European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 28, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 7 Drivers almost took these signs literally demo cuts wife s pay -$13,344 to $13,083 Washington up fresh Man rep. Leonard g. Wolf d Lowa said he and Cut his wife congressional salary. But the reduction was Only $261.57 a year and Wolf said it was not related to the juror Over lawmakers hiring relatives. The congressman also said Betook the action feb. 1before a series of news stories turned the spotlight of publicity on the con Gressional payroll. Therefore Wolf said the move did not result Romany so called Public i have talked recently with my Campaign managers in each of the 12 counties in my District he said and none of them recommended the speeder exited when de troit policeman Ulysses Hook chasing the lawbreaker on icy streets rammed his squad Carinto a pole above knocking Down an exit sign. In Welling ton Ohio two men were injure when their car crashed into a solitary tree right with a poster warning prepare to meet up photos indians dig Garner s jazz window Rock Ariz. A the debut of jazz on the Navajo reservation got a reception As wild As a War dance. Pianist Erroll Garner and his troupe were the first jazzmen Ever to hit a hot beat in the re Mote land of the navajos. More than 1,000 tribesmen crowded into the reservation civil Center to listen and whoop it left the impression that from now on the Tom Tom is strictly for squares. The audience included Younge navajos with modern dress Crew cuts and some knowledge of also were older indians wearing colourful Navajo blankets their Long Black hair in braids. Young and old Cut Loose with whoops and foot stomping after each selection. Garner was kept Athis. Piano More than 3% hours. John Mcphee assistant to the tribal chairman said the indians came from All sections of the Reser vation in Utah new Mexico and said the usually Stone faced Indian eiders joined the teen age set in demanding encore after in said i was overwhelmed by the Way i was received by members of the Navajo Welcome and warm recep Tion will remain a magnificent of have been invited to return and i Hope to do so Many times Tho removal of my wife from the staff or a reduction in , Wolf said to had re shuffled his office payroll with the result that his 29-year-old wife Marilyn would to Cut. From $13, 344.62 to $13.083.0 a year. The Mother of Throo children she runs Wolf s Capitol was Tho second Congress Man in As Many Days to announce a reduction in the pay of a relative on the government payroll. An other Iowa freshman rep. Stevena. Carter also a Democrat said wednesday he would Cut about inhale Tho $11.872 salary paid his 19 year old a related development House leaders slapped a Reform Label on a Bill to give members More and better paid office help. One Leader said this might help keep the Bill from being pigeonhole because of Public reaction to the nepotism Check by United press inter National feb. 20 disclosed that a least seven other freshmen con Gressmen in addition to Wolf Anncarter had put relatives on the Federal payroll. Records also showed that 50 other lawmakers had employees with the same last name. Yes we have Boa bananas today Buffalo. a Frank May who unloads bananas from freight cars came face to face wit two Little Beady eyes peering Over a stalk. Behind the eyes was three foot Boa Constrictor. The museum of science which had no Boa. Was delighted. It added the Snake to its collection. Boa Are not poisonous but they can give a Nasty squeeze. Witness recounts slaying of nurse for $3,000 Down Ventura Calif. Up a wit Ness at mrs. Elizabeth Duncan s murder trial told in matter of fact ones How he and another Man mercilessly beat Olga Duncan with a Rock and pistol. The testimony caused the Vic Tim s husband to Rush from the courtroom. Luis Maya. 22, who with augus Tine Baldonado confessed slaying the pretty nurse swore under oath hat the defendant 54, promised to pay $6,000 to have her daughter in Law done away with. Moya testified that the elder mrs. Duncan met with him and Baldonado in a Santa Barbara cafe nov. 13, 1958, and struck a bargain for murder $3,000 Down payment he said mrs. Duncan first offered to pay a $2,000 Down pay ment for the slaying with a total of $6,000 to be paid in six months or a year. Later after some hag gling he said she increased the Price of the Down payment to $3,000. He said he and Baldonado went to Olga s apartment in Santa bar Bara and got her to come to their borrowed car by telling her her husband was in the car drunk. He said that when she leaned into the car he slugged her with a pistol and they shoved her into the Back seat. He said they then drove to a lonely spot near Casl Raspass North of Here took turns strangling the woman,.and beating her with the pistol and a Roc until they figured she must be dead. Then they placed her in shallow grave where her body was found several Days later. Teens reported involved mixed dope sex ring nabbed., Faubus says Little Rock Ark. Up gov. Orval Faubus asserted that stat police had broken up a statewide Een age interracial sex and narcotics ring. You la Pardon me for adding said Faubus that these Are som of the fruits of Fau bus closed Little Rock s four Public High schools sept. 12 to Block supreme court ordered integration the governor said two negro Benefit set for French kids new York a French ambassador Herve Al hand will be the Patron of the bal Des Berc Caux which will be Given Here april 3for the Benefit of the Refuge Des Petite at heres. The committee of French american wives is Spon Soring the event to help the Refuge which cares for homeless children. Adults were being held for posses Sion of marijuana which they said they got from Dallas Tex. Names of the Teon agora involved were withheld but several of the White boys and girls came from very prominent families Faubus said. The dope smoking parties too place in negro apartments the windows of which were covered with dark red curtains Faubus said. White and negroes mixed he added. A reporter asked Faubus if the integrated narcotics parties Fea tured any other diverts cent be sides dope smoking. Faubus turned to Herman e. Lindsay state police director who stated yes the teen aged girl admitted having other relations with Granny truck Settle Duel Baltimore a mrs. James f. Thompson s week Long Duel with an Oil truck ended. The Benson Oil co. Got its truck Back the Battery dead. The firm also was trying to give away the Ruck s 500 Gallons of fuel Oil but found no immediate takers. A week ago mrs. Thompson a grandmother took the keys from he truck s ignition when she found the vehicle in her driveway. She said she was tired of trucks using i negotiations even threats of court action failed to move her or the truck. Finally the Oil company made this offer give Back the keys and it would give the 500 Gallons of Oil to mrs. Thompson s favorite Charity. It got Back the keys but a Church and a charitable Organiza Tion mrs. Thompson named for the Oil refused it saying they did t want to become involved. The firm was awaiting other suggestions from mrs. Thompson. Veronica Lake charges husband kicked her new York a film actress Veronica Lake accusec1 her Hus band Joseph Mccarthy of kicking her in the Back with his Bare feet and threatening to throw a Tel Ephone at , 36, a music publisher was ordered held in $500 bail on charge of simple assault. Miss Lake 39, said the incident occurred in their Manhattan apartment. Devil s Island s top Escapee Hies Lucerne Valley Calif. A a quiet death has ended the adventurous life of Devil s Island s most famous Escapee. Rene Lucien Belbenoit 59, author of dry Guil Lotine died of an apparent heart attack in the clothing store he owned in this Small desert Community. Belbenoit was sentenced on a Petty theft charge to the French penal Island when he was 22. His sentence was for eight years. He tried to escape four times was caught and his sentence 1935, after 15 years on the Island he and five companions fled in an open boat for port of Spain Trinidad. All but one of his companions died in the months that followed. Once in Barranquilla Colombia he was captured by authorities but escaped again he could be turned Over to France. At one time he lived with Central american he made his Way to the . And started a Long fight for citizenship which he obtained in 1956.during his flight from Devil s Island he carried with him a 40-Pound bundle the manuscript of Hisook it was published in 10 languages in the late 1930s.Many authorities say disclosures of conditions made by Belbenoit s Book helped bring pressure in France which finally forced the closing of the recent years Belbenoit spent much time in Lucerne Valley 100 Miles from los Angeles he i survived by his widow
