European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                              February 24, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 23 Prober urges. Tough Laws to curb hoods Washington a gang sters have penetrated so Many Fields that they control the economies of some american cities Tele viewers were told Here. The statement came from Robert f. Kennedy chief counsel for the Senate rackets committee. Kennedy said that or example hoodlums have gained control of garbage disposal firms and. Linen services which Supply hotels and restaurants. In one instance he said gangsters even have taken ver a diaper service. Strong Laws Xee Deil he said Congress must enact Strong Laws to curb this gangster Fern adding that present Laws in these Field Are  connection with the commit tee s current hearings on gangster infiltration into the jux icebox Industry Kennedy predicted that gangsters would move into such related Fields As record distribution the recording companies and control Over the artists unless effective Laws Are passed. Singer denies knowing a agent mobs linked new York up Singer Tommy Leonetti who lost a Tele vision Date after his former Mana Ger was linked with mobsters said Here he is confident he will note punished for something allegedly done Long ago and without his knowledge or  26-year-old crooner from Lodi n.j., Best known for his Juke Box hit i m available was dropped from saturday night s Dick Clark show on the Ameri can broadcasting co s network. Leonetti said he was dropped As a result of testimony Friday be fore the Senate rackets committee in Washington accusing his former manager John Abrosia of having used intimidation to push Leonetti s records. Manager in 1954-55 Abrusia was  s manager in 1954 and 1955."i had a manager and our agree ment was that i do the singing and that he d get me work Leonetti said. It was really that  parted simply because i Felt i was making Little  Elsa is taken for a ride waiting for police triples Driver s woes Denver a a Good but unfortunate citizen is Maynard Reiber 27, of Henderson Colo. After his car was rammed fro the rear on an icy Street Reiber properly awaited police. The other Motorist exchanged data with him and drove off. In the next 15 min utes Reiber s car was struck twice Mere. The last Driver left without identifying himself. America s famous hostess Elsa i Owhi. Hikes a Back seat at st. Moritz and is entertained by sportsman client her Sachs von opel. And she seems to be having a mighty Fine time too. Up British wite Hole in heart to hear child London up Little Shirley comparing who married an italian Soldier against medical advice has entered the Hospital Here expect ing their first  23-year-old English woman has a Hole in her heart. Doctor advised her against marriage but she waved aside their warnings and married Giulio Comparini whom she met on a  world watched their love affair and the italian army softened in face of their determination to marry. The army paid Comparini s fare to Britain and gave him Spe Cial leave of  his discharge Comparini has been working in Portsmouth As a  told him that his wife May have to undergo a caesarean operation during childbirth to ease the Strain on her heart. Family survives 3 Days on Bay Channel Marker continued from Page i batteries contain soda Ash s Strong caustic. Mrs. Schmidt fashioned a spoon from a Wood splinter broken off the Beacon by her husband for firewood. She doled the baby Foo done spoonful at a time to Leslie jr., and Linda Lee. Cheryl had sole rights to the can of milk. The parents took nothing but water. All their food was gone by Early Friday. Schmidt said his Lone Penny Box of matches luckily did no get wet. Once the platform caught Chanute Pilot Dies in crash Montgomery Ala. Up first it Delton l. Sampels 25, of Chanute air Force base 111., died Here when his t33 Jet Trainer ran out of fuel and crashed just Short of a Maxwell air Force base run Way. Coming events Mannheim Germany is events scheduled at the National theater Here include feb. 24grosses Haus the Parisienne 8 pin. Kleines Haus Der Blaue Boll 8 pin. Feb. 25 grosses Haus Alkistis musical Urania by Gluck 8 pin. Kleines Haus Caesar and Cleopatra play by Shaw prepared for German stage by Trebitsch 8 pm. Feb. 26grosses Haus the Parisienne 8 pm. Kleines Haus the classmate play by Ciminel 8 pm premiere. Feb. 27grosses Haus Der Voge Haendler 8 pm. Kleines Haus egmont 8 pm. Feb. 28grosses Haus Der Rosen Kavalick opera by Richard Strauss 7 pm. Kleines Haus Little Peter s trip to the Moon fairy tale by Bassewitz 3 pm the wayward Saint comedy by Carroll 8 pm. The hours listed for an programs Are Central european time monday american forces network r news Hul Hilly item tulle � request Shaw 0700 Newt .0718 today t the Day 0730 tips an Tunn 0800 news0809 Forward. March 0815 Marvin Miller 8830 Don Mcneil 0900 news me turn Back the Clack 0930 couple next door is answer Pleat my new utter merely mute 1100 news 11 Osbert Park s bandstand 1135 request show to Newt. Stert 1215 Reou Eit Shaw 1255 Art Van Damme 1300 Newt 1305 malady Mart. 1330 matinee 1400 news 1405 out test concert 1500 newt1505 Sale Kuddy Jamboree 1530 Robert Lewis 1555 what s cooking 1600 Newt 1605 american Musi Hall 1615 one Man s family 1030 heartbeat theatre 1700 news 1705 request show 1750 local Newi sports 1800 Newe 1815 new yorkers 1430 starts journal 1900 news 2155 Boris Karnolt 1905 music in the air present 200 new 2200 mow 2m5 what my line 2215 Johnny Dollar 2030 Richard Diamond 2230 modern jazz 1959 2055 interview 2100 report from eurom 2115 on the scene 2130 inner Sanctum 2300 news 2305 re Tuott show 2400 news 1005 request show 1100 news fire and the Blaze was barely sex  prayed All the time and god must have been with us. He saved us said mrs.  thing that got us so much was that we could see cars and City lights. My husband said we were so near and yet so far from  said an Oil Crew boat passed within 100 Yards of the group All three mornings. They never saw us although we yelled at them he said. Boat broke into in his diary Schmidt wrote boat broke into sic nine Miles be of Here. Made it this far. Bank alongside Beacon every thing we owne sic went Down. "1 Sara 2 Leslie 3 Leslie or. 4 Linda 5 Cheryl. All . Feb. 18, 1959, boat Sank. No food. % Gal. . 2-19-1959. Plane flew Over once several times. Did t see us. "sat., 2-21-1959. No one around. No water. Rained. No Way to catch rain. Babies All sick. Crying night and Day. No sleep for any of  Oil Industry gearing for 100th birthday Titusville a. A the Oil Industry s Birthplace is Gott in Gready for the biggest Celebration it has Ever seen. It is the 100th birthday party for the Oil Industry in August involving All of Northwestern Pennsyl Vania. Titusville is the Host. A fitting Centennial Celebration is being planned to Mark the Dis covery by col Edwin l. Drake of Oil in his Well just South of Hev aug. 27, 1859. The discovery ush ered in the Petroleum age. Oil Centennial inc., has toe a formed to take charge of the pm Gram. The group is headed by Neh. Dearborn of Titusville former president of the National safety Council. A total of $200,000 is being raised to finance the Celebration. The Oil Industry is to contribute $150,00 Titusville and nearby communities $50,000. The population of this City of 9,000 is expected to swell to about 20,000 during Centennial week aug. 23-29. The Observance will begin for Mally with a memorial service at the grave of Drake in Woodlaw cemetery hero March 29, Nestor sunday which was Drake s birth Day. A number of Spring and summer events will follow climaxed aug. 27 with a second Century con Clave of Oil at Drake Well memo rial Park. Leaders of the Oil Industry and others will take  message from gov. Price Dan Iel of Texas the largest Oil producing state to gov. David l. Lawrence of Pennsylvania will be delivered via pipeline As part of the aug. 27 ceremony. Lawrence also will Seal a time capsule at Drake  week events also wih include a symphony concert Oil re Gion choral concert Art exhibit Dis play of Oil americana soap Box Derby carnival water pageant and fireworks. Watts cooking Indianapolis a a sick list received by the Board of safety showed fireman Walter Webber suffering first degree Burns Enface and neck. Inquiry about the cause brought this explanation too Long under a Sun lamp. Benson sets Corn supports Washington up Secre tary of agriculture Ezra Taft Ben son has set the minimum National average support for 1959-crop Cornat $1.12 a Bushel. This reflects 90 per cent of the average Price of $1.25 a Bushel Farmers received for Corn during the three Calendar years 1956-195& the 1959 Corn crop will be grown under a new program. There will be no acreage allot ments and no commercial Corn producing area and the Price sup ports will be at 90 per cent of the preceding three year Price of Corn received by Farmers but not Les than 65 per cent of parity. Benson said 65 per cent of the february parity Price of $1.69 per Bushel is $1.10 a Bushel. Thus the new support rate is 2 cents higher than 65 per cent of  said the minimum Price of $1.12 will not be lowered. Buddy sentenced thugs slash judge us w nog Vera a by in we a pm jut inert aliment 1845 hymn Iran Han German to 1700 vocational 2000 Newt guidance film 2015 a far As the 1740 yoga fett carry film Span Dahlem of to 1555 Newt Jan party Usoro camera three 2100 professional 1630 matinee theater father 1730 or. Wizard 2130 big town Itao Newt 2280 to play Suie 1915 Dinah Shore 2300 Newe 1930 Art Ford Greensburg ind. A three thugs lured mayor Sheldon Smith to his downtown office and methodically sliced his face handstand body with a double edged razor  was reported in fair Condi  39-year-old mayor former state chairman. Of Indiana Youn republicans also is judge of the Greensburg City court. He told police the Man who did the slicing while his companions held Smith snarled you sent up my buddy and you re going to pay for , mayor of this Southeast Ern Indiana town of 7,000 for 10 years said All three men were strangers to him but he had seethe razor Blade wielder that noon in a restaurant. One of the men enticed Smith to his private accountant s office by Telephone saying he wanted help in preparing an income tax return. He gave the name j. B. Patton but police chief Warren Melick said it was  mayor was Able to Call police before he collapsed. He was sliced on both hands the end of the nose behind both ears on the Abdomen and right  the cuts were shallow. Smith fell when the men a leased him striking his head of his desk. This caused an injury which required that his neck tee placed in traction at Greensburg memorial Hospital. Under heavy sedation the mayor could give Only meager descriptions of his attackers. Police picked up three men shortly after the attack but later released them