European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes monday february 23, 1939 Toor Manv rocket costing half million to be ready in 1960 Washington a details of a new satellite launching rocket have been made Public by the National aeronautics and space administration Nasa it is described As the poor Man s rocket because of its comparative cheapness simplicity and source estimated that the new rocket known officially As the scout will Cost less than $500,000 or Only about a fifth of the Cost of current satellite launching rockets. It will be a four stage solid propellant rocket 70 feet tall and powerful enough to hoist a 150 Pound satellite into orbit 300 Miles from Earth or set a 100-Pound satellite into a 500-mile-High orbit. The scout will be ready for memorials also erected to spuds chickens doughnuts statues Honor buys fish by North american new Pip a Thunee new York monuments usually Are erected to the memory of great men or heroic events. But sometimes our enthusiasm takes strange form and imposing memorials Are raised to the memory of various dumb animals insects fish fruit and other oddities. Recently a Bronze and Granite Monument to a Beetle was dedicated by Eureka Calif. Imported from Australia in 1944, the Beetle had succeeded in destroying a Weed which had overgrown thou Sands of acres in California so a statue of the insect was erected in gratitude. Similar expressions of appreciation Are the statues of sea gulls .95 Buick highlights Day of bargains Berlin . Mobiles for $5.95. Auto a $100 Diamond engagement ring for 99 Ron to a used to set for 89 cents. Those were some of the prices in a crazy sales promotion by the Berlin chamber of Commerce. To win some of the bargains on e first come first served basis buyers waited overnight for stores to open in temperatures As Lowns 38 below Zero. Brothers Archie a n d Edward Rowe of Berlin camped in front of an automobile Saleroom tit 10 45 Jim. At 9 no they bought a 1950 Buick for $5.95. So did Terry Mcarthur of Berlin second in line. Diamond Kizik cents seventeen year old Robert hum Lin football co Captain at Berlin High school staked out a place in front of a jewelry store at 1 30 bought a Diamond ring valued it $100 for just 99 cents. Hamlin disclaimed any romantic intentions. He said he planned to sell the ring to finance a trip tothe forthcoming state basketball tournament at Durham. One of the Best equipped cold Sitters was 15-year-old Reginald Valloere another Berliner. He turned up at 5 15 am outside a tvs Tore. Comfortable in a Beach chair with a Blanket wrapped around his legs a Talliere waited until the store opened and walked away with a Lau Richings in the late Spring of next year after initial tests at Wallops Island a. The air Force declined to say what experiments May be con ducted. One possibility is a series of biological tests with Small animals in connection with studies aimed at manned space flight Nasa said scout will also be an excellent vehicle for testing the effects of High Speed re entry into the Earth s will be the jeep or pickup truck of space research and we expect to get a lot of knowledge out of it a Nasa spokesman said. The spokesman said $1,029,000 has been assigned to the Nav Bureau of aeronautics for the first stage a modification of an Early Model of the Navy s Polaris army ballistic missile Agency has n $620,000 contract for developing the second stage a new rocket called the tx3320, reportedly a clustered version of the ser Geant third stage identified As x254, and the fourth stage called x248, will be built by the Hercules powder co. For Allegheny ballistic missiles Laboratory of Cumber land my. Used to set valued at $75 which he paid 89 cents. For robber turns into $1,980 profit new York a a robber in vested $4 in coins at the Chemi Alcorn Exchange Bank at Pennsyl Vania station and walked out with a $1,980 profit. The Man Slid four Rolls of pen Nies and one of Nickels at Teller John Gallagher 23. With them was a note threatening the Teller and demanding $5,000. Gallagher scooped a pile of Bills later checked out in value at$1,984 Over to the Man. The Bandit then walked out of the Bank Leav ing behind his $4 in coins. Saroyan embarks for Yugoslavia new York a playwright William Suroyn whose characters often see the Bright Side of life sailed for Yugoslavia. The author of the time of your life and the human comedy said he believed writers and artists Are taxed unfairly. He reported earlier this week he owes $30,000 in Back income Revenue personnel he said had told him not to write and produce and they la make a Don t want a settlement he said. I m a Saroyan who had said previously he might stay abroad the rest of his life declared he would re Turi. In a reasonable i accumulate enough Money to produce my own play on Broad Way i would return that much sooner he added. Boy s naturalization climaxes polish family s 18-year flight Mineola . Up while 120 admiring classmates looked on 19-year-old John Kozuszko became naturalized american citizen in ceremonies in supreme court Here. John is a senior at Carle place High school and lives with his parents and two classmates came along partly to give John their Best wishes and partly As part of their Educa Tion so they could see at firsthand the process of naturalization. John was born in 1940 in Poland. When the germans invaded his parents John and Anna fled with their baby. During the War years they constantly were in hiding. After the War they again were in flight this time from the rus 1950, a wealthy texan Learned of the plight of the family which was now enlarged by two Daugh ters and brought the whole group to the . And employed the a time the family decided to move to new York and they settled on Long , the family s dream of an end to running and to fear came True when Young John became an american citizen. Chutis freezes,9 Falls 2,700 feet to death in . Arden . Up a parachutist practising jumps apparently froze As he leaped from Hisai plane and fell 2,700 feet to his death in a farm Field. The victim was identified by the state Highway patrol As sgt Ron Ald Hess 21, Johnstown pa., a Marine from Camp Lejeune . He and three friends were on a pass from their base. Two others Cpl Carmen j. Finningan 22, of Raynham mass. And Cpl Walter h. Reinhardt 23, originally from Ger Many had gone up in the plane jumped and were waiting for Hess and sgt Ned a. Green 21, of Swannanoa ., near Here to jump. Green followed Hess out of the plane. Pilot Ray Allen at the controls of the Piper plane said the victim jumped from the plane but apparently made no move to open his Parachute. When we saw the Chute did t open the other fellow jumped and circled the spot where Hess fell until an ambulance and Highway patrolmen got there Allen said. The Pilot said the Accident occurred about 5 15 pm in Good Fly ing weather. He cleared the plane Fine an 3 then just kept dropping did t move or anything. He seemed Mohave Frozen there Allen said. He said he was flying about 4,700 feet above sea level which he computed to be about 2,700 feet above the surface Allen said the two men had hired his plane to make practice jumps conductor violinist Dies Newark . A Ugo Carano italian conductor violinist and teacher 49, is dead. Carano underwent major surgery at the Hospital dec. 31. He had been con Ductor of the West Hudson sym phony since its founding in 1939 study of russian held science . Must Washington a science students working for a .hould be required to learn rus Sian says rep. David s. King d Utah he suggested that . Universe ies and colleges give the idea some thought. The pitched con est in technology King said demands that we master thelus Sian language just As the russians Are mastering English. A in Gustic advantage could be which ultimately tips the balance of Power in this great to be seen in Salt Lake City. The gulls descended on a plague of Grasshoppers which had been destroying the crops of Early settlers thus saving the pioneers from Hun Ger and earning themselves a memorial. Speaking of statues to our Feath ered friends Rhode Island has bigger than life size statue of a Chicken. This is the Noble Rhode Island red whose tasty flesh is admired among those partial to poultry. Potatoes go Well with poultry so it should Here be noted that an association of new Hampshire Busi Nessman plans to erect a statue honouring the lowly Spud. They say the first White potato was grown at Londonderry. N.h., in 1719. In nearby Camden me., there already stands another Monument honouring a favorite american food doughnuts. A whole Rayful of these pastries is shown in the hands of Henry Brewster who according to one account invented the Hole in the doughnut after he heard his Mother remark that the centers never baked fish stories also have prompted memorials. A Beautiful Tower in Vicenza Italy was built to commemorate the Landing of a 110 Pound Pike. And in Tuterow Ger Many stands the figure of a smart Pike which was caught and belled to await a municipal banquet but could never be found again. India is full of mysterious Monu ments. There is a Temple in Mali choir constructed by a Man who killed his dog by mistake and then spent the rest of his life building this Temple to its memory. There May be nothing holy about a Man serving Coffee but a Mary land memorial recalls a Coffee break during the civil War Bat the of Antietam. Near Antietam Creek the Bronze statue show show during the Battle a Young sergeant personally and without orders s handed out cups of hot Coffee. Many More Monument were to be made in the image of this Man William Mckinley. Alaska Highway Bill Washington up sen. Richard l. Neuberger Dore has reintroduced legislation to author ize paving of 1,200 Miles of the Alaska Highway on a Cost sharing basis with Canada. 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