European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday july 4, 1959 Navy flotilla sails great lakes for first time since War of 1812 Chicago up the Fleet sailed in to the new Inland world port of Chicago in the Navy s first show of might on the great lakes since the War of 1812. Fourteen warships from task Force 47, their Battle hags flying and their decks lined with White capped sailors cruised proudly past.90 Miles of Shoreline stretching from Waukegan 111., to Michigan City  estimated million persons most of them clustered along Chi Cago s Lake Michigan beaches strained to catch a glimpse of the Leet As it passed in review two Miles from  flotilla billed As operation Inland. Seas celebrated the. Open ing of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Chicago s emergence As a major world port Cven though the Windy City is More than 700 Miles away from Salt water. The Fleet also will do Honor Toj Ueen Elizabeth ii whose Royal yacht was scheduled to Dock a Chicago monday in the Only . Stop on her current tour of  Inland waterway. Not since 1813, when Oliver Haz Ard Perry led a ramshackle . Fleet to Battle and Victory Over the Royal Navy on Lake Erie had a War Fleet cruised the great lakes. The Navy had to get a special suspension of an 1817  the . And Canada to Send its task Force through the lakes. The flotilla was led by the taskforce s destroyer flagship the w. A. Lee with the Fleet commander rear adm e. B. Taylor aboard. It was followed by the  heavy Cruiser Macon the largest warship Ever to enter thereat lakes. Destroyers submarines and land ing ships followed sailing at a Speed of 12 Mph 1,000 to 1,500yards apart. The Fleet docked off Navy pier right in front of the Loop office buildings. Or Butler scores equal time ruling by acc Washington up demo cratic National chairman Paul m. Butler joined the networks in advocating that radio and television news programs be exempted from. The equal time political require ment of the Law. Frank Stanton president of the Columbia broadcasting system also told a House Commerce sub committee that a blackout of All political news coverage would re sult if stations were required to give equal time to candidates of the vegetarian party or the Greenback  both Butler and Stanton Testi fied in favor of legislation to offset the Federal communications com Mission s recent ruling that radio and television stations must give equal time event a minor parly candidates if major candidates Are featured in straight newscasts. Butler said the acc was unwise in making its ruling which was prompted by the equal Tim demands of Lar Daly a Chicago manufacturer who is a perennial candidate for office on the America first ticket.,. The broadcasting i n d  t r a Butler said must be enabled by proper legislation to cover legally qualified and substantial Candi dates representing Bona fide poli tical organizations without being obligated to give equal time to candidates who have Little or nonpublic  earlier the Justice depart ment was accused of being moved by expediency rather than Prin Ciple in the equal time ruling. Rep. John j. Flynt a a made the charge before the same sub committee. Target of writer Cary Grant columnist sues Cary Grant for $500,000 slander Hollywood a movie columnist Joe Hyams has filed a$500,000 slander suit against actor Cary Grant. The suit was based on Grant purported denial that Hyams inter viewed Grant for a series of Arti cles written for the new York Herald Tribune  complaint said Grant had caused reports to be published in los Angeles newspapers that he had not been interviewed by Hyams and had not seen him Cor two years before the articles were published. The articles related Grant had been to a psychiatrist and his Opin ions about the alleged experience. Grant said he had no comment on the suit. Age testing prototype of atomic space engine Mercury Nev. A the atomic Energy commission has completed what it called its final run on the Kiwi a expert reactor the non flying of atomic space engines. 8% results of the lest were not Dis closed. The age said the results  l being studied by the los alamosn.m., scientific Laboratory by talk reactor design verification through testing under High temperatures and radiation Condi Washington a spokesman for sen. Clinton p. Anderson  the joint con ression atomic Energy committee said Power run was a , named for the new Bird which does t Fly was t ,. To test the feasibility of Mac Power for space vehicles,1 o the reactor was mounted on railway car and allowed to run for an undisclosed period. It was being taken to a disassembly building where its parts will be torn Dowland studied by Remote control. 6 demos seek Power to ban of Satterley Washington a a constitutional amendment has been pro posed in the Senate to counter supreme court decision striking Down a new York state ban on the movie lady chattel Ley  sen. James o. Eastland cd miss proposed the amendment. He said the court had held in it decision that adultery immorality and perversion can be taught asides and that a Sovereign state does not have the Power under the Constitution to protect the youth of the state from such  Eastland s proposed constitutional amendment declares the right of each state to decide on the basis of its own Public policy questions of decency and morality and to enact legislation with respect thereto  the chairman shall not be of the serial judiciary committee was joined in introducing the amendment by democratic Sens. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee Herman Talmadge of Georgia Strom Thurmond Andolin d. Johnston of South Caro Lina. Rayburn assails spender Label by Ike on Congress Washington up speaker Sam Rayburn a Texin a rare outburst of anger has accuse president Eisenhower and Republican leaders of trying to mislead the american people by pinning a spender Label on the democratic controlled Congress. He sale1 Republican spokesmen keep on talking about spending despite the fact that Congress has been cutting the administration s Money requests. He said news papers continually publish the  said Congress thus far has completed action on seven Money ills cutting them $353 million be Low the president s  ahead Rayburn said the big foreign Aid Money Bill is a Likely candidate for a major Cut. Playground snack bar and worship key. John a. Weir right explains plans for his revolutionary Church in Louisville to Workman Robert Raynier. A photo want to swim., kids then come to Church Louisville by. A 1� there. John e. Weir s new Church shocks the Public hell be  will include a swimming Pool Tennis court snack bar an unload ing ramp for motorists and the largest outdoor Church Bullet inboard in the City. Too Many people think the Church is too pious for them explained the methodist minister. That s the kind of thinking want to break  a former Carpenter Rev. Wei helped design the building expected to be completed in septem Ber. Churchgoers travelling by car willbe Able to unload on the second floor level just outside the  parking lot becomes a play ground with a touch of a Button. Concrete slabs open to reveal a40-by-60-foot swimming Pool. Swings and a slide come out. Of their underground hiding places along with Tennis net posts an basketball goal posts. The snack bar will be attache to the social Hall. You have to cause kids to want to come to Church said Rev. Weir. That s the Way to combat juveniledelinquency.". V the bulletin Board will be 16feet Long 8 feet High and 4 feet deep. It will include a miniature of the holy land with a Mirror on the Back of the Board reflecting the scene for passing motorists. How is this possible in n Congre gation of Only 268?we re getting it done at Rock Bottom Cost thanks to help from labor and management he  local firm donated $10,700 Worth of aluminium and contractors agreed to put up the building for about $135,000. Lion scare turns into a shaggy dog Story Dallas Tex. Up terror stricken residents of a Dallas sub Urb near Marsalis Park zoo thought there was a lion on the Loose. ,. The juror started when or. An mrs. John e. North returned from an after dark shopping trip. They live a Block and a half from the zoo. As they drove in the driveway both claimed they heard a lion Roar. It sounded closer than the zoo i s mrs. North went in the front door with a sack of tomatoes while her husband put the car in the garage. Then she heard him Pound ing on the. Back door. Open the door Quick there s Alion out Here John 63, shouted. He was As White As a Sheet mrs. North related. I slammed the door shut after him the peeked through the Blind. There was something by the walk i Sawits behind.". Dozens of policemen armed with riot guns poured into the area. Less than 100 Yards away a group of Siruc k Drivers sat watching police search backyards and alleys., beside them sat Towser a 2-year-old shaggy animal the men said was just  a policeman Learned Towser had broken away and one of the Drivers had chased him. Towser police decided had been the  the Church formerly Davidson memorial is getting a new name St. Peter. It s an indication of new think ing the minister explained. Protestants May have a hidden prejudice against the name just because the catholics say he was the  Why he wears a Crucifix around his neck he explained when i look in the Mirror to shave i see it reflected and i reminds me of god and the Chris Tian Way of  Kansas makes solid fuel bid Washington  a. George a Kan has asked the defense department to consider the Sunflower ordnance Plant at Lawrence kan., As a sit for the production of an air Ford missile solid propellant. George in a letter to assistant defense Secretary Perkins Mcguire said the Plant was strategically located and would save the taxpayers Money. The Plant valued at $500 Mil lion produced powder during world War ii and the korean War but has been on a standby  asked Mcguire to have the proper authorities Lake a serious look at the Plant and its facilities. 15 soldiers Hurt by lightning Bolt Augusta a. A fifteen soldiers at it. Gordon were injured by lightning in a violent electrical storm accompanied by Hail. Pvt Jerome strutting knocked unconscious remained in serious condition. Seven others were hospitalized suffering first degree Burns Shock serious cuts and one a possible fracture., y the remaining seven were trea l pm for lesser injuries and  duty. The lightning ripped leather boots and clothing off some tithe men most of whom were standing in Rainwater from a cloudburst