European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse 14 the stars and stripes wednesday july 1, 1959 Diplomat in Burma latest to defect rites envoys switch sides Washington a a record number of soviet diplomats Are re ported to have defected \ to the West in the past week. Responsible officials o re ported this tuesday said it was the biggest flight to Freedom by soviets they could remember. The declined to reveal the number or to say. Whether any will come to this country. Some of the defectors Ore under stood to have been granted Asylum by american authorities in keeping patrolman culprit get a rest Milwaukee a Theodis Wright and patrolman Ronald Mehl won t be seeing much of one another for tile next 30 Days net after the last week it s probably nil right with both of thursday Mehl stopped Wright for driving with a loud Muffler and discovered the 29-year-old Motorist did a fled $75 on toe two charges but sunday morning Mehl pulled lip to a Stop sign and looked at the Driver of the car next to guessed it a District judge Frank Gregorski called a halt thirty Days the judge said. Northeast getting Relief \. But South still sizzling by the associated press Relief fresh Cool air appears on the Way to sweltering millions Fin the Northeast. But the season s hottest and most humid weather Clung to Southern areas with not touch Hope of immediate Relief. Baltimore s 101-degree Reading monday was one of the highest in the swelter Belt and the City s highest june 29 Mark in 25 100-degree Reading in Newark "n.j., was a record for the York s 96 was the highest temperature in nearly two years id was within one degree of the record for june 29. The Mercury High 90s throughout Pennsylvania. Only wet weather outside the skin diving Prince recovers from bends san Pedro by if. Ital ,1 Fen Prince Victor Emmanuel walked off a sunni divine a in ice tuesday and vow Ingwl excellent condition pique skin Dong he was Kent Aluk Ltd the Ien Lei Nereus Foi medical observation monday night after an attack. 6� to wed in Russia re a plane i Iii Central part of. The country was rain in sections of florida., an from the Southern Rockies into Western Texas. A wind storm hit North Jacksonville. Fa., toppling a 45-foot steel lower used by Aham radio operator heavy rain flooded streets at Lake City. Court Grants red rehearing from press dispatches Washington the supreme court has ordered a new hearing on an Appeal questioning the con St ital tonality of the s m i t h act clause which makes it a crime Tobe a member of an organization knowing that the organization advocates overthrow of the govern ment by Force and violence. The Appeal was filed by Junius Irving Scales former chairman of a Southern communist party District who was convicted under the clause in 1957. He was sentence to six years imprisonment re leased by a supreme court reversal and re convicted in 1958, the c ourt also 1ruled, 5-4, that radio and to stations May not be sued for statements made by political candidates. The court said immunity was provided when Congress barred censorship of political broadcasts and required stations to give equal time on the same terms to rival political candidates\2agreed to Rule next term on the constitutionality of the 1951civil-rights Law provision which permits Federal enforcement of negro voting rights. A Federal District court has found the provi Sion unconstitutional. With the government s Long stand ing policy of providing a Haven for such escapees. A Young soviet Diplomat who took Refuge in the . Embassy in Burma is reported to be Only one of Many similar cases. Most of the others Are describe Das of medium rank and knowledge Able in the inner Workings of soviet activities in their particular Fields. As far As can be Learned the administration has no plans to publicize individual cases despite the propaganda a d v a n t a g e s of spreading the news around the world. Defectors will be quizzed \c.los6 for whatever ,.informa to in they can i Yide . Most will be assisted it fit Ting into the society country to which they have fled f. Burma defector. The soviet defector in ,27 year old Alexander Urevitch Kan Acheen has been flow Iii but of Rangoon by american , Vjio talked about the defection in most guarded terms said the reasons for the record flights appeared to be?.1-soviet diplomats overseas Are becoming d isniusiorted., with the continued round the clock secret police watch on heir had h6ped that Premier Nikita a Khrushchev would relax this intensive surveillance. 2an increasing number have succumb a to the litre of better living conditions plus Freedom to who Civ they Are exposed daily in their diplomatic life outside cautioned however against viewing the. Stepped up flow of defectors As any sign of a deep rooted restlessness among so vie to diplomats. Most still Are ready and willing to follow their communist regi Iii loyally either because they believe in it or because Russia Means Home to them regardless of living conditions and police super vision. Congress extends korean War taxes continued front Page 1 for a year the 52 Oer Cen Corpora Tion income tax rate and certain excise tax rates first voted in 1951to help finance the korean conflict. It is the sixth Bill to provide such Extension. The Bill does provide some reductions effective june 30, i960, but Congress is free in the meantime to cancel these reductions. They Are repeal of the 10 per cent tax on local Telephone Calls estimated to Cost the government $430 million i Revenue reducing the tax on rail bus Andai plane tickets from 10 per cent to 5 per cent estimated to Cost $125million. 37 dead 100 missing in flood Bogota Colombia a More than 100 persons Are officially re ported missing in a Flash flooding to Lima province. Thirty seven bodies have been recovered so far. It s a crying Shane 1 i. Babysitting with brother David Abrian Eichenberger left2j�., loses either his patience or his composure As he bursts into tears a Idlewild Airport no. He and Calm und collected David were waiting to Board a plane to. Paris with their Clad who will spend a yearn sabbatical leave from his teaching Post in Colorado. Jet hits Okinawa school 21 killed 100 injured Okinawa a a Pilot . Air Force Jet Fighte hurtled into the Corner of an Oki Yuwan schoolhouse spraying fiery fragments Over a residential area. . Military authorities said 2jpersons were killed and 100 injured in the crash at Ishikawa a City of30,000. North of Here. Rescue teams were seeking More bodies. It was not yet known How Many of the dead were school children. All of the victims were Okina wans. Police said 60 of the less seriously injured were school Chil Dren playing in the Vicinity of the school. The blazing wreckage set fire to 30 houses in the Vicinity. Thousands rushed hysterically tothe scene after a local broadcast said 150 had been killed and 300hurt. Protest made there were immediate political repercussions in Tokyo. The Japa Nese socialist party Long critical of american administration of the former japanese Island said i would bring the matter up in Par Gen Robert w. Burns com Mander of the 5th air Force expressed his deep personal sym Pathy for the victims and their families. An explosion occurred aboard the Long s illness Laid to nerves stroke Covington la. A three doctors have made a statement that gov. Earl k. Long was a vie tin of a nervous breakdown rather than a Menta disease. The bulletin was signed by or Robert Heath profess of and chair Man of the department of psychiatry and neurology at t u 1 a n e University. Med i Cal school Dic h a i 1 e s Watkins professor and chairman of the department pm Oti " into the floor of Reeves Home Wes German electors Jick president today Bolfik Jjck i i the. Not of the West German electoral Assembly s j delegates tuesday to eject Ali. Tiomi a Riey Presidio Iii ones candidates Tor re piece j or Dent the Dor teens Are Christ Democrat Helni Iola Konrad Man later. A a Fri i years pc Lari and the for
