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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday november 11, 1958 integrated school hit % explosion in , Ino one injured in mys Lerv blast Morf Cantown . Map an integrated school in i Small Northern West Virginia Coal mining town u7is bombed monday in Early morning darkness. Charles a. Stevenson superintendent of Monon Galizi county schools said there was no evidence the thunderous  stemmed from racial troubles. The Fri be Gan in immediate invest in in Ion. Kipping through the ground floor of i lie 1 to so Ory Brick schoolhouse in Osage. A town of 400 four Miles Northwest of Morg Miltown the 2 15 Tun explosion sent a Shock wave rolling across i be town and awakened hundreds of residents. The darkened school building was empty. It Seiad about 2.r 0 pupils in the first i hive grades and Hie seventh eighth and ninth grades. Classes for the fourth i Atli and Silli grades arc held in the did Osage no Jyro school. Ii was the first such bombing incident rep red in West Vir Ginia. Mono Iki i Iii out was the first in West Virginia to integrate its schools. And the 17-Rooiii Osage school is in the fourth year of integration Stevenson said. There have been no racial prob Lenis what Eer  where in the county. I have tried to squelch the rumours that integration troubles lire behind this. We Don t have any evidence at All that this is  windows broken the number of negroes enrolled in be bombed school is about 50. Total enrolment in both school buildings is with of these negroes. The explosion shattered All windows on the first floor and smashed All first floor doors. Sev eral partitions were knocked out. Stevenson said damage on the second floor did t seem so great. An i tji spokesman in Pittsburgh said it looks like a professional Job. From what we know now it looks like someone outside the Community did  authorities said they believe dynamite was used. Two charges May have been set. They added. Sheriff Charles Whiston and a stale police officer found a detonating wire leading from a gymnasium window to the main hallway. Winston said approximately 20 f1ji men were at the scene including demolition and Finger print experts from Washington. Cyprus britons i get Sicle arms Nicosia Cyprus up British civilians lined up monday to col Lect personal sidearms issued by the army for Protection against cypriot extremists. You Are in the front line governor sir Hugh foot told  arms handout followed warn Ings by foot and Gen Kenneth Darling director of military operations to civilians not to offer themselves As soft targets an not to think it can t happen to  the Royal air Force fired 3,000greek cypriot employees in a new move to tighten Security precautions. The employees who worked a waiters canteen assistants and clerks will be replaced by Raf men sent out from England. Chase Bank closed nov. 19 Frankfurt special the offices of the Chase Manhattan Bank in Frankfurt and Heidelberg will be closed on nov. 19, a Ger Man Holiday. Keating studying new bombing Bill Washington up sen. Elect Kenneth b. Keating . Silys he May broaden his proposal for Federal legislation against hate bombings tvs the result of a Survey trip to the South. Keating said he and sen. Jacob k. Jovits . Are considering legislation to make it a Federal crime to bomb Homes and Busi Nesses As Well As schools and places of worship. The two new yorkers made a two Day Post elect Ion visit to three Southern cities to gather information in connection with their plan. Keating said they found wide spread support for the proposal during the trip to Atlanta a. Jacksonville. Fla., and birding Ham Ala. Tie senator elect said that authorities in the three cities were aroused Over the bombings and probably have done All the could to solve them. Conspiracy seen Keating now a member of the House judiciary committee said there was evidence that a major Ity of such bombings were part of an interstate conspiracy the same group of Wai Ped minds docs the Job and then runs across slate  he said. Kea Iii said he and javits also will introduce at. Least one Bill Early next year to crack Down on "hate1 mail which he said has increased 400 per cent in the Pas six or seven weeks. Authorities agreed almost unanimously that such mail has stirred up the fanatics he said. I1 he it  Bill would bar from the mails material tending to incite violence in the same manner that obscene literature now is i a nned. South pole fliers have close shave of Mimi sound Antarctica i i the Polar Bear look has Kone out of style for Navy Viatora Here. They wore ordered to have off Ihler beards. Diet cohort .1. Searle Squadron commander said he ordered his men to break of razors because some of Hern were using their beards As an excuse not to look Afler  As a result of the edict the Only bearded men at the Ameri can Antarctic base for the new summer exploration season Are the Navy seances. Civilians As Well As air Force personnel All Are clean shaven. Belgian priest wins f it. Nobel peace award continued from Page 1 Assembly Hall of Oslo University on dec. 10 in the presence of King Olav. As usual the Nobel committee elected by the norwegian Parlia ment but not responsible to the National Assembly gave no reason for the Choice and no report of the discussions that took place behind the closed doors of the Nobel Institute on Krammen Sveiven in the Western part of Oslo just behind the Royal Palace. It is the second time in a few to producer held on perjury rap Albert Friedman 36, left producer of the now defunct television show "21," walks to police station in custody of new York City detective Nicholas j. Barrett after arrest on a two count indictment charging Freedman committed perjury in denying he supplied questions and answers to show contestants. A photo Kennedy sees demo civil rights Unity by it Washington a sen. John f. Kennedy a mass said he thinks a democratic presidential candidate who favors Strong civil rights and enforcement of school desegregation ran carry the Southin 1 there May be isolated walk  Kennedy said but it is my belief hat the democratic Parl is going to stay United in i960" Kennedy who advocates Strong civil rights and enforcement of supreme court desegregation decisions added whether somebody walked Outor stayed in in t going to change the facts of life anyone who is elected must beat that responsibility 1 can t really believe that reasonable men can break up Over  Kennedy said resistance in so estates to the desegregation order ultimately will prove unsuccessful but he would not estimate How Long the resistance might continue. Kennedy s possibilities As a 1960 democratic presidential nominee got a healthy shot in the Arm last week when he was re elected Bya record breaking margin. Kennedy a roman Catholic said he did not think a Man s religion would bar him from the presi Dency if he Hod other qualifications that would make him acceptable to the american  Strong rights stand essential Brown says Washington up Gover nor elect Edmund g. Pat Brown of California says the nation  elect a Democrat to the White House in 196c  he took a Strong stand in favor of civil , who swamped former Senn o Republican Leader William f. Knowland in tuesday s election described himself As a Democrat in the Liberal tradition who favored a firm civil rights program. Brown appeared on a nationwide to interview devoted largely to his 8 bodies found police list 13 missing after Montreal Blaze Montreal a the know death toll in the fire that swept an old Brick apartment building Roseto 8 monday. Investigators still dug grimly into the ruins of the four Story building in their quest for bodies. Police issued a list of 13 missing persons believed to have been in the apartment at the time. But apartment dwellers said at least seven More persons were holding party in one apartment. Police expressed uncertainty about the final death toll until Al the regular occupants about 100 persons including several nightclub entertainers and recent emigrants from Europe had been accounted for. Detective capt Cecil Rowe head of the Montreal arson squad said preliminary indications were the fire was caused by a Gas stove explosion on the third floor. He ruled out the possibility of arson. Views on race problems and the possibility of his being the demo cratic Standard bearer in 1960. Brown said lie intende4 to serve out his four year term As Cali fornia governor and therefor would not be a candidate for the democratic presidential Nomina Tion two years from now. But he indicated he would no reject any party draft for the nomination. To do so he said would show disrespect for the office of president Brown a roman Catholic said he believed a candidate of his re Ligion could be elected  said he Felt the nation would vote for the Man rather than  sex army aide s Mother robbed Edison. . Up police Are searching for a burglar who robbed the 83-year-old Mother of former army Secretary Robertt. Stevens As she Lay ill in bed. The Bandit wearing a handkerchief Over the lower part of his face entered the Home of mrs. John p. Stevens at 2 40 am and surprised mrs. Stevens and her nurse mrs. Ethel Wetherwax Ina bedroom. Keep quiet Don t make any noise the intruder was quoted As saying. All i want is  mrs. Stevens picked up a hand bag she kept at her bedside re moved All the Money in it and gave it to mrs. Wetherwax. The nurse handed it to the burglar. Years that the norwegian Nobel committee paid homage to the self sacrificing work done for the Refu gees in the ruin of postwar Europe. The prize was Given to the United nations High commission for refugees in 1954. Pater Pire was born in Dinant Belgium in 1910. He entered the order of the dominicans in 1928 and received his doctor s degree in Rome in 1936. In 1936 and 1937 he studied social science at the Cath Olic University of Louvan in Bel Gium. He also taught sociology and natural rights at a dominican Seminary at Huy Belgium. Centers for needy Pater Pire started social activities before world War ii. In 1938he established open air centers where hundreds of children from needy families spent their holidays each year. During world War ii Pater Pire was a chaplain of the secret Bel Gian army of resistance. He also founded an intelligence network in occupied Germany and receive several decorations for his War time record after the War. In 1949 Pater Pire founded Aid to displaced persons which he kept going without official subsidies and which is aimed primarily at helping old or invalid displaced persons not eligible for emigration. In four Homes which he has founded in Belgium some 160 Dis placed persons Are being cared for. He is Best known however for his Europa villages of which five already have been built mainly with help of volunteers and with contributions. The first one was built at Aachen Germany in 1956. The same year another one was built at Bregenz Austria and a third in 1957 at Augsburg Germany. The Cornerstone of fourth Village called Fridtjof Nansen was Laid in March of this year near Brussels and on sept. 21 the Cornerstone for a fifth Vil Lage Albert Schweitzer waylaid at Spiesen. Germany. Father Pire Hopes to Start building sixth Village called Anne Frank in Norway in the near future. Award overwhelms astounds priest Brussels a i am Over whelmed and astounded,1 said father Dominique Pire when reporter told him about winning the Nobel peace prize in a Tele phone Call from Brussels. I was preaching to a group of youngsters when your Call came said father Pire from Huy. He said it was a strange co incidence. I was preaching on the theme forgive offences. As you know i was in Norway about three weeks ago pleading for the construction of a european Village for refugees in Norway which would have been named Anne frank.1 you know How much the norwegians suffered from the War and nevertheless they gave Good Welcome to the Village idea which i suggested should be built by anti nazi underground fighter Sand germans together. As for the Nobel prize Money father Pire said we Are build ing a european Village near Brussels for s families. It i called the Nansen Village. The Money or most of it will be used to Complete the  no room for complaint London up landlord Sygmunt Ziu Ziakowski who claimed Possession of a Flat from an eng Lish tenant on grounds of rudeness lost his court Case when a judge asked him How can it be a nuisance if a tenant is rude in English to his polish landlord who cannot speak a word of English and is Stone deaf in the bargain  
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