European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday March 30, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5"mighty to Quot sailing into Mothballs Long Beach Calif. Apr the Missouri the Navy a last battleship sits in its funeral berth its 16-Inch guns capped hatches bolted shut and teak decks showing the Wear of three wars. The a mighty Mon will be decommissioned tuesday for the second and probably last time in a ceremony sure to draw tears from the three generations of sailors expected to attend. A a it a a very sad ceremony and the worst part is when the flags come Down a said Tom of Malley who served on the Missouri in the korean War. A a it a like a funeral. The Captain walks off and then there a the Missouri whose guns also roared in world War ii and the persian Gulf War is the last of four Iowa class battleships to be mothballed because of . Defense cuts. With a Crew numbering More than 1,500, the 887-foot ship Cost More than $24 million a year to operate. The battleship towed recently to pier sue at Long Beach naval station was bound for the Navy a inactive ship maintenance facility in Bremerton wash., its Mothball Home from 1955 until it rejoined the Fleet in 1986. The windows of the Bridge Are sealed shut. Paper sacks cover a radar scope fuse boxes and Telephone sets. The brass steering wheels Are gone. A a she a a Fine proud ship and there a no finer command a said Missouri capt. Albert l. Kaiss 51, who is retiring tuesday. A we now become part of that the battleship will be open for limited Public Tours in Bremerton As it awaits perhaps another calling. Although such a recall is unlikely not everyone agrees the Missouri is a relic of a bygone Era. A if she did no to prove her Worth in the persian Gulf i done to know what will prove it a said Mike Short 35, a gunners mate. The Missouri and sister ship the Wisconsin pounded iraqi forces with 1-ton shells. The Missouri fired More than 125 tons of ordnance Over a two hour period feb. 25,1991. The battleship was christened in Brooklyn on Jan. 29, 1944, by Margaret Truman daughter of then . Harry s. Truman of Missouri. It was the last . Battleship Ever built. The vessel joined the Pacific Fleet in december 1944, and earned Battle stars for action off iwo Jima Okinawa and Japan. In april 1945, a japanese Kamikaze Pilot crashed his Zero into the Missouri a starboard Side. Flames and smoke were sucked Down vents but there was Little damage and few injuries. A she was coming in just above the waterline when her left Wing hit the Hull and she car wheeled into the gun mounts a said . Smith a machinists mate who helped fight the fire. A we just reacted without thinking and put the fire out Quot said Smith 69, of Jacksonville , the Crew later gave the Pilot a burial at sea. On sept. 2, 1945, japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signed the surrender document ending world War ii on the Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The ship was flying the Flag that waved Over the . Capitol the Day Pearl Harbor was bombed on . 7, 1941. The Missouri next saw combat in the korean War bombarding Shore targets up and Down the korean Peninsula. A we ran almost an 8-to-5 Type of War a said of Malley 59, of Torrance Calif. A they touch us with their Shore the Missouri was first decommissioned feb. 26, 1955. It was modernized and re commissioned on May 10, 1986. The battleship was dispatched in 1987 to escort kuwaiti tankers through the persian Gulf. After the Gulf War its final Mission was to sail for the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Pearl Harbor attack. In the stars and stripes 10years ago March 30,1982 a High winds and poor visibility at the Landing site in new Mexico forced a 24-hour postponement in the space shuttle columbian a Landing. The decision extended the shuttles record space Mission to an eighth Day. 20years ago March 30,1972 a hundreds of West berliners streamed into East Berlin to visit friends and relatives after East Germany opened the Berlin Wall during a seven Day pass period Over easter. 30years ago March 30,1962 the . Army suspended a Normal tour activities of its Liaison Mission in East Germany and announced that the soviet Mission in West Germany could travel Only with american escort. The measures were to protest East German guards shooting at an army vehicle in East Germany. 40years ago March 30,1952 a air Force leaders told Congress that the soviet unions expanding Force of Long Range atomic bombers was Quot the most ominous threat this country has Ever known and that soviet Jet plane production was four times greater than that of the United states. I Quay on world War ii 50 years ago today 30 march1.9 .4.2 chinese troops abandon Tou goo in Burma and the japanese also Force the British out of Paun de and Back through prime on . In Washington adm Chester w. Nimitz is named military commander for the Central Pacific and Gen. Douglas Macarthur for the Southwest including Australia new Guinea Bismarck and Solomons japanese troops occupy Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean visionary who propelled Nasa toward Moon Landing Dies at 85 Washington a James Edwin Webb whose work As the chief of americans space Agency was instrumental in putting a Man on the Moon is dead at the age of 85. Webb died Friday at Georgetown Hospital. He headed the National aeronautics and space administration for eight crucial years during which the country saw some of the . Space programs biggest achievements. Americans first manned spaceflight took place in 1961 during his tenure. So did the first Orbital flight by John Glenn in 1962 and the first walk in space by Edward White in 1965. When president Kennedy committed the country in 1961 to putting a Man on the Moon by the end of the decade Webb a Job was to push the space program to attain that goal. He did it with five months to spare. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon july 20, 1969. Webb a was a visionary a said Julian Scherr a former aide to him. A under his leadership the program was carefully planned facilities were built the communications network was put in place the big boosters were built and the spacecraft were Webb was a business executive and lawyer who served under three democratic presidents. Former aides said he was a master politician at working with Congress but also had a Knack for communicating with engineers and technical experts even though he Wasny tone himself. A the was like a symphony conductor a Scheer said. A the Wasny to making the music but he certainly was leading Webb had a Low Public profile. He did not go to space launches and had others at the Agency do most of the news conferences. Typical of his style he stepped Down Mere months before the Moon Landing preferring to let the new presi Dent Richard Nixon choose his own Man. Webb a Deputy was running the Agency at the time of the lunar Landing. But it was Webb who had put All the pieces in place. Webb was born in Granville county ., graduated from the University of North Carolina and studied Law at George Washington University in Washington . He Webb joined Sperry Gyroscope co. In Brooklyn served in the Marine corps and joined a Washington Law firm after world War ii. President Truman named him director of the budget Bureau in 1946. He served As undersecretary of state to Dean Acheson. 137 abortion protesters arrested from wire reports Milwaukee More than 130 people were arrested at an abortion clinic saturday after they blocked the front door and ignored police warnings that they were trespassing. Sgt. Michael Erdman said 137 people were arrested after police received a complaint from the manager of the building which houses the Wisconsin women a health Center and several other tenants. Erdman said the rally was organized by missionaries to the reborn a Milwaukee group that protests at clinics and doctors offices where abortions Are performed. Police said the protesters Lay Down in front of the clinics Entrance and refused to let patients enter. In All about 300 members of the missionaries to the reborn a including 30 clergy members a were involved in the fir Otest. While the group Lay Down in front of the Entrance other protesters blocked the facility sparking lot. A we Are not leaving until All the children Are Safe a said David Mueller a group spokesman. Patients seeking abortions were not the Only people prevented from entering the building said a spokesman for a clinic physician or. Paul seamars. Doctors in the Center Sec patients for All types of reasons and there is an emergency care unit and a dentist in the building the spokesman said. A this Type of activity just shuts Down the building a he said. A a it a a fire the spokesman said the clinic is upset by the punishment the protesters receive. A your main concern is that police Only Issue municipal citations for these people Many who Are repeat offenders he said. A the a turns his head on this. He fails to Issue jail water touted As cure All worries officials rce 2194 Days of War w h Smith a Juners inc. World almanac Book of world ii a books corp. 19til los Angeles apr believers say water from a Well in to acute Mexico can cure diseases. . Authorities fear the water May cause some of them. Since wednesday customs agents at los Angeles International Airport have seized 19 bottles of the water from arriving passengers to test for cholera and other diseases. In recent months thousands of people from throughout Mexico and the United states have journeyed to to acute in Central Mexico to fill water jugs. A i done to know what in a going to do if i can to get any More a said Juana Lopez of Orange Calif. She and her husband Ezequiel waited in line at to acute for three Days in february to fill four 5-gallon jugs. Ezequiel Lopez 52, drinks eight Small glasses daily for diabetes and other health problems. A the water cures people it really does a Juana Lopez said. A my husband was in a wheelchair before. Now he walks. He climbs the cholera is spread by food and water contaminated by focal matter. At least 35 people have died from cholera in Mexico since it was detected in june and More than 3,500 people have contracted the disease. The disease is epidemic in South America. Results of tests by the Federal centers for disease control will be available As soon As this week said Thien Chu a cd inspector at the Agency a los Angeles office. John Miller a customs spokesman said that if the water is found free of disease airlines will Tell passengers How to get the liquid Back
