European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                \ t to to � a Liru Sychev ies nordic trip from Tress dispatches Stockholm Russia Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev blaming an unfavourable atmosphere in scandi Navia has postponed indefinitely his scheduled three week visit to four nordic na-tions.,. Similar notes to the swed ish norwegian danish and finnish envoys in Moscow monday announced the postponement. The notes accused the scandinavian press and several leading politicians of conducting an anti russian Campaign and attacking Khrushchev personally. Now in Poland Khrushchev was to have begun his highly publicised tour aug. 9. Now on tour in Poland the so Viet Leader has made no Public comment on the reasons for abandoning the scandinavian trip. Commenting on the postpone ment danish Premier h. C. Han sen said the danish press is not government controlled and that the danish government cannot al Low itself to try to influence the cont. On Pace col. 1 Ike asks curb on spending Washington a president Eisenhower spoke out again Mon Day against skyrocketing Federal spending. He urged that Congress act responsibly in providing funds for water resources projects. In a letter to. Rep. John Taber  president took note of increases voted by the Senate and the House in an appropriation Bill financing Public works projects for the current fiscal year ending june 30, i960. The president said he had urged that no extra funds be provided to Start new projects this year. Welfare of people it is my firm judgment the president wrote that the present and future welfare of the Ameri can people requires that the sky rocketing of Federal spending be stopped. If we Are to provide Ade quate Security for our country meet our Domestic and International responsibilities and stil avoid the continuing inflation which results from higher and higher budget expenditures leading to deficits we must avoid committing ourselves to larger and larger expenditures in future  the Public works appropriation Bill now is in a Senate House con Ferince seeking a Compromise be tween the $1,185,906,259 recommended by the House and the $1,265,565, 559 voted by the Senate. The presi Dent s original request for All projects in the Bill was for $1,185,406, 259. European edition the stars and stripes a a sirs ships army Navy air Force unofficial publication of the . Armed forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East weather forecast fair t � partly Cloudy with . High 88, Low of. Air i Miller service volume 18, number 94 5 cents daily 10 cents sunday d tuesday july 21, 1959 easy if you have friends Dennis Janis 14, Arrow tried climbing Down a freeway stanchion in Buffalo n.y., found the drainpipe exit More frightening than it had looked from above. Firemen helped him Down. A personal income in . Hits new record peal Washington a personal income of americans climbed injure to a record rate of $382.9 Bil lion a year. This is More than $l1,i billion higher than the May rate. The Commerce department said the Rise was chiefly a reflection of higher wage and salary payments due to stepped up hiring by Industry and a lengthening work week in factories. $12.5 billion fiscal deficit is $330 million under estimate Washington a the government announced that its deficit for fiscal 1959, which ended june 30, was $12 a billion a peacetime record. Even so the deficit was $330 Mil lion less than president Eisen Hower had estimated it would be in his budget message to Congress in january. Secretary of the Treasury Robert b. Anderson and budget director Maurice h. Stans said that preliminary totals at the fiscal year end showed receipts of $68,158,000, 000 and expenditures of $80,699, 000,000. Income was $158 million greater than had been foreseen six months ago and expenditures were $172 million less. Both figures were far off from the original budget estimates submitted to Congress for fiscal 1959 in january 1958. At that time a half billion Dollar surplus was foreseen with expenditures at $73.9 billion and receipts at $74.4 billion. The recession of 1957-58 Cut deeply into personal income and corporation tax collections while government outlays Rose partly because of anti recession spending. The report of the Rise in personal income followed a weekend report from the department that National output in the first Quarter of 1959 reached a rate exceeding $470 Bil lion a year. The term personal income As used by government economists includes All payments to individual wages salaries rents dividends Etc. Wage and salary payments in june were $1.3 billion higher than a month earlier and a gain of nearly 12vi billion in annual rate from the january figure. On the other hand government Transfer payments unemployment compensation and other fed eral payments which surged up Ward in the business recession dropped from the May figure. The Prospect is that the Stee strike will Cut deep into the wag and salary payments for july when the next personal income report is issued a month hence. Closing stocks new York and Tho Stock Market slumped for the third straight Day monday. Steels rails and motors led the decline. Geneva talks stymied after 2 plans fail Geneva a the Western Powers monday denounced Russia s German plan As totally unacceptable and brought in a counter plan of their own. The russian promptly rejected it. Thus As the eighth week of the Geneva foreign minister conference on Germany began East and West were As dead locked As Ever. The question of a Stopgap Berlin settlement Vas shelved for the Day while ministers from East and West talked about plans or unifying divided Germany. The talk boiled Down to ibis the West insisted that German unification must be brought about of the big four Powers. The soviet Union on its part in isted that reunification must be see photo on Paye Leahy 84, Dies of stroke at Bethesda Washington a Admiral the Fleet William Daniel Leahy wartime chief of staff to presiden Loosevelt died monday. Worked out by the germans them selves. These were positions that Lave been held for Many years. It was a Busy Day for the minis ters Russia s Andrei a. Gromyko Britain s Selvyn Lloyd Maurice Couve de Murville of France and Hristian a. Herter of the . They met at lunch for 2 i hours cont. On Page col. 5 West offers Etier a Etan staffs Geneva a the . And Britain took a big step monday towards a nuclear test ban com Promise with Russia by offering to permit control posts on soviet territory to be staffed two thirds by communist appointed person Nel. The offer described by . Ambassador James j. Wadsworth As see Story on Page. 2 a Milestone in the 8-month-old con Ference immediately received cautious Praise from soviet Dele Gate Semyon Tsarapkin. Tsarapkin said it was a step Forward in the negotiations but he also indicated that it did not go far enough toward the soviet position. Wadsworth and British Delegate sir Michael Wright told Tsarapkin the Western offer was a thus far and no farther move to Ward the original soviet self inspection proposals. Tsarapkin s last position on this Long disputed Issue was that All but four of the approximately 30 cont. On Pace 2jf, col. 2 japanese reportedly plan 2 deluxe ships Tokyo a plans Are re ported under Way to build two 33, 400-ton japanese deluxe Ocean Lin ers in time for the 1964 Tokyo olympics games. The two ships reportedly wll Cost $31,944,444 each. They Wil carry 1,200 passengers each 200 first class and 1,000 tourist class Cabins will be air conditioned. Adm William d. Leahy a Veteran naval officer a Diplo mat and senior adviser to the White House he was 84. The Navy said death resulted from a cerebral vascular Accident see profile on Page 2 the usual medical term for a stroke. Death took place at the Navy Cen Ter in Bethesda my. President Eisenhower issued this statement in the passing of adm Williana d. Leahy the nation has lost an outstanding american and i have lost a close personal Friend. As a naval officer and a Diplomat Leahy dedicated his life to the service of his country in War and in peace. Mrs. Eisenhower and i join with the people of America in mourn ing his  the president issued an executive order directing that flags on All Federal buildings grow ads and naval vessels be flown at half staff until Leahy s burial. After Roosevelt s death Leahy continued As senior military adviser to president Truman a Post lie resigned in March 1949. He continued As an adviser to successive secretaries of the Navy until recently when his health began to fail