European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse " " r tuesday july 21, 1?59 the stars and stripes Page 5 Ger Nofs hem Haw on 60, pick Nixon and us. Washington Cap the nation s governors we b May have a great Deal to say about the out come of the 1960 presidential Nomi nation scramble generally Are playing hard to get in the current jockeying. Of 45 governors who responded to an associated press canvass 24 said it is too Early to commit them selves to any potential candidate in. The nominating convention next summer. Among 14 democrats willing to take a Public position the Gover nors of Connecticut Massachusetts and Wyoming said they prefer sen. John f. Kennedy a mass. Gov. Gaylord a. Nelson of wis Consin named Kennedy Adlai e. Stevenson and sen. Hubert Humphrey a Minn As among the most Likely nominees without choosing among them. Gov. Albert 15. Rosellini of Washington added sen. Stuart Symington do to this list without stating any preference. Gov. James t. Blair jr., of mis Souri said he is for Symington. Gov. Orville l. Freeman of Minne Sota supports Humphrey. Gov. Ralph g. Brooks of Nebraska said he is for Stevenson twice the party s presidential nominee. I would not be surprised How Ever if the nominee were Symington Brooks said. Gov. A. B. Happy Chandler of Kentucky is an aspirant for the nomination As Are goes. G. Men Neri Williams of Michigan an Robert b. Meyner of new Jersey. Unlike the others who decline to express an opinion Chandler said he believes Stevenson will wind up As the nominee. Senate democratic Leader Lyra Don b. Johnson of Texas has the support of his Home state s gov. Price Daniel. Goes. Ernest Van diver of Georgia and o r v a 1 e. Faubus of Arkansas support sen. Richard b. Russell of Georgia. Although vice president Richard. Nixon generally is regarded As the front runner for the Republican nomination Only three gop governors were willing to give him Public support they Are goes. Harold w. Hand Ley of Indiana j. Hugo Aronson of Montana and John e. Davis of North Dakota. Clyde Brooks Chandler Rosellini Handley Daniel Nelson Freeman got a Steeple to install helicopters do Washington up no Tell ing what the helicopter will be used for next. Its Odd jobs so far have ranged from laying fire Hose to setting Church steeples in place. The aircraft industries Assn. Of America inc., has compiled a list of unusual uses to which the. Whirl Bird has been put and re ports that More than 140 firms Are flying helicopters commercially. Aside from its Normal use As passenger or cargo Carrier the helicopter has been adapted to a variety of lifting towing and drop Ping jobs that can t be handled any other Way. There was the matter of deliver ing a big pane of Glass to the 21stfloor of a new office building. It would t fit into an elevator soit was taken up by helicopter Sav ing the Cost of building a delivery scaffold. Lii to crippled plane in Louisiana a plane was Force Down in an isolated area and or 7dinarily would have been sur rendered to the elements. But helicopter picked it up and flew it to the nearest Landing strip. In California whirl Birds Are used to Lay fire Hose in forests putting it Down at. The rate of 1,000 feet per minute it also Wasin California that a prefabricated Church Steeple was picked up and installed by air. 4in Illinois a 3,000-Pound wooden Box was built then lowered by helicopter Over a 65-foot statue to protect it against the weather. Install rectal towers in several areas whirl Birds have been used to build High Metal. Towers and to install Neon signs. In Canada microwave Tow ers Are assembled on the ground then pulled erect by helicopters. The versatile aircraft have been used to Spray lakes in Montana for eradication of scavenger fish and to break ice in the far North. During tile korean War helicopters demonstrated Scheir value in the evacuation of wounded. No officials Are promoting their use As peacetime flying ambulances and have predicted that within a few years helicopter Landing pads May be installed on most of the nation s Large hospitals a tears in the Beer e vans Ville. 111. Up patrons of the b and c tavern cried in. Their Beer after a stranger walked Iri ordered a few drinks downed them then fired off. Two pen Type tear Gas bombs. No explanation for was Dis covered in a a act head raps demos on civil rights new York up Roy Wil coins executive Secretary of the National Assn. For the Advance ment of coloured people a act Las charged that on civil rights legislation the democrats in con press have produced a big round a Zero is not much of a plat form on which to ask votes Wil ins told a Polo grounds audience in the closing rally of the a act s 50lh anniversary convention. We know that the Republican party is not perfect and that it Lias its shifty operators also he said. Sonic gop traders he said some republicans had traded with the enemy and had failed to support the moderate but helpful Eisenhower administration proposals. If a change should be made Wilkins said at least we will have the men of the Republican party in states where we can vote for or against them according to their records. At present we can not vote for or against an East he referred to sen. James o. Eastlund a miss. Cites North hypocrisy Wilkins called for elimination of All inequalities in voting housing employment Public accommodation and education including an intensified Campaign to rid the North of cute Facto school segregation and other discrimination for the South is not the Only guilty party although it is Foll to argue that the South should not change because the North soften hypocritical on these issues Wilkins said. The snobbery of the North. Can not excuse the mobs and the bombs of dixie.". Gov. Christopher Del Sesto of Hode Island said he expects Ixon to win the nomination and believes Secretary of labor James p. Mitchell will be his running mate. Goes. Robert t. Stafford of ver Mont Mark o. Hatfield of Oregon and George d. Clyde of Utah Sai dither Nixon or gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller of Nevy York would Iuit them As the Republican nominee. On the democratic Side and Williams expressed he opinion that Rockefeller willbe the gop nominee. But 19 other governors said they think Nixon almost certain to get the prize. These included the Republican governors of Arizona Oregon North Dakota and Rhode Island and the democratic governors of Connecticut Georgia Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota mis Souri Nebraska Nevada new Mexico Oklahoma Pennsylvania Texas Washington West Virginia and Wyoming. The extent to which the demo cratic race is up in the air was illustrated by the fact that 20 of that party s governors declined to Del Systo make any Public Choice among the in this list were the governors of such politically strategic states As California Penn Sylvania and Ohio. On the Republican Side conspicuous holdouts included Rockefeller in new Orkand gov. William g. Stratton of Illinois who is regarded As a vice presidential hopeful along with the governors of Arizona and new Hampshire. Legion unit urges nonwhite members Hartford Conn. A the Connecticut department of the american legion has urged that the legion s fun making group the 40 & 8, open ifs ranks to non Whites. The department in its annual convention Here unanimously adopted a Resolution urging the National legion convention to extend membership in the 40 & 8 to All legionnaires. The National group will meet next month. State legion officials said Sim Ilar resolutions have been brought up in other state conventions but that very few have been adopted. Mouser retires Lawrence mass. A the Lawrence fire department held a fish dinner to Honor the retire ment after ten years service of its Nio user gent. Gent who be Gan work As a Kitten will live out his remaining Days at a nearby animal rest Home. Life in shelter can be fun says honeymooner Miami Honey mooning in a bomb shelter 12 feet underground can be fun the Bride and Melvin Minison re ported by Telephone on life in the 8-by-14-by-6 foot shelter at the half Way Mark of their two week Honey Moon underground. If they make it through sunday the maker of the bomb shelter has promised them a free honeymoon in Jamaica the manufacturer staged the stunt to prove the ease with which persons can live in the shelter. Of course we re going to get through of mrs. Minison said. It has t been too difficult so far she reported proudly she had passed one hurdle of married life. She said her husband thinks her cooking is of course everything comes from cans she said. If i can please him Down Here i guess it la be easy when we come she reported she and her Hus band tested the length of time they could go without their air intake pump operating Friday. The first three hours we did the things we normally do she noticed a Lack of Energy during the last three hours and rested most of the time. At the end of the six hour period both of us Felt a shortness ," she said. She said they go to bed about 11 pm arise in the mornings Between 7 and 8 30 and take a Nap after lunch. They listen to a portable radio during most of the time they Are awake. We be both taken up Oil paint ing though neither of us has Ever painted before mrs. Minison said. It s fun and really makes the hours
