Soldier of The Future Described By
Army Chief of Combat Developments
EDGEWOOD, Md., (£> — Profile
of the soldier of the future:
He wears headgear much like a
football helmet. His special cloth
ing protects him from any form
of enemy attack. He casually
climbs obstacles and crosses
ditches with the aid of a rocket
belt strapped on his back.
He moves almost effortlessly
with the help of zero ground
pressure “creeping boots,” and he
carries a light all-purpose super
gun with 150 rounds of ammuni
tion.
This isn’t the product of a
science fiction writer. It comes
from the Army’s chief of combat
developments.
And these things will begin to
take shape about 1970, Maj. Gen.
Harry W. Johnson told a closed
door meeting of Army and civil
ian workers at the Army Chemi
cal Center here.
Most of what he said is classi
fied, but the Army did disclose a
few things.
The space-age soldier probably
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will travel in an Air jeep, a sau
cer-like vehicle which can move
in any direction or hover motion
less in one place, Gen. Johnson
said.
When he has time, he will eat
a tasty meal of irradiated food
which he will carry in a small
flat pack similar to today’s frozen
food.
He will cary a tiny radio with
an effective range of well over
1,000 yards. The radio will be
contained in a helmet which will
protect him against chemical,
biological and radiological attack.
A small pencil-shaped deton
ator which can quick-blast fox
holes will be standard equipment.
SHOWING OFF WITH SHARKS!
PHILADELPHIA, Ut) — Would
the aquarium people permit un
derwater swimmers to enter the
tank and feed the shark?
That was the question asked by
the Young Women’s Crhistian
Association. It wanted to show
off skin diving techniques to get
publicity for its adult classes.
Heck no. the aquarium people
replied. They said the shark, not
used to swimming around with
people, would get so frightened
! he’d dash toward the glass and
bash his brains out.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
Tot, 2, Tries Smokes, Now
Enjoys 5 Cigarettes Daily
PEORIA, 111., UP) — A 2-year
old Peoria boy about a month ago
picked up a lighted cigarette and
smoked it. Next day he wanted
another. He got it.
Now the little tot, Lawrence
Smith, smokes five cigarettes a
day. His mother, Mrs. Lawrence
Smith, says she is worried because
she can’t break him of the habit.
“I’ve tried,” Mrs. Smith said.
“But Lawrence cries and cries
until he gets his cigarettes.. He
wants his ’moke’.”
Mrs. Smith, a divorcee who
works as a waitress, said she is
going to take her son to a doctor
to find out why he wants cigar
ettes.
Mrs. Smith, who said she
doesn’t smoke, said she believed
Lawrence picked up the habit
from the baby sitter.
The mother tried to substitute
candy cigarettes for the real
thing, but it was no go.
“He just threw them aside and
screamed until he got real cig
arettes,” the mother said. “Once
I tried giving him raw tobacco,
thinking the taste might break
him of the habit.
“It had no effect,” Mrs. Law
rence said.
Lawrence doesn’t light the cig
arettes he smokes. That’s a job
for either his mother or the baby
sitter.
“There’s a danger from fire if
he lights his cigarettes himself,”
Mrs. Smith said.
British M-P
Says U. S. Grain
Is Contaminated
LONDON, UP) — A Laborite
member of Parliament asserted
Monday that American wheat has
been so seriously contaminated by
deadly Strontium 90 from atomic
tests that it should be barred from
Britain.
The Laborite, Kenni Zilliacus,
raised the matter with the Brit
ish Health Minister, Dere Walker
Smith, during a question period
in the House of Commons.
Zilliacus said 1958 samplings
of U. S. wheat averaged 50 per
cent above the Atomic Energy
Commission’s safe limit for Stron
tium 90, a suspected major cause
of bone cancer. Samples of Minne
sota wheat, he said, contained
six times the safe limit.
N. Y. Teen Age Gangs
Battle, Leaving One Dead
NEW YORK, (IP) — A feud be
tween two teen-age gangs erup
ted in violence in the crowded
Brooklyn theater district Monday
night. One boy was killed and an
other wounded.
Four boys, captured after a
five-block chase, were charged
with homicide early yesterday.
Dead was Tony LaBanchino,
17.
John Lombardi, also 17, was
I shgt in the hand.
MacMillan Shown
Into ‘Unsafe’
Atom Smasher
DUBNA, U.S.S.R., UP) — Prime
Minister Harold MacMillan went
to the heart of an atom smasher
plant yesterday and asked a So
viet scientist if it was really safe
in there.
The British leader, looking pale
and tired, inspected the vast ma
chine on a visit here in a wintry
woodland about 90 miles north
of Moscow.
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro
myko accompanied MacMillan
and British Foreign Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd on the tour around
the establishment.
One of the Soviet Union’s fore
most scientists, Vladimir Wechs
ler, showed MacMillan around.
After directing MacMillan to a
panel of flashing dials in the
center of the machine Wechsler
said the area was dangerous for
workers.
“If it isn’t safe for them, said
MacMillan, “is it really safe for
us?”
‘t>h, yes,” the scientist said
hurriedly. “We have switched off
the beam of radioactive particles.”
Flaming Meteorite Streaks
Across Midwest Skies
EAST LANSING. Mich., UP) — A
flaming bluish green object that
fitted the description of a me
teorite streaked over Michigan
about 6:30 a.nj. yesterday, startl
ing hundreds of people and fright
ening some.
Some thought it fell apart and
landed in Michigan, but it was
seen over Wisconsin as it shot
westward.
Professor William Liller of the
University of Michigan astrono
my department, who is an expert
at tracing satellites, said it un
doubtedly was a meteorite. At this
time of year meteorites are quite
common, he said, and often are
visible and very brilliant in early
morning.
Two Citations In One Day . . .
MILLBURN, N. J., UP) — Actress
Shirley MacLaine has two cita
tions, both on the same day.
Monday she was nominated for
an Academy Award in Hollywood.
In Millburn, she was ticketed
for driving without registration.
The car was impounded for a
few hours until her husband,
Steve Parker, arrived with the
registration.
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