European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 30, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 3 lawmakers snipe at High flying air passengers Washington a the in Side of an air plane in flight is no place for any Rock n Roll conduct by Drunken passengers rep. Thomas j. Lane a mass con tended. Flying High should refer to the air plane not the condition of passengers said rep. Ken Hech Ler . Alcohol and flying do not mix any More than do drinking and driving said rep. Gracie Pfost a Ida. Maritime unit longshoremen agree on pact san Francisco a Harry Bridges longshoremen s  the Pacific maritime Assn. Announced they have agreed on a three year contract. It would set up a $1.5 million fund to offset the effects of automation and pro vide a wage increase up to 12m cents per hour and other Bene fits. The contract covering 17,000west coast longshoremen is believed to be the first in any such Industry where the employer con tributes to a fund to share with workers the benefits of labor Sav ing devices. The International longshore men s and warehousemen s Union agreed to Complete a referendum ballot among its membership by aug. 10. The employer members also must ratify the contract which would replace one that expired june 15. Contract extended the longshoremen have Contin. Used work under a contract Exten Sion. Gains reported include 1the $1.5 million mechanization fund to be contributed by the employers the first year of the con tract As payment of the longshore men s Cash share of increased productivity up to june 15, 1960. 2guarantees of eight hours work to All men ordered out effective Jan. 1 for longshoremen and upon execution of the contractor ships clerks. 3wage increases of 11 cents a hour for longshoremen and 12% cents for clerks. Coffee Breaks also Are provide for. Reds oppose Kerala vote new Delhi a the communist government of Kerla said new elections in the strife Tor South Indian state would Only re sult in continuation of the crisis. The Contention was made at the end of a denial of the opposition party s charges that the communists had subverted democracy an brought corruption to  group that Are opposing the red regime Are hoping that India s Central government will oust the communists and Call for new elections. They were among witnesses be fore a House Commerce subcommittee considering Bills to pro Hibit serving of alcoholic beverages to passengers on air planes in flight in the . The Congress members called the proposed Bana safety measure. The Federal aviation Agency said the Bills Aren t needed. This Agency feels that safety needs can be satisfactorily met by permitting consumption of such beverages by those who wish Mohave them but providing sufficient control so that no Hazard will be created said James t. Pyle Deputy administrator of Thefan. Pyle called attention to proposed Faa regulations to prohibit drink ing of alcoholic beverages aboard aircraft unless the liquor is served by the Carrier and to ban serving liquor to an intoxicated person. The violation would mean a lineup to $1,000. Pyle said a Survey did not show any specific drinking incidents directly affecting safety in the operation of aircraft. However he said there were some instances of a Type that could have an Adverse effect on safety. A study indicated that almost uniformly such instances were caused by passengers who had been drink ing before boarding a plane Oread their own bottles with them he said. Coming in on a Cushion of air the hovercraft England s recently developed amphibious Craft approaches the Beach at Dover England after its first successful crossing of the English Channel. The Craft which rides above the surface of land or water on a Cushion of air deflected downward from a powerful fan made it from Calais France in 3 hours. It carries a Crew of four. Keystone photo Senate passes farm surplus research Bill Washington a the Senate passed 76-7, a Bill designed to Speed research efforts to develop new Industrial and commercial uses for farm products. The measure now goes to the House where similar legislation died last year after Clearing the Senate 81-0. Sponsors of the Bill including both democrats and republicans say it might offer the answer on How to Deal with surpluses of Many of the nation s Basic crops. However the agriculture department opposed the measure on the ground it would duplicate re search efforts it already has under Way. Senate Republican Leader Ever Ett m. Dirksen r-i11. Opposed the Bill because of the department s objections remarking it seemed to him the sky is the limit on spend ing under the Bill. Lobbying protested but sen. Carl t. Curtis a Neba Backer of the measure asserted he was embarrassed and humiliated that the department of Agri culture so entrenched in its bureaucratic Creed to run the whole show has been up Here lobbying against this  in addition to seeking new com Mercial uses for farm products the Bill would be directed to develop ing new crops to replace those in surplus and to look for addition always to dispose of surplus crops held by the government. Sponsors said that agriculture had been out researched by manufacturers of synthetics and other products in recent years and that the Farmers thereby lost Many important markets. Chinese to fast after visualizing White elephant Penang Malaya a a mid dle aged chinese medium is to lock himself in a Glass Case to carry out the wish of a White elephant god that he become a living  Lim Ewe Hor a medium for 20 years announced he will enter therase. 4va feet High and 3 feet Square september 3 to live with out food for 49 Days. Lim told newsmen that while in a trance last april he was told by the White elephant god to prepare to become a living Buddha. Ceremony planned this Means i will have to observe three 49-Day periods of fast and silence he said. The deity commanded me to build a Gla Scase and live in it. I was also told to sit on a Block of ice throughout the  after he emerges from the Case Lim said he will perform a Cere Mony at the Temple and re enter the Case. I do not know How Long i will remain locked in the Case after that. It will depend on the deity. As soon As he indicates i can leave i will signal the Temple attendants to unlock the Case he said. Cathedral s 6lost window found after 100 years St. Louis a the lost win Dow of the old St. Louis Cathedral has been found after More than 100 years. Workmen Are restoring the old Structure on the riverfront As part of the Jefferson National expansion. Memorial project. The original plans have been lost and they Are using a French lithograph of the Church dated 1834, the year it was built architects doubted the Litho graph s Validity because it showed Large circular Wir Idov near the ceiling above the altar where a solid Wall has stood for the Las Century. The workmen chipped away at the Wall and uncovered the Oval shaped window. On the Sill was Pencil sketch of a girl s head with the inscription Matt Hastings put 4 lights in this window nov 18, 1851." v .--.--. Forecaster defends twister warnings new Orleans a Stephen , chief forecaster of the weather Bureau Here defended the Bureau s forecasting of Hurricane Debra. We were fortunate to get out a warning he said. Lichtblau s comments were made in answer to criticism by the hous ton chronicle for not getting out earlier warnings on the approach of the Hurricane which struck the Middle Texas Gulf coast late Fri Day causing damage estimated at several million  l Don t see How we can Ever do any better Lichtblau said. The chronicle in a front Page editorial said it is unfortunate the weather Bureau does not have As efficient prognosticators As it does pres agents. Early in the Hurricane season Singer runs Down opera pay Scales san Francisco a Rise Stevens won t sing with the Sanfrancisco opera co. This season be cause her demand to be top paid Star was rejected. The famous Mezz Soprano said in London she suspected a certain foreign Star was getting More than she was offered. She called this unfair to american artists. Miss Stevens did t mention names. But Robert Watt Miller opera president Here conceded Mario Del Monaco italian Tenor is getting More than was offered miss Stevens. And he s Worth a great Deal More Miller said. Takes All but Bride London up John and Jane Rock were to have been relaxing in Italy on their honeymoon. In Stead they Are in their new Flat Here trying to help police Trace thieves who stole Jane s Trousseau $560 and their passports while the couple celebrated after their wed Ding. Papers were furnished elaborate stories about the preparations for forecasting hurricanes. The editorial described radar systems with expensive equipment elaborate communications systems and an air plane Hurricane spotting system All of which it said the congressman asks . To insure astronauts lives Washington a Legisla Tion to provide life insurance to the nation s first spacemen has been suggested by rep. Fre Wampler a ind. The seven astronauts can t get Ordinary insurance in their risk jobs. Wampler wrote the chairmen of the House armed services and space committees and to the astronauts themselves asking their views. He told the astronauts i am of the firm opinion that each of you should feel an additional margin of Security in the knowledge that your families would be adequately provided for should any or All by some unfortunate turn not Complete you Mission  weather Bureau claimed would greatly Aid against Surprise Hurri canes. The editorial continued so a Hurricane hit the Texas Golf coast. The weather Bureau seemed almost As uninformed Ashe Ordinary  in new Orleans Lichtblau said i Don t know what they Are squawking about. There were very few injuries. Apparently people were adequately Wai  Lichtblau added that had we not had the radar equipment an communications equipment they Are complaining about we could have put out nothing. As it was with the storm developing so Sud Denly we put out information justas quickly As we got  the weather forecaster said the storm developed Only 40 Miles off the coast from 15 to 20 Mph winds which Are Normal for the Gulf. He added that a storm developing that close to the coast is much harder to track than a storm developing at sea. He said that people must under stand that winds of 15 to 20 Mph just off the coast can develop into storm intensity quickly and with out warning but warnings Are issued with All possible Speed when storms Are found. Problem of where Light goes when it goes out answered Overland Park Kan. A police lieutenant Myron Scafe checking a supermarket parking lot saw a Man crawl into the trunk of a convertible and close the lid. Scafe parked his patrol car and walked up to the convertible. A woman employed at the store saw him said the car was hers an asked what he was doing. There s a Man hidden in the trunk Scafe said. Just then the lid came open. Out stepped a Man with a sheepish look. Charles exclaimed the woman what on Earth Are you doing inhere Well i know this sounds silly replied the woman s husband Charles Stover 23, but i got in there and shut the lid just to see if the trunk Light goes  it does. ,