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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 9, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 3 first showing in 26 years Trier will exhibit holy no Lumc Trier Germany a the holy tunic one of the most revered relics of Catholic Christen Dom will be displayed to the pub Lic in the Trier Cathedral fro july 19 for the first time in 26 years. Several million faithful including Many from abroad Are expected to make a pilgrimage to this 2,000-year-old German City to Pray in the ancient shrine. S the holy tunic is said to be the seamless coat of Christ for which roman soldiers threw Dice under the Cross according to St. John. Legend has it that the tunic was presented to Trier Bishop Agri Tius by Empress Helena the Mother of Constantine the great who was the first Christian emperor of  was founded by the romans in 16 . And is one of the oldest German cities. Earliest documentary reference to the relic dates from 1105. It was discovered in the Cathedral and was first shown in Public in 1512,when German emperor Maximilli an visited Trier. It was said that100,000 pilgrims came to see it then a startling number in medi Eval times. Since then the holy tunic has been on display Only eight times. The last exhibition was in 19331/attracting almost 3 million including 1,000 who made the pilgrimage on foot. . Army engineers have joined German construction firms in readying the historic City for the flow of visitors. Provisional Bridges for pedestrians Span the main thoroughfares to keep traffic moving. Statisticians have calculated that an average of More than 100,000 people will flock into Trier each Day More than doubling its nor Mal population. Announcement of the exhibition revived a centuries old controversy Over the authenticity of the relic. The director of the archdiocesan museum Theodor Kempf argues that postwar excavation work under the Cathedral proves that Trier must have been the site of a highly revered relic As Early As in the 4th  Cathedral was built on the foundations of an old Basilica constructed in 326. Kempf says an ancient painting of Empress Hel Ena discovered during excavations appeared to be a Token of gratitude for her gift to Bishop Gritus. Vow output hit 553,399 record in 58 Wolfsburg Germany a a new Peak in production of the German Volkswagen was disclosed in the annual report of the motor firm. In 1958, a total of 553,399 Auto mobiles were produced. This com pared to 472,554 in the previous year. Of the 1959 production 451, 526 were Volkswagen passenger cars the rest were transport vehicles. Net profits of Volkswagen Werkin 1959 were about 323 million Marks $76,874,000. The Export share of the total output reached57.3 per cent almost the same As in the previous year. The . And other North an South american countries bought 126,963 Volkswagen cars or trans ports Africa 21,735 and Australia 20,664. Further expansion of the firm production c ? p a c i t y has been started this year the report said. Hermit ruled mentally sick los Angeles up Dennis Farrell Hermit of Griffith Park was found mentally ill at a sanity hearing during which he shouted a death threat to others in the courtroom. I m going to kill you Allex claimed the 33-year-old world War ii Veteran As he entered the room. You Are All  presiding Superior judge Lloyd s. Nix ordered that Farrell recommitted to a Hospital for psychiatric treatment finding him dangerous. To himself and others. For six years Farrell lived on picnic Leavings and wild berries which he found in the 4,200-acre Park in the heart of los Angeles but last april he was picked Upas a suspected prowler. Although permitted to return tothe Park the bearded Farrell voluntarily left the Park june 30,asking to speak to the two officers whom he met when arrested in the Spring. He was admitted to general Hospital for psychiatric examination when he appeared surly and threatening. 1st Hue Dowie it poster issued by . Police los Angeles a the Losangeles police department has issued its first wanted bulletin in color in an attempt to recover $65,000 Worth of jewels stolen from actor Robert Montgomery the precedent making bulletin sin five colors on Glossy paper showing the Montgomery gems. Von Broun and the senator sen. Lyndon b. Johnson a Tex right Senate majority Leailer greets German born missile expert or. Worn her von Brauti at the annual banquet of the Texas state bar convention in Dallas. Vonbraun spoke on International control of outer space. Up photo National foundation say live polio vaccine not Safe new York a the National foundation s vaccine advisory com Mittee says mass vaccination with live virus polio vaccine is unwise at the prese time. Although a live virus vaccine developed by or. Albert b. Sabin of the University of Cincinnati shows Promise for the future it require further Field trials in the . And abroad the committee said. Or. Sabin s vaccine one of Sev eral using viruses which have been weakened so that they Are not dangerous to humans has been tested in Russia and parts of the . It was developed under a Gran from the National foundation. The committee cited a recent meeting considering live virus vac Cine in Washington. So far the ability of the vac Cine to produce antibodies against polio has been proved but the specific ability to prevent paralytic polio though presumed has yet to be tested. There must be assurances that the vaccine will remain harmless to humans the committee said. It indicated that problems of control Ling production and insuring Safe standards still exist. It urged continued use of the Salk killed virus vaccine As the major weapon against polio. Senator asks probe of  s Sale of Oil sought to help needy Washington up son. Hubert h. Humphrey a Minn says Hewill press for a congressional investigation of a government Sale of cottonseed Oil which religious agencies had sought for feeding need people abroad. Humphrey indicated at a hearing on his mull billion Dollar food for peace program that he Hud reports that a private Speculator made a Nixon plans Extension of russian tour washingt6n a . Vice president Richard m. Nixon is re ported planning to extend his tour of Russia starting july 23 to cover nine soviet cities including areas rarely opened to  is understood to be willing to stay longer than the single wee originally arranged provided Kremlin authorities allow him Tosee More than the usual tourist  became known after More than a month of . Negotiations Between the state department an the soviet foreign office. Soviets cooperating soviet authorities Are reported cooperating in meeting most of Nixon s requests. This soviet Atti tude is due mainly to the hospitality shown to visiting soviet Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov. Nixon s trip at present shapes Upas a three Day stay in Moscow in which he will open the american exhibition and follow up visits in a soviet Airliner to Leningrad Kiev and six other cities now being considered As additional stopping  of these Are Novosibirsk the deepest Nixon will penetrate into Siberia Ami the Industrial cities of Magnitogorsk and Sver Drowsk in the Southern urals. Paris gendarmes solve mystery of anti americans by North american newspaper Alliance Paris nothing very much in the Way of crime Ever disturbs the Majestic Calm of Passy the fashionable Iglo District of Paris. Policemen regard a beat there As arest cure. This was so at least until couple of weeks ago when the gendarmes began to report a crop of Chalk signs on the Walls of super elegant apartment  conveyed the same tense Mes Sage in big Block capitals ".  the head cop called a  anti american promo Garla must be stamped out the Mark were erased and patrolmen prowled the streets looking for communist suspects. This week the culprits were nabbed. The slogans were the work of a gang of homesick american kids attending a Passy private school. Profit of More than is million on the Oil. The Oil was owned by the Agri culture department s commodity credit corp. A group of religious welfare agencies sought the Oil for Relief feeding abroad but the Agri culture department decided to sell it instead. $1 million profiting his questioning of assistant agriculture Secretary Clarence . Humphrey indicated he had reports that the Oil was Purchase Don a depressed Market by a spec. Eulator. The Speculator apparently held tie Oil briefly while prices Rose and later resold it under the department s program of financing exports of farm crops for foreign currency. In effect Humphrey said this was a Sale Back to the government at a profit of More than $1 million. Humphrey emphasized he saw nothing illegal in the reported transaction. But As a matter of government policy it s nuts he said. Aid pledged the senator said he would ask for an investigation of the Case by a special subcommittee headed by sen. Stuart. Symington do which was organized recently tomake a study of the commodity credit  said he knew nothing of the Case but promised a probe. Humphrey did not mention the Quantity of Oil involved of the name of the private purchaser. Prog ram opposed his Long Range food for peace program meanwhile ran into opposition from the state and Agri culture departments. W. T. M. Beale jr., Deputy assistant Secretary of state for eco nomic affairs told the Senate for eign relations committee the plan might discourage agricultural development in needy countries by making them dependent on . Surpluses. Ike May make Hawaii visit Washington up gov. Wil Liam f. Quinn of Hawaii raised the possibility that president Eisen Hower might spend next thanks giving in the nation s 50th  called on the president with Secretary of the Interior Fred a. Seaton to report on the recent overwhelming hawaiian vote for statehood and plans forthe july 28 state and congressional election in the newest  said he hoped that the formal Observance of admission tothe Union could be set for next thanksgiving and that the presi Dent would be on hand. Hold that Tiger yells frantic train Crew Colorado Springs Colo a a 15-month-old tigress lady Luck broke out of its Casein a Railroad car and kept rail workers jumping before it finally was lured into another Cage the tigress chased two Railroad men out of the car and prowled through three baggage cars before she finally was cornered behind a locked door in another car. Then the car was shunted to siding and the. Denver & Rio Grande train which brought lady Luck Here continued its journey two hours late. He beat it for the door slam Ming it behind him. Lady Luck prowled through other baggage cars. R. E. Van Doren railway express general agent said by Mak ing All the noise we could by pounding on the car and using some leftover noise makers fro the fourth of july workers Man aged to Man Euver the tigress into an empty car. One Man jerked the door closed with a rope and thedoor was padlocked. " the animal Only Tiger Ever born in the Denver zoo was being shipped to a zoo in Garden City Kan. Two keepers from Denver came Here and coaxed lady Luck into another and presumably stronger crate. They said she was not especially dangerous to keepers with who she was familiar but might at tack a stranger if cornered. L. C. Anderson an express Mes Senger did t try to Corner her when he discovered lady Luck out of her Cage As the train reached the Colorado Springs Yards and ground to a halt  
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