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   Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday february 14, 1959 new integration moves sweep across four Southern states Atlanta up new racial integration moves came swiftly across the  Birmingham ala., negro parents filed applications for eight children to enrol in an All White High school and an elementary  Tampa Fla., in official of the National Assn. For the Advance ment of coloured people urge negro leaders to step up a Campaign to permit negroes to use segregated Florida Beach facilities. In Birmingham the Rev. F. L. Shuttle Worth a negro int Cora ton it said the negro Parent were reapplying to test Alabama s Pupil placement Law. The Law has been upheld by the . Supreme  was attacked and beaten in the fall of 1957 when he attempted to enrol negro children at a White school in Birmingham. Birmingham schools superin indent  Banks said the  children three of them Shuttlesworth a would receive tests under the placement Law. At Tampa mrs. Ruby Hurley of Atlanta regional Secretary for the a act told a Southeastern a act conference that the a act Armsto break Down segregation in schools and other Public facilities. We Are going to enjoy these benches in Florida under god s Sun will wed without mom s of Gaitskell Calls Berli bid Only Khrushchev feeler Frankfurt a British labor party Leader Huglet. Waits Kell said Here that soviet prime minister Nikita s. Khrushchev himself does not expect the West to accept his proposals on West  think that or. Khrushchev l surely is Intelli gent enough to realize that the i Berlin crisis can i Only be solved i through the Solu Ilion of the Ger 1 Man question As la whole the socialist Leader said Friday. Gaitskell stressed that the soviet proposals on West  Are not and will never be accept Able to the West and to the British labor party. They arc not acceptable to us any More than to the people of West Berlin themselves he said. It is quite obvious that a withdrawal of Allied forces from West Berlin even though it would be declared a free City involves grave risks that West Berlin would be Token Over by the  Gaitskell came to Germany to deliver two lectures on the role of the opposition in a parliamentary democracy and on current problems of foreign  said in an interview that he did not believe Khrushchev expected for one moment that the free world would accept his proposals on Berlin. I think he put it Forward partly at least to provoke do session of the German problem he  declared his party favors talks with the russians upon the two interconnected problems of German reunification and european  talks should be started on the basis of our five Point plan for disengagement which we in the labor party have put Forward and which is known As the Gaitskell  he said. The Gaitskell plan which was presented by the labor party on april 23, 1958, Calls for gradual withdrawal of foreign troops from both parts of Germany Poland Czechoslovakia and Hungary under International control. The plan also Calls for International control of armament and of the National forces in these coun  reunification of Germany and free elections should be guaranteed by the ., Britain France and the soviet Union. The proce Dure of reunification should be left to the germans themselves. Just like everyone else does she said. Florida gov. Leroy Colling said he Felt that Florida must undertake son a Token voluntary school integration or submit to forced school integration by orders of the Federal courts. North Carolina gov. Luther h. Hodges said there was much Evi Dence that the a act was involved in racial agitation which brought a Boycott of negro schools in Greene county this we Etc. At front Royal va., parents of White pupils at integration closed Warren county High school held a mass meeting to discuss Virgina s integration position. The meeting was expected to determine whether a private county education foundation would remain in operation. The foundation has hired 26 teachers and is providing classes for nearly 800 pupils left without classrooms when the school was closed under Virginia s massive resistance Laws last september. A Federal judge has ordered the school reopened and 22 negro pupils admitted wednesday. Wiley see your plans for tomorrow depend on safety today. Batista extradition As War criminal9 sought by Havana Havana up the cuban provisional government has asked the dominican Republic to hand Over ousted cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista for trial As a War  state ministry formally asked the dominican government to extradite the exiled former president who fled  Domini can Republic on new year s Darin the face of Fidel Castro s revolutionary movement which since has taken control of Cuba. Batista has been living As a political Refu gee in Ciudad  former members of the National police meanwhile were indicted for the March 13. 1957, assassination of sen. Pelayo Cuervo Navarro. A political opponent of  More persons were executed in Havana thursday bringing the number of executions resulting from War crimes trials to an unofficial total of 315. Six More were sentenced to death by revolution Ary  Oft postponed Appeal against the death penalty filed by maj Jesus Sosa Blanco Cuba s War criminal no. 1," will be heard by the ill Tarj supreme court Mon Day the army announced. . Flier treated for broken ankle Dies in Gibraltar Gibraltar up Wesley Nash Gordon an american who fractured an ankle in an air crashing Spain tuesday night died Fri Day. Doctors at the Hospital he reordered an autopsy to investigate the death. Gordon and his wife Helen of Pittsburgh were operated on successfully Here thursday. The Light private plane carrying them from Gibraltar to Tangier crashed tuesday night at Tojo de la Escoba doctors Here said thursday their condition was not serious. , 53, was reported to have passed a fairly Good night talking often with his wife who occupied the same Hospital room. The nursing sister gave him the customary cup of morning Tea. Gordon tumbled on his Side soon afterwards. He was dead when the doctor arrived. Buddy Bregman musical director gives Singer actress Anna Maria Alberghetti a hug As they announce in Hollywood their determination to go ahead with plans to wed april 5 despite opposition of Ann Maria s Mother mrs. Vittoria Alberghetti. Mrs. Alberghetti who opposes the marriage because Bregman is divorced said she has no intention of attending the ceremony. Associated press photo of snark fails to return in test for space panel Standard version of Anthem urged Washington a rep. Joel t. Broyhill Rva has appealed for support in his renewed bid to establish a Standard and official version of the Star spangled ban  in letters to 150 patriotic Veter an musical and historical organizations Broyhill said he believes this is the most promising year yet for action on legislation to end the confusion in the words and music of our National  unsuccessfully sponsored a similar Bill last year. Cape canaveral Fla. Up an air Force snark missile failed to make a scheduled round trip flight Down the Atlantic firing Range in a demonstration for Mem Bers of the House space committee. As 15 members of the committee watched closely the 67-foot snark roared away on what was to have been at least a 1,000-mile trip Down Range and Back to the skid str Pat the Cape. But the pilotless bomber did not return. Sources indicated the snark probably fell into the Ocean and was lost.  Brooks a la chairman of the group probing the nation s missile standing and theother visiting committeemen had to get up Long before Dawn to wit Ness the 5 58 am firing. Brooks said that the missile pro Gram for i960 must be a Good healthy and vigorous program much larger than we had  were impressed by a lot of hings Brooks said but the most impressive thing was in getting up it 3 30 this morning to see the snark firing he said. We have a Long Way yet to go o catch up with the. Russians the added. I think Congress is going to insist on a bigger missile program every . James Fulton of Pennsyl Vania senior Republican on the committee said after the Cape visit that we re willing to line up our Crew at canaveral against the beat the russians  air Force declined to Dis close the d 1st a Nee the snark travelled but it was Learned that the missile probably fell into the Ocean several thousand Miles from the test Center. Via Hub a Fri army motor vehicle Hon army mtr. Weapons by Pisa. Otler Yotal a of feb. Is1058 19 to 1t Pilot chutes safely in crash wheelus air base Libya special an f100d aircraft from wheelus air base crashed in the Elotia Range area about 75 Miles Southwest of Tripoli. The Pilot col Frank l. Wood of Muskogee okla., ejected safely and was re turned to the base by helicopter increase in hepatitis noted in four states Washington up Public health service officials report there have been spotty outbreaks of hepatitis in Ohio Massachusetts Kentucky and Mississippi this  said 1.987 cases of hepa Titis were reported in this country during the month of january com pared to 1.220 in the same periodic Tost year. Suicide touches off Gas blast in Mainz killing 1, injuring 5 Mainz Germany up a suicide Friday touched off a Gas explosion that claimed the life of another Man and resulted in in juries to five persons and wrecked a House police reported. Karl Wissmann 38, killed him self a few Days ago by inhaling Gas but his death was not noticed. Residents of the House where Wissmann lived Friday morning smelled Gas and fearing a leakage called the municipal Gas detection squad. A terrific explosion ripped through the House tearing Dow the attic where Wissmann lived the explosion wrecked the hous and shattered numerous windows in the Vicinity. Paul Hoch a Gas detection squad member who was on the Street a the time of the explosion was killed by a falling Balcony. The five injured include othe squad members and workers of i Coal firm nearby. . Icy balloon turns up in Spain Grijalba Spain is a Large . Balloon fell in the Vil Lage of Grijalba about 25 Miles West of Burgos according to Spanish officials. The balloon which officials said apparently was launched in Minnesota is about 77 feet High. Two sealed boxes wrapped in tinfoil were found inside with a valve system in them. Found in the balloon was a note saying that anyone finding the Aerostat and the boxes which con Tain scientific instruments will be rewarded if he sends it to the indicated address. Spanish officials said the balloon apparently was launched in connection with the International geophysical year. Disarming excuse Green Bay i. Don Aid j. Mercier 30, waved a gun at police officers and demanded to be taken to. The Green Bay Reform Atory. They took him to jail in Stead for mental tests. I just wanted to look the joint oven Mercier complained  
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