European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Weather forecast mostly Cloudy and warmer. High4f, Tow is. \ air weather service these european edition r1pes army Navy air Force unofficial publication of Hie . Armod forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East buried City the Mountain erupted and City of 20,000 ceased to exist. It happened to Pompeii Italy on hot August Day 1,870 years ago. But today mount Vesuvius glowers Over the ruins of the excavated Metropolis. See Story Page 12. Volume 17, number 308 5 cents daily 10 cents sunday d monday february 23, 1959 cypriots release of 950 greeks Nicosia up thou ands of greek cypriots held wild Street celebrations Here sunday night following an official announcement that at least 950 political prisoners had been  prisoners had  jailed by the British govern ment for their part in the four year nationalist struggle touring about Cyprus Independence. They were freed late sunday after noon. T As a precaution against possible violence British troops were can fined to their Camps. However in one part of the Island troops Al ready were reported to have stoned carloads of released prisoners reflecting the bitter feelings of Man servicemen Over the blood spilled during the last four years. As the wildly cheering sex prisoners Many of them wearing beards streamed into the cities the emotions of the greek cypriot people exploded. It was virtually impossible to move in the heart of Nicosia because of the  detainees Many of them to cont. On Page 2/t, c9l. \ there s real trouble afoot demos to Back Ike on  says Washington up Senate democratic whip Mike Mansfield of Montana says both parties will Back to the Hilt any administration action to maintain the Freedom of , a member of the Senate foreign relations committee said we cannot afford under any Circum stances to let West Berlin Down. We have to keep it and Mother 7 kids perish in fire Crystal City Tex. A a Mother and her seven children die Din a fire that destroyed their Home Here. Sheriff g. L. Sweeten said one other child was at the Home of a neighbor. The bodies of mrs. Modesta Rodriguez the Mother and her seven children were found in the fire ruins sweeten  father Sotereu Rodriguez was away from Home at the  City is about 100 Miles Southwest of san Antonio. 3 girls Burn to death in Delaware Home Wilmington Al. A three girls sleeping in one bed burned to death  were Olivette Brittingham 2 her sister Berthan 6, and Ethel Fennell 7.the fire broke out in their Back bedroom on the second floor shortly after 2 am the parents of the Brittingham children were in the living room watching  a scream from upstairs Brittingham ran to the stairway which was aflame. Firemen tried to reach the children through Sec Ond Story windows but they too were driven  said an electric Heater was burning in the children s bed room about two feet from the bed. Michael Bay 4, of Kansas City mo., wears a shaky Ghriri As firemen work to free his foot from a Section of steel pipe. The boy got him self into the Jam when he playfully poked his foot into the pipe and was unable to pull free. Firemen worked on the pipe nearly two hours finally resorting to a Jackhammer to break the steel casing below Mike s foot. They carried him into a nearby garage to manipulate the foot Loose. Associated Friess photo rap replacement suggestions top demo senators rally to Dulles support Washington a Secretary of state John Foster Dulles got fresh support from Congress Mem Bers sunday in the face of proposals by sen. Stuart Symington Washington a vice president Richard m. Nixon visited Secretary of state John Foster Dulles at the Hospital Sun Day. Dulles was Given a one Day rest from radiation treat ments for the abdominal cancer discovered when a hernia opera Tion was performed. Do and the american vet Erans committee that he be re placed. Democrats As Well As. Republicans generally voiced disapproval of suggestions that president Eisenhower appoint a new Secre tary of state because of Dulles illness with cancer. Sen. Hubert h. Humphrey a Minn was one of the few exceptions. Sen.,Mike Mansfield of Montana assistant democratic floor Leader and a member of the Senate for eign r e 1  i o n s committee Dis agreed. He said he regards Dulles As almost indispensable at this time and added it is my Hope that this Man with his great knowledge his capacity for leadership and his understanding of the situation will be Able to continue to Lead the West Ern  Isen. Homer e. Capehart Rind member of the foreign relation committee said Symington a potential candidate for the 1960 dem cont. On Page 2lf, col. 1 British soviet leaders hold secret talks Moscow a Nikita s. Khrushchev discussed world prob lems with prime minister Harold Macmillan and toasted Britain s Royal family sunday in a secluded country Villa once owned by Joseph Stalin. The Toast was a highlight of secret Day Long meeting Between top ministers of Britain and the soviet  British foreign office spokes Man announced the prime minis ters held two business sessions on All subjects of Mutual  declined to specify what these subjects were. Others present sitting in on the talks were Brit ish and soviet foreign ministers Selwyn Lloyd and Andrei Gromyko Russia s first Deputy Premier Anastas i. Mikoyan British ambassador sir Patrick Reilly an Jacob Malik soviet ambassador to  these ministers and Lloyd s private Secretary attended the two sessions although about 40 officials spent the Day at the Villa 50 Miles Southeast of  and photographers were not allowed to travel from Moscow to the Villa the British spokesman said the ministers conversations one last ing 75 minutes before lunch an the second lasting two hours after lunch were held in a relaxed  revealed for the first time font. On Page 21. Col. 2 we have to protect the peo ple  another committee Mem Ber sen. John j. Sparkman cd Ala voiced similar views. I Amin Complete Accord with our government s position that we will not pull out of Berlin Sparkman said. Mansfield said the . Should use Force if necessary to preserve our rights in  re going to get into West Berlin regardless of the outcome of the deadline on May 27," he said. The soviets have set that Date for withdrawal of Western forces from Berlin but the allies have rejected the idea on grounds it would Lead to a communist takeover. Democrats and republicans will Back to the Hilt any decisions which Are made by the president and the Secretary of state in see ing to it that the Freedom of West Berlin is maintained Mansfield  proposed in a feb. 12 speech that East and West Ger mans might negotiate directly in working out the Berlin crisis. Heals called for More flexibility in cont. On Page 21t, col. 2 Calif. Chamber May gloat Riverside Calif. Up Flor Ida oranges soon May be California oranges. The Citrus Experiment station of the University of Cali fornia is going to Send 50,000 Citrus seeds to Florida where a disease is causing Citrus Trees to go into a decline. Marshall s condition same fort Bragg . Up there was no change reported sunday in the condition. Of Gen George c. Marshall re world War ii chief of staff and postwar Secretary of state who suffered two strokes and pneumonia recently. Safe in Safe place robbed of $15,000 Long Beach . A the supermarket s brightly lighted front window seemed the safest place to keep the Safe overnight. There police patrolmen could see it passersby could see it an what burglar would want to work in Plain sight but it did t work that Way at the Waldbaum supermarket on the main Street of this Long Island  rolled Back the Safe into a dark part of the store during the wee hours and quickly set up a portable plywood do it your self duplicate in the window. The thieves had carried the rep Lica folded,.to the store. It was such an exact reproduction even to a combination lock painted on the door that nobody noticed the switch until the store. Opened for the Day. The Rob frers meanwhile had opened the real Safe at their Lei sure and departed with $15,000 in  managed to skirt burglar alarm devices and left no Finger prints either on the real Safe or the one they had brought. Russian warns Iran on treaty Teheran up soviet ambassador Nikolai Pengov says Iran will definitely become our enemy if it signs a bilateral military agreement with  Pengov s statement followed re cent Moscow charges that Iran proposed a treaty with Russia and then backed out. Pengov said Iran s rulers have openly insulted Premier Nikita a Khrushchev and the soviet people. The Shah s government invited a top soviet delegation to Teheran to sign the agreement entirely pre pared by Iran. And when our Dep Uty foreign minister Vladimir Simeone arrived Here they re fused to sign it their very own  soviet ambassador talked excitedly in his private office in the soviet embassy Here. He said the iranians were warned the could not hoodwink the soviets with impunity and Iran must Reck on with her Northern neighbor with whom she shares a common order More than 1,200 Miles Long. Liner Elizabeth sails for . Southampton England a the liner Queen Elizabeth sailed for new York sunday 48 hours late because of fog. The ship carried 600 passengers