European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                \ late sports new York Ai Bill Rosen Sohn monday withdrew As promoter of a return match Between heavy weight Champion Ingomar Johans son and Floyd Patterson. European edition weather forecast partly Cloudy with morning Haze and Sli Owers. Hitch 75, Low 55. Air weather service volume 18, number 108 army Navy air Force unofficial publication of hip . Armed forces in Europe North Africa and he Middle East 5 cents Dally 10 cents sunday tuesday August 4, 1959 president Khrushchev to Swap 3re end of this year six nations Bonn sign forces pact Bonn Germany a a seven nation treaty Outlin ing conditions under which nato troops can be stationed in West Germany was signed Here monday. The document called. The status of forces agreement replaces a temporary Conven Tion which continued Many of the occupation rights of the Allied forces after West Germany achieved sovereignty in 1955. Ratification needed it must be ratified by the parliaments of the signing nations including the . Senate before becoming effective. Although the main change makes foreign troops liable to prosecution under German Law for non military offences the agreement covers Many other subjects including the rights of entire divisions to Man Euver on German soil. Finance Section the finance Section covers accounting for services provided by German authorities use of the German transportation system and damage compensation the ambassadors of Britain France Belgium Canada the Netherlands and the . Signed the pact with West German Deputy. Foreign minister Hilger Van Scherpenberg signing for Germany. President Eisenhower. To Europe first most allies Praise Exchange of visits As Way to peace from press dispatches Geneva most spokesmen for Western allies favored president Eisenhower s decision to Exchange visits with soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev. Diplomats Here said the most immediate result of the visits would be to put the Berlin crisis on ice. They also foresaw the possibility that some new approach to a big four Summit conference might be opened. As a result of the announcement of the Exchange of visits Western cont. On Page 2 h col. 1 Eisenhower first plans Allied talks in Europe Washington a president Eisenhower announced monday that he and soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev will Exchange visits this fall. Khrushchev will visit the . In september. Or. Eisen Hower will return the visit later in the fall. No exact dates have been fixed. Vice president Richard m. Nixon on tour in Poland said he understood the soviet chief s visit would be congressmen abut s-15 or. Eisenhower said Khrushchev probably will spend about 10 Days in this country two or three of them in informal conferences in Washington. As a preliminary to Khrushchev s visit or. Eisenhower will go to Europe later this month to Confer with British prime minister Gressmen generally favor meeting Washington a presi Dent Eisenhower s decision to Exchange visits with soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev Drew Gener ally favourable some highly enthusiastic reaction monday from members of Congress. But approval was not unanimous. Sen Homer e. Capehart r ind protested that it looks like we re again being taken in by therussians.". Senate Republican Leader Ever ett m. Dirksen of Illinois said the Exchange of visits if Success Ful could enshrine the president As the boldest and most deter mined peacemaker in Many Gener-ations.". House Republican Leader Charles a. Halleck of Indiana said he knows of no better Way to impress or. Khrushchev than to let him see for himself Bur Unity our cont. On Page 24, col. 1 Railroad warehouse Burns in Boston Boston firemen Spray water on a blazing4 rail Road freight House As flames Roar into the sky. Fire fighting equipment from nearly every fire station in Boston was called in to Battle the huge fire. Several trailer trucks like the one at left were destroyed associated press photo Harold Macmillan president Charles de Gaulle of France and German Chancellor Konrad Aden Auer. It was believed the four Western chiefs would get together in . Eisenhower called a special news conference to announce the planned Exchange of visits. In response to questions he left up in the air the possibility of a big four Summit meeting after the Exchange of visits with Khrushchev. He said such a conference was absolutely impractical unless there were Advance indications of Posi Tive results. Russian announcement the russian radio made the announcement about the time the president was meeting with news men. The Khrushchev visit will be a historic first no other top Leader of Russia under communism has Ever visited the . It will create a massive Security problem for Federal officers and for state and local authorities wherever Khrushchev May go. While no top Man in the red russian Hierarchy has Ever visited cont. On Page 2lh col. I Nikita s. Khrushchev. Westward to Nixon reveals role in visits Warsaw up vice presi Richard m. Nixon disclosed monday he discussed general details of Nikita s. Khrushchev s visit to the . With the soviet Premier i Moscow. Nixon apparently the go Between who clinched the final agreement on the Exchange told newsmen that during his talks with Khrushchev in Moscow we talked in general about the United states and the things he Khrushchev might see and  asked specifically if he had is sued the invitation to Khrushchev while he was in Moscow Nixon said i did not. That was initiated by the president  Nixon was besieged by newsmen cont. On Page 2lf, col. 5 closing stocks new York a the Stock Market climbed to a new High monday. Most gains ranged from a few cents to around $1. Oils and motors led the rise., Lemnitzer seeks army not reliant on a threat Washington a the army has renewed its Campaign against Foo great a Reliance on mass destruction weapons con tending that properly equipped land forces can conquer without destroying an enemy. Gen Lyman l. Lemnitzer army chief of staff sounded this keynote at the opening of the three Day annual convention of the Assn. Of the . Army. The general also re emphasized another Point the army Long has made the possibility of a nuclear stalemate arising when both the . Arid Russia could totally de stroy each other with those weapons. In his prepared keynote speech on Why we need a modern army Lemnitzer said a modern army is capable of conquering without destroying of defending without reducing the de fended land to radioactive waste. The physical presence of armed men on the ground can exert More effective and lasting control than the threat of Megatons of firepower that May never be  at another Point Lemnitzer said that in the not too Distant future cont. On Page a col. Is