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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, February 24, 1959

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes tuesday february 24, 1959 15 pickets arrested in riot at Pittsburgh Allis Chalmers Plant Pittsburgh up carloads of police were rushed to the North Side Plant of the strike bound Allis Chalmers co. Monday when pickets tried to halt a Flatcar by forming a human barricade. Police termed it a riot and arrested More than 15  carloads of police went to the scene shortly after 1.1 am and a Call for reinforcements was made. All available patrolmen and cruisers summoned and four patrol buyers storm bargain Sale in Washington he in t hungry just lonely we wagons were dispatched to round up troublemakers. When the first Call for police was made officers said there was no violence and that the action was taken As a precautionary Meas ure. But at 11 40 am officers re Quested still additional police and began making arrests. Allis Chalmers employees across the . Have walked out As the result of a contract dispute. Violence Marks return of 275 . Strikers Henderson . A Stone throwing a car tipping and a bombing were reported at. The strike bound Harriet. Henderson Cotton Mills monday. An Early morning explosion at. A Plant worker s House was the third such reported since the plan was reopened feb. 1 5.the strike began last nov. 17 when negotiations Over a new con tract broke Down. At Issue is management s desire to eliminate a provision of the contract calling for arbitration of disputes. About 275 of the Plant s .1,200workers returned to work monday. Police said an explosive was Clis charged in front of the Homo of Plant electrician Jack Orr. No Oil was  another predawn incident the Home of another Mill employee Jack Griffin was stoned. As the Plant Gates opened several Auto carrying returning strikers to Oil were stoned. Firing squads kill 8 in Cuba continued  Page 1 the direction of. Unscrupulous elements with hidden Politica Aims were denied benefits of fid Ecastro s land Reform program under a new Law enacted Over us  Manuel Urrutia declared that the arbitrary Sei Urey individuals of other people s properly is unpatriotic and  he urged land less farmhands to await the government distribution of land which he said will be organized As soon As possible. Continued from Pago 1 the Sale began with a chair books blankets and other comforts. He wanted a 9 event typewriter. Can t Type Raplee had waited nil night in front of the same store for the same bargain in past years. Lie does not know How to Type. The store took pity this year on Raplee and other shoppers who annually Wail in line All night in the february cold for the 99-Cenl Type writers and half Price hiding machines. It hired a bus Lor them to spend the night in. Some of the merchants tried to remember thai the Holiday was the 227lh anniversary of the birth of the first. President. One Tunilo dealer gave away Cherry Trees. A Dairy Chain put Cherry Vanilla ice Cream on Sile at 7 cents a half gallon. 80-year custom the whole thing began about 30 years ago when a merchant advertised some faded shirts at 50cents apiece. Tie was mobbed. Other stores picked up the idea of offer ing incredibly Low prices on George Washington s birthday and the Rio scenes have been growing Ever since. Actually the limited number of99-cont Auto tires and 7-Cenl razors Are just come on. The better business Bureau and some merchants have complained that the wild sales desecrated the memory of Washington. One bet Ter business Bureau official said he was a Groat Soldier and president not a Cut rate sales  Ike visits Dulles for policy talks Washington a president Eisenhower visited Secretary of state John Foster Dulles in the Hospital monday to Confer on state department business. This and a preliminary Confer ence with acting Secretary of slate Christian Herter were or. Eisen Hower s Only appointments Mon , Dulles received his third a Ray treatment for cancer. Doc tors said because previous treat ment had no Adverse effect dosage was stepped up. Wait till to gets to engine London up police investigating a series of Auto parts thefts from the same make of car theorized that the thief is slowly Piec ing together his own cur. So far he has Windshield wipers door handles Hub Caps tires and one wheel. Heavy Snow clogs roads in Midwest continued from Page 1 system which carried rain from the Central Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley. Along the Border Between Snow and rain there was a Belt of sleet and free ing  winds ahead of the storm carried mild weather into most of the East with norther new England s subzero cold the exception. The storm cancelled a temporary spate of Springli Eweather in the Midwest. It a hopeless is this looks from a fish s Point of View there is no malice in Tiger the cat. So says the feline s owner mrs. James Newman of Joplin to. Tiger s Good intentions in fact the whole Story of the curious love affair Are seconded by the goldfish s owner 5-year-old car Daniel son of mrs. Newman s neighbor. Tiger just likes to watch. A photo Russ us plan cultural pact continued from Page 1 said an eventual Moscow London pact of no aggression could not be ruled out. Britain and Russia were bound Fey such a pact from the Early Days of world War i until 1955 when Russia abrogated it. Earlier statement when the foreign office was questioned about the daily Mai report the official spokesman called attention to another state ment by Macmillan in parliament last week. The prime minister said then that a no aggression pact was possible Means of easing tension but hint deeds and not words Are what is needed. In any Case one major Ste was taken with the decision to put experts to work on a cultural relations agreement. It was disclosed that the British nominated Ralph Murray under Secretary it the foreign office in charge of cultural affairs As the senior British negotiator. Texas i killed in Panama Panama up the . Army identified pfc Mike r. Ramos of Wadsworth tex., As the american killed in a jeep Accident Here Sec Delbert s. Burgess who was rid ing with Ramos when the jeep overturned during exercises was hospitalized with minor injuries. Steer Breaks out of cattle car has 6 Happy hours on town Knoxville Tenn. Up this is the Saga of a steer that did t like his station in life or even a Railroad station for that matter the nameless beast obviously disenchanted with his cattle car abode decided to seek better accommodations As he dashed through the Southern Railroad passenger station  passengers were sent scurrying to safety at the sight of the animal and a Lone policeman with his pistol drawn prepared to take on his Beefy adversary. But the steer evidently bored with the treatment he was getting set out across town for the Louis Ville and Nashville Railroad Sta Tion but never made it. Fifteen officers attempted to Cor ral the Critter mistakenly called a Bull by a crowd of onlookers when it stopped for refreshments in a City Park. But they too were unsuccessful. Finally some six hours after he escaped the wandering steer a brought Down by a Lasso wielded by his owner who was mounted on top of an automobile Tow truck Britain reveals treaty terms Cyprus Independence to come within year London up Britain has promised Independence within 12months to its turbulent Mediterranean Colony of Cyprus it was disclosed monday. The British announced that a Republic of Cyprus will be set up under a joint guarantee by Britain Greece and Turkey. It will debarred from Union with Greece or partition Between its greek and turkish communities. The agreement establishing the Republic and ending nearly fou years of bloodshed was signed Here feb. 19. The texts were published simultaneously monday by the British greek and turkish governments and in the cypriot Capi Tal of  agreement said a Republic of Cyprus shall be established riots in Rhodesia Force mobilization Salisbury Southern Rhodesia a Southern Rhodesia s Territo rial forces most of the country s male population Between 18 and 26 were mobilized monday As riot ing threatened to  move was announced by sir Roy Welensky prime minister of the Central african federation. He said the troops who normally train Par time will be concentrated in Salisbury Bulawayo Gwelfo and Umali the largest town in Southern  troops already have been flown to Southern Rhodesia where african nationalist meetings have been followed by rioting. In Elan Tyre sunday night police dispersed a crowd of Stone throwing Afri cans with tear Gas. Film hits Snag up a spokesman East zone London for Plato films said a scheduled press showing of the East German film operation teutonic sword had been cancelled in View of pos sible Legal action by Gen Hans Speidel commander of North at lactic treaty organization land forces in Central Europe. Within 12 months under a greek president and a turkish vice presi Dent elected by Universal suffrage by the greek and turkish communities of the Island respectively. Britain will Grant Independence to the Island but will retain full sovereignty Over two Small Mili tary bases. A treaty guaranteeing the Independence territorial integrity and Constitution of the new state of Cyprus will be concluded betwee the Republic of Cyprus Britain Greece and Turkey. The Republic of Cyprus also will conclude Mili London up turkish Premier Adnan me Cleres will bellowed to leave a London clinic tuesday. Menderes escaped with out serious injury from the crash of a turkish Airliner that killed14 last tuesday. He has been under treatment for Shock since then. Tary alliances with Greece an Turkey. Union of Cyprus with any other country or partition of the Island is forbidden. Greece will maintain a Contin gent of 950 troops and Turkey one of 650 troops in the Island after conclusion of an Alliance with it. The Basic Structure of the new Republic of Cyprus was Laid Downin an agreement signed by the foreign ministers of Greece an Turkey at Zurich feb 11. It was accepted by Britain and representatives of the greek and turkish cypriot communities on feb. 19. Crash ends woman s senses of taste smell London a because 50-year old Eileen Mclaughlin cannot smell a Rose or Bacon frying and because All food tastes the same to her a judge has awarded her 3,500 pounds $9,800. Miss Mclaughlin told the court that injuries she received in an Auto Accident had robbed her of her senses of taste and smelt  
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