HIGH TIDE I (M I J 1)1 ;;'-13-69 7-] j-(,', 1 at ](Jl2 5 2 at 0330 4 0 at 1600 IOURGlAS~ 4 d t 21 J6 __ fL ___V_O_L __9_, __ N_O ___84_4_6 ____________________________________________ ==K=W~AJALEIN, MARSHALL ISLANDS Long Seeks Senate New Type Nuclear -67944 ti Approval of Surtax Sub Commissioned WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Chairman Russell Long GROTON, CONN (UPI) -- The prototype of (Dem -La), of the Senate Finance Com­ a new line of nuclear attack submarines m1ttee, promised today to fight for Sen­ the U S S Narwhal, was commissioned ate approval by the end of July 0: PreS1- today with a warning that Soviet pro­ dent N1xon's income tax surcharge request duction of atomic submarines will out­ Long, in a statement, said he wanted to strip America's within half a decade make 1t clear he would not permit the RepresentatIve Chet Holifield (Dem­ b11l to be m1red down in an "endless con­ Callf ), ChaIrman of the Joint Commit­ troversy " over tax reform tee on Atomic Energy, said the Rus­ The statement was issued to offset the SIan atomIC sub fleet is growing ra­ 1mpression given earlier that he would pidly Slt on the surcharge extens10n bill 1n­ The U S S R now has 375 submarines defln1tely, untIl a mean1ngful tax reform constructed since World War II, while measure could be incorporated AmerIca's fleet stands at 143, many of Long sa1d the surtax extension should '''hich are diesel boats of World War II ue passed before the end of July if pos­ VIntage, HolifIeld said slble and no later than when Congress be­ "It is estimated that by 1974, the glnS 1ts August recess Sovlets will add about 70 new nuclear The comm1ttee hean.ng schedule was set submarines In its fleet, while the u­ w1th th1s goal in m1nd, he added nIted States will add but 24," Poh­ THE GOOD OLD USA The cha1rman assured anxious Treasury field said Th1-I'd Battal1-on of the us Armv'g offlc1als he did not feel tax reform pro­ MOURNERS walk past the body of Tom He pointed out that the current UnI­ Mboya, Kenya's assass7.11ated m1-n1-steI' 9th D1-vtb1-cn as the 814 mLn drpZane posals in the bill would need to be "so ted States fleet now includes 84 nu- at McCkoI'd A1-I' FoI'ce base npop sweepIng or comprehensive as to obscure of econOm1-C affa1-1s, "11 ¥a1-I'bo7., as clear submarines, some of which are the nat1-on observes a f1-ve-doy off1-­ Tacoma, Wash1-ngton Beyowi 1 s one the need to balance the budget and stabi­ still In construction-plann~ng stages c7.al pel'1-od 01 mouI'n1-ng of the C141 Star>l1-fteI'S that In (','){Ii,t llze the economy " Constructed here by the Electric them from Vwt Nam Boat division of General Dynamics, the 3ll,-fee Narwhal is the largest nuclear Astronauts Hone Flying Skills in vessel of Its type launched in , more C.artered Cabin Cruiser than a decade Described as the vanguard of a new Exp'odes, Kills One loonshlp Trainers, Helicopter Jet type of nuclear attack craft, its mis­ CAPE KENNEDY(UPI) -- Apollo II's Astronauts honed the1r flY1ng sk11ls today 1n two sion IS to hunt and destroy DETROIT (UPI) -- A 33-foot cab~n crUl­ ~oonsh1p tra1ners before practic1ng in a hel1copter and supersonic jet for launch WIth a crew of 94 and 12 offlcers ser cllartered for a gala crUlse bJeH ~pdnesday on Amer1ca's great Moon adventure th~ underwater craft IS commanded by up at a marIna on the Detro1r '(lver The countdown on their gleaming black and white space machine was roJling along Capt Willis A Matson, II, of Roch­ today kIllIng one chIld and slfOothl; toward a 9 32 am, EDT, blastoff A force of thousands was spreadlng out ester, N v InjUrIng 17 other persons around the world to support it Also on hand for the ceremony, the OffiCIals feared more bodle c ,~( ,Jlt Nell Armstrong, 38-year-old clv111an commander of the long-awalted odyssey, and "father of subm<>rines' Adm Rlckover yet be recovered from the pIles OL de­ AIr Force Officers MIchael Collins and bris bobbing on the river or froll' tl-te Edwin aldrin were tak1ng advantage of ev­ craft's hull, which apparentl; rank ery opportunlty to get ready Communists Shell US Base Camp, follOWIng the blast Armstrong arranged for an Air Force he­ "We just don't know how PIAnv more we llcopter flight to get the feel of flY1ng m1ght find," sald Lt Charles rnners the lunar landing craft "Eagle " One Soldier Killed, Seven Wounded of the DetrOIt polIce harbormaster bu- Coillns had the Alr Force prepare a T38 SAIGON (UPl) -- Ihe U ~ ¥llltary Command reported today that CommunIst rockets reau Jet for an acrobatic flight to pract1ce had struck a U S 9th Infantry DiVISIon bas~ camp 37 mIles southwest of SaIgon, DetrOIt General HospItal admltted 9 for the hlgh gravity forces of launch and and kIlled onp Amprlr~n solc_cr and wounded seven who were to have left for the adults and 8 chIldren, all sufferlng the lack of weIght In space UnIted Statev tomorrow from burns and other InjUrIeS One wo­ Today was the Astronauts' last full day The delayed announced of the fhursday actIon COIncided wlth announcement that man, whose three chIldren were wlth her of tra1n1ng They plan to take tomorrow the 800 more troops of the 9th DIVISIon WIll be w1thdrawn from Viet Nam tomorrow at the outIng, was taken to Deaconess otf, work only a few hours Monday and re­ and WIll fly from BIen Hoa Air Base to McChord AIr Force Base, Washington HospItal In serIOUS cond1tJOn lax on Tuesday MIlitary spokesmen saId a total of A bystander sald the blast "blew the Offlclals said they would probably dine two Amerlcans were kIlled and 21 other boat 40 feet In the aIr," strewlng pur­ alone Tuesday evenIng to llm1t thelr ex­ Russian f'otilla Passes servIcemen and a clvllian wounded when ses, SUItcases, clothIng and wood frag­ pos.lre to germs a 107 mIllImeter rocket landed near the ments across a wide area Before gOlng flYIng, all three Astro­ 80 li'es Off Cape lenned, 9th Infantry DiviSIon center where sol­ The boat, belIeved to be owned hv a n~uts brushed up on Moonf11ght techniques diers are beIng processed for their re­ CaptaIn Robert Weber and used for char­ in ground $lmulators that dupl1cate Vlr­ MIAMI (UPI) -- A flotIlla of seven Rus­ turn to the United States ter crUlses and named the "rhamjJ1on" t.lally everythIng but the acceleration SIan naval vessels steamed WIthIn 80 Military spokesmen also reported that It was not known who had chartered It forces and welght1essnes~ of spaceflight miles of the Apollo 11 Moonshot SIte at an American soldier held by the Commu­ or how many persons were on board Armstrong and Aldrin, the men scheduled Cape Kennedy today and headed on south­ nIsts for nearly two months was rescued It appeared that the hoat had Just to land on the Sea of Trdnquility July 20 ward toward Cuba from the jungles below Da Nang by South pulled In for gas at the marlna, had rehearsed key portions of the landIng in At mldafternoon today, tne bh1PS were Vietnamese forces flown in by U S he­ its tanks fIlled, and exploded as It the lunar module trainer reported by U S naval offIcers to be lIcopters was pullIng out, inJur1ng persons hoth Collins worked on the techn1ques he IS 25 m1les east-southedst of MIamI lhe soldIer was lIsted as Spec 4 Lar­ on the boat and at the gas pumps to use 1n his solo flight of the command It was not clear whether the ships ry D AIken, 20, of New York City He Officials speculated that a spark may ship ColumbIa, in lunar orbit intended to contlnue on to Cuba-- where was listed in critical condltlon WIth have touched off gas In the boat's Three Apollo crews have flown around it IS believed they wlll be part of the head injuries suffered just before hIS bIlge the Moon before but the land1ng is some­ celebratIon of Cuba's revolutlGn on the rescue WhICh came after a Communist de­ The marlna, a private harbor for thIng no one has tried And because of 26th of July--or mlght remaln close to fector reportpd an American beIng held pleasure craft, IS located about four that, these Astronauts have been trained the U S coast to watch the Moon In the area miles from downtown Detrolt across from for any eventual1ty launch scheduled for Wednesday Withdrawal of the new battalIon an­ Belle Isle UnlIke some of their predecessors, the The vessels orlglnally were reported nounced today will brIng to more than All WIndows In the marIna's maIn Apollo 11 WIves have made no plans to due in Cuba July 20 1700 the number of American troops re­ building were blown out ay the hlast VISIt their husbands on the final weekend The SOVIet task force compromises a deployed from Viet Nam under a plan to Two boats moored on eIther slde of hpre before launch gUIded missIle destroyer deSIgned to remove 25,000 men by August 30 the shattered craft were also damaged At least two plan to remain home in the attack shlpplng and a1r defenses, one A 9th Infantry battalion of 814 men The DetrOIt River 1S a broad channel city of Houston to watch the blastoff on destroyer, two Fox Trot class torpedo left Tuesday and Thursday an advance linkIng Lake St ClaIr WIth Lake }rle teleVlSl0n Janet Armstlong says she has attack submarInes, the latest of Rus­ group of 110 U S Marines flew from the not made up her mind yet She and Joan SIa's diesel-powered subs, a frigPte, a northern quarter of South Viet Nam to Aldrin are remainIng at 'lOme this week­ a submarlDe tender and an oiler Oklnawa to prepare for the reception of end and PatrIcIa CollIns and their three The U S Naval destroyer escolt Lhom­ the Marines' 9th reg1mental landing chIldren are VISItIng frjends as J Gary was foll~wing the flotilla team and planes contlnued s~rvelilance The ground fightIng contInued WIth a There