European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse \ the stars and stripes saturday july 18, 1959 79 girls ready to Battle for 4miss universe Long Beach Calif. A of bumper crop of beauties settled Down Here to prepare for the miss universe contest amid the usual mishaps and a touch of mystery when they arrived the municipal band played California Here gome and a crowd of several Hundred cheered As an airline landed with its curvaceous cargo of Domestic and foreign Meinhardt the contest \ promoter said approximately 79were on hand scandinavian blonds latin Brunet and redhead Sand Bro nets from elsewhere. The Competition starts tuesday night and ends Friday night july 24. There was a slight air of foreign intrigue about miss United Arab Republic Egypt an Syria. Meinhardt said he still can t find her. She was suppose to have checked in at the Savoy Hilton hotel in new York two Days ago taut site did t and still has t. Meinhardt said he still thinks Shell get Here. The girls posed in native costume while press and television photog Raphers shot like mad and pres agents shouted come on show your this was the Start of a 10-Dayperiod that will see much More of the said there will be 80 girls in the contest unless Issuar does t show up. Calf givers Call on Rhee Seoul up three american who brought a plan Load of calves to South Korea from Waco tex.,for a korean orphanage called on president syn Man Rhee. The group consisted of Jame Leblond the Waco citizen who led the cattle donation drive air for Ecol Dean e. Hess of los Angeles who founded an orphans Home i Korea during the korean War and Fred m. Lege an official of the department of agriculture. Leblond As a representative of Texas gov. Price Daniel presented Rhee with a certificate making him an honorary citizen of Texas and a message from Daniel. The korean Leader accepted them with great pleasure and thanked Texas and its people for their Goodwill. The group arrived Here aboard . Air Force c130v transport plane dubbed the flying aboard the plane were 20 prize calves donated to an orphans Home in the Eastern outskirts of Seoul. Western electric gets prime space contract Washington up the National aeronautics and space administration announced Here it has chosen Western elect Ric co., inc., As prime contractor on a global tracking system for the Man in space project. The system is to cost$25 million the firm will be responsible for construction of a worldwide network of tracing and ground instrument stations to be used in project plenty of room for a guest two s almost a crowd Here but the feed bucket s big enough for Susie the Goat and Honick Rainbow a 3-year-ld pacing filly. The Tete a Tete took place at Rainbow s stall at Yonkers n.y., raceway. The two Are constant companions. Up photo continued surge seen for Europe s Economy Geneva a the United nations economic commission for Europe Ece has predicted a continuing economic upswing i Western Europe during the next six months. The Ece s quarterly economic bulletin said a relatively rapid rate of expansion May be expected in 1959 in Western Germany Italy Denmark the Netherlands and Inland while a More moderate growth appears Likely in the other european countries. It predicted the Gross National Douglas rips of for free junkets Washington up h. Douglas d-i11. Has criticised the air Force for spend ing $626,074 to Fly 1,917 civilian and 774 military passengers on two Aerial demonstrations in april and May. The senator said most of the civilians were influential individuals of some Means whom the Ai Forpe was courting to help build up a body of permanent lobbyist for ,. Its appropriations he suggested that the air Force Institute a pay As you go plan for flying civilians to such events with rates based on commercial airline charges for similar hauls. Output of Western Europe will Rise by 3 per cent in 1959, compared with an increase of less than 2 per cent last year. The report said this developments mainly the result of the introduction of general currency convertibility the further lessening of Trade restrictions in some coun tries the beginning of the Europe an common Market and the continued strength of the major West european currencies. All these factors appear to have operated to Widen and activate the International Market in both Long term and Short term capital especially inside Western Europe but also Between Western Europe and North America the report said. With capital markets wider anymore fluid financial resources Are less Likely to become a bottleneck for the growth of individual coun tries or Industrial sectors i added but warned that a Freer flow of private Long term capital could in certain conditions operate to enlarge inter regional an International disparities in real income Levels and growth said the danger of such an and verse development is increased bythe growing discrimination in Trade inevitable in the later stages of the establishment of the common Kassem pledges $1.2 billion for housing f met pm t a a. A Beirut a iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kassem has pledged his government to spend More than $�2 j billion in the next few years to assure decent housing for All Iraq. Tjie Premier made the pledge in., a speech dedicating new housing and noncom of the army to part of this week Sion ies celebrating the first in Ary of Kassem s military coup and the establishment of Republic the speech was broadcast from Baghdad and monitored Here. We a e now working on a planto spend 450 million dinars to pro vide decent housing for the Iraq people Kassem said adding i want to be the first to raise an a to destroy the Serifa Are miserable huts of a mud and junk which virtually sur round Baghdad and occupy Many vacant lots inside the City. It i estimated there Are Between 50,000 and 100,000 persons mostly Desti tute refugees and sharecropper from Rural areas living in Serifa. Later in the Day the Premier inaugurated a group of very modest but modern housing unit sin. West Baghdad intended for Serifa dwellers St. Louis suburbs groan As City voters hike tax St. Louis a roars of pro test Are being heard from suburbanites hit by Looper cent increase in the St. Louis earnings tax which St., Louis ans overwhelmingly approved on tuesday. The mayors of East St. Louis and Belleville -111., just across themississippi1angjfily said they would support legislation of permit a Sim Ilar tax in their cities. A spokesman for a group of St. Louis county residents said we reseeding competent advice to something can be done. We re Upin arms about mayor Jerome Munie of Belle Ville said i Don t think it is a fair he estimated that More than2,000 Belleville residents work in St. Louis and that 1,000 St. Louisan work in Belleville this City does not. Tax St. Louis ans who work in Belleville said Munie. Up in arms East St. Louis mayor Alvin g. Fields said it would r be just As fair for East St. Louis to tax working Here As it is for St. Louis to tax East St. Louis people who work Over William Garrett of suburban be May a spokesman for a county group opposed to the tax said we re up in arms about this thing due to the manner in which it was presented to the St. Louis voters. It in t that we re opposed Moi Batten gets top defense Post with us forces London a Britain s no. 1 Sailor has taken Over As the new chief of the defense staff supreme commander of British military forces. Earl Mountbatten of Burma 58-year-old Uncle of Prince Philip and naval hero of two world wars willbe responsible for dovetailing army Navy and air Force develop ment in Britain under the guidance of Macmillan Cabinet defense minister Duncan Sandys. Mountbatten retired As first sea lord top Job in the Royal Navy last april to prepare to take Over the chief of defense staff Job. Adm sir Charles Lambe a former Querry to King George i succeeded him. To taxation. We re not. We realize that St. Louis has a problem but we Don t believe a fair and Tost action was Garrett said his group Piv. Bly would consult an attorney to see what could be done about rescind ing the tax. The earnings tax was raised from a per cent to 1 per cent. The vote was about 9-1 in favor of the in crease. Garrett declined to estimate How Many persons Are on his Side Buthe said we anticipate a great number of people will Raab to keep Neutral policy Vienna up the new austrian government has promised a continuation of the country s neutrality policy. The Cabinet formed earlier this week after nearly two months of government crisis was introduce to the parliament. Chancellor Julius Raab told the House that the new Cabinet will continue the neutrality decided on by Austria after it became a freehand Independent country in 1955. Policy proven Correct the development in the last years has proved the correctness four neutrality policy. Our foreign policy also in the future will be directed by the principles of neutrality Raab said. The new austrian government includes six conservative people s party ministers and six major change in the new government has been the handing Over of the foreign ministry from the people s party to the ministry now is headed by socialist Bruno Kreisky. Ban on playing radios in airliners approved Washington up the civil aeronautics Board has approved an agreement among International air carriers to prohibit passengers from playing portable radios in flight. The agreement by members of the International air transport Assn. Said the radios might inter Fere with radar and navigation equipment. European edition army Navy air Force col John d. Nottingham Usan. It col t. J. Cunningham jr., Usa Nathan j. Margolin Jack Eliis Homer a. Cable Elmer a Frank. Editor in chief att editor in chief. Managing editor. Sports editor. Feature editor. 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