European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Log 6 the stars and stripes monday july 27, 1959yyi Raj sex colonel seeks to curb Feudal system Tea instars plan fund Bih Aims to free Homek Teping Ghifor political action Washington up teamsters president James r. Hoffa is plan Ning to set up a political department in his Union to try to defeat con Gressmen with anti teamster voting program would be financed by a novel political checkoff sys tem under which rank and file teamsters could earmark 50 tents of their monthly dues for political action. This would be on a voluntary judge orders More negroes in a. Schools Alexandria a. Up fed eral District judge Albert v. Bryan has ordered the Arlington county school Board to admit 12 More negro children to three All White Public schools. Former Bryan added seven More negroes to the four previously admitted to the Stratford Junior High school he said four must be admitted forthe first time to Washington Lee High school and one to Patrick Henry elementary school. The judge found that the school Board in denying the applications of 22 negro children recently Hadnot applied its assignment criteria equally to both races. He Rule the criteria used by the Board when uniformly applied Are still valid. Academic Katina s33ryan said the Board was on solid ground inst year when it turned Down the applications of18 negro pupils because they were below the median academic achievement Levels of the w h i t classes they sought to enter. But now Bryan said the boar did not apply to criteria of school overcrowding or academic achieve ment to members of both races.,he upheld the rejection of 10 applicants because they live outside the attendance area of the school to which they sought room Georgia u. Tells 2 negro applicants Athens a. A two negroes have applied for enrol ment in the undergraduate school of the All White University of Georgia. Officials said they have teen informed along with other that there is no room. Registrar Walter n. Danner said the negro applicants were the same As had obtained the signature of the Fulton county clerk of Superior court on their application forms. They were Hamilton Earl Holmes and Charlena Alberta Hunter 17-year-old graduates of Turner High school Atlanta. Both Are Young enough to qualify unde athe state s recently set age limit for undergraduates. The registrar already had said the University has been closed to freshmen because of Lack of Dormi tory space and Only bonafide Resi dents of Athens Are being considered. He estimated 500 applicants with Good records have Bee turned Down. Basis and thus in compliance with the corrupt practices act. Funds collected in this Way potentially several million dollars a year would be split Between regional and National Headquarters of the 1.6 million member Union. They would be used against con Gressmen whose voting records were considered ant labor. Reluctant to enter Hoffa who describes himself As a political Independent was Pic tured by his aides As a Man who is going into politics reluctantly after suffering repeated setbacks in his efforts to tone Down labor re form legislation during this session of Congress. Many of the Union control Bill shave been aimed openly at curbing the Power of the controversial Hoffa target of corruption charges by the Al Cio and Senate Racket committee. Washington up an army colonel turned congressman said he is drafting a stiff Bill designed to free housekeeping troops for More military duty. Rep. Frank Kowalski a Conn has charged the military services Are wasting valuable manpower by assigning enlisted men As officers servants. Kowalski who retired As a Colo Nel after 33 years in the army said he had received More than 600 letters from gis and sex service men complaining they were required to perform menial tasks from baby sitting and dog walking to cooking and doing janitor serv ice for ranking officers and their said he plans to introduce legislation to curb such practices an eliminate what he termed the feud Al system of the military said his Bill would provide that officers who make unauthorized use of enlisted men As serv ants would lose their pay for the period of the measure also would prohibit the use of troops in certain specific areas Kowalski said such a work in officers clubs at Golf courses in stores or commissaries As librarians and in some instances As said he is convinced can liberate a whole division 14,000men if enlisted men s housekeeping chores Are taken Over by i said he was. Not criticizing specific officers but Felt the practice should be subcommittee headed by rep. Melvin Price d-i11.scheduled further hearings on the Issue. On the Beach circa 1900 atomic reactors hot sales item for thriving firmc5 san Francisco up a shed like Plant located next to Walnut Grove is one of the few places in the world today where adroit is being made out of atomic Energy. The Plant is that of Aero Jet eneral nucleonics at san Ramon 30 Miles East of Here. It mass produces " nuclear reactors and Sells them for about 5100,000each to universities and medical centers in Europe and the . Neighbor the company was founded in april 1956, by Robert Mainhardt,36, and or. Arthur t. Biehl 34. Although they were born an raised in Brooklyn n.y., within 10 blocks of each other and trav eled the same subway to Brook Lyn tech they did not meet until they went to work for the atomic Energy radiation Laboratory at nearby Livermore. We hit it off and we had something in common the belief there would be a demand for re actors of a size and simplicity to allow their use in the classroom and for medical diagnosis main Hardt said. Found backers they quit their jobs and went looking for a Backer. They found one in Aero Jet general a subsidiary of the general tire and rub Ber co. Aero Jet general nucleonics has grown from six to 300 workers. It has sold More than 30 of the atomic furnaces which stand nine feet High Are 6% feet in diameter and weigh 22,000 pounds. Cypress gardens fla., which usually runs to Leggy girls water skiing into a Moss festooned Sunset turned Back the clock for a View of How tilings would be if they had t changed. Up 2 million burned fingers get senator s sympathy Washington up a sen Ator wants the government to do something about 2 million sets of fingers which get burned every year. Sen. Warren g. Magnuson a Wash proposed a Campaign to persuade match manufacturers to glue the striking panels of their match books to the backs instead of the fronts. Magnuson chairman of the sen ate Commerce committee said successful Campaign would eliminate most of the 2 million Bur cases reported every . Trying to control Taghinia by North american newspaper Alliance Washington government meteorologists this summer Are carrying out an intensive study of the growth of thunderstorms. They Hope to learn enough to control lightning at least partially. Lightning now causes about 7,500fores fires a year at a Cost of More than $75 million. Weather Bureau and . Fores service technologists now Are concentrating on the Northern Rockies in a Field program of seeding an photographing Clouds recording electric currents lightning strokes. And counting Eastern thunderstorms usually Are accompanied b. Y heavy Rains that extinguish any Forest fires to. _ i _ to 1 a _ i a a. A caused by the lightning. far West however rain released from a High Cloud May evaporate in thedry hot air and never reach the ground. It is the dry lightning storms which cause most of the damage to forests. Silver iodide particles Are being distributed from air planes directly into Cloud bases. The scientists Are examining thunderhead by radar and placing Field meters on the ground in the usual Cloud paths. Thus far says or. Dever col son weather Bureau meteorologist we feel that under certain Coriou tons we can modify the form of aloud and its electrical Field. We Are not sure yet whether we actually have averted lightning. We want to make sure we Are not in creasing lightning from a give storm or creating trouble else where by upsetting the atmospheric by feeding Silver iodide or dry ice into a Cloud base it May be pos sible to keep storms from building up or to increase the amount Ofrain reaching the ground. For some years the Bureau has maintained a corps of fire fore casters who Issue routine daily predictions to fire prevention Agen cies. When a fire starts they Issue special forecasts for the area affected. It is imperative that such fires do not get out of control. In an emergency the forecasters go to the scene in an instrument equipped truck constituting a to bile forecast unit he made the suggestion at hearing on the nomination of for Mer South Dakota gov. Sigurd Anderson for reappointment to the Federal Trade commission Etc or a full seven year term. The Ommittee approved the Nomina Ion. Anderson said he would inform Lis fellow Etc commissioners of Magnuson s proposal. Voluntary basis i suppose this would have Tobe done on a voluntary basis mag Nuson said. But something ought be done i Don t think there s a person in this room who has t been burned while lighting a mat Chat least once in his Anderson noted that match companies now warn people to close cover before striking but he said people get impatient and suffer the consequences. He added this is the Only coun try in the world where so Man Book matches Are Given away to the also asked Anderson if the Etc was too Busy to initiate its own investigations of improper Trade practices. Anderson said that Well over5,000 complaints a year came in from outside the commission. It was amazing How Many complaints his staff had come Back with since he asked them to Keenan Eye peeled for to and radio advertising w i c h appeared mis leading Anderson said. Shark netted near Beach san Francisco a two Shermen a father and son netted a 12-foot shark similar Toi he one which killed an 18-year-old swimmer outside the Golden Gaten May. The 700-Pound shark was caught North of the Golden Gate within Loo Yards of Indian Beach a favorite spot for swimmers. William Fairbanks attendant att males Bay state Park issued a warning for swimmers to stay i shallow water and to be on the Alert. Anthony Konatich and his son Felix commercial fishermen dropped Drift nets for striped Bassat night. They found the big shark struggling in the net the next morning. Firecracker hurts 10 during legion Parade Kansas City a a fire Cracker apparently thrown from an american legion Parade vehicle fell into a crowd in front of a hotel inflicting slight leg wound son 10 persons. / the victims were taken to n Hospital in an ambulance and police car. All wore treated and released. It for an of s witnesses said the firecracker came from a Model locomotive in which members of the St. Louis chapter of the 40 and 8 society were Riding. Be i a
