European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Turns Down o i he til Berhn-1ruce plan Geneva up the West rejected Russia s latest Ber Lin plan tuesday and West Germany suggested going straight to the Summit on other East West issues if the big four foreign ministers talks hit a new deadlock a Western spokesman declared the Western foreign ministers do not find one Inch of Progress in the 18 month Berlin truce Laid be fore the conference by so Viet foreign minister Andrei a. Gromyko when the talks reopened monday. And the spokesman . Assist ant Secretary of state Andrew h. Berding said Gromyko s parallel move to bring East German Dele Gates into private big four negotiations was a slowdown soviet moves not hopeful after two hours and 40 minutes of deliberations tuesday the West found nothing hopeful in Gromyko s opening moves. Asar As Western rights in Ber Lin Are concerned Berding said the language is still not it does not refer to a continuance of arrangements which might be decided on. It says Only that the soviets would not take uni lateral action. ,.we would have t6 have much More definite statements from Gro Myko Berding said. Bonn proposal West Germany meanwhile made an informal suggestion that it might be Best to Shelve the Berli Issue for the time being and meet soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev at the Summit on other major questions particularly european Security and new attempt could then be made to. Find a Berlin agreement at yet a third round of foreign ministers talks under the Bon proposal. But in any Case the present con Ference should. Make a firm at tempt to resolve the Berlin crisis and Only in Case of hopeless dead lock should a sidestep Summit take place the West germans Felt. Western officials including those from Bonn refused comment on front. On Page Jyh col. 2 european edition the stars ripes army Navy air Force unofficial publication of the . Armed forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East volume 18. Number 88, 5 cents daily 10 cents sunday wednesday july 15, 1959 balloon soars 139,500 feet Minneapolis a the of fice of naval research on has announced sending the largest plastic balloon Ever launches to a Altitude of 139,500 feet Over North Ern Canada. An on spokesman said the balloon was sent aloft from fort Churchill Manitoba on the Edge of Hudson Bay. Part of the Navy s project Skyhook it carried. 173 pounds of instruments for cosmic Ray research conducted by Earl of the University of Minnesota. The balloon was rated at a Maxi mum capacity of 6 million cubic feet while the largest previously launched had a 5 /4 million cubic feet Content. Honduras gunfire says revolt still on Tegucigalpa Honduras a gunfire was heard in this tense capital indicating at least some rebel elements were still battling government resident Ramon Morales has announced that troops Loyal to his administration have crushed the uprising and Are mopping up. Closing stocks new York a the Stock Market advanced moderately tuesday following1 m o n Day s Sharp decline trading was fairly Active. Steel negotiations collapse 500,000 Start walking out Drill i a red asks Tirma for Asylum Rangoon nist -. Chinese up a embassy comm official blood streaming from a Stab wound in the Side sought Refuge in the Home of an american military at tache Here and then asked the burmese government for Asylum it was Learned tuesday. ,. The wound was said to have been received in a struggle inside the coins unit chinese embassy when the communists tried to Stop him from carrying out his plans to seek Asylum. The chinese identified As limping i was seized by other embassy officials while in route tothe american embassy. He was rushed Back to the chinese embassy and subjected to question ing. It was the third report of defections by soviet and red chinese embassy officials in Burma indecent months. Liu 30, knocked on the door of Home of . Air attache col Royl Ahalt sunday night to ask for assistance. Ahalt called the burmese foreign office which took Liu in. Weather forecast fair becoming partly Cloudy in the afternoon. He Fth 75, Low 53. Air weather service average weekly pay hit $90.54 june employment Rose to record 67.3 million Washington a employ ment surged to a record High of 67,342,000 in june. A gain of 1,326, 000 was built on Strong Factor hiring and seasonal rises Iri farm ing and construction. The labor department reported that unemployment Rose simultaneously by 593,000 As 2 million students and new graduates flooded the Job Market. The number out of work totalled 3,980,000 for the month. ". As a result unemployment remained at 49 per cent. But the Steep climb in employ ment a gain of 4.6 million since february Seldom has been matched in workers average weekly earnings also reached a record at$90.54. The work week lengthened to 40 hours and 36 minutes on the average a longer work week than in any june since 1955. The report issued tuesday by Secretary of labor James p. Mit Chell stressed the june gain in fac tory jobs. The increase was 244,000, about double the usual Rise for the month. It pushed factory employ ment to 16 million Only about from deafness to Spike four year old j. A Byron Patterson of Garden City Calif born deaf but recently Given his hearing by an operation after a car Accident in jury enjoys. Strange new sounds backstage in Hollywood with band Lender Spike Jones. He s just Boon introduced to Spike s famed washboard Hora. Associated press photo 400,000 below the pre recession level in mid-1957. Unemployment in the 14-to-24-Yeai age group Rose by 800,000, meaning that unemployment among adults especially adult male bread winners employed in factories declined during the month. In my civilian employment totalled 66,016,000, almost 2 million More than in the same month last year. Unemployment at 3,389,000, was More than 1.5 million below the total for May 1958, when the country began emerging from the recession. Hot weather Back in Germany fire loss at $4 million Frankfurt up tempera Tures Rose again in Germany tues Day after a three Day reprieve As fires continued to plague dry sections of the country. Readings averaged Between 80and 95 degrees. Fires caused damage exceeding$4 million. Tuesday s High was 95, record Din Passau. Some areas in Italy broiled in104-degree weather. Nine drown Ings were reported during the last 24-hour period. It was 93.2 . Rest of Europe cooler the rest of Western Europe had cooler temperatures. Sweden encountered scattered showers with readings ranging from 59 to 68. Paris had a cloudless Bastille Day morning but it clouded Over by noon. High for the Day was 80. Torrential Rains and Hail Satur Day night brought humidity and a High of 79 in Madrid. Zurich was sunny and warm. Copenhagen had overcast skies with slight rain and fresh winds. Temperatures in Britain wherefrom 66 to 69, but slightly higher readings were predicted for wednesday. Lisbon basked in pleasant Sun Shine and gentle breezes. Ike urges use of Federal mediators new York a steel negotiations collapsed tues Day and the chief Industry negotiator said there would be a Complete Industry shut Down at Midnight. R. Conrad Cooper . Steel corp. Vice president and picture on Page if top Industry negotiator announced at 3 30 pm 8 30 pm Central european time there Are no plans for any further meetings with the Union. Washington up presi Dent Eisenhower urged steel labor and management tuesday to take their dispute to the mediation and conciliation serv ice for assistance. Or. Eisenhower issued a Spe Cial statement expressing keen disappointment Over the failure of negotiations. At Midnight there will be a com plete Cooper said for All practical Pur poses the strike had begun last saturday when steel Mills started curbing operations because of the front. On Page it col Humphrey 1st in demo race Washington up sen. Hubert Humphrey s hat was for Mally tossed into the ring tues Day for the democratic presiden tial nomination by two Minnesota colleagues. It was the first announcement inthe Campaign for the presidency sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy an gov. Orville l. Freeman jointly announced their co chairmanship of a Humphrey for president organization just a year in Advance of the democratic convention. Baseball National league Sun Francisco at Philadelphia twi night double Heador postponed wet grounds. Brucker launches Campaign to unify9 branches of army by Robert j. Dunphy staff writer Washington is army Secretary Wilber m. Brucker has launched a Campaign for one army to break Down the Walls Between the various branches of the army and get every fighting Man. To look upon himself Primar ily As a speaking in Kansas City mo., be fore the veterans Assn. Of the Rainbow division the world War i 42d div made up of National guardsmen from 26 states and the District of Columbia Brucker said he was striving to achieve on an army wide scale that spirit of Unity of oneness which was the hallmark of the Rainbow we intend to create a Unity of Effort purpose and identity which will galvanize the countless Cate Gories of units and components which we now have into one army Brucker said. From this oneness we Are building an army cont. On Page a col 5
