European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse A i tells smites Berlin pledge or no Summit talks Geneva up Secretary of state Christian a. Herter challenged the soviets monday to confirm in writing that they have withdrawn their threat to Berlin and warned that such a written undertaking is the West s Price for a Summit meeting. Russia s foreign minister Andrei Gromyko heard Herter s statement and a subsequent proposal for the immediate Don push Riis warned by Junction City Kan. Up army Secretary Wilber m. Brucker said Mon Day the .. Has the Power and the will to fight and win if Russia pushes it to far in Berlin or elsewhere. The soviets Are Apt to mistake our Calm and peace Ful approach As a sign of weakness Brucker said. Nothing could be More mistaken than for the soviet to con clude that we will Back he said Amei icons will not be tray those who Trust us. Will not abdicate our rights nor shirk our solemn re in any particular no matter How threatening the soviet May Brucker s statement contained in a speech prepared for the Dedi cation s of a new Bridge Between Junction City and it. Riley was the latest such declaration by. Officials designed to prevent the russians from underestimating the West s willingness to fight for its rights in Berlin. Tough stands the army Secretary said that earlier Tough stands had turned Back communist provocations in Lebanon and the Formosa Strait. Brucker said the russians considered divided Germany an International political football which they intended to kick around As Long As possible in order to main Tain tension and unrest from which they can reap substantial he said the soviet would not agree to the reunification of the country until West Germany be came a communist satellite. Brucker said Russia was not seeking a genuine agreement at the Geneva foreign ministers con Ference. He said they seek Only such bargains of expediency which will open the Way to the further Advance of communist Brucker weather forecast partly Cloudy continued warm ?li80, Low 10. Air weather service scheduling of a secret big four conference t u e s d a the russian threw the Agenda into a tangle by refusing to attend secret talks unless the East germans were invited. With this refusal to meet in seclusion the conference dropped All plans for a tuesday meeting and put Down wednesday afternoon As the time for a second open meeting. On wednesday the West presumably will attempt to Block Gro Myko s bid to inject the East Ger mans into the talks As More than advisers a Compromise status they were Given during the first session of the Geneva talks when a similar russian move was made. Herter speaking for a solidly United West told Gromyko that any Berlin truce must be reduced to writing to minimize the danger of subsequent differing interpretations. Mere Reliance on so called facts that speak for themselves would not satisfy the West Herter warned. Gromyko ignored this when his Foont on Page 2/l col. It Russia sends 2 dogs on new rocket Moscow a the russians announced monday that they have launched and Earth an other rocket with two dogs aboard including the White dog daring who was up for his fourth flight. The rocket was the same As the one launched july 2 with two dogs and a Rabbit. This one launched july 10, carried Only two dogs be sides scientific equipment Tass re ported. It weighed nearly 5,000 pounds. The rocket carried instruments to measure infrared radiation and the Earth s Atmos Heij Tass said. This time As before the dogs were brought Back safely and in Good condition both radio mos cow and Tass said. 4 cubans seize plane make Pilot Fly to Miami Miami Fla. A four Crew men seized command of an am munition Laden cuban air Force plane monday and forced the Pilot to Fly it to Miami International Airport. The crewmen asked political Asylum in the. And were taken into custody by officials of the. Immigration service. They will be Given a hearing on their plea. Thirteen other persons aboard the plane including 12 cuban air Force Tjien and a woman said they wanted to return to Cuba. European edition army Navy air Force unofficial publication of the. Armed forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East volume 18, number .87 s cents daily 10 cents sunday tuesday july 14, 1959 final Effort to Avert steel strike sliding Down to safety a woman passenger slides Down escape ramp of jetliner after emergency Landing in new York. Other pictures Page 17. Up Pilot says chaos below made Landing perilous new York up the Pilot who safely landed a crippled pan american world airways jetliner carrying 113 persons after circling Idlewild International Airport for four hours charged that the big Gest menace of his ordeal was the confusion on the ground. Police and air officials joined capt. Edward Sommers in bitter complaints about chaos and con fusion on the runway where the baseball american league now York Boston 200 000 010 3 10 400 000 oox13 13 . Minis 2. Iii. Null s i unit 7 Sull Lutui and White. Vav . I Ijuin 0-4. Lilt i w York Hurra 10. Huston Len in Iio. Sti Liciu 2. Lowig vows to rid state of Scal wags fort Worth Tex. A gov. Earl k. Long still vowing hell beat his Louisiana political enemies be id monday he s running for re election to clean out the Scala wags the ailing Louisiana executive shaved manicured and wearing a tie and Crisp White shirt greeted newsmen in his hotel suite Here. He looked better than he had in is on the first stage of a vacation trip to the West. Long said among other things that he plans to mop up any remain ing gambling in his state. Hopes to retrieve millions of Dol Lars for Louisiana from lease of land at previous Low rental. Has been offered a million Dol cars to million Bucks he phrased it since he became governor. Despite his plans to Stop Gambl ing he plans to get some of that sucker Money by placing political bets. When the 63-year-old governor arrived he made a wild and in credible attempt to avoid news men he covered his head with a Pillow slip see. Photo on Page 2$and had to be led blinded and stumbling into his hotel. Asked his opinion of the Texas legislature he declared it s hot As bad As in Boeing 707 finally landed with two of its 10 wheels missing. There also were complaints about the thousands of curiosity seekers who flocked to the Airport Lam Ming highways so that emergency fire equipment could not get through to the scene. Chief of detectives James leg Gett acting chief inspector of the new York City police dept. Charged that the thrill seekers Cre ated a roman Holiday out of the ordeal of the 102 passengers and 11 Crew members aboard the plane. Fire commissioner Edward Cavanagh said confusion at the air port was so bad that his men would have had a difficult time fighting a fire if the plane had burst into flames on Landing. Sommers 44-year-old Grandfather font on Page 2, col. 5 Memphis University ordered to integrate Memphis Tenn. Up Mem Phis state University will admit qualified negro students for the first time this fall. The four year White College revealed it has been directed by the Tennessee state Board of Educa Tion that applicants be admitted regardless of a Ace. Negotiators try again for Accord from press dispatches Washington president Eisenhower monday called for new labor management efforts to head off a steel Trike set for Midnight Day. The steel negotiators heeded the president and sat Dow again monday but with scant Prospect of an agreement to Avert a strike of 500,000 steel workers. The Union promised to make an. Ail american try at negotiating a strike saving settlement. R. Conrad Cooper chief Industry negotiator threw cold water on settlement prospects and showed irritation in posing with Union president David j. Mcdonald for photographers. Cooper said there was Only one possible Way a strike could be avoided for the Union to again extend its , however ruled out any further delay in a showdown. The Union earlier had granted a two week truce but it expires at Midnight tuesday. Cooper told newsmen As he went into session with Mcdonald that the time now is too Short to Deal with the Many unresolved prob last minute dramatics Are not responsive to the Long term seriousness of the problems that we re talking about Cooper said. Mcdonald broke in to end the front on Page 3ji, col. 2 Driver boy killed As car hits House Seattle a a homemade hot Rod automobile crashed into a Seattle Home killing the Driver and a 4-year-old boy. Police said the powerful Cigar shaped car ran out of control of a Busy Street swerved some 150 feet across a dirt dividing strip and smashed into the House. Killed were the Driver Don wheat 22, and Lance Williams who had been walking with his sister on the sidewalk near the House. The girl Exilie 2, was not Hurt. Car tank encounter leaves Flat impression Winooski it. A a ver Mont National guard tank flattened an automobile Here. The vi41 tank ran Over a parked car at an intersect Iii. No one was injured but the car was Semo shed. Winooski police said the 26-ton tank headed fora National guard Parade at Burlington made a wide turn am ran right up on top of the car
