European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 23. 1986 the stars and stripes army looks for High tech foxhole Digger Baychuc Vinch Washington Bureau Washington it s not flashy enough to make headlines in his decidedly High Lech Era. Bul army engineers Are searching for a device that will dig a a Cir foxhole. Researchers Are looking at several concepts in the quest for an explosive foxhole Digger or Fod said Jerry Lyon of the army armament research and development Tenter in Dover. . The Rosl promising concept to Dale is the Multi charge munition a spin Oft of an earlier device thai was Field tested in the waning Days of he Vietnam War Lyon said. The munition is placed on he ground and a Rock cd motor in the munition is launched igniting a shaped charge in the nose of the motor that blasts into the soil. The motor continues driving into the dirt after the first blast to Plant a second charge under the surface. It then explodes upward creating a Crater from below. So you have these two almost simultaneous explosions that go off in a Flash and then the infantry Man uses his entrenching tool to Clear away the Loos ened Din Lyon said. The Fod tested during the the Vietnam Warwas a similar dual charge device. A Soldier placed it on the ground and set off the first charge which would blast a Small Hole. Then the second charge was placed in the Hole and set off creating a Crater. In would blast a reasonably Good foxhole Lyon said. But there were problems with the fuses. They did t always function  after the War ended the project was shelved be cause the army had other More important Priori ties said a spokesman for the army infantry Center at fort Ben Tib  equipment was so battered after the War that we had to pay attention to rebuilding and developing other systems that were More important to survivability on the Battlefield such As anti Lank weapons the spokesman said. There Are instances when digging a Quick foxhole May be important to survivability but it s almost always a deliberate kind of thing you usually have lots of time to do it he said. The Fod Falls under the Nice to have category. We just Haven t had the Lime or resources to develop la until now deep and 30 inches across does not cause nearly As much of a Crater effect As the other devices Carlton  shaped foxhole with sides that Are relatively straight up and Down will give you More Protection from artillery fragments or whatever than one Nln sloping sides like a Crater he said. But the disc is heavy about 10 pounds and does not work Well in ail types of soil he said. The army would like it to be no More than five pounds since the infantryman has to carry in around he said. Another negative Factor is that the disc requires More explosive to do the Job because it takes More Force to wast a Hole in the ground from above than from  re looking at How we want to Trade these relative advantage and disadvantage off against researchers thought they had found their Fod one another Lyon said. We re also looking at a in the ballistic Dis a munition that is used Pri concept thai involves multiple charges placed on the Marily As an anti Armor weapon. Bul after initial ground and set of simultaneously. We be tested this y using anywhere from three to seven  the project is still in the research stage and Lyon said there s no Way to be sure when development might begin. If we go with the device used in Vietnam to s Juh a matter of resolving earlier problems soil could be done rather quickly he said. If we want to develop a different multistage de vice it could take four to five years. And right now. That s the one thai looks most  Mari testing officials Are not so sure. We re still looking at it but it s not As promising As we once thought Lyon said. The disc is mounted at the Apex of a to ipod two to three feet High and blasts into the ground from above said Dan Carlton of the army Waterways experimental station in Vicksburg miss. The disc which has one shaped charge that explodes into the surface from above at a Speed faster than a Rifle Bullet and blasts a Hole about 40 inches Fox youngsters know How Santa keeps warm Joshua James Fox who is 6_years old or St Swu a we of pm Leseio  5h T1" _.-. J _ t n.ln1rla Al Man  Rappu Kivy -._j_._. . I. 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Fearful of other incidents in the neighbourhood in the Wake of the attack police assigned extra officers to patrol the area and a priest condemned racism to parishioners attending mass the sunday before Christmas. We want to make sure nobody causes any More trouble police inspector Frank Wallace said of the stepped up patrols in the Howard Beach Section of Queens where Michael Griffith 22, was killed As he and his companions fled their assailants. Julian said All of the youths taken into custody were at a party Friday night in tire Howard Beach Section of Queens. He said three of the teen agers left the party at one Point encountered the three Black men whose car had broken Down on a nearby Highway and words were exchanged. The three White youths resumed 10 the party to get some friends and they went out looking for the three Blacks according to Julian. One of the whiles was carrying a tree limb and a baseball Bat. He said. They tracked the Blacks Down to a nearby pizzeria shortly before 1 . Saturday. One of the Blacks. Tim Othy crimes 18. Got away after being struck once. Bul Griffith and Cedric Sandiford. 36, were Chascs and beaten until they slipped through a Hole in the Fence of the Belt Parkway. Griffith trying to Cross the Parkway was struck by a car and killed. The gang fled and no charges were file against the Driver. The intention was to kill both of  Sandifor said in an interview published in monday s editions of new York Neww Lay. It was like a Lynch mob. Like something Lutat would happen in the Days of slavery. The attackers using a racial epithet. Told the Blacks they were in the wrong neighbourhood Sandiford said. I was hollering cod. Don t kill us Sandiford. A Mechanic s assistant who was born in Guyana and served a hitch in the army said that when he was stationed at posts in the South. I heard things like this happened. But i never thought this would happen in new York. He said he needed six stitches for the Back of his head and  suffered lower spine and  injuries. Sandiford described being surrounded chased and beaten but on advice of a lawyer did nol talk about what went on inside the pizza parlor and what happened after he and Griffith got through n Fence and onto the partway