European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday november 8, Knight lays blame on Knowland As California demo tide swells of gen9 2 other $ cleared of fraud san Francisco a scars of hip Republican party rift Sill were bling ind Burc As t. Cd Nind g pal Brown headed for i i ilm Springs vacation after democratic Goodwin j. Knight whom Lbrown will replace Jan. 5 Afi the first Democrat governor since 1942, offered his hand for a smooth trans Ilioiu then he fired another shot at sen. William f. Knowland a Coli the Man Brown Wal , still fuming because Kriwow liquid switched to the Gover nor s race said he was staying i politics despite his own thumping defeat by democratic rep. Clair Englc a Calif in the race for Knowland s Senate because Knowland ruined nato switch in North area ask Ted by Bonn Honn a the West German defense ministry has called for a reorganization of the North Allan lie treaty organization lines on the Northern perimeter of Europe. One of the proposals was that Den Kirk and the West German Mali of Schleswig Ito Stein be moved from the Northern Nat defense area and placed under the Central word from Copenhagen was that i his proposal would be resisted of the Copenhagen of posit Ion i lie defense ministry said Tho proposal was but one of several mid thai it was up to nato As a whole to make the final under North under the existing nato setup Schleswig ii Olstein is lumped with Denmark and Norway under the Northern area command with head quarters n is a thin Peninsula which together with Denmark makes up the Only land mass Between the Baltic sea Tot lie East and the North sea to the ministry said that defense minister fran Josei Strauss con siders this area one of the Sosthen Siplive in the european defense soviet threat this is so he ministry said in n statement because it is Feare that in us event of in attack the soviet Union would certainly try to push across the Peninsula in order to acquire bases on the Atlantic area Strauss told visiting danish journalists should be under nato s Central area Emmam both to unify the West Gorma forces and to have ready Access to Continental air danish objections lie in con Kern about putting danish Iro Pfunder German command. The Chie of nato land forces in Centra Europe is German Gen Hans Spei Del who has been publicly jeered in both Denmark and Norway. 11 mailing Days before christinas mail those gifts to your old sweetheart foresight better than Hindsight for gop Washington up in National Republican Heil Imp tour of the moment to kill Jensen. 17. Caril was not with him at the i Bandorick storm cellar where the shooting occurred he said and Lould not have aided and abetted in the slaying. Caril is being tried on a charge of first degree murder on the stale s Contention that she did did and abet her 19-year-old boy Friend in the slaying of Jensen lost Jan. 27. In answer to questioning by de sense attorney John , Starkweather said he had no in Tention of killing Jensen when he and caril hitched a ride with the youth and his companion Carol King 16 Starkweather said he meant Only to steal Jensen s car when he forced the other Young Man and miss King to walk to the lonely storm cellar leaving caril in the ear youth s testimony he said he ordered Jensen Down into the cellar and when Jensen turned and ran Back up the stairs Starkweather said he fired. A did caril have any part in killing Jensen a witness testified caril when taken into custody last Jan uary was wearing the Blouse and jacket of one of Starkweather s slaying victims mrs. Gertrud Karnopp wife of the Lancaster county sheriff said caril on the ride to Lincoln from Wyoming identified the items of clothing As belonging to mrs. Louer Ward of Lincoln one of the 11persons the condemned Stark weather has admitted slaying. Things for the Republican parly in California in 1958," Knight snapped is no reason Why i should get out of Knowland said he had no imme Diate plans other than to resume work As assistant publisher of the Oakland Tribune. Around him Brown could see a stale democratic Victory still grow ing. The state will have democrats As lieutenant governor attorney general controller and treasurer. Demo legit Latura Brown already was assured a democratic controlled legislature first in 69 years. The Only Republican incumbent left with a Chance to survive the record deluge of More than 5 Mil lion ballots was Secretary of state Frank m. Jordan. Me led by nearly 15,000 in the unofficial count of 26,611 out of 26,896 precincts Over Democrat Henry Lopez los Angeles attorney. The bulk of the precincts still out and not to be counted before monday were in Orange county a Jordan stronghold. But still to be reckoned were some 80,000 Absentee ballots. This is going to be the greatest photo finish that Ever happened Jordan said. Record vote the 80,000 Absentee ballots put the vote total of tuesday s off year election beyond 5.1 million. That is better by 8,000 than the previous record vote cast in the 1956 presidential Battle Between or. Eisen Hower and Adlai Stevenson. How Well democrats Rode the Crest tuesday is Best illustrated by this before and after picture before republicans held five of the six elective state offices. After slate treasurer Ronald Button conceded to Democrat Berta. Belts Lemon Grove Public accountant making it five democrats for the stale Senate tied at 20-20, the Assembly Republican by43-37. After the state Senate either27-13 or 26-14 democratic Tho Assembly either 50-30 or 52-28 . Senate seals Republican the House delegatior17-13 Republican. After Democrat rep. Claire Nile u Victor by More than 700, 000 Over Republican gov. Goodwin j. Knight for the Senate the House delegation 16-14 democratic Lewisburg a. Up two air Force officers and an Ohio industrialist have been acquitted of charge of conspiracy in the awarding of con government jury of seven women and five men ended the seven week trial by returning an innocent verdict Cor Brig Gen Ralph Brownfield Brownfield of Kansas City to. Col Charles Burley of Day ton Ohio and Robert Mcnett president of Royal electric co., of Dayton the officers had been stationed at Olmsted a air., Force base at Middletown a. The jury reached its decision 5 hours 10 minutes after taking the Case in Federal court courtroom was virtually empty when the verdict was announced. Burley and his wife and mrs. Mcnett broke into sobs. The trial went to the jury after the defense asked that the defendants not be made victims of a met fires Maria Callas in fight Over repertoire continued from Page 1 is nevertheless also grateful that the association is the metropolitan head suggested the Day May come when mis Callas will give her Eye Teeth Tobe Back with the miss Callas place in the metro Politan roster will be taken Over by viennese born Leonie is now in Chicago singing with the Lyric theater. Miss Rysanek had signed previously to sing this year with the metropolitan. She previously Sang with the Vienna state opera and in Berlin and Munich. She made her debut in the .in 1956 at the san Francisco opera and in 1957 replaced miss Callas at the same opera House when miss Callas failed to appear for singing trouble before the tempestuous miss Callas has often been in trouble with her employers. In 1957, both the Vienna opera and the san Francisco opera dropped her. Last january miss Callas walked out after the first act of an opera in Rome and late issued a Public apology to italian president Giovanni Gronchi. Miss Callas also has been waging cold War with the Citadel of opera la Scala in Milan. She said last season that she was not re turning there. She has been involved also in a series of Law her flamboyance is the american Orn Star has receive tremendous acclaim throughout the cancellation will Cost miss Adenauer greets Henry Ford ii is stands to sell Pasternak novel Darmstadt Germany is doctor Zhivago written by rus Sian author Boris Pasternak win Ner of the 19,r 8 Nobel prize for literature will be on Sale in the near future on the stars an stripes Newsstands. Pasternak who first accepted and then rejected the Nobel award has been a target of the soviet press which called i ii n through and through Bourgeois reactionary and through and through Bourgeois novel is a Story of Ordinary people caught up in the communist revolution. It criticizes som of the revolutionary methods and the revolution s henchmen and opportunists. West German Chancellor Konrod Adenauer left can Auto manufacturer Henry Ford ii in Bonn. Welcomes Amer a photo Dallas $18,000 since the salary for of artists at the met is $1,500 a performance. Miss Callas was scheduled for 12 performances this season starting in january. A met spokesman said miss Gal As signed a contract for this sea son almost a year ago. In it at Ler insistence he said was a Standard clause outlining specific operas that she would do. She was new York Early last month and the spokesman said everything was still then on oct. .27,. The spokesman continued miss Callas notified theme that she was unwilling to do la Traviata one of the operas specified in her contract. The me tried to talk her out of this change but the spokesman said she was Adamant. The met spokesman said the. Opera company then offered to substitute Lucia i Lamme Moor which he called one of miss Gal As Standard operas. When she refused this substitution he went on. It was decided to cancel her completely for the season. The spokesman was asked if he thought miss Callas was deliberately seeking to break her con tract he replied no i think this cancellation might come As a Surprise to it s . Fans loss not mine diva avers Dallas Tex. A a triumphant Maria Meneghini Callas was Given a six minute standing ovation for her performance in the opera medea Here just hours after she was fired from the new York metropolitan opera by Rudolf Bing. She expressed pain and amaze ment at the action taken by theme s general manager. After her performance she announced i say to or. Bing that opera can be done outside she denied ring s statement that she planned to give up singing. I am shocked sorry about the action taken by or. Bing she said at a party after her perform Ance before 3,500 persons at the Dallas music Hall. Not for Money the Singer said Bing was Dis appointing a lot of new yorkers who were hoping to hear she said one of the things that could have precipitated Bung s action was her refusal to sign a pro posed 1959-60 contract with him. She said the program outlined Dybing was too routine. I Don t work for Money it s the i cannot do old decayed Rou tines and i told or. Bing that. He has 60 artists to do those things they would be Happy to do them she said adding she wanted a least one new opera in her Schepov ule. She said that if Bing can t give me great artistic events i la stay at Home. I Don t need the
