European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Of his tuesday july 21, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 7 i k it 1 another Bolt 6 Miles away injures 4 lightning kills four at Beach in Bronx new York a lightning struck in the picnic grounds of crowded. Orchard Beach in the Bronx killing three men and a woman. About six Miles away near the Bronx zoo another Bolt of Light Ning injured four persons. The dead were Antonio Moya 28, of the Bronx Paul Joannides 57, and his wife Despina is of the Bronx and a Man tentatively identified As Pedro Rivera. Huge crowd police estimated 100,000 persons had thronged to the Beach before the sky began to Darken and Thun Der rumbled. The crowd scattered to seek shelter. Moya s death was witnessed by his wife Rosamelia a stepdaughter Mary 10, and a Friend mrs. Carmen Colon 21. Mrs. Colon said Moya had started for a bus Stop shelter with the others when he remembered he had left his guitar under a tree. She said he rushed Back to. Get it when the Bolt crashed Down on him. Tiro from sky there was a big Light like electricity from the sky mrs. Colons id. It was like fire from the sky. I heard a big noise locked up then i looked Down and i saw injured by the Orchard b Eta c h lightning was Zacharias Christopher of Corona Queens. He was treated for Burns of his left Handi. He said. Or. Arid mrs. Joannides were his cousins in another part of the Bronx at the Edge of the Bronx zoo a Bolt of lightning ripped into a tree and injured Salvatore Pel Rocia 20, and Dom Inick Miglizzi .31, both of the Bronx Frederick j. Hugue 43, of Southport a conn., and his son Richard 6. Police said Migliozzi s Chest was branded by the lightning with a pattern resembling that of a tree Twig with several leaves attached. The injured were taken to Ford Ham Hospital. On june 6, two children were killed when lightning struck a tree in Central Park. Four other Mem Bers of the same family were injured. Chandler asks Butler 10 abolish demo Council of advisers Frankfort by. Up Kentucky gov. A. B. Chandler has recommended that democratic National chairman Paul m. Butler abolish the. Democratic advisory Council and restore its functions to the democratic National committee. The Council which includes such prominent democrats As former president Truman and twice presidential nominee Adlai e. Stevenson Keating raps Harriman Moscow talks -. Washington a sen. Ken Neth b. Keating . Said Averell Harriman May have Bee taken in by the i s m o o t h talk of soviet Premier Nikita is Khrushchev in their re cent talk at , in a television p r o Gram made the comment in re plying to a ques Tion As to whether Keating he agreed it might be of value to give the East German communist regime a de Facto acceptance Short of Diplo Matic Don t think much of it keat ing said. It sounds to me As though Khrushchev sold our sex governor a Bill of Harriman former democratic governor of new York suggested last week that the Berlin crisis might be settled if the . Would extend some form of limited recognition to the East German regime. Fabricated crisis Keating said Khrushchev manufactured the Berlin crisis for three reasons first he wants us to recognize the East German regime second he wants to get us out of Berlin and third he wants a communist dominated All German govern Why should we help him achieve his first objective keat ing asked. We d be directly undermining the Adenauer govern ment just to mention one Conse furthermore he said when Secretary of state Christian a. Herter is negotiating at Geneva Over these very issues with Amer ican firmness and strength As his main diplomatic weapon this Busi Ness of handing the russians a propaganda tooth transplant a Success was created by Butler to speak on party policy Between National conventions. In a letter to Butler the Ken Tucky governor said it was a mat Ter of some distress to me that you and your associates liquidated the National committee and virtually destroyed its influence in party matters i feel quite strongly on this Point having been a member of the democratic National commit tee nearly 25 years ago. No useful purpose i have always Felt. That the party ought to speak Between conventions through its National com Mittee. I think the creation of the advisory Council which has virtually assumed the management of the party s affairs under your direction has not served a useful purpose and has not been beneficial to the party s plans or Prog Ress. The establishment of the advisory Council has alienated a great Many democrats in the House an Senate and has. Caused unnecessary friction Between democrats All Over the country. I think we would All be much better off if you would liquidate the advisory Council and let the National committee manage the party s affairs Between National conventions Chandler concluded. Sunspot rays Calle d another peril in space Minneapolis up scientists studying solar flares which disrupted world radio communications revealed they have discovered deadly Sunspot rays which could kill space travellers. John r. Winkler University of Minnesota physicist said the Low Energy cosmic rays packed 500 Mil lion volts and p r o b 1 e a to posed a serious Long Range space or. Samuel Vav. Leslie a Toronto Canada physician and dentist has reported the first successful transplant of Teeth. He told scientific conference in London he had made three transplants from one person to another. Associated press photo doctor tells of Man s hair turning White in 3 weeks new York up a doctor who saw the seemingly impossible happen wants medical science to find out How it happened. He Sawa Man s dark Brown hair turn White within three weeks. How can that be when hair i without nerve or blood Supply asked or. Alfred j. Ephraim of Brooklyn. Once a hair Shaft informed it would seem extremely difficult for any body process whether physical or emotional to Rob it of its color quickly. Not serious although Ephraim s Man was 63and old enough to be White haired he retained the richly pigmented hair of his youth. The emotional undoubtedly entered into its Quick whitening because the Man had had a frightening experience just before it happened. He fell Down a flight of subway stairs. The physical results were not serious. He broke a wrist bumped his head but never lost conscious Ness. Nor did the emotional result seem anything since he did t Takeso much As a Day off from his Job. Yet the a whitening began almost at once. Ephraim dismissed any idea that the Man had been dyeing his hair All along and had neglected to re new the Dye Job after the Accident. He knew the Man Well and he was t a Man who would kid his doctor along Ephraim said. Convinced of the reality of it Ephraim searched the medical literature. Since 1800, there were 26 reported cases in which the hair whitened suddenly after fright excitement or mental stress. An there were 14 reported cases of it happening during severe organic illnesses. Many of these deserve to retreated with scepticism but All can t be laughed off he said. Navy cargo plane subs for Stork in airborne delivery Oakland Calif. A Anne Mary Lunt was t listed As passenger when the Navy cargo plane took off from Anchorage Alaska but miss Lunt who weighs All of 7 pounds 6 ounces became one while the plane was in flight. Mrs. Watson Lunt wife of Anavy Ensign gave birth to Anne while the plane flew Over the Gulf of Alaska. Lunt of mount desert mo., paced the aisle of the plane. It j. J. Robinson was the at tending physician assisted by it cmdr Margaret Dwenger a Navy nurse. It was a wonderful flight said mrs. Lunt at Oakland naval Hospi Tal. The emergency flight was arranged because of complications in her pregnancy. Flights. Winkler and his fellow scientist based their findings on a dozen flights of instrument carrying bal loons As High As 120,000 feet More than 24 Miles above the Earth s surface. We made some estimates of the dosage and you would possibly get a lethal dose in a few Days if the intensity stayed up to our measure ments Winkler said. Flares spots connected although sunspots and Sunfla Resare not the same Phenomena scientists believe they Are connected. The sunspots Are actually on the Sun s surface and the flares recreated by the magnetic Fields set up by the sunspots. The lethal cosmic rays Are sent out in the flares. But it was t known that it occurred so often because of the fact that this kind of outburst is Only detected at High altitudes Wink Ler said. Heavy bombardment scientists from Minnesota and other universities have been engaged in intensive study of solar flares which have bombarded the Earth s atmosphere with subatomic particles during the past six latest bombardment one Oft the heaviest in Many years sub sided after knocking out communications Over a vast area of the world. 1,000 in . Mourn Singer Billie Holiday new York a More than thousand mourners showed up to pay final tribute to jazz Singer Billie Holiday within an hour and a half after the funeral parlor opened. The body of the 44-year-old negro Singer who died Friday of heart failure Lay in a Chapel just a few blocks from the 52d Street night plus where she reigned As a jazz Queen More than a decade ago. Head on crash kills wife son of editor Waxahachie Tex. A the wife and teen age son of the Politi Cal editor of the Dallas news Allen Duckworth were killed in a head on Auto collision near Here. Allen Duckworth jr., and his Mother were driving to Austin Tex., when the crash occurred. One of the occupants of the other car mrs. Billy Standard of Killeen Tex., was killed. Her husband was injured seriously. The not Green just dirty Philadelphia up Philadelphia Park commission fire Walter Kircher 59, As a Gardener because he did t have a greenthumb.". Boy figures9 Way to retrieve s stolen car new York a do you know the License number of your car Fred , who is Only 7 years old knew the License number of his Mother s car. It had been stolen and Young Fred was almost solely responsible for getting Witback. It happened like this Fred boarded a bus from his Riverside drive Home Here to ride to a Yonkers ., Day Camp. Sud Denly he let out a yelp that s my Mother s car that was stolen from in front of our House i he pointed to a Sedan parked along the drive. Are you sure the Driver Aske the boy. Sure i m sure. See that s our License number. I Learned it when we first got the Fred phoned his Mother with a dime Lent him by the Driver and she phoned police. It was the right car. I d know that License plate any place commented Fred
