European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1978 the stars and stripes Page s Navy role in Pacific doubted Washington up at apparent with defense Secretary Harold is Public statements that the is the worlds Weisner has said it would have craps Only an even Chance of keeping Ici fic and Indian Ocean sea lanes open in Rio Talwar with the soviet the Honolulu based Amman Perinchief for the made e statement to an article in the summer at of strategic if conventional War broke out in  there would most Likely be a be for the sea lanes which carry e East Oil and other vital raw Rte rials to the West and it is my opinion that the United states mid find it difficult to protect those Fortal lines of Toner Hurt Are some deficiencies in the ice Structure that must be rectified u we taxi to remain capable of doing the it adred task in the Asi Pacific the United states needs Art air and naval forces to Cope with owing soviet according to Weisner article As cleared by the spokesmen dined to comment beyond Browns most went Public statement on the subject in a Pech in san Francisco last june declaring there was no truth to Oag grated allegations of the toys the defense Secretary said and will remain second to Weisner said while the United states i pursues a Forward based strategy k the the military Mannel West of Hawaii Are now at their hat Point since before the Start of world fir ii in other Points in which the United states deficient in the Region include warfare strategic secure and Quick acting ground and airborne Warner wins Republican Senate nomination in up ii former Navy Secretary John Warner won the re publican nomination for the Senate by acclamation saturday to succeed the late Richard standing beside his actress Eizabeth was nominated by John there was other nomination before the 78member gop Central in his first attempt at elective and Taylor were expected to begin campaigning almost immediately on the same platform that who died in a plane crash a week had Obenshain campaigned on tax Reform and the need for a Strong National Obenshain was a former state and National party chairman whose Force and conservative principles lifted the state gop from oblivion to Power in 10 who lost to Obenshain at the party june nominating will oppose Democrat Andrew Miller for the Senate seat vacated by Republican Wil Liam Warner didst announce his second candidacy until All the other Likely foes publicly disclaimed interest in opposing Mill a former two term attorney general who lost his attempt to secure the party gubernatorial nomination in unusually favourable weather abundant wheat crop expected Washington a unusually favourable weather Likely will result in far above average wheat yields in the four leading wheat producing a Situa Tion that has occurred Only once in almost three a government report said the soviet United China and which together account for More than half the worlds wheat product simultaneously Are getting abundant moisture and favourable said the report by the Commerce departments National oceanic and atmospheric administration in the last 28 Only once in 1970 have the leading four countries All produced above average wheat yields in the same said the the Noaa assessment is part of an Effort to Monitor the effect of weather on world the issued Are assembled from space Satel Lite ground observations and information from numerous the Agency said the wheat crop in Canada and other leading agricultural nations also should be very Good because of Good rainfall in the Western has been 50 percent to 100 percent above aver age since the excessive rain will reduce Quality and Quantity of grains in some the report but Abov Eav rage rain usually brings greater yields to begin in the Eastern regions of the soviet the vast Spring wheat areas Are benefiting from Rains 25 percent to 50 per cent above with moisture conditions appearing even More favourable than in 1976 when a record Harvest analysts studying moisture conditions in the entire Grain Region extending from Europe in the West to Mongolia in the cast can find no significant droughts at All an extremely unusual situation for a land area which is several thousand Miles in the report the report also said that in China there is generally adequate soil moisture and Good irrigation water supplies in the most important agricultural the Monsoon has Given India unusually abundant rain this the heavy although damaging some crops in Northern make Rice and wheat prospects extremely said the in the United dry weather has damaged grains in parts of the Southeast and in the Southern but regular rainfall and moderate temperatures in the of up her shot under the be of Shes right on Cue actor Jack Lemmon at a practice ses she is participating in the Midwest has resulted in excellent growing conditions in the country most productive the report there have been crop losses in the mid West because of violent but these have been Small compared with the crops benefiting from the multinational scientific satellite lofted Cape a a million multinational scientific packed with gear for studies of the Earth and the was launched and project officials said its experiments could begin in four i am very pleased with the Way things Are said Tyko von project after the International unearth explorer 3 separated from the third stage of its like the two sees already this one is meant to Leam More about the magnetic attraction exerted by the Earth and about solar events that affect the weather and climate on this Mission is very said von we Are going to try to make a coordinated assault on the prob lems going on in the the spacecraft weighs Deputy project manager Stephen paddock said it will take 20 Days for the Craft to reach a Point in space 1 million Miles from but that it would take 105 Days in All for it to Drift to the right position relative to Earth to be put into its elliptical of time 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