European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse 24 the stars and stripes thursday july 2, 1959 in Safe picked by Ike for new stars Wiesbaden Germany Spe Cial eight Safe officers Are among 69 air Force wide key personnel named to new general officer ranks by president Eisen Hower. This confirmed list includes three to the temporary Grade of major general and five to Tempo Rary brigadier general. The new two Star generals arc Harold h. Twitchell. Safe sur Geon general Lindsey air station Wiesbaden Benjamin o. Davis or. Deputy chief of staff for operations Safe he adv on ram Stein air base whose promotion was announced tuesday and Albert p. Clark jr., commander 2d air div Dhahran air Field. Saudi Arabia. I v first stars receiving their first stars Are John n. Ewbank jr., Deputy chief of staff for operations. 3d air Force he South Ruislip England Clyde Box. Commander of the 322d air div Devreux air base France Henry c. Newcomer commander 5pt-h fighter bomber Wing. Toul air base France Reginald , commander 7100th support Wing. Wiesbaden and John a. Pechuls special assistant to the commander in chief. Safe he Lindsey air station. Wiesbaden. Effective Date of rank for the newly promoted general officers was june 29, except for Clizbe. His Date of rank will be announced the promotions were six major be Bierals to the tank of lieutenant general. They Are Walter c. Sweeney. Jr., Archiej old or. And John p. Mcconnell All of the strategic air come and Truman h. Landon Emery s. Welzel and Jark e. Bradley or. 180 missin6, dead in flood " Bogota Colombia a about 180 colombians have been reported dead or missing in a Flash flood that struck Central Colombia. Eighty bodies had been recovered by tuesday night. About-100 per sons still were missing. \ the Village of Caserio Juntas about eight Miles from Ibargue capital of to Lima province was Al Lut wiped out. Identified bodies a fire lined up in its Central Plaza Holaday will direct space Liaison group v Washington up the defense department has announce that William m. Holaday has been relieved As chief of its guided missiles office in a new step t resolve any disputes Between the department and the civilian spa Agency. T it said Holaday will devote full time to the chairmanship of the civilian military space Liaison com Mittee. Bensons bound for Denmark talk Oil world peace9 Washington up soviet first Deputy Premier Frol r. Kozlov conferred for 70 Man utes wednesday with president Eisenhower and the Cardinal question in their talk was world place. As he left the White House lobby and again As he entered limousine the soviet official raised his right hand and shouted1-"dbii Idanha Goodby american officials said they understood the presi a i Dent made it Clear to Kozlov tit alike asks proof Russ sincere about Summit Secretary of agriculture Ezra tuft Benson and his wife stopped off at Frankfurt wednesday in route from a foot fairing Switzerland to Aalborg. Denmark where he will be a speaker at the july 4 Observance of danish american Day. Is a photo by bolide3 puts off decision. On pre Geneva Parley v Paris up the Western allies wednesday deferred until next week a final decision on whether a special nato Council of ministers should map Western strategy before the Geneva Confer ence resumes july 13. An official spokesman said after a two hour session of the Perma nent nato Council that no final decision has been reached on the proposal. The proposal was submitted by Belgium and strongly supported by Italy and possibly other nations. Their argument was that a com Mon tactics adopted by a special nato ministerial meeting would Senate approves air defense plan continued from Page. 1 construction projects. The Bill would increase spending for mis Sile facilities. Senate debate entered mainly on the. Air defense plan presented by defense Secretary Neil h. My Elroy it was designed in part to halt army air Force squabbling Over the army s Nike Hercules antiaircraft missile and the air Force s Bomarc the Bill would authorize $791 million for various air Force projects $182 million for the army $175 million for the Navy and $58 million for the Reserve forces. Igov. Long charges his wife tried to have him murdered a con timed trom Page i Petticoat government in the capital it Baton Rouge. � l Ong said his wife framed those stories Abou Petticoat government. Just tickled her to death he his Nephew Russell is a a Good boy. And i think he Means he has overstepped him i also announced he going to Call a special a legislating aug a and sue or. Arthur Long who was one of the persons who signed commit ment papers placing him in the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston tex., about a month ago. Long said i signed papers i would t but i m going to he said referring to or. Long who is reported to be a Cousin of the governor. He s no More related to me than you , Long said he had run out of talking on the Tele phone and had to have an oxygen tank set slip in his Motel room. Mph Ess Russia into making sub Stantial concessions when the East West conference the Western big three the ., Britain and France alleged a special nato meeting would be interpreted by Russia As an Indica Tion the West has no agreed com Mon policy. Mccone says ban out unless reds accept a checks Geneva up John a. Mccone chairman of the atomic Energy commission has warned there could be no nuclear weapons test ban agreement until the so Viets accept a foolproof technic policing system. That is the Challenge of the three Powers nuclear Confer ence which has entered its ninth month Mccone told reporter shortly before flying Back to Washington with a joint congressional up Mccune s warning tha the Cannot accept a ban treat without a workable control system sen. Albert gored Terin noted that the conference has made Little Progress on essential Points to Date. " \ Gore said soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev has publicly Favores an enforceable ban butt he r t seem to be much evidence that the soviet delegation is seeking the visiting members of the joint committee on atomic Energy came to Geneva for a two Day visa to Check on Progress in the conference. Mcrorie told newsmen the would i o n o r. Its International agreement Banning nuclear test until oct. 31. When asked if he thought . Would resume testing then he replied no position on Thohas been established Elizabeth in Ottawa Ottawa up a. Queen Eliza Beth in Canada s Capitate celebrate,.canada s.92d birthday continued from Paft 1 pared the ground for a successful meeting. This preparation is needed he said to give some Promise of Suc ices to. A Summit conference. was the View of the Amer can British and French foreign ministers when they recessed the Eneva talks Las / month he said. 3e added he believes that this is still True. Also the president declined to comment directly on a blast against Lis foreign policy tuesday by for Mer Secretary of. State Dean ache son. See Story on Page 5. A newsman called attention to the that the administration 7.5 billion for defense and boosts ground forces no attacks or. Eisenhower said that if National defense is to be an Issue in next presidential election his administration can show that its defense policy during the past 6vj years has been Able to keep an enemies from attacking the The president also made these additional Points 1he said the matter of inflation will be one of the main issues of the 1960 presidential Campaign. Reasserted he not Only looks for a balanced budget in the new fiscal year which started july 1, but expects a Start on paying off the $286 billion National debt. V 2vice president Richard m. Nixon will visit Russia because he is a High government official no because or. Eisenhower wants to boost his prospects for winning the Republican nomination for presi Dent. He said he intends to keep hands off the selection of the 1960 Republican presidential nominee. Military aid3his joint chiefs of staff have told him that the $1.6 billion be ing asked of Congress for military Aid overseas is a Rock Bottom figure. Next year they said the total May have to be . 4he will not censor any of the paintings in the american Artex Hibit to be displayed in the Moscow fair even though he believes they Are not fully representative of popular american taste. 5he said he had no plans atthe moment to go directly to the people about the fiscal situation facing the country at the Start of the new fiscal year. His party Lead ers had urged that he speak out publicly in the immediate future in behalf of his budgetary program before Congress. 6he ordered an immediate government study of the Legal Situa Tion involved in the supreme court ruling against the Industrial secur Ity clearance program. See stories on Page 6. The Cannot be stampeded
