European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday july 15, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 5 of Bud Abbott s daughter weds seventeen year old Rae Abbott daughter of Hollywood comedian Bud Abbott poses with her new husband Donald e. Wheeler follow ing their wedding at the Little of lurch of the West in Las vegas Nev. After a honeymoon in Las vegas they will return to California. A new Security program for Industry proposed Washington up rep. Frank t. Bow a Ohio said government Security officials know of 2,000 defense workers who carry out secret missions for he said the government and de sense contractors Are powerless to fire these workers because of the cleared it with Lyndon w a s h i n g t on up vice president Richard m. Nixon went to the new Senate office building to sit for a series of portrait photographs by news photographer assigned to the Capitol " one photographer asked Nixon in jest if he had received Permis Sion from Senate democratic Leader Lyndon b. Johnson your Boss to go to the photographer s guess i should have Nixon replied. He seems to have More control Over the republicans than the democrats. As an afterthought. Nixon said with a Grin Praybe you d Bette Clear those quotes with four drown As boat capsizes if Ohio. Cincinnati a a father his two Young sons and a Friend drowned when their Small out Board Motorboat capsized in the Miami River near suburban Miami town the victims were George d. Wall 35, his sons. Donald Ray 10, and Roy Wayne tall of near Miami town and Arnold Poteet 35, Louis Ville by. The Only survivors were two dogs. Teen killed in gun mishap i Secaucus . A car Manitz 46,-was-killed, Here when a .22-Cal Rifle accidentally went of while his brother Harl a 47, was cleaning it. Only1 the Day before their lather had died to a heart attack _ " supreme court s decision two weeks ago. Striking Down the Industrial Security program. Bow urged Quick approval of legislation to re establish the pro Gram. The High court held that neither the president nor Congress had authorized Security screenings for defense work ers. The lawmaker said in a news letter that 48 per cent of . Communists work in Basic industries. Many of these he said Are in communications ".where, they could do tremendous harm to the a Bov Bow described the supreme court ruling As a real threat to our he said it was ridiculous to spend billions for de sense if we Are defenceless against internal 2 firemen die 4 Hurt in 2-truck collision Syracuse . A two firemen were killed and four others were injured when two fire trucks racing to a fire collided at an intersection and careened into a gasoline station. The dead were it Robert Mccarthy and Enrico Vendette. Fire men Edward Duncan and Thomas Kendall were hospitalized. Butler thinks being a Catholic might Hurt candidate s chances Washington a Paul m. Butler democratic National chair Man said he regretfully feels that being a Catholic would hamper the chances of a presidential can a ligate., ,. Resh. Thruston b. Morton by i gop chairman agreed that jul tit be so but added he is hopeful it would t be.", to both Butler arid Morton answer ing questions on a television show shied away from predicting their parties 1960 presidential nominees if he ventured a Choice Butler commented the sound and fury that has whirled around him the past week would be As Butler has been in hot water with some party leaders for Sug Gesting democrats would stack up better for next year s elections if they adopted More aggressive tac tics in Congress. Asked whether catholicism would be a Handicap Butler re-plied1 As a Catholic and one who has been in politics 33 years i certainly do believe that would t Etrue sadly Butler said however he also believes the Public attitude has changed since the late Alfred a Smith a Catholic was the demo cratic candidate in 1928 and lost to Herbert Hoover. One of the democrats potential i960 nominees sen. John b. Kennedy of Massachusetts is acatholic.,. ,. Kennedy s name was not mentioned on the program in connection with a candidate s religion but was used among a group of possible contenders for Butler s appraisal. Butler refused to Ven Ture which would be the most effective. I really would be in trouble if 1 answered that he said. Neither would Butler say whether democrats would rather run against vice president Richard m. Nixon or new York gov. Nel son a. Rockefeller. He did express the belief that Nixon hag More experience at the National Leveland is More Morton in party chairman tradition likewise declined to choose Between Nixon and Rockefeller. Senators Back Bohlen for Job in state dept. Washington a a move to name ambassador Charles Boh Len As chief state department adviser on soviet affairs got Strong bipartisan s u p port in the sen ate. Sen. Thomas h. Kuchel a Cali joined sen. Mike held cd Montin. D e bouncing a pro test by Sens. Everett m. Dirk sen r-i11. And styles Bridges . Against the Elevation of Bohlen to any top flight state department Job. Kuchel the assistant Republican Leader told reporters he thinks it would be tragic if Bohlen s demonstrated abilities Are not utilized by our Mansfield the assistant demo cratic Leader said in an interview it would be a shame if Republican protests were allowed to Block the selection of Bohlen for a Post where Secretary of state Christian a. Herter is said to want him. Kuchel safety curtains smother infant Peoria 111. Up an infant girl suffocated in cloth draperies which her parents alarmed Over the number of fatalities caused by plastic bags had installed to re place plastic curtains the child was 7-month-old al Lison Mckinzie of nearby Hanna City. Coroner Chauncey Wood said draperies apparently blew across the infant s crib which was located near the window in the Small Home of or. And mrs. Fran Mckinzie. Wood said the parents told him they had decided to get rid of All plastic bags and the plastic curtains in the child s room after read ing numerous newspaper accounts of the deaths of children fro plastic garment bags and pieces of plastic. Thieves take Cash let the credit go Memphis Tenn. Up for a time it looked like grocer Louis Pieran tent lost More than $9,000 in a robbery. Pierantoni discovered that thieves who looted his store had taken his records of $9,000 credit he had extended to his custom ers. Pierantoni had no Way of knowing what was owed him. But before the Day was out detectives found the credit rec ords in a Lake. They were soaked but legible. The total loss was $1.0 taken from the Cash Register Ike asks funds for Ocean water conversion Plant Washington a president Eisenhower has asked Congress for $1,550,000 to be used for construction of the first demonstration Sta Tion for conversion of seawater to fresh water. This request for the Interior department s office of Saline water was one item in a total of $3,435,000 asked by or. Eisenhower. Other items included $1,050,000 for the labor department s Bureau of labor statistics to expand its studies of productivity and wage statistics the president also requested an extra $685,000 for Senate expenses. They would be charged against the budget for the fiscal year which ended june 30. Acquittal bid fails Mack Whiteside Washington a / District judge Burnita s. Matthews rejected defense motions asking acquittal of Richard a. Mack and Thurman a. Whiteside. Mae a former Federal communications commissioner and Whiteside a Miami attorney Are charged with conspiring to Rig a Miami to Channel 10 contest in favor of Public service television inc., a subsidiary of National air lines. The 14-week trial of Mack and Whiteside ended with a Hung jury. 2 million Man aleut Lin t Kansas City a in turn ing out hit records it s not thereat but the vibrations that Are important. .-.,., v at least that s the opinion of Johnny Horton a Man who is he titled to an opinion on the matter of big Selling records. This 26-year-old texan s version of the Folk Ballad fhe Battle of new Orleans has sold about 21 i in town to
