European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday november 14, 1958 i1i grand jury to probe negro clerics arrest Washington election. Al Ford s term is expiring and As a congressman elect he will not seek another term. Candidates have Only until the end of this week to file for the offices. Only announced candidate is fames t. Karam Little Rock to Vine i i As storms hoods Litulu i Italy Milan a Italy thursday counted nine dead and 27 injured in two Days of persistent Rains. The wintry storms also swelled the to River into a serious flood i real. Through the Day firemen police and volunteers worked in the to Delta on the Adriatic sea to raise new dikes and reinforce old ones against the rising River and High sea tides. In the Delta area several Hundred persons were evacuated from Low lying villages. Louhier and a close Friend of gov. Orval e. Faubus. The resigning quintet pointed out that any new Board still will be bound by Federal court orders to proceed with the court approved voluntary plan of gradual integration. Earlier wednesday segregationist attorney Amis Guthridge prom ised court action against any move to buy up Blossom s contract. Blossom has been a principal tar get of segregationists As the author of the Little Rock integration plan which was adopted in May 1955. Two years after Blossom be came superintendent. American 72, kidnapped on Sicily $8,000 asked Palermo Sicily a the wife of an elderly american citizen who was kidnapped on a Homecoming visit to his sicilian Birthplace said thursday night she had been asked five million lire $8.000 Tor his return. But. I Haven t got the Money said mrs. Maria castello of Amily Ville . Her husband Alberto 72, was kidnapped by two masked men four nights ago while they were driving with friends on a country Road on this Island of the mafia. Police launched an intensive search of the Island but so far they have been unable to find the kidnappers or their victim. Readied by Telephone at. H e r native town of Menfi near the Southwest coast of Sicily mrs. Cos Tello said she had received an unsigned letter asking the Ransom. Born in Sicily she gave no details on the con tents of the letter saying police Are doing everything they can. I can to say  reports had circulated that her husband was a protestant pastor but mrs. Castello said that is not True. He is simply a member of an evangelical Church the Pentecost Church of  Calello was born in Villafranca Sicily. He and his wife emigrated British civilian on Cyprus learns to use pistol to the . And were naturalized american citizens. Our visit Back in Sicily was our first in 49 years mrs. Costello said. They arrived on the Island three months ago and planned to sail Back to new York on nov. 18. I still Hope he will be released by then so we can leave she said. Berlin continued from Pate t historic sports Palast As inside East German communist leaders echoed soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev s demands for Allied rooms to leave West Berlin. The communists called their meeting to kick off their Campaign n West Berlin s dec. 7 Parlia by elections. Earlier West Berlin Deputy Layor Franz Amrehn said there s no possibility of a communist blockade of his City. First of All he said there Are the Large Reserve supplies in Wes Berlin and secondly Berlin is the show window of the entire West Ern  he said a soviet attempt to give the East germans control Over Al lied occupied West Berlin would provoke immediate countermeasures from the allies France Brit Ain and the . Amrehn did no specify what these measures migh be. The reserves to which Amrehn referred Are huge stockpiles o such essentials As Coal Grain and canned food. The stockpiles were built up after 1948-49, when the russians made an unsuccessful attempt starve West Berlin into submission with a land blockade. A British civilian gets pointers from a Tommy during practice on Cyprus. Civilians wore issued arms by the army for Protection against cypriot extremists. Associated press photo Houghton returning to Pari new York a . Ambassador to France Amory Hough ton sailed on the Queen Mary l resume his Paris Post. . Attempts to Cut Geneva Parley Block Geneva up the ., in i new move to break the Geneva deadlock offered Russia a treaty or an East West ban on nuclear ests and a control system to police t. The draft was handed to the soviets by . Ambassador James. Wadsworth when the bogged Down East West nuclear ban Conr Erenee met for its eighth format session. The . Move to break the nuclear talks impasse came a few hours. After a renewed frontal at ack on the West by the communist bloc in the other East West Geneva conference the Parley on prevention of Surprise attacks the Surprise attack meeting also s deadlocked Over its Agenda and showed no sign of Progress thurs Day. Details of the . Draft treaty on nuclear suspension were not disclosed. Russ draft rejected Russia itself submitted a nuclear ban draft treaty at the beginning of the Geneva talks. But the West turned it Down because the rus ians demanded an Advance pledge o ban nuclear testing immediately for All time. The West has insisted through out that a control system first must be set up. The . Draft presumably was in line with this Western pro vision and provided for a ban on nuclear testing simultaneously with agreement on a control system. Lodge urges space controls con tinned from Page 1 committee would be Given wide Powers to study the possibilities of International cooperation and to recommend future organizational arrangements to handle the outer space problem. Unrestricted airing by in radio asked United nations . A the . Declared in radio pro Grams should be beamed into a country even when its government objects. Sen. Bourke b. Hickenlooper r Lowa of . Delegation made the statement As the in s budgetary and administrative committee opened debate on a controversial report prepared by six experts on in information policies. We cannot accept a veto by government upon the transmission to their Peoples of objective and factual information about the United nations its proceedings its decisions and other activities Hickenlooper said. During in Assembly debate on Hungary the communist countries attacked in radio broadcasts re laying the proceedings and asked they be stopped. Head of firm slays unionist in strike Chester . A a Bank robber and Strong Arm thug who was leading a Wildcat strike against a Cable company was shot dead by the company presi Elent thursday state police said. They said the company president Malcolm White told them he shot Alfred f. D u g a n when Dugan rushed at him with one hand in his pocket As though reaching for a gun. Police said no gun was found on Dugan s , 52, was hired a month ago As an organizer for the interstate Industrial Union an Independent Union affiliated with the National Independent Union Council police said. A Council official said it knew of Dugan s criminal record but wanted to give him a Chance to rehabilitate himself. Dugan had a Long criminal record in new Jersey including a $108,000 Bank robbery in Asbury Park in 1940. He received a 12 to 15-year sentence for it. State police inspector John c. Dwyer said White 48, will be charged with first degree murder