European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 18, 1959 the stars and stripes Page balloon lofted Lens recovered Corn Belt hard hit telescopic camera carried 15 Miles aloft by balloon to take pictures of the Sun is recovered by technicians near new Rich and Minn. Parachute brought the camera safely to Earth. A photo Sunspot photo said Best yet Minneapolis a an astronomer who focused his Sun camera by television More than 15 Miles away says he got the bes picture Ever taken of a Sunspot. Martin Schwarzschil of Prince ton University displayed a Well defined photograph of a Sunspot 25,000 Miles in diameter. The picture was one of 8,000taken by an automatic camera car ried More than 80,000 feet into Theair by a plastic balloon last Satur Day. The telescopic camera was focused by Remote control using an air to ground television system to let ground Crews see what the camera s Eye saw. Schwarzschil said the pictures gave scientists a new idea of the effects of the great magnetic Fields surrounding sunspots or solar explosions. He said temperature variations within the Strong magnetic Field were not As great As previously thought. The variations Are be tween the hot gases pouring away from the Sun and the cooler gases falling Back in to it. Chavez seeks statehood vote in puerto Rico Washington up sen. Dennis Chavez . Has introduced legislation calling for a referendum in puerto Rico to de Termine whether the Island wants to become the 51st slate of the  Bill makes no promises that Congress would admit the Island. But Chavez said he hoped a majority of puerto Picans would vote for statehood. He said it was up to puerto Picans to decide what form of government they want. The Island now has the status of a common wealth. Chavez said that if puerto Picans rejected statehood at the polls it would show him they want to continue with their present  poses question Chavez s proposal could touch off a Sharp conflict in Congress. As it stands. The measure would re quire the Commonwealth to con duct a statehood referendum. The legislation raised the ques Tion of whether Congress could order puerto Rico to hold a ballot under its present form of Home Rule. Chavez acknowledged the Commonwealth legislature has the Power to conduct such a referendum. But he said he doubted it has the inclination evidence lost As it blows top Detroit a the judge jumped from his chair and several policemen reached for their gun s when a Sharp report shattered the stillness of  grins replaced looks of alarm when a Geyser of foam shooting from an open Beer bottle made it Clear what had  had popped the Cork on evidence used in convicting a Man accused of buying Beer for a  John p. Scallen gave John Chemeras 47, 30 Days and ordered the evidence removed. Just Plain fed up Rhinelander wis up mrs. Ellen Hess 44, Mother of 20 children won a divorce from he husband Leroy 53 on grounds that he would t keep a Job spent his Money on liquor and threatened her with bodily harm. Record drought perils Rich . Farmlands Chicago up one of the driest Summers on record was spreading drought through some of the nation s richest farmlands. In the Middle West Corn soy Beans wheat and Oats were in serious plight from a critical Short age of water just As Farmers prospects looked brighter with the opening of the St. Lawrence sea Way. The drought spread West Southand East. Southern California was in the midst of its worst dry spell in history. The lowest crop since 1939 was expected in oat Fields stretching from Pennsylvania to the Dakotas. In the South Ala Bama and Georgia suffered for Lack of  dry heat had its greatest Impact in the Corn Belt. Illinois was hardest hit but drought was also on the March in parts of Indiana Missouri and the Dakotas. 90 year Becort Whitehead 111., had its driest june in 90 years with Only .35of an Inch of rain. Springfield the state capital had .23 inches and was at its driest in 80 years. Jack Sonville had Only a Trace of water and its driest month in 67 years. The worst thing about it i that it makes future rainfall vital Illinois  al Joos said. The Ink is empty.", by Bank Joos meant the water retained in the soil from Early Spring Rains that usually pull crop through the summer. But the free Wheeling prisoner recaptured in . Cooperstown . A Alfred Guy 21, who escaped from the county jail on the bicycle of the sheriff s daughter was re captured when a state trooper recognized him at a bus station in Binghamton. Guy had written sheriff Harold Knapp telling him where the bicycle could be found. He was under 180 Days sentence for driving an unregistered vehicle. Scorching june Sun this year dried away this Bank. Illinois Corn prospects have declined significantly with the crop in Masseling stage and needing rain badly Joos said. A similarly dark picture was painted for the soybean crop. In Indiana the drought situation was spotty. The worst area was in the Northwest Quarter of the stat where thousands of acres of Rich soil and muck land produce Abun Dant Corn crops. The situation Hac not yet reached the critical Point in Hoosier land and a Recor bumper Corn crop of 67 bushels per acre was still anticipated. In Southern California however Farmers already had suffered Losse in wheat and Barley. Range lands were meager and cattle and sheep men were forced to place animal sin feed Yards earlier than usual. Forest and Brush lands of South Ern California were tinder dry ready for Forest fires such As the recent Blaze in Laurel Canyo which destroyed 38 Homes. Fire Hazard areas were closed earlier than usual due to drought. Los Angeles which received only5.58 inches of rain last year had no water shortage since the Cit reservoirs Are As far As 300 Miles away in the Sierra  Missouri Clover Alfalfa am Hay crops were on the decline because of the Lack of rain and Mois Ture. Vegetable crops were not in danger because of irrigation equipment used by most Farmers. By Missouri s Corn crop was burning in the Fields with Good Rains the Only Hope of Farmers to save the stands. Hot s in the ring Henry Krajewski. Hogging the ring bar owner runs again for president Secaucus. . Up a sure sign that the presidential Campaign is drawing nigh has popped up Henry Krajewski announced his candidacy. To celebrate my 47th birthday i am throwing my 10-gallon hat into the ring for the 1960 election the onetime pig Farmer said in statement. I will be the poor Man s party candidate for president of the United  this will be Krajiwski s third try for the nation s highest  polled 4,203 votes in 1952 and 1,829 in 1936. The tavern owner has done bet Ter in his campaigns for state office. He Drew 12,881 votes for governor in 1953, 35,421 for .senator in 1954, 6,256 for governor in 1957, and 6,013 for senator Las year. Some political observers think Krajewski s big 1954 total tipped that senatorial election in favor of Republican Clifford p. Case who beat his democratic opponent by a Mere 3,430 votes after a recount. Krajewski also has run for Vari Ous local offices never successfully. He joins sen. Hubert h. Humph Reyd Minn As the Only announced candidates for presidents far. Swiss firm sues rocket company los Angeles a a Swiss firm has filed suit for $3.1 million in . District court against the grand Central rocket co., of red lands Calif. The plaintiff is Oer Likon machine tool works administration co., with main offices in Zurich. Oer Likon contended that the red lands company failed to meet terms of the 1957 Sale of a Plant Ina s h e v i 11 a n.c., where defense items were built. Senate group sets quiz on housing veto Washington a chairman John j. Sparkman a Ala has announced that his Senate banking subcommittee will begin hearings thursday on president Eisen Hower s veto of the omnibus hous ing Bill. The president vetoed the Bill last week calling it extravagant and inflationary. He asked Congress to give him a less costly measure be fore it adjourns. Sparkman said the first wit Nesses at the hearing will be representatives of the housing and Home finance Agency. He said they would be asked to go Over the vetoed Bill line by line and to make Crystal Clear exactly what the president objects to and the reasons for his  action criticized i Hope the senator added that after these hearings the sub committee can determine whether to recommend passage of the Bill Over the president s veto or whether it should be modified in  Sparkman told the Senate  s veto message is not worthy of the place it will take in the official papers of the United  he led off a round of democratic speeches lambasting the message. It was unfair of those who know belter to have handed up to the president a recommendation for a message that is so filled with innuendo half truths error by commission and omission and thusly use of words More properly found in advertisements concocted on Madison Avenue Sparkman said. Cost estimated he said or. Eisenhower sought to give the impression that the spending authorized by the Bill forthe year ahead would be $2.2 Bil lion. Actually he said the Bill would increase the president s re quests for fiscal year 1960 by approximately $24 million.", democratic sponsors have Esti mated Cost of the two year pro Gram involved in the vetoed Billat $1,375,000,000. Congress has never overridden one of or. Eisenhower s vetoes. The vetoed housing Bill passed both the House and Senate Short of the two thirds majority Neces sary for overriding. Chances for salvaging the Bill without change appear slim. The House is expected to wait until the Senate acts. . Printers of contract new York up members of the new York typographical Union 6 have voted for acceptance of a new contract with 10 new York newspapers. The final vote of 236 of the Union s locals was 3,726 for and 2,769 against. The new contract contains a $7 weekly package increase Over a two year period and provides for arbitration of a disputed clause concerning resetting of local Dis play advertisements received by newspapers in plate or mat form. The contract is retroactive to dec,8.mrs. Roosevelt attacks de Sapio in italian new York a mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt has delivered her first radio address in italian. In the address she attacked car mine g. De Sapio a local political Leader in a broadcast on to i an italian language  and de Sapio Are feuding Over the leadership of the new York state organization of the democratic party. Arnold Hartley nov vice presi Dent,1 said mrs. Roosevelt s delivery on the tape recording was grammatically perfect italian. But like mrs. Roosevelt s French delivered in unmistakable american  mrs. Roosevelt told her audience she Learned italian As a Youn woman at school in England. De Sapio who is of italian de scent understands the language but does not speak it