European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 23, 1959 the stars and stripes Europe is . Fight seen for . Generator los Angeles Calif. A a contract clash is brewing Between . And european firms Over the Purchase of Turbine generators. During the next 10 Days Tholos Angeles water and Power commission is to decide whether foreign made generators or Ameri can equipment will be installed at new Power Plant to be built within three years. Four european manufacturers and three american companies have submitted bids to Supply the two Turbo generators capable of producing 200,000 kilowatts each. Lowest . Bid the lowest american bid is approximately $14,750,000. However each of the american bids contain san escalator clause covering the rising Cost of materials and Labo that could boost the Price 40 per cent above the stated bid. The Low european bid without any escalator clause involved is19,250,000. Neither Low bidder was identified. The american firms Genera electric Westinghouse and Allis Chalmers reportedly Are strenuously fighting the City s contemplated Purchase of the foreign equipment. 3 British firms the four european companies Are three British firms and the Swiss firm of Brown Boveri. W. S. Ginn vice president an general manager of the be Turbine division is leading the fight Tob lock a european contract. Ginn said european companies can consistently under bid Ameri can firms because the wage stand Ard is 60 per cent lower than that of the . Tva rejects protest Over British contract Schenectady . Up the Tennessee Valley authority has turned Down general electric s protest Over the recent award of multimillion Dollar steam Turbine Generator contract to a British firm it was disclosed Here. The rejection was contained in Telegram from Herbert Vogel chairman of the Tva Board to William Ginn a be vice president and general manager of the tur Bine division. Ginn expressed disappointment at the decision and said be would continue to use every Legal Means to require Tva for Security Rea sons to Grant the contracts to a Domestic concern. Be was under bid by $5 million on the 500,000-kilowatt Generator. Road costs hit $1 billion Washington up the nation s ambitious new interstate Highway program passed a. Billion Dollar Milestone. The government said 222 Miles of Roadway and 184 Bridges were completed in january pushing the total of fulfilled con tracts for the 41,000-mile Highway system to $1,026,127,000. Fire it s that stuff that Burns Ain t it Fresno Calif. A five Hundred California Deer Hunter were questioned about fire and the causes  per cent did not know what Flani ability Means. The same per cent did not know there is any relationship Between humidity and fire  per cent said it s safer to build a campfire in a High wind because the wind will keep the fire , said Craig Chandler the California Forest and Range service to conducting symposium son Forest problems with emphasis on fire prevention. The Firstone was held Here. Won t plow under will head Down under crop control rebel to emigrate Dowagiac Mich. A wheat controls rebel Stanley Yankus put up a for Sale Signon his poultry farm and said he is headed for a new Start in Australia. The 39-year-old c a s s count Farmer has attracted National at Tention since 1953 for his fight against the government wheat acreage allotment program. He still owes an estimated $2,600 in fines and penalties for growing More than the allotted wheat quota on his 100-acre farm. I m tired of beating my head against a Stone Wall Yankus  said he has been accepted by the australian government As an immigrant and will leave the . With his wife and their three children As soon As his fines Are paid with proceeds from the Sale of his farm. The savings seized government seized about$1,700 of his Bank account last year to Settle part of the penalties. Yankus said he has written .attorney Wendell a. Miles at grand rapids and asked to be billed for the remainder. Yankus has contended since 1953that wheat grown on his farm was used in feeding his Poul try not. For commercial use.  about 53,000 dozen eggs a year. Yankus claimed the wheat controls program was unconstitutional. He said his move to Australia was primarily on account of his children. They will have More Freedom there he said. And think the controls Here will get worse instead of  future Cadillac has radar eyes general motors latest experimental car features radar locating device on the front of each fender to warn the Driver of objects in his path. The Cadillac Cyclone also has a plastic canopy which folds under the Back deck and doors which slide Back. United press International photo a driven subs forecast As future Ocean liners Honolulu a Plush Pas Senger liners of the future May be nuclear powered submarines. That is the prediction of expert with the . Pacific Fleet sub Marine Force. Rear adm Elton w. Grenfell until recently Pacific Fleet submarine commander discussed the future of the nuclear sub. Envision a submersible Ocean liner Grenfell said. It Dan race Acress the Ocean at 50 knots sub vandals hit meters so meters get Tough Chicago a vandals dam aged 22,000 parking meters last year so the City has been offered new and heavier ones described As Vandal resistant. The company holding the con tract for servicing the City s meters offered to install the new meters As replacements if it i granted a new contract. The num Ber of meters damaged in 1958 represented a 400 per cent increase Over the preceding year. Merged. It is air conditioned. The weather is always perfect. The ships not at the mercy of storms but rides As comfortably As a spaceship in the vacuum of Stellar in  might be installed to forestall Claustrophobia among the passengers. Or with lighting and Scenic panels an illusion of open Ness might be  cmdr William e. Heronemus observed submarines Are really submerged space  Heron mus a specialist in submarine de sign said Jet propulsion for subs will some Day be feasible but will require Many years of  already have obtained phenomenal speeds with Jet drive Small torpedoes he said. Cowboy robbery try fails san Diego Calif. Up  Rhodes 65, who grabbed a gun and chased two would be Rob Bers from her store told polic e they were wearing Western style bandanas As masks. I just was tin the mood to play Cowboy she said. Everything from blood to bursitis time troubles snarl wedding Buffalo . A orchestra Leader Alfonsod Artega of new York City and the former Vita Viviano of St. Louis Are honeymooning after a week Long comedy of  couple was married Friday in St. Anthony s Catholic Church. D Artega has appeared Here As a guest conductor with the Buffalo  couple arrived on Friday the 13th, too late to get into the marriage License Bureau the state requires blood tests so another Day was  a Laboratory assistant dropped the vial con Taining miss Viviano s blood Sample. There went another Day. Then they Learned of the state s three Day wait Law. Three More Days were lost. Meanwhile d Artega found that he needed proof of Bachelor Hood in order to be married by a priest. But he could t find his birth and baptismal certificates. He flew to new York to get a certificate from priest who had known him for a Long time. But his plane was forced Down for a time in Wilkes Barre a. The priest was out of town for a Day too. Finally it occurred to d Artega and his Bride to be that there was a lenten restriction on , the banns had not been published for three weeks. But the sympathetic Chancellor of the Buffalo diocese waived the rules. As he placed the ring on his Bride s Finger a Artega winced. Bursitis he explained later. I always get it when i m in  unwed Mother 17, accuses 9 cops in Texas morals Case Wichita Falls Tex. A a pretty unwed Mother who is 17 said she would name before the grand jury nine Wichita Falls policemen with whom she has had sex relations in the past two years. The girl said she believes a policeman is the father of her 3 week old baby. The Green Eye girl is a car hop at a drive in. She said the patrolmen would pick her up during the morning hours after she had completed night shift. Then she said she and her Date would drive out inthe  in no instance she said did More than one Man Cal for her at a time. District attorney l. T. Wilson ordered the appearance before the grand jury of the girl her Mother 11 policemen and another girl. The grand jury recessed until March 18without voting an indictment in the Case. Chief of police c. C. Daniel acknowledged he was aware of the charges and that his department is investigating. He said i d hate to see these men Cruci fied but if what the girl says is True i won t try to protect  the girl took a lie Detector test earlier in the week. Latin America asks . Aid on euro Mart Washington up under Secretary of state c. Douglas Dillon has said that the latin american nations Are counting on the . To help them in Trade negotiations with the european common Market. Dillon testified recently in closed Loor meetings of the House for eign affairs committee. A Cen bored version of his testimony has just been made Public. He recalled that the reciprocal Trade agreements act was sex ended last year and the state department this year intends to begin preparations for the actual Trade negotiations which will take place presumably in i960 or 1961." he added one of the primary things Weill do at that time As Well As trying to help in expanding our own Trade will be to make an Effort to see that the common Market in Europe does not impose excessive duties on the raw material products of latin America. Which would give unduly Large preferences to the French colonial overseas possessions in Africa. Preference expected undoubtedly they will give preference to some extent. That is to be expected and it is part of the treaty establishing the common Market. But it should not be Al Lowed to go too far. Keeping Trade routes open is very important to these countries As that is where the majority of the capital comes from for their economic expansion. In this connection the prices of raw materials and commodities Are important and we Are work ing More actively than we have Ever worked before to try and find ways to improve that situation commodity by commodity in the specific Fields. 1958 calf crop below 57 figure Washington up the agriculture department said the1958 calf crop totalled 40,514,000 head Down one per cent from the40,766,000 in 1957. The 1958 calf crop was 5 per cent below the record 1954 crop of 42,601,000 head but 7. Per cent above the 1947-56 average. The department said the decrease in the calf crop during the past year resulted from a decline in cows and heifers two years old and Over. Texas Printer makes Oklahoma store wet Enid okla. A Warre Garner has t sold any liquor in constitutionally dry Oklahoma but he s been advertising it jus the same. His package store for the Sal of 3.2 Beer and soft drinks it listed in the City directory Tut Warren s package store liquor and wines  directory was printed in Dallas in 1057. The Only explanation is that the Printer figured that anyone with a package store was in the liquor business and added the extra lines. Texas la wet state. Oklahoma May legalize liquor at a special election april 7. But should Garner decide to turn he beverage store into � package liquor store he possibly still would be violating a Law. The proposed Law bans Al types of liquor advertising