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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday july 28, 1959 in contrast to russian gulp it Neaf custom i7.s. Plugs mixed vol a at exhibit by Dorothy Poe Khorth american Nei Simi or Alliance new York the american Vodka Industry is coming to the Zaidof soviet Premier Nikita  Khrushchev and the staggering problem of drunkenness in soviet Russia. A. Special help yourself v o d k a counter has been set up at the american National exhibition in Moscow but the colourless liquor won t be served straight except under the most extreme entreaties. Purpose of the dispensary located in the press room is to persuade soviet officials newspapermen and other taste setters that the Best Way to drink Vodka is mixed with Orange juice Lemon juice Tomato juice or other ingredients. The russians traditionally take their Vodka neat and Bottoms up. Many a russian is wont to buy a liter Drain it and fall Flat on his face moderation never has been a characteristic of russian drinking habits. For two years now Khrushchev has been pressing a Campaign to Stem the tide of drunkenness i Russia. He himself allegedly for medical reasons says he has paratroops help Check fire threatening Boise switched recently to Mineral water. Last october he announced that the russian policy for restaurants would be one Glass of Vodka to a  the Glass referred to is a Long stemmed vessel about i pc times larger than the average american shot Glass. Since then russian fibbers reportedly remaking the rounds from one restaurant to another to quench their thirst for the potent beverage. American Vodka firms say that if the russians would develop a taste for drinks meant for sipping not for gulping Down the Hatch the one Glass to a customer ruling would be somewhat More tolerable. Supplier of the Vodka for . Exhibit is Smirnoff which be fore the soviet revolution was the Only Brand permitted on the Czar s table. During the firm s Peak Busi Ness 1 million bottles of its Vodka were being guzzled Down by rus sians every Day one hopeful sign regarding the russian Vodka picture according to an Industry spokesman was that soviet first Deputy Premier Anas tas i. Mikoyan during his recent visit to the a s., said the Amer ican mixed Vodka drinks were preferable to the russian method of taking it straight. Hopes for Navy commission Boise Idaho a paratroops Jere to defend the City against simulated attack helped Check a wild Range fire that blazed within three Miles of this state capital. Long misses Faubus visit hot Springs Ark. Up Earl k. Long. Louisiana s travelling governor who says he is a million per cent for segregation motored to this resort town after a futile attempt to visit segregation Leader gov. Orval e. Faubus. Long on the end of a vacation trip through parts of Texas mex Ico new Mexico Colorado and mis Souri flew from Kansas City to Little Rock with plans for a four hour Stopover during which he hoped to visit Faubus. But Faubus was visiting his Home Region of Northwest Arkan Sas. To Start Campaign Long said he plans to begin campaigning for a third term this week starting with visits and poli tical conferences wednesday at Monroe. He said he would hit the parishes counties in his District with a stumping tour ending at Alexan Dria saturday night when he would fire the real opening gun of his re election Campaign. The fire burned More than 10,000 acres of grass and Sagebrush. Flames came to within three Miles of the Boise business District. When winds abated the fire fighters partially encircled it wit fire lines. No injuries were re ported and no buildings w e   its height during the Early morning hours the Blaze was Visi ble for 50 Miles. It left Boise residential areas covered with Fine  the fire fighters were 100 paratroopers of the 101st an div from it. Campbell ky., who were on Maneu vers in the  listed cause of the fire As unknown but said it was prob ably caused by carelessness a there was no lightning before it broke out. It started six to eight Miles South of Boise in the area where the airborne troops Wierema neutering. 80,000 see holy Robe in first week at Trier Trier Germany up More than 80,000 persons have visited the holy Robe of Trier since it went on display Here a week ago officials said. The Robe said to be that worn by Christ on the Cross the one of the most sacred relics of the Catholic  was put on display at the ancient Cathedral Here july 19 for the first time in More than 30years. More than a million persons Are expected to see the relic Dir Inythe three m months of its exhibition Methyl alcohol kills 6 in Poland Warsaw up six chemical Plant workers died and 37 were hospitalized after drinking Methyl alcohol stolen from the Rokit chemical factory in Brzeg Dolny. Police fear other workers were involved in the Binge but have failed to report sick although they need medical attention. Investigators found 10 liners of Industrial alcohol disappeared from the Plant last week and another 10liters were concealed apparently ready to be smuggled out of the factory. Kadio to news commentator Edward r. Murrow pauses beneath Navy Seal in the new York recruiting office after being told he prob ably will get the naval Reserve commission he requested if he pusses physical examination. Murrow 50, applied for an officer s commission As a Public information specialist. If he is accepted by the Navy his rank probably will be commander. Up photo boy Dies seeking help in grand Canyon grand Canyon Ariz. A Park rangers have found the body of a Georgia youth who died on a rugged twisting Trail at the Bottom of the grand Canyon while apparently seeking help for two missing companions. Authorities tentatively identified the body As that of Walter j. A Honey about 16, of  and believed injured Are a Catholic priest identified onlys father Gavigan and Mason Owens 16, both of  three began a trek into the Canyon Friday. A search began after tourists on the South rim reported hearing cals for help from deep in the Gorge. Mahoney scrawled a note in the Sand along the Colorado River indicating his companions had been injured. His body was found about a half mile from the  youth apparently died of exposure and Lack of water the rangers said. Temperatures in the mile deep Canyon soar As High as120 degrees during the summer. Vice president approval of lawmakers Washington a vice pres ident Richard m. Nixon is prov ing himself a match for soviet Premier Nikita  Khrushchev inthe opinion of several members of Congress sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana the assistant democratic Leader snid that in his opinion Nixon is making the Best of a very difficult and delicate situation during his visit to  is rolling with the punches thrown at him by Khrushchev Mansfield said. To is also sending Back some Good  matched Khrushchev sen. John Sherman Cooperr Bya former ambassador said he thinks Nixon has matched Khrushchev in directness and toughness  informal caustic Exchange during the vice president s visit. Nixon is doing exactly what i needed Cooper said. He s talking the Only kind of language Khrushchev can  rep. Richard m. Simpson a a said Nixon s verbal encounter with Khrushchev was a Superb example of courage and  sen. Everett m. Dirksen r-i11. The Striate Republican Leader told a television audience he think Nixon has helped both himself and the nation by his actions. Doubt Rivis etl up reported that sen. Hubert h. Humphrey a Minn expressed doubt however about the Wisdom of Nixon engaging in Public debates with Khrushchev As they did at the opening of the american National exhibition i Moscow. He expressed Hope that Nixon would be Able to Advance the cause of the free world More effectively in his private talks with Khrushchev. On the whole How Ever he said the idea of the Nixon trip was very construct  mrs. Nixon visits museum Leningrad a mrs. Pat Nixon made a rapid tour of sections of the huge Hermitage museum in Leningrad where one of the world s leading collections of Western european painting and sculpture is  along with her but having a hard time keeping up As the went through rooms which once were part of the Winter Palace of the czars was mrs. Frol r. Kozlov wife of the soviet first Deputy Premier. Mrs. Nixon was us  one Point however a group of curious schoolgirls clustered around and . Nixon Shook their hands while interpreters tried to Tell them who she was but it developed they were students from Latvia and did not understand the  were smiling mrs. Nixon said but she believed they were attracted by her hat a red Straw with a band of red Flowers. Grave Burden rests on middlemen for Khrushchev by Henry Shapiro Moscow up soviet Premier Nikita  and vice resident Richard m. Nixon h ave another of their now famous verbal sparring matches. American news men s pencils work furiously when Nixon Speaks but remain still waiting while Khrushchev talks. The words you read from Hrush cd e v s Mouth Are no Khrushchev s words. They come from two cultivated polished diplomats who Are always at the soviet Premier s Side when top foreign dignitaries Are around. These men Are called interpret ing. Translator would be More accurate. For that. Is exactly what Oleg Troyanovsky and Victor Sukhod Rev Are translators for Khrushchev and first Deputy Premier Anastas i. Mikoyan and Frol r. Kozlov i their exchanges with English speaking  is their words the newsmen  carries on in russian his Lively debates like the one Las week with Nixon at the. American National exhibition. Nixon Speaks in English. Troyanovsky and Suk Hod Rev Are the men in the Middle. Khrushchev is a highly animated Erst but the term itself is mislead i " i i \ ,,., debater. But even though he May raise his voice and be stimulate the interpreter is professionally dead pan while putting his words into English. Neither interpreter Ever uses the third person. There is no prefaces or. Khrushchev says he. Or or. Nixon is threatening us or or. Khrushchev says you started this " instead they act. As a second voice for the principals in the debate. If Khrushchev says to Nixon you Are threatening is Troyanovsky or Sukho Prev say exactly that Only in English. This is not always As simple As it sounds for the two translators. Khrushchev is famous for using colourful Folksy language full of aphorisms and Rich colloquialisms. They Are not always easy or even possible to translate  expressions Are simply untranslatable. This puts it up to the interpreter or translator to find the nearest idiomatic equivalent in the other  May make diplomatic history. For example take what has be come a classic phrase Khrushchev s remark to Western capitalists three years ago which was translated abroad As we shall Bury  it startled the  the russian idiom the phrase Means we shall outlast you or we shall attend your  it expressed one of Khrushchev articles of Faith simply that communism eventually will replace  Tolje interpreters on the spot picked we shall Bury you As an equivalent a phrase containing threats of "deliberate1 Destt Utip which Khrushchev never intended. Both of the interpreters have genial animated personalities which they must suppress when on the responsible 1ob of acting As verbal conveyor belts. X i he a  
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