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Show 300th Pershing Fired from Green River To Begin Spring Series of Tests White Sands Missile Rane, N.M. Mav 8 A major milestone mile-stone for the Pershing missile system was reached at 3 a.m. Tuesday; May 13, when the 300th Pershing was fired from Green River, Utah, to White Sands Missile Kanie. The two-slae missile was successfully launched by a unit of the Federal Republic of Germany Air Force. I lie liriiifj opened an eight-round series that is scheduled to run through June 25. The second round of the spring series was fired by West German Air Force troops al .1:1.1 a.m. I uesoay wium impacted on target on the ground al While Sands Missile range. First stage rockets impacted in a safety area southeast of Geyser Siie, the launching point at Greenriver, Utah. I he evacuation of the safety area was terminated after the firings and roadblocks in the area were lilied. 'I wo. more German rounds are scheduled May 28. U.S. Army troop unils from Ft. Sill, Okla. and from I-urope will lire two rounds June 1 1 and two on June 25. I he second round of ther spring series was fired by West German Air Force troops at 3:45 a.m. Tuesday. Two more German rounds are scheduled May 28. U.S. Army troop units from Ft. Sill, Okla., and from Europe will fire twe rounds June II and two on June 25. The series begins the 15th year of Pershing firings. The first Pershings were fired al Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Feb, 16, 1960. Firings at White Sands Missile Range began or Aug. 20, 1963, from a launcl site just south of White Sands Missile Range on the Huecc Range, Ft. Bliss. Through last year, 29 Pershing rounds had beer fired from launch sites ir Florida, New Mexico anc Utah. Most powerful of tht U.S. Army's artillery missile systems, the Pershing hecame operational in 1963 and is now deployed with U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense forces in F.urope. Support for the eight-round series is being provided by the U.S. Arms 3rd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, from Ft. Sill, which also will fire two of the rounds scheduled in June. Nearly 200 strong and with more than 65 vehicles, the support battalion made the four-day trip from Ft. Sill to Green River last month. Instead of setting up a tent city at the launch site as in the past, this year the troops are housed in semi-permanent mobile home type buildings on 1 the Utah Launch Complex of WSMR just outside the town of Green River. 'I lir In itig null v. ill be ;i ded by unipif- . M jir' .'riling the II. S. Ainiv I i ' Id Hl!. IV M is-. i b' ' v. i ' in I . .1 u .i i I'm (iinup, ab.'i li'-iii I ' Siil A team from l!n- I' I'.lnn;' I'rnjer-t Managi-i "Hi' ': ol Hull. Hu-ll. S. Army Miv.ib- ( i rriuiand, Redstone A i -. n 1 , Ala., will provide I'-' bi' al I' '. I support. Major eli-nidil'. (.1 WSMR also will '.uppoil ll linn;; program. Observer, will include in-clude ri-presentilivcs ol lint Martin Marietta A( '.space Corp. of Orlando, Ha , prime contractor (or IVrshiij;; missile systems. Army officials al Gteen River announ-d t ' . - t road blocks will be S' t al 2 a m. Tuesday on tl.c Dea l Horse Canyon Slate Park Access Road, the Ruby Rai.sh road and two oihi-r urm imbertd roads in the Dead Horse-Canyon Horse-Canyon area leading from U.S. Highway 163 to the Green River. Also at 2 a.m. 'I uesday, the salely area southeast of Geyser Site at the launch complex will be evacuated. |