European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse European edition weather forecast fair to partly Cloudy with . High 85, Low co. Air weat Lier service the stars and ripes darkness in Berlin six army and air Force men Iberlin have switched from greens and blues to the Earth Brown uni forms of the soviet army. Only As actors however. See Page 11. Army Navy air Force unofficial publication of the . Armed forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East volume is number 93 5 cents Dally 10 cents sunday monday july 20, 1959 � . Output far above i expectations Washington Gap National output in the first Quarter of this year was de ported by. The Commerce department sunday Tov have reached a rate exceeding $470 billion a year. This was$3. Billion More Titan had been estimated previously ,. The new figures suggested that second Quarter production on Wlinich the first official estimate will appear Early next week May have reached a rate of $482 billion annually or More. The rapidity of the business re covery shown by the revised figures makes it a probability rather than an outside possibility that the american Economy will pass the half trillion Dollar production rate in the last Quarter of1959. Strike May affect figures As recently As two months ago most government economists had not expected the $500 billion Mark would be reached until the Middle of 1960. The target could be missed How Ever if the steel strike lasts so Long that factories run out of their stockpiles and begin to slash production schedules or shut Down. The revised production n figures were issued by the Commerce department a office of business economics and will appear in the july Issue of the department s monthly Survey of current Busi new statistics show that the Impact of the business recession on National income and production was smaller last year than had been supposed. The Gross National product the Dollar value of All goods and services produced was reported at .$441.5 Bulion in 1958. This was Only $1 billion below the Peak of cont. On Pacieri col. 8 tanks on move in Baghdad tanks pass through Baghdad during recent fighting in Kirkuk province where reports soy 90 were killed. Up Burlie asserts carriers will always be needed Minneapolis a the Navy s chief of operations said Here missiles will undoubtedly take Over in future fixed target warfare but asserted there always will be a need for aircraft carriers. Adm Arleigh a. 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Mediator sets talks in steel Union strike Pittsburgh up. The United steelworkers and the major steel companies held fast to their divergent positions sunday As the government prepared to make a new Effort to end the walkout of 500,000 workers. Joseph f. Finnegan head of the . Mediation and conciliation service scheduled separate meet Ings in new York monday with top bargained s for the Union and the 12 major steel companies which make up Thev Industry s steering committee. Other reconnaissance missions. In Minneapolis to act As grand Marsha of the e City s Parade Burke told a press conference. That conversion of the american Fleet to nuclear Power is under Way but won t be completed for a Long time. He said nuclear vessels in the water and under construction include 42 submarines a Cruiser a frigate and an aircraft Carrier. Burke said the Polaris missile have a 1,500-mile Range should almost certainly be operational by the fall of 1960. He credited the Goth and 7th fleets in the Mediterranean and far East areas with being effective deterrents to the communist threat. Burke said these fleets worry the communists because each of them has american Power ready and Able to thwart communist sex fighting flares in iraqi area Kassim says from press dispatches Beirut iraqi Premier Abdul Karim Kassim confirmed sunday that fighting broke out in the Kirkuk province last appealed to the nation to avoid Blind fanaticism that might Lead to further internal mentioning communists by name but obviously with them in mind Kassim declared there Are those who say there must be no Liberty or Freedom for the enemies of the people. I Tell them that the enemies of the people Are known Only to the lawful authorities. They cannot be known to individuals scattered Here and there. Says 90 killed. I personally will protect All the people. I defend the people and the army stands ready to pounce upon the enemies of the the Premier s speech carried by radio Baghdad followed reports hat 90 persons have been killed n an outbreak of fighting Between communists and anti communists n Kirkuk. National broadcasting co. Cor respondent Welles Hangen reported trom Baghdad that sporadic shoot ing continued in Kirkuk. He also reported isolated incidents in the port of Basra and the Central euphrates area. Hangen said Kassim told him 50 treated for smoke in . Subway fire new York a a fire broke out sunday in a subway Tunnel under the East River. Fifty passengers were taken to hospitals to be treated for smoke poisoning. Saturday night that the fighting was just a simple misunderstand considered serious however Hangen reported most Western observers feel that this is the most serious outbreak since the Mosul uprising. The reds observers believe Are trying to provoke Kassim into open War Hope to exploit. Earlier radio Baghdad carried an army proclamation stating that a special committee of inquiry had been sent to Kirkuk to investigate and uncover the per Petra according to the reports a Battle Between hundreds of turkmen and the people s resistance forces and kurd reportedly broke out in Kir Kuk taking at least 50 lives. Women and children fled for Refuge in a Hilltop fortress in the Center of the town. Abdul Karim Kassim Colorado fire Burns Forest Mancos Colo. Up about 200 firefighters battled a fire that has blackened 4,000acres of the Mesa verde National southwestern Colorado. Forest in Cabinet awaits Castro return Havana a the Way appeared Clear sunday for the return of Cuba s strongman Fidel Castro to the premiership Wlinich he re signed Friday in the move that forced Manuel Urrutia out of. The presidency. The Cabinet meeting for the first time under the new president Osvaldo Dorticos Tornado see profile on Page i approved a motion not to accept Castro s resignation. Thus so far As the Cabinet arid president Are concerned Castro still is the Castro s last words on the matter saturday on a television program were that he had not made up his mind to return. It is expected however that Castro will either return to his Job or pick a successor who will relay his directives. New heat wave steams Germany Froin press dispatches Frankfurt parts of Germany steamed in a new heat wave Sun , with a Reading of 90 degrees was the hottest spot while Heidelberg registered 88, and Frankfurt 86 other readings Stuttgart 81, Kaiserslautern and Ulm 77, and Munich and Karls Ruhe 75,North Germany however remained cooler and temperatures there were Between-,.70 and 80 de Grees. Forest and Brush fires continued to plague the German state of Northern Saxony. In Austria heavy rain kept floodwaters High. Austrian Railroad officials said the Vienna Salzburg line will not be Back in use before destroyed a railway Bridge at Redl on the Vienna Salzburg line last Denmark a severe drought entered its 15th week. Officials estimated it eventually would Cost Farmers $85.4 million. Tourist crowded. Rome was Cool ing off at the end of the Day after temperatures soared into the mid 90s. Pope John Xxiii left swelter ing Rome to spend the next three months at the cooler papal sum Mer Palace at caste Gandolfo
