European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday july 13, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 5 interplanetary explorers out Buck Rogers these spacemen9 leave Yon Saucer eyed los Angeles up Mars Saturn Jupiter and. Pluto resounded like the names of easily visited vacation spots As a band of . Name Dropper got together at the convention of the amalgamated flying Saucer clubs of America. An explorer who had penetrated the., darkest reaches of darkest Africa Wouldhave no standing in this gathering. This is space Man and these Are space men astronauts who Tell wondrous tales of trips to outer space which relegate the satellite programs of. The . And Russia to the horse and buggy Days of Kelvin Rowe 51, of san Jacinto calif., a Bulldozer operator for the stat division of forestry. He rates High in the organization because of his assertion that he has been contacted by space people an taken for a ride in the universe no less than 350.times.most of his contacts Rowe said have been with people from Jupiter and Pluto who drop in on him frequently drive him in a conventional automobile to a designated spot where they All climb into a Fly ing cancer of Small dimensions. The Small Saucer takes them into the air to a rendezvous with a Mother ship which Rowe Calls a then they Crank up the engines and off they go into the wild Blue yonder circling Jupiter and Pluto and other planets but never Landing to give the earthling a closeup. Rowe said his space friends were Nomore different than you or i or the rest of us in clothing or Fry an al Monte calif., Engineer modestly said he made a half hour roundtrip from White Sands n.m., to new York City in a spaceship from another world. Convention director Gabriel Green said he expected possibly 1,000 delegates to the convention from All Over the . And from England and Canada. The delegates received in somewhat hos tile fashion a suggestion from a sceptical observer who wanted them to recite i unison a paraphrase of Gellett Burgess Little Man who was t there As Fol lows last night i saw up in the Aira flying Saucer that was t there. It was t there again today of How i wish it would go away. Pilots report Bright lights Over Pacific san Francisco up a pan american airways Pilot reported that a group of extremely Bright lights had approached Over the liner at High Speed Over the Pacific before suddenly veering Way. Other transpacific Airliner pilots also reported sighting the unidentified objects. A pan american spokesman Here said Thek first report came from capt. George Wilson commander of a dc7c Clipper in route from Sun Francisco to Honolulu. Other pan am Pilot she was about 840 Miles from Honolulu at the time. Two other pan american pilots radioed that they had seen the same thing. Capt. Noble Sprunger bound from los Angeles to Hono Lulu reported seeing the objects farther to the South from Wilson s position. The other pan american Pilot who sighted the objects was . G. Kolley who left san fran Cisco for Honolulu a half hour ahead of Wilson. Rod Ford gives views on alleged influence peddling manager toys with bandits Somerville . A two armed bandits got $25,000 in play Money when they held up Frank m. Lozito in his liquor store Here. They also lifted $117 of the real thing. Lozito said he was working at desk near the front door when one Bandit walked in waving a pistol. The second Bandit then appeared through the Back door carrying what looked like a club wrapped in cloth. This is it. Get Over behind the counter and get the bag said the Man with the pistol. Lozito promptly complied. He handed Over a Bank Deposit bag which contained $25,000 in play Money he d playfully deposited there earlier at the request of his children. He was then ordered to Ope the Cash Register. One of the Rob Bers scooped $117 from the Regis Ter but left $81 behind. Lozito was directed to the rear of the store. He described the women As in their 20s. Book out since 1909 $472 Fine evaded san Antonio Tex. A in 1909 someone checked the Book Castle Blair out of the Carnegie Public Library Here. It has just been returned More than 50 years overdue. The Book was placed in a collection Chute at a Branch Library pre venting officials from learning who brought it authorities said the Book overdue since Jan. 4, 1009, would have carried a $473,50 Fine. Adm Arthur w. Radford re right former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff talks with congressmen in Washington before facing questioning by a House subcommittee investigating alleged influences and pressures in weapons buying. Rep. F. Edward Hebert a la subcommittee chairman is in Center and rep. William e. Hess a Ohio at left. Radford later told the House group that the influence on the Pentagon by retired military officers is Small. A fastest Man professor urge car safety belts Washington up an air Force test Pilot and an engineering professor have agreed that Seatbelt attachments in cars would cause a dramatic reduction in traffic deaths. Col John p. Stapp dubbed the fastest Man on Earth also recommended car seat backs High enough to provide a head rest absorbing bumpers and Side guards and seat with enough strength to withstand forces 40 times that of Gravity without tearing Loose. James j. Ryan mechanical Engi Neering professor at the University of Minnesota said traffic deaths could be Cut in half if All Motorist were required to drive cars equipped with a safety package including a Belt and Shock absorb ing bumpers. Safety package Ryan s safety package also would include that retract into the dashboard on Impact a recessed dash Pard Shock absorbers on seats. The two testified at a hous Commerce subcommittee hearing on legislation to promote Auto travelled 632 Mali on a rocket sled during acceleration tests at Holloman air Force base in new Mexico. He was snapped Toa dead halt in 1.4 a inst a three Inch webbed safety Belt Ryan said a 1958 Ford equipped with his safety package was driven into a solid crash barricade at 20 Mph with no injuries to Pas sengers or Driver and no damage to the car. Or. T. P. Wright vice president for Cornell University automotive research said that the steering As Sembly ejection through doors and instrument panels Are the three factors that cause the greatest number of Auto injuries. Or. Berwyn f. Mattison executive director of american Public health assn., suggested establish ment of a federally financed National Accident prevention Center to carry on research work in the Field. Three children die As flames sweep summer cottage Lauderdale wis. A three children died Here when flames swept through a summer cottage in this Small Southeastern Wisconsin resort Community. Jeffrey Jackson 7 his brother Jackie 11, and a sister Angela 14,died in the flames Tinb burned the cottage to the ground. They were the children of mrs. W. T. Jackson jr., of Geneva 111.authorities said the Jacksons were summer residents at Lauder Dale Lake for the past six or seven s deputies said Bonnie Mclaughlin about 18, Chicago a baby Sitter for the Jackson Chil Dren escaped but was hospitalized. Marx brother tells of bets at . Trial Terre haute ind. Up former comedian Zeppo Marx and three wealthy businessmen Testi fied they bet thousands of dollars with an alleged gambling Syndicate during the 1957 football season. Marx onetime fourth brother of the Marx Brothers comedy team said he bet "$10,000 it might have been More by calling Terre haute from Las vegas nev., or from his Palm Springs Calif Home. The testimony forged a major link in the government s Case against eight alleged Gambler charged with evading $325,000 in Federal excise taxes on gambling income. Identified defendant Julius Gaines a Miami construction executive Hugh b. Key a Norman okla., Oil executive and John h. Judd of a Bakersfield calif., produce firm testified the placed bets with the Syndicate which operated Here for 10 week before it was raided by . Treas Ury three businessmen each identified one or More of the defendants As their contacts and Marx said he had met two of tha gentlemen or. Irwin Gordon and or. Phillip Flippy said he called Here More than once a week during september october and november of 1957. He testified he placed the bet with anyone who answered the Telephone. The bets ran from $100 to $2,000, he said. Bet $9,000marx said he settled his gambling Bill once a year in Las vegas when someone came up and said i owed so much. It was the right figure so i paid said he might have wagered As much As $9,000 in on month and settled his debts by the once a year said he bet $5,000 a month in october and november and lost$1,100 by backing his Alma mater Oklahoma to beat notre Dame the Irish won that one 7-0.judd said he made a $2,000 bet with the Syndicate on the 1958oregon-Ohio state game. Youth hangs self playing Smithfield . A Thomas e. Matthews 15, of ports Mouth va., visiting Here Accident ally hanged himself while playing with a rope under a tobacco shelter. Father reveals his gun wounded baby to it to ij1. A new. York Felp Wylie wounding of an infant in a Airport shooting was i cleared up by the baby s father. He. Salidu the Bullet came from a pistol Dis charged accidentally Inthis own briefcase when he dropped it. Of " Orl l John Steinmetz. Jr., Vii in the arms of his nurse at Idlewild afr pow Jennei 5 Mylien a shot rang out. The child scr Earth a no blood gushed from a superficial head Wou Ridi scores of persons were questioned after the shoot ing including the infants 4 Ather John Steinmetz of Mexico City assistant sales director for Mexico of the . Rubber co assistant District attorney Bernard m. Patten said Steinmetz said he did hot realize until late that the Bullet had come from his gun. He said he panicked and threw the pistol away. Police found the gun july 2. Steinmetz told magistrate Bernard Dubin in Ridgewood felony court Queens that he has been trying to inform officials about the gun since july 2.he had trouble finding the right officials he said. Steinmetz said he had come Forward on advice of his attorney the same Day the weapon was found Dubin said the state was without jurisdiction since the Accident occurred on Federal land and Dis missed the charges. 1& j a .ri.o. A
