European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday november 8, 1958 the stars and stripes How state proposals fared Bingo popular with voters too Washington up Bingo was almost As popular As the democrats in tuesday s Corn and card game outlawed As gambling in Many states but widely played by citizens in others got solid voter endorsement i Colorado Nebraska and a number of new York localities including new York City Buffalo Syracuse and most cases newly legalized Bingo will have to be played for Charity thus both helping the poor and taking Law enforcement officials off the voters however refused to legalize horse race betting. A proposal to authorize parimutuel wagering was and California voters refused to Cut their own taxes. Proposals to reduce sales taxes from 3 to 2 per cent in both state failed. In California however the proposal had included an increase in Middle and upper state income tax voters refused to approve a Bond Issue to be repaid by a cig Aret tax increase for Veteran bonuses. Oregon rejected a plan to change property tax valuations to finance More veterans farm and Home also refused to take away the present property tax exemptions of private and parochial Louisiana a constitutional amendment permitting the legislature to provide funds for parents of children enrolled in private segregated schools passed. Its supporters said the amendment would stave off a Louisiana Little texans who Are United in the belief that their state s Virtues Are surpassed by none turned out to be divided on the question of using Public funds to Tell the world about it. A proposal to repeal a Post civil War Law prohibiting the state from advertising itself for fear of attracting Northern carpetbaggers was still listed As undecided. Medics to ruin privacy of first space traveler Washington up the nation s first space traveler May have no privacy. Scientists plan to listen to his every heartbeat wheeze and preview of things to come was revealed in a sept. 10-12 Navy test during which data on heartland lung reactions was relayed directly from the Navy Hospital i Naples Italy to doctors at the naval medical research Institute Bethesda my. Capt Norman Lee Barr director of the Navy s astronautics division Bureau of Medicine and surgery termed the Experiment a it was called project from planes if we extend this a Little further into the future we have the capability of picking up this data from planes and satellites he said. Similar information he said has been relayed from High Speed air Craft and research balloons about Man s reactions to High Altitude Naples test was conducted with a Volunteer Navy Filer in perfect health. The Pilot s lung and heart sounds an Electrocardiogram pulse and respiratory rate and vol ume were picked up and sent 15miles by Telephone line to a Navy radio there they were relayed to an installation at port Lyautey French Morocco where they were rebroadcast to Cheltenham md.,and piped Over Telephone lines to Bethesda. At each relay Point a tape re cording was made of the data for flashes before eyes jail lit up Driver grand Haven Mich. A Paul Dubrovin of Muskegon Mich., stopped behind a grand Haven police Cruiser at an inter Section. He stayed right there until police completed their investigation of a minor traffic Accident. When two policemen asked what he wanted Dubrovin said nothing he was just waiting for the Light to change. Only Light any where was the red Flasher atop the Cruiser. Dubrovin 49, was hauled off to jail on a drunk driving charge. He was fined $115 and sentenced to 30 Days in jail. Ater comparison with versions re corded at the sending and receiving ends. In Bethesda a recording device traced the cardio graph readings on paper. The signal also was fed Toan Oscilloscope which gave technicians a visual image of what was happening to the airman s heart thousands of Miles away. Barr said the readings also could be projected on a Wall for lecture purposes. Speakers reproduced the Audi portion of the heart sounds while the instruments kept tabs on other data. Barr said the sounds Are not relayed in their natural state. They Are coded into other tones to pre vent loss of Fidelity and unscrambled at. The receiving end. Tap scan be stored for later uses he said. Unions to insist Congress repealc7 3 of of state right to work Laws Washington a thearl Cio has demanded that con Gress repeal the Federal Sanction Tor state right to work Laws and give the Taft Hartley act a Gen eral overhaul. The federation s executive coun cil also said it will press the new Congress to pass the necessary and needed a Octal welfare Legisla Tive improvements for which the voters of America spoke so strongly on president George Meany said the Al Cio will seek High prior Ity for a major revision of the Taft Hartley act and adoption of French touch in supermarket mrs. M. Herve Al hand wife of the French ambassador to u.s., shops in a supermarket at Atlanta. Her husband was in Atlanta to address a Kotary club meeting. United press International photo foreigners pull Wool Over snobs eyes by Phyilis Battelle new York up americans Are either first class snobs or people possessed of a Grade. A inferiority Complex. It is hard to Tell which. Maybe itis a Pinch of this and a Pinch of that. At any rate this inferior snob Bis approach reflects itself in the Way they flock to allegiance astound or sight of the alien word "imported.1 it s generally an expensive word to be around. Usually it signifies a higher Price frequently a Lowe Quality. If a sweater an Ash tray a meat grinder a cello player or a lawmaker s daughter admits shooting mate Pensacola Fla. Up Wicke daughter of rep. Robert l. F. Sykes a Fla has confessed she shot and wounded her husband state attorney Nedwicke in an Early morning quarrel. Mrs. Wicke told police she fire Point Blank at her husband three times. She first said he was asleep in his bed but later changed her Story saying he was awake police said. Wicke was reported in Good condition at Pensacola Baptist Hospital. Blue eyed Blond is labelled imported it goes Man. Take the Case of Brigitte Bardot whose very name sets the female tooth on Edge. In Backwoods,a. We have girls who Are just As alluring but since they Are Domestic they Are left to milk american perfume unless it has a French name can bring Afat Price from the discriminating american by foreign musicians bring larger houses and louder applause than the local artists. No one even their Best friends knows How Many theater and television personalities with exotic names actually came from Brook Lyn. At one time in Hollywood when the admiration for foreign Talent was even greater than today it is said that every latin Lover but one hailed from East of the Mississippi. It is understandable when thereat percentage of a Bride s wed Ding presents Are labelled made i Denmark or Italy or France or Sheffield England. For this is sign that the giver paid More for the gift and in America these Are Days when it s not the senti ment is t the outlay that counts. But when a Man or woman buys Only the sweater or dress or sock marked "100 per cent imported Wool this is not Only often foolishness but it destructive to the american Economy. Because of the Low wages ols Heep shearing abroad and the generous Low tariffs we allow our foreign friends the american woo Industry has suffered enormously its profits which stood at nearly $83 million in 1948, have turned into losses of More than $39 Mil lion in 1954, last year for which income tax figures were available americans can t do anything about the wage advantage the other countries have but the could help the situation by drop Ping their snooty noses so the could see the facts. Labor Reform Meany declined to comment inny detail on the election results it said there will be fewer at East of what he called cynical Lolly clans in the next Congress. Meany told a news conference hat the Large voter turnout ii essay was partly due to ballot no on the right to work Issue in in states especially in californian Ohio. Voters in Kansas approved ight to world Law but the same proposal was Defeated in Cal for Ila Ohio Colorado Washingtond Idaho. To insist on repeal Kansas joined 18 other states no Eady having right to work Laws which ban the Union shop and similar employer Union contract arrangements that require workers o be Union members. Meany said the Al Cio will insist that Congress repeal the resent Section 14b of the Taft Hartley Law which permits states o ban the Union shop. The fed ral Luw allows the Union shop except in those states that out a it through right to work Laws. A statement adopted by thearl Cio Council said that con Gress should repeal Section 14b because it permits state Laws to override National Public policy Al owing the Union shop. Social welfare Lawn the voters emphatic re Pudla Ion of these Laws is a Clear Man Date to the Congress to end thug Lank attack on organized labor the statement said. We will push for the necessary and needed social welfare Legisla Tive improvements for which the voters of America spoke so strongly on tuesday. But we do declare it to be our intention to give the adoption of constructive labor Reform Legisla Tion and major revision of the Taft Hirtley act High priority on labor s legislative Agenda for1959." falling beams kill Dallas Steelworker Dallas Tex. A a stack of beams tumbled 60 feet from atop the steel framework of a future downtown office building hurling one Workman to his death and in Juring two of other workmen Given Only a split second warning scampered out of the Way As 10 steel columns slammed into the freshly unearthed basement 30 feet below the . Paul Hospital identified the dead Steelworker As Guraln o. Wil Liams 38, of Crundall Tex. Dispirited bar owner quit Miami. Flu. Up bar owner sum Abrahams announced he s go ing out of business. Burglars Sledge hammered their Way into his place for the l the time this hauled off his entire Stock. Abrahams said burglars spend More time in this place than i frightened judge tells cops to Check guns at court door new York up policemen brought into Domestic relations court on personal marital matter must henceforth Check their guns at the door it was Arm Deputy police com missioner said the directive was issued at the request of John w. Hill presiding Justice who said one of the 23 members of the Domestic relations Bench had been frightened by a patrolman he ruled against in said the patrolman had been brought into court on a complain by his wife. The policeman became excited and the judge was afraid he was going to pull a gun. Policemen Are considered on duty 24 hours a Day and even when they Are off duty they carry Small revolver. In the past they have been required to Check their guns Only when they go to visit a prisoner in jail. Now they also will Check them when facing their irate wives Ift court
