capacity said maritime trades report there is More american registered under other flags than there is under lobbying Effort despite extensive and expensive lobbying efforts the Mari time unions working with the shipping Industry failed to win any gains under Johnson s and spent thousands of Dol Lars in a successful lobbying Effort for legislation to remove the . Maritime administration from its subsidiary status in the Commerce department Only to see Johnson veto the measure. Was trying to get certain questions. Cleared up the Navy said. Earlier the Navy had said the court would not shift us focus to imprisonment of the Crew until All questions concerning the capture were spent the first week of the inquiry giving a lengthy sometimes anguished account of the capture and the 11 month imprisonment by the North to about Murphy Bucher said the duties he required of Murphy were tempered by the fact that or. Murphy had had limited amount of sea experience especially from an administrative Point of View. Because of his limited experience i was required to give or. Murphy much More details orders and instructions. I expected perhaps too much Fromm. Murphy in preparing the ship s Bucher said be was experienced in organizing a submarine Crew and Murphy was surface ship great difficulty Bucher also said he could have steered the Pueblo fro below decks but with great difficulty to avoid casualties if he had fled North korean gun fire. And he said he could t Drill his Crew extensively because it would have interfered with intelligence gathering. Some crewmen have said they weren thrilled in destroying secret a said the emergency steering was not something could set up within five min he estimated it Wouldhave taken him one hour to pre pare for emergency steering under the Best of rear adm. R. R. Pratt Aske Bucher about apparent contradictions Between his earlier Tes Timony and statements from signalman . Wendell Leach of Houston tex., who told the court he did not recall Buche ordering flags to say i am in International Waters when North korean vessels approached. Confused about it Leach is confused about it. I am positive about it because iwas writing these things Down Bucher was the last time you had general drills prior to Jan.23?" asked rear adm. Edward e. Grimm referring to the Day the Pueblo was captured. They were held in route when the weather permitted Bucher said but a whole ship evolution Drill would have interrupted for that period the col Lection of intelligence and we were tasked with keeping our antennas and our operation a boy for Glen Campbell Hollywood up the wife of Singer Glen Campbell gave birth to a 7-Pound, 1�4-ounce baby boy at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Both Billi Campbell and the baby were re ported doing Well. The Camp Bells have two other children. Test has Downs and a giant Yoyo floors vim new York a a Gian tyo a maybe to end All Yoyo a made 10-floor descent in a Experiment at the Dalton school and made it Back by All but afew inches. Faculty members and boy Sand girls of the private school on Bast 89th Street stood agape on the sidewalk As 13-year-old Anthony Cahan readied his 15 Inch four Pound plywood to boat a 10th floor window. Bets were taken with the faculty betting no and the Stu dents a test flight was made. The Anthony really lot out the Nylon line. The Orange and Pink flow ered device plummeted Earth Ward Rose to the seventh floor dipped to the fourth the zoomed to the loth floor window Sill where it was quickly hauled in. It s kind of a heroic concept said headmaster Donald Barr. The largest Yoyo in said Young Cahan i like to build things i guess. And i flowered Yoyo
