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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                European edition weather forecast fair to partly Cloudy with Little change in temperature. High 70, Low 00. Air weather service the stars and ripes army Navy air Force unofficial publication of the . Armed forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East closing stocks new York a the Stock Market closed about evenly mixed wednesday. Trading was fairly Active. Steels an exception Rose despite the strike. Volume 18, number 89 d 5 cents daily 10 cents sunday thursday july 16, 1959 i Senate passes 90-0, defense Money Bill Washington " a the Senate has passed a $40 billion defense Money Bill for the next 12 months which exceeds president Eisen Hower s budget request by $346 million. The vote was a unanimous 90-0. The measure by far the largest appropriation of the congressional session now goes to a Senate House conference to reconcile differences with a House passed version. The House voted s746 million less than the Senate. The Senate Bill contains $380 Mil lion to build the nation s second nuclear powered aircraft Carrier. Or. Eisenhower had asked $260 million for a conventional Carrier but the House voted against a new Chavez sees House backing on a Carrier Washington up sen. Den Nis Chavez  wednesday said he thinks the House will join the Senate in adding a nuclear powered aircraft Carrier to the $40 billion defense Money Bill. One Compromise the House might insist upon it was indicated would be to provide Only funds for plan Ning not actual construction of the $380 million atomic Carrier voted by the Senate. The administration initially pro posed a conventionally powered Carrier but the House rejected it. The Senate then voted to make the Carrier atomic powered. The House conferees also were expected to put up a stiff fight for restoration of some of its Money for Antisubmarine warfare. The Senate slashed this when it voted the nuclear Carrier funds. Little Quemoy shelled by 2 red chinese ships Taipei up two communist chinese gunboats launched a hit run bombardment of Little que Moy Island the chinese nationalist defense ministry announced. A ministry spokesman said the two gunboats approached the Sec Ond largest Island in the Quemoy group unleashed a Brief shelling and quickly retreated. Carrier. An Effort on the Senate floor to Knock out the Carrier entirely failed shortly before final passage of the Bill. It was beaten by voice vote. Emphasis on missiles the measure also contains additional millions to give the army More modern weapons and equip ment to Deal with both the nuclear age and conventional War. This was in response to a plea by the just retired army chief of staff Gen Maxwell d. Taylor. The measure puts added emphasis on both Long Range missiles and forces for limited War ignoring in part recommendations by both or. Cont. On Page 3j. Col. 1 Hungary halts belgian plane Brussels a hungarian Mig planes wednesday afternoon forced the regular Athens Vienna belgian Sabena airlines dog plane to land in Hungary belgian radio announced. There were 55 Pas sengers aboard. The plane landed at Veszpremy Hungary. The plane arrived safely at Schwec hat Airport in Vienna wednesday night. Ike rules out Summit if red threats persist asks full use of bargaining on steel Issue Washington up the fullest possible use of free bargaining Between labor and management before any fed eral intervention in the steel dispute was suggested wednesday by president Eisenhower. U n d e r the Taft Hartley Law the president if he determines that a labor management background stories. Pare i dispute has created an emergency threatening the health or safety of the nation can request the jus Tice department to seek an injunction stopping a strike for 80 Days. Or. Eisenhower responding to a variety of news conference questions about the steel strike which began at Midnight when a half million workers walked out made it Clear that he did not believe conditions now warranted his use of the tart Hartley Law. He did not believe he should have done More As chief executive in the Days before the strike. He said too much government pressure inevitably changes the nature of free bargaining. Fact i Riding Board proposed by Union Pittsburgh a Mills producing 90 per cent of America s steel Lay Idle wednesday in the cont. On Page 2j/, col. 5. Workers leave Pittsburgh s tto Meste and works of the . Steel corp. As the  Union strike order takes  carry bags holding work clothes and personal belongings. Up photo Australia Shivers As Europe simmers Melbourne a while Europe simmers in one of the hottest Summers for a decade Australia Shivers in its coldest Winter for 21 years. Iri recent weeks Southern australian temperatures have dipped below freezing Point. One Day last week it plunged to 29.5 de Grees in the City and 23 degrees in the "suburbs10 degrees lower than recorded at Australia s ant Arctic weather station on Mac Quarie Island. Roads resembled ice rinks pools of water froze Tomato and fruit crops were destroyed and already stunted wheat crops were damaged. New West bid hinted on German Unity Geneva a the West said no wednesday to a soviet bid to tie a Stopgap Berlin settlement to the creation of a joint commis Sion of East and West germans. It looked like a Clear impasse. Soviet foreign minister Andrei a. Another Story paric 2 Gromyko said it was not possible to reach an Accord on Berlin unless the West bought the soviet proposal for an All German commis Sion. The Western Powers do not want any such commission because of the belief it would Lead to Cie Facto recognition of East Germany and thus wreck the chances of reunify ing that divided country. Western Powers split a possible Western move for a Compromise was seen in a reported plan that would set up a commis Sion of the big four Powers with East and West germans on hand As advisers or As a  Here the Western Powers were split. Secretary of slate Christian a. Herter and Lloyd reportedly supported the subcommittee idea while French foreign minister Maurice coup e de Mur Ville and West German foreign cont on pane Jyh col n super Boinard missile launched in 2d test Cape canaveral Fla. A the air Force s new super Bomarc antiaircraft missile Center of a recent defense controversy shot from the Cape on a test flight wednesday. The solid fuel engine spurted a Long Tail of White smoke As the rocket headed Over the Atlantic. It  the second test for this new missile called the Bomarc a. 41 dead in Japan floods Tokyo a floods following torrential Rains rushed Over South Ern Japan wednesday and the unofficial death toll Rose to 41 with 1g persons missing. Clear Accord at Geneva necessary Washington Tupi president Eisenhower declared wednesday he will no agree to sidetrack the Berlin Issue and go to a Summit conference on other matters while the soviet ultimatum on the divided City still hangs Over the West. He told a news conference Here there must be a Clear under standing with Russia on the West s indefinite rights in West Berlin before there can be any Summit meeting. Ike asks. Answers in making his answer Clear the a reported the president said do you mean thai i should go Toa Summit meeting under an ultimatum saying thai the soviets would throw the West out of Ber Lin in a set time there has to be some Clear understanding he said emphatically of Allied rights and responsibilities in Berlin before he will negotiate at the top level with the soviets. Or. Eisenhower in Selling Forth his position said lie did not object to negotiations about the ultimate Fate of Germany and Berlin provided such a Basic understanding was agreed upon first. West German plan or. Eisenhower was referring up said to a reported West Ger Man suggestion to Shelve the Ber Lin problem and to go on with the question of German reunification at the Summit. Or. Eisenhower said the West German proposal to Transfer the Geneva disagreement to a big four cont. On Page 2 col. 5 snowman Hunt ends in failure Katmandu Nepal up members of an american expedition trying to find an abominable snowman said Here they had re turned empty handed. Peter Byrne and his brother Brian said they had collected a few More footprints but nothing tangible. Given six More months to stay around it. Everest i believe we might find a real Yeti they told newsmen. Late news Washington a the . Court of claims wednesday up held the c i n i m of the Dixon Yntas Combine for damages be cause the government cancelled its controversial Power contract. Baseball american league Cleveland at new York postponed rain two games thursday  
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