European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 1, 1958 the stars and stripes Page 1 . Newsman attacked Hurt on soviet tour Washington up a Cleve land to newscaster was slashed on the head by a Rock swinging russian while visiting Kiev recently with a group of american tourists the state department  newscaster Kenneth s. Arm Strong jr., of station wow to was hospitalized after the oct. 12 at tack. Several stitches were required to close cuts in his Scalp. The department said Armstrong reported he received excellent care. He said russian officials were very apologetic. The department said it would not file a formal complaint. The unidentified russian began pounding Armstrong on the head with rocks while the newscaster was sightseeing with a group of american tourists in Kiev. There apparently was no provocation for the attack. The soviet foreign office Noti fied the . Embassy in Moscow of the incident. The russians termed it highly regrettable. They said the attacker was a mentally unbalanced person who had similarly attacked citizens in the past. Supersonic Jet shatters panes Tyndall air Force base Fla. A a civilian operated f105thunderchief fighter plane shattered windows along a 15-mile path with a supersonic Boom. The explosive sound of the air plane s passage broke window panes at this base and at Panama City about 12 Miles to the West. The air Force said an insurance adjuster at Panama City estimated damage at from $15.000 to $18,000.the supersonic explosion also caused soundproofing material inthe ceiling of a room at Panama City s Cherry Street school to drop to the floor. No injuries were re ported  air Force said the Only known injury was that of a woman store employee who sustained superficial  f105 is one of the hottest new Jet fighters in the inventor of the tactical air come. Explosives blast in Utah kills two Spanish Fork Utah a a shed full of jellied explosives blew apart hero killing two men who were  victims wore identified As Ross jct 40, of Spanish Fork and John d. O Neal 30, of  shed was one of a series dug into the Side of a Mountain near the Mouth of Spanish for Canyon Southeast of this Central Utah City. They made up the Gela tin packing unit of american Cyan amid co s explosives Plant there. Detergents blamed for skin irritations Oklahoma City of skin irritations on women s h a n 1 s have increased tremendously since detergents have been manufactured As substitutes for common soap a Mayo foundation dermatologist said. The specialist or. Louis , or said detergents act to Clear off layers of dirt on clothes and dishes. But they also May destroy layers of skin he told the Oklahoma City clinical society. Brunsting said the housewife May not be allergic to detergents ingredients but that destruction of protective skin layers leaves her with no defense against skin trouble. Past election scandals cited to warn voters of ballot tricks by Lyle c. Wilson Washington up if you have been voting Long it is not unlikely that your vote has been stolen at one time or another. The National municipal review nor a couple of years ago re ported an honest ballot Assn. Aba estimate that at least 1 million votes were stolen in the1952 election. Aba chief investigator George Abrams then warned election frauds Are increasing. Nearly every area in the . Big City Small town Cracker barrel Village has some Type of elec Tion fraud. It May be in a National election or one involving local school boards judges or h i g h  Samuel h. Still an election investigator for Congress said in a 1956 nor report on election scan dals that approximately 50 Public figures who occupy High state and Munici pal offices today would not have won them had the elections been carried out according to  con Vair jetliner put together workmen mate the Forward fuselage Section of the con Vair 880 Jet Airliner at son Diego Calif. The Assembly line starts with mating the two halves of the swept wings after which a Center fuselage Section is added. Con Vair plans to have plane ready for flight Early in 1959. Us i photo system to control suicides proposed St. Louis a a nationwide suicide control system has been proposed by a Public health specialist who said suicides actual and attempted Are a major National problem. Or. Edward press of new York director of Field services for the american Public health Assn., suggested a two Point program including 1 establishment of a suicide control Center in every Community of substantial Sie. This would be an around the clock facility to receive reports of All attempted suicides in the area. It would initiate a system aimed at preventing a further attempt in a Given Case system involving various local government agencies and employing a modified form of governmental arrangements now used for the control and care of the mentally ill. 2establishment of a nationwide network of state and local societies special permission required for messages to spacemen Washington up the fed eral communications commission has informed press wireless inc., of new York City that it would have to get special permission to set up communications with space men and satellites. Press wireless had asked the acc to Rule on whether its pres ent International radio Telegraph License would cover messages to other planets and space units. Press wireless noted that there had been a scientific break through into space and that it hoped to fulfil its obligations by providing an informational communications service with manned satellites space platforms an space  in reply the acc told pres wireless that it would have to apply for a special authorization to make Contact with Points in outer space. It noted that press wireless had been Given such permission on occasions when it set up communications with Antarctic expeditions the commission also told press wireless that in applying for per Mission to provide press messages and program service to men on other planets it would be necessary to give All relevant information As to Why such a service would be in the Public interest convenience and  or the prevention of suicides. These would operate something Ike present organizations aimed at he Conti of and prevention of Cere bral palsy deafness and blindness. In this country of plenty where multitudes Are open hearted and open handed there is no Wells n is North Hollywood Calif. Al newspaper cartoonist. Claire. Ijes in .r.ins. S4, known to millions of readers As Dwig lied in a rest Home Here after a Long illness. Born in Wilmington Ohio he be Gan his 5-year newspaper career with the St. Louis Post dispatch As a Chalk plate engraver. His last cartoon series was Peter Tumble  Law to Stop ice Box deaths of children goes into effect Washington up a curly pressure is applied from the inside Giraffe Dies at 21 Milwaukee a Bomba Washington Park zoo s Only Giraffe died at the age of 21. Zoo officials blamed High blood pressure. Haired 3-year-old boy climbed into a refrigerator and the door slammed shut. His Mother found him five hour Slater dead. Tiny Finger Marks on the inside of the door testified to his efforts to escape. This is the pattern of tragic ice Box deaths that a Federal Law which went into effect last thursday Hopes to end. Tie Law requires that All refrigerators sold in interstate com Merce must be constructed so a Small child can open them from the inside. Refrigerator doors must be built so they will open when not More than 15 pounds of where the handle is located. Or an inside Knob requiring not More than five pounds of pressure is turned. Or some automatic device re Quiring not More than 15 pounds of pressure operates. Congress passed the Law in 1956and directed the administration to draw up specific requirements. Many refrigerator manufacturers have been installing the required safety features for some time. Government officials estimate i More than a do in children a year arc trapped in refrigerators and ice boxes and die. The death toll in 1953 reached 20