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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 25, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 7 three Auto firms report booming business for 59 new York up three major automobile producers have re ported one of their most prosperous periods in history. Chrysler corp., America s third largest Auto maker american motors corp. And Studebaker Packard corp. Announced Multi million Dollar  evidence of booming production in the Auto business was revealed when the Ford motor co.,he Industry s second ranking pro Ducer reported record earning during the first half of 1959. Chrysler reported its six months earnings ending june 30 totaled$58 million or $6.65 per share. This compared with a net loss of $25 million a year  motors announced its earnings almost quadrupled to$49,599,962 or $8.36 a share in the nine months ended june 30. Stude Baker Packard reported a Sharp gain to $12,073,281 or $1.87 a share against a net loss of $13,314,164 a year ago. Fprd reported earnings of $285,900,000 As production bounced Back to near record Levels from re cession Ridden 1958. Earnings were equal to $5.22 a  Small cars of american motors and Studebaker Packard played a big part in the perform Ance of these companies during he first half and the experts look for Small cars to play.  bigger role when the big three Auto makers introduce their models Ater this year. These incl deum s Corvair Ford s Falcon and Chrysler s valiant. Buried in Arlington military rites Washington up Fleet adm William d. Leahy wartime chief of staff to presidents Roose velt and Truman and senior . Military officer until his death monday was buried in Arlington National cemetery with full Mili tary honors. Burial in a plot beside his late wife followed a funeral service atthe National Cathedral which was attended by friends and officials military leaders and diplomats. President Eisenhower and vice president Richard m. Nixon were represented at the episcopal serv ices by capt Peter Aurand the president s naval aide. Exponent of battleship Leahy an old sea dog to the last and exponent of the battleship Navy in the 1930s, died of a Cere bral Hemm Orage in the Bethesda md., naval medical Center. Leahy was 84. His death left general of the army George c. Marshall 79, As the nation s rank ing officer. The Cathedral service was per formed by Navy chaplain capt John b. Zimmerman. Then the funeral cortege wound its Way through Rock Creek Park to Arlington cemetery. The casket was transferred to a Caisson at the cemetery Gates and the procession marched slowly to the graveside 50 Yards from Lee mansion the landmark overlooking the Potomac River and Washington. 19-gun Salute paced to the slow March of a 450man military escort from All the services 19 guns boomed their fare Well Salute. An eight Man Rifle team fired three volleys Over the grave and taps echoed Back across the cemetery Leahy s nearest survivor in at Tendance at the ceremony was Hisson rear adm William h. Leahy commander of the Norfolk naval shipyard at Portsmouth a. Bank bandits wound 2 cops. Pittsburgh a two bandits held up a suburban Bank and wounded two policemen injun Battle Here after they were trapped. One Bandit was captured and the other  of the policemen was re ported in serious condition. Theother was not believed wounded seriously. The men escaped from the Bank with an estimated $50,000. It was recovered. Ike defends right to hold Back some reports from Congress Central High Back in business chevrol6t production passes million Mark Detroit up Chevrolet be came the1 first american car pro Ducer to pass the one million production Mark during. The 1959model year by turning out 39,600 new cars this week automotive news  Trade paper said this week s production boosted Chevrolet total for the year to 1,010,545. . Production this week totalled 125, 223 units a slight drop from last week s 127,502. Gears catch hold Motorist for hour Dallas a Windshield wiper gears caught Sam f. Jolly by his left thumb and held him in pain for an hour. Jolly 56, and victim of a hear condition started his car engine and Lay Down under the steering wheel while tinkering with the wiper mechanism. Suddenly he got his thumb caught in the  wife inside the House could not hear his cries. Shev came out a half hour later found him pinned ran to the Street and flagged Down a Motorist l. F. Wall. Wall shut off the Auto engine but they could t free the thumb and phoned the sheriff s office. Most of the wiper Assembly had to be taken apart to free Jolly. Jessie mat Evvs principal of Little Rock Central High school Wel comes students arriving to Register for the fall semester. Gov. Orvale. Faubus closed the school last year to halt integration. It s Good to ivc customers again Mathews snit. Up photo mixed registration goes peacefully at Little Rock one against the Birds Birmingham Ala. Up mayor James w. Morgan said that pigeons have become such a prob Lem in one City Park that he has received a request for a parasol renting Concession. Little Rock Ark. A registration of negroes at former All White Public High schools including one in fashionable Pulaski Heights picked up As sophomores began enrolling. The third Day of registration continued peacefully. Early enrolment of Sophomore included eight negroes at Central High school and one at Hall High situated in Little Rock s upper in come area. Hall has never been integrated. The registrations increased to 19 the number of negroes who have enrolled at Central and Hall since the Start of registration. I some other negroes have picked Mother love tries after science Bridgeport Conn. A a Mother s love has a Power modern medical science sometimes can t . Carmelo Vasquez believes this with All her heart and Hopes her love and Devotion will bring her 3-year-old son out of a  s been five weeks since Little Nelson Vasquez was struck by a car and taken to Bridgeport Hospital with a fractured Skull. The parents an child were Here on a visit from their new York . Until a few Days ago he Lay inert unaware and unresponsive beyond the reach of the doctors who. Used every technique they could think of touring him to consciousness then his nurses noticed the tight Little body seemed to relax when he was rocked fondled an Sung to softly. This gave the physicians an idea and last week mrs. Vasquez was told How she might help. For the last six Days the woman has been spend ing Long periods with Nelson holding him closely and crooning. There have been encouraging signs. He has cried As Normal children do and she tears. Now he can eat from a spoon he used to be fed by tube. His eyes Are beginning to focus. He laughed for the first  doctors Are optimistic but cautious. It is too Early for them to make any predictions and they add that the coma is still unbroken. Up forms and taken them away without registering. Seventeen year old William nor Wood was the first of his race to report to Hall which serves predominantly White area contain ing some of the City s most expensive Homes. Boundary changed later a negro girl who refused to identify herself to reporters registered at Hall. A new Little Rock school Board which has announced its intent to open All schools this fall but to Usea Pupil assignment act to minimize court ordered integration has altered the Hall attendance area so i now takes an estimated 25 or 30 negroes of High school age. Norwood lives in this newly added Section. Extreme segregationists have taunted White residents of the Hall area saying they were willing to accept school integration for other sections of the City but not for their own. Five negro seniors signed up a Central As the Board started registration. One of the girls who registered at Central was. Carlotta Walls 17 one of the nine negroes whose federally supervised integration Central in 1957-58, led gov. Orva e. Faubus to close All High school last september. Sets Forth stand after skirmish with reporter Washington a the White House has reiterated the View that it has authority to withhold from Congress certain inspection reports and other documents prepared for use within a department or Agency. Its position was set Forth in a let Ter from Gerald d. Morgan Deputy assistant to president Eisenhower to Clark Mollenhoff correspondent for the Des Moines Register and Tribune and the Minneapolis Star and . Eisenhower had flared up when Mollenhoff asked him at a july 15 news conference a ques Tion about secrecy in government operations. Mollenhoff said then there had been suggestions in Congress that secrecy might cover up fraud an mismanagement. He asked or. Eisenhower How he squared the situation with Laws requiring publication of information and with his own sworn duty to uphold the Constitution. Resents implication nor. Eisenhower replied that he resented the implication that any fraud was being hidden. He Tol Mollenhoff to submit his question in  said he wrote or. Eisenhower following the news con Ference incident that some committees of Congress have complained that the doctrine of executive privilege has been used income instances to hide what the committee called mismanagement fraud and other improprieties. Morgan in his reply to Mollen Hoff s letter said or. Eisenhower s position has not changed since he vote on the same subject last ear to rep. Clare Hoffman r Vulich. Morgan quoted or. Eisen lower As saying then i believe of course that the Public the Congress and such a Liting units As the general accounting office should have All then formation departments and Agen cies can properly make available. However the Public interest also demands order and efficiency the operation of these depart ments and agencies. And in my judgment the Public interest snot necessarily served by divulging he advice suggestions or recommendations which subordinate employees periodically make to  Justice delays Union ruling Washington up supreme ourt Justice Felix Frankfurter has delayed a ruling on the teams ters request that cleanup order recommended by a Board of Moni tors be blocked  for both sides argued the Issue in Frankfurter s Cham Bers. The Justice gave them one week in which to file  Broad anti corruption program devised by the court appointed monitors has been approved by Federal District judge f. Dickin son Letts and upheld by the . Court of appeals thief hits Jackpot in police Barracks Charlotte . Up state police Are looking for the thief who stole $13 in coins from u vending machine in the bar Racks of the state Highway  Only patrolman in the liar tacks slept peacefully through the robbery  
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