European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 22, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 5 Medaris von Braun convinced space attempt reaffirms god9s existence a. _ a. -. Huntsville Ala. A will Man s first flight into space cast doubt on the existence of god two men closely associated with Ameri can space projects have taken special pains to answer that question. Their conclusion no. The men Are maj Gen John b. Medaris commander of the army ordnance missile come and Wernher von Braun the army s leading civilian scientist. Both Are stationed at Redstone Arsenal. Medaris and von Braun like Many other scientists measure their words carefully when they try to explain Why they believe Man s flight into space will not refute religious Dogma. In speeches both have tried to show the relation Between religion and the scientific and technological revolution hinging their remarks on the ten commandments As Man s  Episcopalian Medaris the ten commandments have guided men and brought them safely through the upheavals of the past. They should be the Rock of decision today and through All our to  von Braun a lutheran in his native Ger Many who attends an episcopal Church in Hunt Sillje says think it is a fair As sumption that the ten commandments Are entirely adequate without amendments to Cope with All the problems the techno logical revolution not Only has brought up but will bring up in the  Medaris says he believes scientific and Vance has been made with the Grace of god. He told a recent meeting of army chaplains it is my own belief. That the door would have closed in our faces if what we Are attempting contravened god s design. Our first Steps into the vacuum of space he says have re emphasized the Beauty and order of creation. And have verified the natural Laws which govern All  von Braun stressing the compatibility of religion and science says he thinks Goodwill always be evident to Man no matter what scientific wonders Are unfolded. Nature around us still harbours Many thousand times More unsolved than solved mysteries and for All our scientific enlightenment we know More mysteries today than when the technological revolution began von Braun said. France Germany play musical ships the French liner liberte right \ formerly the German liner Europa lies., at us new York berth next to the German liner Bremen once the French transport Pasteur. Europa was turned Over to the French at the end of world Wiir Bias part of German reparations payments Gemen free speech charged in Acle petition Washington up the american civil liberties Union has renewed its attack on the Housun american activities committee. The Acle announced it has filed two new Legal briefs challenging the constitutionality of the committee. Both charged the com Mittee had infringed on Freedom of speech _ and association while Joan o Brien Hollywood a Joan o Brien 23, whom Lawrence Welk tried to hire when she was 14, will be the bubbly band Leader s first in a Serles of new Champagne ladies. Miss o Brien now making the Grade As an actress said Welk had hired her to appear saturday night As replace ment for Alice Lon. Miss Lon quit the band last sat urday in a Squab ble. With Welk. He said that miss Lon one of the mainstays of the popular show o Brien " showed too much knee on a recent show. Miss o Brien who Sang daily for four years with Bob Crosby s daytime to Ishow said Welk asked her to be his Champagne lady nine years ago. The negotiations fell through she recalled a when he found put was Only 14 years  miss o Brien said she is. Inter ested in a permanent Job As Cham pagne lady but has been hired for Hunting  Acle petitioned the . Supreme court for a hearing in the Case of Lloyd Barenblatt for Mer psychology instructor at Vas car College. His conviction for con tempt of Congress was upheld by the supreme court june 8.Barenblatt, on first amendment grounds refused to answer the mouse committee s question about alleged communist associations while he was a student at the University of Michigan. The Acle urged the supreme court to reconsider its jailing in the Barenblatt Case that legislative investigations into communism were proper because the nation interest in defending itself against communism was greater than the individual s interest in not disclosing his political associations. Minister founder of i am american day9 Dies at w san Diego Calif. A the founder of i am an american Day is dead. The Rev. A. Watson Brown 80, collapsed and died shortly after he finished teaching a sunday school class in nearby. National  Rev. Brown was the retired pastor of the first Baptist Church in National City and had served other churches in Marshall Mich. Covina and Sacramento Calif. He conceived the idea of i am an american Day in 1937, pro posing to the sons of the Ameri can revolution that a Day be set aside to Honor those who became citizens through naturalization president Roosevelt officially pro claimed the Observance soon after missile Industry forecasts trends in coming decade by Elton c. Fay Washington a fuels for sending men and missiles into space can become 50 per cent More powerful in the next decade than present propellants Industry experts predict. Nuclear or exotic fuels they said could increase the thrust of big Booster rockets fourfold. This report by technical committees of the aerospace industries Assn. Is an annual forecast of trends in the aeronautics and mis Sile Field Over a 10-year  Are some of the other fore casts the continuous flight Speed of manned planes flying in the atmosphere won t go much beyond 2,500 to 2/700 Mph. At that Speed the skin of the plane will be heated by friction with the air to about2,000 degrees fahrenheit so hot that Ordinary metals would Bend or melt the abrasive effect of Micro meteorite dust in space on the skins of vehicles is under stud for prediction of the probability of encounter and result of  an artificial Environ ment in which Man can live while travelling in a space vehicle an devising Means of escaping and surviving after a vehicle gets into trouble is a critical problem. Along with the fuel problems Are those of lubrication. Ordinary oils and greases wont do for the terrific spin and precision require Din gyroscopes and other guidance equipment. Suspending bearing san electromagnetic Fields or Lubrica Ting with gases must be  gases will be used in subzero housings for the bearings. Dog gets charge out of Captivity Carmi 111. Up a wind storm proved a shocking experience to Flint a Boxer  dog s owner had fastened him to a television Tower Guy wire with a Chain. As the Tower swayed in the wind it shorted against a live wire giving Flint a Jolt each time it made Contact. He broke away and suffered no ill effects. Of base kills costly frills Washington up a con Gressman reported Victory in his Battle with the air Force Over what he called costly frills planned for a new base in wisc on . Henry s. Reuss a wis said he had been notified that the air Force will not build either Squash court or an indoor swim Ming Pool at Bong air Force  projects had aroused the Alejj Slator s ire. Besides eliminating the Squash and indoor Reuss Pool estimated to Cost nearly $250, 000, Reuss said the air Force had satisfactorily explained to him other facilities he had questioned. These included a turkish Bathand Massage room if shops and Bowling  air Force said the steam Massage room would Hae a therapeutic value in reducing nervous tension and fatigue of air Crews the Bowling alleys would be self. Supporting through fees and the i i shops were misnamed because they really were workshops for manual crafts. " Reuss who had debated the merits of the. Projects on the House floor said he was informed of the revisions by John m. Ferry special assistant for installations to air Force Secretary James h. Douglas. Belle books and channels lawmaker saves a future voter Washington up a congressman was out $5, a Little girl and her dog were pals again ands two Akron Ohio librarians were free to destroy two books in support of red tape. Rep. William h.  a Ohio is the Congress Man. The Story started when he got a Pencil written letter on ruled Tablet paper from Patricia c. Vaughn of  of. Ayres/.1 Patricia wrote. I am 8 years old and i am very sorry to trouble  last May she related she got two books fro the Maple Valvey Public Library in Akron the Happy Prince and other tales and wicked John and the  it seemed Patricia s Puppy liked books As Well As Patricia he chewed the Corners of the bindings. The pages were undamaged however and Patricia assured the congressman the Puppy was not to  Patricia  by the librarians that she mus saturday no get Only _ f"7 " Jay $670-for the books. She started out to earn the Money since daddy said i must work and pay for these books to teach me a   15 cents a Day for washing break fast dishes she wrote. She also mowed lawns and swept floors and earned finally $5. Another Check at the Library showed that Patricia could t have the books even when she did pay the$6,70. She said she was told they were government property and would be , sir she asked Ayres is there something you could do that these books could be Given to me. I. Worked so hard for them. I have Learned my lesson to respect other Peoples property and i will never forget it As Long As i  wrote head librarian Russell Munn in Akron and got the same answer. Munn said he had no authority to sell Trie books. Ayres decided on the direct approach. He ordered the books from a Washington Bookstore and Patricia should get them  Cost five dollars or $2,50 each. All they know is they want Pink Richmond a. Up Rich mond s two new High schools Are to be built with Pink Brick. But authorities Are having a difficult time deciding what color Pink actually is. One school Board member thought the Sample Brick looked Orange. Another said it looked Salmon. An other said Tan. Several Brick firms were requested to build about 10 Small Walls to give the Board a better idea of the samples. Movie comedian Fox Dies Hollywood a Harry Fox 76, vaudeville and movie comedian died at the motion picture country House in suburban Woodland Hills. He had been ill three years. Fox was the husband of former screen Star Evelyn Brent and at one time was married to. Yanscik Dolly of the famed Dolly Sisters