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   Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday february 19, 1959 flashing Back hourly data on weather Vanguard ii working perfectly Washington a Ameri Ca s newest Earth satellite streaked through space wednesday Flash ing Back hourly data that May open a new Era in Man s ability to forecast the weather. Jubilant scientists at National aeronautics Oriel space administration Nasa Headquarters re ported that weather monitoring equipment aboard the 20-Inch satellite was working  we Haven t found a single fault yet a Nasa spokesman said. Among other things the Basket Turk Premier rests in clinic after crash go Tinin in Row Pia 1 got the army in with lifting  a spokesman at London c Linic said Menderes was making a very Good  me was expected to be released thursday. Searchers found part of a Wom an s body among the wreckage thursday making 14 bodies Token from the wreckage. Police said mutilation of some bodies made a definite count very Dif  those unofficially listed As killed was the information min ister server Omune Oulu 47, who entered Menderes Cabinet last summer. Among other reported victims were a cml Zayti Noelu 48, men Deres minister of Public works until 1954 and a close advisor since then and Serif Arik one of tur key s Best known journalists and chief of the government s Anatolia news Agency. Former envoy another victim ilium Savut was a High ranking foreign ministry official who once served in Turkey s embassy in Washington. Foreign ministry Secretary gun or turkmen also listed As dead was the son of the turkish Ambas Sador to Baghdad. Muzaffer Kursu another victim had been Menderes chief of Cabi net since his Advent to Power in 1950. Harold Watkinson British minis Ter of civil aviation told the House of commons the Viscount Airliner was not under ground control. The aircraft was making use of the Standard instrument Landing system ils Wilkinson said and at a distance of about four and n half Miles from the Airport the Pilot reported that he was to Cut cd on the ils. At this Point the aircraft might have been expected to be flying at about 1,000 feet. The weather at the Airport at the time was quite Good with a horizontal visibility of about one nautical mile and one eighth Cloud at 800 feet. After t h e Accident seven other aircraft made Normal approaches and landings at the Airport using ils. The chief inspector of accidents is investigating the cause of the  boy 11, plunges 17 stories. Lives new York up an 11-year old boy plunged 17 stories from the window of his apartment in a housing project and survived. Police said the boy. James Bell plunged from the window after being reprimanded by his Mother. He suffered fractured wrists and elbows and possible internal in juries in the 204-foot fall onto Earth that had been freshly turned for planting grass. Ball size Globe is designed to spot and report Cloud conditions in an Experiment designed eventually to help forecasters predict storms. However Nasa officials Reiter ated it probably will be two weeks before electrical signals transmit ted from this satellite can be proc Essed and findings reported. By that time radio batteries which report findings of the Satel Lite s weather eyes a pair of photo electric cells Are expected to have gone dead. But the satellite itself a 21 a Pound sphere launched tuesday from Cape canaveral fla., May continue to orbit for at least a dec Ade possibly for centuries. Triggered by radio signals from ground stations the satellite s tiny radio transmitter flashes Back weather data approximately once each hour. Although Vanguard ii Marks Only a preliminary step in utilizing satellites for weather observation or. Richard Porter head of the . Satellite panel for the inter National geophysical year called it the beginning of a new Era in weather  out in space Vanguard ii joined Russia s big sputnik Iii and three other . Satellites still orbiting Earth. The latter include two army explorers and Vanguard i a tiny 3 a Pound sphere which went aloft last March 17 and is expected to stay in orbit for per haps 1,000 years or More. Reports from tracking stations set up at various parts of the Globe indicated that the new Satel Lite speeds around the Globe at 14,000 to 18,000 Miles an hour at altitudes ranging from 329.4 to 2,050 Miles. Radio receiver oaf a transmitter photocell tracking transmitter photocell Light shield Mercury cell batteries a drawing shows the major weather reporting instruments in . Weather Eye satellite launched tuesday and now orbiting the Earth every 126 minutes. Associated press photo 140,000 Belgium miners ordered to strike today Mons Belgium a socialist Trade unions have ordered Bel Gium s 140,000 mineworkers on strike beginning thursday threat ening new chaos to the nation s industries. It was not Clear whether the so Cial Christian unions will follow the socialists. About a third of Belgium s min ers Are italians. More than 50,000 miners and thousands of other workers tire striking in the Mons Charleroi Industrial Belt. The walkout began in the Borinaga mines last week to protest government plans to close As uneconomical pits employ ing 6,500 men. The strikers have blocked roads and halted rail travel in Many places in the Borinaga area the Brussels to Paris Road is blocked and police have organized detours. Trees foiled flying squads of striking miners have been touring factories in the area by car and motorcycle calling on workers to come out in support. At part Roges they stopped trains and hauled workmen off. Trees were felled across roads in some places. In Cruchet near Fra Meries broken Glass was scattered Over main roads. Elsewhere paving stones were torn up and used to make roadblocks. Police pulled Down some of the roadblocks but the strikers rebuilt them. The strike has become n struggle Between the social Christian Liberal coalition government and the socialist opposition with the social Christian Trade unions so far trailing behind the socialists. Belgium s minister of economic affairs Jacques Van Der Schueren said the government was obligated by the terms of the european Coal and steel treaty to close some of its mines in the Southern part of the country. 3,020,000 in Paris Paris up the population of the City of Paris reached 3,020, 000 As of Jan. 1 while that of greater Paris and environs hovered around 8 million according to figures just released by the National Institute of statistics. Cyprus plan Given Good Chance for Success in talks continued from Page 1 Zorlu declared i can say there has been some Progress in the clarification of the positions of the governments  reports of friction in the negotiations emerged earlier in the Day when greek circles said the 45 year old Makarios had declined to cooperate with the greek govern ment delegation. His spokesman soon denied this report. Afterwards the special night con Ference was called. Prime minister Harold Macmil Lan and foreign minister Selwyn Lloyd Are especially anxious to set the the Cyprus problem before the weekend when they Are due to Fly off on a visit to Moscow. British sources said no definite decisions had been reached at wednesday night s session. Wabash continues rampage four levees out floods grow continued from Page 1 Drivers delayed by the flood assisted in the evacuations. Red Cross centers were set up in churches in Lawrenceville a town of about 7,000 population 10 Miles West of Vincennes ind. Lawrenceville in no danger from the flood opened the town armory to homeless families. Water pouring through gaps in levees eased flood pressures for 85 Miles downstream where the Wabash joins the Ohio River. At mount Carmel 111., 25 Miles from Lawrenceville the Wabash formed a Lake seven Miles wide. Two tiny communities in the Lawrenceville area Russellville and Westport were surrounded by water. No evacuations were reported from the Oaktown area where 14,000 acres of Rich bottomland is inundated. Flood damage to farm land at this time of year is con fined mostly to top soil erosion. Ike says West would t take 1st War step continued from Page i for peace ready to be grasped if the soviet Union will agree to a just peace. The tone of or. Eisenhower s talk contrasted sharply with the threatening speech of Khrushchev who warned the West that any attempt to shoot its Way into West Berlin either by land routes or airlines would bring War with the soviet Union. The president made Plain his views that the West will continue to carry out its responsibilities in Berlin. The president refused to be drawn into details of any possible negotiations with the soviet Union. He was asked if the West is willing to consider thinning out of troops or limitation on weapons As a Means of reaching an agreement with the soviet Union on German reunification. Going on with talks or. Eisenhower said the West has shown readiness to negotiate on the whole problem of Germany on the basis f reasonable propos als. He reiterated that the West has no desire to build up a menacing situation on the Borders of the soviet Union. Or. Eisenhower was also asked if he thought it would be desirable to hold a foreign ministers Confer ence on the Berlin situation either in Washington or in new York be cause of the illness of Secretary of state John Foster Dulles. The president said that in his talk tuesday with Dulles at Walter Reed Hospital they decided to go ahead with preparations for the meeting. Will keep responsibility or. Eisenhower was asked if there is an understanding Between the allies on the use of Force if necessary to keep the routes of a Cess to Berlin open. The president replied the questions would have to be studied in detail before any reply could be Given. Then he added the. Allies Are not saying that they will use Force to maintain communications with Berlin. Or. Eisenhower said the West Ern position is that the allies will not abandon their responsibility to keep West Berlin supplied. On other matters the president said Dulles he wants Dulles to continue As Secretary of state As Long As Dulles believes he is in shape to carry on. Or. Eisenhower said he has Dis cussed with no one the possibility of replacing Dulles. Mexico on his scheduled talks with Mexico s president Adolfo Lopez Mateos in Acapulco Mexico thursday and Friday or. Eisen Hower said they will discuss mat ters of common interest. Budget he does not see Why the term balanced budget is be coming a bad word. Denies fetish he made that remark when told a Republican senator had suggested that the president is making a fetish of his determination to maintain a balanced budget. Observing that there is a prospective deficit of about $13 Bil lion for the current year or. Eisenhower commented the administration has accepted that and has been guilty of no fetish in do ing so. As for the fiscal year starting july 1 and the administration s proposal that Revenue and spend ing be kept in balance or. Eisen Hower said crisply that if we can t live within our Means in a time of developing Prosperity then just when Are we going to be Able to do so  
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