European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes monday july 13, 1959 russians Industrial drive revolves around Ukraine by Robert Korengold Kiev Russia up the soviet Union has 15 republics. Second Only to the Mammoth russian socialist Federated soviet Republic it is the Ukraine that counts. Its rolling Miles of Black Earth Steppe land made it for years the agricultural breadbasket of the soviet Union although the title is shifting now to the East. " ukrainian Iron and Coal deposits Supply a lion s share of the raw materials for soviet heavy Indus try Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev s major Hope for someday sur passing the . On the economic front to Cut this land of 42 million people roughly the area and popu lation of France from the user would be equivalent to stripping Ohio Pennsylvania and a handful of the Choice farming states fro the . Today from the Eastern end of the Ukraine on the Borders of Czechoslovakia Poland Romania and East Germany to the West and South where it touches the Cau. Cases and the Black sea the Ukraine is the picture of soviet is not Prosperity As Ameri cans or Many europeans know it. There is a serious shortage of housing. Car owners Are few and a relatively Small number of people have such luxuries As a private Telephone or a Kitchen and Bath Oom that Are not shared with at East one other family. But there is food aplenty at much lower prices than in mos area for guided democracy White area shows Indonesia Over which presi Dent Premier Sukarno has assumed virtually unrestricted Powers paving Way for his cherished concept of guided Kerala chief Nehru Confer new Delhi a the head of the communist government in the South Indian state of Kerala expressed Confidence that prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru s government will not oust his regime. Chief minister . Nambudiripad said he had full Confidence in saying that therein no possibility of the Central government intervening in Kerala. " Nambudiripad spoke after three Days talks with Nehru and other top officials. Nambudiripad s visit was made because the Kerala Branch of Nehru s Congress party had formally asked the Central government to oust the communist regime and Call new elections. Kerala Congress party leaders have also expressed Confidence for their Side indicating a Strong Hope of intervention. Japanese seek plane data Tokyo up the japanese government will Send a Mission to the . Late this month to gather data for selection of a new Jet fighter plane for Japan s air Force. ". Crews Exchange looks a t soviet . Jetliners Sukarno picks 23 non reds As ministers Jakarta a president Premier Sukarno announced a list of 23 new n on party Deputy minis ters who Are neither communists nor fellow travellers. These ministers will work under the direction and coordination of his 10 Man brain Trust inner Cabi net announced last thursday. Sukarno said the new members although retaining the full rank of ministers i will have no voice or seat in inner Cabinet sessions but will sit in full plenary sessions of the Cabinet. Remote control indications Here were that ple nary sessions of Cabinet would be rare. Sukarno it is expected will work by Remote control through his inner Cabinet ministers meet ing them constantly and directing them in implementing his cherished concept of a guided democracy under the newly enacted revolutionary 1945 Constitution. The new ministers represent a assortment of army men some Sec teary generals of present minis Ries former party men parliament members and members of Sukar no s own National Council which has been dissolved. up soviet an american plane Crews of led each other s aircraft Here like a roup of women jealously criticizing each other s party occasion was the arrival of Secretary of state Christian in one of the air Force s new Jet planes a vc137a military gear for Nike unit on Way to Norway Washington a equip ment for a full battalion of Nike antiaircraft missiles is schedule to reach Oslo next week. The american freighter Moo Mac Saga carrying the battalion s 48 launchers and the ground equip ment necessary to set up Norway first missiles against enemy air at tack is due in Oslo on or about july 20, the army said. Norwegian officers and enlisted technicians who will Man the mis Siles completed their training inthe . Some months ago. The Nike missiles in this first consignment to Norway Are the Ajax Model the first placed in operation by the . Army for Continental air defense. Us girl shows verve. Curves ?To win lady Godiva race. \ .-,." w. A " Moulsford England a Clare Bryant won the lady Godiva horse race stakes with a spirited dish on a highly bred Hunter in a Spunky show of principle and not Irich else. T eight pretty girls in various stages of undress galloped Over Berkshire s Moonlit Down s in Brit Ain s least decorous Derby. But Only Clare and one other dressed Down to the limit. This was. Enforced by two watchful Bob consisted of a form fitting i coloured one piece bathing suit zipped snugly up the Back earlier Clare had stuck out for the real thing a race Worth of Coventry s legendary lady who took everything off to help the poor. I think it s a shame you won t let me ride in the nude the vivacious 17-year-old told race Organ Izer Rpbert Phillipsi m sure it would look much More authentic she Saidsusan Capstick 21, also argued for the genuine stuff a Hough daddy is a bit annoyed version of the Boeing 707. The Crew of soviet foreign min Ster Andrei Gromyko s Turbo prop Ilyushin-18 watched from the run Way As col William Draper of Washington brought Herter s plane Down at Geneva s Cintrin on the ground the Amer ican Crew members noticed Theilyushin-18 readying for Takeoff and asked whether they could look inside it. The russians said Allright if they could peek inside the american machine. The Deal was made. Three soviet pilots in Light Gray summer uniforms toured the Amer ican Craft. Draper said the soviets expressed nost interest in the Vas amount of radar equipment in the american plane and in the luxurious outfitting of the passenger an Crew compartments. The . Plane is fitted to carry 34 passengers and eight crewmen. Because it flies so fast it has no Beds although two couches in the master compartment can be makeup As Beds. The plane required Only a Littleover five hours to Fly Here from Labrador barely time enough for a drink and meal the americans were reserved in their comments on the soviet plane although after the Ilyushin took off Draper said we won dered Why it takes them so Longto Start the motors and then to get Uke airways to ease Royal flights London t 11 / nine polish sailors ask belgian Asylum Brest Belgium a nine Crew members of the polish destroyers Grom and Wicher stayed behind when the two ships de parted after a five Day Courtesy Call. The sailors including one offi cer asked the local commiss Iaria of police to Grant them Asylum and the status of political refugee from communist Poland. Cow. The Ukraine is still largely1 a and of Farmer s reaping the Bene its of some of the world s richest blackest soil a mild Winter by soviet standards and a warm sum to the East there Are bustling Industrial centers in Kharkov Sta Ino and Zaporozhye throughout he Mineral Rich donets River Basin area. Wages Are High jobs Are plentiful and living conditions seem to be improving Day by Day. Strategic Basin it is the donets River Basin Donnas it is called that makes the Ukraine so industrially important. For a single Small economic Region the value of its annual production 80 billion rubles or $8 billion ranks Only behind that of Moscow and heavily on the Basin the Ukraine produced half of Russia s Iron last year 40 per cent of its steel and 33 per cent of its Coal. Ukrainian factories comprise one sixth of the nation s machine building Industry and make half of its tractors plows and metallurgical Ukraine which Means Bor Derland is proud of its history Asan Independent nation before it became a part of the soviet Union. The War left a bitter scar on the Ukraine. It Cost the lives of some2.5 million of its citizens the loss of half its housing and virtually All of its Industrial construction. Postwar rebuilding much of the nation s housing crisis stems from the amount of rebuilding that had to be done inthe grim postwar years when the country was struggling to get Back on its War ii was not the first invasion ukrainians have known. At various times in their War studded history they have fought against the lithuanians the poles the mongol hordes which captured and held Kiev the ukrainian Cap ital for More than 100 years and even the russians from the North. Today however if one can judge by the first subject a ukrainian usually brings up in a Conversa Tion with a foreigner they want just what most men on the Street want in every part of the world the Chance to work in peace an get on with the building of their native land. European edition the stars ripes army Navy air Force col John d. Nottingham Usan editor in chief it col t. J. Cunningham jr., Usa Ait editor in chief Nathan j. Margolin Mon aging editor Jack Ellis spin. Editor Homer a. Cable feature editor Elmer d. Frank production manager directory of news bureaus England South Ruislip a c Wallow 4300 ext 471 or 472 France Paris Balzac 5400 c ext 468 Germany Darmstadt newsroom c 75366 exl 16 Stuttgart c 84215 Spain Madrid 123 fue Carral bldg. C 22 82 90 or 22 83 90 ext fue Carral 209 armed forces circulation service Europe Sydney Label distribution manager directory of circulation off Cei Germany Berlin c 763951 Pitburg c 2471i Bremerhaven c 5341, Darm Stadt. 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