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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, November 22, 1958

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 22, 1958 the stars and stripes Page s inconsistency Laid to inc by lawmaker Washington up chair Man Wren Harris it a Fouse in fluence investigating  said that the interstate Gammer be commission apparently has been guilty of inconsistencies in handling cases. To Fig afr Kansas Democrat Aid the Agency which has jurisdiction Over truck rail and some waterway transportation should take Stock fits past performance with an Eye to correcting any faults. Harris made the statement to newsmen As the subcommittee closely questioned inc chairman Howard Freas on commission poli cies. The questions mostly highly technical were aimed at determining the bases for commission Deci Sions in several cases. No Parade of horrors Harris said the cases were not selected As a Parade of horrors but simply were run of the Mill cases he said the fact that the group asked questions about them carried no implication of approval or disapproval of specific Deci  he said the subcommittee was confronted with a question As to whether the Agency had Bee consistent in handling similar cases. Harris said it would be difficult for Congress to Lay Down tight guidelines for the handling of complicated cases that come before the commission. But he said Congress does Haven effective weapon for curing in consistencies through its Power to air testimony about the Agency s operations. This in turn results i Public pressure for keeping the commission in line Harris said. From new York to Moscow in two hours Ike names 10 to Mexico fete Washington a president Eisenhower has named Secretary of state John Foster Dulles to head a 10-member delegation including Amos of the Amos a and comedy team to represent the . At the inauguration of Mexico s new president. Amos is Freeman f. Gosden olos Angeles. Other members of the delegation include the president s brother Armilton s. Eisenhower president o Johns Hopkins University Roberc. Hill u. S. Ambassador to Mexico James t. O Connell under Secre tary of labor Roy Richard Rubotton jr., assistant Secretary of stat for inter american affairs Samue c. Waugh president of the Export import Bank Gen Nathan f Twining chairman of the join chiefs of staff former gov. Allan Shivers of Texas and Philip d Reed chairman of general electric Dulles As head of the delegation will be or. Eisenhower s Persona representative at the inauguration of Don Adolfo Lopez Mateos. Cancer lab opened Boston up the Jimmy fund research laboratories jus opened Here to further cancer re search have accommodations of 17,000 animals for experimental use. / rocket liners forecast in 10 years new York a the whine and Roar of he rocket is enormous. An invisible Force presses you Back into your eat  feel that your weight has Sud Lenly doubled or tripled. You Are Riding a rocket plane into the sky a plane that will Power you and perhaps 35" ther passengers More than 5,000 Miles to. Moscow in less than two hours this picture of flight along the fringes of space from one spot on the world to another was reported by or. Robert Cornog of space technology laboratories to the meeting of he american rocket society. For five full minutes the Battle Between rocket and Gravity will push you Back Withan acceleration faster than you be probably Ever Felt before. At the end of five minutes you la be hurtling along at about 8,000 Mph some 30 Miles Over the world. The rocket plane has already Cov ered 500 to 1,000 Miles of its flight. Suddenly the noise is gone the acceleration slackers. The rocket plane Booster breakaway and1 returns to its base and How you and your fellow passengers Are gliding untoward your destination. Before the two hours is gone you notice that your Altitude is less and your Speed has dwindled. Now the Pilot of your powerless glider puts the nose Down slightly and begin the Long slowing Glide to Earth. Below the Landing strip is ready alerted before you took off because without Power you could delay Landing Only a minute or so. Cornog said that such a plane could be commercially in operation in 10 years or so. The passenger fare would be half As much As comparable trips by Jet and would be faster too he said. The military will probably have passenger and freight Typo rocket gliders As Well As bombers Long before they Are commercially practical he added. The air Force has had a program called Dyna soar under Way for some time. It in tends to develop a rocket propelled ship Capa ble of gliding around the Earth. Cornog said that the passenger glider would use a rocket engine of less than 50,000 pounds thrust about a third As powerful As either the Jupiter or Thor 1,500-mile-Range ballistic missiles the passenger ship would be practical Only on trips Between 3,000 and 6,000 Miles he said. One could Fly Between new York and London in about an hour. It might Cost up to $10 million to develop a flying prototype he estimated. Russians take in an intake russian educators a. S. Markov left and s. K. Yartsev peer into the nose intake of an f86 Sabre Jet during their visit to the University of Mary land s Aero dynamics Laboratory. The russians recurrently on a tour of the . To Check on Ameri can education methods. Up photo a plane chief says it s 50-50 Russ to be 1st Washington a the chief of the american nuclear powered aircraft project says he believes there is an even Chance Russia will be first to Fly an atomic plane. Maj Gen Donald j. Keirn director of the defense departments nuclear powered aircraft program also said in answer to questions that it is possible the soviets can make a nuclear powered flight be fore the end of this year or Early next year. But the general added that if the russians did this he would not expect the plane to be a too sophisticated  he appeared to mean that such a plane might be a conventionally designed air Craft with an atomic Power Plant installed in it. Good Frogfish Mude Keirn emphasized Chat Good Prog Ress is being made by the . We Are now on the threshold of Success in the various technological areas the general said and will soon be ready to embark on an experimental flight development phase looking toward a prototype aircraft As the next logical step in the  31 labor unions select officers by secret ballot Washington up thirty one of 111 labor unions elect their iop National and International officers by secret ballot according to a government Survey. The Bureau of labor statistics which conducted the Survey said the 31 unions have a combined membership of 3.9 million less than one fourth the Union Mem Bers in the country. But it said 26 other unions with More than 5 million members re ported they used ballots to select their top officials but did not specify if they were secret. The 111 unions covered by the Survey have a total membership of 17.641,000. The Bureau also reported that Union officers salaries As specified in 75 Union constitutions Range from $15,000 to $50,000. Promising actor killed in sports Cor 62d Jimmy Dean also Dies in crash a photo Tom Pittman Bank robberies increase 116 to 631 in year Washington a there s a Boom on in Bank rubbing in  gun women Are helping pro Duce it. It reached record proportions in the fiscal year ended june 30. And figures compiled by the Federal Bureau of investigation show the rate has continue upward since then. In the july october period there were a violations of the Federal Bank robbery law41 More than in the same four months last year. The violations included 132 robberies 58 burglaries and 24 Larce Niesji in the year ended june 30, there were 631 Bank thefts. This was an increase of 116 Over the preceding year and wiped out the old record of 568 set in1955. In a bulletin to Law enforcement officers in september Fri director j. Edgar Hoover noted that women no longer leave Bank robbing exclusively tothe men. Jannett Crusenberry for example is badly wanted v thejr1i in. Described in an Fri wanted notice As Tough talking gun Moll Jannett is Ith participation in two Bank  Hollywood a like teen agers idol James Dean Tom Pitt Man was considered one of Holly Wood s most promising Young act ors. Like Dean he was Moody Ahab tue of Coffee houses. He never owned a suit i never go any place where you have to Wear  like Dean he had Only one love Speed. Both owned sports  died in his when it crashed on a Highway near san Luis Obispo,calif., three years ago. Pittman s career was just be ginning to Roll. Friends say he earned at least $60,000 this year in radio television and film roles. Reappeared in the proud rebel with Alan Ladd and on to s wag on train Cimarron and Zane Grey  the 25-year-old actor was t exactly handsome. But his Boyish Charm and acting ability in the Tony Perkins Dean Marlon Brand tradition earned him Good parts. Critics liked him. Then last halloween Pittman Dis appeared. He never showed up at his apart ment after leaving a party at the Home of Norma Stuart former wife of actor Keene Brasselle. Pittman s father to radio actor Frank Alten filed a missing per son report with the sheriff s office Alten said his son whose real name was Jerry Alton like d to drive fast around Mountain grades and might ave gone off a Road. Officer Roy Kerton decided to checks the grades in the Hollywood Lills. At a Sharp curve he found the broken railing. In the 150-foot Ravine was the nearly hidden wreck age of Pittman s sports car. Body found Pittman lying half in and half out of the car had been crushed tween steering Post and door. Eight feet of guard rail stuck through the Windshield to the rear of the car. Pittman had just completed his most important movie role in forthcoming picture called ver  in the picture too Pittman meet a violent death. Judge fines chef $100 for Lack of recipes Monroe wis. Up judge marshal Peterson knows How to mix Vodka martinis As Well As the next Man and his knowledge Cost restaurant owner Paul Wilson $100. Wilson who is licensed to sell Only Beer told Peterson the Vodka and vermouth in his Kitchen was used for cooking purposes. When Peterson asked Wilson to name some recipes in which he used the Strong stuff Wilson could t name any and Peterson lowered the Boom  
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