European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes afle 4. . Has reds stopped cold in Battle Iceland tuesday july 28, 1959 Reykjavik Iceland a the . Appears to have won the Battle Iceland nearly lost three years ago to nationalists teamed with 1956 the theme was Ami go Home the pet communist 1959, the Coin has been turned completely Over. The communists have been repudiated. Pro Ameri can forces Are Riding High and the icelander has concluded his Des tiny lies with the .talk closing out the North Atlantic treaty organization Early warning base at Kef Lavik has halted the americans is confined to the red Camp. Inside the communist circles the diehards put up a Brave front but concede they have been set Back so car there is no telling How far the disintegration will go. Exposed As Frauda Survey among icelanders Indi Cates a feeling that the once attractive Appeal the communists Iceland for the icelanders has been exposed As a fraud. Hungary shocked the icelanders. He knows something about aggression since his ancestors fled it thousand years ago in Viking ships and then were subjected to foreign Rule All the Way up to 1943.red China s conduct in Tibet furnished the Nail for the communist is the opinion prime min ister Emil Jonsson and also opposition Man on the streets this tiny nation 160,000 will Tell youth same. The Viking came Here to escape oppression in Norway an Denmark. He became fairly Safe from it to the Point where he believed it can t happen , he believes it can happen without the backing Uncle Sam. Parliament shifts constitutional amendment is reshaping the lathing the Parlia ment established in the year ""/50. Seats go up from 52 to 60. What happens according to Bjarni Gudmundsson the foreign office spokesman is that the basis broadened. Seats which once represented As few As 300 or 400votes Are eliminated. The Independence party which averages 42per cent the total vote will have 27 seats instead its pres ent 20. This is the party dynamic Olafur Thors which de fended the nato base the Amer ican position and the completely pro Western approach. Thors is still not Strong enough to go it alone. But the forecast is that the independents will team with Jons son s social democrats who will have six seats for a Clear major Ity and control. In the new lathing the reds will have seven seats but no one to team up has been running a minority government but with the full backing both independents and progressives to the satisfaction everyone concerned save the communists who Are Only remaining party in Iceland Calls itself National de sense and its Only program is to close out the american nato its pains it received Only 2,137 votes out a total 86,148 Castin recent elections and failed to win a single seat. It exists for pop Ping off purposes in a few patches isolation.. Forces will spend $6 million at the air base on housing an communications this year using icelandic labor technicians and supplies. Russian ice Cream for americans in Moscow . Executive says russians hinder exhibit new York a Gerald , Board chairman Gen eral Mills inc., arrived by plane from Moscow complaining treat ment Given american exhibitors atthe american National exhibition there. Kennedy said the russians hampered his firm s exhibit by restrict ing space failing to Supply sufficient interpreters and workmen and refusing to allow free food samples to be Given away. He said the russians vetoed the food Sample idea by saying it would cause a riot people might get Kennedy said the russian work ers were Friendly but added i Don t think there is any Good Willat the top in illustrating american word which suffered in translation into russian Kennedy told the Trou ble in identifying a company product known As Fluffy White the product was withdrawn from the display he said because the russian interpretation came up As Angora 2 fleeing convicts wreck stolen car Atlanta up two convicts who broke out Georgia s Rock Quarry prison for incorrigible last week slammed their stolen car into Bridge while fleeing from police at 100 Mph. One convict was killed and the other was injured. Joseph a. Langford 26, Del Fonte del., was killed. His partner Ronald Williams 24, Chillicothe mo., suffered a broken and Williams were among six convicts who broke out. Three the men were caught shortly after the break. A fourth Tommy Barfield 22, Chattanooga tenn., is at Large. Self made mayor Lincolnton . Up a. J. Buckley jr., became mayor Lin Colliton his own vote. Mayor a. L. Talt stepped Down because ofillness., at 9 meeting the Board Alder Frimet Buckley received his own vote and that one More member the four Man Board. A Moscow Vendor Sells ice Cream to three americans near the us. Exhibit where they Are americans left to right Are Duncan White Side Scottsville a. Elena Scott Ridgefield conn., and Olha Dyhdalevych new York. Ice Cream is big seller at exhibit up photo . Friend France Dies Saratoga Springs . A James Hazen Hyde 83, onetime vice president the equitable life Assurance society who later moved to Paris to promote Franco Amer ican Friendship died Here. West counters propaganda allies serve reds own Medicine at Panmunjom by Gene Kramer Tokyo a the korean Armi Stice has entered its seventh year under a new Allied policy giving the communists Strong doses their own Medicine propaganda. It is a . Attempt to combat communism s big Campaign in Asia aimed at clouding the image America and the West. The communists frequently Are successful and frequently unanswered. . Maj Gen William s. Biddle senior in negotiator at Panmunjom Korea confirmed the said that since last Spring we have been More on the Offen Sive we have attacked More behave recognized the propaganda value to our Side the armistice commission the communists bring up matters which Are pure propaganda we nevertheless counter them to Register our Side the Story for the world added Biddle the14th senior in negotiator since the korean truce july 1953.Biddle, who has held High posts in the . Military Aid program in Europe and Japan said the new propaganda offensive was started under his predecessor rear Admira h. Nunn. Nunn first in negotiator to Playboy communist rules bringing up political issues at Panmunjom said when he left we Are going to lose our shirts we let the communists continue their propaganda Campaign with out trying to counter it. I can Point to no substantial gains we have made through the Panmunjom meetings besides it was Nunn who called the communists to task at Panmunjom Over red China s suppression the tibetan revolution Issue not directly connected with the korean seemed mainly for propaganda effect that Biddle last week end used the Panmunjom Confer ence room to accuse the communists premeditated attempted murder Over the High seas inthe june 16 Mig attack on a . Navy patrol plane Over the Japan charge was aired at the 104th meeting in six years the joint armistice commission. Only 38 have been called by the inside but the new policy indicates the allies May Call More from Nowon. Biddle saying that the armistice has accomplished its purpose keeping the fighting stopped declared it would just be inviting trouble to withdraw . Forces As demanded repeatedly at Panmunjom by the said the Swiss swedish czech polish Neutral members attacked Seoul patrol sinks communist boat Seoul a the South korean Navy announced that one its Ati boats exchanged fire with a High Speed boat in these killing five communist a and capturing two others ii d _ i. X 1. Said some 60 Miles West in said the communist Craft at tacked the South korean boat with heavy machine gun fire but these with korean Craft immediately retaliated and Sank the 20-ton communist coat. The Navy said three South koreans were injured. It added that preliminary investigations the two captives showed that the communist boat was engaged in smuggling communist agents into South Korea. The truce commission especially the Swiss and swedes Are important people to have around for maintaining peace despite the fac their inspection activities have been sharply curtailed. The Swiss and swedes Are True neutrals and their Mere presence Here is a deterrent Biddle the communists did try to Advance they would be Here on the main routes to see it and report the facts to the about 24 Swiss and swedes re main in Korea compared with 200 in 1953. European edition army Navy air Force col John d. Nottingham Usan it col t. J. Cunningham jr., Usa Nathan j. Margolin Jack Ellis. Homer a. Cable Elmer d. Frank editor in chief asst editor in chief managing editor sports editor feature editor production manager directory Newt bureaus England South Ruislip a c Wallow 4300 ext 471 or 472. France Paris Balzac 5400 c ext 468 Germany Darmstadt newsroom c 75366 ext 16 Stuttgart c 84215 Spain Madrid 123 fun Carral bldg. 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